Swallowing the Stars: The Rise of Emperor Wei

Inside a private room at the restaurant in Qiulong City.

"Young Master?" Ansen asked.

"There's no need to pay respects to that elder. My father has other plans. I will buy property on this Dragon Star and live here for a while to focus on my cultivation," Gao Sheng said.

Ansen nodded in agreement without changing his expression, secretly thinking to himself, "It seems that the young master has indeed had some good fortune."

He was a second-tier planetary level when he boarded the spaceship. He was a seventh-tier planetary level when he disembarked. In just over ten days, how could he say he hadn't encountered any special events?

Anson couldn't possibly figure out what kind of adventures might take place on the spaceship, no matter how hard he tried, and he wouldn't even think about it.

Gao Sheng and his bodyguards flew for more than ten minutes, all the way to the north of Qiulong City. Their first stop was Qibao Store!

Qiulong City has many specialty stores for weapons, combat suits, telekinetic weapons, spaceships, energy crystals, and so on. As for a comprehensive department store, Qibao Store is the largest.

Qibao Store is a chain store, located in almost every major administrative and trading star in the entire Black Dragon Mountain Empire. It has a wide variety of goods, some even coming from the Qianwu Universe Kingdom.

The Qibao Store in Qiulong City is a giant shopping mall, covering a vast area. The store is divided into areas and has all kinds of items, including combat suits, beast taming, melee weapons, telekinetic weapons, auxiliary items, rare fruits, attached life forms, robots, technological weapons, spaceships, etc. All of them have simulated projection images, and the prices of each item are extremely high.

Actually, Qibao Store and Gaosheng have a slight connection. The Weidi family is one of the major shareholders, but of course, this connection is practically nonexistent.

Upon entering the Qibao store, Gao Sheng first went to the combat uniform area.

"I'm going to sell this battle suit," the chubby boy said, pulling out a black vest.

It is the A-grade battle suit "Black God Battle Suit" from the newbie gift pack, which is a high-quality A-grade item.

"The system is quite comprehensive, and this newbie gift pack is indeed enough for beginners," Gao Sheng muttered to himself.

A battle suit, a weapon, both are perfect for my current promotion, and a technological weapon is my trump card for survival?

However, this first-tier high-grade battle suit is useless to Gao Sheng. Ansen has a second-tier battle suit, and although the other three only have alloy battle suits, there is no reason for Rhodes' subordinates to let Gao Sheng provide them with equipment. Moreover, this first-tier battle suit is useless against the Hengxing level.

Gao Sheng himself already had a battle suit, which was a top-tier Tier 1 item, and it cost him over 200 million Black Dragon Coins from Rhodes.

Combat suits are different from weapons. Weapons can be used beyond one's level, but Force combat suits are rarely used beyond one's level.

First, it's too expensive. Second, the Force Suit isn't armor; it requires the user to inject Force to function. A planetary-level user can barely use a Tier 2 suit, but when using a Tier 3 suit, the Force quality is too low, and the suit's effect is completely negligible.

The key is……

Tier 1 battle armor can generally reduce damage taken by 90%, with the upper limit being from Planetary Level 9 to Low-Tier Constant Level. Anything beyond that will not have a damage reduction effect, and if it exceeds that level by too much, it will shatter.

Tier 2 battle armor can generally reduce the damage taken by more than 80%, with the upper limit being Tier 9 of the constant star level or slightly higher.

Similarly, by the fifth tier, the damage reduction is about half. Although the upper limit is getting higher and higher, the defensive effect is decreasing.

If it were the armor of an immortal god, reducing damage by 30% or 40% would be quite good, and the price would be absolutely terrifying.

So, if an ordinary planetary-level character wears an expensive Tier 2 battle suit, the damage reduction effect is actually worse than that of a Tier 1 battle suit? That would be ridiculous.

It seems like you can defend against attacks of the highest level, but since they are all attacks of the highest level, whether you reduce damage or not, you're still going to die.

Of course, it's not completely immune to attacks from higher ranks. This damage refers only to normal damage. In actual combat, due to the amplification from secret techniques, Force weapons, etc., some powerful Planetary-level attacks can be significantly higher. If it's a top genius who has comprehended a domain or even a law, the attack they unleash will be even more terrifying. Therefore, a mid-grade first-tier Force battle suit has a maximum limit of Planetary-level 9. It's sufficient for dealing with ordinary Planetary-level opponents, but it's not enough against strong Planetary-level 9 opponents. However, a high-grade first-tier battle suit has a defense limit of more than three levels above the Constant-level, which is more than enough until he breaks through to the Constant-level.

……

The waiter's eyes lit up. "Black God Suit."

This Force suit is incredibly tempting for planetary-level beings, but most planetary-level beings simply can't afford it.

Many tourists in the store stared intently at the black vest in Gao Sheng's hand.

"Please wait a moment, sir." The waiter went to the back of the room.

A short manager, who was only 1.2 meters tall, came over a while later.

"The Black God Armor is in perfect condition. Our store can purchase it for 900 million Black Dragon Coins."

"950 million," Gao Sheng said calmly.

In business, Gao Sheng is unwilling to suffer losses. Although this amount of Black Dragon Coins is just a drop in the bucket, the old fat man's fine tradition cannot be abandoned.

"Deal." The dwarf was a seasoned veteran in the business world, and he could tell at a glance that the chubby guy in front of him was not easy to fool, so he did not hesitate.

These battle suits are very popular. Once you buy them, you can immediately put them up for sale. They are priced at 1000 million and there are no discounts. You can sell quite a few every day.

Technology and weapons zone.

Upon seeing this young man, clearly a young master from a prominent family, arrive with four high-ranking bodyguards, the beautiful waitress was extremely welcoming.

"Sir, how can I help you?"

"I'm not buying anything, but I have something to sell: a B9-level laser gun," the chubby boy telepathically transmitted.

"Please, please wait a moment." The waiter's heart trembled.

Good heavens, the most expensive thing they sell on the surface is just a B9 laser gun.

"Sir, please come inside to talk." The beautiful woman quickly ran out.

"You wait here." Gao Sheng, accompanied only by An Sen, followed the beautiful waitress into the VIP room.

An elderly man with a horn on his head stood up from the sofa. "Respected sir, I heard you have a laser gun for sale?"

"Yes." Gao Sheng sat down on the opposite sofa and flipped his hand.

*Thud!* A laser gun, more than two meters long, landed on the coffee table.

"Hmm?" The old man's eyes lit up as he pressed a button on a device.

Beep! A red light enveloped the laser gun.

After a while.

"The B9-X551P laser gun is intact and shows no signs of use," the old man said, staring at the screen on his arm guard. "However, it is not equipped with an energy crystal."

"Name your price," Gao Sheng said casually.

"I can acquire it for 4.5 trillion Black Dragon Coins," the old man said, smiling at Gao Sheng.

Gao Sheng chuckled, "Brother, you're something else! Black Dragon Coins? Could it be that the Black Dragon Mountain Empire can manufacture these things?"

Gao Sheng is an expert on the value of various commodities.

Weapons, combat suits, spaceships, technological weapons, and mechanical puppets—these are all B-grade items, but their values ​​can be worlds apart.

Second-tier Force weapons generally cost between 10 million and 1000 million Black Dragon Coins, with top-tier ones exceeding 1 billion.

Second-tier psychic weapons generally cost between 10 million and 1 billion, with top-tier ones exceeding 50 billion.

The Force Suit is the most expensive, and there's no such thing as a low-grade one; there are only mid-grade, high-grade, and top-grade ones, ranging from 30 billion to 100 billion. The really top-grade ones can exceed 200 billion.

These are all Black Dragon coins.

As for spaceships, depending on their size and classification, those used by individuals fall somewhere between Force weapons and telekinetic weapons.

The price range for puppet robots is very wide, with some cheaper than Force weapons and others comparable to technological weapons.

Technological weapons are a completely different story.

B-grade railguns and laser cannons are comparable to C-grade psychic weapons, each worth at least tens of millions of Qianwu coins! B9-grade weapons can be worth hundreds of millions!

At the normal exchange rate, one Qianwu Coin can be exchanged for 1000 Black Dragon Coins. That means a B9-level railgun costs hundreds of billions of Black Dragon Coins!

However, in reality, because the Black Dragon Mountain Empire cannot produce such weapons, these items are settled in Qianwu coins. After all, Qianwu coins can be easily exchanged for Black Dragon coins, but the reverse is not possible. They can only be exchanged on the black market, where it takes more than 1300 or even 1500 Black Dragon coins to exchange for 1 Qianwu coin.

This is a large weapon installed on a spaceship or castle, the kind that takes a long time to recharge.

Portable laser guns would cost dozens or even hundreds of times more!

Therefore, Luo Feng's D5-class railgun later cost 2600 billion cosmic coins, enough to buy a typical fifth-tier psychic weapon and tens of thousands of D5-class spaceships.

This rare treasure shop also has a B9-level laser gun, priced at 50 billion Qianwu coins, and it's even a size bigger than Gao Sheng's!

The crucial charging speed is also inferior to Gao Sheng's.

"One price, 45 billion Qianwu coins," the chubby man said without changing his expression.

"45 billion Qianwu coins? This..." The old man looked at Gao Sheng. This young man was not easy to fool. "Sir, we really can't accept this. Too much capital is tied up, and our entire department is having trouble making ends meet."

This kind of thing is not only expensive, but the key is that very few people buy it. This branch store probably only has projectors and doesn't keep stock on hand. It will only be shipped from the Qianwu Universe Kingdom after an order is placed and a deposit is paid.

After haggling for a long time.

"4.325 billion, that's the highest price. Any higher, and we can't buy it." Beads of sweat appeared on the old man's forehead.

"Deal." Gao Sheng picked up the juice and took a big gulp.

Soon after, the contract was signed, the virtual universe notarized the transaction, Gao Sheng's Cosmic Galaxy Bank account received a huge sum of money, and the laser gun was returned to Qibao Store.

The transaction was completed, and the elderly manager handed over a card with a smile.

"Mr. Gao Sheng, this is our Qibao store's top-tier membership card, which offers a 9.5% discount. We at Qibao store don't issue membership cards like this easily."

"Thank you, I just needed to buy some things." Gao Sheng smiled and accepted the gift.

"Alright, alright, please feel free to browse around. I won't see you off." The old man smiled even more broadly.

Back in the hall, Gao Sheng looked at Ansen, who was still in a state of shock: "What's wrong? Is it strange? It's just a bit of luck."

"Yes, young master, I won't say anything more." Ansen quickly bowed.

If Gao Sheng was afraid to let Ansen know about the weapon before, it doesn't matter now. The money is in the bank card bound to the mental imprint, and even if Ansen kills him, he can't get it. He wouldn't do something so stupid.

Of course, Anson had followed his father for a long time and had always been very loyal. The promotion was just a precaution.

It is often said that human nature cannot withstand tests, but the best approach is not to test it at all.