1147: Silver Plume City

Silver Plume City

"Is this the Storage Bracelet?"

 Chen Xiaobei took a techie-looking wristband off Woldemar's right hand.

 "Yes, that's it! You only need to think it and it'll open!" Liu Chen said.

 "Mm."

Chen Xiaobei nodded. He then shook his hand and the wristband vibrated and all the items stored inside tumbled out.

Clothing, rations, water all these scraps were overlooked. 

What was left were four valuable Beast Cores and four crystals the size of a fist.

"Damn, this idiot is so poor…" Chen Xiaobei said in disgust.

Compared to his Infinite Space Ring, those items were pathetic.

 "My god! Woldemar was so rich!"

Liu Chen and the others exclaimed.

 "Er…" Chen Xiaobei asked, "Are these things really that valuable?"

 "Of course!" Liu Chen was over the moon. "These Beast Core belonged to Patinated Bronze Two-Star Demonic Beast. A single Beast Core could increase our health or combat power by 100!"

 "So much?" Chen Xiaobei's eyes lit up.

Back in the secret space, Chen Xiaobei used up 3,000 Spiritual Stone's worth of Spiritual Qi during his training and his health only increased by 300.

That meant that one Beast Core was equivalent to 1,000 Spiritual Stones. Four Beast Cores, 4,000 Spiritual Stones!

That was way more Spiritual Qi than Chen XIaobei's Green Jade Gourd could hold!

 "Then, what are the other four crystals?" Chen Xiaobei asked.

 "That's a Spiritual Stone!" Ning Yuchen explained. "The ones on earth are lower-grade, hold lesser Spiritual Qi, and are not as pure! This is a medium-grade Spiritual Stone. The exchange rate in the market is one medium-grade Spiritual Stone for 1,000 lower-grade Spiritual Stone!"

 "You mean 4 medium-grade Spiritual Stones are equivalent to 4,000 lower-grade spiritual stones?! Combined with the Beast Core, that's a total of 8,000 lower-grade Spiritual Stones!"

Chen Xiaobei was astonished by how rich the idiot Woldemar was!

"That's right! The things here are much better than those on Earth. You'll know soon!" Ning Yuchen said, "The total number is perfect. We can divide the loot equally amongst ourselves! One Beast Core and one Spiritual Stone each!"

Liu Chen and Hu Ben were used to Ning Yuchen's way of allocation, so they took their share as-a-matter-of-factly.

 "I will help myself to it then."

 Chen Xiaobei smiled and then took for himself one Beast Core and one medium-grade Spiritual Stone.

This was not a small number to Chen Xiaobei!

It was difficult to even get his hands on 2,000 Spiritual Stones back on Earth!

...

After that, the four of them retreated from the forest.

On their way out, they met a few more Northern Wilderness soldiers who also killed some Demonic Beasts.

Chen Xiaobei did not find the Three-Star Spiritual Medicine that Xiao'er told him about because he did not have the opportunity to act on his own. But being able to procure 2,000 Spiritual Stones worth of bounty was enough to make him happy. The Spiritual Medicine would not be going anywhere anyway. He would just come back for it later.

 ...

The four of them arrived at the 2nd Regiment campground before dusk.

It was only then that Chen Xiaobei found out that the full name of the regiment was Northern Wilderness Starfield Silver Plume Praetorian 2nd Regiment!

In Ning Yuchen's own words, Northern Wilderness Starfield was like a large country.

There were many planets in Starfield, which were like provinces.

And the Northern Wilderness soldiers were like the soldiers of each provincial military regiment, that protects the safety and stability of the area.

There were 3,000 people in each regiment. And 50 of these regiments on Silver Plume Planet alone! That was a total of 150,000 people!

The 'weakest ones' Zero-Star Black Steel were already at early phase of True Nirvana cultivation!

Chen Xiaobei was shocked by this discovery. 150,000 True Nirvana soldiers were enough to crush Earth a hundred times over!

And that was only one of the many planets in Northern Wilderness Starfield. All of the Northern Wilderness soldiers combined would total up to a few million, maybe even billion soldiers!

Just thinking about it sent shivers down Chen Xiaobei's spine.

 "Zhufeng, I've spoken to the Colonel, we'll add a bed to our room for you to stay!"

Ning Yuchen and Hu Ben approached Chen Xiaobei. They had already changed out of their uniforms.

 "Then my identity…" Chen Xiaobei asked.

 "The Colonel said that you are still a lucky survivor of the 3rd Regiment…" Ning Yuchen said, "The 3rd Regiment will be re-established soon. You will have to return then!"

 "Tsk! That's just the nicer version of it! Colonel must be hesitant to accept him into our regiment because Zhufeng's cultivation is low!"

Liu Chen who was also in her casual clothing appeared. "If Zhufeng could reach Five-Star Patinated Bronze, the bigger regiments nearby would be begging to have him in their group!"

 "Ahem! Let's not talk about it anymore!" Ning Yuchen was afraid that Chen Xiaobei would feel uncomfortable so he changed the topic. "Let's get to the city now. We won't get any spot if we're late!"

 "Hurry! Get into the car!"

Hu Ben took out a 'car' that nearly made Chen Xiaobei trip from the Storage Bracelet.

It was an enormous convertible SUV. Judging from its size, it was spacious enough to fit Hu Ben comfortably and it looked very cool, very manly as well.

But what was shocking was that it had no wheels! It was a flying car!

Chen Xiaobei had only seen it in the movies. So, he was too stunned to react.

 "Let's in the car!" Ning Yuchen chuckled. "This place is really different from Earth. There are many unusual things around here! Take the transportation for example, there's flying cars, and spaceships. There are even people riding around on Spiritual Beast or Flying Spiritual Beast! You will get to see more of that next time!"

Chen Xiaobei nodded and got up onto the flying car.

It may look a little unusual but other than its speed, it was like riding in a regular car. Soon, Chen Xiaobei got used to it.

...

Silver Plume City!

When they finally arrived at their destination, Chen Xiaobei caught himself gawping once again.

This place called a 'city' was as big as a small country! From the bird's eye view, it looked like boundless.1

 "Silver Plume City. 1 million square feet. Population, 200 million people. Nearly all of the people of Planet Silver Plume lives here!" Ning Yuchen explained voluntarily.

 "200 million people in one planet. Isn't that a really small population?" Chen Xiaobei gasped.

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