Parasite World’s Tokyo remains in a state of ruin and ghostly desolation.
The Sacred Intent left by a Saintly Position expert occasionally causes paranormal events here.
Everywhere there are broken walls and ruins, and one can see some invisible distorted spiritual bodies surrounded by faint black smoke.
The remaining nearby natives, along with a few attending Pioneers, are constantly searching the ruins for anything useful.
An entire wasteland reclamation scene.
In this wasteland, on a relatively open square, the surroundings have been slightly cleared, and several sandbag-constructed defense positions have been set up.
A small area was fenced off with some barbed wire to protect the teleportation device inside.
Regarding the shabby protection, compared to that stadium back then and the Starshine New Development Zone’s defense, it was undoubtedly much worse.
Tao Yu just looked at this scene and, with a slight deduction, was already certain that Earth Dragon City had nearly abandoned this new gathering place!
It’s not entirely abandoned, as they still set up a teleportation device to receive Saint Ou, and slowly develop through waste utilization.
But once this place is cleared, they probably won’t invest as many resources as before.
After all, previously Tianchengzi had a cultivation method leading directly to the Catastrophe Level, highly valuable, making it worth increasing the development effort.
Now, not only is Tianchengzi gone, but the previous investments have been severely lost, almost starting over.
This naturally turned into a very ordinary Development Zone.
At least, it’s not worth a Saint’s continued surveillance.
After this shadowing experience, with the Saint’s preciousness, Saint Ou will likely never come again.
Tao Yu, after a divination confirmed no one was laying in ambush here, also felt a bit regretful.
"If Saint Ou had ambushed me based on my last display of strength, I could have earned a bit extra. Now my pockets are truly too clean..."
Now, there’s almost no value here.
Since this isn’t his own territory, Tao Yu is surely impossible to stay for long.
He was initially contemplating supplying some goods to the Ou Family for some funds.
But seeing Saint Ou’s scared-to-death appearance, the likelihood of taking risks seems slim.
"Forget it, those who don’t recognize treasure deserve not to buy such good things."
Tao Yu complained internally, thinking that the items he brought back from the Marvel World for sale were indeed valuable.
Though the vibranium was somewhat weakened, as a basic Yuan Force mineral, its fundamental attributes remain quite strong.
As for the remnants of Ego’s brain, it might be priceless and without a market...
Later, he called in Ou Ling, the female informant stationed here, for further confirmation.
"The Ancestor Sage has indeed abandoned this place. If not for the teleportation device to take him back, they certainly wouldn’t arrange such a level of device."
Ou Ling glanced at the ruins, stroking her hair, seemingly a bit emotional too.
What was originally a promising situation suddenly turned into this due to the clash of Sacred Positions.
It’s foreseeable that in the future, there will be new Pioneers choosing this Development Zone less and less, and its development speed could never match the previous level.
"Also, this is the map of Abyssal Fragments our Ou Family controls, the information of fragments in the Heavenly Dragon City and Earth Dragon City development zones has been updated to the latest version, the further places have a bigger margin for error..."
Afterward, Ou Ling handed over the items Tao Yu had asked her to bring.
Abyssal Fragments constantly change and fall, and over time adjacent fragments will sooner or later be replaced.
It’s not about random replacement; rather, new fragments may fall between the gaps of fragments or within fragments for spacing.
Just like when Tao Yu previously saw the Demonization World and Fuyuki City’s fall, this is considered relatively common, showing up randomly and frequently.
Pioneer bases gather a few Chosen Ones and Fortune Thieves for this reason.
Therefore, Ou Ling’s map can only guarantee the accuracy of the Heavenly Dragon City and Earth Dragon City Development Zones, while for city development zones where information updates slower, the situation is uncertain.
"Alright, I just took a casual look."
Collecting map information is something large forces often do, so Tao Yu’s action isn’t particularly odd.
Besides, for the Saint, if a journey can be completed on foot, they will also save on transmission fees.
Due to the production and usage characteristics of Yuan Force, while the level of ’billion’ is theoretically small change for a Saint, it won’t be spent recklessly.
Just like some countries with trillion-level economies have to be careful with even tens of billions in expenditure.
Sometimes, hundreds of billions in debt can crush a moderately strong nation; this holds for some large companies and conglomerates as well.
There’s a significant gap between the overall total assets of Yuan Force and its liquidity...
Above a blood-red ocean, four colossal turbine engines constantly rotate at high speed, with terrifying airflows keeping the space airship suspended in the sky, tearing through cloud seas, causing cloud waves to roll, seemingly drifting within clouds.
This huge ship’s speed in the air is not slow, currently flying towards the other end of the EVA world.
On the bridge, Thanos, sitting on the captain’s chair, gazes at the red sea ahead with a very calm expression.
But from the faint white steam around him, it can be seen that Thanos is still distracted by some cultivation, quickly adapting.