Chapter 1452 - 74: Exchange

Chapter 1452: Chapter 74: Exchange

The opinions of everyone from the Reincarnation Paradise side were surprisingly unified; they decided to ’give’ the world coordinates to the Apocalypse Paradise side. The reason it’s not the Holy Sanctuary Paradise is that once the world coordinates are in the hands of the Holy Sanctuary Paradise, they won’t be easy to snatch back.

As things have progressed, Qing Ye’s plan has encountered some flaws, namely the previous battle in Lubei City, which was entirely avoidable.

Initially, it was expected that the Reincarnation Paradise side would need to guard the world coordinates, leading them to attack the Apocalypse Paradise side to prevent a situation where the Holy Sanctuary Paradise and Apocalypse Paradise gang up on Reincarnation Paradise.

However, the current situation did not unfold as Qing Ye had anticipated. Qing Ye is not a god nor a time traveler from the past; he cannot foresee the direction of the war. He can only calculate the current and upcoming events.

If this world struggle war follows the same mode as during the Third tier, then Qing Ye’s previous actions are understandable.

Currently, the world coordinates are movable and require 10 days to fully form. During this period, whichever Paradise obtains the world coordinates first will see the coordinates convert to their attributes. Thus, holding the world coordinates until the last five hours is not significant and may result in a siege by the other two sides.

...

Two hours later, deep in the Hot Rainforest Forest, several Contractors moved through the rainforest, startling large flocks of birds.

A little girl wearing a mining helmet stood atop a high treetop, admiring the scenery of the rainforest.

"So beautiful, the resources here must be abundant."

"Indeed, according to detection results, there are at least thirty types of rare minerals here."

An elderly man standing on a nearby treetop spoke.

"Thir... thirty types?"

The Mining Sister’s small mouth slightly opened.

"It is over thirty types, and we’ve only explored 42.75% of the earth veins’ minerals in the rainforest."

"Nice!"

The Mining Sister clenched her fist. She had no interest in fighting over the world coordinates and wanted to stay far away from it. Compared to mining, everything else was trivial.

"Don’t get too happy too soon. Those lunatics and god sticks are all here."

The old man looked worried and sighed deeply.

"So what? We won’t actively provoke them, and they won’t... huh, what is that?"

The Mining Sister shaded her eyes with her fair hand, looking at the distant black shadows flying toward them.

Hearing the Mining Sister’s words, the mineral exploration squad leaped onto the treetops. This squad was precisely the one that discovered the World Source.

Woo～

A moaning whistle sounded as something flew from afar, reflecting a metallic gleam under the sunlight.

Boom!

Dirt flew, remnants of wood splintered, dead branches and leaves surged high, and a pit five meters in diameter appeared on the ground.

Thud, thud, thud...

Like the heartbeat of a Demon God, with each beat, spatial pulses spread outward.

The mining squad on the treetop exchanged glances, the same thought popped up in their minds. Could this grandeur mean some treasure has appeared?

The Mining Sister was the first to jump down the tree trunk. She quickly approached the pit.

Waves of heat spread, whatever fell seemed to be thrown from somewhere, and only someone with monster strength could throw it. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be scorching red all over, clearly from air friction.

The Mining Sister cautiously approached, first detecting for radiation, then checking for toxic gases, until she finally confirmed the object embedded in the soil was safe.

The Mining Sister slowly stepped forward, her small hand lightly touching the crystal column in the soil.

After touching the bucket-thick, half-meter-long crystal column, the Mining Sister’s pupils shrank rapidly.

"What is it?"

The elderly leader of the mineral squad asked.

"World... World Coordinates."

"Uh～?"

"..."

"How could the world coordinates be here...?"

"I... I don’t know either, you saw it, it fell from the sky."

By the look on the Mining Sister’s face, she was about to cry. She really just wanted to mine, but somehow, while mining, she uncovered the World Core, and now, the forming world coordinates appeared in front of her.

"Immediately, quickly, retreat!"

The old man’s voice had barely fallen when he saw a man sitting on a tree branch in the distance, smiling at him.

"Retreat slowly."

The old man swallowed hard. After just one glance, he could determine that the person afar was a Contractor from Reincarnation Paradise and monster-level.

The group retreated slowly, and throughout, they never considered snatching the world coordinates.

Su Xiao jumped down from the distant tree branch, quickly reaching the world coordinates and pulling them out from the soil.

"I wonder how Bubu Wang is doing."

Su Xiao turned and returned to the rainforest. His previously set alert device had detected someone approaching, and upon discovering it was people from Apocalypse Paradise, he tossed out the world coordinates. Unfortunately, these individuals showed no interest in the world coordinates and avoided them.

Ten minutes later, Su Xiao returned near the pool, where Bubu Wang was sunbathing by the pond, while the Void Creature·Jörmungandr was nowhere to be seen.

"How about it? Did you get the flesh and blood tissue?"

"Woof~"

Bubu Wang shook its head, indicating it couldn’t break through Jörmungandr’s defense. It was very difficult to obtain its flesh and blood tissue without directly attacking.

Jörmungandr indeed bore no malice. After playing with Bubu Wang, it released it and went back to the pond to nap.

For some reason, after their first meeting, where Jörmungandr tossed Su Xiao, it hadn’t approached him again.

Just as Su Xiao was about to leave the pond, the sound of water breaking came from behind him. Jörmungandr’s tentacle emerged carrying a large blue crystal.

This basketball-sized blue crystal slightly differed from the blue crystal Su Xiao saw at the bottom of the pond. This blue crystal appeared purer and more solid, like a piece of natural blue quartz.

With one tentacle holding a blue crystal, Jörmungandr extended another tentacle toward Su Xiao. Its intention was evident: to exchange the blue crystal for something from Su Xiao.

Su Xiao frowned. He could now confirm that this type of Void creature had recognized him as the Shadow of Annihilation Law. Considering Jörmungandr’s history with being purged by spellcasters, perhaps there was some relationship between the Shadow of Annihilation Law and the Jörmungandr clan.

Jörmungandr seemed to be implying: ’As agreed, let’s exchange.’

The problem was, Su Xiao had no idea what the relationship was between the Shadow of Annihilation Law and the Jörmungandr clan. But from the current situation, they were definitely not adversaries.

The blue crystal in Jörmungandr’s tentacle was formed when its tendril withered away after 70 years. Every 70 years, it voluntarily sheds four front limbs, which are its ’spatial sensors,’ due to high wear and tear, hence the occasional shedding.

The crystal coiled within Jörmungandr’s tentacle was a blue crystal that naturally formed, which it ingested to solidify within its body. Why it condensed this is unclear.

Given the ruthlessness of spellcasters, the Jörmungandr clan’s existence until now must relate to the Shadow of Annihilation Law—the enemy’s enemy is a friend, much like the Demon Clan. It’s likely Jörmungandr was a friend to the Shadow of Annihilation Law.

But Su Xiao had no idea what to exchange with Jörmungandr.

After hesitating briefly, Su Xiao took out two Soul Crystals (Large) from his storage space. Noticing the two Soul Crystals (Large), Jörmungandr’s tentacle twitched, appearing eager but not what it desired.