Chapter 227: Wanfu Border Realm

In the Immortal Fortress, Li Yu was holding his breath and focusing his mind, listening to a series of cases classified as "Top Secret Knowledge."

Source: Tiangong Internal Network, Highest Authorization Database.

The so-called cases referred to the core areas of three forbidden grounds outside Wanfu City that had existed for who knows how many tens of thousands of years, and the instances where various gods had repeatedly attempted to pry into them.

The focus of the search was precisely the Lord of Myriad Changes.

As Li Yu listened, he even heard a familiar case:

"In order to explore the core of the forbidden ground, the Lord of Myriad Changes once sent an avatar to walk within the Myriad Mystic Frozen Plain. Its external appearance was that of a Living Buddha Lama wrapped in emerald green light. This avatar left behind some secret inheritances within the frozen plain, and upon leaving, bewitched a group of salvation monks sent by the Buddhist sect, causing them to fall and mutate."

"Many of the forbidden mystic entities related to the Buddhist sect within the frozen plain were born because of the Lord of Myriad Changes."

"Therefore, the pitiful 【Venerable Luo Mo】 was indeed harmed by the Lord of Myriad Changes. A perfectly good high monk, whose salvation deeds were already showing results and who was laden with merit, ready to ascend to the Arhat sequence at any time, was just unlucky enough to encounter an avatar of the Lord of Myriad Changes. It is truly helpless."

"Hmm? Had I known, I wouldn't have moved that thing back to collect it."

After verifying his previous guess, Li Yu suddenly felt some regret for moving Venerable Luo Mo's corpse back to the fortress.

He had a penchant for prying into and collecting secret, taboo knowledge.

And on that corpse, a "Meat Lotus Sutra" was recorded.

Although that thing was more related to the Buddha, for the sake of safety, Li Yu still decided to let Hongdou put the corpse back to its original place.

It was also when he had this thought that Hongdou's mechanical voice suddenly became urgent:

"Time limit reached!"

"Starting to disconnect... erasing traces..."

"Returned!"

"Deduction successful!"

"Master can enter the core area of the Myriad Mystic Frozen Plain before the Demon Star Descent begins to avoid the gaze of the 【Lord of Myriad Changes】."

"Detected that the City Lord's Mansion has released a related exploration mission; Master can accept it to enter in the most reasonable way."

"To ensure safety, it is suggested that Master accept the most basic map-filling mission, which can avoid entering unknown areas and only requires exploring and supplementing areas already opened in the old map."

"This plan has a ninety percent chance of allowing Master to avoid being gazed upon."

When Hongdou's voice fell, a smile reappeared on Li Yu's face.

The gold content of the maid he had picked up as a bargain was still rising.

Hongdou was more than just useful;

she was simply an omnipotent assistant.

After she finished speaking, she even projected and displayed the related exploration cases she had downloaded, as well as the few tasks released by the City Lord's Mansion.

Li Yu finished reading those cases one by one, and doubts couldn't help but arise in his heart:

"The Lord of Myriad Changes and other evil gods have stirred up quite a lot of things in the three forbidden grounds."

"What secrets are hidden in the deepest parts of these three realms that make all the gods unable to resist prying?"

Before his curiosity could burst forth, Li Yu's gaze turned to the missions.

The Ancient God Train was still under repair and upgrade.

But that didn't stop the City Lord's Mansion from constantly releasing related missions; after all, besides the exploration team composed of the nine of them, the chosen ones, other exploration teams had more people who needed to eat.

Li Yu had previously found it troublesome and was focused on self-upgrading, so he hadn't accepted a single mission.

Other chosen ones, however, had done more or less some work.

It was also thanks to Li Yu later making a big splash and causing one incredible event after another that, despite not doing a single job, the City Lord's Mansion still held high hopes for him.

Not only did they not dislike him, but they also strongly supported him.

Now, this neglected mission was finally remembered by Li Yu.

Very quickly, after scanning through all the missions in the blink of an eye, he locked onto one of them.

After Li Yu finished reading the related introduction, the truth bubbles in his eyes flickered a few more times, clearly also being listed among the secret lore.

Li Yu was not surprised by this; he had always known that this world was full of secret lore everywhere.

But to charge the bubbles, he needed to receive them; there was no automatic pickup function.

"Explore and fill in the map of the 【Wanfu Border Realm】!"

"The so-called Wanfu Border Realm actually consists of three locations, existing respectively in the core areas of the Myriad Mystic Frozen Plain, the Terror Valley, and the Ancient Black Forest."

"The reason it is named the Border Realm is because of the mystic characteristics of this realm."

"The three border realms are not only interconnected... but also connected to other worlds, mostly worlds of horror and mystery, and coupled with the repeated prying of various evil gods, this has led to the gathering of a large number of forbidden mystic entities, as well as many unsolvable mysterious phenomena and enigmas..."

"The entire realm is shrouded in fog. This kind of fog seems to possess great power and is almost unaffected by any force, so it cannot be dispersed. It has names such as the Fog of Eternity, the Fog of Chaos, and so on."

"No one knows how vast the territory covered by the 'Eternal Fog' is."

"But some evil gods once prophesied that if the fog in the three forbidden grounds were to completely dissipate and the mystery were revealed, an extremely vast and expansive territory might appear."

"However, Wanfu City's exploration progress of the three forbidden grounds has always stopped at the 【Border Realm】."

"And it is not just Wanfu City; the Three Kingdoms and Six Sects have also entered the three border realms through some means and attempted to explore and open them up... but after so many years, the gains have not been great."

"Wanfu City is the party with the most."

"The border realm within the frozen plain has already had a large map explored."

"If you accept this mission, you can obtain a copy of the old map, as well as material support."

"Special Reminder 1: Even with the old map as a guide, exploration team members still frequently go missing inside, and the outcome is mostly sudden death."

"Special Reminder 2: Due to the characteristics of the Fog of Chaos, when acting within the border realm, accidents may occur where you are teleported to a strange place in the next step. At this time, you can complete the exploration and fill in the old map, and the old map will automatically generate a new route to guide you out, but the new route may not necessarily be a path to survival."

When Li Yu finished reading these, his smile slightly converged, and his brows faintly furrowed. Li Yu had long anticipated the danger of the three forbidden grounds.

That was why he had been passive and lazy, facing the Chosen Exploration Team with a slacker attitude.

Now it seemed his premonition was correct.

Just from this description, it was very wrong, permeated with horror and mystery.

In his mind, he couldn't help but recall the long-term mission the Buddha had arranged for him.

"Could the Buddha have anticipated this from the beginning?"

"Anticipating that I would enter deeper into the forbidden ground to avoid the 【Lord of Myriad Changes】, and would encounter more high-sequence forbidden mystic entities related to the Buddhist sect, requiring me to save them?"

"Then, should I accept this mission or not?"

Li Yu did not think for too long.

The next moment, he had a decision.

After looking through it one by one/p>

Accept!

Very soon, the "Demon Star Descent" would begin, and at that time, a group of evil gods, including the Lord of Myriad Changes, would cast their gaze upon the Wanfu City realm.

Li Yu either had to accept the mission and hide in the border realm shrouded by the Eternal Fog, or go and play a game against the Lord of Myriad Changes.

The former, although very terrifying from the description,

was actually not lacking in safety examples; otherwise, that 【Old Map】 would not have been born.

When Hongdou gave the plan, she also provided examples of others who had successfully explored and come out alive, with a ratio as high as over sixty percent.

Not to mention the distant ones, take the recent one, for example, his teammate who was also in the Chosen Exploration Team: the chosen one of the Lord of Xenomorphs, Xu Xuan.

That's right, it was this heaven-defying existence again.

He had been to the border realm once, and the next day, he walked out alive with a pile of monster offspring and submitted a new fragment map.

At the same time, he noted on the map: Do not harm a female monster inside.

Clearly, who the mother of his pile of children was, was self-evident.

As for the "latter" option of playing a game against the Lord of Myriad Changes, there were no survivors.

Li Yu had been able to successfully deceive the "Lord of Myriad Changes" previously because it was an unintentional calculation against an intentional one, and he had also invited two external aids, the Toad God and the Furnace.

Once the deception was revealed and the Lord of Myriad Changes took it seriously, Li Yu would only have to surrender and defect.

The method he adopted was to drag it out, the longer the better.

He was waiting for his "Truth Soul Body" to grow stronger.

From the day he was born into this world, Li Yu had already realized where his true reliance lay.

In the many experiences that followed, the supreme status displayed by the truth bubbles also verified that his thinking was correct.

At the same time, this was also the reason why Li Yu had always been unwilling to abandon the 【Spirit Venerable Path】 and switch to other paths.

The secrets on him were too shocking; he could not have a living True God standing over his head, otherwise the risk of exposure would be too great.

As a realm supported by a group of evil gods, Wanfu City also had extremely close exchanges with the "Boundless Spirit Realm."

Although the missionary branch led by Daoist Si Ji was eventually swallowed by the 【Sacred Nest】, it did not prevent the City Lord's Mansion from possessing other technologies, and other organizations in the city also had their own sources, such as the Mechanical Undead Race.

The Immortal Fortress was networked with the City Lord's Mansion, and mission acceptance could be done by Hongdou.

When Li Yu gave the order,

the map-filling mission displayed on the projection screen soon had an extra mark, and at the same time, a note appeared: 【Disaster Star Command Master Li Yu has accepted this mission. The old map is being issued. Please provide a material list, and the City Lord's Mansion will complete the procurement within half an hour and send it to your residence.】

These were originally nothing, just standard procedures.

As for the material list, there was no suspense at all; he naturally requested various life-extending items.

"Enter the border realm before the Demon Star Descent."

"Do not take risks, do not pry."

"Hide on the outermost periphery to avoid the gaze of the Lord of Myriad Changes, and by the way, continue to complete the point-adding mission. Once the time passes, return the same way. Perfect."

Just as the abacus beads were bouncing wildly in Li Yu's mind,

he saw that the screen paused after displaying his mission acceptance prompt.

Not long after!

Accompanied by a "Ding-dong," a new note appeared:

"Judgment Chosen Lady Ba has accepted this mission!"

"Hmm?"

Just as Li Yu was surprised, he looked up and saw the undisguised suspicion in Hongdou's fox-girl eyes.

The mechanical maid at this moment was very easy to read.

She was suspicious, she was deducing.

"According to existing signs, Master has a physical agreement with this chosen one. If you meet in the border realm, there is a one hundred percent possibility of having a relationship."

"Please, Master, do not be too indulgent, leading to spiritual depletion and delaying Hongdou's spirit-supplementing plan."

Before Li Yu could roast Hongdou for this absurd reasoning and conclusion,

the next moment, a series of ding-dong sounds came one after another:

Mother of Myriad Antiquity Chosen Yang Huan has accepted this mission!

Lord of Xenomorphs Chosen Xu Xuan has accepted the mission!

Demon-Slaying Chosen Liu Tu has accepted this mission!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 228 =====