Chapter 439: Chapter439-The Ancient City
"Hiss—!"
After hearing the explanation in his ears, Daniel could not help drawing in a sharp breath.
He had never imagined that every action he took and every opportunity he encountered here would affect the entire Earth Human Race.
For example, continuously advancing through the official ranks would unlock more Origin talents for Humanity.
The more talents he obtained, the stronger the Human Race as a whole would become.
However, if his official rank fell, the talents he had already unlocked would disappear as well.
That would be equivalent to weakening the entire Human Race.
"This is a tremendous amount of pressure."
Although Daniel did not possess an especially strong sense of belonging toward Humanity as a whole, he still felt an inexplicable burden settle upon his shoulders.
He drew in a deep breath before asking another question.
"Besides slowing the corrosion of Spacetime Plundering, what other uses do points have?"
Sure enough, another system notification sounded in his ears.
[Helpful Reminder: Points can only be obtained through rewards issued by the Holy See.]
[Points may be used as currency in transactions between all realm-crossers.]
[Points may also be exchanged for Origin treasures and cultivation resources desired by realm-crossers.]
[Points may be used to participate in challenges within the Life-and-Death Wagering Arena!]
After hearing the explanation regarding points, Daniel finally understood the general situation.
Curious, he opened the newly activated realm-crosser points ranking.
However, the ranking was completely empty.
There was not a single name on it.
It seemed that all the realm-crossers had only just arrived, and none of them had obtained any points yet.
After inspecting the earlier rules, Daniel finally turned his attention to the last one.
"What exactly are Spacetime Plundering and Plundering Corrosion?"
The system responded once more.
[The Heavenly Origin of this realm is the Terminal Origin of all spacetime.]
[The universe is born from the laws of the Terminal Origin of spacetime, and it will ultimately return to that terminal point through the laws of spacetime.]
[Spacetime Plundering is one of the forms through which a universe meets its end.]
[Every realm-crosser within this world will gradually develop a special form of Spacetime Plundering within their body.]
[They will slowly suffer from Plundering Corrosion and gradually become assimilated by it.]
[This process will not affect combat strength or lifespan.]
[However, once the assimilation is complete, both body and soul will be utterly extinguished.]
[A completely new soul will then be born within the original body, possessing no connection whatsoever to its former owner.]
After hearing the system’s explanation, Daniel understood.
Spacetime Plundering would effectively kill the original soul within the body and allow a new one to take its place.
Once the process was complete, the original person would cease to exist entirely.
Daniel immediately swept his body with his Divine Soul.
Sure enough, deep within his sea of consciousness, he discovered an almost imperceptible gray-white seed of Spacetime Plundering slowly taking root.
"Damn it. I didn’t expect there to be such a deadly side effect."
"If I ignore it, it will eventually erase me completely."
"I must obtain enough points to slow the corrosion."
"And judging from the situation, resisting it will probably require an enormous number of points."
"This mission is far more demanding than I expected."
Daniel’s expression became extremely grim.
He had originally believed that he had come here to harvest the opportunities of an entire era.
Instead, he had encountered a fatal survival crisis the moment he arrived.
"If I want points, I have no choice but to enter the Holy See and raise my official rank."
Daniel turned his gaze toward the colossal city in the distance.
If his guess was correct, the Holy See should be located within it.
The instant his gaze landed upon the city, another notification sounded.
[This territory is known as the Eternal Domain.]
[Eighty percent of its lands are governed by the Eternal Holy See.]
[The ruler of the Eternal Holy See is an Emperor whose Rank has reached the half-step Eternal level.]
[The current objective of all realm-crossers is to ascend to the pinnacle of imperial authority and become the foremost official beneath the Emperor alone.]
Daniel fell silent upon hearing that objective.
Had the System inexplicably sent him here to seize political power?
"This doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the Fated Human Race or the Auric Divine Emperor."
"Could the Fated Human Race be one of the races under the Eternal Holy See?"
"Or perhaps the Auric Divine Emperor is currently the leader of Humanity?"
Daniel could not make sense of it.
In the end, he simply stopped thinking about it.
He cleared the chaotic thoughts from his mind and focused on his most immediate objective.
"First, I need to make sure I can enter the Eternal Holy See."
Just as Daniel began considering how to gain entry, a violent Origin fluctuation suddenly erupted from within the distant city.
Immediately afterward, a series of furious battle cries rang out.
"Kill!"
"Quickly! We cannot allow the target to escape!"
"If the mission fails, every one of us will be executed!"
"He fled in that direction! Hurry and chase him!"
The moment Daniel heard the cries of battle, the instincts he had developed through years of warfare immediately sharpened.
In times of chaos, opportunities were often hidden within every conflict.
It seemed that his first opportunity had already arrived.
With that thought, Daniel transformed into a streak of light and rushed toward the battlefield.
The moment he entered the city, he realized just how vast it truly was.
The city-state was practically a miniature world of life, with walls reaching more than ten thousand meters into the sky.
Fortunately, even with his strength restricted to Divine-grade, Daniel could still cross tens of millions of miles with ease.
He soon arrived at the battlefield.
Two clearly opposing camps appeared within his field of vision.
One side wore identical azure guard armor.
They appeared to belong to the imperial forces, and every one of them was a Divine-grade expert.
The opposing side consisted of countless masked figures dressed entirely in black.
Their auras were strange and unnatural, and they vastly outnumbered the imperial guards.
"Their auras seem somewhat similar to mine."
Naturally, Daniel did not assume they were his allies.
He immediately realized that they were his competitors—
Realm-crossers from another plane.
However, their numbers were truly astonishing.
Compared with the vast group before him, Daniel looked pitifully alone.
At this moment, the imperial guards had divided into two groups.
The majority were desperately resisting the black-clad realm-crossers.
The smaller group was risking their lives to protect a young man dressed in luxurious robes.
Daniel swept his gaze across the battlefield and quickly took in the entire situation.
He first identified the strongest experts on both sides.
Both were only at the peak of Divine-grade.
Although they were unrivaled among everyone present, to Daniel, they were merely somewhat troublesome opponents.
Overall, no one on the battlefield was capable of truly contending against him.
Daniel relaxed slightly before turning his attention toward the luxuriously dressed young man.
Even a fool could see that the man possessed an extraordinarily noble identity.
He was most likely a prince of the Holy See.
"This man may be my first opportunity."
"As expected, every conflict in a chaotic age conceals fortune and opportunity."
The corners of Daniel’s lips rose slightly.
As he watched the prince, he had already begun considering how to use him as a path into the Holy See.
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