In short, they have little combat power and can only protect themselves by making contracts to offer their energy to the powerful system.
Xiang Yu and Hao Jiu, along with their generals, have been primarily focused on completing missions so far, so they rarely venture into peaceful planes and have therefore never encountered such a compliant citizen system.
Of course, after such systems enter into a worship contract with a powerful system, they are usually gathered in a designated plane by the powerful system for protection to prevent them from being taken away by other systems.
Hao Jiu no longer needs to sign contracts with each of those "meat chicken" systems. With this treasure basin, he can directly receive the offered energy.
The planes where those botnet systems are located are usually very well hidden and not easily discovered, and they are all bound to be locked down.
Hao Jiu's mouth was already crooked from smiling. It seems that if you want to get rich, you still have to fight a BOSS, even if this Insect God is just a small BOSS.
Unfortunately, the Annihilation Divine Light of the Divine Eye System was too ruthless, illuminating the Insect God System until nothing was left, so there was no point in expecting any modules.
After collecting all the super items, Hao Jiu didn't bother to examine the remaining items and equipment closely. He simply stuffed them all into his storage space, planning to look at them later when he had time.
Just as Hao Jiu was about to leave the alternate dimension with Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu suddenly stopped and picked up a grain of sand. "God of Wine, look."
"Wow! This is something good." Hao Jiu took a closer look. "I'm rich! It's actually a spatial treasure! A world within a grain of sand! Who knows how many treasures are inside!"
Xiang Yu's eyes lit up. "Quick, let's see what's inside."
"Absolutely!" Hao Jiu happily opened it and saw that it was indeed a small world, about the size of a state, but it contained mountains of various insect corpses!
It's practically a Zerg specimen museum, making one wonder if this Zerg god has necrophilia.
"What bad luck! Let's find a place to throw out all the useless insect corpses and then wash this little world again," Hao Jiu said helplessly. He thought there would be a lot of good stuff inside, or even just a country with all those botnet systems.
"I remember that guy seemed to want to gnaw on the insect limbs he was using as weapons; perhaps they could be used for something else," Xiang Yu pondered.
"Huh? Ba Wang is right. Ask Ming'er if she wants to eat it, and let her eat it all. It's a real waste to throw it away," Hao Jiu said suddenly.
At this moment, the battle outside the alternate dimension also ended. The entire army of the Ephemeral Clan was wiped out, and all three Great Ascension Realm Celestial Ephemeral beings died outside Tianyuan City.
"Ming'er, there are some things in here. Do you think they'll be useful to you?" Xiang Yu didn't directly tell her to eat the corpse.
Upon entering the sand world, Ming'er's mouth gradually formed an "O" shape. "Feather God! These materials are so useful to me! Ming'er requests to remain here for a period of seclusion."
"Okay," Xiang Yu immediately agreed.
"Feather God!" Mo Jianli and the other Mahayana cultivators all paid homage.
Xiang Yu looked around at everyone and said, "You've all worked hard. Take a rest, and then go and wipe out the Ephemeral Clan. Anyone who dares to attack us will pay the price!"
"Yes!" everyone responded in unison.
The Ephemeral Clan was originally one of the top three powerful clans in the Fengyuan Continent, but now, after losing four Mahayana Realm cultivators in a single battle and even losing their divine nest, it's only a matter of time before they are removed from the list.
Xiang Yu flashed back home and met Yu Ji, Li Canghai, and others.
"Congratulations, my husband! We just received news that our Great Chu Empire has finally produced a second person who has successfully broken through to the Profound Realm of Overlord Aura and mastered the ability to project Overlord Aura outwards," Yu Ji said with a smile.
"Why don't you guess who broke through, God of Wine? Don't give me any hints, okay?" Li Canghai said, linking arms with Yu Ji.
Xiang Yu was slightly taken aback. To be honest, in his opinion, someone should have broken through long ago, but no one had been able to break through that barrier. Reaching the Profound Realm in the Overbearing Cultivation System was really too difficult. Almost all the famous generals of the Great Chu Empire were stuck at the peak of the Emperor Realm.
"Ran Min?" Xiang Yu remembered that Ran Min had obtained the Soul of Asura and was originally the one with the highest chance of breaking through.
“No, Yu Shen, guess again,” Li Canghai said with a smile.
"The breakthroughs of others are probably similar, I can't guess, or can you give me a hint?" Xiang Yu said truthfully.
Li Canghai thought for a moment, "This person doesn't have the Overlord Card."
"Hmm? Could it be Xiang Sheng?" Xiang Yu himself found it somewhat unbelievable, but there were very few strong people who didn't have the Overlord Card. Xiang Sheng didn't have the Overlord Card because he had used the limited edition Zoro Card and hadn't been allowed to exchange it.
"Correct!" Yu Ji and Li Canghai said in unison.
"Is it really him? What exactly is going on?" Xiang Yu asked in confusion.
Logically speaking, Ji Bu and others, having the Overlord Card experience to unleash their domineering aura, should be the easiest to break through. Furthermore, An Jingsi, Liu Yan, and others also have good talent, so they shouldn't be breaking through slower than Xiang Sheng.
"Sister Canghai, you tell me, I still need to go cultivate." Yu Ji gently nudged Li Canghai.
"That's right, we've almost finished the missions in the lower planes, so I had Xiang Sheng choose a mission in a middle plane, which he completed smoothly. But he discovered a secret: there are many people cultivating domineering qi in that plane, and quite a few have reached the Xuan realm!" Li Canghai said solemnly.
"Is this true?" Xiang Yu knew that Li Canghai would not lie to him, but he still found it hard to believe. So many powerful people in the Great Chu Empire had worked hard to cultivate but none of them had broken through, yet there were so many in another plane.
“Xiang Sheng wouldn’t make things up, and he really did break through, quite easily.” Li Canghai was actually a little incredulous.
"Hehe, this is interesting. I know one possibility: every cultivation system has its own natal plane, which is the plane in which the cultivation system was born. Cultivating in this plane will be twice as effective with half the effort, and the difficulty will be relatively lower. I just didn't expect that the plane Xiang Sheng went to was actually a modern human plane."
Hao Jiu had just sent his main consciousness into Xiang Sheng's shadow system when he saw a modern metropolis, which was at least a hundred years ahead of the technology of the modern world Hao Jiu lived in.
"A modern dimension?" Xiang Yu hadn't expected this either.
"I think we don't need to worry about it anymore. Let's go and see for ourselves. Maybe Xiang Yu's breakthrough opportunity is also in that plane." Hao Jiu wondered, was this really just a coincidence?
"Alright, then we really have to go." Xiang Yu smiled slightly. "Pack up, let's move! To the modern world, to the future!"
"That's great!" Li Canghai was also looking forward to it. Xiang Sheng had broadened his horizons when he was doing missions in that plane, and he also made a lot of jokes.
However, they had become accustomed to contacting Li Canghai, their secretary, and would not seek help from Xiang Yu and the God of Wine for minor matters. As a result, Li Canghai learned a great deal about modern times from Xiang Sheng, which he found even more amazing than the cultivation world.
"Who will go?" Yu Ji asked.
"You and Canghai decide. Contact me when you're ready, and we'll set off immediately." Xiang Yu planned to use this time to make arrangements for the Spirit Realm and the Demon Realm.
Bao Hua temporarily returned to the Demon Realm, leaving the Spirit Realm to Mo Jianli and the Spirit King. Ao Xiao and Sang Hai went to exterminate the Mayfly Clan, and Qing Yuanzi left the human territory to begin traveling across the Spirit Realm continent.
Yu Ji and Li Canghai quickly compiled a list of people to go to the modern world. They both went, along with Xu Fu and Xiaoyaozi. Everyone else was sent out to do missions and good deeds.
Now that Xiang Yu has been deified, legends of the Feather God exist in all the planes he occupies. People of the Great Chu Empire go to other planes to do good deeds and uphold justice in the name of the Feather God, and a large amount of faith power and chivalry points are continuously gathered on Xiang Yu.
Hao Jiu divided the chivalry points he gained into three parts: one part was used to create the Shadow System, another part was used to upgrade the Shadow System, and the last part was saved up to prepare for the third awakening of his supernatural powers.
The modern plane is called Soul Technology. Judging from the name alone, it is a plane with advanced technology. But how did technology and soul get together?
Xiang Sheng found a remote, uninhabited mountain and sent the coordinates to Xiang Yu.
Now that Hao Jiu is wealthy and powerful, using the time-space portal is too slow; it's better to use a time-space teleportation item directly.
With a flash of white light, Xiang Yu, Yu Ji, Li Canghai, Xu Fu, and Xiaoyaozi appeared beside Xiang Sheng.
Xiang Sheng pushed up his sunglasses. "Hi everyone, huh? Why are you all dressed like this?"
Everyone's eyes widened instantly. Xiang Sheng was so different from before. His outfit was incredibly avant-garde, perfectly showcasing his muscle lines, even his glutes.
If you had to compare it to something, it's a bit like a bodysuit from Superman or Batman, but it's actually high-tech and closer to the combat suit from Evangelion. This suit can automatically adjust the temperature, keeping you warm in winter and cool in summer, and it's also very lightweight and has good defensive capabilities.
Xu Fu snorted, "What kind of clothes did you buy for us? They're too revealing."
"Exposed? No way, it's just that the neck is exposed, right?" Xiang Sheng was confused, then realized that the clothes were similar to his. They weren't revealing, but they accentuated his figure.
Yu Ji and the others all came from ancient times and later went to the cultivation world. They basically wore loose clothes. When did they ever wear tight clothes?
"How about this, you all temporarily enter my alternate dimension, and then we'll buy clothes together. You can choose whatever you like," Xiang Yu said with a smile.
"Haha, Feather God, that's a great idea." Xiaoyaozi actually looked disgusted with the clothes as well; what an indecent outfit!
"Okay." Yu Ji, Li Canghai, and Xu Fu readily agreed and entered Xiang Yu's alternate dimension.
Exclamations of amazement filled the air; the alternate dimension was now utterly boundless!
Chapter 537 Elemental Energy
The stellar-level bomb was so powerful that it expanded the alien dimension, making it resemble a small world.
The planet they live on is not very large and can be completely covered by other dimensions.
Of course, the fact that this planet is not large does not mean that this plane is not large. After all, it is a medium-sized plane, and the vast universe is much larger.
Hao Jiu estimated that this plane was at least as big as the Milky Way, otherwise it would be very awkward for humans to reach the boundary of the plane when exploring space.
Before coming to this dimension, Hao Jiu released several shadow systems through Xiang Sheng to bind with some key figures and obtain information about various aspects of this dimension.
By now, we have received quite a bit of useful information. In short, this dimension is not significantly different from the modern dimension that Hao Jiu originally lived in.
The biggest difference is energy. Decades ago, scientists in this plane discovered a special kind of energy that is applicable to various fields.
Weapons made from this energy are more powerful than nuclear explosions, but without radiation or pollution. Civilian vehicles can be powered by it until they are scrapped. Every machine that uses this energy is equivalent to a perpetual motion machine.
The original name of this energy was classified as top secret and has been sealed in history. Its current name is Yuan Energy, which is known to everyone and has been completely integrated into the lives of modern people.
But one thing is very strange: the energy is only produced in the military's secret bases, and no one outside knows about its production process. The energy is stored in small boxes called energy boxes, which look like batteries, but their internal structure and principles are completely different.
Even though the country has enacted laws strictly prohibiting the unauthorized dismantling of the energy box and has established a strict recycling system, many people have still opened it in an attempt to uncover its secrets.
When they opened it, there was nothing inside; it was empty.
Strangely, even if the energy box can be restored to its original state and reassembled perfectly, the energy box is completely ruined.
Therefore, it is widely believed that the energy in this energy box is actually some kind of mysterious substance that quickly dissipates when the box is opened.
This mysterious substance was further analyzed, for example, by disassembling the energy box in water to see if any gas escaped from it. The answer was no; there was nothing inside the box at all.
Over time, curious people became less interested in exploring the secrets of the energy box. They couldn't figure it out anyway, and they risked being arrested, so it wasn't worth it. As long as the energy box was proven to be useful and safe, that was enough.
Of course, this secret was soon no longer a secret to Hao Jiu. Hao Jiu had already discovered the underground secret base for manufacturing elemental energy, the real elemental energy manufacturing base, rather than the secondary processing plant responsible for packaging.
Once the Shadow System can find the base's higher-ups and complete the binding, all the secrets will be revealed; we just need to wait patiently.
In this world, most people who cultivate domineering aura are in the military. In the civilian world, those who cultivate domineering aura to the Emperor Realm are all Grandmasters. Most strong people are only at the ordinary King Realm.
It's certain that the military has many Xuan Realm experts who can project their domineering aura, but whether there are any Di Realm experts is still unknown. The host killed by Xiang Sheng was just a young Grandmaster at the peak of the Huang Realm.
There are also some people who practice martial arts, but most of them are just showing off or faking it, which is no match for the martial arts in the various parts of Tian Long Ba Bu.
Only a very small number of martial arts practitioners can transcend their limitations and, after cultivating their martial arts to the highest level, be reborn as low-level immortal cultivators.
According to the information Hao Jiu currently possesses, the highest cultivation level among these cultivators is equivalent to the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, and there isn't even a single Core Formation stage cultivator.
The reason for this is that the spiritual energy in this plane is very thin and not suitable for cultivating immortality, so it gradually degenerated into martial arts and gave birth to the domineering cultivation system.
Perhaps one day in the future, when the spiritual energy of this planet is revived, there will be more cultivators.
After entering the alternate dimension, the group was instantly transported to a bustling metropolis, City S, with a population of over 100 million.
The city is full of skyscrapers with more than 100 floors, but they are not the bizarre buildings in science fiction movies; they are mainly in the shape of blocks.
The imagined scene of cars flying through the sky did not appear, but there were flying trains, which were real aerial trains.
Air traffic has always been under regulation, and low-altitude transportation has become a state monopoly. Sky trains are very popular and convenient for the public.
An aerial harbor has been built between the adjacent buildings to accommodate aerial trains, eliminating any traffic congestion issues.