Chapter 3: Pest Control: Eradicate the Insect Domain (Pay 50,000 ounces of Space-Time Power to activate this bounty. Completing this bounty grants 12 times the bounty quota).
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Three choices lay before him. The third was not ideal. The "Insect Domain" located to the southwest of this world was deeply entrenched, said to have existed since the First Era. If it were merely destroying its main body or eliminating its consciousness cluster, that would be more manageable.
The third bounty was temporarily set aside. Seeing the first option, Su Xiao sensed something was amiss. His good teammate's aura upon arriving in this world was somewhat off. With his knowledge of Original Sin, he naturally guessed what was going on.
This so-called "Fate Coin" was almost certainly the Daddy Rank Original Sin Object held by Wood. Just obtaining this Original Sin Object alone corresponded to a bounty quota of 1.8 million ounces, showing the terrifying level of a Daddy Rank Original Sin Object.
Looking at the seven existing Daddy Rank Original Sin Objects, it felt like he had missed out on a fortune.
Su Xiao estimated that he couldn't trigger a bounty as heaven-defying as completely destroying an Original Sin Object right now. Of course, its bounty quota would be explosively high. Completely eliminating the "Ancient Abyss Existence: Mother of Mercy" corresponded to over 6 million ounces of bounty, with 1.5 to 1.6 million ounces accounting for combat risk. The rest was all due to the difficulty of complete annihilation. "Ancient Abyss Existences" were even harder to kill than Abyss Descendants.
The reason was that they simply couldn't be trapped. Once truly threatened, they not only possessed Abyss Descendant-level immortality but could also immediately dive back into the Abyss.
Su Xiao fell into deep thought. He was indeed in urgent need of Space-Time Power now, but sealing eight Original Sin Objects simultaneously would be immense pressure. Still, it wasn't entirely impossible.
Looking at the seven Original Sin Objects currently in the "Book of Original Sin," if they sensed another Daddy Rank Original Sin Object, and he dared to open the "Book of Original Sin's" seal, these guys would immediately drag that Daddy Rank Original Sin Object in to share the hardship.
Glancing at the "Book of Original Sin" in his hand, Su Xiao picked up the communicator and called his good teammate. After a moment, Wood's voice came through:
"What is it, Bai Ye."
Wood's voice was filled with exhaustion and drowsiness, as if he might fall asleep at any moment.
"That Fate Coin you hold... can you give it to me?"
Hearing Su Xiao's words, Wood on the other end immediately perked up. His green pupils widened as he quickly said:
"Where are you? I'll come right away."
His tone and speed suggested he feared that if he were a second slower, this Law Destroyer might change his mind and run.
At that moment, beside Wood, the old and mischievous Grandpa Wood, the Old Devil Mamon, had his pupils wide as brass bells. He looked at Wood, then at the communicator in Wood's hand, thinking to himself, are young people these days so ferocious? Someone actually wants a Daddy Rank Original Sin Object?
Old Devil Mamon was silent for a long time. It was clear that his aged worldview had been greatly shaken.
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Yinmi Maosi, Harbor District.
With the gradual withdrawal of the Argo School, the landscape of Yinmi Maosi remained unchanged. This was a rare virtue of the Argo madmen over the years.
However, this was related to the power system of the Argo School. All Ancient God scholars started as ordinary people, learning and improving step by step to eventually become Ancient God scholars. Having more ordinary people on their territory meant more potential students.
Also, after joining the Argo School and mastering a large amount of dark knowledge, one could go mad, but before that, there must be no trace of madness. Madness was also categorized. Being driven mad by despair was chaotic madness, while madness manifested from dark knowledge infection was dark madness. The two were completely different.
Legendary Wizard Sawyer stood on a small hill. Although the Argo School did not oppress or harm civilians, they were not so benevolent to Yinmi Maosi. Especially since the civilians of Yinmi Maosi generally suffered from the Sea Curse, making them unsuitable for Argo School recruitment and inheritance.
Therefore, during the Argo School's stay in Yinmi Maosi, over ninety percent of the various inventions and gifts that improved the quality of life for local residents came from the hands of Legendary Wizard Sawyer alone.
Now, about to leave this sea city, the Legendary Wizard Sawyer on the hill felt a mix of emotions. If not for the research institute and the "Abyss Eye Ritual" being transferred to the rapidly rebuilt "Hidden City," Sawyer would have wanted to live in this sea city for a while longer.
"Let's go."
Great Scholar Edro beside him spoke solemnly. Since no other Ancient God scholars were around, Great Scholar Edro didn't bother pretending to be mad. He and Sawyer were the only two normal people in the Argo School.
The civilians of Yinmi Maosi didn't notice the Argo School's withdrawal. That evening, at the lowest level of the academy's main building, the Blind Eye Tower.
The dormant ritual vat suddenly reacted. The seawater inside gradually turned pitch black, bubbling and churning, constantly overflowing.
One by one, eyeballs sprouted in the black water, crowding and pushing outward. In just a moment, the tens of thousands of square meters of enclosed space had floors, walls, and ceilings covered with eyeballs of all sizes. They started from dormancy and gradually regained their luster.
At the same time, all Ancient God scholars who had transplanted "eyes" on the retreat route showed abnormalities. Some collapsed in shock, their bodies trembling all over. Others had a full-blown madness outbreak, twisting their bodies wildly, tearing off their clothes to reveal the implanted "Dark Eyes" facing toward Yinmi Maosi.
Yinmi Maosi, Factory District.
A massive steel machine crashed down. Workers covered in scales were busy in the somewhat outdated factory.
What was produced here were important parts for supernatural creations, items called "Energy Conduction Rings." Over a thousand types of supernatural creations from various schools used these as cores. However, when impact-shaping the "Energy Conduction Rings," the ultra-limit overflow of crystal energy was a cell killer. Using machinery as a substitute was feasible, but the cost issue was the main reason this factory had been running until today.
Tide Brown was an old worker at this factory. Being able to work here for four years, Tide Brown had endured with his astonishingly strong body. Additionally, he was born with a stronger Deep Sea Curse, which made his childhood full of suffering. But after surviving the curse period, he became increasingly robust.
As a price, his body was covered in blue scales, and the gills on both sides of his neck made him face setbacks in romance. Fortunately, he had found his lifelong love and had two little bundles of joy.
Due to inheriting his Deep Sea Curse, the two little ones had a high degree of curse spread at birth. Thankfully, the Argo School now had inhibitors. Of course, the extra monthly expenses put more pressure on the family's breadwinner.
Tide Brown came to the underground steam device driving the stamping press. Half of Yinmi Maosi's underground was occupied by this giant steam device. This old antique was older than his great-grandfather. Sometimes Tide Brown couldn't help worrying whether this giant old relic might explode one day.
Amused by his own thoughts, Tide Brown shook his head with a smile. He pulled the upper part of the black machine, but the once heavy machine valve felt as light as nothing today. This made him panic. He instinctively reached out to support the machine valve, but it was like a iron spoon scooping tofu. The special steel that had been indestructible half an hour ago now felt like soft mud in Tide Brown's hands.
Tide Brown stared blankly at the scene in his hands. Then he heard terrified shouts. His colleagues were looking at him in fear and stepping back. He also noticed that his colleagues had become so short.
Suddenly, Tide Brown heard a voice, like a call from ancient times. He instinctively raised his hands, as if to embrace the distant sea.
"Ubo... Sara."
Tears uncontrollably flowed from Tide Brown's eyes. He suddenly gained many ancient memories. His ancestors were once followers of the Deep Sea Lord, followers of this supreme existence. This supreme existence had never abandoned them before its slumber. Now awakened, it began to awaken its former believers.
At the seaside of Yinmi Maosi, the seabed was almost boiling. The seawater turned pitch black. Dark clouds churned in the sky, with faint thunder and lightning behind them.
A massive phantom tens of thousands of meters tall appeared on the sea. Its upper body emerged from the water. Its skin was thick and blue-gray. It had a giant octopus-like head, the lower half of its face covered in tentacles hanging down like long beards. On its back were black but seemingly degenerated black exoskeleton wings. Its arms were covered in tassel-like tentacles. All the tentacles on its body, instead of suction cups, had eyes.
The unquestionably strongest Ancient God ever, the Old One from the ancient era, the Deep Sea Lord, Ubo Sara, had awakened!
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Regarding Today's Update Issue
Originally, Fei Wen's idea was to clarify the approximate power levels and then gradually fix the issue of the excessive power gap in the previous "Supreme Being" chapter. But now, seeing the feedback from readers in the chapter comments, Fei Wen realizes that this attempt to clarify power levels wasn't well written. There are two solutions.