Technological advancement begins with devouring.

Chapter 85 A Pleasant Division of Spoils and Procurement (5 Updates)

"First, there are the secret manuals and techniques. These can be copied, so we'll each get a copy."

Jiang Chen took out several secret manuals, including the Thunder Secret Technique of 'Lord Kabu'.

There are also some secret techniques that, while not particularly top-tier, are still considered precious in the universe.

There aren't many, only a few types.

After Jarvis scanned and copied the document, everyone received a copy.

"Then comes the treasure. As agreed before, Hong, you get this 'God-Piercing Spear,' and Thor, you get this 'Thunder Blade.'" Jiang Chen took out two Force weapons.

Both are fifth-tier Force weapons, but they are considered relatively ordinary among fifth-tier weapons.

Of course, the value is not important; what matters is that it is suitable.

These two weapons are the most suitable for Hong and Lei Shen among all 312 treasures.

"What a gun!"

"Good knife!"

Hong and Lei Shen both couldn't help but exclaim in admiration as they received the weapons.

A fifth-tier Force weapon is enough for a World Lord to use as his primary weapon. If you give them two Star-level weapons, they won't even be able to unleash its full power.

Of course, even if it cannot unleash its full power, for a star-level being, as long as they can barely activate a fifth-tier weapon, the boost to their combat strength is terrifying.

Both Hong and Thor are beings who have mastered domains. Although their Force foundation is a bit weak, they can still barely activate fifth-tier weapons.

"Luo Feng, these are yours." Jiang Chen took out a pile of treasures.

This includes 'Fruit of Life', 'Heart of the Stars', and so on.

As for Jiang Chen himself, he only kept one 'Fruit of Life' and three 'D6-class railguns'.

"I'll transfer your share to you once the Cosmic Galaxy Bank sells the treasure," Luo Feng said to Jiang Chen.

The two divided the 'total value' of the remaining treasures, excluding those obtained by Hong and Lei Shen.

Within this range, it is divided according to demand.

Luo Feng had a greater need for the various treasures left behind by the Lord of the Kabu Realm, while Jiang Chen had little need for these treasures and simply chose to sell them for money.

Anyway, in the universe, as long as you have money, you can buy most of the treasures that Jiang Chen needs at this stage.

Even some strictly controlled items can be purchased at special auctions or through black market channels.

Jiang Chen and Luo Feng took the big head, while Hong and Lei Shen each only received one weapon, in addition to some secret techniques.

Of course, Thor received even more; he obtained the entire legacy of the 'Lord of Kabu'.

However, Thor also promised to make a copy of these inheritances and share them with Jiang Chen, Luo Feng, and Hong.

About half a month later, Luo Feng received the last payment from the Cosmic Galaxy Bank, and all the treasures he had entrusted to the Cosmic Galaxy Bank for sale were finally sold.

After deducting the 'rescue fee' of 100 Mixed Yuan Units, 102 Mixed Yuan Units remain.

Including the value of the remaining unsold treasures, Luo Feng ultimately transferred 72 Mixed Yuan Units to Jiang Chen.

Along with the funds arrived, Jiang Chen also received an email from the Cosmic Galaxy Bank, reminding him that he had been promoted to a 'three-star customer' and was eligible to enjoy more privileges.

This includes 'entrusted transactions', 'auction participation qualifications', and so on.

Unfortunately, during the opening of the interdimensional realm, this year's 'Qianwu Universe Kingdom Auction' had just ended, and Jiang Chen and Luo Feng missed it, so they could only wait for the next one three years later.

However, the 'delegated transaction' permission is a good thing.

If we acquire any treasures in the future, we won't need to use the five-star account left by Luo Feng's teacher, Hu Yanbo, to process them.

However, even for the same 'entrusted transaction', the bank charges different commission rates for three-star and five-star clients.

If it's a truly valuable treasure, it's more cost-effective to sell it through a five-star account.

For example... the sleeping Zerg queen on Earth, etc.

Shortly after obtaining the system, Jiang Chen determined his future path, which revolved around 'building a mechanical legion'.

Although the emergence of the 'Alchemy Technology' and 'Arcane Technology' paths introduced some unexpected variables into Jiang Chen's plan, the core idea remained unchanged.

With abundant resources, they will build an incredibly powerful army that is completely loyal to Jiang Chen.

To achieve this, not only is extremely advanced technology required, but also enormous financial resources.

The treasures of the earth are a great 'shortcut'.

Of course, before that, Jiang Chen needs to continuously improve his technical skills.

After staying on Qiongyu Star for more than a month, the group repeatedly confirmed that they were not being followed, and carefully left Qiongyu Star to return to Earth.

Not long after returning to Earth, Luo Feng went to the universe again and brought back several ninth-level universe slaves.

The ninth level of the universe is already the highest level that biochips can control.

Once a slave breaks through to the 'Domain Lord' level, there are no longer any vital organs in the traditional sense. The slave can then destroy the biochip in the brain and break free from control.

This level of strength would make one a powerful figure in the universe.

On most planets, they can easily sweep across the land.

Jiang Chen also deployed three 'D6-class railguns' within the solar system as Earth's core defense system.

With these three railguns, regardless of whether the Noranshan family's adventure team sent back news from Earth, there is no need to worry about the Noranshan family's threat anymore.

However, Jiang Chen has not touched the funds he obtained during his adventure in the Realm Within a Realm.

time flies.

After returning to Earth, Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen would occasionally leave again to venture into space.

However, Jiang Chen himself never left again. Upon returning to Earth, he immediately announced that he would go into seclusion.

This seclusion was not long, only a little over two months, after which he quickly boarded a spaceship and headed to space.

This scene did not escape Babata's notice.

The solar system's 'defense and monitoring system' was jointly funded and built by Jiang Chen and Luo Feng, and Jarvis and Babata have the same authority.

A Class C spaceship cannot possibly escape the detection of this Class D monitoring system.

"Huh? Jiang Chen went to space?"

Luo Feng received Babata's notification and was somewhat puzzled, but he didn't think much of it.

It's perfectly normal to occasionally venture into space.

Besides, Jiang Chen still has quite a few businesses in the universe.

For example, the mecha factory on White Orchid Star, and the mines on Aurora Star and Raven Star.

Luo Feng himself also owns an interstellar transportation company, which provides transportation services between Jiang Chen's various businesses.

Although these profits were insignificant to them after obtaining the treasures from the Realm Within a Realm, the gains from these businesses were negligible.

The cosmic crystals mined within the realm alone are worth billions of cosmic coins. How many years would it take for a business with an annual profit of only a few hundred billion or a trillion Black Dragon coins to earn those billions of cosmic coins?

Since they didn't need to worry about it themselves, Jiang Chen and Luo Feng simply continued to maintain these businesses and handed them over to their slaves to manage.

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Twenty days later, on White Orchid Star.

After paying over 400 billion Black Dragon Coins, Jiang Chen bought all ownership of Bailan Star from the previous lord.

In addition, clearing out companies and residents from Bailanxing cost tens of billions more.

In total, it cost more than 500 billion Black Dragon Coins to completely control this planet.

For a life-bearing planet with a very low habitability rating, this price is by no means cheap.

However, just considering the fact that Bailan Star is very close to Earth, Jiang Chen believes that the money was well spent.

Compared to the gains within the realm, several hundred billion Black Dragon Coins are nothing.

Due to the extremely low temperatures, White Orchid Star is very desolate, and its population has always been very low.

After Jiang Chen evacuated the inhabitants of this planet and sent them to other inhabited planets, leaving only the slaves under his control, the planet became even more desolate.

However, Jiang Chen's original purpose was merely to use Bailan Star as a transit base; having fewer people would actually make management easier.

A spaceship bearing the logo of the Cosmic Galaxy Bank landed on White Orchid Star, where Jiang Chen, who had received advance notice, was already eagerly waiting.

The hatch opened, and a white-haired man stepped out of the spaceship, carrying a bright silver box.

The planet's monitoring system instantly determined the white-haired man's level based on his aura: a third-tier Domain Lord.

Facing Jiang Chen, who is at the stellar level, a domain lord is naturally far more powerful.

But at this moment, the domain lord smiled and bowed respectfully to Jiang Chen, saying, "Honorable guest, the goods you ordered through our Cosmic Galaxy Bank have been delivered. According to the rules, I need to verify your identity first."

“No problem.” Jiang Chen was familiar with the procedures of the Cosmic Galaxy Bank, so he immediately nodded and cooperated with them to complete a series of not-too-complex verification procedures.

After verification, the white-haired domain lord handed the box to Jiang Chen and smiled, "Your identity has been confirmed. This is your goods. Please inspect them before signing for them. Please check the contents in person; we will not be responsible for any issues afterward."

"Please wait."

Jiang Chen opened the box, inside which was only a ring made of a very special material.

The World Ring requires a World Lord level powerhouse to create. After a World Lord opens up a world through their methods, they use special materials to make those materials into objects that can hold that world.

Generally speaking, villas and houses are the most common and cheapest way to house the world of the realm master.

The smaller the object being carried, the higher the requirements for the object, and the higher the cost will be.

The price of a World Ring in the outside world is calculated in Hunyuan Units. The specific price varies from one Hunyuan Unit to more than a dozen Hunyuan Units, depending on the size of the internal world.

Jiang Chen purchased a world ring with dimensions of 10 million kilometers in length, width, and height, priced at ten Hunyuan units.

Of course, what's even more important is what's inside the ring.

Jiang Chen picked up the ring and scanned its interior with his consciousness.

As Jiang Chen requested, the world ring contained a plain with no special terrain.

In the center of the plain, there were piles of all kinds of materials.

The thousands of different materials were arranged quite neatly, with each category properly placed.

But there were so many of them that they piled up like a huge mountain range.

Even with Jiang Chen's psychic power at the ninth level of the Stellar Realm, it took him quite a while to finish counting.

“There’s nothing wrong with the items.” Jiang Chen nodded to the white-haired domain lord.

After waiting for a while, the other party showed no impatience. Seeing that Jiang Chen had finished confirming, they took out a device, operated it for a while, and pulled up a confirmation receipt. They said to Jiang Chen, "Please sign here, or leave a fingerprint, mental imprint, etc., it's all fine."

Jiang Chen completed the signing procedures as instructed, and the white-haired domain lord bowed respectfully again, saying, "Well then, esteemed guest, this transaction is now complete, and I will take my leave. I wish you a pleasant life."

After watching the other ship leave the planet, Jiang Chen waited in the same spot for a few more moments.

"Master, the enemy's spaceship has entered the dark universe."

Jarvis's voice rang out, and Jiang Chen finally spoke up, "Jarvis, have you thoroughly understood the blueprints I sent you before?"

“Master, of the 9178439 blueprints you gave me, I have thoroughly understood the vast majority of them and am confident that I can complete mass production within a few adjustments. However, there are 219 blueprints for ‘magical constructs’ that are beyond my comprehension.”

Jarvis's voice was flat, but for some reason, Jiang Chen felt there was a hint of... grievance in its words?

However, this feeling was only fleeting.

In fact, among Jarvis's various functional modules, there is no 'emotion module', which means that no matter how much data Jarvis acquires or how many years it goes through, it has no possibility of evolving into a true 'intelligent life'.

Unless Jiang Chen adds the corresponding module to Jarvis.

Or perhaps Jarvis experienced some extraordinary change during its self-evolution, awakening its 'emotional module'.

However, at least for now, Jiang Chen has no such plans.

Intelligent life is powerful, but Jiang Chen hopes that Jarvis can enter the field of intelligent life with a stronger 'foundation'.

After all, there are differences between intelligent life forms.

The gap in capabilities between a top-tier intelligence and an ordinary intelligence, once they evolve into intelligent life forms, will only widen, and their potential will be worlds apart.

Jiang Chen will not allow Jarvis to evolve into an intelligent life form until it is upgraded to a sufficiently complete and powerful state, as this would limit its future potential.

He shook his head, trying to dispel the jumbled thoughts in his mind.

Jiang Chen asked, "Is it about 'Arcane Technology' that you can't understand? But you provided me with a lot of help when we were researching the extraordinary system of alchemy."

“Not all ‘arcante technology’ is incomprehensible; it’s only the parts involving ‘laws’ that are incomprehensible. The ‘construct’ blueprints you gave me, Master, all involve laws,” Jarvis explained.

Intelligence cannot comprehend the laws?

Or is it just that Jarvis simply can't understand?

Jiang Chen secretly noted down this question and decided to ask Babata when he returned to Earth.

“In that case, I’ll handle the part involving the ‘construct’ myself. The rest is all yours, is that alright?” Jiang Chen readjusted his orders.

Jarvis immediately replied, "No problem, Master!"