Chapter 36

Imperial Tomb Village, Source Altar.

Qi Sheng's consciousness passed through the continuous volcanoes under the guidance of the guide and followed the departing evil spirit warrior to the north area of the Imperial Tomb Mountain Range.

I saw the evil spirit warrior staggering and landing on the platform on the high tower. At this time, the dark red eye hanging above his head extended several pitch-black tentacles and stabbed into the evil spirit warrior's body, and the injuries on his body began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"It seems that this journey was not smooth." A crack opened on the dark red eye, and a hoarse voice came from inside.

"I didn't lose." Hearing the slightly teasing words of the eye, Di Nian said in a deep voice.

"Winning or losing is not important, I can still perceive the aura of the Anti-Tide Legion warrior, he is not dead."

"I know, he is stronger than I imagined, but if it weren't for a group of creatures controlling rules blocking me, I would definitely have been able to kill him."

"Creatures controlling rules? I didn't perceive other life auras when you were fighting."

"A group of mysterious creatures with weak bodies, they can make me fall into a state controlled by angry emotions through some unknown way, and attack them involuntarily."

The dark red eye heard this, and after a brief silence, said:

"You must have encountered Source monsters. This is a very special creature. According to information shared with me by other nodes, Source monsters are very likely evolved from the source power of Di Zhao, the creator of this world. All Source monsters are a manifestation of a rule power and cannot be truly killed. Even if they die, they will be reborn in some part of this world in the future."

"So that's it, but besides using rule power, the strength of these Source monsters doesn't seem to be strong."

"You are wrong, don't underestimate the strength of this world. According to information provided by other nodes, the strength gap between Source monsters is huge. Powerful Source monsters can even kill our clan's commander-level, or even king-level warriors."

"King-level?" After listening to the dark red eye's explanation, Di Nian was startled.

"The Dungeon World you once assisted in conquering is just a low-energy world, far from being comparable to the world under your feet. According to my judgment, your strength in this world can only be classified as lower-middle, or even lower. Don't overestimate your strength. You are very young, but too conceited. This world might be the end of your growth."

"What do you mean?" Di Nian asked coldly.

"Our clan has died countless commander-level warriors to conquer this world, and you are likely to be one of them... but as your strategy eye, I hope to see you grow into a commander-level, or even king-level warrior of our clan."

Di Nian took a deep breath at this moment:

"I understand."

"There is an infinite energy source under the high tower. Next, I will extract its energy to create warriors for you to help you conquer nearby node areas. Wait patiently before that."

As the voice fell, the dark red eye blinked.

Immediately, surging black energy spread upward from the tower base, the high tower was immediately ignited by black flames, and a large amount of black energy converged and compressed at the furnace in the center of the high tower, quickly becoming ferocious and terrifying evil creatures, falling from mid-air like dumplings.

Qi Sheng's consciousness explored toward the bottom of the high tower under the guidance of the guide at this time.

Through the conversation between the two, Qi Sheng realized that this high tower was built on a domain node.

What made him curious was what the characteristics of this domain node were.

Although wise evil spirits can use the energy of domain nodes, they cannot use domain characteristics.

Compared to energy, what he cares more about is powerful domain characteristics.

For example, the characteristic "Flesh Reshaping" of Imperial Tomb Village is a key link in the player recruitment plan.

Consciousness sank into the earth, and the guide's parsing ability was activated accordingly.

A large amount of data flooded into Qi Sheng's mind and was finally translated into text introduction information he could understand.

[Domain Node: Heavenly Abyss]

Territory type: Rule type

Territory characteristic: Myriad Phenomena Furnace

Characteristic introduction: Smelting same-attribute abilities, causing wonderful changes in ability effects.

Domain status: Black Tide Occupation

Just from the parsing information, Qi Sheng couldn't understand what the effect of this domain node characteristic was, and the specific function would have to wait until it was integrated into Imperial Tomb Village to know.

What he cares about is that this domain node is actually a rule domain.

Compared to resource domains like the Gloomy Cave, the role of rule nodes is more powerful.

[Boss, you are greedy.]

"Nonsense, I must take this rule node."

[It's a pity that your main body cannot go out at will. Every second outside requires consuming huge sacrificial power. If you want to take this place, you have to wait until the players are strong enough.]

"Although this place cannot be taken for the time being, it is time to take back the domain node of the Gloomy Cave... Let's go back."

As Qi Sheng's voice fell, the guide led his consciousness to fly toward the Imperial Tomb Village direction.

The moment his consciousness returned to his physical body, Qi Sheng released a message to all players:

[Challenger Prompt (All Players): The first battle between players and wise evil spirits triggers the all-member hidden mission: Purify Node.]

Mission description: Go to the fifth floor underground of the Gloomy Cave and purify the domain node crystal corroded by black tide energy (shatter it).

Mission reward 1: Imperial Tomb Village area expansion, connected to the Gloomy Cave, players can directly enter the Gloomy Cave through Imperial Tomb Village to mine spirit ore resources.

Mission reward 2: Players participating in purifying the node crystal will receive generous contribution rewards (Star Pulse opening permission, Body Tempering level improvement, sacrificial power reward)

Note: The rewards for this node purification mission will be judged by contribution value through a series of behaviors such as killing monsters and dealing damage to corrosive crystals. After the mission ends, specific rewards will be issued according to the contribution value.

The appearance of the all-member mission immediately attracted the attention of all players.

The forum launched a heated discussion about the all-member mission.

Realizing that the all-member mission released this time is profitable, major guilds organized manpower one after another, all wanting to earn considerable income through this mission.

Solo players are no exception; the reward of being able to reach the Gloomy Cave directly through Imperial Tomb Village is huge for them.

Usually, if you want to mine, you have to start from Imperial Tomb Village and walk for about an hour to enter the mine cave. If you are unlucky and are surrounded and killed by iron-shelled insects, you have to spend another hour on the road after logging into the game again, which really makes them feel distressed.

Qi Sheng also realized this problem.

In other games, functions like teleportation will be used to solve the problem of time-consuming travel.

But he can't do that.

The teleportation array cannot be used infinitely after it is built. The continuous opening state consumes sacrificial power every second. He will only consider the paid teleportation service function when the number of players is large enough.

But as long as players can complete the all-member mission he released, there will be a convenient channel from Imperial Tomb Village to the Gloomy Cave in the future, which can save a lot of travel time.

Half an hour after the all-member mission was released.

Players scattered in various areas of the Imperial Tomb Mountain Range rushed toward the Gloomy Cave on the Blood-Colored Plain one after another.

(End of chapter)