Chapter 40

"Is this the eternal alchemical effect of the Balance Technique?" Chu Ci looked at his hands and nodded in satisfaction.

There was no need to draw alchemical arrays or prepare alchemy furnaces or crucibles. As long as there was enough energy and material, the alchemy could be performed. This made it very convenient for both practical combat and scientific research.

Chu Ci didn't care about the enhancements from other alchemy systems because once enhanced, they became nourishment for the Balance Technique. Therefore, Chu Ci didn't have to worry about the adverse effects of too many mixed enhancements.

Next was the Balance Technique itself. It was just knowledge, and could only be knowledge. Whatever cost Chu Ci paid, it would give him an equivalent reward, adhering to the principle of equivalent exchange.

And then there was the Truth Body, the source of power for Chu Ci's alchemy. It didn't enhance Chu Ci at all, but it provided him with a path and added a very useful passive skill.

Similar to the eternal alchemy of the Gate of Truth in geomantic alchemy, but much stronger than the Gate of Truth, which could only sense geomantic energy. The eternal alchemy combined with the Balance Technique sensed balanced energy.

Positive and negative, heat and cold, natural and unnatural, life and death. As long as they existed, there was order and chaos.

"Very good." Chu Ci exchanged a large amount of alchemical knowledge from the Overlord to fill his limited knowledge, then began to slowly ask the Overlord about some common rules.

When Chu Ci was satisfied and prepared to leave, he also supplemented himself with a lot of thermal weapons and a large number of alchemical tools.

This door, Chu Ci pushed open the door on the platform, which was carved with a huge city. Although it was just a standing door, it had no distinctive features from any angle, but it was like Doraemon's teleportation door. Once opened, the outside was a bustling, vast space.

This was the true Overlord Space, the main domain where the cycle travelers interacted and traded with each other.

As the cycle travelers continuously grew stronger, the original worlds gradually became unsuitable for them to live in. For example, a cultivation-type cycle traveler, accustomed to the misty and spirit-filled mountains, would not feel good returning to a place with sulfur dioxide. Or a cycle traveler enhanced with the T-virus, even if he didn't care about human lives, he wouldn't want to destroy the world if he cared about his family.

Therefore, the main domain of the space became the permanent residence for many cycle travelers who didn't want to return to the real world. This was also a benefit provided by the Overlord Space.

At least here, the housing prices were uniform, with only 15 reward points per square meter. For many losers who lived in cramped conditions before entering the Overlord Space, this was like heaven.

The Overlord Space was not static and often responded to the needs of the vast majority of cycle travelers, patching the main domain. Under the continuous improvement of the Overlord Space and the management of countless generations of cycle travelers, the main domain had become a special space. It not only provided living quarters for cycle travelers but also had other areas such as trading zones, mission zones, and team zones. There were also many entertainment facilities: stores, bars, restaurants, sports fields, and more. The waitresses were all beautiful NPC projections of the Overlord, with different themes on different days: uniform temptation on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; homemaker wives on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays; and cosplayers on weekends, satisfying the needs of the masses.

It was said that at one time, many male cycle travelers requested a place to "show their prowess," but for some reason, the Overlord never responded to this demand. Later, when female cycle travelers found out, they launched a feminist movement, which ended without resolution. However, during one of the Overlord's new patches, an entertainment option for clone humans was added.

Chu Ci came to the main domain not for the cosplayer waitresses on weekends but to buy a house in the residential area and prepare a place to settle down.

On the way, Chu Ci saw more cycle travelers than he had seen in the past ten days. There were mage cycle travelers using anti-gravity spells, floating while reading magic literature and drinking beverages; there were Hulk cycle travelers in their transformed states, playing handheld games...

In the main domain, except for the dueling arena, you could use your abilities anywhere, but they couldn't cause any harm. Cycle travelers could touch each other, but if there was malice, they couldn't harm others.

Chu Ci asked several cycle travelers before finally arriving at the residential area. Here, there was no neighborhood management or security. Each house, unless given permission, was the most confidential and secure safe house.

The houses around the residential area were similar to European-style apartments. From the outside, they seemed small, but inside, they were folded spaces. As long as you had the money (reward points), you could set up a luxurious villa.

Many doors had names written on them. Chu Ci focused and saw that there was a name, but he couldn't see it. This was the Overlord Space's confidentiality measure.

Only apartments without names could be sold to cycle travelers.

Chu Ci searched for a long time and finally found an empty house in the supposedly infinite residential area. Following the Overlord's instructions, he placed his hand on the apartment's doorplate, and an operation menu appeared. The first option asked how large a house Chu Ci wanted.

As a tycoon, Chu Ci bought 500 square meters at once, paying 7500 reward points. Then came the decoration style, with various styles from ancient to modern, even including Demon Castle and Teletubbies Fantasy Land. Without much thought, Chu Ci chose a magic-themed style with a built-in laboratory.

What? 2000 reward points for decoration? Can it be waived? What! No self-decoration? Chu Ci suddenly realized the Overlord's surface-level nature as a cunning merchant.

Forget it, I have money, here you go! Chu Ci cursed fiercely.

After the decoration, furniture was necessary, 500 reward points for everything, including a one-year subscription to the Overlord Weekly. Chu Ci began to think that the Overlord was a profit-driven cunning merchant, even giving small gifts. Adam had said that the Overlord Weekly, although available for sale, only required 1 point per issue, and a year's subscription was only 52 reward points, yet it was bundled with the furniture cost.

Do you want to activate the teleportation array function? It's free, directly connected to the residential area entrance, a quick zap to avoid the trouble of walking, but each teleport costs 10 reward points...

Chu Ci directly removed his hand, ending the purchase. The rest were various luxury functions, which, according to Adam, only fools would spend on.

Chu Ci's name appeared on the doorplate, symbolizing that the apartment now had an owner.

Chu Ci smiled, placed his hand on the door, and pushed it open. He stepped inside.