Chapter 2140

Star Shine virtual space.

「Heiyan Commander, this is the score change situation I have been recording. 」

「Besides.. I have only fifty points left on me. 」

Qing Kai respectfully followed behind Heiyan; originally a Star-Destroyer, he was full of vigor, but now he has aged too much, even his back is somewhat hunched.

Heiyan nodded slightly, and the two subordinates he brought in also quickly checked the data Qing Kai had organized.

Unlike his arrogance in the outside world, after entering the virtual space, Heiyan also restrained his aura as much as possible, and the group of four stood cautiously in the corner.

His strength might be among the strongest in the Creator Alliance, considered a hegemon-level existence.

But among the representatives where even the lowest are Star-Destroying level, he basically counts for nothing.

Looking up at the central ranking light pillar that reaches ten thousand meters high, unlike other representatives who focus on the highest rankings, they intensely discuss who is performing extremely strongly.

At this moment, Heiyan's mind is full of the situation of those monkeys.

He wants to verify something, or rather, make up his mind.

After one minute, having carefully examined all the score changes recorded by Qing Kai, Heiyan furrowed his brow and asked in a low voice:

「Qing Kai, you didn't say that the leader of this group of monkeys seemed to be that guy named Lin An? Why is his performance the worst? Are you sure you didn't make a mistake? 」

Although he had noticed the score abnormality before, after carefully examining the records, Heiyan instantly realized the source of the abnormality was completely different from what Qing Kai had said.

According to Qing Kai, that monkey named Lin An somehow had the qualifications to enter the Ghost Skull together with them, and after coming out he "begged" Qing Kai to let him participate.

Seeing that Lin An was willing to give up some points, Qing Kai then concealed it from the Alliance and arranged for Lin An and the others to go in.

「Heiyan Commander, I also don't know what's going on... 」

「Logically speaking, logically speaking, that brat Lin An should be relying on having earned quite a few points, feeling confident to compete. He should be the one performing the best, but I don't know why he became his subordinate. 」

Qing Kai repeatedly defended himself, speaking frankly, he really doesn't know what's going on.

After Lin An concealed his information, he didn't even know whether Lin An was dead or alive!

Listening to Qing Kai's unclear explanation, this time Heiyan did not doubt but rather seemed to have thought of something.

「If there's a problem, then it's correct... 」

「Our side only has three teams left. The strongest Black Armor team is already dead; now only the Blue Armor, White Armor, and Red Armor teams remain. 」

「Our people haven't concealed personal information, and in the Red Armor team, it's likely only Ka Lian is still alive. So the current rankings can be said to be entirely propped up by that group of monkeys. 」

「According to this score, could it be that everyone is a God Ascendant? 」

Heiyan's eyes narrowed; he no longer cared about the life or death of his own people, he only cared whether his speculation was correct!

Reacting extremely quickly, a Creator who had followed him for a long time, of Star-Destroying level, immediately understood and spoke in a low voice:

「Commander! Looking at this situation, Earth definitely has a problem! It's not as simple as we previously judged! 」

「Adding to that, those beings also have projections there, and the monkey named Lin An can even enter the Ghost Skull mission. I boldly speculate: could it be the Ancient World? There must be a remodeled Ancient Base dungeon there, which is why those monkeys can perform so extravagantly! 」

As the words fell, aside from Qing Kai being somewhat dazed, he didn't know what Black Flame and the others were saying.

In an instant, Black Flame's face changed, and his heart suddenly jumped.

Yes! He too had just guessed this! That's why he wanted to verify it.

The ancient base was a war fortress truly built by the Creator Alliance in its early days, having poured massive resources into it! Not only could it mass-produce Fourth Stage beings, but it could also mass-produce entities similar to God Ascendants!

Without exaggeration, the value of a single ancient base equals the total worth of ten Creator Alliances.

Those who boosted their power with ancient devices were not only strong, but also had extremely low system ratings. Back then, the Creator Alliance could become so powerful and amass so many resources largely by relying on batches of God Ascendants exploiting loopholes to enter high-level missions.

(If it could be found...)

Thinking of the Creator's former glory, Black Flame couldn't help but his breathing grew rapid.

The Creator Alliance of that time didn't die in the catastrophe; essentially, external factors provoked internal strife, and they basically played themselves to death!

If he could regain control of this power, with abundant resources he could easily break through to the Sixth Stage; why must he now be driven to near despair by a single intelligence crisis?

Just..

Suppressing the urge in his heart, Black Flame exhaled deeply, and a merciless eye flashed through his mind.

Overseer! The Overseer's projection is still there! He truly doesn't know whether the Overseer appeared there by chance or because of the ancient base! If it's the former, he's willing to take another risk and try.

If it's the latter...

He also wants to try!

After all, that group of monkeys can use the base, so why can't he!?

For such a thing to fall into the hands of that bunch of monkeys is truly a waste of heavenly bounty!

(Now the only problem is whether we can confirm that an ancient base truly exists on Earth...)

"Leader, what should we do now?"

Facing the subordinates' equally fervent, even horrified gazes that he struggled to endure, Black Flame clenched his fists, his heart already resolved:

"Take another look! If the ranking rises a bit more, we can be ninety percent sure! The higher the ranking, the less likely it is that those monkeys' own strength is responsible!"

"By the way, focus on that kid named Lin An; if he's Earth's strongest, then his problem must be the biggest!"

All logic fell into place at this moment.

A group of monkeys that had occupied the ancient base, after transforming themselves, entered the Ghost Skull. Upon gaining a large number of points there, their confidence soared. Consequently, their leader Lin An simply went all out, aiming to enter Stellar Glory.

This also explains why Lin An knows about the Stellar Glory War, because the ancient base retained information from back then! The Creator Alliance certainly participated heavily back then!

Six hours later.

"Beep! Stellar Glory announcement:"

"The Stellar Glory War (War Star)–level arena has entered its final stage! The match will end in seventy-two hours, after which rankings will be calculated."

"According to the Alliance's judgment, this round's participants have a relatively high Fifth Stage level; to select better elites, the Alliance has decided to greatly increase this competition's rewards! And to grant the winning civilization a reward of eligibility for promotion to the Sixth Stage!"

"In order to align with the interests of all participating civilizations, the Alliance also decided to change the betting rules!"

"After the third stage begins, all betting points will be rewarded to participants at a 1:10 ratio for exchanging potions! And on the battlefield, other exchange options will be temporarily opened!"

「All civilization representatives, please bravely choose the athlete you support! We are very much looking forward to how exciting and thrilling this competition will be! 」

The announcement ended.

Within the virtual space, the tens of thousands of representatives from all sides were all astonished, even shocked, as they looked up.

Although they did not know why the Starlight Alliance suddenly changed the rules, hearing about the increased rewards made every representative's heart race wildly, finding it hard to believe!

Greatly increased rewards!? Sixth Fourth Rank quota?

Everyone also realized at this moment that the most crucial thing was the change in betting rules!

The 10:1 reward ratio for participants—such an outrageous ratio—means that even civilizations originally unwilling to invest too much will go crazy placing bets!

With the total betting skyrocketing, the civilization that ultimately picks correctly may be able to obtain an unimaginably huge fortune!

Of course, this also means that in the final stage of the competition, the intensity of the fighting on the battlefield will soar to an unimaginable height under the drive of enormous profits!