Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 102 Primal Secret Realm

The headquarters of Virtual Universe Company is a vast continent suspended in the starry sky.

This continent is so vast that even the stars appear tiny in comparison.

A group of geniuses from Chaos City are gathered here, awaiting arrangements from the Virtual Universe Company.

The four secret realms of the Virtual Universe Company—Primordial, Beginning, Heaven and Earth, and End Times—are not located in the same place.

They will each board different spaceships and head to their respective secret realms.

Some of the more talented individuals who were on good terms with each other were saying goodbye.

Zhou Yang and Luo Feng also sat together and chatted.

"Yoko, after this separation, we don't know when we'll meet again."

Luo Feng sighed.

The two graduated from the same high school on Earth, participated in the preliminary martial artist assessment together, and later entered the elite training camp one after the other, and cultivated the Meteorite Star inheritance.

Then, they enter the universe, experience the Soul River Secret Realm, seize treasures in the Realm Within a Realm, participate in the Genius Battle, and head to Chaos City.

It could be said that the two of them have spent more time together than Luo Feng and Xu Xin have.

He shook his head and changed his tone:

"But seriously, Yoko, even though you're in the lead now, don't get too cocky. Everyone in our Taichu District is determined to surpass you!"

"Oh, then you'd better work hard, or you won't even be able to see my back anymore."

Zhou Yang smiled upon hearing this:

Luo Feng curled his lip.

"Damn it, you're just waiting for the day we beat you to a pulp!"

"Okay, I'll be waiting!"

Zhou Yang smiled.

He thought for a moment, then raised his hand and took out a silver-white ring, handing it to Luo Feng.

"Here, take this."

"Huh? You're giving me whatever you want?"

Upon seeing the ring Zhou Yang handed him, Luo Feng was suddenly startled, his body involuntarily leaning back, his eyes instantly filled with wariness.

"Yoko, you know I'm already married, and I have a ton of grandchildren and great-grandchildren now."

"Have you been single for a while? Sorry bro, I respect your hobby, but I really can't accept it."

"Get lost! Look at this!"

Zhou Yang rolled his eyes and cursed irritably.

"Haha, just kidding, look how impatient you are!"

Luo Feng smiled and accepted the spatial ring. With a sweep of his mental energy, he saw the 1200-meter-tall silver-white pyramid-shaped spaceship in the storage space.

"This is... that spaceship from Bermuda!"

A group of geniuses chatted idly in the lounge while waiting.

Soon, the spaceships arranged by the virtual universe to transport them to the various secret realms arrived.

"Zhou Yang and Bo Lan from the Primal Zone, head to the Primal Secret Realm. You will depart with the Venerable One and wait for now."

"Members of the Primordial Zone, head that way and board that rocky, meteorite-like spaceship."

"Members of the Sky Region, please board the second ship next to you, the purplish-red one."

"Members of the Apocalypse Zone, you will be traveling on the largest of the three spaceships, the one that is also jet black."

Guided by the staff of the virtual universe, the geniuses bid farewell to each other and boarded their respective spaceships.

The three enormous spaceships of various shapes accelerated continuously and soon disappeared into the horizon.

After waiting for a while, Zhou Yang and Bo Lan boarded the Nine Swords Venerable's strange spaceship, which resembled a large, dark blue fish.

With a flick of its tail, the giant fish spaceship slowed down instantly and quickly entered the dark universe.

Inside the spaceship, the Nine Swords Venerable, dressed in a green robe and with purple scales covering his head, sat casually on the sofa.

Zhou Yang and Bo Lan stood respectfully with their heads bowed before him.

They are indeed geniuses, but in front of a powerful Venerable One, they naturally have no reason to be arrogant.

"You two don't need to be so reserved, just sit wherever you like."

The Nine Swords Venerable was quite kind to the two of them.

"Thank you, Venerable One!"

The two men responded respectfully and then sat down properly.

"Hmm, you two, oh, and Luo Feng too, are the three I'm most optimistic about in this year's Genius Battle."

The Nine Swords Venerable looked at the two of them and said with a smile:

"Let's not talk about Zhou Yang. Bolan, it's great that you were able to quickly change your mindset after the initial setback and choose to focus on space as the primary factor and time as a secondary factor."

"To tell you the truth, your choice has significantly improved the opinion of you among many high-level executives, including myself."

"Thank you, Venerable One."

Berlan rose and bowed respectfully.

Then, he turned to look at Zhou Yang, and a smile, which was unusually rare on his usually cold and expressionless face, appeared.

"I also want to thank Zhou Yang. It was his strength that woke me up and made me realize that there are countless geniuses in this universe, and I am far from being the strongest one."

Unlike in the original work, Berlan did not stubbornly insist on following the path of "cultivating both time and space" of the Cosmic Chaos Monument.

After his initial attempt, he decisively gave up and chose a path that prioritized space and used time as a secondary factor.

Judging from his words, it was Zhou Yang's appearance that made him realize things so promptly.

"Yes, you two are in the same year, so you can help each other out in the future. The path to becoming a strong person is full of difficulties and dangers, so it is a great blessing to have one or two good friends to help you."

"The Nine Swords Venerable sighed."

The giant, dark blue fish traversed the dark universe at a speed approaching 100 times the speed of light.

Of the four secret realms, the Primal Secret Realm is closest to the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company, both located within the same universe country.

Just over ten days later, the giant fish spaceship rushed into a special space.

At the very center of this space, 136 enormous stars continuously revolve and rotate in the void.

The mysterious trajectory outlines the most fundamental laws of time and space in the universe, making the void where those 136 planets are located a space of its own.

This is the original secret realm that Virtual Universe Company painstakingly created for its core geniuses.

Even a powerful being like the ruler of the universe couldn't force his way into the spacetime containing those 136 stars!

"Alright, that's all for now. Your guard leader will give you a detailed explanation of the rest."

"Thank you, Venerable One!"

Zhou Yang and Bo Lan stood in the void, watching the dark blue fish-shaped spaceship slowly depart.

Only then did a magnificent, entirely golden spaceship slowly approach.

"Whoosh!"

The spaceship's hatch opened, and three powerful individuals, their bodies radiating an aura of law, appeared at the entrance.

In the middle is a beautiful woman with long silver hair, silver eyes, and bare feet.

On either side of her stood a handsome young man clad in gleaming golden armor and an elderly man with a single horn and a full head of white hair.

"Welcome, Your Highnesses, to the Primal Secret Realm 'Ninth Dimension'. Please aboard the spaceship, and we will escort you to your residence."

"Okay, thank you."

Zhou Yang and Bo Lan both nodded and entered the spaceship together.

"boom!"

The enormous, golden spaceship started up instantly, and after a dizzying journey, the scenery outside the spaceship changed dramatically.

At the center of those 136 enormous, constantly rotating stars, there was an incredibly dazzling floating continent!

Scattered across this floating continent are numerous and exquisite palace complexes.

"Your Highnesses, ahead lies the Wuchen Continent where you reside. Each of you will be allocated a territory spanning a million square kilometers."

Inside the spaceship, the beautiful woman with silver hair and silver eyes spoke with a smile.

"Also, these two beside me are the chief guards of Your Highnesses. They will give you a detailed introduction to everything in the territory."

The silver-haired woman stepped back, making way for the two people beside her.

"Your Highness Zhou Yang, I am Yaser, and from now on I will be responsible for your safety!"

"Your Highness Berlan, I am Kannos, your chief guard!"

The golden-armored youth and the one-horned old man bowed to Zhou Yang and Bo Lan respectively.

According to the Virtual Universe Company's benefits, each member of the Primal Realm can receive a guard.

The Guardian Army consists of one Army Lord-level Immortal God, ten Realm Lords, one hundred Domain Lords, and one thousand Universe-level beings.

This single guard squad is strong enough to sweep through an ordinary, medium-level civilized country!

"Okay, thank you for your help from now on!"

Zhou Yang and Bolan both responded with smiles.

The golden spaceship was extremely fast and quickly transported Zhou Yang and Bolan to their respective manors.

After entrusting the manor's trivial matters to the guard leader, Yaser, Zhou Yang leaned back on the sofa in the cultivation room and quickly connected to the virtual universe.

"Previous events like the Genius Battle and the Sky Bridge Challenge were all conducted in a virtual universe."

But what lies ahead is a true life-or-death adventure; it's time to strengthen my real-world abilities!

(End of this chapter)