When 'God' Decides To Start Over

Chapter 591 - 248 Resource Battle_2

"It seems I need to find a stronger magic spirit to test it out." With a thought, Li Xiu’s Jedi Knight leapt into the air and slashed down the Thunderbird with one stroke.

Over the past few days, Li Xiu had been wearing down countless magic spirits here. Most of them weren’t killed by him but were worn out and died from running out of Demonic Light.

Li Xiu thought about it and decided to go to that peculiar peak to continue experimenting with his new skills using the golden bird.

On his way to the towering peak, as Li Xiu was about to climb up, he suddenly saw a strange person riding a shark on the distant prairie.

"Jiuxiao Yun... what’s he doing here?" Li Xiu frowned slightly.

Jiuxiao Yun was clearly coming for Li Xiu, and before long, his Demon Shark brought him right in front of Li Xiu.

"Commander Li, what a coincidence, we meet again." Jiuxiao Yun jumped down from the Demon Shark and said as he approached Li Xiu.

"Your coming here probably isn’t a coincidence, right?" Li Xiu said indifferently.

"Hehe, Commander Li is indeed sharp. I came to find you to discuss something important." Jiuxiao Yun chuckled.

"What is it?" Li Xiu asked.

"Has your technicians’ team finalized the member list for the competition?" Jiuxiao Yun countered.

"What competition?" Li Xiu frowned.

"You don’t know about the competition?" Jiuxiao Yun looked a bit surprised.

"Tell me about it." Li Xiu had not been to the technicians’ team recently, so he had no idea about any competition.

"Now, don’t get mad when you hear this." Jiuxiao Yun explained the situation about the competition.

"So, in the past, the resources of the Demon Armor team were allocated without competition. Now, the technicians’ team no longer has this privilege and must compete for resources. A large portion of resources that previously belonged to the Demon Armor team has been put into the reward pool?" Li Xiu couldn’t help frowning.

"Exactly, the Demon Armor team used to take up too many resources, and now they’ve been placed into the reward pool. Whichever family or team has stronger power will get a share. If your technicians’ team loses all its battles, you’ll only get the base share, which is likely less than a tenth of what you used to have, and the whole of next year’s resources will be divided according to this ratio." Jiuxiao Yun explained.

"The Commander can’t participate in the competition?" Li Xiu asked again.

"Of course not, the competition is to test the overall capability of each team and family, not for the commanders to fight. It would look unbecoming if commanders participated." Jiuxiao Yun smiled, "Everyone is eager to take a share this time, and it’s estimated that at least someone at the Light Base level will participate. Your technicians’ team only has Jing Li who is decent, but it’s unlikely to win against Light Base level competitors. If not handled well, it could result in a complete loss, leaving only the basic resources."

Li Xiu understood Jiuxiao Yun’s implication. The competition’s match-up list was crafted by Han Minghui and then approved through voting by the four families and various teams, based on a majority rule.

There’s an opportunity to take a share, so it’s unlikely anyone from the four families or other six teams will oppose it, not even his objections would help.

If Han Minghui arranged all of Jing Li’s opponents to be at the Light Base level, it would indeed be difficult for the technicians’ team to win anything.

"There aren’t many Light Base level individuals in each team or family, and those available to compete are even fewer. It’s estimated that each family can only field one competitor. So even if they target Jing Li, if there’s someone else who can help get a victory, you can at least recoup some of the resources, isn’t that right?" Jiuxiao Yun said with a grin.

"You’re looking to represent the technicians’ team in battle?" Li Xiu scrutinized Jiuxiao Yun.

"Humble Jiuxiao Yun, now with ninety-eight percent Super Spirit, I’m no match for a monster like Jing Li, but I don’t consider common Super Spirit Testers a threat. I should be able to secure several victories for the technicians’ team." Jiuxiao Yun displayed an expression of profound loneliness common to experts.

"What are your conditions?" Li Xiu asked.

"I get half of the additional resources the technicians’ team obtains." Jiuxiao Yun said immediately, clearly having planned it out in advance.

"You’re not really greedy, only taking half and leaving me the other half." Li Xiu retorted, pursing his lips.

"Commander Li, that’s not quite right. If it weren’t for me, your technicians’ team would struggle to secure even one victory. To put it bluntly, that extra portion of resources is what I would be securing for the technicians’ team, and taking half isn’t a loss to you." Jiuxiao Yun explained.

Li Xiu quietly pondered: "The technicians’ team members are mostly Magic Armor Masters now. Even the strongest Magic Armor Masters can barely contend with ordinary Super Spirit Testers, and their chances of victory are slim. There isn’t a single one who can truly compete with Light Base level Testers, aside from Jing Li who stands a chance. Taking all this into account, the resources we can reclaim are indeed minimal."

Li Xiu also knew this was unreasonable. Research in Demon Armor naturally required a large resource investment, so it made no sense to have to compete for resources with Testers.

However, it’s not his decision to make. It was likely engineered by Li Changyin, and there was nothing he could do to change it. The only option was to strategize for the competition and try to reclaim as much of the resources as possible.

It’s clearly unrealistic to rely solely on the technicians’ team’s present capability to get back the resources initially allocated to the Magic Armor team. Finding a powerful ally would be most beneficial.

Thinking it over, whom could he really turn to within Everlasting Heaven?

Perhaps only Ba Ye and Wan Chaocun were more familiar, but Ba Ye is the head of an entire academy, with fixed resource allocations like the former Demon Armor group, needing no participation in the competition, nor is he capable of joining the technicians’ team, as his position disallows him from going all out in battle.