Chapter 159: Unlocking the [Hundred Refined] Skill, Entropy Sea Bank's Esteemed Customer

"Rest assured, Young Master Ying."

Luo Bing promised:

"Five hundred Void Coins in assets can be exchanged for an astronomical sum."

The currency units circulating in the Great Universe Era are mostly divided into several types.

First is energy currency, using standardized energy units as a medium of exchange.

For example, nuclear energy and antimatter energy serve as value benchmarks.

The major legions prefer using energy currency and resource currency for settlement.

Resource currency means quantity and abundance; for instance, the ten resource stars obtained by United Pharmaceutical count as a form of resource currency to repay debts.

These two belong to unconventional types of currency units.

Dongxia generally uses credit currency.

Issued by a central institution, mainly divided into "Dongxia Currency" and "Credit Points."

The former applies to special environments like Hengzhou, making it easier to establish a recognized payment system.

The latter prevails in super-first-tier administrative regions like Imperial Capital and Haizhou, where finance is highly developed.

As for the "Void Coins" mentioned by Ying Lin, they are a novelty that has risen in the last thousand years.

An encrypted currency condensed using Netherworld essence and spirit energy extraction.

Very suitable for trade across the Vast Star Sea, requiring no reliance on a central institution, ensuring safety, and capable of self-digestion.

Thus gradually gaining recognition and pursuit from great powers, even Entropy Sea Bank accepts exchange and storage.

"Do your best to handle it. Also, Hengzhou has a Supernova named Zhou Yuanchen; contact him through the Ying Clan's channels and try to finalize the signing."

"I'll send another set of data over; use the Ying Clan's assessment system to rank them from high to low, and see what level of resource supply they can obtain."

Ying Lin said softly.

A colossus like the Ying Clan has always had the traditional habit of introducing new blood and cultivating talent.

Every year they select good seedlings from the Four Great National Universities, mainly from poor students, for sponsorship.

Both parties sign a contract, and after graduation, these people will work for the Ying Clan.

So, a noble-born type like Ying Lin, born with a golden spoon in his mouth, finds it hard to look up to the lower and middle classes.

In ordinary people's eyes, getting into one of the Four Great National Universities and graduating smoothly already makes one a Heaven's Chosen.

But to this Young Master Ying the Third, these people merely have the qualification to be his oxen and horses.

Such a huge difference in status naturally produces a cognition similar to species isolation.

"Alright, Young Master Ying."

Luo Bing nodded in agreement.

He graduated from Southwest United and immediately joined the Ying Clan.

Because he was smart and good at financial products, he wasn't made into a spirit energy mining machine and sent down to the Netherworld.

Instead, he became Ying Lin's Exclusive Steward, managing the other's finances and handling business.

After hanging up the phone, Luo Bing stood on a high floor of the Twin Towers in Haizhou, where every inch of land is worth its weight in gold, looking down at the flying cars below through the floor-to-ceiling window.

"A colossus like the Ying Clan—even if a bit leaks from between its fingers, it's enough to crush the vast majority of people."

He shook his head, sighing at the misfortune and prowess of that inheritor of the Nanhuang Dojo.

After all, someone like Ying Lin, with the Ying Clan's top dandy on his head, often just needs to announce his identity to be enough.

Forcing him to empty his family fortune and throw out five hundred Void Coins.

Enough to show how strong the opponent is!

"The Hengzhou Hundred Strong Competition... being surrounded and intercepted by the top fifty alone—just thinking about it is miserable."

Luo Bing smiled, then began logging into Entropy Sea Bank to find a trader.

Hengzhou, Taian Metropolitan Area, Nanjiang District Villa.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed; Qin Shi held the dim and bright Ming Shen Jade and exited the Inner Landscape.

During this period, he focused on settling down, while undergoing blood exchange and completing rebirth transformation, while tempering his mind and raising his Spiritual Field Power.

With Mineral Essence, Energy Liquid, and various external resources available.

Qin Shi felt he had improved greatly.

For now, his Qi Life Force temporarily stayed at seventy-five points; the Life Seed three inches below his navel fed back increasingly rich flesh vitality.

As if golden light shone brilliantly, filling his hundred bones; the vigor of life often made Qin Shi feel that even if he lost his hands and feet, they could quickly grow back.

"This is probably what Lao Liang meant by 'refining blood like mercury, reborn,' right."

Qin Shi pondered; martial artists of the Ancient Era pursued the ultimate transformation of the mortal body.

Every breakthrough must be polished to perfection.

Just like the Bone Gate of this Third Great Limit, it must undergo repeated exhalation of the old and intake of the new, replacing waste blood with new blood, with Qi Life Force constantly tempered to make it purer.

Qin Shi reckoned that in this half month, he had undergone about ten "blood exchange" processes.

His Physical Body reached its limit, unable to advance further.

"Going to Qiguang Heng University Martial Arts Department to challenge those New Martial Arts students in their fourth and third years isn't impossible."

Qin Shi clasped his palm, squeezed his fist, feeling that every time blood accelerated its flow, the power pumped out was immense.

"Almost able to fight five or six of my previous selves."

After digesting the gains of half a month of bitter cultivation, he closed his eyes again and resided his spirit in the Inner Landscape.

The Inner Landscape expanded several rings; lush green grass dripping with dew, and large trees with canopies forming shade, made this Consciousness Space increasingly real.

"It inexplicably feels like a management and construction game."

Qin Shi's Spiritual Field Power had just broken through Eighty Points, and his manipulation of objects was becoming increasingly fine and meticulous.

He had practiced in the Inner Landscape Floor; at first he could only use one mind for two tasks, wielding two flying knives, but now he could already control seven.

According to Super Xiao He, this kind of Spiritual Field Power tempering could greatly increase the compatibility of "unity of body and mind," which was very helpful for actual combat.

"Combat Retrospection!"

Qin Shi activated the Skill, preparing to test the results of half a month's settling down.

As a thought flashed, the Inner Landscape Floor changed: a pitch-black sky canopy, with stars dotted upon it.

One opponent after another was projected out, all black-robed figures, surrounding him in a circle.

"White-haired Old Jiang, Snake Mother Gang's Fang Xin, and then a few Yu Hai Security sandbags."

Qin Shi swept his gaze over those expressionless rigid faces and slowly pushed the Furnace Method.

Breath followed the flow of blood, the Hundred Refinements trembled, circulating and operating ceaselessly.

Boiling heat turned into white mist, steaming and surging upward, like thick silk ribbons resembling clouds, winding around the Mortal Body.

At this moment, spirit and flesh mutually resonated in darkness, rising to the peak.

Boom!

He stomped his foot, the earth cracked and shattered, as if sinking and collapsing.

Immediately After, his figure flashed explosively, tearing through Xu Kong, abruptly appearing before Old Jiang with Eighty Points of Qi Life Force.

He opened his palm, using Wind Fist Style, as if adsorbing a large vortex, pressing toward the opponent.

Powerful air pressure contracted, like a steel cannon drumming, striking out violent force that could penetrate alloy steel plates!

Thud!

Fist wind exploded, smashing Old Jiang's head into pieces.

An opponent with Eighty Points of Qi Life Force had no power to resist Qin Shi at all.

Fang Xin of the Snake Mother Gang rapidly released over a dozen Qi Snakes, filled with Paralysis Toxin.

He did not hope for this one Skill to instantly subdue Qin Shi; instead he changed his thinking, spreading the over a dozen Qi Snakes out, then igniting them like detonating ammunition buckets, detonating them all at once!

In an instant, toxin filled the surroundings, trying to seep through the skin, enter the body, and affect Qin Shi's movements.

"Opponents of the Spiritual Path are annoying as ever."

Qin Shi held his breath, the Furnace inside his body roared, Breath pushed to the peak, the toxin-laden atmosphere was expelled and dispersed.

His tall, straight figure was like a towering peak; merely standing there, he exuded a powerful sense of oppression.

The Qi Snakes' shock explosions could not shake him at all, let alone cause any injury.

Qin De and Zheng Gui closed in swiftly, launching a pincer attack from left and right; one raised a fist like a Heavy Hammer smashing down, the other held a blade slashing horizontally.

Qin Shi forced back Fang Xin's offensive, then took another deep breath; through the formation of a white cocoon, his lungs glowing with a faint metallic luster, he inhaled the toxin that could instantly paralyze a giant elephant, then sprayed out a rumbling exhalation.

Surging, tide-like atmosphere roared like a wind dragon, sweeping toward Qin De and Zheng Gui.

He was attempting to forge the Lung Secret Vault Taihuang Soldiers; this bit of toxin could be completely filtered out.

Qin De and Zheng Gui were covered by the Paralysis Toxin, their limbs stiffening in an instant, then easily dealt with by Qin Shi.

A palm pushed out, Qin De's flesh and blood shattered, like porcelain falling to the ground, cracking inch by inch; another fist struck horizontally, Zheng Gui blocked with his blade before his chest, but could not withstand the vast power, the blade body shattered into seven or eight segments, instantly tearing his body apart, bringing out several sprays of blood.

A final mental shock explosion, guiding the spirit, the mind like a surging torrent, burst the head of Fang Xin of the Snake Mother Gang.

"As I become more and more familiar with the playstyle, actual combat experience grows... no matter what kind of opponent, what kind of situation, I can quickly formulate a solution plan."

Qin Shi repeatedly simulated the matches; one of his daily training tasks was ten battles.

If he wanted to get beaten, he would retrospect Lao Zhang, experiencing the taste of being hammered; if he wanted to improve combat awareness, he would fight one against many, breaking through one by one.

"Pity, if only I could, through Spiritual Resonance, manifest the First Generation Ten Greats, and experience their Shu Zi intensity."

Qin Shi panted heavily, calming the Furnace Breath; he seemed to have won easily, but in reality he had also exerted full power.

Once the Universe Furnace Secret Canon operates, pushing the Mortal Body, the overall state will rise several times over.

But it also easily imposes an enormous burden on the body, severely testing the toughness of organs and tissues.

That is why the Five Great Secret Treasures need to be excavated and opened, to prolong the duration of Furnace body refining.

"The Second Stage probably lasts around five or six minutes."

Qin Shi called this mode of soaring Combat Power at full strength "Boss Phase Two."

Without half a month of bitter cultivation and settling down, three minutes was previously the limit.

But as the Physical Body gradually grew stronger, it has now extended to around six minutes.

"Actively prepare for the competition, strive for the Champion Reward."

Qin Shi lifted the Combat Retrospection, the Inner Landscape Floor returned to normal.

Finishing the daily cultivation course, he picked up that orange little dog and opened the cracked Software he hadn't logged into for a long time.

Last time, posing as a "Killed It" rider, after completing the order, he even received the final payment sent by Qin Yixiong.

Speaking seriously, this Qin Family Second Uncle placed the order himself, spent his own money, and did himself in.

"Wonder what Skill 【Hundred Tempering】 can unlock after sacrificing 'Electronic Mind'."

Qin Shi stroked the orange little dog, soft and supple with elasticity, the hand feel was excellent.

He had just sacrificed 【Electronic Mind】 to 【Divine Machine】, exchanging for 【Hundred Tempering】 Achievement Skill unlock.

The Symbolic Emblem belonging to Divine Machine suddenly lit up, the Reward descending layer by layer through the Netherworld.

Qin Shi's mind trembled slightly, guiding it into the Inner Landscape Floor.

The Pillar Deity's Reward was extraordinary, directly giving him three golden cards, from which to Choose any one.

【Binary Babble】

【Effect: By sending a massive stream of garbled data, causing the target system to fall into logical chaos, with a chance to trigger program self-destruction, depending on the user's electronic information reserves. During attack, the target Screen displays countless jumping 0s and 1s, like digital epilepsy.】

"A skill exclusive to hackers, huh."

Qin Shi was slightly stunned; he considered seriously and decided to discard it.

He himself didn't have much information reserves, moreover playing this kind of hacker attack in Hengzhou wouldn't play to his strengths.

Swiped away this golden card, continued looking at the next one.

【Protocol Wormhole】

【Effect: Creates vulnerabilities in communication protocols, disguises as legitimate data packets to infiltrate defenses, but emits an electric current sound similar to borers gnawing when invading systems.】

"This one seems alright."

Qin Shi pondered for a moment, somewhat hesitant, and didn't swipe it away immediately; maybe it would come in handy later.

【Electronic Engineering】

【Effect: Simulates target behavior patterns through The Brain's computing power, perfectly disguises as a credible user, can fabricate content in databases, patch vulnerabilities.】

"Simply a natural-born telecom fraud saint constitution."

The corner of Qin Shi's mouth twitched; he ultimately selected 【Electronic Engineering】, cooperating with the orange dog's cracked software, he could move like a fish in water in the 【Dark Web】, possessing different identities.

After selection, the Divine Machine lowered its vertical gaze, enveloping this inner landscape.

Rumble of thunder resounded through, shaking the consciousness space.

Qin Shi guarded his original heart, waiting for the massive information flow to converge into his spirit, then transform into achievements through the Stele Panel.

On the panel, another marble stele rose from the ground, imprinted with the Divine Machine's symbolic emblem.

"【Electronic Engineering】 plus this electronic demon dog of yours."

Qin Shi pinched the orange dog; its antenna-like tail stood straight up, as if fully charged.

Its white tender belly emitted light, slowly condensing another brand new cracked software.

【Entropy Sea Bank】

Qin Shi curiously clicked open.

He had never heard of this bank.

Ding!

"Verify identity, create account, log in..."

Qin Shi considered, simply "stole" Qin Yixiong's identity to use; that way, even if traced and verified afterward, they wouldn't catch him.

"Congratulations, Mr. Qin, on becoming a valued client of Entropy Sea Bank."

A gentle female voice transmitted directly, passing through the orange dog into Qin Shi's ears.

"It can actually transmit messages directly across star systems."

Qin Shi was slightly startled, then asked in confusion:

"Why would I be a valued client? I just created the account."

The gentle female voice spoke again:

"Our bank detects your personal assets far exceed the average."

Qin Shi opened his personal interface; he hadn't even started depositing money yet, where did the assets come from?

The result displayed an amount beyond his imagination.

It was actually a long string of zeros!

"This money... where did it come from?"

Qin Shi was dumbfounded, then looked carefully.

Discovered this Entropy Sea Bank could actually assess "personal assets" preliminarily by judging the account owner's fifty years of future potential.

"Letting clients pledge potential, exchange for currency, consume? This bank's methods are a bit wild! Isn't this just 'Time Loan'!"

(Chapter End)