322: Chapter 322 The Form of the Upgraded Battlefield

Shanhai City, Central Hub.

Located right in the center of the entire city, from the outside, it looked just like a huge polyhedral crystal.

Each of its faces was different, and upon closer inspection, every face was further divided into even more facets, all of which were in constant flux every second, adapting to changes in the environment.

A giant-sized god particle!

The term instantly surfaced in Zhang Huaiyuan's mind.

When he was studying at the academy, his instructor had once said that it was the most stable and comprehensive structure developed by the Association under the divine domain.

The more particles with this structure were added to ordinary matter, the higher its overall strength became.

It was hard to imagine just how terrifying a power this "god particle" building, which stood over a thousand meters tall, contained.

After sighing to himself for a moment, Zhang Huaiyuan entered the interior of the hub, led by the twelve directors.

"Special Envoy, the assessments here are divided into five types according to the civilization level, and the assessment mode changes every session."

The leading director, "Qiao," introduced as they walked: "For this session, Level 2 civilizations need to participate in the 'Battle of Last Stand'."

"Qiao" swiped twice in the void, and countless projections immediately appeared.

"They need to go to a designated location in a designated world to install a special device and guard it until it is fully activated."

"The difficulty is divided into six levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Nightmare, Hell, and Endless. The participating civilizations must be assessed in order, and finally, the top 20% are promoted based on the length of time they hold out in the Endless difficulty."

"Hmm…"

Zhang Huaiyuan's gaze swept over those projections, only to see those civilizations still striving to reach higher levels as the time for settlement approached.

All sorts of illusory, bizarrely shaped creatures were charging across the mountains and plains toward the fortresses built by those civilizations.

Runic magic arrays, magic towers, torrents of steel, and even powerhouses who could split mountains and break seas with their own great power—various different civilizations were resisting similar enemies.

"What kind of beings are these creatures exactly?"

Zhang Huaiyuan stared at the enemies in the images, only to see them dissipate immediately after death, leaving behind no remains.

Under the effect of True Sight, they appeared as a form of pure energy.

"Is this idealistic power? Statue of Liberty."

Zhang Huaiyuan glanced over, and seeing that the directors had no intention of explaining, he reached out and gently stroked the integrated device on his right wrist.

The light screen flickered quietly twice, understandingly recording all the projections.

"The promotion battle for Level 2 civilizations is still quite easy."

On the other side, several directors opened new projections and continued to explain:

"There is no need to attack, only to defend. If they can't hold on, they can retreat at any time, and generally there won't be heavy casualties. It starts to get difficult from Level 3 and above."

"The promotion assessment for Level 3 civilizations is called 'Extreme Efficiency'."

"They are required to go to those special dangerous worlds to collect a crystal called 'Alien Core'. The ranking is based on the quantity brought out."

"The initial quantity of these crystals is extremely small. As they survive longer in the corresponding world, the entire world becomes increasingly dangerous, and the quantity of crystals slowly increases."

"However, if they are too greedy, there is a high possibility of falling, just like that civilization's squad."

A director suddenly pointed to one of the projections and reached out to enlarge it.

He saw that the space of the entire world was full of torn cracks, with black holes, meteor showers, and all kinds of endless natural disasters.

The civilization's fleet charged left and right, but in the end, they were intercepted by even more gigantic, bizarre creatures, and the entire army was wiped out.

Zhang Huaiyuan's eyes flickered. From his perspective, the equipment of this fleet had almost reached the peak of Level 3 rules, and the cost was definitely a huge expenditure for a Level 3 civilization, yet it was annihilated just like that, silently.

This was just as the "Ascension Battlefield" was about to end; in the long years before this, who knew how much had been lost.

After signaling the Statue of Liberty to continue recording everything, Zhang Huaiyuan continued to walk forward, following the introductions of the twelve directors.

"The assessment for Level 4 civilizations is 'Day-Night Poles'."

"That kind of world is divided into two time sequences. In one sequence, all monsters will awaken. In the other sequence, all monsters will fall into a deep sleep."

"They must hold off terrifying offensives while trying their best to destroy as many monster nests as possible during the other sequence."

"The assessment for Level 5 civilizations is the 'Ascension Ritual'. They must defeat an army of aliens led by a powerful entity in a head-on confrontation and complete extremely stringent conditions to completely seal them."

"The retention assessment for Level 6 civilizations is called 'Ultimate Redemption'. They need to break through the alien army in head-on combat and kill their leader…"

As the twelve directors introduced them one by one, Zhang Huaiyuan also saw more and more cruel wars.

In one projection of a Level 6 civilization, he saw countless disciples of a cultivation-side sect sacrificing themselves one after another to hold back monsters that were like an ocean, buying time for an elder of the sect.

And that powerhouse, who from the energy density and quality definitely reached the peak of the Fifth Realm, directly burned all his blood and qi, engaging in Mutual Destruction with that monster leader.

A powerhouse infinitely close to the Space-Time Realm had fallen just like that, lightly and silently.

Merely for the change in points on the leaderboard.

"So I have already been lucky enough."

A wave of relief suddenly washed over Zhang Huaiyuan.

If not for his good luck in meeting Scholar Brie Dawn, who had come to the edge world to avoid debt.

Even if he successfully survived the Xuanjian Sect crisis, if he wanted to obtain civilization promotion, he would have to participate in the competition of the Ascension Battlefield just like these civilizations.

Exhausting endless costs to fight for the top 20% chance against countless civilizations of the same level.

But now.

He hadn't done anything, yet he could stand steadily in the hub hall, watching these civilizations fight, and even decide their fate.

"Special Envoy, you have just arrived and must be tired from the journey. Why not rest before coming to watch the battlefield situation? We have already ordered a banquet to be prepared. I wonder if you would do us the honor of letting us play the host."

Just as Zhang Huaiyuan's thoughts were in turmoil, one of the directors said with a smile.

"There's no need for a banquet. I already ate on the Gate of Boundlessness before I came. Thank you all for your kindness."

Recovering his senses, Zhang Huaiyuan shook his head and refused apologetically:

"Besides, the Ascension Battlefield is about to end, so I need to take a good look at their performance. After all, the Association appointed me as Special Envoy, so I must live up to their trust."

Once these words were spoken, the smiles on the faces of the twelve directors faded slightly. They exchanged silent glances, and one of them suddenly stepped forward two paces.

It was "Mo", who also came from the Virtual Tower.

He squeezed out a warm smile on his face again and took out a thick data scroll:

"That is true. This session of the Ascension Battlefield will end in 91 days. However, Junior, except for those stuck on the edge of promotion, the rankings above are basically stable."

"Junior, you are new here and don't know much about these civilizations. This is a draft of the partial reward distribution that we have drawn up based on the overall performance of this Ascension Battlefield. You might as well take it for reference."

"Hmm?"

Hearing this, Zhang Huaiyuan couldn't help but slightly furrow his brows, but he quickly returned to normal and reached out to take the scroll, smiling:

"Then I thank you, Senior, and all the directors. By the way, I remember it was written in the documents that the entire Ascension Battlefield must be recorded and archived. I will have to trouble you all to send me a complete file."