"Beep!"
"Connection established. Requesting communication..."
Only after more than half a minute had passed did the call finally connect.
On the illusory screen before Huang Ziwei, the figure of a burly man in ochre armor with a pair of pointed ears soon appeared. It was none other than Lu Qingshan and Huang Ziwei's teacher, the Universe Level powerhouse Kanuo.
"Teacher!"
Upon seeing Kanuo, Lu Qingshan and Huang Ziwei both bowed slightly in greeting.
"Mm!"
Kanuo nodded slightly, then looked straight at Huang Ziwei and said, "Ziwei, Qingshan, the two of you are to set out immediately for the Imperial Capital Star of our Purple River Empire. I'll head there later to meet up with you!"
"Teacher!"
After hearing Kanuo's words, Huang Ziwei hurriedly asked, "Has something happened?"
"Something major has indeed happened in the universe recently. I only just heard about it myself!"
Kanuo quickly explained, "A superpower called the Virtual Universe Company has recently appeared in the universe. They're building company offices on many important inhabited planets within our Golden Lion Empire!"
"The Virtual Universe Company?"
After hearing Kanuo's words, Lu Qingshan could not help freezing for a moment.
Familiar with the original novel, he naturally knew very well what the Virtual Universe Company represented. It was the key to the Human Race's ability to integrate all the resources within its territory, a supreme secret technique that allowed countless humans to communicate freely regardless of location...
Of course, the appearance of the Virtual Universe Company also meant that the Original Ancestor had already been suppressed by the Origin Will of the Original Universe.
If the Original Ancestor had been suppressed, the Human Race's standing in this vast universe might not plummet a thousand fathoms, but it would certainly decline somewhat.
They might even have to surrender some of the territory the Human Race currently occupied.
I wonder whether the Heavenly Star Universe Country borders those alien races' territories!
Lu Qingshan could not help thinking to himself, If the human leadership gives away the entire Heavenly Star Universe Country, the humans living here will have to migrate to other Universe Countries. Who knows how much trouble that would cause!
While all sorts of thoughts flashed through Lu Qingshan's mind, Kanuo spoke again on the illusory screen.
"I've even heard that beyond the Golden Lion Empire, offices for this Virtual Universe Company are being built on many important inhabited planets throughout the Heavenly Star Universe Country!"
Kanuo said with great solemnity, "If that's really the case, this Virtual Universe Company will definitely become a behemoth on par with the Universe First Bank!"
"But the Universe First Bank specifically serves the strong. Even all my assets combined wouldn't meet the minimum requirement for opening an account there!"
"This Virtual Universe Company is different, though!"
"I've heard that this Virtual Universe Company possesses an unprecedented communication technology. If we can successfully open accounts with them, we'll be able to communicate even when we're in different star domains!"
"Moreover, opening an account with the Virtual Universe Company and then communicating with others in that Virtual Universe is far more convenient than using the Golden Lion Empire's communication network. Even the Virtual Universe Company's fees are much lower, almost the same as those of the Purple River Empire's communication network!"
"I have a feeling that under pressure from this Virtual Universe Company, both the Golden Lion Empire's communication network and the Purple River Empire's communication network will eventually go out of business!"
Hearing this, Lu Qingshan sighed inwardly.
Why stop at the communication networks of the Golden Lion Empire and the Purple River Empire?
With this Virtual Universe, communication networks everywhere across the Human Race's entire territory, and even in places such as the Outer Domain Battlefield and Cosmic Secret Realms, could all go out of business and disappear in the future.
This would cost the powers that built communication networks a huge source of income, but for the Human Race as a whole, it was an enormously good thing!
Just then, Kanuo spoke again. "I've already received word that the Virtual Universe Company's staff will soon arrive on our Purple River Empire's Imperial Capital Star. Their purpose is to select some relatively important inhabited planets within our Purple River Empire's territory and then build Virtual Universe Company offices on those planets!"
"I'm having you head to the Imperial Capital Star this time to secure one of those planetary slots for our Kanuo Family!"
"If Pastoral Song Star can have a Virtual Universe Company office, many people within the Purple River Empire will come to Pastoral Song Star to open Virtual Universe accounts in the future. Pastoral Song Star will become even more prosperous then!"
"I'm not currently within the Purple River Empire, and it'll take me nearly two months to reach the Imperial Capital Star. That's why I need the two of you to head there now and speak with the Virtual Universe Company's staff on my behalf!"
With Kanuo unable to arrive immediately, Huang Ziwei was the only person in the Kanuo Family who could best represent him.
Although Kanuo's children were also very close to him, they were much weaker in terms of strength.
"Yes, Teacher!"
After hearing Kanuo's words, Huang Ziwei immediately said solemnly from beside Lu Qingshan, "This disciple will do everything in his power to get the Virtual Universe Company's staff to build an office on our Pastoral Song Star!"
"Good!"
Kanuo quickly said, "Once you reach the Imperial Capital Star, you can pay the Kunbu Family a visit!"
"I'll speak with them beforehand. After all, the Kanuo Family is the fifth-ranked family within our Purple River Empire. With their help, it'll be easier for us to have a Virtual Universe Company office built on Pastoral Song Star!"
"Yes, Teacher!" After hearing Kanuo's instructions, Huang Ziwei quickly nodded again.
"Qingshan!"
Kanuo soon turned his gaze toward Lu Qingshan. "Set out with Ziwei later. You and I will meet on the Imperial Capital Star!"
"Yes, Teacher!" Lu Qingshan hurriedly nodded in response.
Although he did not know why Kanuo wanted him to go along to the Purple River Empire's Imperial Capital Star, he himself wanted to see the newly established Virtual Universe Company, so naturally he would not refuse.
After giving these instructions, Kanuo soon ended the call.
Huang Ziwei then quickly turned to Lu Qingshan beside him. "Junior Brother, the task Teacher has given us this time is extremely important, so we need to set out immediately!"
"But these youngsters are taking their assessments right now, so I still have a few things to arrange. That'll take a little over an hour! If you have no objections, Junior Brother, how about we set out for the Imperial Capital Star in two hours?"
"No problem!" Lu Qingshan quickly nodded.
Other than cultivating, he had nothing else to do on Pastoral Song Star, so he needed no preparations at all to head to the Imperial Capital Star.
Two hours later, Lu Qingshan set out with Huang Ziwei for the Purple River Empire's Imperial Capital Star.
To reach the Imperial Capital Star faster this time, however, Lu Qingshan did not take his own spaceship. Instead, he traveled with Huang Ziwei aboard the latter's C9-grade spaceship, which could reach twice the speed of light in the Dark Universe.
As for Lu Qingshan's spaceship, since he could not carry it with him at all, it naturally remained parked on Pastoral Song Star.