Chapter 628: Zhi Zhi Got Stuffed Again, Reaction Above Gold

[Devourer's Stomach]

Quality: Rare Artifact

Rare Item Leaderboard: 683

Description: This is the stomach of an extinct creature called the "Devourer." Its stomach could digest rock, metal, energy, and even time and space. Though this stomach only retains partial abilities now, it is still an unparalleled treasure.

Functions:

① The stomach is permanently in an "empty" state. No matter how much is stored inside, it always remains weightless.

② The interior of the stomach is an infinitely large, static space. Any item placed inside will remain in the exact state it was in at the moment of storage.

③ Useless items can be marked for "devouring consumption." Once absorbed into the stomach, they will be digested and converted into "nutrients" inside the stomach.

④ When "nutrients" accumulate to a certain level, the stomach will "regurgitate" a random item. This item could be something the Devourer previously consumed, or a treasure scattered across the river of time and space.

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This was the first Rare Artifact Yu Yuan had obtained that ranked within the top thousand.

Its abilities could not be called anything less than powerful: unlimited capacity, weightlessness, and the ability to turn waste into treasure.

This stomach was essentially an upgraded version of the Rabbit Ring.

However, what interested Yu Yuan the most was the function of regurgitating a random item after devouring useless items.

This ability had potential; maybe he could look into it later.

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While Yu Yuan was inspecting the spoils, the Civilization Ladder stirred up a minor commotion due to the deaths of Artus and Demon Anta.

Artus and Demon Anta were not nobodies. As players ranked within the top fifty of Silver Rank.

These two were considered high-ranking members in any organization, individuals with real names.

In other words, they were both Gold seed players.

Especially Demon Anta.

There were rumors that he was preparing to advance to Gold-tier. Once he reached Gold-tier, his Life Level would undergo a radical transformation.

He would truly reach a state beyond the mundane.

Boom—

In the Bottomless Abyss world.

A figure slumbering within a molten core suddenly awoke the moment Demon Anta died.

With his awakening, every volcano in the entire world erupted with thick, scalding lava and black, toxic smoke.

The ground shook and the mountains swayed.

"Hmm? Someone erased the mental imprint I left behind?"

"Who?"

Soon, two Gold-tier Molten Demons appeared before him.

"Lord Demon King, what happened? Has someone declared war on us?"

The two Molten Demons looked extremely serious.

For the king of the Molten Demon clan, the destroyer of world order, and the sovereign of the Fallen Abyss to display such fury, things could not be trivial.

"Anta is dead! His soul was directly erased by a force. I can sense someone tried to tamper with his soul and body..."

"The only ones capable of this are transcendent existences. Investigate the list of personnel who entered the Civilization Relic. Find him, and kill him..."

"Yes, respected Lord Demon King!"

"Oh, by the way, Lord Demon King, the Blood Duke has been investigating our relationship with Gurlad's side recently. It seems he might have found something..."

One of the Molten Demons spoke.

"Hahaha!"

"Him? What could he possibly find? Was it you who handled the Blood Clan's affairs?" The Molten Demon King dismissed it with contempt.

"No, it wasn't me!"

"Then was it our Molten clan that contacted the Blood Clan?"

"No, it was the Frost clan. You know, ever since the previous Frost Demon King unexpectedly fell, many of the Frost Demons' resource worlds and territories were carved up by us.

Though the current Frost Demon King managed to advance to transcendence and stabilize the situation, they are still the worst off among the demons..."

The Molten Demon King let out a sneer.

"Exactly! So the one who contacted Gurlad was the Frost Demon King. Even if we were pulling the strings behind the scenes, what direct connection do we have?"

"Remember, we and the Blood Duke are the most reliable allies. We would never do anything to betray our allies. Understood!"

"Yes! I will go investigate Anta's matter immediately."

Watching his subordinate leave, the Molten Demon King's gaze turned profound.

"Who could it be?"

At the same time.

In a world of complete darkness.

A massive eye opened.

Cunning, indifference, and coldness gleamed in that eye.

Hiss—

A forked tongue flicked as the body writhed and twisted.

With its movement, the entire world "came alive."

Hiss—

Tens of billions of snakes coiled and twisted together, forming a massive snake ball stretching several kilometers.

This was a world inhabited only by snake-like creatures.

Bronze-tier, Silver-tier, and even Gold-tier venomous snakes writhed within the snake ball.

But their eyes were all fixed on the colossal figure at the very center of the snake ball.

— Mother of Venomous Snakes, Nest of Ten Thousand Snakes, Snake of Rebirth, Amunia.

The Snake of Rebirth had sensed Artus's death. As the player with the greatest potential to advance to Gold-tier.

Artus had made a name for himself before the Snake of Rebirth.

But now, Artus was dead.

"Why didn't the will I left on him show any sign of awakening!"

The Snake of Rebirth knew Artus had entered the Civilization Relic.

That was Mortarian's world relic. The Snake of Rebirth wasn't particularly familiar with Mortarian. Having joined the Civilization Ladder only after the "Great Starburst" event, His existence was very secretive and cautious.

His methods of expanding influence and faith were also quite covert.

As a result, His followers were few but elite. Every death was a massive loss.

Mortarian was just a piece of history He needed to understand.

He didn't care much about it.

But now that Artus was dead, He had to find out who was responsible.

He immediately issued orders through the faith channel to His followers (Snake Kiss), assigning them to investigate Artus's death.

"Blasphemer, if I find you, I will make you taste the agony of ten thousand snakes gnawing your bones."

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"Master, I finally digested it! That was brutal!"

Zhi Zhi had just merged with Yu Yuan and spoke with lingering fear.

"Heh, I never noticed before, but after being stuffed twice in a row, your appetite really isn't that great!"

"Master, who could withstand this? Any single piece of hidden information I released would cause a huge uproar. And I'm certain that the explosion of [Morphis] is a major turning point for the entire Civilization Ladder."

Hearing Zhi Zhi's confident words, Yu Yuan became interested.

Although he had suspected it was an epic-level event earlier, he wanted to hear Zhi Zhi's analysis.

"Oh~ Tell me about it?"

Zhi Zhi spoke in a serious tone:

"It's simple! When I was looking at those memory fragments earlier, it wasn't a big deal. Though those secrets were high-quality, all of them combined only made me 40% full... but..."

Zhi Zhi's voice trailed off.

"But after absorbing the last one, I almost choked to death. That has little to do with the quality of the secrets. Only events that mark a major turning point or propulsion in history can cause such a situation."

Yu Yuan nodded lightly. That was his thought as well.

"So how do you feel? Have you touched the threshold of evolution?"

As soon as he said this, Yu Yuan heard Zhi Zhi's excited laughter.

"Hehe, Master... I can feel it!"