Becoming the Lord God from Devouring

Chapter 134 Jinlan Universe Kingdom Virtual Universe Company Branch

Wu Hao's formal appointment was completed within just one month of his confirmation of his abilities, with the official documents being issued to him.

In fact, the higher-ups had always known about his becoming the domain lord, and therefore had already made advance arrangements for his tasks.

"It's time to go check out the Golden Mist Continent in the virtual universe!" Looking at his appointment document, Wu Hao immediately activated the teleportation function at Rain Mountain.

On the virtual universe's Golden Continent, there is a place called Blue Crystal Island, which is the office of the Virtual Universe Company in the Golden Universe Kingdom.

Because of the vastness of the universe, it is impossible to concentrate all office locations on certain planets. Therefore, the five major human companies have almost all placed their offices in the virtual universe.

"What's going on? Isn't Wu Hao from the neighboring Qianwu Universe Kingdom? Why is he here in our Jinlan Universe Kingdom as an inspector? Why isn't he going to his hometown? What is he doing here?" In the central palace of Blue Crystal Island, a snake-man with a human body and a snake tail sat on a huge throne and shouted angrily.

Around him were two other enormous thrones, upon which sat a giant over five meters tall and a tall winged man with wings on his back.

The towering giant slammed his fist on the table in a fit of rage, shouting, "What are you complaining about? His Highness Wu Hao is a genius that appears only once in countless epochs. He will surely become a Venerable or even higher in the future. Isn't this giving us an opportunity to curry favor with him?"

"Lord Lei Mang, you make it sound so easy. What kind of status do you have that you dare to curry favor with a genius of this caliber?" The snake-man looked at the tall giant with disdain in his eyes. "He hasn't even arrived yet, and you're already calling him 'Your Highness'!"

"Bang!" The tall giant stood up abruptly from his seat. "Youyin, don't think I'm afraid of you just because you're from the Snake-People clan. I, Lei Mang, have always acted with integrity and uprightness, unlike some people who embezzle during their tenure. I'd like to see if your Snake-People clan can protect you this time that His Highness is here!"

"You!" The snake-man was about to say something when he was suddenly interrupted by a voice.

"Stop talking, both of you shut up!" The tall Yu Ren stood up and looked at the two arguing Marquis Immortals. "You Yin Marquis, spit out everything you've taken. Give what's due to the company, and don't take what's not yours. I can still keep your position because we've worked together for so many years. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless."

“Marquis of the Savage Star, this…” The snake-man collapsed to the ground, his eyes filled with resentment.

He would never dare to confront a genius like Wu Hao, and he didn't have enough leverage to win over the other two giants, so sacrificing his own interests to save his life became his only option.

"Beep beep beep!" All three of them looked at their email accounts at the same time.

"Wu Hao has come to Blue Crystal Island! How could he be here so quickly!" Youyinhou's eyes widened in horror, and he dared not look at the message in his email.

"Go and conduct a self-examination, and make up for the embezzled portion. I'll figure out a way to deal with Wu Hao!" Yu Ren ordered, then stood up and flew away from the huge palace.

On a blue crystal reef of several tens of square meters at the easternmost edge of Blue Crystal Island, a dazzling beam of light shot into the sky, and Wu Hao appeared on the blue crystal reef.

"Strange, why is this a blue crystal island? I remember that the Qianwu Universe Kingdom uses amethyst. Can we choose the color of this crystal island?"

After sighing, Wu Hao immediately soared into the sky and flew towards the center of Blue Crystal Island.

The size of this Blue Crystal Island is comparable to that of the former Black Dragon Mountain Island. Wu Hao saw densely packed figures on the island, stretching as far as the eye could see.

On this Blue Crystal Island, almost every member is at the cosmic or stellar level, and such beings are even rarer than domain lords.

"Is this the strength of the Virtual Universe Branch? It truly lives up to its reputation as one of the top two organizations among the five major organizations."

After flying for a short while, Wu Hao was surprised to see countless densely packed figures in the very center square of Blue Crystal Island.

Directly in front of the figure stood two other figures.

One of them had long wings and looked noble yet explosive.

He was secretly startled; the person in front of him was actually a member of the Manka tribe, a human race whose members became domain lords upon reaching adulthood.

The other one seemed rather unfamiliar; it was likely a special race within the Golden Mist Universe.

"Welcome, Special Envoy Wu Hao!" the Manka tribe deity said with a smile.

Wow!
As soon as the man finished speaking, an endless line of figures behind him knelt down on one knee and said, "Greetings, Your Highness Wu Hao!"

Those who are ennobled and immortals personally welcome you, while ordinary immortals bow and scrape. Those below the immortal level kneel in greeting. This is the allure of power, making those far stronger than you grovel at your feet.

"No need for formalities!" Wu Hao said to the two leading men. "I don't have a habit of making people kneel. Everyone, go back to your normal work and don't disrupt the order of the entire Jinlan Universe Kingdom!"

"Yes!" The smile on the face of the Manka tribe god immediately disappeared, and then loudly ordered everyone behind him to disperse.

Wu Hao's words upon arrival, issuing direct orders to everyone in the branch office, demonstrate his assertive personality and suggest he may not be easy to get along with in the future.

After the large group of people flew away, the Manka tribe god immediately said to Wu Hao, "Your Highness Wu Hao, I have long admired your name. I was there to watch the internal selection competition. Your crushing victory in the final was unforgettable. I never expected that less than 100 years later, you would be my peer!"

"I dare not accept such praise. It was all granted to me by the company and has nothing to do with my personal abilities. I will need your help during my time in the Golden Mist Universe Kingdom!" Wu Hao had not checked the high-ranking officials of the Golden Mist Universe Kingdom before he came, so he was unaware of the title of this Manka tribe deity.

"Look at what you're saying! We're all working for the company, there's no such thing as preferential treatment." The Manka people are an extremely fiery race, but a long lifespan can change everyone's personality a little. Manxinghou has been operating in the Jinlan Universe Kingdom for many years and has long since become shrewd.

"Oh, my memory!" Marquis Manxing pointed to himself and said, "I've been offline for so long, and I haven't introduced anyone to you yet. I am Marquis Manxing 'Ur'. Manxing is my home planet, a very beautiful place. I am mainly in charge of the military department of the Jinlan Universe Kingdom."

Then he pointed to the tall giant and said, "This is Lei Manghou 'Zhen Dan', who is mainly in charge of the military of the Jinlan Universe Kingdom. He is a bit old-fashioned and not very good at speaking. Your Highness will have to be more tolerant of him."

"Hmm!" Wu Hao nodded, then suddenly looked around and asked, "Where are the people from the Ministry of Commerce? Why can't we see the person in charge of the Ministry of Commerce?"

Marquis Manxing immediately explained, "The Ministry of Commerce has a very important merger and acquisition today, so I have something to attend to and cannot come. Please forgive me, Your Excellency, Marquis Youyin will come to apologize to you in person at a later time!"

"Is something wrong?" Wu Hao didn't find it unusual. The business world is like a battlefield, and it's normal to have a lot of things to do during peacetime. "Then let's continue. Introduce me to the powers and service scope of each department so that I can have a basic understanding of your Jinlan Universe Country branch."

Marquis Manxing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Wu Hao had fooled him. After protecting Marquis Youyin, he would be the only one in charge of the virtual universe company branch of the Jinlan Universe Kingdom.

Lei Manghou, being outnumbered and outmatched, had long secretly submitted to him as his leader. Youyin, relying on the power of the Snake-People, dared not offend him, but often disobeyed his teachings. Now that he had leverage over Youyin, dealing with him in the future would be a simple matter of a word. "All you immortals, come with us to accompany the Inspector General to inspect the operation of this branch company!" Manxinghou immediately ordered.

"Yes!" The Jinlan Universe Kingdom branch had a total of 352 immortal gods, all of whom were now accompanying the three behind them, listening to the conversation between Ur and Wu Hao and waiting to be summoned.

Suddenly, when the introduction reached a certain star sector, Wu Hao immediately interrupted Marquis Manxing: "Who is in charge of this star sector?"

The star sector Wu Hao asked about was one of the several medium-sized universe countries adjacent to the Qianwu Universe Country, located on the edge of the Jinlan Universe Country.

“It’s me!” An immortal who was two meters tall stepped forward and said, “My lords, my name is Ailan. This is the Golden Sword Universe Kingdom, the Blood Orchid Universe Kingdom, and the Lantu Universe Kingdom. They are all medium-sized kingdoms under my jurisdiction!”

"Okay!" Wu Hao secretly noted the other person's appearance and name, then pretended not to care and continued to ask the next person.

This star sector is the closest point in the Jinlan Empire to the Heilongshan Star Region of the Qianwu Universe Kingdom. Some of the future human immigrants will be settled here.

People who become pregnant in this star sector can still quickly return to Earth and have their children born there.

However, the round-trip travel expenses were too high for an ordinary human family to afford, requiring the highest level of civilization to subsidize the travel costs.

After work hours ended, Wu Hao, Marquis Manxing, and Marquis Leimang sat at the meeting table in the main hall of Blue Crystal Island.

Marquis Manxing spoke first, saying, "Wu Hao, when you arrive in our Jinlan Universe Kingdom, I, Marquis Leimang, and Marquis Youyin will arrange the highest-level banquet to welcome you. It will be the capital of our entire Jinlan Universe Kingdom's high-level officials. We will decide on the date based on your arrival in the Jinlan Universe Kingdom."

"Well, I'll first teleport to the Purple Mansion Universe Kingdom, and then travel from the Purple Mansion Universe Kingdom to the Golden Mist Universe Kingdom. It will take about a month. You can arrange it as you see fit, and just let me know the location when the time comes." Wu Hao certainly wouldn't just hold a small banquet like Luo Feng did.

His junior apprentice, Demon King, was also a genius from the Primal Secret Realm. He had personally told Wu Hao that the banquet held by the Virtual Universe Company branch was for the Inspector to collect gifts.

The value of the gifts he receives at a single banquet is conservatively estimated to be between 200 million and 500 million Hunyuan. He's a real pauper, and selling these gifts would be enough for him to buy an F-class spaceship.

It's worth noting that the normal value of someone who achieves the title of Marquis and Immortal is between 200 million and 1500 million Hunyuan, and most of that is in real estate.

For someone like Hu Yanbo, who was granted the title of Marquis, the Meteorite Starship was half of his fortune, worth approximately 3-5 million Hunyuan, plus another 3 million Hunyuan in cash from the sale of assets.

Wu Hao's banquet alone brought in gifts worth half of Hu Yanbo's net worth. With such benefits, it would be foolish not to throw a lavish banquet.

After inspecting the branch, Wu Hao immediately returned to the real universe to wait for his junior apprentice, the Dark King, to greet him.

More than half a month later, a huge spaceship arrived, and a figure about three meters tall stepped off the ship. It was none other than the Dark King.

"Wu Hao!" You must be getting impatient waiting!

"Hahaha!" Wu Hao laughed awkwardly, "How could that be? I wish I could stay in this Primal Secret Realm forever, how could I possibly be impatient?"

"Come on, let's go!" The Dark King led Wu Hao and then walked towards his spaceship.

"This is a G-class spaceship?" Wu Hao was slightly taken aback, his eyes filled with disbelief. "You know, a G-class spaceship is only the vehicle of a peak-level King-level being, a Universe Venerable. His junior nephew is only a high-level King-level being, how could he afford to fly such a spaceship?"

"Shh, don't make a sound!" The Dark Demon King covered Wu Hao's mouth. "I made a small breakthrough to the peak of the King-Sealing Realm in the extraterrestrial battlefield this time, but I haven't achieved any battle results yet, so I haven't been promoted. This time, my master went to great lengths to protect you."

Wu Hao was immediately moved, knowing that the status of a Primal Secret Realm cultivator was at most on par with that of a Marquis Immortal.

Even if experts are sent to protect him, the title would generally not exceed that of a marquis. However, his senior brother not only gave him the title of king, but also made him a strong one among the kings.

Wu Hao remembered this kindness and vowed to repay his senior brother properly in the future.

"I won't say much, thank you, Dark King!" Wu Hao cupped his hands and performed a traditional Earthly bow.

"Of course, of course!" The Dark Demon King pressed Wu Hao's hand down and said, "Have your guards board the ship. We'll set off to teleport to the Purple Mansion Universe Kingdom, and then head to the Golden Mist Universe Kingdom!"

"Okay!" With a single email from Wu Hao, the guards and attendants who had been waiting outside boarded Dark Star Venerable's spaceship and began to depart from the Primal Secret Realm Star Region.

After the spaceship entered the open space of space, Dark Star King enveloped the spaceship with his divine kingdom and immediately activated the divine kingdom's long-distance teleportation.

The next second, the spaceship entered the Purple Mansion Universe Kingdom, then determined the target location and began to accelerate wildly towards the Golden Mist Universe Kingdom.

In the dark universe, at 20 times the speed of light, 50 times the speed of light, 80 times the speed of light, the spaceship rapidly sped away into the distance.

After Wu Hao and the Dark King became acquainted, they began to address each other by their respective names.

The Dark King's real name is Black Feather. His race evolved from a bird similar to a crow, and his aesthetic sense is vastly different from Wu Hao's.

What else can two men talk about when they get together, besides what happens in their crotches?

Upon seeing Wu Hao's AI angel, Hei Yu exclaimed that he couldn't stand it. It was as if a human had seen a humanoid creature, and the uncanny valley effect made him feel nauseous.

Wu Hao, on the other hand, simply fantasized about how many people the Nami Winged Clan would have multiplied in a hundred years. He thought they should be migrated from the Qianwu Universe Kingdom to Earth and become a companion civilization there.

A month passed quickly. Every day, Wu Hao either cultivated or asked the Dark Demon King for guidance on cultivation, while also saying things that men like to talk about.

Of course, men love to talk about current affairs and gossip, but from a cosmic perspective, they naturally want to hear the Dark King boast about his 'heroism' on the extraterrestrial battlefield.

"Beep, the spaceship is about to arrive at Emperor Star and has begun deceleration to enter the original universe!"

(End of this chapter)