Couriers and Drivers

In the world of Swallowed Star, at the Virtual Universe Company's headquarters in the universe.

Shortly after Lu Qingshan uploaded novels such as A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality to the chat group, the breakthroughs of the other experts around him had also concluded.

Even before their breakthroughs, Black Peak King had already sent them out of the spaceship.

Once they had completed their breakthroughs, Black Peak King and the others appeared before them again.

"You little fellows who failed to break through!"

Black Peak King looked toward the cultivators who remained at the peak of the World Master level. "From now on, follow these people. They will make arrangements for you!"

As soon as Black Peak King finished speaking, an immortal deity stepped out from behind each of the several King-level experts.

"Those joining the Virtual Universe Company, come with me!" said the immortal behind Black Peak King.

"Those joining the Universe Mercenary Alliance, come with me!"

"Those joining the Cosmic Star River Bank..."

Led by these five immortal deities, the peak World Master cultivators who had failed to break through quickly departed.

"Congratulations!"

After all the World Master-level cultivators had left, Black Peak King continued, "You have broken through and become immortal deities, gaining eternal lifespans from this day forward!"

"However, you had all previously joined the core ranks of our five great powers, so you must now follow their arrangements and complete the tasks assigned to you!"

"Of course, completing the corresponding tasks will also earn you many rewards!"

At this point, Black Peak King waved his hand. "All right. Those joining the Virtual Universe Company, come with me!"

"Those joining the Giant Axe Dojo, come with me..."

Once the several King-level immortals finished speaking, Lu Qingshan and the others immediately moved.

Although they had now broken through to become immortals, they knew very well that compared to the King-level immortals before them, or even the human race's five superpowers, they were still merely little fellows. Naturally, they would not oppose the arrangements of the five great powers.

Before long, Lu Qingshan and the others who had joined the Virtual Universe Company followed Black Peak King into a spacious hall.

"Very good!"

Black Peak King looked at Lu Qingshan and the others with a smile. "Choosing to join our Virtual Universe Company was absolutely the wisest choice you could have made!"

"Our Virtual Universe Company offers the best benefits among the five great powers! Within the company, you can encounter all kinds of rare treasures and secret technique inheritances that you would normally never get to see. And so long as you have enough points, you can exchange them for all of it!"

"And if you wish to accumulate points, you must complete the corresponding tasks!"

"All right, enough of that for now!"

Black Peak King then said, "I will now assign your tasks."

"Calista!"

Black Peak King looked toward a breathtakingly beautiful young woman in the crowd. "From now on, remain aboard my spaceship and be responsible for guiding cultivators to the Initial Universe!"

"Yes, Patriarch!" Calista quickly replied.

"Mm."

Black Peak King nodded slightly, then looked at two young men who appeared nearly identical and said with a smile, "Robertson, Robert, you brothers have been assigned to the Initial Universe and will be responsible for reception work there. You may return to the Initial Universe with me later!"

"Yes, Black Peak King!" the Robertson brothers replied together, a trace of delight flashing across their faces.

The reason the two brothers had received such a precious assignment was that their family's ancestor was one of the greatest beings in the Virtual Universe Company faction, the great Youhou Lord!

Their talent had previously been ordinary. Although they could enjoy some family resources, they had been utterly unremarkable within the clan.

Fortunately, the brothers had made the right gamble. Through their family, they had obtained spots to enter the Initial Universe for enlightenment, and now they had successfully become immortal deities. Their status within the family had instantly risen dramatically!

After all, aside from Youhou Lord, their entire family only had one Universe Venerable, two King-level immortals, thirteen Marquis-level immortals, and over three hundred ordinary immortals!

Now that the two brothers had been assigned to the Initial Universe, whether it was improving their strength or accumulating wealth in the future, they would far surpass the others!

Next, Black Peak King continued assigning tasks to everyone.

"Trist, Kalendo... the thirty of you have been assigned to the Flowing Light Branch. Just follow Pulos later!"

"Tori, Kremor... Lu Qingshan, the seventeen of you have been assigned to the transportation department. Just follow Warren later!"

As soon as Black Peak King finished speaking, a handsome young man with a vertical eye growing between his brows stepped out from behind him and motioned for Lu Qingshan and the others to move aside.

Before long, Black Peak King had finished assigning tasks to everyone who had joined the Virtual Universe Company. He then departed aboard a spaceship with Calista and the Robertson brothers.

After the immortal deities responsible for leading the groups exchanged greetings, they too began preparing to depart with their respective teams.

Thus, Warren soon led Lu Qingshan and the other seventeen immortals assigned to the transportation department to a spaceship docking port.

"Fellow immortals!"

The handsome young man pointed at the many ships within the docking port and said with a smile, "Being able to join our transportation department is an enormous opportunity for all of you!"

"Do you see them? These are all incomparably precious F-class spaceships. Even after becoming immortal deities, you might not be able to accumulate enough wealth to purchase an F-class spaceship after hundreds of millions of years!"

"But now that you have joined our transportation department, you can immediately be assigned an F-class spaceship!"

"Of course, the spaceships assigned to you only grant you usage rights. You must also follow company regulations and travel throughout the universe transporting resources, picking up and delivering the many geniuses of our human race, and so on!"

"Next, I will assign your future rides!"

The handsome young man Warren first looked at Lu Qingshan, then smiled. "Lu Qingshan, your ride will be Blood Red Three, the ship forged from Scarlet Chaos Copper Mother!"

Lu Qingshan turned to look and immediately saw a triangular spaceship that was entirely blood-red.

"Tori, your ride..." Warren continued assigning spaceships to the others.

Before long, Warren had assigned a ship to each of Lu Qingshan and the others.

"All right, I have already sent everything you need to pay attention to through the Virtual Universe. You can review it yourselves later!"

Warren waved his hand and continued, "Now, connect your consciousness to the Virtual Universe and directly teleport to Thunder Island. I will lead you in establishing your future residences within the Virtual Universe!"

"Yes!" Lu Qingshan and the others nodded one after another, then split off a trace of consciousness and connected to the Virtual Universe.

After Lu Qingshan became an immortal deity, his permissions within the Virtual Universe Company immediately rose considerably, and his auxiliary intelligence, Deep Blue, also gained a new function.

That was, after entering the Virtual Universe, he could directly teleport to a special plane within it known as Thunder Island.

Virtual Universe Company headquarters plane, Thunder Island.

Thunder Island was where members of the Virtual Universe Company above the immortal level resided. The island was unimaginably vast, shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, with lightning serpents coiling around it.

Countless palaces stood upon Thunder Island, each one representing an immortal deity within the Virtual Universe Company.

At the center of Thunder Island stood an incomparably majestic mountain range. Even more luxurious palaces had been constructed halfway up its slopes.

This was where the true upper echelon of the Virtual Universe Company resided: great beings at the Universe Venerable level.

As for the summit of the mountain range, only several faintly visible palaces stood there. This was the domain of Universe Lords. Some astonishingly powerful Universe Overlords were also qualified to live there.

In an ordinary region of Thunder Island, a figure suddenly appeared. It was Lu Qingshan, who had teleported over.

Soon afterward, Kremor and the others assigned to the transportation department all appeared there as well.

"Teacher!" A voice extremely familiar to Lu Qingshan rang out.

Everyone turned and saw Warren, who had previously assigned them their spaceships, walking toward them alongside another short-haired young man. The familiar voice Lu Qingshan had just heard belonged to that short-haired young man.

"Hogus!" A smile quickly appeared on Lu Qingshan's face.

This short-haired young man was Hogus, his sixth disciple, who had joined the Virtual Universe Company long ago and become an immortal deity.

"Hogus!"

Warren smiled and said, "I still need to explain the matters requiring attention to the others, so I'll leave your teacher to you. You can introduce the rest to him!"

"No problem!"

Hogus immediately smiled. "I can take care of my teacher's affairs! Warren, thank you for this matter. Once I finish what I'm busy with in a while, I'll treat you to a drink!"