Guan Tong could tell that the King of Suroma had ulterior motives for doing this, probably intending to make sothing out of the fact that the "Shadow's" identity was sowhat special.
Perhaps there was even a bit of a "sowing discord" intention, as currently, most countries generally believed the Shadow was from Beixing. And Beixing Country and the Suroma Empire had been openly and covertly at odds even before the Doomsday Rules. After entering the era of the rules, this hadn't been resolved; instead, they were competing even more fiercely behind the scenes.
However, he didn't care. Gathering the five fragnts and completing the puzzle was what he needed. For that, he could agree to this commission.
As for what the King of Suroma wanted him to do, he didn't know. But he didn't need to say it; the other party should understand that if they wanted him to commit murder, arson, or other evil deeds, he definitely wouldn't agree.
He replied to the Primordial One via private ssage, indicating his agreent to this transaction.
Afterwards, he replied to the Counterasures Research Office account, clearly stating that the attack on Lado and the others had nothing to do with him.
As for whether the authorities believed him, he didn't know. Everything must be based on evidence. If soone tried to pin responsibility on him without presenting evidence, he certainly wouldn't accept it either.
After so ti passed, both sides gave him replies.
The official account stated they would continue the investigation and would not jump to conclusions without solid evidence.
The Primordial One replied to him that the commission had been posted.
Guan Tong entered the commissions section, and indeed, there was a newly posted relevant commission.
"King of Suroma sells related item for the price of 'one assistance'. This commission is only available for Ascendant 'Shadow' to accept."
When Guan Tong clicked into the post, there were already many comnts inside.
"King of Suroma? Real or fake?"
"Forcing Shadow God to pay the price of one assistance, what is this thing he's selling?"
"If it's real, could it be they want to recruit Shadow God? I rember Suroma publicly calling out not long ago, hoping Shadow God would go there."
The keywords "King of Suroma" and "Shadow" both carried their own heat. Now appearing together in the post title caused the post's popularity to skyrocket.
Since Guan Tong had agreed, he didn't dawdle. However, this ti he didn't use the Administrator account. Instead, he switched to one he had registered earlier, with the nickna "Shadow Himself," and replied:
"I accept this commission."
Guan Tong felt that keeping the Administrator account and the Shadow account separate would make certain communications and transactions more convenient later.
After he replied with the Shadow account, many comnts imdiately popped up below.
"Is this really Shadow God?"
"Big shot, can I hold your thigh!"
"Is it the real person or a fake account? I've seen no less than ten nicknas containing the word 'Shadow' on the site recently."
The Primordial One obviously couldn't be sure either, so they sent a private ssage inquiring about its authenticity. After Guan Tong replied that it was the real Shadow, they replied in the post.
"Deal."
Once the commission between the two was confird, it attracted the attention of many people, even organizations.
Although no one knew what the traded items actually were, the identities of the trading parties were shocking enough.
One was the Suroma Empire, one of the strongest countries. The other was the Shadow, hailed as the World's Number One Ascendant. Any intersection between these two, no matter what happened, would draw attention.
Ten minutes after the commission was confird, the Primordial One sent a string of numbers. Guan Tong changed his nickna back to Shadow, added them as a friend, and initiated the transaction.
When he saw the other party place two fragnts on the transaction panel, Guan Tong's breathing even sped up slightly.
The mont the transaction completed, he imdiately heard the prompt sound in his mind.
[You have obtained: Kimos Star Chronicle · Fragnt 2]
[You have obtained: Kimos Star Chronicle · Fragnt 4]
[You have obtained all 5 Kimos Star fragnts. The Chronicle has been completely assembled.]
[You have obtained: "Kimos Star Chronicle"]
"The chronicle puzzle is complete..."
Unable to suppress the excitent and curiosity in his heart, Guan Tong imdiately opened his Storage Box. A miniature version of the mural was inside. He promptly checked its details.
[Kimos Star Chronicle]: Records the process of the destruction of the Kimos Star's intelligent civilization. Using it grants a special title.
Guan Tong chose to use it.
Whoosh—
The mural item released a burst of light that enveloped and swallowed Guan Tong.
In an instant, the complete mural appeared before his eyes, with so new content appearing, filling in the things that were missing before!
Guan Tong saw scenes he had never seen before:
A ripple-like drawing representing sound descended from high above. All kinds of exotic beasts on Kimos Star heard it. So were frightened, so ignored it, so looked around nervously, and only a very few individuals looked up, their eyes filled with confusion.
That must be the voice of the Fire Thief!
Guan Tong was certain. Just like what happened on Tianshui Star, the Fire Thief also descended upon Kimos Star one day and announced the Doomsday Rules in the form of "sound."
However... there was a huge problem here. That was, the vast majority of species within the exotic beast civilization on Kimos Star had not awakened "intelligence"!
Just like cats and dogs on Tianshui Star, even if they could hear the Fire Thief's voice like humans, they fundantally couldn't understand the aning contained within the sound!
Those who could roughly understand the aning were probably only those extrely few individuals in the mural who looked up.
The evolutionary speed of these individuals must have been ahead of other groups on Kimos Star. However, the number of these individuals was pitifully small, probably not even one in ten thousand, or one in a hundred thousand.
In the mural's scenes, these individuals who could understand the aning of the sound all appeared anxious and restless, roaring and shouting. Clearly, they realized the imnse danger brought by the rules.
After this ca scenes of various disasters descending. Without a doubt, they all evolved from the Doomsday Rules announced by the Fire Thief.
Since most species on Kimos Star lacked intelligence, they didn't understand the rules, let alone how to use the rewards after passing them. Therefore, they perished at an extrely rapid rate. This was also the reason for the great species migration. It was an instinctive biological response, thinking that just migrating elsewhere could avoid the disaster.
However, this calamity was not a natural disaster; it was a disaster manufactured by the Fire Thief. This ant the great migration was completely aningless. No matter where the groups migrated, the Fire Thief's rules would take effect in that place!
Perhaps to make these exotic beasts understand this point, the Fire Thief finally announced that Doomsday Rule concerning the "fog": the mist that spread everywhere completely destroyed this civilization. In the end, only a few individuals survived by hiding in underground caverns.
Guan Tong and Adam originally guessed that these few individuals were just lucky to avoid disaster. But now it seed these individuals must have possessed intelligence, could understand the Fire Thief and the aning of the rules, which is why they survived until the end.
But a civilization, a species... if only a few individuals survive until the end, can it still continue?
Guan Tong looked at the end of the mural. Those few individuals were sucked into and taken away by a black cylindrical spaceship, heading into the cosmos.
Was the Fire Thief benevolent and rciful, unwilling to exterminate the last few remnants of the Kimos Star civilization? Or was it because they knew the civilization couldn't continue, so there was no need to completely annihilate it?
If these surviving individuals were the few giant exotic beasts guarding the fog gate in the ninth rule, what kind of situation were they in now? Had they beco servants driven by the Fire Thief, or were they rely preserved fragnts of a destroyed civilization for observation?
The mural gradually faded from view before his eyes. Guan Tong was deeply imrsed in the shock it brought.
Could humanity on Tianshui Star also et this end? The vast majority perishing, leaving only a few individuals unable to sustain the continuation of the species?
Tragically, after the first rule, the vast majority of humanity had collectively stopped reproducing. As long as the forty-nine rules remained unfinished for a single day, how many fathers and mothers would be willing to bring life into this world?
No, it should be different! Because humanity is a collective that has already awakened intelligence, different from the exotic beasts on Kimos Star.
Only... is human intelligence sufficient for the entire species to reach the end? If we only go slightly further than the Kimos Star exotic beast civilization, how much significance does that hold?
After a long while, a prompt sound brought Guan Tong back to his senses.
[You have obtained the title: Civilization Observer]
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