Old Acquaintance

After meeting Qingcang Marquis, Lu Qingshan quickly connected his consciousness to the Virtual Universe and arrived at his palace on Thunder Island.

At the same time, he gained several new privileges, the most important of which was the right to send distress signals during missions.

During missions carried out by Transportation Department staff, distress signals were generally divided into three levels.

The lowest-level distress signal covered issues such as spacecraft malfunctions.

The second-level distress signal was for relatively urgent problems.

As for the highest-level distress signal, it could only be sent after encountering powerful alien race experts!

After familiarizing himself with the relevant privileges, Lu Qingshan quickly submitted his application for formal employment through the Virtual Universe.

Not long after officially joining, he received training materials from the Transportation Department.

After completing numerous training assessments, Lu Qingshan soon received his first mission: go to the Logistics Department and deliver a designated world ring to a powerful expert at the 002nd Barracks Base on the Seventh Extraterritorial Battlefield within one month.

"A mission from company headquarters to the Extraterritorial Battlefield?" Lu Qingshan was slightly taken aback.

Thanks to his disciple Hogus's introduction, Lu Qingshan had gained a fairly thorough understanding of the many missions handled by the Virtual Universe Company's Transportation Department.

Among the Transportation Department's many assignments, short-duration delivery missions like this were the worst. After all, with such limited mission time, it was practically impossible to slack off.

Moreover, both ends of this mission were important locations for the human race. Once it was completed, it would be easier to receive the next assignment, leaving even less time to slack off.

Fortunately, there were many fixed teleportation passages between important human race locations. So even with only half a month for the journey, Lu Qingshan still had plenty of time.

"Forget it. I'm a newcomer, after all!" Lu Qingshan sighed, then quickly headed toward the Logistics Department.

After receiving the designated world ring from the Logistics Department, he was also assigned two World Master-level experts from the department.

These two World Masters had been dispatched by the Logistics Department to assist Lu Qingshan in completing the delivery mission, so he quickly brought them to the Space Channel No. 3 Distribution Cluster on the Headquarters Continent.

The Space Channel No. 3 Distribution Cluster contained thirty-six fixed spatial teleportation passages leading to Virtual Universe Company branches throughout human territory. One of those branches was located near Azure Dragon Star, one of humanity's eight major logistics bases.

By passing through the fixed teleportation passage on Azure Dragon Star, they could quickly reach the 002nd Barracks Base on the Seventh Extraterritorial Battlefield.

"Greetings, my lord!" After Lu Qingshan arrived at the Space Channel No. 3 Distribution Cluster, a Domain Lord-level expert in a standard uniform quickly came forward to greet him.

"Hello."

Lu Qingshan gave the man a slight nod before saying, "I am Lu Qingshan from the Transportation Department. I have already submitted an application to travel to Branch No. 27."

"Please follow me, my lord!"

The staff member spoke respectfully, then led Lu Qingshan and the other two to a spatial passage.

The spatial passage resembled a rippling curtain of water. Lu Qingshan gave the staff member a slight nod, then led the other two World Master-level experts into it.

Fixed spatial passages between two locations were generally routed through an immortal god's divine kingdom. The owner of that divine kingdom had effectively dedicated it to the Virtual Universe Company.

Of course, under such circumstances, the Virtual Universe Company would make the divine kingdom exceptionally secure, which was also beneficial to its owner.

Through the fixed spatial passage, Lu Qingshan soon arrived at Branch No. 27 several hundred million light-years away. He then took the other two World Masters aboard Blood Red Three and headed for Azure Dragon Star.

After three days of travel through the dark universe, Lu Qingshan and the other two soon appeared near Azure Dragon Star, one of humanity's eight major logistics bases.

Using the spacecraft's external-view simulation, Lu Qingshan quickly saw the enormous planet ahead, over a million kilometers in diameter.

It was an artificially created planet, as well as a terrifying starry sky fortress.

As an employee of the Virtual Universe Company's Transportation Department, Lu Qingshan had his identity verified and soon passed through a special passage to reach the 002nd Barracks Base on the Seventh Extraterritorial Battlefield.

After verifying their identities once more, Lu Qingshan and the other two were soon led by staff to the outside of a luxurious villa covering more than a thousand meters.

This was not the heartland of human territory, but a barracks base within the Extraterritorial Battlefield. Even the phrase "every inch of land was worth its weight in gold" could not describe how precious space was here.

For the owner of this villa to occupy such a luxurious residence here, their strength was obvious!

"Hahaha, you've finally arrived!"

After Lu Qingshan and the other two appeared, a thin figure quickly emerged from the villa.

"Sir, these are the goods you ordered. Everything is here!"

After verifying the other party's information using a special device, Lu Qingshan quickly bowed slightly and handed the designated world ring over.

"Mm!"

The thin figure nodded slightly, then quickly separated a thread of immortal divine power and sent it into the world ring.

Seeing this, Lu Qingshan continued, "The mission is complete, so we won't disturb you any longer."

"Wait!"

Just as Lu Qingshan was about to leave with the others, the man's surprised voice rang out again beside him. "You're Lu Qingshan?"

"Hmm?"

Hearing the other party call out his name, Lu Qingshan could not help feeling puzzled.

When he looked again, the thin figure's face quickly changed into another appearance.

"You're 'Purple Radiance' Ross?" Lu Qingshan asked in surprise.

"Purple Radiance" Ross was the strongest opponent Lu Qingshan had encountered when he participated in the Universe Human Peak Talent Tournament for the second time.

Back then, Ross had reached the top two thousand in the Trial Tower's overall universe rankings. It had been the closest he had ever come, through multiple talent tournaments and battles of experts, to entering the core echelon of the five great powers.

According to the Virtual Universe Company's rules, as long as he defeated three other geniuses who had likewise entered the top 7,300 in the universe during the following arena battles, he would be qualified to join the Virtual Universe Company's core echelon together with the geniuses ranked in the top hundred overall in the Trial Tower!

But after he had consecutively defeated two terrifyingly powerful opponents and stood only one step away from entering the Virtual Universe Company's core echelon, he encountered "Purple Radiance" Ross!

After a difficult battle, he ultimately lost to Ross, who stepped over his corpse and entered the Virtual Universe Company's core echelon!