140: Exchange for Divine Fragments

Meanwhile, in Xia Country.

From the moment Guo Dehuai woke up and attacked Godfall City, to Shen Wubing being forced to agree to the Divine Gene Company's complete withdrawal from Xia Country after Jiang Ming appeared.

In less than three short months, all traces of the Divine Gene Company had vanished from every city within Xia Country.

Naturally, due to the Divine Gene Company's power, the Crucible was also forced to leave with them.

As a result, only The Officials and The Watchers remained within the borders of Xia Country.

However, for The Watchers, their original intention for controlling the cities was merely to oppose the Divine Gene Company. Following their departure, many of The Watchers gradually handed control of the cities back to the Xia Country Officials.

The Watchers were happy to enjoy the leisure; after consolidating their resources, most of them retreated to Dawn City and a few other major, important cities.

When the time was right, it wasn't impossible to even return Dawn City. Of course, that would depend on whether the Xia Country Officials showed significant determination and enough sincerity.

The two sides were essentially an offensive and defensive Alliance. In fact, the reason Xia Country had been able to preserve its strength and develop bit by bit over the years under the pressure of forces like the Divine Gene Company and the Crucible was entirely due to the secret support of The Watchers.

However, for Jiang Ming and the others, what they despised most was the old habit of some Xia Country Officials to 'pluck the peaches' (reap where they didn't sow). Thus, after discussing with Guo Dehuai, The Watchers would not completely withdraw from Xia Country; they had to maintain a sufficient sense of crisis at all times.

After all, since the beginning of Xia Country, internal strife always broke out during times of peace. There had to be external crises to stimulate them into remaining united.

Perhaps considering Zhou Xing's presence, Star City was among the five major cities retained by The Watchers.

Consequently, Bei Chen's status also rose dramatically.

After the Special Training Camp selection ended, Qin Yue did not stay in Dawn City but returned directly to Star City. His current strength had reached the Control Mid-Stage, only one step away from the Late Stage.

The current Sky Patrol Squad had become an ace team on par with Yun Feng's Golden Crow Squad.

Because of Zhou Xing, Ye Wuchen, White Mist, and Wen Jie all chose to become members of the Sky Patrol Squad. It could be said that the Sky Patrol Squad was now the absolute number one combat team in Star City.

The three of them didn't care about the choice of captain; they joined solely because of their connection to Zhou Xing.

“I wonder how Zhou Xing is doing at headquarters. He hasn't contacted us in such a long time.”

Bei Chen and Elder Tie were currently chatting together.

“Haha, one cannot contact the outside world for a year while in the Special Training Camp. However, a few days ago, Elder Fu contacted me. He said Zhou Xing went to see him, and the old gentleman agreed to help upgrade the two pieces of divinity equipment I gave him.”

Elder Tie spoke with a smile, his expression full of gratification.

Although they hadn't spent much time with Zhou Xing, both he and Bei Chen were very optimistic about Zhou Xing's future.

A super Genius with no restrictions on divinity types—it was truly hard to imagine what heights he would reach in the future.

“As expected, no matter where he goes, he's the one who attracts the most attention, and that's even with him holding back. I only hope he grows up smoothly before his talent is truly discovered by the Divine Gene Company.”

“By my estimation, I'm probably no match for that kid's current strength. In an environment like the Special Training Camp, one's strength improves very rapidly.”

Elder Tie nodded in agreement.

Although the gap between each Realm was immense, for a Genius like Zhou Xing, crossing several minor stages was still achievable.

“I heard from City Lord Wei that Xia Country's kunlun system has been successfully built and is beginning to be rolled out. It will be deployed throughout Xia Country, including here.”

“If it could have been developed earlier, the Divine Gene Company wouldn't have been an issue,” Bei Chen added.

“You can't say that. The construction of the kunlun system began over fifty years ago, and progress only accelerated after the global mutation and the appearance of the Awakened Ones.”

“Although our Blue Planet looks like it's in the apocalypse, with some special Awakened Ones, progress in science, technology, and weapon manufacturing has been very rapid.”

“I have personally seen some data on the kunlun system before. It can be said that once it is successfully built, it will be enough to handle powerful Awakened Ones even above the Demigod level.”

“For now, the strength of the kunlun system should be comparable to a Peak Demigod. Once it's deployed across all of Xia Country, it will form an absolutely secure defensive bastion.”

“Without the strength of the Eternal Realm, it will be impossible to break into Xia Country. This will allow Xia Country to remain invincible in the future situation of the Blue Planet.”

“A battle between our Watchers and the Divine Gene Company is absolutely unavoidable. It's just a matter of when,” Elder Tie said with a serious expression.

Bei Chen naturally understood his meaning. Especially recently, as more and more negative news about the Divine Gene Company surfaced, many ordinary people began to see their true colors, though unfortunately, it was too late.

Particularly those many Xia Country citizens who followed the Divine Gene Company when they relocated; every single one of them was now living in misery.

It was completely unknown how many would ultimately survive.

Everyone knew that once those two from the Divine Gene Company who were in slumber woke up, or if one of them broke through to the Eternal Realm above the Demigod level, the true reshuffling of the Blue Planet would begin.

And the first thing the Divine Gene Company would resolve would be The Watchers.

...

City of Vigilance, Special Training Camp.

Zhou Xing was currently in his dormitory, looking at his current System data in his field of vision.

【Time limit for the next Plunder/Fusion fragment: 3 days remaining】

Time really flies.

Over these three months, Zhou Xing had been preparing for the next Fusion.

According to the System's deductions, Zhou Xing's next Fusion would definitely allow him to break through to the Celestial Phenomenon Realm or even higher.

Furthermore, after reaching the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, the System would unlock a 'Plunder Resonance' function.

When Zhou Xing successfully plundered or fused divinity fragments of the same attribute, his Fusion fragment time limit would be significantly shortened.

Of course, according to the System, when he fused divinity fragments again in three days, it would be best to use entirely different types of divinity fragments; this would increase his strength faster.

Because continuously fusing divinity fragments he already possessed did not improve him as noticeably as fusing other types.

After all, the System's purpose was to allow Zhou Xing to constantly improve by fusing all kinds of divinity fragments.

“System, do you think I should find a way to fuse some divinity fragments that deepen my understanding in various fields? Like the god of technology, God of Knowledge, or god of machinery?”

Zhou Xing asked in his mind.

“The host simply wants to achieve a Fusion of four or even more types of divinity power. Fusing these divinity fragments would indeed be helpful, especially for the precise application and coordination of the host's various abilities.”

“As for multi-attribute Fusion, as long as the System has enough energy, it can help the host accelerate the Fusion progress.”

“Of course, for every additional type of divinity power fused, the amount of System reserve energy consumed will increase exponentially.”

The System's voice came through.

“Alright, I understand. Then it seems I'll have to use points to exchange for some other types of divinity fragments next. Let's first see if they have the types I just mentioned.”

“In any case, my abilities are basically sufficient for now. Of course, it would be even better if there were special ones like Life or Death.”

While speaking, Zhou Xing directly opened the Special Training Camp's point exchange list and began searching for suitable divinity fragments.

“god of machinery divinity fragment (52%) — 7,000 points”

“god of technology divinity fragment (51%) — 10,000 points”

“God of Books divinity fragment (54%) — 10,000 points”

...

After searching for a bit, Zhou Xing found many suitable ones and immediately began exchanging them.

In addition to the special types he had just mentioned, Zhou Xing also discovered the God of Life and God of Death divinity fragments, both being major Dao divinity fragments with a content of 51%. However, the exchange price for each reached 30,000 points.

But these were essential for Zhou Xing, especially since opposing attributes were rare.

After fusing them, he would soon be able to try fusing the two powers of life and death. At that time, his own strength would further increase significantly.