I Am Super Rich
-Book IX-

Chapter 401

The young man in the VIP room was named Harlan Busch. He was a direct descendant of one of the major families in the Royal Region. Even though the Busch family was far from the eight prominent families, they were still pretty powerful in the Royal Region.  

Harlan was not very talented, so he would use twice the effort to only get half the results during his cultivation. Moreover, he was very lazy, and he loved women. He could not go a day without sleeping with a woman. Because of this, he threw the handle after the blade and began to make a fortune in the family's sphere of influence by relying on the family's reputation.  

Despite this, Harlan was very discerning, which was how he got to where he was right now. He would never risk offending someone he did not know the background of. After all, there were too many people in the Royal Region, the center of the entire galaxy, that he could not afford to offend. If he was slightly careless, his entire family might be wiped out.

When Harlan heard the young man that he was from one of the eight prominent families, the Tuffin family, he  burst into laughter.  He said sarcastically, "Are you really from the Tuffin family? Are you kidding me? The Dallarosa family has wiped out the Tuffin family, and they have already replaced the Tuffin family as one of the eight prominent families."  

"It is because the Dallarosa family wiped out the Tuffin family that I showed up here incognito. Furthermore, the information I want to share with you is one of the absolute secrets of my family," Floyd said.  

"Oh? Let's hear it."

Harlan was interested.  

"I can tell you, but you must settle all my debts and give me a large sum of money after that. Besides, are you sure you want all of them to know it as well?" Harlan stared at Floyd.

After making sure he was not joking, Harlan said, "You should leave now."  

"Yes, Boss!"  

The two middle–aged men and two gorgeous women said at the same time.  

Soon after, they left the room respectfully.  

At this moment, only the young man and Floyd were left in the VIP Room.  

"Can you tell me now? As long as you can bring me benefits, I'll agree with everything you ask for."  

Floyd took a deep breath before saying, "Pavan, the eldest son of the Tuffin family, has been exploring outside all these years. Recently, he sent a message back saying he found an indigenous living planet on the brink of the Milky Way. However, there was a peak Planet Ranker on the planet, and the aborigines had very high talent. It would be unimaginably valuable if he could plant his slave mark on this planet. Thus, he asked the family to subdue them."

"After the family got news about this, they immediately realized this would be the hope for the family to rise. Hence, they recalled all the heirs to elect a new head for the younger generation. Then, they asked Lord Adan to bring the head of the younger generation over. However, Lord Adan was met with an attack from the Dallarosa family while on the way. In the end, he died, and you know the rest. The Dallarosa family destroyed my family, but they had no idea about this. If I had another choice, I wouldn't have told you about this."  

Floyd told Harlan this because he had no choice.  

Even though he was a direct descendant, he was the most inconspicuous one. His family died while going on a mission for the family. By right, this top secret would have been taken to the grave. Floyd only knew this because he stole this information from the top secret vault of the family after the family was wiped out. He wanted to go himself, but he did not have the power to do so.  

Therefore, he hid this in his heart. He had no other choice today and would die if he did not say it. He might even live a life worse than death.  

Hence, he could only use this information in exchange for his life.  

As Harlan heard what Floyd said, his breathing started to get faster.  

Clearly, he was very shocked after hearing this news.  

Since Floyd dared to tell him about this, it would mean Floyd was confident about this news. He knew the consequences if he dared to lie.  

How talented would an indigenous living planet with a peak Planet Ranker be?  

If Harlan planted his slave mark on the planet and forced the people to drink genetic drugs to stimulate their potential before feeding it to the master, he would turn from a good–for–nothing to a genius. How did he run into such an alarming yet fortuitous meeting?

It seemed that Harlan was about to prosper.  

Even though Harlan was not very talented and had given up on cultivating, this did not mean he did not hope of becoming stronger and getting his family to value him.  

He could not work hard to make up for his talent. He only gave up because he did not have a choice.  

Now that he had such an excellent opportunity to increase his talent and trample on the first and second heirs of the family, how would he give up on it?  

Coincidentally, the Tuffin family got such a good chance but was wiped out by the Dallarosa family during that  critical moment. Due to this, he was the only one to receive this news.  

'Could it be that I'm the true chosen one?'

At this moment, Harlan's distinguished ambition was suddenly reignited again. His face turned red from excitement. If he brought his people to plant his slave mark in secret, who would dare to look down on him in the future?  

Now, Harlan's sight was not just limited to his family. He might even become a super genius who was on the same level as Gunnar, a genius in the Royal Region. By then, he would be the one everyone looked up to and simultaneously gain the admiration of countless women.  

When he thought about this, Harlan felt his blood burning. However, he had to plan this properly.  

Firstly, he could not leak this.  

Secondly, he could not let his family know about this.  

If not, he would not get a share of this. Therefore, he could only do this in secret. He needed to be careful on a planet with a peak Planet Ranker. He was not that person's opponent at all.  

"Are you telling the truth?" Harlan asked after he calmed down.  

"Of course! How would I dare to lie to you about something like this unless I don't want to live anymore," Floyd answered calmly.  

"It's good that you know. Where is this planet? What's the location?"  

"You will let me go as per your promise after I tell you and give me a large sum of money, right?"  

"Not now. How will I know if you're making this up to fool me?"  

"You…" Floyd was furious.  

Then, he asked quickly, "When will you fulfill your promise?"  

At this moment, Harlan laughed and said, "Floyd, my brother, we can do this slowly. As long as you're telling the truth, I promise you will have unlimited riches for the rest of your life."

"I already had unlimited riches. Right now, I want to leave with the money and find somewhere to live incognito. I never want to come out again."  

"Alright, if that's the case, you should come with us. As soon as we get there and plant my slave mark successfully, I can give you everything you want. Even if you return to me in the future when you are at the end of your rope, I will still do everything in my power to help you. What do you think?"  

"Alright, it's a deal." Floyd agreed after he thought about it.

He knew he could not leave now. If he were in Harlan's shoes, he would not let the other party leave either.  

"Haha! How straightforward! Floyd, my brother, I need some time to prepare, so you might have to suffer for a bit. Aside from not being able to leave, you can ask for anything. I will give you all the money and women you want," Harlan laughed.  

"I want the two women just now," Floyd said.  

"Haha! Alright, it's just a small matter."  

After Harlan said that, he got up and walked to Floyd. Then, he left after patting Floyd's shoulder.  

The moment he opened the door to leave, the two women came in and closed the door behind them.

—

David and the others continued to head to their destination. He still did not know Earth's location had been exposed by the only surviving member of the Tuffin family.  

He thought that as long as he killed all of the Tuffin family's core, no one would know where Earth was. However, he had missed the others.  

At the same time, David also made a mistake hiding the Earth's location using the system.  

After hiding it, they could not find Earth on the galaxy map.  

That way, no one would know that Earth was already a high–class citizen planet of the Milky Way Empire.  

This made Harlan even more sure that Earth was an indigenous living planet.  

At this moment, he was coming up with various ways to buy Cursed Blood Beads secretly. At the same time, he was recruiting dependable masters.  

His family had Stellar Rankers and even masters at Universe Realm.  

However, Harlan could not tell his family about this.  

If not, his family would take away what was rightfully his.  

Even if they gave Harlan some compensation after the deed was done, it was nothing compared to an indigenous living planet.  

It was also an indigenous living planet with a peak Planet Ranker, so it would be hard to determine the value of.  

Currently, Harlan's ambition, which had been long diminished, was once again starting to rise. He was not satisfied with just spending his time idly and waiting for his death. He wanted to be stronger. He wanted to step on the other heirs of the family. He wanted to be the most dazzling person in the Royal Region.

However, Harlan planned to head to Earth with his most low–level vessel so he would not attract so much attention.

Even if this would be more time–consuming, he could arrive on Earth silently and not attract any attention.  

Half a month later, Harlan had made all the preparations. He secretly brought Floyd and the others away from the Royal Region and headed to Earth.  

However, judging from the speed of their lowest–level vessel, they would only arrive in three or four months.

At this moment, David and the others reached their first destination in their Galaxy Warship.  

As they looked at the small living planet within, David scanned it with his mind power. He could immediately understand everything on the planet.  

After scanning it, David let out a sigh of relief.  

'Phew! This planet has not been discovered, and it's not been planted with a slave mark.'  

Right now, it was still self–sufficient.  

The technological advancement also seemed to be slightly higher than Earth. However, it was not by much.  

It seemed only to be a level 0.8 or 0.9 civilization.  

David asked the Galaxy Warship to descend on the planet slowly.  

He did not bring his people down when he landed on a huge grassland. Instead, they waited inside the Galaxy Warship for the people of the planet to approach them.  

He believed they must have discovered his slow arrival. Even the Earth's technology would have noticed them.  

Moreover, this planet was a little bit more advanced than the earth.  

Boom!  

Sure enough, not long after, the violent sound of thunder was heard in the distance.

Soon, countless fighter jets approached from far and  near like bees, densely covering the sky above the Galaxy Warship.  

The shapes of these fighter jets were slightly different from those on Earth, but their structure was similar.  

They were all designed to reduce air friction.  

Unlike fighter jets on Earth, these fighter jets could hover in the air and not fall.  

This would be impossible on Earth.  

They had to keep flying, or else they would fall from the sky.  

Although Earth's level of civilization was only 0.1 or 0.2 grades worse than this planet, there was still a certain technological gap.

Chapter 402

After the fighter jets stopped in the air, they aimed their countless guided missiles at the Galaxy Warship.  

However, the people of this planet had no idea what a Galaxy Warship was. Shooting these guided missiles at the ship was like mosquitoes trying to penetrate an iron plate.  

It would not do anything to the Galaxy Warship.  

In reality, the fighter jet pilots were shocked when they saw the Galaxy Warship.  

'What is this huge thing?  

'It's huge!  

'How grand!  

'How imposing!  

'It doesn't look like something our planet can make.'  

Right now, they were very nervous. This thing should belong to aliens.  

However, they had no idea if the ship was a friend or foe.  

At the same time, they sent the scene back to the control center so that the big shots of this planet could see it.  

As David looked at the fighter jets in the sky, he knew it was time to get out.  

The Galaxy Warship's hatch opened, shocking the fighter jet pilots.  

They gripped their missile launcher tightly in their hands.  

They could shoot the guided missiles the moment they noticed something was wrong.

David brought Mia to the top of the Galaxy Warship. Meanwhile, Balu stayed in the control room to learn how to steer the ship.  

From now on, David would hand the control room over to Balu. That way, he would feel more at ease.  

The heads of this planet were all staring at the Galaxy Warship. When they saw two humans disembark and not some peculiar–looking creatures, they all sighed a sigh of relief.

When David got to the top of the ship, he smiled and said to the fighter jets in the sky, "Don't be scared. I come in peace."  

"Who are you? Why did you come here?" One of the fighter jet pilots asked.

"I'm from a level 3 civilization, and I am here to invite you to join the Milky Way Empire," David answered.  

This was what he planned to say. No one would believe him if he said he was here to save them. Hence, he said he was from the Milky Way empire.  

If he could help them upgrade this planet to a high–class citizen planet of the Milky Way Empire, no one would dare to break the empire's rule and plant their slave mark on it even if they discovered it in the future.

Normally, no one would come if David labeled this planet on the empire's galaxy map because they would only come in vain if they did.  

People would only go to unlabeled places on the galaxy map when exploring. When the people heard David come from a level 3 civilization, they were stunned.  

They knew they were not even at a level 1 civilization.  

Now that they were meeting someone from a level 3 civilization, they knew they would not have the power to resist. No wonder the other party could make such a huge, domineering, and formidable spacecraft. It seemed that they were from a higher civilization.  

"Why are you inviting us to join the empire? What do you want? If you don't explain yourself properly, we won't believe you. We believe there is no free lunch in this world."  

These people were more alert than earthlings. The earthlings were not so vigilant when Pavan landed on Earth back then.  

David smiled bitterly in his heart.  

'How should I f*cking explain to them?

'Should I tell them outsiders will invade you soon and plant a bloodline curse on you, and I was entrusted by someone to help you?'

'I don't think anyone will believe me.'

"Who's the person in charge of this planet? Tell him to talk to me. You won't understand even if I explain to you. You can't make these decisions anyway," David asked.  

"I'm sorry. If you don't explain to us, there won't be anyone coming to talk to you because we can't be sure if you're friend or foe."

David was in a dilemma now.  He shook his head helplessly and said, "I genuinely come in peace. Why won't you believe me?"  

"You have to show proof that you don't mean any harm. Not a single person would believe a stranger completely if they were in this situation, right? Please understand!"  

Perhaps the Galaxy Warship looked too domineering and formidable, and David was from a level 3 civilization, which led to the person speaking very courteously.  

David figured that this person was being fair, but how would he prove himself?  

After thinking about it, David looked around and spotted a huge mountain peak hundreds of kilometers away on his right. It was very eye–catching on this flat plain.  

He suddenly had an idea. Since the other party did not believe him, he should be straightforward. He would show some of his strength to show these people that if he wanted to harm them, they would not have any way to resist. That way, he could indirectly show that his purpose was genuine.  

'Alright, I'll do that!'  

"If that's the case, I'll prove it to you."  

After David said that, he pointed at the huge mountain peak hundreds of kilometers away and continued, "See that mountain?"  

"Of course! That's Snow Peak. It is the tallest and biggest mountain on the grassland and the tallest and biggest peak on Planet Cloud."  

"Look closely then! My explanation is on that mountain," David said.  

The fighter jet pilot did not understand what David was saying, but he asked the other fighter jets equipped with high–definition cameras to adjust their cameras so they would capture footage of Snow Peak. While the cameras were pointed at it, the leaders in the control room could also see it.  

Meanwhile, the other fighter jets aimed their guided missiles at David and the Galaxy Warship.  

Not only the fighter jets, but the countless powerful large –scale, long–distance cannons were also targeting him. If they detected any hostility from David, they would fire without hesitation and raze this place to the ground. As everyone stared at Snow Peak, David said one word.  

"Up!"  

After he said that…  

Boom!  

A loud voice could be heard from a distance. Then, the ground shook.  

Snow Peak was lifted off the ground and rose in the air while countless people on Planet Cloud watched.  

"This…  

"This…  

"This is impossible!"  

Everyone was shocked to see this scene, and they were all mumbling, "Impossible!Impossible!"  

The scene was too shocking.  

'What magnificent technique is this?  

'How can he lift Snow Peak?  

'That's Snow Peak, the tallest and biggest mountain on Planet Cloud!  

'It was so easily lifted by such a mysterious power. How shocking!  

'An ordinary person could not do this.'

After Snow Peak rose to the air, it stopped there quietly.

At this moment, Snow Peak was hovering in the air like it was magic.  

Mia was already used to this.  

Ever since she watched David killing all of the Grim family's core, she would not be surprised at anything David did.  

With his strength, he could destroy this planet with a stomp of his feet if he wanted.  

The room was quiet when the leaders in Planet Cloud saw Snow Peak being lifted easily inside the control room. Everyone's eyes were wide, and their jaws dropped. Only heavy breathing could be heard.  

They could not believe what they were seeing.  

"S–Sir! What should we do?" Someone asked.  

From his voice, one could tell that he was in extreme panic.

The strength that David exhibited was too great.  

They had never seen this before, and never expected someone to lift a mountain and make it hover in the air.  

How much strength would be required? Not only him, the other people in the control room also  had looks of horror on their faces.  

They turned to look at an old man at the same time.  

That old man was the most authoritative decision maker on Planet Cloud.  

"Send two people to tell the fighter jets to come back. Also, tell all the weapons to cease fire. We can't predict these aliens' strength. The rest of you, come with me to meet those level 3 civilization aliens. Let's see what they want," the old man said.  

He understood the other party was trying to intimidate them.  

If not, the entire Planet Cloud would not have been able to resist him.  

The techniques from a high–level civilization were so scary.  

Snow Peak was so huge, and it casually lifted until it hovered in the air.  

This was unfathomable!  

When would Planet Cloud develop to become a level 3 civilization?  

On the grassland in Planet Cloud.

After David shocked everyone with one move, he spread his hands and said slowly, "See? I really don't mean you any harm. If I did, your planet wouldn't even have the power to fight back. I genuinely come here in peace."  

The pilots of the fighter jets got the order from the control room. The control room was asking them to retreat. At the same time, they had to calm these powerful yet strange aliens.  

"Sir, our commander will be here to talk to you soon. Please wait patiently for a while."  

"That's right. This wouldn't have happened if you did this earlier. You just had to make me show my strength," David smiled and said.  

"Please calm down, Sir. You are Planet Cloud's first visitor from outer space. I had to treat you with care for the sake of the tens of billions of people on this planet. I hope you understand."  

"It's fine! It's fine! I understand. It'll be fine as long as your commander gets here. Don't worry. If I were hostile, I would have suppressed your planet by force."  

"Thank you, Sir!"  

After the fighter jets got the order, they left the grassland slowly.  

David was not bothered and just let them leave.  

At the same time, he placed Snow Peak down to its original position. It did not look any different from before.  

Soon, the Galaxy Warship, David, and Mia were the only ones left on the grassland.  

Meanwhile, the highest commander of Planet Cloud was heading over here.

—

After a day, David's Galaxy Warship left Planet Cloud to head to another destination.  

They had settled their first target.  

After his careful explanation, Planet Cloud agreed to join the Milky Way Empire.  

To avoid problems, David contacted Princess Astrid directly.  

With her help, Planet Cloud and Planet Buck successfully joined the Milky Way Empire. They were registered as high–class citizen planets of the empire.  

At the same time, they were also successfully registered on the empire's galaxy map.  

None of the forces would dare to covet them anymore.  

The deterrent effect of the Milky Way Empire was unquestionable.

Chapter 403

David headed to his next destination.

There were two more months until the state banquet.

Hence, he needed to go and confirm the status of the two planets.

The old man in another timeline gave David hundreds of planet locations.

They were all planted with slave marks.

However, he did not tell David the timeline, so David needed to find out each of the planets' statuses individually.

He would tell the empire about the ones that had not been discovered.

After that, he would spend money to turn them into high-class citizen planets so that they would not be planted with slave marks.

Even if those planets were discovered by other forces and were planted with slave marks, David would kill the one who planted the marks and give the planet back its freedom. Just like Planet Buck.

He would get rid of the slave marks when he was strong enough to find a way to get rid of them.

Those hundreds of planets were in all corners of the Milky Way.

It would take a lot of time for him to go to all of them.

However, David had made a promise.

So, he would do it no matter how long it would take.

Furthermore, he would not get the system without those people's sacrifice and hard work.

Earth's fate would also develop in the direction of the Earth in that timeline.

Pavan would plant his slave mark on Earth, and then he would rise to the top of the Milky Way.

Meanwhile, David would continue to look for a way to get rid of the slave mark. He even ended up failing.

One had to be grateful, and David was someone who could distinguish gratitude and grievances. He could only stand on the top of the Milky Way after those people sacrificed themselves.

No matter how high the price was, he had to help the planets those people were from.

With David's current strength, it would only take a bit of time.

Also, he would get benefits from helping those planets.

After turning every planet into high-class citizen planets of the empire, David would get hundreds of lavish points.

If he went to all of the hundreds of them, he would get many lavish points.

A month later, David finally went to two more planets.

Those two planets were like Planet Cloud in that other forces had not yet discovered them. It seemed they would only be discovered in the future.

After David showed his strength, he would directly intimidate the people on the planet. Then, he would turn the planet into a high- class citizen planet of the empire.

Afterward, he would leave while those people could not voice their objections.

David felt that even if those people on the planets could not understand now, they would be grateful to him in the future.

Since the next destination was a little far, it would take him nearly a month to arrive.

The state banquet was more than a month away, so if he headed to the next destination, he would not make it in time.

Hence, David decided to go back to the Royal Region first. He would return to Earth after the state banquet and continue his journey.

After David's command, the Galaxy Warship started to head to the center of the Milky Way and the Royal Region.

—

At this moment, a tiny flying vessel was speeding through the void in the Zone of Nothingness between the Milky Way and Beast Galaxy. It was moving at lightning speed.

Suddenly, a black crack appeared before it and swallowed the flying vessel.

Soon, on the other infinite side, another small crack appeared.

Three battered and exhausted snake-like creatures with nine heads escaped from the crack.

After they escaped, they immediately returned to their human forms.

"I told you not to take shortcuts. You were just supposed to obediently go on the original route, but you didn't listen to me. Great, our flying vessel has been swallowed by the crack in the Zone of Nothingness."

"It'd be too slow to use the original route.nWe are finally leaving Beast Galaxy to have fun in the Milky Way. Don't you want to reach earlier so you can enjoy the yummy taste of humans sooner?"

"Of course! However, won't it be dangerous to take shortcuts? Luckily, the crack this time is not that powerful. We'd all die here if we ran into a more powerful one!"

"It's not that easy to kill all of us. Plus, it's not that easy to run into the most powerful crack. We're just unlucky to have run into one today."

"You said you wanted to take the shortcut. So what should we do now? Where are we? How far is this place from the Milky Way? Where should we go?"

"How the hell would I know?"

"You..."

"Alright, stop arguing! Let me check with the secret technique," another person said.

Then, the two stopped talking.

The three beasts that changed into human form were the people the Nine- Headed Serpent Clan sent to assist Sangruil.

Since they were scared that they would attract attention, so they only sent three people over. However, this was enough.

These three were all at partial Eternal Realm.

In addition to Moe and Severus, who were already in the Milky Way, there would be five of them who were at partial Eternal Realm.

Even if there were two people at partial Eternal Realm, Nimbus and Wilfred, in the Milky Way Galaxy, they would not be the five's opponents.

They would suffer a crushing defeat during a five versus two battle.

The Milky Way Empire would not win unless Nimbus or Wilfred broke through to Eternal Realm.

However, this was not realistic.

If someone in the Milky Way reached Eternal Realm, the Nine- Headed Serpent Clan would not dare to be so arrogant.

Even though there was only a half-level difference between partial Eternal Realm and Eternal Realm, it was miles apart.

As the saying went, 'a miss is as good as a mile'

It would be a whole new world if one could get through this half- level difference.

They could only be stuck here forever until they die if they could not.

Eternal Realm was called Eternal Realm because it had an eternal life span.

As long as there were no accidents, one could age to be as old as heaven and earth and shine as bright as the sun and moon.