Technological advancement begins with devouring.

Babata's understanding of the virtual universe is far beyond what Jiang Chen can match.

In just two days, Babata found a buyer willing to pay 125 billion Black Dragon Coins for the 'Black Dragon Mountain X81 Spaceship'.

The price was slightly lower than in the original story, but the difference was within Jiang Chen's acceptable range, so he immediately decided to sell it.

The transaction took five days, mainly to wait for the buyer's designated recipient to arrive in Qiulongxing. The transaction itself was quite easy, and with the guarantee of a local guarantee agency in Qiulongxing, it was completed in just half a day.

For this purpose, Jiang Chen paid an additional guarantee fee of 1.25 million Black Dragon Coins.

Subsequently, at Babata's suggestion, Jiang Chen spent 6 million Black Dragon Coins to purchase a C5-class spaceship with performance similar to the Black Dragon Mountain X81.

It was still a spaceship that started with 'Heilongshan X', and its hull was silver-gray.

The two have similar performance, but their prices differ by twenty times. This difference in price is due to the added value resulting from the attributes of 'pure natural metal' and 'antique spaceship'.

In completing this transaction, Jiang Chen also 'incidentally' obtained an account from the Cosmic Galaxy Bank.

—As one of the two top super banks in the universe, the minimum requirement for opening an account at the 'Cosmic Galaxy Bank' is that you must deposit at least 100 million Black Dragon Coins.

If the number is lower than this, you don't even qualify to open an account, and they won't even be served.

"We still have over 117 billion Black Dragon Coins. If we use them all to buy materials, we can manufacture over 700 'Goliath' mechs. However, we can't spend all the money at once. Also, Earth's location is inconvenient for transportation, so we still need to find a suitable place outside Earth to establish a base. We also need a transport ship to transport materials and mechs, which will cost a lot of money. I don't know how much money will be left to buy materials in the end. After careful calculation, the money is really not enough..."

Jiang Chen's brain worked at lightning speed, quickly listing out the tasks to be completed and prioritizing them.

This is a habit I developed a long time ago: to prioritize all tasks based on three criteria: urgency, importance, and difficulty.

Complete the highest priority tasks first, then proceed to the next tasks in order.

Of course, this also involves issues such as time allocation.

The advantage is that it maximizes the use of time and is the most efficient.

As for the downsides, strictly following a strict 'schedule' to execute a plan is very tiring.

“Jiang Chen, if you want to establish a base outside, according to my research, a low-level planet in the Milky Way called ‘Bai Lan Star’ is a good choice. Land there is cheap and transportation is convenient. You can build warehouses and factories there. As for security, you can buy slaves or arrange for mechanical soldiers to guard it. On such a small planet, a few star-level combatants are almost invincible.”

Babata offered Jiang Chen some advice.

"Slave?" A thought flashed through Jiang Chen's mind.

“Purchasing slaves is necessary, at least a few with some management skills. Otherwise, if you're on Earth, won't the base on White Orchid Star be unattended? Relying entirely on AI control would make our response capabilities too poor,” Babata reminded him.

Jiang Chen didn't think that AI was unreliable, but Babata's knowledge was far greater than his own, so he listened to Babata's advice: "In other words, we still need to allocate some funds to buy some slaves."

Babata said, "You don't need too many, a few management-type and a few combat-type slaves will be enough. Of course, if you need some servants to serve you, you can buy some. Non-combat type slaves without any special characteristics are very cheap."

"Forget about servants, we could buy some slaves who are good at cooking and brewing." Jiang Chen was also somewhat tempted.

Jiang Chen doesn't have many hobbies.

Food and wine are two of Jiang Chen's few hobbies.

Especially after a period of hard work, a large table of delicious food, along with fragrant liquor, always brings Jiang Chen unexpected joy.

"Should we go to the slave market now?" Babata suggested. "With the funds you have, there's no need to buy slaves of too high a level. Fourth or fifth-tier Stellar slaves are enough. Buying a dozen or a dozen won't cost too much."

“Okay.” Jiang Chen thought for a moment and then nodded. “Babata, could you help me make some contacts to buy transport ships, land on Bailan Star, and so on? Then go to the slave market to buy a batch of slaves and then purchase materials.”

"Okay, I've sent the location of the slave market to your personal computer," Babata said, then entered the virtual universe to help Jiang Chen check the spaceship, land, and so on.

With Jiang Chen's authorization, Babata can even directly access funds in his bank account to complete transactions in the virtual universe.

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The slave market, covering an area of ​​over 300 square kilometers, is not small even in Qiulong City.

If this were on Earth, it would be an even more colossal city.

As an extremely developed commercial planet, the slave market on Qiulong Star is the largest and highest quality slave market among the hundreds of star systems around it.

Outside each shop, many slave traders were loudly soliciting customers and promoting their shops' "signature products."

However, these products are all living, breathing beings.

“According to the information in the virtual universe, this merchant house offers the best overall cost-effectiveness for its stellar-level slaves.” Babata guided Jiang Chen to a huge merchant house.

This trading company occupied one of the most central locations in the slave market, with its entrance alone spanning hundreds of meters in width, and its interior being even more enormous.

Standing in the hall was a row of 20 slaves exuding a powerful aura.

Each one is stellar-level, and they all come from races known for their powerful combat strength, such as the 'Black Mong Clan' and the 'Dark Ga Clan'.

According to Babata, slaves of this quality would be considered rare "good stuff" even on a prosperous commercial planet like Qiulong Star.

Watching powerful humans, stronger than himself, being enslaved and treated like merchandise to be chosen by others, Jiang Chen felt extremely uncomfortable.

"Sir, what kind of slaves would you like to see?" A person in charge quickly ran up to Jiang Chen, smiling and greeting him warmly.

Jiang Chen forcibly suppressed his discomfort, turned to look at the person in charge, and said, "I need a few fourth and fifth-tier stellar slaves, as well as some slaves skilled in management, food, brewing, etc. The latter do not need to be too strong, but they must be professional enough."