Swallowing the Stars: Providing a Loan to Luo Feng Begins

Chapter 41: A Speedrun Guide to the Dragon Star (Please Read On)
Chen Qi observed from within the system space.

Babata began maneuvering the Black Dragon Mountain spaceship to accelerate, arriving in the Darkest Universe, and embarking on a cosmic journey towards the direction of the Dragon Star.

The days passed like this.

tenth day.

The Black Dragon Mountain spaceship landed in Zone C of the Qiulong Star docking port. After paying the docking fee, Luo Feng disembarked, using some coins provided by Babata.

Chen Qi, inside the system space, also curiously observed the dragon star.

He's looking for someone.

'Promotion'...

In the original storyline, the first person Luo Feng met when he entered the universe and communicated with other civilizations was a wealthy second-generation heir.

Look left and right.

After confirming that he hadn't been promoted, Chen Qi realized something was amiss and said it couldn't be such a coincidence.

At different times, I no longer get promoted.

"There's no need to deliberately look for Gao Sheng from the original storyline, since he can't be of much help in this timeline anyway."

Chen Qi thought to himself.

The first step, Chen Qi instructed Luo Feng in the system space to register and join the 'Black Dragon Mountain Empire'. The Black Dragon Mountain Empire is a medium-level civilization in the universe, and its ruler is an immortal powerhouse.

It's still considered a pretty good nationality.

At the same time, virtual universe accounts were opened.

Everything went according to plan, and the process of joining the Black Dragon Mountain Empire was very smooth without any unexpected complications.

The second step, naturally, was to retrieve 'Huyanbo's' stellar-level account. First, they found the Cosmic Galaxy Bank and, using the five-star account and stellar-level password left by Huyanbo, withdrew a full 10 billion Qianwu coins.

At the official exchange point of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, one Qianwu Coin can be exchanged for one thousand Black Dragon Coins.

On the private black market, it can be exchanged for nearly two thousand Black Dragon Coins, which is roughly equivalent to ten trillion to twenty trillion Black Dragon Coins.

The Black Dragon Mountain spaceship is only worth a little over 12 billion Black Dragon coins. With these savings, you could buy a thousand of them!

"Now that I have the savings, I'll naturally spend the money."

"The primary task is to purchase metal; the Golden Horned Beast needs to be upgraded to the cosmic level first."

Chen Qi calculated the amounts in the ledger.

He muttered each word carefully:

"Only a cosmic-level entity can give birth to a second clone. The second clone provides efficiency in comprehending spatial laws, which is also an extremely important matter at the moment."

"It takes 100 years to go from the first stage of a star to the first stage of a universe. The best growth rate can be accelerated by 89 times, but it will cost 60 billion Black Dragon Coins a year. However, my current savings are more than enough. It's just a small fraction. I will take out some more treasures to speed up the process later."

"I also need to buy some metal to cultivate the Golden Horned Beast's special secret techniques, 'Original World' and 'Absolute Space'."

"Um"

Chen Qi temporarily finalized the matter of the Golden Horned Beast.

There are some precious treasures on Earth, but they cannot be sold, otherwise it would easily cause trouble.

As for items financed through loans, although you can "use now, pay later," the interest is included. Generally speaking, excluding items that cannot be purchased, it's not as cost-effective to finance with a loan as to buy them directly...

Furthermore, if he wanted to obtain a better clone, Chen Qi had been saving those treasures on Earth without touching them, intending to take out a loan to exchange for a more powerful clone later.

In the original storyline, the 'Demon Slayer Clan' clones did not reach the limit of the Golden Horned Beast's gestation. If possible, they would definitely borrow some items to make the clones stronger, as long as they were within the Golden Horned Beast's gestation range.

Before becoming a true god, clones will always serve as an extremely important fighting force. "There is one more important thing."

Register to buy Earth!

Chen Qi said to Luo Feng, who had just left the bank, "Luo Feng, let's go register Earth."

Before coming here, Chen Qi had Babata collect and organize relevant information about Earth. This time, upon arriving on Qiulong Star, he directly registered the planet...

Under Chen Qi's gaze.

Luo Feng arrived at the Black Dragon Mountain Imperial Government Office, submitted the information, and instead of accepting the reward, requested to purchase a planet.

Chen Qi, inside the system space, watched things unfold step by step and said:

"Similar to the original plot, the purchase requires three trillion Black Dragon Coins, or twenty-one billion Qianwu Coins."

"It's so dark!"

not only that.

As in the original story, the Black Dragon Mountain Empire's government offices were still very inefficient. To avoid any complications, Luo Feng still gave them a small tip.

"We discovered it, yet Earthlings, the original inhabitants, have to pay to buy it. Why do we have to pay to buy it from our own hometown?"

Chen Qi thought about this logic and felt that something was wrong.

However, the next moment Chen Qi thought of the previous master on Earth, Hu Yanbo, the master of Meteorite Star, who also seized the territory from the 'Primitive Civilization of the Universe - Silver Blue Empire'. Thinking about it carefully, it made sense.

In the universe, there are also rudimentary civilizations, intermediate civilizations, and so on.

But in reality, they have no sense of 'civilization' whatsoever. Even the human race, one of the most advanced races, would not have so many 'slave planets' if they were truly more advanced and civilized.

Genius, strongman...

Apart from that, they were not valued by the human race.

In essence, each race is like an 'alliance'. They unite against external forces to better develop together. That's why geniuses and strong individuals receive attention and importance, while those races with lower bloodlines on slave planets are completely ignored.

In everything, might makes right is the only true principle!
“In essence, these 2.1 billion Qianwu coins are more like protection money paid to the Black Dragon Mountain Empire. Only after this is paid will the Black Dragon Mountain Empire send powerful figures to deal with Earth if it encounters the Nuolan Mountain family or space pirates again.

Chen Qi was organizing his plans.

Two days later, the registration of Earth was finally completed.

During this time, Chen Qi and Babata discussed and bought a warehouse base near Earth. The location was the 'Bai Lan Xing' base purchased in the original storyline, which was used as a transit point for receiving goods purchased in space.

In the current timeline, that is also the most suitable place.

Luo Feng took some time to stroll around Qiulong Star these past two days.

The star lord of Qiulong Star is a domain lord. In the universe, domain lords are not considered strong, but the proportion of domain lords is extremely low.

Chen Qi still remembered that in the original plot, the 'Nolan Mountain Family' was the third largest family under the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, which was called the 'Kalo Empire'. The Kalo Empire was a primitive civilization in the universe, just like the Silver Blue Empire, but it was still one of the top three among all the vassal states of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

even so.

The strongest member of the royal family of the Carlo Empire is only a domain lord, so as a domain lord's territory, Qiulong Star is already relatively developed.

"Chen Qi, what are we going to do next?" Luo Feng asked.

"Let's go check out the slave market," Chen Qi replied to Luo Feng. He planned to buy a few slaves to serve as guards for the Luo family.

Incidentally, this will also allow Luo Feng to understand the cruelty of the universe.

(End of this chapter)