"What exactly are these monsters?" Although Otis had seen their selection competition, he suddenly realized that they hadn't even used their full strength in that competition; at most, it was just a friendly sparring match.

The terrifying prowess of those treasure hunters from the Ritian Sect was finally on full display at this moment.

They were not only powerful, but each of them seemed to have some bad hobbies. To put it bluntly, they were a bunch of strong perverts.

The treasure hunt had just begun, and already five or six million people had been eliminated by the Ritian Sect people. Such a vast Fire of Fate was enough to directly upgrade a civilization's Fire of Fate.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Otis, I'm really envious of you," a Level Six Life Form beside him cast a look of envy, "On the first day, you upgraded your civilization's Fire of Fate from yellow to orange, an achievement no civilization has reached to date."

Even the powerful Noah Civilization has only managed to complete such an upgrade more than a month after the treasury opened with their best performance once.

"Hehehe, just lucky, just lucky." This was a good thing for the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire, but as they say, everything has two sides. They had already offended quite a few civilizations last time and probably would become the target of all again this time.

Once the treasure hunting was over, the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire would likely face huge trouble. If they really stirred up public anger and a bunch of civilizations came knocking on their door, even if they obtained a black Fire of Fate this time, it was still a big question if their civilization would have any chance to develop further.

"I hope they could hold back a little and not go too far!" Otis silently prayed.

...

"Dean, then we'll each go have fun!"

"Alright, you all be careful. Remember one thing, 'Where there's life, there's hope to act cool another day.'"

Collective action was much safer, but for students of the Super God Academy, it was still somewhat restrictive. Zhang Menglong decided to let everyone act separately, not only to expand their range in searching for treasures but also to avoid internal conflicts over uneven distribution.

"Who pairs up with me? A bit lonely being alone."

"I'll go with you, but should we come up with a cool name? You need a base to act cool."

"Then let's call our duo the Black Wind Double Fiends."

"Then the few of us together will be called the Dawn Organization."

"Xu Wenbo, let's be together. We'll call ourselves the Feng Yun Combo. From now on, I'm Nie Feng, and you're Bu Jingyun!"

Zhang Menglong rolled his eyes, "What a bunch of immature kids!"

...

Everyone exchanged farewells and then scattered in all directions. This time, the reputation of the Ritian Sect would echo throughout the Cosmic Civilization.

"This city looks like it's been turned over countless times; there can't be anything good left," Zhang Menglong glanced around this abandoned city, "Gou Dan, can you find where there's good stuff?"

"Of course, I'm the most powerful artificial intelligence in the multiverse. Such a request is a piece of cake!" Gou Dan said proudly, "However, Dean, most things you don't really need to waste time searching for. Anything you can buy isn't a real treasure."

"That's true," Zhang Menglong nodded, having a top-level account with the Cosmic Bank, he didn't lack those ordinary treasures. Only those that money couldn't buy held real value for him.

"Give me a moment, I'll scan the vicinity first."

Gou Dan's detection range was immense, far surpassing any artificial intelligence created by this world's civilizations, and the precision of his scans was also unmatched.

"Oh! Dean, I found something good!" Gou Dan exclaimed with excitement.

"What is it?"

"Hehe, a legion!"

"A legion?" Zhang Menglong was taken aback, "Weren't the Zuda Civilization's people wiped out? How could there be any legion left?"

"This isn't an ordinary legion," Gou Dan explained, "This legion should have been established alongside the Zuda Fleet at that time. The Zuda King should have wanted to create the most powerful army in the universe."

"Strictly speaking, it should be a Puppet Legion."

"Oh?"

"They're made from the same materials as the Zuda Fleet. I think there wasn't enough time to activate them back then, otherwise, even if millions of civilizations surrounded them, they might not have been able to defeat this legion."

"That powerful?"

"This Puppet Legion has about one million units, and of course, their power is related to the energy that drives them."

"What's the difference between this and regular combat robots?" Zhang Menglong had browsed through many weapons and equipment while shopping on the cosmic marketplace, noting that there were many types of puppet-like unmanned combat robots available. As long as you had enough money, you could even buy ones at the level of a Level Six Life Form.

However, these robots were equipped with technological weapons, unable to wield energy like real life forms, with powers akin to that of a Level Six Life Form, just mobile warriors sized down to fit human proportions.

"There's a big difference. Although they depend on energy to operate, these puppets boast a bionic design almost identical to life forms, even capable of learning martial arts techniques like humans. Their greatest advantage is they know no fatigue. As long as there's energy, they can fight endlessly, and they're quite popular among advanced civilizations."

"However, the material requirements for these puppets are extremely high. Currently, among cosmic civilizations, the most you can buy is equivalent to the peak of a Level Five Life Form. There are records of a puppet comparable to a life form appearing at an auction, bought by a high-grade life to protect their descendants."

"How strong do you think the puppets in this army could be?" Zhang Menglong asked with evident interest. If he could acquire this army, tsk tsk tsk, he wouldn't have to worry about offending any civilizations in the future.

"Hard to say," Gou Dan replied, "I need to see an actual sample to analyze their composition. Right now, I can only see some general information, but anything from the Zuda Civilization is a gem. Although the Super God Academy does teach puppet manufacturing techniques, you won't find many of the high-grade materials in your universe."

"That's true," Zhang Menglong nodded, "Which direction?"

"Due north, about 2.73 million kilometers from here, and there seems to have been a batch of treasure hunters teleported there, probably someone has already discovered it."

"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Zhang Menglong slapped his thigh, "Anything I set my sights on must be mine!"

Zhang Menglong let his Dou Qi transform into a steed and sped rapidly towards that direction, as pointed out by Gou Dan.

...

This was a massive steel city, resembling an Ancient Rome-style Battle Beast Arena crafted from metal. At the city's outskirts, at least two to three hundred thousand treasure hunters had gathered.

At the entrance of the city stood a squad of black puppet samurai, their bodies encased in black armor, only showing pairs of crimson eyes, with no signs of life on them.

"Is it here?"

"That's right, it's the place the King mentioned. During the last opening of the treasury, our treasure hunters found this place, but before they could explore it, they were killed by these 'Black Warriors.'"

"Unexpected that these lifeless things are so formidable."

"Indeed, they are practically impervious to harm. Earlier, we triggered just one Black Warrior, and over a hundred of us barely managed to escape, hence the signal to gather everyone here."

"With such strong protection, there must be something valuable inside this city."

"Let's not be rash. There could be more dangers inside the city; we should gather more people first."

"Yeah, hopefully, some renowned experts from the cosmic arena rankings show up, then we'll have a better chance."

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