Pangu was the world's number one Arcana organization. Despite that, its HQ was not located in any country but in the chaotic African continent.

Before the advent of the Direbeasts, the African continent had always been sparsely populated, with many animals in it.

Coupled with the generally weak military strength of the African countries, when the Direbeasts struck, the African continent was almost wiped out.

With the exception of a few rich people who had fled, the vast majority of Africans had been killed by the Direbeasts. So, the African continent had turned into a paradise for Direbeasts, much like the Australian continent.

It was not until the rise of Emperor Might, who brought with him a group of followers to Africa and established a human base there, did traces of humanity return to the place.

Therefore, the headquarters of Pangu Arcana Combine was located on the African continent.

At that moment, in Pangu HQ, two people were sitting in chairs within a large conference room. Aside from that, the room was empty. One of them was the chairman of Pangu Arcana Combine, Emperor Might.

"Chairman, the meeting can begin now!" the person reminded him in a low voice.

"Let's start then," Emperor Might said softly.

"Yes, Sir!"

The other person then pressed a button.

Rustle... Rustle...

Several dozen light beams descended from the ceiling and landed on the surrounding chairs, before finally taking the form of a dozen of people.

Most of them were wearing suits, a few were in casual clothes, while some were in bizarre national costumes. There were Chinese, whites, and blacks.

These people were none other than the representatives from the world's major powers and the representatives of the world's major Arcana Organizations.

"I'm sure everyone knows the objective of this meeting. It is to discuss the pioneering and development of Pandora!"

"Ling Jiu, was it all right to do that?"

After returning to the training camp and handing in their haul for the week, Ai Yuhe hesitated for a long while before finally asking that question on the way back to their dorm.

"What's not all right with that?"

Ling Jiu raised his eyebrows. "I've told you before that the competition in this training camp is cruel. For the rewards, people are willing to do anything and everything!

"Just like that five-member alliance!

"If they had really succeeded, the first place would slip out of my hand. With them getting the reward, what would be left for me?

"Worse still, if they succeed this time, it's almost guaranteed that they'll do it again next time!

"Then the other students will also follow suit and play along with this pointless teaming up nonsense. How can we protect our interests then?

"In order to cut it off once and for all, that was my only course of action!

"Plus..."

Ling Jiu looked at Ai Yuhe. "They were the ones who started it today!"

"I understand!"

"Brother, when we handed over our haul earlier, why didn't you hand in the stuff you got from Christopher and the rest?"

"Silly girl! Our haul has already guaranteed us the top three spot, why do we need to hand over that money. It's not like they're paying us anyway. We might as well leave them for a later time, no?"

...

The day passed in a flash, and it was time for the leaderboard update again, and all of the trainees were gathered at the central square.

"Who do you think will get number one this time?"

"Do you even need to ask? It must be Ling Jiu again!"

"Heh, that may not be the case this week!"

"Yeah! Christopher formed a five-man alliance this week, and I heard that they are planning to pile all of their hauls on a single person. If they really do that, it's very likely they'll surpass Ling Jiu!"

"That makes sense..."

Amidst the heated discussion, the leaderboard was finally updated, and the trainees all looked at the top of the list.

No. 1: Ling Jiu, 4.3 million

"Ling Jiu is number one?"

"Why is it Ling Jiu again?"

"F*ck! Didn't Christopher and the others join forces? Why did Ling Jiu take first place again?"

"Who knows?"

"Say, where are Christopher and the rest?"

Everyone looked down all the way.

No. 2: Yang Ling'er, 3.8 million

No. 3: Ai Yuhe, 3.74 million

"Yang Ling'er and Ai Yuhe are second and third again, where's Christopher and the others?"

The trainees continued to look down the list.

No 4: Zhou Ji, 2.9 million

No 5: Zhang Haiping, 2.404 million

No 6...

"Strange! Christopher and the others did not even make top ten?"

"What the heck? With their strength, even without teaming up, they should still be able to secure spots in the top ten, why did they not even get into the top ten?"

"Forget top ten, they aren't even in the top fifty!"

"Impossible? F*ck! How did they end up at the bottom of the list instead?"

"At the bottom of the list? You gotta be pulling my leg! With their strength, how could they be at the bottom... Ugh, what's going on, why did all of them get 0?"

"You're asking me... Who am I supposed to ask then?"

No. 196: Christopher Adam, Hirano Hatake, Christina Millie, Edna Eddie, Janet Ferguson, 0

Looking at the result of the last placing, everyone was stunned.

Christopher and the other four had actually fallen to the bottom of the list. Not only that, their score was actually 0!

"Can anyone tell me what the hell happened?"

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask then?"

"Weren't they being all boisterous about teaming up and targeting Ling Jiu before taking turns to be number one? How did they end up like this?"

"Did something happen and were unable to hand in the haul in time?"

"Anyone who knows the inside story, spill it out!"

"I don't think anyone but themselves knows the inside story..."

The trainees discussed among themselves, and at this moment, the broadcast system of the training camp suddenly rang out. "Trainee Ling Jiu!

"Trainee Ling Jiu!

"Trainee Ling Jiu!

"Calling Ling Jiu again?"

The trainees looked at each other.

"Trainee Ling Jiu has acc.u.mulated six first places. In accordance with the rules, he is entitled to special rewards. Please head to the camp commandant's office immediately to collect them."

"Sure enough, as I expected, Ling Jiu's getting a reward again!"

"His sixth time as number one! The reward must be very generous, yeah?"

"If you obtain first place three times, you can get an ultimate Gene Arcana secret technique worth 1,000 contribution points, a superior treasure of heaven and earth worth 1,000 points, and a Superior Gene Arcana Elixir worth 1,000 contribution points! The rewards for six times must be even greater!"

"I'm so jealous!"

...

"Trainee Ling Jiu, you have managed to get top spot six times now, and have met the requirements for a special reward. There are three in total!" The camp commandant was straight to the point.

Ling Jiu nodded repeatedly.

"First, a low-level Venom Suit set!"