Chapter 499 A Deal with the King of the Boundless

Flowing light particles formed a boundless tunnel before his eyes, stretching endlessly, with only one point of light at the end. Time and space were stretched into an infinitely long line in his senses. He didn't know how much distance he had crossed, how much time had passed, but it was as if it had only been a moment.

Countless bizarre scenes flashed outside the tunnel. His body floated as if transformed into a wisp of smoke. For a moment, he couldn't feel the existence of his body. All the senses used to explore the world were stirred into a ball. But in the next moment, all his senses returned to normal, and his vision suddenly changed. He had arrived at a new space.

Endless black mist permeated this place, with occasional flashes of red lightning, like storm clouds brewing lightning or erupting volcanic ash. It was an apocalyptic scene.

A black mountain range, flowing with lava-like scarlet light, floated between the black mists like a rootless island. The central peak was steep and towering, and a rusty dark-gold chain wrapped around it, forming a spiral pattern, connecting to a black-crystal-like platform floating in the air. Seated on it was a mountain-like giant black figure. Countless red-glowing eyes turned in unison, looking down.

"Oh, this style might lower my sanity points."

Han Xiao glanced at it, clicking his tongue. He appreciatively admired the scenery of this secondary dimension and took a picture to commemorate it. Otherwise, if he started fighting later, he might accidentally crush this place.

Looking up at the mountain-like figure, Han Xiao narrowed his eyes.

"Are you the King of the Boundless?"

He had to admit, this guy's appearance was quite intimidating. An ordinary person would be shocked and lose their mind at first glance, triggering a deep-seated fear of giant creatures. However, Han Xiao had seen too much. This scene didn't have much impact on him. The shock was far less than a fleet salvo in the interception circle battle.

"Yes, I have been waiting for you, Black Star," the King of the Boundless slowly replied.

"You know me?"

Han Xiao was a little surprised. He looked down at the Babubenga in his hand, remembering that he hadn't introduced himself... Could it be that his reputation had spread from the main universe to the depths of the secondary dimension? How impressive!

"I know your purpose. You want to take away this fleet and this intelligent creature named Harrison, right? From their memories, I learned about the situation of your civilization."

The King of the Boundless sat motionless, but a patch of black mist in the sky suddenly moved away, revealing a fleet. It was the missing expedition team of the three great civilizations. But it was only shown for a moment before the black mist covered it again, making it impossible to sense.

The unconscious Harrison flew up from the platform, suspended in front of it.

Han Xiao's eyes flashed. He wasn't in a hurry to act, and curiously asked, "So that's how it is. Then what do you want by waiting for me here?"

The King of the Boundless didn't answer immediately, but slowly said, "I usually immediately digest the prey I capture. However, from their memories, I learned your name. Frankly speaking, I am very wary of you advanced lifeforms from the main material universe. Because of your existence, I didn't immediately eat them."

"You're quite calm."

Han Xiao sized up the King of the Boundless, somewhat astonished.

Your cowardice saved you, buddy!

Just from knowing about my existence from the memories of Harrison and others, he didn't dare to attack the expedition team... It seemed that he was still very deterrent. How impressive.

Seeing that he was giving face, Han Xiao's expression softened. He reached out his hand and smiled, "Since that's the case, I don't mind making friends with you. Let them go first."

The King of the Boundless shook his head. "I didn't say I would return them to you."

Hearing this, Han Xiao paused.

"You don't want to provoke me, but you don't want to return them. What do you want to do?"

"I want to have a transaction with you."

"A transaction? Although you didn't eat these people, you were the one who captured them. I don't owe you any favors. You want to use these people as bargaining chips? I think that's unlikely."

Han Xiao crossed his arms and replied casually.

The King of the Boundless slowly said,

"No, my bargaining chip is the intelligence of the three great civilizations in their memories. You are fighting the World Tree. I believe the World Tree will definitely like this information. They can follow the vines and reach your secondary dimension territories. And I happen to have a way to contact the World Tree's dependents."

This news was unexpected. Han Xiao's eyes narrowed, and he immediately lowered his arms, put away his smile, and became expressionless.

"Threatening me? Are you tired of living?"

"It's not a threat, it's just self-preservation. Even if you agree to trade with me, I'm still afraid that after returning them to you, you will retaliate against me. I don't have the confidence to defeat you... And with this trump card, I believe my safety will be guaranteed. This is the basis for reaching a transaction."

The King of the Boundless's tone was matter-of-fact.

"...You say you can contact the World Tree dependents. How can I believe you? You want to fool me with just a few words? I'm not afraid to gamble whether you learned the terminology from their memories. Show me the evidence."

Han Xiao narrowed his eyes.

The King of the Boundless didn't mind, and explained,

"I understand your meaning, but I didn't lie to you. Although you and the World Tree are at war in the main material universe, the secondary dimension world is actually their base. They have devoured one secondary dimension after another for countless years.

But the secondary dimension is endless. The World Tree doesn't just eat every one they see. Their main means of expansion is to take root, imprint their mark on one secondary dimension after another, turning them into territories, and opening up the authority to quickly traverse them. For some special secondary dimensions, they don't even interfere, and focus on observation and research.

While expanding, they send out countless dependents to explore outwards, spreading the World Tree's name and contact channels, similar to what they do in the main material universe. One of their exploration teams once passed by my outer territory. One of my guards learned a lot of news and reported it to me..."

As he spoke, the King of the Boundless shared a small part of relevant memories through mental communication.

Han Xiao examined it and found no signs of forgery. There was indeed a way to contact the World Tree dependents, which made him feel a headache.

'This is a bit tricky... Attacking and killing this guy, there's no 100% chance of preventing the information from leaking. If the World Tree opens a secondary dimension battle line, our situation will be even worse.'

Han Xiao's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he quickly calculated in his mind.

The World Tree's main body was rooted in the secondary dimension. This was the territory it focused on building. Although the location of the main body was found in his previous life, if it weren't for the high-dimensional apocalypse teleporter airlifting them into the hinterland and launching a decapitation attack, a frontal assault would have been almost impossible to break through the World Tree's secondary dimension defense circle near its main body.

The three great civilizations were still in a good situation now, and one of the main reasons was that the World Tree didn't have time to figure out the secondary dimension territories of the three great civilizations like in his previous life, and didn't open this battle line, thus reducing a lot of pressure.

Seeing Han Xiao's expression change, and the killing intent appearing and disappearing from time to time, the King of the Boundless spoke again, saying,

"You don't have to worry about me using this as a handle to randomly blackmail you. With the abilities of you advanced lifeforms, even if your civilization is destroyed, you can probably escape alive. Then this trump card will no longer be able to protect me... So you can rest assured that I only want to make a transaction with you. I won't force you to do anything excessive. As long as you don't attack me, I don't need to inform them. Believe me, no one wants to deal with the World Tree on their own initiative."

The King of the Boundless's tone was sincere. Although he had caught a handle, he really didn't dare to make too many excessive demands. He didn't think this trump card could support him in wantonly acting in front of the other party. In his opinion, he had only obtained the qualification to trade with the other party.

Han Xiao stroked his chin, looking thoughtfully at the King of the Boundless.

This King of the Boundless was a powerful dimension spirit entity, and his name was also intimidating, but he had always maintained a low profile in front of him. Although he held a useful handle, he wasn't strong or aggressive, but rather a bit cowardly.

Han Xiao pondered for a few seconds, temporarily suppressing his hostility, and asked,

"...Tell me about your transaction. What do you want me to do for you?"

"Only two things. One is that after your battle breaks out, allow me to project my power and harvest some of the souls of the dead on the battlefield, as well as some of the wreckage of damaged warships. The materials of the main universe are quite valuable to us."

Are you trying to steal business from the Underworld?

And you also moonlight as a spaceship junkyard?

Han Xiao's expression became strange. He glanced at the slowly flowing black mist around him, and only felt that the impression of the King of the Boundless had suddenly turned into a landfill owner. His intimidation was instantly gone.

"...What about the second thing?"

"I once had a special secondary dimension, but it was taken away by another group of dimension entities. They are very difficult to deal with. I have not been able to solve them. I hope you can help me take it back."

Han Xiao clicked his tongue, noncommittally saying,

"I can help you with these two things, but since you said that the means of informing is only for self-protection and not a threat, then I won't treat it as a bargaining chip. And the price you offered is not suitable. I need more things."

"What do you want?" The King of the Boundless didn't refuse to haggle.

"I need more information about the World Tree in the secondary dimension. Tell me everything you know. Also, I want some of that black matter for research. Finally... Perhaps we can cooperate to deal with the World Tree. They have been expanding in the secondary dimension, and they will reach your territory sooner or later. It's best to strike first." Han Xiao slowly said.

"I can promise you the first two points. As for dealing with the World Tree, forget it. I can't afford to provoke them either. I'll just hide."

As he expected, the King of the Boundless refused.

Han Xiao smiled.

"Don't be too afraid. The World Tree has a weakness in its main body. As long as you destroy the main body, your threat will be permanently eliminated. Isn't that good? And it might also release a large number of souls as your food."

Although Harrison and others were captured, causing the hidden danger of information leakage, with Harrison's luck, it might not be impossible to turn bad luck into good. Thinking in a good direction, this was also an opportunity to inquire about the World Tree's forces in the secondary dimension from an informed person.

So he didn't violently attack, but was trying to pull in a new foreign aid. After all, he used to be a socialist successor, and uniting all forces that could be united had become a habit.

"Sounds tempting, but it's not certain whether the main body really exists. Let's talk about it when you find it."

The King of the Boundless was noncommittal.

Seeing this, Han Xiao didn't force him either. He knew that the other party wouldn't easily agree, so he skipped this topic.

Just then, the interface suddenly moved and a prompt popped up.

[You have triggered the mission [The King of the Boundless's Transaction]!]

[Mission Introduction: For some reason, the King of the Boundless has something to ask of you and has proposed a transaction to you.]

[Mission Requirements: Take back the target secondary dimension]

[Reward: 250 billion experience, King of the Boundless favorability +25, Character Summon Card x1]

[Note: This mission may cause unknown effects. Please accept with caution.]

Han Xiao's heart stirred, and he was a little curious.

What kind of secondary dimension is it that is worth the King of the Boundless taking the risk of offending himself to take it back... Could it be his wife?!