Luo Clan's Treasure Vault

"As you requested, a fortress was built around it, and it has been strictly guarded," Xu Xin said solemnly. "That place is indeed very dangerous. Even with the slave guards watching diligently and carefully, the Insectoid Mother Nest occasionally emits venomous gas, and three slave guards have died over the years." Luo Feng nodded. The Insectoid Mother Nest was a ticking time bomb! "An Insectoid Mother Nest?" Dilun exclaimed in surprise. "Could it still be alive? Is there an Insectoid Queen inside?" "Yes," Luo Feng smiled and nodded. "You've struck gold, Your Highness has made a huge profit," Dilun praised repeatedly. "Not too much of a profit. I've checked the data; this Insectoid Mother Nest should only be considered Realm Lord-level," Luo Feng said. Dilun quickly said, "Even a Realm Lord-level Insectoid Mother Nest can cultivate large numbers of Realm Lord-level insectoid warriors... And this Insectoid Mother Nest is still alive. If sold in the cosmos... it could definitely fetch a price of over a million mixed yuan units! However, controlling an Insectoid Mother Nest is very difficult." Capturing an Insectoid Mother Nest alive is extremely difficult. Controlling it is also difficult. But once an Insectoid Mother Nest is truly brought under complete control, it becomes formidable. Even a Mother Nest that can only produce Realm Lord-level insectoid warriors... if it creates a Realm Lord army! A combined attack from a Realm Lord insectoid army would make even an Undying God wary. And an Undying-level Insectoid Mother Nest... that's even more terrifying! Every Insectoid Mother Nest capable of producing Undying-level insectoid warriors is an absolute nightmare! Insectoids! It is precisely these terrifying characteristics that allow them to dominate the cosmos and become one of the peak races in the universe! "Tomorrow, I plan to go see that Insectoid Mother Nest," Luo Feng said with a sigh. "Anytime," Xu Xin nodded. "Dad, be careful," Luo Ping quickly said. "Haha... don't worry, even if it weren't in a dormant state, I'd be confident in my survival. Let alone now," a hint of anticipation flashed in Luo Feng's eyes. The Insectoid Mother Nest had been on Luo Feng's mind ever since he joined the Virtual Universe Company. His teacher Huyan Bo had no way to control an Insectoid Mother Nest, but... the Virtual Universe Company did! After all, among humans, there were transactions involving Insectoid Mother Nests, which was why Dilun could quickly quote a price. If there were transactions... it meant there absolutely were secret techniques for control! However, when Luo Feng was in the 'Taichu Secret Realm,' he hadn't found any information on such secret techniques. But after becoming a member of the Primal Secret Realm, Luo Feng's authority increased, and he finally found it. To control an Insectoid Mother Nest, 29 methods of control had been created over the long history of humanity's 1008 Cosmic Nations, all of them highly difficult. These 29 secret techniques... were clearly superior to Huyan Bo's 'Soul Imprint' in some aspects. However, the slave soul imprint within 'Soul Imprint' was still very unique. 29 secret techniques! The cultivation conditions varied. Some secret techniques required an 'Undying God' to control an Insectoid Mother Nest that produced Realm Lord-level insectoid warriors. Others required a 'Cosmic Nation Lord' to control an Insectoid Mother Nest that produced Undying Gods. Some secret techniques allowed human Realm Lords to control Insectoid Mother Nests that produced Realm Lord-level insectoid warriors... but these were even harder to cultivate and more expensive. "Before receiving the Demonic Sound General's inheritance, even at the Realm Lord-level, I probably wouldn't have been confident in subduing the Insectoid Mother Nest," Luo Feng mused. "However... after receiving the Demonic Sound General's inheritance, my spirit energy amplitude has reached over 3200, which is the level of many Undying Gods who go to receive the inheritance." Many Undying Gods finished at the end of the first stage of the inheritance. The Undying Gods who could enter were generally Marquis-level or King-level, and after receiving the inheritance, their spirit energy amplitude would only be around 3000. From this, it was clear— A spirit energy amplitude of around 3000 was actually quite exaggerated. "My spirit energy amplitude is so high, it's perfectly suited for the 'Myriad Heart Soul Control Secret Technique' among the 29 secret techniques. The most demanding requirement of this secret technique is multitasking, with the highest level requiring ten thousand tasks simultaneously," Luo Feng thought to himself. "Once I reach the Realm Lord-level, I'll be able to use this 'Myriad Heart Soul Control Secret Technique' to completely control that Insectoid Mother Nest!" "However, I'll have to spend a huge amount of points to buy the secret technique then," Luo Feng's eyes gleamed. "As long as I can control an Insectoid Mother Nest, these costs are nothing." Controlling and cultivating an Insectoid Mother Nest would require increasingly astonishing investments in the future. But— Luo Feng, on the contrary, looked forward to the Insectoid Mother Nest demanding greater and greater investment from him. Ideally, this Insectoid Mother Nest would eventually be able to produce Undying-level insectoid warriors, then he would truly be formidable! However, Luo Feng also understood... such Insectoid Mother Nests were extremely rare among all Insectoids. The probability of such evolution was thousands, even tens of thousands of times harder than a Golden Horned Beast breaking through to become an Undying God! "I can't hope for too much." "Being able to control an ordinary Insectoid Mother Nest is already very powerful. Creating a Realm Lord insectoid army, and the collective attack of that army... tsk tsk..." Luo Feng was very much looking forward to it. Because Insectoids could be commanded as one through the 'Insectoid Queen's' spirit energy, the attacks of countless insectoids could be synthesized into a single force! The energy attacks of billions of insectoid warriors synthesized into one—that was simply too heaven-defying. This was the terrifying aspect of Insectoids. ... "I'll cultivate on Earth, and in a few decades, I'll reach the Realm Lord-level. Then I can study the 'Myriad Heart Soul Control Secret Technique,' and once I've learned it, my strength should be sufficient to control that Insectoid Mother Nest," Luo Feng secretly anticipated. "Anyway, at the Realm Lord-level, the inner world undergoes fundamental changes, and living beings can be placed inside." Before the Golden Horned Beast reached the Realm Lord-level, if living beings were placed inside, they would be directly refined. If the refinement couldn't be endured, the inner world would collapse. Realm Lord-level. The inner world, just like the inner world possessed by human Realm Lords, could now hold living beings. The difference was—the Golden Horned Beast's inner world was incredibly vast! "I'll place the Insectoid Mother Nest in my inner world, and no one will know. I'll quietly refine it then," Luo Feng thought to himself. "And with how vast my inner world will be at that time, it will be perfect for the Insectoid Mother Nest to cultivate large numbers of insectoid warriors. I'll cultivate a massive army of insectoid warriors normally, and unleash them all to fight at critical moments!" ... Luo Ping and Luo Hai had both gone to rest, and Luo Feng and Xu Xin, as a couple, naturally returned to their own residence. ... On the bed. Xu Xin hugged Luo Feng and whispered, "Feng, there's something I need to tell you." "What is it?" Luo Feng stroked his wife's long hair. "You've noticed, Earth has changed a lot since you left," Xu Xin said. "The Luo Clan has been entirely responsible for funding and labor in this transformation of Earth." Luo Feng nodded. It was normal. If the Luo Clan didn't provide the funds and effort, who would? "During the process of transforming Earth, due to large-scale modifications, such as deep excavation and mountain tunneling, some relic items were discovered on Earth," Xu Xin chuckled. "Some of these relic items were left behind by a previous civilization. Over the years, we've thoroughly studied many of them. But there's one item we've never been able to understand." "Oh?" Luo Feng was surprised. A long time ago, Earth was ruled by a cosmic nation, only to be forcibly occupied by Huyan Bo later. So, it was natural for there to be some relic items. But— The Luo Clan now held extremely high status and power, so items they couldn't understand were truly rare. "This item, even the high temperatures inside the Sun couldn't harm it in the slightest. From initially studying it cautiously to becoming increasingly bold later, we still couldn't damage it at all. This item... has at least F-grade metal hardness. Yet, it's definitely a manufactured item, and absolutely not any F-grade metal that can be found within the Virtual Universe Company's records." Luo Feng was startled. At least F-grade metal hardness? Yet not any F-grade metal? F-grade alloy? In the vast cosmos, regarding alloys, one could draw the following conclusions. 1. The highest grade for alloys is E-grade. Correct. 2. Alloys surpassing E-grade exist. Also correct. Seemingly contradictory, these were actually conclusions drawn from two different perspectives. Because in the vast cosmos, alloys produced by any other race were at most E-grade. Only the Machine Race possessed alloys surpassing E-grade... However, those were alloys that evolved beyond E-grade when the Machine Race's 'intelligent lifeforms' transformed into Undying Gods and merged with their alloy bodies, causing the alloy bodies to evolve. In other words. There was actually only one type of alloy in the cosmos that surpassed E-grade—the bodies of Machine Race Undying Gods! And strictly speaking, the Machine Race couldn't manufacture them at all. "That thing looks like a plate," Xu Xin said. "A very small plate." "Where is the item?" Luo Feng pressed. The Machine Race's body material was seamless, it shouldn't be a plate. "I put it in the Luo Clan's No. 1 Treasure Vault," Xu Xin said. "No. 1 Treasure Vault, so it's on Earth?" Luo Feng couldn't hold back. "Take me to see it." Ancient clans would always keep some treasure vaults to prevent their decline and allow for a resurgence in the future. Some of these vaults were deposited in banks, while others were hidden on inconspicuous, even unnamed, mineral planets in the cosmos. The Luo Clan had 12 treasure vaults. Only the No. 1 Treasure Vault was on Earth. ... "The other items in this treasure vault aren't too valuable, totaling around 10 mixed yuan units," Xu Xin said as she walked through the underground passage. Both sides were lined with laser defenses, and the ceiling of the passage had other hidden mechanisms, all purchased by Xu Xin using her status as a core member of the Virtual Universe Company. "Only that strange metal plate, its value is hard to determine." Click, click, click~~~ The metal door of the treasure vault automatically opened. "This is it," Xu Xin took it out from a hidden compartment. Luo Feng looked at it. It was a pure black metal plate, with some patterns on its surface, but this metal plate appeared to have been shattered. "The patterns are very ordinary," Xu Xin said. "We didn't find anything special, but... this broken metal plate is not any identifiable F-grade metal, and there's no way to destroy it. Furthermore, according to the excavation and surrounding surveys, this broken metal plate has been underground for at least 600 million years, yet it shows no signs of decay." "Oh?" Luo Feng took the metal plate with a puzzled expression, and upon touching it, he was startled. "So light!" Because this plate was broken, it had six edges. The longest edge was 11.2 centimeters, and the shortest was 3.1 centimeters. It was clearly just a palm-sized black metal plate. Yet, its weight felt like that of a pencil. "Hmm?" Luo Feng carefully examined this strange metal plate discovered on Earth.