Chapter 220

As for the moon, everyone from Earth Star understands it.

But the Red Moon — they really are seeing it for the first time!

As for the Cthulhu mythos, many people have heard of it.

About Cthulhu, it was once the world and pantheon in a horror novel, whose idea is "the ultimate terror from the unknown"; this idea is quite ahead of its time, but equally vague.

Thus, although many have read this novel, no one ever thought such bizarre and terrifying things would one day become reality.

Moreover, no one knows how to resist such things.

From the current situation, neither the Initial Domain nor the Intermediate Domain can escape the threat of the Red Moon, so resisting the Red Moon has become life's goal.

However, Ai Rui Li Ya indeed shrank her shoulders, gave a bitter smile, and shook her head, saying:

"I'm sorry, I can't answer your question, because no one in this world knows where the Red Moon hanging in the sky comes from."

"We natural elves came to the Survival Realm tens of thousands of years ago; we once lived on an incredibly beautiful planet, but inexplicably, that planet was destroyed, and we were dumped here."

"According to our clan's records, at that time the Red Moon already existed, and some races in the Advanced Domain arrived earlier than we did; we inquired of them, and they said the Red Moon was already there when they came."

"So this Red Moon might be eternal! Forget it, I won't talk about it anymore."

Ai Rui Li Ya turned her head, smiling, and said:

"You're not planning to let us spend the night here, are you?"

Lin Yifan patted his forehead, embarrassed, saying: "Sorry, we're heading back now!"

"Let's pick up the Treasure Chests first!" Ai Rui Li Ya pointed at the scattered Treasure Chests, let out a soft sigh, and said:

"Sometimes I really feel this game just wants us to kill each other."

"Look at these Treasure Chests on the ground—each corresponds to a life; kill someone and a Treasure Chest drops. Isn't that encouraging slaughter?"

Over a dozen Treasure Chests lay scattered on the ground, mostly green, with only two or three blue.

Not a single purple one!

Lin Yifan had studied this before: strength and Treasure Chest quality correlate— the stronger someone is, the higher the grade of Treasure Chest they drop.

If he could slay Lai En, he might drop a purple Treasure Chest.

Kill, set fire, gold belt!

At this moment, Lin Yifan truly experienced that saying.

If he had to search for Treasure Chests in the wild himself, even with today's 【Luck Doubled】, he probably couldn't find this many.

As a result, he now has them all!

If there's any feeling, it's definitely there!

But that's all it is—just a feeling.

In this world of the weak preyed upon by the strong, resources are scarce—it's either you take from me or I take from you; there's really no choice.

However, seeing Ai Rui Li Ya not picking up Treasure Chests, he raised an eyebrow and asked:

"You don't want these Treasure Chests?"

"I don't." Ai Rui Li Ya shook her head, expression firm, and said:

"We natural elves revere nature; we dislike slaughter, so we refuse any Treasure Chests dropped from killing."

"If you don't want them, I'll take them!" Lin Yifan shrugged and snatched up all the Treasure Chests without hesitation.

He admired the elves' resolve.

But he doesn't want to do that himself.

After collecting all the Treasure Chests, Lin Yifan took out the Realm Stone.

Among the permissions of the actual controller, one is the ability to go anywhere in the Initial Domain.

He originally intended to use this permission to bring Ai Rui Li Ya and Su Xiao xi straight back to the Shelter, but unfortunately discovered he couldn't bring others with this permission.

Helpless, he could only wryly say:

"Let's go! The way back isn't close—it'll probably take two or three hours…"

Ai Rui Li Ya hearing this, was instantly speechless:

"You're already the controller of the era—can't you just lead us on our way?"

"Cannot!" Lin Yifan spread his hands.

Ai Rui Li Ya twitched the corner of her mouth, rolled her eyes, and said:

"As I said, a mere Realm Stone couldn't possibly let someone control an entire District; if it could, the Intermediate Domain would long have been ruled by the Advanced Domain's peoples."

"Indeed, the so‑called Realm Stone and so‑called control rights are merely a small fraction of permissions."

Actually, that makes sense—if a District were that easy to dominate, the balance of the Survival Realm would have been broken long ago.

But clearly, the will of the Survival Ring is consciously existent; it would not allow the balance to be broken.

Therefore, the claim that seizing a Realm Stone grants District control is heavily discounted.

Lin Yifan can now clearly sense the movements of non‑human beings within a ten‑kilometer radius, and can even, via the Realm Stone's power, temporarily suppress enemies who intrude into this area.

But that's all he can do!

Controlling this district outright is completely impossible!

Lin Yifan isn't disappointed either; for him, as long as the Realm Stone isn't taken by non‑humans, humanity need not become slaves—that's enough.

He never intended to use the Realm Stone for anything in the first place!

Because the Red Moon is weak, and both Ai Rui Li Ya and Lin Yifan are quite strong, at least in the Initial Domain they can be considered the pinnacle of combat power.

Thus, although they encountered wild beasts on the way back to town, it posed no obstacle to them.

Two hours later, the trio also returned to the Shelter.

Ai Rui Li Ya stood before Lin Yifan's Shelter and exclaimed admiringly:

"Your high starting point makes me envy and resent; you lot of Survivors have only been here half a month, yet you've built a Level 4, Silver‑Grade Shelter."

Lin Yifan heard this, and while opening the shelter's door to invite Airiliya and Su Xiao xi inside, he casually laughed and said:

"What's there to be envious, jealous, or hateful about? It's just a shelter, really not much."

"Moreover, you're a princess of the Natural Elf Clan—that's truly high-class."

"It seems you really know nothing about the current state of the Intermediate Domain." Airiliya let out a light sigh and gave a bitter laugh, saying:

"Don't think the Intermediate Domain is just one level higher than the Initial Domain; actually, in the Intermediate Domain your Red Moon power is too strong, countless Maggot Human Bones occupy the wilderness, and we simply can't go out to gather supplies."

"To speak frankly, in today's Intermediate Domain, no matter which race, life is extremely difficult; wanting to build a shelter of the Silver Bureau, truly few people can manage it."

"Forget it! No more talk of this; when you go to the Intermediate Domain one day, you'll naturally understand. I'm hungry—what do you have to eat here?"

Not having seen it with his own eyes, Lin Yifan also didn't know how to speak, so he could only shift the topic:

"I do have some ingredients, but my cooking skills aren't great; only my pan-frying technique is relatively better. How about I fry you a piece of meat to eat quickly?"

"No, I don't eat fried meat." Airiliya immediately shook her head: "The Natural Elf Clan belongs to nature; how could we eat meat?"

"Do you have any wild fruit here? I'll just eat some wild fruit!"

Aside from that, he actually has quite a lot of wild fruit in his hand.

The most are blueberries; although most of them he took to exchange for supplies, there are still plenty of fruits hanging on the blueberry tree.

Lin Yifan also couldn't be bothered to pick them, he simply pointed at the blueberry tree and said:

"Here, the tree is full of fruit—if you want to eat, pick it yourself! It'll be fresher that way."

Airiliya also wasn't polite, she directly went to pick them.

As for Su Xiao xi, she curiously glanced around Lin Yifan's shelter, then giggled and said:

"Yifan brother, I don't want to eat vegetarian, I want to eat meat!"

"Don't worry, there's plenty of meat!" Lin Yifan took out a piece of wild boar he had set aside earlier, and planned to cook the fried meat using the Mithril Cast Iron Pot.

However, this time he suddenly remembered that he had previously agreed to summon Ruan Qingtian and Hong Shaoqiang for help.

As a result, after they arrived he found that summoning them was useless, so he simply put the matter out of his mind.

Only now did he remember that they were still waiting!