Chapter 267

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The system fell into a long silence.

Although it had no physical form, Gu Yuan could almost feel that this broken system was currently sweating cold profusely, feigning death to hide its inner guilt.

"Alright, playing dead is useless."

Gu Yuan snorted coldly, too lazy to investigate the system's secrets; after all, the system's portal and rewards had indeed helped him and the Gu Family a lot.

Since we're all bound to the same boat, we each take what we need.

He directly spoke up to break the silence: "You pick a world suitable for my current situation for me."

【Thanks for understanding, host! (*^▽^*)】

【Coordinates for the next vacation world have been locked.】

【World type: Mechanical Cultivation (Cyber Wasteland)】

【World name: Heaven Pivot Source Realm】

【World background: In this world, the cultivation civilization and extreme mechanical technology are forcibly combined. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth has withered, being siphoned and monopolized by super conglomerates using giant spirit-gathering arrays; cultivation no longer relies on absorbing heaven and earth, but on purchasing spirit-qi crystals issued by the conglomerates. Flesh is weak, mechanical ascension, lower-level cultivators have become the slag exploited by the conglomerates.】

【Main Quest 1: Destroy any one of the conglomerates' giant spirit-gathering arrays to release the imprisoned heavenly and earthly spiritual energy.】

【Reward: World Origin Core ×1! Ten Million Year Supreme Spirit Vein ×10!】

【Main Quest 2: Slay or subdue at least one of the conglomerates' highest overseers.】

【Reward: One portion of World Tree Advancement Nutrient.】

【Ultimate Quest: Completely shatter the four conglomerates' monopoly on spiritual energy, reshape the cultivation order of Heaven Pivot Source Realm, restore normality, and let the realm's heavenly way return to nature.】

【Quest Reward: A strand of Primordial Chaos Purple Qi!】

【Failure Penalty: None!】

Gu Yuan heard this background introduction, his brows knotting into a dead knot.

Capital monopoly of spirit qi? Cultivation relies on inserting crystals?

What the heck is this?

However, the rewards are still quite generous.

The World Origin Core and World Tree Advancement Nutrient both seem related to the World Tree.

For him, if he chooses the path of becoming the Heavenly Dao, it is a great tonic.

It can instantly advance his internal world to the next stage, saving countless resources and evolution!

And those ten ten-million-year spirit veins.

For Gu Yuan they're not very useful, but for the entire Primordial Immortal Realm and the Gu Family…… they are absolutely the supreme treasure!

The reason is also simple.

Nowadays, the Primordial Immortal Realm…… the number of True Immortals has already swollen enormously.

The existing spirit qi of the immortal realm is still fairly abundant.

But according to calculations by the Gu Family's mighty ones.

At most, in less than ten years it will enter a full saturation stage.

But with these ten ten-million-year spirit veins.

Even if one opens wide to absorb.

Even a hundred more True Immortals.

That would be enough to run for a hundred thousand years!

But what truly makes Gu Yuan's heart race is the reward of the ultimate quest.

Primordial Chaos Purple Qi!

【Primordial Chaos Purple Qi, the purest primal source born when the universe was opened and chaos first differentiated, contains the supreme truth of the Great Dao. Refining it allows one to ignore any legal barriers and the sedimentation of ages, perfectly aiding the Jue Dian Immortal King in breaking through shackles and stepping into the legendary Colossal Immortal King level!】

Aid in breaking through to the Colossal Immortal King!

Just these eight characters.

Nothing else needs to be looked at!

Grandfather is already a half-step Colossal; only a thin yet unbreakable layer of window paper, as delicate as a cicada's wing, separates him from a true Colossal Immortal King.

If we can obtain this strand of Primordial Chaos Purple Qi, grandfather might enter the ranks of the Colossal Immortal Kings!

By then, even facing that group of Immortal Kings of the Three Thousand Provinces……

The Gu Family will still remain in an invincible position!

What's more important……

Next time we go…… won't we be able to move even more great provinces!

Although the immortal substances brought by nearly forty provinces are still abundant now.

But if we distribute them evenly across the Primordial Immortal Realm according to average……

That would still…… be far too little!

"Exactly, exactly, I'm not doing this for myself, but for the Primordial Immortal Realm……"

Gu Yuan nodded, telling the system.

Xiao Ai, the old rule, give me this world's strongman map, the intel, and the location.

Ding! Basic information of the Tian Shu Source Realm has been generated.

The ceiling of this realm has been completely locked due to the defective Heavenly Dao and the malformed evolution of mechanical ascension. Currently, the world's highest combat power belongs to the four great conglomerates' behind the "Mechanical Ancestor", "Heavenly Source Ancestor", "Diamond Man", and "Return-to-void True Person", whose strength is the 19th‑tier Heavenly Emperor realm, but by fully replacing their bodies with True Immortal apparatus skeletons, they can burst forth with early‑stage True Immortal power.

"True Immortal early stage? So weak?"

Gu Yuan stroked his chin and couldn't help but say.

Honestly.

A tenth-realm, saying a twentieth-realm True Immortal dish, that too is unprecedented.

However, Gu Yuan wasn't talking nonsense.

Even without mentioning those True Immortals in his family, just his current half-step Immortal King-level soul strength, plus the embryonic perfect great world inside him.

Even without borrowing his grandfather's and father's power, relying solely on himself, he could swagger about in this so-called Cyber Wasteland World.

But...

Gu Yuan narrowed his eyes and let out a cold laugh.

"I believe your ghost!"

He knows all too well the temperament of this broken system.

From the Profound Heaven Continent at the beginning, to Sanqian Zhou, then later the Twilight Divine Realm, the Myriad Medicine Great World...

The more this broken system speaks with conviction, the deeper the pits it digs behind.

At a glance, it's the kind that hides a big conspiracy behind it.

But personally getting involved is impossible.

Turning to the family is naturally also a good option.

However, Gu Yuan thought of another function.

"Xiao Ai, I remember that the host just experienced the 【Injection】 function last time, and hasn't experienced the 【Investment】 function yet."

【Yes, host. In Investment mode, the host only needs to provide resources; the system will automatically select in the target world the indigenous target with the most potential or most aligned with causality for investment evolution, allowing the host to reap the benefits.】

"Good, then let's first find a Pathfinding Stone."

【Scanning all realms for the host……】

【Scan complete! Target locked: A Qi.】

【Target identity: Slum scavenger.】

【Fate rating: Extremely low (could die at any moment), but its life pattern has an extremely weak causal entanglement with this world's distorted Heavenly Dao origin.】

"It's him."

Gu Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

【Please, host, invest resources.】

A cunning smile appeared on Gu Yuan's face.

Resources?

He thought of a fun way to play.

System: 【……】

【Resources?... Received, Investment mode officially activated…… Target locked, beginning evolution……】

Gu Yuan could tell.

The system seemed somewhat speechless at his manipulations.