You're So Stingy with Your Spending, This Lord Is Very Dissatisfied!

Wang Yu asked Mentor Yoda about a few more matters. After thanking him, the two drank for a while longer before Mentor Yoda left.

So even ordinary Universe-level beings have no way to join? Wang Yu thought helplessly.

The Virtual Universe Company had branches throughout its territory. The higher-ups were internal members, while there were also external members of much lower status.

But even Mentor Yoda, who possessed the title of "Giant Axe Warrior" and held a status close to that of an ordinary Domain Lord Level being, knew nothing about how to become an external member of the Virtual Universe Company?

This was somewhat unexpected, though it did not surprise him too much.

He had known from the start that the Giant Axe Dojo and the Virtual Universe Company were the true rulers of humanity.

The Ganwu Universe Country was powerful, but at most it had to show respect to the five great behemoths?

The Qian Wu Country Lord himself would be frightened out of his wits upon hearing of them!

He himself was merely a member of the Virtual Universe Company, and an ordinary Venerable who could not enter a faction directly under a Universe Master!

It seems joining the Virtual Universe Company really won't be easy, Wang Yu pondered.

Perhaps they truly do not accept applications from ordinary outsiders. Their members are either elite geniuses cultivated by their branches or people invited and recommended by internal members...

In any case, the five great powers already have plenty of their own people, all fighting desperately for an identity within them. Unless some truly outstanding talent appears, there is indeed no need for them to recruit externally.

Forget it. Since there's no path for now, I'll set it aside and see what opportunities arise later.

Wang Yu shook his head slightly, not paying it much mind.

The Virtual Universe Company's threshold was certainly high, but in this universe, once one's strength reached a certain point, everything else would follow.

With the Lord System, he would nurture one genius powerhouse after another in the future. This aligned with the interests of humanity's upper echelons, and one day, one of the five great powers would surely take the initiative to contact him.

Wang Yu's consciousness withdrew from the virtual universe.

Having settled the matter of joining the Ganwu Dojo, he had nothing much to do for the time being, so he began studying the system shop and planning how to cultivate geniuses in the future.

After looking for a while, Venina suddenly requested an audience.

"Lord."

Venina entered the great hall and bowed. Her large white tail swayed lightly behind her, making her look especially pleased.

"The selection process has been preliminarily completed. This subordinate dispatched one million personnel and established one million testing sites across fifty planets. Generous rewards were offered as incentives to ensure that no one with potential was overlooked."

"Based on the combined results of numerous tests—including physical fitness, genetic energy, spiritual force, and willpower—we ultimately selected one hundred million people with the most outstanding talent and potential from the 162.7 billion citizens of the territory."

Venina reported respectfully. After listening, Wang Yu nodded in satisfaction. "Very good."

"In only three days, you screened one hundred million people from over a hundred billion candidates. And the testing criteria were so comprehensive. This Lord greatly appreciates your capability."

"Thank you for your praise, my lord!" Joy flashed in Venina's eyes, and her tail wagged even more happily behind her.

Originally, the administrative team sent by the imperial administration consisted of only one hundred Star-level members and one hundred thousand Planetary-level members. But Wang Yu had provided far too much funding, and since he demanded the fastest possible speed, she had gone all out.

With a wave of her hand, at the cost of 100 Universe Coins, she had the Blue Silver Empire urgently dispatch nine more administrative teams.

That extravagant spending, that domineering display of wealth, instantly turned her from an unnoticed nobody into a prominent figure within the administration!

Everyone was immensely envious. She had clearly followed a wealthy lord!

Especially the nine teams that had rushed over in an emergency. Those seasoned veterans who had once regarded her as an insignificant nobody were now all flattering and currying favor with her.

Venina felt as though her tail was about to rise straight into the sky!

Feeling secretly delighted, Venina became even more respectful toward Wang Yu and said with extreme humility:

"This is merely this subordinate's duty. I dare not claim credit. Moreover, with the funding you have provided being so ample, my lord, if this subordinate still failed to handle matters properly, that would truly be dereliction of duty!"

"Lord, according to the standard process, after selecting these one hundred million people, we should conduct second and third rounds of more detailed testing, followed by practical elimination tournaments. In the end, we would select a very small number of true genius seeds for focused cultivation."

"May I ask whether you have a specific target number in mind, my lord? Or what standards you wish to use for the subsequent screening, and what type of geniuses you primarily wish to select?"

Wang Yu folded his hands, his expression composed as he looked at her.

"You have a mature system for selecting geniuses. Briefly explain it to this Lord. After screening these one hundred million people, how would your usual process proceed?"

"Reporting to my lord, after completing the first large-scale preliminary selection, two more rounds of screening would follow."

"The second round would use more detailed tests to select one million people from the one hundred million."

"The third round would be a practical combat test. The one million would undergo elimination tournaments, selecting ten thousand people who possessed both talent and combat ability."

"These ten thousand selected through such successive rounds would all be geniuses truly worthy of cultivation."

"Select ten thousand people?" Wang Yu looked thoughtful. That seemed a little too few.

"Yes, my lord," Venina replied respectfully.

"The final ten thousand selected would all be elite seeds requiring substantial resources for future cultivation. Based on their overall performance across the three rounds, we would also roughly divide them into three tiers."

"The top one hundred would be designated 'first-class elites.' They would receive the most generous allocation of resources and personal instruction from ninth-rank Star-level experts. The projected investment would be ten million White Dragon Coins per person."

"The next nine hundred would be designated 'second-class elites.' They would receive slightly fewer resources and be guided by ordinary Star-level experts. The projected investment would be one million White Dragon Coins per person."

"The remaining nine thousand would be designated 'third-class elites.' They would form the basic training echelon, receiving standardized resource support and foundational training. The projected investment would be one hundred thousand White Dragon Coins per person."

"As for our goals for these three tiers of elites..."

"No. There's no need to continue. This is completely unacceptable!" Wang Yu waved his hand, stopping her.

Venina had been speaking enthusiastically when Wang Yu suddenly interrupted her. She froze at once.

Seeing Wang Yu shake his head slightly and sigh, her heart skipped a beat. She hurriedly said in panic:

"L-Lord... This subordinate is foolish. I do not know what part has displeased you. Please enlighten me, and this subordinate will revise the plan immediately!"

"What am I dissatisfied with?" Wang Yu chuckled.

"You work quickly, and this Lord appreciates that. But your vision is too narrow, and your spending is far too stingy. This Lord is very dissatisfied!"

"My vision is too narrow? My spending is too stingy?" Venina was stunned.

"What you just described—ten thousand people, divided into three tiers of elites, with the very best receiving only ten million White Dragon Coins?" Wang Yu looked down at her.

"For this selection alone, I gave you ten thousand Universe Coins in funding. Yet the total investment in cultivating these ten thousand people is only a few hundred Universe Coins?"

"This..." Venina did not know what to say for a moment.