Chapter 2984

After Su Xiao checked all the prompts, he understood what was going on—this time he was going to loot… no, to compete for resources.

Simply put, a major world certified by the Void Tree collapsed, and during the collapse, a "drama change grinding absorption" phenomenon occurred, compressing the drifting spacetime power into a large "spacetime power condensate."

Su Xiao had encountered this thing before in the Ten Thousand Beasts Continent, where he even fought the Alien King.

Normally, when such a large "spacetime power condensate" falls into a world, the Void Tree initiates a resource competition, similar to a world competition.

This time is different: the "spacetime power condensate" fell into the Dark Star World, which belongs to both the Dawn Paradise and Holy Light Paradise, making its ownership inherently ambiguous. Now that the condensate has fallen and belongs to the Void Tree, things get interesting.

The Void Tree began certifying the Dark Star World according to the initial regulations, but got stuck halfway through certification.

After successive judgments and certifications, following the initial regulations, Dawn Paradise and Holy Light Paradise proceeded to compete—not a resource competition, but a regular material competition.

During their competition, an even more interesting scene unfolded: a worker entrusted with a major task infiltrated the Dark Star World, her sole mission being to set coordinates on that massive "spacetime power condensate."

Who says workers can only do business or open shops? This worker, amidst over two hundred contractors from Dawn Paradise and Holy Light Paradise competing for the condensate, set hidden coordinates on it.

The competition ended with Holy Light Paradise victorious. Since Holy Light Paradise is not known for acquiring rare resources, after winning, they casually engaged in spacetime power trading with Dawn Paradise.

In the Dark Star World—a non-fully-open, native world—spacetime power trading between Dawn Paradise and Holy Light Paradise takes less than 0.0001 second to complete.

The problem arose after the "spacetime power condensate" fell into the Dark Star World: according to the initial regulations, a resource competition should occur there, so the Void Tree began certifying the world, but got stuck halfway due to the ambiguous ownership of the Dark Star World.

Currently, the Dark Star World is: 25.27% belonging to Dawn Paradise, 24.74% belonging to Holy Light Paradise, and 49.99% certified by the Void Tree.

Now, the Dark Star World is effectively a semi-fully-open native world—only contractors from Dawn Paradise and Holy Light Paradise can enter. Of course, this is normal procedure. At this moment, somewhere in the Dark Star World, temporary coordinates have been set up, and the Reincarnation Paradise will transmit Su Xiao in—this is a world invasion.

Because the Dark Star World has become a semi-fully-open native world, according to the initial regulations, to conduct spacetime power trading there, contractors must be transmitted in. Both sides' contractors carry world power and rare materials via seals, enabling the trade.

Paradise can sometimes be called omnipotent, but when it comes to the initial regulations, it is not so. Su Xiao doesn't know what the initial regulations are, but he feels it's a kind of balance.

Inside the Dark Star World now, the "spacetime power condensate" is still in Holy Light Paradise's certification phase, a process similar to establishing world coordinates after seizing a world's core.

Once Holy Light Paradise completes certification, the spacetime power trading between the two sides will begin.

At that time, Dawn Paradise will transmit a contractor team carrying large amounts of rare resources into the Dark Star World, while Holy Light Paradise will similarly send a contractor team carrying stored spacetime power to trade—preventing Dawn Paradise's contractors from seizing it.

With contractor seals as mediators, conducting spacetime power trading in the Dark Star World poses no problem.

It can be said that the contractor teams of both sides conducting spacetime power trading in the Dark Star World are absolutely safe. Contractors from Dawn Paradise and Holy Light Paradise unrelated to this matter, if they rush in to cause trouble, will be immediately executed.

Exceptions exist—for instance, this temporary spatial coordinate currently located in the Dark Star World, which is the starting point of the accident, allowing Su Xiao to infiltrate the Dark Star World using it.

Having roughly sorted the situation, Su Xiao wonders: what is the extent of Dawn Paradise's main mission punishment?

The Reincarnation Paradise's main mission punishment is uniform—aside from forced execution, there's nothing else. But this time, Su Xiao can witness Dawn Paradise's main mission punishment firsthand, as he has invaded and must "follow local customs."

Su Xiao senses himself—this return to the Reincarnation Paradise has seen his strength surge dramatically. His opponents are contractors from Dawn Paradise and Holy Light Paradise, and he will not let his guard down.

"Boss, you said after entering the world, will we run into many miners and healers?"

"Yes."

"A bit hard to adjust—I'm used to fighting Death Wanderers and godmen, so I feel the difficulty has dropped."

Bahah spoke as the Reincarnation Paradise prompt appeared.

【Prompt: Transmission about to begin, location, Dark Star World.】

【Prompt: Due to huge differences in world difficulty and regional difficulty, exploration degree in some areas of this world is low—hunters can obtain resources to the fullest extent.】

【Transmission begins, this transmission is relatively unstable—hunters must prepare in advance.】

【Transmission countdown: 10, 9, 8, 7……】

After seeing these prompts, Bahah nearly ascended to heaven on the spot.

"I damn it, what does 'relatively unstable' mean, and why is this countdown so damn long!"

Bang!!

Su Xiao felt a "heavy blow" to the back of his head, his vision darkened, and he lost consciousness.

After an unknown time, Su Xiao faintly heard someone speaking nearby.

"Is he corrupted?"

"No black lines on his skin—no."

"But he's asleep, and asleep people are more prone to corruption."

"Don't meddle."

As the voices drew nearer, Su Xiao opened his eyes and inhaled the still-clear air.

【Prompt: Willpower judgment in progress, judgment passed……】

Seeing this prompt, Su Xiao's dazed mind gradually cleared. The transmission sensation was the strongest he'd ever felt. He raised his hand to touch the back of his head—no discomfort.

Su Xiao scanned his surroundings: a ruined street, with tall buildings on both sides—Gao Da structures in Romanesque style, not large in footprint but multi-story and tightly built, each topped with several spires as decoration.

The ground was paved with neat stone slabs, yellow-gray in color, covered in cracks—clearly unrepaired for a long time, indicating this place once prospered but quickly declined, now with neither roads nor buildings maintained.

On the wall of a shop across the street hung half a desiccated corpse, swaying left and right in the wind—apparently hung there for years, specially air-dried, revealing just how "friendly" this world is.

Chaotic voices reached Su Xiao's ears—passersby some gaunt, some strong-built. Not far off, two people bartered goods at a shop entrance, ready to erupt into violence at any moment.

From initial observation, Su Xiao concluded this was a lawless world where even currency had lost credibility—seemingly medieval in civilization level, yet some shop fronts hung street lamps.

Without checking the world summary, Su Xiao could tell what had happened here.

Due to certain events, this place, originally developed to steam/electric era civilization, is rapidly regressing—some relics preserved, hence the current strange sight.

Looking up at the hazy sky, though it's a clear day, one can stare directly at the sun without glare—it seems perpetually on the verge of being blocked by clouds, never to appear again—making the whole world dark, cold, and gray, with buildings' colors faded.

This feeling is all too familiar to Su Xiao. What puzzles him is that this world, though sucked-absorbed, isn't too barren—it feels like after the Dark Star World was sucked-absorbed for a time, the ancient god doing the sucking was restrained.

Su Xiao suddenly realized why some areas remain unexplored: given the average combat strength of Dawn Paradise and Holy Light Paradise contractors, facing an ancient god would be imaginable.

Su Xiao guessed this world isn't just about ancient gods—he had just entered and already undergone a willpower judgment.

【Prompt: Contractors have arrived in the Dark Star World, worker 10***05 is about to reach the hunters' location.】

【Warning: Hunters must not harm, plunder, or coerce worker 10***05.】