Chapter 3324: Entry

Before Su Xiao could react to what was happening, he had already been teleported back to his exclusive room.

Looking through the prompts, Su Xiao was... quite satisfied with this result. If nothing else, the worlds belonging to Apocalypse Paradise are truly wealthy.

The Dark Star he invaded previously was not actually a world belonging to Apocalypse Paradise, but one belonging to Sanctuary Paradise.

This time, the Planet Cell belongs to Apocalypse Paradise, but this world has a "small problem." Due to "mechanical pollution," half of the world's core has merged into the world itself, while the remaining half has been notarized by Apocalypse Paradise.

Under such circumstances, if one were to forcibly strip away the remaining half of the world core, although Apocalypse Paradise would certainly succeed, the damage to Planet Cell would be unimaginable; it might even collapse.

Judging by the principle of maximizing resources, this situation was preserved. Today, the drawbacks have manifested, and the World Conquest has begun. In the notarization of the Tree of the Void, this world does not have a complete owner.

Therefore, a World Conquest started. The previous World Conquest for this world was an alliance between Apocalypse Paradise and Sanctuary Paradise, which defeated the participating contractors from Reincarnation Paradise, Death Paradise, and Saint Domain Paradise. Both victorious parties benefited.

Apocalypse Paradise has some top-tier combatants among its contractors, as does Sanctuary Paradise—for instance, Xian Ji is a rule-breaker from Sanctuary Paradise.

The current situation is that the World Conquest has started again. Since the Reincarnation Paradise side, Death Paradise side, and Saint Domain Paradise side were defeated once in this world, they cannot participate. It is absolutely impossible to send a large number of contractors over.

This World Conquest is Apocalypse Paradise vs. Sanctuary Paradise vs. Watcher Paradise. For some reason, this vaguely gives off the feeling of a "clash of the incompetent."

Void, Arcane Eternal Star, Harbor.

Beside a beach, four beach chairs were lined up. Gray Gentleman and Xian Ji were lounging on them. Xian Ji was wearing a bikini and tea-colored sunglasses, enjoying the sun and the beach.

"Gray Gentleman, they should be arriving soon, right? If it were me, I would definitely rush over to slaughter you."

Xian Ji spoke. She sat up, revealing not-so-obvious abdominal muscles.

"That's why you have no brains."

Gray Gentleman spoke listlessly.

"Hmm?"

The comfort on Xian Ji's face vanished, and she sat up from the beach chair.

"Let's bet 5,000 Soul Coins that Bai Ye won't come."

Gray Gentleman was calm and composed, as if he didn't see Xian Ji about to punch him.

"This is different from the plan you described. The purpose of us coming to Arcane Eternal Star is to wait for Bai Ye to track you and let him walk into a trap. Otherwise, why do you think I'm wasting time waiting here with you?"

Xian Ji's expression wasn't very good. Gray Gentleman continued as if he didn't notice.

"Coming to Arcane Eternal Star isn't to trap Bai Ye, but to prevent you from losing patience and going to the real world to finish him off once and for all."

"Isn't that a good thing?"

"Is being alive not a good thing? Why are you thinking of going to the real world to die? You don't understand that place. There, your proud abilities cannot be used at all. Xian Ji, assume all your active abilities cannot be used, and then you encounter a sword master who develops four attributes simultaneously and is blessed with various passive abilities—what would you do?"

Gray Gentleman pushed his wide sunglasses down and smiled at Xian Ji. Xian Ji remained silent for a long time, unable to respond.

Reincarnation Paradise, Reed's Blacksmith Shop.

In the cooling crystalline stabilizing liquid, a soul equipment piece was being formed. The progress was slow.

According to Reed, the synthesis of this soul equipment had passed the most failure-prone "melting-crack period." As it stands, there is a 95% or higher probability of success.

Upon hearing this news, Su Xiao left the blacksmith shop and walked toward his exclusive room. Everything was prepared; he was just waiting for the new world's teleportation to arrive.

After returning to his exclusive room, Su Xiao checked his supplies once more. The supplies were fine, and the third-generation parasite had successfully been implanted with the "Faith Power: Sun." It was just a matter of waiting; no human intervention was needed.

Regarding Planet Cell, although Su Xiao hadn't entered yet, he already had a rough plan of action. A World Conquest between Apocalypse Paradise, Sanctuary Paradise, and Watcher Paradise was about to take place in this world. He would ignore that side for now.

This would allow those three parties to consume each other and avoid exposure. When the time was ripe, he would find an opportunity to strike.

【Teleportation preparing...】

【Teleportation distance is extremely far, charging...】

Bang!!

Su Xiao's vision fell into darkness. He felt himself climbing rapidly. After breaking through a "barrier," he saw everything ahead.

It was a vast expanse of shattered stars. All celestial bodies were stationary. Some remained in the state of exploding, while others were only half-intact, with magma flowing from the gaps. Because everything was frozen, the magma looked like a waterfall frozen in time.

On one of the stars, gears were intertwined, and more than half of it was biological structure. Golden tentacles protruded from the biological part of the star, spreading toward Su Xiao.

When "touched" by these golden tentacles, Su Xiao had a feeling as if he were the creator of these golden tentacles. No, that was absolutely impossible; he had never manufactured such a thing.

Thoughts raced through Su Xiao's mind. He soon realized this might be a creation of the Second Era Alchemy Civilization.

The alchemists of the Second Era left behind many precious legacies for people. Many things in the Void were invented by them. Conversely, they also left behind many disasters—a mix of fame and infamy.

Everything ahead gradually turned into a mirage, but the half-mechanical/half-biological star dissolved and was sucked into a spatial turbulence.

The next instant, the scene before Su Xiao changed. He arrived directly above a planet. Passing through the atmosphere, his perspective stopped at high altitude. The buildings on the ground were low, and the people were wearing hemp clothes, but they were flowing through the buildings of the settlement as if they were being counted hundreds of times over, with day and night cycling back and forth.

It took about 3–4 seconds for a day and night to pass, and the frequency was still accelerating. It was certain that this was not something happening in real-time, but images of the past.

The spatial turbulence appeared. The half-mechanical/half-biological star had dissolved into iron-black liquid, spreading out from the spatial turbulence, floating in mid-air, blotting out the sky and sun.

Upon contact with the air, these iron-black liquids began to activate. They were like plants, absorbing carbon dioxide and exhaling oxygen, and at a slow speed, allowing supernatural power to gradually merge into all things in this world.

The buildings below became increasingly magnificent, and city walls were established. A grand palace appeared. Su Xiao's perspective pierced through the palace ceiling and saw the person on the throne. The speed at which the person sitting there changed was unimaginably fast.

There were nine kingdoms in total, fighting each other. Before long, they all started building ships, sailing to the sea, slaughtering the natives on the islands, and plundering resources there to avoid head-on collisions with other kingdoms due to resource shortages.

The Age of Discovery began. Three kingdoms were successively destroyed. The remaining six kingdoms continued to fight until they went to total war. War is cruel, but it is also a spur that drives humanity forward. Only when they are hurt do they run faster.

The chaotic war of the six kingdoms came to a temporary halt with the erection of a large chimney and the sound of a gunpowder rifle.

The buildings became increasingly ornate and tall, and there were more and more large chimneys in the city. Just a few minutes passed, and an airplane took off, strafing the city below, while anti-aircraft guns in the city below fought back with all their might.

The plains were filled with tanks and steel beasts similar to tanks. The aging rulers were located in the safe rear, while young people were in the trenches, their faces covered in mud and blood, shooting at each other with rifles. Not far away, a soldier covered in fire rushed out of a bunker, wailing.

Click!

The clock that had always been above suddenly stopped. This was because of a collision between chemistry and war; a radioactive element was discovered and utilized.

A huge mushroom cloud appeared on the surface. This was humanity's strongest sword, surpassing the not-so-strong supernatural power of this world.

No one noticed that with the explosion of this mushroom cloud, the iron-black liquid that had always existed in the sky changed. Only those who suffered from it understood how dangerous these liquids were. This was one of the peak creations of the Second Era Alchemy Civilization. It would bring disaster, but also an unpredictable future. The result was determined by the people who came into contact with it.

The iron-black liquid dissolved a portion first, then triggered a chain reaction. All the iron-black liquid vaporized and merged with the clouds.

After the thunder, people discovered that the sun had turned black. This day would be remembered forever. On this day, black rain fell from the sky.

In the black rain, over 90% of living beings underwent huge changes. Some had their bones turn into metal, while others had half their bodies as metal + flesh structures.

A giant beast, a hybrid of a crocodile and a dinosaur, clung to a half-collapsed skyscraper. It roared at the sky in the black rain, its mouth full of mottled metal teeth, its tongue and head skin were flesh structures, one eye was blinded due to metalization, while the other had successfully undergone living metalization, with pupils showing a reflective state.

【Entering world: Planet Cell.】

World Difficulty: Lv. 53–Lv. 78

World Source: 0%.

World Introduction: Our cries must be heard by everyone, and everyone must witness them, until our kingdom is established, proving to everyone that we are not inferior creatures, not pigs.

【The progress of every era—navigation, steam, electricity, technology—may be due to oppression or war. But when people detonated their "strongest sword," the legacy from high dimensions hovering above made people fall into hesitation. Sometimes, gifts that are too powerful also evolve into disasters.】

【A black rain fell, bringing "mechanical pollution." Over 40% of living beings could not adapt to the mechanical pollution and died in this catastrophe. As for those who survived, some continued to live, while others possessed power they had never imagined.】

【The era entered a fork in the road and would no longer develop in the original direction. Technology did not stop developing, but changed to a seemingly primitive, but actually more high-dimensional way of development.】

【Compared to the semi-metallic transformation of humans, wild animals had weaker adaptability to "mechanical pollution." They lived in deep mountains and old forests, which seemed dangerous but were not. Not having been exposed to modern diseases, their resistance was far lower than that of humans. Everything has relativity. Although the resistance of wild animals to "mechanical pollution" was weak and the mortality rate was extremely high, the degree of their mutation was more thorough.】

【After "mechanical pollution," the mutated beasts and heavily mechanically polluted areas compressed people's living space to a certain extent. People had not yet realized that the truly terrifying things had always been by their side, living with them and forming an orderly society.】

【With the arrival of "mechanical pollution," power systems successively became independent. The power systems did not collapse, but made more optimized choices, stabilizing the situation in the jurisdiction by reducing the jurisdiction area.】

【Year 01 of the Post-Disaster Era: Hunters successively appeared. They traveled in groups and committed all kinds of evil. They might kill for just a can of food, or simply because they didn't like the scavengers, making it difficult to see people in the cities.】

【Year 03 of the Post-Disaster Era: Semi-metallic mutated beasts began to reveal their advantages. After being "mechanically polluted," they could still produce offspring through mating, creating more perfect semi-metallic creatures that were better adapted to "mechanical pollution."】

【Year 07 of the Post-Disaster Era: The situation became increasingly turbulent. The three major forces of humanity held their respective territories, while in other places, mutated beasts ran rampant. Hunters and scavengers were equally terrifying. They were like foragers in the wasteland, watching every fellow or mutated beast with greedy eyes. The black rain caused the population to decrease by 20%, and they caused the population to decrease by over 50%. The number of people who died at the hands of hunters and scavengers was more than ten times the number of people who died in the mouths of mutated beasts.】

【Year 27 of the Post-Disaster Era: A new generation of humans grew up, and without exception, they all had the characteristics of semi-metalization. Some had metalized bones, while others had active metalization on their skin—that was skin with tactile sensation, pain, and hardness close to metal.】

【Year 147 of the Post-Disaster Era: Long-term suffering made people reflect deeply. In this land where mutated beasts ran rampant and hunter and scavenger forces were everywhere, it was no longer suitable for settlement. People were like wheat, to be "harvested" regularly by hunters and scavengers, or slaughtered by passing mutated beasts. People could not engage in nomadic life either; the environment was too dangerous. They needed a mobile home. Fortresses were born.】

【Year 153 of the Post-Disaster Era: The first mobile fortress in the true sense was born in "Fort Luke" between the three major human settlements. This mobile fortress was not manufactured, but cultivated. It was a living being, a huge semi-mechanical/semi-biological structure. When needed, this big guy with an outer metal armor layer could move through dozens of thick mechanical tentacles protruding from below. It was a fortress, a shelter, and a mobile home, provided it was supplied with the energy it needed. This big guy would eat many active minerals to ensure the kinetic energy consumed when moving.】

【Year 268 of the Post-Disaster Era: Many mobile fortresses were cultivated, and corresponding facilities became increasingly perfect. People lived in the open spaces inside the fortresses, in the houses they built, and their lives were guaranteed. A new problem appeared: when the black rain fell, not everyone was "mechanically polluted." A portion remained normal.】

【Year 269 of the Post-Disaster Era: The conflict between normal humans and semi-metallic humans intensified. The cause was the problem of mutual discrimination. Normal humans thought semi-metallic humans were monsters, while semi-metallic humans thought normal humans were defective products that failed to evolve. Both sides went to war, a war that broke out while the pain caused by "mechanical pollution" had not yet passed.】

【In fact, this was the best choice. There always had to be a place to vent hatred. Whether it was normal humans or semi-metallic humans, they had experienced too much pain and suffering. They were all powder kegs, ignited at the touch.】

【Year 269 of the Post-Disaster Era: Normal humans called themselves the Human Race, while semi-metallic humans called themselves the Mechanical Kin, claiming to be a semi-mechanical race evolved under the favor of heaven. In myths before the disaster, races from beyond the sky were also called Kin. Thus, it could be seen that semi-metallic humans, or the Kin, had found the path they wanted to take.】

【Year 495 of the Post-Disaster Era: This was a protracted war. The Human Race and the Kin completely broke off. Generations of hatred made them completely two intelligent races. From blood relatives, they became cousins, and then developed into distant relatives. To this day, they are hostile neighbors, with completely different cultures, diets, and beliefs. Even the general appearance of their mobile fortresses had to be made completely different.】

【Year 529 of the Post-Disaster Era: The war between the Human Race and the Kin subsided. The Human Race officially retreated from the center stage of history to the second line, and the three major "Invincible Fortresses" were all controlled by the Kin.】

Human Race of this world: Use soul power to embody prototypes, then fill and perfect them with "biological active metal" to create combat means such as avatars or biological armor.

Kin: Parts of the body are "actively metalized," possessing super-strong physical fitness and metal-based supernatural abilities brought about by spiritual mutation.

Alienated Beasts: Possess powerful combat strength, among which there is no lack of overlord-level creatures.

Other races: All cultivated through acquired crossbreeding. These races are all cultivated by the Kin and used as coolies, called inferior creatures by the Kin.

Mobile Fortress: A super-giant living being with living space inside. They have simple intelligence. After meeting specified conditions, the mobile fortress can evolve and grow.

【World, start.】

PS: (Two chapters of 9,000 words today. My cervical spondylosis hasn't eased up much. Once it does, I'll try to update 10,000 words occasionally. I can't keep updating explosively all the time; it's easy to get exhausted. I hope the readers will forgive me.)