That's right. Luo Fan's purpose in coming to the Cosmic Star River Bank this time was to purchase the Milky Way Galaxy!
He couldn't directly buy Earth itself, but he could buy the entire Milky Way, with Earth included.
After all, he had never revealed his true origin.
Later, just like Hong and the others, he could simply choose a life planet within the Milky Way and fabricate his background there.
"Understood, sir. No problem," the metallic robot replied.
"To confirm once again, the galaxy you wish to purchase is the one located in the Qianwu Star Sector, within the Black Dragon Mountain Starfield, under the jurisdiction of the Silver Blue Empire, correct?"
"Yes," Luo Fan answered. "How long will it take to finalize the purchase?"
"Sir, we will begin negotiations with the Silver Blue Empire's owner immediately," the robot replied.
"The results should be ready within one week."
As expected of the Cosmic Star River Bank, money truly made everything easier.
After that, Luo Fan raised several conditions.
First, regardless of whether new life planets emerged within the Milky Way in the future, all of them would belong to him.
In addition, the transaction and contract signing would be conducted within the Virtual Universe.
After stating his terms, Luo Fan paid five hundred billion Universe Coins as a deposit.
If the Cosmic Star River Bank failed to complete the purchase, Luo Fan would pay a ten-billion Universe Coin service fee.
If the purchase succeeded, he would owe a one-percent commission fee as the broker's charge.
With the power and influence of the Cosmic Star River Bank, the purchase was practically guaranteed.
The price of a galaxy generally ranged between one hundred billion and one trillion Universe Coins.
Luo Fan, however, offered a maximum bid of three trillion Universe Coins—
three times the usual upper limit!
Coupled with his status as a Four-Star Client,
the Emperor of the Silver Blue Empire would know exactly what choice to make.
After taking care of that business, Luo Fan went on to purchase a number of materials, some for Luo Feng, and others for his Space Worm clone.
These materials came from the inherited memories buried deep within the bloodline of the Space Worm clone.
Although the Space Worms did not possess vast clans like the Golden Horned Beasts,
they still retained certain ancestral inheritance memories.
Most of these memories consisted of methods for digesting spatial fragments and information about materials that could accelerate evolution.
As for secret techniques, there were only a few basic power-exertion methods.
After all, the strongest known Space Worm in the universe was only at the Venerable level.
Being a special lifeform with eternal lifespan, the Space Worms were naturally lazy by nature,
and thus very few among them ever reached true strength.
They rarely created secret techniques, focusing instead solely on devouring spatial fragments.
That Venerable-level Space Worm had attained enlightenment in the Laws of Space Origin only because it had consumed an enormous amount of spatial fragments.
Moreover, Space Worms were extremely difficult to reproduce, most had no offspring at all, and it was rare for one to even encounter another of its kind throughout its life.
Because of this, almost no bloodline inheritance had been passed down.
Most of the inherited knowledge that did exist was useful only to Domain Lord–level or World Lord–level Space Worms.
After all, even the weakest Space Worms were at least Domain Lord–level beings.
Luo Fan's own case was unique — his Space Worm existed only because it had been nurtured by the system, which was why a Star-Level Space Worm could appear at all.
At the moment, he could only afford to purchase small spatial fragments, allowing the Space Worm clone to slowly gnaw on them over time.
These materials would later be delivered to the Black Meteor, where their previous transaction had taken place.
Buying these items, however, was what truly cost him the most.
To recover some of his expenses, Luo Fan created several system missions:
[Mission: Obtain the resources required to hatch a Golden Horned Beast. Reward: Planetary-Level Golden Horned Beast Optimal Devouring Metal.]
[Mission: Purchase 100 pieces of E1-grade spatial fragments. Reward: One World Ring.]
To be honest, both rewards were rather average.
E1-grade spatial fragments were the lowest tier, so they were the only kind Luo Fan could currently purchase.
Each fragment cost one hundred billion Universe Coins.
Meaning a hundred pieces would total ten mixed yuan units.
Still, he estimated that even a single fragment would be enough to keep the Space Worm clone fed for a very long time.
After finishing all his purchases, Luo Fan took his leave under Bite'e's respectful escort.
He went straight to the docking port,
where Jia Yi and the others were already waiting for him aboard the spaceship.
Luo Fan walked into an empty corner,
and a wormhole suddenly opened up before him.
He stepped into the wormhole.
The next moment, Luo Fan had already arrived near the docking port.
The watch on his wrist was actually an incarnation of the Space Worm in disguise.
After reaching the docking port, it flew him back to the spaceship on its own.
Since the Space Worm clone wasn't physically present, only a single incarnation handled the journey,
and it took a full five days to return to the Solar System.
Upon returning, a portion of the elites took the purchased metals and energy resources to the Mars factory,
while the rest returned to Earth with Luo Fan.
…
Meanwhile, Hong and the Space Worm clone arrived at another high-level cosmic nation, the Wanye Cosmic Nation.
After leaving the same set of materials with Hong, the Space Worm clone departed.
On the way back to Earth, the Space Worm clone left behind incarnations in various high-level cosmic nations.
Including the Wanye and Flowrock Cosmic Nations where Hong and Thor were, Luo Fan had left his Space Worm incarnations in a total of twenty high-level cosmic nations.
That was more than enough.
After leaving enough incarnations, the Space Worm clone departed.
On the return journey, it began creating fixed wormholes.
Once completed, it hid them.
Only the incarnations disguised as watches in the hands of Hong and Thor could activate these wormholes.
…
After returning to Earth, Luo Fan went straight home.
Once home, he examined Fang Xueyi again.
With his current strength, his mental and psychic abilities far surpassed any medical equipment available on Earth.
In addition, the F9-class spaceship also had a medical chamber.
Luo Fan planned to have Fang Xueyi give birth there when the time came.
Upon inspection, he noticed that the life growing inside Fang Xueyi was protected by a layer of energy membrane.
He was somewhat surprised to discover that this membrane not only absorbed external energy,
but also fed a portion of it back to the host, meaning Fang Xueyi herself.
He was now curious and excited to see what kind of child he would have.
After all, he had already gained countless +1 rewards to offspring potential.
Satisfied with the examination, Luo Fan relaxed.
He then took a shower and began discussing with Fang Xueyi, which conveniently gave him a chance to check on their child at the same time.
…
Two days later, Luo Fan received a message and without hesitation entered the Virtual Universe.
Soon, he arrived at the Cosmic Star River Bank.
This time, he was received by a Domain Lord–level expert.
The expert led Luo Fan into a reception room.
"Esteemed client, we have completed negotiations with the owner of the Milky Way Galaxy."
"In the end, we have secured the deal for you at a price of nine hundred billion Universe Coins."
"All that remains is for you to sign the contract. Once the payment is made, the Milky Way Galaxy will officially be yours!"
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