Horned Dragon Planet

"I have three main goals this time," Wang Yi said as he sat in the central control room seat.

"First, find something valuable—ideally in a place with rich heritage."

"Second, improve my strength."

"Third, protect Earth by eliminating hidden dangers. But this isn't urgent and can be figured out slowly."

"The first goal is the most important. As long as I can secure valuable resources, I can either use them to strengthen myself or sell them for great profit," Wang Yi thought to himself, understanding his priorities.

The sign-in panel remained his greatest advantage. Thinking about buying Earth by himself was just a fantasy without significant support.

His destination, as in the original plan, was a prosperous and powerful planet located 320,000 light-years from Earth—Horned Dragon Planet! Wang Yi wasn't foolish. Since this was his first time venturing out, it made sense to go somewhere familiar.

Horned Dragon Planet was the first stop in his integration into the universe, where he obtained official status in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire and began his cosmic adventure.

Traveling in the universe mainly relies on "shuttling," or traveling through dark space.

In the dark universe, traveling at the speed of light for a year only covers one light-year. However, space shuttles in dark space can cover 10.8 million light-years in the same time.

The maximum speed of his Black Dragon spaceship was 1.5 times the speed of light, but to conserve energy, it was currently flying at 1.2 times the speed of light.

With Horned Dragon Planet located about 320,000 light-years from Earth, it would take approximately 10 days to reach it.

Wang Yi still thought that was too slow, but with his current lack of background or significant strength, flying a more advanced ship—like a Class D or E spaceship—would only attract unwanted attention.

Otherwise, it would be a death sentence.

The rule of "keeping your wealth hidden" holds true everywhere.

Even the large spatial ring he had couldn't be exposed, as its exterior dimensions were limited to objects no larger than 10 meters.

Nine days later, Wang Yi's Black Dragon spaceship began to decelerate. When it came to a stop, the ship exited dark space and completed its latest shuttle. Through the simulation, Wang Yi could finally see the vast starry sky and two distant, colorful planets surrounded by satellites.

"Master, we've arrived. The Horned Dragon Planet is just ahead," Bermuda's crisp voice rang out in the control room.

"Let's go," Wang Yi replied with a glint of excitement in his eyes.

"Yes, master," Bermuda answered.

The Black Dragon spaceship accelerated toward the distant Horned Dragon Planet.

The ship entered the planet's colorful atmosphere and slowly descended onto a massive docking port. From his vantage point, Wang Yi could see countless spaceships of all sizes and designs, and various strange alien species bustling around.

Wang Yi's ship, classified as a C5 spaceship, was docked in the section reserved for C-class ships.

A petite girl with a sharp white horn on her forehead, wearing the gray uniform of the docking port staff, flew over to greet him. Her skin had a soft fluorescent gray glow, which made Wang Yi idly wonder how she'd look in the dark without clothes.

He stepped out with two flowing silver guards at his side, and the horned girl quickly greeted him, speaking in fluent universal language with respect.

The docking fee was 600 Black Dragon coins.

Wang Yi had once signed for a million Black Dragon coins while on Earth, so he wasn't worried about such expenses.

He accepted the translucent silver card handed over by the girl and took out a thousand Black Dragon coins from his space ring, offering them to her. "Keep the change," he said.

The girl respectfully accepted the payment, not looking down on Wang Yi's slightly unpolished Universal language. She glanced discreetly at the Black Dragon spacecraft behind him, thinking that he must be from a wealthy or noble family.

Her own interest in spaceships came from frequenting Black Dragon Mountain Empire forums online. She recognized the Black Dragon Mountain X81 model behind Wang Yi—an antique spaceship, yet still worth tens of billions of Black Dragon coins.

Even if she worked all her life, she wouldn't be able to afford a fraction of its price.

Unfortunately, people from such wealthy families were far beyond the reach of common folk like her.

Wang Yi glanced around. Seeing that no one important had shown up to greet him, he left with a tinge of disappointment, ignoring the sharp-horned girl's strange look.

The sky over Horned Dragon Planet was stunning. Different areas displayed varying colors—blue, purple, green—that shifted and shimmered. When the sun hit the planet's oceans, the view was breathtaking, a sight unique to Horned Dragon Planet.

Wang Yi admired the planet's beauty as he and his two silver guards flew towards Horned Dragon City, the most famous city on the planet.

Horned Dragon City spanned nearly 6,000 kilometers in length and width. Its black city walls alone stood at 120 meters high, with intricately carved dragons adding another hundred meters. The city stretched toward the horizon, seemingly endless. Its rich history of over three million years made the vast and ancient cityscape awe-inspiring.

Walking through this enormous city, the streets were packed with an assortment of strange humanoids, some looking nothing like humans at all.

There were many Stellar level here, and several Universe level beings—people who would be considered powerful elite warriors on Earth.

At the administrative building of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire on Horned Dragon Planet, Wang Yi spent 50 Black Dragon coins to quickly apply for formal citizenship in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

"Next, I'll need to open an account on the Virtual Universe Network," Wang Yi thought, anticipation rising in his heart.

The Virtual Universe Company was one of the five pinnacle forces of the human race—far more powerful than the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, which was only a medium-level civilization under the Ganwu Universe.

The Ganwu Universe itself, though vast, was nothing compared to the Virtual Universe Company, a titan that spanned 1,008 human universes!

Joining the Virtual Universe Company was Wang Yi's next small goal.

However, while joining the company was relatively easy, becoming a core member was a different story.

Only Universe masters who were recognized by the laws of origin could become core members of the Virtual Universe Company, entering the lowest of its four secret realms, the Apocalyptic Realm.

In the entire Black Dragon Mountain Empire, only a handful of world masters existed, and even fewer could be recognized by the laws of origin.