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Even if it was only the 5% of his total power, the person capable of utilizing that 5% would definitely receive great security for their life. Therefore, everyone looked with a tinge of envy at Kang Lan.

She confidently said, "Therefore, I refuse to believe that he died no matter what!"

This time no one said anything. Although they did not know whether what Kang Lan said was true or not, the truth was that she was the person with the highest rank among those present; more so if Bai Zemin had trusted her enough to grant her such a valuable subclass.

Kang Lan took her radio and ordered, "To all team leaders, pass my order! All troops move back two kilometers and fire the flares at ten-minute intervals!"

The different leaders of each team or squad passed the order to those below them and soon they all retreated two kilometers back, creating some distance between them and the forest.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!...

Several light flares flew into the sky and exploded, joining the lightning to illuminate everything within two kilometers. From afar, several wild beasts could be seen peering out of the forest as if they were hesitating while occasionally looking into the depths.

One of the beasts finally couldn't take it anymore and after roaring charged towards the exit.

Like dominoes falling one after the other, the beasts behind also roared and charged towards the exit of the forest unwilling to stay there any longer to wait for death. Although it was not all the beasts that charged and it was only a tiny part of all the beasts inside the forest, at least 5000 beasts charged towards the little more than 1000 humans.

There were wolves, there were wild cats, there were tigers, there were lions, there were elephants, etc.

All kinds of beasts charged like a stampede. The earth rumbled and the lightning in the sky roared as it illuminated the fierce expressions on the faces of the monsters that ran towards the clear minority of humans with the intention of crushing them all.

"Chief Lu, you take over from here." Kang Lan passed the command to Lu Yan. After all, she had no military knowledge to command such an important operation.

Lu Yan said nothing and waited.

Even though there were around 5000 beasts attacking and they were all close enough together for the bullets to hit them even from over a kilometer away, the power of the shot would be greatly reduced and would probably not be enough to end the lives of those with especially tough skin.

700...

600...

500 meters.

"Fire at will!" Lu Yan roared and raised his own light machine gun as fired with uninterrupted bursts.

The armed men who were already frightened to the point where they were on the verge of collapse finally let go of all their fears when they heard the command. Each of the 600 or so men raised their guns and fired furiously as they stared at the incoming beasts with bloodshot eyes.The sound of gunfire joined the already chaotic situation and all silence disappeared in its entirety.

As tongues of fire and metal rained down on the beasts, many of them were filled with holes in a second before falling heavily to the ground to not get up again. Those at the front took the worst of it as they immediately became sieves and collapsed in their own pools of blood.

However, although hundreds were slaughtered in a few moments, the tide of thousands of beasts did not seem to fear in the least; on the contrary, they fought more fiercely to charge forward.

When one beast fell, another immediately took its place, and when that one fell, a different one appeared.

Moreover, the bullets could not kill them all. Among the crowd, there were some snakes with tough scales, elephants with rock-hard skins, and other creatures with defenses powerful enough to resist the firepower the base had. Every time the bullets hit them just bounced off uselessly leaving only faint white marks and causing pain that only served to enrage the wild beasts even more.

When the beasts finally reached within two hundred yards, at least a few thousands had fallen to never stand up again.

"Armed troops retreat! Soul evolvers step forward!" Lu Yan shouted and immediately discarded his light machine gun and drew a sword clearly forged from some kind of unnatural material from his waist before charging forward without visible fear.

Faster than him, Yan Tu stomped hard on the ground and leaped tens of meters into the air in the blink of an eye. As his body began to fall right in the middle of the crowd of beasts, he activated his Second Order Gigantic skill and increased the size of the mace in his hands to three times its original size.

Although the power behind the weapon increased, Yan Tu could still wield his mace as if it were the same as before he activated his skill. With a powerful swing from the top to down, Yan Tu powerfully smashed his bone mace against the ground.

BOOM!

The earth shook and dust rose up. But more terrifying, over a hundred nearby beasts were turned into blood mist while a dozen of those weaker ones in the far reaches of the shockwave flew into the air with missing limbs.

Right behind him, Evangeline charged through the crowd of beasts with elegance. Her Agility allowed her to get in and out with ease without even suffering the slightest scratch despite being surrounded by hundreds of enemies. The dagger in her hands was like an unstoppable whirlwind and when it seemed to cut once, at least a dozen beasts were cut into several pieces.

Wherever Evangeline went, all the other soul evolvers and gunmen could see were lines of hot blood rising into the sky and splattering everywhere as the beasts roared in pain before collapsing lifelessly.

Kang Lan didn't take too long to join in the fun as well. She was much more direct than the other two and simply charged forward while swung her magic staff.

Several magic circles flashed around her body and the staff's Soul Stone lit up. Next, a thick purple mist surrounded her, and wherever she walked by the beasts immediately collapsed without even having time to roar.

Although the range of the purple mist was only 3 meters with her as the center, it was definitely terrifying to see dozens of beasts falling lifelessly one after another with no apparent injuries!

Nangong Lingxin was probably the least elegant of them all but still extremely brave. She activated her skill Magic Barrier in front of her body and rushed forward.

A two-meter tall wolf howled and charged towards her while swinging its giant claw.

However, Nangong Lingxin remained indifferent and continued to press forward.

Bang!

The claw of the wolf, which was a level 23 beast and one of the most powerful among the current beasts, powerfully slammed into the magic barrier. The magic barrier did not even flinch and Nangong Lingxin continued to press forward, pushing the wolf several meters. Just as the wolf was a

about to stand up once again, Nangong Lingxin created a second Magic Barrier right on top of the beast's body and slammed towards the ground mercilessly.

Boom!

The ground rumbled and Nangong Lingxin deactivated the second barrier as she dashed into the distance.

When the rainbow barrier disappeared, the wolf was nowhere to be seen. All that was there were a pile of blood, broken bones turned to dust, and torn skin completely smashed against the ground.

* * *

Back in the forest, a few minutes before the beasts started attacking the humans.

Bai Zemin landed carelessly on the ground several kilometers away, rolling on the dirt uncontrollably.

Shangguan Bing Xue was not much different from him as she also rolled beside him. However, she was at least being protected by his embrace so it could be said that she was a little better off at least.

As both of their ears still dipped horribly from the thunderous sound of the explosion, they slowly stood up and looked at the blaze of crimson fire that seemed to want to devour everything.

Shangguan Bing Xue's little mouth opened slightly and she looked forward in a daze. Her inner feelings out of control and her ability to think seemed to have gone flying away for a few seconds as she found it hard to believe that a human being would ever be able to cause such massive destruction...

But she was not the only one surprised.

In the skies, Lilith looked stunned at the scene before her eyes and shock was visible on every part of her seductive face.

"How can this be possible...?" She muttered to herself.

Forget initial Second Order, Lilith believed that even a level 100 existence on the verge of breaking Third Order would definitely not come out unscathed from an attack of such magnitude!

The reason for her surprise was that all this was caused by a First Order existence!

Even though she already knew that Bai Zemin was powerful, even though she knew that Bai Zemin would one day achieve great things; the speed at which he was growing was completely out of her original estimation!

It wasn't about levels, it wasn't about Order at all; it was about the fact that each one of Bai Zemin's skills seemed to complement themselves in a frighteningly high manner! It was precisely that which caused this whole disaster!

Everything was getting out of control...

At the same time, Bai Zemin opened his eyes and his face constricted in pain as several messages flashed across his retina at the same time.

[You have obtained the Soul Power of Second Order Poisonous Bloom Spider level 51. You receive Strength +80, Agility +152, Health +70, Stamina +251, Mana +102, Magic +105.]

[You have leveled up and reached level 47. You receive 2 status points to distribute freely.]

[You have leveled up and have reached level 48. You receive 2 status points to distribute freely.]

[You have leveled up and reached level 49. You receive 2 status points to distribute freely.]

Bai Zemin already expected the Second Order mutated spider to die with a single strike. After all, it was simply impossible for a beast that had just broken through the Second Order to take his most powerful attack; he was so confident.

As he felt his body grow stronger and his Stamina and Mana recover to their maximum again and even more, a joyful look flashed in his eyes.

However, little did he know that this was just the beginning.

[You have obtained the Soul Power of Second Order Ice Light Tiger level 73. You receive Strength +190, Agility +285, Health +100, Stamina +201, Mana +183, Magic +180.]

[You have leveled up and reached level 50. You receive 2 status points to distribute freely.]

[You cannot level up to level 51 before obtaining your second class and advancing to Second Order. All Soul Power acquired during the evolution process will be recorded and calculated once you have successfully advanced to Second Order.]

[You have received the title: Irregular]

[Irregular: An existence that should not exist. You exceed the growth rate of your own world. Once a year you can open a door to an unknown Lower World whose state of evolution far exceeds your own. The rate at which your world evolves increases explosively for fear of being destroyed by you.]

[Possible evolution paths are being calculated taking into consideration all soul records absorbed up to .....]

Bai Zemin could no longer pay attention to any message as his mind had currently gone blank while he looked at the title he had just received without even looking for it.

The title Irregular was literally as if the whole world was crying and begging Bai Zemin to get out of here. For what other reason would it give him the possibility of opening a gate to an unknown world once a year so that he could leave?

However, after thinking it more carefully, Bai Zemin realized that it was not so simple; his thoughts were too naive.

Okay, he was an anomaly. This was a fact that he had gradually come to accept.

Considering that usually every intelligent existence in the universe only gets 2 stat points to distribute among stats for each level up, one could imagine how difficult it was to obtain a large power boost unless one wished for death and sought to face higher level beings.

Higher level = More stat points: This would consequently lead to the existence with less stats dying... At least that was the general pattern and trend.

However, there were also some rare existences that could fight by skipping levels and some even more special ones that could fight against beings that were in a higher Order than them.

As for Bai Zemin himself... He could probably have his own scale of power at this point.

When he was an Unclassified existence he killed with a single attack a First Order existence, and now that he was a First Order existence he managed to kill with a single attack a Second Order existence that was above level 70... No, he didn't just kill a Second Order existence, he killed 2 Second Order existences with a single attack and destroyed several kilometers along the length and breadth of a mana mutated forest!

If all this was taken into consideration, it was nothing unusual for him to receive such a rare title.

However, the world definitely did not want to throw Bai Zemin out of there. After all, although his existence represented an enormous danger, the world was also benefiting from him; the evolution of the entire Earth would accelerate, which would consequently lead to the beings that inhabited it also growing faster than normal.

Instead of saying that the Earth wanted Bai Zemin to leave, it would probably be more correct to say that the Soul Record was opening a new door for him.

If Bai Zemin stayed on Earth, with his current growth rate he would definitely end up being stuck for years waiting for Third Order or Fourth Order beasts to appear; after all, in the past he could previously fight against Second Order existences, let alone the current him who would have received a boost of roughly 70% in his overall stats.

However, by suddenly gaining the possibility of opening a gate to another world, the fear of having to wait years for the other living beings on Earth to evolve could be partially ignored by Bai Zemin... Of course, there were many things to analyze about the strange skill of the rather unique title he had just acquired; but this would be for when everything calmed down a bit.

Bai Zemin took a deep breath and closed his eyes as he felt the inside of his body; more specifically, he focused on his soul.

If Bai Zemin visualized the human body as a vase, then the soul would be the water inside; only when the two joined to form a perfect team could the rose, which would be the representation of the life, continue to exist.

At this point, his soul was something vaguely visible to him. His soul was like a quantity of liquid that circulated through every part of his body, tirelessly nourishing and strengthening it.

After absorbing such a monstrously high amount of statistics, that "liquid" inside his body became noticeably thicker than before; its quality improved, its purity increased, and there was even a slight radiance in the center that he could not comprehend.

These were all changes that probably all sentient living beings in the universe had ever experienced or would experience at some point. It was also very plausible that at higher stages it represented the path of evolution that one would walk for the rest of one's life.

Unfortunately, the current Bai Zemin was on

only a First Order being who had only just reached the peak of his stage regardless of how strong he was.

He squirmed in pain for several minutes as his body was reshaped to fit his much stronger soul. He felt his flesh being cut and then regrown, he felt his muscles being torn again and again to grow stronger, he felt his bones seem to crush and then re-form with a stronger quality.

It could be said that this was the first time Bai Zemin felt this.

Although in the past he had also experienced it when he acquired a huge amount of stats after killing his first-ever First Order enemy while he was just a level 15 Unclassified existence, back then the pain he felt had made him indifferent to more pain and the exhaustion had made him faint as soon as the battle concluded.

Therefore, this was the first time he had experienced firsthand what it felt like to receive an abrupt and unexpected boost out of nowhere.

The rain continued to fall non-stop as lightning crackled through the clouds.

The sound of thunder together with the roar of the mutated and evolved beasts running in fear throughout the forest created an extremely suffocating atmosphere capable of driving even the bravest man on Earth crazy.

As the violet-blue light of the lightning struggled to illuminate the world, the huge dome of fire that had risen more than half a kilometer high slowly began to recede. However, the heat of the crimson flames that composed it was high enough to cause all the raindrops that fell a kilometer or two around it to vaporize even before they touched the ground, transforming into a great cloud of steam that rose silently into the sky to merge with the dark clouds that covered the stars and the moon.

Shangguan Bing Xue's leather armor was soaked and due to its special freezing characteristic, a thin layer of ice had formed on and around the surface. Her silver hair was completely wet, losing its luster and giving it a darker appearance compared to when it was dry.

She brushed away a strand of hair that had stuck to her left side cheek and looked at the young man next to her who appeared to be in a great deal of pain as his eyes were closed and his teeth clenched.

While she was close to 24, this young man was barely 20. While in other parts of the world a difference of 4 years was no big deal, in a country like China 4 years was quite a considerable age difference. Therefore, to her, Bai Zemin would be similar to a junior that if on normal university days he had any doubts, she as the senior would usually have to help and answer for matters of morals and respect.

However, it was impossible for her to look at Bai Zemin as someone junior.

His determination, his actions, his prowess, most of his decisions, his strength; all were far beyond what Shangguan Bing Xue could ever have expected to see in a person not only of his age but of any age.

Bang!

A flash of lightning followed by a rumble of thunder illuminated the area of the forest they were in and during that brief flash of light, Shangguan Bing Xue thought she understood a little bit of the reason why a beautiful, kind, clever, talented, and with a great backstory person like Wu Yijun turned out to be attracted to the person she had in front of her.

Just at that moment, Bai Zemin finally opened his eyes and a small sigh escaped from his lungs.

Looking next to him he saw Shangguan Bing Xue looking at him calmly and he gave her a faint smile as he said in a somewhat stiff voice, "Well... Apparently, I killed the spider."

You killed the spider? Shangguan Bing Xue looked at him weirdly and the corner of her mouth twitched once or twice.

She said a little wordlessly, "Just the spider?"

"Well..." Bai Zemin coughed and added, "I might as well have accidentally killed the tiger..."

An 'I knew it' look shone in her eyes as she said with a raised eyebrow, "And you almost killed us too."

Cough cough...

Bai Zemin coughed softly once more and said quietly, "About that... To be honest with you, I don't know what happened... This is the second time I've used that skill but its power is something completely different from what I remember."

Even though he knew it was probably his fault for activating Gravity Manipulation x15, he didn't say it out loud and kept it to himself. After all, Crimson Blood Judgment was one of his most powerful trump cards and the fewer others knew about the skill, the better for him and everyone else.

Shangguan Bing Xue sighed and shook her head without commenting on it. She actually thought for a moment that they were going to die there when she saw the fiery dome that seemed to want to devour everything approaching them. Fortunately, the worst did not happen thanks to Bai Zemin's life-saving treasures as well as their skills, his body control, and his quick reaction; otherwise, both of their bodies would probably have turned into ashes at this point.

As if realizing something, she suddenly asked, "By the way, that giant ape also died?"

Bai Zemin shook his head and calmly replied, "That giant ape had an innate skill of fire. I'm afraid it must have survived the impact and the remaining flames weren't enough to kill it. Still, I refuse to believe that it came out of something so huge intact."

As the huge sphere of blazing crimson fire reflected in her sky blue eyes, Shangguan Bing Xue unconsciously nodded. She also didn't believe that anything could come out of such a terrifying attack like this unscathed.

Approximately 10 minutes later, the huge fire dome had finally been suppressed. The fierce storm raging in the area had managed to mitigate the fire and the scattered flames, which prevented the forest from going up in flames in its entirety.

Bai Zemin and Shangguan Bing Xue looked at each other and without the need for words, they rushed into the depths of the forest once again and, hopefully, for the last time tonight.

They had both had enough for today.

* * *

"What a pity..."

As he knelt on his right leg, Bai Zemin sighed as he stroked the white bones in front of him.

These bones were shaped like a feline and from the aura they exuded definitely belonged to a Second Order beast. Since Bai Zemin only received the message from the Soul Record informing him of the absorption of the white tiger's Soul Power, it was obvious who the owner of this skeleton was.

"I'm sure it would have been good forging material." Shangguan Bing Xue understood what he meant and could not help but smile bitterly.

Except for the bones; the flesh, the blood, the fur... Everything of the white tiger was either turned into a pile of scattered ashes or had evaporated.

"Something is something." Bai Zemin shook his head and stood up. He would take the bones with him when they left this place.

After looking around the corpse of the white tiger for a while, Bai Zemin found what he was looking for. His eyes lit up as he saw three treasure orbs, a skill scroll, and even an ancient sheepskin scroll!

Back then, right after defeating the Second Order Archaic Bear after an extremely tough battle to the death, Bai Zemin managed to obtain an ancient scroll made of what appeared to be sheep or goatskin. This scroll actually contained the prescription for creating a new kind of gunpowder called 'magic gunpowder' that in the future would definitely be the basis of mankind's new weaponry.

Therefore, he was incredibly excited to see that he had obtained a second sheepskin scroll and hoped to get a recipe or something similar this time as well!

Bai Zemin rushed over and was immediately disappointed when he saw the color of the treasure orbs.

All three were yellow orbs.

The yellow orbs represented Magic grade treasures.

Unconsciously or not, Bai Zemin was actually hoping to obtain at least one light green orb, which would represent an Epic grade treasure. However, after careful thought, he realized that it was quite normal not to obtain an Epic orb this time.

After all, unlike his battle against the Archaic Bear where Bai Zemin had basically done most of the work, this was especially not the case against the Ice Light Tiger.

While they were both Second Order beasts and, in fact, the Ice Light Tiger was several levels higher than the Archaic Bear, the tiger had actually been severely injured after its fight against the giant ape and the Second Order mutated spider.

What Bai Zemin had done was simply to strike the fatal blow.

In fact, it was already surprisingly good that he obtained so much Soul Power and that was probably because the mutated spider had died first, so he ended up absorbing its deserved portion as well.

Regardless of the reason, Bai Zemin felt a lot better after thinking about this.

"How about we keep these and look at them later? We can divide them up depending on our needs and fighting styles." He pointed out as he looked at Shangguan Bing Xue.

However, she shook her head gently and said calmly, "No need. You keep all of them."

Anyway, I didn't do anything here. That was what Shangguan Bing Xue meant.

No matter how much she wanted such treasures, Shangguan Bing Xue had her own principles and rules to follow as well. She would not feel comfortable taking something undeserved; if she had participated in the battle, no matter how slight her contribution was, she might not refuse it. But since that was not the case, things were different.

Bai Zemin naturally understood what she meant. But he also had his own thoughts on the matter so after a moment's thought he proposed: "If all three are treasures I do not yet possess, then I will keep them all. If there are any that I already have, then you can have it. How about that?"

He already had some Magic grade treasures on him and since he couldn't have two exactly the same since the attached stats or skills didn't stack, then he might as well give it to someone else instead of letting them gather dust uselessly inside his backpack.

Shangguan Bing Xue was currently his most powerful fighter, and if Bai Zemin wanted her to be of use to him in the future, then not only did he need to prevent her from dying before she grew up, but he also needed to help her as much as possible.

Besides, since they could currently consider themselves as friends or something similar, then he didn't feel bad about it by giving her something that wouldn't be of any use to him anyway.

After a moment's thought, Shangguan Bing Xue really could not find a reason to say no to Bai Zemin's words. Besides, if she continued to refuse she might end up looking like a pretentious woman acting humble even though in reality her inner thoughts were different.

"Okay... Let's do as you say then."

Seeing her finally give in even though she clearly looked hesitant, Bai Zemin nodded without saying anything and put away the three yellow orbs in his bag.

After putting away the treasure orbs, Bai Zemin picked up the skill scroll dropped by the white tiger and the information naturally flowed to him.

[Luminous Ice Armor (Second Order active skill) level 3: Uses the power of the purest frost to form a tough and resilient magical defense around the user's body. The armor can block magical attacks to some extent depending on how high the user's Magic stat is. While Luminous Ice Armor is activated, magic spells of skills lower than First Order are automatically repelled with no effect. Secondary effect: Decreases Agility by 10%. Consumes 30 Mana points to activate and 1 Stamina point for each active minute. The skill has a duration of 10 mi

minutes and needs 6 hours of cooldown before it can be activated again.]

It was a considerably good skill. Not only did it mitigate damage from enemy magic spells but it even made the user immune to all magic below First Order for 10 minutes. In addition, the Mana and Stamina consumptions were not excessively high either.

However, it was not at all suited to Bai Zemin's combat style. But even if it were, before breaking through to the Second Order he wouldn't be able to learn new active skills at all.

"Do you still have room to learn active skills?" He asked as he looked at Shangguan Bing Xue.

She used ice-based skills, and somehow this skill scroll suited her fighting style.

Unlike Bai Zemin, who sought to overwhelm his opponents in seconds, Shangguan Bing Xue was quite the opposite and aimed to be able to resist and exhaust her opponent before finally finishing them off.

Since that was the case, this skill would indeed shine brighter with her.

"I still have room for two more..." She unconsciously replied. The next instant, however, she realized what Bai Zemin was going to do and was about to refuse when he threw the scroll towards her.

The information of the skill appeared on her retina and her words caught in her throat.

"That skill is no good for me and even Kang Lan, who is a pure mage, won't want it." Bai Zemin's voice immediately drew her in and as she looked at him she realized that he was looking at her as well.

"Kang Lan walks a path of poison and healing instead of defense. That skill will only end up taking up space in her soul."

Bai Zemin was sure of this because Kang Lan had previously told him that she aspired to be able to melt the attacks of her enemies with her toxic poison someday. Therefore, he knew that she would reject this skill regardless of how powerful it was given that learning it would mean deviating from the path she had been walking so far and aspired to. Otherwise, he would definitely have given it to her rather than Shangguan Bing Xue.

As for Cai Jingyi, she would probably run away from the skill the first instant the Agility reduction came into her eyes. She aspired to be fast, how could she bind herself to a skill that made her slower? Therefore, she did not even cross Bai Zemin's mind.

The same applied to Fu Xuefeng and Zhong De. Fu Xuefeng was similar to Cai Jingyi, while Zhong De's Agility was already considerably low to begin with; if more weight was added, the man probably wouldn't even be able to take two steps in the future.

In the end, Shangguan Bing Xue ended up keeping the skill Luminous Ice Armor. She learned it on the spot and the thought of giving it to Wu Yijun did not even appear in her head as Bai Zemin was giving it to her and she believed that it would be disrespectful to do such a thing.

Finally, Bai Zemin bent down and picked up the antique sheepskin scroll.

[Lesser Energy Generator (Construction Plan): A completely renewable energy generator with no harm to the world or the living things in it .....]

A message with an extremely long description appeared in Bai Zemin's retina and his mind trembled when he finally finished analyzing all the information in the content.

This... A power generator! Bai Zemin was jumping for joy inside as his heart pounded like crazy as he realized what the Construction Plan in his hands represented.

How could he not be aware that the energy humanity was currently using was not a viable path? Sure, electricity still worked and mankind could take advantage of that so as not to lose their vision to any great extent during the night.

However, it was only a matter of time before the power finally stopped working. The Soul Record had arrived on Earth almost a month and a half ago, after the outbreak of the apocalypse most of humanity ended up becoming mindless zombies and the factories and reservoirs that need human support to function naturally came to a halt.

How long would the accumulated energy to produce electricity last? Bai Zemin did not know with certainty. However, he like everyone else was fully aware that it would definitely not be long.

But with the construction plan in his hands, all that could be solved!

Of course, things were not that easy.

After calming down from his initial great excitement, Bai Zemin frowned as he saw that it would take one Third Order Soul Stone as a core or 1000 Second Order Soul Stones to fill up some of the energy needed for the generator to work.

Third Order Soul Stone? Dream on! Bai Zemin hoped he wouldn't meet a Third Order existence anytime soon but even if he did who could guarantee that he would obtain a Soul Stone in the hypothetical case that he emerged victorious?

As for 1000 Second Class Soul Stones... Bai Zemin had only 1 of those, as for the remaining 999... Only fate knew when he could have such a huge wealth like that when he didn't even have that many First Order ones.

But the matter of the Soul Stones was not the only problem.

To build the generator also required some special materials that Bai Zemin had never heard of, let alone seen. It even needed the bones of a Third Order beast.

Apparently, as with the formula for the magic powder, the matter of the power generator could only be put aside temporarily.

When she saw him snap back to his senses, Shangguan Bing Xue asked curiously, "What's wrong? Your expression went from happy to bitter in such a short time."

She had been watching him silently so she noticed clearly how he seemed to travel from heaven to hell with a single step. Therefore, she felt curious about the scroll in his hands.

"Look for yourself." Bai Zemin passed the construction plan to her with a bitter look.

After reading and analyzing the information, Shangguan Bing Xue went through exactly the same emotions that Bai Zemin experienced a few moments ago.

She forced a bitter smile and shook her head, "It's a good thing but we won't be able to use it for a while... We can only gather carbon and the like to use as energy during that time. I doubt the electricity will last more than a month or two from now on."

Bai Zemin nodded and just as he was about to say something, an idea occurred to him and his eyes lit up.

He looked at Shangguan Bing Xue and asked in a stiff voice, "Hey... Don't you think that thing can also be used to move cars?"

Shangguan Bing Xue's expression froze when she heard this and for a moment she stood there, stunned and staring at him. After a moment, she smiled bitterly again and shook her head as she muttered, "Really... Now I understand what its like to have a great treasure in your hands but not be able to use it. It feels like those movies where the main character possesses an incredibly powerful weapon but for some particular reason can't unleash its full power."

Oil was a non-renewable energy and it has been known for many years that it would one day run out. However, now that the distilleries had stopped working, the amount of fuel available was even more limited. Therefore, sooner rather than later, all petroleum-based means of transportation would cease to move forever.

At that time, mankind would need other means of transportation or a new source of energy.

Now, Bai Zemin and Shangguan Bing Xue had found a possible source of energy... Unfortunately, it could not yet be used. Fortunately, they still had time.