Chapter 289

Seeing the noticeably increased number of dungeon descents, Qin Chuan frowned slightly.

Although the number of dungeons needing to be cleared increases every day, the humans of Blue Star have gradually adapted to this high-intensity pressure and have gradually summarized some patterns for clearing them.

Dungeons with less than 24 hours remaining for clearance are announced and warned across all platforms worldwide, allowing players to prioritize clearing them.

It can be said that, as long as it is not a special existence like an ominous dungeon, normal dungeons will be cleared immediately once the 24-hour warning line is reached.

Therefore, the speed of dungeon descents has always remained within controllable limits.

This obvious threefold increase is clearly unusual.

He further examined the details of these descended dungeons, confirming this even more.

Because among the over sixty dungeons descended today, more than twenty are multiplayer dungeons.

Multiplayer dungeons rule out the possibility of them being ominous dungeons.

In the absence of being occupied by ominous power, these dungeons remain in the process of being cleared for a long time and eventually descend into reality.

This special situation has already drawn the attention of the Special Affairs Group.

Of course, in the view of the Special Affairs Group, this matter has not yet reached the point of alarming Qin Chuan.

Therefore, he did not receive a notification, and only discovered the problem after actively inquiring.

Putting down his phone, Qin Chuan slightly tightened his brows.

Without exception, these multiplayer dungeons that have descended into reality show that when superhumans enter the passage, they find no corresponding clearing players, which is equally unusual.

Even if they are killed by the living beings inside the dungeon, there should still be some traces.

After thinking for a moment with no clear leads, he helplessly shook his head.

The sky is already quite late.

Let's consider this problem again tomorrow.

Calmly, Qin Chuan lay on the bed and quickly fell into a deep sleep.

At the same time, on the other side, the Everlasting Nation is still in the afternoon past four o'clock.

The sun has not yet set, but the whole country feels especially quiet.

Countless players close their curtains, plunging the rooms into darkness, already accustomed to sleeping at this time.

Inside the castle, Zefeina lies quietly on the soft big bed and soon falls into a deep sleep.

A black light flickers at her brow.

A low whisper inaudible to anyone echoes in the room.

"Is the time of return approaching…"

"It's a pity; the great ominous power cannot yet grant me the strength to break free and return, letting me remain here eternally."

"But I have already planted enough psychological suggestions; even if this woman named Zefeina enters the Dream World, her consciousness will subtly be influenced by me."

"See you tomorrow; I am very much looking forward to it."

—

Dream World.

Inside the Falling Moon Guild, members who had previously joined continuously and the two new members who joined after yesterday's guild upgrade increased the member limit woke up one after another, greeted each other, and immediately began taking turns doing their daily exclusive subjugations.

"That's great." Lin Yue looked at the members comparing their subjugation progress after completing the subjugation and secretly competing, and couldn't help but smile, "Our guild is becoming livelier."

"Yeah." Qin Chuan smiled.

Although initially recruiting more members was out of Lin Yue's wish, Qin Chuan himself does not oppose the fact proven that the guild has not held him back; on the contrary, because of the added human touch, compared to the tense dungeon subjugations in reality, it gives him a feeling of work and rest combined.

His gaze involuntarily turned toward a certain figure in the crowd, and his face showed a few more smiles.

That is a rather handsome-looking boy, who is now eagerly approaching beside Hongye, with a smug face saying something to Hongye.

If it weren't for this guy's facial features being seventy percent similar to Xiao Pang, Qin Chuan really wouldn't believe that the player whose game name is "Chao Shen" in the Dream World is Xiao Pang.

From the time of the practical assessment, Qin Chuan knew that, in terms of getting stronger, Xiao Pang is truly hardworking, and after joining the guild, Xiao Pang has exerted this hardworking spirit to the extreme.

After joining the guild, he quickly teamed up with other newly joined guild members to form the Falling Moon Subjugation Team Three, and became the most diligent of the three subjugation teams in the Falling Moon Guild.

Now the guild has 24 members, and Falling Moon Subjugation Team Four will also be full, but Qin Chuan does not think the newcomers have a chance to surpass Xiao Pang in diligence.

Relying on this spirit of giving his all, he is now close to advancing to Hall of Fame level.

Meanwhile…

This guy seems to have developed a bit of interest in Hongye.

Besides frantically subjugating in the secret realm, he can always find time to linger by Hongye's side, chattering away.

In this matter, Qin Chuan and Lin Yue stand on the side of the onlookers.

"The newly appeared SS-rank secret realm has new rewards again." Lin Yue chuckled and said, "This time the rewards are somewhat special."

"Let me take a look." Qin Chuan casually opened the secret realm information and quickly saw on the map a light point brighter than the light point corresponding to an S-rank secret realm.

The map refreshes 100 S-rank secret realms each day, but only 9 SS-rank secret realms.

The smaller number is as Qin Chuan expected.

He casually clicked on the SS-rank secret realm located in the central area of the map, the one nearest to him.

【Secret Realm Name: Three Holy Spirits Realm】

【Secret Realm Rank: SS】

【Secret Realm Difficulty: ★★】

【Subjugation Target: Sky Holy Spirit Mayeso (Legendary Tier Lv57), Earth Holy Spirit Mongke (Legendary Tier Lv57), Ocean Holy Spirit Rumina (Legendary Tier Lv57)】

【Player Level Limit: Legendary】

【Player Limit: 5】

【Entering the Secret Realm consumes: Secret Realm Key x50, Secret Realm Stone x400】

【The Secret Realm may yield: 【Hidden】 random item, 【Special】 Spirit Embryo, selectable legendary resource, selectable epic resource……】

【Note 1: Secret realms of S-rank and above have multiple subjugation targets; defeating all subjugation targets counts as completing the subjugation, and the drop rate of special rewards depends on the completion time.】

【Note 2: Holy Spirit Embryos can hatch into the initial form of a random Spirit Beast among the Three Holy Spirits; after hatching, they can be contracted, a species unobtainable in the Dream World.】

【Note 3: Hidden rewards are obtained after fulfilling hidden subjugation requirements; the rewards obtainable from random items are all possible resources and items that can exist in the Dream World.】

Compared to S-rank secret realms, SS-rank secret realms have one additional subjugation target.

The strength level of the subjugation targets is roughly as previously predicted; the 2-star difficulty is Legendary rank Lv57.

What is comparatively worth noting is the newly added hidden reward.

It requires completing the hidden subjugation requirement to obtain.

The requirement is also hidden, so it's just a matter of luck.

Being able to be listed before special rewards, random items must be comparatively precious things.

Qin Chuan also checked the other eight SS-rank secret realms and found the situation largely the same.

Considering the consumption of subjugation points, obviously the closer one is more cost-effective.

"Let's go, we'll go check out the Three Holy Spirits Realm." Qin Chuan quickly made a decision.

Consuming 3000 subjugation points, the teleportation gate opened.

Upon receiving the notification of the teleportation gate opening, the other members looked in the direction of the two people, who had already vanished from the spot.

Seeing the SS-rank secret realm on the other side of the teleportation gate, they had no thought of teleporting, each shook their head, and quickly began the day's subjugation.

The president and vice president are working this hard; what right do they have to slack off? —

The Three Holy Spirits Realm is a coastal continental plate.

After Qin Chuan and Lin Yue set foot on solid ground, they quickly discovered they were on the seaside shore.

On one side of their bodies is land, on the other side is the ocean, and above their heads is the sky.

"Won't they all three appear at once?" Qin Chuan's mouth twitched slightly as he couldn't help but speak.

"Probably… not?" Lin Yue pinched Qin Chuan's hand, "Quickly say 'pah pah pah'!"

Qin Chuan helplessly glanced at Lin Yue, then immediately let out three "pah"s.

In the next moment, a powerful Spirit Beast of Epic rank swiftly appeared from the land and ocean, cries echoed from the sky, and the Spirit Beasts in the sky joined the battle, charging at Qin Chuan and Lin Yue.

The secret realm subjugation officially began.

Eight Spirit Beasts firmly protected Qin Chuan and Lin Yue within, cooperating seamlessly to meet each attacking Spirit Beast, swiftly completing the killings while their own strength grew ever stronger under the effect of the battle formation inscription "Ever Victorious in Battle".

After slaying nearly a hundred Epic-rank beings, the ocean suddenly surged up a terrifying water wave hundreds of meters high; at its crest, a colossal living being as large as a giant whale, adorned with countless silk-like ribbons, emerged.

Belonging to the Legendary rank, its aura erupted explosively.

Ocean Holy Spirit Lumina!

Finally here?

Qin Chuan's eyes narrowed slightly; he subconsciously wanted to use Time Stop, but his expression shifted as he looked behind.

"Boom!"

"Boom!!"

"Boom!!!"

Accompanied by the continual trembling of the earth, a massive rock spirit beast appeared, its huge mouth opening to let out a heaven-shaking, earth-shaking roar.

The pale yellow sound waves solidified, sweeping outward in all directions.

Earth Holy Spirit Monk!

"Above." Lin Yue's voice carried a hint of solemnity.

In the sky, a dragon-like spirit beast with four pairs of wings coiled its body, letting out a long echoing cry that lingered in the heavens, stirring up endless storms as the Legendary rank aura erupted.

Sky Holy Spirit Mayeso!

The three Holy Spirits almost simultaneously appeared, then immediately lunged at the two.

Qin Chuan's mouth twitched involuntarily.

The worst feared thing happened.

Next time he will absolutely not speak recklessly.

He let out a slight sigh, and in the next instant everything around froze.

【00:00:51】

Time Stop!

Qin Chuan and the four little ones exchanged a glance.

So… let's start killing!

【00:00:40】

The frozen everything restored; the three Holy Spirits, who had just been invincible, simultaneously let out mournful cries, collapsed heavily beside Qin Chuan and Lin Yue, turning into piles of resources stacked like mountains.

At the same time, a line of text appeared before both of them.

【Achieved the hidden subjugation requirement of the Three Holy Spirits Realm: the Three Holy Spirits were slain with intervals under 5 seconds, obtaining the hidden reward.】

As the text appeared, a seven-colored ball of light emerged in the void before them.

"It really came out." Qin Chuan's face showed excitement as he reached out and grabbed it.

"Let's use it later after we go out." Lin Yue smiled, "I'll add some luck for you, see what good stuff you can get."

"Mm." Qin Chuan nodded, then together with Lin Yue began to tally the other rewards.

Soon, a strange-looking sphere appeared before them.

It was about a person tall, its surface constantly shifting among yellow, cyan, and blue hues, feeling soft like a peeled boiled egg, with life force surging inside.

"Is this the Holy Spirit Embryo?"

Qin Chuan touched the embryo, "Let's take it back to see what it can hatch into."

If nothing unexpected happens, the hatched Spirit Beast won't be much weaker than Little Black and Little White.

Although the Three Holy Spirits had no chance to act, just by looking at their appearance and the prefix before their names, Qin Chuan could roughly guess that they were wind, earth, and water systems respectively.

He and Lin Yue already had wind and water systems; if possible, Qin Chuan hoped the hatched result would be earth system.

Hmm… With the Blessing of Fate, Qin Chuan felt his hope would surely be fulfilled.

Apart from hidden rewards and special rewards, the most precious thing in an SS-rank secret realm is probably legendary-rank resources.

In the previous S-rank secret realms, from 1-star to 5-star, one could only obtain random legendary-rank resources.

An SS-rank secret realm, however, allows one to obtain chosen legendary-rank resources.

Although for Qin Chuan and Lin Yue this makes little difference.

But for other players, the difference is actually significant.

After collecting all the rewards, both simultaneously felt the turmoil of heaven and earth and the power of spatial transmission.

In the next instant, they were directly transported outside the secret realm's entrance.

"Let's see what the hidden reward will yield," Lin Yue said, putting her palms together to activate the Blessing of Fate, then looking at Qin Chuan with eager anticipation.

"All right." Qin Chuan smiled and took out the seven-colored light cluster.

Within the secret realm, random items can be kept in their original state in the inventory, but once outside the realm, taking them out again will directly produce a random result.

Under their gaze, the light cluster swiftly transformed into a mask as thin as a cicada's wing.

"A mask?" Lin Yue's face showed a strange expression; she couldn't help looking at Qin Chuan and asked, "What effect does it have?"

"The effect…" Qin Chuan couldn't help glancing at Lin Yue, a hint of a smile appearing on his face.

He didn't tell Lin Yue the specific effect, merely placing the mask lightly on his face.

In the next instant, Qin Chuan's image in the Dream World changed to match the real world.

Lin Yue: "!!!"

Seeing Lin Yue with her eyes wide open, Qin Chuan laughed heartily and said, "This mask item allows players to modify their appearance one extra time."

Lin Yue obviously hadn't expected the item obtained from the SS-rank secret realm to have this effect, but thinking of her own recent Blessing of Fate, her face suddenly flushed and she said, "You…"

Under the blessing of luck, Qin Chuan should have randomly obtained the item he needed most.

But what he randomly obtained was the ability to modify his appearance…

"Other items can be obtained later, but changing one's appearance is urgent." Qin Chuan pulled Lin Yue close, looking at the girl with red clouds flying above her cheek, smiled faintly, then lowered his head to savor the softness of her lips.

After they confirmed their relationship, they became increasingly intimate in reality, but in the Dream World they only went as far as holding hands, and even the number of embraces was very low.

As for the reason, Lin Yue had already explained it last night.

The differing appearances in the two worlds made Lin Yue feel strange whenever she interacted with Qin Chuan after recognizing him in reality, and this feeling grew more obvious as they became more intimate in the real world.

Qin Chuan also hadn't expected that among the random mysterious items there would be one capable of altering appearance.

But this random result was exactly to his liking.

(End of chapter)