Not to mention a four-star mission reward, even if healing her cost a five-star or six-star reward, Lu Yin would not have hesitated, so long as Awe Gate could recover.
All of his mission rewards came from battlefields. In truth, being drafted to fight in Obscura’s wars was not all that bad. Lu Yin believed that his own survival ability was very strong, and it was easier to earn mission rewards on the battlefield. It was far, far easier than during normal times.
With this, he only had the one six-star mission reward and the two five-star mission rewards to turn in. He began considering what he should exchange them for. The first thing that came to his mind was more knowledge on other human civilizations.
Obscura had information regarding two more human civilizations. Just as Lu Yin was about to ask for that information, an inexplicable chill abruptly rose up within him, and he once again saw the Meteor Realm being split apart. The terror of that moment was still vivid in his memory.
Why had the Keeper of Balance taken action? Because they wanted to limit the potential strength of the human civilization and would not allow the Trio to grow any stronger.
The Meteor Realm was connected to the Longevity Megaverse. It was very likely that the Keeper of Balance knew about that megaverse, which was why they had severed the Meteor Realm. Right now, if Lu Yin were to redeem a reward for knowledge of other human civilizations, what would the results be?
The fate of the Meteor Realm was the answer to that question. Perhaps the very moment that he learned about the location of another human civilization would be the moment that those civilizations were destroyed.
Obscura had promised to protect the Human Trio, not all human civilizations.
Knowledge of the Starfall Megaverse was only worth a two-star mission reward, which was not much. However, if a human civilization was worth a five-star mission reward, it had to either possess the strength of a fishing civilization or somehow pose an equivalent threat to Obscura. Obscura would not be willing to allow the Human Trio to connect with such a civilization.
There was no need to mention the civilization worth a six-star mission reward.
Simply turning in a mission reward might very well result in Lu Yin summoning disaster for those two human civilizations.
The more he thought about it, the stronger the chill he felt, until it seemed like it would shoot straight into his skull. He took a deep breath and then forcibly suppressed the temptation to ask to exchange his mission rewards for more information about other human civilizations. He deliberately calmed himself.
He could not be rash. Obscura was a mortal enemy of human civilization. They would never sit by and watch humanity grow stronger. The Keeper of Balance’s sword slash had merely been a warning. If that individual wanted to find human civilizations, they absolutely did not need to do so through Obscura.
If Lu Yin considered things from another direction, one of the two human civilizations known to Obscura had to be the Longevity Megaverse. If not, why would the Keeper of Balance have severed the Meteor Realm? Or was it that the Longevity Civilization was a civilization that the Keeper of Balance used and therefore lay outside of Obscura's knowledge?
Regardless of the reason, every move Lu Yin made at this juncture would be carefully watched. Having reached such a height, his vision extended farther, but it was also possible for others to see more of him as well.
"Lu Yin, please choose the reward that you wish to exchange for," Ba Se reminded him.
Lu Yin thought for a moment. "I wish to exchange for knowledge."
"Very well."
"I want to know the difference between the Plume Immortals' great tree and other Mother Trees."
Ba Se fell silent for a moment. "Yes. That knowledge requires a six-star mission reward."
"Wait, a six-star mission reward?" Lu Yin was astonished. What he had seen when destroying the Plume Immortals' tree had left him badly shaken, which was why he wanted to know more, but he did not feel that knowledge should require a six-star mission reward. Why should it? That was a six-star mission reward.
Ba Se replied, "That information can only be received with the exchange of a six-star mission reward."
Lu Yin said, "Then forget it. I will think a bit more."
He did want to know the truth behind what he had seen, but for both himself and the human civilization, a six-star mission reward was too valuable. Gaining a single piece of knowledge would not be enough to change their current situation.
He believed that the Nine Ramparts must have had that knowledge in the past, and yet they had still been destroyed. What mattered most at the moment was increasing humanity’s strength.
"I would like to exchange a five-star mission reward for Mother Trees. How many can I get?"
"You wish to exchange for Mother Trees?"
"Yes." The motes of green light that he received from Mother Trees were of enormous help to him, so naturally, the more the better.
Ba Se said, "Obscura will gather them for you."
"Gather them?"
"When Obscura destroys megaverses, their Mother Trees are destroyed, rather than preserved."
Lu Yin frowned. "Ba Se, your mission rewards really are a scam. Either the cost is too high or it takes way too much time to prepare them. Can’t you be a little more straightforward?"
Ba Se said, "Please choose whether to proceed with the exchange."
Lu Yin sounded impatient. "Of course I am not exchanging for that! Who knows how long I’ll have to wait for you to gather enough!"
Ba Se fell silent.