Chapter 2: The Remaining Exclusive and Rare Resources of Dawn Paradise, Along with "Super-Massive" General Resources
Even if the fight were only over the basic and advanced facilities of Dawn Paradise, it would already make this battle for control exceptionally brutal, let alone the competition for Dawn Paradise's unique facilities.
The "Potential Transcendence Device" corresponding to the [Dawn Badge] that Su Xiao obtained is one of Dawn Paradise's unique facilities. This battle for control will likely encompass several of Dawn Paradise's exclusive structures.
The higher one's Brand Level Authority, the better one understands the basic facilities of the Paradise, and the more one realizes the cruelty of this battle for control. Su Xiao possesses an exclusive Skill Upgrade Pod, so he has more authority in this regard. As far as he knows, the "Attribute Enhancement Pod" is the most fundamental and important facility among all basic Paradise facilities.
If a Paradise faction lacks sufficient "Attribute Enhancement Pods," that faction will gradually weaken. The reason for this lies in the construction principle of the "Attribute Enhancement Pod." This facility is composed of a massive amount of rare materials, a "huge" amount of space-time power, and a small amount of "Realm Source."
For a Paradise faction, the threshold for a massive amount of rare materials is the lowest, followed by space-time power. What truly limits the number of "Attribute Enhancement Pods" is the "Realm Source."
The so-called "Realm Source" is the "Star Realm Rule Source Matter." Understanding what this is has no practical significance. Apart from the Void Tree and the Paradise factions, as individuals, one cannot touch this kind of existential substance. It's not that one is completely unqualified, but rather that there is no corresponding sensory physiological structure—just as humans cannot hear ultrasonic waves.
This thing called "Star Realm Rule Source Matter" exists in such limited quantities throughout the entire Star Realm that, as early as the First Era, all seven major Paradises used it as the core material for their "Attribute Enhancement Pods."
This also determines that the number of "Attribute Enhancement Pods" each of the seven Paradise factions possesses has an upper limit. The more "Attribute Enhancement Pods" one has, the more contractors can be recruited, the more powerful individuals among them, the higher the chances of winning World Battles, and the more space-time power gained—thus creating a snowball effect.
Whether it's the "Attribute Enhancement Pod," the "Skill Upgrade Pod," the "Equipment Enhancement Machine," the "Trial Grounds," or other basic facilities, their daily maintenance requires space-time power. The Paradise factions indeed give off an impression of omnipotence, but this omnipotence must not transcend the bounds of reason. Such omnipotence would ultimately reveal itself as false. True power is manifested within reasonable foundational rules, achieving an omnipotent-like expression.
Another issue is that if one only looks at Su Xiao's experiences, it might seem that the "Attribute Enhancement Pods" of Reincarnation Paradise are never in short supply. Every time he returns to Reincarnation Paradise, the first thing he does is use True Skill Points to enhance his physique. Whenever he goes to the Attribute Enhancement Hall, he never has to queue. In reality, this is just an illusion.
To date, Su Xiao's lowest World Comprehensive Evaluation was B+, and that was during his mid-to-low rank days. Since then, his worst rating has been A, with the majority being S or S-, and occasionally S+. Given his absurdly high World Comprehensive Evaluations, his usage rights for the "Attribute Enhancement Pod" are not just a matter of priority—they are immediate.
Whenever he goes to the Attribute Enhancement Hall and selects an "Attribute Enhancement Pod," no matter how many people are queued up after the current contractor inside finishes, the next slot will always belong to Hunter Su Xiao. This is the hidden authority corresponding to his outrageous World Comprehensive Evaluations.
In contrast, if someone receives an E rating, they might have to queue until they return to the real world, then wait for a new world to open and be summoned. During the two hours before entering the world, they might finally get access to the "Attribute Enhancement Pod," frantically enhance their physique, and then enter a new mission world.
Given the current amount of space-time power stored in Reincarnation Paradise, if Su Xiao helps Reincarnation Paradise secure victory this time, the final distribution would be: Reincarnation Paradise 50%, Apocalypse Paradise 35%, and he receives 15%. At that point, he would definitely transfer his 15% to Reincarnation Paradise. He has no use for Paradise infrastructure—what he wants are the corresponding resources for strengthening himself.
Calculated this way, Reincarnation Paradise would have a 65% share, and Apocalypse Paradise 35%. If Apocalypse Paradise's other team performs poorly, this ratio might be balanced by the Void Tree, potentially reaching Reincarnation Paradise 80% and Apocalypse Paradise 20%.
Estimating this way, the massive batch of "Attribute Enhancement Pods" obtained might increase Reincarnation Paradise's maximum recruitable contractor count by 20%. Compared to winning a few regular World Battles, this is on an entirely different level of value for Reincarnation Paradise.
Not to mention, this exaggerated gain is only a portion of what might be obtained. Saying it accounts for only one-tenth is not an exaggeration.
Ultimately, during that previous Paradise Battle, Reincarnation Paradise defeated Dawn Paradise, but it also suffered severe losses. Fortunately, the Void Tree, as the absolute arbiter, sealed all of Dawn Paradise's spoils without directly storing them in its inventory, reserving the opportunity for another battle.
What is truly concerning is that this time, Reincarnation Paradise's team count is 0/0. There must be a lot of story behind this. Death Paradise, Sanctuary Paradise, Holy Light Paradise, and Watchful Paradise all clearly intend to get a piece of the meat. As for Apocalypse Paradise, which tried to sneak in, it found that there wasn't even a place to drink the soup. So, it made a bold move, transferring one of its two team slots to Reincarnation Paradise via a relay method.
Thus, if Reincarnation Paradise wins, it will feast to its heart's content, and Apocalypse Paradise will also enjoy a grand meal—far better than just sipping soup.
As a result, the current team counts for each faction are not the maximum deployment numbers but rather the simultaneous deployment limits. For example, Watchful Paradise's 2/2 teams: if these two initial teams are wiped out, backup teams will be immediately teleported to the battlefield.
In this scenario, the enemy has a total of six teams: Death Paradise (1), Sanctuary Paradise (1), Holy Light Paradise (2), and Watchful Paradise (2).
However, the members of these six teams have no idea what they are about to face. Their upcoming opponent—no, they should be facing a boss with an overlord template. The situation for this boss is as follows: