Technological advancement begins with devouring.

Chapter 82 A Cataclysmic Barrage (2 Updates)

In the virtual universe, on Black Dragon Mountain Island, Jiang Chen and Luo Feng meet in a quiet room.

"What do you want me to do?" Luo Feng asked.

“Go to the Cosmic Galaxy Bank.” This time, Jiang Chen didn’t play any riddles and went straight to the point: “The Cosmic Galaxy Bank has immense power and claims to be able to meet all of its customers’ needs. Of course, the premise is that the customer pays a sufficient price. The five-star account left by your teacher happens to have very high privileges. You can contact the bank directly and request protection services, using some of the treasures we obtained in the Realm Within a Realm for payment, and using the privileges of the five-star account as collateral. As long as the Cosmic Galaxy Bank agrees, we can leave Canglan Star smoothly after obtaining the treasures, without any security risks whatsoever.”

"Cosmic Galaxy Bank?" Luo Feng's eyes widened.

Luo Feng was certainly aware that the Cosmic Galaxy Bank offered many additional services to its 'star customers'.

After he opened an account at the Universe Galaxy Bank, the emails he received from the bank included information on the deposit standards for different customer levels and the benefits they could enjoy.

For five-star clients, the bank's email stated only one sentence: "As long as you can afford it, Universe Galaxy Bank will spare no effort to fulfill any of your desires."

Jiang Chen and Luo Feng are far from meeting the standards of 'five-star customers'.

But coincidentally, among the legacy Hu Yanbo left to Luo Feng was such an account.

Babata suddenly appeared and warned, "But the fees at the Cosmic Galaxy Bank are definitely very high. We haven't obtained the treasure yet. If we fail to seize it, it will be like we've played a trick on the bank, and our fate will be dire!"

Babata was well aware of the various benefits that the Cosmic Galaxy Bank offered to its high-level clients.

However, he preferred to let Luo Feng seek refuge with Ming Yu rather than consider using the Cosmic Galaxy Bank to resolve the troubles within the Realm, simply because the Cosmic Galaxy Bank's fees were too expensive.

If they make a request and the bank sends someone to Canglan Star, but they can't produce enough treasures to pay the fee, then Luo Feng and his companions will definitely suffer a terrible fate.

As one of the five major powers of the human race, the Cosmic Galaxy Bank is not one that can be offended by just anyone.

“As long as the Cosmic Galaxy Bank agrees, I’m confident I can take all the treasures with me,” Jiang Chen explained, then looked at Luo Feng and reminded him, “Just have them wait outside and lead us out safely when we leave. If they want the bank’s people to enter the Thunder World or even the Realm Within a Realm, that’ll be a different story.”

Luo Feng naturally understood this, and immediately nodded, saying, "I'll contact the bank to inquire right away."

It was just a matter of asking a few questions; there was no need to pay any fees.

All fees are incurred only after the need for a particular service has been confirmed.

After a moment, Luo Feng spoke up: "Ah Chen, the bank has given a reply that if payment is made afterward in the form of a physical treasure, the fee will be doubled, requiring a treasure worth 100 Hunyuan units. Because this incident involves many forces, they need to send a powerful expert with sufficient strength to control the situation."

“100 Chaos Units?!” Babata exclaimed. “Do you know what 100 Chaos Units means?! One Chaos Unit is worth one trillion cosmic coins! Enough to buy millions of inhabited planets! 100 Chaos Units are enough to buy hundreds of millions of inhabited planets! How many treasures would you have to acquire in the Realm Within a Realm to be worth 100 Chaos Units?!”

“I’ve calculated it. All the treasures in the Realm Within a Realm are worth about 200 Chaos Units. Even if the Cosmic Galaxy Bank takes half, we’ll still have treasures worth 100 Chaos Units left.” Jiang Chen said, “Without the Cosmic Galaxy Bank, we wouldn’t dare to compete on a large scale. At most, we could take a few treasures, and we’d have to share them with Ming Yu or other important figures. We’d end up with even less. It’s better to cooperate with the Cosmic Galaxy Bank.”

"But that's on the premise that you have the ability to obtain all the treasures!" Babata shouted, "The Realm within a Realm has an army of over two million ninth-tier stars! You'd be lucky to snatch a few treasures, how could you possibly take them all?!"

“Leave this to me, you don’t need to do anything.” Jiang Chen glanced at Babata and continued, “Luo Feng, you can have the bank people prepare in advance, but don’t sign the contract yet. We’ll sign the contract after I get all the treasures from the Realm Within a Realm.”

Upon hearing Jiang Chen's words, Babata was immediately speechless with objection.

As long as no contract is signed and it's just 'consulting business,' there's no need to offend the Universe Galaxy Bank.

If Jiang Chen can truly seize a large number of treasures from the two million star-level army, and pay a huge price to ask the Cosmic Galaxy Bank to help Jiang Chen, Luo Feng, and others keep the remaining treasures, then it will be worthwhile.

Although Babata didn't really believe Jiang Chen could do it, he didn't object anymore, only muttering something under his breath.

Luo Feng hesitated for a moment, but seeing Jiang Chen's attitude, he didn't say anything more to object.

Jiang Chen spoke again: "Luo Feng, ask again, how long will it take for the people from the Cosmic Galaxy Bank to arrive at Canglan Star, starting from the date the contract is signed?"

Luo Feng quickly contacted the bank and sent a message. A moment later, they replied: "The bank said that as long as the contract is signed, it can arrive within a day."

Jiang Chen nodded, and after Luo Feng confirmed a few more details, the two exited the virtual universe and their consciousness returned to reality.

"How do you plan to compete for the treasure?" Babata asked Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen ignored Babata and instead looked at everyone, saying, "I already have a way to seize the treasures within the realm, but let me make this clear first: aside from the fact that whoever finds the Cosmic Crystal gets to keep it, I contributed the most to the most crucial treasure within the realm, while Luo Feng provided very important resources. We two will take the lion's share. Hong and Lei Shen, you two can only choose one item each."

Out of consideration for being fellow Earthlings, Jiang Chen wouldn't mind sharing some benefits with Hong and Thor.

But the bulk of these resources must remain in our own hands.

Hong and Lei Shen exchanged a glance, and Hong said, "Although we don't quite understand what's going on, since it was mainly you and Luo Feng who put in the effort, we naturally won't be greedy and ask for what doesn't belong to us."

"Give me the 'Thunderstones' you've collected before, and you don't need to do anything else," Jiang Chen said.

"I have 26 of them here." Luo Feng took out his spatial ring, and with a wave of his hand, a large number of thunderstones appeared in the cave.

"I only have a little over ten thousand."

"Mine is over ten thousand."

Hong, Lei Shen, and Luo Feng's two slaves all took out the thunderstones they had collected.

Jiang Chen collected the scattered thunderstones, counted them, nodded in satisfaction, then pressed the personal terminal on his arm and said in a deep voice, "Jarvis, we can move out. Kill everyone who entered the Realm Within a Realm except for our team, leave no one alive!"

-

Following Jiang Chen's voice, drones took off in an extremely remote area within the Realm of Realms.

The drone's fuselage is engraved with intricate and mysterious patterns, releasing a unique and extraordinary power that makes it fly at an incredibly fast speed.

Under Jarvis's control, tens of thousands of drones rapidly converged on the core of the boundary within a boundary, but instead of getting close, they remained at an altitude of over ten thousand kilometers away from the core area of ​​the boundary within a boundary.

If viewed from a higher vantage point in the starry sky, one would see tens of thousands of drones arranged in a fan shape, surrounding an army of over two million people from various factions within the core area.

An invisible signal swept by.

Inside each drone, the C1-class laser cannons began to charge.

The charging time of less than a minute seemed incredibly long at that moment.

As the fifty-second countdown ended, the cannons of tens of thousands of drones erupted with blazing, dazzling beams of light.

The beam of light moved silently, traversing tens of thousands of kilometers in an instant.

Beams of light, each nearly five meters in diameter, swept across the armies of the various factions.

Destruction came silently.

Even the strongest armor and the most protective Force suits are like paper when attacked by a C1-level laser cannon, instantly annihilated.

With Jarvis's meticulous calculations, each beam of light would pierce through the strongholds of the major forces horizontally, killing at least dozens, or even hundreds, of warriors.

In just one attack, the number of people in the entire base was reduced by nearly 70%!

They didn't realize what had happened until the attack had stopped.

"What kind of attack was that?!"

"Those are laser cannons, right?! But how can there be so many laser cannons?!"

"At least tens of thousands of laser cannons were fired. Who was behind this?!"

One by one, the powerful individuals were driven to madness and immense fear.

This situation, where one can guess the enemy's methods but doesn't know who the enemy is, where the enemy is, or even where to launch a counterattack, has given rise to a sense of despair in many people.

However, Jarvis, who was in charge of this attack, showed no emotion whatsoever, and controlled all the fighter jets to begin a new round of recharging.

Meanwhile, a fighter jet flew at high speed toward the core area of ​​the boundary within a boundary, using its detection camera to provide Jarvis with the enemy's coordinates.

In the previous round of attacks, due to a certain 'tacit understanding' between the major forces, the location of the military camps was very fixed, and it was possible to attack directly without confirming the target.

But after a surprise attack, the enemy will inevitably react.

No matter what action they take, they will certainly not stay put and wait to die.

To launch a precise attack, it is essential to accurately track the enemy's movements.

-

In the distance, in a secluded mountain cave.

As they watched the rays of light fade away on the distant horizon, Luo Feng, Hong, and the others fell silent.

Although they were far apart, everyone present felt a destructive power from the overwhelming pillars of light.

Suddenly, Babata asked, "Jiang Chen, were those laser cannons your doing?"

"It's me." Jiang Chen nodded in acknowledgment: "Ten thousand C1-level laser cannons are enough to annihilate everyone within and within this realm. One round isn't enough, a few more rounds will suffice."

“C1-class laser cannons are contraband. I can believe you’d spend a fortune on one or two on the black market, but ten thousand… where did you get so many?” Babata asked, puzzled.

Weapons of grade C or higher are enough to kill ordinary cosmic-level powerhouses.

If a large number of these individuals were to remain outside the country, they would pose a threat to some powerful forces.

Each faction strictly controls weapons of this level and will not easily allow them to fall into the wrong hands.

Of course, the black market also has its share of people with connections who can obtain contraband.

The C6-class laser cannon that Jiang Chen previously deployed on Earth was purchased from the black market at several times the price, almost draining Jiang Chen's savings.

but……

Since so much time has passed since the Norlhan family's adventure team approached Earth, Jiang Chen's 'knowledge' has been constantly improving.

Now, Jiang Chen is able to build C-grade laser cannons on his own.

Although the highest level we can manufacture is C2 or C3 laser cannons, it is more than enough to deal with the star-level armies within the realms.

“I made them myself,” Jiang Chen replied, then ignored Babata and asked Jarvis directly, “Jarvis, how many Thunderstones have you accumulated?”

“22124648 ‘Thunderstones’ have been mined, Master. Should they be delivered now?” Jarvis’s voice rang out.

From the very first day they entered the 'World Within a World', other forces have been vying to mine the cosmic crystals.

Jiang Chen, however, dispatched a massive number of SCVs equipped with detectors to delve deep underground in search of the 'Thunderstone'.

By now, Jiang Chen has accumulated over 20 million Thunderstones.

Of course, during this process, a considerable number of SCVs were also discovered and destroyed by other martial artists.

However, compared to the gains this time, this loss is completely negligible.

"More than 20 million Thunderstones are enough to exchange for all the treasures within this realm, except for the first two most expensive ones." Jiang Chen's eyes lit up.

Jiang Chen was well aware that the so-called 'inheritance crystal ball' and 'Lord Kabu's deposit account' were just deceptive things created by Lord Kabu or his AI, and there was no need to exchange them.

As for the remaining treasures, Jiang Chen had enough Thunder Stones to exchange for them all.

"Send the Thunderstone over immediately, and remember to send some fighter jets to protect it," Jiang Chen ordered Jarvis.

Then, Jiang Chen glanced at Luo Feng and said, "Luo Feng, you can contact the people at the Cosmic Galaxy Bank now. Once they're in place, we'll immediately exchange for the treasures and then leave the Realm Within a Realm."

“Okay, I’ll contact the bank right now.” Luo Feng didn’t hesitate at all.

Having witnessed the devastating scene of tens of thousands of laser cannons firing, he no longer had any doubt that Jiang Chen could obtain all the treasures of the Realm Within a Realm.

Although the fees at the Cosmic Galaxy Bank are expensive, they are worth it!

“We’ll just stay here and wait. Babata, remember to keep the detector’s shielding function on so no one can spot us,” Jiang Chen reminded him.

"Don't worry, I won't make a mistake on such a small matter!" Babata snorted and said arrogantly.

Outside, under Jarvis's control, the drones continue their pursuit of the martial arts armies of various factions.

Many martial artists tried to resist, but most chose to flee.

The large number of martial artists scattered made the drones' pursuit quite difficult.

But it's just a hassle.

Just a few hours later, the last warrior belonging to the 'Black Cloud Society' was evaporated into ashes by a beam of light, officially announcing the complete annihilation of the warrior legions sent into the Realm Within a Realm by various forces!

At this moment, Jiang Chen took the large number of Thunderstones sent back by SCV and headed to the core area of ​​the Realm Within a Realm to enter the ancient castle and exchange them for treasures within the Realm Within a Realm.