Unexpected Gain

Amidst the clouds and mist, as Luo Feng switched back to his original body, the spatial ring containing the four corpses had already been transferred.

“Chunyu Tao and Shifeng Xiong, they were both high-ranking figures in Yangang City.” Luo Feng took out their respective spatial storage devices for a thorough search. Unlike Shifeng Zhan, who deliberately concealed his, Chunyu Tao and Shifeng Xiong’s spatial storage devices both contained Xueluo Crystals. In fact, Shifeng Xiong’s had already been scanned earlier.

“One, two!”

With a flip of his hand, Luo Feng held three triangular, blood-red crystalline structures—the beautiful, mesmerizing Xueluo Crystals.

“Three Xueluo Crystals in one go!” Luo Feng smiled faintly. “If the fusion is successful, I’ll only need to fuse two more to become a Blood Warrior. And there’s still one Xueluo Crystal left… just enough to complete the first mission.”

There were two dangerous-level missions.

One offered a 10,000-point reward, the other a 100,000-point reward.

It seemed that if everything went smoothly and all fusions succeeded, he could instantly gain 110,000 points.

“The prerequisite is successful fusion.” Luo Feng recalled the sensation of his first fusion and wasn't entirely confident.

It seemed too easy to obtain all this, yet the Virtual Universe Company classified it as a dangerous-level mission… Of course, this was a dangerous-level mission for a ‘Cosmic-level core member.’ If Luo Feng were truly just a Cosmic-level Ninth Tier without a clone, then acquiring Xueluo Crystals would indeed be extremely perilous.

“Oh, right.”

“There are also two Divine Temple Envoys.” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up. “I wonder if these two envoys have any Xueluo Crystals. It’s hard to say!”

Luo Feng already knew that Chunyu Tao and Shifeng Xiong had them.

As for the Divine Temple Envoys, it was truly uncertain.

“This You Teshi’s spatial wristband has a surprisingly large storage space.” Luo Feng searched carefully, a hint of anticipation in his eyes, when suddenly, his face contorted with shock, disbelief, and incredulity. “No, it can’t be, could it be… am I having a stroke of luck?”

Whoosh!

Luo Feng flipped his hand, and a special black wooden box appeared. He held his breath and carefully opened the lid.

*Snap*, the lid opened.

Inside the box, Xueluo Crystals were neatly arranged, stacked one after another. This small pile of Xueluo Crystals nearly filled the entire box, making Luo Feng’s eyes gleam. He meticulously counted them.

“Ten?”

“Ten Xueluo Crystals?” Luo Feng couldn’t believe it. “Even if this envoy wanted to fuse Xueluo Crystals to become the legendary ‘Black Warrior,’ ten would be enough. And someone with such ambition… couldn’t possibly have failed to fuse even one, especially since he’s already a Domain Lord-level Ninth Tier expert.”

That You Teshi had indeed fused Xueluo Crystals before.

“To carry ten Xueluo Crystals with him, what a windfall for me.” Luo Feng suddenly had a thought. “When I scanned this box with my consciousness, it seemed there was a piece of paper beneath the Xueluo Crystals.”

Inside the box, beneath the neatly arranged Xueluo Crystals, there was indeed a piece of paper, its material a dark gold. It bore complex characters, but the content was very simple:

“Siyong, here are the 10 Xueluo Crystals you requested, enough for your short-term arrangements. Remember, you promised me something. I trust you’re a smart person and won’t try to trick me.”

Just that short message.

Luo Feng, reading the letter, suddenly understood and couldn’t help but laugh: “So these ten Xueluo Crystals weren’t this envoy’s. They belonged to ‘Siyong.’ Siyong, isn’t he the ‘Realm Lord’ of this world? For a Realm Lord, acquiring these ten Xueluo Crystals would indeed be effortless.”

Even those Domain Lords could get several, so it was only natural for a Realm Lord to easily obtain ten.

“Siyong, oh Siyong, these Xueluo Crystals are mine now.” With a thought, Luo Feng put the ten Xueluo Crystals into his spatial ring.

“Now I have 13 Xueluo Crystals… I wonder what surprise the other Divine Temple Envoy will bring me.” Luo Feng flipped his hand, and a semi-transparent ring appeared—the spatial storage device of the Mo Teshi. His mental energy immediately surged into it, beginning his search.

Upon searching!

“My heavens!” Luo Feng’s eyes widened.

“Impossible! This is insane!” Luo Feng was stunned.

“Babata, Babata!” Luo Feng’s consciousness entered his spatial ring to contact Babata.

Babata lazily replied, “What’s up, Luo Feng? In this Xueluo World with hardly any technology, do you need me for something?”

“Wait a moment!” With a thought, Luo Feng directly pulled out the incredible item from the Mo Teshi’s spatial ring. *Whoosh*, a colossal object, nearly 100 meters in diameter, appeared in the clouds and mist—a dark gray spaceship!

Yes, a spaceship!

“Babata, take this spaceship into your storage space and examine it thoroughly for me. How long has this spaceship existed?” Luo Feng quickly asked.

“A spaceship?” Babata was also surprised. He immediately took the spaceship into his storage. “Hold on, I’ll examine it carefully.”

Night fell.

Luo Feng stood alone in the clouds and mist, still in shock.

Because the Virtual Universe Company’s data clearly stated that one must never reveal technological items; if discovered, it would almost certainly mean death. Yet, he had just found a spaceship in the spatial ring of a Divine Temple Envoy. This was simply too…

Those so-called ancient god ruins were trillions of years old. A spaceship from that era couldn’t possibly be perfectly intact now. Unless it was an E-grade or even F-grade spaceship, but such a ship shouldn’t fall into the hands of a ‘Domain Lord’ envoy, and Luo Feng felt that the ship was quite ordinary.

“Luo Feng, it’s been scanned.” Babata called out.

Luo Feng’s consciousness had been in constant contact with Babata. Hearing this, he immediately asked, “What’s the result?”

“It can be confirmed that this Xueluo Continent… does have some technological achievements. This spaceship was likely built less than 500,000 years ago, and it’s a very poor model. In the universe, it would be considered an A-grade spaceship, taking a very long time to accelerate to light speed.” Babata explained.

“Oh?” Luo Feng frowned.

“Where did you find it?” Babata pressed.

“In the Divine Temple Envoy’s spatial ring.” Luo Feng said. “By the way, the battle armor worn by the Divine Temple Envoy… was Force Battle Armor.”

“Divine Temple Envoy? That makes sense, Luo Feng… you should know that after breaking through from Realm Lord to Immortal, the soul undergoes a leap. An Immortal’s soul processing speed is no less than an optical computer! It’s very possible that the native Immortals of this Xueluo Continent, if they obtained remnants left by experts from the Virtual Universe Company—such as intelligent optical computers, spaceships, or other items—could research and develop quite a lot.” Babata explained.

Luo Feng paused.

Right, his own consciousness processing was terrifying enough. An Immortal’s soul processing would definitely be on par with an intelligent optical computer. Perhaps in the Xueluo World, many materials were scarce, preventing the creation of certain special machines. Otherwise, with the research capabilities of Immortals, building a prosperous technological civilization wouldn’t be difficult.

Or perhaps, the Immortal Divine Temple didn’t want the Xueluo Continent to dabble in technological civilization.

Or perhaps, the Virtual Universe Company secretly intervened.

In any case, Luo Feng was too lazy to ponder these things further.

“This time, it’s a huge profit.” Luo Feng directly handed the four dead bodies to Babata for disposal, along with their four spatial storage devices. “Babata, these four people’s spatial rings contain all sorts of miscellaneous so-called treasures. I know nothing about the treasures of the Xueluo Continent. Can you help me categorize them and check them out? There might be some unexpected gains.”

“Alright, leave it to me.”

Babata was an intelligent lifeform, with processing speed superior to an intelligent optical computer. Even those Immortal beings… might not be as quick as Babata at handling problems.

“Thanks. I’ll contact you later. Roughly how long will it take to sort everything?” Luo Feng asked.

“Five minutes will suffice.” Babata replied.

“Excellent.” Luo Feng descended directly from mid-air, chasing after something below.

…

Under the dark night, in the endless wilderness, Luo Feng was practicing, simultaneously trying to sense the effects of the Xueluo Crystal.

His first fusion with a Xueluo Crystal had been a pleasant surprise. The crystal’s magic… especially in its compatibility with the cosmic origin and the increased power of his law attacks. Moreover, when he used it, blood-red secret patterns would appear on his chest, very similar to the secret patterns on the Golden Horned Beast’s scales, just simpler and less potent.

“I feel like, besides the increased compatibility with the cosmic origin, there’s something else special about the Xueluo Crystal’s magic?” Luo Feng frowned.

The Xueluo Crystal should have another miraculous effect!

That was…

Body transformation!

“During the fusion, I sometimes seemed to turn into an ape-man, sometimes a scaled beast-man, sometimes like a robot. That mutation was fierce, but after it ended… I couldn’t do it again.” Luo Feng frowned. “But I can feel that the Xueluo Crystal should have this unique effect.”

“Hmm, I’ll probably know once I fuse the second, or even the third, one.” Luo Feng connected his consciousness to Babata, preparing to communicate with him before starting the Xueluo Crystal fusion.

“Babata, what’s the result of the treasure distribution from those four people’s spatial storage devices? Are there any true treasures?” Luo Feng asked via consciousness.

“No true treasures, but there’s one item you need to see.” Babata said solemnly.

“What item?” Luo Feng wondered.

*Thump!

An item was thrown out by Babata. It looked like a gem.

“This is a communication tool containing a simple ‘optical computer intelligence’,” Babata said. “It’s just like the communication watch you use on Earth.”

“Communication? This Xueluo Continent is so vast, with a diameter of hundreds of millions of kilometers. Even if signals travel at light speed—300,000 kilometers per second—how can there be instant communication?” Luo Feng shook his head. “They don’t even have the Virtual Universe Network.”

“This communication tool isn’t for instant communication; it’s for long-distance transmission. After all, signal propagation speed… is always faster than a person flying.” Babata said. “And tragically… Luo Feng, when you killed that rather handsome Divine Temple Envoy, the other envoy recorded it and transmitted the footage to someone named ‘Siyong’.”

Luo Feng’s expression instantly changed drastically.

Damn it!

That’s the downside of technological tools.