Mecha Star Wars.

Chapter 1485 Going around in circles
In Noah's original concept, wherever superpowers could be used, there must be a World Tree.

But after witnessing the environment in the Nexus Ring where one could use supernatural abilities even without the World Tree, that certainty changed.

Therefore, after arriving in Anniemo, Lin Fan did not assume that Lan Bingru's ability to use superpowers here was related to the World Tree.

In all the historical information available about the Annie Demons, there wasn't a single trace related to trees. Furthermore, their supernatural core was called a Beast Soul. Lin Fan had always felt that it was some kind of energy cycle similar to the World Tree.

The discovery of the Burning Beast's corpse further corroborates this point—the beast soul environment of the Annie Demon needs to be maintained by the Burning Beast.

Although the dead Burning Beasts can decompose energy, as non-renewable living entities, the consumption of this energy is bound to come to an end.

Just as the energy in the World Tree's superpower system is extremely dependent on the World Tree, the proper functioning of Annie's Beast Soul Energy also depends on the output of the energy source.

Valerius's indifference to the Thousand-Year-Old taking away the corpse of the Burning Beast was not because he was truly indifferent, but rather out of concern for the Burning Beast's energy and his covetousness.

If new, fresh Burning Beasts appear, what do decaying, rotting flesh matter?

Lin Fan was unsure whether Qian Sui was the Burning Beast they were talking about.

However, according to the universal laws of energy, Qian Sui clearly has a certain possibility of replacing the role of the Burning Beast. The only question is whether Qian Sui's energy is sufficient to sustain a world's energy cycle.

But that's not a problem.

Whether it's enough or not, Qian Sui, with her adventurous and free-spirited nature, would never obediently stay in that cold temple that has no redeeming qualities other than its beauty, and become a battery.

Their appearance was accidental.

With no new Burning Beasts appearing, the decline of the Beast Soul System is inevitable.

Throughout the entire Annie Demon realm, few people knew that the Burning Beast was dead. Most of them were high-ranking nobles in Crystal City.

Their status is embodied in their powerful beast souls. Once the Burning Beast's corpse is drained of its last bit of energy and no alternative energy source can be found, their prized asset will vanish.

Soon, they will be no different from the people of Silvermoon City, or even Graystone Settlement.

How could this happen?

The glory of Jingyao City will not allow it!
Therefore, all the control and isolation measures are creating cocoons.

When people get used to their environment and what they do, it's like a donkey that's been blindfolded and is pulling a millstone; it will go around on its own without needing a whip.

The people of Crystal City, who control the highest technology, had no choice but to switch to Plan B after failing to find the Burning Beast, attempting to fuse their own supernatural genes with those of other systems.

Improving is one aspect, but another is preparing for the day when the beast soul energy runs out.

In this way, even if the beast souls eventually become unable to sustain themselves, the people of Crystal Radiance City can still stand at the pinnacle of Annie Demon because of the preservation of other supernatural abilities in their genes...

“That’s too much,” Antonio interrupted disdainfully. “Since everyone knows that all of this depends on the Cycle Core, which is the Burning Beast, when all the energy is exhausted, the other superpowers stolen from people will also be unusable. You need a chicken before you can have an egg. Right now, your chicken is dead. Without finding a chicken that can lay eggs, no matter how many different kinds of eggs you have, you can’t use them. You don’t have that kind of environment!”

“That’s not a big problem,” Adrian laughed. “Burning Beasts are hard to find, but small planets with special abilities are relatively easy to find.”

"Good heavens!" Antonio's eyes widened. "You want to take over other people's territory? You two are heartless beasts! Heartless beasts! That's exactly what I'm talking about! Invading your territory is 'not a big deal'... Good heavens!"

Antonio slapped the sofa loudly, rolling his eyes, while Adrian could only shrug helplessly.

"This isn't my fault, I wasn't involved at all..."

“But you will be the beneficiary in the future,” Lin Fan retorted. “You are not innocent.”

"Gentlemen, you can't look at things like that, can you?" Adrian was also extremely helpless, spreading his hands. "This matter does sound unjust, but I'm in this kind of situation. I can't just shatter my beast soul to prove my innocence, can I? Putting aside the fact that such an action is no different from suicide, even if I did do it, how would it change the situation?"

“Now that things have come to this, we are all being pushed along, and we can only move forward with the tide of history, unable to stop.” He looked meaningfully at Chisui, who was breathing steadily and seemed to be sleeping soundly.

"From our own standpoint, what's wrong with actively trying to retain talent? As for those weaklings... who told them to be so weak? Isn't this the deserved outcome of their lack of ambition and effort?" "So you were bullied back then because you deserved it?" Lin Fan raised an eyebrow.

“Yes.” Adrian nodded without hesitation. “It’s because I was too weak back then that I was bullied, so now that I’m strong, no one can easily hurt me. What’s wrong with that?”

“It’s wrong to offend others…” Antonio stood up abruptly and tried to argue with him for three hundred rounds.

"Stop talking." Lin Fan grabbed him and shook his head. "Their ingrained beliefs are already formed. Regardless of right or wrong, no one can shake their rules for survival."

“That’s right.” Adrian nodded. “This is our rule of survival. Ability, strength, value—unlike you, who are born with privileged conditions, so you can spout such naive theories of peace.”

"Is peace given by others?" Adrian scoffed. "It's always earned. If you're powerful, who dares to invade? If you're weak, isn't it normal to be devoured? This world has always been about the survival of the fittest. Expecting the pity of the strong? Have you ever seen a wolf eating grass? How laughable!"

"You!" Antonio, who had already sat down, was so provoked by his words that his entire demeanor changed.

After speaking, Adrian realized he had gotten a little carried away, and the spot where the red-haired man had hit him earlier started to ache again. He shrank back, pressing himself against the back of the chair with a sense of unease.

He is currently depleted of his beast souls, so he is no match for this brute's mech.

Even if they don't incur a deficit, they might not be able to compete...

That's a mecha!!

"Alright! Don't waste your energy on this pointless argument." Lin Fan gave Anthony a look that said, "Now is not the time," and promptly calmed the furious man down.

"Since you know the importance of the Burning Realm Beast, how could you let it die?" she asked, turning her head.

“We didn’t want to either,” Adrian sighed. “But you have to admit that no matter how powerful a creature is, as long as it is born, it will eventually die. It’s just that the lifespan of the Burning Beast is longer than that of ordinary creatures.”

"It died of old age?" Lin Fan asked.

“Yes.” Adrian nodded. “You have to believe that no one wants the Burning Beast to live more than we do. But even though we’ve broken through to Level 3 civilization and exhausted all means, we still can’t extend the Burning Beast’s lifespan…”

"That doesn't stop you from using human corpses..." Antonio retorted irritably.

“That shouldn’t be the case…” Lin Fan slowly shook his head. “The energy source of a planet should not be sustained by a creature with a fixed lifespan. If it does, one day it will face a situation of energy depletion… This is unreasonable.”

"Is the only energy core of your Annie Demons, from beginning to end, the only one, the Burning World Beast?"

Adrian blinked, avoiding Lin Fan's gaze.

“Look, there’s definitely something fishy going on.” Antonio pointed at him and complained to Lin Fan. “It was slippery all the way up, but here you’re all stammering. What? What kind of big thing did you do, raiding the lair of the Human-Burning Beast? You’re too scared to tell?”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Adrian glanced quickly at Impelli, and seeing that he was indeed looking at him, "That happened so many years ago, what does it have to do with me? What are you looking at?!"

Seeing that Antonio was about to speak again, and fearing that he would throw out some unfounded accusation against him, Adrian made a firm decision.

"Alright, alright, I'll tell you then." He closed his eyes tightly and pledged his loyalty to the Emperor.

"This was originally Anniemo's top secret. If it weren't for letting Lord Burning Beast know the situation..."

"Alright! Hurry up!" Antonio urged impatiently.

“Actually, the original Annie Demon didn’t rely on the Burning Beast to maintain its beast soul operation.” Adrian didn’t want to look at Antonio’s face, so he turned to Lin Fan and said, “The Burning Beast was just a lower-level substitute that was used later when there was no other choice.”

"In the very beginning, in the primitive era before civilization reached Level One, the operation of beast souls all originated from a tree..."

"Tree?!!"

"Tree?!!"