Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 59 Buying a Planet

With the matter of the Golden Horned Beast resolved, Zhou Yang was finally relieved of a worry.

After a brief reunion with family, the next day, a jet-black, disc-shaped spaceship shot off from Earth.

After a long journey through the dark universe, the spaceship finally arrived at its destination—Qiulong Star.

Walking once again on the bustling streets of Qiulong City, Zhou Yang felt a deep sense of melancholy.

The last time I came here, I was penniless. All my working capital consisted of the few hundred "coins" that Babata had found.

But this time, everything will be different.

In the most bustling area of ​​Qiulong City, a magnificent building stands tall.

It was a towering skyscraper, its exterior meticulously crafted with a crystal-like material to create the effect of a starry sky and a river.

Looking from afar, it's as if you can see a dazzling river of stars flowing down.

This is the branch of the "Cosmic Galaxy Bank," one of the five major human powers in the universe, stationed on Qiulong Star.

"It's so beautiful!"

Zhou Yang stood outside this stunning building, and couldn't help but marvel at it.

"Hurry up and go inside, stop looking like a country bumpkin!"

Babata urged him on quickly.

"So what if I'm a country bumpkin? Can't I even look at myself?"

Zhou Yang complained, but quickly walked into the gate of the Cosmic Galaxy Bank.

Just like in the original story, after Zhou Yang revealed the five-star account left by Hu Yanbo, he was immediately given a solemn reception by the senior management of this branch of the Cosmic Galaxy Bank.

It took almost no time for Zhou Yang's newly registered private account to receive a huge transfer.

A full 100 billion Qianwu coins!

With this huge sum of money in his account, Zhou Yang's back straightened instantly.

According to official exchange channels, 1 Qianwu Coin can be exchanged for 1000 Black Dragon Coins, and the exchange rate in private circulation may be even higher.

If you exchange all 10 billion Qianwu coins for Black Dragon coins, you can get at least 100 trillion Black Dragon coins!

It's worth noting that the X81 Black Dragon Mountain spaceship Zhou Yang is currently traveling in is only worth around 100 billion Black Dragon coins.

A mid-grade Tier 3 psychic weapon like the Arc Blade Disc would definitely not cost more than 20 billion Black Dragon Coins.

10 trillion Black Dragon Coins is enough to buy 1000 Black Dragon Mountain ships or 500 Arc Blade Discs!

"Let's go, Babata, let's go to the Black Dragon Mountain Imperial Government Office first and buy all the ownership of Earth!"

When Zhou Yang came to Qiulong Star to register his cosmic citizenship last time, he had already visited the Black Dragon Mountain Empire branch, so this time he was even more familiar with the place.

"These are the coordinates of this planet."

"This is our 'interstellar coordinate flight record' for arriving on this planet."

"All the samples, data, and information about this planet are here."

Inside the Imperial government office, Zhou Yang quickly submitted various data about Earth at the window responsible for planetary exploration.

The staff behind the window quickly checked and processed the information. After confirming that everything was correct, a receptionist smiled at Zhou Yang.

"Congratulations, sir. The interstellar coordinates and other records have been verified to be correct. According to the laws of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, you will receive a reward of 1000 billion Black Dragon Coins after discovering and reporting an unclaimed planet."

As he said this, the staff member's face was full of envy.

1000 billion Black Dragon Coins! That's enough for an ordinary employee like him to live on for thousands of years!

He even considered quitting his job to become an interstellar adventurer.

"No, I don't want a reward."

Zhou Yang looked at the receptionist and smiled, "I remember there's a clause in the Imperial Law that states adventurers who discover an unclaimed planet have a right of first refusal! So, I want to buy it!"

Behind the window, the person who had been contemplating the adventurous life after resigning was taken aback by his words.

He looked intently at Zhou Yang and couldn't help but ask again to confirm:

"Sir, you mean you want to buy this entire planet inhabited by life?"

Good heavens, this is a life-bearing planet! Each life-bearing planet is extremely valuable, definitely exceeding the reward of 1000 billion Black Dragon Coins!

"That's right, I'm going to buy it!"

Zhou Yang said solemnly.

Of course, he wouldn't sell the Earth for such a small amount of money.

Others may not understand, but Zhou Yang himself knows it very well.

Earth is no ordinary life-bearing planet. It was once transformed by that mysterious powerful being, the Mountain Dweller, and has the effect of enhancing human spiritual understanding.

You should know that the high-ranking members of the human race in the universe all attach great importance to the cultivation of mental power.

They even created a special illusory sea plane in the virtual universe specifically to test the mental cultivation of core geniuses.

Once Earth's unique characteristics are exposed, let alone hundreds of billions or even trillions of Black Dragon Coins, even hundreds of billions of Chaos Yuan Coins wouldn't be enough to take it down.

Besides, Earth is humanity's home.

Earthlings, especially the Chinese, have always valued their ancestral roots and the idea of ​​returning to their ancestral home.

If the Earth were sold, the very foundation of humankind would be severed.

In order to avoid being cursed by his ancestors at their graves, he would never sell ownership of the Earth.

"Okay, sir. If you're sure you want to buy, please come upstairs with me. This is a service that only our supervisor can handle."

Seeing Zhou Yang's firm attitude, the imperial officials behind the window said nothing more and led him directly to a private office on the fiftieth floor.

An imperial official in a black uniform sat lazily in a chair, scrutinizing Zhou Yang.

"Mr. Zhou, right? You want to buy an unclaimed planet? You're familiar with the rules here, aren't you?"

Zhou Yang nodded and replied:

"Understood. The purchase price ranges from a minimum of 3000 billion to a maximum of 3 trillion, depending on the planetary level."

"That's right!"

The imperial official nodded and said:

"Based on the planetary information you provided, Imperial Headquarters has preliminarily determined that the planet is a top-tier life-bearing planet! Therefore..."

"You'll buy it at the highest price of 3 trillion Black Dragon Coins, right? No problem, I'll buy it!"

Zhou Yang did not hesitate at all.

"By the way, I also wanted to ask if you have any information on inhabited planets for sale here."

"Sir, would you also like to purchase a habitable planet?"

After Zhou Yang uttered those words, the imperial official's previously languid expression quickly vanished.

"It seems you are quite wealthy, sir!"

He sat up straight, a broad smile spreading across his face.

He then quickly pressed a button on a device, and after a brief search, a huge starry sky projection appeared in the spacious office.

In this projection, tiny points of light flicker continuously, each representing a planet.

"You've asked the perfect question. There are indeed some inhabited planets being sold off recently. Please tell me your needs, and I'll help you with the information."

"There really is?"

Zhou Yang had only asked casually, but he hadn't expected to actually ask the right person.

Buying a planet was something he had considered long ago.

Earth's coordinates were concealed by a secret technique used by Hu Yanbo, the former owner of the Meteorite Star, making travel to and from Earth too troublesome.

Moreover, there are too many secrets on Earth that cannot be easily exposed.

Therefore, it is essential to establish a separate transit base, like a bridgehead, outside of Earth.

In the original novel, Luo Feng bought the permanent use rights to several warehouses on a remote planet.

Zhou Yang considered that humanity's strength was rapidly developing and that it was gradually necessary to start venturing beyond Earth.

Therefore, it would be more convenient to simply purchase a planet as a springboard for humanity to enter the universe.

"Just find a fairly ordinary planet, it doesn't need to be too high-level, and preferably it should be close to the planet I discovered."

Zhou Yang quickly stated his needs.

The imperial official quickly searched, and soon selected a slightly dim spot of light, which he then rapidly magnified.

"How about this one, Jiuyang Star? It's a planet with low-level life forms, about 15 light-years away from your planet."

The imperial official explained, "The lord of this planet was a third-tier martial artist of the Eternal Star level. He died while adventuring in space a while ago. This planet is not of a high level, so it was entrusted to the Empire for sale. The headquarters set the price at 6000 billion Black Dragon Coins."

Zhou Yang listened to the imperial official's account, nodding repeatedly.

Jiuyang Star truly meets my requirements in terms of location, price, and the strength of the life forms on the planet.

"Okay, this one will do!"

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