Chapter 3: Exchange Permissions for Materials/Semi-Finished Products/Emergency Supplies
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In Su Xiao’s view, the permissions of the War Store were useless; they had been nerfed too heavily.
In reality, what Su Xiao didn’t know was that if it weren’t for the certification from Reincarnation Paradise granting this permission, had it been Apocalypse Paradise, he wouldn’t even be able to see the War Store.
At the current stage, counting Dawn Paradise, the Treeborn World was under eight layers of certification. Moreover, this was a world under the absolute jurisdiction of the Void Tree. Interfering with the situation here was incredibly difficult.
To say nothing else, the mere fact that one couldn’t reach this world through teleportation already revealed many clues.
Su Xiao activated the Tracking function, and a holographic map appeared before him. This was a detailed map of Dawn Paradise’s interior. After all, the Tuanzhang had led numerous top-tier contractors to invade here before, so having this map now was only natural.
The red dots on the map marked Huishenshi. Su Xiao began detecting Huishenshi’s life force wavelength and found that his aura was growing stronger at a not-so-slow pace.
The target was located in the central area of Dawn Paradise, where a spiral giant tree stood. Huishenshi’s aura fluctuations overlapped with that spiral giant tree.
Beyond that, the map showed a total of 572 small red dots. The closest one to Su Xiao was only a hundred meters away. These 572 small red dots represented 572 enemies. Their aura fluctuations indicated that each was at the peak of the Eighth Rank. It seemed Huishenshi’s “temporary cheat” had also arrived.
However, there was one point: although these 572 auras possessed peak Eighth Rank combat power for a period, they were more like consumables. After fighting for a certain time, they would be scrapped. Unlike normal Eighth Rank powerhouses, who, as long as they weren’t killed, could recover to full combat power after some rest.
Su Xiao confirmed that these 572 enemies couldn’t leave the black shell, meaning the interior of Dawn Paradise. Otherwise, they would have already charged at him instead of lying in ambush, waiting for him to step into their encirclement.
It could be said that without understanding the enemy’s intelligence, one would have to grit their teeth and explore blindly. This enhanced Tracking function was truly a lifesaver. Unfortunately, this level of Tracking was only a temporary trial version.
The combat power of those 572 enemies was astonishing. Su Xiao admitted that if surrounded, he would surely die. This was a “temporary cheat,” and he wasn’t some reckless fool. Of course, he wouldn’t throw his flesh and blood body against it.
The enemy had a “temporary cheat,” and Su Xiao had one too. This thing was only usable within this world, so naturally, he had to maximize its effect.
“Retreat.”
Su Xiao brought Bubu Wang and Baha and withdrew. Although Huishenshi was continuously growing stronger, charging in head-on right now was the most unwise decision.
If someone else had taken over this situation, they would surely cry foul, complaining that the “temporary cheat” from Reincarnation Paradise provided almost no boost to combat power.
That might be true for other contractors, but for Su Xiao, the assistance from Reincarnation Paradise was already sufficient. At this moment, he deeply realized that knowledge was power.
Su Xiao took a few steps back and was outside the black shell. Although he planned to temporarily withdraw, leaving without saying a word would be far too “impolite.”
A [Blazing Sun’s Wrath: Apollo] appeared in Su Xiao’s hand. After activating it, he waited 13 seconds, then tossed it into Dawn Paradise. Throwing an Apollo into a paradise—Su Xiao was likely the first person in history to do so.
The detonation time for Blazing Sun’s Wrath: Apollo was 15 seconds. Not long after tossing it in, he heard a muffled boom from within the black shell.
The sound wasn’t as shocking as usual, likely weakened by Dawn Paradise, but that didn’t matter. As long as it could explode, that was enough.
Although Su Xiao held a strong reverence for Dawn Paradise, he truly didn’t believe that this paradise faction still had many paradise functions left. Otherwise, why would it only sign a single contractor?
As Su Xiao’s rank grew higher, he had roughly understood one of the reasons why paradise factions signed contractors: to win World Wars.
Every time his side won a World War—that is, seizing the World Core and establishing a permanent world coordinate with Reincarnation Paradise’s attributes—that Primordial World would belong to Reincarnation Paradise.
After taking over that world, Reincarnation Paradise could first extract a massive amount of Space-Time Power. What effect this had on paradise factions was beyond Su Xiao’s knowledge, but he knew one thing: all paradise factions needed Space-Time Power. In the past, he had even helped Reincarnation Paradise rob Apocalypse… ahem, helped Reincarnation Paradise compete for Space-Time Power.
Signing contractors first allowed them to grow within safe derivative worlds. Indeed, in Su Xiao’s view, derivative worlds were safe. As long as one spent more time watching anime, the plot, character personalities, and world storyline direction of derivative worlds could be fully understood.
To put it more directly, after a contractor entered a derivative world, it was almost like having a God’s-eye view. Most contractors who died there did so because their greed exceeded their own ability limits.
But in Primordial Worlds, everything was unknown. Without a world introduction, upon entering the world, everyone would be thinking: Where am I? Who am I? Why does this place look like a prison?
The Tuanzhang had once said that being at the Sixth Rank and still entering derivative worlds was like being 20 years old and still in kindergarten’s top class.
After reaching the Sixth Rank, Su Xiao not only had no chance to enter derivative worlds but also rarely entered his own side’s certified Primordial Worlds. The worlds he entered were either fully open worlds certified by the Void Tree, World Wars, World Invasions, or the most ferocious Space-Time Power plundering.
Simply put, Su Xiao had started to go outside to grab resources, and he could fill his pockets to the brim. For example, representing Reincarnation Paradise in the World of Paintings, then single-handedly invading the World War of Ser Star.
The relationship between the paradise and contractors was fundamentally not exploitation. Su Xiao wasn’t sure about other paradises, but Reincarnation Paradise only signed those who were about to face death but hadn’t died yet.
When on the verge of death, they would be teleported into Reincarnation Paradise, their life state fixed, and then given a choice.