Chapter 3167: Rain

The muffled thunder in the sky subsided, but the dark clouds did not disperse.

【Prompt: You have killed the Supreme Insect.】

【You have obtained 22.5% of the World's Source.】

【You have obtained 3160 Soul Coins.】

【You have obtained the Immortal-level Treasure Chest: Insect Abyss.】

Seeing the kill prompt for the Supreme Insect, Su Xiao felt relieved. This time, the Supreme Insect was thoroughly dead.

The rock platform was a mess. After Su Xiao drank a bottle of 【Vitality Stock Solution】, he took out another bottle. He walked to Kingsley's side, and after a while, he put away the potion in his hand.

"Bai Ye, this time many dangerous objects were handled. This is... an unexpected harvest."

Kingsley lay on the ground, his whole body withered, and blood no longer flowed from the blood hole in his brow.

"Let's calculate carefully. I have been the leader of the Eclipse for ten years. Has it been so long? Is it hard to be so tired? I'll take a nap first, don't wake me up."

The spirit in Kingsley's eyes gradually faded. Around the rock platform, the ring-shaped tree wall collapsed and turned into fly ash. Figures walked from all directions. The Supreme Insect was dead, and the life source of all line insects in this world was broken. The parasitic insect warriors naturally could not live.

Those walking around were members of the Institution and the Eclipse. Some were covered in blood, some had missing arms, and some were blind in one eye.

Everyone walked forward in silence, finally forming a circle loosely. Except for Su Xiao, everyone half-squatted on the ground. Some wearing hats took off the top hats on their heads, and no one made a noise.

"Conrad, from now on, you are the new... leader of the Eclipse."

Kingsley, lying on the ground, looked at the sky. After he finished this sentence, raindrops fell on his face, and the smile on his face froze. The spirit in his eyes completely disappeared, and the rain poured down.

Beside Kingsley's corpse, Ring 1 Conrad, who was kneeling on one knee, lowered his head. He closed his eyes, and the water stains sliding down his face, not knowing whether they were rainwater or tears, or both, from this moment on, he was the new leader of the Eclipse Organization, Leader Conrad.

Su Xiao looked at Kingsley's corpse and then looked at the main mission. There was no chance to attend this guy's second funeral. In fact, whether to attend or not was not important. He did not receive an execution prompt. The other party's sentence "I'll take a nap first, don't wake me up" actually represented many things.

"Xili."

"Officer, I'm here."

"From now on, you are the Legion Commander of the Institution."

Su Xiao's words made Xili's heart tremble. His first emotion was fear. In his heart, he instinctively felt that if the Institution did not have Legion Commander Bai Ye, the sky would collapse and the earth would sink, and he would lose his backing. But immediately, Xili figured it out. The Institution must have a Legion Commander, and this Legion Commander was not necessarily fixed to one person.

"Officer, can you continue..."

Xili wanted to say something, but seeing the stitched wound on Su Xiao's waist, as well as the ferocious blood grooves gnawed by line insects all over his body, and the slashing wound on his spine that exposed his ribs, Xili's words reached his lips, but he couldn't say them no matter what.

Only at this time did Xili suddenly realize that the two big daddies of the Southern Continent, in the decisive battle with the Supreme Insect, one died and the other was seriously injured. Both the Institution and the Eclipse needed new Legion Commanders and leaders to lead. The legendary era of the Supreme Insect, Legion Commander Bai Ye, and Leader Kingsley had passed today.

An era without big daddies, and where S-level dangerous objects began to be scarce, might be coming. Perhaps in the future, dangerous objects after the S-100 sequence would all be very prestigious, unlike now, where S-006 (Mermaid) was snatched back and forth, S-005 only dared to hide and whimper, S-004 had been hiding, but was devoured by the Supreme Insect, S-003 (Black Emperor) was used as a weapon by Kingsley, S-002 (Death Grail) was abducted, and S-001 (World's Listening) had to temporarily rely on a big daddy to avoid being devoured itself.

The Supreme Insect swallowed too many S-level dangerous objects. In a few years, A-level dangerous objects would make people feel amazing, after all, there was no comparison.

The fluctuations of the teleportation array retreated, and Su Xiao arrived at the office in Youke City. Perhaps hearing the sound caused by the teleportation, a beautiful woman holding an infant went downstairs.

"He..."

Lady Nan stopped talking. Su Xiao threw a golden button back to the other party. Seeing this golden button, Lady Nan could no longer control herself and covered her face and cried.

One hour later, outside Gaman City, 570 meters underground, inside the Zero Experimental Institute.

In the darkness, a blue indicator light lit up. A sealed cabin nearly four meters long, like an elliptical water tank, opened, and light green solution surged out from the gaps.

"Hu~!"

The sound of inhaling came. A figure sat up from the solution. His eyes were lifeless, but he instinctively used one hand to comb the dark golden hair on his head backward. A few seconds later, he had spirit in his eyes.

"Oh? I actually really died. Sure enough, better safe than sorry. It is worthy of being a body nourished by the power of the world. There is no rejection reaction. The soul has been damaged, which is very bad."

Kingsley got up from the culture pool, picked up the clothes that had been prepared long ago and put them on. He had just walked out of the culture pool when he suddenly felt a stinging pain on the back of his hand, as if flames were burning on the back of his hand, and gradually branded something.

"Choice."

Kingsley looked at the back of his hand. He could vaguely see a "" brand. He only knew one thing: as long as he chose to accept, he would see a different "world." As a price, he would leave the current world, and it would be very difficult to come back, or even have no chance to come back, thereby dying in an unknown place. Besides these, he could not know more information. If he chose to refuse, he might even forget what happened in these ten-plus seconds, as well as this "" brand.

Kingsley's eyes showed a look of contemplation. He had served as the leader of the Eclipse Organization for ten years. After the decisive battle with the Supreme Insect, he was already physically and mentally exhausted, prepared to hide in the world. Unless there was another crisis

Now facing this choice, Kingsley was somewhat tempted. He certainly had ambition; otherwise, how could he have his current strength and status?

Just as Kingsley was thinking, the door of the No. 0 Laboratory opened, and warm light shone in, casting the silhouette of a beautiful woman holding a baby in her arms at the doorway.

"You are my... weakness."

Kingsley's hand dropped, and the brand on the back of his hand gradually dissipated, eventually disappearing completely. Ambition and family—Kingsley chose the latter.

Just as Kingsley brought his wife and child out of the underground laboratory, he smelled a faint smell of smoke. Ahead was a Y-shaped tunnel fork. One tunnel was the source of the cigarette smell, and the other led to the exit. Different choices represented different destinies, but Kingsley had already made his choice; he walked toward the exit.

"Honey, aren't we going to meet him?"

"No, one of us must stay behind."

As Kingsley spoke, his gaze was blank for a moment, and his memories regarding Samsara Paradise were disappearing. With Kingsley's intelligence, he had already guessed that Su Xiao might not be a person from this world, which was also the reason he chose to stay behind. This world needed someone to watch over it.

As the elevator rose, the air became fresh. Madam Nan asked in a low voice at this time:

"Honey, what are we going to do afterward?"

"Anything."

"Go traveling... is that okay too?"

Madam Nan asked tentatively. This was something she had never dared to think about before, not because there was no money, but because Kingsley had no time.

"Yes."

"Go shopping, is that okay too?"

"Yes."

"Watch our children grow up together, is that okay too?"

"Of course."

Underground, in the pitch-black tunnel, a candle was lit, illuminating Hunting Tide's profile. It could be seen that in this atmosphere, she was somewhat nervous.

"According to the agreement, I will terminate the summoning contract, which means you can continue to exist in this world, but I will take back the 【Source】."

Su Xiao puffed out blue smoke. How could he easily let go of a tool person as useful as Hunting Tide? But there was one point: Hunting Tide was not suitable as a teammate; summoning her temporarily to fight was the best choice.

"No."

Hunting Tide refused very decisively. Her ancestors had guarded the 【Source】 for generations, and now the 【Source】 was in her heart. This was her obsession, so of course, she wouldn't give it up easily. She prepared to negotiate to keep the 【Source】 at the cost of paying a price.

"Reason."

"Source."

"Is that so."

Su Xiao took a deep breath of smoke and slowly exhaled, a kind smile appearing on his face as he said, "I am actually very easy to talk to. Hunting Tide, as a Tianba, do you want to keep the 【Source】?"

"Yes."

Hunting Tide didn't hide this aspect.

"The spirit of the Tianba warriors is worthy of respect. The water-attribute 【Source】 can be kept by you, but... no matter how you say it, this is my private property. Just because I don't need it doesn't mean I will discard it at will."

"Are you trying to?"

Hunting Tide was secretly vigilant in her heart. Her instinct told her to run away quickly and not continue talking. You can't do it; you will be eaten until not even bones are left.

"I can deposit the 【Source】 with you. It just so happens that I want to experiment and see what changes the 【Source】 will have if placed within a world. As the guardian of the 【Source】, you need to sign a contract to ensure that you won't embezzle the 【Source】 or abuse it. How you decide in the end depends on your personal will. I have 10 minutes left before leaving this world; you don't have much time."

As Su Xiao spoke, he terminated Hunting Tide's summoning contract. In an instant, Hunting Tide felt freedom—thorough, complete freedom. If she could get the 【Source】 again, what she had to do would be fulfilled.

Hunting Tide had selfish motives. The 【Source】 was in her heart, and she wasn't sure if she could continue to survive after the 【Source】 was taken away.

Hunting Tide looked at the parchment floating in front of her. She repeatedly confirmed the content on it and observed the patterns around it with her eyes, as well as whether there were any words that were too small. As a special summoned object, she of course knew of the existence of the Paradise, so she was extra cautious about the contract.

After weighing the pros and cons, Hunting Tide decided to sign it. She had already checked it, and there was no problem with this contract.

Hunting Tide pressed her index finger on it. As she released her mental fluctuations, the contract was established.

"The contract is established. Let's part ways here."

Hunting Tide rarely showed a smile. It must be said that Hunting Tide was indeed very beautiful when she smiled, but in the next second, the smile on her face froze, changing from confusion to astonishment, and finally to anger.

The contract Hunting Tide signed split layer by layer. A total of 32 contracts floated in mid-air. Seeing the content on these contracts, Hunting Tide felt a wave of dizziness in her brain, and her heart seemed to feel a sharp pain.

This was not "as if," but a real feeling. Hunting Tide discovered that her body was turning into water, rapidly gathering toward her heart. That feeling was as if she were about to be sucked into the 【Source】.

"Since you are so eager for the 【Source】, I will give it to you, but if you can't bear it, there's nothing I can do."

Su Xiao flicked the cigarette butt in his hand. Opposite him, Hunting Tide, whose body had mostly turned into water and was being sucked into the 【Source】, was extremely angry. She shouted, "Even if I die next time, I won't help you fight again!!"