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"The ruins of the Western Regions..."

Chen Ming silently invoked the system of the Great Western Ruins.

After receiving its affirmative reply, Chen Ming, seemingly studying the Chengtian Stone in his hand, deliberately raised it high, aiming it at the light source pouring down from the bronze dome.

"This thing contains divine power. Can you extract that divine power from this stone?"

Chen Ming's question was straightforward.

Although his divine runes possessed bizarre abilities, bordering on bug-like, they were still in their nascent stage, lacking the necessary rank to perfectly capture and refine the overflowing divine power.

But the Daisai ruins might be an option.

It looks like the work of the Creator, designed to guide players in each reincarnation onto the path to godhood, thereby increasing the bloodshed of this world, which is essentially an arena.

Since it is the work of the Creator, it may possess such power.

Sure enough, the Great Western Ruins responded immediately after Chen Ming asked his question.

"can."

Chen Ming's face lit up with joy.

With the help of the Great Western Ruins, wouldn't all these divine powers become his own? The Redemption Rose's efforts were in vain, and she only benefited herself.

But this excitement didn't last long. The next second, the Great Western Ruins responded in a cold, emotionless tone, "Are you sure you want to offer divine power to replenish the ruins' reserves?"

Just as Chen Ming was about to agree outright, he pulled back from the brink, interrupting himself just as the idea was about to pop into his head.

Offering sacrifices to divine power...?

Replenishing reserves?!

"What do you mean by those words you're using?"

Chen Ming asked cautiously.

"All the divine power you have offered will be stored in the ruins' storage room as a replenishment for when you awaken in the next cycle of reincarnation."

"The next reincarnation... which means I won't be able to use the divine power you extracted at all, and I'll only be able to obtain it in the next life?!"

"Yes."

"Then I'll have to die again?!"

“You once said that death is not scary; death is like a cool summer night, allowing one to sleep peacefully without worry.”

Chen Ming was so angry he laughed.

Good heavens, this Tian Kui is a poet too!

"Please confirm whether you wish to make an offering. The current offering power points received by the ruins are 0. The current exchange rate is Tier 1, with an exchange ratio of 5:100. The remaining Tier 000 offering points are: 000!"

Seeing this data, Chen Ming understood what this offering system was all about.

The divine power stored now can be recovered a hundredfold in the next reincarnation.

However, the amount of this offering is still tiered.

The first tier's 100x return is limited to a maximum of five million, and it's first-come, first-served. The offering tier will then automatically downgrade to the second tier.

The returns on the second tier drop drastically, becoming only 10 times the amount, but the total amount increases to 25 million.

As the gradient decreases, the proportion of divine power stored will also become lower and lower. After reaching the fifth tier, the offering ratio cannot even be maintained at 1:1. If one million is deposited, only 800,000 divine power can be extracted in the next cycle.

"No wonder this ruin could provide so much divine power as initial funding to supplement these ancient powerhouses..."

"Relationships are a complete financial system!"

"No wonder they say the wool comes from the sheep's back. With this design, the reincarnation of ancient powerhouses is not as easy as I thought."

After sighing, Chen Ming shook his head, completely rejecting the system.

He's not a reincarnator, so offering divine power points is just a waste of time and effort, no different from throwing real money down the drain.

"We can't count on the Great Western Ruins..."

"It seems I'll have to figure it out myself."

Chen Ming is now somewhat helpless.

Although it is unknown how much divine power is stored in the Chengtian Stone, since the Redemption Rose organization has made it the core of their schemes and has gone to great lengths to calculate its power, the amount stored must be considerable.

To acquire this immense wealth, the divine runes must possess sufficient rank to unlock it.

However, to obtain sufficient rank for the divine runes, one must acquire the immense divine power within the Heavenly Stone…

This is a classic case of being stubborn and failing at both ends.

Left with no other choice, Chen Ming turned his attention to the resource pool of the Great Western Ruins.

After three minutes of absorption, his resource pool gained another 60,000 to 70,000 units of divine power.

This was significantly more than his previous estimate of 10,000 divine power per minute, since in addition to the continuous absorption, the aftershocks of their battles could also be converted into divine power.

"Once the battle begins, the divine power I gain per minute has almost doubled..."

"But right now, it's only a little over ten thousand, close to twenty thousand, of divine power per minute."

"Still a long way from 6.5 million divine power."

Chen Ming frowned slightly.

Don't be fooled by the fact that, according to the calculations on paper, it only takes a little over 300 minutes, or five or six hours, to gather 6.5 million divine power.

The question is, can this instance really last that long?

Even if this instance can indeed last that long...

Are the players present really able to maintain their form and keep fighting like this?

Chen Ming was not sure.

But he wasn't without a backup plan.

He was already prepared when he first started planning.

Although not much time has passed, he still needs to go and inspect the situation.

"Lingyue, don't go up to the second floor to carry out the mission for now."

"You and the others should try to kill some monsters and gain experience around the first floor."

"I have to leave for a while. When I come back, I'll take you all to the second floor."

Ling Yue didn't suspect anything and nodded, but her eyes flickered at the end, revealing a slight hesitation, before she said, "Okay, but... my mission has a time limit."

"At most three hours."

"I must get to the second floor within three hours."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ming's brows furrowed even more.

Three hours...

His time became even more pressing!

Seemingly sensing Chen Ming's predicament, Ling Yue quickly added, "However, the mission only requires us to go up, not to start immediately... Perhaps we can delay it a little longer."

“There is no room for delay.” Chen Ming shook his head. “Once you reach the second floor and get close to the divine runes left by those ancient powerhouses, which are imbued with their will, your two divine runes, which are completely imitations of theirs, will definitely be activated.”

"So, only three hours..."

Chen Ming took a deep breath and looked into the depths of the Bronze City, gazing at the more distant places.

"Wait for me, let me go check the situation."

"If things can proceed according to my plan... 6.5 million in three hours, there might be some chance."