Chapter 2305

Xiao Feng was also cultivating, with cosmic spirit stones assisting his practice, the effect being better than when he previously cultivated under the Myriad Spirit Tree on Blue Star.

Han Zichen needs two months to absorb a purple cosmic spirit stone.

And he, consumes two or three of them in a day.

Even if he himself kept 5000 of them on his person, it wouldn't last long; sooner or later he'd have to go out and raid.

While cultivating, his in-game self also gradually got in touch with members of other training squads.

Those people were some former civil lord of each war zone, and some were high-end players; basically they were relatively easy to find.

Xiao Feng and the Ultimate Darkness Vanguard gathered those they could contact, and created a new group chat for communicating news.

Each squad sent two people into the group; after two months of effort, the group membership reached 134, meaning 67 squads had successfully made contact.

There were still 11 squads that, from beginning to end, never saw anyone come online.

Everyone guessed that they might have already died.

Even among the 67 squads that joined the group, some members had already perished, dying in the natives' frenzied siege.

Previously 1248 people had entered; now, after just two months, there might be fewer than 1000 left.

Such news made Xiao Feng and the others feel very heavy-hearted.

Thus each squad became more cautious, not readily going out, first hiding and cultivating, then integrating into the Boundless Continent.

Recently Shen Chuo also came online; Xiao Feng and he had an in-depth conversation, after which they learned about Shen Chuo's changes over the past twenty-plus years.

After the game's hegemony ended, Shen Chuo quickly gained the attention of the local powerhouses of Blue Star's No. 1 war zone.

The controllers of Blue Star No. 1 are many; previously

What Shen Chuo saw were only the surface ones, he thought there were just two or three.

But actually…… the number is over a hundred!

The Third Martial God is a person from their planet, but back then he wasn't chosen as a disciple; only Zhuo Yi Jian, Zhang Fan, and Yun Yan were selected.

Shen Chuo's master's title is "True One Sword Saint", possessing eternal-level strength, comparable to the Third Martial God.

This big shot likes to raise disciples loosely; after imparting the skill, he never managed Shen Chuo, letting him fend for himself.

So Shen Chuo has only seen his master once.

Being raised loosely, he soon married a female player he had met in the game.

His wife is a transcendent powerhouse, a Blue Star noble, born loving adventure; in the game there was nothing fresh to play, so she took Shen Chuo aboard a spaceship to undertake cosmic adventures.

For the first ten or so years everything went smoothly, but three years ago an accident occurred: the spaceship was destroyed by raiders in the universe, all crew members were killed, including Shen Chuo's wife.

Shen Chuo survived by relying on a sword qi left by his master True One Sword Saint, but he could not take revenge; he could only watch helplessly as the raiders' spaceship flew away.

Later he contacted Blue Star's friends through the virtual world, was rescued, and returned to his hometown.

He originally wanted to beg his master True One Sword Saint for help to find a way to revive his wife, but he couldn't achieve that.

True One Sword Saint didn't even see his face, merely sending a voice transmission: "Reviving a transcendent being is an ability possessed only by the Dao Ancestor and extremely few top-tier eternals; as your master I am also powerless to help. If you are determined, strive to become a Dao Ancestor."

Shen Chuo was nearly desperate, he sought many people, but none of it helped.

Therefore, over these past few years, his will has waned, and he has become much more haggard.

Xiao Feng, after hearing this, also

Could only express sympathy, saying: "In the future, if I have the ability, I will definitely help you!"

After that, Shen Chuo went offline and never logged back into the game.

One can imagine that after losing his beloved, he surely lost interest in everything, his heart filled with self-loathing for his past impotence; now he only wants to become stronger.

Two months later, the situation on the Boundless Continent gradually stabilized.

Xiao Feng and the Ultimate Darkness Vanguard obtained multiple versions of maps, and with some scattered map information provided by others, they barely managed to piece together a "pitted and uneven" world map.

The Boundless Continent is vast; Xiao Feng's squad currently located in the Robbery Law Sacred Realm lies in the eastern region of the continent's plates, while Shen Chuo's Ultimate Darkness Vanguard squad is in the western Chaos God Sacred Realm; the remaining few sacred realms have little information, basically only able to be located at the "state" level.

Within the Robbery Law Sacred Realm's range, there are also three other squads existing; the nearest is over 30 million kilometers away, the farthest over a hundred million kilometers.

The three squads all wanted to merge with Xiao Feng's team; he considered that, with numbers under a hundred, they wouldn't attract the attention of Great Lord-level powerhouses, so he agreed.

However, coming from such a distance also takes time; it's not something that can be done quickly.

Xiao Feng did not specially dispatch an avatar to meet those three squads.

After all, this is a life-and-death tempering; he cannot interfere too much, otherwise while protecting others it would also be harming them.

All squads' tempering plan on the Boundless Continent has a basic principle of "stability": nothing should be rash, with steadiness as the primary element, and only then cultivation to improve oneself.

Three squads wanting to meet, the estimate is at least big

half a year later.

Xiao Feng's own life is quite leisurely; in reality, his true form has the Purple Dust Fairy Maiden accompanying him, and occasionally the Sweet Truth Fairy Maiden and the Parting Snow Fairy Maiden come by for a visit, discussing the Dao and sparring, exchanging cultivation insights.

In the game world, Fairy Maiden Xun Shuang cultivates with him every day, jointly contemplating the Dao; whether visual sensation or spiritual feeling, it is immensely satisfying.

Jiang Ning and the others naturally also often come online to accompany him; although they cannot truly touch skin, seeing each other in the virtual world can also ease the longing between husband and wife.

For a period of time, Xiao Feng missed his two daughters at home too much, so he shifted his mental will and activated an avatar left on Mars.

The avatar instantaneously moved to the moon, where Xuan Die discovered it.

Xuan Die was at that time teaching the two girls cultivation, and was very surprised that he could still activate an avatar.

However, Xiao Feng did not show himself.

He knew he couldn't come back often; rather than let Jiang Ning and the others know, making them yearn day after day, it would be better to simply pretend that this operable avatar didn't exist.

So he had Xuan Die help keep it secret; no one was told, he merely hid it covertly, silently watching Ruo and Yuran's two daughters cultivate, practice, and sleep, spending an entire day.

The next day, Xiao Feng withdrew his divine sense and returned to the Boundless Continent.

The avatar was handed to Xuan Die for safekeeping; she buried it deep underground in her dwelling, like interring a corpse.

In the future, if he wants to go back, he can still repeat this operation.

In the blink of an eye, everyone has been in the Boundless Continent for over a year.

Three squads have finally met up with Xiao Feng and his group as wished, and along the way no one died; they were cautious and careful, performing quite well.

Four squads, 64 people, gathered together already.

It can already be considered a very strong wandering force.

But everyone still isn't in a hurry to go out and plunder; they want to stay a bit longer, then slowly go develop new maps.

Xiao Feng also enjoys the leisure, practicing cultivation, seeking Enlightenment, and accompanying his wife each day; his days pass very easily.

That day, Xiao Feng in the game happened to discover that the little mysterious butterfly in the Demon Garden had been online continuously since some unknown time.

He hadn't visited Senior Cai Yi in almost ten years; in the game, unless he had something to do outside, he spent all his time staying in Xiao Zhai.

His Divine Sense happened to sweep over and see that the little mysterious butterfly was in a conscious state, and he couldn't help but feel doubtful.

So he said a word to Xun Shuang and ran over there.