A Million Sector Lord Army

“Which method should we use to cultivate Zerg warriors?”

Black-Clad Luo Feng smiled faintly. In truth, after hearing Mother Empress Yilina’s detailed explanation of the three types of Zerg warriors, a decision had naturally formed in his mind.

“I cultivated the Myriad Thoughts Soul Control Secret Art to control a Zerg Mother Empress precisely so I could possess a Zerg army!” Luo Feng thought to himself. “The Zerg are most famous for their ‘swarm tactics,’ not elite tactics! Perhaps I can cultivate a small number of King-tier Zerg, but the vast majority of resources should still be used for normal, large-scale cultivation of Zerg warriors.”

Cultivating one King-tier Zerg could cultivate a hundred regular Zerg.

No matter how formidable their individual strength...

A group battle between 100 King-tier Sector Lord Zerg warriors and 10,000 Sector Lord Zerg warriors would undoubtedly result in victory for the 10,000-strong Sector Lord army!

In a one-on-one fight, perhaps a single King-tier Sector Lord Zerg could pick off and kill many other Zerg.

But in group combat...

Quantity was key!

“Primarily, we’ll use the second, normal cultivation method,” Luo Feng instructed.

“Yes, Master,” Mother Empress Yilina replied softly.

“Tell me the resource cost required to cultivate Shadow Blade Zerg, Tiger Armor Zerg, and Hunter Mantis Zerg,” Luo Feng said.

Regardless, he needed to know the basic production costs.

“There are several channels for expending resources to cultivate Zerg warriors, but the mainstream are three,” Mother Empress Yilina said with a smile. “The first is the simplest: direct consumption of Cosmic Crystals. Cosmic Crystals are formed from world energy, and world energy can create any substance, so consuming Cosmic Crystals can produce any Zerg warrior you desire! However, Cosmic Crystals have many uses, so using them... comes at an extremely high price.”

“The second method involves collecting large quantities of metal alloy scraps, blood from powerful beings or giant beasts, and gelatinous materials such as scales, hides, tendons, and so on. With these abundant raw materials, Zerg warriors can also be cultivated. Because many inexpensive raw materials can be chosen, the cost will be much lower.”

“The third method is to collect large numbers of Zerg corpses. These Zerg corpses can be directly reused to create large batches of Zerg warriors.”

Mother Empress Yilina smiled. “Undoubtedly, the first method is the most expensive, the second is cheaper, and the cost of the third... depends on the price you acquire Zerg corpses for. From what I know, Zerg corpses are sometimes bought as collectibles in the 1008 Cosmic Nations of humanity, which makes their price too high. If you obtain countless Zerg warrior corpses directly from the outer battlefield, the cost might be much lower. As for the exact cost... that depends on Master’s capabilities.”

Luo Feng nodded.

He understood. The first method was the simplest.

Provide Cosmic Crystals, and an endless supply of energy could produce an infinite number of Zerg warriors. Simplest also meant most expensive.

“Tell me the prices,” Luo Feng asked. “If using Cosmic Crystals, how much money would it take to cultivate one Peak Sector Lord Shadow Blade Zerg, one Tiger Armor Zerg, and one Hunter Mantis Zerg?”

“A Peak Sector Lord Shadow Blade Zerg would require Cosmic Crystals worth approximately 10 Primal Chaos Units,” Mother Empress Yilina said. “A Peak Sector Lord Tiger Armor Zerg would need 25 Primal Chaos Units, and a Hunter Mantis Zerg would be 50 Primal Chaos Units. These are fairly accurate figures. To create a King-tier... it would be a hundred times that price!”

Luo Feng gasped.

My heavens.

To create one King-tier Hunter Mantis (Peak Sector Lord) would cost 5,000 Primal Chaos Units! Enough to bankrupt an Undying General.

“A Zerg Mother Nest truly isn’t something an ordinary person can afford to play with. Just buying a Sector Lord-level Zerg Mother Nest at auction costs over a million Primal Chaos Units! And the secret art to control a Zerg Mother Nest... is similarly astronomically expensive, and even with money, if you’re not a core member of a super-power, there’s nowhere to buy it,” Luo Feng sighed inwardly.

The initial investment alone was several million Primal Chaos Units!

Then cultivating a large number of Zerg warriors...

Without a solid foundation, it truly wasn’t sustainable!

“A King-tier Hunter Mantis? One costs 5,000 Primal Chaos Units. Although they are extremely formidable, and many human Peak Sector Lord experts are no match for them, the cost is too high,” Luo Feng thought to himself. “Whether to create them... I’ll decide later.”

“Creating the cheapest Shadow Blade Zerg, at 10 Primal Chaos Units each, a hundred thousand of them would be 1 million Primal Chaos Units.”

“Too expensive!”

Luo Feng shook his head inwardly.

He currently had over 2 million Primal Chaos Units left in his bank account. This was his teacher’s inheritance, and he had been spending it without any income! Once this fortune was nearly depleted, he wouldn’t be able to continue.

“My original plan was to create a ‘million Sector Lord army.’ Once a million Sector Lord army emerges, it will sweep through everything... even King-tier Undying Gods, as long as they don’t possess heaven-defying ultimate techniques like instantaneous movement or time stop, won’t be able to do anything to me,” Luo Feng mused.

King-tier Undying Gods also had their own divisions of high, middle, and low.

If he truly managed to form a million Sector Lord army, it would be a super trump card, its deterrent power no weaker than a King-tier Undying God!

“Yilina,” Luo Feng said.

“Master,” Mother Empress Yilina’s azure eyes gazed at Luo Feng with tender affection.

“Compile all the approximate data needed to create Zerg warriors using metal alloy scraps, blood, gelatinous materials... and Zerg corpses, and record it on this smart optical computer. Can you use a smart optical computer?” Luo Feng looked at Yilina, and a smart optical computer appeared in his hand with a flip.

“Master, I have a smart optical computer.”

Mother Empress Yilina smiled. “Master, please wait a moment. I will immediately provide you with the detailed resource data required to cultivate Zerg warriors.”

...

In Yangzhou City, at the Luo Family Old Residence.

Luo Feng was sitting on a bamboo chair, with a teapot and several teacups on a small table beside him.

“It’s truly not easy to create a million Sector Lord army.” Having just emerged from his quiet room, Luo Feng sat alone, lost in thought. “Babata, how’s your research on the network going?”

“Still researching. There are simply too many ways to purchase various raw materials, and different methods have different prices. The raw materials we’re buying, in terms of volume, are like entire stars’ worth of materials... because the quantity is so immense, even a slight difference in unit price will lead to a huge difference in the total cost. I must find the optimal discount,” Babata said. “And there are simply too many material vendors in the universe. Give me some time, about 6 hours... and I should be able to sort it out.”

“Mm,” Luo Feng nodded.

Babata, as an intelligent lifeform, was certainly better at such calculations than he was.

“Brother!” A joyful voice rang out.

Luo Feng looked up to see his younger brother, Luo Hua, with a surprised look on his face, in the corridor in the distance.

“Ah Hua,” Luo Feng waved.

“Brother, weren’t you in seclusion? You came out so quickly?” Luo Hua walked over, and with a casual gesture, a chair from a distance flew over and landed beside him. After sitting down, Luo Hua poured himself a cup of tea and asked with a smile, “This seclusion didn’t even last a day. It’s not like your usual style, Brother. I thought it would be ten or a hundred years.”

Luo Feng chuckled.

This time, he had gone to subdue a Zerg Mother Empress, not to cultivate, so it was naturally quick.

“Oh, right, Brother, I need to report to you about the financial investments,” Luo Hua said, smiling at Luo Feng.

“Oh?” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up.

Back when he didn’t have much wealth, because of his younger brother’s exceptional talent in financial investment, Luo Feng had decided to give a portion of his earnings to his brother for investment. Firstly, it gave his brother a huge space to utilize his talents, and secondly, it might yield enormous returns.

However...

As the wealth Luo Hua controlled grew, achieving high returns became increasingly difficult.

When he returned to Earth over two hundred years ago, Luo Feng had just received his teacher’s inheritance. After talking with his brother, he gave a small portion of his assets—500,000 Primal Chaos Units—to his brother to manage! Luo Feng could afford to lose these 500,000 Primal Chaos Units, after all, it was for his own brother.

At the time, Luo Hua had said, “Brother, with 500,000 Primal Chaos Units, the scale of assets I can control will immediately jump two tiers. I now qualify to enter the ‘Universal Human Development Financial Market’ for investment.”

The Universal Human Development Financial Market was the highest-tier financial market in the entire 1008 Cosmic Nations of humanity. To participate in this financial investment, the minimum capital scale had to reach 100,000 Primal Chaos Units! So, those who could participate were either powerful factions or individuals with immense strength.

In fact, the original intention of this highest financial market was to attract a large amount of financial wealth to promote inter-species warfare! To hire Undying groups to venture into cosmic secret realms, and so on! It had an extremely wide range of operations. However, as a financial market, it naturally generated various complex trading methods. The most talented individuals in investment across the entire human race gathered in this market, controlling terrifying amounts of wealth.

Perhaps some King-tier Undying Gods, being on good terms, might collectively entrust their assets to a certain genius for management.

And this market...

It was also a market full of turbulent waves and lurking behemoths. Even the entire fortune of a King-tier Undying God would be considered small fry in this highest human financial market. Therefore, the entry barrier was ridiculously high; ordinary Undying Gods simply didn’t qualify to enter this financial market.

A threshold of 100,000 Primal Chaos Units was very normal!

For Luo Hua, this highest-tier Universal Human financial market held an astonishing allure. Because the funds involved in this market were so vast, even losing 10% or 20% would result in a colossal loss.

Strong individuals were devoured!

Geniuses were devoured!

Only true behemoths and top-tier geniuses could make money.

Luo Hua had long yearned to enter this highest financial market. If a financial investor hadn’t entered this highest financial market... it meant they hadn’t truly entered the profession.

“Brother, when you returned to Earth last time, you gave me 500,000 Primal Chaos Units to operate,” Luo Hua said with a chuckle. “Although I had secretly simulated operations many times, it was only when I actually invested real money that I truly felt how terrifying it was.”

“Terrifying?” Luo Feng was startled.

“Yes,”

Luo Hua nodded. “Because I was cautious and prudent, even though I used 500,000 Primal Chaos Units to apply for an investment account, I only invested 10,000 Primal Chaos Units initially. I made a small profit at first, then I increased my investment to 50,000 Primal Chaos Units, but then I started losing money continuously... Driven by confidence, I continued to increase my investment!”