Swallowing the Stars: Eternal Glory

Chapter 121 Departure, Primitive Area
The morning of July 28, 2071, according to the Chinese calendar.

After settling their slaves, Lu Jin and Luo Feng bid farewell to their families and boarded a spaceship to Bailan Star, which is nearly 1.2 light-years away from Earth.

Bai Lanxing was the pick-up and drop-off address that Lu Jin and his companion filled out when the previous genius battle ended.

Meanwhile, on a meteorite in the starry sky several light-years away from Earth, Venerable Zi'e followed the spaceship from afar.

Luo Feng is lucky; thanks to Lu Jin, he has the protection of a cosmic venerable one in secret.

Of course, even Lu Jin himself was unaware of this, let alone Luo Feng.

And at the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean.

A medium-sized world ring lies quietly in the seabed silt.

At this moment, inside the World Ring.

The absolutely loyal Radiant Guardian silently protects a Primal Core radiating nine-colored light before it.

Lu Jin did not bring the original core with him when he went to the initial universe.

It wasn't that he wanted to hide the proto-nucleus; the main issue was that the flow of time in the initial universe was different from that in the primordial universe.

If the original body carries the original core, including the three years of travel, by the time the Eternal Tree avatar appears, it will already be his 25th year in the Chaos City of the Initial Universe.

The original core could be left in the primordial universe. When the avatar of the Eternal Tree was born, it was only the 7th year of the Chaos City period in the initial universe.

From the perspective of faster growth, it is not advisable for him to bring the protonucleus into the initial universe.

Furthermore, once the original core entered the initial universe, the clone that went to the outer battlefield for training would die.

Once the clone is resurrected in the inner world, it will be unable to travel to the outer battlefield again.

Of course, once the original body has passed through the Chaos City period and entered the mission world training phase, the original core will still return to the original body.

Moreover, it's easy to do.

By then, the avatar of the Eternal Tree will have already appeared. Take a leaf, put it into the external storage space, and then the original body will take it out.

Through the innate secret technique 'Gate of Time and Space' of the Eternal Tree's avatar, the primordial core on Earth can be sent to the original body located in the Primal Secret Realm.

Lu Jin had already tested that the external storage space could not store living beings, but it could still store non-conscious body tissues such as hair and nails.

The following day, White Star.

A triangular spaceship, entirely tan in color, slowly descended from the sky.

This is an F-class spaceship that is about 800 meters long, more than 400 meters wide at its widest point, and about 100 meters thick. Its outer shell is made of F9-class metal 'Earth Meteorite Iron Mother'.

Because the two people filled in the same address, Virtual Universe Company only sent one spaceship.

"Wow—"

Soon, after the triangular spaceship hovered, the hatch opened, and a group of powerful figures flew out.

In particular, the blond middle-aged man at the head of the group gave the impression of being the embodiment of the earth at first glance.

The blond middle-aged man was burly and about three meters tall. He wore a set of earth-yellow battle armor. Apart from his height and a sharp horn between his eyebrows, his appearance was not much different from that of an Earthling.

'immortal!'

Lu Jin thought to himself.

The members of the Primal Realm have a higher status than the members of the Primordial Realm, and even the guards who come to pick them up are led by immortal gods.

Of course, it should just be a regular immortal, that is, a military master-level immortal.

"Kandal greets Your Highnesses."

The blond middle-aged man bowed slightly.

Within the Virtual Universe Company, members of the Primal Secret Realm, regardless of their rank, hold a status above that of an Immortal Military Lord like himself.

"Greetings, Your Highnesses."

The group of realm lords and domain lords behind the blond middle-aged man bowed respectfully.

Immediately, the blond middle-aged man, Kandar, said with a smile, "Your Highnesses, let's board the spaceship first. It will take three years to get to the company headquarters from here."

"Ah."

Lu Jin and his companion nodded, and surrounded by the crowd, they flew into the F-class meteorite iron mothership.

The spaceship's interior was quite spacious, and following Kandar, the two arrived at a luxurious hall.

After inviting the two to sit down, Kandar introduced the basic information about the four secret realms of the Virtual Universe Company: 'Apocalypse', 'Heaven and Earth', 'Primordial', and 'Origin'.

After a while, Kandar got down to business: "Your Highnesses, the journey has begun, and I have arranged a rest room for you."

"Please enter the virtual universe shortly, Your Highnesses. I will then take you to the virtual headquarters of my Virtual Universe Company."

"Thank you, Mr. Kandar."

After nodding their thanks, Lu Jin and Luo Feng each went into a room and then logged into the virtual universe.

Meanwhile, outside, the Earth Meteorite Mothership has accelerated its journey into the dark universe, and its speed is still increasing.

Ultimately, the spaceship flew towards the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company at a constant speed of nearly 20 times the speed of light.

Virtual universe, Heilongshan Island, Moon Bay Villa.

'Shuh! '

Inside the villa, Lu Jin appeared.

"Master, Fatty has been granted permission to teleport to a special dimension."

Fatty reminded Lu Jin.

"Okay, teleport."

Lu Jin nodded and said.

The next moment, Lu Jin's figure disappeared into the villa.

This is a suspended mountain peak shrouded in clouds and mist, an incredibly huge mountain, even much larger than the Earth.

The space shifted, and Lu Jin found himself on a cobblestone street amidst a suspended mountain peak. As he surveyed his surroundings, Luo Feng appeared beside him.

"Your Highnesses."

Soon, a voice rang out from behind. Lu Jin turned around and saw the burly Kandar walking quickly towards him.

"Mr. Kandar."

Lu Jin greeted Luo Feng.

Kandar said, “Your Highnesses, this dimensional space is the virtual headquarters of our Virtual Universe Company.”

The mountain peak beneath our feet is called Yuxiang Mountain, and its diameter is approximately 8.9 kilometers.

While explaining, Kandal led Lu Jin and the other person toward the primitive area.

After a while, the three of them crossed several streets and arrived at the entrance of a white marble road.

In the flowerbeds along the white jade road ahead, three universal scripts—'Primitive Zone'—are formed by different colored flowers and plants.

"Your Highnesses, the primitive area lies ahead on this white jade road. I do not have the authority to enter and therefore cannot continue to guide you."

However, once Your Highnesses enter, there will be staff members in the original area to receive them.

Candall said with a hint of apology.

"Thank you, Mr. Kandar."

After thanking them, Lu Jin and his companion walked briskly along the white marble path.

Before long, Lu Jin and Luo Feng arrived at the magnificent main entrance of the primitive area.

At the main entrance, an elderly man with white hair and beard, dressed in a white robe, was already waiting, followed by a large number of servants.

Upon seeing Lu Jin and his companion arrive, the white-robed elder quickly stepped forward, bowed slightly, and said, "Your Highness Lu Jin, Your Highness Luo Feng, welcome to the Primitive District. I am Ai Tuo'er, the administrator of the Primitive District's trivial matters."

The white-robed elder, Aidor, spoke with a gentle voice that subtly brightened the surrounding space, giving one a feeling akin to the warm winter sun.

Without a doubt, the white-robed elder, Etor, is an immortal deity who has mastered the fundamental laws of light.

"Mr. Aitor."

Lu Jin and the other person greeted them.

"Please follow me, Your Highnesses."

With that, Etor gestured for them to proceed, and led the two of them into the air to fly forward.

Flying in mid-air, Aytor explained, "Your Highnesses, each prince of the Primal Realm will be equipped with a guard, led by an Immortal."

There are currently 117 manors in the entire primitive area.

Among them are 100 Realm Lord-level Princes, 10 Domain Lord-level Princes, and 7 Universe-level Princes (including two princes).

After a pause, Etor smiled and said, "Surprisingly, the Primal Zone has seven Universe-level Princes at the same time; this is the first time in billions of epochs."

Looking back at previous Genius Battles, there has basically only been one spot available in the Primal Secret Realm.

Even if a genius manages to reach the seventh trial tower, there will only be two spots at most.

However, this year, three people made it to the seventh trial tower during the genius battle trial stage, adding three extra spots to the Primal Secret Realm.

Of course, after the next battle for the qualification of the secret realm, the number of original secret realm slots at the cosmic level will be restored to three.

Flying over manors, Ettor led Lu Jin and the other two to land in front of a vast manor.

Looking out, Lu Jin saw that the walls of the manor resembled a continuous mountain range, stretching endlessly to the horizon.

In terms of area alone, this manor, which covers thousands of square kilometers, is much larger than the entire Chinese land before the Great Nirvana.

At this moment, in front of the manor's spacious gate, numerous figures were lined up in square formations.

At a glance, there were tens of thousands of people.

At the very front of the many formations was a lean, wiry middle-aged man with purple hair, dressed in dark purple battle armor, who gave off an aura of being the embodiment of thunder.

Ettor introduced, "Your Highness Lu Jin, this is your Manor No. 114. These are your guards and the manor's servants."

In the primitive area, each prince has a guard.

This guard force consists of 1000 cosmic-level warriors, 100 domain lord squad leaders, and 10 world lord-level captains, and is led by an immortal god.

"This is Prei the Immortal, your personal guard commander, Your Highness."

"Your Highness!"

The purple-haired middle-aged man, Prey, bowed slightly.

"Greetings to Your Highness!"

Behind Prey, more than a thousand guards, whose auras were almost unified, all knelt respectfully on one knee.

"Greetings to Your Highness!"

The tens of thousands of manor servants further back in the guard's rear all knelt down.

These servants were specially selected and trained by the Virtual Universe Company to serve some of the company's truly core figures.

Lu Jin returned the greeting and said, "Mr. Prey, I'll be relying on you from now on."

"The duty lies."

"That's what Commander Prey of the Guard said."

"Your Highness Lu Jin, the Immortal Prey is not only the leader of your guards, but also the steward of Manor No. 114. He will tell you everything else."

"I'll take Prince Luo Feng to Manor No. 117 now. If there's anything you need my help with, Your Highness, please don't hesitate to come and find me."

Aidor said with a smile, and then left with Luo Feng.

"Your Highness, please follow me."

Prey led the way, showing Lu Jin around the manor.

(End of this chapter)