Chapter 1 Blue Star

Blue Star, branch office of the Chih Meng Group.

Inside a towering building that reached into the clouds, two red-skinned men were drinking wine and watching the rise and fall of spaceships outside the window.

"We're also a star region-level branch of the Chih Meng Group, yet we're located on such a backward planet." One of the younger men shook his head slightly. "Such a small planet, inhabited by tens of billions of people, and there are so few places for us to enjoy ourselves. Other branches, even if they don't occupy a scenic life-sustaining planet, at least get half a planet, right? We're restricted to within a hundred square kilometers?"

"This is Lord Tiano's arrangement. Do you have any objections?" The other, more robust, red-skinned man held his wine glass and said with a smile.

"The Group's defense system is very protective of privacy. No one will know if we complain in private," the younger man said, curling his lip. "Anyway, I think Lord Tiano's arrangements are a bit capricious."

The robust, red-skinned man smiled, neither refuting nor agreeing.

"The Yellow-robed Envoy, this is a Civilization-level intelligent robot's concern," the robust man said with a smile. "What can you do even if you're unhappy?"

"Yeah, what can I do?" The younger man muttered. "I'm just wondering, how long will I have to stay here? A hundred years, a thousand years? My best years might be spent on this weak planet. Aren't you upset?"

"What's the use of being upset? We're already lucky to get this position," the robust man said. "We have to do things well. Maybe there'll be opportunities for promotion."

"Mm." The younger man was very dejected.

"Actually, the reason our branch is located here is because there's a Yellow-robed Envoy stationed here," the robust man said softly, looking outside. "Lord Tiano is just starting his business, and he doesn't have many Yellow-robed Envoys to spare. As time goes on, he'll feel the shortage of manpower. It's impossible... to keep a Civilization-level intelligent robot protecting his friend for a long time."

The younger man's eyes lit up. "You mean?"

"Helping a friend has its limits," the robust man said. "Either the friendship fades, or he's helped enough to deter all the forces. In short, the Yellow-robed Envoy will eventually be transferred away."

"Once he's transferred away, the branch office will be撤销. In fact, the location of the Blue Star system isn't suitable for establishing a branch anyway," the robust man said. "A branch either has convenient transportation to various places, or the civilization itself is exceptionally powerful, making it meaningful to have a branch. But the Blue Star civilization... obviously doesn't qualify. Right now, it's purely Lord Tiano's personal will."

"I hope we move soon. I really don't want to spend half my life in this small place," the younger man said expectantly. "And most of the time we're working, we can't even enter the virtual world."

"This is work," the robust man said calmly. "If you don't want to do it, there are plenty of people who'd be fighting to take your place."

At home, in the courtyard.

Xu Jingming, through the Yuanchu Battle Suit's intelligent monitoring, understood the situation within the Chih Meng Group branch office, and naturally clearly saw the conversation between the two red-skinned men.

"Tiano is helping me so much that even within the Chih Meng Group, there are dissenting voices," Xu Jingming thought. "I can't repay this kindness for the time being. I'll remember it and deal with it later."

Ever since the Yellow-robed Envoy had been stationed on Blue Star, there were too many people, too many forces, who wanted to befriend Tiano through him.

But Xu Jingming refused them all! He wouldn't give anyone face!

He had even told his family that no matter how big the matter was... they shouldn't trouble Tiano.

Because the other party was helping too much! He didn't want to make things difficult for him anymore.

"My current strength should be enough to get into the top ten in the universe. But it's not enough to take the number one spot," Xu Jingming thought as he read the information on the light screen. He was accumulating more in-depth knowledge every day.

The Guhe Civilization, one of the three advanced civilizations of the human race in the universe.

On a life-sustaining planet.

"Master, this native planet currently has about 1.5 billion people. Because of disease and war, their average lifespan is 33 years. The climate cycle of this native planet... is making the entire planet colder. If we don't transform the planet, many people will freeze to death during the cold season. And it will get worse every year," a tall, thin man said respectfully beside him.

The young Qu Fang, also dressed as a native, wearing thick robes.

He looked at such a world and sighed, "We, the Guhe Civilization, as an advanced civilization in the universe, still have a large number of native planets."

"After all, the entire universe is too vast," the tall, thin man said. "Even the universe is constantly evolving and giving birth to new planets, and some planets will have life. Over an endless period of time, the human bloodline has long been scattered throughout the universe, and there are small human groups outside of the 34 universe regions."

"Mom, Mom." There was a sound of crying.

Beside the frozen road, a girl was kneeling beside her mother. Her mother was already frozen stiff. The girl was frightened and desperate, only knowing how to call out.

Qu Fang walked over, as if descending from a dream.

The girl saw him, saw the handsome young man wearing thick robes. She had never seen such a handsome person.

"Save Mom, save Mom." The girl immediately kowtowed. Qu Fang walked closer and gently touched the woman who was already silent. The woman's almost imperceptible vital signs were rapidly changing, rapidly strengthening. Her originally pale face also became rosy, and her skin had a glow. The mother opened her eyes. "I'm not dead?" The mother couldn't believe it. She felt her body healthier than ever before.

"Mom." The girl was extremely excited and threw herself into her mother's arms. She then wanted to kowtow to Qu Fang, but discovered... that the handsome young man had already disappeared.

Qu Fang and his servant had already left.

"Let's transform this life-sustaining planet according to the third plan. I hope the average life expectancy of the people on this planet will first be raised to over 100 years," Qu Fang instructed.

"Yes, Master," the tall, thin man said respectfully.

"It's just a pity that I'm still poor. If I had enough wealth, I could make the virtual world and evolutionary methods available to everyone on the planet."

Qu Fang looked at this life-sustaining planet. His gaze seemed to see the billions of people on the planet.

The tall, thin man said in a low voice, "Master, you really don't need to help so many planets, so many lives. With fewer things to do, Master, you can relax a lot."

"Yes."

Qu Fang looked at him and smiled, "I could completely live in the safest place, the most scenic place, and enjoy myself to the fullest. No one would dare to provoke the son of a king."

"But is the wealth my mother left me for me to be a parasite?" Qu Fang looked at the starry sky. "When I was a child, my mother took me to help many weak people, and seeing the surprise on their faces, the excitement from the bottom of their hearts... I admired my mother very much."

"My mother died, and my father immediately remarried into another large family of the Guhe Civilization. My father's wealth is also part of the family, and he is unwilling to share it with me at all," Qu Fang said softly. "If it weren't for my mother's will, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to inherit my mother's wealth."

"My mother's family is small. I will protect them well, but I want to do more," Qu Fang said. "To do those things, I need to have a strong supporter."

Virtual World Network, cross-universe region battle.

Qu Fang was in the stands, watching Xu Jingming win again, officially reaching number one in the Hunter Universe Region and number eight in the overall universe ranking.

"Big Brother Wu Ming, you're number one in the Hunter Universe Region! Is universe number one far away?" x100

Qu Fang's support was unwavering.

Among the countless universe citizens and viewers, Qu Fang was also one of the most dazzling.

"Wu Ming is number eight in the universe. With his strength, he can become a Source Life at any time," Qu Fang looked at Xu Jingming. "With his support, my career can truly begin."

He knew very well that without enough power to support him, he could only buy a small number of life-sustaining planets and become an ordinary planet lord.

When he left the family, the entire family on his father's side was very angry in order to obtain his mother's inheritance! Logically speaking, such a large amount of wealth... should have been swallowed by the entire family.

Qu Fang, an untalented seventh-order Starry Sky lifeform, was not qualified to enjoy so much. He should have dedicated his mother's wealth to the family.

But he would rather tear his face! According to the law, Qu Fang inherited the wealth. Although it was less than one percent of his father's family's wealth, it was the accumulated wealth of a huge family that had produced many kings in history and still had a king in the present era. Close to one percent? It was still terrifyingly scary. "Giving such a huge amount of wealth to you greedy people is a waste."

"It is more meaningful to help those who need help," Qu Fang's belief was very firm. With the protection of the Empire's laws, sufficient defense, and the fact that he was the biological son of a king, the entire family could only endure it.

"After Wu Ming entered the top ten in the universe, his momentum slowed down. In his recent five battles, he won three and lost two, and is now ranked fifth in the universe! His every match is now very intense, and it is not easy to win." A winged man looked at the information on the light screen and said, "He has cultivated the evolutionary method for about 31 years. According to our judgment, he can become a Source Life at any time. His potential is too terrifying. He is definitely a universe legend-level threat to the human race. If we can eliminate him in advance, we still have to eliminate him in advance."

"Mo!"

Another gray-winged man laughed, "The universe human race has very strict protection of the information of universe citizens. Many of the materials we have obtained are old versions. The latest information in the past 100 years? It's too difficult."

"It can be determined that Wu Ming is from the Wu Hook Star Alliance. We can infiltrate the high-level officials of the Wu Hook Star Alliance and try to obtain information."

"Is it that easy to infiltrate the high-level officials of the Wu Hook Star Alliance? What's more, such a huge amount of citizen information is also confidential content of the Virtual World Network."

The gray-winged man shook his head, "Don't investigate. The cost of investigating is too high and the hope is slim. At the same time, even if we find it, what then? Wu Hook has such dazzling talent, I don't believe that humans will not arrange enough strong protection."

"We are going to our deaths."

"We are not doing anything with this level of genius?" A companion asked suspiciously. "We did it, we did a lot, we spent a lot of money to track down the information, but unfortunately... we can't find it. It is estimated that his personal information was concealed and kept secret by the universe human race," the gray-winged man sighed, "You quickly prepare the documents and report in detail how much we paid. At that time, these 'costs' can be returned to our own pockets."

The companion was stunned.

"What are you staring at?" The gray-winged man curled his lips, "We worked hard to lurk in the human race, risking our lives, what's wrong with dividing some benefits?"

"Oh." The companion nodded blankly, "Uncle, is this how you have been doing things for the past eight thousand years of hard work in the human race?"

"Yes, so I can lurk in enemy territory for eight thousand years," the gray-winged man glared at his cousin, "Go and write the document, let me review it after writing."

"We didn't do anything, how do I write?" The companion asked. "Make it up."

The gray-winged man looked at him, "Learn to make up information, you will have learned half of my lurking experience!"

In a blink of an eye, Xu Jingming had been the number one in the Hunter Universe Region for half a year. Xu Jingming's personal space.

"There are so many people who want to see me again?" Sitting on the sofa, Xu Jingming saw a lot of private chat messages, "Many big forces in the entire universe human race, as well as some people of unknown origin, are taking the initiative to help with all-platform advertising... They took the initiative to send so much money, I have to give them some face, pass their applications, and add some friends."

"But so many people want to see me? First, I don't have that much time and energy to deal with various people."

"Second, there may be alien spies inside."

"For the sake of caution, I will ignore everything."

Although Xu Jingming added friends, he did not respond at all.

Of course, Xu Jingming still gave face to Qu Fang, who smashed too much money! After all, seeing a small number of people has little impact on him.

"Ignoring them, I believe they can understand. I am guarding against alien spies," Xu Jingming closed all private chat messages, "After becoming a Source Life, let Miao Miao, let my daughter handle these things."

Even if he becomes a Source Life, he is unwilling to be distracted to deal with so many forces.

I will take this opportunity to train my wife and daughter. Let them worry more.

"Becoming the number one in the Hunter Universe Region for a full half a year, winning and losing, I finally reached number two in the universe." Xu Jingming clicked on the universe peak battle. He did not win easily, because everyone's strength was similar, and Xu Jingming also climbed to number two after many duels and a slight improvement.

"Duel against universe number one." Xu Jingming clicked lightly and launched a duel to the other party.

He had actively challenged before, but the other party refused, only responding with one sentence: "Brother Wu Ming, challenge me again when you become the second in the universe."