Start from the God of Death and break through the world.

Chapter 1071 All-Out War
When the eighth-tier explorers from the various spaces received news of the World War, they were initially quite calm, because for these battle-hardened veterans, participating in a World War occasionally was a normal occurrence.

Having reached the eighth tier, who hasn't participated in a few world wars? Everyone has their own way of survival, and the more powerful explorers are even thinking about how to gain benefits in the world wars.

But once they saw the battle configurations of the various spaces, they immediately focused their attention on the number of people in the End Space.

"Alone? Is the End Space just giving up?"

One explorer was puzzled, but then someone next to him reminded him that it was probably not that the End Space didn't want to fight properly, but that the End Space was confident of victory.

But they couldn't understand what kind of explorer could make the End Space believe that sending just one of them would be enough to fight the armies of several major spaces.

Just as heated discussions were brewing in various spaces, and the selected explorers were preparing to go to the trading market to purchase supplies, their fighting spirit, which had been stirred up, was suddenly extinguished.

[The Hongmeng Space has surrendered, and this world competition has ended in defeat. According to the rules, those who surrender before the release of explorers will not be subject to penalties for defeat in this eighth-tier competition.]

"what?"

The explorers, who were originally shopping and preparing for battle, were stunned. Looking at the war supplies they had just bought, they turned to the stall owner and asked, "Brother, can I return them?"

The stall owner simply gave the explorer the middle finger to show his attitude, which made the buyer even more aggrieved. He thought to himself, "Is there something wrong with my own space? We are ready to fight to the death, why does Your Majesty surrender first?"

The same situation occurred not only in the Hongmeng Space, but also in the Desolate Ancient Space and the Immortal Spirit Space.

Not everyone was confused as to why the space was allowed to surrender directly. Some explorers who were very familiar with the space's operating mechanism understood that the space would never deliberately give up in a particular battle, especially in advanced worlds where the competition was fierce and costly.

The space might reduce the penalties for high-level explorers to minimize their casualties, but it will absolutely not choose to give up in this battle before it even begins.

If they really didn't want to fight, they would simply choose to surrender, like they are doing now, and give up the world that was waiting to be contested and divided.

Under these circumstances, the End Space only sent one person because it felt unnecessary to send more. It was like having its trump card revealed; other spaces would suffer heavy losses if they chose to engage.

Those who understood these principles all breathed a sigh of relief after hearing their own space announce its surrender.

At the same time, some rumors began to circulate in the space. These rumors concerned the information spread by explorers from various spaces who had recently traveled to the Dragon Ball world. People learned that an explorer named Prisoner Demon from the End Space had broken through the Dragon Ball world, and that his mark level was likely still at the eighth rank.

As a result, the people in each space were even more relieved, feeling that their own space was truly brilliant.

But just as the storm was calming down, the End Space began its full-scale declaration of war once again.

If the previous world wars were preordained battles between several dimensions for control of the worlds, then the End Space is now taking the initiative, designating many worlds as targets and declaring war on various dimensions.

Meanwhile, Lu Li heard a series of notifications that the World War had begun, summoning him to fight in the World War.

The battle for control of the eighth-tier world of the Divine Realm is about to begin. According to the rules of the End, Pioneer 008 will be forcibly conscripted to participate in this war. Please prepare yourself.

However, less than three seconds after receiving the message, Lu Li heard another notification.

[The Divine Realm has surrendered, relinquishing its claim to the world. The End Realm has won this battle for world dominance. Pioneers, please settle the score upon returning to your rooms.]

Although Lu Li didn't understand what the End Space was doing, it seemed like he hadn't done anything and could still get a reward, which was definitely a good thing!
Then he heard other notification sounds.

The battle for control of the eighth-tier world in the Chaotic Space is about to begin. According to the rules of the End, Pioneer 008 will be forcibly conscripted to participate in this war. Please prepare yourself.

[The Chaos Space has surrendered, relinquishing its claim to the world. The End Space has won this battle for world dominance. Pioneers, please settle the score upon returning to your rooms.]

The standard, routine prompts sounded very familiar to Lu Li. After the End Space declared war on the Chaos Space, the other side surrendered instantly as well.

[The Arcane Space... the Arcane Space has surrendered.]

The funniest part was the Arcane Space. The End Space hadn't even finished giving Lu Li the notification, and had only just mentioned the words "Arcane Space" when it paused for a moment before continuing, "Arcane Space surrenders."

[With the Heavenly Dao Space...]

The Heavenly Dao Space has surrendered...

[With the Origin Space...]

The Origin Space has surrendered...

Good heavens, while Lu Li was stunned, the End Space declared war on all eight other spaces.

Then, while Lu Li was still a little confused, a series of reward settlement notification sounds kept echoing in his ears.

Lu Li finally began to understand what the End Space was doing. Because he already had the strength of the ninth rank, but was still an eighth-rank mark, the End Space was shamelessly using his name to make money like crazy.

Perhaps this is the real reason why the End Space spends so much money to cultivate him. Lu Li doesn't mind, since he doesn't have to go out and do the work himself; he can earn a lot just by being a figurehead.

The battle for control of the eighth-tier world of Paradise is about to begin...

Finally, Lu Li even heard the news that the End Space had declared war on Paradise. However, Paradise, which he remembered as a gathering place for madmen, only waited a minute before the news of its surrender came.

This isn't a matter of being tough or not. Paradise isn't stupid; it doesn't want to fight a war it's bound to lose and that will result in the deaths of its own adventurers.

The operating mechanism of the amusement park is quite different from that of the space. They are called adventurers, and the setting of the explorer's mark is also very different from that of Lu Li and his group. They do not usually interact with the space.

Lu Li only learned about this after asking the experts in the group. Rumor has it that there was no Paradise before. It was created in ancient times when something happened. Paradise and Space have always been at odds. There are also rumors that Paradise may have originally been a gathering place for a group of rule-breakers.

However, Lu Li felt that these rumors were too far-fetched. They were basically just speculations and rumors among explorers. How could an organization that resembled a space be a gathering place for rule-breakers?

On the contrary, he felt that the operation mechanism of the park was quite good. A slightly cruel environment is more conducive to the competition to produce strong people, while the End Space is a bit like boiling a frog in lukewarm water. Just like he is often sent to derivative worlds, while the people on the park seem to hardly go to derivative worlds.

"Boss Lu? Are you alright?"

Seeing Lu Li standing there in a daze, his expression shifting between surprise and joy, Xia Ren thought Lu Li had lost his mind.

"Oh, I'm fine. It's just that Space called me to join the World War."

Lu Li snapped out of his daze and said.

"Huh? Boss Lu just got back and he's already going to fight another dangerous battle?"

Shrimp looked worried. "This space is terrible. It doesn't give people any time to rest."

"Oh, no, the world war is over." Lu Li waved his hand and said.

"They're...it's over? That...so fast?"

The shrimp opened its small mouth slightly, wondering if it had just been seeing things and if Lu Li had actually gone and come back.
"Other dimensions have surrendered, so the battle is over. Let's go, I can't wait to upgrade my equipment."

Lu Li said with a smile, wondering if Chu Chu's skills had improved in the past twenty years.

A short while later, Xia Ren led him to Chu Chu's new shop, which was in a great location. Unlike the previous small shop, it looked like a department store.

The building has seven floors, and unlike before when he came to Chuchu's place, there was no one but Chuchu dozing off at the door. There were people welcoming guests at the door and sales assistants inside.

However, the items sold are still the same as before, all of them are furniture. The furniture on the first floor is all ordinary, and the quality is below legendary level.

The higher the floor, the higher the quality of the furniture. From the sixth floor onwards, only beds are sold. It seems that the maker focused on practicing making beds, resulting in a large number of beds being produced for sale.

"So rich? The rent here must be very expensive."

Lu Li was also surprised to see this grand display. He thought to himself, "Is this still the Chu Chu I knew when we first met, who seemed a bit poor? This is the best location on the commercial street."

"Chuchu has earned a lot of money over the years because her furniture is functional and therefore very popular."

Shrimp explained from the side.

Lu Li didn't rush to the top floor to find Chu Chu. Instead, he strolled around the store and couldn't help but sigh that nowadays, doing business really requires specialization.

There are many shops selling equipment in the space, but very few shops selling furniture. This is not because explorers have no need for furniture at all, but because they have no need for furniture that is not functional.

Chu Chu's furniture usually has some magical functions, and coupled with the fact that she has opened up new niche areas, explorers naturally flock to it. Whether they are high-level or low-level explorers, they all express their love for these pieces of furniture.

However, after looking around, Lu Li also felt that the furniture on the lower floors didn't seem to be Chu Chu's work.

He asked about the shrimp and learned that Chu Chu had started expanding her stores as early as two years after Lu Li entered the world.

After discovering that her business was doing well, Chu Chu didn't want to waste her energy on making low-end furniture, so she recruited some apprentices to help her. The beds below were made by the disciples of the "Chu Clan", not by Chu Chu herself.

Once upstairs, the furniture on the sixth floor and above was all made by Chu Chu herself, almost all of which were of the Immortal grade or higher, each piece quite expensive, and there were very few customers here.

But whenever someone comes here to shop, their one-time purchase can be equivalent to the income of all the floors below.

Therefore, Chu Chu's shop does not make money from the furniture below. She just provides a way out for those who have no livelihood. If she really wants to make money, she still has to rely on explorers of level eight and above.

Soon, Lu Li followed Xia Ren to the top floor. Since the sales assistants here seemed to know Xia Ren, no one stopped them. Xia Ren easily entered the password to Chu Chu's office door.

As soon as Lu Li opened the door, he saw Chu Chu sitting in the boss's chair, still dressed in her familiar attire. However, today Chu Chu was wearing a lingerie set on her long legs and was leaning back, with her legs propped up on the long wooden table in front of her, looking quite dashing.

"Hey, isn't this the Demon Prisoner?"

Chu Chu didn't change her posture. She opened her eyes, glanced at Lu Li, and then paused on the shrimp.

"Long time no see, I miss you a little."

Lu Li greeted Chu Chu with a smile, then looked around and said, "By the way, you don't seem busy. Why didn't you answer my calls?"

Chu Chu was a little annoyed. "Who said I'm not busy? My shop is so big, I have to manage dozens of people, and I have a ton of orders piled up. I'm almost overwhelmed with work!"

"Oh? Chuchu, are you married and have children?"

Faced with Chu Chu's inexplicable attitude, Lu Li simply expressed his confusion about Chu Chu's self-designation, which immediately left Chu Chu speechless.

Even Xia Ren turned her head away and covered her mouth to suppress her laughter; she just thought that Boss Lu could be really silly sometimes.

"you you……"

Chu Chu was so angry that her already small chest heaved. "Don't slander my innocence! I really am very busy."

"You seem to be in a bad mood? Why are you angry?"

Lu Li looked confused.

"No!"

Chu Chu's voice rose a few decibels.

She would never say that the real reason she didn't answer Lu Li's calls was that she was genuinely a little angry, because Xia Ren had recently told her that Lu Li was back.

Chu Chu knew, of course, that Lu Li had returned; the fact that his avatar lit up in her friends list said it all. However, Chu Chu hadn't expected that Lu Li would go to Xia Ren's place for a free meal first.

She had originally thought that after twenty years, Lu Li would call her first to confirm the situation.

"Oh... since you're so busy, I won't bother you any longer. I'm going to go to the trading market to see Sousuke."

Lu Li scratched his head. He wasn't good at dealing with Chu Chu's inexplicable anger, but his senior sister had taught him that when a girl is angry, it's best to ignore her.

Otherwise, no matter how much you talk to her, she will only argue with you.

"Wait……"

When Chu Chu saw Lu Li turn around, she subconsciously sat up straight. She raised her hand as if to say something, but then felt it would be too embarrassing, so she withdrew her hand and sat upright at the table. If you didn't look at her outfit, she really did have the air of a female CEO sitting in the main seat.

"what?"

Lu Li's hearing was naturally excellent, and he turned to look at Chu Chu.

"N-nothing, goodbye!"

Chu Chu said through gritted teeth.

Lu Li was a little confused and felt it was better to avoid confrontation for the time being, so he walked towards the door.

(End of this chapter)