Chapter 1962: Dangerous Person

The real world is still relatively peaceful; contractors fight to the death in the derived world, and upon returning to the real world, they maintain an unspoken agreement: don't provoke me, and I won't provoke you.

Of course, this applies to most people, but a small number of newly contracted individuals swell with power after suddenly gaining it, and these people will be dealt with by the cleaners who go to 'collect the electricity bill'.

【A new world is about to open; hunters, prepare yourselves.】

Spatial fluctuations appeared, and when the fluctuations subsided, Su Xiao, Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang, and Am were already in their exclusive room.

Upon returning to the exclusive room, Su Xiao took out 【Awakening Book·Second】 from his storage space, intending to awaken his talent a second time, which required this item.

【Use Awakening Book·Second?】

【Warning: Second awakening of talent is extremely dangerous, with 86% of contractors having already given up on second talent awakening.】

【Tip: The difficulty of second talent awakening will increase with the hunter's rank and level.】

Su Xiao chose to use Awakening Book·Second and confirmed the awakening of the Soul-Eater talent.

【Hunter has selected talent: Soul-Eater.】

【Soul-Eater】

【Category: Slaughter Talent.】

【Level: s (awakened once).】

【Detection shows Soul-Eater has risen to the peak of first awakening, which will cause the second awakening difficulty to increase by 30%.】

【Talent nature analysis in progress……analysis complete.】

【World selection in progress……】

【No match in derived world.】

【No match in trial world.】

【Number of matches in original world: 2.】

【Number of matches in void world: 1.】

【Hunter must choose one of the following worlds to undergo talent awakening.】

【Soul Tremor (Original World).】

【Tip: This world is extremely unstable; soul ghosts and mutated variants are extremely dangerous species.】

【Moon God (Original World).】

【Tip: This world contains divine beings, which are extremely dangerous.】

【Twin·Gilgadan (Void World).】

【Tip: The hunter's charm attribute is too low, making it highly likely to be rejected by the twins, leading to failure in completing the talent awakening task; the hunter must consider carefully.】

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Looking at the three world choices, it's clear that all three are highly difficult; the first has an unstable world structure, and the soul ghosts and mutated variants inside should not be easy to deal with.

As for the second, this world contains divine beings, and their strength should not be low.

As for the third world, Su Xiao doesn't consider it at all; entering that world would likely trigger a protection-type mission, and with his charm attribute, let alone protecting the twins, the twins might be scared away by him directly.

At that time, the protection mission might develop into a kidnapping mission.

Su Xiao doesn't need to rush his decision for now; he still has one hour. After thinking for a moment, he took out the remaining 90,000 Paradise Coins and had Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang and Benny go purchase necessary supplies.

Su Xiao prepared 14 bottles of ancient medicine, Apollo prepared 2 tablets, and Apollo is still in the improvement stage; to complete the improvement, it would take as short as 2–3 world spans or as long as more than 5 world spans.

The reason Su Xiao didn't prepare more Apollo is because Apollo's explosion speed is too slow; even if its power is terrifying, by the time he reaches the fifth rank, the enemies he encounters are faster and faster, and a 25-second explosion delay is enough for enemies to escape the blast zone.

After completing the supply preparations, Su Xiao sat in his exclusive room.

"Looks like there's no better choice."

"Woof."

Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang beside him quickly nodded in agreement; it fears ghosts, so it really doesn't want to enter the 'Soul Tremor' continent.

"Are we going to slay gods this time?"

Bahah swallowed his saliva; this guy who's always talking nonsense is now feeling a bit weak, after all, that's a god.

【Tip: Hunter is about to enter the 'Moon God' world.】

【Due to the hunter's permission level reaching lv. 50 or above, the basic language of this world can be mastered for free.】

【Transmission begins; due to the great spatial distance, this transmission requires 0.1176 ke of adjustment.】

Seeing the last tip, Su Xiao's expression gradually became solemn.

Boom!

Su Xiao's vision went pitch black, and he lost consciousness.

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Drip—

Water droplets fell; in the quiet environment, even the sound of water droplets was unusually clear.

Su Xiao's eyes opened, and he sat up from a metal bed; the metal bed was very old, but don't even think about removing any parts from it.

All around was pitch black; Su Xiao gently rubbed his forehead, and after organizing the sudden temporary images in his mind, he raised his hand and pressed it against the wall beside him.

The metal chain made a crisp sound; Su Xiao's right arm was cuffed, but he didn't struggle, for 'chromium fiber metal' has extremely strong toughness and ductility, or rather, it can hardly be called metal at all—chromium fiber metal is a cohesive body of fibrous structure, and it is the cornerstone of the Dawn Empire's steam civilization.

In the darkness, as Su Xiao pressed his hand against the wall, his fingers touched a switch.

Click—

The switch closed, and light gradually appeared above; the lamp shade the size of a basketball emitted white light—this is a mercury vapor lamp, which in the Dawn Empire has reached civilian use levels; the main material for lighting is not mercury, but steam produced through special heating techniques.

According to Su Xiao's known memories, the empire he is in is called the Dawn Empire, an empire with a severely skewed technology tree; if the real world is an electrical civilization, then here it is a steam civilization.

This leads to the Dawn Empire's technology tree development stagnating, roughly at the level before World War I, but here there are no cars or airplanes, after all, this world lacks the blessing of oil.

Heavy steam machinery is the most advanced technology in this world; as for firearms with gunpowder, this world is a stage for cold weapons and steam guns.

However, the enormous volume of steam guns makes them too cumbersome for maintaining peace, let alone warfare, and their manufacturing cost is extremely high, requiring 5–10 minutes to fill once.

As for power, Su Xiao didn't want to test the power of that ghostly thing at all; if he were hit in a vital spot, he might be knocked down with a single shot.

It can be said that steam guns hardly ever appear in regular combat or on the battlefield; the soldiers or moon apostles of this world have extremely strong physiques, so they don't need ordinary firearms—even the most ordinary soldier, after putting on chromium-fiber metal armor and picking up a heavy sword, can have combat power comparable to that of a heavy machine gunner of an entire battalion.

This is an era where steam, deities, and extraordinary beings coexist.

Currently, Su Xiao is being held in a completely sealed cell; the four walls are made of rust-streaked metal, and the steam door looks at least one meter thick; the metal grille of the ventilation shaft above has been reinforced with four or five layers, and thick iron shackles are clamped onto Su Xiao's right arm, connected to a metal chain at least as thick as an arm, the other end of which is fully embedded into the wall.

There is a relatively clean toilet, and on the simple washstand are a toothbrush and other items; the handle of the toothbrush is made of very soft rubber.

Moreover, Su Xiao is wearing a set of gray fine-hemp clothing, whose buttons are all made of rubber; if observed carefully, one will find that the fine-hemp threads of this clothing are spliced together, making it impossible to pull out a single hemp thread longer than ten centimeters.

According to Su Xiao's observation, on that nearly one-meter-thick steam door, there are at least six locks, and passive trigger mechanisms have been installed; once he attempts to open this door from the inside, the steam door will lock completely.

Su Xiao tapped the wall, and the feedback sound was very dull; the metal walls are very thick, and unless he takes out a knife, brute force alone cannot get him out.

No matter how you look at it, Su Xiao's identity this time is that of an extremely dangerous prisoner; even if given a sufficiently long hemp rope, he might possibly escape from here.

【Entering World; Moon God Continent】

Location: Dawn Empire · Capital · Kelreto · Underground 175-meter Secret Prison.

World Difficulty: lv. 37~lv. 52 (Original World)

World Source: 0% (Obtaining the World Source within this world is extremely difficult, with difficulty over 16 times that of a derived world of the same level).

World Introduction:

【On the Moon God Continent, the Moon God is a real deity, the one and only deity; although believers cannot see His true form, they can feel His existence, and those who believe in the Moon God are called Moon Apostles.】

【The three empires are in constant conflict; compared to resource competition, religious conflict is the spark of war.】

【Dawn Empire: This is the birthplace of steam civilization, with advanced industry and prosperous to the point of intoxication, founded 1537 years ago, this is the faction to which the Hunter belongs.】

【Dawn Empire's Image of the Moon God: Goddess, God of the Night.】

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【West Moruo Empire: Rejecting steam civilization, the people of this country have severe moral cleanliness; even petty theft results in heavy punishment, founded 2633 years ago, xenophobic and closed-off.】

【West Moruo Empire's Image of the Moon God: Genderless, Solemn God of Justice.】

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【Lodan Empire: Passionate, strong wine and revelry; although poor, the people's happiness ranks first, founded 619 years ago.】

【Lodan Empire's Image of the Moon God: Male, God of Freedom.】

【The three empires have been at war continuously for 15 years, and all three sides have declared a ceasefire.】

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【The main quest has been changed, replaced by the Awakening Quest.】

【Awakening Quest: Soul Speaker (First Ring)】

Difficulty Level: lv. 42

Quest Information: Find the Soul Speaker and obtain key information from him.

Quest Time Limit: 10 days

Quest Reward: 2 points of real attribute points.

Quest Punishment: Forced execution

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【Prompt: After verifying that the early quest risk is within the Hunter's tolerable range, the Hunting Quest has been released.】

【Hunting Quest: Cleanse Violator 9013.】

Quest Summary: Eliminate Violator 9013 by any means.

Quest Information: This violator is extremely skilled at concealment.

Quest Time Limit: Before leaving this derived world.

Quest Punishment: None (due to the violator's special nature, failure to complete this quest will not reduce the Hunter's qualification permission).

Quest Reward: Diamond Honor Medal x2.

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