The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle
Chapter 480 - 299: Powers Everywhere! Elites Roaming All Over!_2

However,

this kind of card is not on the same level as things from the ordinary world.

Xiao Meng also took some time.

"Master, besides the femto-level precision units, this card also contains a meticulous ritual composed of tiny amounts of Spiritual Energy, of a relatively high equivalent rank. If we were to fully decrypt it, it would take about a month."

Look, this is a ritual arranged by a powerful being, where even just a plain card is shrouded in complete secrecy.

"Then, what if we combine it with the [Mechanical Core]?"

The more data Xiao Meng received from the [Mechanical Core], the more she could slightly leverage its radiating strength. Of course, the duration was extremely short, since even a sliver of this core's power is immensely vast, and it could easily burn out a CPU.

She paused, "An estimate of ten seconds, and after using it, the Super Dream Protocol would need a 10-hour downtime for cooling due to overload."

"Let's not do that then. You go back to continuing the analysis of the Mechanical Core."

"Alright, Master."

A card wasn't worth such efforts.

Everyone stepped into Extreme Evil City together.

As soon as they entered, they could see... an abundance of bizarrely shaped high-tech buildings and visible Star Rings filling the sky.

"This place is too strange," Jiang Zhi murmured while looking around. "Combining with the things above the Sky Dome, it seems like a starry hub, filled with countless shops, advertisements, and people from myriad stars."

Bai Yilin nodded in considerable agreement.

"Don't be deceived by appearances." Long Xun gently lifted his head. "Take a closer look at the center of the Sky Dome."

Following his gaze, everyone also lifted their heads.

In the midst of the enormous Star Ring center... what hadn't been noticed before now became clear, revealing an unexplorable area of dark and chaotic Darkness.

"That... is the heart of the Land of Extreme Evil, the place of innumerable worth, yet immensely dangerous."

"Every being here, one after another, longs to conquer it, everywhere brimming with conflicts and skirmishes."

"Those without backing find it almost impossible to even take a step in this place."

Long Xun's words hinted at the endless chaos and cruelty under the guise of order, especially for visitors from the native world—it was extremely tough, even impossible to enter the city. A multitude of people from one world had already been wiped out by the erupting disasters.

"We will take heed," Du En solemnly nodded. "For now, let's split up and gather information about this place."

Coming to a strange land, naturally, the first thing to do was to gather all the information available.

Jiang Zhi and Bai Yilin had no objections.

The group agreed to meet back here in two hours.

Jiang Zhi and Bai Yilin then said goodbye to Su Qi, splitting up as experienced players of Paradise certainly had much to do.

To know the progress of other players and gather with their own friends.

But Su Qi, in contrast, wasn't in a hurry to leave and instead looked towards Long Xun with a smile.

Because since arriving here, this man had been concealing his figure with a long robe, and even though he was chatting and socializing with them, he was on guard at all times.

"Brother Long, let's go together."

Long Xun was startled. "Aren't you going with them?"

"No need."

Long Xun's expression showed some difficulties: "I've got something to do, and it's probably going to be troublesome."

"No problem, I don't mind trouble."

"..."

Long Xun felt he had made himself quite clear, but did the guy in front of him, named Su Kede, not get it... or was he doing it on purpose?

He sighed lightly,

"To be honest with you, the place I'm headed to, if you follow me, might draw unnecessary trouble."

"It's fine, I can help you."

"You help...."

Long Xun's expression became complex; he had realized after spending a few days in Du En's Superpower World that most people were simple, kind-hearted, and sincere.

This was one of the reasons why he was willing to provide guidance to them.

But at this moment,

He really wanted to say, you, a person from the native world, how can you help at all! Do you have the strength, the background?

Looking into Su Qi's pure and kind eyes, Long Xun eventually exhaled a sigh.

"Alright then, let's go together."

Su Qi and Long Xun began to act together in the Extreme Evil City.

And just as Long Xun had said.

There were a multitude of forces, races, and organizations here, with many people wearing various insignias. A mishmash of large and small powers could be seen everywhere.

Long Xun was also constantly whispering introductions to Su Qi:

"That family...they're famous; they have a High Order superpower ranked in the Sequence 5 behind them."

"Be careful, don't stare at those from the Spirit Eye Race over there. They're very sensitive to eye contact and have hot tempers."

"And over there..."

Su Qi watched with amusement as Long Xun explained things to him. This guy was actually pretty decent, having stayed here for several months was no lie, as he had come to understand a lot of the power dynamics.

To Long Xun, for the people from the native world, trying to find a sliver of chance for survival and carve out a bloody path here was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

So he spared no details in sharing with them.

However.

Su Qi saw clearly that this guy had plenty of secrets and was very wary of their surroundings all along the route.

Long Xun had not mentioned where exactly they were going, only that they were going to retrieve something.

Su Qi and Long Xun were sitting on the unique rapid transport of the Land of Extreme Evil, and of course, Su Qi was not idle, taking in all the information amongst the question marks he noticed.

This area had already become a hub teeming with adventurers and numerous life forms from different worlds.

The appeal of the Land of Extreme Evil was evident, with a steady stream of newcomers arriving over the past half year, and their numbers were still swelling.

However.

Su Qi could tell that most were Seventh Rank or lower, with very few Sequence 6, and those were unlikely to show up on the outskirts. As for those higher up, they were even harder to spot.

After all, those of a higher rank had already stepped into the extraordinary, their degree of transcendence was completely different from the lower ranks, having become High Order extraordinary life forms of the Present World.

This place was simply not enough to attract such extraordinary beings.

Long Xun looked towards the distance:

"We're almost there."

Su Qi looked at the vast area ahead, thicker with people than the outskirts, and he could also see that most auras seemed much more profound.

"This is the largest trading area; the central territory is even home to those top-tier forces, but we don't need to look any closer, because we don't qualify to approach."

"My destination is here." Long Xun stopped in front of a building with [Ten Thousand Realms Storage Center] written on it.

Su Qi paused: "In such a chaotic place, there's actually such a function?"

"After all, this is the central area, initiated by the Seven Spirit Kings and supported by many top-tier forces to establish Order." Long Xun paused: "No one dares to cause trouble here."

Su Qi squinted his eyes slightly.

He was thinking about something more.

The Seven Spirit Kings and numerous top-tier powers joining hands to establish Order?

That was interesting.

It could be seen as a rising sense of crisis against a backdrop of numerous Divine Sons, descendants, and ancient powers Awakening.

"But don't cherish too many beautiful hopes; in principle, one should not fight here, but... With conflicts and enough interest at stake, anything can happen." Long Xun spoke quietly: "Let's go, after we fetch the item, we'll leave and meet up with the others."

One second he talked about this being a place with some semblance of Order, but the next, he was thinking of leaving quickly.

Su Qi looked at Long Xun with a somewhat restless and anxious expression but didn't expose him.

He followed Long Xun into the building.

And as soon as they entered.

Long Xun's expression subtly changed, his body tensed up.

"Wait a second!"

"What's the matter? Do you need to pee?"

"..."

Long Xun choked up for a moment, then lowered his hat brim: "Don't talk, walk quietly with me; there's an extremely troublesome presence."

Su Qi looked towards the distance: "Them?"

He saw several cloaked Faceless Persons, and everyone else around seemed to be extremely fearful, keeping their distance!

"Don't look; that group is made up of assassins from the top-tier force [Darkstriders]!"

Long Xun's face was marked with an extremely grave and uneasy expression as he whispered with spiritual energy:

"And they specialize in killing those listed on the bounty."