Chapter 2105: Unexpected and the Disappearing Creator

Gu Siman heard the voice and was stunned; immediately, the words previously spoken by the Heaven Walker representative rang out.

The strongest of the Heaven Walker civilization is sixth rank; the civilization's foundation is extremely strong, and they spent heavily to participate this time. Although they are slightly inferior to those few alliances, they also avoided being targeted early.

It's still quite hopeful to place in the top ten.

Just...

Gu Siman hesitated, opening his mouth; he actually wanted to be bolder, directly starting selection from after the 100,000th place.

He noticed that many hide their strength this time, and many participants currently have low rankings—that's just because they haven't exerted themselves. If he bets correctly, he could recover all their losses and even hope to make a big profit! After all, the situation is now too complex; strictly speaking, any choice is a gamble!

"Don't hesitate! Gu Siman!"

"The odds keep changing; the strongest sides on the surface are easy to match up, while the weakest group carries too much risk!? I think we should pick one of the stronger middle sides; then our chance of winning is actually the highest!"

The Star Destroyer urging Gu Siman spoke urgently, afraid Gu Siman wouldn't join him.

He has ulterior motives, pulling more people to bet with him increases his hope of winning. However, he also believes his judgment is correct.

"Alright, then I'll join you."

In his hesitation, Gu Siman opened his mouth, admitting the other's words weren't wrong.

Indeed, if he continued to waver, he might not choose correctly. If it weren't for the last mission, where that person gave him many points, he wouldn't even have the qualification to choose again now.

But for some reason, as he watched the constantly refreshing Star Radiance ranking, a face inexplicably flashed in Gu Siman's mind.

(Will that kid participate? If he can, his ranking should be pretty good, right?)

Lost in random thoughts, Gu Siman finally shook his head, no longer thinking about it.

He knows that the civilization behind Lin An is extremely weak, likely lacking even the qualification to participate. He also checked; among the civilizations participating this time, there is no name of Earth.

"Holy shit! Lin Dui! Did you get the Star Radiance notification!?"

"What the hell, why does it show someone invested 36 points in me? Great Bear Star Region—could it be my long-lost relative?"

Leading the team hidden underground at a depth of a hundred meters, Xiong Hanzi curiously looked at the "investment" information displayed after his rank.

Not only him, Gao Tian also received 8 points from someone.

Although he doesn't know what this thing is, he can guess it probably represents that many outsiders are optimistic about him.

Hey, old Zhang is still pretty badass.

Inside the underground fissure, Lin An, rushing forward with his head down, also noticed the suddenly appearing points information.

Ignoring the clamoring Xiong Hanzi, Lin An instead frowned slightly, instinctively sensing something off from the seemingly normal information.

"It's normal that I'm not optimistic."

"There's nothing wrong with outsiders investing and betting."

"But this betting distribution..."

Multitasking, within just a few seconds Lin An quickly scanned the points after all participants' names.

On the ranking list, the distribution of bet points is somewhat strange; very few people are optimistic about the first-place mutant, while the top ten are relatively normal, resembling a ladder-like distribution.

But the distribution thereafter is very abnormal.

"The number of points represents outsiders' judgment of the participants' strength; with points so precious, no one would bet recklessly."

"According to normal logic, most civilizations either bet based on current rankings or based on their backing forces; overall there should be a pattern. But looking now, many civilizations have chosen those ranked low... overall there is no discernible pattern, as if many fifth ranks are confident in their own participants."

"No, it should be said that opinions are not unified! Those fifth ranks outside also dare not be certain of their judgments!"

"So..."

Lin An's eyes flickered, and he instantly realized that those advanced civilizations outside have encountered a problem among themselves.

Having long wandered on the edge of death, he has a keen sensitivity to any abnormal information.

Although unsure what exactly happened, Lin An after thinking still sent a message to Zhang Tie and the others:

"Zhang Tie, you now turn off your personal information; on the ranking, we can just display the Creator Alliance outwardly."

"Before we meet up, try to stay hidden and be careful of other teams."

As the words fell, Zhang Tie instantly became bewildered, not knowing why Lin An said that.

"What does that mean, Lin Dui? Why give up our personal rankings? Outsiders don't even know us."

"I saw the just-released rules explanation; if we turn it off, others can only bet on the whole team. Aren't we attached to that whatever Prince's name?"

"I think we can also exchange these points for things; why let them get a freebie?"

Ten thousand points can exchange for a bottle of medicine; although now nothing can be exchanged, Zhang Tie clearly knows that once Lin An comes out, his ranking will surely skyrocket.

By then, surely many fifth ranks will be optimistic about Lin An; without saying more, exchanging an extra bottle is pure profit.

Almost the instant Zhang Tie asked his question, Mo Ling beside him, as if thinking of something, directly interrupted him:

"Lin An, are you suspecting that something has just happened?"

"The betting distribution is wrong; the Creator Alliance also shows no reaction. I checked, the Creator Alliance's external betting is zero."

Shocked by the words, compared to Zhang Tie's clueless expression, in the team Gao Tian and Luo En also reacted first.

Among smart people, conversation needs little explanation; just seeing Zhang Tie bewildered, Luo En simply whispered an explanation:

"Brother Zhang, Brother Lin's meaning is simple."

"You see so many fifth ranks betting; this shows that betting is something almost every civilization will participate in. Remember when we came in, the Creator Alliance was also very attentive, right?"

"Following that logic, even if they don't favor their own people, they would still bet on other teams!"

"But there isn't! The Creator Alliance has no reaction at all! Moreover, others' betting is so chaotic, which also shows that the fifth ranks outside have differing views on the strength of other participants!"

"In that case..."

Subconsciously, Gao Tian and the other team members couldn't help but glance at each other, speaking in unison the answer they had thought of.

"Many people with hidden strength have entered! So, to outsiders, the current ranking no longer reflects the true situation! Moreover, many civilizations are determined to win, unafraid of facing others!"

On the other end of the communication, Lin An was slightly startled, then broke into a relieved smile.

Not bad; although Gao Tian and the others' strength hasn't grown yet, their response to crisis hasn't disappointed him.

"That's right."

"The betting distribution is problematic; this shows that many civilizations have gone all-in this time, but because similar situations are too many, those weak-point civilizations don't know whom to bet on."

"Similarly, this also causes Zhang Tie and Gao Tian to attract attention. Because in the eyes of outsiders, anyone who shows even a slight outstanding performance is considered problematic. Looking at the growth rate of bets, many civilizations have placed bets multiple times; they must be repeatedly overturning their own judgments, intending to gamble on luck!"

"Of course, this point is not important to us; I'm more concerned about the Creator's side."

"After saying that, Lin An frowned. He wasn't worried that the betting rewards would shift to the Creator Alliance. With the title reward in hand, he could leave at any time and establish his own domain."

"The key is, what happened inside the Creator Alliance? Why does it seem to have disappeared?"

"Could it be..."

"Without giving Lin An time to think, suddenly, streams of Fifth Stage rule fluctuations came rapidly from above his head."

"Huh!?"

"Has anyone else entered the underground fissure?"

"The rule fluctuations were intense; in Lin An's perception, this suddenly appearing aura numbered up to a hundred people!"