Chapter 45: You're Here

Chapter 45: You're Here

The entire ancient capital had turned into a domain of fire, as if the earth's veins had been blasted open. Rolling magma surged from underground, mixed with soil, rock, and rubble melted by the high temperatures. This place had transformed into a lake of magma, becoming a true forbidden zone for all living things.

A group of contractors watched this scene, most of them pausing to observe for a moment before turning and leaving. Clearly, they didn't want to get involved in this matter. Without needing to know the details, just seeing the scale of this told them it was trouble.

Originally, everyone thought it was safe to watch the show from here, but after seeing that cross-shaped "Solar Holy Sword," they realized this place might not be safe at all.

Su Xiao paid no attention to the departing contractors. He had been waiting for a kill notification. Although someone had once faked a "false notification" through a substitute death method, now that Apollo was completely consumed without any kill notification appearing, it was clear that Gray Gentleman hadn't put all his eggs in one basket. Even if he had brought in the "remains" of Dawn Paradise this time, he still hadn't gambled everything on this.

Or rather, this was very much in line with Gray Gentleman's style. Over such a long time, based on Su Xiao's understanding of Gray Gentleman, his habit was to first plan out the "primary objective" while also preparing a "secondary objective."

When the "primary objective" was about to collapse due to powerful enemies or circumstances, Gray Gentleman would pretend to persist, but in reality, he had already shifted to the "secondary objective." He would even use the "primary objective" as bait to divert the enemy's attention, giving him time to better complete the "secondary objective."

This time, Gray Gentleman's "primary objective" was Dawn Paradise. So what kind of "secondary objective" could match that level?

Various conjectures surfaced in Su Xiao's mind. He listed several characteristics of the Treeborn World: