Chapter 3489: Running Away Overnight

The most feared thing is the sudden silence of the air. That was the situation right now. Caesar taking out the Abyss Jar was nothing; the main problem was the anomaly of the Abyss Jar.

Wisps of ghostly green smoke drifted from the jar's mouth. This ghostly green smoke had a bit of the feeling of the abyss, but more of it was dark, cold, and ominous, as if just a slight touch would lead to being eroded and assimilated by it.

Inside the hive chamber, after the atmosphere was quiet for a while, it was broken by the Undead Sister.

"This is?"

The Undead Sister hadn't seen the Abyss Jar, but she vaguely felt the danger of this object. That depth and heaviness, as well as the sense of the abyss coming toward her, all made people change color at the mention of it.

The Undead Sister had stayed at the eighth tier for a long time. She was deliberately accumulating resources and had been to all kinds of dangerous worlds. Among them, the one that impressed her most was undoubtedly the "Abyss." She even had a feeling that even if she reached the peak of the eighth tier, she only had the qualification to come into contact with the abyss. Wanting to fight it head-on was undoubtedly like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

Compared to the Undead Sister, Su Xiao had long known the terror of Abyss Power. How was the Silver Moon Wolf back then? Eventually, it was also eroded by the abyss, wielding that sword that had already violated its original intention with a broken body.

After Su Xiao saw the Abyss Jar, his first thought was: could the upcoming disaster be a direct invasion of Abyss Energy?

If that were the case, then they were dead. Once Abyss Energy poured in directly, given the strength of the living beings in an eighth-tier world, the initial stage of the Abyss invasion would definitely be a destructive extinction of the race, and then the world would completely turn into darkness.

Thousands, or even tens of thousands of years later, the Abyss Energy in the world would gradually become sparse, or according to various gain items, it would have different characteristics, and living beings would only revive then. That would be something from who knows how many years later.

Su Xiao observed the Abyss Jar for a while and reached a conclusion: there was more than a 90% probability that this world would not suffer a direct invasion of Abyss Power. The reason was that the ghostly green smoke floating out of the Abyss Jar clearly already had characteristics; this was an extreme power amplified by Abyss Energy.

Inferring this, it was this power, which was closer to the netherworld and the dead, that would invade this world.

Although this wasn't good news, at least it wasn't a dead end. If Abyss Power descended, the initial stage would be unsolvable. What was even more unsolvable was that this initial stage would last for at least thousands of years. For the entire process of Abyss encroachment, thousands of years only counted as the initial stage.

Having a rough understanding of the source of the danger, Su Xiao felt the pressure on his shoulders decrease sharply. He never feared powerful enemies, but he was very wary of those unknown dangers.

"Let's call this power the Netherworld for now. What does it represent? A faction?"

The Undead Sister looked at the ghostly green smoke drifting from the Abyss Jar, her eyes thoughtful.

"Perhaps it's not just a faction. The Imperial faction has implemented colonial policies for many years. Over a dozen biological stars have been oppressed by the Empire's colonial policies. Among them, it's hard to avoid having factions with mysterious systems. Perhaps these factions with mysterious side systems were left with hidden dangers before they were destroyed. When people are in extreme despair, evil gods, ancient gods, alien existences—as long as they can bring them help, they will ask them for help."

The Priest's words made sense. The Empire had dominated for many years, and the hatred accumulated under the bloody colonial policy was unimaginable.

What could be determined was that this existence or faction, temporarily named "Netherworld," was not a system of this world, but more like it was about to invade.

If it was an invasion, there must be initial signs, but looking at the Empire's current behavior, it was clear they had no vigilance at all. The Third Fleet was still cleaning up the Zerg on Pan Duola Star unhurriedly.

The Empire was a technology-side faction. For many years, they had used spaceships, mechs, and orbital cannons to defeat countless mysterious-side factions. Now encountering the initial invasion of the "Netherworld" faction, the attitude shown by the Imperial faction would maintain the technology-side's contempt for the mysterious side as always.

Actually, this was normal. In the Empire's cognition, those mysterious power systems were all trash, and it would be over after bombing them into ashes with ship cannons.

The Imperial faction was clearly a frog in a well. They should go to the Painted World, the Tree-Born World, and the Black King World to see how terrifying the mysterious-side encroachment with dark tendencies was. That was a disaster where one couldn't roar loudly and could only accept it numbly. That level of disaster was actually a kind of luck to die in the initial stage of the disaster's descent.

This also caused those survivors to use the most plain tone to tell the hair-raising yet magnificent disaster history.

There were many bad news, but there was also good news. After Caesar threw out the "King Bomb," he directly turned the old schemer, the Priest, into a good teammate.

Su Xiao, the Priest, and the Undead Sister were not afraid of death, but this didn't mean they wanted to die. On the contrary, they would cherish their lives, but when needed, they would press them on without hesitation.

The Priest, who had turned into a good teammate, could be said to be extremely helpful. This old guy was preparing to take an air-rail ship to the Empire's home star, O'Kai Star.

The so-called air-rail ship was a jump-type space technology. As long as two places built stable cable stations, high-speed inter-planetary travel could be achieved.

The Priest's trip to O'Kai Star was a huge sacrifice. The World Power of this world was undoubtedly concentrated on Pan Duola Star. If the Priest went to O'Kai Star, his gains would be greatly reduced.

The Imperial faction had been rampant for so many years, and O'Kai Star would likely become the starting point for the "Netherworld" invasion. One could imagine how dangerous it was to go there under such circumstances.

The Priest temporarily turned into a good teammate and took such a big risk. Su Xiao, the Undead Sister, and Caesar should naturally express it, at least they had to take out some sponsorship.

Around the round table, several people were silent. The Undead Sister took out a mini skull and placed it on the table in front of the Priest, saying: "Throw it out when you encounter an emergency, and you can summon a small number of skeleton knights."

"A small number?"

The Priest was slightly hesitant about this "small number."

"Hmm, that is, a few thousand."

"Pfft, cough cough~"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's juice shot out from its nostrils, coughing non-stop. This "small number" was truly "too small." The latter sentence, "that is, a few thousand"—this sounded wrong.

If a normal summoning-type heard this, they would definitely shed tears of envy.

Just as the Priest put away the mini skull, Caesar took out a crumpled invoice. After the Priest took it, his expression was surprised for a moment, and then he solemnly put away the crumpled invoice.

Su Xiao took out four glass columns, 20 cm thick and half a meter high. Inside was a translucent solution, and a parasite was soaked in the solution. Four types of parasites were placed side by side.

First-generation parasite, Black A: The advantage is a hexagonal warrior; the disadvantage is murderous and tyrannical, hard to control.

Second-generation parasite, Boiling Red: Female exclusive, control type; the strongest method is "Dark Demon Blood Shadow."

Third-generation parasite, Dark Sun: Solar flame type, pure fire type, extreme and powerful.

Fourth-generation parasite, Solar Messenger: God-stick model, medium combat power, especially good at tricking people.

"Choose one out of four."

Su Xiao lit a cigarette and exhaled smoke.

"Can't choose all?"

The Priest looked at the four types of parasites and was quite satisfied with all of them.

It's no wonder the Priest was like this. His trip to O'Kai Star, finding a local to cooperate with or use, was the best choice. The problem was, having strength meant having a background, and all kinds of troubles were endless.

The Priest didn't need someone to scheme with him, but someone who could help him constantly step on mines in front.

This kind of "greenhorn" was too hard to cultivate. If forced, all kinds of side effects were huge, and the person involved would inevitably feel despair, becoming a dead soldier, and the efficiency of stepping on mines in front would be greatly reduced.

Back on the Alliance Star, Su Xiao felt that the parasite was easy to use. That was when the parasite was still the first-generation model, which was Black A.

The combination of Black A + Aiqi was simply wonderful, crazily stepping on mines in front like a greenhorn.

At this time, after the Priest sensed the characteristics of the four parasites, he immediately realized their huge value. This was simply the best choice for cultivating a greenhorn to step on mines.

After being symbiotically linked with the parasite, the greenhorn would mistakenly believe that they were the chosen one, the novel protagonist, the harem anime protagonist, etc. In just a few days, the other party's strength would be resonated by the parasite.

With such a greenhorn exploring the way in front, the risk of the Priest's trip to O'Kai Star would be reduced by at least 40%. The characteristics of the parasite were too compatible with the Priest's old schemer methods.

If needed, the Priest could pretend to be a kind clergyman, or a "guiding NPC." Ask, who would suspect a kind "guiding NPC"? Who would speculate that the novice village chief was a bad person?

Among the four parasites, the Priest first excluded the "Fourth-generation parasite, Solar Messenger." He himself was a god-stick; he didn't need to cultivate a big trickster.

The first-generation parasite was very reckless; the second-generation was meticulous; as for the third-generation parasite, not considering the host's personality, this was a fire-type "dullard," a "hard-headed baby" among parasites. In Black A's words, this was a "stupid."

The Priest pointed to the third-generation parasite, Dark Sun, apparently preparing to quickly cultivate a fire-type "dullard" to help him step on mines in front.

"What are the taboos of this thing?"

The Priest looked at Dark Sun in the glass column, feeling very satisfied.

Hearing this, Su Xiao said: "Dark Sun's own consciousness is not very smart. Find it a host with a slightly better brain."

"Understood."

The Priest picked up the glass column and got up to leave.

Seeing this scene, the Undead Sister frowned. She kicked Su Xiao's leg under the table and leaned over to whisper: "Bai Ye, this old guy won't run away with the money, will he?"

"How so?"

"The day before yesterday, he almost ran away with the money after taking my deposit. I'm telling you, this old guy can do this kind of thing. The old thing is very bad."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. Based on his understanding of the Priest, the other party could indeed do this.

"I'm leaving. You work hard on development here. I've made some progress in contacting the Imperial faction."

Leaving this sentence, the Undead Sister put on her big hat and left. Regarding this, Baha had specifically asked why the Undead Sister wore such a big hat. The other party's answer was a bit funny: she had been wearing this style of oversized witch hat since the first tier, the purpose being to prevent being headshot by snipers.

Please don't laugh. A first-tier gunman facing someone wearing such a big hat really couldn't lock on.

After reaching a higher tier, the Undead Sister had gotten used to wearing it. Not wearing this kind of hat always felt like something was missing. In her own words, it was like going out without wearing underwear; it didn't feel secure.

After seeing the outsiders leave, the treacherous smile on Caesar's face disappeared a bit, and he said seriously for once:

"My dear friend, this situation is more dangerous than we imagined. In the previous few times, we only came into contact with the remnants of the abyss. This time, we are too close to Abyss Power. This is not something the eighth tier should come into contact with."

"Remnants of the abyss?"

Baha asked the question everyone else wanted to know.

"Yes, remnants. For example, the dangerous objects on the Alliance Star, the Abyss Eldest Daughter in the Tree-Born World, the Elf Clan mutation—these are all remnants..."

Caesar's explanation was that contact with the abyss is divided into three levels, from strong to weak: Direct Confrontation, Encroachment, and Remnants.

The Remnant level refers to a world that was once encroached upon by Abyss Power, and after Abyss Energy fused with this world, the distorted Abyss Power appeared, which is second-generation Abyss Power.

Second-generation Abyss Power then caused an impact on the living beings or existences in this world, which is called Abyss Remnants.

Like the dangerous object S-001 on the Alliance Star, or the Death Holy Grail, as well as the Abyss Eldest Daughter in the Tree-Born World, the Four-Born Evil Ghosts, the Silt People, etc., these are all "Abyss Remnants."

The "Encroachment Level" higher than the "Remnant Level" refers to a species directly encroached upon by Abyss Power, appearing distorted or transformed.

As for the most dangerous "Direct Confrontation Level," that is directly confronting the abyss.

Within the eighth tier, anyone who encounters a "Direct Confrontation Level" abyss event will definitely die. Even if just affected, it is a dead end.

And encountering the second echelon's "Encroachment Level," Caesar analyzed that what they were about to experience should be it. The Netherworld faction was a terrifying faction that had experienced the erosion of Abyss Power in its initial state and survived.

The third echelon's "Remnant Level" was already life-threatening. The higher-level "Encroachment Level" was clearly not something the eighth tier should encounter; it was forcibly stacked up.

"How much preparation time do we have?"

Su Xiao frowned and spoke. This was the question he cared about most.

Caesar pondered the Abyss Jar for a while and thought for a moment: "There should be about 10 days left. Although the Netherworld is powerful, it also takes time to invade from the outer world."

"10 days."

Su Xiao muttered in a low voice. His elbows rested on the table, his fingers crossed, his brain thinking about subsequent countermeasures.

Mining alone was absolutely unfeasible. Borrowing a loan shark loan of 100,000 to 150,000 units of Life Ore from the Spider Queen would at most quench his thirst. After the hive was promoted to the eighth tier, the resources needed were simply huge.

Even without development, just the bio-energy needed for Jira to promote from Mother Queen rank to Sovereign rank reached a shocking 8.7 million points, which was 850,000 units of Life Ore.

Don't think this is a lot. If Su Xiao hadn't let Jira swallow the Abyss Stone and absorb a large amount of Origin Demon Energy, Jira wanting to promote to Sovereign rank wouldn't just be a matter of having bio-energy.

Just look at the Crimson Queen and you'll know. The other party had been stuck at the Mother Queen rank for many years, and until today, she hadn't been able to promote to Sovereign rank. As for the level above Sovereign rank, that was a theoretical level; that level of Zerg mother hadn't appeared in this world yet.

Su Xiao didn't need Jira to promote to the Zerg peak of this world, but to promote to Sovereign rank within ten days. Only in this way could they possibly withstand the first round of attacks from the "Netherworld faction."

There was a problem: if he only saved bio-energy for Jira to promote her rank, the combat Zerg wouldn't be able to develop. Their hive's defense, as well as the deterrence and attacks on external factions, would have no guarantee.

Therefore, besides the 870,000 units of Life Ore needed for promotion, he also had to get the bio-energy needed to develop elite demon beasts and demon flame dragons.

Relying only on mining, producing 18,000 units of Life Ore per day was already the limit. Su Xiao looked at Caesar opposite. This guy often entered the world with the initial identity of a quartermaster. Was it the same this time?

"Caesar, what is your initial identity this time?"

Hearing Su Xiao say this, Caesar opposite smiled and rubbed his hands.

Seeing this, Baha tentatively asked: "Are you currently the Empire's quartermaster?"

Caesar stretched out his index finger and shook it left and right, saying: "I work for the company, currently serving as the logistics department manager, just promoted yesterday."

As he spoke, Caesar's smile revealed a bit of lewdness. It could only be said that the corporate faction might have lost its mind to promote Caesar as the logistics department manager.

"However, my dear friend, the method we used before doesn't seem to work this time. The internal part of the corporate faction is extremely chaotic, and they are all biting each other. If I loosen my hand a little, a group of people will bite me immediately. It's also hard for me to handle."

Caesar had a look of regret, as if he was really helpless. After his eyeballs swept around a few times, he suddenly said:

"However, the company has a few batches of special-grade metal and Life Ore to be transported recently. I happen to know the route. Pan Duola Star is a very dangerous place. If it happens to be robbed on the way, tsk tsk tsk~"

Caesar had a look of regret, clicking his tongue while slowly shaking his head.

According to Caesar's introduction, Su Xiao learned that the company's special-grade metal technology was something the Empire had been coveting for a long time. It was also because of this technology that the company could develop under the Empire's suppression.

It is said that among the special-grade metals to be escorted this time, a part of them are superconductors. This thing is produced from the by-products of Life Ore. Currently, only Pan Duola Star produces it, and the Empire urgently needs this kind of superconductor.

Caesar's implication was already very obvious. As the company's logistics department manager, he could steal the company's next transport route.

After Su Xiao's side took action to rob this batch of materials, with the route map and precise time intelligence, the success rate would be extremely high.

Note, what follows is the real slick move: after Su Xiao succeeds on his end, Caesar will act as a mysterious figure to separately contact the Empire faction, the Company faction, and the Crimson Queen.

At that time, Caesar would sell this batch of goods to the Empire, the company, and the Crimson Queen at the same time.

Among these three parties, the Empire needs this material, the company is the victim, and the Crimson Queen doesn't want the Empire to get this material, so all three parties will buy it.

After that, it gets even slicker: Caesar is going to set up an online platform and invite the Empire, the Company, and the Crimson Queen to auction off this batch of supplies online.

Such behavior would definitely make the anger of the Empire and the company rise. This is exactly what Caesar wants to see. When that time comes, he will shift the blame for this matter to Kain's Hall of Valor, letting this large adventure group take the blame.

As for why he chose Kain, in Caesar's words, his name is so similar to mine; those who don't know might think they are relatives. Since they are relatives, they should share the difficulties.

If Kain knew about this, he would definitely say elegantly and gently: "I TM thank you."

After shifting the blame to Kain, the real operation begins. While the company shifts its attention to this matter, Su Xiao and Caesar will repeat the same trick, go to the company to "stock up," and then run away overnight.

By the time the corporate faction reacts, Su Xiao will have already developed. If they aren't convinced, come and fight a battle. At that time, the corporate faction can only grit their teeth and accept it.

Su Xiao had no opinion on the plan. As for the division, it would be temporarily invested in the development of the Mother Hive. After surviving this time, they would talk about the division problem. If they died in the "Netherworld faction" invasion, getting more shares would be meaningless. When they had the qualification to withstand the "Netherworld faction" invasion, that would be the time to make money.

"It's a deal."

Caesar got up and left to return to the company to plan this matter. It could only be said that this time it was truly "Heaven will not cut off all paths." If it weren't for the company's cargo transport this time, things would really be hard to handle.

How to rob this batch of goods? Just rushing in won't work. This isn't a question of whether they can kill the transport team. In this escort, Imperial soldiers are involved. The Empire's style is extreme. Every time important materials are transported, they will place explosives in the cargo. Once important materials are about to be robbed, even if they are blown up, they won't be cheap for the enemy.

Therefore, for this robbery of materials, Su Xiao prepared to use the disguise of 【Ancient Mask】 to complete the rapid clearance of targets, so as not to blow up the materials.

Su Xiao checked the Mother Hive data. 340,000 worker scorpions mined for a morning, only allowing the Mother Hive to obtain 28,334 points of bio-energy, a huge gap from 8.7 million.

Looking at the time, the visitor from the Spider Queen's side should be coming soon. This visitor's visit this time is the key to whether he can borrow a loan shark loan from the Spider Queen.

Su Xiao asked Jira to reduce the number of worker scorpions. One by one, worker scorpions arrived on the creep and were decomposed by the creep.

A total of 300,000 worker scorpions and more than 10,000 ordinary demon beasts were all converted into bio-energy. The bio-energy stored in the Mother Hive became 256,986 points.

Su Xiao used the existing bio-energy to cultivate elite demon beasts and demon flame dragons. It was time. Jira was promoted to Mother Queen rank and must show their combat power to the outside world. Demon flame dragons were the best way.

Following the order to cultivate demon flame dragons, an egg with a diameter of nearly two meters detached from the incubation tissue and was transported to the cultivation sac.

A moment later, a crack appeared on the Mother Hive, and scaly, rough-skinned dragon wings protruded. Then, a huge black shadow flew up, rolling with wind pressure.

The demon flame dragon flying in the sky was pitch black, with irregular granular bumps on the dragon skin. Under the rough dragon skin were magma-like veins, and the area under the neck was completely magma-colored.

After the demon flame dragon spread its wings, the wingspan reached about 40 meters. In those vertical pupils, it was as if purgatory fire was burning.

Burning, thick smoke, tough skin, and a body that was hard to injure—this was the first impression the demon flame dragon gave people.

"Roar!"

The demon flame dragon roared in the sky. Immediately after, two more demon flame dragons flew up. Big guys that cost 4,000 points of bio-energy to cultivate were quite impressive.

When only 136 points of bio-energy remained, there were a total of 4,097 elite demon beasts and 10 demon flame dragons on the creep in front of the Mother Hive.

Compared to ordinary demon beasts, the body size of elite demon beasts had improved, and their comprehensive combat power had soared by a cut, directly from a seventh-tier top combat unit to the upper-middle level of the eighth tier. If Jira could promote to Sovereign rank, the demon beasts would transform with the hive and would definitely improve to the top combat unit of the eighth tier.

Now it seemed that the number of combat Zerg had been reduced by more than half, but the overall combat power had increased instead of decreasing. One must know that this was still when the War Lord hadn't been fully triggered.

The Spider Queen was about to send an envoy. If that envoy felt they were too strong, the Spider Queen definitely wouldn't be willing to lend a loan shark loan again, and the other party would also worry about not being able to get the loan back.

Conversely, if the other party felt Jira's group was too weak, she would directly turn hostile.

Scale is very important. Su Xiao thought the current scale was just right. He asked all Mantis Armors to start building large "Earth Nests" for the demon flame dragons to inhabit. The best scenario would be for the demon flame dragons not to show up directly, only letting the visitor sense them, thus giving rise to fear.

Su Xiao didn't wait too long before the visitor arrived. Su Xiao put away the Chapter of Greed. Recently, he had been raiding the Dark Crow, and the Dark Crow's split-blood-sucking flow was truly hard to deal with.

Different from Su Xiao's guess, the Spider Queen didn't send an envoy, but came in person. To be precise, the Spider Queen used her mental clone to cultivate a second body. The one who came this time was this body that was close to a real clone.

"Not welcoming me?"

The Spider Queen spoke. Her overall image was not a human body with a spider abdomen, but a completely human appearance. The reason for this was that the Spider Queen's original intention for cultivating this body was to infiltrate the Imperial camp, but she was backstabbed.

Seeing the Spider Queen come, Baha showed an enthusiastic attitude, saying: "Of course welcome, Queen, please this way."

"Queen? I don't like this title."

The Spider Queen, who combined characteristics like charming and femme fatale, spoke. Just hearing her voice made people unable to stop. This was clearly the Spider Queen's charm-type ability.

"Yes, yes, then we won't call you Queen, how about we call you Queen from now on?"

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"You..."

The Spider Queen always felt something was wrong, but couldn't think of it for a while.

The reserve creditor came to audit. Baha greeted the other party as soon as he opened his mouth. With his eloquence, it would be a ghost if he could borrow a loan shark loan.

"Please come in."

After Su Xiao made a gesture of invitation, he walked toward the Mother Hive with Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Baha, and Amu. This made the Spider Queen stunned. Logically, she was a guest; shouldn't she go first?

Clearly, Su Xiao did this on purpose. It was time to show his acting skills.

Not taking a few steps, Amu stopped and turned to look at the Spider Queen. This "dullard" seemed to be asking: "Why don't you come in? What are you looking at there?"

"?"

Facing the enthusiasm of Su Xiao's team, the Spider Queen's expression stiffened, but she made herself calm down in her heart. She was here to lend a loan shark loan; she had to be stable and couldn't scare these people.

In a wonderful atmosphere, the group came to the hive chamber just now, sat down, and the Spider Queen looked around. She had doubts about Jira's aesthetic eye for appreciation; there was no Zerg aesthetic beauty here.

Actually, this was because the Spider Queen hadn't been to Jira's bedroom, where everything was full of Zerg-style aesthetic beauty.

"Regarding your trouble, I have seen it. Indeed, you have advanced to the Mother Queen rank and need a large amount of resources to get through the initial stage, but the risk of lending 100,000 Life Ore..."

"Madam, it's 150,000."

Baha smiled and reminded, his attitude very humble. It could only be said that the acting was quite good.

Actually, both sides were acting. The Spider Queen was afraid that Su Xiao's side would be scared by her reputation and wouldn't dare to borrow the loan shark loan at the last minute.

Su Xiao's side was worried that the Spider Queen would discover their ability to explode troops and wouldn't dare to lend the loan shark loan.

This resulted in a situation where they were acting against each other. One wanted to lend money, and the other wanted to borrow money, but neither could say it clearly.

"Impossible, do you know how much 150,000 units of Life Ore is?"

The Spider Queen's attitude was firm.

"Since this is the case, our negotiation can only end here."

Su Xiao changed his attitude just now and became aggressive.

"Oh?"

The Spider Queen smiled charmingly and didn't care about Su Xiao suddenly becoming aggressive. In her view, she had already decided to harvest this patch of leeks; no one could grab them.

"When contacting your side, we also contacted the company side, and the result was quite good."

Baha also changed his attitude, as if the negotiation with the Spider Queen was no longer necessary.

Hearing this, the Spider Queen frowned. Her impression of the company was extremely poor. It was clear that her business had been robbed before. This kind of thing like lending loan shark loans was too consistent with the company's temperament.

Seeing the Spider Queen's gaze, Baha almost laughed out loud. God, a loan shark accusing another loan shark of not following the rules.

"Since the company gave such generous conditions, what is the meaning of this meeting? Can I understand that you are playing with me?"

The Spider Queen narrowed her eyes, and her aura became dangerous, like a poisonous spider about to pounce on its prey.

The Spider Queen was about to play hard. In her view, this large mineral vein was already her private property and wouldn't be given to the company.

"Madam, don't misunderstand. We asked you to come because we actually want to cooperate with you more. How bad the company's reputation is, everyone present knows. On the contrary, Madam, we can still trust your reputation."

Baha gave a rainbow-like flattery, making the atmosphere relax immediately.

"That's okay."

The Spider Queen's expression was as usual, but in her heart, she felt a rare sense of shame. These people seemed quite good. Cheating these people made her conscience feel a small pain after a long time.

"Okay, 150,000 Life Ore, delivered tonight."

As she spoke, the Spider Queen stretched out her fair, slender hand to Su Xiao, saying: "This is the etiquette of your human race."

Seeing this, Su Xiao hesitated in his heart, but finally chose to shake hands with the Spider Queen. When there was physical contact, the difficulty of restraining the aura was greater.

"Hmm?"

The Spider Queen looked around, her eyes full of doubt. She suddenly felt a trace of coldness, but it disappeared in a flash.

"Wish us a successful cooperation."

Baha spoke. Hearing him say this, the Spider Queen smiled and nodded.

"The situation has been very chaotic recently. There are gods existing in the ancient ruins near us."

The Spider Queen spoke as if chatting.

"God-like existence? What god? Neutral god or friendly god?"

Baha's tone was slightly elevated. At this critical juncture, there couldn't be any more external factions adding chaos.

"Seems to be... an evil god? Hmm, yes, that's right, it's an evil god."

The Spider Queen picked up the black tea and sipped it. Clearly, she had no intuitive concept of what an evil god was. After all, she hadn't left this world, so her knowledge in this area was limited, which was understandable.

After chatting for a while, the Spider Queen left their territory under the escort of a team of elite combat Zerg.

After the Spider Queen left, Su Xiao, Baha, and Amu no longer restrained their auras. Just with their auras, if the Spider Queen came, she would immediately feel that they were not good people. For the sake of safety, she would choose not to do this business.

Su Xiao's side just relaxed, but Jira in the next hive chamber was already pale, almost fainting directly. Just now, Su Xiao, Amu, and Baha could completely restrain their auras without being discovered by the Spider Queen, precisely because of Jira's mental shielding.

"Go."

Su Xiao confirmed Jira was fine, then took Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Baha, and Amu, and jumped onto the back of a demon flame dragon.

He had to immediately go to the ruins where the evil god descended and kill that evil god. Now it wasn't a question of whether there was a grudge, but once this evil god started making trouble, subsequent development would be even more difficult. He must hunt it down before this evil god started making trouble.

To hunt a god, he must bring Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha. In terms of hunting gods, they were as professional as Su Xiao.

"Roar!"

The demon flame dragon roared and flew in the high sky. Su Xiao stood on the dragon's back, the wind whistling past his ears, and the scene below was unobstructed.

After the demon flame dragon flew at full speed for more than half an hour, a large area of ruins appeared below. Su Xiao controlled the demon flame dragon to dive down and land in front of the ancient hall of the ruins, the dragon claws splashing gravel.

Just arriving here, Su Xiao frowned. He did sense the aura of the evil god, but this aura was too faint.

Clang~

The long sword was unsheathed. Su Xiao jumped off the dragon's back and walked into the main entrance of the ancient hall openly. Just entering the ancient hall, he saw the corpses of extraordinary animals on the ground. These few extraordinary animals had at least leader-level strength, and one of the big gorillas was an eighth-tier overlord-level creature.

These extraordinary animals all died miserably; their blood and vitality were drained. Su Xiao continued to step forward. On the ground on the inner side of the ancient hall, he saw a formation with a diameter of nearly 20 meters.

This formation was outlined with blood, and besides that, there were quite a few empty shells of soul stones embedded in the ground.

Observing for a moment, Su Xiao judged the purpose of this formation. This was a technique of ritual studies, and its function was cross-world-level teleportation, at a great cost.

All of this represented one thing: that eighth-tier evil god descended a few days ago, and then last night, laid out this formation and left this world to harm other worlds.

Could this represent that this world was already so dangerous that even an eighth-tier evil god didn't want to stay here for long, and still ran away overnight? ===== CHAPTER 3490 =====

Clang—

The long blade left its sheath, and Su Xiao leaped down from the dragon's back, walking openly and honestly into the main entrance of the ancient palace. Just after entering, he saw the corpses of extraordinary beasts on the ground; these few extraordinary beasts were at least Lord-tier in strength, and one of the gorillas was even an Eighth-Tier Overlord-tier creature.

These extraordinary beasts had all died miserably, their blood and life force drained dry. Su Xiao continued to step forward, and on the ground toward the inner side of the ancient palace, he saw a formation diagram nearly 20 meters in diameter.

This formation diagram was outlined in blood, and apart from that, there were quite a few empty shells of soul stones embedded in the ground.

After observing for a moment, Su Xiao determined the purpose of this formation diagram: it was a technique of ritual studies, used for cross-world teleportation, and the cost was quite high.

All of this represented one thing: that Eighth-Tier Evil God had descended a few days ago, and then, last night, had set up this formation diagram and left this world to go wreak havoc in other worlds.

Could this represent that this world had become so dangerous that even an Eighth-Tier Evil God was unwilling to stay here for long, and had even run away overnight?