Imperial Citizen

“It’s truly beautiful.” Luo Feng gazed up at the sky, which resembled a layer of purple gauze. In the distant horizon, it shifted to blue! “The sky on Qiulong Star is truly unique,” Gaosheng praised with a smile. “Some areas have blue skies, others purple, or green, red, and so on, and they change frequently! Especially when sunlight filters through the atmosphere and shines on the ocean, it’s an absolutely breathtaking sight!” “Qiulong Star, precisely because of its beautiful scenery, has attracted many powerful individuals to reside here, gradually making Qiulong Star even more prosperous,” Gaosheng exclaimed. Among their group, Gaosheng was the slowest flyer. Yet, with the streamlined, peculiar footboard beneath his feet, Gaosheng’s flight speed could still reach around 2000 meters per second. As they conversed, they quickly covered several hundred kilometers. “Oh!” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up as he spotted a city in the distance. It was a city of exquisite design, roughly equivalent in size to a city on Earth. “Brother Luo Feng, are you envious too? Haha, that’s considered a very luxurious residence even on Qiulong Star. A castle 9.8 kilometers long and wide! Only truly formidable individuals can afford to buy and live in such a castle.” Gaosheng’s eyes gleamed. “Damn it, I wonder when I’ll be able to afford one.” “Castle?” Luo Feng was stunned. “Luo Feng, that’s real estate, a rather extravagant piece of real estate. It’s similar to your Earth’s ‘villas’,” Babata said continuously. “The cosmos is vast, with countless planets, so high-ranking cosmic beings are accustomed to living in extremely large places! For example, your teacher’s residence is an entire planet. On a prosperous planet like ‘Qiulong Star,’ land is quite expensive, so a castle 9.8 kilometers long and wide is considered very luxurious. On an ordinary planet, it would be nothing special.” Luo Feng couldn’t help but curse inwardly. They weren’t even on the same level! Their residences were actually castles 9.8 kilometers long and wide! “Hmm?” As Luo Feng flew, he saw another castle, and in the far distance, yet another. On the incredibly beautiful Qiulong Star, owning a castle was indeed a great luxury. After flying for more than ten minutes. Luo Feng looked down and saw a densely built-up area below, with one ‘small castle’ after another. “These are the cheapest residential properties on Qiulong Star. A manor only 1 kilometer long and wide, if it were in our Carlo Empire, even on the Imperial Capital Star, selling for a billion Black Dragon Coins would be remarkable,” Gaosheng muttered. “But on Qiulong Star, even the cheapest manor like this costs over ten billion Black Dragon Coins!” Luo Feng blinked twice. Over ten billion Black Dragon Coins? “Luo Feng, do you own property here?” Gaosheng asked. “No, I’m too young,” Luo Feng replied. “Yeah, me too.” Gaosheng nodded repeatedly. “My old man keeps my allowance on a tight leash, and even giving me a planet has to wait ten years until I complete my coming-of-age ceremony.” Gaosheng seemed quite displeased. “Otherwise, I could also get a manor on Qiulong Star to live in when I want to relax and play. Then, I’d be a Qiulong Star resident! And on Qiulong Star, I could walk around like I own the place!” Luo Feng nodded slightly. Before coming, Babata had already told him that becoming a ‘Qiulong Star resident’ came with special privileges! However… Judging by the exorbitant property prices here, those who could afford a manor, or even a more expensive castle, were likely royalty from vassal states (cosmic elementary civilization nations) or scions of major families. At the very least, they would be ‘lords’ who owned an entire planet. Even owning a planet didn’t necessarily mean one would be willing to buy property here. After flying for nearly half an hour. Luo Feng finally saw an incredibly massive city in the distance. The city walls were as black as ink, stretching endlessly to the horizon, out of sight! And on the ‘parapets’ of the city walls, transparent, glass-like, magnificent glass dragons coiled. As Luo Feng approached, he realized that the ink-black city walls also featured intricate carvings of single-horned dragons. “What a massive city.” Luo Feng and Gaosheng’s group landed on the ground, gazing up at the colossal city walls, their hearts trembling. The black city walls alone were about 120 meters high, and with the ‘glass dragon’ carvings atop them, the total height reached several hundred meters. Moreover… the entire colossal city stretched to the horizon, seemingly without end. The sheer vastness and ancient aura were awe-inspiring. “Qiulong City is nearly 6000 kilometers long and wide, and its history spans over three million years,” Gaosheng praised. “Just as Babata told me.” Luo Feng realized… Although Babata had been on Earth for fifty thousand years, even after all that time, the changes in the entire cosmos were minuscule! Whether it was technology, empires, organizations, or anything else, there hadn’t been much change. Clearly, for empires that measured their existence in ‘hundreds of millions of years,’ fifty thousand years truly had little impact. The massive city gate was nearly a kilometer wide. People flowed in and out like weaving threads. Luo Feng, Gaosheng, and the other six entered the city gate together. “Signal received, Luo Feng. Your communication number in Qiulong City is 19287342325,” Babata said. A communication number was similar to a ‘phone number’. Because even the most advanced communicators couldn’t ‘make calls’ across light-years, some civilized planets would automatically send codes to the ‘auxiliary lightbrains’ of every life form arriving on their planet. Within that planet, they could chat with each other via ‘communicators’. However, between different planets, there was only one way to communicate—by entering the ‘Virtual Universe Network’ and chatting within the Virtual Universe. “Luo Feng, what’s your communication number?” Gaosheng asked Luo Feng. “Mine is 19287342463.” “Mine is 19287342325,” Luo Feng replied. “Alright.” Gaosheng chuckled. “I just arrived in Qiulong City and need to go see an elder first, so let’s part ways here. Tonight, I’ll let you know, and I’ll treat you to dinner.” Influenced by his father, Gaosheng enjoyed making friends, believing that more friends meant more opportunities. In his opinion, Luo Feng clearly had quite a background. “Okay, then let’s part ways here,” Luo Feng said with a smile. After parting ways with Gaosheng and the others, Luo Feng walked through the super-city, feeling utterly dazzled. The surrounding architecture varied greatly in style. Many buildings were indeed breathtakingly beautiful. “This is so interesting.” “Three eyes. Huh, that person’s mouth and teeth are quite amusing.” Luo Feng walked along the street, where crowds surged. Simultaneously, hundreds of meters above, many individuals flew to their destinations. Though called ‘people,’ their appearances were all incredibly strange. In just five minutes, among the ‘humans’ Luo Feng saw, the tallest was nearly ten meters, while the shortest was like an infant from Earth. Their skin colors varied. Some even had bizarrely shaped heads. However, most still had ‘two eyes, one nose, and one mouth,’ though their faces might be covered in fur, or adorned with strange patterns, and so on. “That person looks almost like a Buddha from mythology, completely golden, and their hair is even more interesting.” Luo Feng truly felt like a country bumpkin in the big city, his eyes unable to take in all the sights. “Planet Level Six, Planet Level Nine, Star Level Three, Planet Level One, Star Level Five…” With Babata’s help, Luo Feng detected the strength of many individuals. On the streets of Qiulong Star, among the dense, endless flow of people, almost everyone was Planet Level, and there were many Star Level individuals as well. Any one of them, thrown onto Earth, would be an ‘existence surpassing a Wargod’. Just by looking around, he could find individuals stronger than Earth’s most powerful, Hong, Luo Feng, and Lei Shen. “Luo Feng, I’ve already called the planet’s service number and inquired. The Black Dragon Mountain Empire’s administrative building on this planet is about two hundred kilometers from here,” Babata said. “According to our plan, the first thing to do upon arriving at Qiulong Star is… to join the Black Dragon Mountain Empire and obtain citizen status.” “Let’s go.” Luo Feng immediately soared into the air, flying a hundred meters above the ground. Everyone flying did so at this altitude. “I’ve seen a bunch of Star Level Seven, Eight, and Nine. How come I haven’t seen a single Universe Level?” Luo Feng wondered inwardly. “Star Level individuals are considered significant. They’re rare on ordinary small planets, but on a planet like ‘Qiulong Star,’ Star Level individuals are quite common. As for Universe Level… how many are there in the entire Silverblue Empire? Of course, there are Universe Level individuals on Qiulong Star, but seeing one depends on luck.” As they spoke. Luo Feng saw a massive sculpted building resembling a Black Dragon coiling around a tall mountain! This was the Black Dragon Mountain Empire’s administrative building stationed on Qiulong Star. At the entrance of the building, two bronze-skinned, burly guards, nearly six meters tall, stood watch. “Hmm? They’re Silver Guards!” “They really are Silver Guards.” The two giant guards immediately stood ramrod straight, smiling. As Luo Feng approached the entrance, they enthusiastically pushed the doors open for him: “Please enter, sir.” “Babata was right; in the cosmos, strength, identity, and status are highly valued.” Luo Feng smiled as he entered the hall, with the two black-uniformed Silver Guards behind him. After a quick glance at the functional descriptions of each floor in the hall, Luo Feng quickly found the floor he needed to go to. “Floor 32?” Luo Feng walked directly to a nearby circular sofa, sat down, with the Silver Guard standing beside him, and simultaneously said: “32!” *Beep!* The tray beneath the circular sofa emitted a white glow. *Whoosh!* It shot straight up, without a single tremor, and when it stopped, it had already reached the 32nd floor. “Hello, sir.” A woman with rabbit ears, as beautiful as an elf from mythology, flew over, bowed slightly, and smiled, “How may I assist you?” “I wish to join the Black Dragon Mountain Empire’s nationality,” Luo Feng said with a slight smile. In the cosmos, having citizen status was essential for many matters. Fortunately, with Babata’s guidance, Luo Feng was able to handle many things smoothly. If it were Hong or Lei Shen, blindly entering a planet, they would likely be completely clueless. “Nationality?” The receptionist was somewhat surprised. “These days, who doesn’t have a nationality?”