“Good work, you’re pretty fast.”

Lin Ye suddenly said something that left the young man baffled.

At that moment, the young man saw a familiar figure walking over—it was the spiritual energy user responsible for communicating with their own Plane within their team.

“Why are you here! Go back, now!”

The young man had no idea how Lin Ye controlled those Plane Representatives, but he was certain it had something to do with distance. If that person got any closer, the consequences would be catastrophic.

“No trouble at all. This is my duty.”

The man completely ignored the young man, walked straight up to Lin Ye, and handed him a research document.

“Good, I like people who take responsibility.”

Lin Ye took the document and began reading through its contents.

“Do you need me to relay any more information to them? Should I call for more people?”

The liaison flashed a delighted expression, staring at Lin Ye with fervent eyes.

“No rush. Keep the line open. There are already enough spiritual energy users here. Once I’m done dealing with these people, you can go back and bring more over.”

Lin Ye paid no attention to the young man and continued handling his affairs. He had a new plan—those Planes would provide him with plenty of parasitic nodes.

This was also a way for him to test the master of this place. Based on their reaction, he could roughly gauge their current condition.

The spiritual energy users began spreading out across the abandoned area, moving to various positions. As long as he had enough parasitic nodes and materials, he could collect all the spiritual energy materials here at lightning speed.

When the drivers saw this, they understood why Lin Ye hadn’t let them make a move. Witnessing his methods, they all scurried off to finish their test reports. None of them wanted to end up like those spiritual energy users.

Seeing that Lin Ye wasn’t paying him any attention, the young man charged straight into the abandoned area, sprinting toward the portal.

Boom!

He stepped right on an explosive worm buried underground. These latest models could not only conceal themselves but also spray a large amount of Number Three Substance when they detonated.

Number Three Substance was a decomposition product of spiritual energy materials, more stable than Number One Substance. This material could be stored inside a living body long-term and would only fully activate during a violent explosion, destabilizing the entire area.

It took the young man a moment to pick himself up off the ground. He wasn’t injured—the relic his father had given him absorbed most of the damage.

“…Cough, cough. What the hell was that?”

The young man still hadn’t figured out what just happened. He thought he’d been attacked.

After making sure there were no enemies nearby, he pressed on toward the portal, this time much more cautious. Unfortunately, this entire area was infested with explosive worms. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Boom!

The young man was blasted into the air again. His luck wasn’t great this time—he landed right in the middle of a cluster of explosive worms.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom…

The explosions came one after another. After a full minute, the young man’s corpse, shattered into pieces of shredded flesh, finally hit the ground.

Though he had been blown apart, the pieces of flesh still remained barely connected, like tattered silk threads, which was why he’d lasted so long in the air.

Using any item came at a cost, let alone a relic with unknown dangers.

The young man’s corpse was quickly brought over by the Parasitic Butterflies. Lin Ye found a palm-sized Doll on his body. That Doll was also in a state of being held together by threads, looking like a worn-out rag.

Lin Ye took out the Victim Stuffed Toy. When it saw that “rag,” it grabbed onto Lin Ye’s wrist and hid behind it, peeking out with only half its head to observe the other Doll.

‘Looks like that’s not a safe item either.’

Lin Ye put the “rag” into his Loot Space, planning to check the System info when he got back.

As soon as Lin Ye took the “rag,” the young man’s corpse stopped maintaining its threadlike state and collapsed into a heap of shredded meat.

Inside the pile of meat, there was also a Spatial Item. It contained plenty of valuables, but nothing worth Lin Ye’s attention.

If he wanted to bring back all the products, he might need to collect a few more Spatial Items. Fortunately, these spiritual energy users had quite a few on them.

Lin Ye used the shredded meat to create some parasitic creatures. He didn’t like wasting anything usable.

That was what they meant by making the best use of everything.

Not long after, several more liaison personnel from other Planes walked over. Each of them had obtained research documents from their respective Planes.

These liaisons all held a certain level of authority and status in their home Planes, and with the parasitic creatures inside their bodies, obtaining the documents wasn’t difficult.

The drivers gradually finished their testing work. Lin Ye quickly went through all the forms and began conducting further tests, using the results to determine which products should be mass-produced and what direction future research should take.

Spiritual Energy Materials weren’t infinite. Lin Ye needed to identify the products with the highest production value.

“You’ve done well. I don’t know when the space lockdown will end, but I’ll take responsibility for your safety and send you out of here once it does, so you don’t need to worry.

I still have some work to do. If any of you want to earn some extra cash, you can complete the tasks I assign.”

Lin Ye said to the drivers.

“We’re so grateful to you.”

“We’ll definitely complete your tasks seriously.”

“This is great!”

“I don’t even want to go back. Following a big shot for one day earns more than years of work.”

“You said it.”

…

All the drivers rushed off to complete various jobs. Lin Ye continued increasing the number of parasitic creatures collecting Spiritual Energy Materials. The abandoned creatures in this area were almost all killed off.

“Huh? What’s that?”

Lin Ye spotted a strangely shaped building in the center of the largest abandoned area. Before the Parasitic Butterflies that had discovered the building could get close, they turned into piles of rotten flesh.

‘Looks like a building that causes the body to collapse. Was this formed naturally? Or did someone specifically construct it here?’

The reason Lin Ye thought it might be natural was because the building looked like nothing more than a pile of trash stacked together, as if it might collapse at any moment.

Bang!

Lin Ye drew Dark Dawn and fired a shot in that direction. The bullet accelerated through numerous spiritual energy nodes and quickly approached the building.

But as the bullet got within a certain distance, it suddenly disintegrated. The Number One Substance inside scattered along its trajectory and splashed onto the building’s surface.

The building didn’t seem affected at all, as if the Number One Substance was just ordinary white powder.

‘…Good. Since Number One Substance is useless, I’ll just have to try another variant.’

Lin Ye looked at the bullets of the same model arranged beside him, each engraved with different symbols. He still had plenty of bullets loaded with various products that needed testing.