Chapter 1953

The World Core would form in two hours, at which time this World Struggle would end.

Su Xiao currently had 3835 Reincarnation Paradise merits, which was originally a significant reward. If it tripled, one could imagine how high the reward would be.

However, Su Xiao discovered that as the tier of the World Struggle increased, the difficulty of obtaining merits became higher.

Excluding the World Struggle where he served as an Arbiter, counting this time, Su Xiao had participated in three World Struggles.

The first time he obtained 768 merits, the second time 1335 points, and the third time 3835 points.

Only a small portion of the merits obtained in the first two times were obtained by killing contractors; most were obtained by killing important enemy plot characters. That was the bulk of the merits: small leaders/elite troops 1–3 points, important officials 10–50 points, leader-level 50–130 points.

This World Struggle was different; merits could only be obtained by killing enemy contractors. From this, it could be seen that the first two times should have been low-tier war reward measures given by Reincarnation Paradise.

After all, participating in a World Struggle at a low tier was a life-and-death situation. Once at a disadvantage, it was really too difficult to turn the tables, and the situation this time could not possibly have occurred.

Su Xiao didn't know how generous the rewards this time would be, but one thing was certain: the rewards should not be lower than the recruitment costs given by the Three Paradises.

The rewards given by the Three Paradises looked tempting, but in reality, they could not qualitatively improve Su Xiao's combat power. The Soul Crystal (Complete) among them could indeed allow Su Xiao to improve his strength, and as for rare minerals, etc., they would only make Su Xiao richer.

If he wanted to improve his strength, real attribute points were essential, and the Three Paradise Alliance didn't give any.

Various reward authorities were also indispensable. The Three Paradise Alliance gave an increase in brand level, which was the most basic authority and belonged to icing on the cake.

With two hours left, Su Xiao had to explore the storage cave of the Sun Tribe as soon as possible.

Putting away the 251.3 kg of Fire Gold, Su Xiao looked around. Wooden shelves were built on the stone walls of the storage cave, and it was already a mess.

Bottles and jars were scattered all over the ground. The most conspicuous was a wooden bucket hollowed out from a tree stump, filled with a pitch-black viscous liquid. The liquid was overflowing, and various ores, animal teeth, crystals, etc., were soaked inside.

Obviously, after the tribesmen of the Sun Tribe knew they were doomed to fail, they began to destroy the treasures accumulated by the tribe for hundreds of years, not intending to leave these things to the enemy.

Except for the large lump of Fire Gold, Su Xiao didn't find anything else of value. Sure enough, after defeating the enemy head-on, the plot of ransacking the treasury simply couldn't exist. Few enemies would be that stupid.

If it weren't for the fact that Fire Gold was immune to the erosion of that black viscous liquid, this large lump of Fire Gold would have also been destroyed. From the hacking marks on it, it could be seen that the tribesmen of the Sun Tribe had tried to destroy this thing more than once.

After searching the storage cave, Su Xiao always felt something was missing. He didn't find the source of the Sun Flame. Even if that technology had been destroyed by the tribesmen of the Sun Tribe, it wouldn't have left no trace at all.

Just as Su Xiao was puzzled, news came from the Zerg Mother Emperor, Marge. The battle there had also ended, with abnormally heavy casualties.

Of the 340,000 Zerg that Marge's faction sent out, 210,000 died. The reason for such heavy losses was that the Sun Warriors on her side were abnormally brave.

By the end of the battle, Marge's faction's opponents were no longer ordinary Sun Warriors, but elite units of the Sun Warriors, the Flame Dikas.

Su Xiao's side had already pierced through the Sun Tribe, and so had Marge's side, but the two sides didn't meet; the interior of the Burning Fire Mountain was not connected.

What made Su Xiao even more puzzled was that as soon as the war ended, Marge immediately withdrew, without discussing the division of territory at all.

That feeling was like a child who had picked up a huge sum of money, happy, yet worried about others snatching it.

The cave on the left side of the Burning Fire Mountain was clearly not worth exploring, so Su Xiao took a large number of demon beasts and rushed to the two caves on the right side of the Burning Fire Mountain.

As soon as Su Xiao arrived at the right cave, he saw a large number of Sun Warrior corpses lying here. As for the corpses of Marge's Zerg, not a single one remained.

Su Xiao entered the cave, and the stench of burning rushed toward his face. After going deep for dozens of meters, an inverted Y-shaped fork appeared in front, and the two caves merged together.

Continuing forward, Su Xiao soon arrived at the end of the cave. The front was scorching red, and waves of heat surged out.

This was a cave with an area of ten thousand square meters. After entering the cave, Su Xiao discovered that this was a lava lake, and a four-meter-wide stone bridge spanned the lava lake, reaching the inside of the cave.

There were obvious impact marks on the surrounding mountain walls, and the stone bridge was broken. A kind of gold-red liquid was scattered on it, as well as scales the size of a washbasin.

A crystal layer clung to Su Xiao's right arm, making his entire right arm look like it was carved from blue crystal.

Using his fingertips to dip some of the gold-red liquid on the bridge deck and smelling it in front of his nose, Su Xiao judged that this was blood.

Based on the combat experience of fighting until now, Su Xiao reconstructed the previous battle scene: a giant bird with a huge body lived in the lava, Marge's lower-tier Zerg fought with it, the battle lasted at least five hours or more, and in the end, the giant bird was defeated and besieged to death by the Zerg.

Su Xiao leaped over the broken bridge and arrived at a stone platform. It was carved with patterns, and lava flowed slowly inside.

In front was a pile of gravel, and on the stone wall further back, there were several very abstract murals.

The first mural: several primitive people knelt in front of a giant bird, and the giant bird also lowered its head, extending a wing, on which were burning flames.

The second mural: the giant bird spread its wings, surrounded by a large number of primitive people, who were besieging the giant bird.

The third mural: the giant bird was killed, and a primitive person stood on its corpse, holding his own heart in his hand.

The fourth mural: the giant bird was resurrected, its wings spread, and a large group of primitive people stood below. They seemed to be protecting the giant bird, and the giant bird also seemed to be protecting them.

The murals ended here. Su Xiao pondered for a moment and looked at the lava lake not far away.

"Amu, go down and look."

"Moo."

Amu switched to lava form and jumped into the lava with a *thud*.

Time passed quickly. When there was one hour left for the world coordinate to form, Amu crawled out of the lava lake. It held three items: a half-meter-long feather, a circular stone disk, and a charred skull.

Su Xiao examined these three items. He threw away the feather first; this thing had no value, just the feather of a transcendent creature.

As for the circular stone disk and the charred skull, Su Xiao felt that these two items should be useful. He began to stand on the spot and ponder.

About ten minutes later, Su Xiao arrived at the left side of the stone platform and knocked on the ground with a fist wrapped in a crystal layer. It was solid. Having reached this result, he arrived at the other side.

*Thud, thud, thud... *

Hollow. Su Xiao smashed down with a punch and immediately leaped back.

Lava sprayed from the hole. When the lava stopped spraying, Su Xiao arrived in front of the hole, leaned over and looked below the hole. The hole led directly to the lava lake at the very bottom, no value. He looked at the stone wall inside the opening again.

There was a groove the size of a fist on the stone wall, similar in size to the circular stone disk in his hand. He tried to put it in, but some positions didn't match.

Su Xiao flipped the stone disk in his hand, feeling that this thing was similar to the principle of a Rubik's Cube.

Su Xiao leaned over and looked at the groove on the inner wall of the hole. After examining it for a few seconds, he closed his eyes. The next moment, he began to quickly twist the circular stone disk in his hand.

*Click, clack, click, click, click... *

It was only a few seconds, and the complicated patterns on the circular stone disk changed, becoming the appearance of a bird.

Su Xiao stuffed the circular stone disk into the card slot.

*Rumble... *

The stone platform under his feet began to vibrate, and the lava in those grooves receded.

Su Xiao squatted on the large piece of engraving and thought for 2 minutes, then arrived at the hole again. This time he pondered for about 10 minutes before placing his finger on the upper corner of the stone disk and slowly turning it.

*Click, click, click... *

After trying three scales, the stone platform sank a large section with a *boom*, level with the lava lake, and lava flowed into the grooves on the stone platform again.

At this time, on the inner side of the stone platform, a stone door had been revealed, and the stone door was divided into three structures, top, middle, and bottom.

Su Xiao threw the skull in his hand and arrived in front of the stone door. After looking at it for a few minutes, he pressed his ear against the stone door, closed his eyes, and turned the groove in the center of the stone door.

Just as he turned it once, a sharp thorn popped out from the stone door. Su Xiao tilted his head to dodge and continued to turn the groove.

After trying six combinations, the stone door slowly rose upward. Su Xiao threw the skull in his hand into the lava lake; this thing was useless.

The mechanism of the Sun Tribe's level, compared to the puzzle games Su Xiao had been playing, was simply kindergarten difficulty.

The stone door opened completely. Su Xiao smiled. He felt that the Zerg Mother Emperor, Marge, was very interesting. After she besieged and killed the guards, she took the guards' corpses and ran away without looking back.

Su Xiao looked into the stone door. It was only a few square meters in size, overgrown with vines, and a heart was connected to the center of the vines, beating slowly.

Golden flames rose on the heart, and the surrounding air was distorted due to the high temperature. If Su Xiao guessed correctly, this was left by the Sun Tribe for those tribesmen who still survived, so that they would have the power of revenge.

Su Xiao took out a gray-black metal box from the storage space. This was Sand Tungsten metal, not strong, and the density was not high, but it was heat-resistant.

Su Xiao threw the Sand Tungsten metal box to Amu. The temperature of the Sun Flame on that heart was too high, and he couldn't approach it rashly. Amu's heat-resistant constitution was more than ten times stronger than his.

Even Amu couldn't help but tilt its head back when approaching the Sun Flame heart.

*Snap~*

The Sun Flame heart was buckled into the metal box, and the vines connected to it were clipped off.