Apocalypse: Master of Soul Beasts

”This Star of Africa, you see, has three distinctive features.”

”First, it’s highly secure. Since you know about the Star of Africa, you must know about the Lord, his power, tsk tsk, not to boast, but ever since the Origin Extraction Device was resolved five years, three months, and seven days ago, the former Sequence Number 1, Yanjing’s first Protector God, what was his name again... oh, what was it... something Tang... oh dear, look at my memory... I forgot...”

”Tang Haofei. Former Sequence Number 1, and still Sequence Number 1 today.”

Wang Jie interjected—a reminder that for the ordinary folks, five years is practically an era; even the invincible Tang Haofei from five years ago has faded into obscurity.

Can remembering his name get you food? Obviously not! So why remember?

But Wang Jie, being a Sequence-class expert, remembers the name Tang Haofei.

”Oh, right, right, Tang Haofei, isn’t it? Whatever, anyway, he was seriously injured, lost all power, no one even knows where he’s gone.”

”He didn’t die, nor was he seriously injured, and certainly not powerless!”

Wang Jie reminded, not because he admired Tang Haofei. For experts of this level, he wouldn’t admire anyone; he only admires power itself.

But Wang Jie clearly missed the point, while Zhang Changong, being merely an ordinary citizen, doesn’t even admire power! Or rather, he doesn’t even have the qualification to admire power.

Zhang Changong changed the topic: ”I already said it doesn’t matter, what’s important is that since the Origin Extraction Device incident ended, the Lord became the invincible strongest of this era, stationed on the African Continent, established the Star of Africa, and two months later, the Star of Africa was fully open, allowing outsiders to settle in. Tsk tsk, you’re not from Yanjing, so you don’t know. When the news came, the entire outer city zone and slums of Yanjing went crazy! Africa, with its fertile land, plenty of mutant beasts, and the Lord overseeing, security was guaranteed—that was paradise! At that time, the Yanjing Assembly Site witnessed a massive migration wave.”

”But unexpectedly...”

Zhang Changong, with an air of mystery, piqued Wang Jie’s curiosity—these secrets, Wang Jie hadn’t uncovered.

”Unexpected what?”

”Security is real; that’s one of the Star of Africa’s features... but paradise is false... because this leads to the second feature of the Star of Africa.”

”It has a very, very terrible rule: no fighting allowed.”

”That’s a good thing, right?”

Wang Jie wondered, not allowing fights—by any logic, that should be a good thing.

”It’s not just about no fighting among people but also between people and mutant beasts, people and Soul Puppets, mutant beasts and Soul Puppets... In short, as long as humans encounter any non-Demon Tribe lifeform, if you dare to draw a knife, the Lord’s men will dare to take your life!”

This didn’t seem like a problem either... Wang Jie mused.

Zhang Changong gave Wang Jie the answer in one sentence: ”Where do magic crystals come from? Africa is safe, meaning there’s a shortage of Demon Fiends; with a shortage of Demon Fiends, magic crystals can only come from mutant beasts, but the rules forbid slaughter and fights, which means no magic crystals, and no meat. And the Star of Africa offers no welfare. That’s right, for food, drinks, clothing, and necessities—you have to get them all yourself. In such conditions, think about people who couldn’t even make it in Yanjing going to Africa—how would they survive without farming? Just during the time it takes for crops to mature, how do they live?”

”They can’t survive! The ones who prepared to move to the Star of Africa returned with their tails between their legs after just a couple of days, but some discovered the third feature of the Star of Africa.”

”Trade... the Star of Africa is the only place in the world where skills are sold at marked prices—skills from C-Class to A-Class not provided by the Exchange Stone Pillar are sold at marked prices by the government skill store in unlimited quantities! The monthly auction in the Star of Africa will see S-Class, SS-Class, SSS-Class skills, and even Esoteric Level skills publicly auctioned. Even the Million Victories Arena in the Star of Africa offers Limit Breakthrough Level abilities as the final reward!”

”If Yanjing is the paradise for ordinary people, then the Star of Africa is the haven for professionists!”

At this, Zhang Changong cast a glance at the ten space rings loaded onto Wang Jie’s fingers.

”Besides, the Star of Africa buys two things. I see those space rings on your hand, brother, heh heh, are you here for business? How many Demon Beast Corpses and Soul Crystal stones have you gathered?”

Wang Jie was silent, gently twisting the space ring on his hand.

Zhang Changong continued: ”Who knows what the Lord is thinking, clearly buying Demon Race Corpses at marked prices—tsk tsk, that stuff is worth nothing! Ten Demon Beast Corpses of the same level exchange for one magic crystal of the same level, and the Soul Crystal stone that appeared three years ago, rumored to absorb the Soul Energy of dead Demon Fiends, a fully charged Soul Crystal stone can exchange for a Level 6 magic crystal... tsk tsk, the Lord is losing big time... If I could serve the Lord, I’d abolish this unprofitable trade no matter what.”

”Losing big time...”

Listening to Zhang Changong, Wang Jie was left speechless—despite Wang Jie not knowing why the Lord buys Demon Beast Corpse and Soul Crystal stones, in Wang Jie’s eyes, it didn’t seem like he was losing big...

Moreover, this trade has existed for five years—if it was a loss, the Lord’s original capital would be gone long ago...

As they talked, Wang Jie and Zhang Changong reached the front of the line. As the teleportation light flashed, Zhang Changong’s figure vanished instantly.

Wang Jie took a deep breath, stepping in front of the Exchange Stone Pillar.

His right hand touched the Exchange Stone Pillar, revealing a single transmission option. Below was the teleportation destination—Eternal Sky City, Demon Capital Assembly Site, New York Assembly Site, Washington Assembly Site, Moscow Assembly Site, Tokyo Assembly Site, Seoul Assembly Site...

All around the world, every place lies within the coverage of the teleportation channel!

And among them, the name Star of Africa prominently gleams at the top, especially eye-catching with the ”special price” note beside it.

Ordinary teleportation, regardless of distance, costs one Level 5 magic crystal per trip, one way. But the Star of Africa only requires one Level 2 magic crystal, priced at one-thousandth the normal rate...

Of course, to Wang Jie, there was no difference between a Level 5 magic crystal and a Level 2 magic crystal. He took out a Level 2 magic crystal from his space ring and placed it on the Exchange Stone Pillar, then clicked to teleport.

With a slight feeling of dizziness, when Wang Jie opened his eyes once more, the scorching heat and the cacophony of street vendors filled his senses completely.

Looking at the rough, crude, yet bustling street, Wang Jie took a deep breath.

”Star of Africa, here I come...”