# Chapter 2: Kingdom and the Undead
"Interesting."
Su Xiao looked at the 16,500 World Merits. With so many World Merits, he should be able to exchange for a very high status within the Primordial World. In a completely unfamiliar world, having a higher status was clearly more advantageous.
The competition for World Merits had already begun. To some extent, this was a protective mechanism from Reincarnation Paradise toward its contractors.
Contractors capable of entering the Primordial World were either elite contractors participating in Third Rank space wars or those who had obtained "Primordial World Invitation Letters." Both methods of acquisition were quite difficult.
Therefore, Reincarnation Paradise did not want these contractors to engage in excessively brutal slaughter within the Primordial World, like what happened in the Hunter World where large numbers of contractors were eliminated.
If these contractors had already fought before entering the Primordial World, they would have some understanding of each other's strength, knowing who could be provoked and who couldn't. This way, the number of contractor casualties would be significantly reduced. This showed that Reincarnation Paradise also adopted certain protective measures for valuable contractors, though this did not negate the cruel reality of competition within Reincarnation Paradise.
Su Xiao was considering one thing: whether he should participate in the World Merit competition. If he had no World Merits, he would naturally have to engage in the fighting. But now he possessed a huge fortune—this was no longer a simple case of having a mine at home.
This time, over a hundred contractors would enter the Primordial World. Defeating one person could earn 1 to 5 World Merits. Even if he defeated all of them, obtaining over 400 World Merits would already be a miracle.
However, Su Xiao now had 16,500 World Merits. The World Merits gained from defeating all contractors wouldn't even match the tail end of his amount.
Rather than fighting those people, temporarily hiding was a good choice. It might even produce unexpected results.
Thinking of this, Su Xiao clenched his fist. The golden wing imprint on the back of his hand gradually shattered. With this thing, he would never die from the World Merit competition. Actively giving it up was equivalent to withdrawing from the competition.
The World Merit competition, of course, didn't require defeating everyone. After obtaining more than 2 World Merits, one could voluntarily withdraw.
[Hunter has withdrawn from World Merit competition.]
[Settling Hunter's current World Merits. World Merits amount: 16,500 points.]
[Tip: Hunter is about to be teleported into the Primordial World. Please prepare.]
[Teleportation preparing...]
Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao's cheek twitched. Generally, teleportations that required preparation indicated a very long distance and greater teleportation force. He looked at Bubu Wang and found that this coward was already starting to tremble.
[Preparing, 10, 9, 8... 3, 2, 1. Teleportation begins.]
Bam!!
Su Xiao's vision went black, and he vaguely heard a scream.
After an unknown amount of time, Su Xiao slowly woke up. He instinctively reached back to touch his head, but there was no actual pain.
Su Xiao's gaze swept around. He was on a bustling street.
Pedestrians came and went in an endless stream. The street was over ten meters wide, paved with neat stone slabs. Various shops lined both sides, each hanging a large wooden sign carved with different patterns—some showed a boot, others a loaf of bread.
The passersby had various hair colors, mostly brown or black. They wore different styles of linen clothes. Though the fabric was rough, the styles were diverse.
One strange thing was that the passersby made no sound at all. This unusual feeling made Su Xiao somewhat puzzled. He carefully observed his surroundings and found that the space around him was somewhat distorted. He was likely in an alternate space.
[Entering World: Shia Continent]
Location: Border Town · Atlanta City
World Difficulty: Primordial World (Eighth Rank)
World Source: 0% (Extremely difficult to obtain World Source in this world).
World Introduction: To be unlocked.
...
Seeing this "short and weak" world introduction, Su Xiao was initially confused, then noticed at the bottom: "World Introduction: To be unlocked."
He tried to open the world introduction, and a huge virtual screen appeared before him.
A falcon pierced the sky. A massive statue stood upon the earth, with over a hundred thousand people kneeling before it, seemingly performing some ritual.
[Shia Continent Year 185, King Adelaide Herbert pacified the Five Kingdoms and established the strongest kingdom on the continent, Saint Soding Kingdom.]
As the prompt appeared, the scene before Su Xiao changed. This was also his first time experiencing this—the world introduction was displayed in "CG" mode.
A vast swamp. A crocodile covered in scale armor lay in the mud.
Boom!
A black vortex appeared out of nowhere. The crocodile below was instantly shredded and devoured.
The black vortex rapidly expanded. A withered hand reached out from within, and soon, a humanoid creature emerged from the black vortex.
"Da la la ma ku yi te" (Air not polluted by the source of death).
The humanoid creature took a deep breath. After inhaling the foul-smelling air, its expression was like someone on drugs—excited to the point of trembling.
"Ke si si jia ba" (Must inform the tribe).
The humanoid creature took out some animal skull, several suspicious hairs, and a bottle of black viscous liquid from its bosom. It began to arrange things around the black vortex, which gradually expanded.
The scene changed. An army of humanoid creatures marched out from the black vortex in a mighty procession, numbering in the tens of thousands.
The humanoid creatures seemed to be conducting a large-scale migration. Men, women, old, and young all emerged from the black vortex. Fortunately, this was a swamp, undiscovered by humans.
When the last humanoid creature stepped out of the black vortex, they closed it—permanently. Their former homeland was no longer suitable for survival. If they hadn't discovered the Shia Continent, they would have all perished within a century.
[Shia Continent Year 217, foreign creatures entered the Shia Continent.]
[Shia Continent Year 218, a group of explorers entered the "Dark Moon Swamp" and were stunned by what they saw.]
[Shia Continent Year 218, the strongest land kingdom "Saint Soding Kingdom" sent a large army deep into the "Dark Moon Swamp" to war with the foreign creatures. 580,000 troops were buried in the "Dark Moon Swamp." Upon learning this news, Iron Crown King · Adelaide Herbert was enraged.]
[The Saint Soding Kingdom army attacked the "Dark Moon Swamp" again, ultimately suffering heavy casualties and returning in vain.]
[Same year, Iron Crown King · Adelaide named the foreign creatures "Undead," the mortal enemies of humanity. In reality, these Undead Clan were not undead beings nor spirits; they were merely creatures that resembled the undead.]
[Shia Continent Year 369, the "Saint Soding Kingdom" and the "Undead Clan" had been continuously at war for over a hundred years.]
[Shia Continent Year 763, the "Saint Soding Kingdom" and the "Undead Clan" ceased hostilities. They divided the territory in half and reached a non-aggression treaty. Within the Saint Soding Kingdom, prime-aged males were almost nowhere to be found. The Undead Clan suffered over 60% casualties.]
[Shia Continent Year 1083, the Undead Clan launched a massive attack on human territory. Reason unknown.]
[Shia Continent Year 1085, humanity was completely defeated. Tyrant King · Taylor Herbert was sent to the execution platform. A new king ascended the throne.]
[Shia Continent Year 1087, humanity deciphered the secrets of the Undead and obtained the power of the Undead. "Holy Warriors" appeared in the world.]
[Shia Continent Year 1099, "Holy Warrior" technology matured and was deployed on a large scale on the battlefield. Large territories were reclaimed, driving the Undead Clan back to the "Dark Moon Swamp."]
[Shia Continent Year 1102, the Wall of God was completed. It separated human and Undead territories, becoming humanity's frontline defense.]
[Shia Continent Year 1106, a large number of "Holy Warriors" defected from the kingdom. The secret of the "Holy Warriors" was made public: the stronger the Holy Warrior, the closer they were to the Undead. When reaching a certain limit, a Holy Warrior would transform into an Undead Lord—an existence even more terrifying than the Undead.]
[Shia Continent Year 1108, Holy Warrior training was halted.]
[Shia Continent Year 1110, the Wall of God was breached for the first time. Same year, Holy Warriors once again became active on the battlefield.]
[Tip: Hunter is about to enter the Primordial World · Shia Continent. Time: Shia Continent Year 1536.]
[Tip: Please exchange for identity disguise function. If identity disguise is not exchanged, the default status will be "No Identity."]
[Warning: World Merits will be cleared upon leaving this world.]