Chapter 318: Nightless City, Kangaroo Country

Water Blue Star.

After Su Ping used the facilities of the Zhenwu Fumo Dijun Shenmiao to fully master the usage of that Shadow of the Abyss gem.

He first used up all his fishing attempts in the Pot Heaven, which had been transferred from the original Cultivation World fishing spots via the Snow Dragon Fish.

This was Su Ping's first time fishing since entering the Chiyuan Main Peak.

Su Ping felt that perhaps it was because he had contributed greatly when saving the Cultivation World.

This time while fishing, he clearly had a feeling that he was destined to have good luck.

And these two fishing spots from the Cultivation World did indeed respond to this premonition.

The original Linyue Lake fishing spot provided 10 Green Spirit Fish and three Red Blood Rainbow Carp in one go.

This caused the progress of Su Ping's Immortal Body to suddenly surge to seventeen percent.

The Xuangui Island fishing spot also provided 10 Flowing Pattern Golden Dragon Fish and two Juvenile Xuan Turtles.

Su Ping directly chose to strengthen his own Spirit Beast with the caught Juvenile Xuan Turtles.

This allowed Baxia, who was currently on the Moon Surface eating dirt and absorbing the essence of the sun and moon,

to suddenly feel something, lift its head, and let out a hiss toward the sky.

This caused a visible ripple to appear even on the thin atmosphere of the Moon Surface.

That was a ripple that had already begun to affect space itself.

As its quality further improved, Xuangui Baxia had already entered the royal quality of the Xuan Turtle lineage.

Relying on the quality boost, it didn't even need to return to the Pot Heaven to inhale and exhale Spirit Qi.

Just by absorbing the massive amount of cosmic ray energy ubiquitous in the universe,

Xuangui Baxia also successfully entered the Fourth Tier.

And upon entering, it quickly broke through the early and middle stages, only stopping its growth in strength after reaching the late Fourth Tier.

The aura that erupted during this period frightened the Spirit Beasts working in the Moon Surface factory.

Fortunately, these Spirit Beasts soon sensed that this was one of their own breaking through in cultivation.

Thinking back to the endless manual labor in their hands,

the simple-minded Spirit Beasts stopped paying attention to Xuangui Baxia and turned back to working hard.

Returning to Water Blue Star, Su Ping pressed on and went to the remaining few fishing spots.

Although there were harvests, they were not as bountiful as the previous two fishing spots.

Furthermore, the only Third Tier fishing spot on the Moon Surface takes six months to fully recover, which averages out to once every two months; fortunately, there are at least 100 fishing attempts each time, so there is no worry about the supply of Starlight Fish running out.

With no shortage of Fishing Coins, Su Ping stored all the catch he fished up, saving them for his companions in the Pot Heaven to break through their realms.

Whether it was Fox-Faced Shrine Maiden Sakura or Qumo Zhenren Yunkong, Su Ping felt that upgrading his companions was more cost-effective.

Especially when he still hadn't managed to let the Cultivation World escape from the Mother Goddess's body, this was even more true.

Finishing this round of fishing, Su Ping put away his fishing rod and appeared in a high-end villa district in a large city.

With his own eyes, he looked at his family.

Having been detected to possess Spirit Roots and having good jobs, their lives were plain and happy.

Gazing at his parents' slightly younger faces,

Su Ping thought of the Heaven and Earth Five Elements Sect's Grafting Spirit Root Technique he learned when reading Mu Cangtian's memories.

Su Ping was quite shocked at first, not expecting such a technique to exist.

And he wondered if it could be grafted onto his own relatives, friends, and trusted people.

However, Su Ping quickly calmed down from the content he read next.

First, this secret technique for grafting Spirit Roots has a very high security clearance, and only sect Elders are qualified to learn it.

Performing this technique also requires an Elder-level powerhouse to handle it personally, and the various costs are not small.

Furthermore, grafting is not done randomly; the higher the quality of the Spirit Root, the lower the success rate of the grafting.

And even if successful, the quality of the grafted Spirit Root will drop by one or two grades.

Plus, the Spirit Root and each person's constitution may not be compatible; the same Superior Grade Spiritual Root may not have the same effect on others as it does on oneself.

Therefore, in the Upper Realm, those whose Spirit Roots are actually grafted are mainly those unlucky ones who come from the Lower Realm with no family or connections, possessing good talent but not good enough.

Using such a person from the Lower Realm to exchange for the talent improvement of a trusted and loyal family member,

coupled with the corresponding interest compromises of related families or groups,

this is what has caused the current reality where, as long as it is not that kind of peerless genius who can shock the sect and has the possibility of reaching the Return to Void True Person realm,

the sect's top brass just turns a blind eye to it.

Although somewhat disappointed that the Grafting Spirit Root Technique is not perfect,

Su Ping still silently noted this matter in his heart, and if there is a chance in the future, he should get his hands on this secret technique.

If he happens to have a way to solve these flaws, wouldn't he be able to greatly increase the efficiency of those trusted workers of his?

Taking a deep breath, Su Ping flashed and left this community.

In just a few dozen breaths.

Su Ping, stepping on a red Gourd flying Spirit Treasure, arrived above the city with the largest population density and the highest number of people on Water Blue Star.

This is a large city that, with the development of economy and technology, constantly absorbs the population of the surrounding areas and even the entire Water Blue Star.

Whether poor or rich, every moment there are newcomers arriving in this city with their own dreams, shining and heating up for its further expansion.

It was already late at night when Su Ping arrived.

Yet this city was still brightly lit everywhere.

Just as its name suggests... Nightless City!

The announced population of Nightless City is 35 million.

Su Ping's Divine Sense swept over, yet he could feel the human presence of at least forty-five million people emanating from this steel jungle.

Aside from the astonishing population density.

What Su Ping had his eye on was also the rampant materialism and complex human hearts of this Nightless City...

In Su Ping's view, such a city was simply the best replication sample for the Shadow of the Abyss.

Of course, to be safe, Su Ping still held up the freshly minted True Martial Subduing Demon Emperor Statue in his hand.

He also summoned the Sun Moon Star Chart, using the array formation to shroud the dozens of most prosperous districts in the entire city.

"Activate!"

Su Ping waved his hand and released the Shadow of the Abyss.

This gem flashed and transformed into a massive shadow that enveloped the city districts below.

And then, *swish*!

The entire city seemed as if it had been pressed on a pause button, pausing for 0.001 seconds!

The process was so fast that almost no one in the city discovered anything amiss.

A very small number of people with sensitive souls could feel as if something had been extracted from them, yet also as if nothing had been extracted, and an inexplicable sense of awkwardness arose in their hearts.

This feeling lasted only a moment before returning to normal, and it no longer drew their attention.

After all, in this Nightless City, besides work and entertainment, everything else kept people so busy they couldn't catch their breath.

Not many people had the time to delve into the details of subtle changes in their state of mind.

Su Ping retracted the finished-copying Shadow of the Abyss, and his Divine Sense swept over it again and again to confirm there were no remnants.

Still feeling a bit uneasy, he simply wasted a bit of Divine Power from the True Martial Subduing Demon Emperor Statue.

He let it emit a beam of Fumo Divine Light to sweep across the city.

Seeing that the Fumo Divine Light also did not sweep out any abnormalities, Su Ping finally felt completely at ease.

Immediately, he took the Shadow of the Abyss, crossed the Dahai, and arrived at the Wurenqu in the very center of the Kangaroo Country.

This Wurenqu was filled with endless desert as far as the eye could see.

It was also isolated in the middle of the Dahai.

Even if something went wrong, only this isolated island would suffer at first, which could buy time for his subsequent rescue.

After Su Ping arrived in the desert, he turned into a beam of white light and plunged directly into the deep underground.

At the same time.

The President's Office of the Kangaroo Country.

The President, who had just finished his public address to the citizens, assuring them that next month, next month their Kangaroo Country would surely be able to secure projects in cooperation with the transcendent to land within the Kangaroo Country.

Returned to his mansion bedroom, feeling somewhat exhausted.

He felt that the recent pressure was a bit high.

If it weren't for the fact that after becoming President, the transcendent resources that could be allocated were worth more than gold.

He would have wanted to resign early.

He even wanted to learn from his predecessors and run to the suzerain state to ask the Queen for an edict to directly dissolve the parliament.

To vent his anger at those guys who knew nothing but to point fingers, demand benefits, and hold him back.

Oh, right, the Queen had long since retired, and now the King was on the throne... his edict would likely no longer be recognized by anyone.

"Those idiots, are cooperation projects really that easy to secure?"

"The advantages of our Kangaroo Country have long been squandered by them over these years!"

"And we don't have a transcendent spokesperson here; even if we wanted to pull strings to plead for help, there's nowhere to pull them!"

"Do they really think they can secure a project just by running to find those transcendents?"

"Hmph, hmph, hmph! I'm afraid they won't even be able to see their faces!"

This Kangaroo Country President complained in a low voice for a few moments, then walked to the safe beside the bed, carefully opened the cabinet door to take out the tea leaves and a full set of tea utensils inside, and began to brew tea, imitating the manner of a traditional tea drinker.

This was Spirit Tea he had obtained from an old friend in the Eastern Ancient Kingdom at the cost of a great price and favors.

It was said to be a top-grade Spirit Tea that even transcendents would enjoy!

The transcendents and big shots who had drunk it would all say: Good tea!

The President believed this statement extremely firmly and treated it like a treasure.

For this reason, he kept it in the safe.

Because he couldn't trust the service staff inside the President's Office.

And don't think that the President's Office is high-end in every aspect.

Just by looking at the records, one would know that as long as it is operated by humans, everything is just a makeshift operation.

The state of running according to the public's fantasy only ever exists in a very small number of specific periods.

The President, who was well-versed in this, couldn't trust anyone with his good things.

Just as the President was carefully taking a sip of hot tea.

Feeling a warm current flowing through his whole body and his exhaustion completely vanishing.

*Knock, knock, knock! *

Suddenly, the sound of the bedroom door being knocked was heard.

At the same time, an anxious voice rang out:

"Mr. President, there is an emergency situation that requires your decision!"

"Come in."

The President frowned slightly, recognizing that it was his trusted aide.

At the same time, he was also a playmate from his youth.

Their abilities are poor, so they can only be kept by one's side for odd jobs.

This is also a helpless situation; even if a President has a decent background, the number of people they can encounter, understand, and then trust in a lifetime is only about twenty or thirty.

Excluding the old and the disobedient, there are only so many trusted confidants one can actually use.

Many times, one can only make do, and must make do.

Otherwise, one might end up taking the fall for something without even knowing what happened.

"Don't be so flustered, tell me what's going on?"

Seeing the person enter, the President calmly comforted them and said.

Afterwards, he didn't listen for long.

Upon learning that this matter actually had to do with the extraordinary.

This President suddenly became excited, and then rushed out of the room with expressions and movements even more impatient than his confidant, shouting that he wanted to convene an emergency meeting.

It was because the President had learned.

Just five minutes ago.

The Extraordinary Liaison Center directly under the President's Office.

Which was also the agency managed by that confidant, had suddenly received a message relayed from the European Holy Church.

It turned out that they had received a revelation from an angel.

The outer protective layer of a Sealed Land in the Wurenqu of Kangaroo Country would shatter.

They demanded that Kangaroo Country handle the security isolation and protection work well to avoid unnecessary accidents.

For the President, this was an opportunity to directly contact extraordinary representatives and even extraordinary beings.

He could not afford not to strive to prove himself.

After all, after retirement, he also wanted his children and grandchildren to work in cooperative projects and wanted to live a few more years by relying on extraordinary Spirit Objects.

While the meeting was in progress.

The President learned again that the extraordinary liaison agency had received messages relayed from forces like the Eastern Ancient Kingdom and Flower Flag Country.

They were all notifying them that abnormal conditions had occurred in the Wurenqu.

To be on the safe side, their navies had all begun to approach this sea area.

At the same time, they also notified Kangaroo Country that extraordinary forces would also be coming, and requested that they handle the reception work well.

Although he was somewhat annoyed that other major powers had to intervene to help.

The President also knew he had no ability to refuse, so he had to fake a smile and express gratitude for their help.

Although the Kangaroo Country military had always been famous for its low efficiency.

After learning that it concerned the extraordinary, they did display a certain degree of subjective initiative.

At least in terms of closing roads and marking off restricted areas, they did a fairly qualified job.

There was not much need for the subsequent landing forces from Flower Flag Country and others to fill in the gaps.

Five hours after Su Ping entered the depths of the desert.

The President of Kangaroo Country and local bigwigs gathered at an airport near the Wurenqu to await the arrival of the extraordinary forces.

After waiting for a while.

They were surprised to find that those people were not taking airplanes.

Instead, they were taking a spaceship from the Eastern Ancient Kingdom!

It descended directly from the atmosphere, and after slowly decelerating, landed gracefully in the center of the airport with a stunning posture.

As the hatch opened, batches of local extraordinary beings dressed in Daoist robes and monk robes walked out in an orderly fashion, and then, led by their team leader, they merely nodded slightly to thank the President and the others before quickly using supernatural powers to transform into shadows and leave.

Looking at the spaceship that had begun to be used for personnel transport, the President felt a bit dazed.

He felt that Kangaroo Country's status might have room for further decline.

Their mineral resources, whether in quantity or quality, might not even compare to the asteroid belt in the starry sky.

And he had also heard recently.

That the Eastern Ancient Kingdom had received help from extraordinary forces.

Besides the extra-large space station port being built in outer space.

They were also planning to go mine Heavenly God Star!

They even named the plan for this: Conquer Heavenly God!

Heavenly God Star was an asteroid that had been confirmed through detection to be extremely rich in resources.

Not only did it have massive amounts of gold, but also a large quantity of rare metals.

And most crucially, this asteroid would approach Water Blue Star at a close distance in the near future.

It was just right for forces that possessed starry sky mining capabilities to capture and mine it.