CHAPTER 990: CHAPTER 988: DON’T PANIC, JUST A SMALL MATTER

"By the way, Gou Sheng, what exactly is this Fire of Fate?" Zhang Menglong pointed to his head and asked.

"It’s something called the Destiny Stone, which our King of the Zuda Civilization found in a nebula dust at the center point of the cosmic birth," Gou Sheng said, "It contains the most magical and ethereal power of fate. As long as you possess it, future development can be smooth sailing."

"Fate was originally evenly distributed, but according to my settings, in this Treasure Hunting Space, anyone who finds opportunities and treasures can share some luck and take it back to their Cosmic Empire. After hundreds of thousands of years of automatic balancing, the cosmic fate returns to being average."

"No wonder the opening time of the Treasure Hunting Space is once every hundreds of thousands of years," Zhang Menglong complained, "But in the end, isn’t your Zuda Cosmic Empire still extinct? I guess the Destiny Stone isn’t that great!"

"This..." Gou Sheng was rendered speechless by Zhang Menglong’s comment. Indeed, no one predicted the extinction of the Zuda Cosmic Empire; it played no role when faced with attacks from so many civilizations.

"Forget it, I wasn’t planning to rely on such things for development; no matter how great they’re, they can’t be as awesome as my own home." Zhang Menglong didn’t care about the treasure, which is almost more important than the entire assets of the Zuda Civilization combined. "Alright, it’s about time; this treasure hunt should come to an end, everyone should head home. There’s no need to open it again in the future."

"Yes, I’ll terminate it right away and transport everyone out!"

In an instant, the entire Treasure Hunting Space was swept by a light, almost exactly the same as when they were transported in.

"What’s going on? It’s only been less than two cosmos; why end it early?"

"No! I’ve waited so many years for this opportunity; why?"

"Could it be someone inherited the whole Zuda Civilization?" Some who knew about the existence of the Trial Tower immediately thought of this, "Who is it? Could it be someone from the Ritian Sect?"

"Does this mean this space will no longer be open in the future?"

"How many resources and treasures could there be?"

They didn’t have time to consider carefully as their bodies experienced a strong tearing and were subsequently transported out.

...

At the entrance to the treasure vault, a gigantic rocky satellite awaited, with countless Cosmic Empire leaders eagerly anticipating.

Half the time had almost passed; this year’s treasure hunt contest was evidently much more intense than before, with the treasure hunters transported out almost reaching two-thirds of the total number.

Based on previous experience, typically half would be eliminated at most at this time.

Now the entire square has almost turned into a victims’ exchange conference, where they mutually denounce the Ritian Sect’s numerous crimes in the Treasure Hunting Space.

Originally underestimated by the treasure hunters and Cosmic Empire kings who looked down on the Ritian Sect’s Level Four and Level Five Life Forms, now hearing their news of running rampant inside, they were almost emotionally explosive.

Cosmic Civilization has developed over billions of years; who has ever heard of a Level Four Peak Life Form chasing and killing tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of Level Five Peak Life Forms? Who’s heard of a Level Four Peak Life Form human being able to kill a Level Six Elementary beast?

They now realized that the Ritian Sect not only has money and technology but is also top-notch in fighting.

"Another group of people has appeared!"

"Why are there so many this time?"

"Not right, it doesn’t seem to be natural elimination; how could so many people come out all at once through natural elimination?"

"It seems to be over!"

"Almost everyone is green!"

At first glance, almost all were dense green heads; even yellow ones were few and far between, never mind the orange, red, or other colors.

The Ritian Sect’s people occupied all the safe areas, then began crazy looting; if they wanted to find a safe place, they had to be extorted.

What? Not going to those cities? Not to mention that after the Beast Tide, there are savage beasts everywhere; do you think you can’t find Ritian Sect people in the wilderness? Those roadblock looters don’t even care about reputation; they will rob you clean.

Survival was already difficult, how could they possibly obtain more Fire of Fate?

In contrast, those from the Ritian Sect formed a stark contrast with those around them, almost like a single red dot in a sea of green.

Forty thousand treasure hunters from the Ritian Sect, none were eliminated early. Though they occasionally encountered dangers, they couldn’t boast but could run away without issue; probably the unluckiest among them was Yang Lin.

Among forty thousand, over thirty-five thousand had purple Fire of Fate, with the remaining four thousand plus having black, and even among the crowd was a young man with rainbow glow.

Another golden light swept across the square, the Fires of Fate vanished, and an enigmatic power silently bestowed upon the entire Twin Whales Cosmic Empire.

...

"We did it, the technology we’ve been researching for thousands of years finally broke through!" This was the message from the highest lab of the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire.

"Quickly inform the King, his 672,243rd wife gave birth, and the baby is a Level Four Peak Life Form right from birth; my God! I’ve never seen someone with such active innate genetic capacity!"

"Quickly inform the authorities we found a new mining area; its reserves are almost ten times those we’ve previously explored!"

"Ruins! Our civilization has discovered ruins left by an ancient civilization from the Zuda Civilization era!"

Each message seemed like an explosion coming from within the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire, involving science, economics, culture, Martial Dao, and nearly all domains.

When fate originally meant to disperse throughout the universe concentrated on one civilization, this civilization was on the verge of explosive change.

...

Of course, the people in this square weren’t yet aware of what was happening in the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire; the results of this opening of the Treasure Hunting Space were simply too bizarre.

"Ritian Sect people have become inheritors of the Zuda Civilization!" It wasn’t clear who started spreading the message, but it instantly spread across the entire square.

Those Cosmic Empire leaders knew in this Treasure Hunting Space, there exists an ocean city with a nine-story tower. Passing the trial of the tower’s challenges allows one to become the inheritor of Zuda Civilization’s heritage.

But after so many years, no one had ever reached the ninth floor, and even those challenging the eighth floor were extremely rare.

They were just questioning if someone successfully passed the ninth floor and obtained all Zuda Civilization’s wealth, causing the treasure hunt to end early. Now this message undoubtedly confirmed this suspicion.

As the leader of the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire, Otis felt extremely conflicted!

His people from the Cosmic Empire obtained all Zuda Civilization’s wealth; he was naturally happy. Not to mention the enormous resources, merely the civilization boost brought by those Fires of Fate was beyond his wildest dreams.

But on the other hand, they had offended all the Cosmic Empire members during allocation, and now the whole cosmos returned empty-handed. They even lost money, while only they returned with a full load. Ever since the first batch of treasure hunters eliminated by the Ritian Sect were transported out, he had been subjected to disdain.

If not for being in a public place, as the King of the Twin Whales Cosmic Empire, he might have already been torn to pieces.

And now, even more explosive news arrived; he even questioned whether he could leave this place today.

"Nervous?" Zhang Menglong noticed Otis trembling.

"Mr. Zhang, is what they’re saying true?"

"Yes," Zhang Menglong nodded, "The entire heritage of Zuda Civilization is now mine."

"Mr. Zhang, I’m afraid we might not have such an easy departure today," Otis showed a bitter smile, "Back when the strongest Zuda Civilization was besieged by countless civilizations and destroyed, it was because they had too many riches attracting trouble. Now the cosmic civilization compared to then is at least ten times stronger. We..."

Zhang Menglong patted Otis’s shoulder, "Don’t worry, small scene!"