Chapter 2009

Closing the world introduction, this world was originally very similar to the real world, just with more advanced technology, but now those things no longer exist.

There are many reasons that led to the disaster, and it has not been fully determined to this day, but even a technologically advanced civilization could not withstand the scorching of the sun. In six days, humanity was almost completely wiped out.

Su Xiao felt that the cause of this situation might not just be the scorching of the sun. Within those six days, something must have been born; otherwise, there wouldn't be the appearance of 'Undead'.

The so-called Undead were clearly an evolution and mutation of humans in an extremely harsh environment. The fact that they could reproduce showed that the Undead had certain biological properties, while the 'undying' aspect was a supernatural property.

Su Xiao knew very little about this world, but he was very concerned about one point: the birth of the new order. This new order should not be a civilized power like a nation. In this environment, the powers born would definitely be quite barbaric and crazy.

Compared to the secrets of this world, Su Xiao was more interested in the content of the promotion mission. He opened the mission list, and the promotion mission appeared.

【Promotion Mission: Qiyuezhe Camp (First Ring)】

Difficulty Level: Lv. 50

Mission Information: Arrive at the 'Qiyuezhe Camp' and set up a branch space coordinate (temporary).

Hint: The Hunter must first strip the brand of a Qiyuezhe from the Apocalypse Paradise side before they can successfully enter the 'Qiyuezhe Camp'.

Hint: The 'Qiyuezhe Camp' in this world stores a large amount of rare resources, accumulated by 5,972 Qiyuezhe executing missions over 16 world progresses. It is expected that within 20 world progresses, Apocalypse Paradise will unify and recover these resources (requiring the consumption of Space-Time Power). These resources have been imbued with Apocalypse Paradise's unique mark, and the Hunter cannot directly obtain them. After setting up the branch space coordinate, Reincarnation Paradise will carry out the plunder and conceal all of the Hunter's actions during this period.

Mission Deadline: 15 days

Mission Reward: Golden Skill Point x5, permission to forcibly seize some items within the Qiyuezhe Camp (3 times).

Mission Penalty: None. Forced return to Reincarnation Paradise. Promotion mission failure; the Hunter permanently loses the qualification to invade other Paradises.

After reading the mission content, Su Xiao confirmed his conjecture: his invasion into Apocalypse Paradise this time was to snatch resources.

The mission reward was very generous, with a full 5 Golden Skill Points; these were good things that could directly improve his strength.

As for the rewards accumulated by those 5,972 Qiyuezhe executing missions, Su Xiao was not envious at all. Those were resources between Paradises; with his current strength, he had no qualification to compete for or use them. What he was doing was just setting up a coordinate; the one truly doing the snatching was Reincarnation Paradise.

Even, if it weren't for the disguise provided by Reincarnation Paradise, he likely wouldn't have been able to get close to those resources. Setting up a coordinate for 5 Golden Skill Points was already quite generous.

Moreover, this opportunity itself was a kind of reward. The 'Qiyuezhe Camp' was where Apocalypse Paradise stored supplies. Rare resources indeed could not be snatched, or rather, snatching them would be useless. He didn't know what those things were, but in all likelihood, they weren't equipment or materials; they should be supplies needed by the Paradise.

Su Xiao didn't believe there weren't other good things inside the 'Qiyuezhe Camp'. The 3 forced seizure permissions given by Reincarnation Paradise carried this meaning.

The only problem now was where the 'Qiyuezhe Camp' was, and stripping the brand of an Apocalypse Paradise Qiyuezhe was also a big problem.

Su Xiao took out a 30-centimeter-long metal tube from his storage space; it was covered in secret space runes. This was the temporary coordinate generator, and the other item in his hand was a metal plate the size of a playing card and 1 centimeter thick.

Su Xiao pressed the metal plate onto the 【Black: King's Meteorite Sacrifice】 armguard on his left arm. The metal plate quickly disassembled and attached itself to the armguard.

After blocking the armguard with his sleeve, Su Xiao sensed carefully. He himself didn't detect any fluctuations on the armguard, so the possibility of an Apocalypse Paradise Qiyuezhe noticing it was even lower.

Wanting to strip another Qiyuezhe's brand couldn't be done in a short time. This required Su Xiao to have brief physical contact with an Apocalypse Paradise Qiyuezhe. In the following 64 hours, the distance between the two could not exceed 1 kilometer. After 64 hours, the stripping would be successful.

At this time, Su Xiao's blood energy had already dissipated, and he was wearing the 【Traveler】 title, which was slowly increasing his Charm attribute.

Title Effect 3: In a non-combat state, increase Charm attribute by 1 point per hour, up to a maximum of 50 points. Upon entering a combat state or completing one negotiation with a plot character, the Charm attribute will revert to its initial value and begin accumulating again.

With Su Xiao's 1 point of Charm attribute, wearing the 【Traveler】 title had an extremely high cost-performance ratio, as it could increase his Charm attribute by a full 49 points. The problem at hand was that he had just finished a battle, and 【Traveler】 had entered a cooldown phase; it would take some time before he could accumulate Charm attribute again.

Before long, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang ran out from the forest. In less than half an hour, Amu and Baha also arrived. Baha liked to land on Amu's shoulder; in its words, their temperaments were a good match.

"How much fertilizer did these plants get to grow this tall?"

Baha started spouting nonsense again, but was quickly interrupted by Su Xiao.

"Baha, Xiang Bubu, did you encounter any other Qiyuezhe along the way?"

"Didn't see any, just trees, and more trees."

"Woof."

"Oh? Where are they?"

"Woof!"

"Lead the way, they'll do."

Su Xiao leaped down from the tree. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang had passed by an abandoned city along the way, where it encountered several Qiyuezhe. Those people were clearing out the Undead in the abandoned city, likely executing a mission.

Those people didn't see Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang; it was quite cautious and had remained integrated into the environment.

Following the direction Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang indicated, in less than an hour, Su Xiao walked out of the forest and saw several towering buildings in the distance, covered in vines.

This was an abandoned city located at the edge of the forest. The city area was large, with high-rises standing everywhere. Over a hundred years had passed, and the fact that it hadn't been swallowed by the forest meant that Undead lived here, and the scale was not small.

Su Xiao hadn't seen an Undead yet. According to the information provided by the world introduction, the Undead shouldn't be too strong, but their numbers were extremely vast—if things went wrong, tens or even hundreds of thousands could swarm over. They couldn't be underestimated, and with such numbers, elite individuals would definitely be born.

Baha flew over the abandoned city, and soon it transmitted back an image. It was a human with grayish-white skin and red eyes. It had no hair, was bare-chested, and its female characteristics were not very obvious, but its fingertips had turned into claws, and the tips were sharp.

This was an Undead. Just as Su Xiao was preparing to find one to test its strength, Baha sent back news that it had found those Qiyuezhe—6 in total, 4 men and 2 women, most of whom were combat-type Qiyuezhe.

Seeing the words "combat-type," Su Xiao felt unaccustomed again. In Reincarnation Paradise, there was no such classification at all. If the battle was intense, even a healer could swing a staff and go up to strike, and they would do it quite convincingly; some "poison healers" were even powerful enough to make one's jaw drop.

Su Xiao walked on the road between the high-rises. Plants were growing in the cracks of the asphalt road, and some were even bearing fruit, which looked poisonous at a glance.

After walking for more than ten minutes, Su Xiao's footsteps paused; he had entered a certain Qiyuezhe's perception circle.

In just a few dozen seconds, the sound of wind breaking came. Su Xiao suppressed the urge to draw his blade.

With a bang, asphalt debris splashed, and a bullet hit the road surface.

"There's someone here."

On top of a high-rise, three men and two women were standing, with the remaining one hiding somewhere unknown.

Su Xiao slowly exhaled, a smile appearing on his face as he raised his hands.

"I have no malice, I just want to find a temporary team."

Su Xiao smiled very gently, and with his blood energy concealed and his gradually increasing Charm attribute, he looked like a harmless 'researcher'.

"Oh? Tell us your specialty."

A one-eyed man spoke from the top of the high-rise.

"Summoner."

Su Xiao snapped his fingers. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang ran out from an abandoned building nearby, Amu leaped down from a high place and crashed behind Su Xiao with a boom, and Baha swooped down from high altitude and landed on Su Xiao's shoulder.

It was obvious that this was truly a 'Summoner'.