Chapter 30: The True Way to Develop
Hundreds of millions of corrupted beings besieging the city—this was not the most dangerous part. From above, the dark aperture continuously poured down corrupted beings, forcing most of their firepower to be directed skyward.
Explosions from above and around the city walls continued without cease. On top of the city walls, a Solar Flame Dragon covered in corrupted beings let out a mournful cry as it angled downward in a dive, crashing into the massive horde of corrupted beings outside the walls. When it raised its dragon wings again, they had turned into skeletal frames laced with blood vessels. Within just a few seconds, this Solar Flame Dragon was devoured completely.
This scene was not an isolated incident. At the start of the battle, they had 1,300 Solar Flame Dragons; now, only a little over 800 remained. This was due not only to the overwhelming number of corrupted beings but also to the considerable number of enemy Nether Dragon Whales.
These Nether Dragon Whales were far larger in size than the Solar Flame Dragons. Since the battle began, over a hundred Nether Dragon Whales had been cruising in the sky. Although they dared not approach the Mother Nest, fearing being targeted by the Titan Beasts, they showed no fear of the Solar Flame Dragons.
Despite the size difference, the Solar Flame Dragons were not intimidated by the Nether Dragon Whales, especially with their numerical advantage. The problem was that each Nether Dragon Whale was covered in layers of corrupted beings. Whenever a Solar Flame Dragon clashed with a Nether Dragon Whale, the whale would shake its body, sending a shower of corrupted beings flying toward the Solar Flame Dragon like buckshot.
Once these half-dead beings latched onto a target, they would sacrifice themselves, transforming into a dark green fluid that corroded the Solar Flame Dragon.
Atop the Mother Nest, Su Xiao gazed at the fiery cloud layer in the sky. This was a defensive layer created by their Brutal Turrets firing living missiles. All corrupted beings falling from above, after passing through this defensive layer, turned into burning fragments of flesh and blood. The entire scene looked like a continuous rain of fire.
Above, there was a rain of fire; around the city walls, a ring of blazing fire. Along the circular city walls, every 50 meters or so, a hundred-meter-tall Killing Turret stood, like pillars propping up the walls.
Su Xiao surveyed the surroundings. The enemy's assault was steadily pressing closer, now less than 30 meters from the city walls, and the distance was shrinking.
The stream of corrupted beings from above kept lowering the height of the fiery clouds, now only a little over 1,000 meters from the Mother Nest. Su Xiao could already feel the scorching heat of the fiery clouds and the shockwaves from the explosions.
If this continued, it was only a matter of time before the corrupted army breached their base camp. Moreover, the enemy also had ranged firepower. From the start, among the billions of corrupted beings attacking from outside the walls, occasional fluorescent green fireballs would fly out.
These fireballs were over 10 meters in diameter, accompanied by a whistling sound as they flew. Upon hitting a target, they exploded while also causing acidic burns.
Baha risked a reconnaissance mission and discovered that these were elite units among the corrupted beings, known as "Soul Twisters."
Not only that, Baha also found that while corrupted beings were the cannon fodder of the Nether faction, they were also the foundation of the Nether camp.
First, corrupted beings were a basic unit. They not only had massive numbers but also decent attributes in other areas, though nothing particularly outstanding. However, becoming a corrupted being meant they had initially adapted to Nether energy.
Corrupted beings could evolve. As a basic unit, their initial evolution had two branches: melee and ranged.
Evolving toward melee would make them "Gray Armor Warriors," while evolving toward ranged would make them "Soul Twisters." Those firing fluorescent green fireballs at the Brutal Turrets were the latter.
Although both were tier-2 units, "Gray Armor Warriors" and "Soul Twisters" were incomparable. The former was slightly better cannon fodder, while the latter was an important protected unit. Once "Soul Twisters" formed a large enough group, a volley of tens of thousands of "Nether Flame Fireballs" would be extremely difficult to withstand.
From tier-2 units, "Gray Armor Warriors" and "Soul Twisters" could evolve further into tier-3 units: "Nether Warriors" and "Soul Wizards."
At this stage, the evolution of corrupted beings basically reached its limit. "Nether Warriors" were heavy-armored melee units, while "Soul Wizards" were more formidable. They were rare but could unleash large-scale, lethal Nether and Soul system abilities.
This was all the intelligence Baha had gathered. Having fought alongside Su Xiao for so long, Baha's abilities were reliable. To obtain this information, it had even briefly infiltrated the dark aperture above. While using the Eye of the Gods to scout, it nearly got detected by an enemy commander named Wu Ying Solaro.
In Baha's own words, that guy was definitely a ruthless figure. Preliminary analysis suggested his status was second only to the Nether Emperor, and his aura was exceptionally strong.
At this stage, the attacks they faced were mostly composed of corrupted beings, with a few "Gray Armor Warriors" and "Soul Twisters." As for the tier-3 units "Nether Warriors" and "Soul Wizards," Baha had only seen a few inside the dark aperture.
With this information, combined with intelligence from the Empire, Su Xiao confirmed one thing: the main force of the Nether faction was entirely composed of tier-3 units, "Nether Warriors" and "Soul Wizards."
Although this was exaggerated, it was a fact they had to accept. Given the Nether faction's invasion and warfare capabilities, they had already invaded countless worlds. As long as the number of corrupted beings was large enough, gradually accumulating tier-3 units like "Nether Warriors" and "Soul Wizards" could form a massive army.
The good news at this point was that the Nether faction's invasion was not yet complete. Simply put, the forces attacking them now were local forces created by the Nether faction—corrupting the native lifeforms of this world into corrupted beings and then attacking Pandora Star.
As for the Nether faction's main army, it had likely just arrived at the Empire's former home planet, Oka Star. For that main army to invade Pandora Star was no simple matter.
They were from another world. Currently, Pandora Star was under the arbitration of the Void Tree. Without meeting certain conditions, the Nether faction's elite army would need to continue eroding this place with Nether energy for some time before they could enter.
Realizing this, Su Xiao understood why the Nether faction was so eager to attack the Sun Fortress. The main purpose of this assault was not to flatten the Sun Fortress.
A seasoned commander like Wu Ying Solaro would surely assess the difficulty of attacking the Sun Fortress.
In Su Xiao's view, after capturing Platinum Capital, the wisest move for Wu Ying Solaro would have been to gather forces there first. Both the Sun Nest and New Star City were focused on defense and lacked the strength to attack Platinum Capital.
Yet Wu Ying Solaro did not choose this path. After occupying Platinum Capital, he immediately attacked the Sun Nest. A commander with such combat experience would not make such a mistake.
He likely knew that this world had a World Consciousness and had suffered losses from it before. That was why he wanted to take this place quickly, not giving the World Consciousness a chance to act. Against a swift occupation, the World Consciousness was just a whining child.
Conversely, if it were allowed to operate, even the powerful Nether faction had suffered significant losses.
Wu Ying Solaro's goal was clear: he was after the World Child, Laikeli.
This World Child's Fate Blood had merged with Nether energy, which was a golden opportunity for the Nether faction.
Once they obtained this Fate Blood, they could use it as a foundation to fully open a spatial passage in this world, allowing the Nether army to attack directly. At that point, nothing could stop the Nether.
Furthermore, the Nether faction could use this Fate Blood to open a permanent spatial passage, expanding their territory and seizing all the resources of this world for future invasions of other worlds.
On the battlefield, explosions and roars continuously reached his ears. Su Xiao looked up at the dark aperture. Inside, he saw a figure clad in dark gold full-body armor, with a horsehair-like feather ornament on the helmet.
Even from such a distance, the figure noticed Su Xiao's gaze. Surprisingly, despite being enemies, the figure nodded to Su Xiao before turning and walking into the darkness.
"He's got some style, huh, boss. That's the Wu Ying Solaro I mentioned."
Baha spoke, its wing in a cast and its body wrapped in bandages.
"Mm."
Su Xiao leaped onto Barbatos's back. As the height decreased, he followed Barbatos's dragon wing into the second floor of the wooden building.
Sitting cross-legged, Su Xiao opened the Mother Nest information panel. The current bio-energy had become 23,955,000.
This was the strength of Jila. As long as bio-energy could be obtained from enemy corpses, the Jila Insect Clan had never feared anyone in warfare.
With such a large amount of bio-energy, if used to build Brutal Turrets, they could construct 120, significantly boosting their firepower.
Su Xiao activated the amethyst ring on his index finger, contacting Jila via mental energy. He ordered Jila to dispatch over ten thousand Worker Scorpions from the underground mines to start building Brutal Turrets in the middle ring of their base camp. These turrets, about 1,000 meters from the city walls, would primarily target the air.
With the current bio-energy, building 100 Brutal Turrets and four Titan Beasts was enough. As the war continued, the bio-energy absorbed by their fungal carpet would flow in endlessly, allowing them to build more defensive towers.
To lull the enemy, the Solar Flame Dragons would have to suffer continuous casualties, making the enemy think they were weakening.
Additionally, the newly built Brutal Turrets would join the battle gradually, avoiding a sudden increase in firepower. They needed to give the enemy the illusion that they were on the verge of collapse and that just a little more pressure would break them.
Only then could they continuously harvest bio-energy and frantically build towers.
If the home-defense fanatic Kara were still alive, she would definitely approve of this situation and willingly transfer her title.
Su Xiao looked out the window. Under Jila's command, over ten thousand Worker Scorpions crawled out of the mines, moving cautiously on their bellies.
A hundred Worker Scorpions formed a group, each responsible for building one Brutal Turret. Soon, the foundations of the turrets were laid.
Hidden by the surrounding "ground nests," the gradually rising Brutal Turrets were not very conspicuous. With explosions and missiles flying everywhere around the city walls and in the sky, it was hard to notice what was happening here.
When the first Brutal Turret was completed, it fired a few shots stealthily. After confirming the enemy hadn't noticed it, it opened fire at full power.
At the same time, a battered Brutal Turret on the city wall ceased fire. A few seemingly dull Worker Scorpions quickly crawled over to repair this biological structure.
At this point, the previously useless "Insect Clan Building: Lurker" finally proved its worth. It provided spatial concealment for the newly built Brutal Turrets, hiding them from view.
Originally, there were only five Titan Beasts, but now there were seven. Soon, the number reached nine. The Titan Beasts gathered around the Mother Nest, pretending nothing was happening.
After half an hour of covert development, the Nether side sensed something was wrong. Why was the Sun Nest getting harder to attack? Had the number of turrets inside increased?
Wu Ying Solaro looked down at this scene, his frown deepening. He could feel the Sun Nest becoming more difficult to breach, yet the advantage still seemed to be on his side. The enemy's firepower appeared unchanged.
As the battle raged, time passed minute by minute. After three hours of fighting, their situation seemed "precarious." Over 90% of the Solar Flame Dragons had been killed, leaving only a dozen or so, which dared only to circle near the Mother Nest.
The hundred or so Nether Dragon Whales above were especially arrogant. If not for the 12 Titan Beasts guarding the Mother Nest, they would have dared to attack it.
The surrounding circular city walls, dozens of meters high, were riddled with holes of various sizes. The largest gaps were over 20 meters wide. Several times, corrupted beings nearly broke through these gaps and entered the base camp.
The 200 Brutal Turrets connected to the city walls were also in bad shape. Only 135 remained, with most scorched on the outside. Fortunately, these insect clan buildings were sturdy enough to keep firing normally.
It seemed like they were about to collapse, but in reality, the number of Brutal Turrets in the middle ring had reached 650.
Bio-energy reserves had also reached 42.63 million points. Over the past few days of development, they had only accumulated a few tens of millions of bio-energy in total. Now, the surplus from this single battle had reached 42.63 million points.
The Mother Nest's bio-energy storage limit was 50 million points. To store more, they would need to build bio-reaction stacks, each capable of holding 3 million points.
It turned out that no matter how far you searched through the insect clan, there was no one as extreme as Jila. She was born purely for war. If the insect clan had a group chat, the other insect clans would probably kick Jila out to avoid misunderstandings about their overall image. Real insect clans weren't this ferocious.
The past ten days of development had given Su Xiao a deep understanding of this. Without war, Jila's development speed was pitiful. If not for the Spider Queen using contracts to send troops in creative ways, they would have had to resort to outright plunder in the early stages.
Now, with the first battle against the Nether faction erupting, everything was available. Bio-energy reserves had broken through ten million.
This was after building 650 Brutal Turrets and evolving 100,000 Demon Beasts. Just evolving those 100,000 Demon Beasts had consumed 40 million bio-energy.
In return, their elite Demon Beasts had reached the top-tier eighth-rank melee unit. Excluding their bone tails, they were about 5 meters long, with 5.2-meter black bone tails behind them. These tails combined flexibility and strength, with tail blades that had a metallic sheen and a faint blood-red hue.
These guard-level Demon Beasts were powerful. They had not been deployed yet, instead tasked with guarding the Mother Nest. With their current combat power, they could hold their own against the Nether faction's tier-3 "Nether Warriors."
Crucially, these Demon Beasts now had some resistance to Nether energy and would not be easily corrupted. In this regard, even the Solar Flame Dragons were inferior, requiring targeted improvements later.
Overall, their units needed not only strong combat power but also high Nether resistance. The Nether base camp was likely saturated with Nether energy. Without high resistance, they might be corrupted as soon as they approached, making a counterattack impossible.
The sky was overcast. It was 2 PM. As if receiving a signal, the dark aperture above stopped releasing corrupted beings. The corrupted beings attacking the city walls also began to retreat.
Looking around at the wilderness, the once lush green grassland was now replaced by a black sea of corrupted beings. Pairs of cold, merciless green eyes stared out. With such a massive number of corrupted beings gathered, there was dead silence, sending chills down one's spine.
Their covert development had finally been detected. Wu Ying Solaro said nothing, but several of his mid-level commanders were about to vomit. For the past three hours, they had felt on the verge of breaking into the Sun Nest, yet they could never quite manage it.
It felt like facing a wounded enemy, knowing one punch would finish them, but after hundreds of punches, gasping for breath, the enemy still looked half-dead.
The mid-level commanders of the Nether faction realized something was wrong and hurriedly reported to Wu Ying Solaro, leading to the current halt in the assault.
"It's stopped. Did they give up?"
Molei looked out the bedroom window. The dark aperture in the sky had not disappeared.
Only Molei, Yueshitu, and Hao Mei were in the bedroom. Their original plan was to kill enemies during the chaos and reap some benefits. Even though they were wealthy, they never passed up a chance to gain something. That was how wealth was accumulated.
However, after experiencing the battle on the city walls, the three agreed unanimously: it was better to watch from the bedroom. The indiscriminate firepower on the walls could kill them if they weren't careful.
"I think they're charging up a big move."
Hao Mei threw down her cards. The hand was bad, so she planned to skip this round. She and Molei had tried their luck on the city walls earlier. Good grief, the enemy's "Soul Twisters" had treated them like elite units and nearly blasted them to death.
"Sigh, since it's come to this, let's eat first."
Yueshitu spoke. Hearing this, Molei and Hao Mei had silly expressions. Yueshitu's words sounded fine, but they couldn't help but laugh.
On the second floor, Su Xiao observed for a moment and guessed the enemy's intention. A fierce final assault was coming. If their defenses were breached, the corrupted beings would swarm in. In that case, self-preservation would be the priority, and there was no way to protect the World Child, Laikeli.
If the World Child was taken, the enemy's main army might arrive by nightfall. Under the assault of "Nether Warriors" and "Soul Wizards," their current setup would be absolutely indefensible.
Thinking differently, if they could develop rapidly through war, they could also use the World Child Laikeli's Fate Blood to open a passage to the Nether base camp and counterattack.
Defense was one thing; counterattack was another. Jila was currently at the Dominator level, which was insufficient for a counterattack unless she could advance further.
Su Xiao had prepared for this. Earlier, Jila had swallowed the "Abyss Stone." At the time, it seemed like no improvement, but its effects gradually emerged. For example, advancing from Queen level to Dominator level only required bio-energy, without other rare substances.
A more direct manifestation was that the fungal carpet could now extract bio-energy from the corpses of corrupted beings. Simply upgrading the fungal carpet wouldn't achieve this. The "Abyss Stone" Jila had swallowed was the key.
Now, to advance Jila further, 50 million bio-energy was the foundation. Additionally, a catalyst was needed, and Su Xiao had already chosen one.
[Origin Stone: Silver Queen]
Origin: Reincarnation Paradise
Type: Special Equipment
Durability: 7500/7500
Equipment Effect: Silver Seventh Sense (Passive)...
Description: The Silver Queen, which caused the destruction of a world, eventually had its consciousness absorbed by the "Devouring Black Hole" formed when the star collapsed. Facing the high pressure and loneliness inside the "Devouring Black Hole," after thousands of years, the Silver Queen stopped thinking, and its consciousness ceased entirely. Eventually, the "Devouring Black Hole" compressed the world's remains and the Silver Queen's consciousness together, forming this Origin Stone. Do not attempt to awaken this Origin Stone's consciousness. The Silver Queen is an insect clan queen. If its consciousness is not dead, there is a chance it could be awakened. The Silver Queen is an ultra-high-risk dangerous lifeform.
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Queen level, Mother level, Dominator level. The next step was the Insect Clan Queen level, reaching the same level as the Silver Queen.
Su Xiao planned to sacrifice this precious "Origin Stone" to advance Jila further. Only then could a counterattack be possible.
To counterattack, the first thing to do was not to advance Jila again but to defeat Wu Ying Solaro.
If they could withstand this wave of attacks, Wu Ying Solaro would have to retreat with his army to Platinum Capital. Only then would the real confrontation begin, unlike now, where they could only passively defend.
The sky was deathly silent. Su Xiao left the wooden building, entered the Mother Nest, and went to its core. The Mother Nest core was still purple, with no abnormalities. The "Primordial Mask" inside, which was absorbing Nether energy, was on the verge of breaking free.
In other words, this reserve "Daddy-level" artifact would soon no longer be Su Xiao's property but would gain freedom.
This was not because the "Primordial Mask" had broken free from Reincarnation Paradise's arbitration. Rather, its equipment characteristics were about to disappear. It was no longer equipment, so the arbitration was naturally lifted.
For now, there was no need to worry about the "Primordial Mask" running away. Even if Su Xiao wanted to drive it away, it wouldn't leave. Absorbing Nether energy in the Mother Nest core was pure bliss. Why would it leave?
A shockwave struck from above. Inside the Mother Nest, Su Xiao felt a heavy pressure on his shoulders. The Nether faction was launching its final fierce assault. If they could withstand this wave, they could continue fighting.
Su Xiao quickly walked out of the Mother Nest and saw the black vortex above. The dark aperture's diameter had expanded to 10 kilometers, larger than the span of their base camp.
Under such momentum, their base camp seemed somewhat small. Therefore, the newly built Brutal Turrets inside the base camp stopped hiding and revealed themselves.
The 650 newly built Brutal Turrets, plus the 135 remaining around the city walls, totaled 785 Brutal Turrets, all now visible.
Seeing this, the mid-level Nether commanders inside the dark aperture were secretly shocked. Although they had guessed that the Sun Nest was developing covertly in some way, they hadn't expected the development speed to be so shameless.
In reality, these Nether commanders were laughing at a pot calling a kettle black. Their Nether faction was equally shameless. Anyone killed by Nether beings would be corrupted. All corrupted beings were created this way. In terms of troop production, both sides were equally shameless, so there was no room for mutual criticism.
Nether Flame Dragons flew above, and Nether Dragon Whales cruised. The change in the dark aperture made the corrupted beings a few kilometers outside the city walls gradually more agitated, ready to swarm at any moment.
Their side had 785 Brutal Turrets, 20 Titan Beasts, and 100,000 Demon Beasts, all on high alert.
Buzz~
A vast, heavy hum came from the dark aperture. A massive Nether Dragon Whale, its body decayed and damaged in many places, burst out of the abyssal aperture. Its body was over a kilometer long. With a flick of its tail, its speed exploded.
Boom!
The giant Nether Dragon Whale broke through a sonic boom. Its enormous mouth, as if capable of devouring all life, opened wide and aimed straight for the Mother Nest.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Living missiles flew out, blasting the giant Nether Dragon Whale, sending debris flying everywhere. But it didn't stop, diving down to 2,000 meters above the Mother Nest.
Boom!!
An electroplasma cannon struck the giant Nether Dragon Whale's head. It let out a mournful cry, most of its head shattered. Thick skull fragments mixed with electroplasma scattered as it bit toward the Mother Nest.
Whoosh!
Golden-black dragon flame spewed out, instantly burning through the giant Nether Dragon Whale's flesh and bones. The impact of the dragon flame sent its flesh flying.
Barbatos breathed dragon flame, cutting through the giant Nether Dragon Whale like a hot knife through butter, severing it in two. The two halves of the massive corpse were blown apart by living missiles.
"Roar!!"
Barbatos roared in flight. Heroic units among the combat clans were not just for show, especially on the battlefield.
With the fall of the giant Nether Dragon Whale, the dark aperture in the sky fully opened. The corrupted beings inside were no longer falling but, accompanied by a greenish mist, formed a black pillar that gushed down with great force.
Seeing this, Su Xiao immediately ordered all Brutal Turrets to enter full firepower mode. In this mode, the "Brutal Turrets" could only sustain fire for five minutes before entering a forced dormant state, requiring one to two hours to recover before normal operation.
The cost was high, but it increased the turrets' firing rate from 257 rounds per minute to 420 rounds.
Thus, with 785 Brutal Turrets, they could fire 329,700 living missiles per minute, averaging 5,495 per second.
With this mental command, all Brutal Turrets in their base camp had biological meridians emerge on their surfaces, glowing red.
Dense living missiles, following tracking arcs, met the descending black pillar. The explosion's light was so intense that the sky seemed to darken.
The corrupted beings' shrieks continued. The black pillar suppressed their firepower, pressing downward. It first approached the Mother Nest to 5,000 meters, then 4,000 meters, 3,000 meters, and finally only 800 meters away.
Around them, the billions of corrupted beings began attacking the city again, forcing many Brutal Turrets to divert firepower to the perimeter.
The situation was precarious. The Nether faction's use of this tactic was certainly not just about sacrificing a large number of corrupted beings. The other costs were likely higher.
Just as the black pillar pressed to 500 meters above the Mother Nest, their 20 Titan Beasts had completed charging. The electroplasma fluid inside them was activated to the extreme. They stood in a roughly circular formation, with arcs of electricity surging between them.
Boom!!
An electroplasma net shot out, heading straight upward. As it flew, it expanded, eventually enveloping the descending black pillar.
The electroplasma net unleashed terrifying lethality, cutting through the black pillar. The parts of the pillar it passed through instantly turned into black ash, a spectacular sight.
When the electroplasma net struck the dark aperture above, the descending black pillar was completely shattered. The dark aperture began to collapse, rapidly dissolving into the air.
Meanwhile, above Platinum Capital, the dark aperture there had opened to its maximum. Many shattered corrupted beings fell, mixed with the remains of Nether Dragon Whales and Nether Flame Dragons.
This massive amount of debris piled up into a mountain within Platinum Capital. A figure floated down from the dark aperture above, landing on the debris mountain. It was Wu Ying Solaro. The first assault on the Sun Nest had failed.
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At the base camp's Mother Nest, all Brutal Turrets ceased fire. Due to the high heat, white steam rose from them. They would need to rest for a while before resuming fire.
Black ash fell like snowflakes, landing on Su Xiao's shoulders. He looked at the vanished dark aperture. If the enemy continued to attack, the situation would be dire. To withstand this fierce assault, all their Brutal Turrets and Titan Beasts had been overextended and could not recover their defensive strength within an hour.
The first round of defense was successful. Wu Ying Solaro had likely retreated to Platinum Capital. Even if he attacked again, it would be after evening. The enemy would not dare to attack recklessly because the more they fought, the stronger the Sun Nest became.
[Prompt: You have successfully defended against the Nether faction's first assault.]
[You have gained 10% World Source.]
[Due to your current actions, the World Consciousness of this world has recognized you as a defender against foreign invasion. You have received World Guardian Proof ×6 (Special Item).]
[Prompt: If you accumulate 100 World Guardian Proofs, you can exchange them at Reincarnation Paradise's material exchange for the Immortal Rank Set: World Guardian Set.]
[Prompt: This set is unique. Once obtained, it can only be traded or gifted to your own contractors, hunters, arbiters, or workers.]
[You have received Precipitated Glass ×5 (This is a rare product accumulated from the Mother Nest filtering large amounts of Nether energy. This item is extremely precious, and most Abyss beings have a demand for it).]
[You have received 32,627 Fame Points.]
[Current Fame Points: 27.]
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A series of prompts appeared. Regarding the "World Guardian Proof," although Su Xiao didn't care about the safety of this world, he was very interested in the Immortal Rank Set: World Guardian Set. This was the first time he had seen an Immortal Rank set, having previously thought such things didn't exist.
As for Precipitated Glass, it was a good thing, mostly produced by the Abyss. He hadn't expected to obtain it by chance this time. The Mother Nest filtering Nether energy was one thing, but the key was that it required Reincarnation Paradise's arbitration to produce this item.
Finally, regarding Fame Points, Su Xiao originally had -32,600 Fame Points, firmly in first place. However, with a slight misstep, he had gained 32,627 Fame Points.
The positive and negative canceled out, leaving him with only 27 Fame Points. His ranking dropped from first to outside the top hundred.
Kai Yin and the Undead Girl were probably very confused. The strong competitor had suddenly vanished, dropping out of the rankings entirely. It felt particularly like Su Xiao had died in an accident, and Kai Yin was overjoyed.
Su Xiao closed the ranking list and looked around. Many insect clan buildings in the base camp were damaged. The flames on the surrounding city walls had just gone out. All of this needed repair by the Worker Scorpions.
After issuing rest orders, Su Xiao walked toward the wooden building. He needed to prepare subsequent strategic plans. Defense alone was not enough. They also needed to develop Demon Beasts and Solar Flame Dragons quickly to counterattack Platinum Capital.
Su Xiao returned to the second floor of the wooden building. As he sat studying the map, Caesar sent an email via some item. The content was that Caesar had "defected." More accurately, Caesar had successfully infiltrated the enemy.
The reason for this Nether attack was the "Withered Heart" held by Su Xiao, the Undead Girl, and Shenfu, as well as the Abyssal Jar in Caesar's possession.
Caesar was well aware of this. After Platinum Capital fell, witnessing the city's devastation, he knew winning this time would be difficult. He had to do something.
Continuing to deal with the Nether alongside Su Xiao was an option, but not a good one. So Caesar took a different path, planning an inside-out approach.
Caesar's plan was to voluntarily offer the Abyssal Jar to the Nether faction. For a "Daddy-level" artifact like the Abyssal Jar, even the Nether camp wouldn't choose to seize it by force—that would be too foolish. Welcoming it was a better strategy.
The problem was that Caesar's compatibility with the Abyssal Jar was off the charts. Caesar could put the Abyssal Jar on his head and become one with it.
This meant that to welcome the Abyssal Jar, they had to bring Caesar along.
Caesar counted on this, so he voluntarily "surrendered." Wu Ying Solaro was quite uncomfortable. One of his goals this time was indeed to bring the Abyssal Jar back to the Nether Emperor, but being saddled with a thing like Caesar made Wu Ying Solaro feel disgusted.
With Caesar's self-recommendation and the Abyssal Jar acting as a guarantor, Caesar became the quartermaster of Platinum Capital, one of the Nether faction's quartermasters.
Seeing this part of the email, Baha gasped, instinctively sweating for Wu Ying Solaro's supply depot. Then, remembering this was the enemy, Baha felt inexplicably relieved. This Nether commander was a ruthless man, actually daring to let Caesar be the quartermaster.