Abyss Sequence-Chapter 406 - 63: Resumption of Interrealm Trade

Yulia found the correct path to Sequence One. With her as an example, more and more people will step into Sequence One.

Meanwhile, Chen Shan also reached the level of the Second Rank.

Next, it depends on his choice: whether to continue acting as a Hunter or extract the nanomachines in his body and switch to ancient methods.

Currently, Catastrophe-level demons on Blue Star are rare. If he wants to advance faster, he should act with Yan Luo and the others and head to Alfheim.

Yevgenia said that if humans plan to send Second Rank Hunters to hunt Catastrophe-level demons in Alfheim, they are absolutely welcome.

Alfheim does not have the habit or the capability of regularly clearing out demons.

The Generals, Great Monarchs, and Saints remain in the cities to protect them. They are not like Blue Star, where even without Engravers, there are nuclear weapons to deal with demons.

Although they can create ’Divine Artifacts,’ those powerful weapons also require powerful elves to unleash their full power; thus, Pirie City turned to researching machinery.

The elves of Pirie City believe they need weapons that ordinary elves can use to fight demons. Only this way can elves above the General rank be freed to deal with demons.

There are quite a few Catastrophe-level demons in the Alfheim Wilderness, with even more in the Secret Realm, more than they can handle by themselves.

The only regret is that the current number of Second Rank on Blue Star is insufficient to oversee all exploration towns. Even if they want to send them to Alfheim to hunt Catastrophe-level demons, they lack the strength.

As it stands, only Crimson No. 2 has multiple Second Rank members.

Shortly after Yulia found the path to Sequence One and Chen Shan became a Second Rank, the merchants involved in the inter-world trade finally gathered the goods for this trade.

Thus, the inter-world trade restarted.

This time, Chen Shan also joined the caravan. Once he reaches Alfheim, he will act independently to track Catastrophe-level demons.

If he cannot return by the end of this inter-world trade, he will remain in Gass City, waiting until the next trade caravan comes to Gass City to bring him back.

However, since the number of Catastrophe-level demons in Alfheim is quite large, as long as Chen Shan doesn’t get lost, he should be able to hurry back to Gass City before this trade ends to wait for the caravan’s return.

With the Saint-endowed superpower and the Evil God’s Mark of [Frenzy], Chen Shan should advance faster than Wu Zechuan.

Moreover, the path has been paved by Yulia and other predecessors, allowing him to avoid many wrong choices. Perhaps the next Sequence One on Blue Star will be Chen Shan.

Chen Shan now sat silently with his arms crossed inside the armored vehicle driven by Yan Luo.

When the caravan passed through the spatial corridor to reach Alfheim, looking at the natural scenery outside the window, Chen Shan finally spoke: "Ah Chuan has sacrificed a lot for us."

Sasa and Yevgenia looked at Chen Shan, puzzled by his sudden words.

Chen Shan sighed, "Ah Chuan is actually much stronger than me and was the first among the Hunters of Crimson No. 2 to reach Second Rank. If he hadn’t become the President of the Hunter’s Guild and continued to act as a Hunter, he might have had nine engravings by now."

"Indeed, Chairman Wu has sacrificed a lot," Sasa nodded, acknowledging Wu Zechuan’s contribution.

If Wu Zechuan hadn’t become the President of the Scarlet No. 2 Hunter’s Guild and developed Crimson No. 2 into their stronghold, they might still be contending with the Abyssal Believers.

As a result, Wu Zechuan now has only eight engravings. If he could move with the caravan, he might have already killed a Catastrophe-level demon and had nine engravings, or even ten.

Before achieving Second Rank, to add an engraving to themselves, they must first make the previous engraving complete. However, at the Second Rank stage, killing a Catastrophe-level demon can advance their engraving progress over halfway. By hunting some City-breaking Level demons, they can easily perfect their engravings.

As long as they hunt Catastrophe-level demons, they can plunder their spirituality, regardless of reaching the advancement threshold themselves.

Meditation and breathing can slowly expand soul capacity, but this approach is slow.

Wu Zechuan has now switched to ancient methods; thus, plundering spirituality from hunting Catastrophe-level demons is not suitable for him anymore.

His engravings will gradually expand his soul capacity during growth, even if plundering spirituality doesn’t benefit the engraving’s growth.

"But I think Wu Zechuan is quite happy," Yan Luo interjected.

Chen Shan smiled at the words, "Indeed, ever since Ah Chuan became President of the Hunter’s Guild, he became much more cheerful after obtaining power."

Sasa looked at Chen Shan in surprise, "You think that’s cheerful?" 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

How dark must Wu Zechuan’s heart have been before, if this level of cunning can be called ’cheerful’ now?

"Of course, it counts as cheerful," Chen Shan argued confidently, "You have no idea how dark Ah Chuan used to be. When hunting City-breaking Level demons, he often wouldn’t confront them directly but lured two City-breaking Level demons together to clash, waiting until they were nearly done before bringing in a third demon. When the third City-breaking Level demon was about to kill one of the others, he would lead the team to strike from a pre-set position, targeting the vital points without direct battle, always maneuvering when there was a chance, even drawing blood slowly to death from heavily wounded demons.

"Moreover, he often prepared one or two backup plans when hunting demons, even if they weren’t used, and without exception, those plans would avoid direct combat. Nevertheless, his plans, though dark, prevented team casualties and allowed for more demon hunts in a fixed period, earning him much admiration from his team members."

For Sasa, this was the first time hearing such things, unaware that Wu Zechuan had become much more cheerful than before.

At least now Wu Zechuan would use open strategies.

"Isn’t that what a Hunter should be like?" Yan Luo retorted to Chen Shan.

Chen Shan blinked then laughed, "I guess I understand why Ah Chuan invited you to join our Warband at first sight—you’re the same type of person, and he believes you have the capacity to take over his position. To Ah Chuan, power isn’t the first priority. Leading the team to earn more money in a fixed time and avoiding casualties is what he values most."

Even though that was Wu Zechuan and Yan Luo’s first meeting, Wu Zechuan immediately saw that Yan Luo was of the same kind.

Even if Yan Luo cannot become an Engraver, as long as the Mountain and River Warband is formidable, why would the commander need to act personally?

Wu Zechuan wants to transform his Warband into an army-style guild, where the commander’s power isn’t the most crucial. The guild can cultivate other strong ones, and the commander requires wit above all else.

However, over time, many incidents led the Mountain and River Warband to deviate from Wu Zechuan’s plan.

Under Chen Shan now, the Mountain and River Warband has become slightly more reckless, no longer as cautious as it was under Wu Zechuan’s leadership.

But these are side issues that need not be delved into deeply.

The caravan returned to Gass City again, where the farmers along the road had long been accustomed and even greeted humans they knew in the caravan.

When the truck driver parked the vehicle in the warehouse, an elf responsible for moving the goods remarked, "You finally made it."

Now that productivity in Gass City has improved, they realized a bothersome issue after producing goods meant for trade with humans—namely, they couldn’t consume what they produced and had to rely on human caravans.

If human caravans never come, they’d only be able to accumulate their production in warehouses.

Thus, many elves in Gass City look forward to early arrivals from human caravans, bringing intriguing Midgard goods.

On the other side, Yan Luo brought Chen Shan to contact the Lord of Gass City, introducing Chen Shan to the Lord and explaining the purpose of Chen Shan’s visit to Alfheim.

Knowing that Chen Shan came to hunt Catastrophe-level demons, the Lord’s face immediately broke into a smile.

There are quite a few demons of this level wandering the Alfheim Wilderness, and the elves greatly welcome Hunters who come to hunt them.