Zhang Junbao encountered an attack from the Zerg's Marquis Immortal during his mission. This was especially significant because a Core Member the Virtual Universe Company, Domain Lord Level, had already been lost in the previous mission, and this mission was personally assigned by the Chaos City Lord.
Given the severity of the consequences, headquarters naturally took all relevant personnel into custody immediately.
The three giants who govern the Youmo Universe Country usually smuggle some precious materials and treasures, which is a taboo. Under normal circumstances, they might be given a slight punishment as a warning and that would be the end of it.
But now, because Zhang Junbao was attacked, the whole incident has been blown out of proportion. Headquarters immediately dispatched powerful individuals to subdue the three and hand them over to Zhang Junbao for his next mission—trial!
Venerable Guiyi turned and left, after all, he had never appeared on the surface from beginning to end; it was Ebonwood Marquis who rose to power and defeated Marquis Chanmu.
Ebonwood Marquis led Zhang Junbao directly through the Divine Kingdom Passage to Tiandu Star, where the Virtual Universe Company's Youmo Universe Country branch was located. As Marquis Immortal who emerged from the Youmo Universe Country, Ebonwood Marquis left Immortal Crystal as coordinate marks in many important places within the Youmo Universe Country.
He had just stumbled upon an incredible opportunity. With such good fortune falling into his lap, he naturally wouldn't be stingy with the cost of a mere few Hunyuan Unit for Divine Kingdom Teleportation.
Stepping out of the Divine Kingdom Passage, Zhang Junbao looked up at the enormous planet with a diameter of over 100 million kilometers in the distance. The magnificent palace complex on the planet stretched for tens of millions of kilometers, all of which were man-made.
Many palaces even faintly shimmered with the light of Law Secret Patterns, clearly indicating that this place was not as harmless as it appeared on the surface. Once attacked, these palaces would transform into the most terrifying war machines.
Upon seeing Zhang Junbao arrive, a servant came forward and led the two to the main hall, which was only opened when important instructions from the Virtual Universe Company Headquarters were being conveyed.
"Your Highness Zhang Junbao, the company headquarters has sent a mission request. The trial will be held in ten days. Please rest for a while," the attendant said respectfully.
"Ten days from now?" Zhang Junbao looked thoughtful. He had already arrived at the Youmo Universe Country branch of the Virtual Universe Company. This was originally the location of the three giants. Given Zhang Junbao's status, the three giants should have appeared to greet him upon his arrival, but so far, they were nowhere to be seen.
However, the three were immediately subdued by the headquarters' powerful personnel the moment Zhang Junbao got into trouble. But since they were already under control, why wait ten days for the trial?
Zhang Junbao also saw the mission requirements sent to him by the Virtual Universe Company Headquarters, confirming this.
"Your Highness may not know this, but the three King-level Immortal are also the three giants of the Youmo Universe Country. They have been operating for many years and have many forces behind them."
Firstly, the company headquarters needs time to collect evidence; secondly, it's also to achieve the performance evaluation goals.
"You're letting me go through the trial, but deliberately delaying it. With the strength of Virtual Universe Company, it wouldn't take ten days to investigate the whole story."
The only explanation is that they used the ten days to make my assessment task more difficult.
Presumably, news of their arrest has already spread, and their Venerable teacher has begun his actions!
"Your Highness truly has discerning eyes!" Ebonwood Marquis said with a smile. "Your Highness will likely receive quite a few emails soon; this is one of the hidden aspects of the assessment."
Zhang Junbao chuckled and shook his head helplessly. The assessment by the Virtual Universe Company was actually a way to test one's mindset.
It seems that some higher-ups still believe that even if he manages to cross the Illusion Sea, he won't be able to prove himself. They want to test how Zhang Junbao will handle real-world relationships and pressures. The Illusion Sea is ultimately just an illusion. In reality, everyone has many attachments and ties, and these will all influence their judgment.
"Well, life in the universe isn't just about fighting and killing; there are also human relationships and social interactions. For those with a firm mind, the threats of enemies may not be effective, but the requests of loved ones are sometimes hard to refuse."
"The higher-ups at headquarters are playing a dirty trick on me. They're not even hiding the purpose of the performance review. Let's see how I handle it."
Zhang Junbao smiled, understanding dawning on his mind.
"Then let me see what methods these three King-level Immortal, and the Universe Venerable behind them, can use."
After speaking, Zhang Junbao swiped his finger from top to bottom, and a virtual screen appeared out of thin air in front of him, displaying the evidence of the three giants' crimes sent by the Virtual Universe Company.
" King Wanfu: Initial King Immortal God, Commerce Department of the Youmo Universe Country of the Virtual Universe Company, smuggling precious ores and materials of Law, while his subordinate forces secretly plunder people and sell Human Race lives to Alien Race as food;
Black Duck King: Minister of the Martial Department, disciple of the ruler of the Youmo Universe Country, he fabricated numerous genius data to swindle Human Race out of their talent cultivation resources. He secretly suppressed human geniuses and powerful individuals, supplying hundreds of millions of Universe Level and tens of millions of Domain Lord Level beings to Alien Race every thousand years!
Blood Wolf King: Minister of the Military Department, using private spaceships and anonymous Virtual Universe Network accounts, leaked the Human Race army's deployment map!
Zhang Junbao's face grew increasingly grim as he looked at the documents.
"Abusing their power and acting recklessly and arrogantly! Can this still be considered a strong person of the Human Race?"
Even Alien Race spies are probably not as cold-blooded and ruthless as them!
"How can someone who sells Human Race to feed Alien Race be considered human?"
"Since he has already been granted the King-level Immortal, yet he doesn't seek the interests of the Human Race, but instead suppresses Human Race and provides convenience for Alien Race, what use is such a person?"
"Your Highness may not know this, but the Human Race has an enormous population. How vast is a Universe Country? A Universe Country is divided into different star clusters, star regions, and star systems. A Universe Country has at least tens of thousands of star clusters, a star cluster has millions of star regions, a star region has hundreds of thousands of star systems, and each star system has hundreds of billions of planets."
Based on this calculation, a single Universe Country would contain over ten quadrillion planets. How many life forms would be born within a year, and how many of them would be at the Universe Level or the Domain Lord Level?
This doesn't even include the life forms in the God Kingdom, the World Lord World, and the Cosmic Secret Realm.
"Given the power of these three giants, acquiring this population wouldn't be difficult."
"In reality, the Human Race of the 1008 Universe Country living in the Original Universe only accounts for one-tenth of the total population."
A vast number of beings also live within the God Kingdom and secret realms.
"Every Immortal begins with a God Kingdom, within the God Kingdom a large number of humans can naturally be conceived."
Some Cosmic Secret Realm are extremely vast, some even approaching the size of a Universe Country, containing abundant land and oceans capable of nurturing countless life forms. These are the main components of the Human Race!
Zhang Junbao nodded. The Luanshen Mystic Realm alone was comparable in size to a typical Universe Country, and it had nurtured countless other life forms. Countless other life forms had also been born in other places.
"Moreover..." Ebonwood Marquis hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
"And even if the three giants don't sell them to Alien Race, too many people will perish due to wars and the struggle for resources and territory, right?"
"I'm afraid the three giants think the same way, which is why they're so reckless," Zhang Junbao continued.
"It's different, Ebonwood Marquis."
"Since they are all Human Race and live within the Human Territory, as the strong of the Human Race, they have the responsibility to protect the lives within the territory."
Whether they perished due to war or other factors, it was a result of natural evolution, but that absolutely does not mean they can be sold to Alien Race.
There's a saying on Earth: You can scold or beat your own child however you want, but you absolutely cannot allow outsiders to lay a finger on them.
In Zhang Junbao's eyes, since these are Human Race lives, he, as a strong Human Race, has a responsibility to protect them.
Otherwise, Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng could have easily sold off the rest of Earth as resources to other cosmic powers.
Earthling are naturally conceived on Earth and, having undergone Earth's soul transformation, possess far superior aptitude compared to other races in the universe. If Zhang Junbao and his companions were ruthless enough to sell Earthling as resources, they could definitely obtain immense wealth enough to allow them to grow into Immortal.
It was precisely because of his special feelings for Earthling that extended to the Human Race in the universe that Zhang Junbao believed the actions of the three giants were unforgivable.
Seeing that Zhang Junbao had made his decision, Ebonwood Marquis said nothing more. When he saw the look in Zhang Junbao's eyes, he felt a little fear.
After reviewing the materials, Zhang Junbao chose to go into seclusion to cultivate, declining Ebonwood Marquis's invitation to visit Tiandu Star.
He didn't wake up from his cultivation until the ninth day, because the ruler of the Youmo Universe Country sent an envoy to invite him to a banquet.
"Master, an envoy from the Youmo Universe Country is waiting outside, inviting you to a banquet."
Zhang Junbao slowly opened his eyes, Law Path within them gradually dissipated.
"Finally couldn't hold back anymore? It's the ninth day; you've at least become somewhat patient."
" Feitian, how many emails have you received these days?"
"A total of 138,915 letters, of which 983 came from the King-level Immortal, and one was sent from Earth."
Lian Hong and Thunder God each received an email.
"Oh? There really is a way. You've even managed to persuade people on Earth. Let me see."
Zhang Junbao casually opened the email from Earth, sent in his father's name. It contained only a few words: "Son, they've managed to find their way to Earth; their intentions are far from small. Make your own decision. If they're scum, deal with them! Earthling are unyielding!"
"Hahaha... Looks like they've got the wrong person!"
Zhang Junbao laughed loudly. The four of them had done so much for the Earth. In this critical moment, everyone on Earth would stand by their side.
"Hong and Thunder God's emails were similar, telling me to make the decision myself. As for Hong, it turned out that he got help through Ji Qing's teacher, the Phantom Spirit King. How the tables have turned."
"The vast majority of emails are stern and powerful, demonstrating that the power to King-level Immortal is not easy and that cultivation is not easy, and that they have made great contributions to the Human Race."
"Leave a way out for others, so you can meet again in the future."
"Some of them are oblivious to the danger and bluntly say that I am about to go to the Outer Domain Battlefield. If I encounter difficulties and ask for help, and the human powerhouse is 'accidentally' a little late, they may perish."
A fallen genius, utterly worthless, even subtly showing 'concern' for my family!
"Are these idiots really all muscle in their heads?"
At this moment, Zhang Junbao's eyes were unusually cold.
" Feitian, write down all those emails that dare to threaten me. We'll have a good chat about life and ideals with them later!"
"Yes, Master!"
"Let's go. The demonstration of the King-level Immortal is over. Now let's see what the Universe Venerable intends to do!"
Zhang Junbao stepped out of the room and glanced at the servant sent by the Youmo Universe Country. Although the servant was an Immortal Army Lord, his mind went blank the moment he saw Zhang Junbao's eyes, and his body trembled uncontrollably.
Zhang Junbao's Mental Power Amplitude exceeded 5000 times, which was far beyond what an ordinary Immortal could withstand. With just a glance, he rendered the envoy of the Youmo Universe Country's ruler powerless to resist.
He walked straight into the spaceship, where another envoy with white eyebrows and silver hair hurriedly came to greet him, leading Zhang Junbao to the planet where the ruler of the Youmo Universe Country was located, completely ignoring the Immortal envoy who was slumped on the ground.
Ebonwood Marquis followed closely behind. He was Immortal God sent by the Virtual Universe Company Headquarters to protect Zhang Junbao during his mission. Even though the ruler of the Youmo Universe Country did not invite him, he would still accompany Zhang Junbao.
"This Zhang Junbao actually attacked the envoy sent by the great Universe Country Lord, and yet, without any visible attack, he rendered an Immortal God incapacitated. It's truly terrifying!"
At this moment, the other envoy in the spaceship was horrified. His Highness of the Virtual Universe Company was so terrifying!
The Virtual Universe Company's branch and the planet where the Youmo Universe Country Lord resided were not far apart. The spaceship traveled at a hundred times the speed of light in the Dark Universe and arrived at its destination in just three hours.
"Your Highness Zhang Junbao, this is the planet where the great Universe Country Lord resides, Youmo Star," the white-browed, silver-haired envoy introduced.
Zhang Junbao looked up and saw a planet in the distant starry sky that emitted a faint black aura and swallowed all the surrounding light. It was not a black hole, but it exuded an aura that was more terrifying than a black hole. It was astonishing to be seen with the naked eye.
The spaceship sped toward the Youmo Star, and as it approached, Zhang Junbao sensed that the flow of time around him was changing rapidly.
" The Time Venerable, who has refined the entire planet into Heavy Treasure, and the ruler of the Youmo Universe Country, as the ancient ruler of the 1008 human Universe Country, his strength is indeed extraordinary."
As the spaceship approached, a beam of light shot out from the Youmo Star, guiding the entire ship to dock next to a massive palace.
In front of this enormous palace lies a plaza spanning thousands of square kilometers, where a vast number of powerful individuals are standing in neat rows. At a glance, there are hundreds of thousands of powerful figures, the weakest of whom are at the World Lord Level, and among them are many Immortal God.
The spaceship slowly descended and landed in the center of the square. As soon as Zhang Junbao stepped out of the hatch, he felt the faint pressure emanating from hundreds of thousands of powerful figures.
"Is this an attempt to intimidate me? But this show of force is a bit too weak!" Zhang Junbao glanced around and thought to himself.
"Your Highness Zhang Junbao, please follow me. His Majesty the King is already waiting inside!" A man wearing gray- Black Battle Armor and with a hooked nose came forward to greet him.
"Greetings, ' King Yinjiu,' I am truly honored by your warm welcome!"
Zhang Junbao recognized the hook-nosed man in front of him as another disciple of the ruler of the Youmo Universe Country, the senior brother of the Military Department minister Black Duck King, ' King Yinjiu '.
King Yinjiu greeted Zhang Junbao with the rank of King Rank, and his words were respectful, seemingly lowering his posture to an extreme degree. However, Zhang Junbao could feel the chilling aura emanating from him, enough to freeze the soul of an ordinary person.
"Your Highness, you are the disciple of the Chaos City Lord and a super genius. I admire you greatly. If I had had Your Highness's talent when I was a World Lord, I wouldn't have wasted my life like this."
"A King Level being personally welcoming me, and adopting such a humble posture—is the Youmo Universe Country Lord trying to play the emotional card with me?"
Zhang Junbao thought to himself.
"Unsolicited kindness is always suspicious! Besides, these are special times; tomorrow is the day of judgment. King of the Youmo Universe Country, this move, while seemingly an attempt to win me over, probably also serves as a deterrent!"