"This time, the gains probably won't be any less than what we got from the Silent Mountain Range World."
When Lu PingAn's Life Bank successfully analyzed this fragment, even he had to admit that the Forest Goddess Church had gone all out this time.
Normally, an Explorer's journey into another world was like that of a "Traveler Hound." The traveler took away some local specialties and left behind payment. That was all.
That way, the relationship between both sides remained relatively harmonious, a win-win arrangement in a sense. Given the Eastern Kingdom's limited number of Explorers, it was a practical choice—a stable, long-term path of evolution that was slow to show results.
But now, it had clearly turned into "Scheming the Country."
"Either we take everything or lose everything. They made a huge gamble."
The stone tablet before them was part of the World Authority—or rather, one of the foundations of the World's Logic. Under normal circumstances, it was something that could never possibly be obtained.
And now, it had appeared. And in such great numbers.
"I'm afraid we'll have to face the world's hostility. Heh, perhaps this is the world's hostility itself."
Lu PingAn considered what would happen if they simply left this thing alone.
"The Spider Monkeys will evolve rapidly. A race in which every member is extraordinary will multiply in great numbers. Once they advance from a tribe to a nation, or even a civilization, they will naturally begin fighting for their own living space..."
Lu PingAn vaguely realized that the other side of this treasure was likely a "world-ending crisis."
It was already far too abnormal for this kind of World Authority to appear in the mortal realm.
"Mei Yuge, how many of those meteors in the sky did you see that day?"
"...The ones I