A peaceful world had peaceful rules of battle.
Like Chess Players facing off, it appeared calm on the surface, but beneath it lay hidden schemes and killing intent.
In the field of "farming," Lu PingAn's side was professional. Faced with a whole series of powers that could guarantee advancement to high tiers—accelerated growth, ability trading, professional knowledge trading, racial conversion, and Life Insurance—the Gods of Life on Earth simply could not compete.
It was not because Lu PingAn's talent was so exceptional that he crushed a host of predecessors. It was a gift from the stars.
The truth was that Lu PingAn carried far too many otherworldly elements. Part of it was because he had started at Chris's endpoint—Chris being a god from another realm—but more importantly, too many of his "authorities" had been harvested from other worlds.
And the most crucial foundation that had allowed him to grow so quickly to this point was the World Fragment that Mercury 42 had devoured.
In a sense, ever since the Nirvana Plan began, the strongest veteran Gods of Life had become too deeply bound to Earth and had no need to head to the front lines.
In the New Era, they had not grown weaker. On the contrary, with the resources and races brought back, they had been progressing steadily.
But compared to the New Gods who had grown up on the Otherworld Battlefield, they lacked certain potential. Some things, some functions, some traits—you simply did not have them.
The gap was even greater in certain fields, such as extraordinary cultivation and armament. One side had "firearms" of the New Era, while the other wielded blades, spears, swords, and halberds from the previous age. Which Training Class would newcomers choose? There was no comparison at all.
"The New Era, huh."
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