Chapter 44: Old Acquaintance

After meeting with Marquis Qingcang, Lu Qingshan quickly connected his consciousness to the Virtual Universe and arrived at his palace on Lei Ting Island.

At this moment, he had gained several new permissions again, the most important of which was the permission to send a distress signal during a mission.

During the execution of missions by Transport Department staff, distress signals are generally divided into three levels.

The lowest level of distress signal is roughly for issues like spaceship malfunctions;

The second level of distress signal is for some more urgent problems;

As for the highest level of distress signal, it can only be sent after encountering a powerful alien race member!

Thus, after familiarizing himself with the relevant permissions, Lu Qingshan quickly submitted a formal application for employment in the Virtual Universe.

After officially joining, he soon received training documents sent by the Transport Department.

After completing numerous training assessments, Lu Qingshan quickly received his first mission: proceed to the Logistics Department and deliver a designated World Ring to a powerful figure at Camp Base 002 in the Seventh Outer Battlefield within one month.

"A mission departing from the company headquarters to the Outer Battlefield?" Lu Qingshan was slightly stunned.

Thanks to the introduction by Disciple Huo Gesi, Lu Qingshan was already quite familiar with the various missions of the Virtual Universe Company's Transport Department.

Among the many missions of the Transport Department, this kind of short-duration transport mission is the worst, since wanting to slack off during such a brief mission time is simply too difficult.

Moreover, for this mission, both departure and return locations are key areas of the Human Race, making it easier to receive the next mission after completion; this means the time available to slack off is even shorter.

Fortunately, there are many fixed teleportation channels between these key Human Race areas, so even with only half a month of mission time, it is very ample for Lu Qingshan.

"Never mind, who else but a newcomer am I!" Lu Qingshan sighed, then quickly headed toward the area where the Logistics Department was located.

After receiving the designated World Ring to be transported from the Logistics Department, there were also two Domain Master-level powerful figures from the Logistics Department.

These two Domain Masters were dispatched by the Logistics Department to assist Lu Qingshan in completing the transport mission, so he quickly brought these two Domain Master-level staff members to Space Channel No. 3 Distribution Cluster on the Headquarters Continent.

Space Channel No. 3 Distribution Cluster was constructed with 36 fixed space teleportation channels leading to Virtual Universe Company branches across the Human Territories, and one of these branches was located near Canglong Star, one of the eight major Logistics Bases of the Human Race.

By passing through the fixed teleportation channel within Canglong Star, one could quickly reach Camp Base 002 in the Seventh Outer Battlefield.

"Greetings, my lord!" After Lu Qingshan arrived at Space Channel No. 3 Distribution Cluster, a Domain Ruler-level powerful figure in a uniform uniform quickly came forward to greet him.

"Hello!"

Lu Qingshan nodded slightly to the other party, then said: "I am Lu Qingshan from the Transport Department; I have already submitted an application to proceed to Branch No. 27!"

"Please follow me, my lord!"

The staff member said respectfully, then led the three of Lu Qingshan to a space channel.

This space channel looked like a rippling water curtain; Lu Qingshan nodded slightly to the staff member, then led the other two Domain Master-level powerful figures to step into the space channel.

These fixed space channels between two places are basically all using the Divine Kingdoms of Immortal Gods as transfer stations, and the owner of the Divine Kingdom has essentially dedicated their Divine Kingdom to the Virtual Universe Company.

Of course, under such circumstances, the Divine Kingdom will also be made incredibly secure by the Virtual Universe Company, which is a good thing for the owner of the Divine Kingdom.

Through the fixed space channel, Lu Qingshan quickly arrived at Branch No. 27, hundreds of millions of light-years away; he then led the other two Domain Masters to Canglong Star aboard Crimson Three.

After three days of dark universe travel, the three of Lu Qingshan quickly appeared near Canglong Star, one of the eight major Logistics Bases of the Human Territories.

Through the ship's external simulation function, Lu Qingshan quickly saw the huge planet ahead, with a diameter of over a million kilometers.

This was an artificially created planet, and also a terrifying star fortress.

As an employee of the Virtual Universe Company's Transport Department, after Lu Qingshan's identity was verified, he quickly proceeded through a special channel to Camp Base 002 in the Seventh Outer Battlefield.

After stating his identity again, the three of Lu Qingshan quickly arrived outside a luxurious villa covering an area of over a thousand meters, guided by staff members.

Keep in mind, this is not the hinterland of the Human Territories, but a camp base within the Outer Battlefield; even describing the preciousness of the space here as "every inch of land is worth gold" would be insufficient.

And the owner of this villa being able to occupy such a luxurious villa here, one can imagine their strength!

"Hahaha, you have finally arrived!"

After seeing the three of Lu Qingshan appear, a slender figure quickly walked out from the villa.

"Mr., this is the merchandise you ordered; it is all here!"

After verifying the other party's information through a special instrument, Lu Qingshan quickly bowed slightly and handed the designated World Ring to the other party.

"Hmm!"

The slender figure nodded slightly, then quickly separated a wisp of Immortal God power to penetrate into the interior of the World Ring.

Seeing this, Lu Qingshan quickly continued: "The mission is complete; we will not disturb you further!"

"Wait!"

Just as Lu Qingshan was about to lead the others away, the other party's surprised voice came to his ears again: "Are you Lu Qingshan?"

"Hmm?"

Hearing the other party call out his name, Lu Qingshan felt somewhat puzzled in his heart.

When he looked again, the face shape of that slender figure quickly changed into another appearance.

"Are you 'Purple Radiance' Ross?" Lu Qingshan asked with considerable surprise.

'Purple Radiance' Ross was the strongest opponent Lu Qingshan encountered when he participated in the Universe Human Peak Genius Battle for the second time back then.

Keep in mind, back then he had broken into the top two thousand of the Trial Tower's universe-wide rankings; that was the time he was closest to the core layer of the Five Great Powers during his multiple Genius Battles and Powerful Figure Battles.

According to the Virtual Universe Company's rules, he only needed to defeat three geniuses who had also broken into the top 7,300 of the universe-wide rankings in the upcoming arena duels to qualify to join the Virtual Universe Company's core layer together with the geniuses ranked in the top one hundred of the Trial Tower's total rankings!

But just when he had consecutively defeated two opponents with terrifying strength, and was only one step away from breaking into the Virtual Universe Company's core layer, he encountered this 'Purple Radiance' Ross!

After a difficult battle, he ultimately fell to Ross's hands, and Ross stepped on his corpse to break into the Virtual Universe Company's core layer!

(End of this chapter)