346: Conspiracy brewing

"A Chaos Universe, especially a Nascent Chaos Universe, has imperfect laws, making it full of danger and explosions."

"Not only that, due to the chaotic rules, a Chaos Universe will instinctively reject Cosmic Beasts that are too powerful."

"The younger a Chaos Universe is, the higher the danger and the stronger the repulsive force."

"If a Cosmic Beast that is too powerful enters a Chaos Universe, the excessive repulsive force will cause the Chaos Universe to explode directly, leaving explorers with nothing."

"Cosmic Beasts that are not powerful enough cannot survive in a Chaos Universe at all."

"Even just going to the periphery of a Nascent Chaos Universe, a slight misstep can result in instant death, turning into nourishment for the Chaos Universe's growth."

"Therefore, under normal circumstances, no Cosmic Beast would explore a truly Nascent Chaos Universe."

"That's not exploring; that's courting death."

"Even if such a Nascent Chaos Universe is full of treasures, Cosmic Beasts generally won't go to explore it."

"This leads to the exploration of a Nascent Chaos Universe becoming easier the later it is undertaken."

"Allowing a Nascent Chaos Universe to grow, letting it reach a certain stage before beginning exploration, has become the conventional exploration method."

"While a more mature Nascent Chaos Universe has fewer treasures, its gradually perfected rules significantly reduce the danger, and it can accommodate more powerful Cosmic Beasts without self-destructing."

"This finally brings the level of danger to a point where it can be barely controlled."

"Exploring too early brings immense danger; exploring too late yields nothing! This is the current state of Chaos Universe exploration."

"This makes it extremely difficult to obtain treasures like star gleam stone, which have Space Compression effects and are absorbed as the Chaos Universe's rules gradually perfect."

"In a too-mature Chaos Universe, the existence of star gleam stone is virtually nonexistent; being lucky enough to find some fragments of star gleam stone is already incredibly fortunate."

"It is said that a complete star gleam stone has a terrifying volume, and its effect of compressing the inner world is even more outstanding, almost reaching the point of being able to do as one pleases."

"However, these are all Legends; virtually no Cosmic Beast has ever seen one."

"At least in my thousands of years of life, I have never heard of any Cosmic Beast witnessing a complete primordial starlight stone."

At this point, Luo Ji added, "I have to say, star gleam stone is truly a rare treasure."

"Although the price is a bit expensive, it completely matches the difficulty of acquiring it."

"Lord Zeta, if you need star gleam stone, now is the best time to act."

"Although it will cost a bit more origin energy, acquiring such a massive star gleam stone is entirely worth it."

Not getting an answer that Pan Di was bluffing, Lin Tianwei was momentarily unsure whether he should be happy or sad.

He was happy that he had obtained an extremely rare primordial starlight stone.

He was sad because he had lost many priceless star gleam stone fragments.

At this moment, Lin Tianwei finally had a sudden realization, understanding why his journey to explore the Chaos Universe had been so difficult.

The treasures he had acquired were also of extremely high purity, possessing value far exceeding market prices.

It turned out he had gone too early!

So early that the Chaos Universe had just been born, full of hidden dangers.

Although this was when the Chaos Universe offered the greatest Chances, no Cosmic Beast would set foot in it.

After all, Cosmic Beasts who prioritize money over life are ultimately a minority.

If Lin Tianwei hadn't been powerful and incredibly intelligent, he really would have met his end in such a primitive Chaos Universe.

This was also why the Cosmic Beasts who discovered the Chaos Universe merely surrounded it, constantly sending Slaves into the Chaos Universe to explore.

At this time, they dared not step into the Chaos Universe, this beast-eating black hole.

They had to constantly explore information within the Chaos Universe to assess its state.

They sought to find the most suitable time to enter the Chaos Universe.

While this would diminish their gains, it was the safest approach.

Given this, the Chance Tore gave Lin Tianwei was far greater than imagined.

This also indirectly reflected the uncontrollability of Tore's Chance Talent, which was far more dangerous than Lin Tianwei had anticipated.

This seemingly Chance-giving Nascent Chaos Universe was an absolute death trap, one Tore could not control.

If not for Lin Tianwei's timely assistance, Tore would never have had any hope of leaving this Chaos Universe alive.

The only reason Tore managed to survive until Lin Tianwei appeared was because he was timid.

He just hid in the outermost area, motionless, with no intention of exploring this dangerous Nascent Chaos Universe.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei finally understood everything and gave Luo Ji a look of unknown meaning.

This poor Cosmic Beast probably never would have imagined that the primordial starlight stone he claimed virtually no Cosmic Beast had ever seen was currently lying quietly within Lin Tianwei's inner world.

It was silently emitting Space Compression power, allowing Lin Tianwei's inner world to maintain the most suitable size.

This ability to expand and contract at will was not something that the star gleam stone fragment before him could compare to.

While using this low-grade star gleam stone could also achieve the effect of liberating the inner world,

in reality, it had a fatal flaw: it couldn't fully compress and restore the inner world at will, as there was a certain buffer time.

This buffer time might be insignificant normally, but it became particularly fatal at the most critical moment of battle.

After all, in a rapidly changing battle, even a 0.01-second advantage is enough to decide victory or defeat.

Fortunately.

Most Cosmic Beasts in the universe use star gleam stone fragments when compressing their inner worlds,

with the proportion even reaching as high as 99.9%.

After all, not every Cosmic Beast can obtain a primordial starlight stone like Lin Tianwei.

Nor does every Cosmic Beast possess a powerful Space Compression Talent.

Therefore, this limitation is common among Cosmic Beasts.

Since everyone has this limitation, then, by rounding up, it's as if no one has this limitation.

The reasoning is sound, and the logic is perfect.

However, exceptions are rare, but not entirely nonexistent.

This means that Cosmic Beasts like Lin Tianwei, who possess a primordial starlight stone, or Cosmic Beasts who have the Talent for compressing their inner world, gain a significant advantage in battle.

They can seamlessly adjust the size of their bodies, using the most suitable form in the most suitable place to launch the most reasonable attacks.

Under these circumstances, unless they have an overwhelming advantage, Cosmic Beasts using star gleam stone fragments have no Chance of winning at all.

Therefore, very few Cosmic Beasts dare to challenge existences like Lin Tianwei.

Even if they are one or two Cosmic Level higher in strength, they completely lack such courage.

After all, an enemy that can freely change size is truly terrifying to even imagine.

Lin Tianwei, possessing a primordial starlight stone, naturally couldn't be interested in low-grade items like star gleam stone fragments.

Shaking his head slightly, Lin Tianwei rejected Luo Ji's suggestion, saying, "I don't need such a 'large' star gleam stone."

However, as if he suddenly thought of something, Lin Tianwei immediately placed a bid of two thousand units of origin energy.

He directly doubled the price of the star gleam stone fragment before them.

While Lin Tianwei didn't need such a large star gleam stone fragment, it didn't mean that other Cosmic Beasts didn't.

After realizing how great the Chance he had previously obtained was, Lin Tianwei also had the idea of giving Tore some additional compensation.

Although he didn't value this star gleam stone fragment, for a Cosmic Beast of Tore's strength, it was a very generous gift.

Of course, the premise was that Tore's luck was good enough to survive the surging Chances and live to see Lin Tianwei again.

Only then would he possibly receive this great gift from Lin Tianwei.

Although this act of refusing and then immediately bidding was a bit strange, Lin Tianwei did not intend to explain it to Luo Ji.

Why should he explain his actions to other Cosmic Beasts?

Luo Ji was also very sensible, standing respectfully to the side, with no intention of saying or asking anything further.

Lin Tianwei's generous bid directly extinguished the purchasing desires of those Cosmic Beasts who wanted to buy this star gleam stone fragment.

Every one of his bids represented a certain victory, a belief that he would definitely acquire the auctioned item.

Even if a beast matched his price, the ultimate outcome would only be to be utterly crushed by Lin Tianwei.

Udo was the best proof of this.

Although Lin Tianwei's method of subduing beasts with origin energy greatly offended the Cosmic Beasts who were bidding, Lin Tianwei didn't care in the slightest.

He had no need to care about the feelings of these weaklings.

He hadn't taken it by force; he had bid for the auctioned item fairly, so he felt perfectly at ease taking it... Just as Lin Tianwei was bidding for the star gleam stone fragment, a conspiracy against him was quietly brewing.

Udo never imagined that Lin Tianwei wouldn't give him a Chance to say anything more, directly blacklisting him again.

Unwilling to give up, he found a superficial friend and tried to communicate with Luo Ji again.

However, he found that Luo Ji, who originally didn't block communications from strangers, had now activated blocking mode.

Are you kidding? How could Luo Ji continue to allow a clueless Cosmic Beast like Udo to disturb Lin Tianwei?

Once, twice? If it happened a third time, he feared he would have to commit suicide to atone for his sin.

Udo's expression instantly twisted when he realized he couldn't contact Luo Ji.

Anger fueled his courage.

He raged impotently, "Damn fellow, I already gave you a Chance."

"You only needed to accept my generous trading terms to avoid death, yet you still sought your own demise."

"Fine, a Cosmic Beast intent on dying cannot be stopped."

"Death will show you how foolish your previous actions were."

Although Lin Tianwei's strength might be very great, Udo was not intimidated in the slightest.

The Extremely Cold Universe, after all, was just one universe, and the strength of the Cosmic Beasts it could accommodate was limited, at most Cosmic Level Nine.

Under these circumstances, Udo believed that as long as he found a way, he could definitely cross the chasm of countless Cosmic Level and utterly crush this mysterious Cosmic Beast in one fell swoop.

He would step on his corpse and plunder all his cultivation resources.

If he could successfully enslave this Cosmic Beast, it would be even more exhilarating.

The other party possessed so much origin energy, he must have some special Talent for earning origin energy.

Just thinking about having such a Slave made Udo extremely excited.

Watching Lin Tianwei bid for another star gleam stone fragment, Udo was not angry but delighted.

In his eyes, everything Lin Tianwei did was merely bidding for him.

mu crystal stone? star gleam stone fragments? Various powerful Slaves? ... Everything would become his spoils of war after he successfully killed the opponent.

Not only that, Lin Tianwei's actions were also very offensive to Cosmic Beasts.

Cutting off someone's path to becoming stronger was a hatred more profound than killing their parents.

With careful planning, Udo believed he could definitely gather countless like-minded Cosmic Beasts.

Thinking this, Udo no longer paid attention to the ongoing auction.

At this moment, he had only one thought: to contact more powerful Cosmic Beasts and launch a guaranteed successful encirclement,

directly sending this ungrateful Cosmic Beast into the abyss of eternal damnation.

As information circulated and with threats and inducements, Udo gathered a large number of ambitious individuals.

Although these Cosmic Beasts all had their own ulterior motives and might not be willing to exert their full strength,

it didn't matter; as long as the situation was on his side, they absolutely could not betray him.

They could only be swept along by the tide and completely eliminate the enemy with him.

Of course.

These recently contacted Cosmic Beasts were only the first layer of Udo's plan.

To ensure the plan was foolproof and could achieve a decisive kill against Lin Tianwei with overwhelming force, he still had to make a few more preparations.

Thinking of this, Udo went online again.

As expected, as soon as Udo logged on, he saw Filiche's anxious face.

The moment he saw Udo come online, Filiche immediately said, "Udo, where did you run off to at such an important moment?"

"Are you planning to defect?"

"I warn you, betraying me will not end well for you."

"Even if I die, I will definitely drag you down with me."

"With all the swindling you've done over the years, if the truth comes out, a hundred deaths wouldn't be enough for you."

It must be said that Filiche truly had a thorough understanding of Udo's shamelessness.

The moment Udo went offline, he immediately started wondering if the other party had other intentions.

Facing Filiche's questioning, Udo snorted disdainfully and said, "Defect? Are you kidding? How could I do something as shameless as defecting?"

"Filiche, this is a big plan, a huge plan; how could we two beasts possibly succeed on our own?"

"I just went offline to contact some like-minded Cosmic Beasts."

"Although this will make us give up a portion of the profits, it will ensure that the plan is foolproof and absolutely cannot fail."

"I have already contacted five Cosmic Beasts of similar strength to me, which will greatly increase our Chances of success." (End of Chapter)