I picked up attributes in Swallowing Star.

Flying through the dark universe is a very dull and boring experience.

Nine days later.

"We'll be completing our space travel in 20 minutes and arriving at Qiulong Star," Babata said.

"By the way, Babata, to get from the original universe to the dark universe, you need to reach the speed of light. But what about going back? How do you travel from the dark universe back to the original universe?"

Luo Yuan asked with some curiosity, "This vast universe is so amazing. How could Earthlings have imagined what would happen if we reached the speed of light?" As for the so-called idea that reaching the speed of light would allow time to reverse, Luo Yuan had heard others mention it before.

“It’s very simple. Slow down, slow down until you come to a complete stop! Then you will automatically travel back to your original universe,” Babata said. “In this dark universe, there is no stationary matter.”

"Um, you guys have been talking for so long, but I don't really understand what you're saying. It sounds really impressive, though. Luo Yuan, do you understand what you're saying?" Luo Feng suddenly interjected.

"Don't ask me, I'm a liberal arts student!" Luo Yuan said with a straight face and no expression.

"Oh." Luo Feng didn't say anything.

The spaceship gradually slowed down, from 1.2 times the speed of light, until it came to a complete stop!

The two felt a slight vibration in the spaceship beneath their feet, which lasted for about ten seconds before everything calmed down.

"Successfully traversed the universe and returned to the original universe," Babata said.

“The outdoor scenery is virtual, 100% accurate,” Luo Yuan said.

brush!

The two were immediately struck by the vast starry sky around them. Most remarkably, they spotted a distant planet that seemed to radiate colorful light, with two satellites faintly visible around it.

“That planet is Qiulong Star,” Babata said. “Go to Qiulong Star and follow our plan.”

"Babata, there must be a fee for anchoring here, right? Do you have the money?" Luo Yuan asked.

"Don't worry, my previous owner left behind some coins. Sometimes, coins and spare change can be useful."

"Coins?" The two were taken aback.

“Yes, I searched my entire storage space carefully and found 932 Qianwu Coins. That should be enough for you to survive on Qiulong Star for a while!” Babata said.

Luo Yuan raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. One Qianwu Coin could be exchanged for 1000 Black Dragon Coins, but 1000 Black Dragon Coins could not be exchanged back for Qianwu Coins! It was possible through the black market, but generally, it would take more than a thousand, almost two thousand Black Dragon Coins to exchange for one Qianwu Coin. That meant they currently had 932,000 Black Dragon Coins, which was a huge sum of money, and Qianwu Coins were also a symbol of status!

During the conversation.

The Black Dragon spaceship has accelerated and is heading towards the distant Qiulong Star.

……

Standing in the control room of the Black Dragon spaceship, with a virtual view of the outside world before them, the two could clearly see the spaceship approaching the Qiulong Star and almost touching its atmosphere. The atmosphere of the Qiulong Star was very peculiar and could be clearly seen with the naked eye... Clouds of gas of various colors flowed slowly, making the entire planet look incredibly magnificent from the outside.

"drop!"

“Torrent signal received,” Babata said. “The spaceship will follow the torrent signal to the planetary docking port.”

As the Black Dragon spaceship pierced through the atmosphere, Luo Yuan could see a huge silver city below through the virtual environment. This was an extremely vast docking port, filled with a dense array of spaceships of varying sizes. The smaller ones were only tens of meters long, while the longer ones were typically large transport ships, some tens of thousands of meters long.

“Signal received, proceed to Zone C!” Babata announced on the control panel screen.

"The A-level zone is for ordinary spaceships and warships. The B-level zone is for B-level spaceships and warships, and the C-level zone is for C-level spaceships and warships. There's also a D-level zone above that," Babata explained.

A huge harbor.

It is divided into several major areas, and in the C-level area, every spaceship and warship is extremely expensive.

"call!"

The Black Dragon spaceship descended slowly and finally landed.

The hatch opened.

Luo Yuan and Luo Feng flew out, followed by three "Silver Guardians" who had been controlled and repaired by Babata.

"Gentlemen, welcome to Qiulong Star. Your Black Dragon Mountain X81 spaceship has a parking fee of 600 Black Dragon Coins per year! If the period is less than one year, the fee will be 600 Black Dragon Coins. Here is your parking card."

A burly, green-skinned man wearing a gray uniform, standing about 2.8 meters tall with two curved horns on his head, flew over from the doorway and landed in front of the two. He was humble and polite, and spoke in fluent Universal Language with a smile. He handed a silver, semi-transparent card to Luo Yuan with both hands. The card had a "C" symbol on it.

Luo Yuan smiled slightly, flipped his hand, and a coin appeared in his hand, which he casually tossed over.

"Qianwu coins." The green-skinned man's eyes lit up.

"Keep the change," Luo Yuan said casually.

"Thank you, sir." The green-skinned burly man said respectfully. In his eyes, Luo Yuan and his companion were riding in a luxury car like the X81, using Qianwu coins, and there were three Silver Guards behind them. Their background must be very powerful. He, a ninth-level planetary warrior, was just an ordinary citizen on Qiulong Star. In the eyes of these people who were obviously from big families, he was nothing.

Luo Yuan and Luo Feng flew into the sky above Qiulong Star, where the sky above seemed like a thin purple veil. Some areas of the sky were blue, while others were purple, green, red, and so on, and it kept changing! In particular, the sunlight shining through the atmosphere onto the ocean was breathtaking.

"So beautiful," Luo Yuan and Luo Feng couldn't help but exclaim.

After flying for nearly half an hour, the two finally saw a huge city in the distance. The city walls were as black as ink, stretching to the horizon and seemingly endless! On the top of the walls, there were beautiful, translucent glass dragons coiled around them.

The massive city gate is nearly a kilometer wide.

The flow of people to and from the area was bustling.

Luo Yuan and Luo Feng landed on the ground and walked through the city gate together.

“Signal received. Luo Yuan, your communication number in Qiulong City is 19287342324; Luo Feng, your communication number in Qiulong City is 19287342325,” Babata said.

Communication codes are similar to 'phone numbers', because even the most advanced communicators can't make calls across light-years. Some civilized planets automatically send codes to the 'auxiliary quantum computers' of every life form that comes to their planet. Within a planet, people can chat with each other using 'communicators'. However, between different planets, there's only one way to communicate—entering a 'virtual universe network' where you can chat.

Luo Yuan's smart minibus and Luo Feng's Baba Tower are both far more advanced than 'auxiliary optical brains'.

"Babata, download the map of Dragon City and turn on navigation mode!" Luo Feng said.

"Send me a copy of the map as well," Luo Yuan said from the side.

“No problem, no problem!” Babata laughed.

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Chapter 61 Black Dragon Mountain Empire

Walking through this megacity, Luo Yuan felt an overwhelming sense of splendor.

The surrounding buildings are of various styles.

Many of the buildings are indeed breathtakingly beautiful.

The streets were teeming with people, while hundreds of meters above them, countless others flew and hurried along. Though called 'people,' their appearances were all incredibly strange. In just five minutes, the tallest of the 'humans' Luo Yuan saw was nearly ten meters tall, while the shortest resembled an infant on Earth.

Skin colors vary.

Some people even have strangely shaped heads.

However, most of them still have 'two eyes, one nose, and one mouth', only their faces may have hair or strange markings, etc.

"Planetary level sixth rank, planetary level ninth rank, stellar level third rank, planetary level first rank, stellar level fifth rank..." Thanks to Babata, Luo Yuan and Luo Feng discovered the strength of many people. On the streets of Qiulong Star, among the densely packed, seemingly endless crowds, almost all were planetary level, and there were quite a few stellar level individuals. If you randomly picked one of them and threw them onto Earth, they would all be 'existent beings surpassing the God of War'.

“I’ve already called the planetary service number and inquired. The administrative building of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire on this planet is about two hundred kilometers away,” Babata said. “According to our plan, the first thing we will do upon arriving on Qiulong Star is… to join the Black Dragon Mountain Empire and obtain citizenship.”

"Set off."

The two immediately took off, flying to a height of 100 meters above the ground. All flying people fly at this altitude.

After flying for a while, the two saw a huge carved building with a black dragon coiled on a high mountain. This was the office building of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire stationed on Qiulong Star.

At the entrance of the building, two burly men with bronze skin, each nearly six meters tall, stood guard.

"Hmm? It's the Silver Guard!"

"Truly a Silver Guardian."

The two giant guards immediately stood up straight, their faces beaming with smiles. When Luo Feng reached the door, they even warmly pushed it open, saying, "Gentlemen, please come in."

Upon entering the lobby, Luo Yuan casually glanced at the information about the functions of each floor and quickly found the floor he needed to go to.

"32!"

drop!

Whoosh!

The elevator shot straight up into the sky without shaking at all, and when it stopped, it had already reached the 32nd floor.

"Hello, sir." A beautiful woman with rabbit ears, as lovely as a fairy from mythology, flew over, bowed slightly, and smiled. "Is there anything I can do for you?"

“We want to become citizens of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire,” Luo Yuan said with a smile.

Having citizenship is essential for doing many things in the universe.

"Nationality?" The receptionist asked, somewhat surprised.

"Sir, please go to the left, it's the second to last room from the back," the receptionist said.

"Thank you!"

The receptionist's eyes lit up, and she thought to herself, "He actually said 'thank you' to a receptionist like me! Wow, this is the true demeanor of a well-mannered scion of a prominent family. Even though he's accompanied by three silver-clad guards, he's not arrogant at all!"

……

"Bang, bang, bang." Luo Yuan knocked on the door.

"Please come in," a strong voice came from inside.

Luo Yuan pushed open the door and entered a spacious room. There were two staff members, both extremely thin, dark-skinned men with blood-red eyes. One of them casually glanced up, but upon seeing the three silver-clad guards behind Luo Yuan and his companion, a standardized, enthusiastic smile immediately appeared on his face: "Sir, how may I help you?"

"We hope to become citizens of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire," Luo Feng said with a smile.

The nationalities of early-stage civilizations are the worst, while those of mid-stage civilizations, like the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, are relatively good. At least when its strength was weak, Luo Yuan didn't intend to leave the Black Dragon Mountain Empire's territory. Once he becomes a 'cosmic-level powerhouse' or even stronger, at that level, nationality doesn't make much difference.

“Oh, may I ask what your nationality was before, sir? Do you have any release papers from your original nationality?” one of the black men with red eyes asked with a smile.

“Stateless,” Luo Yuan said.

"Stateless?"

The black man with red eyes was slightly surprised. He took a closer look at Luo Yuan and his companion, and then at the three silver-clad guards behind them.

Ordinary people on a planet generally cannot obtain citizenship unless they reach the 'planetary level'. The prerequisite for citizenship is reaching the 'planetary level'. Non-citizens are not protected by the Empire when entering certain planets. Ordinary people who reach the planetary level acquire citizenship for the first time!

But Luo Yuan and his companion were accompanied by three Silver-clad bodyguards; could they be ordinary people?

"He's probably an elite trained by some organization, just entering the world for the first time," the black man with red eyes thought to himself.

"Gentlemen, please stand here and don't move," the black man with red eyes said with a smile.