Star Iron, conquer the world from Omphalos

"Okay, you say it."

Heita waved his hand indifferently.

One hundred billion? She wouldn't care even if it was one trillion.

Anyway, it's Ester who gets the money. Well, the space station can also receive money from so many investment projects. In short, money doesn't mean much to her.

...

Half an hour later, Ash successfully cleared the 100 billion on the compensation list.

"...To think such a world still exists." A noticeable change of emotion crossed Heita's face, revealing interest and curiosity. "Could it be that this is a laboratory built by some genius? Or even that it involves a Star God? If it's the Star God who sent you here, then what did He want you to do by having you come to me?"

"Interesting, is this an invitation to my Black Tower?"

She was quite interested in what Ash said about Omphalos. The world hidden by memories, the power entangled by three destinies, oracles, destruction, and salvation, no matter how she looked at it, it seemed like an experimental field.

However, these are just speculations, and she needs time to verify them. If it is an invitation from the Star God, then this alone is worth hundreds of billions.

"Then you haven't figured out the third power?"

Heita asked.

Ash smiled and said, "This is the other price. Miss Heita, your funds are insufficient." He pointed to the list in his hand.

Heita glanced at it and didn't care. From the beginning, she realized that Ash was intentionally revealing this information to her, and the list was an addition to the revelation. Part of the reason was to smooth over the matter of the simulated universe, but she felt that the bigger reason was because Ash was really short of money.

Although Heita didn't care, he wasn't a fool. Was Estella's money not money? Just because you didn't care about something didn't mean you didn't need it.

"Then tell me what you want me to do for you."

"Talking to a genius is easy." Ash moved the list aside. "I want you to help me research Omphalos's information. It would be best if you could find where it is."

Heita was silent for a while: "I found that I lost money."

What Ash said meant that he had no idea what the third force was. If there were no coordinates connected to the outside world, it meant that she had no way to verify these things. Then what she said just now could even be regarded as a story made up by an interstellar novelist.

Wait, this guy seemed to have said before that he was a fictional historian. Could he really have made that up?

"Don't worry, I haven't finished yet." Ash said seriously, "Do you know where those two powers of destiny in my body come from? I was glanced at by Fu Li and Bo Shi Zun! What does this mean? It means that Omphalos is being watched by two star gods at the same time. If I go there, I might even be able to make eye contact with them."

Possessing the power of destiny doesn't necessarily mean being noticed by a Star God; many people achieve their destiny through their own abilities. While being noticed by a Star God is nearly impossible to replicate, it's undoubtedly a huge lure for Black Tower, who wants to meet Master Boshi.

"Obtained by a Glimpse? Or by two Star Gods together?"

Sure enough, Black Tower showed even greater interest.

Bo Shi Zun, she has been planning to meet Bo Shi Zun recently, but because the "project" is too big, the preparations are far from enough.

"What do you think? Is this news worth hundreds of billions?" Ash said with a smile.

Heita crossed his arms and said, "Money is no longer enough to measure the value of this kind of thing... Are you short of money?"

"Shortage, extremely short supply."

"Okay, I promise to help you. I will try my best to find the Omphalos you mentioned." Ash was extremely short of money but still did not exchange such explosive news for money like before. In return, the Black Tower should also pay something other than credit points, such as spending an unknown amount of time and energy to find Omphalos.

This is much more troublesome than spending money.

Valuable things have a price tag, and things that are priceless can be exchanged for the goals you want to achieve.

If he didn't know the company's situation, Heita would even suspect that Ash was one of the new Stone Heart Ten. Not only his way of calculation, but also his calm and unhurried temperament were very similar to those guys.

"You said before that I guessed part of it right, so you didn't wander in the universe for a long time? I want to know where you came from, I mean which places you passed by before you crashed into the space station." Heita wanted to know the route that Ashdu "passed by" so that she could better locate Omfalos's position.

"I don't know that."

Ash shook his head.

He himself was puzzled by this question. If he had to say it, although he was flying, it wasn't flying in the superficial sense, but rather a shuttle like a space jump. It probably didn't take much time to go from one galaxy to another, so there was no way he could fly back the same way he came.

"But before I hit the space station, I seemed to hit something else."

"Oh?"

Heita thought for a moment. There were a lot of things around the space station, but she could try to use the location where Ash crashed into the space station to reversely infer the flight trajectory. This was an important clue.

"I see. If you're alright, continue eating. I'll get busy."

Heita was ready to take up the matter immediately.

As a result, Ash quickly called her.

"Hey, I told you, don't worry." Ash wiped his mouth slowly with a tissue. "What I just said is the cooperation we both need. Now I have something amazing. As a token of our cooperation, I can show it to you for free."

"Omphalos's?" asked the Black Tower.

"Not really. At the moment, it's something I personally control."

"Then I'm not interested." Black Tower waved his hand. "This genius is only interested in Omphalos' affairs right now."

She is the Black Tower, what hasn’t she seen?

How powerful can a powerful thing be? An envoy? A star god?

In Omfalos, only Ash has it, but in the universe, it is estimated that others have already had it.

As soon as Heita finished speaking, a golden light appeared in the room, and then the sand and dust continued to gather into a cute sand soldier in her eyes.

"???"

Heita looked at the sand soldier.

Fell into a long silence.

"How did this thing... appear? Summoning? But what kind of destiny power is its power?"

Never seen it! Really never seen it!!

This power, this special power, was definitely not some kind of destiny power, warm, powerful, or sun-like? Yet, it seemed to be somewhat different in nature.

"Hmm... Strange, very strange, it's a power I've never seen before."

"The attribute value of this power seems to be very high. I want to study it. I want to study it carefully."

Miss Heita's eyes lit up and she reached out to touch it.

As a result, the sand soldiers suddenly scattered and turned into a pile of sand.

"Hey...wait!"

my darling!

She looked up at Ash.

The latter spread his hands: "The duration is up, it's not my problem."

"duration?"

"The power maintained in the Sand Soldier's body was exhausted and it naturally disappeared. Although I can summon it, I am too weak now. Under normal circumstances, it will probably last this long."

Heita's eyes widened.

It's only been a few seconds!

You are a liar!

She didn't believe a single word Ash said!

She was certainly interested, though.

"Is this also the power you gained on Omphalos?" she asked.

"Correct."

Ash didn't lie, he did go to Omphalos and gained power.

As for whether the power comes from Omphalos, I don't know.

Because the power of summoning sand soldiers will be exposed sooner or later, he plans to use it first. The genius Heita is famous for her strong curiosity. Her interest in unknown things will definitely make her put aside other things in her hands and go all out.

In that case, Black Tower would be even more interested in Omphalos. With her abilities, finding the way to Omphalos wouldn't be a problem; after all, she had both memory and intelligence, two crucial pieces of information. Furthermore, Ash also wanted to trade the Sand Soldiers for something from Black Tower, whether it was credits or a spaceship.

As for Black Tower, she was now suspicious of Ash's intention in bringing out the Sand Soldiers. Free things were indeed the most valuable. But it didn't matter. It was like fishing: the bait was there, and the fish took it willingly.

Well, it’s just that Ms. Heita is almost being caught as a black carp.

...

When Estelle found Black Tower and discussed the maintenance of the space station and the purchase of simulated space equipment, she received another list from the latter.

"Ms. Black Tower, what is this?"

Black Tower Lady's Shopping List——Omphalos's Important Information Answered???

what?

Heita said calmly, "Oh, this is something I bought from Yaxiu. I've already paid the down payment. You can pay the balance later."

"The down payment is..."

"The repair of the simulated universe offsets the compensation."

"A down payment of 100 billion?"

As Ester read along the list, her expression gradually became strange.

Because the things purchased by the Black Tower were all "information" presented in the form of questions and answers, such as "Omphalos has twelve Titans", the price of which reached tens of billions.

Although 10 billion is not a lot, it is just a piece of news. Estelle always feels that she has bought something but also seems not to have bought it.

But this is probably the realm of Ms. Black Tower. Ordinary materials can no longer form value in the eyes of Ms. Black Tower, and things like these digital information are more useful.

...Um?

"Ms. Black Tower, what is this... 500 kilograms of sand? Why is it worth 5 billion?" Ester was stunned when she saw the last item on the list.

“This is the key point!”

"Eh? Is this the point? Why is sand so expensive?"

Heita said seriously, "Don't worry about this. I will ask Ash for five sandmen later. Each one weighs 100 kilograms. But I will ask for more in the future. Be prepared."

After some bargaining with Ash, Heita successfully increased the duration of the Sand Soldiers to facilitate her research.

Estelle was startled. "...What preparations?"

"You're going to have to prepare for a long-term advance payment. That guy, Ash, is very cunning. I feel like he lacks at least enough credits to purchase and arm an entire planet. He won't give up on trying to extort money from you until he achieves that goal."

Estelle thought, isn't this money being cheated from you?

She really wanted to know whether the sand in Ash's hand was made of gold or silver, why was it so expensive.

However, what Black Tower has decided will not be changed. Fortunately, the price of 1 billion for 100 kilograms is not expensive. I just hope that there will not be another list of 100 million for 1 kilogram of water.

After talking with Heita, Estelle went to purchase storage equipment for the simulated universe.

She walked towards the main control cabin, took out her phone and sent a message on the way.

Ester: "Xing, have you arrived at Yalilo VI?"

After a while.

Xing: "Not yet. Pam, the conductor, is in big trouble and we're trying to figure it out."

Ester: "Big deal? Is the Star Train in trouble?"

Xing: "I just don't know what trouble is."

Ester: "Your way of speaking is profound again, but we have also encountered a small problem on the space station."

Xing: "The trash can is full?"

Estelle: “…”

So what’s the problem with a full trash can???

Estelle: "Yes, someone came. By the way, he also wants to see you."

Xing: "Looking for us? Who?"

Ester: "I don't know either. He seems to be from an unfamiliar galaxy. Maybe he wants your help."

The pioneers are well-known good guys in the universe. It is common for some interstellar victims to ask them for help, so Ester doesn't care much. As long as she makes sure that Ash has no ill intentions, Ms. Black Tower will naturally be responsible for this.

Xing: "Then I'll talk to Uncle Yang and the others."

Estelle: "Well, good luck to you."