The Skill Upgrade Hall was packed with noise. In the days after every world progress ended, it was always like this. That was only natural. After risking their lives in mission worlds to obtain enough resources, people were eager to improve themselves. What could be more addictive than becoming stronger?
The crowd slightly diminished this wonderful mood, especially when all the Skill Upgrade Pods were occupied and people had to wait.
Su Xiao sat down in the waiting area. He noticed that more people had come for Skill Upgrade Pods this time than before, and many faces wore either a look of I'm damn impressive or extreme vigilance. Those were typical signs of newcomers.
After entering Reincarnation Paradise and experiencing one or two worlds, newcomers who had initially mastered supernatural power would all develop the appearance of I'm already different from ordinary people; mortals are ants. By contrast, most high-tier Contractors were calm—but only when there was no threat.
A small number of them were both polite and often smiling. However, once they entered an enemy state, people would learn how terrifying they were.
The sudden appearance of so many newcomers in Reincarnation Paradise made Su Xiao wonder whether this world battle had gone poorly. He took out his terminal and checked the news channel of Apocalypse Paradise. Apocalypse Paradise's Contractors were comparatively good at this sort of thing.
After checking, he learned that they had indeed lost this world battle. There had been seven world battles in total, from the first to the ninth order, and their side had lost six. The only victory had been in the ninth-order world battle.
The Space-Time Power obtained from winning a ninth-order world battle was several points greater than the combined total from winning the first through eighth-order battles.
Losing six out