Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

Chapter 865 - 865: 616 Deprivation_2

But it doesn't matter. As long as I'm willing to

Upon reopening his eyes, chaotic noises suddenly surged into his mind.

"Trainable dark elf slaves, only 800G—take one home today!"

"Dwarven-forged battle-quality blades, 50 apiece—honest pricing for all!"

"AiHua Technology's bionic prosthetics: durable, reliable, adaptable to extreme environments—on sale now! On sale now!"

Bai E steadied himself, turning to look around.

Neon lights flickered in the distant horizon, their reflections masked by the shadow of a towering steel jungle.

Figures of all shapes and sizes hurried through the streets before him, everyone moving quickly with purpose.

Further away, the Star radiated a milky glow, piercing the canopy of mechanical spires as well as the steel beams beneath his feet.

This was... a mechanical city floating in space.

'Not bad luck—directly arrived at an alien civilized society.'

Bai E thought this instinctively, only to feel a sudden chill creeping down his back.

As his hand reflexively reached behind, it found damp clothes soaked with sweat.

His forehead itched for attention, and as he wiped it, beads of sweat dripped down.

'Leaving the high-dimensional space—I think I had a nightmare.'

Bai E mused, realizing that the Spiritual Energy he released instinctively to survey his surroundings wasn't extending as he intended.

In fact, it wasn't expanding at all; even the concept of Spiritual Energy now felt distant and unfamiliar.

Unease began pulsing through his mind again.

Bai E attempted to summon the panel instinctively.

No response from the panel.

He scrutinized the faces of others nearby, but the familiar loot-rate text atop their heads was nowhere to be seen.

Clenching his fists tightly, Bai E found them frail and powerless.

Even a rusty half-piece of metal beneath his hand seemed impossible for him to distort with his current strength.

"..."

The nightmare began to replay vividly in Bai E's mind.

'Everything that happened before—it wasn't fake?'

'My system—it was given to me by someone.'

'And now, they've grown bored of their game... leaving me in this pathetic, weak state again.'

'I've always been nothing more than a drifting speck in the tide.'