Chapter 2068: Selection Mode

Seeing Qing Kai's yin-yang weird message, Lin An gave a light chuckle, too lazy to waste words with this guy.

A Star Destroyer of the High-level Alliance acting like this is truly like a clown.

Seeing Qing Kai seemingly forgot his identity, Lin An simply sent a string of numbers.

"50."

Upon receiving Lin An's message and seeing the meaningless 50, Qing Kai froze.

"50? What 50?"

He asked instinctively; the next second, Lin An's message lit up again.

"100."

"100? What 100!!"

Before Qing Kai could grow more bewildered, he thought Lin An's nonsense was from being intimidated by him.

The third lit-up message instantly made Qing Kai think of something, his face drastically changed!

"150."

"150!? Wait!? What are you saying!? Damn it!? Are you talking about points!?"

"Bang!!"

He suddenly stood up; Qing Kai, who had been sitting cross-legged on the floating island, instantly bristled and jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on!

However, his reaction was still too slow; almost as he asked, the number on the other end of the message suddenly turned into 200.

"I'll deduct 200 from you; if you're dissatisfied, then the transaction is terminated."

"Hearing you say it's so difficult, I seem to have no need to go either."

Lin An spoke calmly, his tone as usual devoid of any emotion.

He had to go to the Star Glory War, but Qing Kai didn't know. Since this guy was so jumpy, he didn't mind letting Qing Kai realize his situation.

As expected.

Standing in the deep crater blasted out by out-of-control spiritual energy, Qing Kai's anger surged, and he almost spat out a mouthful of old blood!

He hadn't realized yet; Lin An was striking him!

Ask for a reduction of 50, ask for a reduction of 50! Damn, how can there be such a disgusting person!

His face flushed between green, red, and white; Qing Kai desperately suppressed the urge to go crazy and curse, forcing himself to stay calm. Damn, looking at Lin An's attitude, plus his earlier deliberate exaggeration of the Star Glory War, honestly, he momentarily didn't know if he had misspoken!

"Damn it! I shouldn't have been so mouthy!"

He wished to slap himself twice, and also wished to devour Lin An alive.

A few seconds later, Qing Kai clenched his fists tightly, having no choice but to think of a way to make amends and apologize!

"Lord Lin An! I was wrong! You are magnanimous, please forgive me this time! Though the Star Glory War is arduous, for a genius like you it's nothing! I firmly believe you will achieve instant victory and conquer the Star Glory Universe!"

"You must participate! The rewards of Star Glory exceed your imagination! Especially, the better you perform, the more likely you are to attract investment from other high-level civilizations! Once they take notice of you, you and your civilization will surely soar!"

A string of flattery poured in, with his lifeline held in Lin An's hands; Qing Kai felt he was almost about to become abjectly lowly.

Please! Quickly return his points! 200 points! He'll demand his life!

On the other end of the communication, Lin An smiled slightly, not intending to mess with Qing Kai's mindset anymore.

Striking him is fine, but without this guy's help, going to the Star Glory War really would be a bit troublesome.

"Deduct 100; if there's a next time, you know the consequences."

"Investment? High rank can attract great civilizations? What does this mean? Does it mean being absorbed into their civilization?"

Lin An asked casually; in the data, he hadn't seen this.

Hearing Lin An, as if giving alms, finally deduct only 100 points, Qing Kai wanted to cry but had no tears, and dared not say more.

"Yes, Lord Lin An!"

"Although the Star Glory War is nominally a joint selection of elites by several major civilizations, they only take the top hundred. Especially according to historical rankings, in fact many sessions have had no one enter the top hundred."

"Not entering the top hundred doesn't mean lacking potential. In fact, making it into the top ten thousand are top-tier elites! And these elites, the major powers naturally won't let go."

"You also know, the lower the rank, the lower the evaluation after joining a civilization. An Awakened One with surpassing rank combat power and strong potential is undoubtedly a hot commodity! To vie for these talents, many civilizations will station themselves at the Star Glory Battlefield to recruit high-ranked individuals."

"The treatment and rewards they offer can even exceed Star Glory rankings! As far as I know, there was once a super civilization independent of the Star Glory Alliance that spent the cost of two Death Star-level props to recruit an Awakened One ranked 61!"

While speaking, Qing Kai's tone carried a hint of envy.

Major civilizations have deep foundations; although under the Apocalypse they're not much better, at a certain stage they will be destroyed and broken into 'remnants'.

But various loopholes and means to evade the system are far more than those of low-level civilizations; being noticed by high, even super civilizations, is undoubtedly much stronger than his position in the Creator Alliance.

Just look at him—he has contributed so much to the alliance, yet in the end he's still a sacrificial pawn.

"Being absorbed in?"

"But what if the distance is too great? Do they also have a way to bring my clan to migrate? Or put another way, if I don't want to join, could these super civilizations' so-called absorption be a trap? How is safety guaranteed?"

Lin An pondered and nodded slightly.

He never guards against these powerful civilizations with maximal malice; Lin An clearly knows, the stronger a civilization, the more blood on its hands.

Deceiving and killing the geniuses of weak civilizations, even controlling them, is undoubtedly the optimal solution in the backdrop of ruthless competition.

Hearing Lin An's somewhat 'arrogant' concern, Qing Kai gave a cold snort.

He somewhat realized that Lin An was actually fantasizing about himself impacting the historical rankings. Not even having entered Star Glory, he started worrying whether he'd be contested.

(Monkey is just monkey!)

Having prior lessons, he likewise dared not reveal anything:

"Lord Lin An, you can rest assured on this point. If you're unwilling to be absorbed, these civilizations won't do anything to you."

"Do you know why only our kind of high-level civilization is qualified to participate? One is that I also count as your backing, deterring other civilizations from having any ideas. Moreover, stronger civilizations are generally extremely far from us; they also wouldn't bother to act against you."

"Furthermore, not joining is also possible. Those civilizations that favor you may also choose to grant resources and equipment, or knowledge systems, in exchange for your future fighting for them."

"In short, only what you cannot think of is impossible."

After hearing Qing Kai's brief explanation, Lin An nodded, and also realized that the Star Radiance War, having been organized for so long, had already resolved any problems.

It looks like Number 77 dares to let him enter the Star Radiance rapid promotion; everything that should have been thought of has been thought of.

The rest is just considering how many people to bring in.

Just as Lin An was about to ask again, Qing Kai's side seemed even more anxious than he, and couldn't help but ask:

"Lord Lin An, have you decided on the participants to enter?"

"I suggest you only bring Fourth Stage Peak; anything weaker is truly meaningless. As for the competition mode, just choose the virtual mode."

"Although the actual combat power will be somewhat lacking, the advantage is that there is no danger!"