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Chapter 256
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    Shubh
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    Chapter 256

    For quite some time afterward, Su Hao spent his days traveling between the Morning Sun Courtyard and internet cafés, steadily familiarizing himself with this world's technological development.

    Compared with the information technology he had mastered in previous worlds, there were indeed noticeable differences.

    The differences did not lie in the laws of physics.

    Rather, they lay in the way people thought.

    The pioneers of computing in this world had followed a completely different path, creating an entirely different underlying architecture despite ultimately reaching similar results.

    Neither approach was inherently superior.

    They were simply different.

    Comparing the two systems broadened Su Hao's perspective considerably and greatly expanded his knowledge of information technology.

    He believed that, given enough time, this accumulated knowledge would allow him to optimize Little Light yet again.

    His greatest harvest, however, was not related to computers.

    He had finally untangled the complicated relationships between the world's major powers.

    After filtering out numerous neutral organizations, only four true giants remained.

    Each of them constantly schemed against the others.


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    The first was the Summoner Association.

    Although the World United Federation existed as the world's nominal government, the Summoner Association possessed even greater influence.

    Every summoner who graduated from a Summoner Academy automatically became part of this enormous organization.

    On the surface, it appeared to be the largest organization in the world.

    Behind the scenes, however, it was an alliance of countless powerful factions and interest groups.

    Rather than a unified entity...

    It functioned as the world's largest table for dividing benefits.


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    The second was the Summoned Beast Custodial Bureau.

    This organization was jointly controlled by the Ten Great Ancient Families.

    Although its political influence was slightly inferior to the Summoner Association's...

    It monopolized numerous highly classified technologies involving higher-dimensional space.

    It was also one of the most profitable organizations in existence.


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    The third was the World United Federation.

    It functioned much like a world government.

    It oversaw scientific development, advanced industry, and modern weaponry.

    The world's conventional military forces belonged entirely to the Federation.

    Although it publicly cooperated with the Summoner Association...

    It had always hoped to seize complete control of the world for itself.


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    The fourth was the Summoned Beast Resistance Association.

    An extremely mysterious organization.

    Known simply as the Resistance.

    It possessed highly advanced teleportation technology.

    Despite decades of pursuit by every major power...

    It continued to flourish.

    Most of its activities were concentrated on the other two continents outside Zhongzhou.


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    The relationships among the four powers were extraordinarily complicated.

    The Summoner Association coveted the Custodial Bureau's spatial technology.

    The Resistance coveted it as well.

    Meanwhile...

    The Custodial Bureau sought to obtain the Resistance's teleportation technology while simultaneously expanding its influence within the Summoner Association.

    As for the World United Federation...

    Although it appeared loyal to the Summoner Association...

    It was constantly searching for opportunities to replace it as the world's supreme authority.

    The four organizations competed openly and secretly.

    Sometimes...

    Their conflicts escalated into full-scale confrontations.

    Whenever none of them could gain the upper hand...

    Many disputes were ultimately settled through the annual World Summoner All-Star Tournament.

    The tournament's results directly influenced the redistribution of political influence and economic interests.


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    Smack!

    Su Hao lightly struck his fist into his palm.

    Although the publicly available information on the internet was fragmented...

    By connecting seemingly unrelated events...

    He had already reconstructed most of the bigger picture.

    "It seems obtaining the technology I want won't be especially difficult..."

    "But it certainly won't be easy either."

    "Everyone is guarding against everyone else."

    "They're all afraid their technology will be stolen."

    Thinking this...

    Su Hao smiled.

    "But who am I?"

    "Being cautious doesn't necessarily help against me."

    He wasn't in a hurry.

    Once his summoned beast legion was complete...

    Only then would it be time to begin acting.


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    After downloading a large amount of information...

    Su Hao patted the internet-addicted Yashan beside him.

    "Let's go."

    Yashan immediately became anxious.

    "Boss Wei!"

    "I'm about to destroy the enemy crystal!"

    "Wait a little longer!"

    Su Hao glanced at the screen.

    Yashan's record read:

    0 / 10 / 0

    The chat window was filled entirely with teammates cursing him.

    What a spectacular waste of time.

    Still...

    Yashan genuinely enjoyed himself.

    Even while being flamed by everyone...

    He happily controlled his giant tank character and charged straight into the enemy team again and again.

    Seeing how entertained he was...

    Su Hao decided to wait.

    A few minutes later...

    A giant red message filled the screen.

    DEFEAT

    Yashan sighed dramatically.

    "So close..."

    "My teammates were hopeless."

    "I'd rather not talk about them."

    Su Hao laughed.

    "They probably never imagined they were losing because of a third-grade elementary school student."

    Yashan became even more depressed.

    The two quietly left the internet café.


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    Suddenly...

    Panicked screams erupted nearby.

    "A secondary-star beast!"

    "Run!"

    "Find a summoner!"

    The street instantly descended into chaos.

    Pedestrians abandoned everything and fled in every direction.

    Yashan finally snapped out of his gaming frustration.

    "What happened?"

    There was no need for Su Hao to answer.

    The next moment...

    They saw it.

    With a deafening crash...

    A massive black armored creature burst through the glass wall of a nearby café and landed in the middle of the street.

    It resembled an enormous beetle.

    Hiss—

    It opened its gigantic mandibles and released a shrill roar.

    Everyone around it fled in terror.

    Su Hao, however, noticed something interesting.

    The creature itself...

    Was equally terrified.

    Only moments earlier...

    It had been peacefully living on the secondary star.

    It had finally found a suitable mate and was in the middle of courting her.

    Then...

    Without warning...

    It had been dragged into this strange world of steel and concrete.

    It had absolutely no idea what was happening.

    Su Hao raised an eyebrow.

    His mental tendrils immediately reached toward his summoned beast.

    The Sawtoothed Guinea Pig appeared.

    In an instant...

    It entered its Shadow Demon form.

    Its body became taller and leaner.

    Swoosh!

    The transformed guinea pig disappeared.

    A flash of razor-sharp claws swept across the beetle.

    Slash!

    Three of the creature's legs were severed instantly.

    It lost its balance and collapsed sideways.

    Before it could react...

    The guinea pig flashed to the opposite side.

    Another swipe.

    The remaining three legs were cut off as well.

    Boom!

    The enormous beetle crashed helplessly onto the pavement.

    Its six severed limbs twitched frantically.

    Its body struggled desperately to crawl away.

    Yet...

    It couldn't move at all.

    Slash!

    The guinea pig's claws swept down once more.

    The beetle's head rolled across the street.

    Brown body fluid sprayed everywhere.

    Su Hao immediately recalled his summoned beast.

    "Let's go."

    The two boys calmly continued walking.


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    Incidents like this had become fairly common in Yongxin City.

    Most residents already knew how to react whenever a secondary-star beast suddenly appeared.

    Fortunately...

    Such spatial disturbances were relatively rare throughout Zhongzhou.

    The continent's spatial stability remained exceptionally high.

    The situation elsewhere was entirely different.

    In the Northern Wilderness and the Southern Wastelands...

    Secondary-star beasts appeared almost every day.

    Those regions were extremely dangerous.

    For ordinary people...

    Zhongzhou remained the safest continent in the world.

    Naturally...

    Nearly all major cities had been built there.

    The other two continents served primarily as hunting grounds for summoners searching for suitable summoned beasts.

    Watching today's events...

    Su Hao gained an even deeper understanding of why summoners occupied the center of this civilization.

    Whenever powerful secondary-star beasts suddenly appeared...

    Nearby summoners could respond immediately.

    Damage could be minimized before it spread.

    Ordinary military or police forces simply couldn't react quickly enough.

    By the time they arrived...

    An entire district might already have been destroyed.

    Summoners were different.

    They could instantly call forth powerful partners.

    With proper coordination...

    Even formidable secondary-star beasts could be eliminated quickly.

    "This profession..."

    Su Hao smiled.

    "It's far more interesting than I expected."


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    By the time Su Hao and Yashan had disappeared into the distance...

    Several summoners finally rushed to the scene.

    Looking at the already lifeless beetle...

    Every one of them was stunned.

    "Who killed this B-Rank summoned beast?"

    "The technique was incredibly clean."

    "That was definitely an experienced summoner."

    "I rushed all the way here hoping to show off..."

    "And someone finished it before I even arrived."

    Another person sighed.

    "Forget it."

    "Let's just collect the corpse."

    (End of Chapter 256)
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    At least Yashan is a third-grader, unlike my teammates.
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