Swallowing the Stars, Hu Yanbo's Pre-Godhood

The several princes nodded in agreement.

Looking at Huyan Bo, King Xuzhen was filled with emotion.

As one of the mid-to-high-level personnel in the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance responsible for the elite training programs of several advanced cosmic nations, he usually interacted with the core talents carefully cultivated by the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance.

Strictly speaking, it is not directly responsible for recruiting lone immortal powerhouses from the outside world—that is the responsibility of the "Human Powerhouse Development Bureau" to which the Thousand Cang King belongs.

While he admired Hu Yanbo's soul talent, he did consider recruiting him into the mercenary alliance, but he only wanted to find an opportunity to talk to him after Hu Yanbo finished his cultivation in Chaos City.

Therefore, the recruitment was put aside, and it was originally thought that the name Huyanbo would not be mentioned for at least tens of thousands of years.

But I never expected this!

Let alone 20,000 years, it won't even be two years!

Hu Yanbo's commotion in Chaos City attracted the attention of King Qiancang, who came to inquire about the person who had introduced him.

He achieved the rank of Marquis in six thousand years, all by himself without any mentor or powerful background.

With a little nurturing, there is a high probability that they will be made kings within ten thousand epochs.

To be honest, this talent and potential would be considered quite outstanding even in the top-tier secret realms for cultivating geniuses among the five major human powers (such as the original secret realm of the Virtual Universe Company).

The core secret realms of the five major powers are places where the most monstrous geniuses of the entire human race gather, and the allocation of resources there is terrifying.

Even so, many geniuses in the secret realm, after breaking through to immortality, are stuck at the Marquis level, unable to make any progress for countless epochs.

The path to becoming a king is extremely difficult and cannot be achieved simply by accumulating resources.

If every genius nurtured in the core secret realm could become a king, the number of kings and immortals accumulated by the human race over the long years would be far more than the current 100,000.

Therefore, any powerful individual who demonstrates the potential to become a king is worth the full effort of the five major powers to win over.

Besides adding a powerful king to the clan, this also means a tremendous achievement and generous rewards for the higher-ups responsible for recruiting powerful individuals.

Human groups have well-developed incentive mechanisms.

If a leader can successfully recruit a powerful individual with clear potential to become a king, and the individual actually becomes a king, the recruiter will receive a huge reward from the clan. These rewards are enough to exchange for many precious resources and opportunities to comprehend secret techniques that would tempt even a king-level expert.

Of course, as the referrer, you can also share in some rewards.

This is why several kings from different factions appeared here almost simultaneously today.

They represent not only the giants behind them, but also themselves, striving for a rare opportunity.

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The brief silence was broken.

The figure shrouded in starlight spoke first, his voice still icy: "Hu Yanbo, I formally invite you to join my Virtual Universe Company!"

"Furthermore, once you join, I will do everything in my power to secure a top-tier seed training contract for you at the entire universe headquarters of my Virtual Universe Company!"

"In every ten thousand epochs, no more than ten immortals will receive this top-tier seed training contract for kingship! Each one of them is an absolute first-rate genius."

"In the last five thousand epochs, my Virtual Universe Company has just issued three top-tier King-level seed training contracts. These people were originally geniuses who broke through to immortality in the Primal Secret Realm. If you agree, I will do my best to secure them for you."

Listening to the words within the starlight, Hu Yanbo felt a surge of excitement. Although he didn't know exactly what amazing resources and privileges the contract included, the title alone and the restriction of "no more than ten copies per ten thousand eras" were enough to demonstrate its preciousness.

It would be even more joyful if the phrase "I will do everything I can to fight for you" didn't appear all the time.

Go all out to try?

This sounds like... it seems that the contract isn't something the other party can decide on the spot, and that it requires internal "lobbying"?

In other words, this seemingly incredibly generous invitation is currently just an intention and subject to change.

In the past, if he had been offered an olive branch by the Virtual Universe Company, the leader of the five major human powers, even if it was just a possibility, he would most likely have accepted it with great excitement.

After all, life is not easy for a person wandering in the universe.

It may seem like freedom, but in reality, it is always accompanied by risks and frustrations.

The realm of immortal gods is actually in a rather awkward position in the vast universe.

Those who lack the strength to truly live freely are easily drawn into the invisible web woven by various powerful forces.

He, Huyanbo, had deeply experienced this feeling.

Sometimes, if you accidentally offend an immortal military lord from a powerful force, even though the other party is clearly no match for you, they can easily summon teachers or seniors who are at the marquis or even king level.

Or perhaps you finally discover a treasure or fight for a valuable item, only to find that the other party has a powerful backer with better treasures and stronger secret techniques, forcing you to back down and watch the opportunity slip away.

Even at times, he, a Marquis-level Immortal, had to be extremely cautious when facing Immortal Military Lords cultivated by the core forces of the five major powers.

Because the other party has a powerful background, beating the younger ones will really attract the older ones, and those "older ones" are often so powerful that it's despair-inducing.

This feeling of frustration stemming from a mismatch between one's strength and status is felt most deeply by lone wolves without any backing.

But now, with the pre-payment system at his disposal, his perspective on problems has changed.

The system's ability to rapidly improve his skills made him less demanding of the platform than before.

Of course, it would be best if it were available, but Huyanbo would be even more satisfied if more resources could be provided.

After all, fulfilling a task is sometimes a disguised use of resources.

Therefore, if the so-called "premium contract" is only a possibility, he should wait and see.

After all, for someone like him who has been granted the title of Marquis, there is not much difference between joining the number one virtual universe company and joining the number one universe bank or the universe star river bank, which are ranked relatively lower.

The ranking is based only on the number of top-level universe masters and their overall strength, but the benefits gained are real and tangible.

After all, one can't just take the least benefit. But when one hears or thinks that the power one belongs to is the strongest among humans, one is filled with pride and stands tall, as if one has become its master at this moment!

Hu Yanbo wasn't sure if others would be infected by this sentiment; he wanted to see how other forces would bid.

As soon as the being in the Starshine finished speaking, the burly man from the West, carrying a giant axe, boomed out, his voice like the beating of war drums: "Hmph! Starshine, your Virtual Universe Company has so many rules! You have to argue over a contract like this, so unpleasant!"

He looked intently at Huyan Bo, his tone frank and direct: "Huyan Bo! My Giant Axe Arena doesn't have so many tricks up its sleeve! As for the 'Top-Grade King Seed,' I, King Rift, can't guarantee I can get it for you, but a 'Superior-Grade King Seed' training contract, I can approve it right now, it's absolutely a done deal!"

He patted his muscular chest, making a deep, resonant sound: "Moreover, as long as you agree, you can ask me any questions you encounter during your time under my command!"

"I, the Sky-Splitting King, have some expertise in 'Spatial Strangulation' and 'Spatial Teleportation,' more than enough to guide you! Even after you become a king, you can still come to me if you encounter any bottlenecks!"

"Besides," he waved his hand, "I can also apply for you an opportunity to enter the 'Ancient Battle Monument' for enlightenment! It contains battle imprints at the level of a Cosmic Venerable, which have unimaginable benefits for comprehending laws and creating secret techniques! How about that? Pretty good, right?"

Following that, the other factions who had been granted titles also spoke up, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, making it difficult to determine which was better, but all of them seemed to offer significantly more than what the Virtual Universe Company had given.

Hu Yanbo weighed the options in his mind.

Since the conditions are roughly the same, then...