Published: March 2, 2025
“If you don’t have anything else, I’ll be leaving now.”
Kaldo wore a strange smile that appeared incredibly glaring in Wen Yu's eyes.
“Wait.”
Wen Yu said despondently.
“Where did the human race's magic crystals go?”
Upon hearing this, Kaldo's body paused slightly, and he smiled as he spoke, “Sir, your strength and authority are not enough... But from your earlier state, you might have already guessed, haven't you?”
After saying this, Kaldo ignored Wen Yu, who was tightly clenching his fists, and directly vanished into thin air.
All that remained was Wen Yu, clutching the black container in his hand, gazing at the center of the outpost, murmuring to himself, “Exchange Stone Pillar...”
...
Holding the black container and two human race magic crystals in his pocket, Wen Yu moved slowly towards the exit of the treasure land like a walking corpse.
Recalling the scene he had just seen, countless questions emerged in Wen Yu’s mind, causing his head to thrum with intensity.
“If it weren't for this black container... then the human race's magic crystals would slowly vanish into the air... possibly collected by the sovereign... then re-condensed into magic crystals to be provided to practitioners...”
Magic crystals contain the essence of a life form's flesh and blood, alongside some unknown elements. When humans die in battle, these “invisible” magic crystals are collected by the sovereign and then made available for exchange to the vast number of practitioners. Once those practitioners die, even stronger magic crystals are created and then collected by the sovereign...
This scene resembled a reverse cycle produced by bipedal lizards!
An extremely brutal harvesting cycle!
In the end, every powerful practitioner was essentially “fed” by countless human corpses. This behavior was even more terrifying than that of the cannibals!
As for the first batch of magic crystals provided by the sovereign at the beginning of the apocalypse, as well as the high-tier magic crystals, Wen Yu couldn't help but think of those humans who were invaded by demonic energy and turned into zombies, and of Shan Lan Star!
“Truly, using resources to their fullest!!!”
“What do you really want?!”
Wen Yu gently took out the two magic crystals, slowly observing their sheen, while his brain spun quickly, trying to guess the sovereign's intentions.
Unfortunately, aside from his earlier speculation, he discovered nothing else.
Wen Yu couldn't even be sure that his previous guess was correct.
A wave of helplessness surged in his heart, as he stood there dazed, his mind completely blank.
It wasn’t until a beam of teleportation light flashed by that Wen Yu snapped back to reality.
Unknowingly, he had been standing in the treasure land, lost in thought for several hours!
In front of him stood the weary-looking Kuang Liu and Lin Haifeng.
...
“What’s wrong? You look even worse than I do!”
Kuang Liu saw Wen Yu standing there, one hand holding a black container and the other clutching two ordinary fourth-tier magic crystals, and stepped forward to poke Wen Yu twice.
The injuries sustained from his confrontation with the ancient demon entity had fully healed thanks to healing potions.
Wen Yu stared blankly at Kuang Liu for a few moments, lightly opening his mouth but unable to say a word.
In a short span of time, Wen Yu mulled it over and decided to keep this information to himself.
First, this information was merely his speculation without evidence.
The key issue was, without the Exchange Stone Pillar provided by the sovereign, how would the human race change professions? How would they strengthen? How would they level up? Not to mention that Wen Yu still had the Leghart Magic Mirror! Without the Exchange Stone Pillar, he could not possibly follow the “formula” provided by the Leghart Magic Mirror to perfectly upgrade his spirit pets!
Tightly squeezing the two magic crystals in his hand, Wen Yu placed them deep within his Spatial Ring, offering a helpless smile to Kuang Liu.