Swallowing the Stars: Sacrifice to Become Stronger, Fiancée is Alluring

Chapter 144 The Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, a Top Leveling Ground

"Impressive. So how does this alliance attract so many people?"

"What else could it be but profit, of course!" Babata said. "Strictly speaking, the structure of this alliance is similar to the HR Alliance on Earth. You know how powerful the HR Alliance is. If it weren't for Hong and Thor, the HR Alliance would be the largest power on your Earth."

Jiang Lan nodded slightly.

If Babata said that, then he would understand.

Although the HR Alliance mainly engages in buying low and selling high, even so, the prices they offer for recycling various items are still significantly higher than those offered by other forces or outsiders.

It is precisely because of this that the HR Alliance has been able to grow bigger and bigger on Earth, becoming a super behemoth.

Even the Ultimate Martial Arts School and the Thunder Martial Arts School are only top-tier fighters, slightly stronger than the HR Alliance.

In terms of numbers, the two martial arts schools are far inferior to the alliance.

It seems that the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance is essentially a super-sized HR alliance.

Although there may be many differences, they should be similar in nature.

Babata's voice continued:

"Look at their medals, both of them are first-class mercenaries of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance."

"Level 1 mercenary?"

"Yes, the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance does not recruit planetary-level soldiers at all. Only constellation-level soldiers are eligible to participate in the assessment. If they pass the assessment, they can obtain the title of 'Cosmic Apprentice Mercenary'."

"Only those who reach the cosmic level are qualified to participate in the 'Cosmic One-Star Mercenary' assessment. And this is only the qualification for the assessment. In fact, the mortality rate of mercenary assessments is extremely high. If two out of ten people can pass, it is already considered a remarkable achievement."

"As for two-star mercenaries, they require a Domain Lord to be eligible for the assessment, and a Realm Lord requires three stars. And even that is just the qualification for the assessment. In the universe, there are quite a few Domain Lords who are still only one-star mercenaries because they cannot pass the assessment."

"Tsk tsk..."

Jiang Lan smacked her lips.

Becoming a cosmic mercenary seems quite difficult.

Suddenly, Babata seemed to remember something.

"That's it! I've got it—where you can hunt monsters!"

"where?"

Jiang Lan's eyes lit up.

Planetary-level monsters can still be bred on a large scale by medium-sized cosmic nations like the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

But once a monster reaches the Star level, it becomes impossible to raise it.

While raising them wouldn't be a problem, the profits from breeding monsters are negligible compared to the large amount of manpower and resources required.

No one would do a business that loses money.

Unless you go to a large universe country like the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, you might be able to breed them on a large scale.

However, firstly, the distance is too far, and secondly, the price must be very expensive.

Therefore, once you reach a star, it's unrealistic to expect to find monsters that are being farmed on a large scale.

"It's the Space Mercenary Alliance's assessment!"

Babata's voice was excited.

"These assessments are mostly held within realms created by realm lords, which already contain a certain number of monsters. Furthermore, to increase the difficulty, the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance releases a large number of monsters. Therefore, the assessment locations are primarily populated by star-level monsters, and there's even a possibility of encountering cosmic-level monsters!"

As Jiang Lan listened to Babata's words, her eyes grew brighter and brighter.

If what Babata said is true, then as long as he participates in the assessment, wouldn't he be able to reach the cosmic level in no time?

Where is the assessment location? How do I register?

Jiang Lan asked repeatedly.

Before Babata could respond, the sweet-looking staff member in the vest who had just greeted Jiang Lan walked up to him, bowed slightly, and said:

"Sir, it's your turn. Please follow me."

"Huh? Oh, okay."

Jiang Lan snapped out of her daze and temporarily put aside her conversation with Babata.

Although I'm anxious about taking the assessment, withdrawing money right now is no small matter either.

This is the legacy left by Huyanbo.

If Jiang Lan remembers correctly, the total amount of money he could withdraw from the Hengxing Star was 10 billion Qianwu coins!

If converted to Black Dragon Coins, that's ten trillion!

Putting aside the fact that, in Jiang Lan's current view, this amount is definitely a huge sum of money.

Jiang Lan stood up and followed the woman in the vest into a reception room.

Behind the desk in the reception room sat a woman wearing gold-rimmed glasses. She had fair skin, but faint lines were visible on her face.

The woman looked up when she saw Jiang Lan enter.

"Sir, what service do you need?"

Jiang Lan simply said, "I need to withdraw money."

He came to the bank this time to withdraw the inheritance left to him by Huyanbo.

The woman gently pushed up her gold-rimmed glasses, looked at the control screen in front of her, and rested her hand on the keyboard-like device below it, saying:

"Okay, sir. Please provide your bank account number so I can check for you."

「8492——8593——WOXH——8528——5285——032。」江澜飞快报出一串数字。

Babata had already told him about the bank account, and he knew it by heart, so when the woman asked, he gave her the answer directly.

"Okay, please wait a moment."

The woman lowered her head and entered the numbers that Jiang Lan had just given her.

A moment later, she looked up at the screen, about to speak.

But the moment his gaze focused on the screen, his eyes widened in surprise.

"This...this..."

The woman's breathing became rapid.

Jiang Lan asked, "What's wrong?"

The woman stood up shakily. "Dear...respected five-star customer...please wait a moment, I'll go inform the bank manager..."

Jiang Lan could tell that the woman was very nervous, to the point that she could barely speak clearly.

Jiang Lan wasn't particularly surprised; she simply waved calmly.

"Go."

He already knew that Hu Yanbo's account was a five-star account.

Logically speaking, he should be able to use the VIP channel and go directly upstairs to handle his business.

But there were many other people in the hall, and Jiang Lan didn't want to be too conspicuous, so she went to queue up.

The woman wearing gold-rimmed glasses hurriedly ran out the door, skipping the elevator, and rushed upstairs to the bank manager's office.

"Bang!"

Without even knocking, the woman pushed open the door to the bank manager's office.

"Manager...something...something terrible has happened!"

Inside the office, the bank manager was receiving the two one-star cosmic mercenaries from earlier.

The bank manager looked displeased upon seeing the woman who suddenly broke down the door.

"What's the big deal? Didn't I tell you that you need to stay calm in the face of important matters? Also, can't you see I'm entertaining distinguished guests? Get out!"

"No... there's a five-star client downstairs!" the woman gasped.

Upon hearing this, the bank manager was struck dumb, almost unable to catch his breath, his eyes wide open.

"What did you say? Who? A five-star customer?"

(End of this chapter)