69novels Chapter 136 Zhou Ze, something terrible has happened! Babata's scream!
Chapter 136 Zhou Ze, something terrible has happened! Babata's scream!
Chapter 136 Zhou Ze, something terrible has happened! Babata's scream!
In the virtual universe, on the continent of Qianwu, on the private island that Clark's parents gifted to Zhou Ze out of gratitude.
After sending Tu Man off to cultivate, Zhou Ze lay down on a recliner on the sofa and gazed at the distant sea.
The virtual universe is 100% simulated, and the scenery at the seaside is almost indistinguishable from reality.
"The battle of geniuses is finally over—"
Zhou Ze lazily remarked that a competition to select promising talents in a virtual universe had taken nearly five years, which was indeed quite a long time.
Even though he's almost eighty or ninety years old in both his past and present lives, it still feels like an eternity.
"By considering my past life, or even before the Great Nirvana, I'd be considered an old man now, hehe—"
Zhou Ze smiled:
"However, at this age, in the universe, one is merely an infant. For those immortal gods, hundreds of years might pass in the time it takes to take a nap."
Time has no meaning in this world.
Zhou Ze lay down for a while, and then Babata jumped out and sat on Zhou Ze's shoulder, carefully, as if afraid of disturbing him, and said:
"Zhou Ze, I just received an email from Virtual Universe Company—"
Zhou Ze grabbed Babata from his shoulder and rubbed his stomach, saying, "Babata, it's been over a year since we last met, why are you acting all distant with me?"
"I'm so heartbroken. You didn't even look for me right after I got out—"
"Whoosh—.—"
Babata did not resist, but he tried to say something with unclear pronunciation.
Although Zhou Ze really wanted to make Babata angry and see his cute, huffy expression, he stopped himself.
Babata looked helpless and like he really couldn't do anything about it.
"Zhou Ze, Luo Feng will be picked up by the Virtual Universe Company on White Orchid Star in twelve days, but you need to leave in three days!"
"The letter also mentioned that the time allotted for enlightenment within the 'Primordial Universe' is 30 years. However, the Primordial Universe differs from the Original Universe; time flows more slowly in the Primordial Universe. 30 years in the Primordial Universe would be equivalent to 100 years in the Original Universe."
"The good news is that it is also possible to enter the 'Virtual Universe Network' within the initial universe."
"Hmm—" Zhou Ze nodded, holding Babata, the "little figurine," in both hands and stroking it up and down, occasionally poking it with his fingertips. He found it quite amusing to see Babata's increasingly displeased expression.
"Hey!" Babata pushed aside Zhou Ze's playful hands and flew to Zhou Ze's front, leaning forward with her small body:
"Don't you feel anything at all? You're supposed to stay in the initial universe for 30 years, and a hundred years will have passed in the outside world after you come out. You know, you've only been alive for less than a hundred years—"
Zhou Ze smiled slightly and said, "What's the big deal? I don't have any worries—"
At this point, Zhou Ze paused slightly, then sighed, "It's a pity that I can't go back to Earth before heading to the virtual universe."
Babata flapped her silver-blue gradient wings and said, "It's not impossible. You can change the address and extend the pick-up and drop-off time, up to a month!"
"Forget it —" Zhou Ze sighed, feeling a pang of regret.
"Alright." Babata didn't think much of it. For her, who had existed for tens of millions of years, a hundred years was far too short.
Chiron Star.
As a renowned tourist destination within the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, it sees a constant stream of fleets coming and going every day.
But no one knew that on the surface of an unnamed mineral planet not far from it, a space fleet had appeared out of nowhere.
Judging from the size of the fleet and the level of the ships, this fleet should not have appeared near the small planet Lice Dragon at all, because every ship here is an E-class ship, which is a spaceship that only a World Lord-level powerhouse can use.
The master of Lice Dragon Star was merely a domain lord.
Above the fleet floated a middle-aged man with red skin, wearing black armor.
Even without deliberately emitting any aura, this man caused the surrounding space to seem to distort, which was extremely terrifying!
The red-skinned man extended his left hand, slightly clenching it into a fist. From the ring on his left hand, he instantly launched an F-class spaceship.
The hatch opened, and the red-skinned man flashed through it and flew inside.
"Target wormhole, proceed!"
At the command of the red-skinned man, the F-class spaceship, leading the way, instantly flew into space.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
In the courtyard outside the Manluo Villa, Zhou Ze pinched Ibola's pale, somewhat sickly face and chuckled:
"Ebola, this time I'm going to the global headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company to enter that initial universe. It's impossible to bring anyone else in, so I can only leave you on Earth."
"I've already greeted Senior Manluo—"
"Cultivate diligently! I hope to see you become a Domain Lord, a Realm Lord, and even an Immortal in the future!"
Unable to contain her reluctance any longer, Ebola threw herself into Zhou Ze's arms, crying out, "Master—"
After a while, Zhou Ze patted Ebola's beautiful back and gently pushed her away, saying, "Okay, it's not like I can't come back."
"Let's go!"
Zhou Ze turned his head and looked at a distant, ancient, dark-colored, sword-shaped spaceship slowly descending from the sky.
"Senior Manluo, thank you for your trouble. I'll be going now—" Zhou Ze waved to Manluo ahead.
Manluo smiled and said, "Go ahead, but remember, your safety comes first. Don't get carried away!"
"rest assured!"
Zhou Ze smiled, and with a slight thought, he wrapped his entire body, including his eyes, in his Force Suit and flew directly towards the ancient spaceship not far away.
This is a spaceship shaped like a sword, about 600 meters long, 100 meters wide, and nearly 100 meters thick. It is entirely black, and one can faintly feel its ancient aura when facing it.
"The Guiyan Stone Mother, this is an F-class spaceship forged by the Guiyan Stone Mother!" Babata's exclamation echoed in his mind.
"Babata, can you stop making such a fuss?" Zhou Ze said speechlessly.
"What do you know! This is an F-class spaceship!" Babata screamed.
At that moment, a group of people flew out of the front hatch. The leader was a wiry middle-aged man who looked almost exactly like an Earthling, wearing a black battle suit, and had a golden sword mark between his eyebrows.
It is obvious that this is a realm lord who has been recognized by the fundamental laws of the universe.
"Lun En greets Your Highness!" The lean, middle-aged man bowed slightly.
"Greetings, Your Highness!"
Behind him, a group of domain lords and cosmic-level beings bowed respectfully to Zhou Ze.
"Okay." Zhou Ze nodded and said, "Thank you all for picking me up and dropping me off. Let's go."
Zhou Ze led the way, flying into the spaceship first, followed by the others who entered the F-class spaceship.
Led by Lunn, Zhou Ze arrived at a very spacious and luxurious hall on the upper level of the spaceship, which was 300 meters long and 60 meters wide.
Comfortable sofas, fine wines, and exotic fruits were already laid out, with beautiful maids waiting to give orders.
"Your Highness, please sit." The lean middle-aged man smiled slightly, a little curious as to why Zhou Ze always wore the Force suit, but he naturally didn't ask any further questions.
"Mm." Zhou Ze nodded.
"Let me introduce myself first. I am Lunn, a realm lord within the core layer of the Virtual Universe Company, 'The Apocalypse Secret Realm'."
Zhou Ze nodded.
Lenn continued, "Let me first give Your Highness a brief introduction to some basic information about my Virtual Universe Company."
"Okay." Zhou Ze nodded again.
"My Virtual Universe Company has very few core members," Lunn said unhurriedly. "There are three ways to recruit core members: one is through the Genius Battle and the Strongest Battle to select the most elite geniuses in the entire universe; the second is through the outstanding elites cultivated within the Virtual Universe Company; and the third is through the recruitment of a small number of World Lords."
"Only the true elites, the true core members, can become core members."
"Your Highness, you must be wondering why we address you in this way?"
"Because among the four core secret realms, the Doomsday Secret Realm is the outermost layer. When core members of the Doomsday Secret Realm meet members of the other three secret realms, if the other party is below the Immortal level, they must address them as Your Highness. This is the rule—."
"Oh." Zhou Ze nodded slightly, without saying anything more. He already knew these things.
"Your Highness, shall we enter the virtual universe together?" Seeing Zhou Ze's lack of interest, Lun En didn't elaborate. "Shall I take you to the virtual headquarters of my Virtual Universe Company?"
"Okay." Zhou Ze nodded.
The spaceship had already traveled into the dark universe, and its speed continued to increase. When it reached approximately 20 times the speed of light, the spaceship continued to move forward at this constant speed.
At this moment, Zhou Ze was lying in the most comfortable and luxurious lounge on the spaceship, his consciousness entering the virtual universe network.
Because Zhou Ze is already a core member, the intelligent assistant "Babata" automatically gains a function: once it enters the virtual universe, it can choose to be directly teleported to the virtual universe headquarters plane.
"Teleport!"
call!
Zhou Ze disappeared on a private island in the Qianwu Continent.
This is a suspended mountain shrouded in clouds and mist, an incredibly huge mountain, even larger than an ordinary planet in reality. Suddenly, a figure appeared on one of the bluestone paths on the mountain, it was Zhou Ze.
Zhou Ze glanced around casually and saw many people and exquisite buildings in the distance along the street.
"Your Highness." A figure ran over from a distance on the street; it was Lunn.
"Mr. Lunn," Zhou Ze said with a slight smile.
"Your Highness," Lunn said with a smile, "this entire dimensional space is the 'virtual headquarters' of our Virtual Universe Company."
"This mountain peak, suspended in the clouds, is called 'Yuxiang Mountain,' and its diameter is approximately 8.9 kilometers."
"Hmm, it's quite big," Zhou Ze said casually.
The Earth's diameter is only a little over 10,000 kilometers, while this mountain peak's diameter is about seven times that of the Earth.
"The entire Rain Mountain is divided into five areas: the 'Primordial Area,' the 'Primordial Area,' the 'Heavenly Area,' the 'Apocalyptic Area,' and the 'Public Area.' These five areas are roughly the same size."
"The population of the original area does not exceed 120."
"The Primordial District has about a thousand people."
"The Tian area has approximately ten thousand people."
"As for the post-apocalyptic zone, it has tens of millions of people."
With a smile, Lunen introduced, "With Your Highness's status, you are the most distinguished person here in Rain Mountain, apart from the members of the Primal Zone."
"The Primordial Zone, the Primordial Zone, the Celestial Zone, and the Apocalypse Zone are off-limits to visitors. Apart from these four zones, the rest are public areas, and people from all four zones can enter."
Zhou Ze followed Lun En to a steep rocky outcrop. The lean old man pointed to an enormous island in the distance, shrouded in mist and surrounded by electric snakes, making it mysterious and shrouded in mystery.
"Your Highness, that is Thunder Island, also known as 'Immortal Island,' which is hundreds or thousands of times larger than Rain Mountain. All the immortals of the Virtual Universe Company generally reside there. If Rain Mountain is where the core members below the level of immortal stay, then Thunder Island is where the truly powerful reside."
"Your Highness, shall I take you to the Primordial District now?" Lunn asked with a smile.
"Okay, let's go." Zhou Ze nodded.
Walking with Lunen in the public area, looking at the world lords everywhere, it was almost impossible to find anyone without various primordial law marks between their eyebrows, which showed how profound the foundation of the virtual universe was.
A moment later, Zhou Ze followed Lun En to a wide and quiet bluestone road. Beside the bluestone road was a flower bed, in which various flowers and plants formed the universal language of the universe—"Primordial Zone".
"Beep!"
A faint halo flashed across Lunen's body, and he could no longer move forward: "Your Highness, I can't go any further. Following this path, the Primordial District is ahead. There will be administrators to guide you there."
"Yes, thanks, Mr. Lunn." Zhou Ze smiled and nodded slightly.
Watching Zhou Ze walk along the quiet bluestone path, Lun En smiled slightly, thinking, "This job is so easy, the points are so plentiful, and I even get to meet a future prodigy who might become a super being!"
As they walked, they looked around and soon arrived at the entrance to the incredibly vast and luxurious Primordial District.
There were many servants at the entrance, one of whom, a beautiful woman, greeted them with great enthusiasm; she had a flame mark between her eyebrows.
"Your Highness, I have been waiting for you to arrive."
"My name is Fox, and I'm in charge of managing all sorts of trivial matters in the Primordial District."
"Mm." Zhou Ze nodded.
In fact, as a virtual universe, things like cleaning and pruning flowers can be simulated instantly. However, for the sake of realism, everything here is 100% simulated. There are even a large number of servants who are specially assigned to clean and prune flowers to serve the princes.
When you're hungry, you have to buy food; when you're thirsty, you have to buy drinks; even buying property in the virtual universe costs money—everything is exactly the same as in the real world.
Because it is so real, many people in the vast universe who are rich, have their ancestors to protect them, or have no crises at all, spend most of their time living in the virtual universe or playing virtual games, doing whatever they want. Many people have long regarded the virtual as reality.
"Your Highness, please follow me." The Realm Lord, 'Mrs. Foss,' led the way with a smile.
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"
The two took flight in the Primordial Zone, soaring through the air. Mrs. Forth pointed below and said:
"Your Highness, there are many cultivation sites, reading places, restaurants, and so on within the Primordial Region. As for the residential areas, they are all located at the very back. Each manor is 98 kilometers long and 81 kilometers wide."
"Your Highness, your estate is number 1137." Mrs. Forse pointed to an incredibly quiet estate in the distance, which looked very old and rustic, with various plants and flowers covering the walls.
After the two landed, Mrs. Foss introduced the head of the guard to Zhou Ze, and then the head of the guard gave Zhou Ze a general introduction to the manor.
"Ghosn, go do what you want to do first—," Zhou Ze said calmly.
"Yes, Your Highness. Please feel free to call me anytime via the virtual network if needed." Ghosn bowed respectfully.
Zhou Ze nodded and walked into his living quarters.
The living quarters consisted of a first floor for entertaining guests, a second floor for entertainment, and a third floor for bedrooms, a study, and so on.
Zhou Ze went up to the third floor and said, "Babata, help me modify it to suit my habits."
"Okay, it's all done." Babata replied immediately, sitting on his shoulder.
Zhou Ze walked to the modified network display screen, clicked the power button, and a virtual projection immediately appeared above the machine.
"Zhou Ze, Zhou Ze, quickly open the treasure vault and take a look!" Babata screamed.
"Can't you calm down? You look like you've never seen anything like this before!" Zhou Ze laughed, mocking Babata.
Click on the treasure vault.
Ignoring Zhou Ze's mockery, Babata stared intently at the screen with her two big, watery eyes.
[Arcane Arts] [Weapons] [Rare Treasures] [Technological Weapons] [Materials] [Tools] [Creative Items] [Other Special Categories]
Under each of these eight categories, numerous smaller categories floated, with the "Biological" category including categories like "Plant Life," "Metal Life," and "Tamed Beasts."
There are countless varieties and types.
"Zhou Ze, quickly open the 'Secret Realm Treasures' category under the Rare Treasures category!" the fist-sized little devil Babata screamed.
Zhou Ze rolled his eyes: "See for yourself. I'll look at it after you've calmed down a bit."
"Sure, sure!" Babata was completely oblivious to politeness at the moment, sticking out his starry-sky buttocks and practically glued his eyes to the screen.
Zhou Ze smiled and shook his head, then prompted, "By the way, aren't you an intelligent assistant? You should be able to directly access all the data within my permissions, right?"
After waiting for a long time, Babata completely ignored him. Zhou Ze was speechless. This guy really was like a child who had never seen the world.
I used to think that I and Luo Feng and the others didn't know anything, and I was so arrogant. It's funny to think about it now.
Zhou Ze ignored Babata, lay down on the bed, took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, looking at the ceiling as he began to think about his future path.
With the Genius Battle over, joining the Virtual Universe Company marks the beginning of a new chapter. He needs to think things through carefully and plan his future to avoid taking any detours as much as possible.
"Body, soul, laws, equipment, secret techniques, genetic level, willpower, and so on and so forth. The genetic level is the most troublesome; only one person can cultivate the Nine Tribulations Secret Scripture. Sigh..."
"I still need to find a way to improve my comprehension. I refuse to believe that I can't cultivate the Nine Tribulations Secret Scripture; then I'll create my own secret technique that can elevate my genetic level!"
"As for taking on apprentices, since the higher-ups in the virtual universe are helping to conceal my identity, I don't need to worry too much."
We can do more things then—”
"Well, since I don't plan to become an apprentice, I'll have to find a way to get resources myself—"
"Anyway, we have to play it safe. The most dangerous time is when we become Domain Lords and Realm Lords, but as long as I don't act recklessly, and the Domain Lord doesn't leave the guards' sight, and the Realm Lord plays it safe, and we can create as many clones as possible, it shouldn't be a big problem—."
As Zhou Ze pondered, his mind grew increasingly calm, reaching a state of deep meditation.
"Zhou Ze!!! Something terrible has happened!!!"
Babata screamed, almost startling Zhou Zehun out of his trance.