No. 6

Within the majestic, boundless God Kingdom, high above, inside a towering Divine Temple.

Clack! Clack! Clack! Clack! Clack! Clack!

A green-skinned man with a single black horn strode swiftly across the crystalline floor. His footsteps echoed through the corridor, and his form seemed to blur. In mere seconds, he reached a golden gate radiating an icy chill, hundreds of kilometers away.

With a resounding 'Boom!', the green-skinned man pushed the gate open and stepped inside. The green-skinned man entered the Grand Hall.

It was a Grand Hall approximately 100 kilometers long and wide. Within its vast expanse, besides the green-skinned man, there was only one other presence: a figure entirely shrouded in golden robes, sitting cross-legged in solitary meditation.

“Hm?” The golden-robed figure looked up, his gaze like a sharp sword piercing the green-skinned man.

“Master!”

The green-skinned man immediately knelt.

“Speak,” the golden-robed figure said indifferently.

“According to intelligence, the name ‘no.3’ has appeared in the detailed transaction records of the Wulong Star Domain, one of humanity’s nine great garbage star domains,” the green-skinned man reported with utmost respect.

“No.3?” the golden-robed figure murmured, “Luo Feng?”

“Yes, Master. According to the transaction details, no.3 just spent 1 million primal chaos units to purchase 100 units of Sector Lord-level pinnacle insectoid corpses. It is estimated that he will now enter the Wulong Star Domain to select those Sector Lord insectoid corpses. For the next 10 to 30 days, he will be in the Wulong Star Domain,” the green-skinned man respectfully stated.

“Master.”

“The area within the Wulong Star Domain that stores endless debris is forbidden to Undying beings. This means no.3 Luo Feng cannot bring his Undying guard, Dilun, inside. He can only enter with the guide!” The green-skinned man looked up, his eyes gleaming. “Master, this is our golden opportunity!”

One of the organization's crucial duties, operating covertly within human territory, is to eliminate exceptionally threatening peerless geniuses!

Once deemed highly threatening, if these peerless geniuses are not eliminated before they truly rise, they will, upon becoming Undying beings, mostly be directly at the Marquis-level. Some peerless geniuses will even rapidly grow to King-level Undying. In that case, the losses they inflict on the extraterritorial battlefield will be terrifying.

Naturally, there is a ranking based on the degree of threat.

This ranking assesses the threat level of all geniuses (those who haven't reached the Undying level) across the five major powers in human territory, including the Virtual Universe Company and the Giant Axe Martial Arena. Sector Lords grasp laws the fastest, making astonishing progress, which is why peerless Sector Lord geniuses often rank higher.

Yet, Luo Feng's threat ranking is no.3!

Clearly, this covert insectoid organization believes Luo Feng's threat level surpasses that of many peerless Sector Lord geniuses. Perhaps those Sector Lord geniuses, due to longer cultivation, possess strength far exceeding Luo Feng's. However, considering Luo Feng's combat prowess displayed in the 'Golden Horn Clan's Lasiao World'...

Luo Feng's progress is truly astonishing.

For peerless geniuses of this caliber, appearing once every tens of thousands of eras, a high threat ranking is natural. Historically, humanity's most brilliant geniuses, like Ke Di and others, would likely have been designated 'no.1' as early as the Universe level.

“No.3 has entered the Wulong Star Domain?” the golden-robed figure commanded, “Issue the order: instruct No. 6, who is covertly stationed in the Wulong Star Domain, to eliminate no.3!”

“Yes!”

The green-skinned man replied with utmost respect.

No.3 represented the threat ranking, and this ranking also determined the price the insectoids were willing to pay! The higher the ranking, the greater the price the insectoids would offer! Planting an operative within the Wulong Star Domain was an extremely difficult task, and every single operative was incredibly valuable.

And operative No. 6... was already considered the top assassin among those covertly stationed in the Wulong Star Domain.

...

Wulong Star Domain.

A meteorite hung motionless in the starry sky. Though appearing as a mere rock, its interior had long been converted into an 'observation post'.

Inside the meteorite.

“The Giant Axe Martial Arena has a Domain Lord-level deathmatch happening right now, brothers! Everyone, get into the Virtual Universe, quick! If you're slow, the battle will be over!” a burly man, completely encased in armor, excitedly shouted. Life at the observation post was indeed monotonous.

Watching deathmatches and gambling were common forms of entertainment for them.

“Coming!”

“Haha, my luck has been great lately, I’ve won three matches in a row. I’m sure to win this one too.”

The observation post members cheered, each splitting a sliver of their consciousness to connect to the Virtual Universe Network. As for their observation duties... the entire Wulong Star Domain was actually covered by a highly sophisticated monitoring system, purely technological. Their primary role as observers was to ensure the monitoring system wasn't compromised, and so on.

After all, there's still a difference between an intelligent system and a human.

In one of the rest rooms within the observation post, built inside the meteorite and entirely forged from alloy, a lean man with a layer of black scales covering his head and green eyes lay on a bed.

“Hmph.” He suddenly sat up from the bed, his eerie green eyes fixed on the alloy wall in front of him.

“The mission... has arrived.”

Lurking for ten thousand, even a hundred thousand years, just for one strike.

Once he acts, survival is difficult, regardless of success or failure. Even if he successfully kills Luo Feng... he will still be eliminated by the powerful human forces stationed within the Wulong Star Domain.

...

At this moment.

Luo Feng and Dilun, accompanied by Longjue King Tian Huan, were traveling in a spaceship through the dark universe.

“We are now heading to a specific point deep within the Wulong Star Domain,” Longjue King Tian Huan said with a smile. “After all, the Wulong Star Domain is simply too vast. If we were to slowly fly through it in a spaceship, even after a hundred thousand years, we would likely only have traversed a small fraction of the area.”

A typical galaxy has a diameter of about a hundred thousand light-years.

A star domain, on the other hand, usually contains ten thousand galaxies, making a diameter of several million light-years quite normal.

The Lasiao World's land diameter is merely 2.1 light-years; compared to a massive star domain, it's a mere speck. From this, one can imagine... the endless debris and refuse stored within the Wulong Star Domain could easily fill the entire Lasiao World with just a fraction of it.

“Therefore, we must perform cosmic teleportation to reach a specific point,” Longjue King Tian Huan stated gravely. “I warn you, only certain fixed points within the Wulong Star Domain permit cosmic teleportation. Other areas are filled with endless cargo and debris. Should a spaceship dare to appear there... it would be immediately attacked, and even a King-level Undying being would not escape pursuit.”

Luo Feng was startled.

That powerful?

“The nine great garbage star domains are true treasure troves,” Longjue King Tian Huan said with a faint smile. “I and four others seem to be at the highest level. But we are the highest level responsible for trade. Throughout the entire Wulong Star Domain... there are also those responsible for monitoring and assassination! That's where Universe Venerable-level existences are stationed!”

“There’s no other way. If any of the nine great garbage star domains, including Wulong, were to be plundered... even casual theft could result in losses of hundreds of millions of primal chaos units. Therefore, extremely powerful forces must be stationed here,” Longjue King Tian Huan chuckled. “Even I don’t know the true high-end military strength of the Wulong Star Domain. I’m merely in charge of trade.”

Luo Feng nodded.

...

After flying for more than two hours.

The spaceship performed cosmic teleportation, returning to the original universe space, and an invisible monitoring signal swept over it.

With a rumbling sound, figures immediately flew out from a palace, roughly ten thousand kilometers in diameter, suspended in the distant starry sky.

The spaceship also stopped, and its hatch opened.

Longjue King, Luo Feng, and Dilun all flew out.

“Longjue King,” the group of welcoming figures saluted respectfully.

“Hm,” Longjue King nodded.

“This is Luo Feng; he will be entering to select goods shortly. Assign two guides to accompany Luo Feng,” Longjue King Tian Huan instructed directly. The group of figures responded in unison, “Yes!”

Luo Feng and Dilun turned their heads to look around, and were instantly stunned.

Heavens!

As far as the eye could see...

The endless starry sky was completely choked with countless goods and debris, boundless and infinite!

“I had long imagined this scene, but actually seeing the entire cosmic starry sky filled with endless cargo is still too terrifying.” Luo Feng looked upwards, and there too was an infinite amount of goods. In space, without significant gravity, there's no precise up or down, so... as Luo Feng surveyed his surroundings, he realized...

Only certain surrounding areas were empty, allowing for acceleration to light speed for cosmic teleportation; all other areas were entirely filled with cargo.

“Don’t be surprised,”

Longjue King, standing in the void, turned to Luo Feng and chuckled, “What are clan wars? When several peak clans wage war against each other, and against various clan alliances... those wars truly cover the heavens and earth, naturally producing an astonishing amount of war debris and refuse. Even God Kingdoms and the like are far from enough to store this war refuse, so star domains are specifically designated for storage! The Wulong Star Domain is merely one such garbage star domain.”

Luo Feng nodded slightly.

“Furthermore,”

“Because the valuable goods inside are countless, Undying beings are forbidden from entering to select items,” Longjue King explained with a smile. “An Undying being could steal a large quantity of goods, then instantly escape via God Kingdom teleportation! Therefore... Undying beings are absolutely prohibited from entering to purchase goods.”

Luo Feng suddenly understood.

Indeed, if an Undying being were to frantically steal and then instantly teleport away via their God Kingdom, they could potentially cause losses of hundreds of millions of primal chaos units in one go. Such immense wealth... even a Marquis-level Undying being's entire net worth wouldn't amount to that much. Undying beings would definitely take such risks.

“Even if they aren’t Undying beings,” Longjue King mused, “Sector Lords, Domain Lords, and others must also possess extremely high authority. Ordinary Sector Lords and Domain Lords are likewise not qualified to enter. Luo Feng, as a member of the Primal Region, your high authority allows you to enter. Ordinary Sector Lords might be controlled by someone, or perhaps secretly hide an Undying being within their inner world, or use a world ring to carry an Undying being inside.”

“Longjue King, aren’t you worried that my world ring might conceal an Undying being?” Luo Feng asked with a smile.

“You?”

“With your high authority as a Primal Region member, if you were to steal... you would be hunted by all of humanity. You would never be able to return! Would you be willing to sacrifice that?” Longjue King looked at Luo Feng.

“What if I were soul-controlled?” Luo Feng inquired.

“For a genius with such high authority to be soul-controlled, those organizations aren't foolish enough to waste such a valuable spy just to steal some goods. Perhaps these goods are very expensive to an individual... but to an entire race, they are nothing,” Longjue King shook his head.

At this moment, two white-robed figures flew over from a distance.

“Luo Feng, those are two guides,” Longjue King said, pointing to the white-robed figures. “Follow them and tell them your metal plate number. They will lead you to the exact location of the insectoid corpses. As for Dilun, he will remain here for now. It’s a rule that Undying beings are forbidden from entering the cargo storage area, and I cannot violate it.”