"I won't say anymore! It's boring! "
This discovery made Foonilia somewhat angry. It was as if she had jumped into a trap that she had carefully dug.
Mu Zi looked at Foonilia, who had disappeared in a flash. He shook his head. Girls were inexplicably difficult to understand.
However, what he didn't expect was that a few days later, Ma Dong, who was in the Holy City, suddenly received a strange order. It was an emergency purchase of a batch of ham sausages and cola for five hundred Silver Star Stones. Ma Dong instantly felt as if he had been struck by lightning. Who was this big shot?
Over the past few days, Old Cow had not been in the shop during the day. Although Yin Jiao had not continued to cause trouble over the past few days, all the shops knew that this was just the calm before the storm. Everyone in Heavenly Treasures Street was in a state of panic. Everywhere, people could be heard discussing the news of the Shell Shade Faction purchasing the shops. They were also discussing the series of actions that the Chamber of Commerce had taken. They were also discussing the actions of the Ninth Wilderness Path and the Star Alliance law enforcement squad. However, it was completely useless.
The higher-ups of the Ninth Wilderness Path could not even meet, but the Chamber of Commerce had faintly heard some rumors. On one hand, the Ninth Wilderness Path had some misgivings because Yin Jiao had joined the Heavenly Gates array. On the other hand, the Shell Shade Faction had already paid a sufficient price, and the Ninth Wilderness Path had already given up on Heavenly Treasures Street.
In the end, they could only look for the law enforcement squad with hope that they could intervene in this matter. At the very least, they could take some precautions to prevent the worst situation from happening. However, it was obvious that they had found the wrong target …
"The Shell Shade Faction's murder has not become a reality. Everything is just your speculation and imagination. It cannot be used as evidence for effective judgment. The law enforcement squad will not take action." The leader of the law enforcement squad was expressionless. This was a special characteristic of the Machinery race. As the actual order maintainers in the Land, the Machinery race gave other civilizations the feeling that they were cold, rigid, and overbearing. All races hated the Machinery race and would rather deal with the ugly insect race than the Machinery race. However, many times, this was unavoidable.
"Damn! If we wait for him to really murder, it will be too late! " Some people from the Chamber of Commerce were anxious. They clenched their fists and excitedly berated, "You idiots, do you have any brains?! You … "
Clang clang clang! Crack crack crack!
The sharp edge was already aimed at the person who had berated them. A few silver-colored Mech warriors had already surrounded him, the cold surface of the Mech flashing with a dazzling cold light.
"I am now accusing you of deliberately slandering and insulting a law enforcement officer for no reason!" The mechanical life law enforcement captain said coldly, "The law enforcement recording has been turned on. I sentence you to one month in prison without bail!"
"You can't arrest him! We didn't do anything. We protested! Do you bastards still have the judgment and adaptability of a law enforcement officer?! " Not only was the goblin that was taken away saying this, but the other goblins that had gone with him were also loudly supporting him and angrily protesting. "How can emotionless machines like you be fit to enforce the laws of the Star Alliance in the Land?!"
Loud noises rang out, trying to disrupt the judgment of the law enforcement team so that the law would not punish too many people. However, those cold mechanical lifeforms did not have the slightest bit of hesitation or confusion. "You question the authority of the machinery race in enforcing the law. You are now sentenced to 10 days of detention. Your right to bail will be retained. The bail fee will be 200 Star Coins. If anyone resists the law enforcement, they will be given a warning on the first attempt and killed on the second attempt! Take them all away! "
Even though the machinery race was unable to accumulate their Core and ascend to the Heaven, this was a race limitation. In terms of actual combat strength, regardless of whether it was a one-on-one battle or a war, this terrifying level-8 civilization could hang up and beat up most of the civilizations in the Land!
Furthermore, the four main races in the Heaven had given them terrifying authority. The machinery race was their most direct spokesperson in the Land!
They were powerful, mechanical, and indifferent. At the same time, they were unable to accumulate their Core. In the eyes of the celestials, they were the perfect spokesperson and law enforcement officers. Faced with the complicated relationships between civilizations and the various intersecting interests in the Land, the machinery race was undoubtedly the best. In reality, the machinery race had contributed greatly to the current situation that thousands of civilizations and races had blended together. However, during this process, the machinery race had to bear too many burdens. The experts were adept at using authority and strong rules. This had indeed brought about a lot of unfairness to most low-leveled civilizations, but they could not receive help from the machinery race in these situations. The machinery race had never been upholding justice. The authority that the celestials had given them was to maintain the existing rules.
More than 40 shop owners had been arrested, including Old Cow. Even though he had paid bail, Old Cow, who had been released, was obviously not as optimistic as before. In an instant, he felt as if he had aged several decades. Not only him, but the other people in the Heavenly Treasures Street Chamber of Commerce had also started to calm down.
The Ninth Wilderness Path did not care, and the law enforcement squad did not care either. No one doubted that the Shell Shade Faction had the ability to collude with the law enforcement squad of the machinery race. After all, the law enforcement squad of the machinery race was famous in the entire Land for being unreasonable and hated by everyone. Thus, everyone held onto a sliver of hope and searched for them. However, it was obvious that the machinery race would not collude with the Shell Shade Faction, nor would they help these free citizens. To the machinery race, laws and rules were the standard to measure everything. A crime? What was a crime? A fait accompli was a crime. As long as the Shell Shade Faction had not taken action, even if their intentions were known to everyone, the law enforcement squad of the machinery race would not ask about it at all.
Resistance seemed to be empty talk. Regardless of whether it was Old Cow or the Chamber of Commerce, they did not seem to have any better ideas. They were constantly on edge. Fortunately, they heard that Yin Jiao had run off to participate in the Cloud Mist Faction's 500th anniversary. Recently, there had been peace and nothing had happened, but the business in the Heavenly Treasures Street had obviously become much more sluggish. Even though Old Cow's flower shop was still operating as usual, other than the flower shop occasionally selling goods, Wang Zhong did not make any deliveries. It was obvious that Old Cow no longer had the mood to go around and collect orders.
Everyone was in a state of panic. Who could do business with peace of mind? This gave Wang Zhong more time to cultivate, and he was becoming more and more familiar with his cultivation of the Devouring Heaven Technique. The creation of a technique would usually go through the process of forming an embryonic form, taking shape, and expanding it. The simple swallowing and spitting technique in the past could only be considered an embryonic form. Wang Zhong had also continuously improved it during his cultivation.
Firstly, he had to focus his mind when cultivating the Devouring Heaven Technique. Typically, during cultivation, he would focus his attention through meditation. He would focus on the cultivation technique itself to prevent mistakes in the circulation of his spiritual power or even Qi Deviation. This was common sense for all cultivation techniques.
Wang Zhong had done this in the beginning, but slowly, he realized that there was a huge difference between the Devouring Heaven Technique and ordinary cultivation techniques.
First of all, the Devouring Heaven Technique did not need to absorb spiritual power and circulate it in the various channels in his body or even in his Soul Sea. Swallowing and inhaling were the entirety of the Devouring Heaven Technique. During the process of swallowing and inhaling, spiritual power would directly enter the depths of his divine cells. This step was extremely simple and did not require any additional focus. Instead, what he needed to focus on was the divine cells that were the carriers.
He did his best to scatter his soul consciousness into every divine cell and strengthen their 'consciousness' so that they could retain as much spiritual power as possible during the process of swallowing and spitting. This was the main point of his focus. If he focused on something else, he would be distracted and imperceptibly reduce the efficiency of the Devouring Heaven Technique in absorbing spiritual power.
After mastering this key, Wang Zhong gradually shifted his focus during the cultivation process. The effects were immediate. Although this focus only increased the absorption effect of his divine cells slightly, it affected the hundreds of millions of divine cells in his body at the same time. Many a little makes a mickle, and the effects were very considerable.
Although this was still far from the efficiency of directly swallowing spiritual fruits, firstly, there was a limit to spiritual fruits, and he could not continue to rely on spiritual fruits to increase his power. Furthermore, Wang Zhong sensed another indispensable element from the Devouring Heaven Technique.
That was his adaptability to the divine territory.
This adaptability did not only refer to adapting to the gravity and spiritual pressure here, but also adapting to this world.
Every time he cultivated the Devouring Heaven Technique, he would experience the process of letting the spiritual power in this divine territory enter his body and then release it. This would cause his' affinity 'with the world in this divine territory to increase day by day. There was a faint sense of familiarity between them. It could not be said that he could sense the exaggerated degree of affinity with the Will of the world, but it objectively existed.
It was just like a person who had left his hometown. When he arrived in a new place, he would definitely not be able to adapt. However, if he stayed for a long time, he would slowly get used to it.
This was how Wang Zhong felt now. However, the Devouring Heaven Technique had accelerated the process of getting used to this, causing him to gradually have the temperament of a native of the divine territory. He no longer looked like a foreigner who was incompatible with this world.
Wang Zhong had only just noticed this point, but he already understood the importance of this affinity. The higher one's affinity with the world, the more one would be favored by the heavens and the earth. This would allow one to comprehend things more easily, increase one's luck, and many other aspects. The so-called innate talents and geniuses actually came from this.
The Devouring Heaven Technique was able to achieve such an effect. This was truly unexpected to Wang Zhong. Frankly speaking, a technique that could change one's natural endowments, one's luck, and one's affinity with the world was simply unimaginable. It had completely exceeded the scope of a normal technique. At least, in the Holy City and in human history, he had never heard of such a technique.
Perhaps it was because his knowledge was too limited. After all, the divine territory was different from the Holy City.
However, he had consumed the 32 Loying Fruits too quickly. As his body and Soul Sea continued to improve, he needed more and more Loying Fruits in order to maintain his extreme cultivation speed. In just four or five days, he had consumed all 32 Loying Fruits.
The Loying Fruit seedlings that had their fruits plucked would quickly wither and turn into ashes that would be absorbed by the land. The space had become bare again. Wang Zhong held the last Loying Fruit that he had just plucked in his hand. He did not plan to consume it directly. The 10 Star Coins that Old Cow had given him had been used up in various experiments. The 32 Loying Fruits that he had obtained from the Allansian merchant Boss Hu in the wholesale market had used up his last Star Coin. If he wanted to ensure the continuation of his cultivation, he needed more money. Furthermore, this Loying Fruit was the only capital he had on hand.
Over the past few days, Wang Zhong had thought of a few ways to sell this Loying Fruit. He could ask Uncle Sea, Sister Ling, or even Old Cow. This was very simple, but it was not very suitable. They were too familiar with each other. Once the other party questioned him, it would be very difficult to find a suitable reason to hide the truth about the fragment world. Furthermore, if he did not explain, there was no doubt that he would create a huge knot in the other party's heart.
He had also thought about disguising himself and looking for an auction house, but the Ninth Wilderness Path's auction house was famous for having high fees and a high threshold. It was just a Loying Fruit. Even if it was a mutated fruit, it would only cost one or two hundred Star Coins at most. Whether the auction house would accept it or not was another matter. He could not even afford the initial processing fees. Furthermore, he had to make small profits in the future. If he sold it a few more times, it was difficult to guarantee that others would not be suspicious. Where did he get so many mutated fruits? If he aroused the greed of others, the Ninth Wilderness Path's auction house would definitely have the ability to eat him up.
In the end, after thinking about it, Wang Zhong thought of a fellow who had not been on the list of people he had considered — wolf goblin Basir. He was not very strong, but his methods were very wild.
The Catanlyke District did not only have the Shell Shade Faction and the Ninth Wilderness Path, but there were also many other great powers. Some people in the Chamber of Commerce knew people from the Devourer Sea race. They were also a level-6 civilization and had a Void Core expert overseeing them. They were very prestigious in the Catanlyke District and said that as long as the Chamber of Commerce could pay enough money, they could settle this matter on behalf of the Heavenly Treasures Street Chamber of Commerce. Old Cow had gone to discuss the issue of the fees with everyone. It would definitely not be a small amount, and everyone had to share it. This kind of wrangling over how to pay would probably last through the night.
After Old Cow left, Wang Zhong made his preparations and left under the cover of the night.
He went straight to wolf goblin Basir's house, but there was no one at home. After asking around, he found out that the Ninth Wilderness Path had secretly started to shift parts of the slave market in order to withdraw from the Heavenly Treasures Street. Many slave traders had moved their positions and temporarily gathered at an underground market in the outskirts of the Catanlyke District. That place was rather far, and it was not convenient to go back and forth. Thus, it was normal for these slave traders to not return home every two or three days.
All the main regions in the Land gathered at some nodes of the Heavenly River and were filled with rich spiritual influence. Thus, land prices were expensive. However, even though the so-called outskirts were in the middle circle, they were far away from the nodes of the Heavenly River. In reality, their geographical environment was not as good as some peripheral areas.
The outskirts of the Catanlyke District seemed rather desolate. Other than the crystal-like road that sparkled in the dusky night, the other areas were completely dark. Occasionally, some starry light would gather in the darkness. Most of them were the so-called slums of low-leveled civilizations or underground markets that could not see the light of day.
Even though the security in the divine territory was not bad, this was because of the law enforcement squad from the Machinery race. However, the law enforcement squad was only in charge of the various large cities. Walking at night was definitely not peaceful.
In the darkness on both sides of the wide crystal road, one could occasionally sense vicious and crazily hungry gazes. However, most of them were very weak and relied on their large numbers. As long as one had some strength and could survive, who would be willing to stay in the darkness and rob passersby? This was not a good profession. They did not dare to rob those who were strong, nor could they rob them. As for those who were weak? They were even poorer than them and could only rob them! It was simply too normal for people to starve to death in the darkness of the outskirts.
A few days ago, Wang Zhong would definitely not have dared to rush here in the middle of the night. However, things were different now. Even though he had only cultivated for a short period of time, efficiency and methods were important in cultivation. He had 31 Loying Fruits and cultivated the Devouring Heaven Technique over the past few days. He did not dare to say that he had become an expert in the divine territory, but at least he felt that he had the basic ability to protect himself.
He wore a nocturnal cloak. In this dark place, other than his celestialoid figure, no other obvious characteristics could be seen. However, his light and quick steps and the steadiness of his steps made those who were coveting him in the darkness fearful. Furthermore, his celestialoid appearance could confuse other people's judgment. Thus, they did not dare to easily provoke him.
After rushing for over an hour, he passed through a small path beside the crystal road. He gradually saw low-rise houses and the sounds of people around him. At first, the Kloya Underground Market was just an ordinary slum. Later on, it was used by some powers as a black market trading place for illegal tax evasion and slowly developed into a large scale. Even though the Star Alliance had sent out law enforcement teams to suppress them, once they did, these people would move to another place. After a period of panic, they would continue their business as usual. It was completely useless. Slowly, the Star Alliance could not be bothered. The trading market would regularly send some gifts to the higher-ups in the Star Alliance, and they slowly tacitly acknowledged its existence. It was a place that was not governed by the three major powers in the divine territory and had its own underground order.
Even though it was night time, there was a hubbub of voices here. When they entered the outermost area of the trading market, the low-rise wooden houses shone with various dim and enchanting red lights. Various humanoid and beast-like figures of various races looked at the passersby and let out various enchanting sounds. Some alien children ran around the extremely narrow streets even though it was night time. It was a chaotic and lively scene. If a stranger who was not familiar with this place thought that these were naive and romantic children, they would definitely be gravely mistaken. They might not even know that all their Star Coins had been taken from them.
There were garbage dumps everywhere on the streets. There was a mountain of garbage that no one cleaned up and emitted a foul smell. A few alien children with barbs all over their bodies were playing around a pile of garbage. They picked up the junk on the ground and threw it at a figure that was sitting paralyzed in the garbage.
"Smash this thing!"
"My father said that it was these machines that chased us out of the city!" The alien children made a ruckus, but they were not eye-catching in this noisy street. Wang Zhong looked over curiously.
Wang Zhong took a curious look and saw that the paralyzed figure in the rubbish pile was actually a Machine. Both of its legs had been broken off, and a few broken tubes were holding it up. There was a mercury-like silver-white liquid dripping from the broken legs, but it had already solidified. The facial features of the Machine race were similar to that of humans, but they were stiff and expressionless. It sat motionless in the rubbish pile. The junk that the alien children threw at it hit its hard body, but it did not react at all. It was as if it was already dead.
However, how could there be a machine in this underground trading market that was not regulated by the three factions in the divine territory? Even if it was just a wreckage, it should not be possible. Logically speaking, the law enforcement squad of the Machinery race would not even come to this area. Even if there was a conflict while enforcing the law in the outside world, causing a machine to be damaged or die, another machine would quickly come to collect its corpse. Machines could be reborn through 'reforging'. They were known as the truly immortal race in the Land. It was simply impossible for them to allow someone to be thrown here like garbage.
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