282: The purpose of the Star Council, StarNet

The long spear Tang Ping held was still a standard issue weapon from the school; freshmen could freely choose one F-rank weapon, and he had picked the long spear when he enrolled. Naturally, it couldn't compare to Jiang Xiaoning's, but that didn't stop him from looking down on some half-exotic treasure.

Five days passed. Tang Ping frantically hunted Pollution Beasts everywhere. Any beast he targeted was almost never let go, and the hunting points in his guardian bracelet rapidly increased.

Jiang Xiaoning, on the other hand, was quite lazy, generally unwilling to hunt Pollution Beasts unless one was foolish enough to charge at him, only to be shattered by ripples like water waves.

"Speaking of which, this guardian bracelet is truly a good item. Although it's not an exotic treasure, it actually possesses the power of an exotic treasure."

"The power of an exotic treasure?" Tang Ping killed a Pollution Beast, and hearing this, his heart stirred. Could it be that the city founding token had evolved into an exotic treasure?

"You don't even know this?" Jiang Xiaoning raised his hand and displayed the guardian bracelet. "The barrier power on this bracelet comes from a high-grade exotic treasure of the Holy Heaven Mansion! However, what the actual body of this exotic treasure is, few people know. Even our Boundless Sea Region is unclear, only knowing that the barrier is so powerful that even a Titled Expert cannot shake it in the slightest. Within the Holy Heaven Mansion's barrier, it is truly a paradise on Earth!"

As if recalling something, Jiang Xiaoning's eyes held a hint of nostalgia. He came back to his senses and added, "Brother, when you have time, you must visit the Holy Heaven Mansion. It is hailed as a world that remains as it was before the apocalypse."

Touching the guardian bracelet in his hand, Jiang Xiaoning's eyes showed admiration as he continued, "Come to think of it, that exotic treasure possessing barrier power is truly terrifying. Even from such a distant location, it can imbue a bracelet with such might. The barrier power it unleashes can easily resist the strength of a Beast King! Unfortunately, it can only be used once."

Of course, if it weren't for the one-time use, even this guardian bracelet alone would likely cause countless people to fight over it.

"The raw material leather should be more precious than the barrier power, right?" Tang Ping looked at the sky-blue bracelet. That was Sister Xiao Cao's Companion Holy Spirit; he knew it all too well.

Jiang Xiaoning's frivolous gaze disappeared, replaced by a solemn expression, and his tone carried a hint of awe: "That's right, the most incredible thing is still the material." His finger gently caressed the leather, his voice filled with admiration. "I never thought the Star Council would be so generous, and that existence is also magnanimous to even bring out something like this."

Tang Ping was noncommittal about this. He feared that the Azure Sky Vine now truly resembled the azure sky. Although tens of thousands participated this time, the vine skins used to make these bracelets probably didn't even count as scratching the surface of the Azure Sky Vine. Perhaps the moment this bit of skin was peeled off, it would recover the next second.

He just didn't know how much Sister Xiao Cao's Azure Sky Vine had grown. That thing could devour the Talents of other creatures. Even if the inheritance after devouring wasn't complete, after a hundred years of accumulation, with countless Pollution Beasts and extraterrestrial races becoming its nutrients, it had probably already reached an incredible state.

Jiang Xiaoning touched the display screen on the bracelet: "The Star Council's technology is also among the best on Blue Star. If you add the highest technology of the Star Council contained within, using star crystals as chips and energy cores, even after the barrier power disappears, the value of this guardian bracelet will still be comparable to an ordinary B-rank transcendent weapon."

"The most crucial thing is that this bracelet will not be reclaimed after the competition!" Thinking of this grand gesture, even this young master of the Boundless Sea Region couldn't help but feel inferior.

"If it weren't for the competition's requirements that participants from forces other than the Star Council, Holy Heaven Mansion, and Evergreen Heaven must be at least Level 3, have a Talent no lower than B-rank, and either not have graduated from high school or be no older than eighteen, I estimate that just for this bracelet, the number of participants this time would have easily multiplied several times!

You should know that many forces in our Boundless Sea Region, for just one spot, pushed their children to improve their strength. Some high school seniors from the previous class even repeated a year!"

"After all, many Talent Users can't earn something like this in their entire lives. Obtaining one can be treated as a family heirloom. What's even rarer is that it contains the Star Net!"

Speaking of the Star Net, this Young Master Jiang of the Boundless Sea Region's eyes flickered, as if he already knew something.

"Star Net?" Tang Ping mentally noted this term. He had never heard of this thing before and wondered if it was another objective of the Star Council for this hunting expedition in the North Ridge restricted area.

"These star crystals seem to carry the aura of the star source tower." Tang Ping, who had entered the star source tower, naturally sensed the core of this guardian bracelet, the star crystal.

He couldn't help but think to himself that this restricted area hunt was indeed not as simple as a competition among the prodigies of various major forces on the surface, with bracelets freely given to tens of thousands of prodigies.

Would the Star Council really do such a losing business? This was something whose value was almost comparable to an ordinary B-rank transcendent weapon. Although the cost might not be as precious as imagined, the rarity of the materials was truly top-notch.

Tang Ping suddenly thought of the advertisements in variety shows a hundred years ago! This scene was so similar. Those advertisers also invested millions, even tens of millions, but did they really lose money?

"Could it be that after the event ends, the Star Council intends to sell these bracelets?" Tang Ping felt there was a very high possibility of this. He immediately thought of the tens of thousands of geniuses.

These people, from the imperial capital of the Holy Summer Divine Alliance in the north, to the myriad islands of the Boundless Sea Region in the south, to the major coastal forces like Demon Capital in the east, and to the Holy Heaven Mansion territory in the west, can be said to encompass the most fertile land for human forces on this now boundless earth.

Once these prodigies return, this guardian bracelet will inevitably enter the eyes of those local forces, and perhaps it already has!

A small bracelet contains the power of two exotic treasures and uses the body of a Titled Rank Companion Holy Spirit as material.

Regardless of its value, these three things alone are enough to impress.

What's more, the bracelet itself is not of low value.

"Is the Star Council really just simply selling bracelets?" Tang Ping thought of the Star Net and the hunting points. Perhaps, those Hegemon-level Powers had already discerned the Star Council's objective when they saw the bracelets. Unfortunately, this seemed to have already become an unstoppable trend.

For some reason, an idea suddenly popped into Tang Ping's mind: "Is that star source tower really only a mid-grade?"

He felt that this level of prestige was a bit too low.

He lowered his head, examining the bracelet, and in his mind, the Star Council's unusually high technology surged. On this Wasteland, where strength reigned supreme, the Star Council's vigorous pursuit of technology over a hundred years seemed somewhat abnormal.

Unless there was another purpose.

And this purpose, perhaps with the emergence of the Star Net, would gradually come to light.

However, by the time it was revealed, an unstoppable trend would have already formed.

"Perhaps it won't be mid-grade for long, or perhaps it already isn't. And after this..."

"ancestral artifact of the heavens, what an impressive name."

"I wonder what the status of Blue Star is now in the boundless star realm."