Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 103 Preparation, Doppelganger

Virtual Universe, Manor No. 135 in the Primal Zone.

Zhou Yang sat on the sofa in the quiet room.

Before him, a light screen floated silently, displaying the internal 'backend management' interface that only core geniuses of the virtual universe could log into.

This interface has three options: "Life", "Learning", and "Cultivation".

Zhou Yang opened the "Life" interface.

Suddenly, numerous subcategories appeared, including 'Star Map', 'Food', 'Nutrition Chamber', 'Residence', 'Spaceship', and so on.

Zhou Yang clicked on each item to check it out.

First, there's the nutrient capsule, though he doesn't actually need one.

His understanding of the laws and the strength of his consciousness are sufficient, and there are no bottlenecks for him in the first to ninth levels of the universe level.

During his thirty years in Chaos City, nourished by the life force, his physical strength had long since been enhanced to the ninth level of the universe level.

If he hadn't temporarily suppressed his cultivation level, breaking through to the Domain Lord level would have been a piece of cake for him.

He clicked on and looked at all the options, but in the end he only applied for a complete star map that covered almost all the territories of all the major races in the universe, and an ordinary E9-class spaceship.

Virtual Universe Corporation is extremely generous to its core geniuses, providing them with many things such as food and accommodation free of charge.

Even for spaceships, members of the Primal Secret Realm can apply for a Class A to Class E spaceship for free.

Members of the Primordial Zone and below can apply for a Class A to Class D spaceship for free.

However, these spaceships are all mass-produced standard spaceships from Virtual Universe Company, and they are certainly not as good as some meticulously crafted custom spaceships.

He then opened the learning section, which was divided into two parts: "Theory" and "Practice".

In the "Theory" section, he can watch lectures given by many powerful figures, including those at the level of Kings, Immortals, and even Universe Lords, to members of the Primal Zone for free.

Just this treatment alone is enough to make many people go crazy with envy.

It should be noted that even the former Lord of Meteorite Star, Hu Yanbo, could only dream of receiving a few words of guidance from a King-level Immortal.

Not to mention those ordinary "freelance" adventurers.

The "practice" section is where you test your skill level.

These are the 'Sea of ​​Illusions' for testing the strength of consciousness and will, the 'Altar of Immortality' for testing the amplitude of physical exertion, and the 'Bridge to Heaven' for testing comprehension of the laws.

Zhou Yang already knew about these things, so he just glanced at them and skipped over them.

The last one, 'cultivation,' caught Zhou Yang's attention.

Here, all cosmic-level geniuses can take on missions, with the difficulty levels divided into safe (0% mortality), normal (10% mortality), difficult (20% mortality), dangerous (50% mortality), and desperate (90% mortality).

Members of the four core secret realms can accept suitable tasks based on their own circumstances, and can receive a large amount of points rewards after completing the tasks.

Zhou Yang was familiar with the original plot, so he naturally read it more deeply than others.

The points rewards for these cultivation tasks are secondary; what's truly important are the 'hidden opportunities' hidden deep within each cultivation world.

In the original work, Luo Feng obtained the "Blood Luo Crystal" in the Blood Luo World and luckily occupied the "Demon Sound God General's Inheritance" in the Demon Sound Mountain. Those are the truly important places in each cultivation world!

Zhou Yang exited the backend management interface and began to think about his current situation.

"My understanding of the laws, my soul, and my will are all progressing extremely rapidly. What I lack is a way to fully unleash, or even double, my understanding of the laws and my soul power!"

"Origin Divine Weapons are, after all, just weapons, and their combat methods are too limited. What I need are secret techniques, such as power amplification techniques and soul amplification techniques."

"My soul power is at least dozens, even hundreds of times greater than that of geniuses of the same level. With such powerful soul power, if I were to cultivate a soul amplification secret technique like the 'Inheritance of the Demonic Sound God General,' with an amplification of dozens of times, a single mental shock would probably be enough to directly crush geniuses of the same level like Bolan and Luo Feng!"

"However, such secret methods are probably ridiculously expensive."

As Zhou Yang continued to ponder, things gradually became clearer in his mind.

"First, I'll cultivate the clone technique. Once I succeed, my survival ability will greatly increase, and then I can start accepting cultivation missions!"

"At that time, I will cultivate while trying to explore the hidden secrets behind each mission world. If I can obtain an opportunity similar to the 'Inheritance of the Demonic Sound God General,' then it will be worth it."

However, he didn't intend to stay at the cosmic level for long.

After all, in the world of Swallowing the Stars, the Realm Lord level is the stage where it is easiest to comprehend the fundamental laws and the fastest to improve.

Opportunities in the cultivation world should only be considered as additional aids; obtain them if you can, but do not let them affect your advancement speed.

"It just so happens that I also need to cultivate the clone technique and digest the insights gained from cultivating in Chaos City."

"Within a hundred years, no matter how many missions I can complete, I will directly break through to the Domain Lord level, and then break through to the World Lord level as quickly as possible!"

He silently set a deadline for himself.

"Babata, use the Virtual Universe Treasury to customize ten cloning chambers and one hundred doses of nutrient solution for me."

Zhou Yang shouted in his mind.

This cloning chamber and nutrient solution were what he needed to cultivate the physical bodies of his clones.

He's too weak right now; he can't reach the level of blood incarnation yet, so he can only resort to this clumsy method for now.

During his last month in Chaos City, with the blessing of the Meteor Tear, he had already comprehended the divine runes that needed to be inscribed for the Candri's clone technique.

Next, once the matching 'container clone' is formed, this secret rune can be inscribed on both the main body and the clone, guiding a portion of the main body's soul to flow into the clone.

Once this step is completed, the secret technique will be considered successfully mastered.

All that's left is to continue training and developing the clones to rapidly increase their combat power.

Babata was extremely efficient; his response came to mind in a matter of moments.

"Order complete. Total cost: 1700 points. This does not exceed the free quota for members of the original zone. Virtual Universe Company will provide it for free."

"Huh, there's this benefit too?"

Zhou Yang smiled upon hearing this.

Virtual Universe Company's delivery efficiency was extremely high; all the items he had purchased were delivered to his residence early the next morning.

"Yasel, no one is allowed to approach the manor!"

Zhou Yang gave his guard leader some instructions before entering the cultivation chamber.

He raised his hand and waved it, and a row of ten silver-white cloning pods were placed side by side on the ground.

Each cloning pod is nearly five meters high and three meters wide, with an extremely futuristic design.

This is a technological product of the virtual universe. As long as any segment of genes and enough nutrient solution are provided, a similar physical body can be cloned.

However, this physical body is merely an inanimate object, lacking an independent soul and thought.

Zhou Yang followed the instructions.

"Snap!"

On the side of the cloning chamber, a circular groove about 20 centimeters in diameter opens.

Zhou Yang placed a finger into the groove, and a slight stinging sensation came through as a drop of blood containing the essence of his life was extracted into the cloning chamber.

Subsequently, the dark green nutrient solution was rapidly injected into the cloning chamber.

Stimulated by the powerful life energy of the nutrient solution, an embryo began to develop rapidly.

Zhou Yang followed the procedure and activated each cloning chamber.

He then sat down cross-legged in the cultivation room and began to inscribe wondrous 'soul-splitting runes' into the origin of his soul in a special way.

A month later, the first batch of 'containers' were successfully conceived, and Zhou Yang's 'Soul Splitting Secret Rune' was also successfully inscribed.

Similarly, after the corresponding "Soul-Guiding Runes" were inscribed in each "container", with a thought from Zhou Yang, all 10 clones opened their eyes at the same time!

(End of this chapter)