217: The crowd arrives

Firstly, although Clarissa and her group had a confrontation with the Main God Space once, it was merely a battle.

They knew the opponents were “invaders” whose abilities came from the Celestial Realms, were varied, and whose strength was not weak.

However, they were unaware of the Main God Space’s “dungeons” and “missions.”

For instance, they didn't know about the current faction-opposing dungeon.

They only knew that the Cross-World Group had indicated there were 16 invaders this time, and currently, there were only eight, and these eight had split up.

They could either wait and see or seize this opportunity to defeat them one by one.

“What do you all think?” Yi Xin asked.

“I think we should continue to wait and see. I find it a bit strange; there should be something different inside,” Lin Zifeng mused, “A total of 16 people, and exactly eight here, precisely half.

We all know that the Main God Space ‘raises Gu,’ so is there a possibility that this exact half is at odds with the other half? Or perhaps they are two teams, or even two opposing factions…

If we look at it with this logic, then several lines of thought can align.”

“Hmm! Indeed.” Lin Ze nodded, agreeing strongly with Lin Zifeng’s words: “If we follow this logic, with a major war imminent, the Main God Space is ‘invading’ and causing chaos, also through influence and alteration, brutally plundering world source points…

Although it also obtains source points like the Cross-World Group, the methods and approaches are completely different; one focuses on a steady flow, while the other is a crude, exhaustive exploitation.

While we consider the Cross-World Group to be ‘Lawful Good,’ that is only our perception; to some extent, even if the Cross-World Group isn’t Chaotic Evil, it is still neutral.

However, there’s no need to delve into this; let’s not consider it for now.

Then, looking at it this way… these eight people should be helping Ran Quan’s side; for now, they are allies.”

Everyone nodded in agreement with Lin Ze’s analysis.

Miya-pasu was utterly confused, but seeing everyone else nodding thoughtfully, she also looked around, then Cutely followed suit and nodded.

“Mm-hmm ~ Yes, yes, yes ~ That’s right! That’s it! I understand!” Miya-pasu, still confused, had an epiphany.

“In that case, this becomes quite interesting ~ We can grasp the right balance within it… Hmm, Ran Quan, find a place, we’re preparing to go over.

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it!” Yi Xin said with a smile.

“Alright! No problem!” Ran Quan nodded, of course he was willing for the “Big Daddies” to come over.

Regardless, putting aside the mission and source points, just this issue concerning the “life and death” of his own world, he valued his future more.

After all, he was going to live in this world.

He didn’t want his world to be ruined and have nothing when he needed resources later.

Everyone in the Cross-World Group implicitly understood that their own world was more like their “foundation.”

Even if they had systems and coexisted in the Cross-World Group, their own world was their basis for standing.

Clarissa was an example; with a world’s resources as a backing, and the ability to “elevate” her own world, making it “bigger,” “stronger,” and “resource-rich,” they felt this would become increasingly important further down the line.

Otherwise, they would be “lone wolves,” lacking everything, while others developed rapidly, and they crawled like turtles.

Especially when everyone was in the Cross-World Group, that would be even more unbearable.

Isn’t there a saying: “One fears not scarcity, but unequal distribution.”

You don’t fear your friends doing poorly; you fear them doing better than you.

That makes you feel worse than being killed!

Ahem, just kidding.

Ran Quan’s idea of “nutrient solution” already had a prototype in this aspect.

Their greatest resources, besides their systems, were actually their own worlds.

Or rather, even the systems still relied on their own worlds, after all, so many source points also came from their own worlds.

Ran Quan found an unoccupied place, and then several “black holes” appeared beside him.

Immediately after, Yi Xin, Lin Zifeng, Lin Ze, Bai Mo, and Miya-pasu emerged from them.

“Oh ~ Miya-pasu, so you really are that short!” Bai Mo said the moment he saw Miya-pasu.

“Meow!” Miya-pasu immediately bristled upon hearing Bai Mo’s words.

After all, at 1.46 meters tall, she was indeed much shorter than the others who were all 1.8 meters and above.

“Hahaha ~ And you say you’re an adult! If you were an adult, and this was your true height, you wouldn’t grow any taller! Stunted growth!” Bai Mo continued to say things that made Miya-pasu bristle.

“Alright, stop teasing Miya-pasu.” Lin Zifeng said speechlessly from the side.

Miya-pasu was indeed very cute; even when bristling, her tail instantly thickened by several circles, becoming fluffy and very beautiful, and coupled with her pouting expression, she was too adorable.

No one treated Miya-pasu as an “adult.” Her appearance, coupled with her usual disposition and tone, was indeed very innocent and childlike.

Everyone treated her as a daughter (crossed out) a younger sister.

In the Cross-World Group, it might have been okay; perhaps due to the Cross-World Group itself, everyone’s mutual perceptions, such as auras, were not very strong, with Clarissa being an exception.

Other people’s auras were relatively faint or even nonexistent.

Clarissa might have the Administrator’s bonus…

Facing everyone now, Ran Quan realized that the Cross-World Group absolutely “shielded” or greatly reduced this kind of “perception.”

From Yi Xin, Ran Quan felt a “martial arts” suppression, as well as a “rank” suppression.

Lin Zifeng also had a similar feeling, along with a sense of “immortal qi” and “heaven and earth momentum.”

Bai Mo, on the other hand, was a bit better; he had a subtle oppressive feeling, especially a soul-shaking palpitation.

As for Lin Ze, he exuded a distinctly bone-chilling coldness, especially when Ran Quan inadvertently met his gaze, his eyes felt a bit painful.

It was a coldness that disregarded life, combined with the killing intent from numerous slaughters, and a momentum formed by his own strength.

Miya-pasu was the most comfortable; she just looked like a cute girl, with no other feeling besides being adorable.

These auras were all very obvious; the concept of returning to simplicity was not something they at their current level should be able to touch upon.

Moreover, returning to simplicity doesn’t mean you truly appear as an ordinary, unremarkable person. It’s impossible for someone without strength to pretend to be at the level of returning to simplicity; of course, if someone is blind, there’s truly nothing that can be done.

And these very obvious auras, in the Cross-World Group, were completely imperceptible, belonging to the “blind” level of returning to simplicity!

It was evident how severely the suppression was.

And under this suppression, they could all feel the terrifying aura emanating from Clarissa… It was unimaginable what it would feel like to truly face Clarissa…