To be fair, the Human Race Ancient Road had not yet opened, and many facilities had yet to be activated.
For instance, some shops along the ancient road were still preparing to receive prodigies from all sides.
Once the ancient road opened, prodigies from countless starfields would come here carrying source. Naturally, they would have to keep up appearances before prodigies from elsewhere, and source would surely flow like water then.
But that had little to do with Adam. At most, acquired things could satisfy his cravings, but now that he could create things himself, naturally, what he made himself suited his taste best.
What concerned him more were the battlefields containing those resources, which remained accessible precisely because of the lengthy period of repairs.
As Adam advanced, plundering and converting all the way, he was finally stopped at the fifteenth checkpoint.
The portal from the fourteenth checkpoint had been directly severed by the fifteenth, so he could only use the coordinates and travel there himself through the Stone Gate.
"You were far slower than I imagined."
With the Beginningless Bell overhead, Adam rode the Ink Qilin Beast and strolled in from the starry sky, unable to conceal the disappointment in his voice.
"If foreign races invaded, how many checkpoints would you hand over without a fight?"
"You little—"
The guide of the fifteenth checkpoint had originally wanted to shout something back, but upon seeing the Beginningless Bell grow larger and nearer, he immediately flew down from the battlements and retreated into the city.
A great formation could withstand an imperial weapon, but only to a limited extent. It could not completely neutralize an imperial weapon's power.
Even if the formation offset ninety percent of it, the remaining ten percent landing on him could heavily injure him. He would have