Chapter 795: After Binding the Child-Bearing System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 796: Fantasy World Passerby A (16)

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

The system cannot locate the Strange Treasure, but it can sense the location of Shanglu's Spirit.

"Host, this really isn't my fault. There are so many abnormal fluctuation points in the entire Secret Realm," and it had never seen the specific appearance of the Strange Treasure, so how could it possibly distinguish which abnormal fluctuation point hid the Strange Treasure beneath it?

But Shanglu's Spirit is different. The system was nearly caught by Shanglu's Spirit, so it has long since memorized the energy fluctuations of Shanglu's Spirit by heart.

Shen Yao:...

"Since you can detect Shanglu's Spirit's location, then perform positioning on Shanglu's Spirit." Shanglu's Spirit's ultimate goal is the Strange Treasure; no matter how many things it does in the middle, its objective will be to obtain the Strange Treasure.

As long as she keeps up with Shanglu's Spirit, Shen Yao doesn't believe she won't be able to get a lead on the Strange Treasure.

System:...

The system nodded, then manifested a map out of thin air, on which green light points kept flashing.

The green light points were naturally Shanglu's Spirit moving at high speed within the Secret Realm. The other party was still in spirit body form; the Secret Realm was like playing house to it, so naturally it could go wherever it wanted.

Shen Yao raised her arms and crossed them over her chest, looking at the route Shanglu's Spirit had traveled, and easily drew the relevant conclusion: "It doesn't know either, right?"

Huh?

What do you mean?

"We'll just go to the abnormal fluctuation point nearest to Shanglu's Spirit."

As her words fell, an orange-red light point instantly appeared on the map, and it even connected with the yellow dot representing Shen Yao's location to form a straight line.

The system behaved very obediently; if it weren't for Shen Yao still having something to say to instruct it, given the system's bootlicking nature, it probably would have even marked out Shanglu's Spirit's route.

After confirming the direction of departure, Shen Yao scanned the surrounding situation once, then finally left the ground with both legs and flew forward rapidly, like a fluttering dancing leaf, and soon disappeared into this desolate wilderness.

"Host, there's still half the distance left, persist!" The system started following the hot-blooded manga routine, hiding in Shen Yao's mind buzzing and interfering randomly.

Shen Yao, who was sprinting forward, suddenly sidestepped to dodge a limb segment that abruptly appeared, then turned and kicked the limb segment flying with one foot.

The originally flat desolate land developed a bulge, from within which slender black limb segments continuously emerged, just like several spider tentacles, nimbly rushing toward Shen Yao's position.

The Talisman Papers in the ring found concrete use; colorful techniques were activated, and in the blink of an eye, the limb segments were blown to pieces.

Shen Yao landed back on the ground, then took out another stack of Talisman Papers and threw them at the bulge.

Boom boom boom

As the ground was blasted open by the techniques, the thing hidden inside revealed its true appearance.

It was a type of bamboo-jointed worm that looked very much like an earthworm; its tail end consisted of black limb segments. They stayed together, heads hidden in the soil, tail ends piercing out of the ground to attack.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao had some trypophobia; she used the Talisman Papers in her hand like scrap, continuously bombarding these already exposed grounds until the bamboo-jointed worms were all smashed to bits, only then bypassing this area and leaving.

The system only spoke after the scene behind them could no longer be seen.

"So ugly, so disgusting. Could this Secret Realm have been affected by pollution?"

How could there be such ugly strange beasts, pitch-black, without a shred of aesthetic appeal.

"Who knows. Shanglu's Spirit's purpose in creating the New Secret Realm is for the Strange Treasure. As long as the Strange Treasure can be smoothly obtained by it, the other creatures in the Secret Realm are of no consequence."

Shanglu's Spirit does not count as a living being in the universal sense; its existence is more like a Spirit Body. It relies on stimulation to make people produce brainwaves that communicate with it, and there is a clear distinction between it and the awakened companion creatures.

Shen Yao is not human, but she possesses a human body and all human emotions. Others around her can also see her, and even when Shen Yao doesn't act uniquely, many people would still be bewitched by her appearance.

Shanglu's Spirit has no such room for maneuver. As long as it appears before people it will cause a sensation; therefore Shanglu's Spirit always hides behind the scenes. No matter what it does, it acts sneakily; even testing Shen Yao was done carefully and cautiously.

Continuing to speed up and advance, Shen Yao had the system pay more attention to the surrounding situation. Like those bamboo-jointed worms that suddenly appeared just now, if it weren't for Shen Yao's rapid reaction, they would have delayed her journey time.

"Host, even if the road ahead is smooth all the way, you won't make it in time to catch up to Shanglu's Spirit."

The distances to the abnormal fluctuation point are different for both parties. The host was thrown into a corner when sucked in, while Shanglu's Spirit spawned in the Secret Realm Center.

System:... Truly a despicable Shanglu's Spirit, using vile methods!

"There are so many abnormal fluctuation points in the Secret Realm. Shanglu's Spirit needs to search them one by one. If its luck is bad, that's even more troublesome."

Who let the Strange Treasure's location be undetermined? Shen Yao needs to search blindly, and Shanglu's Spirit is not much better off.

The New Secret Realm's environment compared to the Old Secret Realm can be described as harsh. Here energy is violent, regardless of day or night, and living beings are even rarer.

Shen Yao buried her head and rushed on without knowing how long. As a result, when she looked up, she was still standing on desolate land.

For a person of ordinary temperament, it would be absolutely impossible to persist. After all, having to walk in a region where not a single living being exists besides oneself and one's contracted beast, over time one would start to doubt oneself.

Shen Yao raised a hand and pinched her chin. The system was currently centering on Shen Yao, frantically issuing warnings on the map.

Red exclamation marks practically wanted to cover the entire plane. The system's mechanical voice grew increasingly sharp and piercing: "Host, run quickly! Danger! Danger! Danger!"

As the word "Danger" landed, it was accompanied by a sense of oppression coming from all directions.

It was as if several ferocious giant beasts had appeared and ruthlessly launched attacks at Shen Yao.

The compressed high-energy techniques exploded loudly the moment they touched the corner of Shen Yao's clothes. Silver-white light beams were like flashing strobe lights, instantly illuminating the entire region.

Shen Yao had already left one second before the attacks landed, conveniently leaving behind a handful of Talisman Papers to mutually explode with them.

The silver-white light beams vanished. Colorful energy balls rebounded back. A louder muffled boom appeared in this space, as if wanting to poke a hole in this Heaven and Earth.

Her hanging broken hair was blown up by the afterwaves after the energy dissipated. The system in Shen Yao's mind had long since been rendered speechless. Only Shen Yao was still seriously examining the bombed environment. The danger should be resolved, right?

System:...

"Host, too" ferocious!

"Have you noticed? These strange beasts that appeared have no life fluctuations." Like things artificially pieced together, after fixed procedures they become rigid. Although their attack power is terrifyingly strong, they don't know how to adapt, and were easily resolved by Shen Yao.

"Host, these are all products of the New Secret Realm's differentiation and fusion. They haven't been living things for a long time." They are more like products of energy gathering together. This should also have Shanglu's Spirit's handiwork in it.

"Right, let's keep moving. I'd like to see just how many similar creatures will appear along the way."

She raised her lovely eyebrows, and Shen Yao turned around and vanished from this domain.

In this stretch of barren land, Shen Yao kept repeating the cycle of traveling, being attacked, and continuing to travel, until she shattered a silver-white protective barrier, only then finally breaking free of the barren land behind her.

A corner of the silver-white protective barrier was broken open; one would have thought Shen Yao would vanish directly after coming out, but unexpectedly the barrier had an auto-repair function. The broken corner could not be mended by the overflowing energy, and the silver-white protective barrier continued to envelop this domain, sealing seamlessly and refusing to let the people inside come out.

Shen Yao:...

The barrier covered a vast area. After soaring into the air, Shen Yao discovered this protective barrier looked a bit like an inverted bowl.

"Tsk tsk tsk. If there were still others inside, they'd likely be trapped for a good while."

Without the Host's martial force value, it is very hard to break the protective barrier. The barrier's inner and outer attributes are maxed out — people inside can't get out, people outside can't get in. It's only because of our family's Host, this oddball, that anyone could know what's hidden inside the barrier.

Thinking of how some people might painstakingly break open the barrier only to see a stretch of barren land, plus non-living things popping out to attack from time to time, they'd probably be infuriated enough to explode by the New Secret Realm's antics.

The System, for some reason, unconsciously started gloating.

Shen Yao couldn't be bothered to deal with the System. Confirming the protective barrier was truly intact as before, she opened the map to determine her bearings, then found a spot with a mountain spring, simply cleaned the filth off herself, changed into a new dress, and only then left.

Unlike the barrier's interior, which was full of barren land, the world outside the barrier was much more normal.

Here there were mountains, water, and woods. One could occasionally see panicked strange beasts and strange plants. Although their varieties were quite ordinary, Shen Yao was still very happy — she had finally gotten out of that ghost place.

"Host, the Shanglu Spirit ran off again!"

The System understands the concept of being a killjoy, popping up from time to time to disturb Shen Yao's mood.

"Where did it run to? Isn't it supposed to be seizing time to rush from one abnormal fluctuation point to the next?"

The Shanglu Spirit is bitter at heart too. It doesn't know which abnormal fluctuation point the strange treasure is at; it can only search based on its own judgment.

Pity the Shanglu Spirit's luck is truly not great. It should have gone to two or three points or so, yet still has no clue.

As for why Shen Yao knows the Shanglu Spirit would meet with failure — comparing against the Secret Realm map the System manifested makes it perfectly clear. This thing is foolishly clueless about concealment; who ever heard of someone finding a strange treasure and still running around frantically everywhere.

The Shanglu Spirit suffers from insufficient experience. Compared to Shen Yao, this old monster, it is far too naive. As Shen Yao eliminated one by one those abnormal ability fluctuation points unlikely to hold the strange treasure, the remaining fluctuation points became few enough to count on one hand.

"System, go here."

Shen Yao switched targets, then asked where Lu Yan currently was.

Lu Yan?

"He is currently moving toward the Secret Realm Center, but his movements are still too slow." During this, there were several times he retreated instead of advancing. He should have encountered some obstruction — perhaps attacks from the Secret Realm's strange beasts and plants, or perhaps hostile interference from fellow cultivators who entered the Secret Realm.

Judging by the strength Lu Yan has displayed, he counts as one of the most threatening people in the Secret Realm. Other cultivators wanting the strange treasure would certainly try to eliminate the biggest threat first — that's most people's psychology.

Very unfortunately, Lu Yan is just such an unlucky fellow. He is now struggling all the way toward the Secret Realm Center. As for whether he can run into the strange treasure, that depends on whether Shen Yao's side delivers.

Shen Yao:...

"The Shanglu Spirit isn't with Lu Yan. You keep a closer eye on him regularly." After all, he's the person soul-bound to her; Shen Yao doesn't want to go to the next Task World for the time being.

The System had no objection to this, because the only thing it fears is the Shanglu Spirit. Since the Shanglu Spirit is still busy elsewhere, the Lu Yan side can act impulsively/willfully.

One person and one System quickly reached cooperation. Shen Yao continued chasing the Shanglu Spirit's footsteps and contending with it for custody of the strange treasure, while the System remotely observed Lu Yan, occasionally crying out in alarm when Lu Yan encountered danger.

This kind of life went on for several more days. Shen Yao finally arrived at an abnormal fluctuation point. The Shanglu Spirit wasn't nearby, but at its speed it would arrive soon too.

After all, the Shanglu Spirit is also quite unlucky. Before Shen Yao arrived, it had rushed through several abnormal fluctuation points in one go. The result? Nothing found. It could only continue searching in a sorry state.

The abnormal fluctuation point before Shen Yao's eyes existed because the energy in the air was too mottled, causing large-scale abnormalities in the surroundings.

Just stepping into this area, Shen Yao felt her clothes develop cracks — the symptom of energy turning into blades and cutting them.

Shen Yao could only cover herself with a layer of spirit power shield, and while at it, seriously observe the position where the energy was most chaotic, finding the formation eye's location to smoothly resolve this abnormal fluctuation point's problem.

Busy for a good long while, finally at the cost of her spirit power shield shattering, Shen Yao finally located and smashed the formation eye.

However, smashing the formation eye couldn't solve anything. The energy here still exists, the abnormal fluctuation remains as before, but without the energy that could turn into blades and attack indiscriminately, if a cultivator with insufficient ability wandered in by mistake, they should be able to preserve their life.

"Alright, counts as doing a good deed." Even though the price of doing a good deed was busywork for nothing, as long as Shen Yao thought of the Shanglu Spirit — well, the other party is even more miserable than her — that little bit of awkward resentment in her heart instantly vanished.

Since this abnormal fluctuation point doesn't hold the strange treasure, Shen Yao must head to the next abnormal fluctuation point.

The Shanglu Spirit arrived slower than Shen Yao. When it discovered the formation eye of the abnormal fluctuation point had been destroyed, the Shanglu Spirit grew increasingly nervous.

It headed to the other abnormal fluctuation points at a speed even faster than before. From the map, Shen Yao could clearly see the Shanglu Spirit's impatience.

It's panicking! It's panicking!

As long as the Shanglu Spirit is unsteady, that's an opportunity given to Shen Yao.

In this Secret Realm, Shen Yao is completely unlike the Shanglu Spirit in being at ease. When it comes down to it, it's because this New Secret Realm has an inseparable connection with the Shanglu Spirit.

The two of them tacitly each rushed to different abnormal fluctuation points to destroy formation eyes and search for the strange treasure. Only, compared to Shen Yao who likes to use her brain and think, the Shanglu Spirit still acts purely on instinct. It doesn't care whether these ability fluctuation points have any possibility — the Shanglu Spirit has to run over and take a look at every single one.

With this kind of selection method, the Shanglu Spirit ends up one step behind Shen Yao, or even several steps. The worst outcome is that Shen Yao finds the strange treasure one step ahead of the Shanglu Spirit.

When a multicolored crystal ball drifted out from the formation eye, a powerful spiritual pressure suddenly erupted not far away, and even more violent energy fluctuations appeared in the surroundings, instantly spreading across the entire Secret Realm.