Chapter 1 Virtual World

Virtual world network, personal space.

"Approved?" Xu Jingming looked at the newly received transfer order, a look of joy on his face. Then, a new request to visit his personal space popped up, "Vice-Dean Chi Meng wants to see me?"

Xu Jingming reached out and gently clicked to accept, then stood up to greet him.

A stout figure emerged from the void. It was Vice-Dean Chi Meng, still with his ever-present smile, his eyes narrowed into slits.

"Vice-Dean Chi Meng." Xu Jingming bowed slightly.

"Don't stand on ceremony, sit."

Vice-Dean Chi Meng smiled and sat down on the sofa first. Xu Jingming sat opposite him and poured a glass of fruit wine.

"You received the transfer order, I presume," Vice-Dean Chi Meng said.

"Yes," Xu Jingming nodded.

"The reason I didn't let you go to the front lines before was because it was the most intense area of conflict. Several Yu Clan monarchs who have mastered high-dimensional powers are stationed there. You might have run into them. Now your strength has increased a lot, and you have the protection of the Number Nine Primordial Battle Armor, so you can go. If you die, you can be resurrected. But if the Number Nine Primordial Battle Armor is lost… although the aliens can't use it, the loss of a numbered Primordial Battle Armor is still a significant cost."

"I understand," Xu Jingming nodded.

"This time on the front lines, seize the opportunity to accumulate more merits." Vice-Dean Chi Meng smiled, "Our Primordial Research Institute's next opening for merit exchange will be in 112 years. At that time, there will be cosmic treasures, high-dimensional items, technological weapons, and so on available for exchange. The better the item, the more merit it requires. For the next exchange… you only have 112 years to prepare."

"I understand," Xu Jingming was also looking forward to it.

Like spacetime stardust, it was one of the cosmic treasures released when Spacetime Islet opened for exchange.

"Especially the 'Primordial Star Flame.' Every wisp is precious, and the exchange will be ranked by merit. Those with higher merit will have priority." Vice-Dean Chi Meng said, "This is also a common rule among the seventeen top forces of the human race in the universe. Those with higher merit have priority. You should be very clear… about the importance of Primordial Star Flame."

Xu Jingming nodded.

Primordial Star Flame…

It was the flame of the Primordial Star in high-dimensional space! Even the Dean couldn't truly touch the Primordial Star. But the Primordial Star has different stages, such as contraction and explosion. During the explosion phase, flames would dissipate very, very far! The Dean and others would have the opportunity to capture them.

Every wisp of 'Primordial Star Flame' was a treasure for evolutionaries who cultivated the Primordial Star lineage.

Just long-term observation could deepen one's understanding of the Primordial Star and allow for more realistic visualization, making it possible for visualization techniques to reach a higher realm.

Not to mention the use of 'light,' 'flame,' and other forces.

As for some high-dimensional weapons and civilization-level intelligent robots, these were very common. But they all had one thing in common: they were very expensive! Generally, they needed to be exchanged for merit. Only a very small number of items allowed for exchange with cosmic currency.

Regarding merit exchange.

In fact, the items from the other fourteen top forces were relatively ordinary. The exchanges from the three most powerful forces were the most attractive, after all, there were three Supreme Realm existences providing some precious items behind them.

But among the three strongest forces, not to mention the huge number of ninth-order lifeforms, there were an average of about ten thousand tenth-order lifeforms. And the precious items released each time were too few, and they were almost always snatched up instantly.

Many times, one had to pay a great price to ask someone with high merit to help with the exchange.

In addition to the three strongest forces, the Cosmic Human Alliance official would also regularly open merit exchanges, but they mainly focused on 'technology.' High-dimensional objects and cosmic treasures were even rarer.

"The front lines of the Heavenly Python Cosmic Domain, according to current intelligence, have six Yu Clan monarchs who have mastered high-dimensional powers. The strongest one is called Monarch Mo You." Vice-Dean Chi Meng reminded, "He is also one of the top ten Yu Clan monarchs."

Xu Jingming nodded: "I know. Of the tens of thousands of Yu Clan monarchs, those who can be ranked in the top ten are either cosmic legends or have mastered particularly powerful high-dimensional powers."

Like that Monarch Wu Ke who once attacked him, causing him to lose consciousness in an instant, although he also grasped a certain high-dimensional power, he failed to enter the top ten of the tens of thousands of Yu Clan monarchs.

"Monarch Mo You has deep accumulation." Vice-Dean Chi Meng said, "The high-dimensional power he wields, 'Nightmare World,' can not only penetrate the mind but also envelop a large area. We have seven tenth-order experts in the Heavenly Python Cosmic Domain who have mastered high-dimensional powers, but in a direct confrontation, none of them can withstand Monarch Mo You. According to numerous encounters, Monarch Mo You's mental strength has reached the high-dimensional level."

Xu Jingming's pupils shrank.

"Don't worry, he can glimpse into high-dimensions! But the speed at which the Nightmare World penetrates high-dimensional space is definitely much slower than in normal cosmic spacetime. It can't catch up to you." Vice-Dean Chi Meng said, "But remember, if you encounter him, just run."

"Understood, the gap between me and him is still very large." Xu Jingming also knew that his only high-dimensional power was for moving and escaping, so naturally, he couldn't hurt the other party at all.

"What you are best at is targeting the Yu Clan's extremely numerous lords." Vice-Dean Chi Meng said, "The more you intercept and kill, the more panicked the Yu Clan's ninth-order lords will become. They are unwilling to do things that send them to their deaths. Your interception efficiency is higher than that of a hundred tenth-order lifeforms. By the way, what is your current limit for spacetime traversal?"

Xu Jingming said: "My mental strength has just broken through to the tenth level of the visualization technique. Now, with the help of the battle armor, the limit of spacetime traversal distance is 1.08 billion light-years."

Spacetime traversal was still traversing in normal cosmic spacetime, but the distance was very far.

High-dimensional travel! Xu Jingming had only initially mastered it, and the distance was relatively short. However, the conditions for spacetime traversal were very harsh, such as the aftershocks of fierce battles affecting spacetime, or large-scale domain moves affecting spacetime… various reasons would lead to the inability to perform spacetime traversal.

Spacetime traversal was suitable for rushing. In terms of saving one's life, it was inferior.

"1.08 billion light-years?" Vice-Dean Chi Meng smiled, "Haha, in that case, you can reach about a third of the Heavenly Python Cosmic Domain in a short time."

Xu Jingming nodded.

"With your ability to intercept and kill, the deterrent effect on the Yu Clan's ninth-order lords will be very terrifying." Vice-Dean Chi Meng smiled, "If you perform well, your role will be no less than that of a cosmic legend."

"I will do my best." Xu Jingming did not have the slightest bit of mercy towards the Yu Clan. Having seen planets where one lifeform after another was wiped out, he would not hesitate to completely eliminate the entire Yu Clan.

Vice-Dean Chi Meng said: "In a moment, the Primordial Research Institute will send you a detailed report, which is the intelligence of some of the top experts of the Yu Clan in the Heavenly Python Cosmic Domain. Knowing yourself and your enemy, at least you won't easily fall into a trap."

"Also, in the Heavenly Python Cosmic Domain, besides you, there are seven tenth-order experts who have mastered high-dimensional powers. I will arrange for those seven to meet you." Vice-Dean Chi Meng said, "In the future, the eight of you will also cooperate with each other. Each of you has your own strengths and has mastered different high-dimensional powers… When you cooperate, you can achieve an effect greater than one plus one."

"I am good at rushing and escaping, and can lead other guardians to act." Xu Jingming understood.

"In short, the eight of you should discuss how to cooperate." Vice-Dean Chi Meng stood up, "The time and place of the gathering will be notified to you soon."

Xu Jingming nodded.

"Intercept and kill more Yu Clan source lifeforms, which will deter their arrogance and indirectly save tens of thousands of life planets." Vice-Dean Chi Meng encouraged, and then disappeared into the void.

Perhaps high-dimensional lifeforms no longer cared much about the countless planetary lifeforms in the vast territory of the human race in the universe. They only needed to ensure the overall stability of the race, and they would not care about the rest.

In their eternal lifespan, they may study a certain matter, and many generations of planetary lifeforms with short lifespans would pass.

But Xu Jingming, Vice-Dean Chi Meng, and other source lifeforms who have not yet achieved 'high-dimension' still cared.

……

Virtual world network.

A virtual world, the entire world only had five people. On a floating island, the five of them sat at a table, drinking wine and chatting.

One of them was wearing a light golden robe, his hair and beard were also tinged with gold, his face was old, and he also had a pair of golden wings. This golden-winged old man looked at his companions with a smile: "We old guys are getting older every year, and my lifespan is only about 300 years left. Even if I can step into the realm of a cosmic legend, I won't have time to evolve my lifeform to a high-dimension."

"Yes," another middle-aged man with deep eyes, as if hiding endless spacetime, said, "Watching oneself gradually grow old is indeed helpless. I am a little better, with 8,000 years of lifespan left. But I also have no hope of reaching the Supreme realm."

"Back then, the five of us joined forces, thinking about impacting the Supreme realm. At that time, we were all ambitious." A silver-haired beauty smiled.

"We used to call ourselves the 'Five Kings Meeting,' which was a meeting of five Kings. But now, what do other tenth-order source lifeforms say about us? They say we are the Five Old Men's Club, five old guys." An old man in a loose black robe chuckled softly, "The youngest of the five of us is over 85,000 years old, and we are indeed all old guys."

In their long lives, tenth-order source lifeforms naturally formed small circles based on their strength and the closeness of their relationships.

This Five Old Men's Club was formed long ago by five talented tenth-order source lifeforms who had been 'crowned Kings' at a young age. They joined forces to vow to impact the Supreme realm. But now, with little lifespan left, hope was already slim.

"Let's discuss the next item on the agenda," the silver-haired beauty said, "The development of the Jiu Jue (Nine Cauldrons) affiliated cosmic space. Brother Wen, will you continue?"

"I don't have much lifespan left, so sell my ownership," the golden-winged old man smiled.

"What will you exchange it for? Currency? Starfield territory? Or something else?" The other four looked at him.

"35 years from now, the Eternal Academy will open merit exchanges, 112 years from now, the Primordial Research Institute will open merit exchanges. The exchange on Spacetime Islet is 500 years from now, I can't wait that long," the golden-winged old man said, "I need merit from the Eternal Academy, or merit from the Primordial Research Institute."

The exchange at the Eternal Academy was limited to members of the Eternal Academy.

The same was true for the Primordial Research Institute.

"50 million merit points," the golden-winged old man looked at his four friends, "The price is not high."

Among the four friends, one was from the Eternal Academy, one was from the Primordial Research Institute, and two were from Spacetime Islet. Of course, the golden-winged old man himself was also from the Primordial Research Institute.

"A Li and I will each pay half," the black-robed old man said, and the beauty nodded, "Okay."

"The next item on the agenda…"

The five of them simply discussed, exchanging information and establishing a large distribution of benefits.

When the Five Old Men's Club ended.

His other companions left one after another, and the golden-winged old man sat there alone.

"My lifespan is getting shorter and shorter. If I can step into the realm of a cosmic legend before I die and experience the taste of a cosmic legend! Let my spiritual imprint remain in the virtual world network, and let countless humans know… that there was such a cosmic legend, that would be very good." The golden-winged old man looked forward to it, "But it's too difficult. Without the help of external objects, relying on my own knowledge accumulation to comprehend high-dimensional powers?"

"The spacetime we live in and high-dimensional space are fundamentally different." The old man shook his head.

The difficulty of borrowing external objects was one, then the difficulty of purely mastering high-dimensional powers on one's own was at least one hundred.

He suddenly received a letter.

"Hmm?"

The old man looked at the contents of the letter and showed a trace of a smile, "Vice-Dean Chi Meng wants me to organize a gathering. To gather with Junior Brother Wu Ming? I didn't expect that in the Heavenly Python Cosmic Domain, in addition to the seven of us, there is another one who has mastered high-dimensional powers."

"Junior Brother Wu Ming, is only a hundred years old, right? Too young! Tenth-order source lifeforms have a lifespan of 100,000 years, his future is truly limitless." The old man sighed with emotion.