Chapter 4057

The reason the acquisition of World Source was so smooth was that there were too many strong people in this world, and Su Xiao's current strength was far beyond what it used to be.

If it were in the past, the condition of obtaining 400% World Source could be directly abandoned, let alone the fact that the more it overflowed, the higher the settlement upper limit obtained.

Beside the council table, Su Xiao appeared to be thinking, but in fact, he had roughly straightened out the subsequent plans. This plan had only one sentence:

Fight to one's heart's content.

That's right, the subsequent World Source gains would depend on how ruthlessly he killed, and he had some regrets that he hadn't slaughtered all those Archbishops, Soul Mentors, Ten New Talents, and Elder-level figures earlier. If he had, the World Source gains would not be far from 400%.

However, on second thought, there were still three days until the Black Tide. During this period, he could completely go to the Rune family's base camp, the Southern Continent: Abyss Spread Zone No. 0: Beast Gladiator Arena, to fight there. He had one thing to confirm: whether he could obtain World Source of this world by repeatedly killing Abyssal descendants.

If he could, then the three Elder-level figures of the Rune family were simply the first choice for farming world reputation. Of course, normally, farming World Source like this was impossible. The problem was that this world was notarized by the Tree of the Void. If Su Xiao and Caesar joined forces to operate, then...

This idea became increasingly feasible. Su Xiao's gaze turned to the Ancient Patriarch, Hatu, and he said:

"I am going to your Beast Gladiator Arena to fight with your clansmen. Will you stop me?"

"Of course... not."

In the Ancient Patriarch, Hatu's dark golden vertical pupils, there was some reminiscence of a hearty battle. Before he recovered to the "Supreme Peak," he could no longer find this feeling. It was like a person starving to the extreme; no matter how much they gorged on delicacies, they couldn't soothe even half of the hunger.

"Don't underestimate those three under my command."

The Ancient Patriarch, Hatu, grinned. This was the Rune family; even among the Abyssal descendants, they were extremely powerful existences.

The surrounding fog surged, and a sense of spatial teleportation struck. Su Xiao certainly wouldn't use this teleportation; a crystal layer generated under his feet.

Thud!

After a muffled thud, Su Xiao vanished from the spot. When he appeared again, he was already located in the front city district of the Wang Gong.

Looking at the space tower in the distance emitting sharp alarm sounds, Su Xiao acted as if nothing had happened. He walked to the front of the Wang Gong and saw Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baja waiting there.

Just as they entered the Wang Gong, they saw the Captain of the Royal Guard waiting there. After the group went upstairs, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baja were blocked outside the door of the old King's bedroom.

Walking into the bedroom, a strong medicinal scent made Su Xiao frown slightly. Clearly, this scent was being used to cover up the decaying smell that appeared after the old King's original life force was exhausted.

"Bai Ye, in the end, you were still forced to join forces with them."

The old King leaned against the head of the bed. Compared to their last meeting, the old King was even more withered and thin. The few strands of Saint Adz family hereditary golden hair that could still be seen were now all withered white.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak, but just looked at the wall clock on the wall. He sensed some residual aura on it.

"In the Second Era, pharmacy masters were almost equal to alchemy masters. I don't know what the alchemy civilization of the Second Era did to pharmacy, but the decline of traditional pharmacy is clearly recorded. Your pharmacy can also rank among the top in the Star Realm, so even if you are not an alchemist, you have mastered a very high level of alchemy."

The old King, Roald Saint Adz, said this, seemingly having exhausted quite a bit of strength, leading to successive dry coughs.

"In that case, you coming here is like walking into a trap. It is wise for you to join forces with them, but be careful: after the goal is achieved, the three of them will join forces to eliminate you first."

"Understood."

"It's good that you understand. I asked you to come this time because I guessed that things have already developed to this step. If you really want to go to the 'Sea of Life,' take Vinya with you."

As the old King spoke, he looked at the maid who had been serving him. This Ms. Vinya, who had Supreme-tier strength but was willing to be a maid here, seemed to have an extraordinary background.

"The three of them will agree, or rather, they have been looking for Vinya all along, because, you see, she comes from the end of the 'Sea of Life,' that terrible forbidden zone where all secrets are buried."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak, but just looked at the maid, Vinya. At this time, the maid, Vinya, had a look of confusion in her eyes. The hand holding the velvet towel suddenly paused, as if she had been paused.

"She is... handed over to you."

As the old King spoke, he took off the ring on his index finger and handed it to Su Xiao.

【You have obtained Alchemy Maid.】

【Alchemy Maid】

Origin: Second Era: Alchemy Civilization.

Quality: Eternal.

Category: Maid / Secondary Alchemy Assistant / Alchemical Life.

Durability: 820/820 points.

Equipment Requirement: Alchemy Lv. 90.

Equipment Effect 1: False Emotions (Core: Passive), Alchemy Maid Vinya will produce different false emotions according to different holders, essentially distinguishing herself from mechanical maids.

Hint: This alchemical maid essentially has no emotions, as she was not constructed with relevant components during her initial manufacture.

Equipment Effect 2: Alchemical Life (Passive), because Alchemy Maid Vinya is not a combat type and only possesses the comprehensive combat power of the early Supreme stage, this is an alchemy assistant and living maid created by a top-tier alchemy master.

Current Life-system Ability Level: Lv. 92 (including daily care, cooking, cleaning, clothing coordination, etc.)

Equipment Effect 3: Asexual Characteristics (Passive), this alchemical life possesses two states, Alchemy Manservant and Alchemy Maid. Each holder can only make one selection, and due to the creator's serious personality, even in the Alchemy Maid state, Alchemy Maid Vinya still has no reproductive ability or reproductive organs, only female characteristics in appearance.

Alchemy Manservant: Possesses stronger comprehensive combat power and alchemy biology auxiliary ability.

Alchemy Maid: Possesses stronger alchemy pharmacy auxiliary ability and higher life-level ability.

Hint: If "Alchemy Manservant" is selected, this equipment will be synchronously renamed to "Alchemy Manservant."

Warning: This equipment is in a state where holding rights cannot be obtained. The previous holder, Alchemy Master Coin Morber, has not died. After he dies, you can completely obtain the holding rights of the Alchemy Maid.

Rating: 6000++++++ points (Eternal-grade equipment rating is 1–6000 points).

Introduction: This is the initial version of the alchemy servant. That's right, this is what the alchemy servant looked like when it was popular in the Void of the Second Era. However, due to its overly excellent performance, it lost the space for replacement. Coupled with its high cost, the high-level officials of the Alchemy Chamber of Commerce at that time were very troubled. Later, through the granddaughter of Alchemy Master Coin Morber, they discussed with this alchemy master for a long time before they had the "Initial Version Alchemy Servant." Regarding this, Alchemy Master Coin Morber's asking price was that the Alchemy Chamber of Commerce must never claim to the outside world that the alchemy servant was his own work, and he refused the 35% net profit gain of the "Initial Version Alchemy Servant."

Price: 28,500 Soul Coins.

Looking at the first half of 【Alchemy Maid】, Su Xiao's feeling was that alchemy life science was too useful. It could actually manufacture maids or butlers of this level in the later stages.

But when he saw that the old King did not have holding rights and only possessed the corresponding medium for Alchemy Maid Vinya, which allowed her to stay by his side to serve, and that her true holder was still her creator, Alchemy Master Coin Morber, Su Xiao felt a sense of unease.

Coin Morber.

This name might be a bit unfamiliar, but 【Coin's Alchemy Notes】 was a bit familiar. He was one of the five most famous alchemy mentors of the Second Era: Alchemy Civilization. He had numerous achievements in "Alchemy Mechanism Science" and "Alchemy Biology," and in his later years, he promoted the writing of the "Alchemy Secret Canon."

Most of the knowledge inheritance regarding alchemy mechanism science and biology in the "Alchemy Secret Canon" came from this alchemy mentor. In this regard, he was the undisputed most learned scholar of the Second Era: Alchemy Civilization.

Right now, this legendary alchemist was not dead. Seeing that Alchemy Maid Vinya had not fallen into a forced sleep but was only in a state of confusion, it clearly meant that Coin Morber was in this world.

It was just that he was too far away from Alchemy Maid Vinya, so far that Alchemy Maid Vinya couldn't even sense this holder. Such a long distance made Su Xiao think of the end of the "Sea of Life."

"In the past, Vinya mixed in with the tens of thousands of maids in the Wang Gong, doing some work in the palace far away from the crowd, where she wouldn't even see other people for more than ten years. I hid her very well. It's just that I'm dying soon, and my control over the Wang Gong is also declining rapidly.

In the last month, I could only keep her by my side. After getting along for a few days, she seemed to produce some false emotions, such as caring about my health and worrying about my life. However, these were all false; I can be certain."

As the old King spoke, Alchemy Maid Vinya looked at him. Vinya's appearance was not stunning. At first, one only felt she had a gentle feeling and was comfortable to look at. The more one looked at her, the more one felt, oh, this person is actually a beauty who is very pleasing to the eye. It could only be said that Mr. Coin Morber was indeed very serious, but in terms of aesthetics, he was indeed impeccable.

"Bai Ye, tell me, can I hold on until tomorrow night?"

The old King sat up. The light in the room was a bit dim, which made the old King's eyes look very bright. It was hard to imagine that these were the eyes of a dying person.

"No."

"Let's make a bet. Let this ring be the stake. You can take Vinya away first. If I am still alive at this time tomorrow night, you must protect my son so he doesn't die in this upheaval."

"Can do."

Leaving these words, Su Xiao got up and walked out of the bedroom. He didn't take any action against the old King because he was certain that the old King could hardly live through the night. The other party's original life force was not exhausted, but had begun to rot gradually. That the other party could still remain clear-headed and not become a corpse was already supported by a terrifyingly strong willpower.

When only the old King, Roald Saint Adz, was left in the room, he showed some worry.

"My son, don't blame your father. The myriad living beings of this world are heavier than you and me, father and son."

At this point, he coughed violently. Covering his mouth with one hand, blood with black clots in dark red seeped out from between his fingers. The maid in the side room quickly pushed open the door. This maid captain, with eyes full of pain, was the maid who had been taking care of the old King all along.

Or rather, most of the time, Alchemy Maid Vinya just sat by the window in a daze. The one taking care of the old King was the maid captain. Only when outsiders were present, in order to cover up, would Vinya stand by the old King's bed, pretending to be taking care of him all along.

"You..."

The maid captain's eyes were red. The old King smiled with a relaxed expression and said: "Everyone will die, don't be sad. I will help you clear away the disasters and let you live in a world not dominated by evil gods, madmen, and beasts."

In front of the Wang Gong door, Su Xiao summoned the Lord Train. After Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baja got on the train, they were all sizing up Alchemy Maid Vinya. Vinya looked around, and the more she looked, the deeper her slender eyebrows furrowed.

After searching for a while, she finally found the wardrobe. After checking inside for a while, she found a set of suitable clothing. This was left behind when the Dark Lady borrowed the Lord Train for a period of time while clearing the Abyssal creatures around the Sanctuary City in the Ancient Dragon Kingdom.

Vinya was quite concerned about the cleanliness inside the train. She first used the train's rapid washing and drying device to wash the whole set of clothes, then she took this set of clothes, entered the bathroom, took a careful bath, then put on the thoroughly dried clothes, and holding various cleaning tools that she hadn't seen but would know how to use after a preliminary attempt, she began to clean the inside of the Lord Train.

During this period, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang wanted to make a cup of milk tea to drink. Halfway through, it was stopped by Vinya. Vinya studied it for about five minutes and began to prepare milk tea for Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang at the drink station. In just a few minutes, a cup of milk tea, where all processes used raw materials and no semi-finished products, was successfully manufactured. Clearly, Vinya had improved the manufacturing method; otherwise, it certainly wouldn't have been so fast.

After Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang took a sip, its eyes lit up.

"Woof."

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang just wanted to let Su Xiao have a taste, but then it thought that its master had no interest in this kind of drink, so it changed to calling Amu.

"Woof."

"Moo."

Amu pinched this small cup of milk tea and slurped it up. The milk tea cup was empty. Amu scratched its head; it was too little, and it was digested as soon as it reached its mouth. It didn't taste what it was.

The train started. Half an hour later, Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baja each held a milk tea cup that fit their own body size. Su Xiao frowned, glanced at Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, who was drinking very happily on the side, and tried to take a sip. His frowned eyebrows relaxed a bit.

The feeling was, this thing, does it have such an aftertaste? And the taste of this tea was a bit familiar. He took another sip and suddenly thought, wait...

He let Amu bring the container for the Black Maple Tea, pulled out the seal, very good, one-third was already gone. This milk tea was made very well. Make less in the future; it wastes too much Maple Tea. Even if there was a Black Maple Tree, there wasn't so much Maple Tea produced.

At this moment, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's eyes looking at the Maple Tea jar were exceptionally bright. Milk tea made with Black Maple Tea is really delicious~

Su Xiao returned to the headquarters. It was almost nine o'clock. He pushed open the office door. The room was pitch black. In the past, Deputy Minister Tu'enta would have turned on the lights in advance, had someone prepare a midnight snack, and organized the documents that needed to be approved today, placing them on the desk in order, needing only a signature.

Deputy Minister Tu'enta didn't do it today, or rather, what he did in the past, of course, shouldn't have been done by his Deputy Minister; it was the work of assistants and secretaries. But after Su Xiao took office, Tu'enta didn't arrange personnel for these two aspects, or rather, the Deputy Minister, Tu'enta, by Su Xiao's side, was actually the old King's eyes and ears.

This was actually normal. How could a top-tier political strategist like the old King hand over such an important position as the Minister of the Empire's Special Affairs Department to an outsider who had only arrived in this world a few days ago without any preparation?

Amu turned on the lights, and the room became bright. Sitting on the leather chair behind the desk, Su Xiao breathed in the cool night breeze from the window. It was late summer, and the night temperature at this time was cool but exceptionally fresh. He picked up the note on the desk:

"Subordinate has resigned from the position of Deputy Minister five days ago. I did not inform you in advance, and I hope you will forgive me."

Five days ago, it seemed that in the old King's arrangement, Tu'enta had other positions. It was just that his own sudden appearance gave Tu'enta a more important task.

Alchemy Maid Vinya closed the window. The half-dead insect chirping outside the window became much smaller. After leaning back and resting for a while, Su Xiao opened the prompt list to check the Main Quest that had appeared before.

【You have activated a new Main Quest.】

【Camp Quest: Set Sail.】

Difficulty Level: Lv. 99.

Quest Introduction: Set sail to the "Sea of Life."

Quest Deadline: 5 natural days.

Quest Reward: Reincarnation Badge × 1.

Quest Penalty: Forced execution.

Seeing this quest reward, Su Xiao was completely relieved. At the Main Quest difficulty tier between "Super Top-tier Supreme" and "Supreme Peak," 【Reincarnation Badges】 were no longer rare. Correspondingly, the reward gains for this difficulty of Main Quest soared.

Recently, he had to find a way to get a refresh authority for the "Honor Store" to spend some of the 20+ 【Reincarnation Badges】 on hand to maximize his own strength to ensure that he had a greater certainty of ascending to the "Supreme Peak" later.

Glancing at the time, it was quite ample. After Su Xiao finished approving the important documents, he took Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, Baja, and Alchemy Maid Vinya downstairs and returned to the Lord Train.

Alchemy Maid Vinya, who had nothing to do for the time being, came to the front of the carriage. Her body slowly leaned back, wrapped in the charging device manufactured by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, and fell into a sleep, using the energy storage of the Lord Train to replenish biological energy. Alchemy Maid Vinya hadn't replenished for a long time, and her biological energy reserve was only 9% left.

Su Xiao came to the bedroom in the rear carriage. After taking a bath, he fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow. He didn't know when he would be able to rest so well next time. His plan was to set off tomorrow noon and head to the Southern Continent: Abyss Spread Zone No. 0: Beast Gladiator Arena.

He didn't know how long he had slept when Su Xiao was woken up by the sound of the communicator. He sat up and was confused for a while. He looked at the dozen or so communicators placed on the bedside table, picked one up and connected it. Hmm, no sound; he picked the wrong one. But by this time, he had also passed the confusion of waking up and picked up the communicator that kept ringing.

"Speak."

"Lord Bai Ye, can you come to the Wang Gong now?"

Tu'enta's voice came from the communicator.

"..."

Su Xiao glanced at the time. It was seven o'clock in the morning. He said: "Can do."

After saying this, he hung up the communicator. The train started and headed straight for the Wang Gong.

The morning sun rose. Today, the Wang Gong could be said to be both chaotic and have a sad atmosphere. All the high-level officials of the Empire had arrived at the Royal City overnight via teleportation arrays and rushed to the Wang Gong at high speed. These big figures who were once in high positions and didn't change their expressions even when mountains collapsed in front of them now had undisguised panic on their faces because their sky was truly about to collapse.

The Lord Train stopped in front of the Wang Gong door. There were not many people in the Empire who dared to drive a train here, so although some people present showed anger, they didn't speak out.

Seeing this train, the Assistant Prime Minister, Enmu, who was pacing back and forth, immediately greeted him. As soon as Su Xiao got off the train, he was grabbed by the arm by the Assistant Prime Minister, Enmu, who said urgently:

"Quick, come with me to the bedroom."

After proceeding smoothly to the front hall, the tall, open metal door panels were pushed open. This bedroom of several hundred square meters had floor-to-ceiling windows on one side. At this moment, the thick curtains were tightly drawn, and the lights in the room were very bright.

On the large bed, the old King, Roald Saint Adz, was half-lying on the bed, beside him was his son, who was also the current only son, the eldest Prince, Balasi Saint Adz.

Beside the bed, the eldest Prince grabbed his father's hand, and tears couldn't help but drip down. Present were dozens of close ministers under the old King. They were not qualified to step forward and were kneeling in a position further away. Among these people, many were shedding tears silently. Although some were bowing their heads, their gazes were very firm.

Beside the bed were only the Grand Marshal, Litanwig, the Assistant Prime Minister, Enmu, the Minister, William, the former Deputy Minister, Tu'enta, and Su Xiao.

Seeing Su Xiao arrive, the old King spoke in a weak voice:

"Bai Ye, it seems you won."

As he spoke, the old King could feel his consciousness drifting away uncontrollably. He looked at his only son beside him, who was also the eldest Prince about to be crowned.

"Don't cry, child. Everyone will have a day to die. Dying surrounded by family and friends is also a kind of happiness."

The old King smiled, managed to sit up a bit, and with somewhat trembling hands, took the crown handed over by the maid captain.

"Balasi Saint Adz, I crown you in the name of the thirtieth King of the Empire to become the thirty-first King of the Empire."

After speaking, the old King used both hands to put the crown on the eldest Prince's head. The eldest Prince's lips trembled, and finally he said with a crying voice:

"Father, I can't do it. I can't tell whether my ministers are loyal or treacherous. I'm afraid I won't be able to keep the results you painstakingly built over the years. I'm afraid..."

"Don't be afraid!"

The old King's hand patted the eldest Prince's shoulder hard, then he said gently:

"Silly child, there is no such thing as loyalty or treachery. Your ministers are human, and if they are human, they have human hearts. Human hearts are fickle. The so-called distinction between loyal ministers and treacherous thieves is just people's wishful thinking. It's not that you determine this person is a loyal minister, and he will be a loyal minister for the rest of his life. Everyone may have been loyal and brave, but gradually fell into treachery and evil. From now on, for the ministers under your command, use them when they are loyal, and eliminate them when they are treacherous."

The old King said these words earnestly. The eldest Prince nodded. He wanted to say something but stopped. The old King said sternly:

"You are the King. Your problems don't need to consider whether others are willing to listen."

"Father, I need someone to assist me."

"Father has of course prepared personnel for you. After you succeed, Assistant Prime Minister Enmu will continue to assist you."

"But... Enmu is already very old. What about after him?"

"Grand Marshal Litanwig."

"And... what about after that?"

"Tu'enta."

"And after that?"

"Minister William."

"Then..."

"Silly child, you won't live longer than William. He is a powerful person who has obtained Abyssal power."

The old King's hand pressed lightly on the eldest Prince's head, his eyes filled with undisguised doting.

"Silly child..."

At this point, the old King leaned back, gradually lay down with the eldest Prince's support, and slowly, his hand hung down powerlessly.

"Father~! Father? Father!!"

The eldest Prince's miserable wailing sound spread out of the bedroom. Half of the ministers outside the hall couldn't help but cry out on the spot.

I don't know how long it had been when the entire Royal City, Inseton, began to have faint crying sounds, and the crying sounds of these thousands of people gathered together, getting louder and louder.

Crack!

Lightning flashed, and the pattering rain fell, as if the entire Royal City was crying.