Admonition

"Qin Cang, when you came here last time, I told you to visit me again when you were about to leave Chaos City. Do you know why?" the Chaos City Lord asked with a smile.

"This disciple does not know. Please enlighten me, City Lord."

"Hahaha! You've probably heard that our Human Race offers all kinds of benefits to its geniuses. That's why I asked you to come this time," the Chaos City Lord explained.

As a member of a peak race—and one of its most core geniuses—Qin Cang could enjoy the many benefits the Human Race offered. The weaker races could hardly even imagine such privileges.

Take Qin Cang, for example. He was only a World Lord now, yet back when he was at Domain Lord Level, he had already been equipped with a spear forged from G-Grade Metal—the Blazing Flame Spear. He had also been given a spacecraft whose entire outer shell was made of F9-grade Metal, Streamer Mithril, and whose core rest cabin was made of G-Grade Metal, Mother of Mithril—the Liuguang. This was something the weaker races wouldn't even dare dream of.

Even the King-level Experts of weaker races might not have equipment as good as Qin Cang's.

And that was only the difference in equipment. As for treasures like Xueluo Crystals and Blood of the Beast God refined from them, even a single drop would fetch at least tens of billions of Hunyuan Units at a Hong Alliance auction.

As for the resources needed to raise the Thousand-Vine Star-Eating Grass, Demon Wing Venerable had handed over three sets in one go. There were hardly any weaker races capable of raising plant life at all, let alone a resource-devouring monster like the Thousand-Vine Star-Eating Grass.

Besides, that was only the resources consumed by a World Lord in the Primal Secret Region. Converted into money, it would be enough for the weaker races to raise several, or even dozens, of King Marquis or King-level candidates.

More importantly, the vast trove of secret techniques and Chaos Steles held by the Human Race could be used by no other race. They were completely off-limits to outsiders.

Even the Virtual Universe was accessible only to allies who joined the Human Race's side on the Outer-Region Battlefield and members of the Hong Alliance, and its functions still couldn't compare to those available to the Human Race.

Once the Outer-Region Battlefield's allies left the battlefield, they could no longer use the Virtual Universe. As for members of the Hong Alliance, they had to be undying King-level beings just to join.

Taken together, these restrictions greatly limited the Alien Races' ability to freeload off the Human Race. After all, the Virtual Universe could be called the very foundation of the Human Race.

Although the Original Ancestor's actions had been somewhat outrageous, there was no denying that the Virtual Universe's secret technique was beyond reproach.

Even now, Qin Cang still wondered why the Original Ancestor had tried to possess the Primal Universe, and where he had found the confidence to believe he could succeed.

Perhaps he would learn the answer when he met the Original Ancestor in person and asked him someday.

"City Lord, could it be that the race has a reward for me?" Qin Cang asked eagerly. He clearly remembered that Luo Feng and Kedi had both been protected by treasures. Luo Feng had the Supreme Treasure, the Shiwu Wings, while Kedi's treasure probably wasn't a Supreme Treasure, but he had at least been protected by a Heavy Treasure, perhaps even a Top-Tier Heavy Treasure.

However, both of them had been disciples of the Chaos City Lord, so the City Lord had reason to give them Supreme Treasures in a personal capacity. Qin Cang wasn't his disciple. Would he still be eligible?

"Qin Cang, throughout the history of our Human Race, there have been many geniuses like you who reached the eighteenth level of the Sky Bridge within ten thousand years. Yet very few have had the chance to receive precious treasures from the race. Even when treasures are bestowed, they're usually given privately by a teacher or an elder.

"But you're different. If you were merely a genius who had passed the eighteenth level of the Sky Bridge, that would be one thing. But you have a clone, and more importantly, that clone's Life Gene Level is as high as five thousand times. So the race, myself included, has high hopes for you. Given your current circumstances, however, you have two choices.

"Before we discuss them, what do you plan to do next?

"All the World Lord geniuses of our Human Race need to venture out into the universe. Generally, they go to either a Universe Secret Region or the Outer-Region Battlefield. Which will you choose?" the Chaos City Lord asked.

"City Lord, I've already made up my mind. I'll venture out to the Outer-Region Battlefield," Qin Cang replied. He would visit a Universe Secret Region too, but not yet. He could go after fighting against the experts of countless races on the Outer-Region Battlefield. Besides, for now, the Outer-Region Battlefield was relatively safer for him.

"The Outer-Region Battlefield?" The Chaos City Lord frowned. "The territories of the Human Race, Demon Race, Bug Race, and Machine Race border one another, and the fighting never stops. Eventually, the four races established the Outer-Region Battlefield as its focal point. Of those three races, the Bug Race is the most devious, and its methods are the most suited to exploit your weakness. Since you've chosen the Outer-Region Battlefield, you must be especially wary of the Bug Race Mother Emperors. They're all masters of the soul.

"The Machine Race, on the other hand, has no soul by nature and excels at surrounding its enemies with vast armies. That won't pose much of a threat to you, since you have a clone. Even if one clone falls, you can simply spend energy to condense another. Relatively speaking, they pose the least danger to you.

"As for the Demon Race, it has many different branches, each with its own strengths. Overall, though, the Demon Race relies on its powerful Divine Bodies in battle. When our Human Race's experts encounter them, what they fear most is a war of attrition. The Demon Race's Divine Bodies are enormous, giving them a far greater advantage than our own.

"Although the Demon Race generally excels at fighting with its Divine Body, that doesn't mean it has no soul masters. As far as I know, several of its branches are exceptionally skilled in Soul Attacks, such as the Phantom Ghost Fox clan. But overall, unlike the Bug Race Mother Emperors, not every one of them is a soul master. As long as you don't encounter those few special races, they shouldn't pose too great a threat to you." The Chaos City Lord explained each race to Qin Cang in turn.

"Of course, if you encounter an enemy you truly can't defeat, self-destruct immediately. You can slowly accumulate new treasures, but if your soul is completely annihilated by a Soul Attack or you become an Alien Race's Soul Slave, even I won't be able to save you.

"Long ago, one of our Human Race's incredibly powerful King-level Experts fell into a Bug Race trap and became their Soul Slave. Otherwise, the Human Race might have gained another Venerable." The Chaos City Lord warned Qin Cang.

Qin Cang took the City Lord's warning to heart. He understood how much the race expected of him. Although he had acquired quite a few means, the universe was vast, and it held every kind of strange technique. Even Kedi, the Chaos City Lord's personal disciple, had ultimately perished beyond recovery, despite being protected by a Top-Tier Heavy Treasure. The loss had filled the Chaos City Lord with deep regret.

I must never become arrogant or careless. If I meet someone I can't defeat, I'll self-destruct immediately. I can always start over, but once I'm dead, I'll have nothing. Qin Cang warned himself.

"Qin Cang, the last thing I want to warn you about is this: you must never show mercy to the Alien Races. In wars between races, there's no right or wrong, only different sides.

"But precisely because we're on different sides, we must wipe out the Alien Races completely. We need resources to survive, and so do they. But the resources of the entire universe are finite. This is a conflict that can never be resolved. It will only end when one side completely subdues the other—or even wipes it out. You must understand this."