I picked up attributes in Swallowing Star.

"What? How is this possible?!" Both Berlan and the geniuses and immortals watching the big screen outside were stunned.

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Chapter 129 The Undisputed First

Looking at the densely packed Luo Yuans around him, Bolan couldn't distinguish which one was Luo Yuan's true form. His eyes were filled with shock and despair. Bolan, who was always proud and even somewhat arrogant, couldn't believe that there was a genius stronger than him. Today, Luo Yuan had shattered his pride, and his heart was shaken.

Luo Yuan smiled at Bo Lan's reaction and, without holding back, immediately unleashed ten thousand illusory bodies to brutally beat him until Bo Lan's true form was reduced to a bloody mist.

The rounds of battles among the top five went by one by one, and soon the final rankings were revealed.

Luo Yuan, with four wins in four games, is the undisputed number one!

Berlan finished second with three wins and one loss!

Rong Jun, Wu Ka, and Qian Shui ranked third, fourth, and fifth, respectively.

……

1000 geniuses and 1008 powerful immortals stood in the central square listening to the man in the blue battle robe with purple scales speak.

"First and second."

"Third to tenth."

"From the eleventh to the hundredth."

"From the 101st to the 1000th".

"With all four levels selected, corresponding to the quotas for the 'Primordial Secret Realm,' 'Primordial Secret Realm,' 'Heaven and Earth Secret Realm,' and 'Apocalypse Secret Realm,' this year's selection of the universe's top human geniuses has come to a perfect end." The man in the cyan battle robe with purple scales smiled. "Your class is exceptionally outstanding. I believe that in tens or hundreds of epochs, many of you will be renowned throughout the entire universe."

"Someone will contact you shortly to take you to the global headquarters of my Virtual Universe Company, where you will assemble before heading to the 'Initial Universe'."

"From this day forward, your path will no longer be ordinary."

"My Virtual Universe Company will fully support you. As for whether you become super beings renowned throughout the universe, become ordinary strongmen, or perish along the way, it all depends on yourselves. Work hard, your path to becoming strong has only just begun!" The voice of the man in the cyan battle robe with purple scales echoed in everyone's mind.

This year's Genius Battle has officially come to an end!

After the battle of geniuses ended, both the high and mighty Nine Swords Venerable and the 1008 powerful immortals left immediately.

However, Luo Yuan and the other thousand young people remained there because a staff member called out, "Please don't leave yet. There are some things we need to discuss with you regarding taking you to the headquarters of my Virtual Universe Company."

After a while.

In the conference room on the second floor of Restaurant No. 2 in the Central Plaza, Luo Yuan and 1000 others were seated.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Mana." A man who was about 2.67 meters tall with a amiable smile and a patchwork neck stood at the front of the conference room and said with a smile, "Because my Virtual Universe Company will be arranging spaceships to pick you up, please write down the exact planet address on the paper in front of you so that we can pick you up."

Luo Yuan also picked up the paper and pen in front of him and began to write: "Qianwu Universe Kingdom, Black Dragon Mountain Star Region, Milky Way Galaxy, White Orchid Star".

Luo Feng wrote the same thing. They had discussed it before, and in order to protect Earth, all real-world transactions or exchanges with external forces were usually conducted on Bailan Star, which was not far from Earth.

1000 young people from various cosmic countries are writing this.

"Is it really necessary? Just tell us the rendezvous point, and we'll get there ourselves in a spaceship, right?"

"Yeah, there's no need to answer, it's too much trouble."

Someone in the crowd shouted.

Mana smiled on the stage and said, "Because the journey traverses many cosmic nations, it is extremely long, and many civilian spaceships are slow in the 'dark universe,' it would take a very long time for them to reach our company's global headquarters. To save everyone's time, our Virtual Universe Company will naturally arrange the best spaceship to pick us up!"

“Of the 1000 people present here today, the one furthest away from our Virtual Universe Company’s headquarters is about 15 billion light-years away,” Mana smiled. “The distance between the dark universe and the original universe is 1:10,081,000 times. Even if you travel at the speed of light in the dark universe, it would take about 150 years to reach the destination.”

silence!

The once lively meeting room suddenly fell silent.

150 years?

"My God, 150 years?" exclaimed a young orc with a lion-like head sitting in the corner. "The farthest I've ever traveled in a spaceship was just over two months. This is 150 years..."

The universe is so vast; this is just a star field!

"beep!"

"Data collection complete." Beams of colored light fell on the papers in front of each person, and then a screen appeared at the front of the conference hall. On the screen was a huge star map, with some complex numbers and symbols next to it. Namana looked at it and then turned to look at the 1000 people below the stage, with a smile on his face: "Everyone, the addresses you wrote down have all been recorded. Based on the different geographical locations of the 1000 of you and the resources of our spaceship, the best pick-up and drop-off plan has been calculated."

"how long?"

"How long will it take us to fly to the company's global headquarters?" many people below couldn't help but ask.

Luo Yuan also looked at Mana on the stage.

“Because of the different distances, the speed at which the spaceships will be arranged will also be different. I can guarantee that you will arrive at headquarters on the same day,” Mana smiled. “The process will take about 3 years.”

"My Virtual Universe Company will provide you all with F-class spaceships," Mana said with a smile on the stage. "And these are not F-class spaceships that can be easily purchased, but rather... special models of F-class spaceships from within my Virtual Universe Company, whose internal technology far surpasses that of F-class spaceships from various cosmic nations."

silence.

silence.

dumbfounded.

The fact that Hu Yanbo, the owner of Meteorite Star, spent countless resources to acquire just one F-class Meteorite Starship—a price many immortal beings couldn't afford—demonstrates just how expensive and precious F-class spaceships are. Many star-domain empires, like the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, don't even possess a single F-class spaceship. Yet this virtual universe company has offered a thousand F-class spaceships in a single transaction.

"Wow, that's amazing," Luo Yuan couldn't help but mutter.

"Just to inform everyone," Mana smiled on the stage, "the prize money for the top 1,000 in the Genius Battle is being distributed now. You can check your accounts when you get back later."

“As for now, everyone can disperse and go back. Our Virtual Universe Company will send you a special letter later, informing you of the exact time to pick you up. Please be ready at the location you wrote down, so that we can find you when the time comes.” Mana then smiled, “Well then, everyone, spend some time with your family and friends. Soon you will all be leaving your hometown for a long time.”

The lively conference room suddenly fell silent.

I'll be away from home for a long time. This trip to the Virtual Universe Company's global headquarters will take three years just to get there, and that's only because the Virtual Universe Company sent a precious F-class spaceship to pick me up. It has to be said, facing the vastness of the universe... the time spent just traveling is astonishing.

One by one, the figures disappeared from the conference room, and everyone left.

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Chapter 130 Leaving Earth

On a remote mountaintop in the Jiangnan base city of China, on Earth.

On the mountaintop shrouded in mist, there is an ancient palace that looks like a fairyland from a distance.

Luo Yuan and Jiang Fang stood in a towering pavilion, overlooking the mountains and rivers below.

"How long will this trip take?" Jiang Fang leaned against Luo Yuan's chest, not minding his restless hands.

"It will take three years each way, and we'll spend 30 years in the initial universe, which translates to 100 years in the original universe," Luo Yuan said with some reluctance.

"Hmm?" Luo Yuan felt a sudden tightness in his body and couldn't help but look down at Jiang Fang in his arms. Jiang Fang, wearing a thin dress, was holding Luo Yuan tightly, her eyes filled with reluctance.

"Alright, sweetie, we can meet often in the virtual universe. The virtual universe network is 100% simulated, so there's no difference from meeting in reality. I'm taking the metal plate you found." Luo Yuan gently patted Jiang Fang's back.

……

The two talked a lot, about everything from when they first met to how they got together, and even how they flew away from the mountaintop to see many other places on Earth.

Go to Egypt to see the pyramids, the ancient Great Wall, and some of the ruined cities in the wilderness that bear the marks of the past. Take a walk in the streets of an elite training camp.

……

December 2071, 9.

Luo Yuan and Luo Feng, the strongest humans on Earth, also left Earth aboard a spaceship. This departure lasted for a very long time, and when they returned, everything had changed drastically.

……

White Star.

An ancient, jet-black war sword, resembling a quaint spaceship, slowly descended from the sky.

"Third Brother, we have to go," Luo Feng said.

"Ah."

Luo Yuan glanced back at the direction of Earth, and then he and Luo Feng flew directly towards the ancient spaceship in the distance.

This is a spaceship shaped like a sword, about 600 meters long, 100 meters wide, and nearly 100 meters thick. It is completely black, and you can faintly feel an ancient aura about it, as if it has existed for a very long time.

The cold wind blows, and the accumulated snow falls.

The two walked to the ancient-looking spaceship amidst the falling snow.

A group of people flew out of the front hatch. The leader was a lean old man with a hooked nose who looked almost exactly like an Earthling. He wore a black battle suit, had short, neat hair, a smile on his face, and an ice and snow mark between his eyebrows.

The subtle sense of control over heaven and earth made the two realize that the other was a realm lord recognized by the fundamental laws of the universe.

"Shawu greets Your Highnesses!" The lean old man bowed slightly.

"Greetings, Your Highnesses!"

Behind them, a group of domain lords and cosmic-level beings bowed respectfully to Luo Yuan and his companion.

"Your Highness?" Luo Feng, standing to the side, was somewhat taken aback.

“There are many things that Your Highnesses do not yet know,” the lean old man said with a smile. “Let’s get on the spaceship first. It will take three years to get to the company’s global headquarters from here. We can’t waste time. Originally, we should have sent two spaceships, but since Your Highnesses are in the same place, we sent them together. To protect Your Highnesses’ safety, there is an immortal god on the top floor of this spaceship as our escort.”

"Huh? An immortal god as a protector?" Luo Yuan and Luo Feng were both surprised. They couldn't sense the aura of that immortal god at all. It must be because their strength was too weak. They also had to admit the power of the Virtual Universe Company.

Amidst the respectful escort of a group of people, Luo Yuan and his companion flew into the F-class spaceship. The spaceship's interior was vast; the main power compartment was located at the 'guardrail' of the War Sword spaceship, with other compartments almost filling the lower deck. At this moment, the group was in a very spacious and luxurious hall on the upper deck, measuring 300 meters long and 60 meters wide. Comfortable sofas, fine wines, and rare spiritual fruits were already laid out, and beautiful maids were waiting to give orders.

"Your Highnesses, please have a seat," the lean old man said with a smile.

Then Luo Yuan and his companion sat down opposite the lean old man.

"This place is nice." Luo Yuan nodded and looked around. "This F-class spaceship is entirely forged from mother-of-pearl; it's a treasure!"

"Your Highness Luo Yuan has excellent taste." The lean old man's smile widened. "This is forged from F6-grade metal Guiyan Stone Mother. The sharp edges of the spaceship are further reinforced and integrated with the fundamental laws, making it incredibly sharp. If the speed is high enough, it can directly penetrate a planet, piercing through it completely, without much impact on speed."

Luo Yuan nodded; these were actually things the smart minibus had told him.

"Mr. Shawu, you address us as Your Highness?" Luo Feng asked in confusion.

"It seems that His Highness Luo Feng has many questions." The lean old man smiled. "Let me introduce myself first. I am Sha Wu, a realm master in the core layer of the Virtual Universe Company, the 'Apocalypse Secret Realm'."

My Virtual Universe Company has very few core members. There are normally three ways to recruit them as core members: first, through genius battles and strongman battles to select the most elite geniuses in the entire universe; second, through outstanding elites cultivated within the Virtual Universe Company itself; and third, through the recruitment of a small number of realm lords.