The Capture of Luo Feng and His Allies

Inside a residential house on Heilong Island in the Virtual Universe.

After the captain ended the call, he leisurely walked over, picked up a bottle of liquor, and poured himself a glass.

“Beep, beep, beep.”

“Captain, the family fleet is requesting a call,” shouted Atuka, the ‘sprite’ on the captain’s shoulder.

“No rush,” the captain said with a smile, holding his wine glass. He sat leisurely on the sofa, gently swirling the golden liquid in the transparent glass. “We need to let them stew, and make them understand... who truly holds the initiative in these negotiations! Hmph! A bunch of fools!”

“Captain, the family fleet is requesting a call for the second time.”

“Third request for a call...”

Time ticked by, minute by minute.

The captain lay on the sofa, glass in hand, eyes narrowed. Listening to the ninth call request from the family fleet, he murmured, “Pula, this time I’ll make sure everyone knows... I, Bu Luo Nuolanshan, am the most outstanding of this generation in the family. You? Just a hothouse flower!”

“Beep!”

“Captain, an unknown number is requesting a call, and the caller has proactively displayed their identity as a Cosmic-level expert!” Atuka on his shoulder exclaimed.

“Pfft!”

Bu Luo Nuolanshan spat out a mouthful of liquor, shot up, his eyes wide. “Cosmic-level?”

When connecting to the ‘Virtual Universe Network’ via an auxiliary or intelligent optical computer, one can request a self-strength assessment! The Virtual Universe Network uses devices on the ‘intelligent optical computer’ and ‘auxiliary optical computer’ to scan the human body and detect its strength! Normally, in the Virtual Universe, people don’t display their strength.

However, in certain special circumstances, such as ‘special locations’ that require a specific strength level for entry, one must display their strength.

“Connect!” Bu Luo Nuolanshan shouted, then added, “Wait!”

Bu Luo Nuolanshan took a deep breath, wiped his face, and composed himself before saying, “Connect the call.”

“Yes, Captain,” the young boy Atuka replied.

Beep!

A screen materialized on the living room wall, displaying a middle-aged man with pointed ears, slightly reddish eyes, incredibly handsome, and bearing a slight resemblance to Bu Luo Nuolanshan.

“Elder Patriarch,” Bu Luo Nuolanshan bowed respectfully.

The Nuolanshan Family, as a newly powerful family, has had three patriarchs in total, including the current one.

The first patriarch founded the Nuolanshan Family.

All three patriarchs had to reach the ‘Cosmic-level’ to qualify for the position! This Elder Patriarch... was precisely the second patriarch. When he took over the position, he was a Cosmic-level First Tier. Now, tens of thousands of years later, this Elder Patriarch is a Cosmic-level Sixth Tier expert.

The current patriarch is Bu Luo Nuolanshan’s grandfather.

However, the second patriarch was more than ten generations senior to Bu Luo Nuolanshan!

“Bu Luo!” the Elder Patriarch smiled, looking at Bu Luo Nuolanshan. “I know very few of the younger generation in the family. Today, this should be our first conversation, shouldn’t it?”

“Yes, Elder Patriarch,” Bu Luo said, his face flushed with extreme respect.

He was thrilled!

From his birth until he left the family, for over a thousand years, though he had seen the Elder Patriarch from afar, he had never been qualified to speak with him. This was his first time!

“Those who grow up under the family’s protection are ultimately fragile. Only by adventuring and wandering through the cosmos, like you, can one hone the sharp edge of a true expert,” the Elder Patriarch praised. “My Nuolanshan Family has always judged its members by their contributions and strength! This planet, having once been controlled by an immortal being, holds a special status...”

An ordinary life planet truly meant nothing to the entire Nuolanshan Family.

Only planets with such unique characteristics were considered valuable.

“The family will grant you a reward of 100 billion Heilong coins, and furthermore, bestow upon you the position of ‘Lifetime Elder’ in the family’s Elder Council,” the Elder Patriarch stated directly.

“Lifetime Elder?”

Bu Luo’s eyes widened instantly.

The position of Elder in the family was extremely high, even higher than that of direct disciples! However... even an Elder could be removed if they committed a grave error, after joint deliberation by the Patriarch and the Elder Council. But the position of ‘Lifetime Elder,’ even if one committed a grave error, would at most result in reduced benefits, but could never be revoked.

Only those who made immense contributions were qualified for this position!

“The glory of my Nuolanshan Family is built and solidified by the efforts of generations of disciples,” the Elder Patriarch said.

“Rest assured, Elder Patriarch, I, Bu Luo Nuolanshan, as a descendant of the Nuolanshan Family, am willing to fight for the family’s glory!” Bu Luo straightened his back.

“You are excellent.”

The Elder Patriarch smiled and nodded. “For the conquest and excavation of this planet, you will be the vanguard. The family fleet will arrive in three months.”

“Understood, Patriarch. Rest assured, the highest combat power on this planet is only around Planet-level Ninth Tier. My adventurer team can conquer the entire planet! I will have everything prepared, awaiting the family fleet’s arrival to take over.” Bu Luo declared loudly, puffing out his chest. The Elder Patriarch nodded in satisfaction: “On the day of your return, I will personally bestow upon you the title of Lifetime Elder!”

Snap!

The communication ended.

“Hahaha!” Captain Bu Luo Nuolanshan’s reddish eyes gleamed with excitement. “Earth’s value is immense, but I’m only a Star-level being. Such vast interests, I couldn’t possibly handle them properly! But now... hahaha, I am a ‘Lifetime Elder’ with a lofty status within the family!”

“Earth?”

Bu Luo Nuolanshan’s eyes shone brighter than ever before.

Whoosh!

He vanished from the Virtual Universe.

Above the Atlantic Ocean, Earth.

A silver-gray spaceship hovered there.

“Proceed with Plan 3!”

“Go directly and capture the three strongest experts on Earth—Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen. With these three peak experts captured, Earth will have no courage to resist! And through them, we can easily uncover many of Earth’s secrets.” Inside the spaceship’s control room, Bu Luo was in high spirits.

“Yes, Captain.”

The eight crew members behind him responded loudly in unison.

“Atuka, the location of Luo Feng and the others,” Captain Bu Luo commanded.

“After infiltrating Earth’s satellite network, it’s confirmed that both Hong and Lei Shen are flying towards Luo Feng’s residence—Yangzhou City, Jiangnan Base City, Huaxia Nation, Earth,” the child avatar on the control panel screen announced loudly.

“Depart! Target—Yangzhou City!”

Bu Luo pointed towards the direction of Huaxia Nation on Earth.

Whoosh!

The silver-gray spaceship instantly transformed into a streak of light, crossing the ocean and flying directly towards the continent of Huaxia Nation in Asia.

Yangzhou City, Huaxia, one of the Eight Great Guardian Cities of Jiangnan Base City.

The castle at West Lake Villa had become synonymous with ‘Luo Feng’.

Hong’s spaceship-like structure, Lei Shen’s Seven Star Tower, and Luo Feng’s castle—these were the residences of Earth’s three peak experts.

On the castle’s rooftop.

Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen all sat cross-legged, their minds as calm as the sea!

“Luo Feng, Luo Feng, a spaceship has entered the alert zone!!!” Babata’s anxious voice cried out.

“What!”

Luo Feng’s eyes snapped open, his entire body trembling with fright, cold sweat beading on his forehead. A spaceship? On Earth, besides his own, who else could operate a spaceship? Could it be... that adventurers from other planets in the vast cosmos had finally discovered Earth? But logically, the dark universe coordinates corresponding to Earth’s starfield should have been concealed by his teacher using spatial secret arts long ago.

“It’s a spaceship, and it’s a C-grade spaceship!” Babata cried anxiously.

“How can there be a spaceship?” Luo Feng’s heart was filled with both urgency and anger.

“I don’t know, but the spaceship has already reached the skies above the castle,” Babata said.

Hong and Lei Shen, sitting nearby, clearly felt the previously calm atmosphere around them disturbed. They simultaneously opened their eyes and looked at Luo Feng with confusion.

Luo Feng’s face was ashen, cold sweat trickling down.

Babata’s alert zone extended in a 20,000-meter radius around itself. Back when they were beneath Mist Island, Babata had used this alert zone to detect the strength of nearby humans. Babata always maintained this alert zone... which was how it managed to detect the spaceship’s arrival.

The spaceship hovered approximately three thousand meters above the castle.

“Their civilization is truly backward. Our ship is just hovering here, and they can’t even detect it,” the green-skinned woman said smugly.

“Look, the three most powerful individuals on this planet are sitting on that castle rooftop.”

“The three most powerful people, hmph, in the cosmos, they’d barely scrape by,” the gorilla-like man sneered. He was one of the three Star-level beings in this adventurer squad.

Captain Bu Luo Nuolanshan, looking down through the external virtual display, was in high spirits. He chuckled, “Everyone, after we’re done with Earth, we won’t need to risk our lives adventuring anymore. Let’s go... and meet the strongest of these natives. Let these native experts understand what a true cosmic master is!”

“Hahahaha...”

“Let’s have some fun with these natives.”

“Haha.”

The crew members were all very pleased.

When facing native planets that hadn’t integrated into the cosmos, they naturally felt a sense of ‘superiority.’ They believed... they were civilized people, and those before them were merely native humans.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The hatch opened.

A group of cosmic adventurers, led by Captain Bu Luo Nuolanshan, all flew directly downwards, except for two maintenance personnel.

“They’re here.”

Luo Feng looked up. Seven figures suddenly descended from the sky: some were giant men like gorillas, others handsome and dashing, or green-skinned... These seven adventurers from the cosmos were distinctly different from Earth’s humans. All seven wore condescending smiles, their eyes filled with a sense of superiority, as if controlling everything and looking down upon natives.

“Three natives!”

“Poor natives.”

Bu Luo Nuolanshan looked down at the three Earth humans with grim expressions, yet his mood was excellent. In his eyes, these Earth humans were so adorable... This planet could bring him immense wealth and a lofty status! This was simply a native race ripe for his exploitation.

On the rooftop, Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen all glanced at the screens on their arms.

“One Star-level Sixth Tier, one Star-level Second Tier, one Star-level First Tier. Four Planet-level Ninth Tier.”

The three exchanged glances.

“Big trouble,” Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen said, their faces grim.

Luo Feng and the others didn’t even put these seven cosmic adventurers in their eyes. However, the arrival of these seven cosmic adventurers indicated... that Earth was no longer safe!

“Earthlings!”

Bu Luo Nuolanshan looked down and slowly spoke, his intelligent optical computer automatically translating into Earth’s language, “From this moment on, you are my slaves, the slaves of Bu Luo Nuolanshan, an expert from the cosmos.” The translated Earth language, a deep voice, echoed throughout the castle, causing numerous pedestrians on the streets outside to look up at the sky in astonishment.

Mid-air, Bu Luo Nuolanshan stood suspended, his chin slightly raised, appearing superior, his gaze pitying the three natives on the rooftop below.

On the rooftop.

Luo Feng and the other two had expressions as dark as water.

“Come forth,” Luo Feng commanded coldly.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Figures, swift as lightning, surged upwards from every corridor, window, and balcony of the castle. A dense multitude of figures, like countless arrows shot towards the sky, aiming to obscure heaven and earth, rapidly filled the expanse of the sky, instantly surrounding the seven cosmic adventurers who were brimming with superiority!