215: The Troubles of Happiness

The high-precision electronic assembly plants of Star Sea, distributed across major star systems, began production at full capacity. Within ten days, the first batch of virtual network platform interfaces was officially released.

The quantity was limited to only one hundred billion, distributed in restricted amounts.

They were only sold offline in the Luol Star System and the Wan Star System.

The promotion was also extremely low-key.

It featured three main highlights.

【Star Tide Empire Official Mall】

【Simulated Combat Platform】

【Star Tower Simulation Platform】

In the Milky Way Galaxy, among the community of cultivators, Star Sea's reputation was rock-solid.

The gene enhancement potion could allow someone with absolutely no talent for cultivation to rapidly increase their life index in a short period.

Especially in the former Radiant Empire, there were millions of Martial Arts Academies opened by Star Sea, where even the most impoverished citizens could receive basic cultivation guidance for free.

And most of He Ming's luck came from the common people.

【Basic Cultivation Method】 could not be considered top-tier, but its strength lay in its simplicity to master.

To some extent, this could extend one's lifespan.

It was also the only opportunity for the common people to achieve class mobility.

Therefore, in the former Radiant Empire, a large number of common people enrolled in the Martial Arts Academy every year.

For ordinary people, reaching a life index of 10,000 points could extend their lifespan by ten years.

Entering the Planetary Level could extend it by a hundred years.

Each stage of advancement could extend it by another hundred years.

Upon entering the Stellar Level, one possessed a nearly infinite lifespan.

However, wanting to cross this threshold was extremely difficult.

Taking the Milky Way Galaxy as an example, the number of people who could reach the Stellar Level did not exceed 20,000 at most.

And the population of the entire Milky Way Galaxy was simply uncountable.

The price of the port was not high, only 1,000 glory coins.

For the common people, the official mall was the only thing they could actually use. Since it was an affordable new product from Star Sea, people's enthusiasm for purchasing it was very high.

In less than a month, the first batch of interfaces had already sold out completely.

The port automatically recognized user data, and ordinary people could only access ordinary goods.

Once the life index reached 10,000 points, various resources related to cultivation began to appear.

【star marrow crystal】

This was a cultivation resource that ordinary people could not buy even with money; it was monopolized by the upper echelons, and even on the black market, the price was extremely exorbitant.

But in the official mall, the price of star marrow crystal was fixed at 1,000 per jin, which was practically like giving it away for free.

Because, before this, the price of star marrow crystal on the black market could sell for 100,000 per jin.

Even if ordinary people wanted to buy it, they had no way to do so.

【Various Advanced gene enhancement potions】

【Advanced Basic Cultivation Method】

The Martial Arts Academy could provide the most basic cultivation techniques, but that could only raise an ordinary person's life index to 10,000 points, which was already the limit.

The Advanced Basic Cultivation Method served as a pathway for advancement, allowing ordinary people with a life index of 10,000 points to push toward 20,000 points.

The method of acquisition was simple: a point system.

It could not be purchased directly with virtual currency.

There were two ways to obtain points: by securing wins on the simulated combat platform.

It was divided into three types.

Real-person combat, where different point rewards were given based on rank.

Human-vs-AI combat, where the opponent was Baize.

The difficulty levels from low to high were: Beginner, Normal, Intermediate, Advanced, Special, Nightmare, and Legendary.

The third, and also the easiest method, was to accept system tasks.

Referral rewards were the highest among the system tasks.

Bringing in one newcomer rewarded 100 points; one only needed to bring in ten people to the virtual network platform to obtain the advanced cultivation technique.

This was incredibly similar to the method He Ming used to control the Ancient Martial Arts Families on Blue Star.

Once one stepped over the threshold of cultivation, as long as one harbored the desire to continue climbing higher, one could no longer leave the virtual network platform.

When cultivators with a life index of 20,000 points opened the official mall, the resources they could access would change again.

【Advanced Basic Cultivation Method】

It could raise the limit to 30,000 points.

And so on, until the Stellar Level.

To purchase all items within the official mall, one first needed to top up virtual currency.

In less than ten days, the recharge volume of the virtual network platform had already reached one trillion.

Luol Star System, Zhongzhou Martial Arts Academy.

A scene like this appeared.

Some senior students stopped training and were pulling people everywhere within the Martial Arts Academy; the momentum was like a collective action by a scam group, coaxing and deceiving classmates into buying the virtual network platform interface.

"Little Chen, you promised me; you must remember, when you log in, you must enter my invitation code: K78194."

"Alright, I got it. I'll go buy it at noon."

In the time it took Little Chen to go to the restroom, another senior student approached and unzipped his pants next to the stall.

"Junior, let me recommend something useful to you."

Little Chen felt puzzled, shook himself clean, and pulled up his pants.

"What exactly is this virtual network platform? Five seniors have already recommended it to me today."

"You don't know yet?"

"Those bastards are casting a wide net; they didn't even tell you the basic situation?"

Little Chen nodded.

"Let me put it this way: as soon as you log into the official mall, you will know the benefits of this platform."

"star marrow crystal, 1,000 per jin; how is that any different from giving it away for free!"

Upon hearing this, Little Chen's eyes immediately glowed green.

Although he had only been exposed to cultivation for a short time, he knew the preciousness of star marrow crystal.

In the Martial Arts Academy, it was a cultivation resource that only the top-performing students could obtain.

"Really?"

"Would I lie to you?"

"Your life index hasn't reached 10,000 points yet, has it."

"Duh, once you exceed 10,000 points, you can graduate."

"I heard that once your life index exceeds 10,000 points, you can purchase the Advanced Basic Cultivation Method!"

"So many people in the academy are fighting to recruit people actually to earn points; as long as you have enough points, you can purchase advanced cultivation techniques."

"So that's how it is. Senior, what is your invitation code?"

The person speaking handed over a slip of paper: "A39528."

Guangming Chamber of Commerce headquarters.

"Chairwoman, the interfaces are sold out, and the servers are about to be overwhelmed; this is already the seventh expansion."

Katie rubbed her temples; she felt happy, but also incredibly tormented.

The product was selling like crazy, but the production capacity couldn't keep up.

Just two days ago, one hundred production lines were put into operation, but as a result, distributors from all over were running to the factory gates demanding goods.

"How is the situation with the new production lines?"

"The latest one hundred production lines are being urgently assembled, but it will take at least another ten days."

Katie: "What about the contractors?"

"It's about the same; production capacity has reached its limit, and some contractors have started taking out loans to customize production lines."

Just then, the door was pushed open, and an assistant ran in hurriedly.

"Chairwoman, you should go to the reception room quickly; they are about to storm the place."

"What are you all doing!"

"Do you need to come to me for such a small matter?"

"Chairwoman, the ones who came are all giant enterprises from the Milky Way Galaxy; we really... have no choice but to receive them."

Katie stood up and sighed: "Very well, I will go meet them."