Devouring the Stars: Withdrawing Talents

Chapter 301: Urban Pretender Slapped in the Face? (Two in One)

Hongmeng City, outer city.

Pushing open the door and taking a step out, Yang Wu came to a quiet and spacious community.

The residential styles in the entire community are different, but they are all two-story and have similar floor areas. Each house, including open space, covers an area of ​​3200 square meters.

The outer city of Hongmeng City has more than 300 million residents, distributed in small communities, and each community has a fixed maximum population of .

Therefore, the Outer City is also the most prosperous and bustling in the entire Hongmeng City. The Universe Venerables living in the Inner City, on the contrary, seem deserted due to their small number...

Walking on the community road.

Yang Wu looked at the houses of different styles nearby, and at some strange-looking strong men in the distance, some of whom were even rock life forms and energy life forms...

These people were all crowned as immortal kings.

In addition to the 10 humans who were crowned as immortal kings, there were more than 300 million immortal kings from various races gathered here.

According to their strength, those with one to three stars all live in the outer city of Hongmeng City, while those with four to six stars live in the inner city, and almost all the people in the inner city are Universe Masters.

The core of the entire Hongmeng City is a dazzling and mysterious palace that is a million kilometers high, like a giant sword that is about to pierce the starry sky.
Hongmeng Hall!
There are seven star beings living in the Hongmeng Palace. The seven star beings are basically the top overlords of the universe, and the palace masters of the Hongmeng Palace are all masters of the universe who transcend the seven stars.

Get out of the neighborhood.

Yang Wu stood at the intersection at the end of a street in the outer city, and people of various races or humans kept passing by him.

In the open space ahead, there were many chairs and tables. Strong men from various races gathered in groups of three or four, holding some wine and chatting with each other.

At first glance, there were hundreds of them, of which there were probably only five humans, and the rest were aliens.

Yang Wu's arrival eventually attracted some people's attention.

"Who is that?"

"He looks a bit unfamiliar, he must be new here."

"It doesn't look like it belongs to the human race. This body looks more like a puppet!"

The sharp-eyed foreign king recognized the difference in Yang Wu's body at a glance.

After all, most of the puppet bodies in the human race are actually sold to these alien races.

"Hey, it turns out to be a three-star expert!"

"When did he come? Why is there no news about him?"

When an immortal king saw the star mark on Yang Wu's arm guard, he was a little surprised and pulled his companion to talk in a low voice.

In Hongmeng City, everyone has the same physical fitness. This is set up to prevent fighting. It is impossible to judge a person's strength just by looking at their appearance.

Even if the Lord of the Universe is standing in front of you, as long as he restrains his consciousness and pressure, you will not be able to recognize him at all, because his body, Force strength, etc. are the same.

The only difference is awareness...

As long as the consciousness restrains its pressure, it will be impossible to judge the strength from the surface.

However, in addition to the pressure of consciousness, in order to avoid inadvertently provoking powerful enemies, members of the Hongmeng can judge their strength from the star marks on the arm guards.

One star, a strong man who has just been crowned as a king or has just joined the Hongmeng.

Two stars, the strongest among the kings, a few of whom are high-level kings or even the peak kings.

Three stars, the ultimate limit to becoming king.

However, even after reaching the limit of being crowned king, no one paid attention to him anymore after seeing that Yang Wu was not human.

Humans are the rulers of the Hong Alliance!
Therefore, humans have a very high status in Hongmeng City, and few alien races dare to directly offend humans here. Even if it is just a junior king, all alien races will treat them warmly.

But it’s different for other races.

The limit of being a king? Among the three million immortal kings in Hongmeng City, there are many who have reached the limit of being a king. Basically, there are seven or eight in every community.

……

Yang Wu did not stay for long.

It’s best not to disturb him. After all, he is here to work, not to hang out.

Following the guide map, Yang Wu walked through the streets and finally arrived at today's destination.

Special Item Appraisal Pavilion!
The location of the Treasure Appraisal Pavilion is very remote, and the flow of people there is extremely sparse. After all, treasure appraisal is not really a popular industry in the original universe.

Except for those particularly strange treasures with unique abilities that are difficult to identify, they need to be identified by strong people in this field.

Other strange objects can be identified by just using divine power. Coupled with the huge bug of the virtual universe, the treasure appraisal industry has suffered a dimensionality reduction attack.

“Welcome guests!”

Sitting on the high platform was a dozing alien king, with six eyes embedded vertically on his crystal-like head.

The Yixin tribe!
This is one of the many subordinate tribes under the human race. The Yixin tribe is not good at fighting, but their own talents make them good at detecting and creating treasures.

There are many powerful people from the Yixin tribe in the forging department of the Virtual Universe Company. Yang Wu’s precious set of armor, the Qingluo Armor, was made with the participation of the Yixin tribe.

"Guest, come and sit here!"

The shopkeeper of the Yixin tribe quickly stood up and led Yang Wu to sit at a table nearby, and excitedly poured Yang Wu a glass of wine.

Due to the influence of the human race, although alien races account for the vast majority of the population in the entire Hongmeng City, their living habits are not much different from those of the human race.

"Guest, what treasure do you need to identify?"

After drinking a glass of wine, the shopkeeper of the Yixin tribe went straight into the topic.

"it!"

"I need you to help me identify it, and if possible, find me a buyer. The cost is not a problem at all."

The treasure appraisal industry has existed for so many years, so it naturally has its own rules of survival.

Some special treasures.

It may not have much effect on individuals, but for the entire ethnic group, it has the effect of laying the foundation and enhancing the foundation.

The Hongmeng City Treasure Appraisal Pavilion specializes in this line of work. While identifying treasures, it also provides buyer services to the owners.

Either an individual or a group.

The exterior model and internal structure of the sacrificial pagoda were simulated by Yang Wu using the virtual universe system, and it slowly rotated and floated in front of the two people.

"This is……"

“Sacrifice Tower!!!”

"The inherited sacrificial tower of the Yanji tribe in the extraterritorial battlefield, and it is still intact!"

Seeing the virtual image simulated by Yang Wu, the shopkeeper of the Yixin tribe suddenly came forward, with bursts of light flashing in his six vertical eyes.

For a tribe that mainly engages in treasure appraisal and forging, the unique secret pattern weapons of the Yanji tribe are extremely attractive to them.

finally.

Yang Wu sold this recently acquired inheritance sacrificial tower in Hongmeng City for 10000 trillion Hunyuan units.

And the buyer...

It’s the Yixin tribe!
Perhaps, for an Immortal King or even a Universe Supreme, 10000 trillion is already a huge fortune, but for an entire race...

Especially for a tribe like the Yixin tribe, where almost all of its members are masters of casting, such a fortune is nothing but a drop in the bucket.

“It’s time to go shopping!”

After walking out of the Treasure Appraisal Pavilion, Yang Wu opened his arms and stretched. Since he had actually come to Hongmeng City, he naturally had to take a good look around.

……

Hongmeng City, Puya Palace. This huge palace, covering several kilometers in length and width, was extremely lively at this time.

"open!"

"open!"

"open!"

A group of powerful kings from various ethnic groups stared at the front excitedly, and Yang Wu, who was mixed in the crowd, also stared intently.

Eat, drink and gamble!
In this regard, Yang Hui was his enlightenment mentor. When they were in Hongning Base City on Earth, he often took him out to travel.

Cultivation is always boring.

It's nice to have some fun and relax occasionally. He hasn't felt this kind of passion for a long time.

"number 4399."

As the waiter called out the number loudly.

"Hey!"

"Almost. I'm number 4400."

In the hall, many strong men suddenly cursed casually as if to vent their anger, but some strong men also shouted: "Number 4399 is King Youhe. King Youhe has made a lot of money this time."

"King Youhe, you bought a treasure worth 1 million Hunyuan Units with just 1 Hunyuan Units. You've made a killing this time. You must treat us to a feast."

"Don't be stingy."

"Is King Youhe such a stingy human?"

There was a commotion, and then a tall human with long curly hair shouted, "Come on, come on, anyone with a ticket, please go to the nearby Jiuxiang Hall."

"Arrogance."

"Honourful enough."

There was a burst of cheers.

This gambling game is very simple. The casino takes out a treasure worth 1 million Hunyuan units, and then starts selling 1 tickets, each worth 1 Hunyuan units.

After all 1 ticket numbers are sold out, only one ticket number will be selected at a specific time. Whoever owns this ticket number will get the treasure worth 1 million Hunyuan units.

This is equivalent to ten thousand strong men pooling their money to buy a treasure, and then one lucky person among these ten thousand strong men gets the treasure alone.

Gambling is basically the same as other popular gambling methods on Earth, but some are also very different and unique.

The gambling amount can be as small as a few hundred Hunyuan units or as high as hundreds of millions. Most people can accept the former and will occasionally play one or two games.

As for the latter, the bet is in the billions, and only the invincible kings or the venerables can afford it.

After losing several games in a row, Yang Wu withdrew from the game.

A small amount of gambling brings pleasure, but a big amount of gambling harms the body.

Although he has a huge fortune, his money did not come from the wind.

"call."

After walking out of Puya Palace, Yang Wu turned around and looked at the palace behind him. The palace covered an area of ​​several kilometers in length and width. There were three characters carved in the universal language of the universe right above the palace.
Puya Palace!
This is the only casino in the entire Hongmeng City. Although it has to pay taxes to Hongmeng, its own profits are also terrifying. It is a purely zero-cost business.

These powerful people of various races in Hongmeng City all have extremely long lives.

During their long lives, in addition to their cosmic adventures, they would occasionally come to Puya Palace to have fun, so the profits obtained by Puya Palace were difficult to estimate.

It is said that the master behind the Puya Palace is a palace master in the Hongmeng Palace. Some even say that several palace masters jointly set up the Puya Palace.

Yang Wu was walking on the street.

In this city where countless powerful people gather, scenes that are usually rare to see can be seen everywhere.

Large spaceship trade.

Plant life, metal life trading.

The strong hire business.

Special items treasure appraisal business.

Large auction houses.

New gambling business.

After a while, Yang Wu came to a store called Yubaotang, which was the best and largest store among the many stores in Hongmeng City.

If it was difficult for Yang Wu to guess the owner behind the Puya Palace, then he knew the owner behind the Yubao Hall very clearly.

The Lord of Dragon.

He is a very early veteran of the Virtual Universe Company and became the Lord of the Universe very early on. He is also the only Lord of the Universe in the Virtual Universe Company who is not a descendant of the original ancestor.

Yubaotang is divided into two floors, and the area of ​​each floor is almost the same as that of Puya Palace. The shop is several kilometers long and wide, and there is no telling how many goods are displayed.

"Tsk, tsk."

Yang Wu entered Yubao Hall and looked at the countless treasures displayed to the end of his vision, and each treasure was accompanied by a drawing.

The drawings contain videos, pictures, and text materials, which explain in detail the origins, special features, and selling prices of the treasures being sold.

The number of treasures in the first floor of Yubao Hall alone is in the billions, and their prices range from millions of Hunyuan units to hundreds of billions of Hunyuan units.

Yang Wu browsed as he walked.

As expected of a gathering place for powerful beings from all races in the universe, the treasures in Hongmeng City are so precious and rare that some of them do not even exist in the treasury of the Virtual Universe Company.

Of course, the same applies to the other side of the story. Some precious treasures in the treasury of the Virtual Universe Company have never appeared in Hongmeng City.

After Yang Wu casually looked around, he walked straight to the stairs to the second floor.

There are countless treasures on the first floor of Yubaotang, but most of them are of no use to Yang Wu, and there are no treasures that can improve his strength.

There are countless precious treasures on the second floor. Some can be purchased with Hunyuan units, while some are forbidden to buy with money and must be exchanged for other treasures...

In the original universe, some special treasures are extremely rare, and some are even unique. It is difficult to give an accurate price...

A unique treasure might be useless to some powerful beings, but to others it is priceless, and its value cannot be clearly determined...

Bartering became the mainstream.

"welcome!"

At the entrance of the hundred-meter-wide staircase, nine beauties from various ethnic groups stood there and welcomed them in unison.

To go to the second floor of Yubao Pavilion, one must either be a four-star or higher being, or have a deposit of more than 1000 billion Hunyuan units in the Universe First Bank or the Universe Galaxy Bank.

Yang Wuqingli's bank deposits as King had already exceeded one trillion Hunyuan units, fully meeting the requirements for ascending to the second floor of Yubao Pavilion.

"Stop, this is not your place!"

Suddenly, a harsh sound came from behind, which quickly brought Yang Wu back to his senses. He turned around and looked down at the first floor while climbing the stairs.

"what!"

Yang Wu sighed lightly, looking at the familiar scene below, and after a moment his expression became strange.

"An urban pretentious and face-slapping plot?"

He didn't expect that even after making it to the universe, such a pretentious and face-slapping urban plot would still happen.

of course……

He is not the protagonist!
……

(End of this chapter)