Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 124 Earth

The primordial universe, a magnificent palace built amidst the cosmic stars.

A colossal giant, whose body spans tens of thousands of kilometers, casually reclines on a massive throne.

He gently swirled the wine glass in his hand, a helpless, bitter smile appearing on his face, which was covered with strange, blood-red markings.

"To think he'd been accepted as a disciple by the Chaos City Lord at this time... this might be troublesome!"

"But let's give it a try anyway."

He downed the red liquid in the enormous glass in one gulp, and then his consciousness instantly connected to the virtual universe network.

Not only him, but in many places throughout the universe, powerful beings belonging to the Giant Axe Arena lineage have taken similar actions.

The primordial universe, Chaos City.

Zhou Yang sat cross-legged on the rooftop of his residence, his consciousness immersed in the endless deductions of the "Secret Scripture of the Dao of Derivation".

Suddenly, his brow furrowed, and he reluctantly accepted a call request.

"Venerable Ancient Universe, yes, I am Zhou Yang. Thank you, Venerable One. It is my honor to become your disciple. Earth? I'm sorry, Venerable One, Earth is the origin of my race, I will not sell it."

A moment later, the call ended, and Zhou Yang's face showed a helpless expression.

"This is the third Venerable One to contact me today. It seems the Founder of the Giant Axe has already gone to Earth to investigate."

Unlike the original story, the current ruler of Earth has changed from Luo Feng to himself, and he was taken in as a disciple by the Lord of Chaos City beforehand.

Therefore, the event in the original novel where the Nightmare Candle King infiltrated Earth to coerce Luo Feng did not occur.

However, judging from the fact that several people have contacted me today wanting to buy ownership of the Earth, the secrets of the Earth have inevitably been exposed.

"Instead of passively waiting, it's better to take the initiative."

Zhou Yang's gaze sharpened slightly. "Babata, connect to the virtual universe and teleport to Teacher Thunder Island's palace."

Thunder Island, a virtual universe.

At the highest point of Thunder Island, amidst the hazy, chaotic currents, stands a temple—the highest temple on the entire island.

Zhou Yang, as the personal disciple of the Chaos City Lord, is qualified to come here.

"Whoosh."

Zhou Yang suddenly appeared in front of the temple. There were no servants or attendants in the temple; it was empty except for the omnipresent chaotic energy.

He strode inside, stopping only after entering the main hall of the temple, and respectfully said, "Teacher."

"What is it?"

The voice of the Chaos City Lord echoed from the depths of that chaotic energy.

"Teacher, recently, several Venerables from the Giant Axe Arena have been trying to buy all the rights to Earth from me. I don't know why, but I find it strange, so I've come to ask you for advice."

Zhou Yang answered respectfully.

"I'll have your second senior brother investigate. Go."

The voice of the Chaos City Lord rang out.

"Yes, teacher."

Zhou Yang respectfully took his leave.

The message has been delivered, and the next step is to balance the interests of the Virtual Universe Company and various forces, which is beyond my control.

We can only hope that we can leverage our identities as the Earth Lord and the Chaos City Lord's personal disciple to gain some additional benefits.

Not long after, Venerable Guiyi personally went to Earth to investigate and returned, reporting the special features of Earth to the Lord of Chaos City.

Seeing that they couldn't monopolize the profits, the Giant Axe Arena simply revealed Earth's secrets directly to the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance and three other forces, joining them to put pressure on the Virtual Universe Company in an attempt to gain more benefits.

After much wrangling among the high-ranking officials of various powers, a solution for dealing with Earth was quickly agreed upon.

Venerable Guiyi personally visited Zhou Yang's manor in the virtual universe.

"Junior brother, I never expected that we would meet again in such a setting."

The bald-headed Venerable Guiyi smiled at Zhou Yang, emanating a peaceful and serene aura.

Even in the virtual universe, Zhou Yang was inevitably affected by his aura, and his whole being became calm.

"Thank you for your trouble, Second Brother!"

Zhou Yang said respectfully.

"It's nothing," Venerable Guiyi said with a faint smile, and with a flick of his hand, a document appeared in his hand.

"I'm here to tell you about the contract documents regarding some transactions involving Earth that Virtual Universe Company has drafted. There are two transaction options; please take a look."

"yes!"

Zhou Yang accepted it respectfully.

The document wasn't complicated, and he quickly finished browsing it.

Just like in the original work, the virtual universe presents two options.

The first option is for Zhou Yang to sell Earth to Virtual Universe Company, and Virtual Universe Company will be responsible for how Earth is handled!

In this way, Zhou Yang can directly obtain 5000 billion Mixed Yuan Units!

Of course, for his safety, the funds will not be given to him all at once.

The specific allocation plan is as follows:

Realm Lord Level: Zhou Yang obtained 500 billion Mixed Yuan Units.

Immortal level (or after passing through the Realm Lord level Tongtian Mountain): Zhou Yang obtains the remaining 4500 billion Chaos Yuan Units.

The second option takes into account that Earth is Zhou Yang's hometown, and he may have the idea of ​​not wanting to sell Earth.

As a peerless genius who appears only once every tens of millions of eras in the human race, the Virtual Universe Company also offered a compromise solution.

The content is that humans on Earth can still live on land, but all sea areas, including the airspace above them, will belong to the Virtual Universe Company, which will build "floating cities" and so on above the sea areas.

They also promised that the alien inhabitants of the floating city would never disturb the lives of Earthlings, and that they would spend huge sums of resources to cultivate Earthlings.

Of course, Zhou Yang would gain much less from this plan; he could get a maximum of 2000 billion mixed units, and it would also be obtained in two separate transactions.

At the Realm Lord level, he can obtain 200 billion Mixed Yuan Units.

Once he breaks through to the Immortal Realm or passes through the Primordial Heavenly Mountain at the Realm Lord level, he will be able to obtain the remaining 1800 billion Chaos Units.

The general terms of the two plans are similar to those in the original work, but the funding amount offered by the virtual universe has been increased significantly, probably out of respect for the Lord of Chaos City.

"Junior Brother."

Seeing that Zhou Yang had finished reading the terms, the bald-headed Venerable Guiyi spoke up:

"Junior brother, I know that either of these two options will make you feel somewhat uncomfortable."

"However, you must understand that the teacher not only has to consider the internal affairs of the company, but also the entire human race. Therefore, I hope you will not harbor any resentment in your heart."

"Second Senior Brother is too kind. How could I possibly resent my teacher?"

Zhou Yang quickly replied respectfully, "Without your protection, my hometown would have suffered a great calamity."

That's good.

Venerable Guiyi looked at Zhou Yang, his smile softening, and he added softly.

"Also, the teacher asked me to give you a private message: no matter which option you choose, the day you can sit side by side with him, he will fully support you in reclaiming all ownership of the Earth."

Ultimately, Zhou Yang chose the second option, just like in the original story.

After receiving Zhou Yang's reply, Venerable Guiyi quickly departed.

Virtual Universe Company was extremely efficient. Just half an hour later, Zhou Yang's account received a huge sum of 200 billion Mixed Yuan Units!

Not long after, a large number of people were sent to Earth directly through the divine kingdom's teleportation system. They immediately began building a floating city and also built a temple on the edge of the solar system, a temple whose size was almost comparable to the sun.

Several super beings are stationed within this temple, responsible for guarding the safety of Earth, after all, Earth is simply too important.

Virtual Universe Corporation has also kept its promises and has not interfered with the lives of Earth's native inhabitants.

However, Zhou Yang understood that this was only temporary.

When a large number of powerful and wealthy young men from prominent families of extraterrestrial humans actually move in, the lives of humans on Earth will inevitably be affected.

He thought for a moment and quickly made up his mind.

"Babata, of the 200 billion Chaos Units harvested this time, use a quarter to transform the Earth's land areas, deploy a full set of monitoring equipment along all ocean lines, and cultivate a batch of plant life. Oh, and contact Luo Feng and Hong first."

(End of this chapter)