Surrendering all 12th-rank weapons, armaments, treasures, and rare items is a cost that is difficult to bear for the many 12th-rank Strongest Ones.
In the future, the probability that they could endure the Great Cosmic Destruction would plummet significantly.
But if they do not surrender them, they would not even have the chance to endure the Great Cosmic Destruction.
How to choose—naturally, the many 12th-rank Strongest Ones understand this in their hearts.
In fact, during the time they were suppressed inside the palace, many of the 12th-rank Strongest Ones already felt quite resentful.
Back then, if they had agreed to the Milky Way Star Lord’s conditions, handed over ninety percent of their 12th-rank weapons, armaments, treasures, and rare items, and then submitted to human civilization, nothing would have happened.
Yet some of the 12th-rank Strongest Ones were unwilling to accept it and wanted to resist.
Resist?
What was the outcome?
When faced with the new conditions proposed by Lin Yuan, not a single 12th-rank Strongest One dared to hesitate.
“Hand them over first.”
Lin Yuan spoke.
At this moment, for Lin Yuan, the dozens of 12th-rank Strongest Ones inside the palace were merely burdensome.
When the Great Cosmic Destruction arrived, if Lin Yuan continued to carry the palace and the dozens of 12th-rank Strongest Ones within it, he would face a backlash and suppression from over half of the universal consciouness.
It would be equivalent to Lin Yuan helping these dozens of 12th-rank Strongest Ones resist the Great Cosmic Destruction.
“Hand them over first?”
Inside the palace, the dozens of 12th-rank Strongest Ones hesitated slightly.
If they handed over their treasures and rare items and weapons right away, what if the Milky Way Strongest one went back on his word afterward and refused to let them out?
“I believe in the Milky Way Strongest one.”
After thinking for a moment, the 12th-rank Strongest One from the Starry Sky Alliance decisively took out all of his treasures and rare items and weapons.
Right now, they had no leverage to negotiate with the Milky Way Strongest one. In fact, he felt that it was already a gift of mercy for the Milky Way Strongest one to give them a chance and let them out.
“Go on.”
Lin Yuan put away the treasures and rare items and directly teleported that Strongest One from the Starry Sky Alliance out.
“Many thanks, Milky Way Strongest one.”
The Starry Sky Alliance Strongest One spoke in a tone full of delight. After repeatedly expressing gratitude, his figure immediately vanished.
Inside the palace, as soon as the remaining 12th-rank Strongest Ones saw this, they handed over all their treasures and rare items one after another and were then gradually teleported out.
“Remember, the current universe is the domain of human civilization.” Lin Yuan offered a rare reminder.
“Rest assured, Milky Way Strongest one, we will definitely not violate the rules of human civilization.” The many 12th-rank Strongest Ones hurriedly responded.
Violate the rules?
If the Milky Way Star Lord could suppress them once, he could suppress them twice or thrice.
Watching as each of the 12th-rank Strongest Ones disappeared one by one, Lin Yuan’s expression remained calm.
Having lost their respective weapons and treasures, these 12th-rank Strongest Ones probably only had a twenty or thirty percent chance of surviving the Great Cosmic Destruction.
And even if they managed to endure it, should they dare reveal any hint of malice—
Lin Yuan’s dozens of incarnations were still waiting outside the universe.
Compared to inside the universe, where Lin Yuan’s abilities were greatly suppressed by the universal consciouness in all aspects, outside the universe—where even a single incarnation could employ far more powerful methods—the resulting despair would be true despair indeed.
“These weapons, armaments, treasures, and rare items…”
Lin Yuan glanced over the items offered by the dozens of 12th-rank Strongest Ones and nodded slightly.
All the weapons, armaments, treasures, and rare items combined were worth nearly one hundred thousand chaos stones, roughly equivalent to the net worth of an ordinary Dominance-level expert.
At the Thousand Treasures Festival on the Guming Chaos Continent, Lin Yuan had spent thirty thousand chaos stones to buy that golden box, so this finally made up for some of his expenditure.
“The Chaotic Void.”
Lin Yuan’s gaze was deep.
After the Great Cosmic Destruction, what the human civilization needed to do was to hurry and find a new homeland somewhere in the Chaotic Void, then establish a foothold and develop.
As for continuing to live in an internal universe? An internal universe cannot nurture true powerhouses. In terms of its source, an internal universe is far inferior to a genuine cosmic starry sky, let alone the Chaotic Void.
Up until now, any 12th-rank being within the universe—whether a special lifeform or a race-based lifeform—was born from the universe itself. As for the internal universe? Its upper limit was set from the start.
“With the current foundation of human civilization, buying a piece of continental fragment beside the Guming Chaos Continent shouldn’t be an issue.”
Lin Yuan thought to himself.
The new homeland for human civilization must prioritize safety. The large surrounding areas near the Guming Chaos Continent are of course the safest.
The Guming Chaos Continent’s size is roughly equivalent to dozens of universes, and naturally, there are some continental fragments orbiting around it.
They are effectively part of the Guming Chaos Continent. Even if the Guming Chaos Continent sets sail and moves, it will carry the surrounding fragments along with it.
Virtual world.
Lin Shou Cheng and Lin Qiong stood there full of worry, while Lin Yi obediently stayed at their side.
“Little Yuan, what exactly is going on right now? Why have so many citizens of Canglan Star begun migrating?”
Lin Qiong asked in a low voice.
“Yes, migrating? Migrating to where?”
Lin Shou Cheng could not help but ask.
According to the plan laid out by Xuanyuan Strongest one and the other eight Strongest ones, only about one percent of the human civilization’s people could be moved into internal universes.
But because of Lin Yuan’s influence, all the citizens of Canglan Star were given the right to move in.
“They are migrating to another universe.”
Lin Yuan explained simply.
In order to prevent the citizens from reacting too violently, Xuanyuan Strongest one and the other nine Strongest ones did not announce the reason for the migration.
After all, the Great Cosmic Destruction is truly inconceivable.
“Why migrate to another universe?”
Lin Qiong was still somewhat puzzled.
“Please don’t tell anyone about this.” Lin Yuan looked at his parents. Under his protection, his parents would definitely survive safely.
Not just his parents and other relatives—even the entire Canglan Star and the Red Kun Star Domain—under Lin Yuan’s influence, the vicious competition was reduced or even avoided.
“This universe is about to be destroyed,” Lin Yuan said.
“The universe is about to be destroyed?” Lin Shou Cheng and Lin Qiong felt somewhat dazed.
In their eyes, the universe was boundlessly vast. Even if there would be a day when it perished, that should be countless ages away.
“Because of influences from beyond the universe, in a while I will send you into my internal universe. Life there will be no different than it is on Canglan Star.”
Lin Yuan said.
His internal universe currently extended to nearly eight million light years across. For the vast majority of human citizens, eight million light years is no different from a complete cosmic starry sky.
“Brother, if the universe is being destroyed, can’t you stop it?” Lin Yi asked softly from the side.
She had previously learned a little about cosmic destruction from the Xia family. Hearing Lin Yuan say it himself now, though she felt shocked, she recovered quite quickly.
“I can’t stop it.” Lin Yuan was silent for a moment, then shook his head.
Right now, he was far too insignificant in front of the two Chaos Great Saints.
Not only him—Shadowfiend Great Saint and Nine Phoenix Great Saint had battled their way across countless stars, causing who knows how many universes to collapse and perish prematurely in the process.
Mysterious Emperor Secret Realm.
Inside the jade gourd.
Lin Yuan appeared solemn, reaching out to take a rune and placing it before him to examine carefully.
Facing the Great Cosmic Destruction, ninety-nine percent of humanity was destined to die, but these 3,333 runes before him let Lin Yuan see a glimmer of hope.
By integrating the advantages of every cosmic structure contained in these runes, not only could he lead more humans to survive, but he would also gain an unimaginable boost in strength.
Reaching the peak of Path-Clearing and possessing an internal universe close to the level of Chaos?
What kind of concept was that? Even if it couldn’t match a Chaos level being, it would at least be invincible at the Dominance level, right?
“Cosmic structure.”
Lin Yuan poured all his focus into it. At this moment, he even stopped comprehending rules, and he paused his work on perfecting the Martial Dao Dominance Chapter. All his energy was devoted to analyzing the complex runes before him.
[Your Unrivaled Insight is in effect. Observing the mysterious runes greatly enhances your comprehension of cosmic structure.]
New bursts of inspiration surfaced in Lin Yuan’s mind. A complete model of a cosmic structure appeared before him.
It quickly improved and swiftly took shape.
Not far away.
A red-clothed young girl was lying idly on a huge rock, legs crossed, glancing at Lin Yuan.
“So boring, I really want someone to talk to.”
She felt troubled. In truth, she wished Lin Yuan could chat with her once in a while as he studied the runes.
But she also knew that it would disrupt his progress in understanding them. Needing one cosmic epoch to comprehend 3,333 runes was definitely an enormous task.
“Just endure it.”
“Better not disturb him.”
After hesitating for a moment, the red-clothed girl gave up on trying to chat with Lin Yuan.
If she caused him to fail at the last step, wouldn’t she be stuck in this place for endless ages once more?
“The first rune is the simplest of all the runes. Normally, it would take tens of millions of years to fully grasp.”
The red-clothed girl observed Lin Yuan and the rune floating before him, thinking to herself.
However, in the next moment—
Right under the red-clothed girl’s gaze, the rune in front of Lin Yuan gradually dissipated.
“Huh?”
The red-clothed girl froze. The rune vanished?
Those runes were left by her old master, and aside from being fully understood, there was no way to make them disappear.
Understood? Lin Yuan had understood the first rune already? She suddenly realized this and displayed an expression of disbelief.
So little time had passed, and he had already grasped one rune?
She could hardly believe it.
“It must be a coincidence, absolutely just coincidence.”
“Maybe the universe he’s from has a cosmic structure resembling this rune.”
She thought to herself. After all, these 3,333 runes were all created by the jade gourd’s owner.
However, in the Chaotic Void, countless universes are born. It’s possible one might mirror a certain structure. If Lin Yuan just happened to be born in a universe that matched this rune, it would somewhat explain him mastering it so quickly.
She kept her attention on Lin Yuan.
One hour later.
The second rune disappeared.
The red-clothed girl fell silent.
Could Lin Yuan really be so lucky, encountering two runes similar to universes he had seen?
Two hours later.
The third rune disappeared.
Five hours later.
The fourth rune disappeared.
A day later.
The fifty-eighth rune disappeared.
A month later.
The three hundred sixty-second rune disappeared.
Half a year later.
The two-thousandth rune disappeared.
A year later.
The three thousand three hundredth rune disappeared.
Ever since Lin Yuan rapidly understood the first rune, the red-clothed girl had changed from leaning on the boulder to sitting up, then to standing, and finally to watching with utmost gravity.
She watched, wide-eyed, as the runes vanished one by one.
Originally, thousands of runes drifted about in the sky and on the earth, but now it was all empty.
Only a few dozen runes were left floating, lonely.
“One year.”
She calculated the time.
Based on Lin Yuan’s speed in comprehending the runes, the remaining dozens likely wouldn’t take him much longer.
In other words, the jade gourd’s owner had set one cosmic epoch as the standard for testing anyone fated to find these runes, yet Lin Yuan had nearly comprehended them all within a single year?
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