A Chill in His Heart

He who hesitates is lost! A single Arc Blade Disk wouldn't significantly boost his strength, but selling it would be a huge help! "Look, there are Dream Shell Race people over there too." Gaosheng's eyes lit up as he pointed into the distance and called out, "Sasha, aren't those all from your race?" Luo Feng followed Gaosheng's gaze. There, he saw beautiful and enchanting green-haired maidens, some alluring, some innocent, each exquisitely beautiful. Beside them stood a group of handsome green-haired men, all dressed in valiant and dashing attire. "XXXX…" When the group of Dream Shell Race slaves saw Sasha, some of them chattered in an incomprehensible language. "XXX…" The servant girl behind Gaosheng's eyes turned red, and she cried out a string of words through her tears. "What, you know them?" Gaosheng asked, surprised. Dream Shell Race slaves were quite well-known in the slave market, and their population numbered in the billions. He hadn't expected the maid he'd taken in at the restaurant to know that group of slaves. "Yes, I know them," Sasha said quickly. "Master, they are from the same home planet as me, captured by the lord in the same batch and sold to slave traders." "Captured by the lord?" Luo Feng frowned from beside them. The planet's lord not only didn't protect his own people but sold them instead? "Yes." Sasha gritted her teeth and said bitterly, "Our home planet was a beautiful world! The lord was the strongest there, ruling the entire planet! He also had two great demon kings under him, both Star-level experts! Star-level, in our home, that was already invincible. Only a few of our ordinary people were Planet-level, no match for the demon kings!" "The two great demon kings led their armies, capturing large numbers of adult maidens and youths, then directly selling them to slave merchants." Sasha wept. "Large numbers of our people on the planet reproduce, only to be sold off. This is our fate. Unchangeable!" These words sent a chill through Luo Feng's heart! Heavens! There were actually planets dedicated to breeding slaves? Like harvesting leeks, one crop after another! "Slave trading is a highly profitable industry." Gaosheng shook his head from beside them. "A planet with tens of billions of people can reproduce new populations in a few decades. Selling hundreds of millions of people means enormous wealth! But this kind of thing is disgusting. Once a race produces a super-expert, the planet lord is finished. So, it's usually only done to weaker races, and those who dare to do it are planet lords with powerful backgrounds." "Among the countless human races, some weaker ones are very feeble after reaching adulthood. It's incredibly difficult for them to even produce a Planet-level individual. For such races to be treated as slave races is quite normal," Gaosheng explained. Cold! A bone-chilling cold! The universe was too stark, too brutal. "What if, what if Earth were discovered…" Luo Feng's heart trembled. Earthlings were too weak! Even reaching 'Planet-level First Tier' was incredibly difficult! At this level, they could easily be taken by powerful cosmic forces, turned into a slave race, bred generation after generation, and then sold as slaves. Generation after generation, endlessly! Just like the Dream Shell Race… "No, no!!!" An unnamed fury burned in Luo Feng's heart. Rage! Unwillingness! Absolutely not! After arriving on Qiulong Star, seeing Star-level experts who could crush him with a single finger, merely serving as restaurant managers, important slaves, or bodyguards… Luo Feng finally understood! Why Babata had told him to pretend to be a 'scion of a prominent family'! To act like someone with a powerful background! So that was it… The universe was this brutal! If you were weak, you'd be trampled! No one would show you mercy! If your race was weak, then the entire race would be trampled, even enslaved! No one would help you! You could only rely on yourself! "Scion of a prominent family? Flowing Silver Guards? Black Dragon spaceship? I'm not a scion of any prominent family at all. Yunmo Star successor? Yunmo Star has already been destroyed! I'm just an Earthling, a weak Earthling. It's only by 'disguise' that I can earn a shred of respect on Qiulong Star. Otherwise, who would look twice at a mere Planet-level nobody from a native planet?" Luo Feng looked at Sasha, the servant before him. He looked at that group of Dream Shell Race slaves. The female slaves were weak, but many of the male slaves were already Planet-level! Clearly, in terms of strength, the Dream Shell Race was even stronger than Earthlings! "Dream Shell Race, Earthlings…" Luo Feng murmured to himself. "I will absolutely not let Earth follow in the footsteps of the Dream Shell Race! Absolutely not!" Luo Feng vowed silently in his heart. A flame ignited within him! Seeing the Dream Shell Race, Luo Feng became fully awake. In this vast universe, there were countless human races! Powerful bloodlines, like the Manka Star people, were Sector Lords upon reaching adulthood! While the weaker ones were even feebler than Earthlings! Among them, Earthlings ranked quite low; most adults didn't even reach 'Apprentice First Tier' in strength, they were simply too weak! Why were the Manka Star people strong? Because of the efforts of their ancestors, who improved their descendants' genes! For any race to rise, heroes must stand up, pioneers must forge the path! "Since there are no powerful ancestors, then I will carve out a path!" "If I can't rely on others, then I can only rely on myself!" Walking through the slave market with Gaosheng and the others, Luo Feng saw groups upon groups of slaves, many sold as entire communities, with thousands easily ordered. This made Luo Feng's heart grow even colder… If one day, Earthlings were sold by the thousands, and among them were his own compatriots, or even his own family's descendants. That would be a nightmare! … "Brother Gaosheng, I have other matters, so let's part ways here." Outside the slave market exit, Luo Feng bid farewell to Gaosheng. "Alright! Luo Feng, if anything comes up, contact me through the Virtual Universe Network. I'll be on Qiulong Star for the next few years," Gaosheng said warmly. "I will." Immediately, they parted ways. Watching Luo Feng and his two Flowing Silver Guards disappear, Gaosheng murmured, "Is it a sect trial? Or an independent test for a prominent family?" He then shook his head and left with his bodyguards. He could never have imagined… that this black-haired young man, who seemed to have a powerful background, was actually just the strongest individual from a native planet, and even as the planet's strongest, he was merely Planet-level. … "Now I must quickly increase my own strength and Earth's strength," Luo Feng thought as he walked through the streets of Qiulong City. There were two paths to increasing strength. First, increase his human body's strength. Second, increase the Golden Horned Beast's strength. "The Golden Horned Beast is the strongest combat power!" Luo Feng mused. "However, to make the Golden Horned Beast reach 'Universe-level' within one or two years, the money required wouldn't be enough even if I sold the 'Arc Blade Disk'! So there's only one way…" "Let my human body's strength quickly reach Star-level." "Then, go to the Cosmic River Bank and withdraw from the first account my teacher left behind." "Use the money from that account to quickly bring the Golden Horned Beast's body to Universe-level!" Luo Feng easily set his plan. Given the Yunmo Star Master's power, even a single hair plucked from him would be far stronger than a Qiulong Star Sector Lord! He believed the money in this first account wouldn't disappoint him. "Babata, I want to sell the Arc Blade Disk. Where's the best place to sell it?" Luo Feng asked. "Are you really going to sell it?" Babata couldn't help but ask. "Yes!" Luo Feng was resolute. If it weren't for the 'immortal expert's corpse and weapons,' the 'Crimson Copper Mother Fragment,' and the even more precious 'Eternal Love' on him, bringing them out would be courting death! Why else would Luo Feng be working so hard? The Crimson Copper Mother Fragment, Eternal Love, and similar items could drive Sector Lords mad. And the Yunmo Star spaceship, among other things, could drive even immortal experts mad. Luo Feng dared not reveal them! "If you're going to sell it, go to the Treasure Emporium we visited before!" Babata said. "Treasure Emporium?" Luo Feng was surprised. "Yes, the Treasure Emporium's inventory can't compare to those psionic weapon specialty stores, so they'll give you a higher price," Babata explained. … Luo Feng immediately rushed to the Treasure Emporium. A moment later. "Oh, it's that customer from before. He's come a second time, so he must be here to buy something," the store attendant said, seeing Luo Feng, and enthusiastically approached him. "Respected sir, how may I assist you?" the attendant asked with a smile. "I want to sell a psionic weapon." Luo Feng looked at him, which greatly surprised the attendant. Luo Feng continued, "It's a Third-tier one!" "Please, please wait a moment." The attendant's voice trembled slightly. Psionic weapons were already luxury items. With each tier increase, the price became terrifying. A Third-tier psionic weapon cost at least several billion, and a top-grade Third-tier one could reach hundreds of billions! "Sir, please come inside to discuss." Soon, the attendant hurried out and respectfully led Luo Feng to a reception room inside. Inside the reception room. The elderly man, who had red and blue markings on his face and stood about 2.6 meters tall, rose with a smile and bowed slightly. "Respected guest, I hear you wish to sell a Third-tier psionic weapon?" This was a Star-level Sixth Tier expert, an absolutely invincible presence on an ordinary planet. "Yes," Luo Feng nodded slightly. "May I ask what kind of psionic weapon it is?" the old man pressed. Luo Feng flipped his hand, and the Arc Blade Disk appeared in it! The old man's eyes lit up. "This is an Arc Blade Disk. In general psionic weapon specialty stores within the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, the Arc Blade Disk is priced at 21 billion Black Dragon coins," Luo Feng stated. Once a mature psionic weapon was developed, it was easily imitated. Of course, generally, Third-tier psionic weapons could only be barely crafted or imitated by Sector Lords. Some even required immortal experts to create them. 'Weapon trading' had always been an extremely profitable industry. For example, the 'Duntiansuo' was created by Huyan Bo, but the 'Arc Blade Disk' was not. The Duntiansuo was relatively rare in the universe. The Arc Blade Disk, however, was a relatively common Third-tier psionic weapon, and this Treasure Emporium certainly had its usage instructions. "Beep!" A green light enveloped the Arc Blade Disk. "Hmm, it's a standard Arc Blade Disk, with good materials, and it's completely undamaged." The old man smiled at Luo Feng. "I can offer you a purchase price of 16 billion Black Dragon coins." "18 billion, not a single coin less," Luo Feng shook his head. Babata had told him this 18 billion figure. "18 billion Black Dragon coins? This…" The old man looked at Luo Feng. This young man clearly understood the profits in their business. If they were to procure inventory, first, acquiring it was difficult; they had to wait for stock, as psionic weapons could only be imitated or crafted by Sector Lords. Second, they would also have to spend more than 18 billion to acquire an Arc Blade Disk. "Deal!" the old man said, looking at Luo Feng. Luo Feng finally showed a faint smile: "Draft the contract!"