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Chapter 20 - Decisions and consequences

Holding onto his communication bracelet, Chengshan was considered anxious as he waited for a reply. But it eventually came, and even Luo baside him could hear a powerful aged voice from the other side of the communication bracelet.

'Permission granted! But do it in moderation, we are humans after all, not animals." The voice was from the sector lord and this was why that two of them seemed nervous.

As it turned out the plan he had was presented to those on the same level as him, but they did not seem to be willing to take any risks. The descendants of of some strong individuals where among those participating in the trial.

He had to gain some guarantee and normal people would not do.

He thought about it before taking a chance to contact the Sector lord, but who knew he would allow him the chance to present his case.

Considering the current situation, his move Was the best cause of action.

"It seems that the number of people that are to enter the ruins have to be less than one tenth. The losses from such a number is acceptable and could be explained in a way." Listening to his words, Luo was aware of what he meant.

For the past centuries, the exploration is mostly done by the military faction and they can be said to control a lot of resources. The kind of power they hold is enough to make the Immortal path seem like a group of babies facing an adult.

They are not standing on the same level at all, and those in the immortal faction that join can only start off as cannon fodder. They are however unwilling to get themselves involved in this, as for the reason, death rate is too high. The true reason is the long lifespans they have, compared to other paths, such as martial arts.

In the end when someone has longer lifespan, they loose the drive to push themselves into striving for a breakthrough. The same can't be said for the martial path, as in most cases, they just delay aging in the lifespan they have, but difficult to increase lifespan.

With this they will always be trying to make progress all the time.

The longer those in the immortal path live the more they care about things like freedom. This can not be achieved in the military, as the system of following orders still exists.

When compared to martial artists, who seek fights to breakthrough most of the time, it is understandable for them to join the military.

Resources are also not easy to obtain, but that is not the case in the military as they are sure to train loyalists.

The aspect of loyalty is due to the age the military recruits its candidates and more importantly, their training.

The resources they have in possosion is enough to train a lot of strong people. As much as the development of immortal path is propagated everywhere, the truth is, they can't compare to the military.

The other thing is that exploration tasks are ussually tackled by them, as for the reason Chengshan was permitted to use civilians, the nature of the ruins was not known.

Right! All of this comes from the nature of the ruins, as some would only appear for a certain time period and expell those that have entered when that time arrived.

It was not smart for them to start mobilizing the military to conduct exploration.

Since it was an act of wasting time in itself, why not let the students be given a chance that comes with high risk.

It was Indeed true, the chance given had high risk, for anyone, but the returns might be worth a lot. This was also the same reason that Chengshan had some envy after realizing he couldn't enter this place.

Looking at the excitment on Chengshan's face, Luo sighed before saying something that calmed him down instantly.

"You better think of how you are going to survive from that girl's father!"

She was obviously talking about Emily, and this is something that Chengshan has forgotten already.

He was so obsessed with the issue of the ruins, he forgot his actions had brought him trouble.

"What do you mean?" He asked loudly.

He was indeed only interested in the benefits that came from exploration of the ruins in the begining, but when he thought it the consequences he asked for permission.

That was not as simple as it sounded, the students each had their own backgrounds, and he seemed to have overlooked this.

"That little girl that entered this ruin first was Wu Wentian's daughter. He will skin you when he finds out his daughter had entered the ruins. " She said with some cunning look on her face.

"What do you mean?" Chengshan asked with some confusion, he had not done anything yet, and this woman was already scheming something.

He did not feel anyone in the star realm would threaten yet, but that was just because he had yet to fight those stronger than him.

From the way he usually Luo, she is someone that can cause trouble. The two of them where together on this mission just to balance her actions, but it seemed like she was trying to get even with him.

Now that he thought about it, he had been mocking her all this time, considering she could not defeat him, it was not surprising she was digging a pit for him to be taught lesson.

This was at least what he thought, but it was far from the truth. For that to be the case, she had to have already figured out the existance of the ruin.

Not just that, the calculation had to have started from a very even complicated long process.

Luo just realized the implications of Changshen's actions after all this has taken shape. It was not like she had planned all this, and in the end, she was just taking advantage of the trend.

But even so, it was fun to see what would happen if a clash where to take place. For her, this was not just taking revenge, she was just riding the winds.

But the moment she reminded him, he thought she had planned it all.

"Why didn't you remind me?" He asked, when he also figured things out.

"He!He!" She chuckled with a sneer.

"Did you tell me you where in such a rush to get involved in the exploration of the ruins? You are actually daring, trying to take on the responsibility of the military." She replied with a deep meaning.

In the current world, the military was obviously the ones responsible for exploring dangerous ruins, and in exchange for this chance, anyone that was interested in taking part had to pay a certain price.

With enough contribution coins the military would be very happy to allow anyone to explore in exchange for them.

Even in the other timeline, the contribution coins where the currency that could allow purchase of everything, this even included the chance to enter the Universe Hall.

"It would be one thing to mess around with the students into his trial, but your actions have allowed some individuals that do not like the military to monopolize the ruins to get involved, and you should know this group is ancient!" She was not joking, the political situation was complicated when it came to somethings.

At the moment he was not supposed to be worried about Wu Wentian's rage, but the fact he might have gotten himself in trouble.

The sector lord that gave him permission to get involved with the ruins probably was targeting the military.

He was not sure what was going to happen in the future, but that did not give him as much of a headache as Luo thought.

"I guess she is right,but I already have decided to take this path. In the worse case scenario, I could just enter the Universe Hall with the contribution coins I have gathered and try my luck. Considering the ruins discovered in the stary skies might have a chance for me, it is only imperative for me to have some major improvements before they allow exploration."

All his actions where indeed based upon the urgency to become stronger. The existance of the door discovered ruins in space seemed too important as even some of the sector lords where interested.

It was also in the same way he had the confidence to take up the exploration of this ruin Emily had just entered.

The military was too preoccupied to care about his actions. Perhaps they would send some small team to explore it, but that was it. They where focusing most of their resources in exploring what could bring about massive transformation in strength of humans as a whole.

It was also this confidence that made him push aside Luo's words about the military.

"I guess you thought about it clearly. Well, I was just telling you to watch your back, after all at this rate, everyone will be coming for your head." Luo was just trying to frustrate him.