CHAPTER 390: CHAPTER 235: DAYS IN GUS LAND_2

However, Shen Shi has already decided to personally go when the time comes. After all, this is a powerful device from the same set as the Time Crystal. If Sage Saint Shen Shi couldn’t master it, then it’s understandable; it’s impossible in his era to hand it over to the "Lucky Ones" like in the future line.

If all goes as expected, by then, the future line will change once again.

But that will take several hundred years.

For now, the only option is to use a foolish method, transporting resources from Gus Land little by little, and it must be Shen Shi himself acting as the transporter because only he can store massive amounts of materials in personal space without worrying about being traced.

Speaking of which.

The entire Gus Land, in a hundred seventy-two years, will be at a distance quite close to the Solar System. If departing at that time and using a B5-level Jump Engine, it’s possible to make rapid jump travels repeatedly in a very short period. This is indeed a rare opportunity.

And sixty-five years later, it seems Gus Land brought out a B7-level small warship?

It must be carefully planned.

Shen Shi slowly exhaled, casually glanced at the future line, and stopped pondering these things.

Meanwhile, the trading market opening event of Human Civilization has officially started, and its prosperity hasn’t been affected at all by the previous explosion.

No, it should be said that under the influence of that explosion, this trade fair has instead been a huge success.

City after city was quickly established on the trading planet, more and more races and forces came to the trade market and established bases, various countless devices were displayed at the trade market, and many people were not here for profits, only to seek a safe and prosperous place to live a carefree life.

All of this has contributed to the enormous wealth and benefits Human Civilization is acquiring.

At this point, Human Civilization, including Shen Shi, finally truly realized the enormous profits brought by Gus Land’s trade.

"Indeed, only through cooperation among major races can true mutual benefit be achieved."

Such statements have even begun to appear in Human Civilization, and their voices are growing in popularity.

However—

To Shen Shi, who holds the future, the situation is clear; the more profits gained, the more binding becomes. Many individuals in the human high-command and civilians have already started getting accustomed to and enjoying the benefits within the trade market. If this goes on for hundreds of years, how many humans would no longer wish to return to their homeland?

"Don’t forget, the true core of Gus Land is always inaccessible to outsiders. In Gus Land, even if you achieve greatness, you can only be a second-class citizen." Shen Shi had to warn some high-level leaders.

The number of high-ranking officials on the Grotto Heaven is decreasing rapidly now.

The majority of human high-level members remain at the trade market.

After all, this is humanity’s territory; humans have an esteemed status here and can almost conveniently find everything they want here.

Such as powerful modified bodies, devices for fast Primordial Energy training, and some formidable and open technologies...

If not for Shen Shi’s vigilance, others among the human high command might believe this is a "Heaven" belonging to them, reserved for the affluent and powerful.

And these methods...

Shen Shi couldn’t help but think of the Es Civilization in the second future line.

What the Es Civilization did to Human Civilization is strikingly similar to the methods of Gus Land; many civilizations, including Human Civilization, could easily acquire enormous benefits here.

Even with caution in their hearts, even with potential risks unknown, benefits are benefits; enormous ones are enough for many to ignore risks.

The only solace perhaps is the status and authority Shen Shi currently holds, surpassing all others.

So, after his warning, human high-level members began introspecting and became more vigilant.

Gradually, Human Civilization found its unique way of living and thriving within Gus Land—seclusion and assignment.

Most humans were only allowed to live on the Grotto Heaven, not even aware of Gus Land’s existence. Only those who reached a certain level could know the secret and treat the trade market as a place of training, rotating into the market for twenty years before returning.

The core reason for such regulations is to ensure the purity of the new generation of Human Civilization.

Thus, thirty years passed.

Although this period is only a fleeting moment in the interstellar era, for Human Civilization, many events could occur.

The second generation born in Gus Land’s Human Civilization has grown up; under a system of high fertility encouragement, Shen Shi could now manage a Human Civilization numbering more than 2.5 billion.

Additionally, the trade market has entirely found its footing. Over twenty large-scale trading cities have been established, with new ones constantly being built; the resident population on the trading planet, combined with the transient population, exceeds 30 billion—a huge number, yet for a Level 5 trade market, it belongs to the fast-developing early phase; at least Human Civilization’s profits are growing exponentially each year.

However, these profits in the trade market are not as substantial as previous compensations for Human Civilization.

The Gus individual who masterminded this attack was thoroughly exposed recently.

The Gus people’s review troops were indeed fully searching for evidence, without any ambiguity. But when the evidence was obtained, that auditor already chastised the mastermind severely about "not even knowing how to destroy evidence," "simple investigation revealed everything," "utterly disgracing the Gus people"—something along those lines.

Yet, despite this, the handling was straightforward.

A large amount of assets and devices was handed over to Human Civilization.

It even included a B7-level Phase Weapon manufacturing factory.

Yes, the kind that produces miniature Phase Bombs.

This item, even inherited in the second future line, remains a crucial card for Human Civilization, greatly accelerating their expansion speed at the C-level stage; even with low production, the weapon’s incredible lethality in C-level civilization warfare led to hostile civilizations contesting Human Civilization’s interests election not daring to take anyone from the battlefield away.

Whether prisoners or returnees.

Having been thoroughly scared by the bombing.

Untraceable, remotely controlled, massive lethality.

Even within Gus Land, this thing poses a significant threat to surrounding factions, lacking the ability of Human Civilization to find its tail and evidence isn’t something anyone possesses.

However, for a civilization equipped with detection technology, it’s just a small toy.

Therefore, Shen Shi wasn’t particularly thrilled.

Moreover, the changes this item brings cannot compare to his thirty years of efforts.

These thirty years, Shen Shi was the busiest.

He had control over any traces left behind, avoiding discovery of his "luck’s" difference, but it wasn’t as if he hadn’t acted. Human Civilization has manifested a powerful capability after all—detection ability.

Even detecting Primordial Energy far beyond power levels, and highly advanced invisible bombs can be easily discovered by Human Civilization, so detecting even weaker things is unsurprising.

Hence, those smuggling, disguising, and doing tricks in Human Civilization’s trade market... began drawing straws to meet their misfortune.

Shen Shi didn’t capture everyone in one fell swoop, and couldn’t; after all, the future Sage Saint Shen Shi isn’t omniscient, plus it isn’t beneficial for the trade market’s development—the rules behind are traditional for Gus Land, an attraction for a trade market.

But even future Sage Saint Shen Shi, hearing rumors of big catches wouldn’t have any qualms about catching a few.