Chapter 2020: Different Atmosphere

On the grassland, Amu dug a pit on the spot and threw the enemy's corpse into it to bury it.

Su Xiao didn't go directly to the Qiyuezhe camp because during the battle, he noticed a sense of being spied on. After Bahar scouted from the high air, he found that it was a few native residents, not Qiyuezhe.

Just after the battle ended, the roar of an engine came, and an open-top off-road combat vehicle rushed over the dwarf mountain, very wild.

This off-road combat vehicle looked simple and a bit dilapidated, but if observed carefully, one would find that the vehicle's shock absorption system was extremely advanced. Those pitch-black metal tubes actually contained a magnetic levitation system inside.

With a 'rip', the tires slid across the grass, and the off-road combat vehicle stopped. Three men and one woman were sitting on it, their faces having more or fewer tattoos, and their upper bodies wearing metal exoskeletons.

These people's clothing looked a bit tattered, but their gazes were very sharp. This was clearly someone who fought often and didn't fear death.

"We have no hostility, just patrolling the territory nearby."

The bald man sitting in the passenger seat of the off-road combat vehicle spoke. There was a tattoo on his face—a burning skull.

The bald man only gave people one feeling, which was heroic.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. He didn't know the distribution of forces in this world for the time being.

"With this combat power without wearing mechanical armor, are you interested in joining us? We are Fire Skull."

The bald man took out half a cigarette and lit it. Clearly, these people had no hostility, or rather, in the eyes of the native residents of this world, fighting had a cost. Fighting Su Xiao was highly likely a loss-making business, and might even cost one's life.

"Temporarily, no such intention."

"If you're interested, go to Shelter No. 17. That's the territory of our Fire Skull gang."

Leaving this sentence, the off-road combat vehicle drove away. It seemed like a strange recruitment, but in reality, in this world, this kind of thing was not rare. Compared to Undead, the number of humans was too small, and only by grouping together could they continue to survive.

More importantly, Su Xiao's strength was strong enough, otherwise these three men and one woman would have become raiders.

"Fire Skull gang."

Su Xiao had heard of this force. Two days ago, Luo Na mentioned it. After all, the abandoned city was the territory of the Fire Skull gang.

This force was entrenched in Shelter No. 17, with a population of over one million, including tens of thousands of extraordinary people, and they accepted everyone. As long as they weren't there to steal resources, they would take them in.

Compared to the Fire Skull gang, the World Channel that had just opened was what Su Xiao cared more about. He tried to open the World Channel.

The World Channel was very lively, and the atmosphere was completely different from the contact platform of the Reincarnation Paradise.

Green Bean (Temporary Mining Team): "Selling 1090 grams of gold-quality minerals, already packaged, attributes random, those interested meet at the camp."

Wind Bell Bird (Freelancer): "Trading Epic-grade firearms for Epic-grade mineral shovels, buff amplitude at least 15% or more, and comes with short-range surveying capabilities."

Poison Fang (Death Rock Squad): "Recruiting temporary teammates, tank, melee priority, preferential treatment. Tank, come one, melee masters are also fine. Support, ranged are all prepared for you."

Falling Star Person (Time Squad): "Recruiting tank, strong assault-type melee, mission duration 2–4 days, tank salary 70,000 Paradise Points, ordinary melee 50,000, strong assault-type melee 100,000 Paradise Points."

Dong Lin (Freelancer): "Tiris, you just wait for me."

Seeing these messages, Su Xiao couldn't help but marvel. In the Reincarnation Paradise, magic-type Qiyuezhe were more popular because there were many tanks and melee fighters in the Reincarnation Paradise, and one was stronger than the other. Most of those leading teams were tanks or melee fighters.

As for magic-types, because their bodies were fragile, it was very difficult to survive the early stages, which caused few magic-type Qiyuezhe. As the saying goes, things are valued because they are rare, and coupled with the reputation of 'Magic Grandpas', magic-type Qiyuezhe could naturally benefit.

In Su Xiao's understanding, mages and magic-type contractors are two different combat systems. He knows one mage, a guy named Solomon, a dark-type mage who specializes in summoning and secondarily in ranged combat. In close quarters, he can transform into a dark reaper, utilizing large-scale life-stealing and master-level scythe skills, making him incredibly slippery.

The atmosphere of the Apocalypse Paradise was the exact opposite. Tanks and melee fighters were more popular. Here, more than 95% of Qiyuezhe formed temporary squads after entering a world.

In the squad, ranged and support were naturally safer, while tanks and melee fighters needed to be at the very front, with the highest mortality rate. Coupled with the mentality of the Apocalypse Paradise Qiyuezhe, most people were unwilling to develop in the direction of tanks or melee fighters.

Over time, scenes appeared where several ranged Qiyuezhe waited bitterly for a tank to form a squad.

Su Xiao closed the World Channel and took Bubu Wang, Amu, and Bahar toward the Qiyuezhe camp. The hidden danger had been lifted, and it was time to execute the promotion mission.

The first ring of the promotion mission was not simple; it required setting up a temporary space coordinate in the Qiyuezhe camp. This coordinate was not formed instantly, but required one hour.

Su Xiao had two choices: one, kill all Qiyuezhe in the Qiyuezhe camp, and then set up the coordinate without any interference.

Doing this was the fastest, but the risk of exposure was also higher.

The second choice was to sneak in, choose a suitable terrain, and then set up the temporary space coordinate.

It could be imagined that during the generation of the temporary space coordinate, the Apocalypse Paradise would definitely notice the abnormality, at which point the Reincarnation Paradise would need to take action.

And while the Reincarnation Paradise blocked the Apocalypse Paradise, Su Xiao wouldn't need to worry about exposure. At that time, whoever dared to destroy the space coordinate would be slaughtered.

After pondering for a while, Su Xiao decided not to play mind games with those Qiyuezhe from the Apocalypse Paradise—that was a bit of a waste of brain cells. In situations where he could win, Su Xiao never used schemes to kill enemies; that was too slow, efficiency was the kingly way.

Su Xiao's tenet was: enemies he couldn't beat → join a certain force → gather manpower → besiege the enemy he couldn't beat.

And for enemies he could beat, the process was much simpler: find the enemy → slash to death → complete the mission.

Walking on the grassland, Su Xiao looked at the spaceship over eight hundred meters long in the distance. This was the Qiyuezhe camp.

Just as he approached within a hundred meters of the spaceship, Su Xiao noticed an invisible wave sweeping past. The brand card on his body was activated, and that wave disappeared.

【Welcome Qiyuezhe No. 11092 back to the camp.】

【Checking mission...】

【Side mission: Luodan City (Completed), rewards have been issued. Qiyuezhe can go to the captain to receive other side missions.】

【Prohibited areas: Energy room, high fission engine cabin, transport core, material space storage room.】

Su Xiao stopped in front of the spaceship. Not far from him, several Qiyuezhe cast glances.

"Friend, want to buy minerals? 15% off."

"Five-day usage right for a first-class rest cabin, 15,000 Paradise Points."

"Usage right for an attribute enhancement cabin, can be used after returning to the Apocalypse Paradise, only 150,000 Paradise Points."

Su Xiao didn't speak, just indicating he didn't need anything.

From his contact with the Qiyuezhe of the Apocalypse Paradise, Su Xiao learned a lot of intelligence: in the Apocalypse Paradise, using attribute enhancement cabins to improve physical attributes not only consumed attribute points but also required Paradise Points, and it was a large expense.

And in the Reincarnation Paradise, attribute enhancement cabins were completely free to use. Even compared to basic facilities that required payment, they were more than 50% cheaper than the Apocalypse Paradise. ===== CHAPTER 2021 =====