Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

After obtaining residency in the Silver Blue Empire, Xiang Bei went to the Virtual Universe Company branch on Torch East Star.

As one of the well-known commercial planets of the Silver Blue Empire, it also has a branch of the Virtual Universe Company.

I came here to open an account in the virtual universe.

The virtual universe, a virtual world that permeates almost the entirety of the novel *Swallowing the Stars*, can cover the entire primordial universe, allowing all humans in the primordial universe to communicate and meet in real time through the virtual universe.

It can even simulate the operation of laws and battles in a virtual universe!

It can be said that the power of the virtual universe is simply unbelievable.

How could Xiang Bei come to Judong Star without obtaining entry qualifications for the virtual universe?

However, Xiang Bei quickly realized his poverty after completing the formalities.

The virtual universe account opening is divided into three tiers: the first tier is 100 years, the second tier is 1000 years, and the third tier is 10000 years.

An annual internet fee of 10000 silver blue coins (equivalent to 10 black dragon coins) is required. In other words, Xiang Bei spent one of his only two Qianwu coins by subscribing to the lowest-tier, century-long internet plan.

Then the cheapest virtual reality headset costs 10000 silver blue coins, and an account costs 10000 silver blue coins.

Xiang Bei hadn't even stayed in Ju Dongxing for half a day when all he had left were 989 Black Dragon Coins and 980 Silver Blue Coins.

Half of the assets were wiped out.

"Looks like I really need to find a way to raise some money."

Xiang Bei still had many things to do, such as purchasing some cultivation materials and basic cultivation methods from the universe.

The methods of cultivation on Earth are far too rudimentary when compared to those in the universe.

Top-tier powerhouses like Hong and Lei Shen only exerted their power at a amplitude of about 6 or 7 times.

However, in the universe, a 10-fold amplitude is merely the basic level at the planetary level.

Therefore, even if some high-level inheritance items cannot be purchased, it is perfectly fine to write basic cultivation methods that are universally applicable.

However, it also requires money.

Of course, if possible, Xiang Bei would also need to purchase some slaves, or even some powerful exotic beasts.

Unfortunately, all of this requires money, which Xiang Bei just doesn't have.

After much thought, the only thing Xiang Bei could do now was to sell the batch of weapons he had.

However, he was unsure of the value of the weapons he possessed.

"Let's go to the virtual universe first. We should be able to find some useful information using the information from the virtual universe."

After thinking for a moment, he walked straight into his own decent restaurant. Since he hadn't eaten yet, he decided to try some of the universe's special delicacies.

Entering a relatively private room, Xiang Bei ordered some of Ju Dongxing's specialty foods and drinks, which only cost a little over two hundred silver blue coins in total.

In fact, as long as Xiang Bei doesn't have enough money to buy those expensive things, he has enough money left over to live comfortably in Judongxing for a while.

However, Xiang Bei needs to cultivate, so these things are indispensable.

Following the instructions for using the virtual reality headset, Xiang Bei quickly logged into the virtual universe.

In fact, the scenes in the so-called virtual world are not much different from the real world. The only difference may be that it is extremely large and is not the real world.

It also has countless skyscrapers and a large number of extraterrestrial humans walking on the streets, but compared to Torch East Star, there are more extraterrestrial humans here, and the distribution is also more comprehensive.

Xiang Bei even saw some alien races flying in the sky with just two pairs of wings, which was much more convenient than those of them who were restricted in their strength and could only walk on the ground.

According to the instructions for the virtual consciousness helmet, Xiang Bei has already used his smartwatch to upload some information to his virtual account, which he can use to find the answers he wants.

However, he needed to pay a fee, but fortunately he had deposited fifty Black Dragon Coins when he opened the account.

However, the methods used by Virtual Universe Company to amass wealth are truly ruthless.

A simple query function actually cost Xiang Bei one Black Dragon Coin.

However, Xiang Bei's efforts were not in vain, and he quickly found the information he wanted to see.

Inside the Silver Star spaceship, Xiang Bei found a total of fifteen weapons.

Thirteen of them were just ordinary Force weapons, and their quality was not very high.

Xiang Bei glanced at the nine items and found they were mid-grade Tier 1 Force weapons, which were not expensive in the universe, costing only around 1.5 million Black Dragon Coins.

These are the prices in the shop, but Xiang Bei thinks it would be good if he could sell one-tenth of the quality of these second-hand goods that have been stored for hundreds of thousands of years.

In other words, the total value of his nine Tier 1 mid-grade Force weapons is likely only a little over 1 million Black Dragon Coins.

However, there are four superior-grade Force weapons that are even better, and they sell for around 400 million. Selling them should yield an extra profit.

However, the most valuable item is actually the spherical telekinetic weapon.

It was also because Xiang Bei lacked discernment that this weapon was called Snow Heart Stone, a first-tier high-grade psychic weapon.

The selling price alone is as high as 1800 million Black Dragon Coins, making it arguably the most valuable item in Xiang Bei's possession. It's even twenty to thirty times more valuable than Xiang Bei's Class A spaceship.

Secondly, there was the Force weapon in the spaceship captain's hand. It was the only second-tier low-grade Force weapon in Xiang Bei's possession. Unfortunately, it was a double-edged axe-like weapon. No one Xiang Bei knew used such a weapon, otherwise he would have kept it for his own people.

The price is around 1600 million, which is not as valuable as that first-grade high-quality Snow Heart Stone.

That's normal, though; in the universe, telekinetic weapons have always been more precious.

If he sold all the weapons, he should be able to get close to 30 million Black Dragon Coins, which would be a huge sum of money for Xiang Bei, who is currently destitute.

"Oh right, there are also those ores and metal boxes." Xiang Bei's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately started searching again.

"Found it, Yanlin Spirit Crystal, a special mineral produced in the Silver Blue Empire, Tianzhi Star System. Although it is only one of the B-grade minerals, it is extremely rare and its price is dozens of times higher than many C-grade minerals because it is only produced in the Tianzhi Star System in the entire Black Dragon Mountain Empire."

"It's actually a good thing!" Xiang Bei's eyes were filled with surprise. He never expected that those pretty-looking ores would be so valuable!

Thinking this, Xiang Bei quickly checked the grade of this Zhilin Spirit Crystal.

One ton of Zhilin Spirit Crystals is worth 16 Black Dragon Coins.

Xiang Bei discovered a total of six large boxes of Zhilin Spirit Crystals in that underground cave, with each box containing approximately three to four tons of Zhilin Spirit Crystals.

Six large boxes of Spirit Crystals amount to over 330 million Black Dragon Coins.

Xiang Bei could now roughly guess why the former Captain Cabinka had deviated from the course; most likely it was to privately resell these ores.

Reselling these ores at high prices could net a profit of hundreds of thousands of Black Dragon Coins in a single transaction.

Doing it once or twice a year, with the lifespan of planetary and constant-star martial artists, it's not impossible to save enough money for a second-tier weapon.