Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 100 Astonishing Mastery of Laws

That night, four bright moons hung high in the sky above Tianyue Star, and the unfamiliar starry night scene shrouded and adorned the sky.

In the courtyard, Marquis Heiyan, Marquis Jinyu, and Marquis Zidian were somewhat uneasy.

The assassination plot at the welcome banquet prompted the Virtual Universe Company's system to begin investigating the three individuals. While they themselves were unlikely to be colluding with any alien races, once the investigation began, it was anyone's guess what it would uncover.

The only hope now is that His Highness Shen Mu can come forward and make a statement, which might help them avoid the company's investigation.

"We are sorry that all three ministers have come together; it is an honor not to welcome them properly."

A streak of light flashed past and landed in front of the three, revealing Shen Mu's figure.

"Your Highness Shen Mu..." Marquis Jin Yu quickly bowed slightly.

Previously, although these three giants were extremely enthusiastic towards Shen Mu, they had never shown such a respectful attitude.

Shen Mu waved his hand slightly and said, "I will report this to the company. This assassination attempt has nothing to do with the three ministers. Shen Mu will not forget Minister Jin Yuhou's courage in standing up for us."

……

After sending Jin Yuhou and the other two away, Shen Mu flashed and arrived at the secluded courtyard at the deepest part of the courtyard.

"Is it Jin Yu and the other two?"

Beside the stone table, Te Chen looked at Shen Mu with a faint smile on his face.

Shen Mu nodded slightly and sat opposite Te Chen, saying, "Yes, I guess the three of them were also frightened. They didn't expect that the alien race would carry out an assassination attempt at the welcoming banquet."

The welcoming banquet was crowded and conspicuous, providing a perfect opportunity for assassination. This was known to both the alien races and the human race, so it was impossible for them to be unprepared.

Putting aside the low success rate of the assassination, even if the assassination were successful, both Yao Hai and Han Sui Wang would undoubtedly die.

Using the lives of two immortal marquises to gamble on the fact that the powerful bodyguard secretly protecting Shen Mu wouldn't be able to react in time is certainly a huge risk.

In fact, the Zerg's assassination plan was quite well-thought-out. If the powerful figure secretly protecting Shen Mu was not his personal bodyguard, it would be difficult for him to react immediately.

It's estimated that even the Zerg's intelligence didn't anticipate that Marquis Jin Yu had actually mastered Limited Teleportation. While it's not one of the three ultimate techniques of the Space Laws, it's only a step below, and generally only those who have reached the King level or Immortal realm can comprehend it.

"The Zerg are not as cautious as His Highness, which made this old man quite the spectacle," Te Chen laughed heartily.

Then, the minister changed the subject, his face becoming slightly serious: "Your Highness, this assassination attempt by the Zerg was carried out without regard to the cost. The King's intention is for you to remain in the Qianwu Secret Realm for the foreseeable future."

Shen Mu shook his head slightly and said, "I chose to be sent to the Qianwu Universe Kingdom so that I could go home."

As long as their itinerary is kept secret enough, the Zerg can't possibly be omniscient and omnipotent.

The minister nodded slightly: "Your Majesty, I imagine you will also refuse. In the meantime, I will personally protect Your Highness."

"Thank you for your hard work, Senior Te Chen." Shen Mu stood up and bowed slightly to the old man in front of him.

According to the information Shen Mu has now found, the old man in front of him is a follower that the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom took in before he became the ruler. He is a member of another race, but it is uncertain whether he is a soul servant.

……

The assassination attempt at the welcoming banquet came to an end, and Shen Mu officially assumed the position of Special Inspector.

During this time, Shen Mu also sold some of the Locke Divine Water through the Qianwu branch.

Although the price was slightly lower than at the auction, it could still fetch an average of 800 million Mixed Yuan Units per cubic kilometer. Shen Mu didn't sell too many; he stopped once he had 1 million Mixed Yuan Units in cash.

"This virtual universe company's treasure trove doesn't even sell the weapons and armor of the Flame God Clan?"

Shen Mu was somewhat speechless. With his current strength and level of cultivation, he could only drive the most basic armor at most.

However, the armor is also very powerful, capable of granting Shen Mu up to 1000 times the power of a Realm Lord, which would be a great help to Shen Mu in his current state.

Shen Mu opened the customer service of the Virtual Universe Company's treasure vault and inquired about information regarding the armor.

Shen Mu received a warm reply from customer service immediately.

The armor captured by human races are all fragments, unable to unleash their true power, thus appearing somewhat useless. Only those at the King Armor level would reluctantly collect them.

As for the fragments of armor and soldier armor, they were classified as trash and thrown directly into the garbage star field.

"Looks like we'll have to make another trip to the junk sector."

The Garbage Starfield comprises nine starfields. The endless starry sky of these nine starfields is specifically used to store countless wreckage and corpses transferred from the outer battlefields, including various warship wreckage, puppet wreckage, giant weapon wreckage, planetary wreckage, and so on.

Despite being called a "garbage star field," these nine star fields are more valuable than nine cosmic nations.

Because battles and even wars break out every moment in the extraterritorial battlefields, an endless stream of battle debris is constantly being transported here from various extraterritorial battlefields.

Although most precious treasures are collected as spoils of war immediately after the battle ends.

What remained were various wrecks, mostly broken weapons, corpses, and countless seemingly worthless items left behind after the collapse of the inner worlds of the realm lords.

However, there is usually no time to salvage the spoils on the battlefield, making it impossible to thoroughly examine them. Many treasures are overlooked and then simply sent to the garbage star system.

As time goes by, no one knows exactly how much wealth is hidden within these nine star regions. Rumors often circulate that some powerful figure has unearthed some priceless treasure in a seemingly worthless star region.

The next day, Shen Mu boarded his spaceship and headed straight for the "Wulong Starfield," one of the nine garbage starfields. In the original novel, Luo Feng obtained the armor fragments in the "Wulong Starfield."

In the Wulong Starfield, a vast palace complex floats in the starry sky. The palace complex is over 100,000 kilometers long and wide, and is shrouded in a faint energy shield.

The nine garbage star regions are all richer than any cosmic nation. Therefore, each garbage star region has a total of five people in its top management, who come from the five most powerful forces of the human race.

Inside the most magnificent and highest palace, the five administrators of the Wulong Starfield gathered together.

"King Longjue, is Shen Mu from the Virtual Universe Company coming to the Wulong Star Region?"

A tall, thin man with curly hair and greenish skin asked, holding a wine glass. He was King Danian from the First Bank of the Universe.

Opposite him, King Longjue, with dark red skin and red eyes, nodded slightly and said, "That's right. His Highness Shen Mu plans to purchase 1000 million Chaos Units of 'High-Grade Trash,' and while he's at it, he'll also find a fragment of a Flame God Clan armor in the Trash Starfield."

King Longjue was a close friend of Zidianhou, the head of the Qianwu branch, and had only broken through to the King realm a few epochs ago.

In terms of strength, King Longjue is only average, but his background is deep enough that he was assigned to the Wulong Star Region, a prestigious position.

The man, with thick body hair and eyes like sharp blades, exclaimed, "Wow, 1000 million Chaos Units! You're really rich. For a mere Domain Lord to have such wealth, your Virtual Universe Company is certainly generous."

King Longjue frowned slightly, clearly sensing the hidden dissatisfaction in those words, implying that Shen Mu's wealth was directly bestowed upon him by the Virtual Universe Company.

"King Yin Ge, you are also aware of the established practices of our Virtual Universe Company. Among the five major powers, our style of operation is absolutely the fairest and most impartial."

"Although Shen Mu is the most valued genius of my Virtual Universe Company, it is impossible to reward him with points and money for no reason."

"According to my intelligence, Shen Mu obtained a great opportunity during a cosmic-level cultivation mission, which even attracted the attention of a great cosmic lord. It is normal for him to be able to produce ten million Chaos Units."

Upon hearing this, King Yin Ge looked somewhat shocked and said, "Good heavens, a cosmic-level being actually noticed by the great Lord of the Universe, this Shen Mu is quite extraordinary."

The four-armed, four-eyed King Xunyu from the Cosmic Galaxy Bank spoke up: "1000 million units of garbage is indeed a big deal. I can approve it directly."

Generally, purchasing "junk" requires approval. If the purchase amount is too large, exceeding 100 million mixed units, it requires joint approval from the five managers.

All four immortal kings agreed, except for one who remained silent.

He was a handsome man dressed in a magnificent white robe, so beautiful that he was almost exaggerated, nearly comparable to the appearance of the Jade King.

This handsome man in white robes is the Nightmare Candle King of the Giant Axe Arena; his strength and background are the strongest among the five.

His father was the Fire Venerable of the Giant Axe Arena. When he was young, the Fire Venerable was no less than Shen Mu and was also a peerless genius who appeared only once in hundreds of millions of years.

He once annihilated a Marquis-level Immortal while at the peak of the Realm Lord realm. After breaking through to Immortality, he directly became a King-level powerhouse.

He then spent only 100,000 years in the realm of immortal gods before breaking through to the level of a cosmic venerable. His teacher was a cosmic lord from the Giant Axe Arena.

As the only son of the Fire Erosion Venerable, Nightmare Candle King was spoiled countless times from a young age, resulting in an extremely eccentric personality. On Earth, he would be known as a brat.

"It's laughable that a bunch of you who are all titled kings are fawning over a mere domain lord."

The Nightmare Candle King suddenly spoke coldly, instantly chilling the atmosphere in the room.

"Damn it, damn it, just like that Kodi back then!" Nightmare Candle King growled in a twisted way.

Looking at Shen Mu's information, Nightmare Candle King recalled Kodi, who was his contemporary.

If True King Yan can only be considered a contemporary of Kodi, being hundreds of thousands of years younger, then King Nightmare Candle is a true contemporary, one of the geniuses from the same generation.

The Nightmare Candle King, who had been pampered since childhood, had been rampant for hundreds of years. Then, he was completely crushed by Kodi in the Genius Battle, which twisted his mentality.

This is why Nightmare Candle King targeted True King for no apparent reason when True King rose to power later.

What angered the Nightmare Candle King the most was not how talented Shen Mu was.

Even his father, Venerable Fiery, suggested that he get closer to Shen Mu. He even subtly hinted to Nightmare Candle King that Shen Mu possessed extremely high talent in the realm of the soul, and that as long as he didn't die, he had the potential to achieve the same level as Venerable Fiery.

The four kings exchanged glances, all knowing that the Nightmare Candle King had once again succumbed to his jealousy of geniuses, and none of them knew what to say.

Suddenly, a realm lord dressed in silver armor flew in and then respectfully knelt on the ground.

"My lords, His Highness Shen Mu has arrived, and the spaceship is landing at the docking port."

"We've arrived already?" King Longjue was somewhat surprised; he had thought he would have to wait a while.

King Yin Ge said, "Let's go greet him. Let's meet this genius who is valued by the great Lord of the Universe even at the cosmic level."

King Danian and King Suyu both nodded slightly, and then stood up together.

Seeing this, Nightmare Candle King snorted softly, his expression growing increasingly gloomy, but he still followed the others out.

……

At the starfield docking port, Shen Mu and Yu Lun had just emerged from their spaceship.

Five dazzling beams of divine light came straight at Shen Mu, landing directly in front of him.

"Your Highness Shen Mu."

The somewhat rough voice of King Longjue rang out, and then the King Longjue stepped forward with a warm expression.

Shen Mu bowed slightly and said with a smile, "King Longjue."

After speaking, Shen Mu looked at the four people beside King Longjue: "Who are these four...?"

King Longjue laughed and said, "Come, let me introduce you."

King Longjue introduced King Danian, King Cengyu, and King Yingge one by one, and finally King Yanzhu.

"As for this one... he is also a legendary genius. Back then, when he first broke through to the Immortal Realm, he possessed the power of a peak Marquis, and his title was Nightmare Candle. Now he is the most powerful among us."

Shen Mu's gaze fell on the Nightmare Candle King.

I have absolutely no connection with the True King Yan, so I mustn't cause any trouble in front of my father, the Nightmare Candle King.

"Greetings, Nightmare King." Shen Mu greeted him politely.

The Nightmare Candle King nodded slightly, a friendly smile appearing on his handsome face: "Shen Mu, I've heard my father mention you before, and now I finally get to meet you."

There was no other way; since his father had spoken personally, the Nightmare Candle King dared not disobey.

"Your Highness Shen Mu, this is not the place to talk. The banquet is ready, let's eat and chat," said King Longjue.

Amidst the warm welcome of the princes, Shen Mu entered the main hall.

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Inside the hall.

A lavish banquet was laid out, and Shen Mu and the five powerful kings took their seats. Poor Yu Lun didn't even have the right to sit down and could only stand behind Shen Mu.

"I've long heard of Prince Shen Mu's reputation, and seeing him today, he truly is a man of unparalleled elegance!"

King Longjue raised his cup and spoke, and the atmosphere at the banquet became lively.

Several powerful figures who had been granted the title of King were very enthusiastic towards Shen Mu, and even the Nightmare Candle King showed a friendly attitude.

This surprised Shen Mu somewhat. It seemed that the Nightmare Candle King wasn't too heaven-defying, and his brain wasn't completely stupid.

After they had finished eating, Shen Mu finally spoke up: "King Longjue, the main reason I came here is to purchase a suit of armor from the Yan God Clan. I wonder if our star field possesses such a treasure?"

King Longjue laughed and said, "It has been prepared for Your Highness for a long time."

"One set each of the Flame God Clan's black and silver armor, plus 6 gold armor fragments."

Black and silver armor were neither high-end nor low-end, and were simply thrown into the garbage star field as trash, with no specific reference price. However, gold armor was indeed sold within the Hong Alliance, and the price was as high as 50 billion Chaos Units.

However, King Longjue waved his hand and gave the black armor, silver armor, and six armor fragments as a free gift for Shen Mu's purchase of 10 million Mixed Yuan Units of "High-Grade Trash".

The other four powerful figures who had been granted the title of King, including Nightmare Candle King, did not express their opinions and tacitly agreed.

(End of this chapter)