220: Picking up money from a sack

The Qian Dong incident rang like an alarm bell within the Ancient Martial Arts Faction.

The various major families held internal meetings with a tacit understanding, especially issuing the most severe warnings and constraints to their hedonistic disciples.

Eastern Universe, Core Star Zone.

Fanda Galaxy System.

"Boss, look at this! I want to eat that!"

Shui Meng looked at a bracelet shimmering with seven-colored light, but her finger pointed at snacks on a roadside stall as she shouted excitedly.

He Ming took out his Terminal and bought the seven-colored bracelet, then went to the stall and bought two portions of unknown but fragrant snacks.

"Here."

Shui Meng held a bamboo skewer and ate the snacks, her eyes sparkling as she looked at another stall nearby.

"It smells so good!"

By evening, He Ming took the full-bellied Shui Meng to the local's largest trade center.

After wandering around, He Ming stopped in front of a shop named [Huitong Technology].

"This is the place."

He Ming entered the shop, walked to a floating projection device at a display stand, and looked at a bracelet-shaped virtual projection device.

[Storage space: 100,000 cubic meters; Price: 10,000 tons of seven-colored star marrow crystal]

A shopping guide with a hot figure and a fresh look quickly stepped forward, introducing the product with a smile.

"Sir, this is our Huitong Technology's latest generation of Spatial Artifact, personally crafted by Grandmaster Fancheng, a top-tier forge master."

"Today is the last day of the event. We can give you a 10% discount and two VIP viewing experience tickets for the Star Tower Trial."

He Ming said casually, "100,000 cubic meters is too small. Is there anything bigger?"

The guide was stunned, but she reacted quickly.

"Yes, please follow me."

He Ming followed the guide into an inner room.

In the inner room, ten projections of different styles of Spatial Artifact were floating.

The guide led He Ming to one of the display stands, pointing at a ring inlaid with a seven-colored gem, and introduced: "This is Grandmaster Fancheng's most outstanding work. The internal storage space can reach one million cubic meters. Only one hundred pieces are for sale in the entire Fanda Galaxy System. It's definitely worth the price."

He Ming looked at the price: 300,000 tons of seven-colored star marrow crystal.

He thought to himself, "How is this different from robbery?"

"Still too small."

The guide's eyebrows twitched.

He Ming extended his wrist and said calmly, "The storage space of my pair of bracelets is 1.5 million cubic meters. Is there anything higher than this?"

The guide looked at the red and blue bracelets on He Ming's wrist, and her expression changed drastically.

"This is... a product from the Skyfire Star Domain!"

He Ming nodded slightly.

The guide sighed, as if she had lost a small fortune, and said helplessly, "Sorry, sir, our shop doesn't have anything more high-end than this. Perhaps you can look elsewhere."

He Ming snapped his fingers, and ten Spatial Artifact suddenly appeared in his hand.

"Do you take second-hand Spatial Artifact here?"

The guide's heart jumped, and she immediately understood He Ming's origin.

A survivor of the previous Star Tower Trial, with many lives on his hands; these Spatial Artifact were all seized from others.

"These Spatial Artifact have been formatted and can be used normally. Help me appraise them and see how much they're worth."

The guide said hurriedly, "Please wait a moment, I'll call our manager over right away."

Before long, a middle-aged man with slicked-back hair entered the inner room and welcomed He Ming and Shui Meng into the VIP reception room.

After some pleasantries, the manager took the ten Spatial Artifact from He Ming's hand and performed anti-counterfeiting appraisal.

"No problem, they're all authentic."

The price of such grey-market goods is naturally heavily discounted compared to new products on the market. A one-million-cubic-meter Spatial Artifact's maximum value wouldn't exceed 130,000 tons of seven-colored star marrow crystal, but it wouldn't be lower than 100,000 tons.

The manager originally wanted to offer 100,000 tons, but when he spoke... "130,000 tons of seven-colored star marrow crystal, ten in total, for a total of 1.3 million tons of seven-colored star marrow crystal."

The corners of He Ming's mouth curled up slightly, and he readily agreed: "Deal."

The manager scratched his head, feeling a bit awkward, but the words were already out, so he could only proceed with the transaction at this price.

After completing the transaction, He Ming left the shop with the huge sum.

He turned and went to the industrial park in the West City, spending 10,000 tons of seven-colored star marrow crystal to buy a small factory on the verge of bankruptcy.

Three days later, the equipment in the factory was cleared out at scrap prices, freeing up the production area.

He Ming logged onto the Fanda Galaxy System's shopping network and purchased a large amount of equipment, minerals, and necessary components needed to produce Spatial Artifact.

Spatial Artifact are not ordinary goods; the manufacturer must master the Spatial Law and exquisite manufacturing techniques.

The main raw material is star source crystal.

star source crystal is a natural material that is extremely compatible with space.

Even for the most top-tier Spatial Artifact forge master, the success rate of manufacturing a 100,000-cubic-meter Spatial Artifact would not exceed 10% at most.

As for one million cubic meters, the success rate is less than 1%.

Although technology is important, luck is even more necessary.

Mastery of the Spatial Law determines the upper limit of the internal storage area of the Spatial Artifact.

And determining the output of the finished product depends 20% on technique and 80% on luck.

The formation principle of a Spatial Artifact lies in continuously compressing the star source crystal to increase its internal density, then using the guidance and control of the Spatial Law to create a pocket dimension inside.

The size of the pocket dimension depends on the number of times the star source crystal is refined. To manufacture a Spatial Artifact with a storage space of 100,000 cubic meters, it must undergo thousands of compressions and refinements.

As the internal energy of the star source crystal gradually increases, the internal energy of the pocket dimension also becomes extremely unstable. Once energy opposition occurs, it will lead to collapse.

Overall, to manufacture Spatial Artifact, technology is secondary, while luck is actually more important.

The reason Spatial Artifact are so expensive is, first, the star source crystal itself is not low in value.

Furthermore, a large amount of consumables is required.

Most importantly, the forge master needs to spend a lot of time and energy; labor costs alone account for more than half.

Because it is very difficult to perfectly master the timing of compression and refinement.

Training a top-tier forge master for Spatial Artifact requires burning through a large amount of consumables, which is an astronomical figure in itself.

Without dozens or even hundreds of mines, one simply cannot support the daily consumption.

Even a star system governor needs to weigh it carefully.

Once it fails, the initial investment goes down the drain.

But for He Ming, this matter was not actually difficult.

His Spatial Law had already reached the Domain Level, which was completely sufficient to manufacture million-cubic-meter Spatial Artifact.

As for the technique, the omniscient notebook had already fed all the necessary precautions and data to jarvis, who was at a level seven civilization.

He Ming only needed to follow the nanny-level operating procedures for processing to increase the yield rate to a point that even top-tier forge masters would find unattainable.

Plus, with Shui Meng, a mascot who could influence causality, assisting from the side, as long as no operational errors occurred, a 99% success rate was completely possible.

This business was simply picking up money with burlap sacks.

The main reason He Ming came here was for the development of the Milky Way Galaxy. To support the daily consumption of the virtual network platform's system mall, a massive amount of seven-colored star marrow crystal was required.

The daily cultivation needs of 20,312 Stellar Level individuals rested entirely on him.

This was the price for the sudden surge in providence within a short period.

Once the supply stopped, the star system governors of the Milky Way Galaxy would definitely not be able to focus all their minds on improving planetary satisfaction as if they were on stimulants.

Only by letting everyone see the hope of promoting to the Domain Lord Level could they be willing to work for He Ming.

When the lives of the people at the bottom improved, his providence could continue to rise steadily.

Although it was mentally exhausting, the effect was also amazing.

Since the establishment of the Star Tide Empire, the cultivation speed bonus of the imperial seal of china had increased from over 320 times to 8,000 times, and it was still growing at a visible rate.

This didn't even count the layout in the Ziyun Star System.

In the future, once someone from the Milky Way Galaxy's Stellar Level passed the trial, it would mean He Ming's territory could expand once again.

To support the normal operation of the virtual network platform, an uncountable amount of seven-colored star marrow crystal was needed.