79: Montenegro

Lin Chen first returned to the capital with Bai Hong and the others.

He also had some spoils of war that needed to be processed.

His spatial ring contained 24 Martial Emperor Late Stage Sea Demon Clan corpses, as well as two Martial Emperor Late Stage Spirit Race corpses!

"Lin Chen, your contribution this time is immense. On behalf of the military, I'm rewarding you with 200 billion military credit."

Bai Hong came before Lin Chen and said with a smile.

Lin Chen's heart filled with joy.

200 billion military credit, if converted into Tier 3 Late Stage alien beast life cores, would be 80 billion energy points!

"Thank you, Senior Bai."

Bai Hong's face was beaming with a wide smile.

"You kid, don't be shy. Your talent is powerful, and your temperament is also good. The Federation naturally won't treat you unfairly."

Old Li, who was beside him, said earnestly:

"Lin Chen, your combat power has already reached the Martial Emperor level. You can graduate directly after returning from this Secret Realm trip."

"With great power comes great responsibility. The future of humanity needs strong individuals like you to lead."

"Currently, the Federation can still provide you with some resources, but later, you will need to contribute to the Federation!"

Lin Chen nodded solemnly upon hearing this.

He understood this very well.

As his strength grew stronger and stronger.

The resources he needed also increased.

The Human Federation's resources were not infinite!

Currently, the Human Federation had a population of tens of billions!

In this era of universal martial arts.

The resources consumed daily by the Federation's humans were an astronomical figure!

For example, a resource like the Tier 3 alien beast life core.

It was indispensable for Martial King Realm powerhouses.

However, asking Martial King Realm individuals to hunt Tier 3 alien beasts?

The death rate was too high!

Therefore, many high-tier alien beasts were hunted by high-end combat forces like Old Li!

During the hunting process, it was inevitable to trigger large-scale battles with Beast Emperors and Beast Ancestor-level beings... Of course, besides selfless contributors like Old Li, who were the pillars of the human race.

There were also many selfish powerhouses within the Human Federation.

They would only endlessly take... Lin Chen had received much help from Old Li and the others throughout his growth.

He kept it all in his heart... Lin Chen decided to stay at the military headquarters in the capital for the next few days.

Waiting for the Secret Realm to open!

For this, he first exited the dream-travel state and returned to the Demon Capital.

Then he spatial-traveled back.

Bai Hong arranged a detached villa for him.

In the villa.

Lin Chen began to tally his gains from this trip.

24 Martial Emperor Late Stage corpses amounted to 240 million energy points!

The 200 billion military credit he had previously obtained, Lin Chen had already exchanged for 3,333 Tier 3 Late Stage alien beast life cores.

The 24 Sea Demon Clan Martial Emperors contributed 24 sets of SS-grade battle armor to Lin Chen!

And 9 SS-grade weapons!

These weapons included sabers, spears, staffs, and clubs.

Lin Chen planned to convert all of them into saber or sword-type weapons.

These Martial Emperor Late Stage spatial rings also contained some alien beast life cores.

There were both Tier 3 and Tier 4 ones.

This made Lin Chen incredibly excited.

Both Tier 3 and Tier 4 alien beast life cores contained law fragments.

Tier 4 alien beasts comprehended multiple Great Dao powers, so they naturally contained even more law fragments!

Martial Emperor powerhouses absorbing these law fragments could help them comprehend laws faster and condense their Source Great Dao!

He tallied the number of life cores in the spatial rings of these Sea Demon Clan Martial Emperors.

There were 2,631 Tier 3 life cores.

There were 324 Tier 4 life cores.

And the spatial rings of the two Spirit Race Martial Emperors surprisingly contained many exotic fruits!

1,655 Tier 3 exotic fruits, 132 Tier 4 exotic fruits.

"The Spirit Race has methods for cultivating Heaven And Earth Treasure. I must visit the Spirit Race more often in the future..."

Lin Chen was incredibly excited.

He first went to the military's resource exchange office.

He converted all the SS-grade weapons into saber and sword types.

The 24 sets of SS-grade battle armor were also exchanged for military credit.

A total of 72 billion!

Then he exchanged that for 1,200 Tier 3 Late Stage alien beast life cores.

At this moment, the Tier 3 alien beast life cores Lin Chen possessed reached an astonishing 7,164!

"With so many life cores, I should go to the Other World to break through."

Lin Chen then returned to his residence, using his Mental Energy to control himself to fall asleep.

In the Exotic Beast Mountain Range in the Southern Domain of the Other World.

Lin Chen's figure slowly appeared.

"Here, I can be uninhibited..."

Lin Chen took all the life cores out of his spatial ring.

The system devoured and absorbed them!

All the life cores instantly transformed into a vast stream of energy, merging into Lin Chen's body.

Every time this happened.

Lin Chen would feel incredibly refreshed!

This energy absorption was the largest he had ever experienced!

After a long while.

All the alien beast life cores were completely absorbed.

Lin Chen glanced at the system panel.

energy points: 33.924 billion

Seeing such a large amount of energy points, Lin Chen's heart couldn't help but pound.

He couldn't help but burst into hearty laughter!

"Indeed, the fastest way to gain energy points is to kill powerful alien race members!"

"Next are the exotic fruit energy and these corpses."

He didn't plan to exchange these exotic fruits for military credit this time.

When Lin Chen first obtained the system, he had to be meticulous in his calculations to maximize resources.

But now, he didn't need to.

He could casually go out and kill an alien race Martial Emperor to harvest a large amount of energy points!

The system devoured and absorbed!

energy points: 44.389 billion

The energy contained in exotic fruits was much less.

Lin Chen roughly calculated.

Tier 3 exotic fruits contained around 15,000 energy.

Tier 4 exotic fruits contained around 3.5 million energy.

A Martial Emperor Late Stage actually had 5 billion energy points!

Lin Chen's heart trembled!

"Those alien race Martial Emperors, you better wash your necks and wait for me..."

At this moment, Lin Chen's eyes glowed.

Like a hungry wolf... "It's impossible to break through my Mental Energy now. My physical body can't handle it."

Lin Chen came back to his senses, thinking to himself.

"Let's upgrade the system first!"

Consume 100 million energy points to upgrade!

A mere 100 million energy points was insignificant to Lin Chen now... After the system panel consumed energy points.

The interface flashed and turned into a black screen.

Lin Chen's heart skipped a beat.

What the hell?

Why was this system upgrade different from before?

"It wouldn't have just crashed, would it..."

Lin Chen stood frozen in place.

A few minutes later.

A progress bar appeared on the black system panel — System Upgrading 1%

The progress bar was incredibly slow.

Lin Chen estimated it would take at least a day!

"It seems there will be big changes after this system upgrade!"

Lin Chen was very curious.

This system was the key to his strength improvement.

He was able to quickly rise to the high echelons of the Human Federation.

In just two months, he completed decades or even a century's worth of martial arts cultivation!

All thanks to this system!

"Since I can't go back now, I'll go hunting."

He then began hunting in this endless Exotic Beast Mountain Range.

He no longer cared for Tier 1 and Tier 2 alien beasts.

He specifically targeted Tier 3 alien beasts!

This Exotic Beast Mountain Range almost traversed the entire Southern Domain.

The Other World's area was at least ten thousand times larger than Earth!

One could imagine how vast the Exotic Beast Mountain Range was!

Lin Chen hunted fearlessly in the Exotic Beast Mountain Range.

Occasionally encountering Tier 4 alien beasts, he would directly kill them.

Lin Chen was immersed in it... More than ten hours later.

Lin Chen suddenly discovered a black mountain range!

The mountain range stretched for at least tens of thousands of kilometers!

Several main peaks towered into the clouds.

Lin Chen gazed at this mountain range.

He sensed a terrifying oppressive feeling.

As if facing a primeval beast!

"What a powerful pressure!"

Lin Chen became wary.

He felt that this must be the core of this endless Exotic Beast Mountain Range in the Southern Domain!

"This pressure, could it be from an alien beast of Tier 5 or higher?"

Lin Chen was shocked.

He knew very little about the Exotic Beast Mountain Range.

At this moment.

Lin Chen felt something.

He immediately looked at the system panel.

System update complete!

A brand new system panel appeared!