Chapter 6: The First Domain Unlocked

  Looking at the line of small words that suddenly appeared in front of him, Ye Feng had a strange feeling. "Domain value? What is it?"

  Ye Feng did not get a response, and that line of small words still floated in front of him like a three-dimensional computer image.

  "Suddenly appearing this line of small characters should be related to the glow of jade, if you want to unlock this secret, it seems that only choice is yes. If my guess is wrong, then lose twenty dollars at most. If missed this opportunity, may never unlock this puzzle." Ye Feng hesitated for a while, and finally chose yes.

  At this time, Ye Feng saw an even more incomprehensible scene, because he saw a gold coin actually floating in mid-air.

  "These gold coins......" Ye Feng stared blankly at the scene in front of him, and it wasn't until after a while that he reacted, realizing that this gold coin was the one Liu Hai had given to him, which he had put in his chest pocket.

  All he saw was the gold coin floating to a height level with his head, and the intricate patterns on it began to move. The jade stone in his right hand also disappeared.

  Normally, people would have been scared away by this situation, but Ye Feng didn't feel afraid at all, instead having a strange sense of familiarity.

  He couldn't help but reach out and touch it, and the gold coin was pinched between his fingertips.

  "Activating virtual domain, host obtains first-order authority..."

  "Second-order domain values cannot be used and are automatically downgraded to first-order, 0.2 second-order domain values are automatically downgraded to two hundred points of first-order domain value."

  At this time, a scene similar to an online game suddenly appeared in front of Ye Feng's eyes. In the lower right corner of the screen, several large characters were displayed: Domain value: 200

  In the center of the screen is an ancient, mottled gate, with wisteria vines entwined above it and moss growing on it, clearly untouched by humans for a long time.

  "What could be behind this door?" Ye Feng's doubts had just risen when a dialogue box popped up in front of him, asking if he wanted to open the first layer of the virtual realm - the Mortal Realm.

  Ye Feng chose yes without hesitation this time.

  The heavy gate was slowly pushed open by an invisible force, and Ye Feng was stunned by what he saw behind the gate.

  Completely different from the thick and rustic feeling brought by the outer gate, this is a vast white space with neatly arranged white shelves. On the shelves are also neatly placed various goods, like a huge supermarket.

  But this supermarket is endless and cannot be seen at a glance...

  "Who opened this supermarket?" Ye Feng muttered to himself.

  "This is the first layer of the virtual domain, the mortal domain!" A childish voice suddenly came from a short distance away.

  Ye Feng turned his head around in surprise, he had never thought there would be someone here.

  "Little friend, how did you get in?" What made Ye Feng even more unexpected was that the one who had just spoken was actually a little boy who looked like he was only five or six years old.

  That little boy was less than one meter tall, but he was wearing a neat suit, with a bow tie around his neck, and his hands were inserted into his trouser pockets, slightly tilting his head to size up Ye Feng.

  It wasn't until after a while that he finally answered Ye Feng's question. "I am the guardian of the First Domain. You can call me Bo Yi."

  "Guardian? You mean you've been here all along?" Ye Feng asked with some curiosity.

  "Although it's not entirely accurate, you can understand it this way." Bo Yi's expression remained indifferent.

  "Can you tell me what this place is?" The doubts in Ye Feng's mind still hadn't been resolved.

  "This is the first layer of the virtual domain, the mortal realm..." Bo Yi said after finishing, looked at Ye Feng and saw that he didn't seem very satisfied with his own answer, so he continued, "You don't need to care what this place is, you can think of it as a trading platform, where domain value serves as the currency for transactions. Use domain value to buy what you want. It's that simple, as for what you want to buy and where you'll use it after buying, that's not within my jurisdiction."

  "What exactly is this 'void' you're talking about?" Ye Feng asked, although he had a feeling that the question might not get an answer.

  "Sorry, I don't have a way to answer this question for you. When you actually obtain the virtual domain ownership, you will naturally know what the virtual domain is. For now, just treat it as a trading platform!" Boyi shook his head helplessly.

  "That is to say, the golden coin in my hand actually opened the void domain. Uncle Liu held the golden coin for so many years and couldn't open the void domain, why did it succeed when it came into my hands? Is there some special requirement for opening the void domain?" Ye Feng still had a lot of doubts in his heart, he couldn't figure out what the void domain saw in him.

  "It's because of your physical constitution, after scanning the virtual domain, your physique meets the authorization criteria, so at the moment you came into contact with the virtual domain, you were granted first-level permission. The virtual domain is self-selecting! The person you mentioned may have heard about the secrets of the virtual domain, but his physique does not meet the standards!" Bo Yi continued to explain.

  "Can things here be taken into the real world?" Ye Feng asked his first question.

  "Alright! As long as you can pay the corresponding domain value, you can take it away!"

  "What's the difference between what we buy here and what's outside?" Ye Feng continued to ask his question.

  "In the universe you are in, everything is for sale here, including nuclear bombs, aircraft carriers, people, and even planets... Even things that do not really exist but are fabricated by your brain, as long as you have the corresponding permissions and sufficient domain value, you can get them." Boyi's remarks were obviously quite tempting.

  "I want to know how to get the domain value." Ye Feng immediately found the key point.

  "There are many ways to obtain domain values. I can tell you the main methods, and the rest will require your own exploration:"

  The first is what you know of, exchanging with objects. However, Virtual Domain only accepts objects that possess energy.

  The second method is to exchange with the soul, the souls of the lives you slaughtered will be absorbed into the void domain, and the greater the value of good and evil, the more domain value the soul can exchange...

  "It seems I have no choice but to choose the first option for now!" Ye Feng appeared rather helpless.

  "Suit yourself, but from what I know, the fastest way is the second one. If a person's evil value is high enough, killing them might be able to exchange for over ten million domain points in one go." Boyi's mouth curled up into a strange smile.

  "So many?" Ye Feng found it unbelievable.

  "The evil value comes from the hatred of others, one person's hatred adds a little evil value, and a little evil value can be exchanged for a little domain value. If a person can be hated by hundreds of millions of people, then killing him will allow you to obtain hundreds of millions of domain values." Boyi explained in great detail. "Contribution value is the same, you can also try killing someone who is thanked by hundreds of millions of people."

  "Say something else! I'm not considering this way of obtaining it for now!" Ye Feng slightly furrowed his brow, he hadn't expected a little kid to say something about killing people to obtain domain values.

  "There's one more thing I can tell you, a first-class domain name can be exchanged for $1,000. But currency cannot be exchanged for domain names! As for other things, just ask directly if you want to know!" Bo Yi looked at Ye Feng with a gaze that finally had a hint of change, compared to the coldness earlier, it seemed to have added something.

  "I want to know what's the difference between a first-order domain value and a second-order domain value? Does this so-called virtual domain have many layers?" Ye Feng asked his question again.

  "A little bit of second-order domain value can be exchanged for a thousand points of first-order domain value. The virtual domain indeed has many layers, but some things I cannot tell you, only let you explore by yourself. What I can tell you is that now you are just a first-order permission, no matter how much domain value you get, you can only buy first-order items unless you can get second-order permission. To get good stuff, both permission and domain value are indispensable!" Bo Yi gave out kind guidance.

  "Thank you, may I ask how can I upgrade my authority?" Ye Feng had already guessed that this question might not get an answer, but he still wanted to ask.

  "Use your own brain, just think of it as a game, learn to enjoy it. This isn't some big secret or anything, but don't you think it would be more meaningful if you came and explored for yourself?" Boy didn't answer this question.

  "If the domain values of different levels can be converted to each other, then it means that many first-level items are more expensive than second-level items? Similarly, if a first-level attack weapon requires one million points of first-level domain value, is it possible that its destructive power is stronger than a weapon with only one thousand points of second-level domain value?" Ye Feng suddenly thought of this question.

  "This is also possible, but similarly, if the domain value is not enough, you can't see the goods. You currently have 200 points of first-order domain value, and you can only see all first-order goods with a value of less than 1,000 domain values. If you have 1,000 domain values, you can see all goods with a value of less than 10,000 domain values." Boyi explained.

  "That is to say, if the domain value does not reach a certain order of magnitude, you can't see the goods behind? One to nine, ten to ninety-nine, one hundred to nine hundred and ninety-nine...... Only with domain values of the same number of digits can you see the corresponding goods. So what you just told me is that domain value and authority are indispensable." Ye Feng immediately understood, "So that means all the goods I see here are first-class goods below 1,000 domain value?"

  "That's right!" Boyi smiled and nodded.

  "Oh, right! The yellow light on that jade stone, what's going on with that? It should also be because of the Void Domain that I can see it, right?" Ye Feng only then remembered the scene he saw at the antique market earlier.

  "That's the ability to identify the grade of items after becoming a Domain Master! This additional function can be used after becoming a Domain Master. You are a first-grade Domain Master, so when you see second-grade items, they will emit a yellow light. The brighter and more radiant the yellow light is, the better the quality of the item is proven to be! This ability is triggered passively, and only items that exceed your authority will display different colors." Bo Yi explained in great detail.

  "I think that's about it for now," Yefeng thought for a moment, he had basically understood what he wanted to ask, and now all that was left was the actual operation.

  "Since it's like this, are you going to leave or buy something?" Bo Yi looked at Ye Feng with some expectation.

  "I'm going to buy a few more pieces of jade and convert them all into domain values, which should be enough to reach over 1,000 domain values. At that time, I'll be able to see all the goods below 10,000 domain values. This way, there will be many more options for me to choose from." Ye Feng revealed a sly smile.

  "So you're choosing to leave?" Boyi's eyes still flickered with a hint of desolation despite his good cover-up.

  "Boyi, can I take you out with me?" Ye Feng crouched down and gave Boyi a kind smile.

  "It can't be..." Bo Yi heard these words and a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes, but it was immediately replaced by dullness, and he shook his head with some disappointment.

  "Is that so? Then I'll make more time to visit you in the future. A young kid like you staying alone in a place like this, no wonder your personality is a bit eccentric..." Ye Feng rubbed his nose.

  Boyi heard this and simply stared at Ye Feng with a helpless expression, but didn't say anything.

  "Well, I'll leave this damned place first..." Ye Feng waved his hand at Bo Yi.

  "Hey, wait a minute, there's one more thing I forgot to tell you..." Just as Ye Feng was about to leave, Bo Yi suddenly shouted...