Swallowing the Stars: The cheat system only comes when I'm almost a god?

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Virtual universe, the Bridge to Heaven dimension.

Lin Yuan's figure suddenly appeared on the central island.

He has worked at the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Corporation for nearly 100,000 years and is about to take his first vacation.

The benefits at headquarters are much better than elsewhere, and since Lin Yuan has also broken through to the Marquis level, he has a 20,000-year vacation this time.

He has already submitted an application to the company through his teacher, Yan Yue Wang, to enter the initial universe for enlightenment. If all goes well, it should be approved before his vacation begins.

Lin Yuan had used up most of his chances to comprehend the Chaos Stele in the first 30,000 years, and now he only had five chances left. So if he wanted to get more chances to comprehend the Chaos Stele, he could only come to the Heavenly Bridge.

While his clones were honing their skills on the battlefields beyond the realm, Lin Yuan also studied the fundamental laws of space in his spare time. With this dual approach and tens of thousands of years of accumulation, Lin Yuan's strength has improved considerably compared to before.

The clone on the outer battlefield did not undergo divine power reorganization because it could not reveal its large divine body for the time being, and its divine power strength was still at the initial level of a Marquis.

However, his divine power has been fully structured and is currently 4,500 times that of a Realm Lord. He is not weak even among high-level experts who have been granted the title of Marquis, and he easily passed through the sixteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge.

But as he casually glanced around, he couldn't help but wonder, because there were many more people around than usual.

Those who dare to attempt the Sky Bridge are all confident in their own abilities; no one comes here every few days.

However, most immortal gods are banquet venerables, and it is common for them to not make any progress for millions of years. Therefore, at most a few dozen people usually gather here, and most of them are little guys who have emerged from the battle of geniuses.

This was the first time Lin Yuan had ever seen hundreds of people waiting here together, and most importantly, there were even many powerful figures who had reached the rank of King among them!

"Teacher?" Seeing that Yan Yue Wang was also there, he wanted to go up and greet him, but the other party gestured with his eyes to stay away, so Lin Yuan had no choice but to comply.

Lin Yuan continued to scan his surroundings and soon found his colleague Diman nearby. Diman was also the logistics manager who had helped him arrange the work of the Universal Warehouse when he first broke through to Immortality.

"Lin Yuan is here. Your speed of improvement in strength over the years is truly frightening."

"Indeed, to be able to increase one's strength again in less than two million years after breaking through to the Immortal Realm, and even leap to become a Marquis-level expert—this speed is extremely fast, even among the top few in previous genius battles!"

Several supervisors, who belonged to the same logistics department but had different management responsibilities, praised Lin Yuan. After all, his hard work and diligence had given a resounding slap in the face to those who said the logistics department was a retirement home.

"Dyman!"

Lin Yuan nodded to his colleagues, then walked over to Diman, whom he knew best, and whispered, "What exactly happened? Why are even King-level experts gathered here?"

For powerful figures who have achieved the title of King, the points gained from crossing the Heavenly Bridge are no longer comparable to the profits from their businesses. Therefore, they rarely come here except to prove themselves when they have made a significant breakthrough.

"Brother Lin Yuan, you haven't heard about something this big?" Diman looked surprised, but then he looked knowing. "You've been working at headquarters lately, so it's understandable that you haven't heard about it. Well then, let me tell you all about it."

Diman's attitude was good. His teacher, the Purple Lightning King, had fallen on the battlefield outside the domain. Before he was resurrected by his race, his position was awkward, as many people were eyeing the lucrative post in the logistics department.

Just like Lin Yuan, if he hadn't become a disciple of Yan Yue Wang, the most promising candidate to break through to the Universe Venerable level in the Yan Cang lineage, he wouldn't have been able to obtain this position based on his own strength, even if he had reached the advanced level of Marquis.

Diman is currently only at the initial level of a marquis, and his situation is precarious. Of course, he should accept Lin Yuan's helping hand.

If they can be on good terms with the other party, then the teacher should be able to get through the difficult years before his resurrection.

Diman patiently asked, "It's like this, you've heard of Prince Laurent, the winner of the previous Universe's Pinnacle Genius Battle, right?"

"I have a vague impression of it." Upon hearing this name, Lin Yuan recalled a group of little guys who were sent to Chaos City a hundred years ago.

"I heard that the company even sent Lord Mitian to pick him up. A King-level expert personally escorting him is the first time I know of such a case."

Lin Yuan said with a smile, "To be honest, I haven't looked up any information about him yet, so I don't know why the company values ​​him so much."

Before breaking through to immortality, he spent some time paying attention to the Genius Battle, hoping to find some future powerhouses and build good relationships with them, so that perhaps they could lend him a hand.

He calculated it very clearly at the time:

Including the Yan Emperor who will betray us later, the human race has only produced a total of seventeen Universe Lords. If we add the Dark Lord who is hidden in the shadows, there is still a difference of one compared to the original story.

Moreover, the renowned Heavenly Eclipse Palace Master had not appeared, and he had never heard of Venerable Jiufeng of the Ancestral God Sect. Many future powerhouses had not yet grown up, so he felt that his chances were very high.

But when Lin Yuan actually tried to do it, he was dumbfounded. He couldn't get in touch with the geniuses outside the Glorious Universe Kingdom, and as a World Lord, his vision was also limited. By the time he could see the potential of others, they were already surrounded by people, and he couldn't even squeeze in.

Later, Lin Yuan realized that the strength of humankind was accumulated over countless years, and it was virtually impossible to encounter a peerless genius in a lifetime spanning millions of years. Therefore, he abandoned the idea of ​​becoming a full-fledged human.

After that, he only watched the Genius Battle when he was in the mood, and focused on cultivation at other times.

This habit has been maintained to this day, which is why Diman said he was indeed a bit confused in the last Genius Battle.

If the news that the King of Fantasy had personally picked up Lawrence hadn't spread so widely within the company, he really wouldn't have known who the other party was referring to.

"There's a reason why the company values ​​him," Diman quickly explained. "The previous Peak Genius Battle was hosted by our Virtual Universe Company."

During the finals, His Highness Lawrence miraculously cleared the second level of the eighth trial tower in one go, and afterwards, all the company's top executives showed up because of him.

"Furthermore, you may not know that, according to the rules of my Virtual Universe Company, the winner of the Genius Battle is usually escorted by a high-ranking military commander. In the past, at most, only a Marquis-level expert would be dispatched."

However, a peerless genius of our human race, who appeared once every ten million epochs, was assassinated and perished, so the company decided to increase its security forces.

Therefore, even Lord Mitian personally went to fetch Prince Lawrence, fearing that Prince Lawrence might also encounter assassination attempts by alien spies. If he were to perish again, the great war that occurs every six thousand epochs in the extraterrestrial battlefield might break out prematurely!

"As the adults predicted, all three top clans sent immortal god-level experts to assassinate him, including four peak Marquis-level experts."

However, with the Enchanted King, who is skilled in soul attacks, all the spies who appeared this time were killed, and Prince Lawrence was also safely sent to headquarters, which can be considered as revenge for the previous peerless genius Natalie.

Later, after His Highness entered Chaos City, he directly chose the Nine Universes Chaos Stele of the Space lineage, and after only one attempt at comprehending it, he had already passed the sixth level of the Nine Universes Sky Bridge!

"Wait a minute!" Lin Yuan suddenly interrupted him. "Let me guess. Now that a hundred years have passed, he's about to leave Chaos City. So, is he going to try to cross the Nine Heavens Bridge again?"

"That's right." Diman nodded, then said excitedly, "The initial universe comprehension time for a universe-level being is only thirty years, which is a hundred years in the outside world. Everyone is guessing whether His Highness Lawrence can pass the eighth level of the Nine Universes Sky Bridge this time."

If they could truly achieve that, their level of understanding of the laws would be close to immortality, and they might break through soon, becoming a powerhouse surpassing us.

"The cultivation speed of these peerless geniuses is truly enviable," Lin Yuan said with longing.

Don't be fooled by the fact that he went from breaking through to the Immortal realm to the advanced Marquis level in just over a million years. He's actually almost five million years old, so if you spread out his cultivation speed, it's not that amazing.

After all, among the top ten of the previous Human Peak Genius Battles, those geniuses who survived were almost all able to enter immortality in about two million years, and once they broke through, they became Marquis-level experts, rather than slowly grinding and comprehending the laws like him.

It's true that life is unpredictable; you might receive praise from others and then immediately turn around and envy them.

"Brother Lin Yuan."

Diman looked at him suspiciously. "Since you don't know anything about Prince Lawrence, could it be that you've come here... to try and cross the sixteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge?"

His voice was trembling. Although he had considered this possibility, he couldn't believe that the little guy who used to have to rely on himself even for job assignments was suddenly going to surpass him. To be honest, he really couldn't believe it.

"That's right." Lin Yuan smiled and nodded, calmly saying something that could make the other person's brain shut down: "Thanks to the initial universe comprehension time that my teacher helped me apply for before, my strength has improved again in recent years, so I came to give it a try."

boom!

This answer struck Diman like a hammer blow. He had not only become a disciple of the Purple Lightning King, but also cultivated for over 80 million years after breaking through to the Immortal God realm, yet his current strength was only at the initial level of the Marquis rank!

Lin Yuan hadn't even made it out of the Genius Battle before, and what happened?

The other party broke through to the Marquis level in a million years, became a disciple of Lord Yan Yue, and even took another big step forward in just a few hundred thousand years!

Jealousy had already thrown Diman off balance. If it weren't for his reason telling him that he would still need Lin Yuan's help in the future, he would have grabbed the other man and asked him why he deserved it.

"Could you be the illegitimate child of the primordial cosmic will?"

……

"You're Lin Yuan? The disciple of King Yan Yue?"

Just as the two were speechless, an immortal werewolf suddenly interrupted.

Lin Yuan looked at the other person with a puzzled expression. He remembered that he did not have any werewolf friends.

Just as he was trying to recall if he had seen him at some banquet, the werewolf immortal spoke again: "Don't think about it, we don't know each other before."

He extended his sharp, wolf-hair-covered claws: "My name is Maxim, and I am a disciple of King Cangyuan. I would like to spar with you."

"King Cangyuan?"

Seeing Maxim's unfriendly expression, Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes.

After Cangyuan Wang broke through to the Marquis level, he sent an email saying that he wanted to take him as a disciple and that he could help him obtain the divine general inheritance of the Ancestral God Sect.

However, he felt that the other party's promise was unlikely to be kept, and in the end, he became a disciple of the Flame Moon King through Lord Kandri's introduction, so he refused him.

Judging from their current posture, are they looking to cause trouble?