Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 121 Research Breakthrough

After carefully reading the terms for external members of the Virtual Universe Corporation, both Hong and Thor joined the external organization.

Compared to internal members, the external situation is much more relaxed, as long as it doesn't join other super powers of the same level.

The super powers here refer to inter-universe powers such as the Giant Axe Arena; organizations within the Qianwu Universe Kingdom are irrelevant.

"Lord Mingyu, I wonder if I could also join the external members first? I would like to purchase a bloodline evolution agent to study it."

Mingyu nodded and said.

"Okay, then you can join the external team first. If you pass the pharmacist exam, you can transfer from the internal team later."

Mingyu could make the decision on such a small matter, and he readily agreed with a wave of his hand. Geniuses always receive special treatment.

Five minutes later.

"Welcome to Virtual Universe Company. You are now external members of our Virtual Universe Company's Black Dragon Mountain branch, and are temporarily under my jurisdiction. You can email me directly if you need anything," the burly man Ming Yu said with a smile.

"Qin Mu, please wait a couple of days. The pharmacist friend I just contacted hasn't replied yet. You should know that pharmacists often ignore external distractions when they're focused on their research. I'll contact you again in a couple of days after he replies to check your pharmacist skills."

Then you can schedule your pharmacist exam.

"Yes, Lord Mingyu."

Qin Mu, Hong, and Lei Shen bowed slightly.

Qin Mu had no objections to Ming Yu's arrangements.

Since I have never demonstrated my pharmacist abilities in the virtual universe, it's normal for people to send someone over to test me. If my skills are too poor and I'm far from meeting the pharmacist department's assessment requirements, they will lose face.

They left the killing field and returned to their residence.

"These external members are really great. They have freedom and can buy bloodline evolution agents and many other treasures."

Thor laughed in the courtyard.

"It's really good. At crucial moments, we can even leverage the power of the Virtual Universe Company! It should also play a certain protective role in the great development of China."

"If Qin Mu could officially join the pharmaceutical department of Virtual Universe Company, that would be even more remarkable."

Hong also smiled.

This is someone who has joined the Virtual Universe Company; even external members of the Black Dragon Mountain branch are not people that ordinary forces dare to offend.

"Star River Trading Company will transfer the funds for purchasing the Bloodline Evolution Agent."

Qin Mu said.

Huaxia has received a lot of orders recently, so it has enough funds.

After entering the universe, China, which possesses the heritage of Meteorite Star, began to flourish, making money at an extremely fast pace.

Of course, China earns a lot of money, but it also spends a lot. Although it has the technology, once it starts taking on large orders, it needs to purchase various equipment, raw materials, cargo ships, warships, and so on, which incurs many expenses.

Although modern China has come into contact with the universe and has a large number of slaves, it still uses the resources of the entire world to support a few people in their cultivation.

The top leaders of China are not stupid; they understand the principle that those who are not of our race will surely have different intentions.

Not to mention, with the insect swarm present, Qin Mu's men are on Qiulong Star and even on the transport fleet.

On Earth? The bald crystal man from Relic No. 9 monitors the entire globe, and the elites personally trained by Qin Mu are spread throughout the military and political spheres. Therefore, the core power of the United Government's top leadership has always been firmly held in Qin Mu's hands.

"We have now joined the external branch of the virtual company in Heilongshan. After I pass the pharmacist department's assessment, I will be able to provide some protection for Huaxia."

Then we can sell some good items, make money faster, and have more abundant cultivation resources.

After resolving the pharmacist issue through Mingyu, Qin Mu was in a good mood. Due to access restrictions, the Chinese intelligence department had not been able to find a way to join the Virtual Universe Company's department that could produce bloodline potions.

But for Mingyu, this was just a matter of a word.

"Li Xingtao will handle the money. Most of our money is in Black Dragon Coins, which need to be converted into Qianwu Coins. He will transfer it to you then."

After placing the order, the item will be delivered to Cold Moon Star. The Bloodline Evolution Agent should arrive in three to five days.

We can head to Cold Moon Star first and wait there.

The exchange rate between Black Dragon Coins and Qianwu Coins is 1000:1. Of course, this is the official exchange rate. If it's on the black market, the price will be much higher.

Three hundred million Qianwu coins, which would be worth at least 3000 billion Black Dragon coins, is not a small sum for China. It will take some time to mobilize such a large amount of money.

However, once Qin Mu officially joined the pharmacist department, with the protection of the Virtual Universe Company, China could take bigger steps. Things that were previously too risky to sell, such as B-grade weapons of war or precious plants worth hundreds of billions like the seedlings of the Moyun Vine, could now be sold.

Qin Mu was quite confident about whether he could join the pharmacist department of the Virtual Universe Company. After all, he could independently produce seventh-grade bloodline evolution agents, and with the bloodline evolution agents purchased from the Virtual Universe Company, it was possible to reach sixth grade in a short period of time.

Even the most rigorous assessments shouldn't be that outrageous.

The Killing Arena Hall.

An extremely aged, green-skinned old man sat in a corner of the hall, holding a glass of water. He raised his wrinkled forehead and his cloudy eyes occasionally looked around.

He is Manluo, the head of the killing field on Black Dragon Mountain Island, a rather famous old man in the area.

Just then, the burly man Ming Yu quickly walked over and came directly to the green-skinned old man.

"My lord," Mingyu said in a low voice.

"How is it?" The green-skinned old man looked at him with his cloudy eyes.

Mingyu bowed respectfully and said, "Your guess is quite accurate. None of the three of them want to join the inner circle; they only want to join the outer circle."

But Qin Mu was a surprise; he turned out to be a pharmacist and wanted to join our pharmacist department!

"A pharmacist? This guy's got some fun!"

A strange expression appeared on the green-skinned old man's face, and his previously cloudy eyes brightened, as if they contained endless wisdom.

Before this old man, Ming Yu, a mercenary of the second rank in the universe, was extremely respectful, a respect that came purely from the bottom of his heart.

"Hmm, very good. Discovering a top-tier elite is already a pleasant surprise, but I didn't expect him to be a pharmacist. I'll arrange his assessment to see if he really has this talent."

The green-skinned old man smiled and nodded, his eyes regaining their cloudiness.

"Yes," Mingyu replied respectfully.

Earth.

The Black Dragon spaceship picked up the group who had been in seclusion and flew towards Cold Moon Star.

"How much damage did our transport fleet suffer when it was attacked by space pirates?"

In the spaceship's control room, Hong asked.

"The losses are quite significant. One cargo ship requires major repairs, the others sustained varying degrees of damage, and there have been hundreds of casualties."

Qin Mu shook his head.

"Such a huge loss?"

Thor frowned. He knew about the space pirate attack, but he was too focused on his training to do anything about it.

"Yes, the losses were indeed considerable. Those space pirates were quite powerful. Their leader was a level nine spiritual master of the Eternal Star level, and they also had more than a dozen warships."

However, apart from the leader and their flagship, everyone else stayed behind, so overall we didn't suffer any losses.

Qin Mu replied.

"Such heavy damage from just one attack; it would be troublesome if we encountered frequent attacks in the future!"

Hong, however, was not so optimistic. This time, he had flaunted his wealth, and without absolute military force to suppress it, he was likely to attract a lot of covetous eyes.

"That's why I joined Virtual Universe Company!"

Qin Mu smiled. External members might not be able to deter the covetousness of those powerful beings in the universe, but it's a different story for official members.

That's Virtual Universe Company!

"Okay, it's up to you now!"

Hong smiled, thinking that with the protection of a powerful force, Earth's journey in the universe would be much easier.

Currently, China is only engaged in interstellar trade and doing some peripheral business, but if it had strong protection, its development could reach a new level.

For example, Huaxia has now gathered the world's best financial talents and is preparing to make money in the universe. Among these talents is Luo Feng's younger brother, Luo Hua!

Only those with ability and connections can make money in the financial market!

This is true on Earth, and it is also true in the universe.

……

On the starport under construction on Cold Moon Star, the Black Dragon spaceship slowly landed.

On the starport, defense platforms were being built in an emergency, and equipment such as Class B laser cannons produced on Earth were being installed ahead of schedule.

The detection systems, purchased at great expense, are also scattered around the planet.

Having learned its lesson the hard way, China now intends to transform Hanyue Star into a true war base.

Three days later, a dark gray spaceship shaped like a flying saucer docked at the planet's port outside the Cold Moon Star. The spaceship had a huge virtual universe symbol on it to indicate its identity.

Three men and women dressed in black battle suits walked up to Qin Mu and his companions who had come out to greet them, carrying a box.

"Identity confirmed, transaction complete."

"Qin Mu, Hong, and Lei Shen, this is your bloodline evolution agent."

The woman, with fair skin and a cold expression, opened her briefcase. Inside were three thin, syringe-like vials of colored liquid that shimmered with iridescent light. She then snapped the briefcase shut and handed it to Qin Mu and his companions.

After the transaction was completed, the three men and women boarded the spaceship without looking back. The spaceship took off immediately, soaring into the sky, breaking through the atmosphere, and leaving Hanyue Star.

After Qin Mu and the other two each took a bloodline evolution agent, they entered their respective cultivation rooms.

Unlike Hong, Thor was immediately injected with the Bloodline Essence.

Picking up the Bloodline Evolution Agent, Qin Mu glanced at the colored liquid in the slender syringe and inserted it into the Golden Horned Beast Core embedded in the Cloud Vine Battle Suit on his chest.

Inside the inner world, on a metallic continent over seventy kilometers long, wide, and high, a colossal golden-horned behemoth lay sprawled on a pile of metal. Nearby were three smaller, blazing behemoths and five enormous star-level mother nests.

The area around the mother nest is teeming with monstrous creatures like the Skyfire Crow, creatures that can openly appear in the starry sky.

Qin Mu's figure appeared in the sky above the metal continent, flew into a mother nest, and began to study the composition and effects of the bloodline evolution agent.

Several days later, Qin Mu lay down directly in the first preparation chamber inside the mother nest and slowly pushed the evolution potion into his body.

Tentacle-like threads connected Qin Mu, constantly monitoring all changes within his body.

As the medicine entered Qin Mu's body, it acted like a rampant cancer cell, frantically devouring every cell in Qin Mu's body, and excruciating pain rushed into his mind.

"snort."

Qin Mu snorted coldly, ignoring the pain in his body, and instead focused his attention on the changes in the cells and genes within his body.

He had experienced something similar twice before, and he used the evolution potion on himself as soon as he developed it.

Under the influence of the bloodline purifier, his body underwent various changes, all of which were recorded by the mother nest.

"I see! I see!"

As the Bloodline Evolution Agent took effect, the light in Qin Mu's eyes grew brighter. The Bloodline Evolution Agent he had researched was already at the limit of the seventh level. Now, with the Bloodline Evolution Agent from this Virtual Universe Company, many things that were unclear or incomprehensible became clear in an instant.

"Haha! I get it!"

(End of this chapter)