The human is devouring, a new talent every month.

Chapter 35 Three Years Later

"Upgraded viewing permissions, and a certain amount of free quota... It seems that the ability to create clones is highly valued even at the core level of the Virtual Universe Company." After clicking on the notification bar and entering the details page, Lu Ming immediately understood everything.

The Virtual Universe Company does indeed possess some truly rare and even heaven-defying special life genetic materials in the universe, but the points they cost are all astronomically high, making them unaffordable for geniuses like Lu Ming who are still in their growth stage.

Some geniuses who stay in the secret realms of heaven and earth or even the apocalypse may not even have enough access to view them.

However, geniuses inevitably create clones during their weaker periods (before reaching the Immortal level).

If suitable materials for creating clones cannot be obtained in the early stages, it will undoubtedly greatly limit the future development of these geniuses with the ability to create clones.

After careful consideration, Virtual Universe Company came up with this special rule. Once it's confirmed that a genius truly possesses the special talent of "cloning," their access to materials for creating clones can be temporarily increased, and they will also receive certain discounts or preferential policies when purchasing them.

As for Lu Ming, perhaps because he was a member of the Primal Secret Realm and had higher privileges, coupled with his extra points for clearing seven trial towers, the Virtual Universe Company naturally granted him more favorable policies.

"Since the only chance to see the truly top-tier special life genetic material is once we arrive at headquarters, I'll hold off on using my points for now."

Others might need to purchase cultivation techniques, but he already has the "Five Chapters of Thunderclap" taught by Master Zhenlei Hou and two great secret manuals gifted by King Jinlan, so there's no need for him to waste points on purchasing techniques for the time being.

"Aside from the secret techniques, I have no shortage of weapons, battle suits, life support items, and spaceships. I'll save the points for now." As for the three years of travel, he only needs to focus on cultivation.

"With the small Destruction Beast statue given to me by the King of Jinlan, I can continue to focus on cultivating the Destruction Secret Manual." He had already barely grasped a trace of the Thunder-Time Fusion Law after mastering the 'Starfall' move.

I wonder if I'll have the chance to leap to the next level and master the "Time Walker" technique in these three years.

If he can master this move, both his offensive and control abilities will be elevated to a new level.

……

Three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Rayleigh arrived at Lu Ming's room door. "Your Highness, we are almost at the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company."

He couldn't help but sigh inwardly, thinking that this Prince Lu Ming truly deserved to be the number one in this genius battle. He had been cultivating so diligently that he hadn't left his room even once in the past three years.

Swish!

The door on the wall suddenly disappeared, as if it had been transformed from a physical object into a beam of light that had been put away.

Lu Ming slowly walked out of the room. His appearance was not much different from a year ago, except that his dark eyes had become more profound, and the phantom of a ferocious beast could be vaguely seen in them!

Clearly, Lu Ming's cultivation progress over the past three years has been quite significant.

Rayleigh looked at the black-haired youth Lu Ming before him, and his heart skipped a beat. This prince of the Primordial Secret Realm seemed to have undergone earth-shattering changes since three years ago.

He vaguely sensed that Lu Ming's aura was different at this moment. Even just standing there, he gave people a powerful sense of oppression, like a "humanoid beast".

In reality, this was a special temperament formed by Lu Ming's increasingly powerful "Destruction Intent" and its fusion with his talents such as "Wild Heart" and "Overlord's Will".

"Rayleigh, long time no see. Are we almost there?"

With a faint smile on his face, Lu Ming walked unhurriedly toward the control room.

"Yes, Your Highness, you will soon be able to see the headquarters continent!" Rayleigh replied.

Shortly after Rayleigh's voice faded, the spaceship's intelligent system issued a notification.

"Initiating interstellar travel, entering the original universe."

「5……4……3……2……1！」

The entire spaceship shuddered slightly, and it took ten seconds to return to normal. Immediately, Rayleigh commanded, "Exterior simulation 100%."

The entire hall instantly became transparent and disappeared, revealing a dreamlike starry sky. In the distance, a vast supercontinent floated in the starry sky!

Beside that vast landmass in the starry sky, some stars and planets seemed insignificant. The spaceship flew toward the continent at the speed of light, but after flying for a while, it was still incredibly far away.

"Your Highness, this is the universe headquarters of our Virtual Universe Company." The blue-armored warrior Rayleigh smiled.

Lu Ming gazed ahead, and even though he was prepared, he was still awestruck by the vast starry sky.

After a long while, Lu Ming exclaimed, "My Virtual Universe Company truly lives up to its reputation as one of the top forces of the human race. Only after seeing the headquarters in person today do I understand what a top force of the human race really is!"

Rayleigh was not surprised by Lu Ming's reaction; anyone who comes to this starry sky for the first time will be shocked.

Then, Rayleigh slowly introduced to Lu Ming: "Your Highness, the continent where our Virtual Universe Company headquarters is located is about tens of light-years in diameter. The stars, planets, meteorites and other celestial bodies that float around the continent are actually very terrifying technological weapons."

Lu Ming nodded repeatedly. The Virtual Company was a technological holy land of the human race, so it would naturally have various weapons for defense.

However, he also knew that although these technological weapons were powerful, they were nothing more than decorations when facing a truly strong opponent.

The reason why the company headquarters has been able to stand in this starry sky for countless years is because of the strongest people of the human race, such as the Lord of Chaos City and the Lord of Ice Peak.

In the boundless starry sky, spaceships constantly flew towards the headquarters continent, and spaceships constantly left the headquarters.

Lu Mingyao looked at the spaceships and, just by looking at them from a distance, knew that none of them were inferior to the F-class spaceship he was on.

The spaceship slowly approached the vast continent, and Lu Ming, while feeling awe, couldn't help but feel longing.

One day, he too will stand at the highest peak, like those great beings, overlooking the endless starry sky and traversing the vast universe.

...

After traveling at sub-light speed for about a dozen hours, the silver sword-shaped spaceship finally approached one of the entrances to this continent.

The spaceship flew at near-light speed for several more minutes inside the entrance passage before gradually slowing down and finally coming to a stop.

Whoosh!

The hatch opened.

Lu Ming, accompanied by Rayleigh and the others, flew out of the spaceship.

At this moment, more than ten men and women in uniforms were waiting outside. Upon seeing Lu Ming appear, the white-robed man at the head of the group stepped forward and respectfully said, "Your Highness Lu Ming, I am waiting here on the orders of His Majesty. Please follow me."

Lu Ming nodded slightly, and after saying goodbye to Rayleigh and the others, he followed the white-robed man and the others onto a dreamlike corridor, and finally entered an oval hall.

The oval hall was completely transparent on all sides and above. When Lu Ming walked in, he could see an endless starry sky when he looked up, which was incredibly spectacular.

"Lu Ming, you've arrived!"

At this moment, many geniuses were already waiting in the hall. When they saw Lu Ming appear, several of them stepped forward to greet him.

"Lia, Tiffany, Kunzhou..."

Lu Ming smiled and greeted each of the geniuses who welcomed him. To be honest, this was the first time Lu Ming had met these peerless geniuses in real life.

Although Lu Ming is the number one in this year's Genius Battle, he is not the kind of person who is arrogant and aloof.

During his three-year journey, Lu Ming did not completely isolate himself from the world while cultivating in Yuxiang Mountain, and he communicated and exchanged ideas with many geniuses. However, given his strength and status, apart from Liya, who was also from the Primordial Secret Realm, most of the others he was familiar with were also in the Primordial Secret Realm.

After arriving in the hall, Lu Ming went straight to Liya and sat down next to her, since they were both members of the Primal Secret Realm.

"Lu Ming." Seeing him sit down, the somewhat naive Snow Elf girl smiled and greeted him.

……

About six hours later, all one thousand exceptional geniuses who had joined the Virtual Universe Company had gathered in the hall.

"Everyone, please follow me."

After a thousand people had gathered, a blue-eyed girl shrouded in an elegant white robe suddenly appeared. The aura emanating from her sent chills down everyone's spines.

Then, an incomparably powerful force instantly enveloped all the geniuses present.

Whoosh!

The blue-eyed girl led everyone in a streak of light, and after flying for several minutes, they arrived in front of a very strange spaceship.

"Everyone, please get on the spaceship," the blue-eyed girl said coldly as she put everyone down.

Lu Ming looked at the spaceship ahead.

This spaceship is quite peculiar. Its entire hull resembles a large fish, with a deep blue color and a length of nearly a thousand meters. At the very back, it has a tail fin that sways slightly.

The hatch of this giant fish spaceship is located on the belly of the "giant fish".

Judging from its appearance, this spaceship has fused with a life form at least at the immortal level, surpassing the F-class and reaching the G-class.

Only a Venerable-level being like Venerable Yunmeng could possess such a spaceship.

Urged on by the blue-eyed girl, Lu Ming and the other thousand geniuses could no longer care about their curiosity about the spaceship's peculiarities and entered through the hatch, then walked into the spaceship's main hall.

Inside the lobby.

An invisible pressure suddenly descended, causing the 1000 geniuses to remain silent. Even the dozen or so immortal beings inside the spaceship, including the blue-eyed girl, bowed slightly.

The Dream Winged Clan Venerable who presided over the Genius Battle stood at the very front. Although she was standing there, she had a strange sense of emptiness, as if she did not belong to this space. This female Venerable looked around and finally stopped for a moment on Lu Ming.

Then he said, "Let's set off for the primordial universe."

Boom...

With a flick of its tail fin, the "big fish" vanished from its spot in an instant.

(End of this chapter)