Infinite: Starting from Infiltrating Other Spaces

Just by looking at its appearance, it's no ordinary product.

"At least one hundred thousand or more..."

Awoo pondered for a moment:

"And then consider the conversion rate—we only encountered one corrupted tree golem in that small town..."

Wow... just how many people were gathered here back then?

"Wait, does this city even have that many people?"

Li Xia pondered for a moment, then slowly said:

"There should be. The magical technology of the Arcane Dynasty is actually very advanced, and the population that a city can accommodate will increase greatly in such cases."

For example, some of the ruins we saw before, if they had been intact, could have been over 100 meters high.

However, it wasn't without its gains; at least we learned the name of the city.

"Sunset City..."

Li Xia looked at the words on the sign in front of the square. Some of them were peeling off, but you could still vaguely see words like "ascension" or "points".

With an intelligence level of 23, recalling the map in his mind, he easily simulated the map in his head.

While intelligence doesn't increase IQ, it's like having a chip installed in the brain for memory and model building—it works incredibly well.

"Your Highness, is it possible that all the apostles actually landed in this area?"

"It's possible—"

Sunset City is located in the lower right of Wailing Basin and is the city closest to the Barren Plains.

The straight-line distance between the two is about 100 kilometers, and even a power-type apostle would only need a day to get there.

However, what Li Xia was more concerned about was that the ruins seemed to have been searched, and sometimes the exposed rooms had obvious signs of being ransacked.

There were even some skeletal remains, and if I'm not mistaken, these skeletal remains should all have 'crystal cores'.

Unfortunately, the skull was completely destroyed by violence.

Considering the situation of the hall, the answer is obvious: many apostles from various waves must have visited this place before.

Since the original world cannot reset the timeline, their traces are preserved.

From this perspective... every boss that wasn't defeated must be a formidable monster.

Because they weren't powerful enough, they were destroyed by the apostles and converted into resources long ago.

Looking at the vast ruins, Li Xia suddenly missed the 'high-value item detection aura' he had experienced once.

If only there were a 'high-value item detection aura', there would definitely be something in these ruins.

I had only asked a simple question before, and Aowu just said that it was impossible to get the second tier, so I didn't ask any more questions.

Now that he's approaching the third tier, he suddenly feels a strong urge to learn more about it.

"Awoo, that halo..."

Although Aowu repeatedly assured Li Xia that the Temple of Light could not possibly eavesdrop on their conversation, Li Xia still took precautions.

"Oh, that one..."

Aowu thought for a moment, then said in a low voice, "That halo—Your Highness, you should understand—must be delivered in a proper manner."

So all we know is that we need to reach the third order to receive a signal, but we don't know the specifics of how to do it.

Li Xia nodded to indicate that she understood.

I glanced at the horde of monsters in the plaza one last time. What a pity... there were just too many of them. Otherwise, I really wanted to try and get the item in the middle.

Just as I was about to leave, a low buzzing sound suddenly came from afar.

A black dot quickly streaked across the low sky and flew to Li Xia's front.

A drone? Or a telekinetic control version?

"Friends here, I mean no harm. Would you be interested in joining forces?"

A hearty voice came from the drone; just listening to it, you could imagine a bold and magnanimous man smiling and extending an invitation.

"joint?"

"Yes, United! My friend, you should have noticed the treasure in the center of the square by now, right?"

Li Xia's expression remained unchanged:

"Hmm, it seems like there's something there."

"But there are too many monsters, so we want to team up and see what that thing is, so we need manpower."

The voice from the drone spoke very sincerely:

"Friend, the first phase ends in six days. The original boss in the square is gone, leaving only these cannon fodder."

We have plenty of time, and we're not far from the barren plains; enough time for us to try.

"What's the general plan?"

A sound rang out from the drone:

"Slice the sausage, lure the monster out little by little, and eliminate it in batches. We'll definitely have a chance!"

Furthermore, as long as you come and sign the agreement, you'll receive a free 'crystal core' to guarantee you'll complete the mission!

Are you interested? We already have over thirty apostles willing to join.

A glint suddenly flashed in Li Xia's eyes.

More than thirty apostles, which means more than thirty 'crystal cores'?

Where did they get so many crystal cores?!

Aowu and Heitan waited quietly for Li Xia to make a decision.

After a long while, a meaningful smile appeared on Li Xia's face:

"Okay, I'll join!"

"Great!"

The drone immediately started shaking, and the voice said:

"Our meeting point is on the edge of the square, where there's a very conspicuous ruin that looks like a pair of shorts."

"it is good!"

The drone shook its wings once more before flying off in the next direction, presumably to contact the next group of people.

Li Xia looked around and sure enough, he saw a building ruin that looked like a pair of shorts not far away.

Perhaps it was once a pair of trousers, but after being folded in the middle, it became shorts.

"This team... has a problem!"

Li Xia said in the team channel that he felt like he had returned to the days when he used to write strategy guides on the forum.

They keenly sensed the opportunities for manipulation within the situation.

The original world does not reset the timeline and has been part of the Apostles.

Although the Temple of Light prohibits the buying and selling of information about Ascension Battles and has blocked all important information related to Ascension Battles, including keywords, it is still prohibited.

But there will absolutely be some loopholes!

For example, the apostles who came in the past encountered far more skeletons than they do now, so wouldn't they have been able to easily accumulate more crystal cores?

If they hide the crystal cores, they might casually mention something like, "Watch your shorts," or something similar when chatting with their guild members.

Could those who enter later re-extract these 'sealed' crystal cores?

And there were many decaying tree golem corpses lying on the streets outside.

And most importantly...

Ascended Amodrich, according to his own guess, was originally supposed to be in this square.

When Li Xia discovered it, it was already more than 20 kilometers away from the square!

Even if an apostle accidentally used a probe on him, it would never have taken him this far!

In other words... it is very likely that after discovering the characteristics of 'Ascended Ones', someone deliberately lured the monsters away little by little!

Li Xia's eyes flickered...

Someone is playing a game of chess, a game that has spanned a considerable period of time, and even involved several waves of apostles coming and going!

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Full of resentment, I went to work as a laborer again today. I really did work as a laborer, carrying solid wood flooring all day.

It's baffling! Why did they make me do this kind of work that should be done by the floor installer?!

Chapter 135 Joint Suppression!

As I said before, it's precisely because at higher levels you start competing on raw strength that it becomes difficult to take shortcuts.

This makes the struggles and forbearance of the apostles at the lower levels even more fascinating.

Just thinking about it, the apostles used the short seven days to accumulate crystal cores little by little, leaving clues in a subtle way through various means.

There is more than one assessment world in the Hall of Light, and it is very likely that various clues are hidden in each assessment world.

Each wave of apostles involved in this scheme contributes to its development.

Until the player in control of the game feels the time is ripe to reap the sweetest reward.

After hearing Li Xia's conjecture, even Ao Wu couldn't help but be amazed.

It can't remember much, and even the occasional fragments it recalls are definitely silhouettes of the eighth or ninth order.

However, they had never experienced the lower levels, and they never expected that His Highness could guess so much from just a single exchange.

"Such a grand gesture... I'm afraid it's not just limited to this one world, is it?"

Aowu followed Li Xia towards the agreed-upon location:

"guild?"

Li Xia nodded: "Yeah, only guilds are left, but even guilds... are a bit scary..."

No wonder I heard there was once a guild that dominated the scene; it was the result of countless waves of apostles' accumulated efforts that finally blossomed.

That's truly terrifying!

However, it's not certain, Li Xia suddenly became interested.

Only what you actually eat counts. How many of those people who gathered there were actually thinking of stealing it?

"Meow?"

Black Charcoal followed behind. Little Meow was beginning to grow up; Teacher Ao's teaching hadn't been in vain.

Li Xia shook his head: "The possibility of them luring us there to kill us is very low. Double-crossing is not impossible, but the profit is too low."

Before long, the ruins that resembled 'shorts' were right in front of us.

The ruins cover a considerable area and are covered by a faint semi-circular membrane.

The interior had been completely set up, with several tents erected in the middle, and apostles coming and going from one tent to another.

Li Xia glanced at it a few times and called out:

"Let's go."

It felt like walking through a layer of not-so-strong plastic wrap.

The moment I stepped inside, the previously silent ruins suddenly came alive, creating a bustling atmosphere.

That membrane just now... a silent barrier?

"Welcome, welcome, my friend!"

A short-haired man wearing a military green vest, camouflage pants, and combat boots walked over with a hearty smile on his face.