Su Ye had always scoffed at the idea of "playing the pig to eat the tiger." Play the pig, play the pig—be careful you don't actually turn into a pig.
And most importantly, hiding his trump cards already made Su Ye uncomfortable enough; asking him to play the pig on top of that—what the hell is the point of that? Who is he keeping a low profile for?
If you don't show off, who would know how awesome you are?
The times have changed. Ten years ago, playing the pig to eat the tiger might have worked, but now, it's all about showing off—though, of course, not the kind of showing off that annoys people.
"This is stable now. The Second Territory, combined with the supreme fate, and now a 'real illusion'—everything is settled." Su Ye pondered the loopholes in his situation.
Now everything has been patched up, and there's no need to worry about being discovered having god-level troops.
After the novice period, no matter how others investigate, they will only discover one thing: that he is a Tech-side lord, a wealthy Tech-side lord who poses no threat whatsoever.
For any chamber of commerce, this is the best kind of partner—a partner without any danger.
They will show goodwill toward Su Ye and extend an olive branch, but they certainly won't have any other ideas about him. After all, a partner like this counts as a perfect employee; what reason would they have to offend him?
"That's about it." Su Ye looked at his territory. Upgrade? Not today; he'd Upgrade tomorrow.
"Time to go rest. Overseeing the battle just now really wore me out." Su Ye walked unhurriedly toward the constant-temperature hot spring.
Now that there's a hot spring, who would still soak in a lake?
Just as Su Ye soaked into the hot spring water, a fragrance wafted over. Su Ye opened his eyes and looked at Lilith, who had appeared beside him.
With a hint of a smile on his lips, he asked, "Are the newly recruited partners all taken care of?"
"They have been taken care of. Two Original Sin Fallen Angels are leading the way to World No. 2 to Upgrade. Security is not an issue, and the others have gone as well." Lilith had Su Ye lean into her embrace and gently massaged him as she spoke.
Su Ye closed his eyes, enjoying Lilith's massage, and nodded.
This was also something Su Ye had arranged. After all, the current Void Trial was not suitable for the newly recruited troops to Upgrade; the reason was simple.
The Void Trial consisted entirely of silver-grade monsters. Although Su Ye wasn't worried about his troops dying, he was afraid it would affect his rating. It was better to be safe.
As for doing it like before—letting Lilith and the others beat the monsters to a pulp first, then having the new troops finish them off to Upgrade...
That was no longer possible. There were too many monsters. Lilith and the others couldn't look after that many; they could only keep killing to slow down the pace of the monster invasion.
On the other hand, Su Ye had long prepared the bugs in World No. 2 as a leveling map for his troops. He hadn't yet collected the black iron dimension treasure chest over there.
He planned to collect them all at once. Although the exploration level of that world wasn't high yet, there were still basic black iron dimension treasure chests.
It was just that Su Ye hadn't claimed them yet.
It wouldn't be a big deal to wait a bit.
"How are the corpses of those bugs being handled?" Su Ye opened his eyes and asked Lilith.
"Those bug corpses are basically all dragged back by other bugs to be used as resources," Lilith said, a hint of strangeness in her eyes.
This was what Olides had told her.
When Lilith first heard it, she felt a bit surprised. There existed such a race, one that didn't even spare the corpses of its own kind.
But that was the fact; bugs were indeed that kind of race.
Hearing Lilith's words, Su Ye was stunned, then he realized that he had subconsciously treated the Zerg as other races. The most terrifying thing about the Zerg was...
They could utilize any resource, and this included the Zerg themselves; within the Zerg, they were also a resource. They belonged to the type that didn't waste a single drop.
"Then don't worry about it," Su Ye thought for a moment and then said. He didn't want that world to end up reeking to high heaven; that world was now his world.
"Lilith, wake me up in an hour," Su Ye said to Lilith.
"Mm." Lilith responded softly, continuing to gently massage Su Ye.
As time passed.
An hour passed, and Lilith woke Su Ye up.
Su Ye opened his eyes and looked at Lilith, who was watching him with a smile on her face. Su Ye pinched her breast, then stood up from the hot spring.
"The limit for the bronze dimension world is Gold. Should I really open it now?" Su Ye thought with a hint of hesitation.
He was now at the Bronze Rank, not a black iron level existence.
The world he was opening was a bronze dimension.
The limit for the black iron dimension was bronze, but the limit for the bronze dimension was Gold.
Compared to the black iron dimension, the bronze dimension world was no longer the size of a planet; it had a complete world.
What did that mean?
It meant that the bronze world had planets, a universe, a boundless and quiet starry sky, and the existence of Gold-level life.
In this kind of world, the chance of encountering native creatures increased greatly.
If the black iron dimension world was equivalent to a secret realm in a fantasy world, then the bronze dimension world was equivalent to a world of endless sands—a complete world.
"Lilith, do you have the confidence to deal with a Gold-9-star existence right now?" Su Ye asked, looking at Lilith.
"Gold-9-star?" Lilith looked at Su Ye and, after hesitating for a moment, said,
"If it's an ordinary Gold-9-star creature, it should be no problem."
Hearing Lilith's answer, Su Ye fell silent. He wasn't sure if he would encounter such an existence upon opening the bronze dimension world.
But some worlds did contain Young Gods!
This type of existence was equivalent to the protagonist or child of destiny of a world; their rank would not be lower than the legend rank, and there could even be Gold-level life that had actually reached the god-level rank.
After all, they were existences nurtured by the destiny of a world; their rank wouldn't be low.
Such existences were very rare—not non-existent, but they were often the most precious resources, bar none!
What did a Young God represent? God's blood, God's flesh, God's bones, and most importantly, divinity—the divinity they were born with.
Although such existences were Gold-9-star, it didn't mean they could only grow to this level; it was the world's limit that restricted their growth.
"Better play it safe. It would be troublesome if I really ran into a Young God." Su Ye couldn't help but think. The probability was very small, but Su Ye didn't need to gamble.
Stability was what Su Ye needed.
"Lilith, let's go. To the Science and Technology Research Institute." Su Ye thought for a moment and decided to play it safe; there was no need to take risks at this time.
Su Ye took Lilith directly to the Science and Technology Research Institute.
The matters in World No. 1 also needed to be resolved. He also needed to see what was going on with that city of flesh and blood. Moreover, as a Tech-side world, World No. 1 should also be explored now to obtain all the treasure chests within it. If possible, it would become his first production base world in the future; it had enough resources to exploit.
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