"As for dealing with that new king, the Alien Party clearly isn’t willing to lift a finger. They keep using delaying tactics, claiming the risk is too great for just the legendary powerhouses of the Lin Hua Continent to handle. They say we also need to contact the legendary powerhouses from the Snowfield and Flame Emperor Continents."

"But everyone knows the Snowfield and Flame Emperor Continents have been infiltrated too. For all we know, the legendary powerhouses there are also their people. So whether we fight or not is entirely up to them."

Su Ze found this a bit strange. ’A God-level exotic beast emerging wouldn’t benefit the Alien Party either, would it?’

’A God-level exotic beast would inevitably lead other beasts to attack human settlements. The Nian Race invaded Blue Star, but their goal surely isn’t the extinction of humanity here.’

’Unless... they’re fully confident they can deal with a God-level exotic beast!’

’Looks like I’ll have to ask the Mu King about this. He should know something...’ Su Ze decided to ask him about it during their next trade.

"Alright, I’m off. We’ll talk again when I get back." Chen Suifeng waved his hand and drifted away.

He wasn’t returning to Lin Hua Country this time. Instead, he was heading to Mu Country.

The great migration from Peninsula Country required passing through Mu Country and Luofan Country, and finally through either the Great Desert Kingdom or the Dongli Kingdom, to reach Lin Hua Country.

A journey that long couldn’t possibly be made on foot. They would certainly need to use vehicles.

The great migration had just begun, and large numbers of people were gathered in Mu Country, waiting for transport to Lin Hua Country. However, transportation was limited. The wealthy could find their own way, either by pulling strings or securing their own vehicles to leave early. The poor could only wait, with no idea how long they’d be stuck in line—it could be forever.

When the ordinary citizens of Peninsula Country were unable to travel to Lin Hua Country for an extended period, they still had to live their lives. They might just choose to settle down in Mu Country, since it was right there.

This was the Alien Party’s overt scheme. Mu Country was currently under their control, so if the people of Peninsula Country chose to settle there, they would fall right into the Alien Party’s grasp.

Of course, the Blue Star Party couldn’t just stand by and watch this happen, which was why Chen Suifeng planned to go there himself to assess the situation.

...

After Chen Suifeng’s departure, Su Ze contacted Mr. Ya. They were preparing to take a trip to Miracle Oasis together.

The main reason for his trip was to have the Mother Tree check on the Mu King’s condition and see if the seal on the Soul Nourishing Jade Stone needed reinforcing. He had to prevent that old codger from stirring up trouble.

He also planned to spend some time in intensive training inside the alien spaceship. Now that the beast tide had receded, he was free for the time being and could focus on his training and on absorbing the Bloodline Crystal in his body.

The Purple Bloodline Crystal he had absorbed this time was only as difficult to process as a Tier 5 S-rank extract—much easier than the previous Golden Bloodline Crystal.

As for training the troops, Su Ze had completely washed his hands of it, leaving Ye Jin and Li Yongguan fully in charge.

Mr. Ya quickly found Su Ze to meet up. As soon as he heard Su Ze planned to accelerate his intensive training in the alien spaceship, he was all for it.

A while back, with Su Ze’s help, he had acquired a vial of Tier 5 fly-type exotic beast extract. He had just recently absorbed it himself, so he also needed time to process it.

"Boss, I got an incredible new skill this time," Mr. Ya said, a little smugly.

"What kind of skill?" Su Ze was also curious about what Mr. Ya had managed to get from his "blind box" of an extract.

"The skill is called ’Flesh Statue.’ It has only one function: resurrection!"

Mr. Ya was ecstatic. For him, getting this skill was a huge win.

Any other extract with a resurrection skill would have cost several times more. Getting it from a "blind box" was an absolute steal.

"A resurrection skill?!" Su Ze was taken aback. Resurrection skills were indeed rare and practical, but they usually came with a cost or preconditions.

"This skill can’t just resurrect me, it can resurrect others too. But you do have to prepare in advance..." Mr. Ya immediately began to explain the new skill to Su Ze in detail.

The skill was called "Flesh Statue" because it required first building an immobile statue out of a piece of the target’s own flesh and tissue.

When the target dies, they are reborn inside this Flesh Statue.

The Flesh Statue resurrects whoever’s flesh was used to create it, but only one Flesh Statue can exist at any given time.

In other words, the skill offered a single resurrection chance to either himself or someone else. It could only be used for one person at a time; if he used it for himself, he couldn’t use it for another, and vice-versa.

"That’s a god-tier skill! With that, Mr. Ya, you’re practically immortal. All you have to do is find a safe and secure spot to build the statue as a respawn point," Su Ze said in admiration.

All he had to do was build a Flesh Statue for himself. If he ever got killed, he’d just resurrect in the statue and then build another one... As long as his respawn point wasn’t destroyed, he would be unkillable.

Mr. Ya grinned, showing his prominent front teeth. "Boss, I’m planning to save this resurrection chance for you."

"For me? You should keep it for yourself. You have a habit of courting death yourself."

"I may court death, but at least I can run away. You, on the other hand, Boss... you just court death, you don’t run. Besides, I have my ’Void’ skill, which is basically a second life already. This resurrection doesn’t mean that much to me."

Su Ze fell silent for a moment, then looked at Mr. Ya. "Are you serious?"

"Of course. You’re the one who invested in the extract that gave me this resurrection skill, Boss. You’re the majority shareholder, so naturally, you should get first dibs on trying it out."

Su Ze didn’t feign refusal any longer. He simply nodded and accepted. He had far too many enemies; he really did need a way to save his own skin.