Chapter 1662: Exclusive Network

His eyebrows suddenly twitched.

This is!?

Lin An felt somewhat tempted looking at the hire options, and couldn't help clicking to examine them closely.

Even a Fifth Stage Peak can be hired?

No, it should be said that with his current permissions, he can actually hire a Fifth Stage Peak!?

Such a level of powerhouse...

His gaze was fiery.

If he summoned a Fifth Stage Peak, wouldn't he be able to walk sideways here!?

But soon, as he scrolled down the list and the hire costs appeared, Lin An's face instantly turned grim.

"Current scene: Starry Sky Battlefield (mission); within this scene, hire costs increased by 1000%"

"Current area (Death Spiral Star System): idle Fifth Stage Peaks: 13"

"1. Fission Magic Eye (Fifth Stage Peak, Rule System):"

"Hire cost: 1000 points/second"

"Transfer cost: 175*2"

"Minimum hire time: 12 hours."

"Apocalypse Mercenary Profile: A king from the Magic Eye Clan, skilled at triggering energy fission to destroy all life along the way, suitable for group or infiltration missions."

"2. Crimson Blazing Star Dragon (Fifth Stage Peak, Body/Rule System):"

"Hire cost: 3500 points/second"

"Transfer cost: 600*2"

"Minimum hire time: 8 hours"

"Apocalypse Mercenary Profile: An elite warrior from the Starry Sky Dragon Clan, skilled at protection, all-out civilizational war."

"3. Medium-strength Nuclear Warship Fleet (Fifth Stage Peak, Rule/Psionic Technology)"

"Hire cost: 100 points/second"

"Transfer cost: None (the unit has its own spatial transfer ability)"

"Minimum hire time: 3650 hours"

"Apocalypse Mercenary Profile: Main fleet of a fourth‑level civilization, capable of routine missions. This battle group comes with a thousand fourth‑rank combat units and can assist the employer in formulating combat plans."

It really is a Fifth Stage Peak.

Looking at the thirteen Fifth Stage Peak options on the list, Lin An felt surprised, but more so a wry smile.

The price is too high, so high that he doesn't even qualify to take a glance.

Among the thirteen Fifth Stage Peaks in this area, the cheapest price is 100 points per second, with a minimum hire time of one hour.

Adding the transfer cost, at least 360,200 points are needed!

At such an exorbitant price, he can't even afford the transfer cost!

As for other areas,

After Lin An sorted by lowest price, he actually saw a Fifth Stage Peak costing 10 points per second, and it was a Body System.

Judging by appearance, it closely resembles the planet‑devourer he had seen before.

But the transfer price reaches as high as six thousand points.

Looking at that unfamiliar region name, who knows which world it was hired from.

"Fifth Stage Peaks can also be hired... This shows that Fifth Stage Peaks aren't considered a formidable force, right?"

"But... the Death Spiral Star System... only has thirteen Fifth Stage Peaks..."

A wry smile, shocked.

Although Lin An couldn't judge whether thirteen Fifth Stage Peaks were many or few for a star cluster.

But looking at the system annotation, the Death Spiral Star Cluster comprises over two thousand star systems, each with three hundred billion stars. Factoring in the possible number of civilizations...

One civilization per hundred star systems, each civilization accounting for ten billion lives...

Approximately, out of two hundred quadrillion people, thirteen Fifth Stage Peaks appear...

Thus, on average, one peak expert per seventeen trillion people.

A probability of less than one in ten trillion...

After calculating such an exaggerated number, Lin An was instantly speechless.

But upon realizing that even a star cluster is insignificant before the whole universe, he actually felt relieved.

Above the star cluster are superstar clusters, and above those are superstar groups.

Further up are superstar composite groups, superstar composite teams... the universe itself.

And above the universe are cosmic systems... cosmic groups... cosmic clans... sub‑dimensional cosmic systems... sub‑dimensional cosmic composite teams...

Who knows how high, even beyond comprehension, there still exist other great worlds.

"It's truly... too insignificant..."

Once again feeling deep helplessness, Lin An, in silence, actually came to somewhat understand those fugitives.

Anyone who first encounters this information is likely to fall into deep confusion.

What is the Fourth Stage? What about the Fifth Stage?

Above this, even super‑beings that cannot be imagined are also struggling desperately.

Perhaps those fugitives once also harbored ambitions, unwilling to give up.

But only after seeing these and experiencing despair did they give up on themselves...

"Don't think about it anymore!"

Not knowing how many times he had stopped himself from falling into bewilderment, Lin An clenched his fists tightly, his heart inevitably feeling some irritable repression.

The more he knew, the more humble and insignificant he felt.

He came to find a way to break the deadlock, not to let himself give up!

After readjusting his mindset, Lin An simply shielded his emotions. Although it was indeed shocking, at least for now he had no intention of waiting to die!

While looking at the hire prices of other ranks, he analyzed the information.

Seeing the dense registration information, Lin An felt he had gained a completely new understanding of the high-level power system.

Although all the information was public, upon first encountering such high-level content, he actually felt an eye-opening sensation.

Just after seeing the seventh second, Lin An let out a long sigh, his heart filled with bitterness.

Useless.

The hire function offered him no help whatsoever in his current situation.

Based on his current points, at most he could hire a Fifth Stage Initial to be transmitted over, and even then only for a few seconds.

Of course, the bulk of the cost is the transmission fee.

And a Fifth Stage Intermediate that could actually help the situation would need at least over a thousand points.

Thinking about how he only got twenty points by killing beyond his level, or even an overlimit kill, Lin An felt this price was ridiculously expensive.

He is Fourth Stage.

According to the system's point rewards, a Fourth Stage killing a Fifth Stage Initial without any bonus should be 10 points.

This means that killing an opponent of the same stage yields one point, so a Fifth Stage Initial's life is worth only one point.

Intermediate is ten points, Advanced is one hundred points, Peak is one thousand points?

One thousand points to hire a Fifth Stage Intermediate..

If he could get a thousand points, why would he need help!? He could single-handedly wipe out the whole field!

"This price.."

Powerless to complain.

After Lin An secretly sighed, he also realized it was probably because he was in the middle of a mission.

Within the Stellar Battlefield, hiring a Fifth Stage costs ten times the usual price.

If not in a mission, the price should be divided by ten.

It seems a Fifth Stage Peak would cost over a hundred points per second, but upon reflection, a battle between Fifth Stage Peaks actually lasts only a few seconds.

A Fifth Stage Peak will fight desperately for you for only a hundred points...

In a moment's thought, Lin An again felt it was a bit cheap.

"So this is why hiring these Fifth Stages has a minimum time..."

"The minimum hire cost is essentially the money to buy the lives of these Fifth Stage Peaks..."

Shaking his head, Lin An, with mixed feelings, turned off the hire option, preparing to look at something else.

This function is very useful, but he can't use it now.

"Function 8: Rules Sharing..."

"Function 9: Spacetime Rollback...

Looking at the last two options, Lin An subconsciously repeated them. For some reason, his heart suddenly stirred, as if he had thought of something.

Especially the ninth option, deep down, it even reminded him of some of his own guesses.

But before he could click to check it.

The next second, a cold system prompt sounded instantly.

"Ding, exclusive network ready."

"Current permissions available functions: system exchange, hire, information sharing"

"Whoosh"

With the exclusive network generated, Lin An only felt the light screen before him change, the original nine options instantly switching to three major options.

And on the system exchange options, a large plus sign kept flashing.