Chapter 310: Chapter 268: The Truth from the Mother Tree

Besides, they weren’t criminals. They were Overlords from Dongli and the Great Desert Kingdom. As long as Kan Zhiyong had his head on straight, he would never agree to such a thing.

Jasim roared, "Budi, you’re going too far!"

Gu Chengguang’s expression darkened as well. "Budi, that’s enough."

After a moment of thought, Kan Zhiyong also shook his head. He knew this was inappropriate. Besides, even if they did find treasures suspected of coming from the spaceship in their storage items, how could it be proven?

"Budi, I understand how you feel," Kan Zhiyong said with a sigh. "I will report the cause of their deaths to the Sovereign Country for a thorough investigation. You have to trust that the organization will give you a just result."

Seeing that even Kan Zhiyong had spoken, Budi knew the matter was settled and had no choice but to drop it.

...

And so, the alien spaceship incident was temporarily brought to a close.

Everyone present went their separate ways.

However, Su Ze and the other six people who had entered the spaceship received a message telling them to cooperate with the Sovereign Country’s follow-up investigation.

Su Ze and Mr. Ya also returned to Dongli University with Gu Chengguang.

After they returned, however, Su Ze and Mr. Ya agreed to make another trip to Miracle Oasis in a few days, once the situation had cooled down a bit.

News of the alien spaceship spread quickly, causing a massive uproar among the public.

After all, Luofan had lost two Saint-level experts, and many workers had witnessed the spaceship being unearthed... The incident was impossible to cover up.

The governments of the various nations made no official response, neither confirming nor denying the reports.

Luofan Country began a week of national mourning, with the entire nation in grief... Meanwhile, the one responsible, Su Ze, was happily sorting through the spoils of war from Amida’s and Ye Muni’s Storage Rings.

Su Ze hadn’t looked closely at their Storage Rings before, and now that he was, he was in for a shock.

Ye Muni’s was just okay. As a newly promoted Saint-level, his collection could only be described as decent. The items in his Storage Ring were probably worth a little over a hundred billion in total.

Amida, however, had been a Saint-level Overlord for many years. He’d always held a high position and had certainly lined his pockets well.

Most notably, his Storage Ring actually contained a vial of 5th-order extract!

That was something Su Ze hadn’t expected.

The value of this single vial of extract was immeasurable; it was a strategic resource that money couldn’t buy.

’How did Amida get this vial of 5th-order extract? After all, it would be difficult for Luofan Country to hunt a 5th-order beast even if all its Overlords worked together.’

"Looks like he got it from the Evolution Divine Teachings," Su Ze surmised.

’He had always heard that Luofan Country and the Evolution Divine Teachings were close, but he never knew just *how* close. If the Evolution Divine Teachings were gifting 5th-order extracts to a Luofan Overlord, then their relationship was far more than just "close." The Sovereign Country recruited every genius with the potential to reach the Supreme level. This made it incredibly difficult for the Overlords of the six nations to acquire a vial of 5th-order extract, even for those ambitious enough to aim for the Supreme realm. As a result, some had begun seeking help and support from other factions. Luofan Country with the Evolution Divine Teachings, for instance, or Ancient An Country with the Filth Earth Organization. Though, the connection between the latter two was just a suspicion of his; he had no proof.’

Su Ze reined in his thoughts and continued sorting through his spoils.

His standards were much higher now. He couldn’t be bothered with ordinary items anymore. To him, any Extraordinary Items, extracts, evolutionary medicines, or materials below the 4th-order were just junk to be sold for cash. He had no use for them himself.

After setting aside all the ’junk,’ only a few items remained before Su Ze: a vial of 5th-order extract, a piece of jade that had once housed the phantom of the God of Evolution, and two 4th-order Extraordinary Items.

These two 4th-order Extraordinary Items were signature pieces often used by Amida and Ye Muni, and they were documented in Dongli’s database.

Therefore, he couldn’t use these two Extraordinary Items openly. They would be recognized the moment he brought them out, so he could only use them in secret.

Even selling them would be a problem.

Of the two Extraordinary Items, one was a fire-based offensive item from Ye Muni. Su Ze didn’t need the extra firepower, so he gave it to Mr. Ya.

The other was a Mind Control-type Extraordinary Item used by Amida. It was called the "Charming Fox Tail"—a fan woven from the tail-fur of a 4th-order Illusion Fox Beast, capable of creating illusions to control enemies.

Of course, it could only control targets with Spiritual Power below the 4th-order.

Against 4th-order beasts and Saint-level Overlords, however, it could only exert a slight influence.

That was why Amida had been completely helpless against Su Ze, whose Spiritual Power was at the Overlord level and who had activated his "Unyielding Will." He couldn’t even influence him in the slightest.

Su Ze decided to keep this Extraordinary Item for himself.

’My Spiritual Power is stronger than others at my level, but I can only use it defensively. It’s a bit of a waste. Pairing it with this Mind Control item would be perfect.’

He couldn’t use the 5th-order extract for now, so Su Ze wasn’t in a hurry to have it appraised. As for the piece of jade, the Mother Tree had said it would be useful later, so he kept it with him.

As for the other miscellaneous items, Su Ze set aside some evolutionary medicines that Mr. Ya and Liou Wenxin could use. He planned to sell the rest.

It was a good thing, too, since he was currently ’poor.’ Aside from his 12 million contribution points, he only had 200,000 regular points left.

This was a huge windfall.

In addition to the spoils of war taken from Ye Muni and Amida, Su Ze had also acquired an "Earth Core Potato." This thing was a Holy Medicine for healing. According to the Mother Tree, it was even more effective than his Regeneration Core, so he kept it on hand for emergencies.

Finally, there were the few ’farm tools’ he had taken from the spaceship’s warehouse.