Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

"Give!"

Although he didn't have much money, Xiang Bei still casually tossed two bundles of Black Dragon Coins to the staff.

This drew a look of surprise and delight in the eyes of the two staff members.

Just like the Qianwu Coin, a currency of a high-level cosmic nation, is extremely popular in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

Black Dragon Coins are extremely popular even in a rudimentary cosmic nation like the Silver Blue Empire.

After all, according to normal prices, one Qianwu Coin can be exchanged for 1000 Black Dragon Coins, and one Black Dragon Coin can be exchanged for 1000 Silver Blue Coins.

However, this is an official positive exchange.

However, reverse exchange is not available. The official system does not allow the exchange of Silver/Blue Coins for Black Dragon Coins.

The only way to redeem them is through unofficial channels like the black market.

However, if you exchange them in reverse, you'll get more than 1000 silver and blue coins; it could even double.

Therefore, the two bundles of Black Dragon Coins that Xiang Bei gave to these two staff members were actually worth far more than 2000 Silver Blue Coins in Ju Dongxing.

However, it wasn't that Xiang Bei was putting on a show; the main reason was that he didn't have any silver or blue coins, and the lowest-value ones he could find were black dragon coins.

The two of them were naturally beaming with joy after getting the better deal, and their smiles became much more genuine.

"Gentlemen, I haven't been to Judong Star for a long time. I'd like some detailed information. I wonder where I can buy it?" Xiang Bei said with a smile, trying his best to be gentle. He used the universal language quite standardly.

He knew almost entirely information from hundreds of thousands of years ago, so he desperately needed recent intelligence from Judong Star to decide what to do next.

"Sir, this is simple. This is a copy of the 'Judong Brief Record,' which contains basic information about most of the forces and companies on Judong Star. I believe it will be helpful to you. Of course, if you want to know about the major events that have recently occurred on Judong Star, you can also order the latest issues of the 'Judong Newsletter,'" the staff member said enthusiastically.

Clearly, Xiang Bei's two Black Dragon coins had worked.

Xiang Bei immediately nodded and made a mental note of the two items.

Xiang Bei then asked the staff some questions, and received enthusiastic answers, which made him quite satisfied.

After leaving the port where the spaceship was docked, Xiang Bei went directly to the administrative building of Ju Dongxing based on the information he had gathered.

To this day, Xiang Bei is still an unregistered resident without even a household registration.

Unregistered persons have no rights or protections. Once discovered, they can be arrested on the street and enslaved without anyone caring.

Therefore, when Xiang Bei arrived at Ju Dongxing, his top priority was to obtain a household registration in the Silver Blue Empire and thus acquire the status of a human citizen.

Having citizenship at least guarantees a certain level of personal safety.

To be honest, Xiang Bei was quite curious about this planet, where he first came and saw these strange aliens and all sorts of peculiar buildings.

However, Xiang Bei managed to suppress his curiosity and chose to hurry to the administration building.

Torch East Star can fly, but there are many restrictions, such as speed and altitude, and some areas are private or restricted, so it is best to avoid them.

Even with Xiang Bei's speed, it took him a full thirty minutes to fly to the Silver Blue Empire Administrative Building on Ju Dong Star.

This is a silver-white building that is quite different from the architectural style of Judongxing. It is towering into the clouds and covers an area of ​​several kilometers.

Such enormous creatures are almost never seen on Earth.

Xiang Bei braced himself and went inside, then went directly to the 35th floor of the administration building based on the information he had found.

"Hello, how can I help you?" Perhaps service industries across the universe share similar professional ethics. When Xiang Bei arrived at the 35th floor of the building, a female receptionist with delicate features, green hair, a slender figure, and strange patterns on her forehead quickly came over and politely inquired about Xiang Bei's needs.

"I want to register my household registration," Xiang Bei replied quickly.

"Household registration?" The green-haired female receptionist looked at Xiang Bei with surprise and suspicion.

"Yes, sir, please follow me."

Registering a household registration is not common on Judong Star, after all, it is a famous commercial planet, and those who come here are bound to have household registration.

Unless they are residents who grew up on Judong Star, they cannot complete the household registration procedures until their strength reaches the planetary level.

However, Xiang Bei's clothes and appearance didn't seem quite right, but even so, the female receptionist still demonstrated professionalism by leading Xiang Bei to a private room.

Inside the room were two people who looked exactly like the staff members they had met at the spaceship port.

Or perhaps people with this appearance are actually native to Judong Star, while people with other appearances are actually aliens from other planets.

However, after Judong Star became a famous trading planet, too many humans from other planets came to visit, and the native life of Judong Star only accounted for a small portion.

"Sir, how may I help you?" The two staff members still smiled warmly, their faces displaying professional smiles.

"I've just come of age and need to be registered in the Silver Blue Empire," Xiang Bei could only lie.

"Okay, sir." Compared to the green-haired female receptionist from before, these two local staff members were noticeably calmer.

They've done quite a few of these applications for household registration after reaching adulthood.

After asking Xiang Bei a few simple questions and fiddling with some instruments, the formalities were almost completed.

"Sir, since you haven't acquired any nationality before, many steps can be skipped," the local service staff member said with a smile. "Sir, you only need to pay a processing fee of 200 silver blue coins."

"Okay." Xiang Bei nodded and then took out a Black Dragon Coin, which made the staff member's eyes light up slightly.

The cost of obtaining a Silver Blue Empire household registration is not high.

In the human empire, household registration is divided into three types.

Among them, the nationalities of primitive civilizations like the Silver Blue Empire are the worst.

As for the nationality of the Heilongshan Empire, which is a medium-level civilization, it is considered quite good. However, unfortunately, Xiang Bei does not have a star map to the Heilongshan Empire, so he cannot go there and therefore cannot obtain Heilongshan Empire household registration.

The highest level of citizenship is naturally that of advanced civilizations in the universe, such as the Qianwu Empire. However, he can't even go to the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, let alone the Qianwu Empire.

However, once you become a "cosmic-level powerhouse" or even stronger, at that level, there's not much difference in nationality.

Xiang Bei believed that with his own abilities and the powerful cheat code of Heart Steel, it wouldn't be long before he became a cosmic-level being.

For Xiang Bei, the difference in household registration was not significant, whether it was a medium-level civilization like the Black Dragon Mountain Empire or a primary civilization like the Silver Blue Empire.