Warning

"Qin Cang, I said the last time you were here that you should come visit again when you were about to leave Chaos City. Do you know why?" Chaos City Lord said with a smile.

"This disciple does not know. I ask for the City Lord's guidance."

"Hahaha, I am sure you have heard that our human race provides various benefits to its geniuses. The reason for this visit is precisely because of that," Chaos City Lord explained.

As a member of a peak race and a core genius, one can enjoy many benefits of the human race—benefits that are completely unimaginable to those in weaker races.

Take Qin Cang, for example. He is currently only a World Lord, yet back when he was a Domain Lord, he was already fully equipped with a Blazing Flame Spear—a force-powered spear crafted from G-grade metal—and a spaceship named Streamer, which featured an outer shell made of F9-grade Streamer Mithril and a core rest cabin constructed from G-grade Mother of Mithril. Such things are beyond the wildest dreams of those in weaker races.

In weaker races, even those at the King level of power do not necessarily possess equipment that can compare to Qin Cang's.

This is merely the gap in external equipment. As for treasures like Xueluo Crystal and the Blood of the Beast God refined from it, even a single drop starts at a price of ten billion Hunyuan Units at Hong Alliance auctions.

Furthermore, the resources required to cultivate the Thousand-Vine Star-Eating Grass—three portions of which Demon Wing Venerable provided at once—are something few in weaker races can even afford to cultivate, let alone a resource-guzzling beast like the Thousand-Vine Star-Eating Grass.

Moreover, this is only the resources consumed by a World Lord in the Primal Secret Region. Converted into currency, it would be enough for those weaker races to cultivate several, or even dozens of, seeds for Marquis or King level power.

More importantly, the vast number of secret techniques and Chaos Steles mastered by the human race are completely closed off to outsiders; no other race can use them.

Even the Virtual Universe can only be used by allies who join the human camp on the Outer-Region Battlefield and members of the Hong Alliance, yet its functionality still cannot compare to that of the human race.

Once allies on the Outer-Region Battlefield withdraw from the battlefield, they can no longer use the Virtual Universe, and to join the Hong Alliance, one must at least be a King level Immortal.

Combined, these factors greatly limit the ability of other races to "fleece" the human race. After all, the Virtual Universe can be considered the foundation of the human race's existence.

Although the actions of Original Ancestor were somewhat outrageous, the secret technique of this Virtual Universe is truly beyond reproach.

To this day, Qin Cang has been guessing why Original Ancestor attempted to possess the Primal Universe, and where he found the confidence to believe he could succeed.

Perhaps, after meeting Original Ancestor in person in the future and asking him directly, he will know the answer.

"City Lord, could it be that the race has some kind of reward for me?" Qin Cang asked with a face full of anticipation. He clearly remembered that both Luo Feng and Kodi had treasures to protect them. Luo Feng had the supreme treasure known as Shiwu Wings, and while Kodi's treasures were likely not supreme treasures, he still had Heavy Treasures, or even top-tier Heavy Treasures, to protect him.

However, both of them were disciples of Chaos City Lord, which gave him a reason to gift them supreme treasures in a private capacity. Since he was not a disciple of Chaos City Lord, would that still be possible?

"Qin Cang, for geniuses of our human race, there have been quite a few in history who reached the eighteenth level of the Sky Bridge within ten thousand years like you. However, very few have had the opportunity to be granted precious treasures by the race. Even when they are granted, most are given by masters or elders in a private capacity."

"You are different. If you were just a genius who passed the eighteenth level of the Sky Bridge, that would be one thing, but you have a clone. More importantly, the life gene level of this clone is as high as 5,000 times. Therefore, the race, including myself, has high expectations for you. But based on your current situation, you have two choices."

"However, the premise for these two choices is: what are your plans for the future?"

"Among the World Lord level geniuses of our human race, all need to go out and explore the universe. Generally speaking, this means either the Universe Secret Regions or the Outer-Region Battlefield. What is your choice?" Chaos City Lord asked.

"City Lord, this disciple has already decided. I will go to the Outer-Region Battlefield to explore next," Qin Cang replied. He would also go to the Universe Secret Regions, but not now. It would not be too late to go there after fighting against the powerhouses of ten thousand races on the Outer-Region Battlefield. Moreover, relatively speaking, the Outer-Region Battlefield is safer for him at the moment.

"The Outer-Region Battlefield, is it?" Chaos City Lord frowned. "The territories of the human race, the Demon Race, the Bug Race, and the Machine Race are adjacent, leading to constant fighting. Eventually, the four major races established the Outer-Region Battlefield as the core. Among these three races, the methods of the Bug Race are the most insidious and are the most targeted at your weaknesses. Since you have chosen the Outer-Region Battlefield, you must be most careful of the Bug Race Mother Emperors; they are masters of soul manipulation."

"The Machine Race, on the other hand, is born without souls and is better at large-scale group sieges. That doesn't count for much against you, as you have clones. Even if one clone falls, it is just a matter of spending energy to condense another. Relatively speaking, they pose the least threat to you."

"As for the Demon Race, they have many internal branches with different focuses, but generally speaking, they still rely on their powerful divine bodies to fight. When our human powerhouses encounter the Demon Race, the thing we fear most is a war of attrition. The Demon Race has massive divine bodies, giving them a much greater advantage than us."

"Although the Demon Race is generally good at divine body combat, it does not mean they lack soul masters. As far as I know, there are several branches within the Demon Race that are extremely skilled in soul attacks, such as the Phantom Ghost Fox race. However, on the whole, they are not like the Bug Race Mother Emperors, who are all soul masters. As long as you don't encounter those special races, the threat to you is not significant," Chaos City Lord explained to Qin Cang one by one.

"Of course, if you encounter a powerhouse you truly cannot defeat, you must immediately self-destruct. Treasures can be accumulated slowly again if they are lost, but if you are completely annihilated by a soul attack or become a soul slave to another race, even I would be powerless to save you."

"A long time ago, a powerful King level powerhouse of our human race fell into a trap set by the Bug Race and became their soul slave. Otherwise, the human race might have had one more Venerable by now," Chaos City Lord warned Qin Cang.

Qin Cang took the City Lord's warning to heart and understood the race's expectations of him. Although he had many methods, the universe was vast, and there was no shortage of strange tactics. Even the future Kodi, as a personal disciple of Chaos City Lord and protected by top-tier Heavy Treasures, ultimately fell completely, to the point where even resurrection was impossible, which left Chaos City Lord with deep regret.

I must never be arrogant or careless. If I encounter someone I cannot defeat, I will self-destruct. At worst, I start over. If I die, I have nothing, Qin Cang warned himself in his heart.

"Qin Cang, finally, I want to warn you that you must never be soft-hearted when dealing with other races. In wars between races, there is no right or wrong, only different stances."

"However, precisely because the stances are different, you must be ruthless when dealing with other races. We need resources to survive, and other races need resources to survive as well, but the total resources in the entire universe are limited. This is a matter that is destined to be irreconcilable. It will only end when one side completely subdues the other, or even exterminates the race. You must understand this principle."