In a remote star system in the Chaotic Star Domain.
An unnamed crimson planet, much like Mars.
Underground, however, there was a base.
The base had a standardized mechanical style and was a D1-Level Base.
Inside a luxurious palace in the base.
A youth in brocade waved away the dancing girls before him.
"All of you, leave. This is so boring."
"Uncle, can I connect to the Virtual Universe?" He looked at the burly red-haired man beside him.
"No." The burly man shook his head. "Monitoring devices are installed throughout the base now. If anyone connects to the Virtual Universe and shows abnormal activity, it'll trigger an alarm. If you connect and trigger the alarm, you could cause a temporary blind spot in surveillance."
Naturally, they had no technology capable of monitoring the Virtual Universe itself.
But when someone connected to the Virtual Universe, part of their consciousness entered it, causing abnormal conscious activity in reality that certain devices could detect.
Of course, these devices had limitations too. Like Biological Chips, they were ineffective on those at the domain lord level and above.
"I'll only connect for a little while. It won't affect anything. Besides, I can go up to the surface, or to a nearby planet." The brocade-clad youth kept pleading.
He was also at the star level peak and had even participated in the Genius Battle, though he had been eliminated on the first day of the Preliminary Tournament.
Still, moving around within a star system was no problem for him.
"Why do you think we're hiding here? Isn't it for your safety? That's what you get for running around with Yan Lüxiao. Let this be a lesson to you," the burly red-haired man scolded.
He was a domain lord.
The brocade-clad youth's father was his elder brother,