71: Chapter 71: Tens of millions of Zerg and the Sky-Shrouding Demon Tree cause the Divine Realm's foundation to surge wildly!

Lin Yuan sat on the bed, looking at the name "Su Yueying" on his personal terminal screen, and couldn't help but rub his temples.

He knew exactly what she wanted with his toes.

This wealthy heiress, who awakened an S-grade talent and underwent the Fusion of a Six-Winged Angel Godhead fragment.

Why else would she be calling him right now?

It was nothing more than the same tactic as Chu Yunxuan.

The Streaming Exam was imminent, and the examination venue was set in the real Demon God Plane.

That place had an extremely high danger coefficient; even for descendants of noble families, going in alone carried the risk of falling.

In order to compete for the ranking in Tianhai Province, Chu Yunxuan was throwing money around to recruit strong hands everywhere.

As the top Genius in Jiangcheng and even the entire province, Su Yueying naturally had to build her own core team.

And he, a "civilian dark horse" who had shown astonishing potential for a massive army-building style, had naturally become the most sought-after prize in the eyes of these noble families.

Lin Yuan wanted to hang up directly.

He loathed this kind of superficial social maneuvering.

With this spare time, he might as well go into his Divine Domain and check on his minions.

But his finger hovered over the reject button, pausing for two seconds.

He pulled it back.

The children of noble families and conglomerates were mostly held on a pedestal from a young age.

If he didn't answer the call, who knew if this proud daughter of heaven would feel she had lost Face and fly into a rage.

Then, like that Xiao Ting, she would bring him trouble for no reason.

Lin Yuan wasn't afraid of trouble, but he hated meaningless consumption.

He just wanted to quietly develop for now; before he had absolute strength to crush all secular rules.

Making fewer enemies and gaining more benefits was the true path.

"Let's hear what she has to say, then find an excuse to decline."

Lin Yuan pressed the accept button.

The holographic projection unfolded in mid-air.

Su Yueying was wearing simple, silver-grey loungewear.

The high-concentration Light Element Law radiating from her body was suppressed by a high-level breath-concealing pendant.

She seemed a little less like a high-and-mighty sacred presence and a little more capable.

"Lin Yuan, I hope I didn't interrupt your rest." Su Yueying spoke first.

Her tone was very peaceful, without the arrogance of a superior looking down on a commoner.

"Speak your mind, Classmate Su." Lin Yuan leaned against the bed frame, skipping the unnecessary pleasantries.

Su Yueying looked at the shattered furniture in the background of Lin Yuan's room, her eyes flickering slightly.

With her vision, she could naturally tell it was damage caused by an inability to withstand a sudden burst of Divine Power.

She didn't point it out, going straight to the point: "You are already clear on the rules of the Streaming Exam; the danger level of the Demon God Plane far exceeds any previous year."

"I watched your previous battle recordings; the stress resistance of your Wasteland Divine Domain under extreme environments is a miracle."

"I want to invite you to join my alliance."

Before Lin Yuan could refuse, Su Yueying quickly threw out her bargaining chips.

"I know you refused Chu Yunxuan and also obtained the military's S-grade special approval."

"But Lin Yuan, you must understand."

"The military's special approval represents your future prospects; in this upcoming Streaming Exam, they cannot provide you with any substantial protection."

"The core area of the Demon God Plane contains Platinum-tier or even Diamond-tier aberrations. You cannot go far alone."

Su Yueying's tone was sincere and logical.

"As long as you join, my Su Family will be responsible for providing all Law supply potions and Divine Domain repair Materials during the exam."

"After conquering the Demon God strongholds, I will take the core Law fragments, and you will have first priority to choose all remaining strategic resources."

"The most important point." Su Yueying looked into Lin Yuan's eyes, her expression solemn, "We are an equal partnership, not master and servant."

"After the Streaming Exam ends, you do not need to bear any obligations to the Su Family; the contract will automatically dissolve."

"I only need you to use your mutated units to help me hold the front-line pressure at critical moments."

A series of conditions were thrown down.

Lin Yuan felt a headache coming on.

He had to admit, the conditions Su Yueying offered.

Were far more clever and generous than the indentured servitude Chu Yunxuan offered by throwing money at people.

Providing supplies, priority in choosing spoils, equal partnership, and dissolving after the exam.

This was equivalent to treating Lin Yuan as a peer noble heir.

The annoyance he felt from being interrupted while checking his Divine Domain dissipated quite a bit at this moment.

Lin Yuan could hear the sincerity in her words.

Su Yueying was not one of those brainless conglomerate heirs who only looked down their noses at others.

She had a very clear strategic vision and knew what kind of chips could move people.

But unfortunately.

Lin Yuan really had no interest in things like forming alliances.

With his current strength, he didn't need an alliance to share the pressure.

"Classmate Su, your conditions are very tempting." Lin Yuan's tone was calm; he didn't have any emotional fluctuations because of her high regard.

"But I am used to being alone. My believers are used to running wild in the Wasteland and don't understand tactical coordination; staying with your elite clans would only cause trouble."

Lin Yuan paused, giving his final reply: "I appreciate the good intentions, but on the exam grounds, everyone will rely on their own abilities."

After speaking, Lin Yuan didn't drag things out and cut off the communication directly.

...

Jiangcheng, Su Family Manor.

In the spacious study, the holographic projection flickered and instantly went out.

Su Yueying looked at the empty space in front of her and sighed softly.

Beside her, an old butler in a tuxedo frowned, his tone filled with displeasure: "Young Miss, this Lin Yuan is far too unappreciative."

"You personally lowered your status and offered such a level of cooperation, yet he refused without even hesitating."

"Does a commoner who relied on mutation to luckily get ahead really think that getting the military's special approval allows him to ignore the foundation of a noble family?"

"Shut up." Su Yueying glanced coldly at the butler.

The butler quickly lowered his head, not daring to say another word.

Su Yueying looked back at the night view of Jiangcheng outside the window; there was no anger in her eyes, only deep curiosity and regret.

"He isn't unappreciative; he is extremely clear-headed."

Su Yueying's fingers tapped lightly on the table.

"Chu Yunxuan tried to throw money at him, and he didn't want it."

"I tried to trade with resources and equal status, and he still didn't want it."

"What does this mean?"

"It means he doesn't care about the things we have at all. Or rather, he has enough confidence to believe that he can get everything he wants in the Streaming Exam by himself."

Su Yueying recalled the shattered solid wood furniture in the background of Lin Yuan's room.

It was only when the Divine Fire was extremely condensed that such an inadvertent leakage of power could occur.

How long had it been since the last practical assessment?

"An F-grade Wasteland Divine Domain, extremely harsh environment, extremely scarce resources."

Su Yueying whispered to herself, "How on earth did he do it?"

If he doesn't fall.

This youth from a common background will definitely achieve the status of a True God in the future.

It's a pity, such a person.

Has the ferocity of a lone wolf in his bones, making him difficult to subdue.

"During the Streaming Exam, tell the family members to keep their eyes open. If they encounter him, try to avoid him and do not start a conflict." Su Yueying issued the instruction.

...

On the other side.

Lin Yuan, who had cut off the communication, closed his eyes, his Mental Energy sinking deep into his Sea of Consciousness.

With a thought, the surrounding scene distorted.

When his consciousness hovered over the high altitude of the Wasteland Divine Domain.

Even though he had expected it, he couldn't help but gasp.

"Is this... still my Divine Domain?"

The vast space of 300,000 square kilometers, before it was left to manage itself.

Although it had experienced resource allocation, the overall landscape still appeared desolate and dead.

Except for the Central Basin and a few core resource points, most areas were bare carbonized crystal land.

But now.

As far as the eye could see, it was an ocean of intertwined dark red and pure black!

Trees, several meters tall, entirely dark red with metallic luster flowing on their bark, shot up from the ground.

They were spread across every corner of the Divine Domain.

On the hills, in the plains, even on the outskirts of the volcanic clusters in the far north, they were all covered in these strange dark red trees.

"Are these... the sub-trees of the Demon Tree?"

Lin Yuan recognized them.

The aura emitted by these things was of the same origin as the [Liquid Gold Blood-Thirsty Demon Tree].

These sub-trees formed a dark red forest that blotted out the sky and sun.

They inhaled and exhaled the red-green intertwined radiation storms in the air, converting them into a dark gold mist that enveloped the entire surface of the Divine Domain.

Below these sub-trees, the ground was no longer a bare black carbonized shell.

A type of sturdy, pitch-black, thorn-covered grass covered the entire Wasteland.

Red trees supported the sky, black thorns paved the ground.

This ecology, which was extremely oppressive yet exuded a bizarre vitality, directly restructured the underlying Law of the Wasteland.

And under the pressure of this domineering dual-plant system.

Lin Yuan saw the former "veterans" of the Wasteland — [Ash Spore Mushroom].

These poisonous mushrooms, which once covered the Divine Domain and supported the entire bottom of the food chain, now found their living space extremely compressed.

They were forced into the cracks between the red trees and the black thorns.

Lin Yuan's gaze continued to sweep across.

In the 300,000 square kilometer space, he could no longer find the feeling of emptiness.

In every corner, almost every inch of land, there were creatures active.

In the sky, within the thick clouds of heavy metal poison.

Hundreds of thousands of Black Gold Blade-Feather Demon Vultures wove through the poison gas.

Rivaling them were the Bone Blade Bat flocks hidden in the shadows deep within the clouds.

A million Bone Blade Bats hung upside down on the floating magnetic storm rocks.

The occasional infrasonic wave they emitted could tear a kilometer-long vacuum belt through the clouds.

His gaze moved downward.

In the Nether Dead Water surrounding the Divine Domain.

The water area had expanded by one-third compared to before.

Beneath the thick, blackened river water, dense red lights were surging.

Those were countless Scarlet Flying Blade Bone Fish.

At the bottom of the riverbed, swarms of Oscillating Liquid Metal Crabs.

Were using their huge pincers to cut the stones at the bottom of the water, building underwater fortresses one after another.

Above the earth, it was even more bustling.

Tens of millions of the Dark Gold Poisonous Miasma Insect Race were moving through the black thorn grass.

They were orderly collecting the energy emulsion secreted by the sub-trees, or dragging the remains of monsters that fell from the sky.

Like a precision-operating war machine, transporting nutrients to the underground mother nest.

The entire Divine Domain, things flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, and drilling underground.

Formed a perfect closed loop, and an extremely hardcore, violent Wasteland ecosystem.

No wonder!

Lin Yuan realized in his heart.

No wonder he could break through to a Tier 3 Demigod in reality in succession.

The ecological foundation accumulated over these hundred years of deduction was unimaginably vast.

Every second, tens of millions of creatures were breathing, reproducing, and killing.

The Power Of Faith and Law feedback they generated forcefully pushed up Lin Yuan's Realm.

"Phew..."

Lin Yuan let out a long breath, suppressing the shock in his heart.

He couldn't wait to call up the Divine Domain panel.