Starting with 10,000 times the experience, and you're calling me a terrible player?

The flying boat sped through the clouds for an entire day.

Lin Mo curled up in the cabin and fell into a deep sleep like a dead pig.

Qin Lan wandered over to him several times, intending to strike up a conversation, but seeing that he had his eyes closed, she silently swallowed her words.

Qin Lan has already instructed the intelligence department to begin wrapping up the matter concerning the Bloodline Secret Realm.

The informant sent word that the head of the Lin family has been removed from power, and the entire family has been tied to crosses and roasted over a fire.

The next afternoon, the flying boat entered the outer perimeter of the Great Wilderness.

Lin Mo was awakened by an unusual smell.

It smells like something being burned.

It was burnt, with an indescribable sweetness.

He went up onto the deck.

Outside the porthole, the airship was passing a gray-brown wasteland camp.

The camp was very large, covering at least tens of square kilometers, and was surrounded by towering metal walls, with countless magical cannons mounted on top of the walls.

On the open ground inside the wall, dozens of people wearing uniform gray work clothes were dumping the contents of carts into a huge pit.

Lin Mo looked closely and saw that it was a dense mass of corpses.

Piles of emaciated human corpses, almost nothing but skeletons.

The bottom of the pit was already piled with hundreds of bodies, like a pale mountain of bones.

Some people poured oil into it, while others threw long-handled torches into the pit.

boom--!

Flames shot into the sky, and thick black smoke rose dozens of meters high.

A cold wind blew across the deck, and the acrid smell hit you right in the head.

Lin Mo frowned.

He looked at it for a few seconds, then turned to Qin Lan standing next to him and asked:

"What's going on down there?"

"This is the third mining base of the Ling Group."

Qin Lan leaned against the railing, her voice trembling.

"This lousy place is home to about 300,000 people, all of them ordinary people or low-level professionals with no connections."

"Where did all these people come from?"

"Most of them are native to the territories of aristocratic families and conglomerates."

Qin Lan's gaze swept over the black smoke below.

"They were born into slavery and spent their entire lives digging for ore, moving raw materials, and doing hard labor in the mines."

"If you're exhausted, just drag it out and burn it as garbage, then replace it with a fresh batch."

The airship continued its journey.

The campsite was quickly left behind, but the smell of burning lingered in the air for a long time before dissipating.

About ten minutes later, Qin Lan spoke again.

Are you familiar with the process of establishing the alliance?

"I know a little bit."

Lin Mo turned to look at her.

Qin Lan rarely showed such a complex expression.

It wasn't anger, nor sadness, but more like a weariness that had been suppressed for a long time.

"Three hundred years ago, there was no such thing as an alliance in this world."

"Human society as a whole is divided up by dozens of top families and conglomerates."

"They monopolize all resources, dungeons, secret realms, and job advancement temples."

"Ordinary people have only two fates: either they strive to become their lackeys, or they become like those people below—consumables for life."

Lin Mo's eyes flickered slightly.

The alliance was established 120 years ago, and history books do not mention anything before that.

He casually replied, "And then?"

"Later, the Dragon King rose to power."

Qin Lan gazed at the hazy horizon in the distance.

"The Dragon King is an absolute monster."

"With his own strength, he single-handedly slaughtered 12 super families, established the Dragon Palace, and became the strongest force on the continent."

"Unfortunately, the dragon slayer becomes the dragon himself."

"He was more greedy and cruel than the aristocratic families. He would massacre cities and destroy countries at the slightest disagreement, and regarded everyone in the world as ants."

"The remaining major powers were forced to band together and fight a world-shattering battle against the Dragon King."

"Then the Dragon King was defeated, and the conglomerate suffered a severe blow."

"It was around that time that the first leader of the alliance took advantage of the fact that everyone was recuperating and started from scratch, spending forty years to build the prototype of the alliance."

"The alliance was formally established 120 years ago under the leadership of the current leader."

"The Alliance was established to liberate humanity, and naturally it was irreconcilable with the powerful clans, so the war began."

"Did you win in the end?" Lin Mo asked.

"I guess you could say we won, albeit barely."

Qin Lan paused for a moment,

The war back then was so brutal that it was difficult to judge who won and who lost.

Qin Lan paused for a moment,

"Even though the alliance has an advantage, it has been severely weakened."

"In the end, we had no choice but to sign a non-interference treaty with the remaining few established families."

"People who have been liberated cannot be interfered with by the powerful clans, and the alliance has also abandoned the human race that is still under the control of the powerful clans."

Lin Mo understood.

"So those people—"

He glanced sideways at the direction of the Ling family base, which had already disappeared from sight.

"The alliance can only watch for now."

Qin Lan shook her head.

"but--"

Qin Lan suddenly lowered her voice and took half a step closer.

"It won't take long."

Lin Mo glanced at her.

"In recent years, powerful families and conglomerates have become increasingly restless."

Qin Lan's voice was so low that only two people could hear it.

"They are secretly stockpiling strategic materials, purchasing prohibited war tools from the black market, and have even begun to infiltrate and plant spies within the alliance."

"The Zhang family's affairs are just the tip of the iceberg."

"And on the alliance's side—"

Qin Lan looked into Lin Mo's eyes.

"Preparations are almost complete."

"Maybe in 5 years, 3 years, or even 3 months from now, or tomorrow..."

Lin Mo's heart skipped a beat.

Qin Lan meant that a war between the alliance and the powerful clans could break out at any time.

Qin Lan continued:

"And your appearance will most likely be the fuse that ignites this conflict."

"You, all by yourself, produced equipment and potions of perfect quality that exceeded the Zhang family's monthly production capacity in just one hour."

"The truth will eventually come out."

"No powerful clan wants to see the alliance grow stronger so quickly."

She didn't finish speaking.

But Lin Mo understood.

The relationship between the alliance and the powerful clans is already quite delicate.

Lin Mo's appearance directly disrupted this balance.

Inside the airship, Shen Yuntang stepped out and said with a smile.

"I'm telling you this so you can prepare yourself mentally."

"But you don't need to worry too much. The league has been preparing for this for years and has already prepared many backup plans."

She wasn't just boasting when she said that the league had a way to solve the logistical problems.

Rather, the alliance did indeed have a way to eliminate the Zhang family long ago. The reason they needed the Zhang family on the surface was because they had other plans to keep them around.

"You just need to focus on improving your strength, and leave the rest to us."

She pointed ahead.

"The Trial Tower of the Great Wilderness Core Area lies four thousand kilometers ahead."

Lin Mo didn't ask anything more. He leaned back against the railing, watching the ground beneath his feet gradually change from grayish-brown to deep black.

The monsters on the wasteland are becoming more and more numerous, and their levels are getting higher and higher.

He even saw a monster the size of a small mountain slowly moving in the distant canyon, its level indicator flashing a deep red number above its head—LV. 673.

The airship did not slow down and passed directly through.

Two more hours passed.

Shen Yuntang's voice came from ahead: "We've arrived."

The professionals who had come together for their third job advancement all looked up in bewilderment.

In the sky ahead of the airship, a cylindrical pillar rises from the center of the earth, piercing straight into the clouds.

No, it's not a pillar.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered to be a multi-tiered tower.

A colossal tower, entirely black, its surface covered with dark red runes.

The tower is at least 200 meters wide and extends straight up from the ground.

The top of the tower disappeared above the thick clouds, with no end in sight.

Dark red runes flowed slowly across the surface of the tower, like the blood vessels of some living creature.

A huge stone door is embedded at the base of the tower.

Lin Mo roughly counted the number of floors in the tower.

At least a hundred floors.

It is impossible to determine how many layers are above the clouds.

"This is the Third Reincarnation Trial Tower."

Shen Yuntang stood beside the crowd, her tone carrying a hint of awe.

"Unlike the first and second job advancements, the third job advancement trial tower does not have difficulty levels; it is purely a challenge system."

"Each floor has its own independent trials, with the difficulty increasing with each floor, up to a maximum of 1000 floors."

"How high you can climb determines what level of talent advancement you will receive after your third job advancement."

The accompanying professionals, who were preparing for their third job advancement, gasped in shock.

"Holy crap! That's so tall!!"

"The highest record for a Mythic-level talent among the King-level classes in the Alliance, I think, is 125 stacks?"

"No one in the world has ever actually reached the top floor, right?"

Lin Mo withdrew his gaze and looked at Shen Yuntang.

Has anyone ever made it to the top floor?

Shen Yuntang narrowed her eyes.

"have."

"The record holder with the highest record in the league is the Dragon King."

"He made it to the 1000th floor."

The accompanying professionals, who were preparing for their third job advancement, gasped in shock.

"Holy crap! That's awesome!"

"As expected of the legendary Dragon King! Terrifying indeed!"

Lin Mo looked at the black tower that soared into the sky, and the corners of his mouth slowly curved into a smile.

1000 floors?

I wonder how many floors he can climb.

The airship began its descent.