Once Gu Xi understood the current situation, he quickly asked a few questions.
Very soon, Gu Xi understood what was going on here.
Living Beasts dropped Red Equipment. Anyone capable of killing Living Beasts knew that much.
And before a Living Beast transformed its first proper piece of Red Equipment, it had no mind of its own and would automatically be drawn to Rule Fragments.
Some would suppress their instincts and eat only Rule Fragments that benefited them. Others ignored everything and simply devoured them all.
But no matter which kind they were, they would still be drawn to Rule Fragments and charge straight over.
So some people specifically used Rule Fragments as bait, killing Living Beasts with traps. They did not care whether those Living Beasts had grown up or begun nurturing Red Equipment; they just killed them all.
During that period, the number of Living Beasts plummeted sharply, to the point that they were almost driven to extinction.
That situation made some big shots of the rules feel it could not go on.
If things continued like this, all the Living Beasts would be killed. Then where would they go in the future to find such an easy source of Red Equipment?
So several existences close to the level of Ancient Gods gathered the surviving Living Beasts together and made an agreement.
From then on, people could only enter the Asteroid Belt to hunt. They were not allowed to use bait and traps to capture Living Beasts in large numbers.
This was to ensure that the population of Living Beasts would not fall too much.
Of course, the Living Beasts did not enjoy this protection for free. The Living Beasts had to help those who came here nurture Red Equipment.
How did they nurture it?
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