Chapter 655 - 649: Severing Time, Stealing Origin!

"Right."

Wang Shuyin, in a spirit body state floating in mid-air, smiled stiffly and responded, "It’s all thanks to Brother Ran, he gave me a little surgery."

"Although I can’t leave the Netherworld for too long and have to return periodically to recharge and adjust its parameters, in this state, I can hang out outside for about half a year without any issues."

After the two weakest individuals in Paradise started talking, they soon hit it off.

Ma Ran, however, glanced up and down at the hesitating Blood Arrow and said three sentences: "Half a day ago, Third Prince Adam of Chuanke already sent over information about the rest of the Chuanke Royal Family, including the Emperor."

"He will soon take power."

"I haven’t forgotten my promise from back then."

He only needed to use the "Burning Shadow" ability to separate and split the projections of those Chuanke Royal Family members and project them into the "Strongman Paradise" for Earthlings to train against. Those individuals would then quickly weaken and perish, with no ability to resist.

In this way, Third Prince Adam, controlled by Ma Ran, could smoothly ascend to the Chuankai Throne and decrypt the black technology of the Chuanke Civilization to "unconditionally assist" the Earth Civilization.

During this process, Ma Ran had promised Blood Arrow a "Land of Indian Revival" and to complete the bloodline tracing and population cloning work, which Adam would also be responsible for.

Upon hearing this, Blood Arrow’s eyes lit up, and he regained his spirits.

To outsiders, it seemed like just three ordinary sentences, nothing significant.

But to Blood Arrow, it sounded like heavenly music.

This might be the best news he had heard since birth!

None other!

A torrent of emotions surged in Blood Arrow as he clenched his wrist, striving to suppress his emotions. He turned his head and looked at Ma Ran, speaking with a solemn tone: "Friend..."

"This friendship, I will forever remember."

"No matter when, I’m willing to die for you."

"Even if it means standing against all Earth Humans, I will do it gladly."

Saying this, Blood Arrow turned around and seriously began searching for a suitable ’testing room’ for himself in Paradise.

Watching him leave, Su Qiangwei looked at Ma Ran with a complicated expression and said quietly, "As expected of you."

"Another die-hard fan."

"I’m impressed."

"However..."

"Li Tang is also here; are you sure these words are okay to say?"

Not far away, Eldest Prince Li Tang of Chuanke seemed unperturbed upon hearing these words.

From birth until now, he had spent most of his time in the Chuanke Star System, but that never made him feel joy, nor did it ever give birth to his own dreams and pursuits.

Becoming a Prince, competing for the throne, engaging in power struggles, scheming against others...

Those were things instilled as the "meaning of life" from a young age, not something he truly desired.

During his time on Earth, Li Tang, with his talent and diligence, helped China develop its mecha industry. Though exhausting, it allowed him to make many sincere friends and truly realize the value and meaning of his life.

Comparing the two, his sense of belonging to the Chuanke Civilization was gradually fading with time.

The Chuanke throne, for which Li Tang cared not at all.

He wasn’t suited to be an Emperor, nor did he like the position representing loneliness.

Therefore...

Li Tang now only wants to do his duty well, and everything else, let it be.

"It’s okay."

Ma Ran raised his head, looked toward the sky, and spoke calmly: "The Chuanke Civilization has also been deemed a ’Demon Nest’ civilization by the Divine Court."

"Li Tang knows well that given the overall strength of Chuanke Civilization, once in battle with the Divine Court, it would soon face extinction."

"Cooperating with Earth is the only way out."

"More crucial than those matters..."

"Our current focus should be on the safety of the testing."

"Stay vigilant, keep focused, and don’t slack off."

"If we lose focus, it could lead to a Guardian falling in Paradise."

The "Strongman Paradise" gives an impression of bringing some gaming aspects to reality, which can easily lead to complacency.

However, dying here means truly dying.

Even though, according to the plan, there would be personnel responsible for safety at every corner of Paradise, Ma Ran wanted to add an extra layer of insurance.

The work for everyone present was to conduct combat testing and data collection, using scientific deduction to provide the most appropriate threshold for the "Paradise Tourists" and minimize risk!

Upon hearing this, Su Qiangwei raised an eyebrow: "Understood."

Maintaining focus for a long time might be difficult for others, but for her, it’s not that big of a problem.

...

The short break quickly passed.

Every Extraordinary One participating in testing and data collection had selected their preferred testing room.

"Next, you all will face projections from the Divine Court gods, with strength levels corresponding to the rank division of the Chinese Extraordinary Realm, starting from Tier Zero, and testing up to Tier Twenty."

Ma Ran’s voice echoed from the rings worn by the Guardians: "In preliminary estimates, before the opening of Paradise, we need to conduct thirteen thousand two hundred battles, recording all data throughout, and adjusting models and plans."

"Safety issues up to Tier Fifteen are handled by me and the ’Martial God’."

"So then..."

"Countdown to the first test of ’Strongman Paradise,’ three seconds."

"Three."

"Two."

"One!"

"Start!"

With Ma Ran’s thought, the "Burning Shadow" quality of the Prophet’s badge instantly took effect.

Over thirty projections from the Divine Court appeared in various testing rooms respectively.

In the first test, all the Guardians faced opponents between Tier Zero and Tier One.

Due to the extremely low amount of original content stolen by the "Burning Shadow," these "projected enemies" only possessed the most basic combat instincts and lacked complex thought processes.

Apart from individuals like the "Judge," "Observer," and "Blood Arrow" whose battle durations were relatively long, the remaining Guardians ended their battles within ten seconds.

"So, they really had no reaction? The gods’ reactions were too sluggish!"

Su Qiangwei rubbed her hands together, looking disappointed: "I thought they’d charge right in for a good fight..."

Hearing this, Ma Ran smiled slightly and said, "At this stage, the chosen projection targets are all Lower Rank Gods. Even without considering the Sword Master and Demon Child, someone like me alone can impose rank suppression."

"Unless you burn through the projection too much at once, drawing too much source energy, they won’t realize the issue in the short term."

"Of course, that’s a conservative estimate."

Ma Ran’s lips curved up slightly, speaking with a relaxed demeanor: "Actually..."

"Even if the target is swapped for a Middle Rank God, extracting ninety percent of their original source in one go, and grinding their Divine Soul, Divine Body, and Divine Format into remnants or fragments, it wouldn’t cause much trouble."

"The time within ’Strongman Paradise’ has already been separately isolated, with the flow of time altered."

"Even if an Upper Rank God wants to trace back, it would be difficult to find this place."

"For a considerable period, they won’t know that Earth Civilization is the ’mastermind’ behind the ’Source Theft Incident’."

"This is also our best opportunity to quietly grow and enhance our strength!"