Cosmic Trading System

"Boom——"

Lin Yun closed his eyes as a significant number of Spirit Crystals in the Cosmic Trading System depleted rapidly, and his mental strength began to surge quickly.

Two hours later, Lin Yun successfully upgraded his mental strength to upper-class fifth level.

Phew——

Half an hour later, Lin Yun got up and began to spar with Cloud One, who was suppressing his power.

Ten minutes later, the two stopped sparring.

As expected.

Lin Yun confirmed his current strength. He was no longer a match for ordinary Martial Artists in the late Innate stages.

His strength was now comparable to ordinary Martial Artists at the Innate Peak level.

"Over twenty days have passed, and the twenty men have gathered resources worth two hundred million Spirit Crystals. Now, the spirit crystals on my Cosmic Trading System have reached over 237 million. Damn..."

Lin Yun looked up at the starry sky, taking a deep breath.

The vast amount of resources in this cosmos shocked him immensely.

This was not just rapid development. This was light-speed development!

More than two hundred million Spirit Crystals could once again purchase two robots with the strength of an eighth-level Cultivator!

However, Lin Yun didn't buy any.

For now, having a robot of this level like Cloud One was more than enough.

What he was thinking about was his Martial Arts cultivation...

If he invested this many Spirit Crystals, he could perfect all of his Level Three Martial Arts!

Even more, he could raise several Earth Level Three skills to peak condition!

By then, he could breakthrough to the Innate stage without any concerns!

Then, with a solid foundation, he could quickly rise in the Innate stage...

However, there was no rush for this.

Even if he used the Cosmic Trading System to quickly improve the realm of his Martial Arts, he still needed to digest this slowly!

During this process, he could accumulate a large amount of resources!

Perhaps, before he exhausted these resources, he could gather even more resources!

This was not sheer optimism. In the cosmos, those twenty men were still continuously collecting vast resources!

Back on Earth, nearly ten billion people were almost fully immersed in the game, yielding him more than 300,000 Spirit Crystals every day...

This should have been a terrifying number.

But, compared to the speed at which the twenty men gathered resources in the cosmos, it wasn't a big deal.

...

"Brother Lin, I need to ask a favor of you..."

Just as Lin Yun was pondering this, he received a message from Star Blue.

"Brother Star Blue, what's up? Just tell me what you need, no need to be so formal!" Upon receiving the message, Lin Yun immediately responded with a smile.

"Ah, don't mention it, I messed up this time and I don't think I can get back. Concerning the Galactic Civilization, I hope in your future space travels, if it's convenient, you can look after it. Here are the coordinates of the Galactic Civilization..." Star Blue replied with a bitter smile.

"Brother Star Blue, what on earth happened?"

Upon hearing Star Blue's words, Lin Yun was taken aback.

He knew that Star Blue had recently discovered a civilization with abundant resources. Star Blue had made quite a fortune lately, often excitedly messaging him about the over 100,000 Spirit Crystals he earned daily.

He estimated that during this period, Star Blue had accumulated at least over a million Spirit Crystals.

However, he didn't worry about it.

Now that he earned about ten million Spirit Crystals a day, that number of Spirit Crystals didn't impress him much.

"Damn it, just got to this civilization. I saw no high technology or powerful beings here, so I thought it was just another primitive civilization, especially when I collected so many resources without a hitch."

"Who knew it's actually a Cultivating civilization, not just with fifth-level Cultivators but also the masters among them. I had just used the Spirit Crystals to buy a third-level technological civilization battleship and hadn't had a chance to climb aboard. I was just feeling excited when they captured me..."

"Otherwise, I could've put up some resistance..."
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Star Blue lamented.

"Now, I've been imprisoned for three days. They want to learn the way to control those high-tech devices from me so they didn't kill me right away. But I can't escape now. They've used a Soul-locking Treasure on me, and I can't muster any strength..." Star Blue paused and then continued.

Hearing Star Blue's words, Lin Yun was also speechless.

If Star Blue hadn't bought that battleship, he could've bought a robot with the strength of a sixth-level Cultivator. Maybe he could've killed those fifth-level Cultivators.

Or, if Star Blue had already boarded that battleship, and if he was already familiar with the battleship, he could've dealt with those fifth-level Cultivators.

Turned out, he just bought that battleship and was captured. This was really unfortunate.

Lin Yun guessed, at the time, Star Blue didn't have time to stow away that battleship, otherwise, he wouldn't have ended up like this.

"Brother Star Blue, can you borrow money from your friends? I can slowly pay them back by selling items at a discount! If not, I'll find some people, see if I can!" Lin Yun thought for a moment, then said.

Now, he hadn't passed the rookie period, and couldn't directly lend money to others, or set the price of an item too far from the norm.

However, Star Blue had helped him a lot in the early days, so he had to step in.

"It's impossible. I'm securely controlled by the outside world now, and I can't borrow money from anyone. To operate that third-level technological civilization battleship, there's not much left in my trading space. Brother, I appreciate your sentiment." Star Blue responded with a bitter smile.

This happened so suddenly, and he had no time to react.

Although he was no longer a rookie, he still couldn't give something worthless a ridiculous price. This was the Cosmic Trading System's restriction on every owner.

The main reason was to prevent the market from becoming chaotic.

"How did this happen? Brother Star Blue, where are you now, and how long can you hold on? I'll see if I can make it there..." Lin Yun took a moment, then said.

At this point, it seemed that was the only thing he could do.

"Hm?" Hearing Lin Yun's words, Star Blue couldn't help but be hopeful.

Although Lin Yun was a rookie, he wasn't an ordinary one. He was wealthier than Star Blue, and if Lin Yun came to rescue him, it might just have a chance of working.

"They want to learn how to operate those technological products from me and won't kill me easily. I can drag out some time. I should be okay within two or three months. But, our distance..." Then, Star Blue shook his head with a bitter smile.

Distance was a significant problem.

Only a fifth-level technological civilization's spaceship can perform space jumps.

He had a rough idea of Lin Yun's situation. Not long ago, Lin Yun had just broken through to the Huajin stage. Even if Lin Yun's mental strength reached the fifth level, how many fifth-level cultivators could there be in Lin Yun's civilization?

Without a hundred people with a fifth-level mental strength, or ten people with a sixth-level mental strength, it's impossible to perfectly control a fifth-level technological civilization's spaceship.

However, from what he knew about Lin Yun's civilization, both the technological force and the cultivator force were not developed. Fourth-level cultivators were very rare, so it seemed unlikely to gather that many people.

Even if they barely managed to gather enough, they would probably pay a high price and take a long time.