Chapter 2392

Before entering the Light-Dark World, Su Xiao knew that a contractor from his own side had entered this world together with him. This was a contractor who had just been promoted to the Seventh Tier not long ago, and now, this contractor was dead.

Su Xiao was unclear about the cause of this short-haired woman's death, how the other party found him, or how she appeared here; all of it was unknown.

The known intelligence was that this woman had arrived at a dangerous location, and her death was absolutely related to the contractors from the Death Paradise side.

As for why she sought him out, Su Xiao guessed that the other party, being in a situation of certain death, was unwilling to die just like that, so she came to his door with the intention of paying with intelligence or equipment to make her enemies suffer as well.

Unfortunately, the short-haired woman was injured too severely; she couldn't hold on any longer just after arriving at the residence of the Holy Realm councilor, and could only leave behind one sentence.

"Amu, dispose of the corpse. Baha, keep an eye on the nearby spatial fluctuations."

Just as Su Xiao's voice fell, he felt an abnormal fluctuation, the source of which was on the short-haired woman's corpse.

White light particles drifted from the short-haired woman's corpse, and her body slowly disappeared, as if it had never existed.

A few seconds later, the short-haired woman's corpse had completely vanished, and a small pile of black ash appeared on the floor. Seeing this ash, Su Xiao exchanged a glance with Azaz.

"Very similar, only this time the amount is greater."

Azaz took out a small cylindrical glass bottle from his bosom, which contained a small amount of black ash.

This black ash was left behind after the death of the council official Tieya Muluo. Tieya Muluo had privately changed the team of secret art masters escorting Su Xiao, letting a group of newly promoted secret art masters escort Su Xiao on the steam train. After the matter was exposed, Tieya Muluo was silenced by an unknown enemy.

At that time, Tieya Muluo's corpse did not turn into white light particles and disappear, but this kind of black ash was found beside his corpse.

People who die due to certain reasons will have their bodies turn into white light particles and leave behind black ash. These people also have one thing in common: the energy within their bodies will decay. If they don't have extraordinary abilities, then their life force decays; the old councilor is in this situation.

Looking at it this way, the female contractor, Tieya Muluo, and the old councilor were all affected by the same ability. The first two are already dead, and the last one is half-dead.

This ability of decaying energy must be related to Gelu, this Kingdom Destroyer, or perhaps it is even the other party's ability.

The known intelligence is still too little. Su Xiao is prepared to observe the situation first. The current situation is that he is about to reach the stage he is most skilled at.

"This might all be done by the same person."

Azaz spoke in a deep voice. He collected all the black ash on the floor into the small glass bottle, hesitated for a moment, and tossed the small glass bottle to Su Xiao.

【Prompt: You have obtained Soul Ash.】

【Item Source:???】

【Effect: If burned again, it will cause a slight collision of 'Light and Dark', thereby opening a tiny gap. The duration of the tiny gap is 5 to 60 minutes, depending on the amount of Soul Ash burned.】

【Warning: If Soul Ash is burned, there is a small probability of attracting the attention of the 'Orphan of Resentment'.】

【Warning: The 'Orphan of Resentment' is extremely dangerous.】

Seeing the information on the Soul Ash, Su Xiao thought of the Main Mission (Fourth Ring). After he completes the fourth ring of the mission, Light and Dark will collide, thereby opening a gap. What this represents, Su Xiao is temporarily unclear.

If he burns the Soul Ash now, then without needing to complete the fourth ring of the Main Mission, he can make Light and Dark collide in advance, creating a temporary gap.

One is a permanent opening, the other is temporary, and the size of the gap opened is also different.

Burning Soul Ash to temporarily open a gap carries risks and might attract the attention of the 'Orphan of Resentment'. Without needing to think, Su Xiao knows that this 'Orphan of Resentment' is definitely strong enough to fly; otherwise, Reincarnation Paradise would not prompt danger.

Reincarnation Paradise's prompts are determined based on Su Xiao's strength. He also observed one point: the color of the warning font is different, representing the danger level of the warning.

Ordinary warning prompts are light red, which means there is danger, but Su Xiao can handle it and needs to be cautious.

A higher level is blood red; this kind of prompt means Su Xiao has a greater than 50% probability of dying in battle.

As for the most dangerous, it is the black warning prompt; this kind of prompt means Su Xiao has a 90% probability of dying in battle.

And the warning prompt for the 'Orphan of Resentment' is black, so pitch-black and profound that it makes one panic.

If Soul Ash is burned, there is only a small probability of attracting the attention of the 'Orphan of Resentment'. This is good news.

The intelligence is really too little, plus Su Xiao is located within Ango City, so even if he attracts the 'Orphan of Resentment', it won't be him dealing with it alone, so he is prepared to try it.

"Bai Ye, my old friend has arrived. With him here to protect the councilor, there won't be any problems."

Azaz interrupted Su Xiao's thought of burning the Soul Ash. The council is about to begin, and the location is right at the Council Hall.

Su Xiao let Baha stay in the small building. The old councilor is very important. Before the mission is completed, Su Xiao will not let the old councilor die. The other party is the only person who has suffered 'Decay' but has not died.

Bringing Bubu Wang and Amu, Su Xiao walked toward the outside of the small building, with Azaz and Puri following along.

Just after stepping out, Su Xiao saw a large area of tents on the street. These tents were gray and somewhat crude, clearly issued uniformly by the Council Hall.

Bonfires, torches, and the like illuminated the street. Civilians with haggard faces curled up in the corners of streets and alleys. The street was almost completely blocked, and steam cars, carriages, and the like had all been requisitioned to become temporary shelters.

On the roofs of the buildings, several soldiers stood. They appeared somewhat exhausted but dared not slack off, because they knew that even a small matter like a fight could trigger a chain reaction, leading to large-scale chaos.

"Dinner will arrive within two hours. Everyone, please endure it for a bit. We are also very hungry. We will definitely urge the logistics troops; they are simply slower than my grandmother cooking."

A female soldier stood on a roof shouting, trying her best not to use official-sounding rhetoric. Her delicate appearance made many impulsive youths lose their fire, and the several soldiers holding cold weapons behind her made those with evil intentions calm down.

Steam weapons are in short supply, and steam cores, the necessities for steam weapons, have reached a level where they can no longer be produced.

It is true that Ango City is a trade center, but one of the raw materials for manufacturing steam cores must be purchased at a high price from the Yuexi Kingdom. This resource has always been held tightly by the Yuexi Kingdom, and other kingdoms are the same. Among the four kingdoms, except for the Storm Kingdom which does not produce them, the other kingdoms all produce one or two of the raw materials needed for steam cores.

The territories of the four kingdoms have fallen, and wanting to obtain the raw materials for steam cores is simply impossible. The current situation is that every time the Chidorman Company manufactures a steam core, there is one less portion of raw materials. After they are exhausted, it will be impossible to manufacture steam cores.

At that time, steam technology will have no meaning at all. Steam firearms, steam trains, presses, and other machinery will all be reduced to scrap iron, and cold weapons will regain their glory.

The entire Ango City is not in an atmosphere of the end of the world approaching, but of anger, the anger of having one's homeland destroyed. The Council Hall has not yet fallen, and order has not collapsed, so it cannot be called the end of the world approaching.

As long as the Council Hall is still there for one day, the civilians and soldiers within Ango City will not lose hope.