Development Plan

The Virtual Universe Company is spread throughout the territory of the Human Race, and its virtual network covers almost the entire original universe.

Every high-level universe nation has a branch of the Virtual Universe Company, while the mid-level nations below it have smaller branch offices located on their main imperial capital planets.

As for a commercial planet like Mengyu Planet, although it does not qualify for a branch office, it does have a service point stationed on the planet where account opening procedures can be handled.

The group soon arrived at the location of the Virtual Universe Company. Guided by an attendant, it did not take them long to complete the account opening procedures.

While they were at it, everyone purchased a Smart Optical Computer. Out of consideration for the Gold Soul Clan, Qi Tian also bought one hundred Consciousness Induction Helmets and opened anonymous accounts for them.

After leaving the Virtual Universe Company, Mikita led the group to the Universe Galaxy Bank to handle bank account openings for everyone.

At the same time, he transferred five hundred million Noah Coins into Qi Tian's newly opened account, telling him that two more life planets were currently undergoing transfer procedures and that more funds would be available later.

Under normal circumstances, with Mikita's strength reaching the Universe level 2, the total value of his various assets should have exceeded ten billion Noah Coins.

However, having exhausted so much previously, he was now so poor that he only had a few hundred million in liquid assets, and he even had to sell the life planets under his name.

Once everything was prepared, Mikita took the group to a resort hotel in the tourist district; he had booked the presidential suite on the top floor before arriving.

After completing the registration, the group went up to the top floor of the building. This entire floor belonged to the suite area, and at the entrance, thirty beautiful maids were waiting for them under the leadership of a butler.

Entering the suite, it was Qi Tian's first time experiencing such a level of luxury. In addition to ten guest rooms, it also featured an indoor swimming pool, a private dining room, a high-end reception room, a leisure bar, and more.

The thirty maids were dispersed across several areas, providing 24-hour service to satisfy every need of the guests.

Qi Tian decided to let everyone rest for the night and discuss other matters the next day.

After everyone had chosen their rooms, they were arranged by the butler to enjoy high-end cuisine in the private dining room, eating exquisite food sourced from different planets.

After eating and drinking their fill, everyone returned to their rooms to rest. Qi Tian also entered his own room, washed up, and lay down on the soft bed. He connected the consciousness sensor and entered the virtual universe for the first time.

"Virtual Universe connecting..."

As a deep, vast voice echoed in Qi Tian's consciousness, after a brief moment of darkness, the recovered Qi Tian found himself appearing on a bustling street.

Although he was mentally prepared, the sudden change still left him momentarily dazed.

"This is the virtual universe."

Qi Tian stretched his body and found that his physical strength was extremely weak, suppressed to the Apprentice level.

Upon first entering the virtual universe, he was dressed in simple, plain gray clothes, and on his shoulder sat a Smart Sprite attached to his auxiliary optical computer, wearing green clothes.

This level of intelligence was very low; it only possessed rudimentary emotions and could not yet be considered a sentient life form, being only slightly better than the intelligence found in the consciousness induction helmets, which only had calculation cores.

Before logging into the virtual universe, Mikita had already exchanged communication numbers with Qi Tian. Now that Qi Tian had logged in, Mikita contacted him immediately.

Inside an exquisitely decorated restaurant on Beihua Island in the virtual universe, Mikita and Qi Tian sat at a table by the roadside. They ordered two drinks and some snacks, watching the bustling, prosperous street outside.

Mikita took a sip of his specialty drink, slowly set down the glass, and asked Qi Tian, who was watching the pedestrians outside the window.

"Buddha Lord, now that you have a virtual universe account, you can easily handle any future matters within the virtual universe. What are our plans moving forward?"

Hearing Mikita's words, Qi Tian turned his head to look at him and said, "Based on your understanding, what are the ways to acquire wealth quickly?"

Mikita felt a bit ashamed upon hearing this; the money he could provide for Qi Tian was not enough to support the cultivation of a Universe level 9 powerhouse. He cursed himself inwardly for being useless.

He thought for a moment and replied, "The fastest way to acquire wealth is to invest in the financial market, but we lack the connections. Investing to earn a little pocket money is fine, but making a fortune is too difficult."

"Of course, one cannot rule out having such good luck, but the probability is pitifully small."

"Another way is to participate in mercenary adventures. There are countless missions in the Universe Mercenary Alliance, and many jobs offer high rewards, but they also come with danger."

"If one has sufficient strength, one can seek greater benefits while completing missions. Some missions do not have fixed rewards; those dangerous places hide many opportunities."

"For example, some secret realms controlled by the Mercenary Alliance are actually very large. While some core areas have been scavenged by the powerhouses of the Mercenary Alliance, there are often omissions or places they deem unworthy of attention."

"Many mercenaries participating in adventures will explore those unknown areas while performing their missions. If they are lucky, they strike it rich; if they are unlucky, they lose their lives."

Qi Tian nodded after listening. He knew about secret realms; in the original work, after Luo Feng joined the Virtual Universe Company through the genius competition, he obtained many opportunities during his adventures in secret realms.

However, those types of secret realms were held in the hands of the top brass of the five major powers. Aside from core members, even peripheral members of the major powers could not access them, let alone other low-level adventurers.

But there were also some secret realms that were not as valuable. After initial plundering, the remaining items were not worth investing large amounts of manpower and resources to explore and extract.

This was where the universe mercenaries came in. After the extremely dangerous areas were cleared by powerhouses, the secret realm would be slightly modified to allow the Mercenary Alliance to move in.

While training the mercenaries, they were assigned collection and exploration missions, simultaneously continuing to develop the secret realms for the Human Race while honing the mercenaries' own strength.

This operation was a win-win!

Qi Tian was also very interested in joining the Universe Mercenary Alliance. Powerhouses need to be tempered, especially someone like him who had no faction backing him; he had to rely on himself to polish his own reputation.

"For the next few days, I will practice in the Slaughter Arena of the virtual universe. You go and purchase some cultivation supplies. They don't need to be too precious; just enough to support the Planet level clansmen on Gold Soul Planet in their cultivation for a period of time will suffice."

"Also, buy some ordinary combat secret techniques—just the standard stuff—to temporarily provide for the humans on the planet to practice."

"Once the supplies are purchased, we will return to Gold Soul Planet, send Jingshi and the others back, and after arranging the trivial matters of the planet, we will set off to participate in mercenary adventures."

Mikita nodded, indicating it was no problem.

"The procedures for selling the life planet will also be completed in two days. There will be a sum of funds coming in then. I will prepare a list of supplies to purchase over these two days."