Chapter 101
"That's for sure. China is a place where communication is unrestricted. Even if there are a lot of people, they will go into different channels, zones, and streams. They will never disappear for no reason. The only possibility is that they had been muted. Lin Ye is the only one with a reason and the wealth to do so," Chen Feng said firmly.
"This guy is simply despicable. He spent so much just because of a moment's anger…"
Zhan Mingyue clicked her tongue in envy.
Ever since she started managing the accounts, she had argued with Chen Feng and the others countless times to save money.
If she could act as recklessly as Lin Ye one day, she would probably laugh out loud even in her dreams.
"That's why I say that such a person is dangerous. He wields great power. Don't provoke him unless you have no other choice," Chen Feng said sternly.
"Then, do we still need to cooperate with him?" Governor Zhu asked.
"Cooperate of course. We have to."
Chen Feng smiled and said, "Although he's powerful, we're not to be trifled with as well. Besides, this is a mutually beneficial matter. There's no reason to reject him. Interact with him a few more times and get the Heavenly Eye to get more information about him. Once the analysis is completed, we might be able to recruit him into the fight for the relics if it's suitable."
"It's still too early for him to join. We'll do as you say. Let's try to form cooperation and try it out first. We'll consider other things when we make contact with Old Qin and the rest…"
Before he finished speaking, Governor Zhu's expression suddenly became abnormally ugly for a moment. However, it was quickly suppressed by his powerful will. He turned to Zhan Mingyue and smiled as if nothing had happened. "Then I'll leave the cooperation to Captain Zhan. There won't be any problems, right?"
"Then should I go now?" Zhan Mingyue nodded.
"As soon as possible. We need a lot of equipment and supplies too. Ask him if he has a lot and if he would give a discount."
Governor Zhu smiled with his eyes. "Be patient. Take it as a form of training for you. Your personality is too wild and irritable. That's not good."
"Ah, more bargaining…" Zhan Mingyue's face fell.
Interacting with outsiders was something she was never good at.
She didn't know what the governor was up to. Why was he not letting a powerful warrior like her go to the battlefield and insisted on her managing the logistics?
Sigh, if she had known earlier, she would have gone to her father's army. If she took the back door, she might be able to play the role of a general.
Her father was the same. He had used the concealment talisman for so long but he still didn't remove it. She couldn't even plead with him to let him know about her current situation with Governor Zhu.
Forget it, who cares. She had a mission to complete.
With that, she turned and left the bunker.
"Governor, what happened?"
Chen Feng's expression was solemn.
Zhan Mingyue was careless and did not see the governor's slight expression, but his Heavenly Eye saw it clearly.
For the governor, who had a good personality, to lose control of his expression, meant that something major must have happened.
Following the governor's worried gaze, he looked at Zhan Mingyue's departing figure.
Chen Feng seemed to sense something and asked in shock, "It's Governor Zhan? Did something happen to him?"
"You guessed it."
The worry on Governor Zhu's face intensified. He stood up and sighed. "Just now, I received a notification that the core team led by Old Zhan has been ambushed by several zombie kings on a secret land. All of them were wiped out. In the three days that we've been here, there has been news of five legions being wiped out."
"Don't tell Mingyue about this for the time being. She has a brash personality. If she knows that her brother and father died in battle, she might lose control and run out recklessly to take revenge on the zombie king."
"Also, inform the other governors to be more careful in the future. Unless absolutely necessary, they are not to leak their whereabouts."
"I understand."
Chen Feng's expression was solemn.
The core combat power of Zhan's Mighty Sky Army was not inferior to their Heavenly Path Army.
To a certain extent, it was even slightly better, but even armies as strong as Mighty Sky were instantly annihilated.
He could not imagine how terrifying those legendary Red-eyed Zombie Kings were.
A moment later, all kinds of information flashed through his eyes before it turned into nothingness and moved into the void.
"This island is no longer safe. Clean up all the zombies and treasure caves here. Prepare to retreat." Governor Zhu sighed softly. Through the window of the bunker, he looked at the sky which was covered in a dark fog and felt dispirited.
…
On the other side, Lin Ye, who was at the Haunted House, was sweating profusely.
After he sent out the treasure chests and the trading prices, the market page exploded.
It could be said that the stocks were instantly emptied!
Among them, the sandalwood treasure chest was traded in the most.
The Zombie Souls and equipment that he put up were instantly cleared.
In just a few minutes, he had obtained 225 sandalwood treasure chests and 10 bronze ones.
There was no Silver Treasure Chest for the time being.
Even so, the efficiency of this was more than what he would get after clearing a one-star Haunted House.
His hands were getting tired of accepting treasure chests.
A moment later, Zhang Liang rushed over and shouted with a bitter expression, "My lord, the Zombie Souls are gone, and the Class 2 blue tier equipment that the armory has processed has all been sold out. We can't put up stocks anymore…"
"That fast…"
Lin Ye frowned. If he stopped selling now, wouldn't it destroy his reputation?
Forget about the sandalwood treasure chests. It was a loss to sell food that was not as worthy as equipment, and it was also difficult to transport.
He opened the dozen or so bronze treasure chests that he had just obtained. He chose all the Class 2 Blue Tier Weapons and increased them by a hundredfold.
"You have obtained 100 Class 2 Blue Tier Weapon—Dragon Gate Blade!"
"You have obtained 100 Class 2 Blue Tier Weapon—Spring Breeze Sword!"
"You have obtained 100 Class 2 Blue Tier Weapon—Crossbow!"
"You have obtained 100 Class 2 Blue Tier Armor—Berserker's Armor!"
….
"You have obtained 100 Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon—Nether Sword!"
"F*ck! What dog sh*t luck was this! I got Class 3 Purple Tier Weapons even from a trashy bronze treasure chest!"
Lin Ye was overjoyed. Of course, he had to prioritize his subordinates first.
He only had a total of 170 Class 3 weapons.
It looked too stingy and it felt a little lacking for the title of the number one player in the world.
"Tru, give the brothers with high contribution points the Class 3 Nether Sword and Class 2 Equipment. To be fair, Zhang Bao Er, follow them. Whoever gets them should have their contribution points deducted."
"Bring back the equipment that they've taken off and continue to sell them to others."
With that, he started to organize people to slow down.
He first put up the Class 2 Blue Tier equipment on the market page. Its price would still be a bronze treasure chest.
In any case, the price difference was not big. The equipment which was put up this time would be insanely popular but people wouldn't notice. At most, he would just give them one more piece of equipment.
"Oh, okay."
Zhang Bao'er made a sound of acknowledgement and ran off with Tru and a team of people carrying the equipment.
A moment later, cheers erupted from the soldiers' camp not far away.
"Our lord is still the best. He gained so many resources without giving much away." Priest Gran sighed.
"You're not going over? I saw the lord secretly hide a magic staff. It seems to be a Purple Tier Advanced one." Adelia reminded him with a faint smile.
"Seriously? Holy sh*t!"
Gran's breathing quickened when he heard this. He was so excited that his lips were trembling.
Class 3 Purple Tier Staff, Class 3 Purple Tier Staff!
And it was an Advanced Staff!
A staff of this level was usually worn by three-star strong bishops.
Even the trashiest one-star bishop had the strength of Class 5, which was far beyond his current class.
But right now, he was the only priest in the entire territory.
This staff was definitely only for him!
"My lord, don't panic. I'm here to help you move the goods! Move aside!" Gran's eyes were red as he squeezed through the crowd and rushed over.
This scene stunned the captured human lords.
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"This… is this a Class 3 Purple Tier Staff?"
"Tsk tsk, look at this deep purple magic bead which exudes a noble aura. Look at these incomparably profound rune carvings. Look at this simple yet… er, its name is Silver Moon Staff?"
"Wow, baby, your name is so soothing to the ears!"
"Follow me, the great Class 4 Light Priest—Gran. We're a perfect match!"
After a while, at Gran's shameless pleas, Lin Ye still threw the staff over.
Gran, who was holding a Class 3 Purple Tier Staff.
That greasy small expression he made was like a dog… in heat. 𝑙𝒾𝒷𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥.𝒸𝑜𝘮
Lin Ye was speechless. He chased the guy away on the spot.
For the next hour, the equipment taken off by the soldiers was put up on the market page as well.
Lin Ye made a fortune. 403 Sandalwood Treasure Chest, 59 Bronze Treasure Chest, and no Silver Treasure Chest for now.
"Let's continue opening treasure chests! Hahaha, I'll try my best to get everyone a Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon today!"
Seeing that the goods were about to sell out, Lin Ye did not panic at all. He took out 50 bronze treasure chests and opened them consecutively.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In the blink of an eye, a large amount of blue light and a small amount of purple light soared into the sky.
"You have obtained 100 Class 2 Advanced Blue Tier Weapon—Green Dragon Blade!"
"You have obtained 100 Level 2 Body Strengthening Pills!"
"You have obtained 100 Wooden Fence blueprints!"
"You have obtained 100 Class 2 Blacksmith Upgrade Scrolls!"
"You have obtained 100 Class 3 Attributeless Soldier Upgrade Scrolls!"
"You have obtained 100 Class 3 Beginner Purple Tier Weapons—Fortress Battle Bow!"
….
"Same old rules. We'll keep the Class 2 and 3 Advanced equipment for ourselves. Tru, you go and settle the Class 2 advanced equipment. Adelia, I'll hand this batch of Class 3 Fortress Battle Bow to you. Remember to note down who you distributed them to. If they don't have enough contribution points, put them on credit for now and get them to make up for it in the future."
Lin Ye hurriedly assigned tasks. As for the remaining living supplies, medicinal pills, and the blueprints, they were all kept in his huge meru ring.
These things were too important in the early stages.
His bunker was already at the maximum level. As long as he had enough Zombie Souls, he could upgrade it to Level 7 instantly when he got back.
When the population limit increases, he could probably recruit another 8,000 people.
And these basic resources were excellent treasures to buy people's hearts.
As for the wooden fence…
Defense-type blueprints had a lower drop rate than weapons. This was one of the most important drops.
Lin Ye immediately sent someone to deliver it to Lin One's father, the Class 3 native worker, Mus Baruch.
With enough native workers and resources, the construction for the defense of the territory was fast.
With this batch of blueprints, the speed at which he could complete the defense circle would increase by several times. Originally, it would take five days, but it should be completed by tomorrow or the day after.
When the bunker entered the tribal era, that area could be designated as the inner city.
The territory could expand indefinitely from the inner city outwards. He who was the Great Lord Lin, could just stay in the city, open some treasure chests every day and do some leveling up. Didn't that sound wonderful?
"The idea is beautiful, but the reality is harsh. The upgrade mode of this damn bunker is too lousy. It would be great if I could upgrade it remotely or conquer other bunkers from afar!"
Lin Ye thought regretfully.
Following that, another round of sales took place.
His hands were numb from opening treasure chests but 100xReward was something he couldn't let his subordinates do.
How infuriating!
"Little Xue, come. Do you know how to massage? Hurry up and massage the meridians of this lord's arm. It hurts so much. When I go back tonight, I'll cultivate to the peak of Class 3. I'll sign the contract with Tru and learn battle aura and other things to double the strength of my body! I don't believe that I'll still be so weak then!"
Lin Ye angrily ran to the sofa on the outdoor balcony to rest.
Priest Gran was sent to Lin Hai's territory to treat Lin Hai's injuries. He wanted to see if he could heal that guy sooner since he had the staff. That guy was after all an Awakened and must not die.
This kind of physical pain could only be resolved by a beautiful, kind, and elegant lady.
During this time, he did not idle around.
The living supplies that had dropped piled up on the ground. With a thought, they were all kept into his huge meru ring.
Zhang Liang and the others helped with the equipment.
Tru was not a fool and learned how to do it after a few tries. Lin Ye did not have to worry too much about it.
"My lord, is this strength okay?" Xue Xianyao carefully pressed on the meridians in Lin Ye's fingers.
"It's okay. Just do it your way."
Lin Ye replied and his gaze landed on the 100xReward experience points needed for leveling up.
While he was resting, he saw that his experience bar of 10,000 had increased by 200.
In other words, he had opened at least 200 bronze treasure chests during this period of time.
There were still more than 1,500 sandalwood treasure chests left.
Once he completed the mission of 100 people, the treasure chest exchange system would open and he could exchange for 150 bronze treasure chests.
Sweet!
Of course, the greatest gain was still the equipment. Now that there was no shortage of treasure chests, Lin Ye could open them willfully.
The yield of Class 3 equipment greatly increased.
Currently, regardless of grade, the total number of Class 3 Purple Tier weapons has reached an astonishing 580.
The number of equipment far exceeded that of their own Class 3 soldiers.
"My lord, my lord, a big client who has bought dozens of equipment left a message at the end of his purchase saying that he has a bigger business and would like to chat with you."
Not long after he rested, Zhang Liang rushed over.
"A large business deal? Some organization of sorts?" Lin Ye frowned.
To be honest, at this critical juncture of the early stage, he would rather sell it to an individual than to another alliance.
When these people gathered together, their resources were much better than the people playing individual mode. In the early stages, they were not afraid of small-scale zombie waves at all.
Furthermore, if he gave them too much, it would be difficult to avoid giving resources to the enemy. Although it was just a probability, it was one of the disadvantages.
Therefore, distributing them to different parties was the best outcome.
"Show me the message she left behind." Lin Ye waved.
"Here." Zhang Liang hurriedly used his Civilization Archive to send a message to him from a woman.
"Zhan Mingyue? Female fitness instructor? King Kong Barbie? Look at her muscles, it does make sense… Is she a liar? Something doesn't feel right."
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes. Heart's Web's and Hint's innate perception was extremely good.
The fellow named Zhan Mingyue wasn't within his perception range so he couldn't confirm the exact information.
However, even though this endless sky, he vaguely sensed that something was wrong.
Back in China, doctors called this persecutory paranoia!
But to Lin Ye, he was willing to call it a man's sixth sense.
"Let's chat a little and see how it goes."
He muttered and was about to communicate through the market page.
"I am Lin Ye. Tell me, what big business do you have?" Lin Ye went straight to the point.
He was earning a fortune every day now. If it wasn't for the fact that this guy was rich, he wouldn't have wasted his time even if it was just for an additional word.
Far away on the dark fog island, Zhan Mingyue was overjoyed when she saw the notification from the trading page.
However, looking at the coldness in Lin Ye's words, she couldn't help but snort. Why was he acting so haughty? When I get rich, I'll be more classy than you.
With that in mind, she quickly replied, "Lord Lin Ye, we still have a large number of low-level treasure chests. If we want to buy equipment, can you give us a better discount
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A large number of low-level treasure chests?
Lin Ye raised his eyebrows. This person was so lucky?
"Is the supply stable?" he probed.
If it was a large organization with a large territory, there would be quite a number of treasure chests just by accounting for those which spawned in the wilderness. It was easy to deduce from their words.
"It's stable. The supply is definitely stable." Zhan Mingyue's eyes lit up. She knew that he was interested!
When you know how many treasure chests I have and after we trade a few times, hmph, let's see if you still dare to be this arrogant.
"Interesting. Tell me how many you have. The more treasure chests there are, the more benefits there will be. If it exceeds a certain amount, I can give you five to six times the profit."
Lin Ye was spouting nonsense in all seriousness.
Five to six times!
What the f*ck, this guy was really rich!
Upon hearing this, even Zhan Mingyue, who had her own opinions about Lin Ye, had a good impression of him.
After some thought, she decided not to scare Lin Ye and gave him a conservative number.
"282 sandalwood treasure chests, 55 bronze ones, 2 silver ones. How about it, can you…"
In fact, they had obtained more treasure chests from the treasure caves than this, but this was only the third day of descent after all.
99% of the people here could not even understand the situation. It was impossible for them to obtain this many treasure chests.
If she told the truth, she would most likely be considered a scammer.
Bang—
However, before she could say the word 'discount', the chat on the trading page turned black.
"?" Zhan Mingyue blinked in surprise, question marks all over her head.
What was this situation?
I didn't say anything wrong. Did you blacklist me?
Was this person crazy!
Rejecting free money?
Unbelievable!
"Tsk, scammer!"
On the opposite end, Lin Ye was also cursing angrily.
"Calm down, my lord. What's wrong?" Xue Xianyao asked in confusion.
"The scammers this time are getting more and more unprofessional. They still want to play their tricks after descending to this world. Do they really think that I'm a fool with a lot of money? Oh, a fitness instructor who can casually take out hundreds of treasure chests, and there are even Silver Treasure Chests? I'd be an idiot if I believed you. Even if it's true, there must be something wrong with this bastard."
"What do you mean?"
"You don't even know this."
Lin Ye glanced at Xue Xian Yeo's career-mindedness and smiled with narrowed eyes. "Little Xue, in your heart, what do you think of this lord's strength right now?"
"It should be ranked at the top of the world." Xue Xianyao hesitated.
At this moment, there was no ranking system in the world or regional channels. However, from his wealth and number of soldiers, her lord was definitely terrifyingly strong.
Everyone else was still struggling to live.
But with her lord…
It was like a vacation. There were all kinds of strange things. Excavators, outdoor balconies, solid wood tea tables, Mountain Bulang's tea leaves which cost thousands, and thousands of high-class soldiers. The trashiest equipment here was Class 2 Blue Tier Advanced…
This difference would make outsiders want to kill themselves if they saw it.
"That concludes it. As the person who is ranked first in the world, I've been diligently killing zombies for three days. Even after annihilating the small zombie wave and the Haunted House, I didn't even get more treasure chests than a fitness instructor. Isn't this hilarious?"
Lin Ye sneered.
There was another thing which he did not express.
Within his territory, he had the help of his talents, Heart's Web and Hint.
Now, almost all the treasure chests which randomly spawned within a radius of a few thousand meters could not escape his search.
Just this alone was enough to beat 99% of the world's lone wolves. The remaining 0.1% was for the possible miracles.
Not to mention the treasure chests that dropped from killing zombies.
In this aspect, he dared to confidently say that among all the alliances in the world, there was definitely no individual or organization that could kill more zombies than him.
Even the probability of a miracle happening was zero!
This was not arrogance, but basic respect for his god-tier talent, 100xReward. 𝙡𝒊𝒃𝓻𝒆𝒂𝓭.𝙘𝓸𝓶
Under such circumstances, if anyone else had a tenth of his strength, they would be considered lucky.
But this fitness instructor… Bah, there was an 80% chance that even her identity was fake.
She actually had more treasure chests than him. If it was not fake, there must be something special hidden.
The former was unimportant, but if it was the latter, he had to be even more careful.
It was highly likely that the person was in the high echelons.
A governor from China? Or was it some mysterious power?
He was on guard.
There were some things that he could not figure out right now. He did not plan to have any contact with these mysterious people.
It was best that he did not hear anything. If he did not listen, he would not be shaken. If he was not shaken, nothing would happen to him.
He knew that he had to pretend to be ignorant and use the 100xReward to develop his territory. Selling things was the same for him after all. One carried risks while the other had zero risks.
Therefore, there was no need to continue this conversation.
After ending this 'farce', Lin Ye threw it to the back of his mind and casually blacklisted this scammer.
"…"
Xue Xianyao tilted her head in confusion.
Although she could not understand what her lord meant, it seemed to make sense.
In accordance with the principle that everything the Lord did was correct, she stayed quietly at the side and helped to massage his meridians.
As for Lin Ye, after dealing with Zhan Mingyue, a large number of trading and chatting messages appeared on his chat page.
They were not scammers, but old customers who had bought his items. All of them were frantically -ing him and asking if he had any Zombie Souls or other blueprints. Most of them did not want weapons anymore. They did not have many soldiers, and a few Class 2 Blue Tier weapons were enough.
Right now, everyone wants to develop steadily. The best resources were those two stated above.
After pondering for a moment, Lin Ye sent a pinned post.
"Zombie Souls will be sold in large quantities after dinner. As for blueprints, I don't have them for the time being."
Ridiculous. Even he himself lacked blueprints.
An extra one would increase his speed and save a lot of time in the early stages.
After sending this message, he left more than a hundred people behind to continue watching the market page. At the same time, he greatly reduced the speed at which weapons were put on the page.
He couldn't distribute too many at once. It should be a gradual process, similar to the concept of hunger marketing.
When it was almost midnight, meaning that the protection mechanism was about to disappear, there would be a huge explosion and profits would soar.
"Little Xue, stop massaging." Lin Ye waved his hand and tested the movement of his wrist. He chuckled and said, "It feels a lot better. I'll note down the 100 contribution points from you. What do you want to exchange for when you get back? Find Jiang Gong, who is guarding the warehouse, for living supplies. Weapons… from the looks of it, you don't seem interested in them either. If you have nothing to do, chat with Zhang Bao'er and the others to improve your relationship with them."
"Oh, okay." Xue Xianyao nodded obediently.
"Later, follow Zhang Liang and the rest to Lin Hai's territory."
"What about the lord?"
"Of course I'm going to blow up another Haunted House. Those are all ready-made treasure coves."
Lin Ye got up and with a thought, he kept the outdoor balcony and the tea-drinking tools.
"!"
As soon as he said that, the surrounding people rolled their eyes.
This was their lord. Something which was like a scary ghost in the eyes of others became an ATM in his eyes.
But on second thought, it didn't seem wrong.
More than 580 soldiers wearing Class 3 equipment and more than 2,000 soldiers with Class 2 equipment. Was it even going to be a fight?
Even if he stood there and let the low-level zombies bite him, they probably wouldn't even be able to break his defense.
Ridiculous!
"Lin One, dig out all 100 Level 2 Zombie Converters. Zhang Liang, I'll trouble you to make another trip. Send these 130 plus armory upgrade scrolls and blacksmith upgrade scrolls back to the territory. Get Lin Dachui's personal guards to follow and upgrade the armories and blacksmiths' levels as soon as possible. Make haste with the production of the free Class 2 equipment. The more the merrier. Don't be afraid of wasting materials."
Before he left, Lin Ye threw the three boxes of upgrade scrolls to Zhang Liang.. After instructing him, he rode on the giant earth wolf.
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"Tru, Adelia, Luo Fend, Su Yu, Xu Que, lead your subordinates, and let's set off!"
"Wang Qiang, drive your excavator and open a path in front!"
"Yes, my lord!" They replied loudly.
"Rumble!"
Wang Qiang excitedly returned to the driver's seat and started the excavator.
The engine whirred.
In this other world without any machinery, it looked especially out of place.
Tru rode on his Wind Wolf and shouted, "Cavalry soldiers, follow me!"
"Infantry, prepare yourselves!" Luo Feng followed closely behind.
Tap-tap-tap!
One by one, the soldiers moved orderly to queue either in a vertically or horizontally manner.
Every team strictly followed the orders from the various commanders.
To be able to do that, it was all thanks to the fact that they were all loyalists now that they wouldn't question orders.
Moreover, after resting for so long, with their equipment changed into a higher-level ones,
all the soldiers were already rubbing their fists in excitement. They could not wait to go to the Haunted House to test the strength of the new equipment.
"Rangers, protect the lord!"
Adelia was not to be outdone and led a group of rangers to the third camp.
With Lin Ye as the core, they formed a human fortress.
The outermost circle was the spearmen, the inner circle was the gladiators, the flanks were the wolf cavalry troops, and at the center were Lin Ye and the rangers with their long-range attacks.
"Target: Next Haunted House!
Thousands of people marched towards the north.
The zombies that were attracted along the way were instantly killed by a rain of arrows before they could even come close.
"Lady Adelia, don't waste your arrows. Give the foot soldiers in the front row a chance to contribute!"
Tru turned back and complained.
"Sure, I will do that next time." Adelia smiled.
A few minutes later, another wave of 100 zombies fell under the rain of arrows.
"!"
The foot soldiers were filled with bitterness.
Alright, in the end, even the cavalry team led by Tru did not care about martial rules. They rushed over from afar to snatch their contribution points.
"Don't be anxious. There are many more opportunities. The second Haunted House is just opposite." 𝒍𝓲𝙗𝒓𝒆𝓪𝒅.𝙘𝒐𝓶
The army passed through the dark fog. After walking for more than a thousand meters, they saw a black house that was three times larger than the one-star Haunted House.
A three-star Level 1 Haunted House?
Lin Ye chuckled and did not seem to care. He took out an electronic megaphone from his huge Meru Ring and said loudly, "Everyone, this is a three-star difficulty Haunted House. The numbers and difficulty of this Haunted House are three times that of the one-star haunted house. Although it's still trash compared to us if anyone dies…!"
At this point, he paused.
His imposing gaze swept across everyone. The Level 2 Lord's Skin was paired with the King's Armor's special effect, Disdain of The King (200% bonus).
In an instant, all the warriors below Class 3 felt as if a huge rock was pressed down on their backs, and their attributes fell drastically.
But in an instant, everything returned to normal.
"Oh my god, is the lord so powerful?!"
"One look from him and I almost knelt down!"
"This is too terrifying!"
The Class 1 and 2 soldiers were shocked.
Not long ago, their lord had used the Wind Splitting Bow and they thought that their lord was just pretending.
But in an instant, they were shaken to their core again.
Their lord was still a lord, forever a god!
Only the soldiers above Class 3 were clear-headed.
That pressure just now was definitely not from the lord, but the special effect of the Class 4 Silver Tier Armor—King's Armor.
It looked like an invincible bug, but its effect was useless.
It was only useful for those with lower cultivations.
Furthermore, the more people there were, the shorter the duration of its effect.
Like just now, it disappeared within half a second.
They knew about it but they did not expose their lord. All of them pretended to look serious and shocked.
Like this, Lin Ye's tall figure was instantly reflected in the hearts of every soldier.
"Very good."
Lin Ye's expression was calm, but inwardly he was satisfied with the soldiers' reaction.
He had finally won 1 round.
He continued in a dignified voice, "For the teams whose members have died in battle would be the shame of our territory. Their contribution points from this battle will be nullified. On the contrary, those who rank in the top 300 for the number of zombies killed will have a chance of obtaining a Class 3 attributeless soldier upgrade scroll!"
"For those who are already Class 3, after accumulating contribution points and reaching 1,000 points, you can request for a Class 4 Upgrade Scroll or Body Strengthening Pill or Class 4 Silver Tier equipment in advance! Once it drops, loyalists will obtain the treasure based on their rankings."
Sssh—
Everyone gasped.
What the hell. Their lord was walking further and further down the path of the rich.
In the past, it was a Class 2 and 3 upgrade scrolls and equipment.
Now, he directly skipped and changed it to be able to apply in advance for Class 4 Upgrade Scrolls, Body Strengthening Pills, Class 4 Silver Tier equipment as long as you had 1,000 contribution points?!
This treatment was comparable to that of the city guard armies from the 365 megacities of the underworld.
Note: The underworld is divided into 72 cities, 108 main cities, 240 major cities, and 365 megacities. (It's not based on strength, but economy. Those with poorer economies did not mean that they were weak. Some of their citizens may be so strong that they can win fights against 10 other people)
"Our lord is invincible!"
"Our lord is generous!"
Immediately, the soldiers below went crazy.
Even Tru, Luo Feng, Su Yu, and the others were the same.
1,000 contribution points only required them to kill 1,000 Level 1 zombies, or 100 Level 2 zombies, or 10 Level 3 zombies, or 1 Level 4 zombie!
It seemed like a lot, but for high-class soldiers, destroying three to four haunted houses was probably enough for them to reach that amount.
Before they came, the information was already recorded by the lord in the sandbox.
There were twelve haunted houses in the north. If they were all destroyed, as long as they worked hard enough, changing to a full set of Class 4 equipment should not be a problem.
Before there were any Class 5 in the territory, this pace of theirs was unstoppable!
Just the thought of it made their mouths feel dry.
"Hehe—"
"Roar—"
At this moment, the Haunted House on the other side seemed to be alerted by the cheers from the army.
The angry roars of a few Level 3 supervisor zombies came from the gloomy cave.
Immediately after, a wave of zombies charged out.
They formed groups and they looked like a sea of zombies.
As they dashed towards them, they let out excited screeches. They could not wait to devour these humans who did not know their place.
"Wow, this scene is truly spectacular!"
Lin Ye sat on the back of the Giant Earth Wolf. Heart's Web and Hint were activated to their limit.
Whoosh—
Streaks of invisible ripples spread through the sea of zombies.
"Friendly Hint: You are under attack by a three-star Haunted House. Total number of zombies: 6,832"
"Friendly Hint: For detailed information, you need to level your talent to level 2!"
"Danger Evaluation: G!"
Note: Hardest: SSS (Death God's Difficulty), Easiest: G (Easy Peasy).
"6,832 of them. That's twice the numbers I have."
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes as he used Heart's Web to sweep across his soldiers.
Now that they all had high-level equipment, they were not afraid at all.
All of them stood on the spot with their sabers in hand. With just a command from him, they would transform into ruthless hunters and charge into the sea of zombies.
Looking at the zombie wave, they were almost within the rangers' attack range.
Lin Ye raised his megaphone and shouted.
"Everyone, kill them all!"
Chapter 105
A loud sound wave spread throughout the area.
"Sisters, fire!"
Adelia howled and leaped into the air. She stopped five meters away.
Whoosh—
The Class 4 Wind Splitting Bow was pulled taut at her fingertips, and a large amount of green wind elemental energy gathered.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Elemental Ranger's secret skill—Triple Shots of Storm!
In the blink of an eye, an illusion appeared on her arm as she pulled the bow to its maximum three consecutive times.
Three arrows imbued with terrifying energy transformed into a green beam that tore through space, instantly creating three ditches that were more than 10 meters long in front of the zombies.
Whoosh—
The low-level zombies that were pierced by the arrows died instantly. The corpses were like tripwires, tripping over large numbers of zombies.
"Feels great!"
Adelia laughed. Just three arrows and she had already gained three hundred contribution points.
Her eyesight was strong. Among the zombies that she had just killed, two were rare Level 3 Supervisor Zombies and could be considered sub-leaders of sorts.
Before they could approach them, she killed them instantly, causing a commotion in the zombies around them.
"Sister, you're awesome!"
The other rangers cheered as they shot from afar.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Hundreds of arrows emitting purple light streaked across the sky, followed by a densely packed blue arrow silhouette.
The moment the arrows landed in the center of the zombie wave, they were like bolts of lightning.
Gasp! Gasp!
Each purple arrow possessed the terrifying penetrative power to pierce through city walls and easily pierced through four to five zombies.
This was the power of the Class 3 Purple Tier Fortress Battle Bow.
Against Level 1 and 2 zombies, it was like a harvester.
In terms of efficiency, it completely exceeded the previous Fish Stripe Bow.
Just this wave of arrows instantly killed more than 400 Level 1 zombies. A large number of arrows struck already dead zombies, otherwise, the destructive power would be greater.
After a few consecutive waves of arrows, more than 1,500 Level 1 zombies died.
There were still more than 5,600 zombies remaining. At this moment, they were also facing off against the foot soldiers.
"Spearmen brothers, follow me. I'll open the way!"
At this moment, Wang Qiang, who was at the front, chuckled heartily.
Before he came, he had got himself a Class 3 purple tier armor for himself. With his life not in danger, he drove the excavator and maximized its horsepower.
Taking the lead, he led the foot soldiers and clashed with the zombie wave.
Whoosh—
The terrifying power of the excavator.
Against Level 1 and 2 zombies, it was invincible.
The mechanical arm of the excavator swung its millstone-sized claws and cooperated with the spearmen as they fought their way into the zombie wave.
With a swing of the excavator's limb, more than ten zombies were crushed. Corpses flew everywhere and crashed into other zombies.
Before they could get up, the thousands of cavalry soldiers on the flanks attacked madly. Their efficiency was terrifying.
"Luo Feng, lead a team and follow me to kill all the Level 3 leaders."
Halfway through the fight, Tru became dissatisfied. He was now a Class 4 soldier, the top combatant in the territory.
The contribution points he gained from killing the Level 1 and 2 zombies were too low.
Furthermore, he also longed for a Class 4 Silver Armor. It would be best if he could kill a Level 3 zombie. Only then would his efficiency of accumulating points increase.
Of course, this was not done recklessly.
The operation to remove the leader of the zombie wave would also benefit all the soldiers.
A three-star zombie wave would be commanded by eight or nine Level 3 zombies. If the zombie's individual strength was weak, it would ultimately rely on the strength of the zombie wave.
Once all the small bosses died, these Level 1 and 2 zombies would be like headless flies, utterly defeated.
When the time came, it would be even easier to 'harvest'.
"Xu Que, Su Yu, I'll leave this place to you."
After saying that, Luo Feng led his personal guards and chased after Tru.
Swish!
Right at this moment, a black shadow suddenly leaped up from a small slope and threw Luo Feng off the back of the Wind Wolf.
It was a cunning Level 3 supervisor zombie.
At Level 3, they possessed the intelligence of a three-year-old human and knew how to hide to ambush.
Previously, Lin Ye almost fell for it.
Luo Feng fell for the same thing, but the result was the same.
Back then, Lin Ye was wearing a Class 3 Purple Star Armor. At this moment, Luo Feng was wearing a Class 3 Advanced Purple Class Armor—Magical Armor.
It could easily block the sneak attack of a Level 3 zombie.
Bang bang bang—
As expected, the supervisor's zombie took a few fierce bites, but only left a few teeth marks on the purple light released by the armor.
"Did you enjoy biting me?"
Luo Feng was furious.
Just these few bites used up 20% of the durability of the Magical Armor. His heart ached at the decreased durability.
Boom!
In an instant, battle aura erupted from his body, shaking the zombie away.
"Luo Feng, do you need help?"
Not far away, Tru looked back and asked with a laugh.
"No need!"
Luo Feng let out a cold harrumph, and his figure was as fast as an arrow, instantly colliding with the supervisor zombie.
Gurgles!
At the same time, the Class 3 Wind Wolf sneakily attacked.
A few wind blades landed on the supervisor zombie.
Although it did not pose any real threat, it diverted its focus.
"A good opportunity!"
Luo Feng was overjoyed. His Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon New Moon Battleaxe slashed out a cyan-colored beam.
The heavy blow landed on the zombie's neck.
Swish!
Its head was lobbed off as it flew and landed on the ground. The corpse fell to the ground.
"Beautiful, I've obtained 100 points!"
A smile appeared on Luo Feng's face as he threw a Zombie Soul to feed the Wind Wolf.
On the other side, Tru also found three supervisor zombies.
As a Class 4 soldier, his equipment was extravagant.
Advanced Class 3 Purple Tier Magical Armor alongside Beginner Class 4 Silver Tier Weapon—Berserker's Sword.
Facing the siege of three supervisor zombies, he was fearless.
The berserker's sword was like a door. It slapped one of them away and within a few hits, the three zombies were reduced to a wailing mess.
Gasp!
Right at this moment, a terrifying elemental arrow came from the distance, easily piercing through the head of the Level 3 supervisor zombie.
"Adelia, you kill the stealer!"
Tru was furious. He didn't want to play around anymore. Orange-red Class 4 battle aura surrounded his body.
Boom!
The ground beneath his feet cracked, and he charged into a group of zombies like a small steel cannon. His sword's energy exploded everywhere.
Soon, more than ten headless corpses fell to the ground. Among them were the two supervisor zombies from earlier.
"Luo Feng, hurry up. Don't let Adelia steal your kills!" Tru gritted his teeth and jumped onto the back of the Wind Wolf.
There were only a total of 9 Level 3 supervisor zombies.
Adelia was a long-range attacker and had already killed three of them. 𝘭𝑖𝒷𝓇𝘦𝘢𝒹.𝑐𝘰𝘮
He had killed two, and Luo Feng had killed one.
There were only three fish that had escaped the net. Not many left!
"Let's go!"
Luo Feng nodded with a grave expression. The group quickly moved forward to find their next target.
Behind the army, Lin Ye sat at the center, as firm as a rock.
Heart's Web monitored the entire scene. If there was any danger, he would get Adelia to shoot her Storm of Arrows as support.
In a short while, all the small bosses—Level 3 Supervisor Zombies—were cleared.
The Level 1 and 2 zombie which had lost its higher leveled leader immediately started running around like headless flies.
"Shield soldiers, gather and kill them all!"
"Cavalry soldiers, charge!"
Lin Ye picked up his megaphone and ordered loudly.
From the corner of his eye, the person who was the coolest in the whole place was Wang Qiang who was driving the excavator.
He did not know when, but Wang Qiang had already rushed into the center of the zombie wave.
He was completely stuck in the zombie wave and could not move at all.
Chapter 106
"My lord—save me! There are too many zombies. The mechanical arm is stuck!"
Looking at the dense sea of zombies, fear appeared on Wang Qiang's face as he shouted for help.
He had been having too much fun just now. He drove the excavator and barged his way through, but he didn't expect to reach the center of the zombie wave as he sped through.
By the time he came to his senses, it was too late.
"This idiot…" Lin Ye was speechless.
Wanting to act cool had its time and place as well. Fortunately, the glass in the driver's seat was hard enough. Level 1 zombies were temporarily unable to break through to the driver's seat.
"Adelia, help out with the rain of arrows," Lin Ye said, turning his head.
"Right away."
Upon hearing this, Adelia immediately organized hundreds of rangers, drew their bows, and shot.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Purple and blue arrows rained down, and the zombies within dozens of meters of the excavator were instantly cleared.
However, what was embarrassing was…
These arrows attacked indiscriminately. While killing the zombies, they also shattered the glass of the excavator.
"…"
"F*ck!"
After a short period of calm, looking at the zombie wave that surrounded him again, Wang Qiang's face turned green.
"I didn't do it on purpose…"
Embarrassed, Adelia suggested carefully, "My lord, why don't I kill him with one arrow? It's better than being bitten to death by a zombie."
"What do you mean by dying? All of you have buns as brains?"
Lin Ye was speechless. He picked up the megaphone and shouted crazily, "Idiot, pick up your weapon and fight. You're wearing a Class 3 Advanced Purple Tier Armor. All the Level 3 zombies that can threaten your life are dead. These Level 1 and 2 zombies can't even break through your defense. What are you afraid of? Coward, kill them all!"
At this moment, the sea of zombies had surrounded Wang Qiang.
Bites—
A round of furious biting but the bites were all blocked by a layer of purple light.
"Eh… I'm not dead?" Wang Qiang blinked.
At the same time, he heard Lin Ye's voice from the megaphone outside the circle of zombies. A trace of ecstasy instantly pulled him back from the abyss of despair.
"This is the power of Class 3 purple tier armor—Magical Armor! That's right, I have Class 3 armor! If they can't even break my defense, what's there to be afraid of!"
"Hahaha, I'm invincible!"
Wang Qiang laughed wildly. After discovering that Level 1 zombies were unable to harm him, the young man's courage immediately dispelled all fear.
He picked up the dagger at his waist and didn't care who it was anymore. He would kill whoever got close to him.
"F*ck your grandpa. You're the one who bit the hardest, right? Uncle Wang will give you a buff!"
Thump!
-100HP!
A single slash to death!
This was the power of the Class 2 blue tier weapon. One hit would ensure their deaths!
Ordinary white tier weapons would require a few more hits.
This was the difference.
"And you, don't think I forgot about you. Just because you're a female zombie, don't think that I won't stab you!"
Wang Qiang was suitable for smooth fights.
The more he fought, the braver he became. In high spirits, he sifted between the zombie wave, stabbing randomly. 𝙡𝓲𝙗𝙧𝓮𝒂𝒅.𝙘𝓸𝒎
Gurgles!
Jaw stabbed, eye punctured, temple stabbed…
"10 contribution points! Got it!"
"20 contribution points! Oh yeah!"
"50 contribution points! This is too easy, hahaha!"
Changing up his style as he killed was excitingly fun too.
"This guy…"
The corners of Lin Ye's mouth twitched. Although the scene looked a little disgusting, it was pretty nice to look at.
In the end, he actually felt his hands itch from watching it.
"My lord wants to go and fight too?" Adelia tilted her head and chuckled.
"Ahem, forget it. A lord doesn't stand at the bottom of a dangerous wall. I want to be steady and seek stability." Lin Ye had a straight face as he clasped his hands behind his back in displeasure.
Previously, he had just learned the ordinary version of the Storm of Arrows and almost failed, causing him to not have enough fun.
Hopefully, after destroying this Haunted House, a Level 2 sharing contract would drop.
With 100xReward, he could probably sign Tru.
When that time came, with his battle aura protecting him, he would not have to worry about any accidents happening. He could go down and kill as well.
"Didn't the lord master the Storm of Arrows? There are many people here right now. As long as you turn off your special ability, no one will notice. This can also train your archery skills. If you want to play, give it a try. It's rare for you to come out after all."
Adelia could tell that her lord was not being true to his heart and smiled gently.
"Alright, I'll give you face for that."
Lin Ye smiled and took a Class 3 Purple Tier Fortress Battle Bow from a beautiful ranger nearby.
He was currently only at the beginner level of Class 3, so this bow was just nice for him to use.
He turned off the special effect of the Level 2 Lord's Skin.
He drew the bow taut, shot the arrow, and imbued it with elemental power in one go.
Swish!
The purple arrows imbued with the power of wind tore through the air and pierced through two Level 1 zombies in a row.
Oh, the results were worse than ordinary Class 2 rangers.
Lin Ye scratched his head, not understanding why.
It didn't feel like this the last time he shot.
"The strength was a little off, but it's okay. The lord's learning ability beats all of us. We've learned archery for more than ten years while the lord has learned for less than an hour. You're already a rare super genius."
Adelia said softly, "There was too much wind elemental power just now. The bowstring vibrated slightly when it was fired, causing the arrow to deviate from its trajectory after it flew out. Try again after reducing the elemental power by a notch. With my lord's comprehension skills, I'm sure you can do it."
"Mm." Lin Ye nodded, and the way he looked at Adelia became friendly.
This lady used to be very arrogant, but after she became a loyalist.
She had changed, becoming gentler and more understanding than before.
It felt good. If only everyone could be so obedient and gentle.
Lord Lin sighed as he thought about that.
A moment later, with Adelia's help, Lin Ye's archery skills skyrocketed again.
Archery Experience +10, Archery Experience +10, Archery Experience +10…
100xReward.
Archery Experience +1000, Archery Experience +1000, Archery Experience +1000…
Gasp!
Killing four zombies with one shot!
He had improved a little as compared to the previous shot.
"Raise your left hand a little higher. When you release the bowstring with your right hand, remember to ignite the elemental power a little so that the arrow will fly faster!"
"When you're comfortable enough, you can shoot three times consecutively, to do Storm of Arrows x3!"
"Mm, sure!"
Lin Ye nodded.
Looking at the zombies dying under his arrows like skewers of candy, he finally understood Wang Qiang's feeling.
Killing zombies had to be done personally. The more he killed, the better he felt.
It felt too good. Continue!
Gasp! Gasp!
After 24 to 25 arrows.
He finally shot 5 with 1 arrow!
Furthermore, as he got used to it, the hit rate skyrocketed.
This achievement was similar to that of a Class 3 ranger who had trained for more than ten years!
And Lin Ye was still not satisfied with his results.
With the 100xReward buff, he immediately started trying Storm of Arrow x3!
Because Storm of Arrows was its foundation, Storm of Arrows x3 was not exactly out of reach.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The arrow pierced through the air, with the exception of the arrow in the middle which pierced through the four zombies,
the other two arrows deviated.
One flew towards the Haunted House, while the other flew towards his own camp.
Gasp!
Blood splattered.
Chapter 107
"F*ck! Sister Adelia, watch your people and ask them not to shoot randomly!"
Tru's aggrieved roar came from afar.
Originally, after killing the Level 3 Supervisor Zombies, he planned to slack a little.
Unexpectedly, after just slacking for a while, justice seemed to come from the heavens, and an arrow shot at his butt.
Fortunately, he had the protection of Class 3 Purple Tier Armor, Magical Armor, and Class 4 battle aura. It was only a light scratch and did not hurt much.
"Ahh, this!"
Lin Ye coughed lightly, feeling a little awkward. He actually injured his ally by accident.
"Ignore him. He won't die. My lord, please continue," Adelia encouraged.
"This isn't too good."
Lin Ye hesitated. He turned his head and fired nine consecutive Storm of Arrows x3 under Adelia's encouraging gaze.
Storm of Arrows x3 Experience +50, Storm of Arrows x3 Experience +50, Storm of Arrows x3 Experience +50…
100xReward.
Storm of Arrows x3 Experience +5,000, Storm of Arrows x3 Experience +5,000, Storm of Arrows x3 Experience +5,000…
[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have learned the ranger's secret skill—Storm of Arrows x3!]
Swish! Swish! Swish!
At the same time as the system's notification.
Lin Ye shot three Storm of Arrows in a row.
His actions were smooth and not inferior to Adelia who was in Class 4. 𝓵𝒊𝒃𝙧𝙚𝒂𝓭.𝓬𝙤𝙢
Three purple arrows imbued with wind elemental energy soared through the air. The terrifying penetrative power instantly killed dozens of Level 1 zombies.
"That's too strong!"
Lin Ye's eyes widened. This felt even better than using a pistol.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
He happily shot a large number of Storm of Arrows. Only when the wind elemental energy in his body was used up did he stop.
During this time, more than 350 Level 1 and 2 zombies died in his hands.
Half an hour later, the 6,832 zombies were all wiped out.
In the entire dark and foggy area, only the eerie and creepy haunted house was left.
Next up was the cleaning up of the battlefield.
Under Lin Ye's command, Lin One and the accompanying native workers installed Level 2 Zombie Converters in the empty space.
Previously, when he opened hundreds of bronze treasure chests, another 200 Level 2 Zombie Converters dropped.
Including the ones they dug out from the one-star Haunted House, there were a total of 300 of them.
It was extremely effective for the large-scale conversion of zombie corpses.
Foot soldiers belonged to the worker bee group. They were good at treasure hunting, corpse hunting, and support in the killing.
They stabbed the corpses one by one, and after that, threw all of them into the converters.
Fortunately, they had a lot of people. If each soldier threw in three corpses, it should be enough.
As for the cavalry soldiers, under the guidance of Lin Ye's Hint, they quickly gathered the treasure chests and blueprints from the thousands of zombies.
"Hahaha, I found three bronze treasure chests and obtained 300 points. Feels good!"
In the distance, at the center of the pile of corpses, Wang Qiang's face was covered in black blood. Beneath his feet, three chests emitting a cyan glow appeared. He was smiling like a fool.
"Everything okay?"
When he arrived, Lin Ye glanced at him and asked.
"I'm alright. However, the feeling of killing zombies at close range is awesome. It's like having an invincible buff in a game. The moment I go up, I just stab them repeatedly and they just cannot deal with me. Don't you think that's infuriating? It's just that it decreases the durability of Class 3 Magical Armor by quite a lot. After playing for half an hour, it only has one-tenth of its durability remaining."
Wang Qiang handed the three bronze treasure chests to Lin Ye and scratched his head while smiling foolishly.
"Go and find the accompanying advanced blacksmiths to repair it. I'll pay for the materials. I'm generous enough, right?"
Lin Ye gave him a sidelong glance. How could he not know what this guy meant?
"Hehe, our lord is generous!"
Wang Qiang gave him a thumbs-up before taking off the armor that was littered with teeth marks and going to find the blacksmiths.
"This guy…" Lin Ye narrowed his eyes, feeling that Wang Qiang was a bit interesting.
If it were anyone else, after killing so many zombies, with zombie innards splattered all over their body, they would have vomited a long time ago.
This person was actually fine. His mental fortitude was much stronger than expected.
It would all depend on whether there would be any incredible changes after they went to the four sacred halls.
If there was, he would be worth nurturing.
"My lord, according to your instructions, we've found all the treasure chests. This time, we obtained a total of 569 sandalwood treasure chests, 135 bronze treasure chests, and 2 silver treasure chests! 32 Class 1 Blueprints, 4 Class 2 Blueprints, and 3 Class 1 Soldier Blueprints."
At this moment, Tru brought his subordinates back and piled the other treasure chests in front of Lin Ye.
"Not bad, not bad. The reward is five times higher compared to the one-star Haunted House just now. There are also two Silver Treasure Chests. What a gain!"
Lin Ye smiled widely.
As usual, the sandalwood treasure chest was kept in the Civilization Archive. The blueprints were kept in his huge meru ring and he would give them to his family when he had the time.
The remaining 135 Bronze Treasure Chests and 2 Silver Treasure Chests would all be opened later.
In any case, the Zombie Converter wouldn't be able to finish converting within a short time.
He could use this opportunity to level his army up.
"Count the losses!"
Before opening the treasure chests, Lin Ye glanced at Tru and the other chiliarchs and said.
"No one died on my side, two were injured!" Tru raised his hand first.
"No one died on my side as well, one was injured!" Luo Feng was the second to answer.
"No one died here, there are four injured!"
"No deaths, but I've suffered quite some injuries, eleven of them!" Xu Que cleared his throat.
Previously, he and Wang Qiang's excavator had charged too fiercely, causing many of the soldiers in the frontlines to fall down. They were injured by their own people who chased after them, causing a stampede.
"No deaths, two injured." Su Yu chuckled, keeping a low profile.
"Rangers, none injured!" Adelia said proudly.
The team she led had the best results.
They killed the most enemies and suffered the least damage. Other than arrows, they did not suffer any losses.
The others cursed in their hearts when they heard this.
Damn it, rangers were always hiding behind and shooting randomly. It would be a wonder if they actually got injured.
Of course, on the surface, they still had to congratulate her.
"Lady Adelia is awesome. She's good at leading soldiers and excellent at archery. She could kill my prey accurately even from hundreds of meters away. Impressive."
This was True, still thinking about the Level 3 supervisor zombie that had been stolen.
"You can snatch my kill next time too." Adelia blinked and said playfully.
"…"
Tru had nothing to say. Asking a melee fighter to steal a long-range shooter…
How could she say such shameless things? She was really something.
Forget it, women were not to be trifled with.
Lin Ye did not stop them from bickering.
It was not bad to have some fun after the battle. It was not good to keep it in and accumulate any grievances they had.
"Are you guys done?"
Seeing that no one spoke, Lin Ye nodded and concluded, "Alright, I'll continue. Everyone performed well this time. Although there were some surprises in the middle, overall, you guys did not disappoint me. No one died in battle. I'm satisfied with that."
"Correspondingly, I will never be stingy with treasures for my people who have contributed greatly to the development of my territory."
"I have 100 Level 2 Body Strengthening Pills. Everyone who is injured will receive five pills. Send them back to Lin Hai Territory to recuperate. Tell Priest Gran to treat everyone back to full health."
"My lord, I'm injured too! I was shot by Adelia's arrow!"
Tru suddenly raised his hand, his eyes glowing as he stared at the porcelain bottle containing the Body Strengthening Pill in Lin Ye's hand.
Chapter 108
"You're already in Class 4, yet you still need a Level 2 Body Strengthening Pill?"
Lin Ye coughed lightly. He was the one who shot that arrow after all.
"I don't need it, but people in my clan need it."
Tru scratched his head, embarrassed. "When we get back to the territory and the bunker upgrades, the population of the lord will still be able to increase by a large margin. Ron and I have discussed it. Together, we can activate the teleportation array for our fathers and other brothers. At that time, if I don't give them some benefits, they will think I'm lying."
"You don't know, but my brothers are ignorant. They only recognize Body Strengthening Pills. It's best to use this to cheat… ahem, it's best to establish a relationship."
"How thoughtful of you." Lin Ye's eyes lit up. This brat was finally becoming smarter.
This way, the number of Class 2 and 3 soldiers who could be brought over would greatly increase.
There might even be Class 4 soldiers.
Wonderful.
"What's the big deal about a Level 2 Body Strengthening Pill? It's my brother's family. How can I bring out such trash? I can't afford to lose them. Here, this bottle of Level 2 pills is for the injured soldiers, don't think about those. This bottle is for you."
Lin Ye casually took out a white jade bottle from his huge meru ring and threw it to Tru.
"This is!"
Tru was curious but he had his suspicions.
Whoosh—
When the bottle cap was opened, this area was immediately surrounded by a clear and strong medicinal fragrance.
Lin Ye took a deep breath and felt energized.
He originally planned to keep this bottle of Level 3 Body Strengthening Pill for himself.
He would dig out the sharing contract hidden under the three-star Haunted House later.
He planned to sign a warrior this time to cultivate his battle aura. The effect of using a Body Strengthening Pill would be excellent.
However, Tru's words reminded him that Tru was willing to bear the jeers of being a scumbag by bringing his family here to him.
He could not let his subordinates pay for this bit of money.
Lin One was like this the other time. He betrayed his father behind his back by bringing him over. In the end, he was 'taught a lesson' by his uncle.
Therefore, this time, he felt that there was a need to bring out this bottle of Level 3 Body Strengthening Pill.
In any case, it was not like he couldn't get any more from treasure chests. The drop rate of treasure chests had increased a lot now, and he could still make a stable income through the market page.
When he opened treasure chests later, he might be able to get hundreds or thousands of them.
Buddha once said that you could only gain with sacrifice.
This was a wise saying.
As expected, Tru's eyes widened when he saw the hundred small, sparkling pills at the bottom of the bottle.
Level 3 Body Strengthening Pills!
The amount… 100 of them!
He jolted and raised his head, saying in fear, "My lord, this is too precious."
The others felt the same, and waves of shock arose in their hearts.
They knew that their lord had always been generous. Everyone had either a Class 3 Purple Tier or Class 4 Silver Tier weapon.
But that was one thing.
This time, he gave out 100 Level 3 Body Strengthening Pills at one go.
That value was enough to buy 20 to 30 Class 3 Purple Tier weapons.
In the underworld, it was definitely a huge sum.
"Since I gave you, just take it. Did you forget what I said last time again?"
Lin Ye frowned. "There is a first and a second time. I don't want a third repeat."
"Well… then, I will graciously accept this."
Tru accepted it obediently.
He could tell that his lord would be angry if he refused again.
Luo Feng and the others were filled with envy.
"Don't stare anymore. It's the same for all of you. When you summon your parents from your clans, look for me in advance to request for supplies." Lin Ye smiled.
"My lord, there's no need to consider. I'll go back with Boss Tru and summon my clan!"
Xu Que was the first to step forward, his voice resolute and decisive.
"Well, count me in too. We will collect the supplies together lest we trouble the lord further."
Su Yu hesitated for a moment and smiled.
"…"
Lin Ye's gaze swept across the few of them and he sighed. "You're all filial children. Very well. I'm the most willing to do good for others. Please register first. When I open treasure chests later, I'll hold it for you."
After saying this, he looked at Luo Feng expectantly.
Among the native warriors, Luo Feng's clan was the strongest. He heard that his father was a Class 5 elite. Oh my god, he wondered if he could recruit him.
"For the time being, I might not be able to summon my father."
Meeting Lin Ye's gaze, afraid that his lord would misunderstand, Luo Feng hurriedly explained, "My lord, it's not that I'm unwilling, but my father has reached Class 5. He can only come after the first zombie wave, or he will be punished by the rules."
"I see." Lin Ye was slightly surprised. He knew that it was difficult to get a Class 5 in the early stages, but he did not expect it to be like this.
"My lord, it is indeed like that."
Adelia nodded. "Actually, I have the same problem. My mother has a special status and is very powerful. It will take a long time before I can summon her."
"No worries. Take your time then. There's no hurry." Lin Ye chuckled.
To him, loyalty was the most important thing. If the strong person he summoned was disloyal, he would rather nurture new people from scratch.
After all, with 100xReward, he had the confidence that he could.
"Let's leave the matter of summoning for later. We'll talk about it when we get back."
Lin Ye waved his hand to stop the topic and pulled them back to their original topic.
"Next, it's time to reward the soldiers based on their contributions. Before the battle, I said that the top 300 people in terms of combat achievements will receive a Class 3 Attributeless Upgrade Scroll. This is the 300 upgrade scrolls. I'll leave them to Tru for safekeeping for the time being. After this meeting is done, go and find Zhang Bao'er to tabulate the rankings and pass them to the individuals."
"As for those who want to apply for equipment above Class 4, wait for a while. I don't have any here. Never mind, I'll open them on the spot. Move aside."
With that, he cleared a relatively empty area.
With a wave of his hand, he placed the 135 bronze treasure chests and 2 silver treasure chests on the ground.
"Open! Open! Open!"
"Give me good drops!"
After the market trading and opening of the treasure chests, Lin Ye was more familiar with it.
With every step he took, five treasure chests would open.
In just a few seconds, the 137 treasure chests exploded with dazzling light.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Moments later, a large amount of blue light, purple light, and a few silver lights landed on the ground.
"You have obtained 100 Level 3 Stone Fence blueprints."
"You have obtained 100 bags of Orleans drumsticks!"
"You have obtained 100 Advanced Class 2 Special Category Purple Protection Gear—Shadow Boots!"
"You have obtained 100 Beginner Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon—Legion's Longsword!"
"You have obtained 100 Level 3 Body Strengthening Pills!"
"You have obtained 1 Class 4 Silver Tier—Demon Spirit Dagger!"
…
"Will the drop rate increase when I open more treasure chests? Why do I feel like the drops are getting better?"
Looking at the treasures all over the ground, Lin Ye was in disbelief.
Especially the last two treasures from the Silver Treasure Chests.
It was much better than before.
"You have obtained 1 Level 3 Chef Recruitment Order!"
"You have obtained 1 Advanced Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon—Greedy Wolf Blade!"
100xReward.
You have obtained 100 Level 3 Chef Recruitment Order! (Chefs belong to a special profession. A single recruitment order can only recruit one person.)You have obtained 1 Level 4 Chef Recruitment Order!Random Chef Recruitment Order!You have obtained 100 Intermediate Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon—Greedy Wolf Blade!You have obtained 1 Class 4 Silver Tier Weapon—Blood Shadow Battle Blade! (Beginner Hero Tier Exclusive Weapon)A random weapon!
There was nothing to be conflicted about with the chefs. He just chose option one.
As the population of the territory increased, the need for high-level chefs also increased. However, the drop rate of this thing was ridiculously low.
It was not easy to drop it, so of course, he had to choose for the quantity.
As for the weapons, 100 Intermediate Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon—Greedy Wolf Battle Blade. This class was too attractive.
However, a special note appeared below the Blood Shadow Battle Blade.
Hero Tier exclusive weapon?
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What was a Hero-Tier exclusive weapon?
It sounded awesome just from the sounds of it.
Lin Ye was a little conflicted.
Subconsciously, he felt that this thing should be very powerful.
However, he was a little unwilling to give up on the 100 Class 3 Purple Tier Greedy Wolf Blades.
"F*ck, it's said that only children make choices, adults would choose everything. I wonder if I will be able to choose all options when 100xReward's level is maxed out…"
Lin Ye yearned for it, but he could only accept this cruel reality.
"Let me just close my eyes and pick one."
Three seconds later, under the confused gazes of Tru and the others, Lin Ye opened his eyes and saw that he was pointing at option 3.
"!"
F*ck, forget about this pothole. Take it as if he didn't say anything.
"I choose option 2!"
Lin Ye decided and touched on the option directly.
With his current situation, an addition of 100 Class 3 Purple Tier weapons might not necessarily increase his strength by much.
He was curious about special equipment like this.
"You have obtained a Peak Stage Class 4 Silver Tier Weapon—Blood Shadow Battle Blade! (Beginner Hero Tier exclusive weapon)"
After he finished speaking, the Silver Treasure Chest shone for a second time.
A beam of light that was half silver and half dark gold exploded.
Inside the beam of light was a completely black long saber with a red line stretching through the center. It looked like a piece of technology.
"Is this the so-called hero tier exclusive weapon?"
Lin Ye blinked and touched it with his fingers.
The information about the weapon was as follows:
Weapon: Blood Shadow Battle Blade
Level: Peak Stage Class 4 Silver Tier weapon (Rarity Level: )
Name: Beginner Hero Tier Exclusive Weapon
Skill: Blood God's Possession (Body will meld into a Blood Shadow. Speed and Strength will be holistically increased. Class 5 and below can increase their class by 1 at most. Duration: 30 seconds. Cooldown: 1 day. Using Zombie Souls can reduce the cooldown time. The stronger you are, the greater the consumption.)
Passive: Bloodthirsty Battle Intent (The blade can devour any blood and replenish oneself. The more you fight, the stronger it becomes)
Side effect: The longer you use the skill, the longer you will be weakened afterward.
Bindings: Users who form telepathy with the hero-tier weapon will be considered the exclusive user. Combat power will be doubled and your weakness will be halved afterward.
"I'm rich, I'm rich! This weapon is too damn powerful!"
Lin Ye's mouth was dry from reading.
Just from the rarity level of the saber, one could tell how terrifying it was.
One had to know that the huge meru ring and the basic Level 4 sharing contract only had three stars for its rarity. One filled in and the other two were emptied stars.
This one directly had four stars for its rarity.
And they were all filled with stars. Its value probably far exceeded the two treasures above.
In addition to that were the two skills it offered.
One skill was similar to Demonic Dissolution or an explosive skill that allowed one to summon a god into their body.
The other passive skill was the special effect of the Blood Imbibing Sword which would allow him to fight continuously.
In summary, if Tru and Adelia used it.
Perhaps he could break the shackles of being unable to own a Class 5 expert before the first zombie wave.
Most importantly, he could use the Zombie Souls to reduce the cooldown time of this big move.
This was definitely made for him!
In terms of wealth, who could compare to him?
If he encountered a strong enemy, it would be limitless. The only thing he had to ask was if the opponent was afraid.
On the other side, Tru and the others also saw the Blood Shadow Battle Blade fly out. Their eyes widened and their breathing quickened.
"Dark gold? Class 5 equipment!"
"No, no way! A Silver Treasure Chest can also drop Class 5 equipment?"
"Wait, I don't think it's Class 5. A portion of it is silver light!"
As soon as he said that, the crowd fell silent.
Tru and the others looked at each other. The things that were only mentioned in their family records appeared in their minds.
F*ck!
Seriously!
The surrounding people who were watching were shocked.
"My lord, is this weapon a Hero-Tier exclusive weapon?"
After a long time, Luo Feng took a deep breath and asked with a burning gaze.
As he spoke, he could vaguely sense the invisible connection between him and the black saber from seven to eight meters away.
This item is fated to me?
"Yes, it is! What's the matter?"
Lin Ye looked at them with a strange expression. From Heart's Web, he could clearly see a few brightly colored emotional particles.
There was greed and envy that eventually faded into a tinge of pity…
"It's really a hero-tier exclusive weapon!" A look of disappointment and frustration appeared on Luo Feng's face. Although he felt that this weapon was compatible with him and he longed to obtain it, the territory's first hero-tier weapon would definitely be for his lord. Why would his lord give it to a Class 3 soldier?
"My lord, I heard that only the lords of cities and top elites of the underworld have the right to possess such a weapon." Tru sighed.
"All of the city lords have it?" Lin Ye frowned.
He remembered Nicole mentioning that there were hundreds of city lords in the underworld.
"Yes. It's not just an honor, but a…"
Before Tru could finish speaking, Lin Ye's face darkened. He gritted his teeth and threw the weapon to the ground. He begrudged, "I thought it was a divine weapon of sorts, but in the end, it's something all the hundreds of city lords in the underworld have. It's just a typical commodity. This is too trashy. If I had known earlier, I would have chosen 100 Greedy Wolf Blades!"
"…"
"My lord, you can't look at it that way." Luo Feng smiled bitterly. His gaze landed on the bloodied ground which the weapon now laid, and he felt extreme pain in his heart.
However, without Lin Ye's explicit instructions, he did not dare to pick it up and continued, "The weakest city lord of the underworld is at least Class 8. Therefore, a hero-tier exclusive weapon cannot be judged by its class."
"In the hands of certain people with extremely high binding values, its power and functionality are definitely not inferior to ordinary Class 7 or 8 weapons."
"I see."
Lin Ye's expression gradually relaxed as he asked, "Binding? How do I test that?"
He had seen similar information from the weapon's description. Those with high binding values could indeed double their effectiveness.
However, there was no indication of how to determine the binding value.
"Just hold the weapon's hilt. If you have high compatibility with this weapon, it will emit a cheerful blade hum. The louder the sound, the better the compatibility." 𝓵𝒊𝓫𝙧𝙚𝒂𝙙.𝒄𝓸𝒎
Luo Feng, who was the son of the main wife of a great clan, quickly explained.
"I'll give it a try first." Lin Ye was full of excitement.
As he spoke, he grabbed the hilt of the Blood Shadow Battle Blade.
"Whoosh—"
The blade shook slightly and gave a slight hum, similar to the volume of the sound of a child peeing.
Furthermore, the blade seemed to become heavier, as if it was trying to escape his control.
"Ah, this…"
Luo Feng and the others exchanged glances with one another.
"Hmph, ignorant blade!"
Upon seeing this, even if Luo Feng and the others did not explain, Lin Ye could tell.
His compatibility with the Blood Shadow Battle Blade was not high.
But he was not convinced.
He was a super genius who had a god-tier talent, but he was actually underestimated by this puny top-tier Class 4 hero exclusive weapon.
He immediately emptied the remaining thousands of Zombie Souls in his inventory and poured them all onto the Blood Shadow Battle Blade.
"Eat, don't you like eating zombie souls? I'll stuff you to death!"
"Whoosh—"
Whirr—-
In the blink of an eye, the Blood Shadow Battle Blade, which had devoured a large number of zombie souls, shook intensely.
The sound of the blade became as deafening as a dragon.
"!"
"Can it be done like this?!"
Luo Feng's eyes widened, his face colored with incredulity.
He had never heard of a hero's weapon being bought over with money?
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"Hahaha, money can do everything. This is the charm of money! You guys don't understand!" Lin Ye laughed.
Holding the Blood Shadow Battle Blade, he felt that this thing became extremely docile.
The blade became as light as a feather, completely different from its initially unruly and heavyweight.
At the same time, the method to use the Blood God's Possession appeared in his mind. He could just recite the phrases in his heart?
"Let's give it a try. It's not like I'll die anyway."
Lin Ye muttered 'Blood God's Possession' in his heart curiously.
Boom!
In an instant, blood-red light exploded from the dark Blood Shadow Battle Blade.
The light spread from the hilt of the saber and quickly enveloped Lin Ye's entire body. His hair was standing, and his appearance looked like that of Super Saiyan.
At the same time, the Blood God's Possession began to increase all his stats. All the cells in his body seemed to be excited as a large amount of hidden energy burst forth.
His strength, speed, reaction speed, and other attributes were increasing rapidly.
His five fingers clenched into a fist. His body, which had clearly not been strengthened by battle aura, actually gave off a slight humming sound.
"Su Yu, come, exchange a blow with me!" Lin Ye shouted.
Bang!
The ground beneath his feet exploded like Tru's, and he used the counterforce to lift off from his original spot.
Blood flashed.
Clang!
The Blood Shadow Battle Blade and the New Moon Battle Axe collided. Lin Ye did not move, but Su Yu's feet were like carved a trench as he flew ten meters back.
That was not all. With a cracking sound, a thin crack appeared on Class 3 Purple Tier New Moon War Axe.
Thud!
The crack became longer and longer, and the ax head cracked off.
"Oh my god, is it that sharp?"
Su Yu stared with his eyes wide open. He was incomparably shocked and had a bitter expression on his face. A Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon was wasted just like that.
"Hahaha, this feels great!"
On the other side, Lin Ye laughed and casually threw out something with a silver shadow. "Catch it. This is your compensation."
"Hm?"
Su Yu was stunned. He grabbed the object instinctively.
The light faded away and a silver dagger appeared.
When his fingers touched it, the information was as follows:
Weapon: Demon Spirit Dagger
Level: Beginner Class 4 Silver Tier Weapon (Rarity Level: )
Skill: Demon Spirit's Sudden Strike
Effect: Transform into a Demon Spirit. Ignores physical collisions for a short period of time. When your attack materializes, the user will leave the Demon Spirit state.
Passive: Slash. Wounds caused by the Demon Spirit Dagger will result in death by bleeding without Level 4 medicinal pills or Class 4 healing techniques
After reading the weapon's information, Su Yu was shocked.
"This… this is, this is the beginner Class 4 Silver Tier Weapon—Demon Spirit Dagger!"
"It should be enough as compensation for your New Moon Battle Axe." Lin Ye chuckled.
"Enough, more than enough!" Su Yu hugged the dagger and smiled until his mouth was about to turn crooked.
This treasure simply suited him too well. It was a superb weapon to assassinate people.
"My lord, would you like another sparring partner? I'm ready."
Xu Que drew his Advanced Class 3 Dragon Roar Sword and looked expectantly at his lord.
"Forget about it. The Dragon Roar Sword is not bad. I'll make do with this for now."
Lin Ye shook his head. This fellow's strength was about the same as Su Yu's, so there was no need to waste his weapon.
There were ten seconds left until the Blood God's Possession ended. The blood-colored figure flashed.
In a few leaps, he arrived at the first floor of the haunted house.
At this moment, the haunted house was extremely empty. All the zombies had been looted by the soldiers as contribution points.
Only a teleportation array with a blue passageway was left behind.
His fingers touched it. 𝓵𝙞𝒃𝓻𝓮𝙖𝓭.𝙘𝓸𝓶
This was a one-way teleportation array. It could only transport zombies from hell to this place.
"Break!"
Lin Ye drew his weapon in a blood-red crescent, and the blade easily destroyed the runes on the surface of the teleportation array.
Bang!
The blue array shattered but one could still vaguely hear the roars.
"Tsk, trash. Come and bite me if you have the guts."
Lin Ye had a look of disdain on his face. He used a knife to pry open the floor below the teleportation array and quickly found what he wanted.
It was a scroll that was glowing purple.
"You have obtained a Level 3 basic sharing contract!"
100xReward.
100 Class 3 basic sharing contract!1 Class 4 advanced sharing contract!Random sharing contract of a random level!
"F*ck! What's going on today? So many good drops from treasure chests and even the contracts I dig out are insane!"
Lin Ye started. He originally thought that it had a 99% chance of being a level 2 sharing contract.
He didn't expect his good luck to catch him off guard.
If he took the Class 4 advanced sharing contract, binding to the early-stage Class 4 Tru would definitely be a huge loss.
The random probability was too uncertain, so there was nothing to be conflicted about.
"I choose option 1."
Whoosh—
After the choice was made, the purple contract in his hand seemed to have been hit by a multiplying trick.
One became two, two became four, four became eight…
In the blink of an eye, Level 3 sharing contracts were scattered all over the ground!
Fortunately, Tru and the others didn't see it. Otherwise, they would have their mouths wide open in shock at their lord's luck again.
"Keep it!"
His thoughts swept across all the contracts and the meru light engulfed them, storing them all in his interspatial ring.
At the same time, the system sent a congratulatory message.
[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You are the first human lord to destroy a three-star Level 1 Haunted House. You have been rewarded with 30,000 Reputation points.]
100xReward.
"You have received 3,000,000 Reputation Points!"
"As expected of a haunted house. It didn't disappoint."
Looking at the 3,700,000 million reputation points in his inventory, Lin Ye's smile widened.
However, in the next moment, his expression changed drastically.
F*ck!
The Blood God's Possession skill had ended. The blood glow that enveloped his body disappeared.
Immediately afterward, a wave of weakness overwhelmed him, as if his body had been hollowed out, and his footsteps were weak.
Clang—
He couldn't even hold on to the blood-colored sword.
His body staggered and he almost fell to the ground.
"My lord, are you alright?"
A moment later, Adelia ran after him and supported him quickly.
"My legs feel like jelly. Help me back quickly."
Lin Ye pointed at the blood-red sword on the ground. "The sword… bring it along."
"I understand. Rest well and don't talk."
Adelia casually grabbed the hilt of the sword and carried Lin Ye up in a princess hug.
"!"
Lin Ye felt miserable in his heart. He asked for her to help him back, no one asked for her princess to hug him back.
He wanted to stop her, but the words were stuck in his throat. Before he could say anything, they were already at their destination.
Looking at the strange gazes directed at him, Lin Ye buried his face in Adelia's arms and wanted to cry.
My lifelong reputation has been destroyed!
Of course, that was with the exception of Luo Feng, who was completely focused on the blood-colored sword.
"My lord, what should we do with this sword?" When Lin Ye calmed down, Adelia asked.
"What do you feel when you carry it?" Lin Ye glanced at her.
This thing emphasized compatibility, which was also the binding value.
For example, he reckoned that the compatibility between them was a little low. Even if he spent money, he would be a little weak afterward.
"It doesn't react to me. I don't think it's my kind of thing." Adelia shook her head.
"Let the rest try." Lin Ye waved his hand.
No matter how good it was, he still had to make sure that he made the best use out of it.
In any case, he was not interested. Unless there was a compatible user, everyone else would have to kneel after using it once.
In that case, it was completely a double-edged sword. If used well, it could be used to kill enemies of a higher class. If not used well, the person might not be able to kill them and instead kill themselves.
"I'll go first." Tru took the lead and took the Blood Shadow Battle Blade from Adelia.
He was also envious of this legendary hero-tier exclusive weapon. Even the Class 4 Silver Tier Berserker's Sword on his back did not seem as attractive.
However, after a moment, his face flushed red. He angrily stabbed the sword into the ground.
He cursed angrily, "This sh*tty sword, he actually despises my lack of talent? F*ck, it's just a weapon. I didn't despise it, but you're riding on your high horse?!"
"Commander Tru, you have no fate with this sword. It's better for me to do it. I, Xu Que, am known as the boss of the 13 Realms. All divine artifacts and divine beasts are like dogs before me. Hurry and move back. I'll teach you a lesson." Xu Que casually walked out and forcefully pulled at the Blood Shadow Battle Blade.
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Clang—
The Blood Shadow Battle Blade in Xu Que's hand vibrated violently as pleasant hums rang out continuously from the sword as if it was in high spirits.
The crowd was shocked.
"A compatible person?" Luo Feng's heart thumped.
He had a strong sense of attachment to this hero-tier exclusive weapon. If possible, he too wanted it.
However, he didn't expect this blade to like Xu Que so much, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
"No way! Xu Que is so strong?!" Su Yu's eyes widened in disbelief.
Looking at the other party's Blood Shadow Battle Blade and the Class 4 Silver Tier Demon Spirit Dagger that he had just received, it somehow didn't feel good.
"This doesn't make sense! Xu Que is so much weaker than me, and this dumb sword even despises me, but he acts like a loyal dog in front of Blackie Xu. I refuse to accept this!"
Tru's face flushed, and his ego took a stab.
"Hahaha, it seems to like me a lot. Thank you for giving me this place."
Xu Que's face was flushed with success. He used the Blood Shadow Battle Blade in his hand to slash out a few sword beams, looking natural.
"Hey, Luo Feng hasn't even tried yet so why are you so smug? Luo Feng's talent is enough to beat you. It's still unknown who this sword would belong to," Tru said unhappily.
"I have 100% confidence in myself."
Xu Que patted his chest and happily handed the Blood Shadow Battle Blade to Luo Feng, saying with a smile, "Brother Luo, come and give me a show. If I lose to you, I'll admit defeat. If it's any other people, they're just trash."
"Hey, brat, don't curse at me behind my back. Do you believe that I will beat you up again?" Tru clenched his fist, his knuckles cracking.
"My lord, this person wants to start an internal strife."
Xu Que stuffed the Blood Shadow Battle Blade into Luo Feng's hand, turned around, and complained to Lin Ye.
"Clang!"
Unexpectedly, before Lin Ye could mediate the situation, the Blood Shadow Battle Blade suddenly let out a loud sword hum.
"Hm? What?!"
Xu Que turned around with an incredulous expression.
The Blood Shadow Battle Blade only responded to two people. One was Lin Ye, and the other was him.
In Lin Ye's hands, it was not because of his talent, but because of the temptation of the Zombie Soul.
The sound of the saber was like a dragon, extremely loud and clear.
As for Xu Que, his talent was strong, and he was able to produce a sound similar to Lin Ye's.
His compatibility with the Blood Shadow Battle Blade was pretty good as well.
However, to his surprise, the two of them combined were actually inferior to Luo Feng.
When Luo Feng's finger touched the battle saber, the Blood Shadow Battle Blade was like an excitable fawning dog. It immediately unleashed its Blood God's Possession, causing Luo Feng to instantly advance to the peak of Class 4.
A terrifying aura swept out along with a blood-colored wave. It was like a tornado, crushing all the elites present.
"F*ck! This guy is too strong!" Tru swallowed.
When he looked into Luo Feng's eyes just now, he felt like he had seen a death god that had stepped over mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
In the blink of an eye, the other party could kill him instantly.
This was still Luo Feng who had used the upgrade scroll. Once he underwent the baptism at the Four Sacred Halls, he did not dare to think about how strong Luo Feng would become.
"As expected of Boss Luo, awesome!" Su Yu narrowed his eyes and shouted somewhat sloppily.
He did not care about the ownership of the treasure.
In any case, with his lord as his backing, it was only a matter of time before he obtained his personal weapon.
So what if he had to wait for a little while!
"Your younger brother has lost!" Xu Que sighed. He picked up his Class 3 Purple Tier weapon, the Dragon Roar Sword, and patted the blade. "Old friend, it looks like I'll have to wrong you for a while more."
Soon, thirty seconds passed and the Blood God's Possession disappeared.
Unlike Lin Ye, Luo Feng's face was only pale, and he did not seem to feel any discomfort.
Obviously, Luo Feng was the compatible one, the true owner of the Blood Shadow Battle Blade.
"The Yang energy of warriors is still strong!"
Lin Ye, who had been watching the entire time, couldn't help but grumble sourly.
However, he did not panic. He waved at Luo Feng with a smile.
"My lord, your sword!"
Luo Feng walked forward, thinking that Lin Ye still wanted the sword back. Although he was unwilling, he still bowed and handed it over.
"The sword has already recognized you as its owner. I won't go so far as to snatch the things of my subordinates."
Lin Ye leaned half his body on Adelia and forced himself to take out a Level 3 sharing contract. He chuckled and said, "Come, good things come in pairs. First, congratulations on obtaining a hero-tier exclusive weapon. Next, it's the matter between the two of us. Hurry up and sign this sharing contract. I'm f*cking dying from this weak constitution!"
"Oh, okay." Upon hearing this, Luo Feng heaved a sigh of relief.
He quickly withdrew his Blood Shadow Battle Blade and eagerly squeezed out a drop of blood essence to press his palm on the contract.
For Lin Ye's loyalists, signing a contract with their lord was a supreme honor, and Luo Feng was no exception.
"Okay, sure."
With Adelia's help, Lin Ye quickly pressed his palm on the contract.
Swish—
Soon, the contract shattered, turning into two streams of light that merged into the space between Lin Ye and Luo Feng's eyebrows.
At the same time, a warm current spread through his body, instantly filling up the weakness he felt previously.
"Don't have to hold onto me anymore. Let me try it myself." Lin Ye waved his hand and dismissed Adelia.
At this moment, the warmth flowed a few cycles around his body and it miraculously recovered.
Furthermore, when he looked at the Blood Shadow Battle Blade, the sound of the blade ringing could be heard even through the air, which meant that he had equivalent to half of Luo Feng's compatibility.
"As expected, a sharing contract is awesome. It can even reflect the attributes of compatibility." Lin Ye praised.
His eyes flashed as he activated Heart's Web.
Luo Feng's eyes flickered.
Lin Ye's talent was too strong. 100xReward and Hint could not be reflected.
Currently, he could only project his Heart's Web talent. Even so, it still shocked Luo Feng greatly.
He had experienced this comprehensive support ability once with the help of his lord.
He did not expect to gain access to such an ability after signing a sharing contract.
He felt that no matter which type of soldier a person was, obtaining this ability would be extremely helpful.
"My lord, are there more contracts? We want to sign it too!"
After hearing Luo Feng's words, Su Yu and the others were tempted.
He had to hurry and get on the ride. Otherwise, if he missed this chance, he might never get it again.
"I do, I do. Call all the other Class 3 soldiers over. Those who want to sign it can gather together!"
Lin Ye laughed and casually threw out 70 sharing contracts. The remaining 29 were for his family.
At that time, even if they could not awaken, they could become stronger through the cultivation methods of the underworld. They might not even need his help. 𝙡𝓲𝙗𝙧𝓮𝒂𝒅.𝙘𝓸𝒎
"My lord, what should I do?"
Seeing the other Class 3 lackeys swarming over to snatch the sharing contract, the Class 4 Tru was about to cry.
Advancing to Class 4 had now become an obstacle.
"You can just wait I guess. Without a Level 4 contract, I can't do anything."
Lin Ye hurriedly responded.
He was really too busy now. He kept squeezing out his blood essence for the handprints.
Sign! Sign! Sign! Sign crazily!
He pressed his palm down onto the contracts twenty-plus times and felt dizzy.
Battle Aura Talent+10, Battle Aura Talent+7, Battle Aura Talent+3, Battle Aura Talent+2
100xReward.
Battle Aura Talent+1000, Battle Aura Talent+700, Battle Aura Talent+300, Battle Aura Talent+200…
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"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have obtained the talent of a Combatant!"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have obtained the talent of a Combat Master!"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have obtained the talent of a Senior Combat Master!"
Note: Cultivation talent is equivalent to the speed at which one can absorb natural energy. For example, a Combatant can only absorb 10 units of battle aura per day. A Combat Master can absorb 100 units, Senior Combat Master can absorb 300 units.
"My lord, you've lost too much blood. Please sign those another day, or your body won't be able to take it."
Looking at Lin Ye's pale face as he bled, Adelia asked worriedly.
"It's okay, no worries."
Lin Ye waved his hand, his heart screaming at the loss of blood.
He had only signed with Adelia previously and did not feel as weak as he was feeling right now.
But he was signing a lot more right now.
With 100xReward, the talent data skyrocketed.
Although everyone's talent level was different, there were many of them.
At this moment, he had signed with only twenty-plus people, but the effect was actually not inferior to the talent he got when he signed Adelia.
It was a slap in the face.
Reality proved that with 100xReward, many choices could not be deduced using common sense.
For example, he might not be able to defeat a large number of native workers.
This was the logic of the strength in numbers.
For this reason, he secretly experimented.
Even if he had never cultivated any battle aura manuals.
With the combination of the powerful talents of dozens of people, he could actually freely sense the battle aura particles in the air.
It was too scary!
Moreover, he found that the free battle aura particles were extremely compatible with him.
As long as he absorbed these battle aura particles into his body, it would resonate with his body and enter rapidly.
This concerned his cultivation speed. How could Lin Ye give up?
He directly took out a bottle of Level 3 Healing Pills to replenish his blood from his huge meru ring.
When he opened the treasure chests just now, his luck was extremely good. It dropped quite a few Level 3 medicinal pills, and there were hundreds of pills in each of them.
He tore open the cap of the bottle, angled the medicine bottle, and ate it crazily.
It was shocking that the Level 3 medicinal pills tasted like candy.
Crunch, crunch.
He ate dozens of pills in a row and not only did he make up for his loss of blood, signing new ones also seemed to become easier.
However, halfway through signing, Lin Ye realized belatedly and felt lingering fear. 𝙡𝓲𝒃𝓻𝓮𝙖𝒅.𝙘𝓸𝒎
Fortunately, this signing did not trigger another 100xReward. Otherwise, he would have died from blood loss and become the first transmigrator who was scammed by his talent.
As expected, I'm a f*cking blessed!
Continue to sign, sign, sign, sign!
Battle Aura Talent+6, Battle Aura Talent+3, Battle Aura Talent+5, Battle Aura Talent+7…
100xReward.
Battle Aura Talent+600, Battle Aura Talent+300, Battle Aura Talent+500, Battle Aura Talent+700…
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have obtained the talent of a Combat Saint!"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have obtained the talent of a Combat Monarch!" (Currently locked. Will be unlocked after the first zombie wave)
"Trash. Locking it the moment it reaches Level 5, can't this system let me have my fill?"
After signing 70 Class 3 soldiers in a row, looking at the golden lock that showed up on his personal interface, Lin Ye was furious and angrily clicked it a few times.
Soon, a note actually appeared beside it.
"Unlocking it in advance requires spending talent points. 100,000 for Class 5, 500,000 for Class 6, 1,000,000 for Class 7…"
"This is too much of a scam!" Lin Ye glared.
According to the system's notification, only warriors who had reached the peak of Class 2 and had awakened their battle aura would have the talent.
The values ranged from 1 to 10, and the highest talent was only 10.
For example, Luo Feng was the only super genius present whose talent had reached 10 points.
It was said that after reaching Class 5, every increase in level would allow for transformations and advancements by leaps and bounds!
Unlocking it in advance would be a pitfall since it would be based on the average talent of 5.
With 100xReward, one person could provide him with 500 Talent Points. For 100,000, he would need to sign with 200 people.
This meant that he required 200 Advanced Level 2 or 200 Level 3 Sharing Contracts.
For ordinary people, there was a high chance that one haunted house would drop one contract. For people with European King's luck, it might drop two.
If they wanted to unlock the feature in advance, they would have to destroy at least 180 haunted houses.
Thinking of this, Lin Ye became elated.
Other people needed to destroy hundreds of Haunted Houses, but he only needed two more.
His efficiency was beyond everyone else.
When the others finally completed the mission, the seven-day zombie wave would have long passed. Why would they need to unlock it?
As expected of the system's son. He was too considerate.
This would cut off the road for others to unlock the skill in advance, giving me special treatment alone!
It was awesome. System, I love you.
After he thought about that, he turned his head and said, "Luo Feng, give me your clan's battle aura cultivation technique."
"My lord, as your loyalists, I can teach it to you privately, but you cannot teach it to others. Otherwise, I will be expelled from the clan." Luo Feng cautioned as he searched in his backpack for a long time before carefully taking out a secret manual made of animal skin.
"Didn't you say that as long as the person paid and contributed greatly, you will be able to impart it to said person?" Lin Ye's eyes flickered.
From this, one could tell that Adelia was different from him.
This woman could make decisions on her own, and she could teach him her clan's original breathing technique.
She probably had a high status among the rangers.
I wonder who her mother was…
For some reason, he felt a little excited at that notion!
"There is such a rule, but it requires too much money."
Luo Feng lowered his head in embarrassment.
He had yet to obtain many contribution points and yet he already received a hero-tier weapon given to him by his lord.
Comparing them, made him a little embarrassed. If he was in charge, it would naturally not be a problem.
But he hated that he wasn't!
After some thought, he added, "Why don't you cultivate alone first, my lord? Delay the teaching for a while. When my father abdicates, I can make the decisions on my own."
"Does this lord look like he lacks money? I'll pay for this." Lin Ye's tone was as 'rich' as always.
Of course, that was because he had the confidence to support this.
In a while, he would successfully convert more than 6,800 zombie corpses. Including the Level 2 and 3 zombie corpses, he would earn at least 800,000 Souls.
He was a rich man.
If he threw 100,000 souls at them, would he still be afraid that they would not submit?
"And you guys, hand them all over as well."
Lin Ye looked at Tru, Xu Que, and Su Yu and said in a loud and clear voice, "From today onwards, as long as you are loyalists of my territory, anyone has the right to learn the secret techniques for the battle aura of the various races, as well as the rangers' original breathing techniques and resources. They will all be arranged for."
"I only want one thing. Loyalty! Loyalty! Loyalty!"
With the scheming mind of Lord Lin, he naturally would not say these words in private.
Before he spoke, his left hand flashed and a loudspeaker appeared, playing his words out loud.
All the soldiers at the Haunted House heard him clearly.
"What? Our leader wants to make the secret techniques for battle aura and breathing accessible to all?"
"Are lowly people like us qualified to learn? He is even going to provide the resources!"
"Oh my god, the lord is wonderful. I want to bring my father over too! My brother, my sister! I want to bring everyone over. A family should live happily together!"
"Sobs, my lord is so loving. If I were a woman, I would be willing to be his wife! I would give birth to a bunch of sons for him!"
….
After the whispers, the low-level soldiers exploded.
All of them flushed red and tears flowed down their faces from excitement.
"Loyalty for our lord!"
"Loyalty for our lord!"
"Loyalty for our lord!"
Chapter 113
A deafening sound pierced through the sky. The sound waves were transmitted far away, and lords who were several kilometers away could hear it clearly.
On the human lords' side, the regional channel exploded.
"It's so noisy!"
"This person shouldn't be Boss Lin Ye, right?" 𝓁𝘪𝘣𝘳ℯ𝒶𝘥.𝘤𝑜𝓂
"Are you serious? Boss Lin Ye is in our territory?"
"Who knows? The map is completely dark now and it's all speculation. However, other than Boss Lin Ye, I don't think anyone else has this might."
"Everyone, do you have any thoughts about joining the big shot? I'm a little afraid of being alone!"
"Those who want to go, let's form an alliance. When the time comes, we can leave together, it will be safer to travel in numbers."
"Please bring me along. Once midnight comes, the protection mechanism will be canceled. We are a team of elderly. They are forcing us to die!"
"Let's join hands, I'll lead the way. If you want to join, take this opportunity, and let's go. Are you leaving with me or not?"
…
Lin Ye did not know about the alliance of the human lords in his territory planning to submit to him.
For him now, there was nothing more enticing than training his battle aura.
"There are four secret manuals. Luo Feng's Clan's 'Battle Aura Root Cultivation Method', Su Yu's Clan's 'Divine Battle Aura', Xu Que's Clan's 'Invincible Battle Aura', Tru's Clan's 'Twelve Zodiac Battle Aura Secret Manual'…"
He opened them one by one and took a look. He felt that only the ones from Luo Feng and Tru's clans were reliable, while the remaining two were a little weird.
Its name and battle aura could not hold themselves together in a coherent structure.
For example, Su Yu's one required them to comprehend divine runic symbols and read some sort of will scroll in order to absorb battle energy and evolve that into the divine battle aura.
It was too long a wait and its power was not necessarily stronger than Luo Feng's Clan.
Another example was Xu Que, whose reputation was exaggerated the most.
Invincible Battle Aura was written by his ancestor on the title page. After it was refined, it was said to be invincible in the world.
It was almost bragging to the heavens, but after reading it, he realized that it was more or less only suitable for Xu Que to cultivate.
This thing actually wanted them to pretend to be strong. The better they act, the stronger it would be.
You don't know how to act? Then I'm sorry, but you have no fate with this method.
On the other hand, Luo Feng's Clan's 'Battle Aura Root Cultivation Method' was one of the more traditional ones.
The rank system for secret manuals in the underworld was as follows: Sky, Earth, Black, Yellow.
The 'Battle Aura Root Cultivation Method' was probably ranked at the top of the Black Class. It was already considered impressive among the lower-class warrior families.
Tru's clan's cultivation technique was very strong, but a little strange.
They were clearly from natives from the underworld, but it was referenced to the Twelve Zodiacs of China.
The 12 zodiacs and 12 paths. Each art corresponded to a type of battle aura.
However, Lin Ye felt that this was a shortened version of the technique.
The entire cultivation technique system was massive. The person who created this technique was either a super genius or an invincible expert.
It was said that in the end, he would be able to combine the twelve zodiacs into one and unleash an extremely strong power.
But according to Tru, he had never seen anyone succeed since he was born.
99% of the things written in clans' ancient books were bragging. They were spread to intimidate outsiders.
Currently, they could essentially only cultivate a single zodiac's battle aura.
For example, Tru himself whose zodiac was bull specialized in the branch of the divine bull—Fire Bull.
In terms of defense, offense, and durability, they were above average.
Fortunately, this secret manual did not require much innate talent. It could be used in conjunction with the 'Battle Aura Root Cultivation Method' of the Luo Family.
He looked at the clock and realized that there were still ten minutes to go before he finished converting the Zombie Souls.
Lin Ye waved his hand and said, "Luo Feng, Tru, come, teach me the techniques of your two clans first!"
As for Xu Que's Clan's 'Invincible Battle Aura' and Su Yu's 'Divine Battle Aura', they were thrown back to the respective owners.
"I'll go first." Tru hurriedly tried to please him. "My lord, you've seen it too. The techniques and skills of my family are definitely not simple. It's most likely that the heavens reckoned us as too strong and weakened us by more than half intentionally, but it's alright. My lord's talent is extraordinary. He might be able to fight against 100 others on his own and refine the twelve zodiacs' battle aura!"
"Don't talk nonsense. Tell me the important stuff." Lin Ye rolled his eyes. Was this guy born in the year of the ox or in the year of the horse?
His bootlicking skills were getting better and better.
"What is the lord's zodiac?" Tru asked.
"My zodiac is a monkey!" Lin Ye answered truthfully.
"Alright, let's establish the first rule. The battle aura of my clan needs to be combined with the Visualization Method. Since the lord's zodiac is a monkey, let's start with a monkey. The more powerful the monkey totem visualized, the more powerful the battle aura will be. This is the Visualization Method. I'll tell you secretly! $#!% %"
Tru's eloquence was undeniable. In a few minutes, he explained the concept of the monkey-type totems clearly.
Lin Ye was extremely moved when he heard this.
This cultivation technique was awesome!
However, speaking of the monkey totem, our China has the Great Sage, Sun Wukong. Wouldn't visualizing him make him super awesome?
Thinking of this, Lin Ye felt that it was feasible and immediately started the process.
Whoosh—
A moment later, a totem seed lit up in his sea of consciousness.
As Lin Ye's thoughts went deeper, a large amount of information about Sun Wukong was integrated into his memories.
At this moment, his battle saint-level cultivation talent was put to use. At the very least, it was a top-tier Class 4 cultivation speed.
The spinning totem seed seemed to have turned into a black hole as it frantically devoured the energy in the air.
"It's too complicated!"
Lin Ye frowned.
The energy wandering in the air was too complicated.
It needed to be refined and mixed. The entire process was tedious.
Furthermore, if the battle aura was impure, it would greatly affect the quality of the Great Sage's totem.
"That's right, Body Strengthening Pill!"
Lin Ye slapped his forehead and directly took out two bottles of Level 3 Body Strengthening Pills containing 100 pills each.
He was a rich man now and did not lack any medicinal pills.
He tore open the bottle cap and poured it into his mouth. Would overconsumption of these pills cause adverse effects?
What was there to be afraid of? The Four Sacred Halls would arrive at midnight tonight.
Wouldn't drinking a few hundred drops of that pure water solve the problem?
Swallow! Swallow!
Swallow all these pills!
Immediately, vast amounts of pure energy surged into the Great Sage's totem, increasing its efficiency.
Great Sage's Battle Aura +49, Great Sage's Battle Aura +49, Great Sage's Battle Aura +49…
100xReward.
Great Sage's Battle Aura +4,900, Great Sage's Battle Aura +4,900, Great Sage's Battle Aura +4,900…
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A moment later, an upgraded golden light appeared on Lin Ye's body.
This was not an ordinary upgrade through the upgrade scroll but from his own efforts.
A large amount of battle aura swarmed over and wrapped around Lin Ye's body. With external help, the Great Sage's image formed by visualization became clearer.
Whoosh—
Without knowing how long has passed, the Great Sage Totem opened its eyes. The red battle aura which was exuded through Lin Ye's eyes shot several meters away.
Gasp!
Two smoking pits appeared on the graveyard opposite the Haunted House.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have successfully cultivated to the first level of the Great Sage Battle Aura and advanced to the Combatant class!"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have successfully trained to the second level of the Great Sage Battle Aura and advanced to the Combat Master class!"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have successfully trained to the third level of the Great Sage Battle Aura and advanced to the Senior Combat Master class!"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have successfully trained to the fourth level of the Great Sage Battle Aura and advanced to the Combat Saint class!"
Chapter 114
"I broke through to Class 4 just like that?"
Lin Ye shook his head, feeling a little unreal.
Thud—
He stood up, and all the bones in his body emitted dense cracking sounds. There were also a large number of black particles in his pores.
The smell was incredibly unbearable, especially for Lin Ye, whose sense of smell had been strengthened by his talent. He almost fainted on the spot.
"Water, water, water, I can't take it anymore. I want to shower!"
Lin Ye's face turned green. He took off his Class 4 Silver Tier King's Armor and his Level 2 Lord's Skin.
He took out a dozen buckets of mineral water from his huge meru ring. "Tru, find a tall stone and pour the water on me."
"Alrighty, my lord."
Tru suppressed a laugh as he eagerly carried a large stone from the ruins of the haunted house and placed it in front of Lin Ye.
He smacked the bucket lid away.
He picked up the bucket and poured water over Lin Ye's head.
Whoosh—
Under the cold water, even through his clothes, Lin Ye felt comfortable.
The weather in this other world was similar to autumn in China.
Originally, with his weak constitution, showering like this would most likely cause him to catch a cold.
But it was different now. His body had been tempered by Adelia's original breathing technique and the Great Sage's Battle Aura, so it was now extremely strong. 𝓵𝒊𝓫𝓻𝓮𝓪𝒅.𝓬𝓸𝙢
Not only did he not feel cold, he even felt good.
He quickly washed away the black impurities stuck to his pores. Normal people could no longer smell the stench.
But Lin Ye's nose, which had an enhanced sense of smell, was still uncomfortable.
"Soap, shower gel!"
His thoughts raced through his interspatial ring. He had previously spent hundreds of thousands of Reputation Points when he browsed through and there were quite a number of toiletries inside.
"Found them!"
A moment later, there was a flash and a bar of soap appeared out of thin air.
Squish!
Perhaps because his strength increased a lot, he actually broke the soap. The broken soap slid down to the ground.
"My lord, what is this? I'll help you pick it up," Xu Que asked curiously.
"Don't, there's no need!"
Lin Ye coughed lightly. When he thought about the implication of another guy bending over in front of him back in China, he was so scared that he kicked the broken soap away.
This time, he was smart.
Instead of worrying about the soap, he took out a bottle of shower gel and a bottle of hair shampoo.
Although there were thousands of high-level goods in the Reputation Shop, he still liked the simple ones.
It was convenient for hygiene and he would feel comfortable after washing as well.
He was agile and quickly squeezed out the shower gel onto his skin, slabbing a large amount of foam on his body.
When he turned around, he found a group of people from the underworld.
Staring at him curiously – both men and women included.
What was it like to be stared at by thousands of people while showering?
And he was still inside the haunted house.
It felt strangely creepy.
"F*ck, why are all of you looking at me? Have you not seen handsome guys showering? Scram to the side and do your own thing. If you have nothing to do, fight each other. If you win, go to the treasure chests over there and find treasures that suit your taste. When I'm done showering, if you guys don't finish choosing, I'll take them all and leave them for the new recruits as benefits."
After a round of scolding, 99% of the people ran away.
Previously, he had opened quite a number of Class 3 Purple Tier weapons and special equipment, Shadow Boots!
Although this thing was only Advanced Class 2 Blue Tier equipment, it had additional attributes. The wearer would have increased movement speed.
It could also relieve the ache in their legs. Even after traveling hundreds of kilometers a day, there would be no blisters.
"Why are you still here?"
Lin Ye rubbed the shower foam over his body as if wishing that he could wash away all the impurities.
He glanced at Adelia who was squatting alone at the graveyard and frowned.
"My lord, can you give me some of the things you use? It smells so good. It feels even better than my mother's… cough cough, even more fragrant than the Dew of Life my mother used!"
Adelia said expectantly.
"This is called shower gel. A divine item from China, the place I was from. It's worth a thousand gold." Lin Ye's eyes darted around as he came up with a plan.
"Ah, so expensive? Forget it then." Adelia was disappointed.
But on second thought, the Dew of Life her mother used was also worth a lot of money.
The thing called shower gel in front of her was fragrant and was a product of another world. It was reasonable for it to be expensive.
"Of course, this price is for outsiders. You don't count as an outsider. I'll pass you some later. Oh right, help me ask your mother when you get back. Ask if anyone in the underworld is interested in acquiring the divine items from the other world. I'll sell them to you guys at a discount." As Lin Ye washed off the soap, he smiled and said, "Also, this is silky shampoo. It's also a divine item from China. Those who are not related to the emperor are not qualified to use it. I'll show you an example first. If you think it's acceptable, you can add that to the trade."
"Another divine item, only used by the royal family!" Adelia started.
Although she felt that her lord might be lying, she still could not help but believe him under the influence of her loyalty.
After some consideration, she felt that these two items would have a high market price for the nobles in the underworld.
She asked, "My lord, are you planning to exchange it for something else, or for zombie souls?"
"Of course I want to exchange it for something else. What's the use of Zombie Souls?" Lin Ye started washing his hair. His head was covered in white foam. He even grabbed a handful of bubbles and blew at Adelia.
Perhaps because he had reached Class 4, his body was extremely strong, and he actually blew out more than ten human head-sized bubbles from the shampoo.
"Wow, not only can this divine item clean your hair, but you can also use it to blow bubbles!"
As a native of the underworld, Adelia seemed to have discovered a new world. Her eyes lit up.
"See, isn't this product useful in different ways? How about it? Such a large bottle of a divine item in exchange for a few hundred Level 4 Body Strengthening Pills. It's definitely worth it."
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes.
"This… a few hundred Level 4 Body Strengthening Pills might be a little expensive… Even among nobles, not many can afford this price."
Adelia cleared her throat, a little frightened by her lord's appetite.
Only their lord would dare to voice such a price. If it were anyone else, they would have been beaten to death.
"Then what do you think its value is?"
Lin Ye gestured for Tru to continue pouring water and quickly rinsed his hair before asking casually.
"About 100 Level 3 Body Strengthening Pills?"
Adelia stole a peek at her lord and spoke carefully.
"!"
Lin Ye almost choked.
He was just bragging, but she took it seriously.
This trashy thing only costs 50 to 60 RMB in China. It might even be further discounted during sales.
Just this could be exchanged for 100 Level 3 Body Strengthening Pills?
If it really happened, it would be equivalent to 20-30 Class 3 Purple Tier weapons!
It would be making more money than opening treasure chests!
"Seriously? You're not kidding me, are you?" Lin Ye looked at her suspiciously.
He randomly took out a cotton towel and wiped his body clean in a few seconds.
As for the water above his head, there was no need to use a hairdryer.
Whoosh!
His entire body lit up with the golden battle aura of the Great Sage. After circulating his cultivation technique a few times, the water on the surface of his hair evaporated.
"No, how is that possible? This is just my initial judgment. The price might still be able to increase, but it can only be sold in large, economically developed cities. The nobles in small cities can't afford it."
Adelia pondered and suggested, "Speaking of doing business, it's best if you can recruit people from the Three-Tailed Fox Lady Clan. They've been doing business for generations and are experts in the field of trade. They also have trade chains in cities all over the underworld."
"Three-tailed fox lady?"
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes and made a mental note of this name. He would give it a try when he had the chance.
"How about this? I'll give you a few bottles first. You can send them back to the underworld through the teleportation array. I'll reimburse the delivery fee afterward."
"Teleportation arrays are expensive to use for deliveries," Adelia reminded him.
"I know. Don't forget your lord's talent. Do it as I've instructed."
With that, Lin Ye generously took out 7-8 bottles of shower gel and shampoo from his huge meru ring and wrote down notes in the words of the other world.
Otherwise, if these people mixed the two of them up, this advertisement would be wasted.
"I'll give it a try then." Adelia nodded and left reluctantly with the shower gel and shampoo.
After she left, Lin Ye took out the outdoor balcony and quickly hid behind it to change into a set of clean clothes.
From his underwear to his outer clothes, everything was new.
A few minutes after he sat down and rested, the market trading chat window lit up.
"Oh? Someone finally accepted the order!"
Lin Ye smiled when he saw the message.
Chapter 115
In the market trading chat.
Xu Yuan: "Boss Lin, I'm Xu Yuan. I know where the photo you sent is. Do you need to find someone or?"
With that, he sent another set of more detailed photos.
The content of the photo was a goat-horned mountain and the surrounding scenery.
Lin Ye examined it carefully and nodded in satisfaction.
That's right, that was where Fan Jianqiang was.
For every customer that had transacted with him, he would send a wanted picture, which was the Goat-Horned Mountain from the photo Fan Jianqiang sent.
He said before that the trash Fan Jianqiang would die before sunset.
If he was a man, he had to accomplish what he said.
Originally, the most convenient way was to post the wanted poster, but it was not appropriate to use the world channel to kill people.
It was easy to draw hatred by doing that.
That was why he came up with this plan. Although it was slow, the effect was definitely good.
After all, if they really knew about this place and had the ability to buy equipment from him,
Most of them were local big shots and strong people.
Who would be completely capable of doing what he needed.
And this person called Xu Yuan was one of the most suitable candidates.
Lin Ye: "Looking for someone."
Xu Yuan: "Family? I can help you protect your family."
Lin Ye: "An enemy. I don't think I have to say anything more."
Xu Yuan: "I understand. I promise I'll get it done properly for you, but I need specific information about the other party."
Lin Ye: "I've sent it to you. The sooner the better. Once it's done, I'll give you a Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon."
Xu Yuan: "20 minutes, no, 10 minutes. I'll do it immediately! Wait for me!"
On the other side, in a territory near Goat Horn Mountain hundreds of kilometers away from Lin Ye.
A middle-aged man in his early thirties. He was tall and sturdy with a square face, looking extraordinarily powerful.
This person was none other than Xu Yuan, who had reached an agreement with Lin Ye.
He put away his Civilization Archive and laughed. "Fan Jianqiang? This idiot actually offended Lin Ye. Tsk tsk, he can exchange a Class 3 Purple Tier weapon for someone's life. He's really d*man rich."
"Boss, Fan Jianqiang? The trash who wanted to ally with us?"
Behind Xu Yuan, a shifty-eyed lackey chuckled. "When I passed by yesterday, I saw more than ten zombies blocking the entrance to his territory. That idiot didn't dare to come out."
"That's right. Gather our brothers and kill him. Hurry!"
Xu Yuan laughed loudly in a great mood.
Soon, the 30 or so people quickly headed for the base of Goat Horned Mountain.
With Xu Yuan as the leader, he was equipped with Advanced Class 2 Blue Tier equipment he had purchased from Lin Ye, the Light Blade, and Fish Scale Armor.
At the same time, Fan Jianqiang was still sitting with his legs crossed, happily waiting for Lin Ye to help him.
Not long ago, he had seen how popular Lin Ye's market trading business was. It was simply bustling with activity.
During this time, he even pointed at the rangers and native workers and bragged, "A bunch of trash, did you see that? The current number one in the world is my f*cking subordinate. Only trash like you dare to lower your loyalty? Do you believe that with a word from me, I will annihilate all of your clans!"
With regards to this, the rangers and native workers could only lower their heads. They were angry but did not dare to say anything.
But if one were to look carefully, it would not be difficult to notice that their eyes were filled with hatred. However, they were temporarily oppressed by Fan Jianqiang's might and kept quiet.
Moments later, a commotion came from outside the territory.
"What happened?"
Fan Jianqiang, who was resting in the bunker, frowned. He was hesitating whether to Lin Ye again when he was alerted by the commotion outside.
"My lord, it's Lord Xu Yuan from next door. He's leading people to kill zombies," the ranger guarding outside whispered.
"Xu Yuan, why is that idiot here? He refused to form an alliance with me the day before yesterday. This time, he came…"
Fan Jianqiang sat up straight, his eyes filled with bewilderment and uncertainty.
For safety's sake, he mustered his courage and Lin Ye.
"?"
Unable to send?!
This b*stard blocked me?
Linking that to Xu Yuan's sudden visit, it felt strange.
F*ck!
Lin Ye was playing dirty!
Fan Jianqiang had been a group leader for more than ten years. He immediately analyzed the crucible of the situation.
Immediately, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
It was over, all over. Xu Yuan was the leader of everyone within a thousand meters.
If he fought back, he would definitely die.
Run, he had to escape! While they were busy killing zombies at the front door, escape through the back door!
Thinking of this, Fan Jianqiang picked up the Civilization Archive and left his bunker behind. He ran as he called for his rangers.
"Idiots, cover this lord's escape through the back door! These bastards are here to kill me!"
"What? They are here to kill the lord?"
In an instant, the seven rangers and four native workers revealed looks of joy.
At the same time, a system notification appeared in front of Fan Jianqiang.
"Friendly hint that you're rangers detest you to the extreme and their loyalty has dropped to 0! Run!"
"Friendly hint that your native workers detest you to the extreme and their loyalty has dropped to 0! Run!"
"F*ck!"
Fan Jianqiang was trembling with anger, but before he could even react,
a ranger with bloodshot eyes launched a sneak attack and shot an arrow at his back leg.
Gasp!
Blood splattered.
"Ah! F*ck your father, I'll kill you!"
Fan Jianqiang was furious. He raised his Class 2 blue tier equipment, wanting to kill these traitorous subordinates.
But he was too slow.
As he dragged his injured leg and chased after them, two teleportation arrays appeared.
The few rangers and native workers went in one after another and even looked at him with gloating expressions.
"Ahhh! I hate this!"
Fan Jianqiang raged.
"Hahaha, Bro Fan, I'm here. Aren't you going to welcome me?"
At this moment, Xu Yuan had just finished killing the small wave of zombies blocking the entrance of the territory. He carried his Light Blade and walked in with a fake smile.
When they saw the injured Fan Jianqiang and the teleportation array that had just disappeared,
the smile on his face widened, and it felt like even God was helping him.
"Boss Xu, why are you looking for me?" Fan Jianqiang asked timidly, still hoping a little.
"On Boss Lin Ye's orders to kill you of course!"
Xu Yuan narrowed his eyes and smiled. With a flash of his sword, he knocked away Fan Jianqiang's Class 2 blue tier weapon.
"Oh, your luck is pretty good. You actually got Class 2 equipment. It's a pity that it fell into the hands of trash like you. What a waste."
Xu Yuan's face was filled with disdain. This trash wanted to ambush him? Dream on.
"Boss, we can discuss terms with Lin Ye now. In order to kill this trash, he's actually willing to offer a Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon. He must have been bullied by this Fan guy back in China. Boss, should we take the opportunity to extort him? He's such a gold mine. If we miss this chance, we won't be able to get anything else."
The shifty-eyed lackey from before was encouraged.
Gasp!
Unfortunately, before he could finish speaking, a glint of blade flashed before his eyes. Blood flowed from the lackey's neck as he stared at Xu Yuan in disbelief.
He didn't seem to understand why his boss killed him.
"Trash, don't think that I don't know what you're thinking."
A fierce look flashed across Xu Yuan's face, and it disappeared in an instant. He walked towards Fan Jianqiang with a smile, and under his terrified gaze, he slashed.
"Kacha, Kacha—"
As he took photos, Xu Yuan was in a good mood. At this moment, his gaze turned dull.
In his line of sight, a few wisps of faint yellow gas flew from Fan Jianqiang and his dead lackey and they slowly integrated into his body.
After a moment, his eyes gleamed as he muttered to himself, "Luck? Plunderers? Awakened? …"
After a while, Xu Yuan's expression returned to normal.
He looked at the sky.
In his line of sight, a hundred miles to the east, there seemed to be a huge pillar of yellow dragon qi roaring malevolently at him.
"Lin Ye?"
He muttered to himself as greed appeared in his eyes. "We'll meet again someday!"
With that, he sent the photo.
Chapter 116
"Impressive, it was done in eight minutes. The charm of this treasure is indeed strong."
After reading the photo sent by Xu Yuan, he looked at the grayed-out blacklisted image of Fan Jianqiang.
It was real then.
"Very well. This is your reward."
Lin Ye adjusted his clothes and took out a Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon from the treasure chest.
He casually threw it onto the market page and confirmed the transaction.
"Thank you, Boss Lin. You're too kind. I wish to interact more with people like you. Haha, let's add each other as friends. If there's a chance in the future, I'll personally pay you a visit." After receiving the equipment, Xu Yuan's attitude was docile. He wished he could kneel down and call Lin Ye's father.
"We'll see."
Lin Ye couldn't be bothered with him.
A person who was able to kill another so easily for a weapon.
People like them were usually unscrupulous and only sought after benefits.
He could make use of them occasionally.
But to make friends?
Forget it, let's just talk about benefits. Be more honest with one another.
He immediately closed the market page.
At this moment, the system sent a congratulatory message stating that the conversion of the zombie corpses had been completed.
"You have obtained 8,643 Zombie Souls!"
100xReward.
"You have received 864,300 Zombie Souls!"
"Feels good, I'm rich again, hahaha!"
Lin Ye chuckled heartily in a great mood.
After that, he advanced himself using Luo Feng's Clan's 'Battle Aura Root Cultivation Method' till the Combat Saint level and combined the two black tier methods.
His offensive power was now number one in the territory.
Of course, that was only with regards to offensive power.
In terms of combat and dueling strength, he was still a weakling. He still needed a large number of life-and-death battles to sharpen himself.
He glanced at the soldiers who had stolen most of the other treasures.
A moment later, hundreds of upgraded golden beams descended from the sky, and another 293 people successfully advanced to Class 3.
Now, there were more than four hundred Class 3 soldiers.
Meanwhile, the number of people equipped with Purple Tier equipment was even higher, amounting to 926 people.
That was almost a quarter of the total population. One could imagine how rapidly Lin Ye was developing within half a day.
Of course, the credit for the market page was given to others as well.
Taking advantage of the fact that everyone's strength had increased by a large margin and the crowd was in high spirits, Lin Ye called out, "Tru, Luo Feng, each of you will receive 100,000 Zombie Souls. This is to be given to your clansmen as the money needed to buy their battle aura techniques."
Currently, there were more and more Class 3 experts, but many of them did not know any battle aura techniques so their combat power was relatively low.
Therefore, the sooner he bought the battle aura techniques, the better the gains would be for the territory.
Thud! Thud!
With that, two huge bags filled with glowing Zombie Souls dropped onto the ground.
"Gulp—"
Both Luo Feng and Tru were shocked.
The two of them looked at each other. Tru scratched his head and smiled foolishly. "My lord, actually, there's no need for so much. Just pay the cost which is about 30,000 Zombie Souls."
"If your father hears this, I think he will beat you to death." Lin Ye couldn't help but laugh.
Seeing that Luo Feng was about to say something, he waved his hand and interrupted, "Alright, let's just do 100,000. There is no reason for me to take back something which this capable leader has given out to you guys."
"At the same time, it's to express my sincerity. Let your family's elders see how magnanimous I am. Don't be stingy all day."
"After being with this capable lord for so long, you have to learn to use the charm of money well. Think about it in this way, with this money to pave the path, when you summon your parents and relatives, they will think of our condition here. Even if they resist, they won't make things difficult for you."
"Our lord is wise!"
"The lord's wisdom is unparalleled!"
Tru and Xu Que immediately offered their compliments.
"Come back soon."
Lin Ye waved his hand and urged.
Soon, Tru and Luo Feng were holding two large bags of Zombie Souls that were even taller than them.
They opened the teleportation array and returned to their respective clans. 𝓁𝑖𝘣𝘳ℯ𝘢𝘥.𝒸ℴ𝑚
Coincidentally, just as they left, a sky-blue array appeared.
It was Adelia.
"My lord, I'm back."
Her face was filled with joy and she was carrying a bunch of porcelain bottles.
"F*ck!"
Lin Ye's eyes widened. Through Heart's Web, his powerful sense of smell could already smell a strong medicinal fragrance in the air.
It was the same smell as the Level 3 Body Strengthening Pill that he had consumed previously.
"My lord, it's a joyous occasion. The two divine items that you gave me were popular among the upper echelons of my race. Many elders and the chief of my clan have bought them all."
Adelia handed over all the porcelain bottles and said happily, "Sales was much better than expected. The first 7 divine Items were exchanged for 100 Level 3 Body Strengthening Pills each. For the last one, because too many people wanted it, the price was increased to 150 pills. There are a total of 850 Level 3 Body Strengthening Pills here. Please check."
"850… Oh, that's equivalent to 40 to 50 Class 3 Purple Tier equipment!"
Lin Ye sucked in a breath.
To be honest, he did not have much hope for this trade, he was just having fun.
He also wanted to use it to send Adelia away so that he could change his clothes.
He did not expect to discover a profitable business by chance.
However, he could not understand. The native workers and Class 1 attributeless soldiers from before were all crying about how poor they were. They had described the underworld as a wasteland.
But now, for a mere shower product.
To put it bluntly, shower gel and shampoo were only useful for washing the body and bringing a little fragrance.
But it could actually be sold at a sky-high price in the underworld! And its demand was insane as well!
What the hell!
This made him doubt his previous judgment.
After asking Adelia, Lin Ye came to a realization.
As expected, no matter which world it was, there would be bottom feeders who scrap and the upper echelons who swim in luxury.
If that was the case, there would probably be quite a number of fat sheep in the few hundred large cities.
Thinking of this, Lin Ye felt that he had discovered a huge business opportunity. At the same time, he developed a strong interest in the three-tailed fox ladies clan that Adelia described as the best traders in the underworld.
If he relied on them to trade in the major cities in the underworld, the gains would definitely be comparable to the market page.
"Ahem, my lord, you have to help me settle the transportation fees for the goods I bought there. I don't have that many zombie souls on me."
A moment later, Adelia coughed and pointed at a tall figure that gradually appeared in the teleportation circle. She introduced, "This is the teleportation array elder of the Elemental Ranger clan, Adeline. She is also my aunt."
"It is good to meet you, brave human lord."
Adeline smiled and bowed slightly.
Her originally arrogant chin trembled when she saw Lin Ye and couldn't help but lower her head.
This aura… was so powerful. A Class 4 powerhouse?!
Not only that, he felt like a dual cultivated person. It had traces of the original breathing technique of my ranger race, as well as the battle aura of the northern totem clan…
Heavens, it had only been less than three days, but this guy could actually cultivate so quickly. He was almost at the limit before the first zombie wave even arrived.
The strongest humans in history recorded in the clan were slightly inferior to this.
As long as this person didn't die prematurely, he would definitely become one of the strongest lords to dominate the continent.
Her Highness was really lucky to be able to become an honored member of this strong lord so quickly.
For a moment, as her aunt, Adeline was envious of her beloved niece.
Chapter 117
"Elder Adeline, I am Lin Ye. It is a pleasure to meet you."
Lin Ye smiled widely. As he spoke, his body flashed and the special effect of the Level 2 Lord's Skin activated.
Whoosh—
Silver clouds streamed down like mist from above.
Silver armor, red cloud boots, paired with the handsome face of the great Lord Lin, made him look like the handsome version of Zhao Yun from another world.
Meeting those deep eyes, Adeline felt like a pebble had been thrown into the calm lake of her heart, stirring up waves.
Her face flushed red. She avoided Lin Ye's gaze and said softly, "Lord Lin, I came for two things. The first is the teleportation array's fee. Whether it is from here to the underworld or the other way around, the teleportation fee is very expensive. Adelia brought a total of eight items to the underworld and returned with eight and a half items. In total, it costs 60,000 Zombie Souls. I hope you can pay generously."
"In other words, 3,700 per item? Will the price remain the same even in the future?" Lin Ye nodded. It was an acceptable price.
Furthermore, this was good as well. Having a certain amount to pay meant that there was a threshold to pass. He did not want others to start learning from him when they opened their Reputation Shop. Wasn't this stealing his money?
When others could afford it, he would have conquered the entire underworld market.
"It's different. The price is determined by the value of the item. The price of teleportation for each item is fixed by what the Gods say."
Adeline said softly.
At this point, her expression became a little strange.
Because according to the rules, the teleportation price of a Level 3 Body Strengthening Pill was 6,000 Zombie Souls per bottle.
Lin Ye's transaction amount was 8.5 bottles, which was 51,000 Souls.
In other words, the teleportation price of eight bottles of divine items for bathing from another world was only worth a few thousand souls?
That was a big problem.
She had already planned it on the way here.
She wanted to secretly warn this arrogant human lord that Her Highness Adelia was simple-minded, but the higher-ups of the Elemental Ranger race were not fools. He should not try to extort them in the name of Her Highness.
However, after seeing Lin Ye in person, she changed her mind.
"Of course, Lord Lin Ye is a major customer. In the future, we will activate the super VVIP mode of the rangers and give you the greatest discount."
"That's great." Lin Ye was overjoyed and waved enthusiastically. "Come, Elder Adeline. You're Adelia's aunt, so you're family. Come and have a seat. I have a saint-level drink produced in China. It can only be tasted by saints. You must try it."
"…" Adeline staggered, almost frightened by the word 'saint'. 𝒍𝓲𝓫𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅.𝙘𝙤𝒎
Her beautiful eyes glanced at Lin Ye as she sighed inwardly.
This lord was truly a talent. He did not flush or pant when bragging. He was a classic scourge!
She remembered that in a certain era, humans seemed to have a saying, 'scourges will live for a thousand years'?
That statement was pretty accurate then.
When she returned, she felt like she had to have a chat with the empress. This might be a chance. They could use this lord Lin Ye as a bargaining chip.
As for the rest, she felt that they were far inferior to this person. They were not even worthy of carrying their shoes.
Thinking of that.
As expected, the generous Lord Lin directly gave 100,000 Zombie Souls.
In Lin Ye's eyes, when he saw that Elder Adeline did not come out of the teleportation array for a long time, he thought that she was putting on airs.
If he didn't pay, she wouldn't come over.
He did not mind. After all, she was a big customer who directly gave him the 850 Level 3 Body Strengthening Pill.
Alright, on account that you're both rich ladies, I'll forgive your rude actions since this lord was generous.
At the same time, he personally carried a large bag as tall as a person and brought it over.
"Elder Adeline, I was too busy talking. I'll settle the payment first. This is 100,000 Zombie Souls. Take the remaining as a form of respect from your junior for your tea." Lin Ye smiled.
"How… how can I accept this?" Even though Adeline had seen a lot of big things and had seen more money than this.
However, the problem was that the money belonged to the clan. No one had given her tens of thousands of zombie souls for herself.
This was too terrifying.
Seeing Elder Adeline's hesitation, Lin Ye gave Adelia a look.
She understood his meaning immediately.
"Aunt, just take it. My lord is so poor that he only has money left. This is nothing to him."
Adelia held her aunt's hand and coaxed, "Didn't you complain a while ago that you didn't have the money to enter the Secret Holy Land to cultivate? That's why you accepted the mission to guard the teleportation array. With your talent, with this money, you'll be a Class 6 expert when you come out of seclusion!"
"If you really feel bad about it, please put in a good word for my lord."
Her last statement had three meanings to it. Lin Ye didn't mind, but Elder Adeline knew exactly what she meant.
Good lord, she was siding with outsiders so quickly.
After a moment's hesitation, Adeline still could not defeat Lin Ye's sugar-coated bullets and accepted the gift.
When she accepted the money, her attitude naturally became nicer to Lin Ye. She smiled and said, "Thank you for your gift, lord. In the future, if there's a chance and if you don't mind, you can recruit me through Adelia."
"Definitely." Lin Ye nodded in satisfaction and invited again, "It's still early. Is Elder Adeline willing to chat for a bit?"
"This… I'm currently at the peak of Class 5. At most, I can only stand within the range of the teleportation array. Once I step out, I will be punished." Adeline smiled bitterly.
"I see. That's okay. I'll just go over it."
Lin Ye laughed and got someone to carry the outdoor balcony and the tea table near to the teleportation array.
After sitting down, he personally made a cup of tea for Elder Adeline. "Come, have some tea while we chat."
"What is this?" Adeline took a sip and her eyes lit up.
So fragrant!
It was a drink she had never drunk before.
The texture was mellow and sweet, not inferior to the green light forest that the elves had created.
"Pu Erh tea from Mountain Bulang is a high-end tea back in China. It's not an exaggeration to say that it's a sacred item." Lin Ye spouted nonsense in all seriousness.
He did not know anything about tea leaves, but this was not a tea-tasting discussion. He could brag and boost his reputation about the tea for all he knew.
After chatting for a while, they felt that they had become more familiar with each other. Elder Adeline said, "As for the second matter, my empress wants to reach an agreement with you. If you have enough supplies, my clan can pre-order your bathing divine items for a long time. Of course, we have to control the price. 100 Level 3 Body Strengthening Pills per bottle of the divine item is a little too much. As compensation, I can make a personal decision and include the tea we just drank into the trading list."
"Sure, sure."
Lin Ye smiled. Great, another thing to sell.
Wonderful!
Ah, suddenly, an idea flashed across his mind.
He turned his head and said, "Adelia, did you share about sanitary pads with your aunt?"
"Ah, I forgot!" Adelia naturally understood her lord's intentions and cooperated.
"Look, you're always so careless. Sanitary pads are divine items for women. How can you bear to let such a beautiful and elegant beauty like your Aunt continue to suffer?"
"…"
Listening to the double entendre of the two, Adeline was speechless.
However, out of courtesy, she still asked, "What are sanitary pads?"
"Aunt, come here. I'll tell you quietly." Adelia quickly pulled her aunt to the side and whispered in her ear.
"Are you serious!" A moment later, after knowing the benefits of sanitary pads, Adeline was also excited.
Females made up a big portion of the rangers. The monthly affair was troublesome and indescribably uncomfortable when it came.
This had nothing to do with the cultivation level. Even if she was an incomparably powerful empress, wouldn't she still have to suffer through these few days?
It would be a meritorious service to solve this problem!
Furthermore, they could also sell to other noble clans to increase the income of the clan. It was killing two birds with one stone.
"Of course it's true. Could I possibly lie to my own aunt? Besides, I'm wearing one right now," Adelia whispered, blushing slightly.
"My lord…"
Hearing this, Elder Adeline looked at Lin Ye with burning eyes.
"Coughs."
At this moment, as the owner, Lin Ye naturally couldn't remain unmoved. He took the initiative and said, "How about this? I'll give Aunt a packet first. Go back and try it with the empress yourself. If it feels good, we can discuss the trade again."
"As for the transportation fees, please inform the empress that I will be in charge of everything and not burden the clan at all."
"Your lord is generous and decisive. You are truly promising at such a young age. If the future queen of our race can have one-tenth of your courage, we can die without regrets."
Adeline sighed.
"Aunt, what are you saying? What do you mean by dying without regrets? We all have to live forever."
Adelia said unhappily.
"Yes, yes, I said the wrong thing." Adeline chuckled lightly, feeling good.
What happened next was much simpler. Lin Ye and Adeline immediately established the trading details for the shower gel and shampoo.
After the deal was sealed, Lin Ye felt awkward.
The other party had actually guessed that the shower gel was not a real 'divine object'. However, he had a good impression of Adeline. Furthermore, she was Adelia's aunt, so he gave up on the idea of scamming her clan.
A bottle of 20 Level 3 Body Strengthening Pills, 100 bottles per week of transaction.
"Here, Lord Lin Ye, I'll pay you 2,000 Level 3 Body Strengthening Pills in advance. If you have all the goods here, you can pass them to Adelia."
Adeline looked expectantly at Lin Ye. "I hope we can reach an early cooperation with you about the sanitary pads."
"Definitely." Lin Ye smiled and gave her another sum for the transportation fee. 2,000 Level 3 Body Strengthening Pills was not a small amount.
The transportation fee alone required 120,000 Zombie Souls. Unless one was not an ordinary nouveau riche, they would not be able to afford this.
"Right, before I leave, I'll give the lord a piece of good news."
Adelina smiled and said, "I heard from Adelia that the lord is interested in the underworld's trade market. If you want the recruitment order of the Three-tailed Fox Lady, you can go and kill a Level 5 Harpy Zombie. Their drop rate is high."
"Level 5 Harpy Zombies can drop recruitment orders for three-tailed fox ladies?!" Lin Ye was overjoyed when he heard that.
What shocked him was that after Adeline said that, a golden bolt of lightning appeared out of thin air, hitting her until she was covered in black smoke and bleeding profusely.
Chapter 118
"This is the so-called punishment for the violation of rules…"
Lin Ye pondered for a moment, his mind wandering. He quickly took out a large number of healing pills from his huge meru ring.
Bone Regrowth Pill, Meridian Protecting Pill, Jade Skin Pill, most of them were of Level 3 quality, neither high nor low.
Although he did not know if it was effective, it was still a token of his sincerity.
"I appreciate your kind intentions but Level 3 medicinal pills are useless to me."
Elder Adeline shook her head, a look of relief appearing on her beautiful face. "I can tell that you're not a bad person and are very willing to give up on people you care about. This is good and is also an important reason why I'm willing to suffer this punishment for you."
"So now you…" Lin Ye frowned.
"Don't worry, I'm not a fool either. The information I revealed to you just so happens to titter around the range of Level 5. This bolt of lightning will at most weaken me for a few days. As long as I don't fight with others in this short period of time, I will recover on my own."
Elder Adeline smiled. She forced herself to stand up and, still maintaining her elegant posture, she bowed.
"In that case, goodbye till next time. I hope we won't have to wait too long, especially when it comes to that san something thing?"
"Sanitary pads," Adelia reminded her quietly.
"Oh, right, it's this. Also, you have to hurry up with the shower gel and shampoo. As for the tea leaves, order some too. You can decide the price yourself. Just don't go overboard. When the time comes, just pass the goods to Adelia and ask her to send them back…"
After instructing for a while, Elder Adeline looked at Lin Ye deeply and smiled. "If you're interested, my lord can come with Adelia. I believe that with your current constitution, you can withstand the turbulence of the change in space. I promise that I will let my lord experience the beauty of the underworld."
"There will be other chances," Lin Ye refused.
After the celebration, he believed in Adelia because she was loyal, but that did not mean he would believe in her entire clan.
Now, as long as one was not a fool, they could tell that his talent was extraordinary.
Especially in terms of resources, his was too exaggerated and terrifying.
Therefore, even if Adelia did not harm him, who could guarantee that the other rangers would not have any nefarious thoughts about him?
On the ground, he was an invincible king.
But if he went to the underworld, he would be a tiny junior. Even the elders guarding the teleportation array were peak stage Class 5.
The difference between them was too great.
He always believed that equal status was determined by one's strength.
Only by reaching the same level as the other party could he obtain respect and authority.
Otherwise, if the other party harbored ill intentions, he wouldn't even have the chance to resist.
It was too dangerous.
He had never liked the risks it involved, so he naturally would not agree.
Perhaps one day, when he advanced to Class 9, or even completely crushed the combat system of the underworld, he would probably go down and take a look out of curiosity.
At this current critical moment, he should forget about it.
Whoosh—
A moment later, the teleportation array lit up with a sky-blue teleportation portal. With a flash of light, it wrapped around Adeline and she disappeared.
"My lord, my aunt doesn't mean anything. Don't think too much."
Looking at her lord who was in deep thought, Adelia said in a low voice, "All clans are the same. They are all placing bets. As long as you show your value, they will make concessions. This is not to please you, but for our clan."
"What do you mean?" Lin Ye asked curiously.
"I can't talk too much about the details."
At this point, Adelia pointed at the sky and continued, "You just need to know that the stronger you appear, the more respect and support you will receive."
"Alright, I understand!"
Lin Ye nodded and did not force her. He did not hear the thunder roar above his head. If she said another word, there was an 80% chance that even Adelia would be struck by lightning.
Although he was curious, that was all.
He firmly believed that as long as he was invincible, all demons and ghosts were paper tigers. If they dared to harm him, he would beat them to death.
"Tru!" Lin Ye turned his head and shouted.
"My lord, Tru and Boss Luo are not back yet!" Su Yu said.
"It's fine if they're not back. Ignore them. You guys, this is the 'Battle Aura Root Cultivation Method' and 'Twelve Zodiac Battle Aura Secret Manual'. Take it and pass it down to all the soldiers. Don't be afraid of wasting resources."
After saying that, he handed over the 2,850 Level 3 Body Strengthening Pills that he had just obtained to his subordinates, leaving only 300 of them for himself.
One per person. If he left out those above Class 3, he would have barely enough.
"My lord, you've given them too much. They should be rewarded after contributing," Xu Que advised.
"There's no need. We're all brothers of the same family. Making a contribution ranking is to stimulate everyone's motivation. For things like this that can increase strength, I will give it to them if I can. If my brothers are strong, from another point of view, it will only increase my strength."
Lin Ye smiled and said unconcernedly, "Moreover, a mere Level 3 Body Strengthening Pill is trash in my eyes. How can it compare to your lives?"
"My lord!"
His words were so righteous that everyone shed tears.
"It is our honor to be able to follow my lord," Adelia sighed.
At the same time, the soldiers below each obtained a Body Strengthening Pill.
As for the battle aura secret techniques, because there were only 2 books, they could only take turns reading them.
But compared to before, this treatment was like heaven.
Seeing this, Adelia narrowed her eyes.
Since Tru and Luo Feng were not around, she had to come forward and say something.
On the battlefield today, she discovered many small problems.
She should tell them in advance.
In an instant, the imposing aura of a Class 4 Elemental Ranger attracted everyone's attention.
"Everyone, the Lord has given you treasures and medicinal pills. You must do your best to serve the Lord."
"But I realized that although we are all loyalists, some people are lazy by nature and often slack off in battle."
"In today's battle, just through my observation, I found many of such cases. As for who it was, those of you should know yourself clearly, and your teammates know as well."
"Today is your first offense, so I'll give you a chance, but after today, I don't want to see any more slacking comrades. If I find out, even if the lord cherishes you, I won't agree to it."
"Those who waste the lord's resources will be punished severely. Do you understand?"
Although she was a woman, her words were domineering and intimidating.
"Very good. I'll add more dishes for you tonight!" Lin Ye secretly gave her a thumbs up.
In the past, he had been both a good person and a bad person. Today, it felt good to be mute.
He could even enjoy wave after wave of respectful gazes. It was comfortable!
"Alright, before Commander Tru and Chiliarch Luo return, ten people will go forward to learn the battle aura cultivation techniques and take the Level 3 Body Strengthening Pills immediately. You don't have to be afraid of wasting them. In the future, as long as you perform well, every week, listen carefully, it's every week, the lord will distribute the Body Strengthening Pills for free."
As soon as she said that, the soldiers were touched to tears again, especially when they thought of the ferocious Adelia.
"My lord, please, don't be so good to us. I've cried three times today. I've never cried so much since I was born!"
"That's right, my lord. Let's call it a day. You've given me too much. You're more qualified than my father. If you continue to be like this, I'll acknowledge you as my father!"
"My lord, give us dads some face. I don't want to lose face in front of my children!" 𝑙𝘪𝑏𝓇𝑒𝑎𝒹.𝘤𝑜𝘮
…
There was a whale from below, but the style was completely off.
"Ah, this…" Lin Ye was speechless. Did I give them too much?
It felt alright. It was still far from everyone becoming rich.
As expected, native citizens from the underworld were honest and easy to satisfy.
Why don't we add another meal tonight? Beef and lobster banquet? Or a crab banquet?
Mm, he should pair them together since that would make him seem more capable.
In this way, after the bunker upgrades tonight, let Tru and the others initiate and summon their biological fathers one by one.
Otherwise, they would really think that it was so easy to get benefits from their lord!
Hmph, superficial!
Ignoring the soldiers who were caught up in the battle aura craze, Lin Ye pondered in his heart. Under the sun, he laid down leisurely on the sofa on the outdoor balcony and started to madly scroll through the Reputation Shop.
Chapter 119
Now, his Reputation Shop had increased to Level 6 and the shelf slots increased to 15.
The number of refreshes he was getting increased greatly as well. If it was little, there would only be one but if there were many, it could go up to more than a few hundred, saving him a lot of time.
"Sanitary Pads x100, 1,000. Purchased!"
"Sophie Brand Sanitary Pads x100, 1,000. Purchased!"
"Mountain Bulang's Tea x10, 150,000. Purchased!"
"Level 2 Lord's Skin, 10,000. Purchased!"
"Silky Shampoo x100, 8,000. Purchased!"
….
He refreshed the page 13 times in a row. Just the refresh fee itself cost 810,000 Reputation Points.
Buy everything! Buy! Buy!
The free shelf for goods purchased from the Reputation Shop was almost bursting.
Note: A free shelf for goods. After goods are purchased for the first time, they can be stored on the shelf for free. Once the goods have been retrieved, they cannot be placed inside again.
The only pity was that he was still lacking in quantity for things like sanitary pads, Sophie brand sanitary pads, and silky shampoo.
Especially for the first two, the amount Adeline wanted was quite large.
Now, he only had 600 plus of them. It was probably far from enough for the upper echelons of her clan to use.
It was not appropriate to continue refreshing.
For the 14th refresh, the refresh fee alone required was more than 800,000 Reputation Points. On the 15th time, it would cost 1,600,000 points. The more he refreshed, the more terrifying it became.
Even he could not withstand that price.
At this moment, the system sent a congratulatory message.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have spent 400,000 Reputation Points. Your Reputation Shop has been upgraded to Level 7."
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have spent 800,000 Reputation points. Your Reputation Shop has been upgraded to Level 8."
When he reached Level 8, Lin Ye's eyes lit up.
New items gradually appeared on the shelves.
Desert Eagle Bullet Blueprint, Mp9 Bullet Blueprint, AK47 Bullet Blueprint, Barrett Bullet Blueprint…
"Hahaha, the zombies didn't drop, but the Reputation Shop is selling it. I'm about to take a flight!"
"Ah, but it's so expensive!"
After seeing the price clearly, Lin Ye gnashed his teeth.
Just the Desert Eagle Bullet Blueprint required 100,000 Reputation Points, MP9—200,000 Reputation Points, AK47—300,000 Reputation Points. The Barrett Bullet Blueprint actually required 500,000 Reputation Points.
F*ck, you don't want others to buy it at all!
And this was only applicable to him. If it were anyone else, just the Desert Eagle bullet blueprint would make them despair.
Forget it, it's none of my business.
It was because the drop rate of blueprints for firearms was too low. It was normal for others to not be able to afford them.
After all, until now.
He had already opened more than a thousand treasure chests, but he did not even see a single blueprint for firearms.
What a scam!
Lin Ye cursed inwardly and made his decision.
Buy it!
He gritted his teeth and bought everything.
He bought all the bullet blueprints from the reputation shop which had just leveled up.
Reputation Points -100,000, Reputation Points -200,000, Reputation Points -300,000.
Looking at the decreasing reputation points, Lin Ye drank a cup of tea expressionlessly to calm himself.
"Eh, wait for a second…"
"F*ck, why isn't there any blueprint for weapons? Only bullets?"
Suddenly, Lin Ye stopped drinking his tea and stared at the Reputation Shop in a daze.
He was completely dumbfounded.
After a long time, he came to a conclusion: Did I not charge enough?
Oh, that's possible. Continue to level up. It might appear once it reaches Level 9.
Bulldozer? 200,000 Points. Purchased. A tractor which cost 150,000. Purchased…
Moments later, the system finally sent a congratulatory message after spending 1.6 million reputation points.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have spent 1,600,000 Reputation points. Your Reputation Shop has been upgraded to Level 9."
Whoosh—
With a flash of light, the number of shelves increased to 20, and there were two more pages on the inventory.
Most of them were living supplies. Lin Ye ignored them and went straight to the end.
As expected, there was a firearms blueprint among them!
Desert Eagle Blueprint, MP9 Blueprint, AWM Sniper Rifle Blueprint, Grenade Blueprint…
There were countless types of weapons, but the problem was that they were so damn expensive!
Any one of them would cost at least a million.
Even a rich man like him felt his scalp tingle.
After thinking about it for a long time, Lin Ye decided.
Now that he had spent a few million, he only had 1.05 million reputation points left.
The only thing he could afford was the Desert Eagle blueprint—600,000, Ordinary Grenade—600,000, MP9-800,000, M4A1-1 million…
"M4A1," Lin Ye decided.
To be honest, he did not know anything about guns and had only played FPS games like CrossFire. M4A1 seemed to be one of the newbie weapons.
It shouldn't be too difficult to get started… right?
Swoosh—
The sound of points clearing rang out.
Looking at the remaining reputation points, Lin Ye suddenly felt a sense of craze.
"I want to earn more money!"
"And buy all the firearms! Don't give anyone else a chance!"
"Haunted Houses! There are only ten or so remaining. Destroy them all!"
"The first clearance award for the two, four, and five-star haunted houses are still there! If I can get all of them, I will get at least 10 million reputation points as a reward!"
"There's also the Harpy Zombie… I wonder how many stars will appear in it. The five-star difficulty level shown in the archive room was at most at the difficulty level of zero-star Level 4 Haunted Houses! F*ck, they're not going to have to attack a six-star Haunted House, are they…"
For a moment, Lord Lin was filled with thoughts.
Fortunately, with the expansion of Heart's Web, he quickly came up with a detailed strategy.
Right at this moment, a commotion suddenly sounded from the soldiers' camp in the distance. 𝒍𝙞𝙗𝓻𝙚𝒂𝓭.𝒄𝙤𝙢
"What happened?" He frowned slightly as Heart's Web swept across the entire scene.
In his line of sight, many people were huddled together. In the empty space in front of them were two battle aura manuals.
Perhaps it was because they had taken the Level 3 Body Strengthening Pill, but all of them had their eyes closed in meditation. The ones who made a commotion were the 30 or so talented Class 3 soldiers.
Their foundations were originally higher than ordinary people's. Their bodies contained a large amount of battle aura, but they did not have a suitable cultivation technique to guide them.
With Lin Ye's help, resources and secret manuals were thrown in at the same time, and a qualitative change happened instantly.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Soon, their auras exploded one after another. The battle aura that had been accumulated in their bodies for many years was refined into externalized battle aura with the help of the secret technique.
Some people had an extremely pure battle aura emanating from their heads.
This was the secret manual of Luo Feng's clan battle aura.
However, to Lin Ye's surprise, more people chose Tru's Zodiac Secret Manual.
A phantom image of a demon ox totem flew out from the top of someone's head. Someone had a mouse totem above their head, and someone had actually visualized the blue dragon totem…
All kinds of specializations from their cultivation dazzled the eyes.
"I see."
After watching for a while, Lin Ye understood.
It was not because the twelve zodiac battle aura was powerful, but because out of the 30 people, most were Tru's younger brothers.
It was most likely chosen on purpose to make their boss feel better.
"That means that they've already started to split into different factions."
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes. To be honest, he personally did not wish to see this development.
These soldiers were his loyalists, and each of them was extremely precious. Wouldn't it be a joke if his own family got into internal strife?
Previously, he had set up the banner of the 'Lin clan' in a high-profile manner so that his loyalists could shift their faith from their own family to their territory.
But from the looks of it, it was not enough.
In the future, he would have to build more 'Lin Clan' buildings. There should be places similar to the Earth Nightclub in the underworld.
A bond between men was either formed through fights or fights…
Usually, they would team up to destroy Haunted Houses and beat up the surrounding thieves. Over time, wouldn't they be as close as brothers?
Mm, it's settled then!
Chapter 120
Another ten minutes passed.
More than 200 Class 3 soldiers had their battle aura externalized, and more than 500 Class 2 soldiers had their battle aura awakened.
This was not something that could be accomplished overnight but through more than a decade of accumulation. It was not easy to obtain.
Now that they had broken through, their improvement was not small.
For example, if it was a Class 3 warrior that could release battle aura, even if they leveled using an upgrade scroll, they would at least be able to defeat three other people of the same class.
Of course, they had only just broken through and the increase in their combat strength was a little superficial.
If they wanted their strength to completely stabilize, they would still need to train more in the advanced barracks. At that time, they could still improve significantly.
"Hahaha, my lord, we're back."
At this moment, hearty laughter sounded from afar.
Luo Feng and Tru walked out of the teleportation array one after another, their faces flushed red.
"What made you two so happy?" Lin Ye glanced at him and asked curiously.
"Hehe, my lord, you don't know. When I went back this time, it's equivalent to returning home in glory. My father's talent is not good. As the clan leader, he is only a Class 3 Senior Combat Master. However, I have only been here for three days and have already advanced from Class 1 to Class 4 Combat Saint. I almost scared my father to death."
As he spoke, Tru was so excited that his mouth was almost crooked from laughing. "Also, now that I have a high reputation in the clan, more than a dozen matchmakers are almost breaking the door of my house. All of them want to tell me about potential wives, and they were even those who would have plenty of dowry accompanying them."
"Oh, so you're getting married?" Lin Ye glanced at him from the side of his eyes.
"How could I? I'm going to strengthen the Lin Clan's influence with the lord. Isn't it a downer to get married so early?"
Tru shook his head like a rattle. Then, he pretended to imitate Lin Ye's attitude when he rejected Adelia previously. He said arrogantly and coldly, "Thank you for the invitation. Women will only affect the speed at which I draw my sword!"
"Bleh!"
As soon as he said that, combined with his awkward expression, everyone present burst into laughter.
"Stop fooling around. Tell me, how did your father react?" Lin Ye brought the topic back.
"Of course he agrees. The lord has spent so much that my father was grinning from ear to ear. The benefits here are one of a kind. Our totem clan is a branch of the North Warring Clans and our intelligence work is not bad."
"According to my father, three days after the arrival of the human lords, the other warring clans' members who were working for the other lords suffered heavy casualties. Survival rates were lower than 10%."
"There's something even more ridiculous. Some human lords were perverts and even dared to bully the women of the Warring Clans. In the end, they were betrayed by the female warriors. They killed their lords and escaped back to the underworld."
"Of course, if the clans discover lords with potential, they might send their most beautiful women to hit on the said lord."
At this point, his gaze landed on Adelia and he chuckled foolishly.
"If you continue to spout nonsense, the next time Storm of Arrows hits you, it won't be on your ass."
Adelia drew a silver arrow and smiled threateningly.
"How could I? It's a misunderstanding. It's all a misunderstanding." 𝓵𝒊𝒃𝙧𝓮𝙖𝓭.𝙘𝒐𝙢
Tru said carefully and then talked more about the rumors of the underworld.
For example, there was something wrong with a certain clan recently or some powerful human lord was on the rankings and the clans sent warriors and beauties to said human lords overly enthusiastically.
….
Tru told him a lot of information, but Lin Ye did not stop him. Instead, he listened attentively.
However, after listening to most of it, he suddenly felt sick of it.
Why did the protagonists from his examples all get to freeload off their wives?
But I'm so handsome and strong. Why haven't I seen anyone sending warriors and beauties to me?
F*ck!
Those bastards from the underworld must be jealous that I'm too handsome!
While Lin Ye was complaining inwardly, Tru continued to talk non-stop. His mouth felt dry from talking.
His eyes lit up when he saw the Pu'er tea in front of Lin Ye.
"Drink it. I'm not stopping you." Lin Ye waved his hand indifferently.
Tru didn't stand during the ceremony. He drank a few cups and continued, "That's why I say that the lord is still the awesome one. Everyone who comes to our territory is deeply grateful. I told them about what happened here. In the beginning, my father and those cousins didn't believe me. In the end, I had no choice but to throw out the 100,000 Zombie Souls and Level 3 Body Strengthening Pills that you gave me before they believed it."
"Make a guess at what happened next," he said mysteriously.
"Were you beaten?" Lin Ye chuckled.
"Ahem, of course not."
Tru scratched his head and said with a smile, "That scene was too beautiful. My father and the others almost cried from greed. All of them begged me to summon them as soon as possible. On my way back, I made a rough calculation and realized that there were at least 3,000 people who were willing to come. Among them, 2,300 were Class 1 soldiers, 600 were Class 2, 100 were Class 3, and only 5 were Class 4. They were all my uncles. If we include the elderly, women, and children, the numbers can at least increase to 10,000."
"You can exclude the old, weak, women, and children. I can't support so many people for the time being. We'll talk about it when the population limit increases."
Lin Ye nodded, roughly understanding the situation on Tru's side, before turning to look at Luo Feng.
After organizing his words, Luo Feng stepped forward and said, "My lord, the situation of my Luo clan's soldiers is better. For the sake of the hero-tier weapon, the Blood Shadow Battle Blade, my father has definitely put in a lot of effort for you. 6,000 elites are waiting for you to recruit. Among them, 3,000 are in Class 1, 2,100 are in Class 2, 800 are in Class 3, and 100 are in Class 4."
"Of course. The recruitment fee and resource supply will still have to be paid based on what was needed. In this regard, my father said he wouldn't make the slightest concession unless…"
At the crucial moment, his expression turned strange.
"Unless what?" Lin Ye raised his eyebrows.
"Cough cough… My lord, these words were not said by me. I am repeating my father's words. The general idea is: Unless you marry my younger sister, Luo Xiaoxi, the recruitment fee cannot be reduced by a single cent." Luo Feng revealed an awkward expression.
"Oh, there's such a good deal." Lin Ye chuckled.
Just now, he was complaining about why no one thought highly of him and wanted to give him a wife. Now, the chance was here.
He narrowed his eyes and smiled at Luo Feng. "Is your sister pretty?"
"I want to see a reference photo."
Luo Feng coughed lightly and glanced at Adelia opposite him. He said truthfully, "I think she's not as pretty as compared to Adelia and Nicole, but she is definitely better than ordinary rangers and chefs."
"If the Lord wishes, I can help set a meetup."
"There's no need. Who do you think I am? Remember, I, Lin Ye, will never live by mooching off my wife!"
Suddenly, Lin Ye's face became serious and he said righteously, "If you are a man, you must rely on yourself for everything. Thank Uncle Luo for his regard. Tell him to rest assured that the recruitment fee given would be as much as it should be. There is no doubt about that."
Seeing that Adelia and the others were about to speak as well, he hurriedly said, "Alright, this matter ends here. I'll remember this. Recruitment will prioritize the best ones. It's the same for the other clans. There's no need to be afraid that there won't be any spots. Now, this lord has other important matters that require your immediate action."
"Su Yu, this is the blueprint for the Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon M4A1 and its bullet. Bring them back to the territory personally and free two Level 3 Armories for processing this."
As he spoke, he handed over two high-level blueprints that were purple in color with a tinge of silver to them.
"My lord, look at the annotation. Although this weapon seems to be more powerful than Zhu Gelian's Crossbow, there's only one blueprint. The processing efficiency might be extremely slow." Su Yu took a look and reminded him kindly.
"I know. Hold on. Let me find something."
After he finished speaking, Lin Ye immediately placed his attention on the Reputation Shop's storage warehouse.
He had browsed through so many different kinds of things previously, and it seemed like there was a powerful tool for this kind of hacking.
"Found it!"
Soon, his eyes lit up and he took out a large pile of scrolls.
"This is Forging Acceleration Scrolls for Class 3 equipment. There are a total of 135 of them. Pass it to Blacksmith Two and get it processed immediately. It has to be done quickly. It's useful to me."
Chapter 121
'"!"
Su Yu swallowed.
There were more than a hundred Scrolls of Class 3 Equipment Forging Acceleration Scroll. Alright, this was very like his lord.
After giving a few simple instructions on other matters, Su Yu whistled and rode away on his Wind Wolf.
"Guards, follow me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of Class 3 warriors from the thousand-man battalion that belonged to Su Yu split off and followed Su Yu's figure as they left quickly.
After watching them leave, Lin Ye took out a Rolex watch worth 300,000 from his Reputation Shop.
He used his Civilization Archive to compare time.
It was 4.20 pm. Time was running out.
There were eight hours before the arrival of the four sacred halls.
Excluding destroying the Haunted Houses, having dinner, upgrading the level of the bunker, recruiting soldiers, and organizing his gains.
There was not much time left for him to prepare.
Heart's Web swept across the territory.
There were three one-star Haunted Houses in this area, three two-star Haunted Houses, one three-star Haunted House, two four-stars, and one five-star.
In terms of combat power, as long as all the soldiers wore advanced blue-tier equipment, they could crush one or two star haunted houses easily.
If they wore Class 3 Purple Tier equipment, they would be able to crush a three-star Haunted House.
Thinking up to this point, Lin Ye said, "Xu Que, lead your thousand-man team. I'll leave the three one-star Haunted Houses in the left area to you. You have to destroy them within an hour. Also, get the native workers to bring 100 Level 2 Zombie Converters. After the mission is completed, convert the corpses on the spot. No one is allowed to collect them, and no one is allowed to dig at the place where the sharing contracts are hidden!"
"After you're done, except for the guards, the rest are to meet up with me quickly."
"Roger!"
Xu Que cupped his fists and said in a loud voice, "Brothers from the Ghost Bomber Gang, follow me! This Xu will take you to blow up Haunted Houses!"
As he spoke, he rode the Wind Wolf and led a group of young men to rush towards the one-star Haunted House.
"Luo Feng, your team is ranked second in terms of capabilities. Lead the subordinates left behind by Su Yu. I'll leave the three two-star Haunted Houses on the right to you. Let me know as soon as you're done."
Lin Ye looked at Luo Feng with a serious expression.
Compared to one-star and three-star, he did not care.
Since he had already gotten the reward for being the first, it did not matter if he destroyed them later or not.
However, it was different for two-star. He would gain 2 million reputation points after clearing it. He did not want to take the risk.
"Luo Feng understands!"
Soon, another 1,300 people left the regiment and charged towards the two-star Haunted House valiantly.
More than two thousand people left one after another.
Only Tru's elite team and Adelia's ranger team were left at the place.
There were a total of 1,300 people, including 275 Class 3 Soldiers and 500 wearing Class 3 equipment. Their combat power firmly occupied the top spot of the thousands.
Furthermore, they had both offensive and defensive capabilities. They had infantry, cavalry, and archers.
"The rest of you, follow me to conquer the three-star Haunted House to the north!"
Lin Ye looked around and shouted. He didn't say anything else and led everyone straight on their way.
Now that they were split into three teams according to the capabilities of each team, they could crush their respective Haunted Houses.
This was not nonsense, but the information given by Hint. He had seen it before, and they were all at G-class easy peasy difficulty. There were no risks.
The only exception was when he was appraising the four-star Haunted House, Hint displayed that it was of Level E difficulty.
It meant that although they could win, they might suffer some losses.
According to the information in the archive, the power of a four-star Haunted House was double that of a three-star Haunted House.
They had just destroyed a three-star Haunted House, and there were more than 6,800 zombies in them.
In other words, there were at least 17,200 zombies in a four-star Haunted House. Among them, there would be many Level 2 and 3 zombies. There was a high chance that there wouldn't be any Level 4 zombies, but it wasn't a fixed variable.
The other party had the advantage in numbers, so for safety's sake,
He asked Su Yu to quickly return to his territory and use the Acceleration Scroll to quickly forge hundreds of firearms, M4A1.
With these great killing machines, killing the low-level zombies would be much faster than using primitive weapons.
However, this place was quite a distance from his territory. Even with the Wind Wolf running back and forth, it would take about 20 minutes.
Since he had nothing to do, he would destroy the other three-star Haunted House first. It was killing three birds with one stone.
After a while, fights broke out at the various Haunted Houses. Xu Que and Luo Feng were crushing their enemies completely as they swept through the place.
It was the same for Lin Ye. His equipment was overwhelming, and his level was overwhelming.
When he was attacking this three-star Haunted House, Lin Ye had personally taken part in it.
Currently, his Great Sage Battle Aura and Battle Aura Root Energy have both reached Class 4. His battle prowess was off the charts, and he could be considered the strongest human on the continent.
At the same time, a second before they ended.
He combined the Level 2 Lord's Skin which he was wearing with the one he bought from the reputation shop.
Whoosh—
A flash of golden light fell and the two Lord's Skin disappeared, replaced by a shimmering golden armor.
The outer appearance looked similar to the golden holy garment of the pegasus in Saint Seiya. Wearing it, coupled with Lin Ye's extremely handsome face and tall figure, he looked like a god that had walked out of a legend.
The men felt inferior when they saw him, while the women felt fluttery when they looked at him. Even the zombies opposite them were stunned for a few seconds.
"What good stuff!" 𝙡𝓲𝙗𝙧𝓮𝒂𝒅.𝙘𝓸𝒎
He patted his armor and a message came.
Item: Lord's Skin (Special Type Treasure)
Level: Advanced (Rarity Level: )
Attractiveness: Increased by 50%
Charisma: Increased by 50%
Special Effect 1: Increase base loyalty by three times
(Note: The initial loyalty of a Class 1 soldier will increase from 50% to 90%. The initial loyalty of a Class 2 soldier will increase to 80%. The initial loyalty of a Class 3 soldier will increase to 70%. The initial loyalty of a Class 4 soldier will increase to 60%!)
Special Effect 2: Enhanced version of Flying Meteor (Any attack yours will not increase in any power, but the visual effect will increase by 500%)
Special Effect 3: Ambition (Forcefully increases the loyalty of human lords. Initial loyalty will increase to 70%)
"Hm? After upgrading to Level 3 Lord's Skin, it can actually work on human lords."
Lin Ye involuntarily narrowed his eyes.
He remembered clearly that human lords were immune to Level 1 and 2 Lord's Skin.
But now, it seemed like he could break these limitations.
Combined with the limitations of his battle aura talent, the weapon blueprints of the Reputation Shop, and the Lord's Skin.
Vaguely, he seemed to have grasped a train of thought.
In this alternate world, if there was a limit in this world, it would be that he was not strong enough or that he did not have enough money.
In that case, the power of law was the same!
Thinking of this, his eyes lit up. When he had time, he would definitely study this dumb power of law.
Once he found a loophole, he wouldn't mind throwing money at it since money was something that he didn't lack.
At that time, he would be one step ahead of the others and obtain the corresponding information in advance. He could also unlock the lock on his cultivation realms.
Just think about it, the others would be stuck at Class 5, but he could lead a large group of Class 6 and 7 warriors to conquer a city.
How magnificent would that look? Even if he pissed at the enemy, they wouldn't dare to move.
With that in mind, he activated the 500% visual effect of his Level 3 Lord's Skin.
Immediately afterward, with a bang sound, the skies and earth rumbled, and golden beams streaked across the place.
Immediately afterward, a hundred-meter-tall golden totem appeared above Lin Ye's head. It was powerful as it looked down on the world.
"Kill them!"
Chapter 122
"Skyward Slash!"
Lin Ye's figure was enveloped by the Great Sage's Totem, a hundred-meter-tall phantom.
Each attack was earth-shattering.
Rumble!
With the enhancement of the special effect, his combat ability somehow gave off the feeling of being capable of shaking the heavens and earth as its cries swept across the world.
Although many people realized that the commotion and destructive power were not correlated, they could not withstand how magnificent their lord looked.
He was accompanied by more than 10 Class 3 personal guards, they charged in and out of the three-star haunted house. With one slash, more than ten zombies died.
Even if it was a Level 3 supervisor zombie, when it encountered Lin Ye, it would also be instantly killed.
"Our lord is mighty!"
As the number one bootlicker, how could Tru miss the opportunity to praise his lord? He took the lead and shouted.
"Hahaha, awesome!"
As for Lin Ye, he finally experienced the feeling of being invincible.
This was completely different from the feeling he had when he learned how to use Storm of Arrows x3 and wantonly kill zombies.
Shooting from afar was a calm and refreshing feeling, a deeply hidden sense of achievement and indifference.
Close-range combat was a frenzy of blood and killing.
Every time he blew up a zombie or swept through a zombie wave, the satisfying sight and feel would make his blood pump rapidly. Whether it was in the eyes of others or in his heart, it would give birth to a feeling of invincibility.
As long as he was around, this punch, slap, slash, stab, would sweep the world off its feet.
At this moment, he finally understood why the peerless and fierce generals who had fought for many years were able to oppress ten thousand people with each appearance.
It was a belief in their invincibility that had been honed through countless battles.
Who could defeat ordinary people with a single glance!
"You have entered a state of epiphany. Concept of Invincibility+10, Concept of Invincibility+10, Concept of Invincibility+10…"
100xReward.
"You have entered a super state of epiphany. Concept of Invincibility+1000, Concept of Invincibility+1000, Concept of Invincibility+1000…"
[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have learned Level 1 Belief of Invincibility!"
"Invincible Heart?"
Shock flashed through Lin Ye's eyes as he killed the zombies mercilessly.
Information about the Invincible Heart gradually appeared in his mind.
[Invincible Heart: Increases willpower and conviction. Faith becomes strong like a sword, indestructible and unshakeable. At Level 1, it provides immunity to Level 1-5 Spiritual-type attacks. In addition, the ability to fight solo has increased by 50%. Morale increased by 10%.]
(Note: Spiritual-type attacks refer to attacks such as Charm, Mental Demon, Spiritual Shock, Psychokinesis, etc.)
"D*mn, this ability is a little strong. Combined with my Heart's Web, 99% of the elites with spiritual-type attacks will be subdued by me." Lin Ye was overjoyed, satisfied with the Invincible Heart that he had obtained for no reason.
Rumble!
Under his leadership, the three-star Haunted House was successfully taken down within 15 minutes.
Kacha—
He smashed the teleportation array with a hit and skillfully dug out a dark blue sharing contract from the ground.
"What a joke, it's actually only an Advanced Level 2 Scroll, trash!"
Lin Ye complained.
100xReward options appeared in his line of sight.
100 Advanced Level 2 Sharing ContractA Beginner Level 4 Sharing ContractA sharing contract of random level and quantity
"I choose option 3."
It had been a long time since he had chosen this scam. Since the item was trash anyway, he might as well try his luck.
"You have obtained 82 Advanced Level 3 Sharing Contracts!"
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Lin Ye blinked and looked at his hands in disbelief.
Were these hands really blessed today?
Whatever the opening would be a huge hit. Anything he chose would profit. Killing a zombie would allow him to obtain an Invincible Heart.
His luck was really good!
He opened the Civilization Archive and looked at the thousand sandalwood treasure chests on the resource page. He suddenly had the urge to open all of them.
After some thought, he gave up on the idea.
Sandalwood treasure chests were too lousy. The probability of getting trash or living supplies was too high.
"My lord, Chiliarch Luo has sent news that they have defeated the first two-star Haunted House. Please go and dig up the contract!"
At this moment, a Class 3 Wolf Cavalry Warrior shouted to Lin Ye as he dashed across the sea of corpses.
"Got it." Lin Ye smiled. Not bad, the speed was only slightly slower than his. 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝓇𝘦𝑎𝒹.𝑐𝑜𝓂
Was this the power of the Blood Shadow Battle Blade?
He narrowed his eyes and had a rough guess. Currently, if anyone could fight him, it would probably be Luo Feng who possessed a Hero-tier weapon.
Of course, if the two were to fight, Luo Feng would definitely lose.
Who asked Lin Ye to be his lord? With just a sentence, would he still dare to win?
It was just a joke. Lin Ye did not mind the outcome. After all, they were his people, and he could not wait for Luo Feng to become undefeatable in the world.
At that time, his brothers would help him conquer the world, and he would be the boss who can laze around. He would oversee the territory and marry a few empresses or princesses.
Walking a dog every day and building his territory. Wasn't that a good life?
Wait, fragrant my a**! I want to fight through hell!
Soon, the angel and devil in his mind started fighting.
Meanwhile, Lin Ye's main body separated these two thoughts.
He looked at the native workers who were with him and instructed, "Place the zombie converters and quickly convert the corpses!"
He looked at his watch and guessed that Su Yu would be back soon with a large number of firearms. There was probably not enough time.
The drop rate of Zombie Converters was too low. Other than the ones in his territory, he could only take 350 of them with him at any time.
The soldiers were divided into three groups. He split it so that each group had 100 of them but it was still not enough.
After a moment of hesitation, he gritted his teeth and took out the last 100 Acceleration Scrolls from the Reputation Shop's Storage.
These were attributeless Acceleration Scrolls.
They could be used to level buildings and increase the speed at which zombies were converted.
He had originally planned to keep it for future use, but he couldn't care less now and used it directly.
He would bring the converters straight to the four-star haunted house later.
As for the five-star, when the battle was about to start, Xu Que and Luo Feng would probably be done converting theirs, which would add up perfectly.
"Take it, quickly!"
With the Acceleration Scrolls, the efficiency of conversion on this side soared.
They attached an Acceleration Scroll to each converter and it converted one corpse within a second. In just a minute, all the corpses were converted.
"You have obtained 8,823 Zombie Souls."
100xReward.
"You have obtained 882,300 Zombie Souls."
With a thought, he kept all the Zombie Souls into the Civilization Archive's resource page.
He was a rich man now. Previously, he had just got more than 800,000 souls into his account. Even though he had spent 260,000 on the battle aura manuals (the additional 60,000 was the transport cost of 100 Body Strengthening Pills), 220,000 on the transportation fee to the rangers, and other small expenses.
Now, he had a total of 1,250,000 zombie souls.
He did not panic at all.
"Everyone else, bring your tools and wait at the intersection. Tru, Adelia, lead the guards and follow me."
With that, Lin Ye rode the giant earth wolf and, led by the Class 3 wolf cavalry warrior, rushed to the two-star haunted house.
At the same time, on the other side of the ocean, there was a tall Western beauty. She was wearing the skin of the spider lord and looked down from above. Everywhere she looked, there was a sea of Zerg soldiers who were killing the sea of zombies guarding the two-star Haunted House.
A few minutes later, when the remains of the Haunted House collapsed, a precious Level 2 sharing contract was taken out from the ground.
"Congratulations to Survivor Kerrigan. You are the second human lord to destroy a two-star Haunted House in the world. You are rewarded with 10,000 Reputation points."
She listened to the congratulatory message from the system.
Kerrigan was the name of this beautiful lord.
"Someone beat me to it again!"
Not only did she not show any signs of happiness, she even frowned, anger appearing on her beautiful face.
Slaps!
The precious Level 2 sharing contract that outsiders thought was precious was thrown inside the remnants of the haunted house.
A moment later, she raised her head, her eyes red in anger. "Damn it, who is it! Taking my first clear reward, again and again, I will not stand down to this!"
Chapter 123
"Achoo!"
"Who's thinking about me?"
Lin Ye sneezed, but his gaze was still on the scroll that was emitting a purple glow in his hand.
This was the treasure that he had just dug out from under the teleportation array.
"You have obtained a Beginner Level 3 sharing contract!"
100xReward.
100 Level 3 Sharing Contract1 Top Level 4 Sharing Contract
3: A sharing contract of random level and quantity.
"I'll just choose option 1 then. At Level 3, the sharing contract is worth it."
Lin Ye had chosen a similar option before. He was familiar with this and immediately kept the Level 3 sharing contract that fell all over the ground.
At the same time, the system sent a congratulatory message.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You are the first human lord to destroy a two-star Level 1 Haunted House in the world. You are rewarded with 20,000 reputation points."
100xReward.
"You have received 2,000,000 Reputation points."
"Perfect!"
A bright smile appeared on Lin Ye's face. This feeling of counting money until his hands were tired was wonderful.
"My lord, these are the treasure chests and blueprints that Chiliarch Luo asked us to pass to you. 452 sandalwood treasure chests, 101 bronze treasure chests, 1 silver treasure chest, 25 Level 1 blueprint, 3 Level 2 blueprints, 4 low-level soldier blueprints. There are also more than 4,000 zombie corpses being converted."
At this moment, a Class 3 soldier who had stayed behind walked over with a group of native workers carrying treasure chests behind him.
"Alright, give them all to me."
Lin Ye nodded. His thoughts swept across all the treasure chests and a light beam descended, storing them all in the Civilization Archive's resource page.
After doing this, he looked at the Class 3 soldier and asked, "Where's Luo Feng?"
"Chiliarch Luo was anxious to destroy another two-star Level 1 Haunted House so he left first," the soldier replied respectfully.
"Got it. You guys continue to guard here. Don't let others steal from you guys. If any lifeform tries to approach this area, don't waste your breath. Just kill them."
Lin Ye ordered. The commotion of the battle was so loud that the human lords thousands of meters away would definitely hear it.
It was not like there were no other five-man teams that were as bold as those from the second day.
He had to put an end to this problem and prevent his soldiers from being tricked.
"Yes, my lord. Don't worry. The hundred-man team we left behind will definitely not let anyone pass through the defense line." The Class 3 soldier replied firmly.
"I'll have to trouble everyone then. When we go back tonight, I'll treat you guys to a good meal!"
Lin Ye smiled and returned with his personal guard.
The group ran like the wind and quickly returned to the road where they attacked the three-star Haunted House. A large group of people was still waiting for them.
While they were at the two-star Haunted House, Su Yu had already returned. He was two minutes faster than expected.
"My lord, these are the weapons you wanted."
Su Yu waved his hand. There were 50 or so people, each carrying two to three M4A1 rifles and a large number of bullets.
"A total of 135 Class 3 Purple Tier weapons and 20,000 bullets. There's no time to process the rest."
"It's already very good."
Lin Ye patted Su Yu's shoulder in encouragement and turned to look at Adelia. "Find those who are ranked in the top 130 in terms of overall strength amongst the ranger guards. These are all high-class firearms. In a low-level crushing battle, they are better than any bows."
"It's easy to find people, but we haven't been trained in this so we don't know how to use them." Adelia smiled bitterly.
However, since the lord had spoken, she still did as instructed and quickly gathered the top 130 rangers.
Hundreds of people surrounded Lin Ye and looked at a large number of black iron lumps on the ground curiously.
"It's okay if you don't know how to use it. This thing is very simple. Just treat it as a bow that can continuously shoot out Class 3 top-tier offensive power without the use of any elemental power or battle aura. You don't need to be very precise. Just pull the trigger and shoot wildly with the well-honed shooting instinct of a ranger."
As soon as he said that, everyone was shocked.
Seriously? This dark lump of iron could really kill?
If it wasn't for the lord's orders, they wouldn't believe it even if they were beaten to death. This strange metal lump could actually not consume any elemental power and still have an offensive power comparable to a top Class 3. If it was true, this was too unbelievable.
Looking at their questioning eyes, Lin Ye rolled his eyes. This was a cultural difference.
If he gave these to the human lords, even if they didn't know how to use them, they would still pretend to play with them.
However, compared to human lords, there was one advantage for native citizens.
Their physiques were strong. They did not need to be afraid of the powerful recoil caused by firearms and their adaptability was high.
They were suspicious now only because they had never seen it before. Hehe, they would probably throw the Class 3 Purple Tier Fortress Battle Bow away later.
He was too lazy to talk more. He took out an M4A1 from the pile of weapons and said, "Su Yu, give each of them an M4A1. Those who were originally equipped with the Fortress Battle Bow will be given to other rangers who have Class 2 blue tier weapons. Return the extra. When recruiting rangers tonight, you can give them to your new companions."
"Come, come, line up and collect them one by one. Don't squeeze."
Su Yu was swift and quickly got the 130 rangers to help out.
Adelia's hands were itching as well, but she had already gotten a better Class 4 Silver Tier Wind Splitting Bow, so she was embarrassed to ask for more.
"Don't hold back. There are still four. You guys, hurry up." 𝘭𝑖𝒷𝓇𝘦𝘢𝒹.𝑐𝘰𝘮
Lin Ye rolled his eyes. He knew what they were thinking, so he kept it for them.
"Long live our Lord!"
Adelia, Tru, and So You were overjoyed and quickly picked up three guns from the ground.
"Qiang, what are you waiting for? Take one too."
Lin Ye glanced at Wang Qiang who was among the crowd and said disgruntledly.
"I have one too?"
Wang Qiang pointed at himself and asked in disbelief.
When they attacked the three-star Level 1 Haunted House, the glass of the excavator shattered.
He even thought that he was destined to be a sitting duck for this four-star Level 1 Haunted House.
As the only human in the territory who had followed his lord to kill enemies at the frontline, he felt a little defeated.
However, things changed drastically. His lord even left him a firearm.
This surprised him and made him overjoyed.
"Ridiculous. If I don't give it to you, will I put it here for it to gather dust?"
Lin Ye kicked him. "Hurry up. Test a few bullets and we will be setting off immediately. It will be a tough battle later. If you don't learn, don't blame me if you die."
"If I can follow the lord, my death will be worth it." Wang Qiang laughed.
With that, he quickly picked up the last M4A1 from the ground and started playing with it.
As a man from China, how could he not love guns?
However, those before were all virtual weapons from games. This time, it was the real thing.
"Come, everyone has it now. Do you see the few wandering zombies in front? Look at my posture when I raise the gun. Unlock the safety, use your eyes, and through the scope, aim for the zombie's head. Line up the three points. Mm, that's about it. You guys are all long-range fighters. Figure it out yourselves."
"It's about time. Try it for yourself a few times. Everyone, shoot at the zombies 100 meters ahead!"
Chapter 124
Tap-tap-tap…
Fire snakes spewed from the muzzle.
Even though the Class 3 rangers were still not used to the attacking method of firearms,
However, with their strong shooting talent, many bullets still hit the target.
Moments later, the few zombies in front of him were shot and holes riddled them like a beehive.
"Oh my god! This lump of metal is so powerful!"
"Its accuracy is good too. It feels easier to get started than a bow. It's just the recoil that is not newbie friendly."
"Its single-target firepower is not as strong as the Storm of Arrows, but it's superior in quantity. A single shot can even pierce through the skull of a Level 2 zombie. It's not considered bad amongst the class 3 weapons."
"There's also the problem with shooting speed. In the blink of an eye, more than ten shots could be fired. What kind of concept is that? It's equivalent to being able to fire a dozen or so weaker versions of Storm of Arrows in each breath. With a hundred people, that means there are thousands of bullets shot. Heavens, I don't even dare to imagine. This is too terrifying."
"All of you have neglected one important point. This iron lump does not consume elemental power. As long as we have resources, we can continue fighting for a long time. It can be called an Infinite Storm of Arrows. That is the most terrifying thing."
…
After witnessing the power of firearms, the rangers' eyes turned red with excitement.
Everyone discussed intensely as they quickly analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of this magical weapon from the other world.
"Oh yeah, when I was buying the blueprint, they gave me a manual and instructions. F*ck, I forgot about this."
Suddenly, Lin Ye slapped his forehead and quickly took out the manual for M4A1 from the Reputation Shop.
"Come, come, come. Let's study it together. The one with the strongest comprehension skills will go first. It's fine if you don't understand the Chinese characters. I'll help you translate it."
Soon, the rangers in the front row surrounded Lin Ye again. They gathered together and listened to their lord's explanation.
"Oh, so the basic usage methods are divided into three consecutive shots, semi-automatic and fully automatic…"
"The operation isn't too difficult. Isn't this too newbie-friendly?"
"Firearms have proficiency levels as well. The more you practice, the better you get. They are split into ranks, newbies, elites, specialists, experts, masters, gun kings, gun emperors, gun gods!"
…
Ten minutes later, the group seemed intoxicated. The weapons of China were too advanced.
Compared to that, the bows and arrows that they originally used were trash.
It was difficult to get good at bows. Not only did it require high elemental power talent, it was also impossible for untalented people to become elemental rangers. If they could not even reach the basic threshold for Storm of Arrows, they would only be ranked last in their lives.
But it was different now. With a firearm like M4A1,
Even a Class 1 ranger, as long as they were trained well, could have the lethality of a top Class 3 ranger for a short period of time.
This was too terrifying!
Just think about it, if tens of thousands of rangers were each given an M4A1, they would dare to destroy a Level 1 Haunted House which was seven, eight, or even nine stars.
After that, they practiced shooting a few more times. Most rangers could use it basically.
Even though the hit rate still needed to be increased, it was already a crushing victory when compared to humans like Wang Qiang.
"Alright, that's all for the testing of firearms. The four-star Haunted House will be the real practice field."
Lin Ye waved his hand to stop the eager rangers. They had just learned a new weapon and were itching to use it.
However, Lin Ye did not dare to let them waste the bullets. The bullets were hastily processed, so there were only a total of 20,000 bullets. With just a few rounds of testing, he had used up more than a thousand bullets. The remaining bullets would still have to be used at the four and five-star Level 1 Haunted Houses. It was probably not enough.
He would fight the four-star haunted house first and open a bunch of treasure chests after that.
At that time, the number of treasure chests would probably be a little scary.
Xu Que had three one-star Haunted Houses on his side, while Luo Feng had a two-star Haunted House. He himself had just destroyed his second three-star Haunted House not long ago.
Including the four-star Haunted House that he was about to attack.
Wow, there were probably more than a thousand bronze treasure chests.
There were so many chests, and with his luck being so good right now, he might be able to drop tens of thousands of M4A1 bullets.
Even if they did not drop it, with more than 1,000 bronze treasure chests, it would at least ensure that 80% of the soldiers would be wearing Class 3 Purple tier equipment by the end of it. There was even a 10% chance that all of them could be wearing Class 4 Silver Tier equipment.
With such high-level equipment, it was probably not difficult for him to fight a five-star haunted house.
Of course, these were purely hypothetical. He still had to look ahead.
"It's getting late, Su Yu. Get your men to inform Luo Feng and Xu Que to come back as soon as possible after they are done."
After he finished speaking, Lin Ye led his personal guards and charged towards the four-star Level 1 Haunted House.
The four-star haunted house was located outside the forest. It was a wasteland filled with grayish-brown soil.
In a certain era, this was where the human lords gathered.
One could vaguely see many remnants of houses on the wasteland.
Perhaps it was once prosperous here. The buildings were densely packed, and looking at the scale, the number of people was no less than a thousand.
Unfortunately, it was all in the past now. Time constantly chipped at it till it completely collapsed into rubble.
As for those people living in this wasteland, they had most likely already turned into a pile of yellow sand.
"There are so many of them!"
Two hundred meters away, Lin Ye used Heart's Web to scout the four-star haunted house.
His gaze swept across the Haunted House's courtyard. There were many zombies everywhere. If he was not wrong, the information in the archive room was true.
The zombies here were really more than twice the amount of a three-star Haunted House. Their scale far surpassed any Lin Ye had seen.
Before they even got close, they could hear the terrifying roars of a large number of zombies.
At the same time, the waves from Hint also scanned the entire four-star Haunted House.
Soon, the information returned.
"Friendly Hint: Four-star Level 1 Haunted House. 18,396 zombies. 60% is Level 1 zombies, 30% is Level 2, 10% is Level 3. There might be Level 4 Zombies hiding. (Unknown, no details)."
"Friendly Hint: For detailed information you need to level your talent, to peek through the dark fog."
"Difficulty Prediction: G Class (Advanced)"
After reading the notification from Hint, Lin Ye nodded. It was similar to what he expected.
Before he obtained the M4A1, he had used Hint once to predict the difficulty and the result was E Class.
This meant that even if he killed indiscriminately, his army might suffer quite a bit.
If they were newly recruited soldiers, it would not matter since their loyalty was not enough. He could always just recruit another if they died.
However, every soldier here was a loyalist that he had spent a lot of money and feelings to nurture.
He would not accept any deaths.
Fortunately, he has recovered now. Wasn't this a chance for a perfect victory for a G Class difficulty?
"Everyone with guns, disperse. Bring a silencer and adjust it to three consecutive shots mode. Don't waste bullets. Shoot at the zombies while practicing your technique. We still have 18,000 bullets left. 135 each. Give me the rest. As long as we can succeed in decimating half of their forces, we can easily kill the remaining 7,000 to 8,000 lower-level zombies."
"Everyone else, be on guard. Once you find a high-level zombie leader controlling them, launch an all-out attack."
"Disperse!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a series of afterimages vanished.
Rangers were the best at combat in the forest. Soon, they found their hiding spots.
They were in all directions.
"Biubiu—"
Soon, someone couldn't stand the loneliness and started to shoot. 𝙡𝓲𝙗𝒓𝙚𝓪𝙙.𝒄𝒐𝙢
Lin Ye did not join the shooting group for the time being. Instead, he observed the 130 rangers through Heart's Web.
He wanted to find a few people with the best firearms talent.
With the arrival of the four sacred halls at midnight, he might be able to grant a few places to the rangers.
If some of them advanced to special classes or awakened special abilities in the end, wouldn't it be a huge gain?
"Biubiu!"
After putting on the silencer, other than Lin Ye who had a sensitive hearing,
The zombies in the haunted house did not notice anything strange, including the large group guarding the entrance.
Gurgles!
After a while, an extremely talented ranger gradually entered his view. Basically, every four bullets she shot would kill a zombie.
Furthermore, they took aim calmly and the hit rate steadily increased.
"This one is not bad. Mm, her too. Also, the consumption rate has been controlled to 1:3. In a while, it should be able to drop to 1:2."
Lin Ye sat on a large tree, constantly switching between the different perspectives. Every time he discovered a talent, he would remember the person in his heart.
After watching for a while, other than the few rangers who surprised him, the rest were mostly plain.
Indeed, talent was something only a minority would possess.
The original thought that 18,000 bullets would be enough to kill 8,000 to 9,000 low-level zombies was probably just a dream now.
However, even if they were trash, getting rid of 3,000 to 4,000 zombies should not be a problem.
When the time came, he would get the rangers with the Class 3 Fortress Battle Bow to clear the field. That would take away half of the power of the four-star Haunted House.
Turning it straight to a three-star one. Perfect!
Thinking of this, Lin Ye chuckled, grabbed his M4A1, and started shooting as well.
Biubiu—
Bullets tore through the air.
In the backyard, a zombie was shot in the shoulder and chest.
It was heavily injured but did not die!
"Ah, I wasted two bullets!"
Lin Ye shook his head.
Fortunately, at the same time when he fired, a proficiency bar appeared in his line of sight.
This had never happened before when he used the Desert Eagle and MP9 machine pistol.
Could it only be found from items bought from the reputation shop?
He narrowed his eyes and a bright smile appeared on his face.
He fired continuously.
M4A1 Proficiency+3, M4A1 Proficiency+3, M4A1 Proficiency+3…
100xReward.
M4A1 Proficiency+300, M4A1 Proficiency+300, M4A1 Proficiency+300…
[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your proficiency has reached 10,000 and you have advanced to a newbie sharpshooter!]
[Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your proficiency has reached 10,000. You have advanced to an elite sharpshooter!]
He listened to the system notification. Lin Ye was improving at a godly speed. The more he fought, the smoother it felt. From a distance of 200 meters, almost all his shots were hitting.
Biubiu—
After a series of crazy shots, green blood spurt out from the eyebrows of the zombies opposite him.
— 200HP!
— 200HP!
It fell to the ground and died!
"Feels good! Hahaha."
Lin Ye was overjoyed. After killing dozens of zombies, he immediately changed positions.
Biubiu—
Another round of crazy shooting.
In this state, he was like a grim reaper. Every bullet he shot could easily take the life of a zombie!
Even Level 3 zombies were no exception.
Crack—
He was in the middle of shooting when his gun jammed. He had no bullets left!
Lin Ye looked at Wang Qiang who was still shooting shoddily and sighed in his heart.
As expected, there was no other shooting genius like him among the humans.
Thinking about it, if everyone was like him, wouldn't it be a mess?
After a while, the other rangers finished their bullets as well.
The effect was alright. In less than 7 minutes, they had killed more than 4,200 low-level zombies.
"Gather!"
He waved his hand and made the rangers with the guns change into their Class 3 Purple Tier Fortress Battle Bow.
The group returned to the place where the main group was lying in ambush. The rangers were all extremely excited.
"My lord, this firearm is too powerful. It feels good to use!"
"That's right. Near the end, I felt like I'd become a night assassin, kill a few, and change locations. Shooting silently from afar. Its stealth and the safety it provides are much better than crossbow bolts."
"The only problem is that there are too few bullets. I just warmed up and I've finished using them all."
"Small, powerless!"
In the end, Adelia concluded the conversation.
"Don't worry, I'll let you guys have your fill next time."
Lin Ye smiled confidently. Then, his lord's skin transformed into golden armor again. He rode the giant earth wolf and waved his hand.
"The assassination has ended. Brothers, fight them head on!"
"Charge!"
After he spoke, a dark and powerful group of soldiers wearing Class 3 Purple weapons charged forward.
Chapter 125
Swish! Swish! Swish!
After a wave of arrows, the infantry soldiers charged forward with their Class 3 Purple Tier weapons.
Lin Ye led his cavalry soldiers and charged from the flank.
His main focus was on the Level 3 zombies mixed amongst the crowd.
At four-star difficulty, the number of Level 3 zombies increased drastically.
A total of 18,000 zombies. Even if it was less than 10%, that was still thousands of zombies.
Fortunately, before the battle, he had killed 98 Level 3 zombies with his M4A1. The other rangers were also trying their best to kill zombies above Level 2.
Overall, before the battle started, the number of Level 3 zombies in the zombie camp decreased by a third.
After being showered with purple arrow rain from the rangers, that number was reduced by another half.
The remaining two to three hundred Level 3 zombies were no match for the wolf cavalry soldiers led by Lin Ye.
There were more than a hundred Class 3 Wolf Cavalry Soldiers and more than two hundred Iron-Blooded Horse Cavalry Soldiers here. They were all considered elites among elites.
Not only were they wearing armor and weapons, even the beast saddles on their mounts were purple tier equipment.
One could imagine how great the gap was.
Crack—
A crazy massacre ensued. Corpses were scattered all over the wasteland.
Although the battle situation was as one-sided as always, the enemy still numbered to tens of thousands.
Even if they stood still and let them hack at them freely, it would take a while.
"Formation changes. The soldiers in the back row will take the lead now. Those in the front row, come back and repair your equipment!"
After killing a few times, Lin Ye looked at the soldiers in front of him.
After many battles, the durability of the current purple tier armor had also dropped greatly.
Although it was not life-threatening, if this continued, hundreds of Class 3 Purple Armors might be wasted.
"Lin Tie! These are 300 One-Point Repair Scrolls. Don't waste time. Repair them directly on the infantry soldiers who have retreated."
Lin Ye took out a stack of scrolls from the Reputation Shop.
Lin Tie was the trusted aide of the chief blacksmith, Lin Dachui.
Lin Dachui was helping out back at the territory because of the problem with the blue iron ore vein. He got his aides and dozens of accompanying blacksmiths to follow behind the main group instead to help repair the equipment.
For example, during the previous battle, there was definitely no time to repair it.
However, it was different now. His Reputation Shop had increased to Level 9, and there were too many strange items spawned.
Amongst them was a scroll that could repair items with just one tap. As long as it was used, it could instantly repair the item.
The effect was amazing.
Of course, you get what you pay for. Just one scroll required 1,000 Reputation points.
The price was the same as the bunker acceleration scrolls.
Fortunately, Lord Lin had never lacked money.
Whether it was the Zombie Souls or reputation points, he had them in the millions on his resource page.
If this happened to other human lords, they wouldn't even dare to think about it.
It was an astronomical figure.
At the very least, 300 One-Point Repair Scrolls would at least cost 300,000 Souls.
If they took the equipment back and placed it in the armory, it would only take an hour or two to repair.
For ordinary people, who would bear to waste it like this?
Shhoom—
Soon, the 300 One-Point Repair Scrolls turned into a golden ray of light that integrated into the purple tier armor of the 300 infantry soldiers who had retreated.
This golden stream of light was magical. It was like countless shrunken nanomachines. Wherever it passed, the bite marks and scratches on the armor were healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. In less than two breaths, the armor looked brand new.
"My lord, it feels so good to go on battles with you. Even those major cities can't compare to our treatment!"
A Class 3 soldier wiped his brand-new armor and laughed heartily.
The others nodded in agreement when they heard this.
"If it feels good, kill more zombies for your lord. Stop talking nonsense and continue attacking!"
Lin Ye smiled and organized the third wave of attacks.
At the same time, the sound of footsteps and the hooves of many beasts came from the fork in the road behind.
Heart's Web swept across the place.
The first to rush out from the left was Luo Feng and his thousand-plus subordinates.
On his right was Xu Que's Ghost Bomber Gang.
The two churches finally destroyed the Haunted Houses that they were in charge of and brought a large group of people over to reinforce them.
"My lord, we are here to help you!"
Luo Feng laughed loudly. The hero-tier weapon in his hand, the Blood Shadow Battle Blade, thrummed in a pleasant tune as if it was extremely exciting.
With that, he leaped into the air from his Gale Wolf and charged into the sea of corpses.
Lin Ye looked at it enviously.
The passive effect of Blood Shadow Battle Blade was most suitable for this kind of battle. It could feed on blood endlessly and prolong its life indefinitely. In other words, one would not feel tired at all.
The more they killed, the faster their strength would increase. They were simply the best weapons for battle maniacs.
"My lord, please take the treasure chests. Boss Luo's not a human. He threw all the treasure chests to me. I want to kill enemies and get contribution points as well."
At this moment, Xu Que also rushed over on his Wind Wolf.
He watched his subordinates shout as they charged towards the sea of corpses, but he could only defend the treasure chests aggrievedly. If this continued, he would not even have a mouthful of soup. He could not help but wail.
"What's the hurry? Wait for this lord to unleash his ultimate move!"
Lin Ye laughed loudly. The aura of a Great Sage arose around his body. He leaped into the air and slashed out a battle aura beam that was several meters long.
Instantly killing a supervisor zombie which was hidden among the Level 1 zombies.
He had been watching this guy for a long time. It was smart. If it was anyone else, they might have been ambushed.
For safety's sake, he should kill him first.
Then, he fell from the air. A large number of Level 1 zombies rushed over, wanting to bite him to death.
"Scram!"
A fierce expression appeared on Lin Ye's face. His red-gold Great Sage battle aura exploded, and he descended like a small giant, his left and right feet stomping on the heads of the two zombies.
Thud! Thud!
A terrifying power exploded and the heads of the zombies exploded like watermelons.
"Hahaha, too weak."
Lin Ye turned around casually and depleted more than half of the battle aura in his body in one go.
Rumble!
The ground quaked violently. The space in front of him seemed to be covered in layers of staff shadows, clearing all Level 1 zombies within 30 square meters.
"Big Yellow, let's go!"
His face turned slightly pale. He jumped onto the back of the giant earth wolf and fled back to the rear under the protection of his personal guards without looking back.
"…"
Xu Que looked resentfully at his lord who ran back calmly.
In just a few breaths, the battle was almost over. Whether it was Luo Feng, Tru, or Adelia, they were all clearing the zombies on a large scale.
They cleared the Level 1 and 2 zombies like cutting grass. One slash and they were dead.
Level 3 could barely withstand a few slashes, but they still could not escape the crushing situation and were quickly killed by a group of elites.
After all, killing one was equivalent to 100 contribution points. Killing 10 of them would allow them to obtain Class 4 Silver Tier equipment.
Who wouldn't be tempted?
"Scram, scram. I'll take the treasure chests myself."
Lin Ye glanced at him and knew what he was thinking. He waved his hand and said exasperatedly.
"Thank you for your kindness, my lord!"
Xu Que smiled widely. Without another word, he wielded the Dragon Roar Sword and charged towards the back of the four-star Haunted House.
"This fellow!"
Lin Ye shook his head and turned his attention to the treasure chests and blueprints hanging on the dozens of ordinary horses behind.
It was a beautiful sight with many colors.
"My lord, there might be thousands of treasure chests here." Wang Qiang behind him could not help but swallow his saliva as he looked at them dumbfoundedly.
After the M4A1 bullets were finished, he had no place to go so he hid behind to watch the show.
It was only then that he saw the astonishing number of treasure chests brought by Xu Que.
The treasure chest light which they were emitting almost blinded his eyes.
"Perhaps." Lin Ye chuckled. It made sense.
These were the treasure chests from the three one-star Haunted Houses and one two-star Haunted House.
It made sense to have more of them.
He immediately took out his Civilization Archive and kept all the treasure chests and blueprints into his resource page.
The Civilization Archive automatically calculated the number of treasure chests and quickly displayed it on the resource page.
Treasure Chest Page.
Sandalwood Treasure Chest: 4,847
Bronze Treasure Chest: 805
Silver Treasure Chest: 6
The blueprints were not bad either.
There were actually more than ten defensive wooden fence blueprints. It was a pleasant surprise.
Taking advantage of his free time, Lin Ye took out a bottle of Level 3 Body Strengthening Pill.
Previously, he had given away 2,550 pills and left 300 for himself. That was enough for him to use.
He poured out a few medicinal pills and bit them into pieces like they were candy.
Immediately, a large amount of battle aura appeared and quickly filled his empty core.
"I have to think of a way to expand my battle aura capacity. If not, I will be weak every time I use a few big moves. It won't feel good at all."
"For a warrior like me, even if I don't get a hack that allows me to have an unlimited number of skills, I should at least be able to use 1,800 skills or something, right?"
"This request… isn't too much, right?"
Lin Ye cursed in his heart.
Right at this moment, the howl that sounded like a ghost fox sounded from Xu Que, who had just left.
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"My lord, Boss Luo, brothers, save… save me!"
'"!"
The group of people rolled their eyes and looked for the source of the sound.
He saw Xu Que being chased and beaten by two zombies covered in green venom.
Vomits—-
From time to time, they would spew out two mouthfuls of sticky corpse poison.
"F*ck!"
Xu Que's face turned green.
Even though he was nimble, he was still hit by a lot of the corpse poison.
Swoosh—
In an instant, a large amount of black smoke came out of the magical armor he was wearing, and its durability dropped drastically.
"A Level 4 Venomous Zombie!"
Seeing this, Lin Ye heaved a sigh of relief from 500 meters away.
He had killed this guy before.
It was merely two Venomous Zombies, he thought that something major had happened.
"Everyone else, disperse, don't go near!" Lin Ye immediately took out his loudspeaker and ordered.
Upon hearing this, although the soldiers who had never seen the Venomous Zombie before were confused, they had to do as their lord said.
Whoosh—
All of them quickly distanced themselves from Xu Que like water parting. 𝙡𝓲𝙗𝙧𝓮𝒂𝒅.𝙘𝓸𝒎
"My lord, I'm innocent. You can't leave me in the lurch!" Xu Que's face was turning green like a muggle.
Initially, he wanted to fight for contribution points, but he ended up getting two piles of sh*t which kept throwing sh*t at him.
Yet, the most infuriating thing was that he could not defeat them.
"Stop wasting time. Run around the Haunted House. If I tell you to lie down, lie down. Don't ask why!"
Lin Ye bellowed.
"Okay!"
Xu Que agreed. The might of a lord could not be defied. He could only brace himself and led the two Level 4 Venomous Zombies around the Haunted House.
"Adelia, one for each of us!"
At this moment, after consuming a large number of medicinal pills, the battle aura in Lin Ye's body had more or less recovered.
With a wave of his hand, he got a Class 3 Purple Tier Fortress Battle Bow and jumped onto a mountain of corpses with Adelia.
Zombie corpses were everywhere at his feet, across the wastelands.
Under these circumstances, Lin Ye had already blocked his sense of smell, or else he would have suffocated from the smell.
Swoosh—
The two of them moved in unison. With their left hand, they grabbed the bow and pulled the bowstring with their right. Elemental power quickly infused into the arrow and they instantly drew the bow to its full crescent.
Bang!
The bowstring thrummed loudly.
A silver and a purple arrow tore through the air, passing through the heads of the zombies and flying towards the Haunted House.
"Get down!"
At this moment, Lin Ye shouted through the loudspeaker.
"Hm?"
Xu Que felt his scalp tingle. Strong winds howled behind him as if something terrifying was about to happen.
There was no time to think. He followed his lord's instructions and crouched down on the wasteland trembling.
Gasp!
Gasp!
Two meters away from him, the two arrows successfully pierced through the Venomous Zombies' forehead. The terrifying inertia sent their bodies flying ten meters away, nailing them to the wall of the four-star Haunted House.
"Ahem…"
The Venomous Zombie which was hit by a Class 4 Silver Tier arrow instantly died.
However, the Venomous Zombie that was hit by the Class 3 Purple Tier arrow still had a breath remaining, spewing out large mouthfuls of green venom.
"I'm alive. Hahaha, the lord is awesome!"
On his side, Xu Que turned around and saw the tragic state of the two Level 4 Venomous Zombies, and he immediately let out a gloating laugh.
In the end, he even picked up the Dragon Roar Sword, planning to go over and kill that Level 4 Venomous Zombie which was struggling at death's door.
"Don't go over!" Lin Ye hurriedly shouted.
Bang!
It was still too late. Just as Xu Que was about to get up, the Venomous Zombie, which had only half a step through death's door self-destructed.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The green poison rain tore through the air, instantly covering 30 meters around the Venomous Zombie.
Coincidentally, Xu Que was within this range.
"F*ck!"
Sssssh—-
One of the lumps of green venom landed on Xu Que's shoulder.
Swoosh—
The venom corroded crazily at the armor, and the energy shield rapidly deteriorated.
"Idiot, why aren't you taking off the armor? Are you looking to die?!" Lin Ye cursed when he saw this.
The corpse poison from a Level 4 zombie's self-destruction, might not necessarily be curable even with Gran around.
"My poor armor! You haven't even lived a day and it's gone just like that!"
Xu Que screamed at the top of his lungs as if his parents had passed away. As he howled, he nimbly took off his armor and threw them far away.
"…"
"Stop crying. Summon your clan leader and get him to offer his loyalty. I'll consider giving you a Class 4 Silver Armor."
Lin Ye rode the giant earth wolf leisurely.
Along the way, the scattered low-level zombies were killed by the magic soil of the giant earth wolf before they could approach.
"Are you serious?!"
Xu Que's eyes instantly turned red. As for summoning his father and offering his loyalty, he automatically ignored those words.
The only thing that caught his attention was the Class 4 Silver Armor that his lord promised him.
After obtaining a promise from Lin Ye, why would he care about a set of armor?
Pui!
I'll crawl as far as it's needed!
"Don't play dumb here. Go and kill the remaining zombies. Also, on your way, collect the treasure chests and blueprints. Later, this lord will open the treasure chests and upgrade everyone."
Lin Ye spoke.
Although he had successfully destroyed this four-star Level 1 Haunted House, he could see many problems.
As time passed, their levels and equipment were insufficient.
The next time, he would have to face a five-star haunted house. At that time, the number of zombies he would have to face would multiply again.
As expected, there were at least 36,000 zombies, and quite a number of that was Level 3 and 4 zombies.
There were even a few unknown Level 5 that appeared this time.
At Level 5, their strength would experience a qualitative leap. If he went right after this, even if he could win, his side would probably suffer heavy losses.
"Sure. Beating down fallen zombies is something I can do!"
Xu Que's confidence went up again. He had learned his lesson this time. If he could fight in a group, why did he have to fight one on one?
He led a group of brothers from the Ghost Bomber Gang and charged over.
"It's good to be young," Lin Ye sighed and walked towards the four-star Haunted House with his hands behind his back.
At this moment, the beautiful scenery of decimating and killing zombies was behind him, and in front of him was the dark and gloomy four-star Haunted House.
Holding his mount, a giant earth wolf, a man, and a 'dog' gave off a strange feeling.
"Roar—"
Right at this moment, a Level 4 Venomous Zombie hiding in the corner of the teleportation array wanted to launch a sneak attack.
Tosses!
Lin Ye did not panic at all. He stopped in his steps and raised his hand, grabbing the other party's neck firmly.
In fact, with Heart's Web, it was impossible for him to be ambushed by people or monsters whose levels or classes were lower than his.
Before the other party attacked, Heart's Web had already seen through its every move.
Clack! Clack! Clack!
This Level 4 zombie snapped his jaws furiously in the air, and its mouth started to expand, wanting to spit out venom and kill Lin Ye at the same time.
"A mere four-star haunted house actually hid three Level 4 Venomous Zombies!"
Lin Ye pursed his lips. "Unfortunately, you encountered me, the strongest Class 4 lifeform on the continent. Consider yourself unlucky. Die!"
Screech—
He exerted strength in his palm, and the energy of the Great Sage exploded, immediately breaking the zombie's neck.
Tosses!
He casually threw the zombie corpse out of the room.
It was a Level 4 corpse after all. After disintegrating it, it would give at least 800 Zombie Souls. No matter how small the meat was, it was still meat.
Soon, he reached the teleportation array. The teleportation array of a four-star Haunted House was much more advanced than the one before.
One could vaguely see many black runes on it, emitting some kind of special wave.
He blasted out a battle aura slash in the air, wanting to break it.
Bang!
At the same time, a halo that was emitting black fog blocked the attack.
A roar that sounded neither human nor human came from within.
"You dare!"
"Something that is neither human nor ghost. Why are you pretending to be a wolf?"
Lin Ye curled his lips. In any case, he had heard that super high-level zombies were the same as the elites of the underworld. They had to follow the rules.
This b*stard which was in hell, if you have the balls, come and hit me!
With that, he ignored the other party's threat and took a step forward.
Crack—
He shattered the black inscription with a punch and destroyed the teleportation array.
Whoosh—
The sky-blue teleportation array slowly collapsed.
At the same time, Lin Ye received a system notification.
"Warning, Survivor Lin Ye, you have been targeted by a Red-Eyed Zombie King. The first zombie wave will be twice as difficult."
"Only twice the difficulty! Who the f*ck are you looking down on!"
Lin Ye was so angry that his shoulders shook. He pointed at the teleportation array that was about to disappear and cursed.
'"!"
The Red-Eyed Zombie King was stunned for a moment. The next moment, the world within the teleportation array turned upside down. The sea of blood reversed and a shocking explosion was heard.
"Roar—"
"Roar your a**! Are you the only one who knows how to shout? Come out if you dare. I'll beat you until you kneel down and eat shit!"
Lin Ye was fearless. He picked up his electronic loudspeaker and started dissing crazily.
He was not afraid of anyone if they were just fighting with words.
"I, Jiang Chen, will remember you!"
In the end, before the blue teleportation array collapsed,
the owner of those two pairs of scarlet eyes glared fiercely at Lin Ye, saying a few ruthless words before completely disappearing.
Chapter 127
"Jiang Chen? Zombie King? Why does it feel so familiar?"
Lin Ye scratched his head. It seemed like there was a legend about it back in China.
Was it an item? Or an imposter?
Forget it, who cares. In any case, those who opposed this capable lord were all bad people. 𝒍𝙞𝙗𝒓𝒆𝙖𝓭.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Wait, wait. His point of view was skewed.
Only one could live between zombies and humans so they should be beaten to death.
He did not dwell on this problem. When this Zombie King could come out, he would probably already be invincible.
With tens of thousands of primordial tier equipment on him, hundreds of millions of Class 9 loyalists, and even soldiers who had surpassed Class 9, eyeing his enemies covetously. If you dare to touch our lord, try it.
As for twice the difficulty of the zombie wave, that was too easy. Furthermore, not only was it not harmful to him, there were many benefits.
The more zombies there were, the more experience points and treasure chests he would get.
With this in mind, another thought appeared in his mind. An alliance seemed to be able to increase the difficulty of the zombie wave…
However, in the blink of an eye, this thought was dragged out of his mind and executed on the spot.
Compared to the benefits of the alliance, he cared more about 100% loyalty. He wanted to avoid the possibility of getting stabbed in the back.
After clearing his thoughts, Lin Ye directly shattered the floor under the teleportation array and took out a contract that was emitting a dazzling purple light.
'"!"
"Surely not? These hands of mine?"
Lin Ye revealed a look of doubt and stared at his hands. In the end, he was forced to accept—I, Lin Ye, am truly blessed by the heavens. I am willing to accept your seal!
"You have obtained an Advanced Level 3 Sharing Contract!"
100xReward.
100 Advanced Level 3 Sharing Contract!1 Top Level 4 Sharing Contract!Sharing contract of random level and quantity
"I choose option 1."
Moments later, he put away the Level 3 sharing contract which dropped all over the ground.
Lin Ye made a rough calculation. The huge meru ring probably contained more than 200 Level 3 sharing contracts.
In that case, no matter how hard the system tried to stop him, his Class 5 Combat Monarch talent would be unlocked.
He was overjoyed. Advancing to Class 5 meant that he was the first person in the world to break through his shackles. He should get a reputation points reward, right?
At the same time, the system sent a congratulatory message.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You are the first human lord in the world to destroy a four-star Level 1 Haunted House. You are rewarded with 40,000 Reputation points." (Not choosing an option will be equivalent to agreeing to the world broadcast message)
100xReward.
"You have obtained 4,000,000 Reputation points."
"Sigh, having too much money is also a problem."
Looking at the series of numbers on his account, Lin Ye sighed and walked briskly back to the main group.
At this moment, although the battle was over, they became busier.
There were simply too many zombie corpses.
Lin One and the other native workers had already laid out the 100 Level 2 Zombie Converters.
Tru and Luo Feng's subordinates were busy transporting zombie corpses towards the converter pit.
Adelia led the rangers to pick up the arrows that were not damaged.
Especially the arrows from the Class 3 Purple Tier Fortress Battle Bow.
Every one of them had the scent of money. They could be collected and mended for reuse.
As for Xu Que, under Lin Ye's instructions, he was still rummaging for treasure chests and blueprints in the corpses.
Feeling that there was still some time, he instructed Ron to bring his personal guards along to the one-star and two-star haunted houses to collect the zombie souls.
He had been working at the four-star Haunted House for almost an hour, and the fights on the other two sides had probably ended long ago. All they had to do was wait for his 100xReward.
As expected, when he arrived, the infantry soldiers guarding the area brought him directly to the area where the Zombie Converters were placed.
"You have obtained 3,230 Zombie Souls!"
"You have obtained 3,553 Zombie Souls!"
"You have obtained 3,891 Zombie Souls!"
100xReward.
"You have obtained 1,067,400 Zombie Souls!"
These were the gains from the three one-star Haunted Houses that Su Yu had conquered.
Then, he rushed towards the three-star Haunted Houses that Luo Feng had conquered.
"You have obtained 6,874 Zombie Souls!"
"You have obtained 6,169 Zombie Souls!"
"You have obtained 6,543 Zombie Souls!"
100xReward.
"You have obtained 1,958,600 Zombie Souls."
In an instant, the number of Zombie Souls on the Civilization Archive's resource page skyrocketed.
Previously, after the conversion of corpses at the three-star Haunted House and excluding expenses, he still had 1,250,000 Zombie Souls.
Including the one-star and two-star haunted houses gains this time, the total was 4,276,000.
As he got the native workers to remove the 200 plus zombie converters, Lin Ye used Heart's Web to scan the borders.
He saw the corpses of more than ten rangers and human lords.
From the level of their equipment, they were clearly not on their side.
"What happened?" Lin Ye frowned.
"These people were acting suspiciously. We've already given them a warning, but they won't listen and still want to get closer, so…"
The Class 3 soldiers who stayed behind smiled bitterly.
The lord had personally instructed them to kill anyone who came close to this place.
"Don't be afraid, I don't have any intention to blame you. Throw them into the corpse pit and bury them as well so that they won't be eaten by the zombies."
Lin Ye didn't mind and casually instructed.
Greed was an illness and also the essence of human nature.
The mistake was that these guys shouldn't have placed their attention on him.
"Let's go!"
When the corpses were buried, the native workers were almost done removing all the Level 2 Zombie Converters.
The group quickly returned to the four-star haunted house.
Tru was still busy. There were too many corpses. The corpses piled up outside the converter looked like a small mountain.
"Lin One, there are still 200 converters here. Put them all in as well."
As soon as he returned, Lin Ye started working.
With clear instructions from their lord, everything was proceeding smoothly.
"My lord, these are the treasure chests and blueprints you wanted."
After a while, Xu Que summoned the subordinates of the Ghost Bomber Gang and ran over with a large number of treasure chests.
"Just leave it. Get your men to help Tru and the others transport the zombie corpses. There's such a huge pile. It's quite troublesome." Lin Ye waved his hand.
"Oh, alright then." Xu Que reluctantly left. He was still thinking about getting his lord to open the treasure chests.
After he left, Lin Ye looked at the treasure chests on the ground.
It was less than I expected.
715 sandalwood treasure chests, 156 bronze treasure chests, and 5 silver treasure chests.
All of it went into his resource page.
The sandalwood treasure chest broke the 5,000 mark and reached 5,562.
It was a pity that the bronze treasure chests did not meet his expectations. There were only 961 of them.
Finally, it was the rarest silver treasure chest. It was the first time he had more than 10 in his inventory.
"Let's open the silver treasure chests first. If I don't, it will be difficult to defeat the five-star Level 1 Haunted House."
Lin Ye took a deep breath and rubbed his palms together.
Furthermore, he was extremely lucky today. He wanted to use this luck and see if he could find any top-tier equipment.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
He went straight to the event and opened the Silver Treasure Chest ten times in a row. Immediately, the treasure light overflowed.
"You have obtained 1 Level 3 Zombie Converter."
"You have obtained 1 blueprint for Class 3 Berserker."
"You have obtained 1 Class 3 Special Spatial type equipment—Great Meru Ring!"
"You have obtained 1 Class 4 Attributeless Soldier Upgrade Scroll!"
"You have obtained 1 Class 3 Priest Recruitment Order!"
"You have obtained 1 Class 4 Special Type Battle Aura Storage Wrist Guard—Sea Spirit's Wrist Guard!"
…
100xReward.
100 Level 3 Zombie Converters10 Level 4 Zombie ConvertersZombie Converters of a random level and quantity100 blueprints for Class 3 Berserker (Berserker, the more you fight, the braver you become. The angrier you are, the more terrifying you become, eventually becoming unable to differentiate between friend and foe)You have obtained 10 blueprints for Class 4 Demonic Bear RiderSoldier blueprint of a random class and quantity100 Class 3 Special Spatial Type Equipment—Great Meru Ring (Spatial volume: 100 cubic meters)10 Class 4 Special Spatial Type Equipment—Huge Meru Ring (Spatial Range: 500 cubic meters)Special Spatial Type Equipment of random class and quantity100 Class 4 Attributeless Type Upgrade Scroll (Advancement to Beginner Class 4)10 Top Class 4 Attributeless Type Upgrade Scroll (Advance directly to Peak of Class 4)Attributeless upgrade scroll of random class and quantity100 Class 3 Priests10 Class 4 PriestsPriests of random class and quantity100 Class 4 Special Type Battle Aura Wrist Guards—Sea Spirit's Wrist Guards (Can store 1 unit of battle aura of the same level. Note: Effective for those below Class 5)1 Class 4 Hero-Tier exclusive Battle Aura Wrist Guard—Tycoon's Wrist Guard (The more you charge it, the more battle aura you will obtain. Note: Single charge will always be below Class 5. For example, 100 peak Class 4 charges have no limitation to the number. The upper limit is Class 5)Battle Aura Wrist Guards of random class and quantity
….
"I don't think it's my hands. Did the drop rate increase? Or was it something else…"
Looking at the items that dropped from the ten Silver Treasure Chests, Lin Ye frowned slightly.
He really could not explain the current situation. There was no reason for it. Even if he was lucky, he could not be this lucky.
At the same time, Xu Yuan, who was a few hundred kilometers away, killed a human lord who was conversing with him with a smile. That guy was still shocked when he died, as if he did not understand why he would suddenly kill someone when they were having a good conversation.
"Conquer"
After a moment, when he confirmed that the other party was dead,
Xu Yuan muttered to himself. His fingers emitted a terrifying devouring power as he crazily devoured the pale yellow gas emitted from the other party's corpse.
"Nice. It increased again."
Looking at the lucky spirit snake that was rising above his head, Xu Yuan nodded in satisfaction.
Ever since he awakened this talent for no reason, he had been hunting everywhere.
With every person he killed, he could plunder the other party's luck points, allowing him to improve rapidly.
Furthermore, with good luck, everything would go smoothly.
For example, about ten minutes ago, he ran to a tree to pee. As a result, a Silver Treasure Chest in the wilderness spawned at the spot where he peed.
Although it had some urine on him, he did not mind. It was his anyway…
That was secondary. The important thing was that this was an incomparably precious Silver Treasure Chest!
He did not see Lin Ye's market trading page. With such a popular sales record, he had yet to successfully exchange for any Silver Treasure Chest.
However, when he thought about it, it made sense. The drop rate and spawn rate of the Silver Treasure Chests now were extremely low. Those who were strong wanted to open it themselves, while those who were lucky wanted to continue betting on their luck.
As for the ordinary people and unlucky people.
Move aside, this has nothing to do with you.
"I wonder what I can get from this treasure chest?"
Xu Yuan poked his hand and opened it eagerly.
The next moment, his eyes lit up as he took out a silver tier armor from the treasure chest.
"Hahaha, this feels good. I got a Class 4 Beginner Silver Tier Armor on my first try! This luck is awesome!"
Xu Yuan laughed a few times. Suddenly, he seemed to sense something and turned his gaze to the east.
That was…
He narrowed his eyes, and a golden image flashed through the depths of his pupils.
The next moment, the blue sky in the east changed entirely in his vision.
Rumble!
The sky was filled with divine splendor as golden light shone like a rainbow. A tall and imposing figure stood in the east. Perhaps because the distance was too far, or perhaps because the light from the other party was too dazzling, his appearance could not be seen clearly.
However, one could still vaguely see a divine dragon soaring in the sky on his left shoulder, a hundred phoenixes crying together on his right. A human figure was moving behind him, and thousands of beasts were jumping excitedly under his feet.
All types of strange and mysterious phenomena appeared.
"F*ck, is this Lin Ye's luck? It increased again?"
Xu Yuan watched till saliva drooled from the corner of his mouth. He roared crazily in his heart, "Eat him! As long as I get his luck, these are all mine! Mine!"
But soon, he narrowed his eyes and calmed down.
The difference in strength between the two sides was too great. If he rashly went to him, he would be walking to his grave.
In that case, he had to think of a way.
His eyes gleamed. He put on his Class 4 Silver Tier Armor and left with a cold smile.
Chapter 128
"100 Level 3 Zombie Converter, wow. Do I still need to f*cking think? I chose option 1!"
"Class 3 Berserker? You can't even control your brain and differentiate between friend and foe. Pass! I chose option 2! Earth Demonic Bear Rider!"
"100 Class 3 Great Meru Rings. 100 cubic meters per ring. Total: 10,000 cubic meters. 10 huge meru rings. 500 cubic meters per ring. That's only 5,000. There's no need to say anything else. I chose option 1!"
"Option 1, 100 Class 4 attributeless soldier upgrade scrolls!"
"Option 1, 100 Class 3 Priest Recruitment Order!"
"Option 2, Class 4 Silver Tier Weapon—Phoenix Gun!"
….
"I choose…"
?
Hero-tier exclusive wrist guard?
And it was special accessory-type hero equipment!
Lin Ye sucked in a breath of cold air.
If there were no side effects from Luo Feng's Blood Shadow Battle Blade, he would have definitely taken it for himself.
However, he was still envious. He hoped that he could also have a hero-tier exclusive weapon that belonged to him.
But who would have thought that this would happen?
Tycoon's wristguards? Are you talking about me? Hm?
"I choose option 2!"
Without any hesitation, Lin Ye shouted.
Bang!
A beam of dark gold mixed with silver light exploded.
It attracted the attention of the surrounding soldiers who were still doing their jobs. The native workers stopped and looked over.
'"!"
"Oh my god, dark gold mixed with silver. It's a top Class 4 hero tier weapon!"
"Another one dropped? Didn't Blood Shadow Battle Blade drop a few hours ago? The one Chiliarch Luo was using."
"The Blood Shadow Battle Blade is super strong. When we were fighting the two-star Haunted House, Boss Luo destroyed the Haunted House with a single slash from afar. It was too scary."
"I wonder what attributes the lord's hero equipment has. It shouldn't be any worse than Boss Luo Feng's."
…
The people below muttered and whispered.
"Is there nothing for you guys to do? Continue working!"
Tru cursed as his commander's aura swept across the entire area. It immediately stunned all the soldiers and they continued to busy themselves with transporting the supplies.
As for himself, he was full of smiles. He threw the zombie corpse aside and ran over.
"My lord, I'll help you see what kind of hero attributes it has!"
"Get lost, this is mine!" Lin Ye cursed.
He knew what this guy was thinking. It was most likely that he had been eyeing Luo Feng's Blood Shadow Battle Blade.
Look, he was scheming against him now. If there were extras, he was not a petty person.
However, this one was not suitable. Did you not see the name? A tycoon's wrist guard?
You are just a native citizen who was not a tycoon. Why are you wasting time here? Hurry up and go draw a circle in the corner.
He dismissed Tru.
Seeing that, Su Yu and Xu Que immediately shut their mouths.
Fine, they had no chance!
However, they forgot about it in the blink of an eye. Instead, they looked gloatingly at Tru, who was being punished to draw circles in the corner.
You deserved it. Who asked you to be so greedy and asked for everything!
At this moment, Lin Ye squatted down and took out the gold and silver wrist guard from the treasure chest.
After studying it for a moment, information regarding the item appeared on his wrist guard.
Item: Tycoon Wristguards (Special Type Equipment)
Level: Top Level 4 Silver Accessory (Rarity Level: or depending on the user's charging value)
Name: Beginner Hero-Tier Exclusive Weapon
Skill: Battle Aura Inventory. The more points you charge, the more battle aura you can store. Note: Single charge will always be below Class 5. For example, 100 peak Class 4 charges has no limitation to the number. The upper limit is Class 5.
Passive: A top-tier Class 4 battle aura shield with an undying energy and an eternal shield. (Note: To protect the world's richest person, we are serious!)
Side Effect: When you completely lose your fortune, the tycoon's wrist guard will betray you.
Bond: A user who forms a telepathic bond with the hero-tier equipment will be considered its exclusive user. The amount charged is discounted according to the ratio.
"Powerful, powerful. This attribute is too awesome!"
Lin Ye was excited.
One hour ago, when he was attacking the four-star Haunted House, he was complaining that he did not have enough battle aura.
Wasn't this treasure the perfect solution to the problem?
He could store battle aura after charging it.
This might be useless to others, but how could it be difficult for him, the great Lord Lin?
As expected, the tycoon's wrist guard had an ability similar to the Blood Shadow Battle Blade and could sense its owner.
Upon discovering the overflowing wealth onLine, it immediately let out a pleasant hum. The gold and silver light alternated as if it was shouting crazily, Master, choose me! You and I are a match made in heaven. Let me fall into your warm embrace!
The scene was so beautiful that Lin Ye was too embarrassed to let anyone see it. He slipped it over his wrist.
Swish—
A moment later, a charging menu appeared in his mind.
"According to the ratio of rich people's battle aura, to store 1 unit of Class 4 Battle Aura—1,000 Zombie Souls!"
"To store 10 units of Class 4 Battle Aura—9,000 Zombie Souls (Discount: 1,000 Souls)!"
"To store 100 units of Class 4 Battle Aura—80,000 Zombie Souls! (Discount: Another 10,000 Souls)"
"To store 200 units of Class 4 Battle Aura—140,000 Zombie Souls! (Discount: Another 20,000 Souls)"
"To store 2,000 units of Class 4 Battle Aura—1,100,000 Zombie Souls! (Discount)"
…
Like this, the further they went, the more value he would get and the more discounts he would get.
"1,100,000 million can buy 2,000 units of top tier Class 4 Combat Saint's battle aura?"
Lin Ye rubbed his chin. It felt pretty good.
Most importantly, this energy could be used in both offensive and defensive.
In a fight, it was enough for him to use his ultimate move hundreds of times.
When defending, as long as he charged enough, the energy shield would be enough to protect him.
Even a Class 5 or even Class 6 or 7 elite would not be able to break the shield within a short time.
Thinking of this, Lin Ye charged 1,100,000 Zombie Souls. If he wanted to charge, he would choose the larger amount. He was rich and willful after all.
Whoosh—
The sound of cash flowing was heard as the total number of Zombie Souls dropped to 3,176,000.
The tycoon's wrist guard immediately emitted a blinding light as beams of golden light descended from the sky.
Rumble!
In an instant, Lin Ye's consciousness entered the Battle Aura Storage Space. The space here was similar to the huge meru ring, but it was slightly different.
At some point, it felt like countless people's cores had been cut off from them and sewed into a huge warehouse.
Of course, this thought was quickly ignored by Lin Ye. His gaze was now focused on the empty warehouse.
"Where's the aura?"
He blinked, confused.
After a while, he stared at the tycoon's wrist guard with a dark expression. Damn, this was too much.
It was only for opening the storage but the aura did not come with it?
You should at least give me half. If you want me to save my own battle aura, how long will it f*cking take?
"Buzz—"
As if sensing his thoughts, the tycoon's wrist guard even trembled in a human-like manner.
It shivered and looked extremely aggrieved and pitiful.
"…"
Fine, you win.
Lin Ye sighed, grabbed the porcelain bottle of the Level 3 Body Strengthening Pill, and gulped it down.
Although this thing's main function was to strengthen the body, it could also generate a large amount of battle aura.
In the past, he didn't dare to eat so boldly.
If he ate too much, he would burst from the excess energy.
But it was different now. With the ability of the tycoon's wrist guard, the excess battle aura could be poured into the storage. This could hold a total of 2,000 sets of top-tier Class 4 battle aura. This many pills were fine.
No matter how much he ate, he did not panic. He took a few hundred pills in a row and finished the remaining three bottles of Body Strengthening Pills.
With every pill he took, a large amount of energy gas would appear in the battle aura warehouse and continue to increase.
1 unit, 2 units, 4 units…
Finally, it stopped at 120 units.
"The conversion rate is a little low. However, after consuming so many Body Strengthening Pills, I feel that my body has become stronger."
Coughs!
He clenched his fingers and the air hummed.
One punch, one palm. Even if he did not use any battle aura, just the strength of his body could create palm winds even from far away.
Whoosh—
His fist suddenly punched through the air, and wind whirled from the punch.
A large tree at the edge of the wasteland let out a loud bang. It swayed crazily and a large number of dead leaves fell from it.
Powerful.
Lin Ye retracted his fist, his eyes flickering with radiance.
"A body of this level should be enough to withstand the terrifying energy needed to unlock Class 5 Combat Monarch."
Chapter 129
"Tru!"
Lin Ye spoke.
"Yes, I'm here. My lord, did you call for me?"
Upon hearing this, a certain someone who was still drawing circles in the corner suddenly ran over.
"These are 100 Advanced Class 3 sharing contracts and 100 Beginner Class 3 sharing contracts. Hand them to those with the corresponding levels. After they've signed them, bring them all back to me. Also, these are 100 Class 4 attributeless upgrade scrolls. Give them to Luo Feng and the rest, those with greater potential or those who have signed the sharing contract should be prioritized."
"Remember. Sign the sharing contract before giving the upgrade scroll!"
Lin Ye casually threw out a large pile of scrolls and instructed with a serious expression.
He had to explain clearly. He was afraid that this idiot would do something wrong. If they leveled up directly, it would be a huge loss.
"Don't worry, my lord. I promise to do it perfectly for you." Tru's drool was about to drip. In the end, he said pitifully, "My lord, don't you have a Level 4 sharing contract? I have yet to sign one."
"After clearing the five-star Haunted House, it will probably drop. What's the hurry?" Lin Ye glanced at him. "Hurry up and get to work. I'll give you some privileges as well. For the sharing contracts and upgrade scrolls, under the premise that the conditions stated earlier are fulfilled, you can give your brothers a few more spots."
"That… isn't too good, is it?" Tru was overjoyed, but he still tried to appear humble.
"Then forget it," Lin Ye replied plainly as he took out a large number of bronze treasure chests from his resource page.
"Ahem… pretend I didn't say that."
Tru coughed lightly, waved his hand, and brought a few brothers with him. They carried a large number of contracts and upgrade scrolls and moved away. Shouting from afar, "For those who are Class 3 and have yet to sign a sharing contract, come and sign one! The first hundred people who sign it will each receive a Class 4 attributeless soldier upgrade scroll!"
After he finished speaking, Luo Feng, Su Yu, Xu Que, and the people on Adelia's side exploded.
"You sir, where are you running to?"
"F*ck, Tru, I'm going to report to you. You're abusing your authority for your personal gains and even ran to your family. What are you doing to the soldiers of my Su Clan!"
"Tru, get over here. Let's have a fair competition!"
…
The public opinion was on one side, and the other four churches were cursing.
"Ah, this…" Tru was dumbfounded.
His lackeys had poker faces as they looked at their boss as if they were looking at a fool.
The lord has already given us special treatment. Can't you use some tricks to 'reasonably' sow those benefits…
Brother, please make some plans before you move. His mind games were too weak.
'"!"
On the other hand, Lin Ye gave up. He held his forehead and looked at the people who wanted to come up and complain.
He hurriedly stopped them and said, "Alright, I heard you. Go, go. It's a fair competition. As for the specific rules, you can discuss them yourselves. Don't f*Cking disturbs me. I still have a history-breaking project to do. I don't have time to deal with you guys."
History breaking project?
Although they were a little surprised and curious at what their lord was doing, their minds were occupied with the Class 4 Upgrade Scroll and the sharing contracts.
Without asking much, they swarmed towards Tru's camp.
A moment later, the sound of swords and spears rang out in the distance. It was probably another round of fights.
This was probably the second and third time today.
As expected, in terms of the variance of the people, the people from the other world won hands down.
Lin Ye lamented inwardly and quickly placed the 961 bronze treasure chests down.
At this moment, he was wearing an interspatial ring on each of his fingers like a tycoon.
One of them was the huge meru ring while the nine others were great meru rings.
The first ring also stored 91 unused great meru rings. The total storage space was 105,000 cubic meters.
There was no need to be afraid of moving things back if there were too many things.
"F*ck, when numbers reach a certain extent, opening treasure chests becomes a crime as well."
Looking at the treasure chests all over the ground, it was truly too shocking. Even he was dazzled by it.
He hated that he had yet to capture a hundred human lords and could not activate the function to exchange for treasure chests.
It would be much easier to exchange all of them for Silver Treasure Chests. 𝘭𝒾𝒷𝓇𝘦𝑎𝑑.𝒸ℴ𝓂
"I'm going to start opening them!"
Lin Ye took a deep breath. His body was filled with golden holy light as he activated his Great Sage Battle Aura to its limits.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
His figure was like a bolt of lightning, which was within reason since he was already a top-tier Class 4 Combat Saint who had just consumed more than three hundred Body Strengthening Pills to improve his constitution. At this moment, he was full of energy. Streaks of shadows appeared between the treasure chests as he quickly opened them.
At this speed, calling it 50 boxes per second was not an exaggeration.
Thud—-
After a moment, every treasure chest that was opened started to drop. Perhaps it was because there were too many of them, but the space seemed to have frozen.
Whoosh—
At this moment, the treasure light fell like a meteor shower, illuminating the entire Haunted House in three colors.
Among them, purple was the most concentrated, blue was second, and silver was the least.
"Oh my god, how many treasure chests did our lord open!"
"I saw the Class 3 Purple Tier Equipment that belongs to me!"
"It feels like Class 4 Silver Tier equipment is no longer a dream!"
"Oh, f*ck, are you guys okay? I'm f*cking going blind!"
"Hm? Wait, there's a second time? Close your eyes!"
The last sentence was from Adelia. As a veteran who had followed the lord from the beginning, she knew his talent too well.
Before anyone could react.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As expected, the treasure chest that was filled with dazzling treasure exploded again.
Whoosh—
The originally already purple sky now had a more exaggerated purple tinge to it.
With the four-star Haunted House as the center, the sky within dozens of kilometers was illuminated in purple.
Further away, Xu Yuan was looking for like-minded comrades and scheming to plunder Lin Ye's luck.
Whoosh—
His legs went soft and he knelt down.
Under his Eyes of Luck, the terrifying luck in that space seemed to have become corporeal at this moment, and its radiance seemed to stretch over a thousand kilometers.
Even from afar, Lin Ye's luck was able to cause his lucky spirit snake to wail miserably.
"F*ck, this is too ridiculous. How long has it been? Why has he become stronger again? Heavens, are you toying with me?!"
Xu Yuan looked at the sky with a cold expression.
A moment ago, he still felt like he was blessed by fate.
But at this moment, he felt that the term 'lucky person' no longer fit him that well.
Look at how that guy's luck was like a dragon. Purple clouds came from the east, suppressing everything within a thousand miles…
Looking at his own lucky spirit snake, it was only the size of a small arm. Peeing was enough to extinguish it, there was no chance of it suppressing everything within a thousand miles.
Comparisons were odious.
"I hate this! Lin Ye, I will never lose to you!"
Under the setting sun, Xu Yuan knelt on the sand and roared as he raised his head.
"Argh!"
At the same time, Lin Ye who was standing in the purple, blue, and silver light pillars paused.
Just now, hint had vaguely sensed a karma prediction from nowhere.
"Friendly Hint: Human Lord Xu Yuan has a strong hostility towards you. Kill him and you will take flight!"
"Xu Yuan?"
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes.
Excluding the possibility of having the same name and surname, there was only one person who had interacted with him with that name.
It was the human lord who had helped him kill Fan Jianqiang.
Why does that guy hate me?
He did not understand the situation, but he did not dare to be careless.
He had long seen the terrifying ability of Hint.
If it was an ordinary person or someone else who hated him, it would probably not trigger a karma prediction.
Unless it was someone crucial who could affect his future luck.
So, what was with the last sentence, kill him to take flight?
With that Hint, he looked at Class 3 Purple Tier and Class 4 Silver Tier weapons scattered all over the ground like trash and felt a little helpless.
Was this not considered as taking flight?
Wait, f*ck, did this bastard awaken some kind of talent that can affect my 100x Reward?!
Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he danced with excitement.
Luck? A True European Overlord? Or was it something else…
In short, he couldn't think of anything other than luck.
The ability which came with the leveling up of 100xReward was a little strange.
Sometimes powerful, sometimes weak, sometimes small, sometimes powerless!
A summary within a word: Extreme!
It felt a little unworthy of such an awesome talent.
However, if he could obtain a luck-type talent, the situation would change drastically.
When the time came, there would be no need to open any high-level treasure chests. All he had to do was open Sandalwood Treasure Chests every day. Even trash would definitely get the best drops, and it would be in its hundreds. Would he still need to be afraid of anything after that?
"Tsk tsk—"
Lin Ye clicked his tongue, feeling a little hungry.
Of course, this was just his prediction. However, he would remember the name Xu Yuan.
As he spoke, that fellow's territory should be in the area of Goat Horn Mountain.
Wonderful. He should find a chance to scout the area.
With that in mind, the next moment, overwhelming system notifications flooded beside his ear.
"You have obtained 800 Level 3 Battle Aura Pills!"
"You have obtained 900 Class 3 Soldier Upgrade Scrolls!"
"You have obtained 600 Class 3 attributeless soldier upgrade scrolls!"
"You have obtained 300 Class 3 Beast Tamer Recruitment Orders!"
"You have obtained 600 Beginner Class 3 Purple Tier Weapons—Dragon Roar Sword!"
"You have obtained 500 Intermediate Class 3 Purple Tier Weapons—Gentleman's Sword!"
"You have obtained 300 Beginner Class 3 Purple Tier Weapons—Reverse Hunter Bow!"
"You have obtained 800 Intermediate Purple Tier Armor—Sun Flame Armor!"
"You have obtained 86 Intermediate Class 4 Silver Tier Weapon—Wind Pursuer's Blade of Blessing!" (Every once in a while, you will receive a blessing and obtain a lightning attack which has a chance to paralyze opponents below Level 5. The stronger you are, the lower the chance of doing so. Zombies below Level 5 will be 100% paralyzed.)
…
"Oh my god!"
Lin Ye came back to his senses and felt that his mind was flooded with the notifications from the system.
It was too f*cking hard to cope. He tried to use Heart's Web to block the notification sounds, but it was useless against the system.
He was tortured 961 times.
Lord Lin collapsed on a pile of Class 3 Purple Tier Weapons. Tru and the others who had recovered grimaced.
What a waste. If the weapons were crushed, it would be a sin!
Ten minutes later, Lin Ye blinked and felt the side effect of the ringing in his ears gradually fade away.
As if sensing something, he looked around and sensed pairs of eager eyes staring at him, occasionally swallowing their saliva.
"Have you all signed it?" Lin Ye asked with a normal expression.
"Sign, sign, sign!"
At this moment, no one caused any trouble. In a few seconds, they had signed the 200 Level 3 contracts.
Talent+5, Talent+4, Talent+6…
100xReward.
Talent+500, Talent+400, Talent+600…
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have obtained 110,000 talent points and have successfully unlocked the seal for a Class 5 Combat Monarch!"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You are the first human to unlock the Class 5 seal in the world. You have obtained 50,000 Reputation points."
100xReward.
"You have obtained 5,000,000 Reputation points!"
"It's finally unlocked, and I even earned an extra 5,000,000 reputation points!"
Lin Ye was overjoyed. Then, he waved his hand in satisfaction. "Help yourselves. I'm happy today. Take whatever you like. First come first serve. No fighting."
With that, he turned and went to the ruins of the Haunted House.
This place was destined to become a bustling market in a short time. It was quieter over there. He had just unlocked the seal for a Class 5 Combat Monarch and wanted to understand the power of Class 5.
Before he left, he conveniently took away 800 Level 3 Battle Aura Pills and 120 Level 4 Battle Aura Pills.
For cultivation, how would he do it without taking the pills?
After he left, more than 3,700 people went crazy. They turned into ferocious beasts and charged in.
Chapter 130
Bang!
A wave of dust settled. Lin Ye placed the outdoor balcony into the wreckage of the Haunted House, took off his shoes, and sat down on the sofa.
He calmed himself down for a moment and started to cultivate.
After unlocking his Class 5 Combat Monarch talent, his cultivation speed increased exponentially.
Within his consciousness, he could clearly feel the large number of energy particles drifting in the air.
Although he could cultivate by absorbing this energy, the speed to refine these particles was too slow. Lin Ye decisively chose to take pills.
Whoosh—
A moment later, the Battle Aura in his core spun rapidly as it turned faster and faster. A terrifying devouring force was born as it absorbed his blood while guiding the surrounding energy particles into it.
"Battle Aura Pills, Battle Aura Pills!"
Lin Ye took out a bottle of Level 3 Battle Aura Pills and poured it into his mouth.
Crack, crack, crack!
His eyes lit up.
Damn!
It actually had the slight fragrance of a yam, much better tasting than the Body Strengthening Pill.
However, the texture was a little tough. Fortunately, he had good teeth. He ate hundreds of them in a row. What the hell, these farts…
Well, wrong. There was nothing wrong per se. It was hard to tell with the farts.
"Pu! Pu! Pu!"
He did not know if it was because he had eaten too many medicinal pills or because there were too many impurities in his body, but the golden holy garment he was wearing was blown high at the back by his farts.
Of course, the effect was still very effective.
After consuming the pills, a large amount of pure battle aura was instantly separated from the stomach acids.
In no time, Lin Ye's entire body was bathed in a golden-colored energy pillar. The Combat Monarch vortex within his core transformed into a vortex that madly absorbed and refined.
Battle Aura Units+30, Battle Aura Units+30, Battle Aura Units+30…
100xReward.
Battle Aura Units+3,000, Battle Aura Units+3,000, Battle Aura Units+3,000…
At a speed visible to the eye. the space in his core gradually filled up as more and more energy particles.
In the end, it almost had a condensed form and started to transform from gas particles into the liquid battle aura.
This was an extremely draining process for his core.
At the same time, invisible chains vaguely appeared at the meridians in Lin Ye's body.
These were potential chains that were engraved into the core of every lifeform.
The more potential a person had, the more chains they would have, and the more energy they needed to break through.
Of course, the benefits and difficulties were parallels.
After a cultivator with great potential broke through, they could defeat almost ten people of the same level or even a more ridiculous ratio.
It was not impossible to fight a hundred people at once.
However, it was too difficult to achieve that stage.
Not to mention ordinary people, even the nobles of the underworld could not withstand the consumption of such resources.
Typically, only top-notch clans could nurture them in the main cities.
Therefore, when it came to cultivation, there were only two options: If you had money, rely on resources, and if you didn't have money, rely on your talents.
It was cruel and realistic. There were no other shortcuts.
However, these problems were nothing to Lin Ye. They were not within his considerations.
"Nice, the battle aura has completely liquefied."
At this moment, a bright glow arose in Lin Ye's eyes as the secret manuals about battle aura from Tru and Luo Feng's clans appeared in his mind.
"Next is to break through the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and the Potential Chains of the Twelve Primary Meridians…"
"According to the secret manuals of the two warrior families, when ordinary people enter the cultivation period, if the battle aura successfully condenses, the meridians in their bodies will evolve 9-18 potential chains."
"The so-called Potential Chains vary from person to person. The more talented one is, the more chains there will be."
"Ordinary geniuses have 18-36 Potential Chains."
"Intermediate Geniuses have 36-72 Potential Chains."
"Top geniuses have 73-180 Potential Chains."
"Peerless geniuses have 181-365 Potential Chains."
"As for me, I have 36,500 chains! I'm 100 times better than a peerless genius!"
Upon seeing this, Lin Ye's heart couldn't help but skip a beat.
Thank you for allowing Potential Chains to be affected by 100xReward as well.
Fortunately, by consuming pills to cultivate, he could replenish the hundredfold energy which was needed. With one replenishing and the other one depleting, the difficulty of this was equal to a peerless genius.
Thinking of this, Lin Ye heaved a sigh of relief. He was scared to death.
However, once all 36,500 Potential Chains were unlocked, how exaggerated would that be?
He didn't dare to imagine. If he thought about it, he would definitely be invincible!
"Tsk. Why am I thinking so much? It will happen when it happens."
Rumble!
The liquified battle aura was like roaring waves in his core..
Under the command of Lin Ye's consciousness, each and every one of them was like diligent bees, crazily attacking the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and Twelve Primary Meridians.
Gasp! Gasp!
The difference in strength was too great. This surge of battle aura crushed them in a one-sided battle.
The first potential chain broke. Time spent was 0.3 seconds!
The second potential chain broke. Time spent was 0.5 seconds!
The third potential chain broke. Time spent was 0.8 seconds!
The fourth potential chain broke. Time spent was 1.2 seconds!
….
Only when he reached the 72nd potential chains did the speed begin to decrease, and the waves of the battle aura became much weaker.
"Is the energy insufficient? Continue eating pills!"
Lin Ye did not hesitate at all. He picked up another bottle of Level 3 Battle Aura Pill and drank it all.
Rumble—
Battle Aura Units+30, Battle Aura Units+30, Battle Aura Units+30…
100xReward.
Battle Aura Units+3,000, Battle Aura Units+3,000, Battle Aura Units+3,000…
Soon, the waves of battle aura which was boosted by the pills once again attacked his Eight Extraordinary Meridians, passing through the hurdles. 𝓁𝑖𝑏𝑟𝘦𝒶𝘥.𝒸𝘰𝑚
He repeated this consumption of pills four times, which was equivalent to 400 Class 3 Battle Aura Pills.
The 12,800 potential chains hidden within his Eight Extraordinary Meridians were unlocked.
The moment it was all unlocked, Lin Ye felt energized and refreshed, as if something had finally connected his body together. His physique began to strengthen in all aspects.
Ssss.
His palm touched the sofa and the airbag exploded. Goose feathers flew everywhere.
He staggered and crashed into the wooden planks of the balcony.
Boom!
The terrifying force overturned the balcony and the sofa was completely destroyed as well.
"This…"
Lin Ye was tongue-tied. He had lost control of his strength.
This meant that this increase was too fast and had already gone out of his control.
He realized it a little too late.
No wonder breaking through to Class 5 was so difficult. Breaking through was a qualitative leap when compared to Class 4.
This happened when he had only broken through his eight extraordinary meridians. The changes were already so drastic.
One could imagine how drastic the changes would be towards the end.
"My lord, are you alright?"
Adelia had a conscience after all. While she was stealing the treasure, she heard the commotion over at Lin Ye's side and asked loudly.
"Coughs… Your lord is invincible. What can possibly happen to me?"
With a wave of his hand, the remnants of the outdoor balcony flew into the sky, turning into a small star that flew into the forest.
'"!"
Adelia's mouth fell open.
She was from a noble family and knew much more than ordinary people.
But that power just now was uncommon. Even a top Class 5 genius might not be able to do it.
Moreover, looking at the aura cloaked around his lord's body, as well as the energy lock that appeared faintly,
It was evident that he had yet to completely break through and step into the realms of the Class 5 Combat Monarch.
Just this alone allowed him to unleash such terrifying strength. Heavens, how many potential chains did his lord breakthrough?
345? 356? 365?
Or was it the legendary top-tier, most terrifying, most abnormal, and peerless talent that surpassed all limits?!
It should be the latter.
She vaguely had an answer.
After a moment, seeing that Lin Ye had continued to cultivate, she glanced deeply at her lord. It was unknown what she thought, but her face flushed slightly.
Then, she shook her head and turned around to join the fight for treasures to prevent herself from letting her thoughts run wild.
Meanwhile, on Lin Ye's side, in order to break through the twelve primary meridians and the remaining 23,700 potential chains,
He continued to take pills crazily, swallowing the remaining 500 Level 3 Battle Aura Pills and 300 Level 4 Battle Aura Pills.
Rumble!
Time passed. As more and more Potential Chains shattered, the aura and golden energy around Lin Ye almost solidified.
In the end, it even condensed into a golden energy ball that was two meters wide.
Kacha, Kacha—
The remnants of the Haunted House could not withstand the pressure. A large amount of soil and stone exploded into pieces, crushed by the energy ball.
At this moment, his people at the treasure chests had already snatched their own treasures.
If Lin Ye had opened his eyes, he would have been shocked to see that more than 3,700 people – every single one of them, even the accompanying native workers and blacksmiths – were wearing Class 3 Purple Equipment. They were all smiling foolishly like idiots.
Some Class 3 and 4 soldiers wore Class 4 Silver Tier armor and equipment.
It was f*cking ridiculous!
And what was more ridiculous had yet to come.
This time, they had 900 Class 3 Attributeless Soldier Upgrade Scrolls, 600 Class 3 Attributeless Soldier Upgrade Scrolls, and 100 Class 4 Attributeless Soldier Upgrade Scrolls.
And now, everything was in their master's hands.
"Everyone, the lord looks like he's about to break through. Let's cheer for him and use our scrolls as well!"
Luo Feng raised his arm and shouted. In his hand was a Class 4 Attributeless Soldier Upgrade Scroll that he had snatched from Tru. Once he broke through, combined with the Blood Shadow Battle Blade, his combat strength would probably soar to the top of Class 5.
"Hahaha, let's do it! With this, I can also break through to Class 4!"
Xu Que laughed.
"Together, let's do it together. Brothers, don't just stand there. We can't embarrass our lord!"
Su Yu cheered his brothers on.
Following this, he exchanged glances with Xu Que before tearing the upgrade scrolls after Luo Feng.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
A moment later, several upgraded golden beams landed.
The other 1,500 Class 2 soldiers who had obtained upgrade scrolls also tore their scrolls.
In the blink of an eye, purple light covered the sky, another dazzling golden pillar of light appeared.
The blinding light seemed to have condensed into a rising sun in the east.
This caused the human lords who were dozens of kilometers away to panic.
On one hand, as the spectacular scenery of thousands of people simultaneously advancing in class shone, Lin Ye's side was also reaching its final moments.
Thump!
Like the lid of a wine bottle opening, a stopper in Lin Ye's body was forcefully released.
Whoosh—
In an instant, the golden energy ball around him shattered and turned into a dense wave of battle aura that rushed into his Twelve Primary Meridians.
Everywhere they passed, they were like locusts.
When faced with the final potential chain, it exploded with a bang.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have successfully advanced to the Class 5 Combat Monarch!"
Chapter 131
"Is this the Combat Monarch class that surpasses the limit of peerless talents? It doesn't feel as difficult as what is described in the battle aura manuals."
"Their ancestors have lied to me and I almost fell for it!"
Hearing the system's notification, Lin Ye slowly opened his eyes and muttered to himself.
At the same time, he realized that he seemed to have changed a little too much.
He took a deep breath.
Immediately, two vague airflows guided a small number of energy particles into his body through his nose.
After advancing to the Combat Monarch class, the impurities were automatically removed from his core and the conversion into his own energy was processed quickly as well.
Battle Aura Units+0.01, Battle Aura Units+0.01…
100xReward.
Battle Aura Units+1, Battle Aura Units+1…
"This…"
"This is a little overpowered. I don't even need to meditate. Just by breathing, can I become stronger?"
A trace of shock flashed through Lin Ye's eyes.
This small amount of energy might not affect others much.
But who was he? The owner of 100xReward.
Breathing in a few mouthfuls of air, no matter how small the energy particles were when they were magnified a hundredfold, their accumulated effect was still not inferior to those ordinary martial artists who had to undergo closed-door cultivation and wholeheartedly immerse themselves in cultivation.
In other words, from today onwards, he would be cultivating at all times since his efficiency far surpassed all other cultivators of the same realm.
If he accidentally took another hundred million pills, he wouldn't dare to imagine its impact. Wouldn't he be able to grow wings and fly?
"My lord, how was it? Did you break through?"
On the other side, Adelia and the others asked when they saw that Lin Ye had woken up.
Outsiders could not see the breakthroughs in cultivation. They could only seek confirmation from the person himself.
"Of course. Remember who your lord is!" Lin Ye smiled smugly. He looked at the rubble on the ground and felt a little regretful.
The outdoor balcony which was worth tens of thousands of reputation points was destroyed just like that. The quality was too poor.
Forget it. He would just buy another eight or ten of them from the shop later and keep them in his interspatial ring so that he would be able to replace them at any time.
Seeing that the others still wanted to ask more, Lin Ye waved his hand.
"Don't ask anymore. I don't even have a full grasp of what's going on. I broke through suddenly. Move aside. I can't fully control my powers right now. Let me familiarize myself with the new power so as not to hurt you guys."
He remembered clearly that when he broke through 12,800 potential chains, he had already lost control of his strength.
As a result, the outdoor balcony which had just come to this world for a single day was destroyed.
He did not want the same thing to happen again.
With that, he stood up after everyone left.
Gasp!
He lost control of the strength in his feet and his legs sank into the remnants of the Haunted House.
"…"
Lin Ye's face darkened. He didn't use any strength at all so why did his leg dig into the rubble?
He raised his leg and the soil beneath his feet exploded.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Countless gravel flew everywhere like concealed weapons, causing a commotion in the soldiers' camp.
Fortunately, with the enhancement from the treasure snatching session, even the weakest soldier was now wearing a beginner Class 3 Purple Tier Armor, which increased his defense.
Otherwise, just these shattered rocks would be enough to injure many people.
Bang!
He moved, but his body was like a cannon and he flew outwards.
"Rumble—"
A moment later, the forest on the other side of the wasteland broke apart. Ten large trees which had the width of three people's arm length collapsed, causing a wave of dust to rise in the air.
'"!"
In the distance, the crowd looked at each other.
"This is a Class 5 expert? That's too exaggerated!"
Luo Feng was dumbfounded. In terms of visual effects, when compared to Lin Ye, his father felt like a fake Class 5.
The difference in strength was too great. To say something unfilial, even though his father was a Class 5 intermediate genius, once he activated his hero-tier weapon, Blood Shadow Battle Blade, he who was only Class 4 could probably defeat three people of his father's class. If it was a good day, he might be able to defeat five of them.
But for his lord who had yet to use his battle aura, just from his muscles, he could feel his body trembling.
Rumble!
Meanwhile, the forest on the other side was still collapsing on a large scale. Smoke and dust swirled about, as if an archaic vicious beast was wreaking havoc inside.
"What level is the lord's talent? A top genius? It feels a little ridiculous."
Su Yu's mouth twitched in disbelief.
His clan could not compare to Luo Feng's or Tru's. 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝓇𝘦𝑎𝒹.𝑐𝑜𝓂
Other than him who was considered a top genius.
Most of his parents' generation and cousins of the same generation were not half as good as him.
"I think it's more than that. My clan's battle aura manual has mentioned that even the strongest peerless geniuses who can unlock 365 Potential Chains are not much stronger than us, let alone compared to our lord. The only difference is that they have more battle aura and stronger endurance."
Luo Feng organized his words and continued, "In terms of physique, they might not be able to compare to True, who cultivates the zodiac battle aura. But look, does the lord seem weaker than Tru?"
"This…"
The group shut up, shock and terror evident in their eyes.
If that was the case, it could only mean one thing. Their lord was so strong that he had exceeded the limits of even peerless geniuses.
However, on second thought, everyone was extremely excited.
It was their fortune to meet an invincible monster like their lord this season.
This was not just them trying to suck up to him but sincere thoughts.
After a while, dense shadows of rods came from the forest. No, to be exact, those were spear shadows.
It was the Top Class 4 Silver Tier weapon that Lin Ye had taken away—Phoenix Spear.
There was basically no weapon dropped that was suitable for him.
After all, what he cultivated was the Great Sage's battle aura. There were not many monkey-type combat techniques in his zodiac, so he could only use Skyward Slash.
From the name, one could tell that this battle skill made use of a staff.
However, there were no good quality staff weapons at the moment. They were too lousy.
Only this Phoenix Spear could barely be used. Its level was not bad and its power could be enhanced greatly.
Most importantly, he could also use its active skill—Hundred Birds Worshiping The Phoenix.
Similar to an AOE skill, it could produce hundreds of spear shadows and battle aura in an instant, covering all enemies within 30 meters of it.
Using the spear as a staff, he consecutively struck out more than ten Skyward Slashes.
Rumble!
Huge trees that reached that were sky tall broke into pieces and even exploded into pieces of wood which scattered everywhere.
"Hah—I actually f*cking caused this."
Looking at the devastation in the forest, Lin Ye cursed inwardly. He felt a little sorry for his name.
But then again, he looked at his core in disbelief.
Before this, even when he was at the peak of Class 4, he would probably run out of battle aura after using the Skyward Staff twice.
But now, after breaking through to Class 5 and breaking through 36,500 potential chains, the situation was greatly different.
Currently, the space in his core was unimaginably large. If it was said to be a small pond at the beginning which became a small lake upon advancing to Class 4, it was a boundless ocean now.
It was precise because of this that he did not feel anything even after using Skyward Slash more than ten times.
"Looks like I have to change to a higher level combat technique."
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes.
The Skyward Staff was merely a Black Tier battle skill after all.
Even though its power was still impressive, it could not keep up with its output capabilities.
He had a feeling that if it was a powerful move of Sky or Earth Tier, its power would be at least ten times greater.
The tycoon's wristguard would only be useful then.
Otherwise, even if he used more than ten big moves in a row, it wouldn't even consume half of his battle aura. He would just take the pills and be done with it.
He wouldn't need the battle aura storage in his wrist guard to replenish it.
It was a complete waste of resources.
Thinking of this, Lin Ye put away Phoenix Spear. The golden light around his body shook and he easily blasted a path through the wreckage.
He slowly returned to the main group.
Seeing this, Tru and the others stared at him as if they were looking at a monster.
"Why are you looking at me? Is there something on my face?" Lin Ye touched his face and asked curiously.
"No, it's mainly because the lord has become handsome again. Us ugly people can only look up to you." Tru laughed and flattered.
"I like hearing these words. You should be rewarded. If I get a Level 5 Battle Aura Pill or Class 5 upgrade scroll, I'll be the first to give it to you." Lin Ye looked at him with admiration.
As soon as he said that, the eyes of the others lit up.
"My lord is honest and credible, generous, elegant and noble…"
"My lord is handsome, young, rich, powerful, invincible…"
"My lord has a golden spear that will not fall. He's benevolent, invincible, brave, fearless, wise, and powerful…"
…
"You guys have good taste. Praise more when you guys can."
Lin Ye was overjoyed when he heard those words. He pointed at Xu Que and Su Yu who were the most excited in front of him and said, "I'll give you all one each when I get it. Each of you has a part in unlocking Class 5."
Seeing that the situation was getting more and more intense, even scheming and petty things were about to appear.
He hurriedly stopped them. "Alright, it's just a joke. Let's stop here."
"Then my lord, can you tell us how many Potential Chains you broke to become a Class 5 Combat Monarch?" Luo Feng asked. As a martial fanatic, he was fascinated by the knowledge of his realm. Moreover, after seeing his lord breakthrough, he could not help but yearn for it.
"Do you really want to hear it?"
Lin Ye looked at the curious looks thrown his way.
After some thought, he shook his head and said, "Forget it, I won't dampen your enthusiasm."
In the end, he even added another stab to their hearts, "I'm afraid that none of you can withstand it. Just treat me as a person with the trashiest 365 Potential Chains."
"…"
'"!"
Everyone grimaced when they heard that.
Only their invincible lord could act this way. If others dared to act like this, they would have to ask the Class 4 Silver and Class 3 Purple weapons in their hands if they agreed.
"My lord, can I spar with you?"
A moment later, Luo Feng took a step forward and said with a fanatical expression.
Since the lord did not want to say anything, he wanted to experience the gap himself.
"This, have you thought it through?" Lin Ye glanced at him and reminded him, "I'm only getting used to it now. I can't control my strength well. If I accidentally kill you, wouldn't I lose a lot?"
"Then I will activate the Blood God's Possession…" Luo Feng said stubbornly.
"Well…"
Lin Ye frowned. Currently, Luo Feng was already a Class 4 Combat Saint. With the Blood God's Possession, his strength was comparable to a genius among the Class 5.
If he used 1% of his strength, he might be able to play with him.
With this in mind, he nodded reluctantly and said, "Alright, don't be too stubborn. If you can't take it, just admit defeat. It's not embarrassing."
"…"
Luo Xing was mentally tired. He did not waste any more time and drew his blade.
Whoosh—
Blood-colored energy flowed into his body through the hilt.
Moments later, his nose and pores were constantly sucking in the blood-colored fog.
When he looked up, his eyes were like those of a monster bathed in a river of blood – eerie and terrifying.
In this state, all his attributes increased drastically and his aura exploded.
"My lord, be careful!"
The ground beneath his feet collapsed.
In the next moment, his entire body transformed into a ray of blood-red light. The back of the saber tore through the air and struck Lin Ye's abdomen.
"Too slow."
Unexpectedly, all of this was like an old man brandishing his sword in Lin Ye's eyes.
Even without the use of Heart's Web, he could still see everything clearly with his current dynamic vision.
Whoosh—
The air vibrated slightly.
Immediately after, a blinding golden light shone, making everyone's eyes sting. They couldn't help but close their eyes or look away.
Then, the light disappeared. The scene before them shocked everyone.
Chapter 132
Clang—
In front of him was a beautiful pair of golden wings, and its surface was vaguely covered in cold feathers.
His wings were like a wheel of swords as they shone brightly.
He easily caught the Blood Shadow Battle Blade in the blood-red light.
"This is!" Luo Feng started.
At the same time, he felt a terrifying force coming from his fingers. The skin of his hand that was holding the sword's hilt was instantly scraped and blood flowed out.
"Battle aura transforming into wings! This is the battle aura's transformation into wings!"
At this moment, Tru cried out in surprise.
"How is this possible? The transformation of battle aura into wings is only a way for a Combat Monarch to make use of battle aura. It is not an offensive ability. Going to its roots, the transformation of battle aura into wings is still battle aura. With just the strength of the battle aura, how could it fight head-on with a Class 4 hero tier weapon?" Shock flashed across Adelia's beautiful eyes.
The scene before them was beyond their comprehension.
"I remember that there's a special method. With the exoskeleton from the wings of a magical beast and a secret battle aura technique, it can fight against weapons…"
Su Yu narrowed his eyes and said slowly, "However, my lord is definitely not using the wings of a magical beast. The golden feathers feel like a battle aura that has been compressed to its limit, causing its basic composition to change. As for why it can block an attack from the Blood Shadow Battle Blade, I'm afraid only my lord knows."
"Again!" Luo Feng clenched his teeth. He ignored his injured hand, withdrew the Blood Shadow Battle Saber, and went in for another attack.
Crack—
In an instant, shadows of blades flashed and flames shot everywhere.
However, compared to Luo Feng's desperate efforts, Lin Ye seemed a little dispirited.
He stood at the same spot and controlled his battle aura wings with his mind. As he blocked the attacks, he observed the surrounding soldiers who were watching with interest.
What the heck? Did everyone improve so much after I closed my eyes and cultivated for a while?
There were more than 1,800 Class 3 scrolls. From the looks of it, the success rate of Class 4 upgrading scrolls was a little low. Only 82 people succeeded in advancing to the next class.
Great things. In a while, when he would get thousands or even tens of thousands of the scrolls. He would upgrade them all to the maximum.
They were too weak now and it felt like he could kill the group with one slap.
As for the equipment…
Yes, a few hundred sets of Sun Flame Armor seemed to be able to burn the enemy from a close range?
Mm, he would go and destroy the five-star Haunted House later and see if it affects the zombies.
Wait, what is this thing? Wind Pursuer's Blade of Blessing.
Paralyzing zombies below Level 5 every few seconds?
Holy sh*t, this attribute was strong.
"!"
As Lord Lin was paying attention to the attributes of the equipment, Luo Feng's face was flushed red.
Wasn't this too strong!?
He increased the strength of his attacks, and blood-colored afterimages were almost forming behind his body.
This was the peak state of the Blood God's Possession. It was already comparable to a top Class 5's combat power.
Each slash contained an incomparably terrifying sword strength.
"Stop, your condition is not right." Lin Ye also felt the difference in Luo Feng.
Although Luo Feng's strength and attack speed had increased significantly, he was still unable to make him attack since he could easily block it with his wings which were made of battle aura.
This was the difference between the two of them.
After unlocking 36,500 Potential Chains, his cultivation form was already completely different from ordinary cultivators.
Not only had his quality of energy changed, but even his body had also undergone foundational changes.
In terms of energy, he realized that his battle aura could be metallised. It could solidify and was definitely not inferior to the Blood Shadow Battle Blade.
This was also the reason why he dared to stand still and allow Luo Feng to attack him.
As for his body, strength, speed, explosiveness, reaction speed…
These had already been strengthened six times through Heart's Web and with the enhancement from the Potential Chains,
The current him had already transcended the boundaries of human evolution and was rapidly evolving into a higher-level life form.
On the surface, he was still an ordinary Class 5 Combat Monarch. However, compared to his peers, he was a hundred million times stronger.
The actual situation was similar to the novels back in China.
Others were practicing true martial arts, but he was already cultivating to become a celestial.
There was no point in comparing the two.
For him, a normal-level battle skill could be used as a final blow with the help of his battle aura.
Of course, if he could obtain a Sky or Earth Tier Combat Technique, it would be even more perfect.
"My lord, please give me another chance." A fanatic expression appeared on Luo Feng's face as he continued to attack relentlessly. He said calmly, "It's rare to meet a powerful Combat Monarch like my lord. Let's have a good fight. Perhaps I will be able to use the opportunity to break through to the Combat Monarch class as well!"
"This rascal." Lin Ye shook his head, going crazy with him again.
However, the time limit for Blood God's Possession was clearly up but Luo Feng was still persisting. In the end, his skin started tearing.
"Enough!" Lin Ye shouted angrily.
The moment he finished speaking, the wings on his back flapped.
Bang!
After sending the Blood Shadow Battle Blade flying with a flap of his wings, it connected to Luo Feng and turned into an arrow that left its bow, shooting in the opposite direction.
Boom!
Soon, a human-shaped shadow appeared at the wreckage of the Haunted House.
"Ah, this…"
Lin Ye coughed awkwardly.
He dared to swear with his hands up. He really didn't put much force into it.
He was afraid that he would fail to retract his strength and kill this loyal subordinate of his.
He had increased his strength by a little just now but he was afraid that this kid would die from being too into it.
He had used the Blood God's Possession consecutively. Even if the aftereffects on his body were weakened because of the bond, it would still cause great harm to him.
"Boss Luo, you're not dead, are you?"
Su Yu looked at the human-shaped pit and shouted worriedly.
"No, I'm fine."
A moment later, the human-shaped pit exploded. The blood shadow flashed and the person ran out.
When Luo Feng came out, he had already recovered his consciousness. The Blood God's Possession was also over. He laid on the ground with a pale expression as he panted heavily.
"Take it and eat it."
A moment later, Lin Ye took out a bottle of Level 3 Bone Regrowth Pill, which was used to treat injuries.
Crack—
The moment he threw it, the pill bottle shattered.
"━━∑( ?□ ?*|||━━" Lin Ye was petrified. Fine, he still had no control over his power.
"!"
The others also laughed inwardly.
Looking at the pills scattered all over the ground, the originally crystal clear surface of the pill was more or less dirtied with green blood and dust.
"Haha, Brother Luo, it's dirty but you won't fall sick from eating it. I'll help you pick it up."
Xu Que slipped over and helped him pick up the pills with a 'serious' expression.
"You!"
Luo Feng was instantly speechless. This brat was too petty and vengeful.
Didn't I just leave the treasure chests to you? I'm already injured and yet you're here trying to fool around with me.
"Xu Que, pick the pills up. Go back and wash it. After it's dried, sell it using the market page."
Looking at the troubled expression on Luo Feng's face, it was Lin Ye who spoke in the end, while taking out another bottle of Bone Regrowth Pill.
This time, he didn't dare to throw it and got Adelia to send it over.
In his words, since they were brothers, he should use the best one for him and not compromise.
He was so rich now anyway.
Close to 1,000 bronze treasure chests had dropped too many things.
There were countless types of medicinal pills, converters, weapons, recruitment orders, blueprints, and blueprints for different types of soldiers.
Even the M4A1 bullets that all the rangers were thinking about dropped more than 30,000 pieces.
Including the two hundred plus disposable Class 3 Purple Weapon—High Explosive Grenade.
He felt that even before the fight even started, the five-star Level 1 Haunted House would be gone. 𝒍𝓲𝒃𝙧𝓮𝙖𝒅.𝓬𝙤𝓶
After that, he rested for a while.
During this time, the conversion of the zombie corpses was also completed.
"You have obtained 21,300 Zombie Souls."
100xReward.
"You have obtained 2,130,000 Zombie Souls."
Total: 5,300,000~ Zombie Souls
Luo Feng still needed some time.
After consuming a large number of Level 3 Bone Regrowth Pills, his body was surrounded by a green glow.
He was rapidly absorbing the medicinal power of the Bone Regrowth Pill.
The others were doing their things as well.
Cultivation, moving things and dismantling the Zombie Converters.
After busying himself for a while.
He finally packed the millions of Zombie Souls, the remaining equipment, and a large number of blueprints together.
With a thought, Lin Ye stored them all in his interspatial ring.
After killing so many zombies today, his experience bar was about to explode.
The bunker would probably level up several times in a row and there was a high chance of him entering the tribal era.
When the time came, the number of new soldiers recruited would probably be several times the current number. These weapons would most likely not be enough.
For that, Lin Ye could only turn his sighs into motivation.
He had to work harder so that everyone could wear high-level equipment.
Only with them staying alive would their lord be able to stay at the rear without worries.
A moment later, the glow on Luo Feng's body disappeared.
"Thank you for the medicine, my lord. I'm done." He stood up and said respectfully.
"It's good that you're well. Pack up your luggage. Everyone grab your things. Our next target is a five-star Haunted House. After work, we will return home and eat!"
Lin Ye nodded. He flapped his wings and flew into the air, addressing everyone.
As for his ability to fly, when everyone was busy just now, he was lazy and flew into the sky to wander around. He was already familiar with it.
Needless to say, the air above was fresher. There was no rotting corpse smell, nor was there the stink of sweat from the native soldiers.
The main thing was that he could look further ahead from a high place. This kind of feeling was completely different from the infinite perspective Heart's Web provided.
Only by experiencing it himself could he experience the feeling of controlling the world.
"Long live our lord!"
Upon hearing his words, the crowd was in high spirits. The group turned to the five-star Haunted House.
Chapter 133
Tap-tap-tap…
On the way to the five-star haunted house, Lin Ye was sweating profusely, and every step he took was arduous.
He was really practicing how to control his battle aura. After completing the transformation of his battle aura into wings, he suddenly had a thought…
Could he transform his battle aura into a horse?
A tiger, a dragon, or perhaps a phoenix?
If it was possible, he would have to think deeper to see if he could convert it into tanks, planes, cannons, and spacecraft!
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. The more he thought about it, the more promising it seemed!
He vaguely felt that he had found a direction for his future development – combining the technology of China and the cultivation system of the other world.
A completely new path would be developed.
Inventing something like this was not an occasional flash of inspiration.
It was like when Newton was hit by a falling apple and discovered gravity, or when Watt invented the steam engine when he was looking at the boiling water in a kettle…
Such things were common.
If the predecessors could do it, why couldn't he?
Lin Ye firmly believed that for a handsome, intelligent, and exceptional man like him.
How could he not have the quality for invention!
Therefore, turning conjectures into practice.
Starting from the basics, he would try to make a battle aura horse. Once he mastered the skill to invoke life, he would be able to stem out from there.
But the result… didn't seem too beautiful.
The quality of his battle aura was indeed high. The golden battle aura horse took some effort but he managed the shape in the end.
Its outer appearance was excellent and extraordinary. Its entire body emitted a golden noble aura.
However, every time it raised its leg, it felt abnormally awkward, as if he was walking upside down.
His consciousness was divided into two parts: the front hooves and the back hooves.
"Tsk!"
"Inventing things is really not something anyone can do!"
After a long time, Lin Ye gave up. He put away his battle aura horse and transformed into a pair of golden and dazzling sword wheel wings that tore through the sky.
"Roar—"
"This is more like it. Flying feels so good. Why would I heed to transform into a horse? Hmph! Trash!"
Now that he had lost the restraints of the horse manifestation, he was like a sparrow that yearned for freedom.
He flew rapidly in the sky, sometimes gliding sideways, sometimes diving, sometimes spreading his wings and flying high…
Immediately, the worries in his heart disappeared. His mind was clear and relaxed.
"You have entered Enlightenment. Soul Realm Cultivation+10, Soul Realm Cultivation+10, Soul Realm Cultivation+10…"
100xReward.
"You have entered a super Enlightenment. Soul Realm Cultivation+1,000, Soul Realm Cultivation+1,000, Soul Realm Cultivation+1,000…"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have comprehended Level 1 Heart of Freedom! Your spiritual control has increased twofold!"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have comprehended Level 2 Heart of Freedom! Your spiritual control has increased by four times!"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have comprehended Level 3 Heart of Freedom! Your spiritual control has increased by eight times!"
He leveled up three times in a row.
"!"
Lin Ye blinked. This scene looked familiar.
It was the same when he comprehended Invincible Heart last time. Now, he had another – Heart of Freedom.
Oh. As expected, I do have some kind of extraordinary talent.
This Heart of Freedom had a great effect on spiritual control. Are the notifications encouraging me to continue developing it?
Lin Ye was touched. If that was the case, why didn't he f*cking let him level up to the max directly? What was the use of leveling up to only level 3?
Kneel as a form of greeting.
He turned around and forgot about it.
However, with the Heart of Freedom, the problem of losing control of his strength seemed to have decreased greatly, especially in terms of battle aura.
His current spiritual power was extremely strong and he could control the battle aura normally.
The sword wheel wings made of battle aura were also many times stronger than before.
It was no exaggeration to say that even if he used his battle aura wings to carve a flower on Tru's head, it would be easy and lifelike.
Gurgles!
With the help of the Heart of Freedom, his flying speed increased.
The figure sped up in midair. A second burst, a third burst…
The speed increased.
A moment later, like a streak of golden sword shadow, it appeared in front of everyone.
The next moment, he tore through the air and flew toward the five-star Haunted House that was more than a thousand meters away.
"Roar—"
Inside the five-star haunted house, there were many high-level zombies. Lin Ye saw more than a dozen of Level 4 Venomous Zombies.
Their noses were sensitive, and they had long since sensed Lin Ye's arrival. All of them raised their heads and roared.
"Roar your a**! I'll reward you with a few slaps."
Lin Ye's figure turned into a golden light and quickly turned to find two Level 4 Venomous Zombies.
Slap! Slap!
His speed was extremely fast. He attacked from both sides, and even with the powerful defense of a Level 4 zombie, their health bars were instantly emptied.
Swish! Thud!
In the end, its head tumbled off like a ball and landed on the wall of the Haunted House.
This action thoroughly infuriated all the zombies. Thousands of zombies charged out crazily.
They charged towards Lin Ye who was flying in the air, stacking up like a pyramid to reach him.
"Oh, you actually know how to pull off a tactic from World War Z."
Lin Ye raised his eyebrows slightly, but he was not afraid at all. Looking at the dense zombie crowd below, how high could they possibly stack?
"Brothers, the newbie has arrived. I'll give you a big gift first."
As he spoke, he picked up a high explosive grenade in each of his hands. With a flick of his fingers, he pulled the safety off.
The two high explosive grenades fell down, coincidentally landing in the mouth of a Level 4 Venomous Zombie which was baring its fangs and brandishing its claws.
"○| ?|_" The Venomous Zombie was a little startled.
At Level 4, his IQ was about five years old. He thought that it was food and opened its mouth to bite it.
Rumble!
Explosive energy swept across. 𝑙𝒾𝒷𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥.𝒸𝑜𝘮
The Level 4 Venomous Zombie which had bitten the grenade instantly died.
The moment it died, it triggered its self-destruct skill.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Under the rain of poison, all the zombies within 30 meters were hit.
Swoosh—
The corrosive corpse poison was like sulfuric acid. Even his zombie compatriots could not withstand it. They groaned and struggled for a moment before bleeding out.
"Beautiful!"
Lin Ye clenched his fist. In just ten seconds, six Level 4 zombies had died. There were close to a hundred Level 3 and Level 2 zombies, and even more Level 1 zombies had died.
There were not many killed by the grenades. The main killer was the explosion from the Venomous Zombie self-destruction which attacked indiscriminately.
This was their nest where many zombies were at.
One after another, they self-destructed, corroding and melting hundreds of Level 1 zombies.
"A few more waves and I'll send you guys to your deaths." Lin Ye smiled.
After his advancement in class, the feeling of being invincible became stronger and stronger.
One person against the five-star haunted house.
In this world, other than him, who else could have such strength?
Of course, he did not plan to kill them all alone. He had to give the other soldiers a chance to make a name for themselves.
The soldiers lying in ambush outside the five-star Level 1 Haunted House were all soldiers wearing Class 3 purple tier armor.
As long as he cleared all the Level 4 Venomous Zombies, there would be no danger to speak of.
When that was done, it would be a massacre.
As for the Level 5 zombies, he was not afraid at all.
Without any exaggeration, Lin Ye was currently an invincible elite who could fight against 100 people when compared to other units of the same class.
If a Level 5 Harpy Zombie really appeared, he would kill it and it would be perfect if the recruitment order for the three-tailed fox lady dropped.
Unfortunately, after flying the compound for a few rounds with Heart's Web activated, he couldn't find any Level 5 Zombies.
"There's no challenge at all. Let's end this early then."
After killing more than ten Level 4 Venomous Zombies in a row, Lin Ye sighed deeply.
It was a lonely feeling, being invincible.
With that, he picked up the Phoenix Spear, stared at the Level 4 Venomous Zombie, and charged into the group.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Every time he landed on the ground, countless dense spear shadows scattered down and the area 40 meters in front of him would be instantly cleared.
The only problem was the Venomous Zombies.
This bastard had a self-destruct skill.
Except for the two venomous zombies that he had instantly ambushed and killed at the beginning, the rest would react instinctively every time.
At the moment of their deaths, they would self-destruct.
Whoosh—
A dense rain of green venomous blood rained down from the sky.
Even with the protection from his battle aura wings, it was still extremely consuming.
At this moment, the tycoon's wrist guard finally came in handy.
Whoosh—
He activated his wrist guard and a golden shield appeared around him and his battle aura wings.
The number of defensive units equivalent to the capacity of a Class 4 Saint which he could use was 120. For a short while, he could use them freely without any worry.
After blocking the venom a few times, as expected, each time the zombie self-destructed, it would consume half an energy unit of the shield.
It could also replenish Lin Ye's battle aura limitlessly, completely offsetting his consumption.
It allowed him to fight alone at the center of the Haunted House without fear.
And this sea of zombies could do nothing to him.
"Bleh!"
A Level 4 Venomous Zombie let out an angry roar.
The next second, a golden spear shadow fell. A hole pierced through between the zombie's eyebrows, and it exploded.
It did not hurt Lin Ye in the slightest and instead killed dozens of his zombie comrades.
"Hahaha, this feels great!"
Lin Ye was having a lot of fun now as he continuously charged forward and attacked.
With both Heart's Web and Hint, even the hidden Level 4 zombies were caught and instantly killed by him.
"The last Level 4 zombie."
Lin Ye revealed a smile. Hundreds of spear shadows landed to send this good brother to its grave.
"Oh, a Silver Treasure Chest!"
After killing this Level 4 zombie, Lin Ye's eyes lit up. He flew down and quickly kept the treasure chest in his Civilization Archive.
"Alright, the threats have been removed. Time to leave it to the younger ones to train."
Lin Ye kept his Phoenix Spear. He flew high up into the air and activated the special effect of the Level 3 Lord's Skin as he fired several shots at the five-star Haunted House.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
With a 500% bonus effect, the bullets instantly turned into huge meteorites.
A tail of fire descended from the sky and exploded above the Haunted House, illuminating half the sky in red.
"The Lord has sent the signal. All units, pay attention. Charge!"
Tru held the megaphone that Lin Ye had given to him. Wearing a Class 4 Silver Tier Armor, he raised his arm and shouted.
In an instant, the group charged in excitedly.
"The contribution points are mine!"
"F*ck, don't steal my kills!"
"Ah, what a waste. Don't use grenades. Since they just blow the corpses up, you won't even get any contribution points for it!"
"Get lost, all of you. That female zombie with the flower on her head in front is mine. Whoever dares to snatch it from me, I'll fight them!"
….
The soldiers in front charged forward one by one to grab the contribution points. The rangers behind were not to be outdone. Since they were protected by Class 3 Purple Tier Armor, under Adelia's lead, they transformed into close combat soldiers and fired at the enemies at a close range with their M4A1s. Their killing speed was extremely fast.
The fight was in full swing while Lin Ye leisurely strolled outside the Haunted House. Every time a zombie came near him, it would be sliced apart by his golden wings. Whether it was a Level 3 Supervisor Zombie or a Level 2 Swift Zombie, they all died instantly.
In the end, he found it troublesome and activated the active skill of the tycoon's wrist guard. He expanded the shield to a four meters radius and amidst the roars of tens of thousands of zombies, leisurely stepped into the first floor of the five-star Haunted House.
The ground floor of a five-star Level 1 Haunted House was huge. The first floor was as big as a basketball court. At the center of it floating was the three-meter-tall blue teleportation portal.
Perhaps sensing his aura, an angry shout came from within, "It's you again!"
Chapter 134
what do you mean by it again? It is clearly you who is pestering me. I檓 just destroying my zombie haunted houses. What has it got to do with you? Why are you appearing everywhere like a ghost? Who are you trying to scare?! You only have a loud voice, tsk!?
Lin Ye rolled his eyes and spat on the teleportation array.
The teleportation array was one-way. As soon as the thick phlegm was sent through, it was wiped out by the Void Blade.
But this action was a humiliation to the great zombie king, Jiang Chen.
uman! You're攕seeking攄earth!?
淪tup*d c*nt!?
Lin Ye cursed and took out his Phoenix Spear to destroy this teleportation array.
wait!?
When he saw this scene, Zombie King Jiang Chen could not be bothered to become angry and hurriedly tried to stop him.
if I stop just because you say so, how embarrassing would that be for me?Lin Ye face was full of disdain. All of them were scum who only dared to hide in hell and live an ignoble life, how dare they be so presumptuous?𝓁𝑖𝘣𝑟𝘦𝘢𝒹.𝑐ℴ𝘮
With a wave of his hand, a golden spear shadow smashed down.
淔*ck you!?
Zombie King Jiang Chen was so angry that it almost vomited blood.
He suddenly threw a punch at himself. The terrifying force of the punch caused the ground in hell to shake violently.
Whoosh?
At the same time, with the punch, he forcefully removed a drop of divine blood from his heart and quickly threw it through the teleportation array.
It transformed into a blood-colored barrier that guarded the surface of the teleportation array.
what?
The next moment, Lin Ye saw his Phoenix Spear being blocked by this barrier of light.
However, the blood-colored barrier could not be maintained for long.
He could feel that as long as he attacked it a few times, it would lose its energy and completely disappear.
Moreover, Jiang Chen from hell was not doing well either. Not only did he lose a precious drop of the Zombie King blood essence for nothing, a tribulation cloud gradually appeared above its heads.
This was the punishment from the power of law. No underworld powerhouse, including hell, was allowed to attack the human lords before the seal was lifted.
This was an ironclad rule!
Rumble!
Moments later, bolts of scarlet red lightning struck down, making Jiang Chen's scalp numb and its entire body turned into charcoal.
Fortunately, his body had long reached the level of a demigod and could regenerate both flesh and blood.
Rumble?
When the tribulation ended, large amounts of golden blood flowed throughout his body, quickly healing the body of a Zombie King.
Amn it, this brat made me lose 1% of my blood essence!?
lso, what kind of freak is this? F*ck, even if the Ultimate Shield Technique formed by my blood essence is several times weaker because of the rules, it is still not something that ordinary people can break. But this guy seemed to have broken it easily.?
Jiang Chen sat on his throne with a dark expression and flickering eyes. No one knew what it was thinking.
again!?
Lin Ye, who was unaware of this, was also very dissatisfied with his own combat power.
A grand and mighty undefeated peerless combat monarch who had unlocked 36,500 chains of potential could not even break a blood shield. It was too embarrassing.
Fortunately, his subordinates were still fighting the zombies outside and no one noticed.
Therefore, this time, he was determined and prepared for a big attack.
Golden light erupted from his palm as the Great Sage totem appeared. When the light around him reached its peak, all of the Great Sage Battle Aura condensed with the battle aura infused sword wheel wings and fused into the Phoenix Spear.
He was accumulating energy. When the energy reached its peak, it would be enough to break through the blood-colored shield.
Wait, kid, I don't have any ill intentions. Let's talk!?
Jiang Chen's expression changed drastically when he saw this, and he hurriedly submitted.
He did not waste his blood essence just to shoot his mouth off. There was indeed something else which he wished to discuss.
discuss what?Lin Ye was surprised.
Why did this guy change? He had a ferocious look on his face just now as if it wanted to eat him up.
Now, he was giving in?
Could it be a trap!
He raised his Phoenix Spear vigilantly.
on, really, I檓 not lying to you!?Jiang Chen was about to cry. Where the f*ck did this cowardly human come from?
The human was peerlessly valiant, but he didn't even have the courage to negotiate.
Tsk!
l give you 30 seconds. If you don't satisfy me, I'll give you a free beating.?
Lin Ye patted his precious Phoenix Spear and said with an unfriendly expression.
淍 # $#%?
Jiang Chen blood boiled and magma spewed out from his feet.
Couldn't he speak in a more human manner?
In hell, it was an overlord who could reign over an area. Everyone respected and bowed to him.
But when it came to this guy, he was like a loan shark, not listening to any terms he didn want to.
Tsk, if I didn need your help, I would break your legs and bring your head back as a wine canister.
With this thought in mind, a blood-colored projection flew out from his body. It passed through the teleportation array and looked down at the human from above.
Don like the way you are looking at me.?Lin Ye frowned.
As he spoke, he secretly sized up the other party projection.
This Zombie King was actually completely different from the image he had imagined. A hideous face with two large canine teeth hanging from the corner of its mouth.
Instead, he looked like an elegant teacher from ancient times.
Looking like he was in his thirties, he was dressed in a white shirt. His hair was white and he had his hair pinned in a black crown.
淢y projection can only appear on this side of the teleportation array. If it exceeds that range, the power of the law will fall upon me.?Jiang Chen had a helpless expression.
That is easy to solve. Don move.?Lin Ye nodded seriously.
Whoosh?
The golden wings on his back appeared again. He flapped his wings and flew ten meters above Jiang Chen, just enough to look down on him.
溾€︹€?
Jiang Chen was frustrated. Could this person be more mature? He even had to fight for a higher standing position.
Alright, you can talk. You still have 20 seconds,?Lin Ye said in all seriousness.
bastard!?
Jiang Chen was furious, but he could only suppress his anger. Who asked him to be the person who needed a favor?
He took a deep breath and spoke faster. I want to make a deal with you. Don worry, I will not let you suffer any losses or betray your humans. As for the benefits, I will tell you a few important information.?
tell me one piece of information first, I want to hear it,?Lin Ye said curiously.
To be honest, ever since he came to this world, many things seemed to be different. They were either restricted by the system or by the gods.
That was all the information he could get.
Therefore, he hoped that this Zombie King could tell him something valuable.
After a moment of silence, Jiang Chen said slowly, 淪towaways. Some of you humans knew in advance about the transmigration and had some secret information.?
What is it? Tell me the details. Either you tell me everything or you don and let call it a day.?
Lin Ye's face darkened. He hated this kind of person who dangled information deliberately.
ou!?
Jiang Chen was exasperated. There was nothing he could do about this stubborn fellow, but?
It could only be him so it couldn't do anything but be angry!
I don't know the exact identities of those people, but I know their goal. This magical world is filled with all kinds of treasures and ancient ruins. They became stowaways and kept their memories in order to find treasures and develop the ruins. Only then can people survive this season.?
Retained their memories? Ancient ruins? Developing it? Did he need to trigger something? For survival?
Lin Ye mind raced as he memorized these keywords. Unfortunately, he was at a loss and could not analyze any useful information.
Of course, he was not a fool. An unfamiliar red-eyed zombie popped up out of nowhere to say something ridiculous.
Before he found out the truth, he would not believe anyone.
He immediately said, ow can you prove the authenticity of that statement?
That's why I was looking for you. After I檓 done, you can decide for yourself if it true or false. Whether you want to cooperate or not is also up to you.?
Seeing that Lin Ye was a little tempted, Jiang Chen revealed a smile and continued, 淢y territory is called the Lonely Forest. There are a total of four Red-Eyed Zombie Kings located in the four directions. I檓 in the north, and my arch-enemy which is in the south︹€?
hy are you saying such useless crap? I檓 not interested in hearing your story,?Lin Ye interrupted.
young man, have some patience.?
Jiang Chen had a smile on his face as his bloodshot eyes landed on Lin Ye. He seemed a little more certain about the cooperation.
you have ten seconds. It was supposed to be over, but I wanted to hear more. Don test my patience.?Lin Ye eyes were threatening.
Alright, half a day ago, I received news that my arch-enemy, Yang Tianyou, had sent subordinates to kill a stowaway army called the Mighty Sky Army. Right now, there is a high chance that that subordinate is still with the group to find information about the treasure land or the location of the ancient ruins that the Mighty Sky Army wished to secure. If you believe me, I'll tell you the location of that subordinate.?
you want to use me to deal with another red-eyed zombie?Lin Ye raised his eyebrows. After so long, he finally understood.
This bastard was trying to use him as a tool.
That's right. The increase in strength of us Zombie Kings is very slow. We can only advance by leaps and bounds when every season starts.?
o a certain extent, it is similar to your human lords. As long as we occupy more territory, hell will grant us more divine blood.?
with the energy of the divine blood, we can evolve into stronger ultimate life forms.?
before this, you're already destroyed more than ten of my Haunted Houses. The losses were huge.?
herefore, I hope that you and I can cooperate. I'll provide you with all kinds of information about hell, such as whose subordinate brought what treasure up, where you can find the drops you need, etc. I can tell you all these are against the rules. Correspondingly, help me destroy all my competitors.?
how about that?
With that, Jiang Chen looked at Lin Ye confidently as if he had already secured the deal.
He firmly believed that no ambitious human would give up on cooperating with him since this was a win-win situation.
sorry, but I refuse.?Lin Ye expression was cold.
Bang!
As soon as he finished speaking, a golden spear shadow stabbed directly through the blood-red barrier.
Crack?
The fatal blow which had accumulated energy over a long time instantly destroyed the shield formed by the divine blood.
?
Incredulity colored Jiang Chen face. He was served another critical hit through the barrier when the teleportation array was easily destroyed.
hy?!
Before the projection disappeared, Jiang Chen was still questioning and roaring.
He could not understand. Was this person crazy?
I already said it so clearly, but this imbecile still wanted to destroy the shield formed by the divine blood and the teleportation array?
Must we become enemies? To not rest until one of us perishes?!
hy?
Lin Ye shook his head and sneered. He stomped on the ground below the teleportation array and took out a scroll with silver edges.
a human!?
I think that without you, I won't be able to do anything. I, Lin Ye, will take what I want myself. There is no need for a dirty thing like you to instruct me.?
With that said, he looked southwards.
The Zombie King, Yang Tianyou?
Hehe.
Chapter 135
"Friendly Hint: You have angered the Red-Eyed Zombie King, Jiang Chen. The difficulty of the first zombie wave has increased by four times!"
"Friendly Hint: The Zombie King has sacrificed 2% of its divine blood. The first zombie wave may have a Level 5 zombie. Please prepare your defense!"
"Level 5? That's good!"
Lin Ye was overjoyed, but at the same time, he felt a little regretful.
If he had known earlier, he would have humiliated the zombie king more. The angrier that guy got, the better.
When the time came, it would increase the zombie wave's difficulty by eight times.
He might even be able to kill a Level 5 Harpy Zombie…
F*ck, what a loss!
After feeling unhappy for a while, Lin Ye temporarily forgot about it.
His gaze landed on a silver scroll.
The next moment, familiar options appeared in front of him.
"You have obtained a basic Level 4 Sharing Contract."
100xReward.
1. 100 Beginner Level 4 Sharing Contract
2. 10 Top Level 4 Sharing Contract
3. Sharing contract of random level and quantity
"As expected of a five-star difficulty Haunted House. A level 4 sharing contract actually came out of it."
The smile on Lin Ye's face widened. There was no need to be conflicted about the options. "Same thing. I chose option one."
Bang! Bang! Bang!
As soon as he finished speaking, the scroll in front of him emitted a second silver glow.
Light shone down, and hundreds of silver halos scattered across the ground.
"This time I can fulfill Tru's wishes. I'll leave a few more for Dad and Mom to sign with a few Class 4s and take off on the spot."
Lin Ye smiled and waved his hand. The storage light beam landed on all the sharing contracts.
In an instant, all the contracts were kept into his interspatial ring.
As for Zombie King Jiang Chen, he had no interest in cooperating with him for the time being.
From his conversation with Nicole previously, he understood that it was either humans or zombies that could survive, never both.
Therefore, cooperating with the zombie king and his subordinates was no different from asking a tiger for its skin.
In this situation, regardless of what the other party said, he had to reject him forcefully.
Even so, through this conversation, he obtained a lot of valuable information.
Perhaps he could give it a try after a while.
Before he left, he took out the Phoenix Spear, and countless spear shadows burst out.
Rumble!
The soil and stones of the five-star haunted house exploded and instantly collapsed. Dust and smoke filled the air.
When he walked out of the Haunted House, the zombies outside were going crazy.
Unfortunately, facing the well-equipped Lin clan army, everything was futile.
Half an hour later, more than 30,000 zombies were killed.
"My lord, we've won big time. These are the treasure chests and blueprints that our brothers found from the corpses. Please take a look."
At this moment, Tru walked over, carrying a large pile of treasure chests. There were many lackeys behind him who were holding more.
Lin Ye glanced at them and a bright smile appeared on his face.
The rewards were high. 852 sandalwood treasure chests, 223 bronze treasure chests, and 7 silver treasure chests.
Including the one he got at the beginning, it was 8 Silver Treasure Chests.
Wonderful.
At the same time, the system sent a congratulatory message.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye! You are the first human lord in the world to destroy a five-star Level 1 Haunted House. You are rewarded with 50,000 reputation points."
100xReward.
"You have obtained 5,000,000 Reputation points."
Total: 16,000,000 reputation points.
After closing the information from the Reputation Shop, Lin Ye quietly kept all the treasure chests.
"Tru, leave 500 people here to move the corpses. In One, you stay as well. Install all the zombie converters. Send someone to inform me when the conversion is completed."
As he spoke, Lin Ye looked down at the large gold watch on his wrist.
Time: 6:40 PM
There was still enough time. Killing a five-star Haunted House was much faster than a four-star Haunted House.
He had to comment, his current team was much stronger than before.
But facing the unfathomable hell, it was still far from enough.
At the thought of this, Lin Ye leaped onto the giant earth wolf and called out, "Everyone else, return to the territory with me."
After killing for an entire day, it was time to reap the rewards.
Tap-tap-tap…
Half an hour later, a group of over 3,200 soldiers galloped back to the entrance of the territory.
"He's back, he's back! It's Boss Lin Ye!"
"Wow, a team with thousands of people looks just like how it looks in the video. Too f*cking spectacular!"
"No, it's not the same. They seem to have become stronger. Look at Class 2 blue tier weapons they were wearing in the video. All of them are equipped with Class 3 purple tier weapons now. There are even a large number of Class 4 silver tier weapons. Oh my god, all the lords within a radius of a few hundred kilometers wouldn't be enough to fight him alone."
"Boss Lin Ye, look here. I'm your crazy fan. Please, let me follow you! I know how to cook, wash clothes, and prepare the shower. I know everything. I'm just begging for a job and for you to provide me with three meals a day. I'm not picky."
"There's also me too. Boss Lin Ye, I know how to write novels. The novels I write are awesome. They were in the top 10 novels in terms of world sales. Global Descent: 100xReward was written by me. Please accept me. When you take off in the future, I'll write a biography for you!"
…
"What's going on?"
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes and looked at the yellow and lean figures in front of him. He could tell that they were all human lords.
But why were they all here…
To join him?
Such a good thing was happening to him?
At this moment, a group of people rushed out of his territory. Leading the group was Zhang Liang.
When they were attacking the three-star haunted house, Lin Ye had asked him to come back to upgrade the armory and defend the territory.
"My lord, you're finally back."
Zhang Liang was extremely busy. He hurriedly explained, "These people are here to join us. They came an hour ago, but without your orders, I didn't dare to accept them. I got them to wait outside instead."
As soon as he finished speaking, the human lords who had come to seek refuge shouted again.
Some introduced themselves, some shouted about the skills they had, some cried for their parents, all to win the pity of Lin Ye.
After being made to wait for an hour, they observed for a long time. Even with the stone fence surrounding the territory, they could still see the prosperity inside through the gaps. There were thousands of native workers, blacksmiths, cat chefs, as well as a large number of armories, barracks, and breeding fields.
Compared to that, the territory they had was like a kennel, a tragic sight.
Furthermore, it was almost time for the protection mechanism to disappear. They did not dare to take the risk since they only had one life.
If they could, they would keep a low profile and stick together, following the strong. That was a person's survival instinct.
"I understand." Lin Ye nodded.
A glint flashed in the depths of his eyes. Although he wanted a large number of human lords to pledge their loyalty so that he could complete the mission exchanged from the treasure chest,
he was not so desperate that he would take anyone.
Whoosh—
In an instant, Heart's Web was activated. An invisible wave spread out and encompassed all the human lords who were blocking the entrance of his territory.
"White, white, white, black, green, green, red, gray, blue, blue…"
Lin Ye saw the emotions of the human lords clearly.
Obviously, the human lords weren't here to just join him. There were also many people with ulterior motives.
Just now, there was someone who had green particles. He wondered how they were scolding him again.
"You! You! You… Did you have a good time cursing me? Get the hell out here."
At the thought of this, he sneered and pointed out 10 people in a row.
"Boss Lin Ye, we didn't…" The expressions of the few fellows changed drastically. They did not understand how Lin Ye could guess what they were thinking and wanted to deny.
"Shut up!"
Unfortunately, Lin Ye didn't give them a chance to speak. He glanced at Xu Que from the corner of his eye and said, "Take them away. I don't want to see them again."
"Don't worry, my lord. I'm good at this." Xu Que laughed and went up to slap them until they saw stars. "Brothers, bring a few cavalrymen with you. Take a person each and take this trash away."
Soon, the ten people were taken away.
Seeing this, the other human lords present were all panicking and looked at Lin Ye with fear.
"Everyone, there's no need to be afraid. As humans, as long as you don't have ulterior motives, I'm willing to accept you and provide you with safety and protection. But in exchange, I need you to give up your status as a human lord and pledge your loyalty to me."
As he spoke, he secretly activated the Level 3 Lord's Skin.
After evolving Level 3, the third skill of the lord's skin—Ambition. It could be used on human lords, directly affecting their initial loyalty and improving one's initial impression of them.
As expected, with the enhancement of the Lord's Skin, the good feelings these honest human lords held towards Lin Ye increased.
As long as they stayed here, their initial loyalty would be fixed at 70%.
Everyone's attitude changed drastically. They no longer felt afraid.
Conversely, when they met Lin Ye's gaze, everyone felt extremely at ease.
They were no longer afraid of him and were defending him inwardly.
"Boss Lin Ye has an easy-going appearance and is so handsome. He must not be a bad person!" This was a comment from a certain pretty lady with a determined gaze.
"Boss Lin must have unlocked some kind of talent. I can tell those guys who have sinister thoughts. Speaking of which, on the way here, their qualities are evident. They spit on the ground, curse at others, rely on the strong while bullying the weak. They are different from us and must have ulterior motives for coming here."
When it came to information about talent, if they were to look at the chat every day, it was only natural to have leaked somewhere.
Some people liked to be in the limelight and wanted to post screenshots in the chat groups every day to show off their superpowers so as to attract everyone's attention.
Therefore, it was not strange for someone to guess that Lin Ye's talent was to read people's minds.
"Fortunately, Boss Lin Ye is observant and kicked all these black sheep out. I've decided. I want to stay!"
…
Loyalty+2, Loyalty+1, Loyalty+2…
100xReward.
Loyalty+200, Loyalty+100, Loyalty+200…
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have received the loyalty of the human lord, Li Xinyi. Her loyalty has increased to 85%!"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have obtained the loyalty of the human lord, Li Baitian. His loyalty has increased to 80%!"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have obtained the loyalty of the human lord, Pu Ying. His loyalty has increased to 82%!"
….
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have completed the quest of gathering 100 humans. The exchange treasure chest system has been unlocked.. The current level is Class 2 Bronze. Please continue to work hard!"
Chapter 136
"It's finally unlocked. That saves me the trouble of getting more people."
Lin Ye chuckled.
Hey, wait a minute. I think I heard a familiar name.
Li Xinyi?
A person with the same name and surname?
Forget it, let's take a look first.
Heart's Web scanned everyone present and quickly found a familiar face among the more than two hundred people who were coming from all directions to join his territory.
Damn, it was actually her.
"Li Xinyi!"
He smiled and called out to the girls hiding in the back row.
Li Xinyi was his neighbor's daughter in XX City.
At the age of 18, she was a university student at Dahan College of Arts. She was beautiful and specialized in dancing.
Every weekend when she came back, she would teach the elderly in their district how to dance and help them to choreograph and practice their dancing. She was very popular among the older generation.
Speaking of which, he had never spoken to this girl before.
In the past, whenever they met in the corridor, this girl would always blush, lower her head, and run away with her ponytail swinging behind.
Lin Ye didn't mind.
He was too handsome, outstanding, single, and had a perfect personality.
Wasn't it normal for a little girl to have a crush on him? 𝑙𝒾𝒷𝘳𝑒𝑎𝘥.𝒸ℴ𝓂
Therefore, he could understand Li Xinyi's thoughts at this moment. She was probably shy and afraid in this unfamiliar setting.
Whoosh—
Right after he called out.
In an instant, the thousands of people present followed his gaze and locked onto the timid-looking young girl hiding behind.
"Hi, Brother… Brother Lin, long time no see."
Li Xinyi's beautiful face flushed red. She stole a glance at Lin Ye and lowered her head habitually to look at her feet.
"Come here." Lin Ye waved.
He had met an old friend from his hometown. Although this old friend was unfamiliar with him,
he was still elated to be able to meet someone he knew from his previous life.
"What are you all still standing there for? Those in front, move away and make way for our sweet Sister Xinyi!"
Tru's voice was loud and clear, sounding like muffled thunder in the ears of the human lords who were crowding around.
"Move, move, move away quickly!"
"Make way for her!"
Soon, everyone came to a realization. All of them squeezed out smiles and sent Li Xinyi to Lin Ye like they were inviting a little princess.
"The last time I saw you was about three months ago. Before I knew it, it had been so long… There's no need to hold back. You're about my sister's age. Just call me brother."
Lin Ye raised his hand and wiped the dirt from her forehead, sighing inwardly.
He guessed that this girl's life was not going well after she came to this world.
"Rumble—"
As expected, a strange sound came from Li Xinyi.
"Ah."
Li Xinyi's face flushed red as she covered her face.
The rosy small voice cried miserably in her heart: Sobs, this is so embarrassing. God, give me a knife and let me explode on the spot!
"You're still as shy as ever."
Lin Ye sighed inwardly and turned his head to ask, "Where's Nicole? Is she back?"
"I'm back, I'm back."
Before Zhang Liang could reply, a cute little figure ran over from afar, calling out loud. Green smoke billowed from behind her.
"Huff—"
She suddenly braked and stopped in front of Lin Ye.
Nicole panted as her canine teeth showed through her smile. She said cutely, "My lord, is there anything I can do for you?"
"Not me but her."
Lin Ye patted Li Xinyi on the back and introduced, "This is my younger sister. Bring her to eat something. Beef, lobsters, and stuff like that, give her as much as she wants. Regarding the taste, how much have you learned from the new Oriental Cuisine the other time?"
In terms of living supplies, Lin Ye had accumulated too much and was not afraid of wasting them.
"Ah, well…"
Nicole tapped her fingers and said awkwardly, "Sister Bao'er only taught me two lessons. Right now, I only know one Chinese delicacy, cola chicken wings…"
"That will do then. Cola is in the warehouse. Find Xun Mingyuan and get it."
After some thought, Lin Ye added, "If you can't wait, eat some other food to cushion your stomach first. You can choose food from dozens of warehouses."
"Dozens…"
Li Xinyi had also recovered from her shock and was no longer so nervous. However, she was shocked by Lin Ye's words.
The subtext of the boss being impressive and that this was the usual…
Ahem. Amidst her shock, she came to a realization.
Previously, when the entire channel reported Lin Ye's name, she had noticed it and thought that it was a coincidence that they had the same name.
However, in the video after that, she actually saw an extremely familiar handsome man from next door—Lin Ye.
It was not someone with the same name, but the person himself!
At that time, she was so excited as if she was the world's number one and fanatically liked the video.
Therefore, when someone called for her to join Lin Ye in the Regional Channel, she chose to join the team without hesitation.
Along the way, she felt uneasy.
Although they had been familiar with each other for the past few years, they had not interacted much. She was also embarrassed to start relying on the connection which they shared.
Fortunately, Lin Ye went straight to the point and took the initiative to talk, making her feel less conflicted.
"Brother… Lin, can I get more? I have a huge appetite," Li Xinyi whispered.
"Of course you can." Lin Ye nodded.
"Alright, follow Nicole. Don't worry about food and accommodation."
Lin Ye smiled and handed Li Xinyi to Nicole.
Then, he took out 900 cat-eared chef recruitment orders from his huge meru ring.
Among them were 300 Level 3 scrolls and the remaining 600 were all Level 2 scrolls.
"After I upgrade the bunker, you will be in charge of recruiting cat-eared chefs. Whether you want to summon your own family or other families will be up to you."
"Oh my god!"
Nicole's eyes widened. There was a look of disbelief on her face before it turned into excitement.
"Thank you for your generous gift, my lord!" Her family was living a tight life in the underworld.
If they could get recruited here to enjoy life here, that would definitely be for the best.
Moreover, the Lord had given her so much that it was enough for her to recruit her parents, sisters, uncles, and aunts from the clan.
"Go on then." Lin Ye waved his hand, dismissing the two people.
He turned his gaze to the other human lords and said concisely, "Since you are all here, stay at ease. If you are willing to offer 100% loyalty, look for me in the bunker. I will give you preferential treatment and you will also be qualified to become the core members of the territory."
"If you're unwilling, then be an obedient and ordinary person. I will provide you with work according to your profession and skills. This territory will not keep idle people. As long as you show your value, you will receive corresponding treatment."
"Thus, don't be delusional enough to think that you can eat and drink for free just because you flatter me a little. That's all I have to say. Make your own decisions."
"Hold on. Boss Lin Ye, will offering 100% loyalty really make us core members of the territory?"
Before Lin Ye left, someone raised his hand and asked.
Lin Ye looked to the side. The person who spoke was a tall and thin scholar.
However, this person was interesting. He looked weak but his eyes were clear.
His tone was also resolute and decisive.
Furthermore, facing Lin Ye's 500% special effect, he wasn't nervous or afraid.
Obviously, he was mentally strong.
"You may." Lin Ye nodded.
With that, the system sent a congratulatory message.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. The human lord, Pu Ying, has willingly given up his status as a human lord. He has offered 100% of his loyalty to become your loyalist. Please treat him well."
Chapter 137
"Pu Ying? Interesting."
Lin Ye nodded inwardly. This was the first time he had met such a decisive person.
"What did you do in China?" He thought about it and asked curiously.
"I was an employee of a delivery company."
Pu Ying answered truthfully, "However, I've been familiar with military tactic books since I was young. I love Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I think that you are the epitome of a wise lord in my heart. I, Pu Ying, am willing to swim through boiling water and step through burning flames for the lord for generations to come!"
"The middle school syndrome is strong in this one." Lin Ye glanced at him.
Such bright and sincere eyes, how many milk caps of Rakshasa Street did he eat?
"Alright, did you awaken any talent?" Lin Ye pondered.
If he was just an ordinary delivery man, he would have to suffer for the time being and accompany Xun Mingyuan to be an administrator at the warehouses.
"Not yet, but I'm full of enthusiasm. My lord, let me assist you with The Art of War and Book of Wumu that I've studied for over twenty years!"
Pu Ying clasped his fist sincerely.
"Brother, you're on the wrong set. There's a little too much acting."
Lin Ye glanced at him from the corner of his eye. "Have you eaten? Regarding the matter of assisting me, we'll talk about it when you're more awake. Go and eat first."
"Yes sir!" Pu Ying bowed and quickly gave chase in Nicole's direction.
"…"
Lin Ye was speechless. He glanced at the others. For now, none of the rest had offered their loyalty to him yet.
He didn't mind. The emotion particles of these people were relatively stable. They probably just wanted to live a stable life with him.
Whatever. When he had the time, he would split them into different classes to work for him.
Thinking of that, he said loudly, "Everyone, your living area in the future will be near the fisheries in the south. Wooden fences will protect the area within a 2,000 meters radius. You can live in peace. It's our first meeting today so I'll treat you to dinner, but from tomorrow onwards, you must start to work and exchange contribution points for food."
"I will get Zhang Liang to inform you about the specifics."
After saying that, he turned to Zhang Liang and said, "I'll leave the 200 plus people to you. Get the materials needed for the Level 2 tents and get the number of native workers needed from Lin Two. Make sure to build the tents before midnight. At the very least, give them a safe place to live. Only then will they have a sense of belonging. Can you do that?"
"Don't worry, my lord. It's just an errand. There won't be any mishaps." Zhang Liang smiled.
Ever since his father was rescued, he had become loyal to Lin Ye and would never carry out his orders perfunctorily.
"Great, that's the attitude."
Lin Ye chuckled and nodded. "Tell the other human loyalists that before midnight, each loyalist can collect 100 sets of Class 2 Blue Tier Weapons. It's up to them whether they give it to their family or friends."
"Yes, thank you, my lord!" Zhang Liang bowed deeply, his heart surging with excitement.
Not only did the Lord save his father, but he also gave him 1,000 Zombie Souls and now, 100 sets of Class 2 blue weapons to protect himself.
He would definitely repay this kindness with death!
The 200 plus human lords not far away were so shocked that their jaws almost dropped.
Oh my god, was he that rich?
They had seen the market page during the day. It was clear that Lord Lin had a lot of equipment, but they didn't expect him to be so caring to his subordinates.
He directly gave them 100 sets of Class 2 blue tier weapons.
What the hell. These weapons should be able to sell for at least 50 Bronze Treasure Chests on the market page.
Furthermore, from his words, it seemed to carry the subtext that there were many other loyalists other than Zhang Liang?
What the f*ck… How many Class 2 blue tiers weapons would he have to give?
10 people meant 1,000!
20 people meant 2,000!
30 people…
Ssss—
They did not dare to imagine.
"My lord, if we also offer our loyalty, can we receive the same treatment?"
Someone stared at Lin Ye with a burning gaze.
"Sure."
Lin Ye nodded slowly. "But even if you offer your loyalty, it still has to be assessed. I don't need useless people. Unlike Zhang Liang and the others, you can only draw from the aid funds in advance when your family is in danger. After that, according to the regulations, you must make corresponding contributions to the territory as repayment."
"That's entirely reasonable, my lord. I am willing to offer my loyalty. My son is in danger, and I need to tap into the aid funds tonight."
"I'm willing too."
"Me too!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the notifications of 100% loyalty being offered sounded one after another on Lin Ye's side.
He took a look. These three people were considered honest.
One was a middle-aged man while the other two were young. They were Chen Ye, Bai Yitong, and Hu Yi.
"Alright, follow Jiang Gong and the rest for the time being. Get ready. After dinner, if you're lucky, I might have a surprise for you."
Lin Ye smiled. Most people did not know about the Four Sacred Halls yet.
However, it did not matter. Right now, be it human lords or haunted houses, this area was under his control.
He would conquer the fortress of more than two hundred people later so his territory would expand exponentially again.
Soon, the remaining people who had yet to offer their loyalties headed to the southern fisheries under Zhang Liang's lead.
As for Lin Ye, after instructing them about dinner, he went straight to the bunker camp.
As soon as he stepped into the bunker.
The long-awaited system notification sounded continuously.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your experience bar is full. The current experience bar is 1286%. You will need to use XX Wood and OO Stone depending on your level. Do you wish to start upgrading immediately?"
"12 times of the bar, almost 13. Even if my experience increases with each level, it should be enough for me to enter Level 10, right?"
Lin Ye pondered. With his previous experience, he confirmed his choice.
As for the resources needed, that was not a problem.
Soon, the resource page drew out a large amount of wood and stone.
At the same time, the upgrade time appeared in his line of sight.
[Bunker: Level 6 → 7, 15 hours!]
[Bunker: Level 7 → 8, 18 hours!]
[Bunker: Level 8 → 9, 21 hours!]
Total: 54 hours
"D*mn, this is too much!"
Lin Ye raised his eyebrows. He had continuously leveled up and actually failed when he was trying to level up to Level 10.
He looked at the information from the bunker. From Level 9 to 10, the experience required was 520,000.
He had killed nearly 70,000 zombies, so his total experience points were more than 800,000.
Including the experience needed from Level 6 – 9, he was still short of 260,000.
This was not a small number.
He could just level up to Level 9 first, but for someone like Lin Ye who had obsessive-compulsive disorder, he felt terrible.
After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and decided to do it.
It was too late to find a Haunted House now. The soldiers had been killing for the entire day, and they needed to rest.
However, he had better choices. For example, the 200 plus human lords who had just arrived.
Since they had already submitted to him, the graveyards they left behind were useless.
Rather than wasting it, it would be better for him to take advantage of it.
Since he had made up his mind, Lin Ye spread his battle aura wings and immediately soared through the air.
Whoosh—
An invisible ripple of Heart's Web spread around.
Fortunately, the graveyards of most of the human lords were within the range of Heart's Web. 𝑙𝘪𝑏𝓇𝑒𝑎𝒹.𝘤𝑜𝘮
Soon, dots of light appeared in Heart's Web.
Most of these light spots were ownerless bunkers.
In an instant, he soared through the air.
Fortunately, the tycoon's wrist guard had a large amount of battle energy for him to use, so he did not have to worry about being exhausted from flying.
Soon, he appeared in an ownerless bunker and started devouring it without another word.
The first bunker, the second bunker, the third…
Experience +2,000, Experience +3,000, Experience +2,000…
Fortunately, with his current strength, it took him only a few seconds to conquer these low-level bunkers.
40 minutes later, when he finished conquering the 111th bunker, Lin Ye stopped.
The system sent a congratulatory message. The experience bar of his bunker was finally full.
"It's finally done."
He heaved a sigh of relief.
As the lord, he had to work overtime continuously. At this moment, he was so hungry that his tummy was caving in on itself.
When he returns, he must have a good meal and reward himself.
"Hm?"
Suddenly, notifications came from Heart's Web and Hint.
He suddenly turned around and looked at a dark fog region diagonally opposite him.
"Who?"
Chapter 138
Rumble!
A series of golden spear shadows fell, and a large amount of dust exploded in the dark fog.
Lin Ye flapped his battle aura wings to dispel the fog.
Looking at the figure with only half his body left and the broken bow beside him, he couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
"A ranger?" 𝒍𝒊𝙗𝓻𝒆𝓪𝙙.𝙘𝙤𝙢
He was a little bewildered.
From the attire, the person looked like someone from Adelia's clan.
Did that mean that a human lord had set up surveillance near his territory?
Was he spying on me? Or…
That's not right. I'm here to conquer the bunker and no one knows about it.
There was no reason for them to hide here and ambush him.
A coincidence? Or…
"Ahem…"
At this moment, the ranger was barely alive and seemed to be experiencing terminal lucidity on the brink of death. He coughed up blood crazily.
"Mm? Not completely dead?" Lin Ye's eyes lit up.
He hurriedly flew down and took out a large number of Level 3 Bone Regrowth Pills and Healing Pills, stuffing them into this person's mouth desperately.
"Hnghh—-"
The person's eyes widened in disbelief.
The person who killed him was actually willing to give him so many precious medicinal pills.
However, could he be more gentle? Even if he was not f*cking dead, he would've choke her to death.
"Enough… enough."
The man forced himself to speak. He looked at Lin Ye questioningly. "Why did you save me?"
"What is saving you? You are already dead. Half of your body is gone, and you still want to live?" Lin Ye shook his head. According to the information he obtained from Gran, with the current medical standard in his territory below Class 5, it was far from being able to regenerate flesh and blood.
"I know. I just don't understand your actions."
The ranger had a bitter expression. "Back then, my brother was seriously injured. My father and I risked our lives to fight more than ten fights in the arena. My father paid his arm for a Level 3 Bone Regrowth Pill, but you just gave me more than ten pills in a row. I really don't know how I should see you."
"If I have a next life, I would really want to be an ordinary ranger in your territory. Perhaps I will obtain happiness that way."
"Cut the crap. If you're really grateful, tell me who sent you. If you tell me, I'll help dig a pit and bury you after you die so that your corpse doesn't get exposed to the zombies in the wilderness."
Lin Ye said seriously.
Whether it was this world or China, the concept of burial for the dead was roughly the same.
The only difference was…
If they weren't buried here, they would either be eaten up by zombies or automatically turned into zombies.
To those living in the underworld who believed in gods, this was a fate worse than death.
"What if I don't say it? I'm going to die anyway. Why betray my lord?" The ranger teased.
"If you don't tell me, I'll bury you right now." Lin Ye suddenly slapped the air with his left hand.
Rumble!
The Great Sage's battle aura left his body and landed on the ground, creating a two-meter-wide pit.
"…" The ranger was surprised again.
He thought that the other party would use all kinds of torture or expose his corpse in the wilderness and turn him into a zombie to threaten him.
In the end… Alright, he admitted that this human was indeed not bad.
He could not help but wail in his heart: Why didn't I meet him first!
Compared to this person in front of him, his lord was trash.
Thinking of this, he said with a hint of grievance, "My lord is called Liu Gang. He's hiding under the fog rock 200 meters to the south. You need to confirm the specific information yourself."
"Thank you," Lin Ye replied and prepared to leave.
"Wait…"
The ranger who was about to die hesitated and said, "Am I… really beyond saving?"
"Yes." Lin Ye nodded solemnly.
"Alright, then I'll have to trouble you to bury me. I can already feel unknown energy trying to change my body."
"Even if I die, I won't become a zombie! Mother, I'm coming!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he picked up the broken bow with a flip of his hand, raised the sharp wooden spike, and stabbed it towards his heart.
Then, his head tilted to the side, completely dead this time.
Although they were enemies, Lin Ye still kept his promise and placed the corpse into the pit that he had blasted out just now.
Whoosh—
With a backhand push, the Great Sage's battle aura surged past, covering the huge pit with a large amount of sand.
"Liu Gang?"
After dealing with the body, Lin Ye narrowed his eyes and turned around.
The next moment, a bang sounded.
A golden shadow flew out and attacked two hundred meters away.
"Enemy attack!"
In a rocky pit, someone saw the golden figure and shouted.
"Shoot him, quick! Shoot him to death!"
Amongst the figures, a middle-aged man was sweating profusely. He was so anxious that he was about to cry.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
More than ten arrows shot out.
However, to their despair, all the arrows lost their effectiveness. When the arrows touched the golden figure, they released a few sharp sounds and directly broke apart.
A moment later, the figure floated in front of them. All the native citizens were shocked.
"Battle aura wings!"
"Heavens, it's a Class 5 Combat Monarch!"
"Why is there a Combat Monarch at this juncture in time!"
"Heavens, heavens, I'm dead."
"Run, run!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Gang heard his subordinates' loyalty drop to zero.
Then, they panicked and activated the teleportation array. They left their lord behind and ran away without looking back.
"F*ck! Bring me along!" Liu Gang's face turned green.
Soon, a miserable cry was heard as Lin Ye grabbed his collar and tore through the air.
Xu Que and Su Yu were good at interrogating people so he would leave this guy with them. He couldn't be bothered to waste his time on this idiot.
He flew for another 10 minutes. Because of the extra person, the energy consumption was greater than expected. Even the energy in his wrist guard was reduced by two units.
Swish!
At the bunker of his territory, a golden figure landed.
"Xu Que, don't kill him. I want all the information he has."
With that, he casually flicked his wrist, and the man called Liu Gang was thrown like a sandbag. He rolled on the ground about ten times before landing at Xu Que's feet.
"Alrighty." Xu Que clasped his fists and dragged Liu Gang to the backyard.
This scene terrified the new human lords.
They had just heard great things about their lord from Chu Meng and Zhang Liang and the various attractive benefits which made them all excited.
But at the blink of an eye, they received a critical hit.
"It's okay. Don't worry about it. My lord is ruthless to his enemies but not to his own people. I know that very well."
Zhang Liang revealed a bright smile and led the group of human lords to say, "Let's go. I'll bring everyone to eat. Your dining table is at the far end."
"Wow, they all have beef, lobster, and cola chicken wings…"
At this moment, at Li Xinyi's side, they had already started eating.
The new loyalists, Pu Ying, Li Baitian, Chen Ye, Bai Yitong, and Hu Yi, were all at the dining table not far from these newbie lords.
Everyone watching swallowed hard.
"Our lord is generous. He gives us such good food! It was indeed the smartest decision to join our lord." Someone flattered.
"I wonder what we're eating. It should be the same." Someone revealed a look of hope.
"Let's go. Those in front, hurry up. Hahaha, I can't wait!" Someone urged.
…
A moment later, they looked at the steaming hot buns and pickles on the dining table.
All of them were dumbfounded.
"Just this?"
The leader of the group was exasperated. He pulled Zhang Liang and shouted, "We want to find the lord. Why can they eat beef, lobsters, cola…"
Zhang Liang listened to him patiently and said with a calm smile, "Because they are loyalists so they have the right to eat that. Since you are here, you have to follow our rules. If you don't want to eat, don't eat. No one will force you to eat."
"Fine, I won't eat. With such conditions, I might as well develop my own territory! What number one in the world? Bleh!"
The angry man roared.
But soon, someone reminded him, "Old Zhang, your territory disappeared more than ten minutes ago. You don't have a chance anymore."
"!"
"Ahem, actually eating steamed buns is pretty good too…"
In an instant, the angry man submitted.
However, when he saw the unfriendly gazes of Tru and the others, he immediately panicked and said, "My lord, I want to offer my loyalty! We're on the same side!"
The commotion in the dining area did not affect Lin Ye.
All his attention was on upgrading the bunker.
After conquering more than a hundred bunkers, his experience bar was full.
[Level 6—Level 10. Upgrade Time: 78 hours!]
"It's finally settled."
Lin Ye smiled and immediately spent 78,000 Souls to buy 78 Bunker Acceleration Scrolls.
Whoosh—
He tore open the stacks of scrolls.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Dozens of upgraded golden beams fell from the sky of the bunker, illuminating the huge bunker in golden light.
A large number of golden energy particles disintegrated and fused…
Then, a huge and imposing fortress was built at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The fortress was made of bricks and tiles. The style was similar to the ancient gothic style. It occupied an area of 300 square meters and was filled with an exotic charm of the other world.
Whoosh—
When the last golden upgrade beam disappeared, he heard the system's congratulatory message.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You are the first human lord in the world to enter the tribal era. You are rewarded with 100,000 reputation points!"
Chapter 139
100xReward.
"You have obtained 10,000,000 Reputation points."
Total: 26,000,000
"10,000,000!" Lin Ye started, his heart beating wildly.
That was completely unexpected.
The reputation points given were even higher than what he received from destroying the five-star haunted house. Unbelievable.
Of course, it was better to have more of such good things.
As long as he had enough Reputation points, he could buy all the blueprints for the firearms in the Reputation Shop.
When the time came, he would create a team that was fully equipped with modern firearms.
Just the thought of it was exciting.
But now was not the time. During the day, he wanted to get close to the rangers' clan.
So he used too many Reputation Points in the day.
If he continued to refresh, it would cost 800,000 Reputation points each time. If he did it again, it would double and cost 1,600,000 points. There was no need to waste money.
When a new refresh was given tomorrow, he would sweep the market crazily.
He temporarily put away his Reputation Shop and eagerly opened the bunker tab that had just entered the tribal era.
Each upgrade of the bunker would give many small new functions.
The archive room that appeared last time benefited him greatly.
And this time, breaking through four levels consecutively should give him quite a lot of good stuff.
Soon, the information was as follows:
Building: Tribal Bunker
Era: Tribal Era
Level: 10
Range: 20,000 square meters
Recruitment Order: Class 3 Native Worker Recruitment Order (Unlimited recruitment of Class 1-3 Native Workers. Only requires Zombie Souls for recruitment)
Class 3 Attributeless Soldier Recruitment Order (For soldiers. You need to match the blueprint of the units. Only requires Zombie Souls for recruitment)
Virtual sandbox
Latest Unlock: Level 3 Mining Factory Blueprint (Requires 10 Native Workers. Can process 1,000 units of ore per hour)
Bunker Experience Points: 14,500/1,000,000! (Hidden Conditions)
Level Up Method: Level 1 Zombie 10 points. Level 2 Zombie 50 points. Level 3 Zombie 100 points…
Conquering Bunkers (Experience points gained depends on level)
Bunker Upgrade Scroll (Depends on Level)
New Function: 1. Remote Conquer (All territories of human lords who are defeated by you or those who submit themselves to you can be remotely conquered as long as their territory is within your range)
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Tower of Secret Dimensions (A secret space-time dimension left behind by the civilizations of the heavens. Obtain the key to the secret dimension and open a corresponding secret space-time dimension. Clearing the trial missions will allow you to obtain unique equipment and resources within the secret dimension)
Key Obtainment Method:
Killing zombies above Level 5, they will naturally drop it;Silver Treasure Chests and above;Treasure Mystic Realms;Ancient Ruins…
Population Limit: 100,000 [8,000/100,000]
"Not bad, not bad. With the increase in recruitment orders for native workers and ordinary soldiers, I can directly recruit high-level ones. Unfortunately, I still need to summon those above Class 4…"
"D*mn, the experience points for Level 11 is actually 1,000,000. That's crazy…"
"Two new functions have appeared. What is this? Remote Conquer! Hahaha, system my son, you are too filial! You give me whatever I want. At least, I don't have to fly over from afar to personally conquer it now. I'm liking these new updates a lot!"
"Well, the second… Tower of Secret Dimensions? What the hell? A side quest…"
…
Lin Ye read it carefully, but when he saw the last line.
He was shocked.
"F*ck! 100,000 people, this must be crazy. This jump… is too f*cking big!"
One had to know that a moment ago, he was just a small lord with a population of 8,000.
But in the blink of an eye, he had become a lord with a population limit of 100,000.
Mm…
This feeling was great. He liked it. He could crush zombies with sheer numbers again. Wonderful!
Next up was the recruitment of the different classes and the endless number of soldiers. Wonderful.
Since he had decided, Lin Ye summoned Tru, Su Yu, Xu Que, Luo Feng, Adelia, Nicole, and Lin Two.
He briefly explained the situation and got them to gather their own relatives and summon them.
The goal this time was clear.
Native workers, blacksmiths, chefs, soldiers, rangers were all recruited in large numbers.
Of course, the priority was definitely the family members of those who had been recruited.
This way, when combined with the Level 3 Lord's Skin, the issue with loyalty would be resolved more easily.
"My lord, are you for real? 100,000 as the population limit?"
When they heard the number of people they could recruit, Tru's eyes widened in shock. This was much higher than he had expected.
Luo Feng and the others were the same. Their mouths were wide open.
They had never heard of a lord who could advance from a population limit of 8,000 to 100,000 in a go.
Such a terrifying advancement speed was unprecedented even in the ancient records of the various clans.
"Cut the crap. Hurry up and go. If you don't want to recruit, return me the thousand plus Body Strengthening Pills, I'll recruit from other free soldier clans."
Lin Ye rolled his eyes and urged.
"I'll go now, I'll go now. My lord, wait for me!"
Upon hearing that he was going to take back the Body Strengthening Pills, Tru and the others ran off and rushed into the recruitment hall eagerly.
Soon, sounds of argument came from inside, as if they were arguing over who should go first.
Lin Ye took a look. The recruitment numbers this time were too large. It might take them a few hours before they are done.
By then, it would be time for the descent of the Four Sacred Halls.
He wanted to try the new function of the bunker, but his stomach growled again.
"Forget it, let's eat first. I'll go after that."
While he was free, he went straight to the open-air restaurant in the territory.
With the previous lesson fresh in his mind, he turned off his taste buds first.
After a round of eating, his hunger was greatly reduced and he even burped comfortably.
"Brother Lin, you came to eat too?"
At this moment, a familiar voice sounded behind him.
It was his neighbor—Li Xinyi.
"Yea, I'm finally done with work."
Lin Ye glanced at her and then at the seven to eight empty plates stacked in front of her. He smiled and teased, "Your appetite is not bad."
Previously, Li Xinyi had specifically mentioned that she had a big appetite.
At that time, he didn't mind. After all, she was just a young girl. How much could she eat?
But who would have thought that her appetite would be much greater than that of Tru, the great eater?
This was too exaggerated. It was comparable to the top eaters in China.
"It's so-so." Li Xinyi's face flushed red.
Her constitution had been special since she was young. She had always eaten more than her parents but she just could not gain weight. There was nothing she could do about that.
She was usually very careful. Be it at school or outside with her friends, she only ate till she was about 30% full so that she looked like an ordinary person.
But in fact, that was far from the amount she could actually eat.
Although she was much braver than ordinary girls after the descent, her efficiency in killing zombies was still low.
Furthermore, her luck was not good. The amount of treasure chest which she obtained from the wilderness was very little.
As a result, the number of living supplies she had was scarce. She had been in a constant state of starvation for the past three days.
After joining Lin Ye, she was initially a little conserved.
However, when he saw the various delicacies that Nicole had served, such as beef, lobster, cola chicken wings…
The glutton in her stomach went on a rampage.
For the first time, she was full to the brim after eating. This feeling… was too good.
It was just a little embarrassing that she actually revealed her indecent side in front of her lord.
Will he think that I'm a rude girl?
So, I'm an obedient person, but my appetite is a little big. I didn't want such a big appetite either!
'Ah, I'm dead.' A weird girl's inner thoughts.
He watched as emotional particles of various colors flew out from the girl's head.
Lin Ye shook his head and laughed, knowing that this lass was letting her thoughts run wild again.
But on second thought, a large appetite?
In a certain aspect, was this also a special ability? If she could pass the four sacred halls' trials, she might be able to awaken related talents.
He looked forward to it.
Unfortunately, he had yet to find a stable way to awaken talents.
If it was only in terms of willpower or mental strength, with the exceptional people in China, there would be quite a number who had awakened their abilities.
But there wasn't…
On his sister's side, she had already practiced the Eight Trigram Fist more than a thousand times, but she had yet to awaken her talent.
Not long ago, she even him for this and asked endlessly if he was lying to her.
After a while, Lin Ye used dozens of blueprints for Class 2 soldiers and more than ten sets of Purple Tier equipment to appease his sister.
"Are you done eating?" After chatting for a while, Lin Ye asked with a smile.
"I'm done. Ms. Nicole's culinary skills are awesome. Especially the cola chicken wings. They're not any worse than what my mother used to make."
At this moment, Li Xinyi's personality relaxed a little and she said happily.
"If Nicole heard that, she would definitely be overjoyed."
Lin Ye smiled and stood up. He invited, "Are you interested in taking a look at my new bunker? It seems to have unlocked an interesting feature called the Tower of Secret Dimensions."
The reason why he sent the invitation was that he had taken a look before coming. This thing was actually divided into individual and team modes.
For the team mode, it must be made with another human.
"Secret Dimension?"
Before Li Xinyi could reply, the eyes of Zhang Liang and the other loyalists who were eating at the same table lit up. They hurriedly said, "My lord, can we go and take a look too?"
"Of course. If you want to come, just follow." Lin Ye smiled and did not stop them.
With that, he led the eight of them straight to the backyard of the bunker.𝓵𝒊𝒃𝙧𝙚𝒂𝓭.𝓬𝙤𝙢
Chapter 140
In the backyard of the bunker.
After the upgrade, the graveyard was leveled and transformed into a clear and elegant garden that had a long corridor.
A three-man tall black tower suddenly appeared in front of him.
The black tower was formed from an unknown metal. Its entire body was engraved with dense inscriptions, giving it a mysterious feeling.
Just one look at it was enough to make people fall into it.
"There seems to be something attracting me here," Li Xinyi said in surprise, her beautiful eyes sparkling.
"Me too. I keep feeling like there are many treasures calling to me from within, and I can't help but feel a yearning deep in my heart."
Zhang Liang nodded. After some thought, he continued, "However, there shouldn't be any danger to this."
Just now, there had been no changes with Hint which proved that he should be safe here.
"It's not that there's no danger, but that it hasn't been opened yet. There's still danger, and it's not a small one either."
Lin Ye smiled and met Zhang Liang's confused gaze. He explained, "Your talent has yet to be restored and your level is low. No matter how good your foundation is, there will still be some exceptions when it exceeds your ability."
"I see." Zhang Liang seemed to understand.
This reminded him of the Level 4 Venomous Zombie from before, as well as when he first faced Lin Ye.
In both cases, there were errors or delays in Hint.
Of course, if he could restore his talent, these problems would not exist.
But restoring it was easier said than done.
"Take it."
At this moment, a few talent fragments and a large number of Zombie Souls appeared in front of him.
It was Lin Ye.
"My lord?" Zhang Liang looked up in surprise.
"Restore it. If it's not enough, you can ask me for more. However, after this, you have to work harder to return me," Lin Ye jokes.
Previously, he did not restore Zhang Liang's talent because he did not have enough resources, but after destroying the ten plus Haunted Houses around him, that was no longer a problem.
"I will definitely work harder. I still have to climb through mountains of swords and go through seas of flames for my lord," Zhang Liang said excitedly.
The others looked over.
Talent Crystal Fragments…
Oh my god! That was a treasure that was difficult to obtain even with money.
There was also the large bag of Zombie Souls. The number of Zombie Souls in it was probably no less than 50,000.
The magnanimity of this new lord was truly terrifying.
"Don't learn from those dumb flattering words from Pu Ying. Let's begin. Restore it now and finish it," Lin Ye encouraged.
Zhang Liang nodded. He took a deep breath and placed a few talent crystal fragments on his forehead.
At the same time, the zombie souls in the bag disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into a flash of light that integrated into his body.
Whoosh—
A moment later, a three-colored light beam descended from the sky and connected with the space between his eyebrows.
"Is it restored?" Lin Ye asked.
"I'm not sure yet. Let me give it a try first." Zhang Liang shook his head. Suppressing his excitement, he activated his talent.
Whoosh—
In the next moment, his pupils turned black and an invisible wave spread out from his feet like a spider web.
Soon, the color of his pupils returned to normal, and an excited yet regretful expression appeared on his face.
He smiled and said, "It has been restored, but my evolution method has deviated. I've lost my status as a lord and can't be bound to a place so my path for evolution has been cut by half. I can only evolve it by killing zombies or through signing a contract with you to obtain the 1% increase from you."
"1%…"
Lin Ye frowned. "My territory now is 20,000 square meters. 1% is 200 meters. That is equivalent to a Level 2 talent. It's too weak."
"This is something that can't be helped. However, if there's a large-scale zombie-killing activity next, please bring me along. It's best if you let me sign a contract with a Class 4 soldier. If I can just follow the flow, I can gain some experience." Zhang Liang shrugged, not minding at all.
After experiencing all this, he finally understood that it was best for him to be the supporting personnel.
Wasn't it pretty nice to help the lord find treasure chests and manage the logistics?
Why did he have to fight and kill?
What if he died? Wouldn't that be a wasted death?
"It's good that you can accept the situation. I will help you upgrade it in the future if I have the chance." Lin Ye nodded his head and turned to look at the Tower of Secret Dimensions.
Soon, virtual characters appeared below his eyes.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. For your first time using the tower, you are rewarded with a chance to enter the Tower of Secret Dimension for free. Please choose your mode: Solo/Team!"
Note: The drop rate probability of solo players is 60%. If you form a team, the drop rate increases with the increase in the number of players. However, the difficulty will be increased as well. Free maps are only limited to 10 people.
100xReward.
"You have obtained 100 free chances to enter the tower."
"…"
Lin Ye's gaze was dull. Did it work this way as well?
But soon, he became excited.
This way, even if the stowaways or hackers from the various countries entered the tribal era, so what?
Without a key, they could only enter once.
As for himself, he started from 100 times. The efficiency of farming for the treasures in the secret dimension would be incomparable.
"Team mode!"
Thinking of this, he made a decision without hesitation.
He had brought Li Xinyi and the rest to test the team mode.
As for the difficulty, what was there to be afraid of…
He was currently breaking through the barrier and advancing to Class 5 peerless Combat Monarch. He could crush anything in this current environment.
Even if he couldn't beat it, couldn't he just run? ( )
Whoosh—
As soon as he finished speaking, a spatial door appeared in the space above the tower.
The light beam enveloped the eight people present. With a flash, they all entered the secret dimension.
Tap-tap…
Their feet landed on the ground.
In front of him was a shattered world.
Mainland had disappeared, only leaving behind some fragments.
It was as if they had landed on a small piece of a map that had been torn away. They could see the entire world at a glance.
At this moment, the words 'Secret Dimension' appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
Secret Dimension: Plant World
Introduction: This used to be a certain plant-type life planet. Countless years ago, it was attacked by a zombie civilization. After a world war, the planet eventually exploded, leaving behind countless fragments of those civilizations in this secret dimension… 𝑙𝒾𝒷𝘳𝑒𝑎𝒹.𝑐𝑜𝓂
Mission: Kill 100 Level 3 Pea Shooters
Reward (Random): Super Plant Type Seed, Plant Weapon, Ancient Ruins Map Fragment, Life Soil, Water of Life…
Time: 15 minutes
"This is a small-scale dungeon." Zhang Liang gnashed his teeth.
"Wait, what the hell is a Pea Shooter? Those from plants vs zombies?!" Li Xinyi exclaimed.
Before she finished speaking, hundreds of green pea plants suddenly rose from the black soil in the distance.
The few peas in the front row that were closer to everyone started attacking right away.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
They consecutively shot out dozens of extremely fast green pea bullets!
[Friendly Hint: You have been attacked by a Level 3 Peashooter. Quickly retreat from its range of 100 meters and you will be safe.]
[Friendly Hint: Level 3 Peashooter. Their stems and leaves are extremely sturdy and difficult to damage. Their only weakness: If the root is cut off, they will die instantly.]
"Stand behind me!"
In an instant, Lin Ye and Zhang Liang received a notification from Hint.
Without another word, Zhang Liang went towards Lin Ye.
After Lin Ye shouted, he activated his tycoon's wrist guard.
Whoosh—
A golden barrier made of the Great Sage's battle aura appeared in front of everyone.
Swoosh—
Soon, a series of metallic clangs rang out.
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"What a strong attack!"
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes.
Just the 10 or so pea-like bullets could actually expend 0.1 units of the Great Sage's battle aura.
It should be known that every unit of the shield released by the tycoon's wrist guard was the energy condensed from the whole body of a Top Tier Class 4 Battle Saint.
In other words, the power of these 10 plus pea bullets was at least at the peak of Class 3.
To some extent, their single-target attacks were already superior to MP9 and second only to powerful single-target weapons like sniper rifles.
"Everyone, retreat to 100 meters away. The Pea Shooter's aggro range is 100 meters. If you stand behind that, you won't be attacked."
Lin Ye spoke and led everyone to retreat quickly.
As expected, everyone retreated a hundred meters away.
All the peashooters seemed to have lost their target as they shook their heads, not knowing what was going on.
"My lord, there are too many of them. It might be dangerous for us to go up recklessly. Furthermore, we don't know if there are any bombs among them," Zhang Liang said softly.
Lin Ye had the same concerns.
If this was really a world of Plants vs Zombies, the probability of this happening would be a lot higher.
He vaguely remembered that bomb plants were…
Hot peppers? Cherry bombs?
"It's fine. You guys stay here for now. I'll go and investigate the situation." Lin Ye was bold because of his skills. Of course, it was still necessary to be careful.
He used the King's Armor's Shield first, Tycoon Shield and battle aura wings. The three major protection methods were instantly activated to their maximum.
After completing these prerequisites, he spread his wings and transformed into a golden beam of light that quickly rushed to the front of a pea shooter.
He was fast. Before the shooters could turn their aggro on him, his body emitted a golden glow.
And launched a group attack using the Phoenix Spear.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
In an instant, golden spear shadows filled the space within 30 meters.
"Pu! Pu!"
With the help of Hint, Lin Ye was the first to see through the weakness of the pea shooters.
Some of the spear shadows landed on the leaves of the plant, while others landed on the roots.
In the blink of an eye, more than 20 pea shooters were killed.
"Well done!"
"Our lord is awesome!"
Not far away, Zhang Liang and the others' eyes lit up as they cheered for their lord.
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge squash suddenly flew out from the pitch-black soil.
[Friendly Hint: Class 4 Plant Lifeform—Squash is attacking you. Its attack power has reached Class 4]
[Danger Evaluation: 0!]
"Merely a Class 4. I'm not even going to bother to dodge it!"
Lin Ye had a proud expression on his face as he took the hit from the squash. In the end, he was directly hammered into the ground.
[Friendly Hint: Level 4 Squash Offense Attribute. 100% chance of its targets hitting the ground! Activated regardless of offensive power. Fixed settings!]
"F*ck you! Why didn't you say so earlier!"
Lin Ye cursed.
With three layers of defense, he was naturally not injured at all, but this was too humiliating.
He stood up and patted the dust off his body.
Initially, he was still thinking of taking revenge and beating up that annoying squash.
In the end, when he turned around, he realized that the huge squash that had attacked him had transformed into yellow sand and melted into the soil, dying an unnatural death.
"Your limit is one for one. Ruthless!"
Lin Ye bared his teeth.
Although he didn't care, the attack from the squash was still strong. Its offensive power far exceeded that of the pea shooter.
The offensive power had already stepped into the realms of the peak of Class 4.
It was only him. If an ordinary human lord encountered the squash, without knowing anything, even with the protection of a Class 4 armor, there was an 80% chance that he would be injured.
At the same time, there was another crisp sound above his head.
It was the other pea shooters. At this moment, Lin Ye was standing within their aggro range and they were spitting out the pea bullets crazily.
As if they wanted to kill all the invaders.
In an instant, bullets rained down on the energy shield. There were too many of them, causing Lin Ye to retreat continuously.
His eyes flickered as he retreated out of the hundred-meter range.
It was confirmed now. There were pea shooters and squashes…
In other words, other plants were likely to exist.
Thinking of this, his eyes lit up. The reward after the fight seemed to be a super plant seed that he could take out of the dimension.
Whether it was to protect the base or to kill zombies, it would be a powerful weapon.
Knowing that there were benefits to be reaped, Lord Lin was full of energy.
In any case, he was rich and could be willful. He was not afraid of the energy consumption of his shield.
"Again!"
Swish! Swish! Swish!
His golden figure broke through the air and appeared above another group of peashooters. A large number of spear shadows fell.
As the attack landed, he did not even look at it and flapped his wings and ran.
Boom! Boom!
As soon as he left, two huge squashes landed, creating two three-meter-wide holes on the ground.
"D*mn, the deeper I go, the more squashes there are. If I go any deeper, wouldn't they give me a whole hot pepper bomb?"
At this moment, Lin Ye had returned to a safe place. When the aggro disappeared, he returned and threw another wave of golden spear shadows.
In a few rounds, he killed more than 70 peashooters.
During this time, they did not meet any new plants. Lin Ye also had a lot of fun and laughed.
"I'm back again. Hit me, idiots!"
[Friendly Hint: There are three different types of Class 4 energy gathering at your feet. Jump two meters to your right and you can escape from its control circle!]
[Danger Evaluation: 0!]
Once the notification ended, before Lin Ye could react, a blue mushroom exploded from the ground under his feet.
Whoosh—
Ice cold air surged.
The cold air spread at an extremely fast speed, freezing even the energy bodies.
Frozen: 4 seconds!
At the same time, a pinkish charm engulfed and bewitched him.
It was the Frost Mushroom and Charm Mushroom!
The two kinds of mushrooms worked together.
A huge red cherry appeared behind him.
Countdown: 3 seconds!
F*ck!
Cherry Bomb!
Lin Ye started. He had an Invincible Heart and was immune to charming techniques which were lower in level than him.
Therefore, he was not affected at all, but it made him shudder with fear.
He wanted to dodge, but the freezing power of this trashy Frost Mushroom was like squash.
The damage was not high, but it was a hard control. He needed 4 seconds to escape.
After all, his Hint's level was still too low. The prediction time was not early enough, causing him to be unable to react at all.
Fortunately, the danger evaluation result was zero and no harm would come to him.
Therefore, he could appear calm and collected, his expression indifferent, as if he was not shocked or disgraced.
However, this scene frightened the surrounding crowd.
"My lord, run!"
"Damn it, these plant life forms are so cunning. They actually planted three landmines. Even if they copied the game, they shouldn't do it like this."
"What to do, what to do? Think of something quickly!"
"A life for a life, let's attack together!"
…
"Don't move recklessly. You have to believe in the lord! We are ordinary mortals who can't even defeat a Level 1 zombie. If we go up now, we will only add to the lord's troubles!"
In the end, Zhang Liang was the more rational person and he desperately held the others back.
Otherwise, as his loyalists, even if they had to pay with their lives, they would rush in.
"Rumble—"
On the other side, the plants seemed to see the death of the human in front of them.
All the plant life forms made strange sounds as if they were mocking Lin Ye for being stupid to go alone.
They were confident that the current human lords would not be able to withstand the explosive power of the cherry bomb.
Rumble!
The next moment, the countdown for the cherry bomb reached zero and it exploded.
A red explosion of energy engulfed Lin Ye, attempting to blast him to ash.
"My lord!" Li Xinyi and the others stared at the scene in disbelief.
"Damn it!"
Zhang Liang clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, feeling helpless.
The last time he felt like this was his father, now it was Lin Ye. 𝘭𝘪𝑏𝑟ℯ𝒶𝑑.𝘤𝑜𝘮
"Hm?"
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"What's going on!"
Zhang Liang rubbed his eyes as the red smoke dissipated. The next moment, a notification sounded crazily from Hint.
His expression changed drastically. He turned around and shouted, "Everyone, get down!"
The others now found out that Zhang Liang had the same talent as their lord. They crawled on the ground in fright and lowered their heads.
Rumble!
At the same time, an even more terrifying energy storm erupted from where Lin Ye stood previously.
He easily harvested a large number of peashooters.
In the distance, some of the Class 5 Life Plants hid in the depths of the soil. It could only be furious inwardly but did not dare to make the slightest movement.
"Hahaha, awesome! Do you plants think that you were the only ones with bombs? I have them too!"
Whoosh—
The source of the sound was from midair.
At this moment, Lin Ye had already escaped from the ice. He stomped on the Charm Mushroom to death and flapped his wings as he flew into the air.
He held a Class 4 High Explosive Grenade in each of his hands and threw it down as if they were free.
"Rumble!"
"Rumble!"
One explosion after another. He didn't know how many he had thrown either. He was just unhappy that he had been schemed against by a bunch of plants.
If he didn't vent his anger, he would have to hold it in for the entire day.
After a while, the series of thunderous explosions ended. The ground was devastated, and half of the originally small number of pea shooters was instantly cleared.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have killed 256 Class 3 Pea Shooters, 10 Class 4 Frost Mushrooms, 7 Class 4 Squash, and 5 Class 4 Cherry Bombs. You have completed the mission to kill 100 pea plants."
"Reward: You have obtained 100 Level 3 food-type seeds!"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye for completing your first tower of secret dimension mission. Quest Rating: SSS! Obtained an additional reward."
"Reward: A Level 3 Treasure Map Fragment!"
100xReward.
1: 10,000 Level 3 Food Type Seeds!
2.1,000 Level 4 Food Type seeds!
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Random food-type seeds
Food-type seeds?
Lin Ye raised his eyebrows and opened the extra description.
Food-type seed: Seeds are divided into food-type and combat-type in the seed world. Combat-type refers to those like peashooters. Food-type is a special plant type that is edible. It ripens within 3 weeks. The amount of food produced per seed can feed ten people. After consuming it, it can increase the loyalty of people Class 3 and below and can also increase their energy. If the amount eaten is sufficient, eating will be equivalent to training. The higher the level of the seed, the stronger the effect. It is considered a high-level food.
(With the use of Life Soil and Water of Life, it can greatly reduce the duration growth cycle and its energy supply)
"So good? A single seed is capable of feeding ten people!" Lin Ye secretly clicked his tongue.
This must be a super sweet potato or something.
However, it didn't seem to be of much use. He didn't need it. Give me a combat-type plant.
What he lacked the most now was not resources. At most, he could just open more treasure chests and would have as much as he wanted.
He took a look but did not have any other choice. He sighed, not knowing what to choose. He decided to choose the one which gave the highest quantity.
"I choose option one."
As for the second choice.
1: 100 Level 3 Treasure Map Fragment
2.10 Level 4 Treasure Map Fragment
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Treasure Map Fragment of random level and quantity
"Treasure map… Jiang Chen has mentioned it before. It's similar to the ancient ruins."
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes and opened the description.
Treasure Map: A large number of ancient treasures are hidden on the mainland of the other world. Brave warriors, gather 100 pieces and you will be able to obtain a complete treasure map. Follow the map's instructions to find the treasure and you will obtain a large amount of wealth.
"Alright, since it was already so clearly stated in the description, there's nothing much to consider. Let's go with option one."
After the two choices were decided on, hundreds of treasure beams landed in front of Lin Ye's feet.
"Oh my god!"
"What's going on?"
"The Lord won? What happened!"
At this moment, Li Xinyi and the rest also got up from the ground.
All of them were covered in dust as they looked at the devastated land and the hundreds of treasure light beams at their lord's feet. All of them were dumbfounded.
Did it end… like this?
To be able to instantly turn a defeat into a victory… Indeed, their lord was forever their god!
Everyone felt respect for their lord from within.
"Is anyone injured?" Lin Ye asked with a smile as he stored all the seeds and treasure map fragments with the storage beam.
"We're all okay. Our Lord, on the other hand, scared us to death just now." Bai Yitong adjusted his glasses and smiled honestly.
"Who asked you guys to be so weak?"
Lin Ye shook his head. Seeing the dejected expressions on their faces, he couldn't help but smile and say, "I'm not saying this to discourage you. It's the truth. This can't go on. This time, I'm just showing you how it's done. The next time, it'll be you guys."
"Brother Lin, we can't do that. How can the few of us possibly win them?"
Li Xinyi and the rest shook their heads in fear.
They had witnessed the strength of the peashooters, squash, frost mushroom, and cherry bomb.
If they went up against the plants, the other party could easily kill them with a spit.
"If you can't win, you can train. For the few of you, after you go out, find a Class 4 expert each and find a skill that suits you. I'll give each of you a Class 4 sharing contract. Even if you don't awaken your talent, you have to increase your actual strength."
"Don't worry about the Body Strengthening Pills and upgrade scrolls. The market page has been up for a few hours. There should be quite a number of treasure chests coming from it. I will open another batch of treasure chests later. It shouldn't be difficult to let all of you become Class 4."
"My lord, I love you to death!"
"Long live our Lord!"
Upon hearing this, the group of people cheered excitedly.
Class 4. A few hours ago, they wouldn't have dared to even think about it.
But now, they had just met and their lord was already going to help them level up to Class 4.
Their lord was probably the only person in this world with this kind of wealth.
Every time they thought of this, the eight of them would shed tears of gratitude, but at the same time, they were happy that they made a wise choice.
"My lord, Xun Mingyuan, Wang Qiang, and the rest…" Zhang Liang asked softly.
"Of course, we'll include them as well. You're all the first batch of subordinates who pledged their loyalty to me. Of course, I won't be stingy."
As Lin Ye spoke, he led them back to the empty space that they had entered from at the beginning.
Whoosh—
A teleportation beam descended from above and enveloped everyone before disappearing.
After they left, a faint sigh came from the secret seed space.
Tap-tap…
The beam landed at the backyard of the bunker.
Lin Ye instructed them and was just about to get up and head to the hall to upgrade his two talents when one of Xu Que's personal guards rushed over.
He was standing not too far away with an anxious look on his face. 𝑙𝑖𝘣𝓇𝑒𝒶𝘥.𝑐ℴ𝑚
"You guys can leave first."
Lin Ye waved his hand and dismissed Zhang Liang and the others. He looked to the personal guard and asked with a frown, "What's the matter?"
"Boss Xu asked me to come and find you. He said that it was something important. I've been looking for you for more than ten minutes. The newer recruits said that you came to the Tower of Secret Dimensions…"
"I'll go first. You can follow later." Lin Ye nodded.
Knowing that Xu Que might have obtained some information from Liu Gang, it seemed a little urgent.
The wings on his back flapped as he flew towards the 'interrogation room' where Xu Que was.
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The so-called 'interrogation room' was actually a modified Level 2 Tent.
The location was near the main breeding field.
Lin Ye's mind raced and he instantly saw Xu Que and Su Yu. In a few seconds, they rushed over from the backyard of the bunker.
"My lord, you're here."
As they watched Lin Ye fly down, Xu Que and the other two approached.
"What's the situation?"
Lin Ye looked at the corner of the tent. Liu Gang was covered in knife marks and had fainted from the pain. He went straight to the point.
"My lord, there's a huge problem."
Xu Que's expression was grave. "This guy's not tight-lipped and his will is weak. He doesn't seem like a professional agent, but the identity of the person behind him is a little strange."
"Are they people from China?" Lin Ye seemed to be implying something.
"Perhaps," Xu Que replied ambiguously and pondered for a moment.
He continued, "According to Liu Gang, there are three waves of people. The stronger human lords around our territory have issued bounties. They don't have to do anything. All they need to do is to monitor our every move and the source of our resources."
"This guy is unlucky. He just received the bounty order an hour ago, but before he could approach us, he was caught by you."
"Three different parties…"
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes. He had two choices.
Zhan Mingyue? Did she represent the upper echelons of China?
Xu Yuan?
This fellow could trigger karma prediction.
This meant that she was a talent who had been spying on him.
Of course, it was the same for him.
However, right now he was in the open while the other party was in the dark, so he was unable to find the other party.
However, he was confused about these three parties of people.
Were they from other factions who were envious of him?
That's not right. How dare they send people to test me? If they didn't have anything to back them up, would they dare to do that?
"Have you obtained any specific identity through the interrogation?" Lin Ye narrowed his eyes.
"I did. The leader of the Hongxing Thirty-Six—Qi Delong, and a young man called Song Kuaidi. These two people made use of people from their friends' list. As for the third party, Liu Gang doesn't know his name because the other party personally came to find him. It's said to be a mysterious person wearing a black cloak."
Xu Que answered truthfully.
"F*ck!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Ye nearly burst out laughing.
It turned out that it was that guy.
Previously, during the million likes mission, Qi Delong came out to create trouble for him. Now, he actually dared to use people from afar to provoke him.
He could tell that this person was ambitious. In this day and age, hiding in the shadow of a famous tree and stepping on others was the fastest way to climb up the ranks.
Obviously, this hiding coward treated him as a stepping stone and had already begun to plot in secret.
But Song Kuaidi?
A strange person with a strange name.
A fake name? Was his real name Xu Yuan? Or was it really someone else?
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes as he held Liu Gang's confession. The situation recorded was similar to what Xu Que had described.
As for the last mysterious person, it seemed to be Zhan Mingyue. That person was confident. What they said last time was most likely true. 𝘭𝑖𝒷𝓇𝘦𝘢𝒹.𝑐𝘰𝘮
They had already found treasure caves or maybe the ancient runes…
No matter what, I hope you all will respect yourselves and not act recklessly.
A cold glint flashed across his eyes. Each and every one of you, don't think that just because you hide well, I won't be able to dig you out. As soon as you show yourselves, I'll break your legs one by one.
"Continue to keep an eye on him. If Qi Delong tries to contact him, inform me immediately."
After instructing for a bit, Lin Ye turned around and returned to the hall of the bunker.
Opposite him, Tru, Luo Feng, Adelia, and the others were still recruiting people and trying to summon their families.
The population had already increased to 7,000 to 8,000 plus and was still increasing rapidly.
Lin Ye did not ask more about this.
Since he had given the authority to them, they would settle it themselves. If they didn't, they would get lost.
After entering the hall, he opened the talent tab.
Soon, a notification came from the system.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your bunker has reached Level 10. By consuming 300,000 Zombie Souls, Heart's Web can directly advance to Level 10 and enter the second stage of talent transformation. Current prerequisites are satisfied. Do you wish to level up?"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your bunker has reached Level 10. By consuming 10,000,000 Zombie Souls, Hint can directly advance to Level 10 and enter the second stage of talent transformation. Current prerequisites are satisfied. Do you wish to level up?"
"Friendly Hint: When your talent reaches its secondary transformation, you will obtain a powerful derived skill!"
"Let's upgrade it then." Lin Ye clicked to confirm.
At the same time, he was looking forward to seeing how powerful these two great talents would become.
When 100xReward level up, it would give him a random chance of obtaining other treasures.
This talent was too unstable…
Unless he had a luck-type talent, he could say goodbye to option 3 for higher-level treasure chests for the time being.
Now, he only hoped that these two talents could satisfy him.
Whoosh—
With this decision, 1,300,000 Zombie Souls instantly vanished from the resource page, leaving him with 3,830,000 Souls.
Its numbers were still dropping because it was used for recruiting soldiers.
The recruitment fee was higher for higher-class soldiers.
Fortunately, he had killed enough zombies this time. Even if that was not enough, there were still tens of thousands of zombies left at the five-star Level 1 Haunted House.
Now that he could conquer it from afar, even if he stayed in his territory, he could collect what he gained from the Haunted House. It was much more convenient.
At this moment, after storing the Zombie Souls, two thick beams of light descended from the sky.
One of them was three-colored, while the other was red.
Bathed in the two-colored light beam, Lin Ye felt as if his entire body was imbued with boundless mysterious energy, rapidly transforming his body.
The first was Heart's Web. Perhaps because it was of a lower grade, it started to change first.
With every level up, this mysterious energy strengthened his body. His five senses were becoming terrifyingly sharp.
Squinting, his line of sight moved out of his territory like a drone on patrol.
At a speed of a few thousand meters per second, he instantly reached the end of the territory.
Along the way, he saw all kinds of minute details clearly.
For example, the bunkers that he had conquered and the human lord who had chosen to leave.
He was standing at the top of a desolate graveyard and cursing.
He just laughed silently at what he saw. Those who were lucky to not have their bunkers conquered were quickly rushing back to them.
With a wicked sense of humor, Lord Lin activated the remote conquering function.
Whoosh—
Somewhere in a graveyard ten thousand meters away.
Invisible energy spread out and enveloped the bunker.
Rumble!
A familiar black devouring particle surged in and engulfed the Level 2 bunker in the blink of an eye.
Whoosh—
The next moment, these black particles filled with experienced energy soared through the air.
Like a black snake, it streaked across the evening sky and went straight into Lin Ye's Civilization Archive.
"You have obtained 4,000 experience points."
"Sigh, this thing can't be used with 100xReward. It's a failure."
Lin Ye expressed his regret. "I hope that when the level of the 100xReward increases, it will solve the problem of the experience points in the bunker and reputation points."
He had always thought highly of these two talents.
Once it was multiplied with 100xReward, it would be like a crow taking a plane and taking off at the same spot!
Soon, Heart's Web transformation was completed. A strange red light flashed in his eyes.
Whoosh—
In an instant, an arc-shaped grid appeared in his eyes, and a large number of light spots appeared on it.
This state was similar to when Hint was searching for treasure chests. The coordinates were clear and eye-catching.
The only difference was that these light spots were humans and they were divided into different levels.
Those who had signed a sharing contract with him would emit a blinding white light, while those who did not would emit an extremely eye-catching red light.
He scanned the territory and found quite a number of mice.
However, that was not the main point. After using it for a while, his eyes lit up. He could not help but curse.
"F*ck!"
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This was too sick, too sick.
This thing could actually be used like this.
The corners of Lin Ye's mouth curved up. His red eyes turned and focused on a white dot on the screen.
Whoosh—
His vision spinner. Immediately after, a blue and lustrous mine gradually appeared in front of him.
At the same time, far away in the blue iron ore mine, Lin Dachui's expression was slightly dazed. Although he quickly recovered, his face turned pale.
"Who is it?" A shocking wave surged in his mind.
Just now, he had felt a powerful consciousness intruding, directly stripping away his will and controlling his body.
Moreover, this consciousness had yet to go away and remained in his sea of consciousness.
However, to his disbelief, his body did not reject this extra presence. Instead…
It seemed to be at ease with the presence, as if he was being embraced in the arms of Father.
"Dachui, it's me."
Over at the territory, Lin Ye suppressed his laughter and spoke softly.
This voice passed through the veins of Heart's Web and instantly passed through the 10,000-meter forest, entering Lin Dachui's mind.
Its speed was comparable to a phone call from his original world.
"This voice!"
Lin Dachui started. He was too familiar with this voice.
He quickly scanned his surroundings.
Other than the blue iron ore everywhere, the native workers who were mining, and the blacksmiths who were extracting the ore, there was no one else.
With apprehension, he probed, "Is this my lord? Where are you? Why can't I see you?"
"I'm in your heart." With that, Lin Ye couldn't help but laugh.
He could imagine the shadow he cast on Lin Dachui psychology. He must think that he was hallucinating.
"My lord, don't scare me please!"
As expected, Lin Dachui shivered and knelt down, wailing miserably.
"Brother Chui, what are you doing? Why did you kneel down for no reason?"
"Boss, why are you crying? Who bullied you? Tell me. I'll kill him for you!"
The native workers and blacksmiths who were mining came over and asked about his well-being.
"Which bastard just said that he wanted to kill me, hmm?"
In the next moment, Lin Dachui suddenly stood up and looked over with a rather imposing gaze.
Everyone's hearts skipped a beat. For some reason, they felt as if they had seen their lord.
That gaze, that gaze… it was too sharp, too vivid.
Everyone was scared stiff.
"It's not me!" Lin Dachui laughed bitterly in his heart.
At this moment, he finally understood that the person who appeared in his mind and was controlling his speech was definitely his lord.
Other than him, there was no one else.
"It was just a joke. Don't mind me, I'm leaving." Lin Ye smiled, planning to cut off his connection with Lin Dachui.
At this moment, he had gained some basic understanding over the Body Possession Technique.
That's right, this was the new ability derived from the secondary transformation of Heart's Web. As long as it was within its range, he could impose his consciousness on others.
It was similar to the big bosses of the Blood Clan. The difference was that the bosses of the Blood Clan were connected through bloodlines while he was connected through loyalty. As long as the person was his loyalist, he would be able to possess them.
Of course, this kind of possession was only a spiritual possession. He could temporarily communicate with the owner and control the other party's body.
As for ordinary people, it had yet to be tested so he wasn't too sure.
"My lord, wait!" At this moment, Lin Dachui shouted loudly in his heart.
"Mm, what's the matter?" Lin Ye was curious.
"It's like this, my lord. I have something to report to you."
As he spoke, Lin Dachui ignored his subordinates' questions and excitedly rushed into the depths of the mine.
"Boss… what happened?"
"Is he going crazy?"
"Don't spout nonsense if you don't know anything. Be careful or Boss will come out and punish you."
"Let's go and follow him to see what's going on."
A group of confused native workers and blacksmiths followed.
In the depths of the mines, the deeper they went, the darker it became, and the number of blue iron ores decreased.
When he stepped into a certain depth, the blue iron ore completely disappeared, replaced by a glow of purple that seemed to get brighter the deeper they went.
"Purple Iron Mine?"
Using the faint yellowish glow from the cave to see, Lin Ye cried out in surprise.
Was there such a good thing like buying one and getting the other for free?
"We've only just started. Watch on, the good things are still at the back." Lin Dachui smiled mysteriously and led him in quickly.
A few minutes later.
Whoosh—
The light in the tunnel suddenly brightened. Within it was a natural pit.
The pit was the size of a basketball court and it was surrounded by gray stone walls.
Above the rock wall, especially at the top of the pit, was a large amount of ore emitting purple and silver light.
Densely packed in the pitch-black mine, it was like stars in the sky, beautiful and magnificent.
"F*ck! There's even silver iron ore!"
Lin Ye gasped and was instantly stunned by the 'beautiful scene' in front of him.
"Isn't it pretty? Hehe, when I first saw the mine, I had a feeling since the quality of the blue iron ore mine here was too high. It's definitely not like those ordinary blue iron ores, looking more like some hidden ore veins that I've seen in the underworld."
"On the surface, they look like a blue iron ore mine, but in fact, it might be purple iron ore, or even the undeniably precious silver iron ore."
Lin Dachui chuckled. "We were lucky and this could be considered as having a huge success. We have all three types of ore, and both the quantity and quality is quite high. In the short term, it should be enough for us to upgrade 10,000 sets or even 100,000 sets of Blue, Purple, and Silver Tier equipment."
"Good, good, this is awesome!" Lin Ye was overjoyed.
He had just finished upgrading his bunker and would soon be able to finish recruiting 100,000 people. By then, the value of the ore mine would shine quickly.
As long as they reached Advanced Blue, Purple, or Silver equipment, he could directly use the ores to upgrade them into top tier equipment.
"Dachui, I will give you an additional 2,000 workers later. No, 3,000 native workers and 3,000 blacksmiths. You must mine out more ore as soon as possible. I need to forge 100,000 sets of top tier Class 2 to 4 equipment," Lin Ye said excitedly.
"3,000+3,000, 6,000 people!" Lin Dachui was shocked. "My lord, since when did we have so many people?"
"Since just now."
Lin Ye laughed. "Alright, I won't disturb you anymore. Before the Four Sacred Halls descend, I will send someone to pick you up and prepare as soon as possible."
"I understand, my lord. I'll be prepared for it and wait for your call at any time," Lin Dachui said.
"Okay, see you later."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Ye's presence disappeared from his mind.
Sensing that his sea of consciousness had returned to normal, Lin Dachui immediately laughed out loud.
The native workers and blacksmiths behind him looked at each other.
"Did our boss suddenly go crazy…"
"I think so. What a pity. A normal person suddenly becomes stupid."
"But that's good too. This way, I can replace Boss's position. From now on, I'll be the chief blacksmith. Hahaha!"
"Boss, don't worry about your sister-in-law in the underworld. From now on, your wife will be mine…"
…
"F*ck you all! How dare you mock me! I'll beat you all to death!"
Lin Dachui came back to his senses. He raised his hammer in anger and charged over.
On the other side, Lin Ye cut off the connection. 𝙡𝙞𝓫𝙧𝒆𝙖𝓭.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Coincidentally, the system sent a hint.
It was Li Xinyi and ten other newcomers. They had offered 100% of their loyalty at this critical moment and became loyalists.
He swept his gaze across them.
The people who found the answer to his problems were Zhang Liang, Bai Yitong, Dong Wei, Chen Ye, Zhang Bao'er, and Chu Meng. They were doing their best to promote the benefits of being loyalists to the newcomers.
For example, food, living conditions, accommodations,and the Four Sacred Halls at twilight…
In short, all kinds of sugar coated words were thrown at them.
Most of the newcomers were dizzy from listening to their story. With the help of a few shills, they unknowingly offered their loyalty.
"How thoughtful of them."
This scene made Lin Ye tear up.
My people were all great people!
Therefore, this time, he went all out. He possessed more than ten people at once and thanked Zhang Liang and the others in their minds.
"My lord?"
At first, they were all shocked.
However, they quickly recovered. One of them was extremely excited. The lord was getting stronger, just like a god.
This filled them with confidence in this uncertain future.
After a few words, Lin Ye removed himself from their minds.
He narrowed his eyes and felt a little regretful. "The most I can connect to is twelve people at once, and its range is till the edge of the territory. If it exceeds 20,000 meters square of the territory, its effects will drop drastically… It seems that I'm still too weak."
"I can't let myself get carried away. I have to continue leveling up. In the future, if I can connect to ten million people at the same time, or even just all my citizens, everyone's consciousness will be interlinked. Information, intelligence, and internal relations will all become one. That would be the true might!"
After thinking that, he turned to look at the notification from Hint.
The advancement of Heart's Web had given him enough surprises. As a top-tier talent, Hint should not disappoint him.
Chapter 145
The description was as followed:
Talent: Hint
Grade: Top
Class: 2 (Level 10)
Ability: Hint (Enhanced), Crisis Warning (Enhanced), Karma Prediction (Enhanced)
Derived Secondary Ability: Enhanced Hint's functionality. For every level up, you will receive one Enhancement. The current number of enhancements is 10.
"Enhancement attribute…"
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes.
This derivative skill had too many possibilities. Whether to focus on one choice or to invest separately.
Logically speaking.
The three potential abilities of Hint were all very powerful. He could upgrade any one of them.
If one were to consider carefully, the lesser option would be the one that warned him of dangers. After all, he had been invincible from the beginning – whether it was facing other human lords or the zombies from the underworld, he had never been defeated.
But if he had to not enhance it entirely, he would be conflicted.
"F*ck! Why doesn't 100xReward work on the Enhancement Points? If there was, I could directly get 1,000 points. Wouldn't that be good?"
Lin Ye was a little angry and casually tapped on the button to enhance.
After all, this was his main skill. It could not only hint at the coordinates of treasure chests but also at some secret information.
After confirming his choice, a warm current flowed into his body.
Although he did not feel any change, he heard an incredible revelation.
[Friendly Hint: Godly Talent has been upgraded to Level 5. It can affect any talent below the Demigod level!]
"…"
F*ck!
That was a question he had just thought about. It could actually give him hints with regards to this as well? That was too exaggerated!
His eyes darted around as countless pieces of information flashed through his mind.
"Why did humans lose every season?"
"Is the strongest combat power of zombies actually the Zombie King? Or perhaps the Zombie God?"
"Who is the strongest in the underworld?"
"How many people can have godly talents every season? What skills did they have?"
….
He asked more than a dozen questions in a row, but there was no response.
Until the last one.
"Is the map of the ancient ruins mentioned by the Zombie King Jiang Chen within my territory?"
"Friendly Hint: There is a high-level treasure map in your current territory. The talent does not have enough energy to analyze the detailed information. Please recharge in time!"
"…"
Lin Ye was speechless.
What the f*ck, even his talent was the same as the system, spending all its time swindling others to spend on it.
However, his heart was itching. He wanted to know what the map of ancient ruins was. When the time came, he would snatch it and anger the zombie king Jiang Chen. He wanted to see if he could increase the difficulty of the first zombie wave by tenfold.
He could also extort some useful things from the zombie king. Wasn't this like an unlimited ATM then!
Thinking of this, he couldn't control his emotions and clicked on 'enhance' three times in a row.
"Friendly Hint: A map of the ancient ruins has been confirmed at the south of your territory. The dark fog is too strong to determine its exact location. Please recharge in time."
"F*ck your mouth. I know it's in the south. I want the specific coordinates!"
Lin Ye gritted his teeth. He had to pay another two Enhancement Points. From start to finish, he had to pay a total of six points.
Fortunately, his efforts had paid off.
"Friendly Hint: At the south, coordinates (12922:1980), there is a Level 2 Ancient Ruins map. Owner: Special Class 4 Green-Eyed Zombie, Yang Fusheng."
After he finished speaking, the grid pattern below his eyes changed and pulled him to a huge haunted house hidden by a dark fog 12,922 meters south of the bunker.
There was a map that emitted a golden glow.
Unfortunately, the dark fog was too powerful. With his current ability, he was unable to see through the fog and see the situation inside clearly.
At the same time, at the top of a huge haunted house ten thousand meters away.
A short little kid wearing a uniform from the 1890s. His eyes were green, and his skin was pale and colorless.
Even so, compared to zombies with rotting corpses,
It looked more like a human child with a blood-red lollipop in its mouth.
Sitting on the roof of the haunted house, its legs were shaking.
He watched as a zombie lackey below him gnawed on a dead human corpse.
Envy shone in his green eyes, and he even sniffed greedily with his nose in the air. "It smells… so good… I want to eat it."
As he spoke, two canine teeth appeared at the corner of his mouth.
However, I seemed to have thought of something. It shook its head repeatedly and rammed its head into the Haunted House, creating a huge hole in the wall.
He was still muttering, "No, I can't eat it. Brother Tian You and I endured losing more than half of our Zombie King blood just for today. I can't disappoint him, I definitely can't eat people ah!"
After a moment, he finally calmed down, and his green eyes shone with a strange light.
"Roar—"
"Who's spying on me? Get lost!"
It suddenly stomped on the ground, and an invisible wave of his will spread, slamming into the virtual Hint's map that Lin Ye was looking at.
"Thud—"
In an instant, the signal on Lin Ye's side was cut off, and the area was enveloped in darkness.
"Found it, found it!"
"Oh my god, there's actually a special type of green-eyed zombie! Hahaha, what a haul."
Lin Ye was excited and quickly recorded this information.
Together with the information, he obtained it from the Zombie King Jiang Chen.
Red-eyed Zombie Yang Tianyou, green-eyed Zombie Yang Fusheng who were siblings… Zombie King Jiang Chen, hm?
Wait a minute, this looks a little familiar!
He seemed to have heard it somewhere before. Drawing on some of his old memories which surged into his mind, he seemed to have seen those names in a television drama when he was young.
There were a few of those characters.
Was there someone called Ma something Mei? Or was it Ma something Ling'er?
"F*ck! I forgot…"
Lin Ye shook his head. Who cared? But knowing this was good news.
The green-eyed zombie had a map of the ancient ruins, which made things easier.
He ran into the archive room without stopping. As long as it was a zombie, detailed information would appear here.
"Monsters… Oh, its ranking is very high, only below Jiang Chen."
Speaking of Jiang Chen, Lin Ye opened it first.
Zombie King: Jiang Chen
Hell's Zombie: King Tier Lord
Age:?
Strength:?
Ability:?
Relationships: Yang Tianyou, Lin Ye (Hatred, Danger Level: Red! Red!)
"This…"
Lin Ye blinked. What? Did that mean that their gap was too big?
I'm not that weak, right…?
"Tch, what's so great about him? When I reach the same level as him, I'll lob off his zombie head."
A certain someone muttered sourly.
He ignored the information page of Jiang Chen and directly opened the second page, Yang Fusheng. 𝘭𝒾𝒷𝓇𝘦𝑎𝑑.𝒸ℴ𝓂
Zombie: Yang Fusheng (Former Zombie King, Level dropped)
Original Rank: Number One Green Eye (Rank indicates potential but does not represent strength)
Age: xxx Years
Power: Top Class 4 (comparable to a High Class 5)
Ability:? (His restriction is too high, unable to obtain information)
Relationships: Yang Tianyou (I love Brother Tianyou the most! Danger Level: C)
"I can't see through its ability… A former Zombie King?"
Lin Ye read it carefully.
But in the end, his gaze landed on the danger level… C?
He picked up his small notebook and wrote it down. After he was done with the four sacred halls, he would meet this green-eyed zombie.
It would definitely be interesting.
Chapter 146
"There are still four more enhancement points which I can add to the talents. Should I put all of them in Hint or…?"
Lin Ye put down the book of monsters and opened the talent page again.
The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. 100xReward… Level 5? How many years would that take? I just want it now.
"Friendly Hint: Divine Water of the Reflection Hall can increase one's talent experience points!"
"F*ck, hahahaha, this feels good!"
Lin Ye's eyes lit up. Spring was here!
F*ck the War God Hall. He was definitely going to the Reflection Hall to gain some benefits. This thing shouldn't be able to withstand his 100xReward, right?
A certain someone thought happily.
Unfortunately, Hint did not respond to that thought. He probably did not have enough authority yet.
He didn't mind. He was already happy to receive the notification just now.
He resisted the urge to put all the Enhancement Points to this skill of Hint, not because he could not bear to, but because he had a plan in his mind.
Previously, when Xu Yuan appeared due to his karma prediction, he had always suspected that this fellow had a talent for luck.
Unfortunately, his karma prediction at that time was only Level 2, which was too low.
He could only detect the karmic relationship between him and Xu Yuan but was unable to understand anything deeper.
Therefore, he wanted to add the enhancement points to karma prediction to obtain accurate information about Xu Yuan.
If he really had a talent for luck, the increase in reward would be too crazy.
With this in mind, he made the decision and added the remaining four points into karma prediction.
He began to experiment inwardly.
Lin Jianguo (Safe/In Danger)
Zhang Cuiling (Safe/In Danger)
Lin Wei (Safe/In Danger)
"Prediction Hint: Safe!" 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝑟𝘦𝘢𝒹.𝘤𝑜𝓂
"Very good. Looks like with my help, my family members have risen one after another."
"However, it's not stable enough. I still need to add a few more layers of insurance. When I have the time, I'll get them some Divine Water to awaken their talents. Then, I'll get them to sign to Class 4 Defense-type elites and add some upgrade scrolls, Body Strengthening Pills, and Battle Aura Pills as well."
"For battle aura, they should learn twelve zodiacs since it has many defensive techniques inside. Also, it seems that there are many advanced types of equipment from other civilizations at the ancient ruins. When the time comes, I'll give them a few more. That way, nothing can go wrong."
Lin Ye muttered.
There was a smile on his face. Nothing made him happier than knowing the safety of his family.
Next was the problem with Xu Yuan.
This guy knew him, but he knew nothing about him. That was not good.
A cold glint flashed across Lin Ye's eyes.
He recited in his heart: Xu Yuan… Luck Talent… (Yes/No)
It took a while for karma prediction to work on this. He didn't know if it was due to authority or other reasons.
At the same time, Lin Ye felt a crazy commotion in his sea of consciousness. A large amount of mental energy was absorbed by his talent and quickly disappeared.
Did Hint consume mental strength every time it was used?
He was a little surprised.
He didn't realize that it used anything when he used it previously.
However, on second thought, that made sense. He mainly used it for finding treasure chests and nothing else back then.
And now, he was looking for someone who might not be any weaker than him in terms of talent.
Therefore, the consumption was terrifying.
After a long time, Lin Ye's face turned pale like a ghost.
"F*ck, if you don't hurry up, I'll give up!"
He cursed wildly. At this moment, the notification finally came back.
"Prediction Hint: Maybe…?!"
The answer was ambiguous.
Not only was Lin Ye not disappointed, but he also became even happier.
What did this mean? It meant that Xu Yuan was really not simple.
That guy's talent should be extremely powerful – definitely not lower than Hint.
Was it top-class? Or something higher…
Although his mental energy was depleted and he was a little sleepy, Lin Ye's eyes lit up.
"It might really be possible!"
"After consuming so much mental energy, it would be best if it's at the demigod level. Combined with my godly talent, it would be f*cking awesome!"
"Find him, I have to find him as soon as possible!"
"If I had a Luck-type talent, it would be like rolling snowballs that are getting bigger and bigger!"
"I can't let him become strong. Otherwise, even if I have the strength to crush him, as long as his luck is good enough, he can escape death!"
"I have to do this… like that… with a little scheme… no, directly oppress…"
At this moment, Lin Ye was especially focused. He didn't even know how many brain cells of his had died.
Suddenly, he slapped his thigh.
"Song Kuaidi. Yes, this ridiculous fellow might be related to Xu Yuan. Who cares? Let's ask him first!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately took out a large number of mental energy replenishing pills from his huge spatial ring and ate more than 10 of them.
Mental Energy+10, Mental Energy+10…
With the 100xReward and Invincible Heart, it quickly recovered to its original state.
"Song Kuaidi, is he Xu Yuan's or Zhan Mingyue?"
Mental Energy-100, Mental Energy-100, Mental Energy-100…
"What the f*ck, even asking about a small fry requires so much energy? Is this guy also an Awakened?"
Lin Ye was shocked. Since when were the Awakens so worthless?
For them to be everywhere!
In a split second, he became furious.
Xu Yuan?
What the f*ck, he even made other people torment him.
"Just you wait!" Lin Ye was angered. Why were there always people who wanted to harm him?
This was unreasonable! Who was the number one in the world!
After his anger, karma prediction's results were out.
"Prediction Hint: Xu Yuan!"
"Aiyo, it's really Xu Yuan? Then, that mysterious person is Zhan Mingyue?"
"…" After expending a large amount of mental energy, he didn't even get a response.
Lin Ye clicked his tongue and casually took another ten or so medicinal pills to replenish his mental energy.
As expected of someone from the upper echelons. Impressive. He could not even use karma prediction on this. Did they perhaps have some sort of concealment-type treasure?
Forget it, I can't be bothered with you guys. Look for Xu Yuan, my treasure chest!
"Song Kuaidi… I can't find Xu Yuan but I don't believe that I can't find you."
Lin Ye's eyes flashed with sparks of wisdom. He had seen Liu Gang's statement.
This fellow didn't know Song Kuaidi in the past. It was the other party who had contacted him for an alliance and added him as a friend before issuing a bounty.
The transaction amount was only a set of Class 2 blue tier equipment. What a joke.
But this was interesting. Liu Gang's territory was only Level 2 and its area was small.
For Song Kuaidi to want to ally with him, it meant that he was close.
In other words, that guy was a local and had been active around 20,000 meters away not long ago.
"Let's look around first. What if he was still there!"
Thinking of this, Lin Ye used his Heart's Web and Hint to sweep the area.
Whoosh—
An invisible wave spread across a radius of 20,000 meters, and spots of light appeared on the grid pattern.
"Friendly Hint: Karma Prediction target, Song Kuaidi. His territory coordinates are (17639: 4895) in the Southwest direction!"
At the same time, the infinite perspective of Heart's Web allowed him to see that area.
Although the sky was a little dark, he could see everything clearly.
"Hahaha, I actually found him."
Lin Ye was overjoyed. He did not expect that there would be such a huge upgrade after he leveled his two fantastic talents.
Not only was it good at searching for treasures, but it could also use karma prediction to find enemies. This combination was awesome.
He looked down at the time on his gold Rolex watch.
10:40 pm!
Chapter 147
"There's still 1 hour and 20 minutes until midnight."
Lin Ye frowned. He hesitated at this time.
If he flew alone, a trip there and back would not be a problem, but he could forget about doing anything else.
Under this rush, he would definitely be flustered.
He opened the virtual sandbox and carefully observed the area where Song Kuaidi was located.
Soon, his eyes lit up.
The location of this guy was not far from the two-star haunted house.
According to what Luo Feng and the rest said, there was a high chance that the sacred halls in each area would appear near a haunted house.
With such a treasure in front of him, as long as Song Kuaidi had the dignity of an Awakened, he would definitely scout the way out.
At that time, with the army overwhelming him, not only would he be able to snatch a spot in the sacred halls, he would also be able to capture him.
If he could coincidentally find Xu Yuan, that would be even better.
With this in mind, he left the archive room and went to the recruitment hall.
At this moment, after a long recruitment period, it was basically done.
At this moment, there was a sea of people outside. Their shadows overlapped till 3,000 meters away.
Even the wilderness to the west and the fisheries to the south were filled with people. It was a spectacular sight.
Lin Ye looked from afar and his scalp went numb.
There were less than 100,000 people here. Only the core warriors of the major families like Tru had come. The old, weak, women, and children were still underground for the time being.
Even so, he recruited 80,010 people.
Among them, soldiers took the largest number at 42,000.
210 Class 4 Elites, 5,500 Class 3, 11,000 Class 2, 26,000 Class 1;
Rangers took up the second spot at 16,000.
50 Class 4 Elites, 2,000 Class 3, 5,000 Class 2, 9,000 Class 1;
Native Workers: 12,000
10 Level 4 Native Workers, 1,000 Level 3, 3,000 Level 2, 8,000 Level 1;
Blacksmiths: 6,930
30 Class 4 Blacksmith, 900 Class 3, 2,000 Class 2, 4,000 Class 1.
Light Priest: 1,400 (Required recruitment order)
100 Class 3 Priest, 500 Class 2, 800 Class 1.
Cat-Eared Chefs: 1,800 (Required recruitment order)
100 Advanced Chef, 300 Intermediate Chef, 1,400 Beginner Chef
After carefully checking the numbers, Lin Ye nodded. It was two times more than what he had previously mentioned.
It seemed like the natives of the underworld were getting more and more optimistic about him.
There were also quite a number of people who came to join him on their own accord.
However, the recruitment fee was a little expensive. The 80,010 people actually required 5,120,000 zombie souls.
He only had 3,830,000 Souls left in his account and it was not enough. He was still short of 1,290,000.
Therefore, after he came out.
Everyone looked over eagerly.
"My lord, this is my father, Te Gang!" This was True.
"My lord, this is my uncle, Luo Yu!" This was Luo Feng.
"My lord, this is my aunt, Edshana." This was Adelia.
"My lord, this is…"
One by one, they introduced the leaders of the various clans to Lin Ye.
"Alright, I understand." Lin Ye rolled his eyes. They wanted money. He understood.
"One moment."
He muttered under his breath, and Heart's Web connected directly to Lin One, who was far away at the five-star Haunted House.
"Is the Zombie Soul conversion completed?"
"Oh, ah!"
After briefly familiarizing himself with his lord's new talent.
Lin One hurriedly replied, "It's more than halfway done. Do you need it, my lord?"
"Alright, I'll collect it myself. Don't worry about it."
Lin Ye nodded. With more than thirty thousand zombie corpses, more than half of them converted should be enough.
Moments later, he used the remote function and took the Zombie Souls.
"You have obtained 18,000 Zombie Souls."
100xReward.
"You have obtained 1,800,000 Zombie Souls."
"Everyone, don't stand on ceremony. The rest is considered a gift for everyone."
Lin Ye generously threw out 1,800,000 zombie souls!
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Moments later, 18 large bags that were as tall as a few people were thrown in front of the various clan leaders.
"The Lord is generous!"
"Thank you for your generous gift, my lord!"
As soon as these newcomers arrived, they were blasted dizzy by Lin Ye's methods.
Loyalty+30, Loyalty+30, Loyalty+30…
100xReward.
Loyalty+3000, Loyalty+3000, Loyalty+3000…
With the Level 3 Lord's Skin bonus, the initial value of a Class 1 soldier had increased to 90%, 80% for Class 2 soldiers, 70% for Class 3 soldiers, and 60% for Class 4 soldiers!
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. The loyalty of all your Class 1 soldiers has increased to 100%. They have become loyalists!"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. The loyalty of all your Class 2 soldiers has increased to 100%. They have become loyalists!"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. The loyalty of all your Class 3 soldiers has increased to 90%. Please continue to work hard!"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. The loyalty of all your Class 4 soldiers has increased to 80%. Please continue to work hard!"
"Not bad, not bad, instantly gaining tens of thousands of loyalists!"
Lin Ye was in a good mood. He glanced at the various clans who were happily distributing the money and started to calculate the accommodation problem.
Including the original 8,000 people, there were a total of 881,000 people, and the bunker was now in the tribal era.
Level 3 Tents had been unlocked.
Each Level 3 Tent could accommodate 50 people.
In other words, 1,762 Level 3 Tents were needed to meet the requirements for accommodation.
Thinking of this, his gaze landed on Class 3 native worker, Mus Baruch, who was leisurely munching on melon seeds. Previously, thousands of blueprints for the wooden fence had dropped, causing the time needed for the construction of the fence to be greatly reduced. The construction was completed early in the afternoon.
"Mus, there are 12,000 native workers now. Since Lin One is not around, you will be the one to give the orders. Send 3,000 native workers and 3,000 blacksmiths to the blue iron ore mine to help. The remaining native workers are to quickly build Level 3 Tents and Fisheries. Make 2,000 of it first."
"2,000!" Mus almost choked on his melon seeds.
However, after thinking about it, there seemed to be dozens of Class 4 native workers at his beck and call. He was so happy that the corners of his mouth curled up.
With a nod, he led the tens of thousands of native workers to work.
Moments later, after the various clans received their money, all of them gained so much that their faces were glowing.
"Tru, let your elders take care of the new recruits for the time being. Arrange a few loyalists for each team so that I can use my mind to communicate with them and give orders."
"Also, for the mission of the Four Sacred Halls tonight, I need the teams led by them to split up into four directions. With the territory as the center point, bring torches and sweep the area in an outward manner. There is less than an hour left until midnight. We must finish sweeping the area within 20,000 meters!"
He shouted loudly, "Any questions?"
"None!"
Tru replied firmly.
"Alright, this is the first time we've met. Pass this to everyone for me. If they don't get it, go to the armory and get a free Class 1 weapon. Use it for now and I will change them tomorrow." As Lin Ye spoke, he opened all ten spatial rings.
Whoosh—
As the meru light landed, a small mountain of weapons appeared in front of the bunker.
"Heavens, there are too many weapons!"
"The worst of them are Class 2 blue tier weapons. Are they all for us?"
"That's not enough, right? We have more than 80,000 people here!"
"F*ck, it's already not bad if he has it. Snatch it quickly, first come first serve!"
…
Rumble!
Instantly, the scene fell into chaos.
"!" 𝙡𝙞𝓫𝒓𝙚𝒂𝓭.𝓬𝒐𝓶
Lin Ye's face darkened. F*ck, it was just grabbing weapons and they've wasted more than ten minutes of my time.
Tru and the others were embarrassed. This was the bad thing about the newcomers. If they did not learn to obey orders, they would be more or less obedient when they were thrown into the barracks for practice tomorrow.
Of course, there were benefits too. The loyalty of more than 2,000 Class 3 soldiers became maxed out and they became loyalists.
What surprised Lin Ye was that a Class 4 soldier actually became a loyalist as well.
It was Adelia's aunt, Edshana!
She was pretty, tall, and had an elegant bearing. She was wearing a purple dress, giving her the feeling of a young lady next door.
Lin Ye smiled at the notification.
"My lord, we'll be going first!"
"Cavalry team, follow me. Open a path ahead and clear the area for the lord!"
At the same time, Tru's father, Te Gang, also called out.
Riding on a Wind Wolf that was brought to him by a subordinate, he rushed out of the territory to gather his subordinates.
There were too many people. They were basically all waiting thousands of meters away from the territory.
"Rangers, let's go to the east!"
This was Edshana, a Class 4 ranger who was also riding a Wind Wolf.
She led the rangers away.
Soon, the armies of the various clans set off.
Tens of thousands of people were split into four major groups as they carried torches and charged out in batches.
Lin Ye sighed.
Time was too tight. There would probably be fish that slipped through the net in some areas.
However, he had no time to think about all those things right now.
He gathered all his human lord loyalists, Tru, and others close to him. This time, he wanted to fight for a chance to give most of his loyalists a chance.
After a few simple instructions, he led the group to the Haunted House in the north.
Previously, he had wiped out twelve of them. According to the probability of the appearance of the four sacred halls, Haunted Houses would be the most likely target.
In other words, at least 12 of the four sacred halls would descend in this area.
Thinking about it carefully, there were at least 120 spots which were barely enough for his trusted subordinates to use.
As for Song Kuaidi in the southwest, he had already given his coordinates to Clan Leader The Gang through his loyalists.
As long as nothing unexpected happened, he would definitely not be able to escape the encirclement of more than ten Class 4 experts and ten thousand soldiers.
Tap-tap-tap…
They rushed through the night. When they reached the first one-star Haunted House, the Civilization Archive of all the human lords was shocked.
"The third day has ended. Newbie protection mechanism has disappeared!"
"At the same time, in order to motivate the lords to fight bravely, the four sacred hall missions are about to begin!"
"The information is as follows…"
Chapter 148
"The four sacred halls are split into the War God Hall, the Demon Hall, the Elevation Hall, and the Reflection Hall."
"War God Hall: Pass the Trial Mission. A person is evaluated based on their completion rates. Increases combat power, purifies battle aura, improves constitution, obtains cultivation techniques, and obtains any one of the four divine waters. This is Heaven's Chosen Sacred Hall for warriors!"
"Demon Hall: Pass the Trial Mission. A person is evaluated according to their completion rates. Increase mental cultivation, mental strength, secret spiritual techniques, and obtain any one of the four divine waters. This is Heaven's Chosen Sacred Hall for cultivators!"
"Elevation Hall: Pass the Trial Mission. A person is evaluated according to their completion rates. Develops the bloodline of atavism, upgrades original class's attribute, and obtains any one of the four divine waters. This is Heaven's Chosen Sacred Hall for flexibility!"
"Reflection Hall: Pass the Trial Mission. A person is evaluated according to their completion rates. The golden light of awakening will be a reward – human lords and underworld natives will have a 10% chance of awakening their talent! The strength of their talent will be determined by their own state during awakening! For Awakening, their talent will obtain a large amount of experience and level up!"
"The four sacred halls are randomly refreshed. It might be at a Haunted House, in the wilderness, in an oasis, or even in the bunker of a human lord. Everything depends on one's appearance!"
"Survivors, if you want to live, go and take a risk! Countdown to the arrival of the Sacred Halls: 10, 9, 8…"
"1!"
Whoosh—
In the blink of an eye, countless sacred halls filled with divine aura descended across the entire mainland. They were imposing and magnificent like the might of heaven.
At the same time, both the World and Regional Channels exploded.
"What is this? Four Sacred Halls?!"
"I'm rich, I've struck the lottery. I'm going to take a flight. Hahaha, one of the halls has descended a hundred meters from my territory. Everyone, I'm going first!"
"Reflection Hall can actually awaken talents. Allies of the fierce men's party, charge! All the sacred halls in the canyon are ours!"
"Where are my friends from the Brotherhood Alliance? Gather!"
"Sobs, dads, I beg you. Someone save me. The protection mechanism has disappeared, and the zombie crowd blocking the door is about to enter my bunker. I don't want to die! I can call you daddy if you save me! ( )"
"Why, why didn't the halls come earlier and even choose to descend on a Haunted House diagonally opposite of me? F*ck you!"
"Hahaha, brothers, a sacred hall has appeared in my bunker. I'll make a move first. When I become the number one in the world, I'll send red packets to everyone every day!"
….
In the chat, there were people who were happy, people who were bickering, and people who were vomiting blood.
Be it humans vs humans, humans vs zombies, or even major battles between the three sides, under the bright moonlight, large numbers of lives were lost at every moment.
Like the scythe of a death god, lives were lost as easily as cutting grass.
Of course, there were countless lucky people.
In an oasis in the desert.
Qi Delong's face was covered in blood. After killing the human lord who was fighting with him, he looked at the Reflection Hall not far away.
He raised his arms and shouted, "Brothers of Hongxing Thirty-Six, if we win this battle, everyone will soar like a dragon. If we lose, all of us will die. For our families, charge!"
As he spoke, he led the group of people in.
Amidst his laughter, he advanced towards a sacred hall with an unfathomable starry sky engraved on it.
….
Amidst the bones.
A stunning beauty with spider skin revealed a cold expression.
A dense sea of low-level bugs appeared under her feet, quickly conquering a one-star Haunted House. The human lords who were trying to take advantage of her were flooded by the sea of bugs before they could approach.
Then, the cold and elegant queen walked gracefully towards a temple filled with Sky Fiend cravings among the thousands of soldiers around her.
….
Hidden Gold Valley.
Someone was wearing a longsword. Every time he drew it, it would be filled with endless killing intent.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Swords glinted under the moonlight.
In ten minutes, he cleared all the zombies and human lords in front of him.
The person sheathed his sword and looked calmly at a sacred hall that was glinting with saber and sword shadows on the edge of the cliff.
He pondered for a moment before pushing the door open and entering.
…
In a lonely forest.
A look of fanaticism appeared on Xu Yuan's face. He pulled a boy with freckles and shouted, "Song Kuaidi, quick! Hahaha, the heavens are on my side! I am indeed blessed by fate. There's actually a Reflection Hall in the Haunted House opposite. Hurry up and go in. As long as we take another step forward, we will get the opportunity to deal with Lin Ye soon!"
"Sit tight, brother." Song Kuaidi chuckled. A green tricycle phantom suddenly appeared under his feet.
It was even marked with the words xx Logistics.
Xu Yuan obviously knew about it long ago and sat in it as if he was used to it.
The next moment, a shocking scene happened.
Swish!
The tricycle shadow carried the two of them and ignored the thousands of zombies.
As if it possessed some kind of penetrative power, it charged through the layers of defense and into the sacred hall deep inside the Haunted House.
What they did not know was that when they just stepped in,
Tens of thousands of soldiers charged from behind, clearing all the zombies and the Haunted House.
It was quickly razed to the ground.
The person in the lead was naturally Tru's father, Te Gang.
He looked at the remaining eight spots in the hall and grinned. He turned around and said, "Tell the lord that the people he's looking for were stopped by us."
A moment later, the eyes of one of his loyalists turned black. Lin Ye spoke through his loyalist. He looked at the Sacred Hall and sneered. "Seal this area. When they come out, capture them alive if you can. If not, kill them on the spot. Unless I come personally, no one is allowed to touch the corpses."
"Don't worry, my lord. It's a small matter." The Gang smiled and nodded.
"Okay. There are still eight more spots here. You can split them among yourselves. Also, 1,301 meters to your southeast is a War God Hall. 2,104 meters to your west is also an Elevation Hall. To your east…"
At this moment, Lin Ye's Heart's Web and Hint were like radar scanners. He knew the locations of all the Sacred Hall within a radius of 20,000 meters. 𝓵𝓲𝓫𝒓𝓮𝙖𝓭.𝒄𝙤𝓶
With Heart's Web derived ability, he quickly passed down the orders.
At the same time, he split his attention and started distributing the spots in front of him.
He glanced at the twelve haunted houses that he had destroyed in the north.
As expected, the probability of a Sacred Hall appearing at a Haunted House was high. There were a total of 15 Sacred Halls, 3 more than expected.
Among them, there were 3 Reflection Halls, 7 War God Halls, 2 Demon Halls, and 3 Elevation Halls.
Fortunately, this place had just been cleared by him. Jiang Chen's subordinates did not dare to send their zombie lackeys to provoke Lin Ye for the time being. As a result, among all the fights for the sacred halls in the world, only In Eye's territory had the luxury of time. He could stop and slowly think about which sacred hall to choose.
"You can choose which hall you guys want to go to. If you don't have a slot, go somewhere else. My Mind Possession will guide you to find the spawning location of the Sacred Hall."
Lin Ye reminded me.
"I want to go to the Elevation Hall!" Luo Feng was the first to speak, his eyes filled with determination.
This decision had been made since the beginning. His ancestor was a great telekinesis master, but in his generation, no, since the previous generation, there was no other telekinesis master in the entire Luo Family.
And now was his chance!
"The second three-star haunted house!" Lin Ye said.
"Thank you, my lord!" Luo Feng nodded excitedly. He turned around and ran off with a few personal guards.
Seeing this, the others also spoke up.
"War God Hall!" This was True, Xu Que, and the others.
"Demon Hall!" This was Adelia, Priest Gran, and the others.
"Elevation Hall" This was Su Yu, Wang Qiang, Nicole, and the others.
"Reflection Hall!"
This was Li Xinyi, Bai Yitong, Li Baitian…
Almost at the same time, everyone spoke up.
Lin Ye nodded and pointed out the coordinates of the sacred hall to each of them.
A moment after everyone left, the silhouettes of ten plus wind wolves appeared.
"My lord, hahaha, I'm here!"
It was Lin Dachui and Lin One.
Before they left, Lin Ye sent someone to inform them.
"Go to the Sacred Hall of your choice."
Lin Ye nodded. He could not be bothered to waste his breath. He led Li Xinyi, Bai Yitong, Li Baitian, and the others into the Reflection Hall, which had just appeared on the remains of the Haunted House.
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Reflection Hall.
It was more like a tower than a hall.
Different from the pitch-black and murderous aura of the War God Hall, this place was filled with a sacred and peaceful aura.
Step by step, they ascended to the heavens.
Everyone pushed the door open and entered. 𝘭𝘪𝑏𝑟ℯ𝒶𝑑.𝘤𝑜𝘮
What greeted his eyes was a middle-aged man wearing an ancient beast robe with his eyes closed.
Behind him, the space on the tower was wide and empty. The walls were engraved with all kinds of strange civilization patterns. Some of them were ancient instruments, and a group of people was performing in the magnificent city. Some were cultivators performing breathing exercises, their auras shaking the mountains and rivers, their bodies encompassing the universe. Some were reciting poems, their words gorgeous, and their eyes smooth.
Other than that, there were only ten meditation cushions and a circle filled with white light at the center.
"Is this the Reflection Hall?"
"Oh my god, who is that guy! Why does he look like a human!"
"Is he dead? There was no sound of breathing, and there was no warmth on his body. It was cold!"
"I'll try. God, really. There's no heartbeat or breathing, but his skin feels so supple…"
As soon as they entered, Zhang Liang, Li Yitong, Xun Xinyi, and the others turned their attention to the man in the middle of the entrance.
In any case, no one was fighting with them for it now. All of them were pointing fingers at him, making Lin Ye speechless.
The ignorant were fearless.
If it were him, he would never touch the man unless he understood his situation.
Just as he was about to open his mouth to stop them, there was a buzz. The space seemed to tremble under some kind of magical wave. The humans surrounding the mysterious man were pushed back by a gentle force and landed at the entrance of the Reflection Hall.
The next moment, the mysterious man opened his eyes.
There was no special effect like what he had imagined, nor was there any dazzling fireworks.
He was like an ordinary middle-aged man, but something felt off, especially when his eyes met his.
It was a pair of mesmerizing eyes that were as deep as the sea of stars.
The whites of his eyes were bright.
Although he was only slightly past his prime, he gave off a feeling of someone who understood and could see through everything in the world.
Looking into his eyes made one calm down and involuntarily have a good impression of him.
Lin Ye blinked.
This was… the examiner?
"Is it a new season again? How tragic. Another bunch of unlucky fellas!"
After a moment, the person muttered.
It sounded like a question for himself which he answered himself.
"Sir, are you human?" Bai Yitong adjusted his glasses and asked curiously.
"Well, I guess."
The mysterious man spoke. His face was stiff as if he had not smiled in a long time. He forced a smile that was uglier than crying.
He continued, "Everyone, I am a clone of guardian 001 of the Reflection Hall. I was once considered one of your kind, but don't try to bribe me. I have my own duty and must be responsible for the Sacred Hall. It's getting late. The Reflection Hall has a total of ten levels to be cleared. Each level is limited to six minutes. If you pass, you proceed to the next level. If you fail, you may leave."
"Including my talking, you've already wasted a minute. Are you sure you want to start the trial now?"
As soon as he said that, Bai Yitong and the others exploded.
"Start, start it!"
"You were one of us once before. Why didn't you tell us in advance? You're… too evil!"
Lin Ye watched with interest. The lack of a warning from Hint meant that this place was safe.
However, he still did not understand the contents of the trial.
Before this, he had asked Tru and the others, but no one dared to answer. Perhaps no one knew at all.
Now that he could see it with his own eyes, he was looking forward to it.
According to the hint, this was a place that could greatly increase experience points of 100xReward.
"Everyone, please sit on the mats. The contents of the trial will automatically appear in everyone's minds!"
Guardian 001 smiled elegantly. He was improving rapidly.
At this moment, he could already easily control his facial muscles and speak comfortable words according to the tone of Lin Ye and the others like a chef's kiss.
"My lord, please take the first one!"
Zhang Liang quickly ran into the circle of light and shouted as he grabbed the first and second prayer mats.
"Thanks."
Lin Ye nodded with a smile and walked over.
Just now, he was still using the white light spots that surrounded him in his Heart's Web.
However, even though his talent had leveled up, he could not see clearly.
The structure of this white energy was mysterious. It felt like both its energy level or the inner wave motions…
were far superior to battle aura and elemental energy.
Amazing thing.
In the end, he praised inwardly and gave up on studying it.
After the lord sat down, the others also quickly sat down.
Whoosh!
At the same time, the circle of light at the center suddenly burst with gentle light, enveloping all the people sitting on the cushions.
"Oh, so comfortable!"
"It feels like I've returned to my mother's arms. I'm crying!"
"Ah, it's soft and warm. I want to swim in it…"
"!"
What kind of words were those? Lin Ye had goosebumps when he heard them.
At this moment, a notification sounded.
"Friendly Hint: The Sacred Temple Trial has already begun. Focus on your meditation to gain enlightenment! Passing criteria: Absorb 100 strands of divine item energy. The higher your comprehension, the faster you can absorb them."
"F*ck, awesome!"
Lin Ye's eyes lit up as he cursed.
Those who did not know would most likely have to stay in the holy light for a long time. Unknowingly, they would miss the time when their enlightenment struck.
Fortunately, he had Hint. He was glad.
He glanced at Zhang Liang from the corner of his eye and used his mind to possess him.
"Little Liang, did your Hint give you a notification just now?"
"No, it didn't."
Upon hearing the voice, Zhang Liang's eyes cleared up. As he answered in his heart, he looked at the holy light above him in shock.
Unknowingly, he had fallen for it. Without the lord's reminder, he would have wasted a lot of time.
Thinking of that, he could not help but feel a lingering fear.
"No?" Lin Ye narrowed his eyes, understanding the situation.
Perhaps it was because his talent's level was not high enough.
Otherwise, Zhang Liang should've also heard the notification since they shared the same talent.
Obviously, the authority of this first level was lower than his Hint which was Level 2.
In that case…
His eyes shone brightly, and he immediately sent his thoughts to the other eight people in the hall, awakening them from their daze.
"What's the situation?"
Xun Mingyuan, Bai Yitong, and Li Xinyi looked at each other in shock.
Lin Ye snorted coldly and said, "Concentrate! Feel the holy light and you will receive a hint!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he didn't say anything else and hurriedly sent a message to his loyalists through his mind.
This was exclusive information. The sooner they woke up, the better their chances would be.
"Argh!"
At the same time, 001 was speechless.
He said in surprise, "Top-tier talent? And he advanced it to Level 2 too? Are the children of this generation all so strong?"
Moments later, just as the red lightning was about to strike down from above,
He quickly snapped his fingers.
Bang—
Suddenly, an invisible wave landed on Lin Ye's head.
"Hm?"
Lin Ye's eyes widened. He suddenly realized that his mind possession had been forcefully severed.
He looked up and saw the half-smile in Guardian 001's eyes.
He instantly understood. F*ck, he had been discovered.
"What are you so smug about? In a few seconds, I've already notified hundreds of people. What a great move!"
Lin Ye pouted. Since he could no longer cheat, he devoted himself to comprehending the Sacred Light.
Whoosh—
After signing hundreds and thousands of people, his current comprehension was not weak.
Soon, he got into mode.
Enlightenment Energy+1, Enlightenment Energy+1, Enlightenment Energy+1…
100xReward.
Enlightenment Energy+100, Enlightenment Energy+100, Enlightenment Energy+100…
Almost instantly, the hall on the first floor of the Reflection Hall released nine-colored clouds and divine light that filled the hall.
"What?!"
Guardian 001's calm expression changed for the second time.
One second? It was broken in a single second?
Chapter 150
"This is impossible!"
Guardian 001 was shocked and could not accept it.
He had guarded the Sacred Hall for countless years. Even the few Godly Talents that had appeared before were far from this terrifying speed.
He had broken through in a second, and he received the best reward for doing it – the nine-colored clouds.
This was ridiculous, alright!
On the other side, Lin Ye was also stunned by the scene before him.
The nine-colored clouds that had just appeared could actually increase the experience points of 100xReward.
Just one cloud gave 100 experience points, equivalent to 100 Bronze Treasure Chests. The efficiency was terrifying.
If he could absorb 100 nine-colored clouds, he would level up directly and advance to Level 3!
At the thought of this, he hurriedly looked at Guardian 001. "Sir, I've cleared the level now, but the time needed to clear the first level is six minutes. Since the time is not up yet, can I continue to absorb the enlightenment energy here? If I absorb more, can I exchange for more rewards?"
"F*ck!"
Guardian 001 cursed under his breath. This little bastard wasn't a human. He was going to take advantage of the sacred hall.
However, on second thought, this guy was taking advantage of the sacred hall, what did it have to do with him?
He was just a guard. He just had to do his job.
He immediately looked at Lin Ye with a smile. He didn't say anything and just looked at him with interest.
There seemed to be some hope in his eyes.
Hint?
It must be Hint!
Lin Ye met the guardian's gaze and immediately looked enlightened. He cupped his fists and said, "Thank you for your advice, Sir. I understand."
With that, he sat down cross-legged again and continued to absorb the energy.
After clearing the level, the difficulty level had clearly increased. However, there were still more than three minutes left. It was enough for him to absorb a lot of the enlightenment energy.
Enlightenment Energy+1, Enlightenment Energy+1, Enlightenment Energy+1…
100xReward.
Enlightenment Energy+100, Enlightenment Energy+100…
When he finished absorbing 1,000, another nine-colored cloud appeared.
"Hahaha, as expected, it worked. It was like obtaining another 100 Bronze Treasure Chests." Lin Ye was smiling so hard that his mouth could barely close.
He looked down at the time.
This time, it took 30 seconds. It was 30 times longer than the first time, but it was still acceptable.
This was his first time after all. There was still time…
"Keep farming!"
Enlightenment Energy+100, Enlightenment Energy+100, Enlightenment Energy+100…
"It's 1,000 again. I want to exchange it!"
Bang!
A ray of nine-colored clouds landed on him. He had obtained another 100 Bronze Treasure Chests!
Enlightenment Energy+100…
"Exchange! Exchange, exchange! Damn it! It is taking longer again. Damn it!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
When the six minutes were almost up,
Three nine-colored clouds appeared above Lin Ye's head one after another, equivalent to gaining another 300 Bronze Treasure Chests.
In total, he gained 600 bronze treasure chests.
What a terrifying speed.
After opening the market page and destroying twelve Haunted Houses, he only obtained 960 bronze treasure chests.
In other words, in less than six minutes, he had obtained more than 60% of the total treasure chests which he gathered after descending for three days.
This was too scary!
"My lord, save me! This damn thing is too strange. I'm absorbing the enlightenment energy and I still have to memorize books. I have to memorize 30 words per chapter. I give up. I've already transmigrated to this world and you still want me to study? God, please give this little me a way out."
At this moment, Zhang Liang was wailing like a ghost. He was so upset that he was about to cry.
"Me too, me too. However, what I need to memorize are dance moves. Every action can absorb 1 enlightenment energy. What a scam!"
Li Xinyi had a bitter expression on her face and said pitifully, "I've only absorbed 79 so far. Brother Lin, help me quickly!"
"I'm in worse shape. I still have to do my homework. I can only absorb one per quadratic equation I solve. I don't want to do homework! I'd rather fight zombies than do homework. My lord, save me!"
Bai Yitong was bawling.
In the five minutes just now, he had completed 90 questions. Although it was not difficult for a genius like him,
it was too aggrieving!
"My lord!"
"My lord…"
As soon as he finished speaking, the others shot their gazes towards Lin Ye.
"What's this? You have to memorize poems? Memorize dance moves? Analyzing textbooks? Calculating the price of goods in the warehouse? What is this?"
Lin Ye was confused.
Why was it so complicated? It was very simple on his side. He was purely absorbing energy particles.
This was similar to the original breathing technique that Adelia taught him.
As long as his spiritual energy was strong enough, even if the other particle was unwilling, he could beat it up with a stick.
Damn it, still not submitting?
I will keep hitting you until you submit.
Of course, as time went on, the more arrogant the particles became, the more beatings he would have to deal out before they would yield.
This was despicable. They might as well have obediently entered my body from the start.
"Alright, stop complaining. Time waits for no one. How much are you guys left with?" Lin Ye stopped beating around the bush. 𝙡𝙞𝓫𝙧𝙚𝓪𝒅.𝒄𝒐𝓶
In any case, there was not much time left. It was unrealistic to think of getting another nine-colored cloud reward.
He might as well help his loyalists. After all, nurturing them was equivalent to improving himself.
"9 for me!"
"21!"
"10!"
"45!"
"49!"
…
Lin Ye was speechless. F*ck, other than Zhang Liang, Li Xinyi, and Bai Yitong, he was speechless at the end.
Fortunately, it was not too much. He had just obtained the reward and still had 400 pieces of enlightenment energy.
He gave all of them out.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In an instant, with Lin Ye helping those who were lacking energy, the other nine people completed the first level of the mission.
In fact, it was not that their foundations were bad, but that they were too relaxed at the start and wasted time when they first entered.
Otherwise, with Zhang Liang, Li Yitong, and Bai Yitong's potential, Lin Ye felt that even without his help, they could still complete the mission independently.
Therefore, he had high hopes for the above three people. There was a high chance that their talent would be awakened during this trip through the Reflection Hall.
As for Zhang Liang, who had already awakened his talent, he should at least advance to Level 2.
Otherwise, with his loss of status as a human lord, there were too few chances for him to advance his talent.
As he was thinking, nine different colored reward beams descended from the sky.
According to the rules of the Sacred Hall, the lesser energy one absorbs, the duller the color.
On the other hand, the more vibrant the color, the better the rewards.
As expected, Zhang Liang, Bai Yitong, and Li Xinyi, who were in the top three, received a red reward beam.
The gap between the reward light beams was quite large. The other six people basically received an ordinary golden light, so they quickly left. Except for them looking stronger than before,
they did not awaken their talent, but as for the other three…
Zhang Liang had awakened his talent before so it only increased his experience points. On the other hand, Bai Yitong and Li Xinyi's reactions were intense.
All of them looked like they had eaten a blood Bodhi. Their bodies floated in the air and they were sucked into the red energy sea as they cried out miserably.
Boom!
Soon, Li Xinyi transformed first. The blood energy that enveloped her transformed into a long dragon that surged into her body.
Her body landed lightly on the ground.. When she raised her head, a bloodthirsty and fierce murderous aura erupted.
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"Awakened?" Lin Ye raised his eyebrows.
There was no way to obtain information from the archive room here. For now, he could not confirm Li Xinyi's condition.
"Whoosh—"
At this moment, Li Xinyi's eyes were flashing with a red glow, and there was a thin layer of red energy on her skin.
Her fingernails were cold and sharp, and there were faint traces of blades.
However, her condition was not right and her emotions were unstable.
Zhang Liang wanted to help her out of goodwill, but Li Xinyi waved her hand. He staggered and fell to the ground.
"What?!" Zhang Liang revealed a look of disbelief.
Hint had given him a warning just now. If he had not dodged in time, he would have been injured.
"What happened, Xinyi!"
The others were also shocked. How could she attack her own people out of nowhere?
They wanted to come up and help, but Li Xinyi turned her head and glared at them with her bloodshot eyes. She even bared her teeth as if she wanted to attack them.
"Don't move."
Lin Ye reminded me.
Whoosh!
In the next moment, golden light arose from his body. The Great Sage's Battle Aura was like an iron band that bound Li Xinyi.
Her strength was quite great, but Lin Ye's battle aura's foundation was strong enough to fight head-on with the hero-tier weapon, the Blood Shadow Battle Blade.
Naturally, a little fellow who had just awakened could not beat him.
Suppressed with a flip of his hand!
"Not bad. This girl's awakened talent is similar to that of a berserker."
At this moment, Guardian 001, who had been silent, spoke.
His gaze landed on Li Xinyi. After some thought, he frowned and continued, "But the one she has is a little special. For the specifics of it, you still have to wait for her to wake up for it."
"What method can I use to wake her up?" Lin Ye hurriedly asked.
"Your Mind Possession talent is strong, and she is your loyalist. She doesn't guard against you. Just take over her body and remove her berserker state."
Guardian 001 seemed to know a lot. He did not know what he was aiming for but he smiled as he said.
"Thank you." Lin Ye nodded. He instantly activated Mind Possession and entered Li Xinyi's body.
"Hm?"
As soon as he entered, his head heated up as he felt red energy flowing aggressively towards him from Li Xinyi.
In this state, a summary of her talent appeared below his eyes.
Talent: Blood Feast
Innate Quality: Advanced
Ability: Bloodthirsty state: every time you kill a zombie or living creature, you can increase your bloodthirst potential. The higher the potential, the more you can increase all your attributes. The more you fight, the stronger you become. Limitless increase for 24 hours.
Feast State (After the Bloodthirsty State, if you wish to preserve your bloodthirst potential, you need to eat a lot. The more you eat, the more strength you can permanently retain)
Talent Control: Unlock/Start
"Good heavens, isn't this a berserk version of Super Saiyan?" Lin Ye raised his eyebrows.
In Dragon Ball, didn't Goku become stronger the more he fought? After that, he became a big eater and ate a table's worth of food by himself so that his strength can increase exponentially.
What the f*ck, this was simply unreasonable.
However, Li Xinyi was a girl after all. Overlooking the bloodthirsty state, the feast state itself was a little…
Tsk tsk, could it have something to do with her being a big eater?
Lin Ye thought with a wicked sense of humor. He unlocked it with his consciousness and exited her mind.
The moment it was unlocked, the blood-colored energy that enveloped Li Xinyi disappeared.
She opened her eyes in a daze and looked at the concerned gazes around her.
Her face immediately flushed red as she said embarrassedly, "Why are you all looking at me? I already have someone I like."
"Get lost! I was almost beaten to death by you and you think I still like you? I'm not interested in violent girls."
Zhang Liang rolled his eyes and scolded jokingly, "Hurry up and pull me up."
"I'll do it."
Xun Mingyuan pulled him up enthusiastically.
On the other hand, Lin Ye had a serious expression as he looked at Li Xinyi and instructed, "Your talent is strong. You must use it appropriately in the future."
"Mm, I understand."
Li Xinyi nodded obediently on the surface, but the little black figure in her heart was about to explode (I'm a lady, not a violent girl! )
As she was speaking, she saw the information on her talent page and she cracked inside.
Unfortunately, talent was something that could not be changed once it was obtained. It was something that could not be thrown away.
"Girlie, I have a suggestion. It's just a suggestion."
Guardian 001 spoke again, drawing everyone's attention.
"Sir, please speak," Li Xinyi asked anxiously. This matter concerned herself, so how could she not be anxious?
"Hehe, don't be anxious. It's been a long time since I've seen interesting fellow humans like you. Let's talk a little more."
Guardian 001 coughed lightly and organized his words before continuing, "In fact, with your situation, you can give up on the Reflection Hall for now. The four sacred halls are only open for one hour. The next one will have to wait until next week."
"Your mental strength is clearly not enough to support the second stage of the bloodthirst state. It's better for you to give up on the rewards for the next level of the Reflection Hall."
"While you still have the time, it's better for you to go to the Demon Hall."
"As long as you can survive the first trial, your willpower and spiritual power will be greatly strengthened."
"At that time, without mentioning any others, you will at least be able to keep a clear mind during your Level 2 bloodthirst mode. It will be best if you work hard at the Demon Hall. The higher the level, the greater the benefits."
"Your ability improves very quickly in the outside world. There's no need to waste time in the Reflection Hall."
"Of course, you can decide for yourself what you want to do. I'm just bored and want to chat with you, youngsters."
After saying that in one breath, he ignored Li Xinyi's decision and looked at Lin Ye again. He said with a faint smile, "I forgot to remind you that the second level's time has started counting down while we were speaking. You still have three minutes."
"Tsk!"
Lin Ye cursed under his breath and hurriedly said to Li Xinyi, "There are still three empty slots left for the Demon Hall that Gran and the others went to. There's no need to be afraid of being too late. My giant earth wolf mount is outside. If the personal guards stop you, tell them it's an order from me. Go quickly and come back quickly. All the best!"
With that, he led the others and rushed to the second level of the Reflection Hall.
It was the same thing, the same taste. The only difference was that the color of the light spot where the meditation cushion was changed.
White changed into blue.
"Same color scheme as the equipment? White enlightenment energy particles were the trashiest?
These words floated through Lin Ye's mind, but his body went straight to the first mat and sat down. Without another word, he began to absorb the enlightenment energy.
This level was indeed much more difficult.
He actually needed to understand words, and they were all f*cking Warring Clans characters from the underworld.
Weren't clans like where Tru and Luo Feng were from part of the Warring Clans?
In terms of text, theoretically, they shouldn't be too different.
If this happened to anyone else, it would be a disaster.
But who was Lin Ye? 𝓁𝑖𝒷𝑟𝘦𝒶𝑑.𝒸𝘰𝘮
Previously, when he cultivated his battle aura, with 100xReward, he had already learned the words of the Warring Clans.
Therefore, to him, the second level was in fact easier than the first level.
Enlightenment Energy+2, Enlightenment Energy+2, Enlightenment Energy+2…
100xReward.
Enlightenment Energy+200, Enlightenment Energy+200…
Tap! Tap!
Two seconds after the needle passed, two nine-colored clouds appeared.
Chapter 152
"200 Bronze Treasure Chests obtained!"
"I have occupied the high ground again in terms of time. 2 seconds! Only 1 second slower than the first. Very smooth!"
Lin Ye revealed his teeth as he smiled in satisfaction.
When he was lucky, he could not stop it.
The Warring Clans characters in front of him were as simple as eating… cough cough, eating dumplings.
He ate large dumplings and round dumplings one by one. He enjoyed them as much as he could.
"You have passed the second level. Do you wish to enter the third level?"
At this moment, a figure walked out from the corner of the second floor. It was not 001, but they looked similar.
To a certain extent, the two of them were like clones with serial numbers.
Clothes, facial expressions, height, and height were all copied from the same template.
However, upon closer inspection, he could still discover some subtle differences.
001 was more human-like while this person looked inflexible.
Other than when he was shocked by Lin Ye's astonishing speed at the start when his eyelids twitched a few times,
He was as cold as an iceberg.
"You're 001's brother?" Lin Ye didn't get up.
He was still absorbing the nine-colored light beam as he teased.
"No, I'm 002, the guardian of the second level of the Reflection Hall. Survivor Lin Ye, you've broken the current world record. I'll ask you again. Do you wish to enter the third level immediately? Use the shortest time possible to obtain the number one spot in the world and stand to get more rewards when it ends."
Guardian 002 said coldly.
Although that was true Lin Ye could hear his goodwill behind his words.
"What is the fastest record of the second floor?" Lin Ye didn't answer and instead asked.
"In history, the fastest record holder's score was 3 minutes and 16 seconds!"
002 looked at him deeply and said.
"Holy sh*t, so sick?!"
This time, be it Lin Ye, Zhang Liang, or the others, they were all shocked.
For ordinary people other than Lin Ye, the difficulty of the second floor could be considered an exponential increase.
After all, he was new here and had to learn an unfamiliar foreign language within a short period of time.
It would be fine if there were similarities, such as tone or characters…
Unfortunately, this was a different world.
All the words held no similarities to his original world, looking like scribbles to him.
Just this… Someone could memorize more than a hundred characters that were alien to him?
If he did not rely on a special talent but just himself, it would be terrifying.
"You're a hundred times more perverted than him!" 002 glanced at Lin Ye. 𝙡𝙞𝓫𝙧𝒆𝙖𝓭.𝙘𝙤𝙢
He had a nagging feeling that this guy was pretending to be cool but he acted so seriously it shocked him. This upset him a little.
"Ahem, I'm different." Lin Ye waved his hand.
At this moment, the absorption of the nine-colored cloud was completed. He continued to sit cross-legged and absorb the blue-colored energy of the second level.
"You're not going up?" 002 raised his eyebrows.
He had already said it so clearly, but Lin Ye still sat down like before.
"The person who doesn't take advantage of this is an idiot. The record holder took 3 minutes and 16 seconds. If I go up at 3 minutes and 15 seconds, wouldn't it be considered as breaking the record as well?"
Lin Ye smiled. "I can still farm a little for now."
"F*ck, I wasted more than ten seconds talking to you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Ye directly shut his mouth and allowed the wind and rain in the outside world to blow against him while he himself transformed into a diligent little bee.
Crazily harvesting the treasures scattered all over the ground.
Enlightenment Energy+2, Enlightenment Energy+2…
100xReward.
Enlightenment Energy+200…
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Before the 3 minutes and 15 seconds mark, 15 nine-colored clouds appeared one after another. Bathed in the light beam, Lin Ye was so comfortable that he almost moaned.
This feeling was so good that it seeped into his bones.
After it ended, he looked at the experience points.
Mm, great, it was more than 3,100!
Before entering, it was only 961 points! This was only the second level! It was simply a holy land for upgrading one's godly talent.
Outside here, where could he find such a good thing?
Farm, continue farming!
He stood up and prepared to ascend to the third level.
Before he left, he gave them more than 1,500 blue energy points.
This thing would only be useful if it was used on its own level, and could only be exchanged to its nearest thousand corresponding to the level.
For example, 1,000 for the first level, 2,000 for the second level, 3,000 for the third level…
This was the basic rule of the nine-colored clouds.
Of course, hundreds of ordinary reward beams were fine, but not for Lord Lin.
If he could have the best, why did he have to use the inferior ones? It was already good that he was not spitting out once every three mouthfuls?
At this moment, the door leading to the second floor opened.
It was Bai Yitong.
At this moment, his aura had changed drastically.
Previously, he was still a weak scholar, timid and afraid.
Now, it was the complete opposite. His bearing was outstanding and his gaze was firm. Every move he made carried a strong sense of confidence.
"F*ck! Bai Yitong, you f*cking awakened your talent?" Zhang Liang said in shock.
Hint showed that the fluctuations emitted by this fellow were actually high-level energy.
Furthermore, it was definitely not inferior to him since it could block Hint's spying ability.
This was ridiculous.
One had to know that he had awakened on his own while Xun Mingyuan had relied on the Reflection Hall.
"Not bad, I guess it's considered a top talent."
Bai Yitong smiled and turned to Lin Ye. His eyes lit up as he said, "My lord, when we go out, I have a surprise for you."
"Oh? With those words, I look forward to it even more. I'll wait and see." Lin Ye nodded with a smile, then quickly stepped into the third level.
After he left, heartbreaking screams came from the second floor.
"No, I can't accept this. Even Little Bai has awakened, but I'm still an ordinary person!"
"I don't want to live anymore!"
The person who wailed was Xun Mingyuan.
He could not believe that when even Little Zheng had awakened that he, the upright Xun Mingyuan, Lin clan's manager, had yet to awaken him.
What could be more tragic than this?
But in next to no time, the shrill cries were covered by the loud commotion.
Lin Ye saw the dregs as trash. The more than 1,500 blue enlightenment energy that was thrown on the floor of the second floor was a huge treasure to the rest.
They only needed to get 200 of them to successfully enter the third level. They could totally win by doing nothing!
While they were fighting over it,
Lin Ye stepped into the third floor.
The space on the third floor was smaller than the second, but the energy aura was denser.
The environment was quieter, making it suitable for cultivation and meditation.
"I'm 003…"
Another person walked out from the shadows. Before he could say anything, a golden light flashed in front of him, and Lin Ye was already sitting on the cushion.
The next scene shocked him.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three dazzling nine-colored clouds appeared and poured into Lin Ye's head.
"3… 3 seconds? He broke through the third level?"
Guardian 003 was dumbfounded.
"Hey, 003, what's the best record for the third level?" While absorbing the nine-colored cloud, Lin Ye asked casually.
He had to at least be professional when it came to farming resources.
"3 seconds!" Guardian 003 revealed a poker face and said expressionlessly.
"Three seconds? So fast? I don't believe it!"
Lin Ye's expression changed. He looked at Guardian 003 and said with an unfriendly expression, "Are you fooling me? Can someone compare to me?"
"Aren't you the fastest?" The Guardian 003 said coldly.
"…" Lin Ye was speechless. Alright, you win.
"What about the second place?" he asked again.
"2 minutes 56 seconds!"
"Not bad, I can farm for another 2 minutes and 56 seconds!" Lin Ye smiled.
He finished absorbing the nine-colored cloud.
As expected, the Level 3 purple enlightenment energy was awesome. He received three beams, equivalent to 300 Bronze Treasure Chests worth of experience points each time.
It felt so good.
Continue!
Two minutes later, 18 nine-colored clouds appeared, giving him 1,800 experience points.
Total: 4,900!
It was only a matter of time before he leveled up.
He casually threw down another 1,800 or so level 3 purple enlightenment particles and quickly stepped into the fourth level.
As soon as he left, Bai Yitong, Zhang Liang, and the others entered from behind.
When they saw the purple enlightenment particles that filled the ground, they were immediately overjoyed and pounced forward again.
In the end, they almost went crazy snatching them.
Chapter 153
Level 4!
Looking at the 20 nine-colored clouds floating above Lin Ye's head, the corner of the 004 guardian's mouth twitched and he cursed inwardly at this pervert!
"2 minutes 43 seconds. Not bad. 2,000 bronze treasure chests' worth of experience points obtained!"
Lin Ye chuckled happily and turned around to go to the fifth level.
Time Used: 4 minutes 20 seconds!
40 Nine-Colored Clouds, 4,000 experience points!
From here onwards, the difficulty would undergo a qualitative change. Of course, the gains would also skyrocket. It would be much more than the first time when he absorbed it.
Boom!
A wisp of dazzling nine-colored divine radiance descended.
At the same time, he heard the system's congratulatory message.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your Godly talent, 100xReward, has accumulated enough experience points. It has advanced to Level 3."
Advancement information was as follows:
Talent: 100xReward
Innate Quality: God Tier
Level: 3 (Equivalent to Level 30 of other talents)
Attributes:
Any reward you get will increase by a hundredfoldRandom Choice, Single time 2% chance of invoking 100xReward againUnder the premise that the maximum number of Treasure Chests is reached, removes the probability of getting white tier equipment or living supplies
"The third option? A new function after advancement?"
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes. At first glance, it looked like trash.
Looking at it again, it still looked trashy.
He counted with his fingers and soon, his eyes lit up.
Sandalwood Treasure Chests and Bronze Treasure Chests had a high chance of getting Class 1 equipment.
If he could remove Class 1, that would mean that he would be able to get at least Class 2 things from the chest. With 100xReward, he would be able to choose the quality improvement option on 100xReward.
That would be Class 4 Silver Tier equipment!
In other words, from today onwards, sandalwood treasure chests would no longer be trash.
1 Sandalwood Treasure Chest = 1 Class 4 Silver Tier Equipment!
Thinking of this, Lin Ye became excited.
The drop rate of sandalwood treasure chests was still very high at this stage.
Just based on the expanded territory, about 800 to 900 sandalwood treasure chests spawned daily.
Adding on to the terrifying sales volume of the market page.
Coughs, there was now hope for the equipment of the 80,000 newly recruited soldiers.
Previously, he was still getting a headache over that problem. There were too many soldiers. Even if he kept opening treasure chests and there was no problem with the quantity, the quality would definitely be a problem.
He could finally rest assured now.
Sweet!
But soon, his face darkened when he saw the next upgrade condition.
100xReward: Level 4 (26/100,000 Silver Treasure Chest)
"100,000 Silver Treasure Chests?!"
"F*ck your grandpa! What a scam!" 𝓵𝓲𝓫𝙧𝓮𝙖𝙙.𝒄𝓸𝙢
Lin Ye was so angry he almost vomited blood.
In that case, wouldn't Level 5 of 100xReward require 1,000,000 Gold Treasure Chests? Level 6 of 100xReward requires 10,000,000 White Gold Treasure Chests? Level 7 of 100xReward requires 100,000,000 Diamond Treasure Chests?
He didn't dare to think further.
F*ck, the system was trying to push me to my death!
I hate this!
Everything would be alright when the time came. There might be other opportunities!
After complaining, Lin Ye forgot about it.
This was how he was. He'd rather enjoy the present than be conflicted about the future.
With the principle of filling his stomach in one go, he continued to farm.
Level 6.
Time Spent: 4 minutes 35 seconds
63 Nine-Colored Clouds, 6,300!
Talent Experience Points increased by 630.
"Hm? Not bad!"
Lin Ye's eyes lit up. This was equivalent to opening 630 Silver Treasure Chests.
As expected, the system still gave him a way out. If this went on, it would probably be even more exaggerated. He wondered how stacked the final reward would be when it ended.
If it was worth it, when the Sacred Halls appeared every Thursday in the future, he would clear all ten levels in ten seconds and go to the next one.
All the Reflection Halls spanning 5,000 kilometers would be used for himself.
Of course, the prerequisite was that the final reward had to be worth the effort.
If it was not as good as farming at the individual levels, it would be better for him to continue what he was doing. Slowly farming would still far surpass the speed at which others could level up.
Level 7.
128 Nine-Colored Clouds, 12,800!
Time Spent: 4 minutes 58 seconds.
Talent Experience Points increased by 1,280!
It almost doubled, making Lin Ye's heart beat wildly.
It felt too good!
Level 8.
180 Nine-Colored Clouds, 18,000!
Time Spent: 5 minutes 12 seconds
Talent Experience Points Increased: 1,800!
Level 9.
256 Nine-Colored Clouds, 25,600!
Time Spent: 5 minutes 32 seconds!
Talent Experience Points increased by 2,560!
"Oh my god, this is equivalent to obtaining 6,270 Silver Treasure Chests!"
At this moment, Lin Ye was so excited that he was speechless. It didn't seem like it would be that difficult to level up anymore.
Finally, on Level 10.
365 Nine-Colored Clouds, 36,500!
Time Spent: 5 minutes 58 seconds!
Talent Experience Points increased by 3,650!
Total: 9,945
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In an instant, the weather changed and strange scenes appeared continuously.
What dragons soaring in the nine heavens, goddesses scattering flowers, tens of thousands of clans kowtowing, divine god's commands…
At the same time, a few afterimages appeared.
They were 001-010 guardians of the Reflection Hall.
The ten of them looked at Lin Ye who was bathed in the nine-colored light in shock and whispered among themselves.
"Someone actually succeeded!"
"Good lord, did he get some kind of godly talent that helped him to comprehend better?"
"It's possible. Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense. He passed every level too quickly. It's almost equal to the limit."
"What do you guys think of this kid? Is there a chance this season?"
"The possibility is high. My other clones have sent messages from the other continents. Although there are a few strong contenders, there are none that are near him!"
"No, no. Just because the person has great potential doesn't mean that he has a great chance. I feel that luck is the most important thing. There are so many peerless geniuses who die young every season…"
"Speaking of luck, there seems to be someone in the Reflection Hall ten thousand meters away who has awakened a talent for luck!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the scene fell silent.
All eyes turned to Lin Ye, then to the person who had just spoken. They closed their eyes as if gathering some information in the void.
A moment later, they opened their eyes again.
"I saw it. Impressive, it's really a lucky talent but the level of it is a little bad! He has only reached Level 5."
"It's already very impressive. Every season, there are billions of people. How many people can enter Level 5?"
"However, I think that if this little guy obtains a lucky talent from the guy ten thousand meters away, this season will be even more exciting."
At this point, the other nine looked over.
The person who spoke was none other than Guardian 001.
"Why are you all looking at me? I'm just telling the truth." Guardian 001 coughed lightly and cursed in his heart.
All of them knew clearly in their hearts, they were just f*cking waiting for someone to say it out loud.
"001, don't play with fire. If you choose your teams too early, you might die a horrible death," 010 said calmly.
The others looked on without a word.
"How could I? I'm not stupid."
Guardian 001 pouted and waved his hand sloppily. "There's no one else on Level 1. I'll go to the Guardian's chat area to act cool."
"Damn it, those bastards from the Demon Hall are still showing off just now saying that a terrifying existence suspected to have a demigod or even a godly talent has appeared over there, that he was clearing through levels like cutting through the water. Hmph, what are they showing off for? I'll show them what it means to clear levels like drinking water!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure etherealized and vanished.
"This guy." 010 shook his head.
"Boss, is what 001 said true? Is there a monster in the Demon Hall?" Someone was curious. The four sacred halls no longer had the same system. Unless they had a strong personal relationship and could communicate with each other, such as 010 and 001.
"You can say that. Don't think too much. Before the last moment, just wait and watch." 010 pondered and said. Then, his gaze turned to Lin Ye, who was on the top floor of the Reflection Hall.
At this moment, most of the nine-colored clouds had been absorbed.
Lin Ye stood up as a system notification sounded in his mind.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You are the first human lord in history to clear the Reflection Hall in the first round. You are rewarded with 100,000 reputation points!"
100xReward.
"You have obtained 10,000,000 Reputation points."
"Ah, this…" Lin Ye scratched his head.
He was the first 3 times and it only gave him 100,000?
Wasn't this thing too cheap? It should at least give it 1,000,000! How stingy!
He was ridiculed before another wave of rewards crashed down, stunning him.
Chapter 154
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have successfully cleared 10 Levels of the Reflection Hall. An additional reward of 10,000 units of Enlightenment Energy, 10,000 units of Golden Awakening Light, 10,000 drops of your chosen divine water has been rewarded!"
"Note: 10 Enlightenment Energy = 1 Silver Treasure Chest's worth of experience points."
"Golden Awakening Light. By bathing in the golden light, there is a 10% chance of awakening one's talent."
"The four great divine waters are namely, Water of Purification, Mind Dew, Enlightenment's Pool, and Divine Water of Elevation!"
"Water of Purification: Purifies the body and battle aura. Removes impurities and hidden injuries. Restores foundation…"
"Mind Dew: Purifies the mind. Increases mental power and immunity against mental attacks…"
"Enlightenment's Pool: When cultivating, it increases the probability of comprehension and increases the experience points and quality of talents below God Tier…"
"Divine Water of Elevation: Increases the basic attributes of the occupation, enhances overall ability…"
100xReward.
"You have obtained 1,000,000 Enlightenment's Pool, 1,000,000 Golden Awakening Light, 1,000,000 drops of any of the four divine waters!"
"Survivor Lin Ye, please choose whether you wish to receive randomly out of the four divine waters or a single chosen divine water."
"Give me the Enlightenment's Pool!" Lin Ye pondered for a moment and made his choice.
Previously, he had been increasing the experience points of 100xReward. By choosing this, he could at least level up Hint and Heart's Web at the same time.
As soon as he finished speaking, light exploded before his eyes!
The entire tenth level of the Reflection Hall was covered in a dazzling light. The light was so strong that even Guardian 2-10 narrowed their eyes.
"Heavens, what the hell is this talent?!"
"When did the final reward from the Sacred Hall exceed 10,000?"
"Let's not talk about you. I've been a f*cking guardian for hundreds of eras, but I've never seen such a ridiculous reward!"
"This is too sick. A long time ago, the strongest person in that season, Lu… cough cough, his clearing reward was only 10,000! F*ck, this guy is countless times more terrifying than that sicko!"
At this moment, he has been alerted by the massive reward wave.
On the first floor, Guardian 001, who was still chatting with the guardians of the Demon Hall, suddenly raised his head and muttered, "What the hell is going on? 010 doesn't allow me to give hints so how can he give so many rewards?"
With that in mind, he crept back up silently. Just as he reached the entrance, he was frightened by the glaring light and broke out in cold sweat.
Tsk, so crazy?!
Shock appeared in his eyes. He originally thought that 010 and the rest were also optimistic about Lin Ye and secretly increased the reward.
In the end, how was this just a bonus? This completely exceeded their authority by hundreds of times.
"This kid…"
Through the gap in the door, Guardian 001 looked at Lin Ye who was standing in the glaring light with a serious expression.
After some thought, he suddenly smiled.
"We can't be too conservative as humans. Our ancestor has a good saying. It's better to help when needed."
"010 is always too anxious for stability. If this kid really succeeds, who the f*ck will care about him? I'm just a lousy gatekeeper. At most, I'll die."
"Spit, spit, die my a**! Stop jinxing it, I haven't lived enough!"
"Well—I have to come up with a plan. It will both send a very vague message and let this kid know of my goodwill. And I can't let the other Guardians find out…"
…
While 001 was still thinking, Lin Ye was also shocked by the exaggerated reward scene.
"F*ck, so blinding!"
He was so shocked that he quickly took out a pair of Porsche black sunglasses from the Reputation Shop and wore them.
"Oh, I feel a lot better now!"
He walked to the leftmost side and touched the 1,000,000 enlightenment energy with his fingers.
These were pure energy without an owner. With just a thought, he could absorb everything.
According to the explanation, 1,000,000 enlightenment energy was equivalent to 100,000 Silver Treasure Chest's worth of experience points.
In other words, if he could absorb all of them, 100xReward could increase by another level and allow him to directly advance to Level 4.
Heavens, would Level 4 directly remove the probability of Class 2 blue tier equipment appearing?
If that was the case, he would be f*cking invincible!
Thinking of this, Lin Ye was so excited he was going to cry.
The system was still a filial one. They knew that his father's godly talent was difficult to level up and specially tried its best to level it up for him.
"Absorb, absorb it all. I can't let down the system's filial piety!"
Lin Ye shouted, opening his mouth and sucking madly.
Whoosh—
In an instant, like a whale sucking in water.
All the energy transformed into an invisible energy wave that flowed into his body through his mouth.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A strange phenomenon appeared above his head again. The arrival of a divine king, a fairy playing the zither, an immortal holding the roof, a mighty figure preaching…
"F*ck!"
"What did this kid do again?"
"I don't know, don't ask me! It's probably something sick again!"
Guardian 002 – 010 had solemn expressions on their faces. They were so agitated that they didn't want to talk anymore. 𝙡𝙞𝒃𝓻𝒆𝓪𝒅.𝓬𝒐𝒎
At this moment, Zhang Liang and Bai Yitong came up.
Their journey was easy. There was enlightenment energy left behind by Lin Ye at every level.
As long as they could obtain it and refine it, they would be able to clear the level.
However, towards the end, it required one's talent to be awakened to refine the energy. As a result, only Zhang Liang and Bai Yitong were able to reach the tenth level.
"Look, isn't that person Guardian 001?" Zhang Liang gasped.
"I think so. What is he doing sneaking around?"
Bai Yitong adjusted his glasses and walked over curiously.
"Shh!"
Upon hearing footsteps, Guardian 001, who was peeping, suddenly turned around and raised a finger to his mouth.
However, after seeing the two of them, he seemed to have thought of something and his eyes lit up.
"Come over here. I have something to tell you. Be careful with your words and shush!"
Guardian 001 pulled the two of them to a corner. "Blah blah… after you go in, you must tell your lord this. He will understand. Remember, you must say that it was Guardian 010 who told you that."
"Hm?"
"Don't question me. Hurry up and go in. There's not much time left. That guy over there is about to…!"
Boom!
Before he finished speaking, a red tribulation cloud appeared above his head.
Crack—
The scarlet red lightning flickered threateningly as if he dared to say another word, it would send down an apocalyptic tribulation.
"F*ck, how did you f*cking discover me? Are you a dog?!"
Guardian 001 cursed under his breath.
He turned into a wisp of smoke and slipped away.
Bai Yitong and Zhang Liang looked at one another.
Although they did not understand what Guardian 001 meant, it was obvious that the other party was trying to hint at something to their lord.
"Let's go. Don't think about it. Let's go in first."
Bai Yitong gently pushed Zhang Liang and the two of them stepped into Level 10 of the Reflection Hall.
"You're here?"
Lin Ye turned his head and looked at the two of them. Then, his attention landed on his 100xReward talent.
After devouring a large amount of energy, 100xReward's experience bar kept increasing.
Silver Treasure Chest Experience +10,000 ,+10,000 ,+10,000…
About ten seconds later, when the experience bar was full, a notification sounded in his mind.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. The experience bar of your godly talent, 100xReward, is full. It has advanced to Level 4!"
The current information is as follows:
Talent: 100xReward
Innate Quality: Godly
Level: 4 (Equivalent to Level 40 of other talents)
Attributes:
Any reward you get will increase by a hundredfoldRandom Choice, Single time 3% chance of invoking 100xReward againUnder the premise that the maximum number of Treasure Chests have been reached, removes the probability of getting white tier equipment or living suppliesUnder the premise that the maximum number of Treasure Chests have been reached, removes the probability of getting blue tier equipment or living supplies
"Success, I did it! Beautiful!"
After reading the talent's information page, Lin Ye could not help but throw a few punches into the air in excitement.
Whoosh—
The wind from his punches caused the golden awakening light and Enlightenment's Pool to fly everywhere.
"My lord, it hurts. Put it away!"
In the end, Zhang Liang and Bai Yitong suffered. They were all beaten black and blue.
"Sorry, sorry. I got too excited." Lin Ye laughed and raised his hand.
Whoosh—
The light beam landed and stored all the golden awakening light and Enlightenment's Pool into the Huge Meru Ring.
In an instant, Level 10 of the Reflection Hall darkened. For a moment, it made people feel uncomfortable.
Chapter 155
"Lin Ye, work hard. I think highly of you!"
At this moment, Guardian 010, who had been silent, had a rare smile on his face.
He looked at Lin Ye and said with a look of 'deep love', "Promise me that you won't die too early!"
"…"
Lin Ye was speechless.
It feels like you're cursing me. Just saying the first half is enough!
"Ahem…"
The other guardians tugged at their boss awkwardly.
"What are you looking at? I'll tell you frankly." Guardian 10 snorted and retorted Guardian 001's words. With a straight face, he turned around and stepped into the darkness, disappearing without a trace.
If not for a sicko like Lin Ye appearing, he would not have bothered to come out.
"Lin Ye, don't mind him. Our boss is a very proud person. It's your honor to be looked upon well by him." It was unknown which Guardian spoke.
They all looked and dressed the same anyway.
Apart from the brightly-clad 001 and 010, Lin Ye didn't remember the rest.
But there was one thing. These people must have had their brains clipped by a steel plate.
They clearly had good intentions, but why did these words sound so infuriating?
Forget it, they were all fools who had been shut out from the world. He would not stoop to their level.
Lin Ye shook his head and instructed Zhang Liang and Bai Yitong before leaving.
At this moment, there were eight minutes left until the end of the one hour. He wanted to take a look at the other sacred halls and see if he could get another final reward.
"My lord, come here."
Bai Yitong quietly pulled Lin Ye over, and Zhang Liang stood in front of the other guardians. He laughed and said, "Everyone, stop looking. Stop looking, please. If you all are here, it will affect my ability to absorb the energy of the gods. You have to know that I'm also a super genius who is not weaker than our lord. It would be a serious offense if you guys held me back."
"Hurry up and leave. Go back to your own Reflection Space."
As soon as he said that, the other guardians were displeased.
They were the 'masters' of this place. He was just a child. An outsider actually dared to chase us away?
Furthermore, they had been idle for the entire season and were bored to death. They caught Zhang Liang and criticized him.
"You? No weaker than Lord Lin Ye? You're really courting death!"
"Little kid, you're so ordinary, but why are you so confident?"
"In my eyes, you're not even as good as the dirty scabs that your lord washed off. Trash!"
"Young man, don't bite off more than you can chew. You must learn from your lord's… cough cough, talent!"
…
Ignoring the commotion, Bai Yitong said in a low voice, "My lord, Guardian… Guardian 010 asked me to tell you that the southwest direction ten thousand meters away is a good place." 𝒍𝒊𝙗𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅.𝓬𝒐𝓶
"Southwest direction? Ten thousand meters away?"
Lin Ye frowned. What the hell? He glanced at Bai Yitong. "That's all?"
"That's all. He said you would understand." Bai Yitong shrugged.
"I would know about it… hm?"
Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind. It was familiar, but he could not remember what it was.
What was it again?
At this moment, Heart's Web shifted. However, with the Reflection Hall isolating him, he was unable to understand the situation outside for the time being.
However, after this shift, he suddenly realized something.
"F*ck! Ten thousand meters southwest, could it be Song Kuaidi?!"
"Mm, it should be correct. Hints have been detected by him before. That was where Song Kuaidi was at."
"010… pfft. 010 was there at the scene just now. Obviously, it was 001."
"For him to hint at the location of Song Kuaidi in the southwest, what is his meaning behind that?"
"Is it because of Xu Yuan? Xu Yuan was with him too? Not bad, 001 actually guessed that Xu Yuan's talent is important to me? Is he trying to lick my boots?!"
"I'll take it as that. Who asked me to be so wise and powerful? Ladies blushed when they saw me. Men get ashamed when they see me. It's normal for him to support me. If I inferred correctly, well, it might be true. There are clones for the four sacred halls so he most likely has them as well…"
"He has already seen Xu Yuan. Then, he asked Bai Yitong to inform me… Could it mean that Xu Yuan wanted to escape?"
"That can't be. I've already gotten The Gang to send an army of more than ten thousand to surround that Reflection Hall. Can they escape amidst the ten thousand soldiers?"
In an instant, Lin Ye made many connections.
"Tsk!"
"001 won't make something out of nothing. Xu Yuan probably has some special method to escape from the army!"
Thinking of this, Lin Ye became excited.
A Luck Talent. Damn, you've finally opened my eyes.
At this moment, he forgot about the Four Sacred Halls.
"Bai Yitong, I'll be going first. Do as you see fit."
With that, he threw down hundreds of Enlightenment's Pools to help them achieve enlightenment. Perhaps it could help them to clear Level 10 of the trial.
As soon as he finished speaking, he directly leaped out from the window of Level 10 of the Reflection Hall. As his figure descended,
Swish—
Golden battle aura wings spread out on his back. He flapped his wings and quickly charged towards the southwest.
After he left, the Enlightenment Hall fell into a calm state. After witnessing Lin Ye's terrifying talent, they did not have the slightest interest in Zhang Liang and Bai Yi.
All of them returned to their respective homes. They either closed their eyes to rest or sat down cross-legged to cultivate.
Of course, there were two exceptions. On the top floor of the Reflection Hall, the figures of 001 and 010 appeared.
Looking at Lin Ye's back view as he left, 010 sighed and said, "If you want to court death yourself, why did you have to involve me? Who knows what background that Xu Yuan has? Does he have the support of a big shot, for him to be able to awaken by himself before the arrival of the Four Sacred Halls, it must be either his talent or his background?"
"Don't forget the reason why we became guardians even with the combined strength of us two brothers! You are really getting more muddled the more you live."
"Why don't you think of it the other way around?"
001 was unmoved. He said with a smile, "I feel that this guy is a little fierce. He's much stronger than us back then. Moreover, we've all become Guardians. As long as it doesn't involve top secrets, what can they do to us? If they can do it, get them to send down lightning to kill me."
Rumble!
He didn't know if it was because of him, but there was really a clap of thunder above his head.
"F*ck you!"
001 cursed under his breath and looked at the sky guiltily. After a moment, he patted his chest and said, "It's fortunate. The deities are boundless!"
"Control yourself. Otherwise, you'll die because of your lousy mouth sooner or later."
010 glared at him and said sternly, "Don't go too far. If I didn't cover for you just now, those words would have been enough to send ten bolts of primordial lightning down. Even if they don't kill you, it will cripple you."
"Screech—"
001 sucked in a breath. "Ten strikes of lightning. What the hell, I didn't say anything, did I?"
"Didn't say anything? Hmph."
010 gave him a sidelong glance. "You can count your blessings."
With that, he turned and left.
"F*ck, I felt a chill down my spine. Who's staring at me?"
001 glanced around the room from the corner of his eye but did not find anything. However, that made him even more anxious.
Rascal, I've suffered greatly because of you.
If you don't make me a king or something when you rise up in the future, I'll fight you to the death.
He cursed and swore inwardly.
His figure fused with the reflection space, but his mind instantly landed on the avatar in the Reflection Hall in the southwest.
At this moment, Lin Ye was about to reach after flying.
Along the way, he drank the Enlightenment Pool's crazily and rapidly increased the experience points of Heart's Web and Hint.
Chapter 156
Heart's Web+1000, Heart's Web+1000…
Hint +500 , Hint +500…
"F*ck, the consumption of a top talent is twice that of an advanced talent!"
Lin Ye cursed under his breath as he drank bottle by bottle. The Enlightenment's Pool was rapidly depleted.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Heart's Web has leveled up. The current level is 17. Quality has increased to Advanced Superior. It is estimated that after drinking another 300,000 drops of Enlightenment's Pool, you will be able to break through the shackles of your innate foundation of talent and advance to top talent."
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Hint has leveled up. The current level is 15. Quality has increased to top-notch middle-grade. It is estimated that after drinking another 1,000,000 drops of Enlightenment's Pool that it can increase to top-notch top-grade."
"Burp ~ ~ ~ ~ ~"
"He was full from drinking…"
Lin Ye burped and could no longer drink.
He then extinguished the thought of continuing to level up.
It was pretty good to go back and use Enlightenment's Pool for tea so that he could enjoy it while leveling up.
Even so, his gains were huge.
Heart's Web broke through and leveled up seven times in a row. At the same time, the number of people connected to the Heart's Web and its range increased tenfold.
It could connect at least 120 people at a time.
Even outside the territory, his basic number had reached 1,000. The effect was outstanding.
Hint was even more gratifying and he gained five extra enhancement points.
But he didn't have time to think about which to add for the time being. Lin Ye could only look away from the talent page and add it when he had time.
Looking at the flames in the distance, Heart's Web stretched out.
Whoosh—
Heart's Web at level 17 was fast.
The waves spread and instantly connected with the 120 loyalists.
At this moment, the loyalists who had stayed behind at the different places sent him messages, stating that they had gained a lot.
After a rough calculation, the descent of the four sacred halls in his territory, 𝓁𝘪𝑏𝑟ℯ𝒶𝑑.𝑐ℴ𝘮
by relying on their numbers and equipment, 99% of them were occupied by them. There were a total of 89 sacred halls.
The total number of his people who entered was 8,898 people, missing two people.
It was because Xu Yuan and Song Kuaidi had relied on their talents to occupy the two spots.
Listening to the information given to him, combined with the information from Guardian 001, Lin Ye turned his attention to the southwest.
As expected, from the perspective of a loyalist, a green figure flew out from the distant Reflection Hall.
"What is that?" Lin Ye was slightly surprised.
From the looks of it, it looked like a tricycle? A spirit vehicle? Song Kuaidi's talent?
Interesting. He was just like his name.
Lin Ye could not help but laugh.
Inside the tricycle was a middle-aged man who looked unfamiliar.
He had never seen Xu Yuan before. For Fan Jianqiang's order last time, they only chatted through the chat box for customers on the market page.
However, he could vaguely sense that this person was extraordinary.
"Hint: Xu Yuan, Yes/No!"
His gaze landed on the middle-aged man as he secretly used karma prediction.
"Yes!"
Hints after the upgrade were indeed awesome. Through karma prediction, he instantly confirmed the identity of the unfamiliar man.
"Hahaha, it's really Xu Yuan. Brothers, capture them for me!"
Lin Ye roared through Heart's Web and flapped his wings desperately as he chased after them.
On the other side, opposite the Sacred Hall, Te Gang received Lin Ye's orders and waved his arm.
"All of my brothers, pay attention. Our Lord has ordered us to capture these two traitors and would reward us handsomely!"
"Rangers, shoot them first. We don't care if they live or die!"
With that, he shouted and led a group of people to pounce on the tricycle which was filled with green light.
In the car, looking at the bonfires everywhere and the figures who were charging over, Xu Yuan's expression was terrifyingly dark.
"Damn it, what happened? We were surrounded the moment we came out. My rangers all ran away. Damn it!"
He cursed wildly and looked at courier Song Kuaidi. He asked suspiciously, "Little Song, did you expose yourself?"
"How is that possible? I've only interacted with Liu Gang. Moreover, his territory is more than ten thousand meters away from Lin Ye's. Lin Ye is so bored that he specially came here to catch him. Brother Xu, are you suspecting me?" Song Kuaidi said unhappily as he dodged the arrows.
"I didn't have the intention to blame you. Forget it. We've been brothers for more than ten years. Don't hurt our relationship. Think about how to escape first." Xu Yuan's eyes glinted coldly.
At this point, he didn't trust anyone, especially not Song Kuaidi. He hadn't told anyone about Lin Ye.
Only Song Kuaidi knew. Unless Lin Ye had the foresight, why would he spend so much effort to capture him?
"Don't worry. I don't have any other abilities but am very versed in escaping." Song Delivery's face was filled with confidence. At the instant, Te Gang and the others were about to hit the green tricycle while riding the Gale Wolf,
Whoosh—
The void paused for a moment. With a swish, a green shadow flashed past, as if it had passed through Te Gang and the rest, appearing behind them.
Swoon!
The engine roared and brought the two of them out from the flank.
"Traveling through space?!" The Gang was shocked.
Lin Ye, who was thousands of meters away, was also shocked.
He could tell that Song Kuaidi's talent was average, probably around Level 6 or 7.
However, the effect of the skill was too ridiculous. It could actually freeze space for a moment and instantly teleport.
This was ridiculous.
"Snatch it! I must get it!"
His face was filled with excitement. Although it was exaggerated, he had the Lord's Skin.
At the highest level, it was said to be able to transform the appearance of a mount.
When the time came, he would transform the tricycle into a Ferrari or a Rolls-Royce.
When it was activated, it could ignore collisions, terrain, time, and space…
Adding a pretty lady with a bikini top on the front passenger seat. Just the thought of it was exciting!
Not to mention that there was a luck-type talent there too.
Seeing this, Lin Ye's heart itched and he immediately activated his battle aura.
Bang!
Air exploded as his speed increased.
With a few leaps, he flew a hundred meters above Xu Yuan and Song Kuaidi.
"Xu Yuan, Song Kuaidi, surrender yourselves and I might consider letting you off!" He laughed loudly. The sound wave spread out, sounding especially loud in the night, causing a large number of zombies to appear in the dark fog.
Unfortunately, there were tens of thousands of soldiers guarding this place.
Before these zombies could display their might, they were surrounded and killed by soldiers whose numbers far exceeded theirs.
"F*ck, it's really Lin Ye!"
Xu Yuan gritted his teeth and looked at Song Kuaidi's back with a flash of hatred.
At this moment, even if it had nothing to do with Song Kuaidi, he silently agreed that the other party was incompetent.
Otherwise, with his luck and talent, how could he be so unlucky?
The worst part was that after entering the Reflection Hall, his luck talent had been blocked.
He did not sense any danger, causing him to be careless.
"Brother, what should we do!" Song Kuaidi pissed his pants.
Lin Ye's flying speed was too fast. Even his spirit vehicle talent could not compare to him.
In another ten seconds, once they fell into Lin Ye's attack range.
Both of them were doomed.
After all, there was a range and number of times which he could use a bug like teleportation.
"Don't be anxious. I have my ways."
Xu Yuan took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
At this moment, the more they panic, the worse it will get.
Whoosh!
The next moment, the thick luck spirit snake on his arm raised its head and pointed towards the haunted house in the south.
Chapter 157
"The way out is towards the Haunted House?"
Xu Yuan narrowed his eyes as hesitation flashed across his face.
He had passed by that Haunted House before. It was strange and much scarier than other Haunted Houses.
Unless necessary, he did not want to go over.
"Brother, say something!" Song Kuaidi's voice was trembling with a sobbing tone.
He was just a coward. Even if he descended to the underworld and coincidentally awakened his Spirit Vehicle talent,
he had no offensive power which was why he wasn't courageous.
When he encountered a favorable situation, he would definitely win so he became arrogant.
However, when he encountered a tough obstacle, his mind would go blank and he would be easily distracted.
This was similar to Lin Ye's subordinate, Wang Qiang. He was as fierce as a tiger on good days and as lousy as a dog on bad ones!
"To the Haunted House in the south. Hurry!" Xu Yuan gritted his teeth.
At this moment, he couldn't care too much. He could only place all his hopes on his trust in his talent.
Furthermore…
He turned around, his pupils glowing with golden light.
This was the advanced version of the Eye of Luck. He looked at the night sky through the window of the spirit vehicle.
Roar—
A dazzling golden silhouette of a dragon appeared, and its intense light caused blood to bleed from his eyes.
Xu Yuan was extremely shocked.
During the day, he realized that Lin Ye's luck had changed drastically.
Two times in a row, if it wasn't a propitious omen from the east suppressing everything within a thousand kilometers, then it was the luck of a dragon that all clans paid their respects to. Strange scenes were appearing everywhere.
And now, although his luck was still like a dragon, the difference was not small.
Previously, his luck was like a dragon but it was only superficial. To put it bluntly, it was like an advanced version of his lucky spirit snake.
As long as he was given some time, he could nurture his lucky spirit to that stage.
But now, after a few hours, his transformation from the boost from the four sacred halls,
Lin Ye's luck was like a dragon. In his eyes, it could be described as a golden dragon of luck.
The surface of the dragon's body could condense crystalline dragon scales that emitted a trace of spiritual energy.
If this continued, it would not be long before a spiritual dragon spirit was actually born.
Upon seeing this, Xu Yuan drooled.
Unfortunately, this kind of feeling could not be shared with others. Only he, who had obtained the Eye of Luck, could enjoy it.
"In this life, if I could have a share of that, I will be able to die in peace!"
He let out a deep sigh inwardly.
Boom!
At this moment, a terrifying grenade flew through the air and landed three meters away from the spirit vehicle before exploding.
The rocks that exploded caused green light to flash outside the spirit vehicle.
"Ahhh, it hurts so much!"
Numerous wounds appeared on Song Kuaidi's face and body. The spirit vehicle shared the same body as him.
If the spirit vehicle was damaged, his main body would suffer the same wounds.
This was still considered good. If it wasn't for the enhancement from the Reflection Hall which greatly increased his talent, just the high explosive grenade from before would have been enough…
…to blow his entire vehicle up. He would truly become a spirit then.
"Hold on!"
Xu Yuan gritted his teeth.
He took out five earth yellow talismans from his spatial ring and stuck them on the vehicle's window.
Whoosh—
A moment later, a few earth attribute energy shields were activated to protect the carriage.
However, every few explosions, a talisman would shatter.
Xu Yuan felt his heartache.
These spirit talismans and interspatial rings were obtained from the secret land he found through the Eye of Luck.
Unfortunately, that secret place was too dangerous for him to enter deeply.
"This time, as long as I can get out alive, even if I'm in danger of dying, I'll do my best! I'll go and snatch all the treasures in the secret land!" 𝙡𝙞𝒃𝓻𝒆𝓪𝒅.𝓬𝒐𝒎
Xu Yuan roared furiously in his heart.
He had had enough of the pain of slowly developing. Without Lin Ye, he might have been content with what he had.
But…
Every time he was far away, he would see the other party's soaring luck through his Eye of Luck.
The envy and jealousy in his heart could burn him until he lost his mind.
Rumble!
When another three high explosive grenades came into contact with the spirit vehicle, it blew up 5 talismans in a go.
"Ah!"
Song Kuaidi screamed in pain and fell to the ground, rolling more than ten meters away.
After all, it was only a Level 1 talent. Against a one-time use purple tier weapon, it could not withstand a single blow.
Whoosh—
The spirit vehicle lost its owner's control and disappeared.
Xu Yuan was also sent flying, but he was much stronger than Song Kuaidi.
He was still wearing a Class 3 Purple Tier Armor. Even though he was thrown far away as well, he only sustained minor abrasions and nothing serious.
"Brother Xu, my leg is injured. Come and save me. We're brothers. Let's escape together!"
Song Kuaidi shouted for help.
He fell to the ground, the flesh on his left leg bloody. He clearly couldn't run anymore.
Xu Yuan glanced at him coldly and scolded, "Trash!"
Then, in his disbelief, he suddenly threw out a flying dagger and aimed it at the area between Song Kuaidi's eyebrows.
Clang—
Lin Ye had long discovered his motive. He took out his Desert Eagle and fired two shots.
With his elite sharpshooter skills and Heart's Web, one-shot redirected the dagger, and the other shot hit the back of Xu Yuan's head.
Swish—
Xu Yuan staggered as an earthen-yellow spiritual shield appeared at the back of his head. The shield blocked the bullet.
Although he had escaped death, a crack appeared on his spiritual shield.
"F*ck!"
Xu Yuan cursed crazily and ran towards the Haunted House. After such a long time, he finally made it.
At the same time, the zombies in the Haunted House also smelled the scent of humans and charged out crazily.
"You want to make use of the zombies to escape?"
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes, deeply understanding how difficult it was to deal with this fellow. He was seeking death.
Be it courage or cunning, he was weaker than the Treasure Giving Boy who he met previously.
If he had not rushed over personally, with Xu Yuan's ability and Song Kuaidi's talent of spirit vehicle,
Perhaps Te Gang and the others really could not stop him.
Unfortunately, there were no ifs.
At this moment, Xu Yuan was already within his attack range.
"Don't you have a lot of shields? I'll shoot you until you're ridden with holes!"
As he spoke, Lin Ye took out a Class 4 Silver Tier weapon and used his Combat Monarch's battle aura.
The golden Great Sage Battle Aura condensed into the Phoenix Spear as a golden glow.
Swish!
The next moment, the spear pierced through the air and instantly hit Xu Yuan's back from afar.
Crack—
Seven to eight spiritual shields were shattered in succession.
In the end, the treasure was used up.
Under Xu Yuan's incredulous gaze, the Phoenix Spear pierced through his stomach and nailed him to the ground.
Cough cough…
He coughed out large mouthfuls of blood, his heart turning cold.
The zombies in front were already close by, and behind him was Lin Ye.
He was dead meat.
As expected, an extremely fast Level 3 supervisor zombie suddenly jumped.
It jumped onto Xu Yuan first and bit his neck.
Splatter—
Blood was everywhere.
"Hehe—"
Xu Yuan let out a slight roar as if he wanted to vent the anger in his heart.
He was unwilling to accept this. He had clearly awakened such a powerful talent. Why did he end up like this?
Gasp!
However, the zombies didn't care about what he felt. With a few thuds, he died.
"You want to steal my kill? Scram!"
Lin Ye flapped his wings of battle aura and flipped his body in the air.
Like a wind blade, it cut the zombies surrounding Xu Yuan's corpse into two.
His figure flashed and descended before Xu Yuan's corpse as he searched it.
Soon, his eyes lit up.
Chapter 158
"You have obtained a Luck Plundering Fragment!"
100xReward.
100 Luck Plunder Fragments!A complete Luck Plunder Talent Crystal!Random Talent Crystal [Able to remove the probability of a basic talent appearing (optional)]
"Luck plunder?"
Lin Ye raised his eyebrows. Alright, it was slightly different from what he thought, it didn't really matter either.
Something that could catch the attention of Hint should be of top quality.
Thinking of this, he made his choice.
" I choose option 2!"
Whoosh—
A tri-colored crystal enveloped in light appeared in front of him.
"Keep it!"
Lin Ye absorbed it and it immediately acknowledged him as its master.
The talent information was as follows:
Talent: Luck Plundering
Quality: Top Middle
Level: 1
Skill: Eye of Luck: Divine Eyes possesses the ability to see through the luck of everything in the world, to observe the air, to search for treasures, and to understand people.
Plunder: Kill a person or get them to submit as a loyalist for you to obtain the other party's luck. The more luck you have, the stronger your fate, luck, charisma, etc.
"It's good, a luck-related talent."
After reading the summary, Lin Ye heaved a sigh of relief.
Whoosh—
Suddenly, a golden light flashed across his eyes.
A golden and dazzling golden dragon of luck could be seen rising from his head. It looked lively and lifelike.
At the same time, the corpse of Xu Yuan that died at his feet revealed an extremely weakened spirit snake that was staring at him venomously.
"Spirit of Luck?"
Lin Ye's eyes lit up. He grinned and said, "Since your master is dead, you can follow suit. Plunder!"
He spread his fingers, and an astonishing devouring power appeared.
Swish! Swish!
In an instant, this spirit snake of luck disintegrated into countless fine threads of luck, as if they were fusing into the golden dragon above Lin Ye's head.
With every bit more, the dragon scales on the golden dragon would glow a tiny bit brighter.
"Mm—feels good!"
Lin Ye let out a shudder as if he had been liberated from something. His entire body felt great.
Tap-tap-tap…
At this moment, a large number of zombies surrounded him.
The leader was actually a short fellow with white hair and skin, looking like a human child.
He even looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.
"Hm?"
Apart from that, Lin Ye was shocked to discover that…
…the light beam of luck on the top of this little zombie's head was quite bright.
It had to be known that for ordinary zombies, even if they were Level 3 or 4, not to mention good luck, they had f*cking bad luck.
Their heads were filled with black venomous energy.
But this zombie child that looked like a human was completely different.
In his eyes, he was like an incandescent lamp in the dark, too conspicuous.
"There are really all kinds of monsters and ghosts in this day and age. Even zombies have luck. Is there still any justice in this world!"
Lin Ye ridiculed and casually took out his Phoenix Spear from Xu Yuan's corpse.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
A series of spear shadows exploded, killing dozens of zombies that attacked him first.
Then, he kicked Xu Yuan's corpse into the hole created by the grenade with a single kick.
He stomped on the ground, and the soil at the edge instantly collapsed, covering the corpse.
Upon seeing this, the eyes of the little zombie which was protected by the myriad corpses revealed confusion.
These humans were clearly enemies who killed each other.
But why did he have to risk being surrounded by the zombie wave to bury that corpse?
With its degraded intelligence, it was unable to understand Lin Ye's actions.
What a strange fellow!
It muttered under its breath, but Lin Ye, who had leveled up Heart's Web could hear it clearly.
"F*ck, zombies can talk?"
He was shocked. Other than Zombie King Jiang Chen that he had interacted with before, this was the first time he had seen a talking zombie on land.
In addition to the bright light from his luck, Lin Ye's heart was itching. 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝑟𝘦𝘢𝒹.𝘤𝑜𝓂
He immediately had the thought of knocking the little fellow unconscious and taking him away. This kind of zombie was too rare.
"My lord, there are too many zombies. Their levels are high too. Let's retreat first."
Not far away, Tru had just grabbed the injured Song Kuaidi and threw him onto the back of the Wind Wolf as he called out from afar.
"You guys retreat first. I'll cover you." Lin Ye waved his hand. He saw it too.
The more powerful the Haunted Houses were, the more Level 4 Venomous Zombies there were.
Level 3 Supervisor Zombies and Level 2 Swift Zombies were even more numerous.
In addition to the strange little guy, this was at least a six or seven-star Haunted House.
At this moment, the 10,000 soldiers guarding this place were mostly newly recruited.
Most of them were wearing Class 2 blue weapons and free equipment. Some of them were even white-skinned. Their combat power was too weak.
He had no choice. There were too many of them, and they were running out of time, so Lin Ye didn't have time to get them all armed.
As for the tens of thousands of soldiers, they were still suppressing the thieves and robbers from trying to sneak into the sacred halls in the other three directions.
In this situation, if they continued to fight head-on, not only would they fail to win, but a large number of people would also die.
This was absolutely unacceptable for Lord Lin with OCD.
"Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!"
After hearing Lin Ye's message, Te Gang immediately organized his team and retreated back to their territory.
Meanwhile, the densely packed zombies behind were taken down by Lin Ye. His entire body was filled with the aura of a Great Sage, emitting a powerful blood qi.
In the eyes of the zombies, it was like a huge piece of beef that had fallen into the pile of stray dogs. They immediately swarmed over.
On the other hand, Lin Ye was fearless. He activated the tycoon's wrist guard and the King's Armor for it to release the special effect of the Lord's Descent. While weakening the zombies below Level 4, he raised a second shield layer and finally combined it with the battle aura wings of the Great Sage.
He was like a god of war, slaughtering his way into the zombie horde alone, fighting a bloody battle.
Gasp!
Spear shadows filled the sky, leaving corpses everywhere.
After sweeping through more than ten waves, he felt that his battle aura was starting to run out.
The wings on Lin Ye's back flapped and he flew into the air, rapidly absorbing the battle aura within the tycoon's wrist guard.
He was instantly back at full health again. At the same time, he activated Heart's Web and immediately found a Level 4 Venomous Zombie hidden in the zombie crowd.
Swish! Swish!
He casually threw down a dozen or so high explosive grenades.
Rumble!
A terrifying explosion rang out, mixed with a large amount of dark green venom. Everything within a 50-meter radius was instantly cleared.
"Stop!"
Just as Lin Ye was having a good time killing, the little zombie in the zombie crowd became angry.
Although it didn't like its stupid subordinates, they were still its people. This hateful human killed so many of its subordinates without a word.
He didn't take him seriously at all.
With a furious roar, two canine teeth appeared at the corner of its mouth, and its pupils turned into a shade of light green.
"F*ck! It's you!" Lin Ye was shocked and delighted.
He had seen a kid in this state before.
Before the arrival of the Four Sacred Halls, he had spied on the information leaked by his subordinates when Heart's Web and Hint leveled up.
From there, he followed the clues and found this little zombie.
He remembered that this little fellow seemed to be hiding a map to the Ancient Ruins.
Swish!
The angry little fellow was very fast.
He stepped on the head of a zombie subordinate and curled up into a ball, flipping through the air like a football.
He flew through the air and slammed into the shield raised by the tycoon's wrist guard.
Clang—
Sparks flew everywhere and the situation was in a stalemate for a moment.
"Aiyah!"
The little guy screamed miserably and was instantly sent flying by the recoil.
Lin Ye had a strange expression. He glanced to his left and saw that there were cracks on the energy shield.
Although it recovered instantly, it was enough to show how terrifying this little fellow was.
The tycoon's wrist guard was filled with thousands of units of battle aura.
According to the description, this thing would not break unless its energy was depleted.
But just now, its defense was actually almost broken by a little Level 4 zombie?
It was impossible for it to have been a brute force. Perhaps it was some kind of special ability.
This guy was full of surprises!
Lin Ye smiled.
Catch it, snatch the map to the Ancient Ruins, and bring it back to study it. If he could find a way to control the zombies,
He would use zombies to destroy the Haunted House and catch the zombies off guard.
In the end, he would lead Lin Clan's army into the battlefield and massacre the remaining zombies there. Wouldn't that be wonderful?
"Bastard, I'm going to kill you!"
On the other side, the green-eyed zombie touched the huge bump on its head and was about to explode with anger.
A green glow appeared around it. It was similar to the energy of Song Kuaidi but fundamentally different.
He formed a seal and placed two fingers on his temple.
The next moment, his gaze landed on Lin Ye.
"You are a chicken. You are a chicken. You are a chicken…"
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"You're a chicken…"
The little zombie muttered under its breath, and strange runes flew out of its mouth.
His speed was extremely fast. He even ignored the three layers of defense that Lin Ye had – the tycoon's wrist guard, battle aura shield, and King's Armor and instantly entered Lin Ye's body.
"Aiyo—"
Lin Ye let out a strange cry. He felt this strange energy, which seemed to be only at Class 4, running rampant in his body, even wanting to invade his sea of consciousness.
"A mental attack?"
He raised his eyebrows, shook his head, and chuckled. "Useless kid. I have an Invincible Heart. Mental attacks below Level 5 are useless against me."
"Nonsense! This is my…" The green-eyed zombie pouted.
As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes widened.
Kacha—
The special ability that entered Lin Ye's body shattered and was swallowed by something else.
"Bleh!"
The spell technique was broken, and the green-eyed zombie was instantly injured, looking a little dispirited.
After losing in one move, it wailed loudly, almost making Lin Ye laugh.
"Little fellow, follow me. When we return to the territory, I'll give you a pig blood cake." Lin Ye revealed an expression that he thought was incomparably kind.
"No, you're a big baddie! Little ones, beat him up!"
Seeing that he could not win in a one-on-one fight, the little zombie decisively escaped back to the zombie crowd.
As he controlled the sea of zombies to attack Lin Ye, he ran toward the Haunted House's base without looking back.
As he ran, he cried loudly, "Brother Tianyou, a bastard is bullying me! Sobs, help me, my brain is about to be smashed ~ ~"
"…"
Lin Ye was speechless. F*ck, you were the one who was hitting me the entire time. I haven't even fought back.
Forget it, what was the point of arguing with a kid? Seize him.
The wings on his back flapped.
Boom! It took off on the spot.
Zombies piled up under his feet as he charged forward.
With the protection of the tycoon's wrist guard, they were not only unable to do anything, they even suffered from the bombardment of several high explosive grenades from Lin Ye.
When he flew into the night sky, the zombies lost their target. The remaining zombies instantly froze on the spot.
As for Lin Ye, he was like an eagle soaring through the sky, targeting the little zombie.
Even though he was currently blocked by the dark fog and his Heart's Web was unable to see through it, his Eye of Luck was extremely powerful.
It could ignore the fog, and the little zombie was the best kind of guiding light in his eyes.
Swish!
His body soared through the air. The moment the little zombie was about to escape into the Haunted House, he grabbed its neck.
Like an iron clamp, he grabbed it. When he was preparing to fly away…
"Wait!"
Suddenly, a deep voice came from the Haunted House's teleportation array.
"Hm?" Lin Ye narrowed his eyes.
Good heavens, the other party's aura had locked onto him. It felt not even a bit inferior to the Zombie King Jiang Chen.
Of course, he was not afraid. With the restriction of the rules, even someone as strong as Zombie King Jiang Chen couldn't do anything to him last time.
Instead, he sacrificed 2% of his 'divine blood' to increase the difficulty of the zombie wave.
But this guy…
Thinking of Jiang Chen's words and the note about the little zombie in the archive, he instantly guessed who was behind the teleportation array.
The one guarding the Lonely Forest, the Zombie King in the southern region—Yang Tianyou.
At the same time, he was the mortal enemy of Zombie King Jiang Chen.
Hehehe…
At this moment, the tens of thousands of zombies that had lost their target realized that the damn human actually dared to invade the Haunted House and charged over crazily.
"Scram!"
However, before they could approach, an extremely domineering shout came from the teleportation array.
The spreading sound waves had no effect on Lin Ye.
But to these zombies, it was no different from a clap of thunder in their ears. Their survival instincts made them flee like rats.
Soon, the zombies near the Haunted House were all gone.
"Human, do you mind coming in for a chat?" Yang Tianyou asked in a deep voice.
"I'm all ears." Lin Ye was fearless as he walked in.
Previously, he had benefited from Jiang Chen. He wanted to see if he could get anything useful from Yang Tianyou this time.
Whoosh—
A moment later, a blood-colored projection appeared above the teleportation array.
Lin Ye glanced at it and frowned slightly.
Compared to the bloodthirsty Jiang Chen, this one looked a little malnourished.
His face was pale. He was comparable to the little zombie, but it was strange. His blood was so weak, yet he could still fight against Jiang Chen.
With this in mind, he tried to activate his Eye of Luck.
"F*ck!"
The next moment, his eyes were in pain and they almost bled.
"This strong?" He quickly put on his sunglasses, disbelief was written all over his face.
A zombie was better than him in terms of luck.
However, the difference was that he was a golden dragon of luck, while the other party was a strange green beast.
"Eye of Luck? Interesting, to think that it's a person with multiple talents." Yang Tianyou was surprised.
But when he thought about it, if this person wasn't one of the best amongst humans, it would be impossible for him to capture his brother alive at this moment.
The two of them looked at each other for a moment, as if trying to memorize each other's looks and aura.
After a moment, Yang Tianyou spoke up, "Human, you've captured my resurrected brother because you want to obtain the treasure. If you're willing to let him go, I can give you an incomparably precious map of the Ancient Ruins."
"Perhaps you don't know about the map of the Ancient Ruins. It's filled with treasures and knowledge of the lost civilizations. Obtain and conquer to obtain all the wealth of that ancient ruins. There's even hope of rebuilding civilization…"
He spoke for a few minutes, but Lin Ye did not interrupt.
In fact, he wanted to know more about the ancient ruins, but no one else had the right to know.
Fortunately, he obtained what he wanted from the mouths of the two zombie kings.
Without a doubt, the remains were similar to dungeons in the Tower of Secret Dimensions.
However, one was a large dungeon while the other was a small one.
They were all treasures and legacies of lost civilizations. Each of them was incomparably precious.
Most importantly, the Ancient Ruins were tied to a secret.
Before Yang Tianyou could say this secret, the red lightning bolt above his head answered for him.
Bang! Bang! 𝓵𝒊𝒃𝙧𝙚𝒂𝓭.𝓬𝙤𝙢
Just like Jiang Chen previously, he was instantly struck until he bled profusely.
Seeing this, Lin Ye did not pursue the matter.
However, he still shook his head. "It's not enough, far from enough. Do you think I don't know that the map of ancient ruins is with the little zombie? It's my spoils of war now, so the map of ancient ruins on it naturally belongs to me."
"You!"
Yang Tianyou frowned and thought for a moment. He sniffed the air with his nose and suddenly said, "You've met Jiang Chen? That's right, this map of ancient ruins was snatched from him. It's reasonable for him to tell you, but… Oh, good lad, how did you offend him? He sure put in a lot of effort. He even used his divine blood. If he placed a blood curse on you, the power of the zombie wave would increase by several times."
"How about this? If you let my brother go, I'll help you undo it."
"No need. In two days, I still have to find him to strengthen the curse again. A zombie wave of this difficulty is not even enough to fill the gaps between my teeth." Lin Ye shook his head and refused.
"…" Yang Tianyou was speechless.
He had seen arrogant people, but he had never seen such an arrogant fellow.
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"Then, what do you want to let my brother go?" Yang Tianyou asked with a grim expression.
"Information. Information that is of value to me. Also, zombie manipulation techniques. It's best if it could be used on a large scale."
Lin Ye said without hesitation.
"Information…"
Yang Tianyou pondered for a moment and looked at Lin Ye. He said truthfully, "Although I know a lot of things, I can't clearly say it to you. You should understand how terrifying the power of law is. Therefore, for now, I can only tell you what you should know."
"Tell me about the information first. I will determine its value myself." Lin Ye looked calm on the surface, but he was excited inwardly.
These zombie kings were all unfathomable. Any information revealed would be enough for him to drool.
"I know of a Level 3 Treasure Cave nearby. Inside it are large numbers of sandalwood treasure chests, bronze treasure chests, and silver treasure chests. There might even be a gold treasure chest in there. With your strength, it shouldn't be difficult for you to enter. However, how good the treasure is depends on your luck. I can give you the coordinates. Is that enough?"
"No, it's not enough."
"It's just a Level 3 Treasure Cave. You should understand that with my current status, just opening the only market page of the human race has allowed me to obtain treasure chests that far surpass the numbers in the treasure cave. If there are more than five Treasure Caves, I can consider it."
Lin Ye sounded like he didn't care, but he was actually overjoyed.
A treasure cave was good, and it was a Level 3 one at that.
Previously, Zhan Mingyue must have gotten her treasure chests from a treasure cave.
From her tone, she seemed to have more than what she said.
That was even better!
His current 100xReward had already been upgraded to Level 4. He could exclude himself from obtaining Class 1 and 2 equipment. In other words, the probability of getting Class 4 and above equipment from opening sandalwood treasure chests and bronze treasure chests was extremely high.
Once he could find a few treasure caves, he would be able to take flight even without the market page.
"Young man, you're a smart person. You should understand the logic of a snake trying to swallow an elephant when it is unable to. Don't go too far." Yang Tianyou frowned.
"Haha, I'm sorry. How can I be called a young man if I'm not greedy?" Lin Ye smiled with narrowed eyes.
He looked fearlessly into Yang Tianyou's blood-red zombie king eyes.
"Quite brave. I admire you, Lin Ye. I'll remember your name." Yang Tianyou looked deeply at Lin Ye.
"Brother Tianyou, save me quickly. This bastard is hurting me!"
At this moment, the small green-eyed zombie came to its senses and struggled desperately, not forgetting to ask Yang Tianyou for help.
"Who are you calling a bastard!"
Lin Ye was furious and gave the little zombie a smack on its head.
"Sobs—Brother Tianyou, this bastard hit me again."
The little zombie was in so much pain that tears flowed down its face. Its four limbs that were in the air shook desperately, trying to break free from Lin Ye's clutches.
"Yo, what a stubborn fellow. You dare to curse again!"
Lin Ye sneered.
Thud thud thud—
Another three consecutive smacks left three large bumps on its head.
This time, the little zombie finally learned its lesson. It stared at Lin Ye with its large, watery eyes, staring fiercely at him. Its mouth was pursed but it didn't dare to say another word.
On the other side of the teleportation array, Zombie King Yang Tianyou was dumbfounded.
What the hell were these two doing?
Then, he seemed to have thought of something.
He narrowed his eyes at Lin Ye and then at his brother.
Mm, this didn't seem too bad?
Thinking of that, Yang Tianyou couldn't help but smile.
"What are you smiling at?" Lin Ye asked curiously, having been observing him.
"It's nothing. I just find it interesting. If you think that Brother Fusheng is useful to you, you can take him away," Yang Tianyou suddenly said.
"What do you mean?" Lin Ye was stunned.
He gave up? Don't give up yet, I haven't gotten the location of the treasure cave from you yet!
The little zombie was also stunned. It shouted loudly, "Brother Tianyou, you can't abandon me. We promised to live and die together!"
"Fusheng, haven't you always longed to return to human society? It took you so much to escape from hell and return to the surface. Rather than letting you stay at the Haunted House and continue to be unhappy with these dumb zombies, it's better to take the opportunity to break free."
"In this case, it will at least be within the rules. The higher-ups can't deal with you."
After speaking, Yang Tianyou's gaze landed on Lin Ye as he continued, "Although this guy doesn't seem to be a good person, compared to other humans, he seems to be a little different. I think you can try to trust him, just like how I trust you."
"That's different. We've been together for countless years. This bastard… ahem, this kid looks better than me. One look and I can tell he's not…"
Before he finished speaking, Lin Ye gave him a set of three consecutive smacks set meals. 𝘭𝒾𝑏𝓇𝘦𝒶𝘥.𝘤𝘰𝑚
"Sobs—It hurts! I'll fight it out with you!" The little zombie cried loudly, wanting to fight Lin Ye to its death.
"Have a good sleep. Everything will be fine after you wake up."
Yang Tianyou shook his head and laughed.
As soon as he finished speaking, a blood-red beam of light tore through the air and landed at the space between the little zombie's eyebrows.
Soon, the little zombie fell asleep as if it was drunk.
"You knocked him out because you really want me to take him away." Lin Ye narrowed his eyes.
It was only now that he realized that Yang Tianyou didn't seem to be lying.
"Yes, Fusheng and I became zombies by chance. Although I don't know what happened after that, we descended to this world and became the zombie king of hell. Our ambitions do not lie here. If possible, I hope you can treat him well."
"As for the Zombie Control Technique you want, it can only be done when you have the zombie king bloodline. If you want it, I can use the zombie king blood to summon your body."
"Must I become a part of the zombie king's bloodline?" Lin Ye had a headache. He hadn't even been a person enough. What the f*ck was he going to do by becoming a zombie?
"Yes. It's ironclad… Well, that's not right either. Some of the techniques from the Ancient Ruins seem to be able to do it."
"For example, the Maoshan Zombie Control Technique, the XX Zombie Control Technique… Of course, whether it's the orthodox or unorthodox methods, the effect of zombie control is far inferior to a zombie king's bloodline."
"It's good that you know them. I'm not picky. Do you know where to find these relics?" Lin Ye asked excitedly.
"I'm not sure. In fact, the various maps that were Zombie Kings was a recent occurrence. I can help you ask around in the Zombie King's chat group. Of course, this requires a price…"
At this point, Yang Tianyou hesitated, as if he didn't want to say it.
"Hurry up and tell me. I don't lack money," Lin Ye urged, secretly shocked.
Zombie King Chat Group, f*ck! There was such a thing? Tsk!
"What I need is not money, but 1 cubic meter of human blood…"
Yang Tianyou looked at Lin Ye and sighed. "Other than human blood and expanding my territory, there's nothing else that can entice a zombie king. Personally, I don't recommend you to do this. If you contaminate yourself with the blood of too many different clans, you will become someone else in the end."
"I don't kill people. Besides, it's only one cubic meter. Don't worry, leave this to me. However, I need you to help me find more ancient ruins. It's best if it's close to our area." Lin Ye was overjoyed.
1 cubic meter meant 1,000 liters.
His current territory had a total of 80,000 people. Each person only needed to squeeze out 13 milliliters. There should be more than enough.
What were 13 milliliters? Even beakers used for experiments had a minimum calibration of a tenth of it.
It was too easy! It was not difficult at all.
"Alright, I'll gather information for you." Yang Tianyou nodded in agreement.
After chatting for a while, he asked about the exact location of the Level 3 treasure cave.
Unfortunately, there was only one!
Before he left, Lin Ye raised his eyebrows and said, "Aren't you afraid that I'll become strong and annihilate your zombie clan?"
He didn't want to cooperate with Jiang Chen at all, but the feeling Yang Tianyou gave him was different.
As expected, the next moment, Yang Tianyou said something shocking.
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"It's best if the clans were destroyed."
Yang Tianyou laughed. "Becoming a zombie was the most painful thing for me and brother Fusheng in our entire lives. It's a pity that the zombie king's bloodline is undying and indestructible. Fusheng is a miracle and is the only zombie who has escaped the shackles of the zombie king's bloodline. Perhaps he will have a chance to be reborn as a human in the future."
"But I'm different. I have no way back."
"Lin Ye, if there comes a day when you have the ability to destroy the zombie race, I hope that you can grant me a quick death."
As he spoke, he showed no fear, his blood-red eyes filled with hope.
Lin Ye gaped.
What happened today moved him a little.
Zombies, especially the kings among them.
There were actually two of them that were different from the rest, Yang Tianyou and Yang Fusheng.
Not wanting to be the incomparably powerful Zombie King, but instead wholeheartedly seeking death?
In contrast, humans outside died every second. The eternal life that humans longed for became a burden for them.
This was such an irony.
"We'll talk about it when the time comes. I'm going."
Lin Ye waved his hand and didn't say anything else. He picked up the unconscious Yang Fusheng and flew away.
After he left, Yang Tianyou's projection sighed.
Suddenly, as if sensing something, he turned to the direction of the Reflection Hall a thousand meters away. He nodded and the projection disappeared.
At the Reflection Hall, Guardian 001 appeared and scolded Yang Tianyou, "You make it seem like I'm familiar with you. We're not from the f*cking same season…"
After cursing, he looked at the rapidly flying golden trail of light in the night sky and muttered, "This brat Lin Ye's luck has always been increasing, it has never stopped."
"Strange, too damn strange. It might have something to do with his human subordinates and his underworld citizens. This time, just people from their side have occupied dozens of sacred halls. I wonder how many people will awaken this time."
"And that Zombie King just now. It's the legendary traitor. If those from hell find out that someone sold them out, they'll be furious, hahaha."
"Very good, as expected of the person I look well upon. His exceptional charm and luck were not inferior to mine back then."
"I'm so excited. I can't do this, someone as cool as me can't fall so low…"
"I gotta stir things up. Next time when the Four Sacred Halls descend, I have to do something different."
"Hehe… if I don't kill a few of these dead rats under the dark curtain, my name won't be xxx…"
After cursing, he turned and entered the sacred hall.
At the same time, the four sacred halls all over the world emitted beams of light that shocked the heavens, throwing all the humans hiding within them out.
Rumble!
The doors to the Sacred Halls closed one after another and vanished along with the shocking beams of light.
A moment later, a message came from each surviving human's Civilization Archive.
"The Four Sacred Halls mission has ended. Seven days later, at midnight, the upgraded version of the Four Sacred Halls will continue to be open for everyone. If you want to live, upgrade yourself as soon as possible!"
Ten minutes later, a golden light landed in the Lin clan's territory.
"My lord, the lord is back!"
"Congratulations to the lord for returning in triumph!"
"My lord, who is this little boy you brought? Is he your son?"
"My lord, why is this little fellow's skin so fair and handsome? He must be your son!"
…
A large number of compliments were heard, but the conversation became more and more off-topic. In the end, all the topics focused on the little zombie in Lin Ye's arms.
"Go back to work. Tell your respective chiliarchs and commanders to meet me in the hall!"
Lin Ye ordered and returned to the bunker.
After putting down Yang Fusheng,
He found a metal helmet from the Reputation Shop, the kind with a lock.
With a few clanging sounds, he put it on for Yang Fusheng to prevent him from biting people in case he got angry.
A moment later, hurried footsteps came from outside.
It was True, Adelia, Gran, Zhang Liang, and Bai Yitong.
Soon, the hall was filled with people.
"My lord, hahaha, tonight was really awesome. There were so many sacred halls for us to choose from! My father and the rest were so envious." Tru laughed.
"It's the case for everyone. This is the first time this has happened to all of our clans. In the past, according to the records of every race, when the four sacred halls descended, which family didn't suffer heavy losses? We were the only ones to completely crush them and sweep through everything. Every sacred hall in our territory is our prey. This feels too good!" Xu Que's face was flushed red with excitement.
"My lord, I heard that you've passed the Reflection Hall. How was it? What was the final reward for the tenth level?"
"My lord…"
As soon as they entered, these guys started chatting freely.
Lin Ye did not stop them. He could see that everyone was happy after going through the baptism of the four sacred halls.
All of them had reaped great rewards and could not wait to share them with everyone.
During their conversation, Lin Ye more or less understood where they upgraded themselves in.
Gran, Adelia, Lin Dachui, Su Yu, Luo Feng, Wang Qiang, Lin One, Zhang Bao'er, Dong Wei, and the others went to the Elevation Hall.
He was quite lucky since most of them succeeded.
After all, there were so many spots. Even if they failed, they still had a chance.
Among them, Gran had advanced to a Sacred Priest, and his healing skills had been strengthened in all aspects.
On the surface, he was a Class 4 healer. However, when combined with the Silver Moon Staff, his current ability was definitely not weaker than an ordinary Class 5 Priest.
Adelia had advanced to an Elemental Sprite. She was beautiful, and her skin had whitened from her previously wheat-colored skin tone. She looked like a peerless beauty.
Luo Feng was not bad either. He had awakened his ancestor's bloodline and became a telekinesis master.
A pair of silver flying sabers floated in front of him, hitting wherever he pointed. It was extremely powerful.
Su Yu's was more strange.
A divine runic master needed to meditate on the mind scrolls. The more divine runes they understood, the stronger they would be.
Currently, he only seems to have learned two words – Yin and blood! 𝓵𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙚𝒂𝙙.𝓬𝒐𝒎
Xu Que was a swindler who possessed the ability to transform.
The better his disguise was, the better his acting was, the faster his strength would increase.
Lin Dachui was an Earth Blacksmith. He could create blueprints for weapons on his own and forge equipment of a higher class. His efficiency was twice as fast as other blacksmiths of the same level.
Lin One and Jiang Gong had the same improvements. They were both engineers and possessed the ability to create basic infrastructure. Their construction speed and efficiency were many times higher than their peers.
Wang Qiang was a mechanic. Any machine could be quickly mastered by him. Airplanes, tanks, ships… he could operate all of them.
Dong Wei was a f*cking great director. The videos he produced could make people feel blessed!
Chu Meng and Liu Yuan followed their professions and became Chanters.
This class was interesting. It was divided into two types.
The normal mode would allow the citizens of the territory to feel the beauty of the song and encourage the army by boosting morale.
As for the death mode, it could be used against enemy units. A high-frequency sound wave could destroy the other party's eardrums. With a higher level, they might be able to sing the other party to death.
Lin Ye marked down the two of them to focus on them. He could try to use them to deal with traitors and interrogations in the future.
As she wished, Nicole became the queen of chefs.
Her originally petite figure instantly grew to about 1.7 meters.
She looked especially funny limping in her stilettos.
He had long known that Li Xinyi had the Blood Feast. However, she was lucky to have entered both Reflection Hall and Demon Hall.
With both, she improved greatly. At this moment, she could easily control her Bloodthirsty Berserk state and was using the red energy on her fingertips to skin the apple that she had obtained from somewhere.
Lastly, he remembered that Bai Yitong said that he had a surprise for him when he was at the Reflection Hall.
Was it some talent?
He could not help but look at the young man in white who was leaning against the corner of the hall. He waved his hand and said, "Come here!"
The latter smiled and walked over.
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"My lord, I thought you forgot about me." Bai Yitong smiled.
"Stop beating around the bush. Tell me about you. Talent is much more difficult than class. Only you and Zhang Liang reached Level 10 of the Reflection Hall. What did you awaken?" Lin Ye asked curiously.
"A talent for revisions!"
Bai Yitong said mysteriously, "It's in the Special Category. It doesn't have any level, but I can obtain experience by correcting original mistakes or by making up missing parts of the secret manuals. The more I upgrade it, when it reaches a certain extent, I can revise a Heaven Tier secret manual with just a few words."
"The current level is too low. Basically, it can only be used for secret manuals, textbooks, and the like. The other major classifications will probably only appear after leveling up."
"A revision technique?! Awesome, this is a huge surprise. I'm just waiting for you then!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Ye was excited.
Tru Clan's 'Twelve Zodiac Battle Aura' technique looked awesome, but it seemed to be a shortened version.
In recent generations, there were very few geniuses who could cultivate two different zodiacs.
If he could repair it such that he could cultivate all twelve zodiacs and increase all kinds of attributes, with each addition, he would not just be twelve times stronger, but countless times more.
Just the thought of it was terrifying.
What the f*ck, could the original manual be a Heaven Tier cultivation technique or even something beyond that?
There was also the primitive breathing technique passed down by Adelia's clan. It was probably not that simple. 𝙡𝙞𝒃𝓻𝒆𝓪𝒅.𝓬𝒐𝒎
Thinking up to this point, he immediately handed the 'Twelve Zodiac', 'Battle Aura Root Cultivation Method', and the other secret manuals to Bai Yitong.
"Oh yeah, and this."
As he spoke, Lin Ye took out another ten thousand drops of Enlightenment's Pool. He directly stored it in a Level 3 spatial ring and handed it over.
This scene made the others look on with incomparable envy.
Through this exchange, everyone was extremely clear about what the final reward of the four sacred halls was.
Enlightenment's Pool was a special product of the Reflection Hall, a sacred cultivation item.
Every drop of water consumed would allow them to enter a state of enlightenment. The amount which their Lord had given just now must have been at least a few thousand drops.
"Useless."
Glancing at the aggrieved crowd, Lin Ye laughed and scolded, "Lin One!"
"Go and add one more line in the contribution points book. Enlightenment's Pool is 500 contribution points per drop and Golden Light of Awakening would be 1,000 contribution points each. Tabulate those who want it every three days."
"Yes, my lord!" Lin One replied loudly, feeling extremely excited. His father, Mus Baruch, had poor qualifications and did not succeed in his advancement. However, there were many chances for him to awaken with the golden light of awakening. If he could awaken successfully, it would be much better than simply advancing.
The others' eyes lit up when they heard that.
Although the Lin Clan had obtained a complete victory over the Four Sacred Halls this time, the benefits were only given to the main force.
Their family and brothers were still lining up outside.
Now, everyone's chance has come.
If it weren't for the fact that it was already past 1 am, they would have rushed out to kill the zombies and earn contribution points.
"Alright, the reason for calling everyone here is simple. I want to understand everyone's situation. For breakfast tomorrow, I will open treasure chests to increase everyone's strength. I believe everyone present knows the objective. Now that the population has increased, they must be strictly managed."
"My lord." At this moment, Luo Feng raised his hand.
"Shoot." Lin Ye nodded.
"You don't have to worry about the elders of my clan. The reason why they haven't given their loyalty is that they are planning to wait and observe more. However, they will not rebel. Before they came, they promised me that after tomorrow, they will let go of the authority of the disciples of the Luo clan and that the full authority will be given to the lord." Luo Feng said solemnly.
"Me too." Tru raised his hand.
"Same here." Adelia raised her hand.
"And me." Xu Que…
After a moment, almost everyone raised their hands.
Their family's elders were not blind. Before they came, they saw that Lin Ye's personal guards were all equipped with Class 3 Purple Tier and Class 4 Silver Tier equipment. He had thousands of Class 3 and hundreds of Class 4 experts. This power was no weaker than their own clan.
If they really fought, they would most likely lose. After all, the difference in equipment was too great.
In addition to the success at the Sacred Hall just now,
Most of Lin Ye's main force had either advanced or awakened their talents.
That was the most exaggerated part.
They could imagine that if this continued, Lin Ye would definitely snowball.
No one doubted this point, so at this juncture, no one complained.
If they offended Lin Ye because of his authority,
Wasn't that a huge loss!
The reason why they did not choose to offer their loyalty was that they wanted to wait for the right time. This was the mindset of the older generation.
Lin Ye understood and did not blame them.
In any case, as long as their loyalty remained at 80% or 90% and there was no chance of betrayal, he could tolerate it.
"Very good, I'm satisfied with that."
Lin Ye smiled and nodded. "I don't care about the others but get your parents and brothers to hurry up. I want to open the treasure chests tomorrow morning. Same old rules. Loyalists are my priority and it's on a first-come, first-serve basis. Decide yourselves. I've already told you about the benefits. Whether you can grab the opportunity will be up to you."
"My lord, I need to pee. I'll be going first!" Tru's eyes lit up. He announced, turned around, and ran.
"My lord, my mother called me back for dinner!" Xu Que also found an excuse and ran off.
With one or two people taking the lead, the others could not help but find lousy excuses.
What 'his cooked noodles were soggy' and 'his dad didn't bring toilet paper with him'…
Lin Ye rolled his eyes when he heard this and waved his hand. "All of you, scram. Let me have some peace and quiet."
A moment later, after everyone left, he took out his Civilization Archive.
As soon as he entered, the market was in chaos.
"Boss Lin Ye, please open the door. I'm begging you. I don't know which idiot lured the zombies to the entrance of my bunker. F*ck. The protection mechanism is gone, and there are few rangers and soldiers on my side. I can't hold on anymore. Boss, please support me with the equipment. I'm begging you, I can even kneel down!"
"F*ck, if I had known earlier, I would have gritted my teeth and bought a set yesterday morning. Not long ago, the Elevation Hall was by the river 100 meters away from me, but there were a few Level 2 Swift Zombies and more than ten Level 1 Zombies squatting there. I was so scared that I didn't dare to go over. I'm so angry that I wasted my chance to grow."
"Boss Lin, Master Lin, you can't leave me in the lurch. I need help. Help!"
….
There were many people crying for help.
Because of the matter with the four sacred halls, the market page was closed for two hours.
During this period of time, those who did not buy the equipment that they liked were anxious. They saw an opportunity disappear before their eyes.
Was there anything more cruel and regretful than this?
Therefore, many people were staring at Lin Ye's market page 24/7 now.
When they suddenly saw the market page light up, they immediately knew that Boss Lin was online. All of them frantically him.
Lin Ye could only sigh at this.
If he had known this would happen, he wouldn't have done this in the first place. When he had sold them at the beginning, they were still afraid that he would cheat them.
In the end.
He glanced at the number of deaths from the corner of his eye.
At this moment, two bloody words appeared on the world channel.
Death Count: 5,423,581!
Chapter 163
"More than 5.42 million lives were lost just like that!"
Lin Ye sighed. Human beings were still too fragile.
If he did not receive the 100xReward from the initial awakening, even someone as powerful as him would not fare much better than these people.
After some thought, his mind possession landed on Lin Dachui, who was a thousand meters away.
"My lord?" Lin Dachui was surprised. The meeting had just ended and he was thinking of offering the loyalty of his younger brother, Lin Goudan, so that he could become a loyalist sooner. However, he had been possessed by his lord midway.
"There's no hurry with your brother's matter. I'll count him in for tomorrow morning."
Lin Ye spoke slowly. He ignored the overjoyed Lin Dachui and continued, "How many sets of free Class 2 Blue Tier equipment do you have now?"
"About 9,000 sets," Lin Dachui replied truthfully.
When they were still doing the million like missions, they had already received orders to stock up on the equipment They had originally wanted to promote in front of the four sacred halls.
However, plans could not keep up with changes. It was too rushed and there was not enough manpower. Who would care about the market page?
"9,000 sets… That's a little too little. How about this? Other than the 3,000 plus blacksmiths who are still mining, the rest will get the option to do night shifts. The night shift will be calculated according to a salary or contribution points five times more than usual. Those who are willing can go. If not, it's okay. This offer is valid till tomorrow before breakfast."
Lin Ye instructed him, "I've already given the rights to the market to Link One and you. Work together to sell these 9,000 sets tonight. There's only one condition. Only sell the equipment to those who have given me a Like. Also, lower the price a little. One sandalwood treasure chest can buy one set, one bronze treasure chest can buy ten sets. Sell them one by one. Don't let certain organizations take advantage of it."
"My lord, this price… we won't earn anything," Lin Dachui whispered.
"Only for today. Go. After today, continue with the previous price."
"Also, send a notice. From now on, I'll give a wave of benefits before the Four Sacred Halls descend every Thursday."
As for why Lin Ye couldn't be bothered to explain.
Lose? Why will he lose out?
He had 100xReward which removed the probability of Class 1 and 2 equipment appearing.
Sandalwood treasure chests' upper limit was Class 3 equipment.
In other words, there was a 100% chance of getting an advanced or top Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon.
As for the bronze treasure chests.
The upper limit was Class 3 Purple and early Class 4.
After 100xReward.
At the very least, it would be early or advanced Class 4 Silver equipment.
In this situation, even if he exchanged 100 sets for 1, he would not lose out.
"Right, do not sell the ID name Zhan Mingyue. Also, Qi Delong's Hongxing Thirty-Six, or anyone established as an organization, set limits to those groups. Lastly, don't sell to the ID who purchased in a large quantity this time and last time," Lin Ye instructed before cutting off the connection.
"Mm, okay. Don't worry. I promise I'll settle it for you." Lin Dachui patted his chest and promised.
After the possession was severed, Lin Dachui acted quickly.
As he instructed the hundreds of armories to work in shifts, he started organizing the sales of Class 2 blue tier equipment.
In just a few minutes, all the major Regional Channels in China were flooded with comments.
"What? Lin Ye's market page opened again?"
"What the f*ck, what kind of joke is this? A full set of Advanced Class 2 Blue Tier weapons only requires a sandalwood treasure chest?!"
"Are you serious? Sandalwood treasure chests most likely drop Class 1 White Tier equipment. If he exchanged it like this, it would be a huge loss."
"Did he post wrongly? Shouldn't a set of Class 2 Blue Tier Equipment be exchanged for a bronze treasure chest? That was how it was sold yesterday. I even bought a set before. Why did it suddenly become so cheap at night!"
"Tch, it's definitely true. I have a screenshot here. Someone has already bought it!"
"Tsk tsk, what happened to Dog Lin? Did his family member die? He's actually doing charity, hahaha!"
Some people sighed, some were shocked, and most were pleasantly surprised.
A swarm of bees rushed into the market page. As for those who were making sarcastic remarks, most of them were envious dogs that saw it but could not buy the goods.
Since they could not reap any benefits, they took the opportunity to scold him and assert dominance.
However, in such a situation, before he could say much, he was criticized by the players who had bought Lin Ye's equipment.
After all, after they benefited from the market, they had to say good things about the seller.
Lin Ye's actions of a bleeding heart had touched most of the people, and they were full of praise for him.
Lin Ye himself did not mind.
He suddenly had an urge and simply did what he could.
After returning to his bedroom, he laid on his Simmon's bed comfortably. He took out his Civilization Archive and opened the family channel.
To his surprise, the conversation topic was heavy.
Lin Wei: "Mom, are you serious? Did uncle die? ( )"
Lin Jianguo: "What happened? Tell me quickly!"
Zhang Cuiling: "It shouldn't be false. I just found out after the Four Sacred Halls ended. Your second aunt pulled me into a chat group of friends and relatives. There was a lot of news in it. Your youngest auntie was the one who told me about her husband's death."
Lin Wei: "If you ask me, it's good that he died. My little uncle was a jerk. In the past, back in China, he was useless but he would hit Aunt every few days to vent his anger. Aunt had been so beaten up that she had to be hospitalized a few times. I'm so angry."
Lin Jianguo: "Should we tell Beibei about this?"
As soon as he said that, the chat room fell into silence.
Soon, Zhang Cuiling broke the silence.
Zhang Cuiling said, "Forget it. It's not easy for Beibei either. He is fighting on the frontlines and it is more dangerous than we can imagine. Let's be selfish for once and let him grow in peace. There's no need for him to worry about anything else. We'll help what we can. If we can't, we'll leave it up to fate."
Lin Jianguo: "Alright, Beibei and Weiwei's lives are the most important. Delete the messages later and don't leave any traces."
Lin Wei: "Ah, Dad, Mom, I actually made a fortune on the market page! One sandalwood treasure chest for an entire set of Advanced Class 2 Blue tier equipment! (Spitting )"
Zhang Cuiling: "This kid, did he get rich again? Why doesn't he know how to save? If he really has a lot of money to spend, he might as well go and help his relatives."
Upon seeing this, Lin Ye did not continue observing.
As for his uncle's death, he automatically ignored it.
Back then, in order to avenge his aunt, he and his uncle had a lot of fights.
In the end, when the couple reconciled, he was the one in a difficult position.
Although he didn't like this elder, since he was already dead, he might as well forget about it. A person's death was like an extinguished lamp. Everything came to an end.
On the Family Channel.
Lin Ye: "My dear family, good evening (smiley face!)"
Lin Wei: "You sure are nice, brother. You're distributing benefits on the market page, but you don't even know how to give them to your own family. Hmph! Do you not love us anymore?"
Lin Jianguo: "Beibei, how was tonight? Everything went smoothly, right? ( )"
Zhang Cuiling: "Beibei, don't worry about us. We're doing pretty well. We still have the equipment you gave us last time…"
After killing a day's worth of zombies and fighting for an entire night at the Sacred Hall,
coming back to chat with his parents, gave him a semblance of warmth in his heart on this lonely night.
After a simple exchange, everyone deliberately forgot about the death of their youngest uncle.
Through their conversation, Lin Ye also learned about the situation of his family.
Perhaps his mother had been too lucky the first three days, causing the descent of the four sacred halls to be too far from their bunker.
Only Wang Hui and the rest could rush over.
The old, weak, women, and children were all hiding in the bunker.
It was indeed safe, but it felt a little unsatisfying like they could not truly reflect the value of life.
His sister was better. With his support, she occupied three sacred halls on her own.
She had not only awakened her talent, a thug that she had taken in had also awakened her talent.
Her talent was strong and she was secretive even when he asked.
As for his father, Lin Jianguo, he was a little unlucky. Even if he had the resources, his luck was not good and he only managed to get one sacred hall.
Although it was the Reflection Hall, his father's comprehension was lacking and he did not succeed in awakening his talent.
With regards to this, Lin Ye gave him a red packet and an interspatial ring which contained 100,000 golden awakening lights.
Red packets and gifting. This was the new function of the chat group.
It was available in all major chat groups but they were expensive. A single sending would cost 1,000 Zombie Souls and 100,000 per month. 𝑙𝘪𝒷𝓇𝑒𝑎𝑑.𝘤𝑜𝑚
Not many people could afford to use it in the early stages.
When this function was born, Lin Ye once suspected that the system was punishing him.
This thing could even be used to complete transactions.
Of course, it was not safe.
Once the red packet was sent alone, it was highly likely that if you sent it, the other party would click on accept and then blacklist you.
However, these problems did not exist for the family.
He looked at the notification and realized that his balance was insufficient.
Lin Ye sighed. He had spent too much money too quickly.
In just one night, he had spent millions.
Fortunately, half of the high-level zombies were still left at the five-star haunted house. After the time spent at the Four Sacred Halls, the conversion was completed.
He immediately carried out the remote control access and received 1.5 million zombie souls.
He became a rich tycoon again.
After sending out the golden light of awakening.
After some thought, he sent a large number of Class 3 Purple and Class 4 Silver Tier equipment to his family.
After his uncle's accident, he did not want anything to happen to his family. Even if protection wise it was not as good as his, he had to ensure that they were safe.
Lin Ye was not too heartless to his other family and friends as well.
He took 2,000 sets of Class 2 blue tier equipment from Lin Dachui and stuffed them into his spatial ring. He told his mother to send them to his family and friends, but he didn't want to join the chat group.
Their family had left their hometown when they were young.
To be honest, he was not too familiar with the Lin family's relatives. It would be awkward if he went.
They chatted for a long time until all the family members went offline.
Looking at the darkened chat channel, Lin Ye yawned and fell asleep on the bed.
He seemed to have a wonderful dream, his lips curling up involuntarily.
Chapter 164
Early in the morning, the morning sun peeked through the curtains and shone on Lin Ye's face.
"My lord~~ It's time to wake up."
A soft voice sounded beside his ear, accompanied by a delicate fragrance. It was like the fragrance of orchids, a light and comfortable scent.
"Hm?"
The next moment, Lin Ye suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Nicole, who was lying on top of him. His power almost jumped out of his body.
"Rude lass. Get down!"
He quickly covered himself with the blanket after he scolded her lightly.
"Hehe—"
Nicole, who had already evolved into a queen of chefs, seemed to have grown a lot. She glanced at Lord Lin from the corner of her eye and could not help but cover her mouth and giggle.
Her posture was intoxicating and completely different from her original innocent and cute self.
"Why are you looking for me?" Lin Ye asked nonchalantly with a straight face.
"For breakfast of course. Didn't the Lord say to have people call you for breakfast in the future? Did you forget?"
The corners of Nicole's mouth curled into a smile, revealing her familiar canines.
Okay, he vaguely remembered that happening.
Lin Ye sighed.
Good lord, women really get more and more beautiful as they grow up.
Half a day ago, Nicole looked obedient and cute.
He was not used to seeing such a drastic change.
"I need to wash up." Lin Ye looked at Nicole.
Subtle meaning: You can go out now.
The latter did not seem to understand the meaning behind his words. She blinked and said simply, "My lord, do you need my help? I'm very good at it. At home, it was me who helped Mother and Grandmother wash up!"
"This… isn't a good idea…" Lin Ye glanced at Nicole's curvaceous body, tempted.
"What's wrong with that? It is only natural for a servant to take care of her master," Nicole said seriously before pulling Lin Ye into the bathroom.
Soon, all kinds of strange sounds and Lin Ye's stiff answer came from inside.
"My lord, what is this? It's so soft. When I squeeze it, a white liquid comes out, so magical!"
"A toothpaste!"
"What about this? It smells strange and is sticky!"
"Cleansing milk…"
"I know this one. It's used to wash hair. Lie down, my lord. I'll wash your hair for you…"
After half an hour, they were finally done.
Lin Ye changed into a new set of clothes and felt refreshed and comfortable!
He had finally lived a part of a normal life.
Breakfast was a beef bun, scallion pancake, and oatmeal milk porridge that Nicole had meticulously prepared.
Ever since she became a queen of chefs, she had also become a Level 4 chef.
She was learning rapidly from the New Oriental Recipe Book. The taste was not inferior to those popular snacks from his previous life.
As he ate his breakfast, Lin Ye opened the Reputation Shop.
The shampoo and shower gel that the Adelia family ordered from him.
Since they had already paid, he had to get the goods to them no matter what.
He was a super-rich man now with 26 million reputation points to spend. It was enough for him to spend a long time.
"Hair shampoo… 1,000 sets for 50,000 points? Buy!"
"Shower gel… 3,000 sets for only 120,000. That's too cheap. Buy, buy!"
"Sanitary pads… Adelia's clan mostly consists of females. They will at least use tens of thousands of them. Including the transportation fees and the cost price, the cost of 1 Level 3 Body Strengthening Pill per pack is not too much, buy it!"
"Toilet bowl… The blueprint for the toilets isn't done. Worker Jiang has become an engineer this time. It should be done soon. I'll just prepare in advance. Buy! Buy!"
"Boa Hancock figurine? This… I'll buy one and keep it as a memento. Buy!"
"The empress's cheongsam? D*mn, it's so sexy… with Nicole's current height, Adelia and Xue Xianyao as well, it will probably suit them. Buy, buy, buy all of them! Wearing it every day will be pleasing to the eye. This is life."
After saying that, Lin Ye bit into the beef bun. At the same time, under Nicole's shocked gaze, he tossed a pink cheongsam to her.
"Wow, what are these clothes? It's so pretty!"
Nicole's beautiful eyes were instantly attracted to the dress. She held the cheongsam and looked around.
"The material is so smooth and the style is good too. It looks better than the best clothes in Star City's Goddess Pavilion!"
Her starry eyes looked at Lin Ye excitedly. "My lord, is this… is this for me?"
"Of course. A precious sword is given to a hero, while makeup is given to beauties. If I don't give it to you, is it for me to dress up as a woman?"
Lin Ye rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "Try it on."
"Wait for me!"
The little chef… No, she should be called a mature chef now. With that, she dashed into the backroom in her sneakers.
A few minutes later, Nicole walked out, her face flushed.
Lin Ye drank a mouthful of oatmeal milk and nearly spat it out when he turned around and saw the beautiful figure.
F*ck!
He opened his mouth to hide his ugly expression.
There was admiration in his eyes as he regarded Nicole.
Hm, Nicole, who was wearing a cheongsam, showed her feminine curves perfectly. Her small waist which could be held in one hand, combined with her tall figure, made the woman look as beautiful as a poem. Her calm and elegant temperament was fully displayed. Combined with her shy expression, every time one looked at her, they would find it breathtaking.
However, it seemed to be missing something.
"Have you learned how to wear high heels?" he asked.
"Almost… but I should be able to walk in it," Nicole said weakly, peeking at him.
"I'll get you something good later."
With that, he took out 10 different pairs of high heels from the Reputation Shop. "Pick whichever you like."
"Wow… these are all expensive, right?" Nicole's starry eyes twinkled as she watched, both excited and apprehensive.
These things would probably fetch a high price even if they were sold at the Goddess Pavilion.
With her status, would she embarrass her lord?
"What's expensive about it? Try it on first. When it feels good, think of a way to develop this industry in the future."
"Women, no matter which world they are from, are loyal users of luxury goods. We can't be so selfish and just think about how beautiful we are, we have to bring these to the Goddess Pavilion or something…
Hearing her lord's words, Nicole was rendered speechless.
She felt like she was just a tool.
Okay, but for her to be able to wear such pretty clothes, even if it was just as a tool, it was worth it.
In a short while, she changed into a pair of black, plain-colored high heels, and her figure increased another notch.
As she walked, she brought with her a freeing sense of rhythm. 𝓁𝑖𝘣𝑟𝘦𝘢𝒹.𝑐ℴ𝘮
"Beautiful!" Lin Ye praised sincerely.
"My lord, wouldn't it be too… to go out in this?" Nicole pointed at her thigh and fidgeted.
"It's okay, it's okay. Beauty belongs to everyone. What's the point of being wrapped like a dumpling all day? It's fixed then! Wear it beautifully and let others envy you."
Lin Ye laughed.
Shhoom—
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
It was Adelia.
Through Heart's Web, Lin Ye saw everything clearly. "Come in!"
"My lord…"
Adelia came with her aunt, Shana.
Just as she was about to say something, she was attracted to Nicole, who had transformed into a beautiful lady.
F*ck!
Chapter 165
Adelia started, her mouth hanging open.
Heavens, Nicole was so beautiful today. She was like a fairy from a painting, eye-catching.
It was the same for Shana behind her.
The two women stared at Nicole without blinking.
"My lord, I told you. People will laugh at me if I go out in this dress."
Nicole lowered her head. She was feeling more and more awkward from their stares.
Before Lin Ye could say anything, Adelia's eyes lit up and she hurriedly said, "My lord, did you design this? Do you have any more? How much is it? I'll buy one, no, five of them. It doesn't matter how expensive it is!"
"Is that exaggerated?" Lin Ye raised his eyebrows.
From the look on Adelia's face, he seemed to have underestimated the lethality of cheongsams to women.
"1 bottle of Level 4 Medicinal Pills?" he probed.
After all, even low-end goods like shampoo and shower gel could be sold for the price of Level 3 Body Strengthening Pills and Battle Aura Pills.
A cheongsam was considered a mid-tier item. It should at least be at the standard of a bottle of Level 4 medicinal pills, right?
"Level 4 pills…" Adelia hesitated.
Her authority was currently restricted to Level 3.
After all, there were so many successors in the family, and her strength had not reached the level of the main heiress.
"Sure!" Although she could not, someone else could. Her aunt, Shana, stood up and said softly, "My lord, on behalf of myself, can I buy a set of clothes and shoes like what Sister Nicole is wearing?"
"What are you saying? We're on the same side, why would I take your money?" Lin Ye threw out one green and one purple empress cheongsam without care.
At the same time, he pointed at the tens plus pairs of high heels on the dining table. They were all the ones that Nicole left behind after she picked hers.
He continued, "Choose your own heels."
"My lord is the most generous and gentlemanly man I have ever seen!" Shana revealed a look of joy. After receiving the purple empress qipao, she tiptoed and kissed Lin Ye on the cheek. "This is my thanks!"
"Ahem… inappropriate!" Lin Ye rolled his eyes at her and glanced at Nicole.
He seemed to be saying, look at her, she knows what to do.
"My lord is a baddie!"
Nicole mumbled something under her breath. She pecked him on the cheek and ran away with the lunchbox.
"What an innocent child." Looking at Nicole's elegant back, Lin Ye shook his head. 𝓵𝙞𝓫𝒓𝙚𝓪𝓭.𝒄𝓸𝓶
Soon, cheers sounded from the outside world.
Clearly, Nicole's new clothes had subdued all the native workers of the underworld. All of them whistled excitedly.
Lin Ye frowned when he heard that.
There were too many single dogs in his territory. He had to think of a way to bring her family here later.
Otherwise, being single for too long was not a good sign.
While he was thinking, Adelia and Shana also changed into their cheongsam. One was blue and the other purple, looking reserved and not showy.
Perhaps it was because of the age difference.
The youthful Adelia looked a little shy and enthusiastic with the green cheongsam.
On the other hand, Shana.
She had shed her immaturity. Paired with a purple empress's cheongsam, she displayed the nobility, elegance, and virtuousness of a mature woman.
"My lord, does it look good?" Adelia asked expectantly as she spun around.
"What I say doesn't count. Take a look for yourself." Lin Ye smiled and casually threw out a human-sized mirror.
"What a clear bronze mirror? It can actually reflect so clearly. It's comparable to the Spring of Life in the clan!" Shana was shocked.
"It's a mirror, accessible to everyone." Lin Ye waved his hand, indicating that it was not worth mentioning.
"…" Adelia and Shana looked at each other and sighed.
Their lord was too rich, making them look like country bumpkins.
However… seeing their beautiful selves through the so-called 'mirror', they both laughed heartily.
"My lord, I think that you can sell this set of clothes, shoes, and even this mirror in the underworld. These items will be the finale of the auction at the Goddess Pavilion. When they become popular, they might even be able to sell for a bottle of Level 5 or 6 Battle Aura Pills," Shana said seriously.
Previously, she was unable to confirm, but after wearing it personally, the feeling was simply wonderful.
Ever since she was born, she had never felt so beautiful. The moment she wore it, she felt like she was the embodiment of a queen.
Therefore, she was certain that any woman with some assets would be attracted by the charm of the cheongsam.
"Level 5 or 6!" Lin Ye's eyes lit up.
The purchasing power of his female compatriots was awesome! He thought that Level 4 pills were already too expensive.
But what the f*ck, this was even more ridiculous.
Starting from Level 5 and 6, 100 pills per bottle was equivalent to hundreds of thousands of zombie souls.
Terrifying!
"Do you rangers have any channels? You don't have to get Level 5 or 6 pills. That's too high and can't be transported. Just give me the price of Level 4 pills," Lin Ye hurriedly said.
"Then, my lord, let's have a thousand sets first. Transporting it will be troublesome if the quantity is too small." Shana pondered a little before giving a conservative number.
"Alright. I'll pass it to you soon." Lin Ye was smiling so hard that his mouth was about to turn crooked. He directly bought 1,000 sets of empress cheongsam from the Reputation Shop.
Just a few hundred thousand reputation points were nothing!
All the cheongsam were placed into one interspatial ring. There were 98 rings left anyway, so he could use them as he pleased.
"By the way, I haven't handed over the 100 bottles of shampoo and shower gel that Elder Adeline bought. Just nice, you can bring these goods over as well. I've already given you the authority to pay for the transport fee. You can just report it later."
As he spoke, Lin Ye threw all the supplies to Adelia.
He asked, "Also, why are you two looking for me so early in the morning?"
"My lord, do you still have the sanitary… sanitary pads? My aunt hasn't used them yet. I wanted to buy some for her." Adelia blushed.
She felt an inexplicable sense of shame when telling her lord this.
"I already said that we're family. Why do you need to buy it? Just take it."
Lin Ye generously threw out a packet of 18 pieces. "If it's not enough, ask me for more. I have enough."
In fact, he was still waiting for news from the underworld. If the effect was good, the orders from Elder Adeline would give him a lot of profit.
"Thank you, my lord." Shana quickly thanked him.
At this moment, knocking sounds came from outside one after another. All of them were anxious.
"Come in!" Lin Ye frowned.
What was going on today? It was as if they were attending a fair.
Lin One and Xun Mingyuan entered.
"What happened again?" he asked.
Lin One and Xun Mingyuan painted. Before they could reply, their gazes were attracted by Adelia and Shana.
All of them were shocked. When Nicole went out earlier, it caused a commotion outside.
They really did not expect that there were two more exceptional beauties hidden in the lord's room.
"My lord, then… we'll go and settle some things first. We'll also advertise your cheongsam business." Adelia smiled mischievously and rolled her eyes at Line One and Xun Mingyuan, who was in a daze. She pulled her aunt, Shana, and walked out elegantly.
"Soul to body, ignorant fools. I'll get Thru to bring you guys on a 'team activity' to expand your knowledge tomorrow," Lin Ye said speechlessly.
"My lord, can I go too?" As a human, Xun Mingyuan's eyes lit up as he hurriedly raised his hand.
"If you're not afraid of death, go ahead."
Lin Ye looked at him strangely. "Don't you have a childhood friend who is your girlfriend?"
"Ahem… just kidding, just kidding." Xun Mingyuan felt awkward and quickly changed the subject. "My lord, it's bad. Our living supplies are almost all gone. Eighty thousand people cleared out a dozen warehouses from yesterday's dinner and today's breakfast."
"The main problem is that they can eat too much. You have to think of a solution as soon as possible."
"I know. I will handle it." Lin Ye nodded. Actually, even if Xun Mingyuan didn't say it, he would settle it himself later.
Opening treasure chests and getting supplies was not a long-term solution.
Fortunately, when he went to the secret dimension last time, it gave him tens of thousands of food-type super seeds.
One seed was enough to feed ten people. Ten thousand was just enough.
However, the growth cycle was a little long. Three weeks. To shorten it, he would need the Water of Life and the Soil of Life.
All of this could only be obtained by farming the pea world.
"What about you!" Then, his gaze turned to Lin One.
The latter said excitedly, "My lord, we've broken the record. If you have time now, come with me to find Jiang Gong."
"Oh? Then let's go and take a look." Hearing this, Lin Ye's interest was piqued.
With that, the three of them rushed out.
Chapter 166
Level 3 Tent, Number 1,992.
Last night, they built a total of 2,000 tents.
The hundreds of extra sets for office and entertainment features had long been snatched up by the main force members.
This was the office that Jiang Gong and Lin One had grabbed together.
The beds had been disassembled. With a rough piece of wood, a large rectangular desk was made.
Tap-tap-tap…
In the distance, Lin Ye and the others walked over quickly under Lin One's lead.
Before entering the entrance of the Level 3 Tent, he realized that it was filled with people.
There were both humans and native citizens from the Lin Clan. All of them crowded at the window as they whispered.
"Heavens, the golden light from his brush. Jiang Gong is going to become a god!"
"Oh my god, I've only read about it in novels set in the ancient world. Something about a certain mighty figure creating characters. The will of heaven and earth bestowed boundless merit upon said person. I didn't expect to see the real thing today. This is too f*cking unbelievable."
"This is the power of scholars. You have to accept it."
"If I had known, I would have studied physics well back then so that when I descended here, I would at least have a skill."
"Sigh, what a waste of my pentakill ability. In this world without the internet, I actually became trash. What a pity!"
…
"Move aside, move aside, the lord is here."
Lin One drove the crowd away.
After a moment, people gave way. Under everyone's respectful gazes, Lin Ye quickly walked over.
From afar, he could see the golden light of merit descending from the top of the tent.
Oh my god, he really did it.
Through the tent's flap, Lin Ye could see clearly.
At this moment, Jiang Gong's working state looked magical. It was as if he had entered some kind of epiphany.
Every stroke left clear golden lines under the brush, vibrant on the drawing paper.
It was so lifelike as if he was about to ascend to immortality.
Lin Ye stood at the entrance like the others. He didn't disturb Jiang Gong and just watched from afar.
The feeling of moving a brush smoothly with powerful strokes made one yearn for it.
"What happened?"
During this time, Lin Ye turned to look at Lin One and asked softly.
"He is creating blueprints, my lord! This is a huge matter. Since the arrival of humans, I think Jiang Gong is probably the first to enter the ranks of creating blueprints. This is a skill exclusive to the engineer class."
"However, he was a step ahead of me. I have yet to experience that feeling. Such a state requires luck and opportunities to enter."
Lin One explained excitedly.
As an engineer, he knew better than anyone else how incredible Jiang Gong was at this moment.
"Creating blueprints?" Lin Ye suddenly understood.
When he reported his talent last night, he had heard Lin One and Jiang Gong say that engineers did have the ability to create blueprints and buildings.
However, he did not expect it to be so soon. He had only slept for one night and he was already so lucky.
Luck?
Wait a minute. Was it because of his talent?
When he thought about that, a wisp of a golden glow arose in Lin Ye's eyes, and then he turned his gaze to Jiang Gong.
As expected, a faint luck spirit snake appeared above Worker Jiang's head.
Although it was far inferior to Xu Yuan or him, he was still bathed in the golden light of merit.
This lucky spirit snake grew rapidly and was full of awareness.
Vaguely, it seemed to be reflecting off the golden dragon above his head.
Like a master-servant relationship of their owners, the spirit snake sacrificed its own luck to provide oxygen to the golden dragon.
Similarly, his golden dragon would also send a large amount of spiritual energy to the lucky spirit snake above Jiang Gong's head from afar, assisting its growth and increasing his spirituality.
This was a way to complement each other, and it was also the way of a lord and his servant.
On the other side, the blueprint was at its final stage. A golden glow flashed across Jiang Gong's eyes.
His gaze was firm as he chuckled lightly.
Ha!
All his spiritual perceptions gathered at one point. His brush moved like a dragon, his brushstrokes smooth like water.
When the golden light on the drawing paper became more dazzling,
Whoosh—
The golden light was like ink that materialized and instantly enveloped the entire blueprint.
The golden light flashed and turned into a golden blueprint.
"Congratulations to Survivor Jiang Gong. You have created the first toilet blueprint of the human race. You are rewarded with 10,000 Reputation points. Please work harder."
At the same time, Lin Ye received the lord's share.
"You have obtained 9,000 Reputation points."
100xReward.
"You have obtained 900,000 Reputation points."
Total: 22,300,000
"Ah, so much has been deducted!"
Opposite him, Jiang Gong had a bitter expression on his face. The 10,000 that he had just received was reduced by 9,000 in an instant.
After the system's explanation, he understood the cause and effect and could only silently accept this fact.
Even so, he opened the Reputation Shop and could buy items from it.
"Why are you looking so bitter? Let me see the blueprint. If it can satisfy this lord, I will reward you with ten times the reputation points." Lin Ye smiled and walked over.
"Ten times!" Jiang Gong's eyes widened, and his heart couldn't help but beat faster.
Ten times that would mean 100,000 reputation points!
It was enough for him to buy a lot of things.
When the time came, be it sending it to his family or using it himself, it would feel awesome.
Especially when he saw Zhang Bao'er's Reputation Shop the day before.
He saw a great game console, Dark 3 Switch. It was worth more than 3,000 Reputation points.
If he bought it, he wouldn't be lonely for the rest of the time here. Otherwise, he would be bored to death if he had nothing to do in the territory.
Now, the lord directly gave him 100,000, which would solve the problem of charging as well.
Things like solar charger, a generator for charging, a magnetic sensing charger…
He could buy everything.
He immediately handed the blueprint to Lin Ye without hesitation. 𝑙𝘪𝑏𝓇𝑒𝑎𝒹.𝘤𝑜𝘮
The moment his fingers touched the blueprints,
A notification came.
Items: Toilet Blueprint
Level: Merit Treasure
Creator: Jiang Gong (Exclusive Design)
Effect: 1. With the help of the golden light of Creation, the cooldown is removed. Can be used limitlessly.
2. Feces converter. When the feces enter the feces pit, it will automatically convert into nitrogen fertilizer energy, which can be used to irrigate plants or crops.
"What the f*ck, unlimited usage! It can actually work like this too!" Lin Ye was shocked.
This was the first time something like this had happened.
Why were the blueprints so expensive before?
It was because of their scarcity and long cooldown time. Building anything required a large number of blueprints. Otherwise, the efficiency would not be high.
Other than that, the most pleasant surprise was the feces converter that came together.
Previously, the Zombie Converter could only convert zombies and trash.
There was nothing he could do about the extremely smelly feces.
Now, whenever he returned to the bunker, he was basically half-expecting to smell something.
After all, 88,000 people lived in a place the size of his palm. With a little addition from everyone, it would add up to a biological bomb to him.
With this, he finally had nothing to worry about.
"My lord, how is it?" Jiang Gong lifted his chin and said smugly.
Before handing it to the lord, he had already checked the attributes of the blueprint. It was no exaggeration to say that he was extremely satisfied with his first work.
He believed in his lord's eyes, that he would definitely discover how precious this blueprint was.
"Not bad, this is your reward."
Lin Ye smiled and gave him 100,000 Reputation points.
"Our lord is awesome!"
Seeing the number zeros appear on his Reputation Points page, Jiang Gong's eyes turned into copper coins.
"Right, this is an opportunity. Don't spread the news yet. Before others know that blueprints can be created by themselves, and before they become engineers, this will only be for ourselves."
Lin Ye looked at Jiang Gong and said solemnly, "Later, go to the archive room and find all the humans with construction experience in the territory. Form a creative production camp and get them to work hard to assist you in creating new blueprints, such as residential buildings, shops, opera houses, cinemas, bookshops, and so on.. Anything is fine."
Chapter 167
"The Creative Production Camp?"
After obtaining a large number of Reputation points, Jiang Gong was already planning to look for the game console in the reputation shop.
However, when he heard his lord's words, a thought flashed through his mind.
He said excitedly, "My lord, you mean that I will establish a team? That I will be their boss from now on?!"
"You can say that. As long as you are willing to work hard, you will be the leader of the creative production team, their chief engineer!" Lin Ye promised seriously.
Now, he understood the Eye of Luck more and more.
To a certain extent, this thing could be considered a talent excavation machine. For those who could emit a golden light from the top of their heads like spirit snakes or so.
We're all not ordinary.
As long as he could guide them properly, they would definitely accomplish great things in the future.
In contrast, the increase in his loyalists' luck was actually reflected in him, making him stronger.
That was also the reason why ever since he obtained the talent, Luck Plunder,
he'd only plundered from Xu Yuan and yet the golden dragon of luck above his head still got stronger each day.
Luck was something that could not be seen or touched…
Bah, he could see and touch it.
It was more intuitive and thorough for him than others.
The more he accumulated, the more power his luck, fate, and other external conditions became. He would be invincible.
Therefore, he didn't mind relinquishing his authority to some capable subordinates and letting them do as they pleased.
And the prerequisite for all of this was their loyalty!
Without loyalty, they could just get lost. Who would waste time with you?
If they fattened up a little and submitted to other lords instead, it would be a huge loss.
Anyone who had seen the Three Kingdoms would be familiar with this kind of thing.
"No problem, no problem. I'll go to the archive room now. Hahaha, my lord, this position is definitely mine."
Jiang Gong laughed, the fire in his heart ignited.
After all, he was already a f*cking leader, so what was the point of playing console games?
He wanted to earn more money and reputation points to become a part of the higher echelons of the Lin clan.
Wouldn't it be great if he could marry more than ten native wives in the future and play games with them?
In the past, he was a loser who didn't have a chance.
But it was different now. The lord had personally said that he could choose anyone he wanted. This was wonderful!
Listen to this. He was the leader of the Creative Production Camp, the chief engineer of the Lin clan.
This sounded too damn good!
Thinking of this, Jiang Gong rushed towards the third floor of the bunker.
After he left, Lin Ye handed the Merit Blueprint in his hand to Link One and handed over the blueprint of the Level 1 Paper Factory that had been kept in the warehouse for a long time.
"There are no restrictions on the toilet blueprint now. You can build it as you wish. With the territory as the center, spread them out and build one every 300 meters. There are many people near the tent areas so you can build more around those areas as well. Give this task to your father. The wooden fence defense circle at the 2,000 meters range has been completed. Since he has nothing to do, let him do more."
"What about me?" Lin One was surprised. He had thought his lord would let him handle the construction of the toilets.
"I have more important things for you to do." Lin Ye smiled and took out an interspatial ring, handing it to Lin One.
"This is?" Lin One was confused, his consciousness peering into the ring for a moment.
Soon, he was shocked. He suddenly raised his head and said in disbelief, "A food-type super seed?!"
"Not bad, you are quite knowledgeable." Lin Ye chuckled.
"This is something that us native workers dream of obtaining. It was said that this was also a product of a great civilization in the past. However, for some reason, the great civilization was destroyed and the world fell. These seeds became treasures left behind in the ancient ruins."
"I thought I would never have the chance to see these legendary treasures in my life. I didn't expect the lord to be so lucky to obtain them this early in the season. The amount…"
"Ahem… the amount you have is so terrifying."
As he spoke, he secretly counted. It was probably thousands or even tens of thousands.
Oh my god, this was too scary.
"These are the blueprints for Level 3 farm. I'll leave it to you to decide how to grow it. For the fertilizer, use the feces converter and use the converted nitrogen fertilizer first. As for the Water of Life and Life Soil which can accelerate the growth, I'll pass them to you later on."
Lin Ye smiled and patted Lin One's shoulder. "In the future, you will be the territory's agricultural manager. The food of the tens of thousands of people in the Lin clan will depend on you."
"Don't worry, my lord. It is my lifelong wish to be able to grow such a legendary food seed. I will not let you down." Lin One declared excitedly.
"Mm, very good. I like your positive attitude. Go ahead then. After opening the treasure chests, if there is any equipment or upgrade scrolls for native workers, I will get Thru to inform you. Don't worry."
Soon, after sending Lin One off, Lin Ye returned to the bunker.
The open-air canteen was packed with people and most of them were still eating.
Seeing Lin Ye walk over, many people's eyes lit up.
Was it time to open treasure chests again?
Was it finally going to happen? 𝘭𝒾𝑏𝑟𝑒𝒶𝒹.𝘤𝘰𝓂
This scene could be said to be what the veterans were looking forward to and the new recruits were extremely excited.
After every meal, the veterans would proudly take out their Class 3 Purple Tier or Class 4 Silver Tier weapons at the residential area and explain to the new recruits about the origins of this equipment.
Therefore, the 80,000 plus soldiers were all looking forward to their lord opening the treasure chests. He was the center of attention.
Unfortunately, the central area of the territory was too small for the tens of thousands of soldiers to be at. Most of them were scattered everywhere.
Even so, the territory's high platform was still packed with people.
Many soldiers who were still taking turns to eat breakfast squeezed over standing on the buckets used to hold the instant noodles, wanting to see the glory of their lord opening the treasure chests.
"Lin Dachui, bring all the treasure chests from the market sales."
Looking at the dense crowd of people below, Lin Ye was calm and composed. He was used to it. At the same time, he secretly used his mind to possess and notify Lin Dachui.
Tap-tap-tap…
Moments later, Lin Dachui brought hundreds of blacksmiths with him.
They were carrying numerous sandalwood and bronze treasure chests up the platform.
"My lord, this is all of it. The market page business is too good. I'll go back first. Call me if you don't have enough!"
After putting down the dazzling array of treasure chests, Lin Dachui noticed before he ran off again.
It was obvious that he enjoyed the task of tending to the market page.
Business in the underworld was probably bleak.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have been starved to bones when they first arrived.
Looking at it now, it had only been a few days, and their stomachs were already starting to get fatter.
Mm, looks like he had to increase their workload.
Being too obese would result in a high risk of three major illnesses. For their safety, exercising more would be beneficial.
He secretly formulated a plan for Lin Dachui and the others' future.
After a while, with the help of his personal guards.
Lin Ye took out thousands of sandalwood treasure chests from his Civilization Archive.
He estimated that there were at least 10,000 treasure chests piled up on the platform.
If he were to open all of them at once, even if they were trash, it would still be a dazzling sight.
Not to mention that he was the legendary lord. Every treasure chest he opened would drop good things, and it might even consecutively drop good items.
Everyone's eyes lit up. The veterans who were familiar with the sight hid in the back row and laughed secretly.
"Let's begin."
Lin Ye gave Dong Wei a look from behind the platform.
"Okay!" Dong Wei raised his hand and pressed the large sound system button.
In an instant, passionate music sounded.
"Good luck to you… Best of luck to you~~"
"Ah, this…"
The nearly ten thousand native workers below the platform looked at each other. Although they did not understand what was going on, it sounded very interesting.
The other human lords laughed loudly.
Dong Wei was a talent!
BGM 'Good Luck Arrives' was used here too. It was simply a must-have piece back in China when they opened treasure chests in games!
"Let's begin!"
Lin Ye was also filled with excitement as he listened to the BGM. He took a deep breath and walked towards where all the treasure chests were.
Chapter 168
"Select option to remove the probability of white tier equipment and living supplies appearing!"
"Select option to remove the probability of blue tier equipment and living supplies appearing!"
Before opening the treasure chests, Lin Ye made adjustments to the options on 100xReward.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The next moment, the Great Sage's Battle Aura cast strong winds through the area. It opened 30 chests per second, and the sandalwood treasure chests emitted treasure light one after another.
"You have obtained 8,000 Basic Class 3 Purple Tier Weapons—Breeze Swords!"
"You have obtained 2,100 Class 3 Upgrade Scrolls!"
"You have obtained a Level 3 ingredient, xx wild boar meat!"
"You have obtained 6,500 Basic Class 3 Purple Armor—Watchmen's Armor!"
"You have obtained 28,000 Basic Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon—Black Tiger Blade!"
"You have received 900 packs of toilet paper."
"You have obtained 900 Level 3 Zombie Converters!"
"You have obtained 400 Stone Fence blueprints!"
"You have obtained 100 books of high black tier Breathing methods!"
"You have obtained 200 Advanced Class 4 Silver Tier weapons—Cross Wind Splitting Blade!"
….
Whoosh—
When the tens of thousands of treasure chests opened, especially when the second consecutive one happened at the same time, the glaring light beam hurt the eyes of the soldiers in the front row.
During the meal, the veterans were experienced and stayed far away so they were fine.
"My god, this is too scary. The trashiest one is actually Class 3 Purple Tier equipment!"
"This number seems to have increased by dozens of times. My lord, what kind of blessed hands does he have? It's too terrifying!"
"What blessed hands? I heard from Adelia that the lord's luck is called European King's Heaven Fate. Every time he opens a box, its drop would be great!"
"I see, how terrifying!"
"Our lord likes to reward people based on their contributions. We had a beautiful crushing battle last night. We should have a share of this."
"That's for sure. The 3,000 plus personal guards are mostly already equipped with Advanced Class 3 Purple Tier or even Class 4 Silver Tier equipment. These basic Class 3 Purple Tier equipment should be for us!"
"This is great, this is great! Following my second cousin's third uncle's nephew here was the right choice. I, Tie Niu, am only a Class 2 soldier but I actually have a chance of obtaining a set of Class 3 Purple Tier equipment. Hahaha, this feels great!"
….
Below the platform, people were whispering, while Lin Ye was busy.
With more than 10,000 sandalwood treasure chests and 100xReward, he chose quantity for half the options while quality for the other half.
Even so, there were close to 50,000 Class 3 Purple Tier weapons and more than 1,000 Class 4 Silver Tier weapons.
The rest were mostly Level 3 ingredients, living supplies, and water.
The moment these items dropped, Xun Mingyuan led the native workers to use their storage rings to transport them to dozens of warehouses.
It took them more than half an hour of hustling to finish classifying the drops.
Overall, the result of opening the treasure chest this time was excellent.
Even the rare Level 3 Zombie Converter, Stone Fence, battle aura cultivation techniques, Class 4 Silver Tier weapons, and others dropped.
"Tru, distribute them according to the number of enemies they killed last night. The same goes for the Class 3 Upgrade Scrolls."
Lin Ye instructed, and the newbie soldiers below immediately burst into excitement.
"I need one thousand people to move all the equipment to the plains. I will distribute them according to clans. No one is allowed to cause trouble. If anyone dares to snatch it, the entire clan will suffer together and have all their contribution points deducted. The first one…"
Hearing that, everyone looked at him suspiciously. The method he used the other time was too brazen and ugly, causing everyone to second guess his current intentions.
"F*ck!"
Tru cursed under his breath and said in a clear voice, "What are you looking at? I'm not going for the first time this time. Brother Luo's family has made the most contributions. They'll go first. This time, my family will be the last as compensation for the last time."
"That's more like it." The elders of the various clans muttered.
Looking at the large group that was gradually leaving to split the treasures, Lin Ye summoned a few personal guards.
"Give these 100 Black Tier Battle Aura manuals to Bai Yitong. Tell him to focus on the Twelve Zodiacs and the Primordial Breathing Technique. Don't worry about the rest."
"Also, give these 900 Level 3 Zombie Converters to Link Two for safekeeping. Bring them all with you when you go out. As for the few hundred disassembled from the five-star Haunted House, leave half of them in the territory to be used as trash converters. Leave the rest to Lin Three and bring them to Bunker 2."
Bunker 2 referred to Lin Hai's territory.
Because that area was close to the blue iron ore mine. No, it should be called a tri-colored mine now.
There was a lot of blue iron, purple iron, and silver iron. The Level 3 Mining Factory was still under construction.
Previously, he had planned to turn that area into bunker 2. At the same time, he could alleviate the pressure of having too many soldiers.
Otherwise, if they all stayed in the main bunker for a long time, it would be too troublesome.
"Yes, my lord!"
They accepted the orders and left with a hundred-man team carrying large amounts of treasures.
Soon, the originally lively platform became quiet.
Lin Ye did not stay long. He had too many things to do now.
Farming for Water of Life and Life Soil and solving the food problem;
The wounded Lin Hai and Song Kuaidi, two Awakens with great talents;
The breeding fields, barracks to be used to mass-produce Class 3 and 4 soldiers;
As well as the ranger team.
These were his current priorities.
If he could settle all those in the short term, his strength and luck would greatly increase.
Only then would he be at ease to fight the Haunted House, treasure caves, and the mysterious ancient ruins.
He had to eat his food bite by bite.
Therefore, after leaving the platform, Lin Ye went to the medical tent first.
When they entered, Gran and a long-bearded elder were giving a lecture to hundreds of Class 1 Priests.
Seeing that Lin Ye had arrived, he hurriedly went forward to welcome him.
"Welcome, my lord. Welcome, welcome."
"You don't have to be this polite." Lin Ye waved his hand and asked, "How are Lin Hai and Song Kuaidi?"
"Song Kuaidi is fine. That guy only injured his leg from a fall. One round of Sacred Healing and he is already recovered. That guy is timid and he said that he's willing to become the lord's loyalist, but he hopes that you can meet him personally. He has a secret to tell you," Gran said.
"A secret?" Lin Ye raised his eyebrows.
"I don't know either. He said he wouldn't tell anyone but you." Gran shrugged.
"What about Lin Hai?" Lin Ye asked again.
To be honest, he was still looking forward to In Hair's talent.
A defensive-type territory-based talent was extremely rare.
Once they became loyalists, the two of them could complement each other in a large-scale team battle. Their defense would definitely increase.
This way, they would be able to ensure their safety when exploring treasure caves and ancient ruins in the future.
"There's something wrong with this guy. His injuries have already recovered. Everything was normal initially, but after the four sacred halls last night, his condition was odd. He looked gloomy and his face was twisted. He didn't even want to talk to anyone." Gran shook his head and sighed helplessly.
"Perhaps his family passed away?" Lin Ye seemed to have sensed something.
Something must have happened to his family for someone with such a strong will to go crazy.
"Perhaps. In any case, if this person doesn't untie the knot in his heart, he'll probably be very difficult to deal with. It's better to end things with one strike."
Gran shook his head, feeling a little troubled, so he made it clear in his words.
He knew his lord's personality. He would definitely not let him go if he liked him.
However, not everything would go as planned. He had to give his lord a heads up.
"The two of them are together now, right?" Lin Ye ignored the subtle meaning behind Gran's words.
He would give these strong Awakens a chance.
Zhang Liang was one, and so was Lin Hai.
After they met, if he agreed, everything could be discussed. If he didn't agree, well, sorry in advance then.
Mercy was never his cup of tea. 𝓵𝙞𝓫𝒓𝙚𝓪𝓭.𝒄𝓸𝓶
"No, they're not. Song Kuaidi is in the light injuries tent. Lin Hai is locked alone. I'm afraid he'll cause trouble." Gran pointed to the medical tent near the river.
"Bring me to see Song Kuaidi first. The talent of the Spirit Vehicle is interesting. I have to get it. As for the secret he mentioned, I'll hear it."
Lin Ye smiled and gestured for Gran to lead the way.
"This way, please."
Chapter 169
They walked through the night under Gran's lead towards the tent for light injuries.
At this moment, the other lightly injured soldiers had already returned to their respective teams.
Therefore, in the huge tent, only Song Kuaidi was lying on the bed.
With his Civilization Archive confiscated, he had nothing to do but stare at the top of the tent in a daze. 𝘭𝘪𝑏𝑟ℯ𝒶𝑑.𝘤𝑜𝘮
His thoughts raced.
"Song Kuaidi, the lord is here," Gran said calmly from afar.
"The lord?" Song Kuaidi looked happy and sat up from the bed.
He acted as if nothing had happened, but he was actually panicking in his heart.
In the beginning, he had cooperated with Xu Yuan and came up with some small schemes and tricks to kill Lin Ye and take everything from him.
However, before his plan could come to fruition, it was ruined by Lin Ye with the help of the Four Sacred Halls.
Before Xu Yuan could even use most of his abilities, he was already dead.
Even he was dragged down and became a prisoner.
Other than that, he could not be sure if Lin Ye was thinking of killing him to silence him or if he simply wanted his talent.
Concluding from that, in order to survive, he could only use the secrets of the ancient ruins that Xu Yuan had explored when he was alive as his gambling chip.
He firmly believed that as long as Lin Ye was an ambitious person, he would definitely not let a peerless treasure like the ancient ruins go.
As expected, Lin Ye arrived as planned.
"Greetings, Lord Lin Ye. I'm Song Kuaidi. Nice to meet you."
Song Kuaidi had a good attitude. He quickly stood up and said humbly,
"There's no need to be polite with me. Please sit down and talk."
Lin Ye nodded and went straight to the point. "I heard that you have a secret to tell me?"
"Yes, that is true."
Song Kuaidi nodded and looked at Priest Gran beside Lin Ye from the corner of his eye. He said solemnly, "This matter is of utmost importance. I hope to only talk to the Lord alone."
"How fragile." Priest Gran couldn't help but curse.
"Forget it, don't stoop to his level. Go out first. I'll listen to you. If you can't satisfy me, I'll avenge you."
Lin Ye smiled and dismissed Priest Gran.
"Speak. There are only the two of us left now. There's no need to worry about your safety."
"If I talk, can you spare my life?" Song Kuaidi begged.
"That will depend on the value of your secret. If it's enough, not only will I spare your life, I will also give you an opportunity." Lin Ye smiled with narrowed eyes.
Upon hearing that, Song Kuaidi heaved a sigh of relief.
Ever since he was helped out last night, he had been feeling uneasy, afraid that he would accidentally step behind Xu Yuan's shoes.
Now that he heard Lin Ye personally promise him, he was filled with confidence. He quickly said, "I know the location of an ancient ruin. It was that fellow, Xu Yuan, who discovered it. With the Eye of Luck, he discovered a map of the ancient ruins. In order to fool everyone, he even dismissed all his subordinates and sneaked into the dark fog alone to search for treasures."
"He didn't know but I've always been guarding against him. After entering that strange land, I drove my spirit vehicle and followed him."
"That's a little weird. Xu Yuan's Eye of Luck didn't discover you?"
Lin Ye raised his eyebrows. After controlling the Eye of Luck, he deeply understood how terrifying this ability was.
The Eye of Luck could peer into the dark fog, as well as peek at one's aura.
Even if the other party was skilled in concealment, it was difficult for them to escape the fate of being locked onto.
At a glance, as long as the said thing had life force, there would be halos of light with varying strengths and weaknesses.
This kind of thing could not be avoided. Probably only some special protection could block it.
But clearly, in the early stages of the zombie wave, only a few people could have such an item.
For example, the 'little mice' hiding around his territory.
"My lord, you might not know, but this has to do with my talent."
As he spoke, a thought flashed through Song Kuaidi's mind and a green spirit vehicle appeared beside him.
He smiled and said, "My lord, I'll sit in there now. Try and see if you can see my luck."
Moments later, Song Kuaidi entered the car.
A wisp of a golden glow arose in Lin Ye's eyes.
In front of him, Song Kuaidi seemed to have vanished into thin air.
He was clearly there if he looked with his naked eye, but when he used the Eye of Luck, he could not detect the other party's aura at all.
"Your spirit vehicle can cover luck traces?" Lin Ye was speechless. This was the first time he had seen such a strange talent.
"I guess so. An awakened spirit carriage can see it. Dead things avoid the vehicle. Once I enter the carriage, the aura of the living will be concealed. Unless the person's level is far above mine, or if their talent is far above mine, if I focus on hiding, people of the same level will not be able to find me."
Song Kuaidi said confidently, "It's precisely because of this that I can keep following Xu Yuan and discover these secret ancient ruins."
"Interesting, continue," Lin Ye said.
Song Kuaidi nodded. "The ancient ruin is similar to a dojo left behind by Daoists. There are many ancient weapons and talismans inside. The most ordinary ones are the talismans Xu Yuan used in your previous battle."
"You mean, the talisman shield that can block my high explosive grenades and the Phoenix Spear?" Lin Ye narrowed his eyes, secretly jumping for joy.
Of course, he remembered that incident.
He was very interested in those magical talismans. They were similar to the cultivation system, something that could only be encountered by chance but not sought after.
Once he obtained the precious treasures within, he might be able to cultivate something different through correlation.
This was evident from Tru family's secret battle aura manual, The Twelve Zodiacs.
"That's right. Most of Xu Yuan's treasures were stolen from that ancient ruin. He's not strong, but the Eye of Luck is powerful. It can exercise evil and avoid dangers, allowing him to roam freely in the ancient ruins. Unfortunately, in the end, luck alone is not enough. It was too dangerous and that fellow temporarily gave up on exploring."
As Song Kuaidi spoke, he did not forget to bootlick. "However, the lord is peerless in his martial arts and is definitely not someone a small fry like Xu Yuan can compare to. A high-level treasure land like the ancient ruins must have been prepared for someone like you."
"It seems that I've underestimated the power of the Eye of Luck."
Lin Ye couldn't help but laugh.
After obtaining this talent, he originally only wanted to use it to search for people or gauge from their luck if one was a talent to be hired.
He never thought that this talent could actually be useful in the ancient ruins raiding industry. Furthermore, what he said made sense.
This reminded him of those tomb raiders from China.
What determines the spot with gold, Feng Shui secret techniques, weren't those all related to luck?
However, it was more direct for him.
Xu Yuan's luck was pretty good. After wandering aimlessly in the dark fog, he was able to discover the ancient ruins so quickly through his Eye of Luck.
Did he find a map? Or was there another reason?
With regards to this, the other party was already dead and there was no evidence, making him regretful.
"There are still many things that are worth exploring with the Eye of Luck. However, these are off-topic. The reason I'm looking for you is to work together. If you can accept me, with us in a lord-subordinate relationship, in the future, all the ancient ruins in this world will not escape our grasp."
At this point, a fanatic expression appeared on Song Kuaidi's face. He said, "My lord, please trust me this once!"
"Trust your ass. After all that talk, you still haven't told me the exact location."
Lin Ye glanced at him sideways. How could he not know what he was planning? However, he was too lazy to pursue the matter.
"Hurry up and offer your loyalty. After dealing with you, I still have to meet another thorn."
With that, he casually grabbed the Civilization Archive belonging to Song Kuaidi from his interspatial ring and threw it to him.
Only his loyalists could get their Civilization Archives back.
That was his rule. Otherwise, they could only set a fixed time every day and chat with their family under surveillance.
"Immediately. My lord, give me a second."
Song Kuaidi took his Civilization Archive and was overjoyed.
He could finally become a loyalist after waiting from last night until today.
He carefully observed the situation within the territory. It seemed like they were all doing pretty well.
The atmosphere here was unrestrained and free from danger. It was especially suitable for his carefree personality.
It was much safer than following that bastard Xu Yuan everywhere.
A moment later, the system sent him a piece of good news.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. The human lord, Song Kuaidi, has willingly given up his status as a human lord. He has offered 100% of his loyalty to become your loyalist. Please treat him well!"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have obtained a Spirit Vehicle talent fragment offered by your loyalist!"
Chapter 170
100xReward.
100 Spirit Vehicle Talent Fragments1 Complete Spirit Vehicle Talent CrystalRandom Talent Crystal
You can choose to exclude basic talents from the options.
"I choose option 2!"
There was nothing to be conflicted about. The Spirit Vehicle talent was at least Advanced, only slightly inferior to the top tier.
He still had more than 900,000 drops of Enlightenment's Pool in his interspatial ring. If he drank it every day, he would probably be able to advance that talent soon.
Whoosh—
The moment he made his choice, a dark red prismatic crystal descended and landed in Lin Ye's palm.
"You have obtained a complete Spirit Vehicle Talent Crystal. Do you wish to learn it?"
"Learn it."
With that, the crystal turned into a gaseous particle and entered Lin Ye's body.
A notification came.
Talent: Spirit Vehicle
Quality: Advanced Superior
Level: 1
Skill: Spirit Vehicle Travel (Ignore collisions and can pass through physical objects)
Spirit Teleportation (Able to blink through dimensions for short flashes of time)
Level Up Method: Bunker Level (Consumes a large number of Zombie Souls), a treasure from Reflection Hall, devouring other talents…
"Nice." Lin Ye was satisfied.
Although this thing did not have any lethality, its life-saving and support functions were still very useful.
"My lord, your territory is so big. You can upgrade the level first. Every increase in level will increase the speed. After Level 10, not only can you increase the number of seats, I think the talent may obtain other derived advanced abilities," Song Kuaidi reminded.
"I know. I'll give it a try first."
Lin Ye nodded. Currently, his bunker level has entered the tribal era.
In theory, he could directly level it up to Level 10.
As expected, a system notification came quickly.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your bunker has reached Level 10. By consuming 300,000 Zombie Souls, Spirit Vehicle can directly advance to Level 10 and enter the second stage of talent transformation. Current prerequisites are satisfied. Do you wish to level up?"
"Upgrade!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A dozen advanced talent upgrade beams landed.
Lin Ye was bathed in its light. With a thought, a green tricycle appeared beside him.
The light flashed and the upgrade ended.
The tricycle started to change shape and gradually became a compact MPV.
The information about his upgraded talent was as follows:
Talent: Spirit Vehicle
Quality: Advanced Superior
Level: 10
Passive: Concealment (Conceals aura, luck, etc.)
Skill: Spirit Vehicle Travel (Ignore collisions and can pass through physical objects)
Spirit Teleportation (Able to blink through dimensions for short flashes of time)
Spirit Illusion (Transforms into MPV. Speed remains unchanged. Increased capacity, able to carry 7 people, overload is 14 people)
"F*ck, it's actually the Nokia of cars!" Lin Ye couldn't help but curse.
Cough cough…
Song Kuaidi felt awkward. "The modification in shape is actually like a chameleon. As long as the lord upgrades quickly, the car can even transform into a flying dragon."
"Upgrade my a**! I don't have that much time."
Lin Ye shook his head. However, he was not Song Kuaidi. He had many ways.
He opened the Reputation Shop.
With more than 23 million reputation points, he believed that he could get a piece of Level 3 Lord's Skin.
When the time came, everything would be settled.
Perhaps it was because he had been farming too much these two days.
It was also possible that after he got Luck Plunder, his luck became off the scales.
At the first refresh, a Level 3 Lord's Skin appeared.
"I'll buy it!"
Lin Ye laughed and instantly picked up the goods and combined them.
Bang—
Golden light burst out from his body, and the original Level 3 Lord's Skin instantly fused together.
They fused into Dark Gold Lord's Skin which was the legendary equipment.
Item: Lord's Skin (Special Type Treasure)
Level: Dark Gold (Rarity Level: )
Attractiveness: Increased by 100%
Charisma: Increased by 100%
Special Effect 1: Increase base loyalty by five times
(Note: The initial loyalty of a Class 1 soldier will increase from 50% to 100%. The initial loyalty of a Class 2 soldier will increase to 90%. The initial loyalty of a Class 3 soldier will increase to 80%. The initial loyalty of a Class 4 soldier will increase to 70%!)
Special Effect 2: Enhanced version of Flying Meteor (Any attack yours will not increase in any power, but the visual effect will increase by 500%)
Special Effect 3: Ambition (Forcefully increases the loyalty of human lords. Initial loyalty will increase to 80%)
Special Effect 4: Mount Transformation (Unlimited. Able to change according to your imagination. The bigger the size, the more Zombie Souls needed. Special Effect 2 can be activated alongside with double payment)
"F*ck!"
Lin Ye couldn't help but curse.
Too sick.
These attributes were simply giving rich people unlimited privileges to flex.
From Special Effect 1-4, all of them had the loyalty aspect increased by 10%.
It was considered a huge improvement. Other than that,
A new function was added after advancement.
Special Effect 4: Mount transformation. This skill was originally not a big deal, but this skill had no limit. He only needed to spend money to become super awesome. What else did Lin Ye have to hesitate about?
He started to spend money immediately while visualizing the appearance of a mystical dragon in his mind.
In a few minutes, he quickly transformed the MPV into a dragon.
Thinking of that, he automatically pictured the image in his mind.
Then, a magical scene happened.
The originally lustrous green MPV spirit vehicle distorted and actually transformed into a massive oriental divine dragon.
Horse face, eagle claws, antlers, fish scales, snake body…
It had slender four legs, a horse's head, and a snake's tail.
It was covered in scales, had a horn on his head, five claws, and a golden glow on its entire body. It was as awesome as it could get.
No, it was still a little short.
Its size was the same as the MPV, which meant that it was a tiny dragon in front of him.
"Friendly Hint: Dark Gold Lord's Skin has Special Effect 2. There will be no damage amplification but it will increase the effect by 700%!"
At this moment, Lin Ye's eyes lit up when he heard the notification of his talent.
"Make it bigger, bigger!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Golden light showered down from the sky.
The little golden dragon which was several meters long suddenly enlarged by 700%. From its original size of three meters, it increased by more than a hundred meters.
"Good heavens, it has really f*cking became a true dragon!" Lin Ye was overjoyed.
This was great. As long as he had money, he could change its form at will and have this forever.
-1000 Zombie Souls, -1000 Zombie Souls…
"My lord, the zombie souls you have above your head are constantly dropping!" Song Kuaidi was weak.
He was afraid that his lord would go too far and consume a large number of zombie souls. In the end, he would be blamed for it and that would be too tragic.
"I know. It only costs 1000 zombie souls every minute. It's so cheap. I can play with it for the rest of my life!"
"Don't worry about money. I'm never lacking money!"
Lin Ye laughed. With his current ability to make money, this was nothing. 𝘭𝒾𝒷𝓇𝘦𝑎𝑑.𝒸ℴ𝓂
"Sigh… I really don't understand a rich young master's life." Song Kuaidi sighed with a complicated expression.
In the past, he used to work for Xu Yuan. Because of the lack of resources, he had to calculate the travel routes and spend in advance every time he drove the spirit vehicle. He had to calculate every minute and second, afraid that he would waste his money.
But looking at Lord Lin Ye, he was too f*cking willing to spend. It made his heart itch looking at him.
"Let's go for a spin!"
With that, Lin Ye brought Song Kuaidi and Gran who were waiting at the entrance.
The three of them went on the MPV.
In the eyes of others, the MPV had long disappeared and was replaced by a huge, energetic golden dragon.
Whoosh—
The engine roared. In the eyes of others, a golden dragon roared.
Roar—
Swish!
The next moment, the golden dragon flew out and made use of its intangibility to drive through the territory.
"Change into a phoenix! A qilin… Hahaha, this feels good!"
The ride was fast and Lin Ye had a lot of fun.
At this moment, everyone in the camp was shocked.
Swish! Swish!
There were constantly dragon and phoenix shadows passing through their bodies. Although it did not give everyone the same exhilarating feeling,
It was nice to look at and everyone was shocked.
What did they just see?
A few seconds ago, dazzling golden light kept appearing in the direction of the medical tent.
After that, a golden dragon was soaring through the territory.
The huge dragon scales brushed phantomly across their faces, but it did not scare the children at the territory.
A moment later, the golden dragon disappeared.
Immediately after, a divine phoenix spread its wings, a qilin dashed about, and strange beasts appeared one after another…
It blew the minds of the native people. Everyone was excited!
"Dragon, phoenix, qilin, hahaha, it's an auspicious sign. This is an auspicious sign!"
"Our lord is indeed a person chosen by heaven. He's f*cking awesome!"
"I've heard of it too. A few seasons ago, a human lord appeared and such strange phenomena happened then too. Looks like we've followed the right person!"
"Hahaha, I'll follow my lord to establish his dynasty!"
"My lord's dynasty, my lord's dynasty!"
Soon, the people below seemed to have been bewitched as they chanted loudly.
Chapter 171
Loyalty+5, Loyalty+5…
100xReward.
Loyalty+500, Loyalty+500…
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. All of your Class 1, 2, and 3 soldiers have become loyalists. Whether they are underworld natives or human lords, loyalists are precious. Provide them with the best living environment and the loyalists will protect your home and be willing to bleed for you."
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. 99 Class 4 experts have sensed your strength and offered their loyalty to you! Please continue to work hard!"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. All your human lords are shocked by your greatness and offer their loyalty to you. Every human has their own value and strengths. Please assign them accordingly and treat them well!"
Three notifications came in a row. Lin Ye nodded inwardly in approval.
Not bad, not bad. You get what you pay for.
Although it was super costly to test the Spirit Vehicle talent and the transformation function using the Lord's Skin,
Its effect was remarkable.
He was not used to having so many people offering their loyalty to him at once.
It was probably because people had expectations for him.
Lin Ye lamented and deactivated the special effects.
In an instant, the golden dragon which was hundreds of meters tall disappeared.
In its place was a normal MPV that drove towards the medical tent for the heavily injured.
Gasp!
At close range, there was a flash of shadow and it seemed like light and space froze for a moment.
One blink.
The spirit vehicle teleported!
It appeared in the tent, like a phantom.
"…"
Lin Hai was stunned.
However, when he saw Lin Ye, Song Kuaidi, and Gran slowly walking out of the vehicle,
a trace of hope vaguely arose in his eyes, but it quickly vanished again.
"Lin Hai."
At this moment, Lin Ye took the initiative to speak up.
From his point of view, it was as Priest Gran had said.
There was something wrong with this fellow's state. When he first saw him, this fellow was firm, bright, and courageous.
Yet now, it was the complete opposite. His energy had declined and his gaze was as dull as a pool of stagnant water.
"Are you here to kill me? If you want to kill me, do it. You can do whatever you want." Lin Hai closed his eyes and turned away, too lazy to pay attention to them.
"Just because your family is dead, you plan to stay here and be useless? If that's the case, I'll fulfill your wish! If I let you live, you'll just be a waste of food and air."
Lin Ye raised his eyebrows and brought out his Great Sage Battle Aura, throwing Lin Hai off the bed.
Shhoom—
He broke the wooden stakes that were holding the tent up.
Gasp! 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝓇𝘦𝑎𝒹.𝑐𝑜𝓂
Lin Hai coughed out blood. He landed on the ground, covered in dust.
"Cough…" Lin Hai didn't bother resisting, but when he heard Lin Ye mention his family, his eyes were filled with grief. He muttered, "They're all dead, all dead. All killed by those damn zombies. Damn it!"
With his head nestled on the ground, his fists pounded the ground crazily, as if he was venting the misery in his heart.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Dull thuds resounded from the ground.
Thirty seconds later, Lin Hai was still hitting.
One minute later, his fists split open revealing the bones inside, dyeing his fists red.
Three minutes later, his fist was reduced to a bloody mess.
"My lord, stop him. If he continues, his fists will become useless."
Gran's skin crawled at the sight. How much hatred was he holding on for him to give up his body?
He was like a wolf.
If this person did not die, he might really become like a murderous wolf.
"It's fine. No matter how serious his injuries are, at most, you will just spend more time healing. However, if the knot in his heart is not resolved, he will truly be crippled."
Lin Ye shook his head solemnly. Ten minutes later, Lin Hai was lying in a pool of blood, on his last breath.
Finally, he seemed to have cleared his head. "I need strength," he whispered, "As long as you can give me strength, I will offer my loyalty."
"Friend, you're going about this in the wrong direction. I'm not the one begging you. You are the one who is begging. That's not how you get things done." Lin Ye snorted coldly.
Although he sympathized with Lin Hai's plight, he would not break the rules here because of him.
In the Lin Clan's territory, one had to know the sequence of things. If one wanted to gain, they had to pay the price first and offer their loyalty. That was the foundation of the conditions.
Lin Hai was silent.
A moment later, Lin Ye received a system notification.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. The human lord, Lin Hai, has willingly given up his status as a human lord. He has offered 100% of his loyalty to become your loyalist."
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have obtained a God's Protection talent fragment offered by your loyalist!"
100xReward.
1. 100 God's Defense Talent Fragments
2. A Complete God's Defense Talent Crystal
3. Random Talent Crystal
Excluding its function and removing the probability of the appearance of the Beginner Talent Crystal.
"God's Defense?"
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes. This was Lin Hai's talent. It sounded awesome despite him not understanding it.
"Gran, use sacred healing on him. Also, feed him these pills."
He didn't make a choice for the time being. He still had to ask about this talent.
After speaking, he threw out a few bottles of Level 3 Healing Pills, Level 4 Bone Regrowth Pills, and others.
"…"
Gran didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Well, this was indeed his lord's style.
Whoosh—
After a series of Sacred Healing and healing pills, Lin Hai's injuries quickly stabilized.
"My lord, if you have any questions, I will tell you everything I know."
Lin Hai, who had become his loyalist.
Although his expression was still cold, his attitude was passable.
Lin Ye nodded. He knew that the other party was not feeling good, so he did not waste his breath and asked, "What quality is God's Defense?"
"Top tier beginner!" Lin Hai answered truthfully.
"F*ck!" Lin Ye was overjoyed.
As expected, with a talent that he had awakened on his own, he could block a fatal blow without dying from Tru, who was at a higher level than him.
How could such a terrifying talent be a useless one?
Upon hearing that, he did not hesitate. As long as the talent was above advanced, he would definitely choose option 2.
Swish!
Soon, a tri-colored talent crystal landed in Lin Ye's palm.
"Whoosh—"
He absorbed the power of the crystal with familiar ease.
At the same time, the information came.
Talent: God's Defense
Quality: Top Tier Beginner
Level: 1
Skill: God's World Defense. A Domain-type skill. Starts at a radius of 100 meters. The more citizens there are within the range, the more loyal they will be. It will increase the physique of each citizen (For every level up, it will further increase the range and the basic attributes of their physique. After the battle ends, they will go back to their original states)
God's Shield: Within the range of God's Defense, the loyalty of all citizens will be formed into a shield. When gathered, it can form a defensive shield within the territory. When separated, it can be integrated with shield-type weapons. The defense will be doubled (Increase in level and can increase defense)
"This skill—"
The more Lin Ye read the more he liked it.
This was f*cking prepared for him.
He liked loyalty the most, so the Lion clan mainly relied on loyalty. Now, tens of thousands of low-level soldiers had offered their 100% loyalty.
Once they entered combat mode, his defense would be off the charts.
"Right, after leveling up and upgrading to Level 10, the area of the skill should be equivalent to the area of the territory!"
"This…!"
Thinking of this, Lin Ye cheered!
Chapter 172
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The territory was especially lively today. From time to time, there would be golden upgrade lights descending.
The older warriors were already used to it. It was not like they had never seen something more exaggerated than this.
The newbies were still getting used to it. All of them looked at the medical tent with reverence.
As for Lin Ye, he was currently bathed in the three-colored light beam, frantically devouring the energy within.
It was visible to the naked eye that his innate talent for divine control had increased greatly.
lv1→lv2→lv3….
He leveled up 10 times in a row, immediately becoming a Class 2 Talent.
Talent: God's Defense
Quality: Top Tier Beginner
Level: 10
Skill: God's World Defense. A Domain-type skill. Starts at a radius of 100 meters. The more citizens there are within the range, the more loyal they will be. It will increase the physique of each citizen (For every level up, it will further increase the range and the basic attributes of their physique. After the battle ends, they will go back to their original states)
God's Shield: Within the range of God's Defense, the loyalty of all citizens will form into a shield. When gathered, it can form a defensive shield within the territory. When separated, it can be integrated with shield-type weapons. The defense will be doubled (Increase in level can increase defense)
Derived Skill: Shield of Thorns
According to the person's defense, they can completely reflect physical attacks from other parties. However, it cannot reflect magic attacks. The amount reflected is multiplied according to the level and the loyalty of the citizens.
"F*ck, there's even damage reflection! Insane!"
Lin Ye instantly loved this skill.
Whoosh—
He secretly activated his God's Defense Domain, and invisible waves spread throughout the entire territory.
Moments later, a large number of golden light spots gathered from all directions.
With his help, he sent it back to all his loyalists.
In an instant, the natives and humans around felt a gentle power land on their bodies like a layer of energy.
With it, everyone could experience their strength, speed, and defense increasing significantly.
"Oh my god, did the lord recruit an incomparably precious War Totem Master? What a magical power. I can feel the attributes of my body, especially my defense, have increased a lot."
"Me too. Impressive. Everyone, quickly try it with your shields. Having a shield and not having it seems to be two completely different experiences. With a shield, the speed at which defense increases is simply insane. The increase is almost double. It's too astonishing."
"Come, come, come. Little ranger missed, shot an arrow at me. Let me test its power!"
"Cutie, hit me with your ax!"
"Ah, what the f*ck, this thing can even reflect energy. It hurts! My hands are numb!"
"Terrifying. The defense has doubled and it can even reflect damage. It's simply a combination of a turtle shell and a hedgehog armor."
"If we meet low-level zombies, won't we be able to reflect them to death even if we stood still? Hahaha, this feels too good. I like this kind of ability. They can hit me all they want as I stand there and I can still kill them!"
"Boss Tru, quickly use your battle aura to try and see if it can reflect aura attacks!"
…
Moments later, exclamations of excitement came from all over the territory. At the same time, the sound of sparring rang out continuously.
When everyone's enthusiasm reached its peak,
Lin Ye quietly used Heart's Web and spoke in the ears of his loyalists.
"My people, this is a special gift from your lord. As long as you are within my territory, you will be able to exert strength and defense that far surpasses your usual self."
"What? This is an ability bestowed by our lord?!"
"As long as we're within our territory, will we be buffed? Hahaha, this feels so good. Our equipment has always been superior. With group defense skills, no one will be able to defeat us in the future. It will be difficult for us to die even if we wanted to."
"Indeed, following Lord Lin Ye is the wisest choice!"
…
Heart's Web could only link to 100 people at a time, but the news spread quickly through word of mouth. Soon, it spread to both the main bunker and the branch bunker.
For a time, the crowd was in high spirits. Everyone was happy to be able to follow such a reliable lord.
For this, another ten plus Class 4 experts offered their loyalty.
Currently, other than some of the older Class 4 experts who basically did not need to go to the frontline, almost all of the younger generation, from Class 1 to Class 4, had already offered all their loyalty to Lin Ye.
Of course, the thing which contributed the most was the Lord's Skin.
This thing was indeed selfishly domineering. It could directly change a Class 1 native soldier into a loyalist.
Together with God's Defense, they were a perfect match.
Whoosh—
Twenty thousand meters away from where others could not see, this was the limit of his territory.
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes. All his abilities were focused. More than 80,000 loyalists seemed to sense that their lord was calling them from within their hearts.
All of them exerted all their strength and their golden lights of loyalty followed God's Defense Domain, gathering together at the edge of the territory.
In just a few minutes, an energy shield vaguely appeared.
In the blink of an eye, the energy shield shrunk rapidly and finally landed two thousand meters away.
It was the exact position which he wanted it to be.
"Gosh, that took so much concentration."
Lin Ye wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked shocked.
Honestly speaking, this skill was definitely a miracle, but its drawbacks were evident.
It required too much mental capacity and strength.
He was currently a Class 5 Combat Monarch who had awakened 36,500 potential chains. He had also comprehended Invincible Heart and the Heart of Freedom.
In terms of strength and reserve, his mental strength had long surpassed his peers by dozens or even a hundred times.
However, even someone as powerful as him was unable to condense an energy shield that could protect the entire territory for a long time.
One could imagine how scarily difficult it was.
Of course, an energy shield that condensed and covered a range of 2,000 meters was still very powerful.
In order to test the strength of the shield, Lin Ye drove the spirit vehicle to the defense circle where the wooden fence was being built.
He first slashed a few times with his Class 1 white tier weapon.
Thud!
The energy shield was not damaged at all. Instead, a few cracks appeared on the weapon.
This was the power of the damage reflection from the thorns. It was extremely effective against physical attacks.
Following that, he tested the effect of Class 2 blue tier weapons. Same as previously. The blade cracked.
If this was a Level 2 Swift Zombie, it would probably break a few of its teeth with a bite.
Then, he used a Class 3 Purple Tier Weapon.
This time, there were faint ripples on the shield, but it was not a big deal.
On the other hand, the damage reflection from the thorns was a little strong, and his palm was slightly numb.
It was clear that the more powerful the attack was, the more powerful the damage reflection would be.
Finally, he used the Class 4 Silver Tier weapon to attack.
Whoosh!
Ripples appeared on the shield.
After another ten furious strikes, the barrier trembled and showed signs of shattering.
"Not bad. Its power is slightly lower than Class 4. Furthermore, it is a shield that has expanded its range to 2,000 meters. Once it shrinks, it will only be 100 meters…"
"This defensive power is probably shocking for others!"
Lin Ye nodded to himself.
Although there was no large-scale energy shield, he could already see the direction.
He also saw the potential of God's Defense.
A moment later, his thoughts came to a stop.
Whoosh!
A golden shield of light appeared in front of his arm. It was about 80 centimeters long and he could change its size at will.
Next, he planned to test the limit of a single shield. He could not help but turn his gaze to the breeding field.
Chapter 173
At the breeding field.
After two days of development, there were already more than 200 Level 3 Breeding Fields constructed.
There were even quite a number of Level 1 and 2, totaling more than 500 fields.
There was also a large piece of land to the west, raising a large number of Wind Wolves and Earth Wolves.
Before this, among the Class 3 Cavalry Soldiers, these two types of cavalry were the most powerful.
However, Lin Ye was not here to find them.
He vaguely remembered that when he opened treasure chests yesterday, there seemed to be many blueprints of Class 4 Earth Demonic Bear Rider.
The Earth Demonic Bear was one of the best among Class 4.
It was the easiest way to test the defense of the single shield.
"My lord, are you sure you want to use the Earth Demonic Bear as an experiment? We don't have any top Class 4 Beast Tamers. It will be difficult to control."
Gu Jiang, who had just advanced to Class 4 as a beast tamer, had no time to rejoice before he was stunned by his lord's words.
He looked at Lin Ye guiltily. He really did not have the confidence.
If it hurt his lord or caused unnecessary trouble, he would have to take the blame.
"Hurry up and go. If you don't listen to me, I'll beat you until you do it." Lin Ye looked nonchalant.
His safety was not even within his considerations.
There were too many defensive methods available now.
The first was his tycoon's wrist guard, the second was his King's Armor, and the third was his Great Sage Battle Aura.
Adding on to those was the unknown defense level of the God's Shield, even if the single shield was trash,
with the other three defenses, blocking a mere Class 4 Earth Demonic Bear was a child's play.
Even if it was a bunch of Level 4 Venomous Zombies, he would dare to stand at the center of the explosion and receive the other group's self-destruction.
This was the confidence of being rich!
"Then be careful please!" Gu Jiang said nervously and took over the hundreds of blueprints from Lin Ye.
To be safe, he first recruited ten Class 4 Earth Demonic Bears.
Whoosh—
A moment later, a three-meter-tall teleportation array appeared.
In the small world within the teleportation array.
Ten Earth Demonic Bears that were playing happily were grabbed by a pair of huge black hands and thrown over.
Boom!
The ground shook and a few bear-shaped imprints appeared.
"Roar—"
A moment later, a huge black hand reached out.
Only then did Lin Ye see clearly that it was a pair of beast hands the size of a house, covered in black hair.
He was most likely some big shot of the Earth Demonic Bear Clan.
From his aura, he was definitely above Class 5.
Based on his experience, the aura of this person was ranked in the top 13 of everyone whom he had seen so far.
He could not sense the aura of the ten guardians of the Reflection Hall, but their strength was definitely superior to his.
There were also two Zombie Kings, Jiang Chen and Yang Tianyou.
Just in terms of what he felt, those two Zombie Kings were above this bear clan elite.
"Second Master Xiong, this is the recruitment fee. Please keep it up."
Gu Jiang seemed to know the other party and his attitude was extremely respectful. He bowed and handed over a bag of zombie souls.
"If those are not enough, continue to look for me! Our family has too many brats and they cause trouble all day long. If I don't kill some of them, the food in the small world won't be enough."
After this extremely valiant Second Master Xiong said this, he waved his hand and directly shut the teleportation array. 𝓁𝑖𝒷𝑟𝘦𝒶𝑑.𝒸𝘰𝘮
"…"
Lin Ye and the others were speechless.
What kind of f*cking beast was this? Even a vicious tiger wouldn't eat its cubs. This bastard actually wanted his cubs to be beaten to death.
What a jerk!
But soon, those words were taken back.
The ten Earth Demonic Bears in the pit were waking up slowly, they looked at the crowd and were instantly furious.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
They suddenly jumped up and when they landed,
The house which was at the Level 2 Breeding Field was destroyed by the ten Earth Demon Bears within a few seconds in spite.
Rumble—-
They were still grinning and having a good time when the house collapsed.
"Gu Mo, Gu Nan, Gu Ji! The other beast tamers, come over and help me!"
Upon seeing this, Gu Jiang's expression changed drastically.
As expected, a high-level magical beast was wild and difficult to tame. No wonder even the bear clan wanted to beat these brats to death.
They were too wild.
"Beast Taming Skill: You are an obedient Earth Demonic Bear! You are an obedient Earth Demonic Bear!"
"Beast Taming Skill: Listen to me, daddy will feed you Zombie Souls!"
"Beast Taming Skill: The obedient one is my darling!"
…
The group of beast tamers blocked the retreat path of the ten Earth Demonic Bears. One by one, they chanted incantations.
A large amount of taming energy entered the bodies of the ten Earth Demonic Bears, but not only did it fail to tame them, it infuriated them instead.
All of them thumped their chests, fury emanating from their bodies.
"The audacity!"
Lin Ye shouted, "Take them down!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a few figures flashed out from the main group that had been watching from the surroundings, and they each stopped one demonic bear.
"Your opponent is me!"
Luo Feng was the most eye-catching. He stepped on the Blood Shadow Battle Blade and instantly arrived in front of an Earth Demonic Bear.
Whoosh!
He suddenly threw a punch, and his battle aura surged.
It directly beat this Class 4 Earth Demonic Bear dizzy.
It spun on the spot, fell to the ground, and fainted.
"Boss Luo is awesome!"
Seeing that Luo Feng had won, the Luo clan soldiers below cheered.
On the other hand, Tru, Xu Que, and Su Yu's battles were also spectacular.
Two of them were head-on types. The difference was…
The more Tru fought, the more resistant his battle aura became. The offensive power of the Fire Bull Totem also blazed stronger as it charged forward.
On the other hand, Xu Que's every move was extremely exaggerated. His moves did not aim for high damage, but its names definitely shocked everyone.
What Unparalleled Heaven-Shaking Palm of the Universe, 198,900 Sky-Turning Fist, Universe Creation Kick…
The more he exaggerated, the more powerful it would become. As they fought, he actually won and was beating up the Earth Demonic Bear head-on.
On Su Yu's side, rather than saying that it was exciting, it would be more accurate to say that it was strange.
After an entire night of cultivation, he had comprehended a few more divine runes. His abilities were strange. Sometimes he was invisible, sometimes he released lightning, sometimes he sucked blood…
He knocked out an extremely powerful Earth Demonic Bear.
Then Adelia, Shana, Luo Yu…
Their achievements were not any poorer.
Adelia's attack power was the strongest among the Class 4 except for Luo Feng who was equipped with a hero-tier weapon.
One arrow injured the Class 4 Earth Demonic Bear, and it cried out miserably as it fell to the ground.
The others were the elders of various clans.
Whether it was for face or to practice in front of their lord, their strength was undeniable.
His skills and experience were far above Luo Feng and the others. All he lacked were good opportunities.
The next time the four sacred halls descended, it might be their time to shine.
In a few breaths, all ten Earth Demonic Bears were subdued.
"My lord, recruit a few more. I haven't had enough fun yet!" Xu Que shouted excitedly.
"That's right, my lord. In any case, we have the protection of God's Defense in our territory. This Class 4 trash can't do anything to us, and we can take the opportunity to train our new abilities. Other than that, the Earth Demonic Bears are wild and difficult to tame. Without us personally taking action, ordinary beast tamers can't do anything to them!" Tru agreed.
After saying this, everyone, including Luo Feng, Adelia, Su Yu, and the rest, cast expectant looks in his direction.
"F*ck!"
Lin Ye cursed under his breath.
Initially, he wanted to have some fun himself, but he ended up calling everyone over because of his cheap mouth.
Great, now they were even fighting for business.
However, seeing that everyone in the main team was in high spirits, he nodded.
At the same time, he asked the guards to call Li Xinyi and the other human lords over as well.
It was better to be alone than with everyone.
It was only when everyone improved together that they would truly rise.
When almost everyone was there.
Lin Ye called out to Gu Jiang, "Recruit all of them! I want to fight a hundred of them on my own! As for the rest, split them amongst yourselves!"
Chapter 174
Whoosh—
Soon, the teleportation array's door opened again.
"Second Master Xiong, we still have 130 blueprints and we would like to recruit 130 more. This is the recruitment fee. Please complete the transaction as soon as possible."
Beast Tamer Gu Jiang nervously threw out a large bag of Zombie Souls and turned to run.
A moment later, a huge black beast hand reached out from the teleportation array and grabbed the bag containing the Zombie Souls, and bounced it in its hands.
"Not bad, not bad. There are 500 extras too. The younger generations at the Valley of Beasts are getting better at doing business. Just wait, Second Master Xiong will catch them for you personally."
A hearty laugh sounded. Immediately after, another hundred black figures flew out.
All of them were like the few Earth Demonic Bears just now, thrown onto the ground by the beast's hand like trash.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
In the blink of an eye, the Earth Demonic Bear that woke up first stood up and charged at Luo Feng and the others in anger.
"You guys go too." Lin Ye glanced at Li Xinyi, Lin Hai, Zhang Liang, Wang Qiang, and the others.
"My lord, we've just awakened and our talents are still at Level 1. The sharing contract we signed is only Level 2 as well. We can't possibly beat that, right…" Li Xinyi looked at the Earth Demonic Bear which was covered in muscles and said pitifully.
"A Level 1 talent is enough. The native people from the underworld don't have any talent yet. I still have dozens of Class 3 and 4 Upgrade Scrolls. Just level up and kill them. If you don't display your abilities to the various clans of the underworld, how will you lead an army in the future? How will you convince them?" Lin Ye glanced at them and said plainly.
Every time he obtained upgrade scrolls, he would deliberately keep it if there were extras just for today.
"Leading an army? Us?" Li Xinyi and the rest were dumbfounded.
Obviously, in terms of combat power, the people from the underworld were more suitable than them. But from the lord's words, it seemed like he wanted to promote them.
For a moment, they felt the blood in their hearts pumping.
A few people immediately took the upgrade scroll from Lin Ye.
Whoosh—
They tore open the scrolls at once and instantly, dozens of golden upgrade lights descended. Li Xinyi, Lin Hai, and the rest instantly entered the upgrading state.
Their combat aura surged, and their physical bodies' constitutions increased greatly. A large number of smelly black particles appeared on the surface of their pores.
"Hahaha, it feels so good. Is this the power of Class 4? I feel like I can kill a cow with one punch!" Zhang Liang clenched his fist in surprise and waved it a few times in the air.
Wind from his fist was accompanied by faint whistling sounds.
During this period of time, he did not idle around. He found a Class 4 loyalist and signed a contract with him, cultivating the Tru clan's zodiac battle aura.
The divine beast that he had visualized—Treasure-seeking Rat.
When he used his battle aura, it was similar to his lord's. It was a golden battle aura.
However, Lin Ye was brighter and more eye-catching. His was a bright gold color, while Zhang Liang's was a dark gold color. It represented concealment and keeping a low profile.
Skill: Searching for gaps.
He could find the other party's weakness in battle. It was countered by sky attributes while going equal with other attributes.
This ability suited his talent very well. It was a perfect match for him.
Li Xinyi was not weak either.
She was the first human being in the world to experience the benefits of two sacred halls at the same time.
The Reflection Hall awakened her Blood Feast and gave her a chance to toughen up.
The Demon Hall allowed her mental strength to reach Class 2 and allowed her to easily control her violent impulses.
At the same time, just like Zhang Liang, after the mission of the sacred halls were completed,
On that night, he signed with a Class 4 warrior from one of the warring clans.
However, she did not choose the twelve zodiac battle aura and instead chose the Battle Aura Root Cultivation Method from Luo Feng's clan.
After all, the talent of the Blood Feast was too unique and it was easy to lose control.
Under these circumstances, it was more suitable for her to learn the more authentic battle aura root cultivation methods.
It was a pity that there weren't any suitable weapons for Wang Qiang even though he had advanced to a Mechanic.
Whether it was heavy vehicles or mobile suits, they had yet to appear after refreshing the shop.
However, this did not affect his combat awareness.
This was a common problem for most human lords. It was too peaceful in China.
If not for this incident, most people would not have to fight in their entire lives.
In this situation, if he did not change their bad habits early on, even if they became strong in the future, their improvements would be greatly hindered.
Therefore, this change in mindset had to be done early for them to become Class 4 powerhouses.
With them fighting more, when they got heavy vehicles or mobile suits in the future, they would be able to take flight immediately!
For Lin Hai, because he offered his loyalty slightly later than the rest,
He had yet to sign with any Class 4 experts and did not have any cultivated battle aura.
However, his God's Defense was crazy strong, especially now that he had become Lin Ye's loyalist, he could independently share 1% of his lord's power.
Lin Ye had more than 80,000 loyalists now.
In other words, just by sharing this link, he could obtain the loyalty of more than 800 soldiers.
Moreover, as he was within the territory, Lin Ye's God's Defense could protect all his citizens. Furthermore, he was also wearing protective armor.
With double protection, even though he only had a Level 1 talent, his defense was still terrifying.
Boom, boom, boom. Ten golden beams flashed on the human lord's side.
With Zhang Liang as the leader, Li Xinyi, Wang Qiang, Lin Hai, and the others successfully leveled up and stepped into the ranks of Class 4 experts.
Dong—
At the same time, more and more Earth Demonic Bears woke up and staggered out from the ground while shaking their heads.
When they saw humans from the corner of their eyes, their expressions turned feral.
"Let's charge at them together!" Zhang Liang laughed and led the charge.
Swish! Swish!
Soon, a few black figures were sent flying back.
"…" There was a short silence, followed by laughter.
"Spit! Spit!"
The people who were sent flying were Wang Qiang, Li Xinyi, and Lin Hai.
At this moment, all of them were spitting out dust and grimacing in pain – a sorry state.
They had too little experience. After a few moves, they were taught a lesson by the Class 4 Earth Demonic Bear.
Fortunately, there was the protection of God's Defense, which was especially concentrated at the core of the territory, so they were safe.
On the other hand, Zhang Liang had Hint to help him. Even though he was in a precarious situation, he did not suffer any injuries.
He barely managed to dodge the attacks from the two Earth Demonic Bears.
"F*ck! Again!"
Hearing the laughter from the crowd, the faces of Wang Qiang and the others turned black.
It was not painful, but it was too embarrassing. They had been taught a lesson by a wild animal. How embarrassing!
With that, the three of them activated their talents and charged forward again.
Sent flying away. Again. Sent flying away. Again…
Compared to Tru, Luo Feng, and the others, the human lords were having a hard time.
Lin Ye glanced at them and sighed slightly.
He wanted to develop the potential of his subordinates, but so far, he had yet to find a top warrior who could compare to him.
At this rate, the combat power of the main force would definitely be dominated by the people of the underworld.
This was not a situation that should happen in a great territory.
Different flowers should bloom at the same time. He wished to see all the clans become strong.
"My lord, there's no need to be too anxious. Everything is difficult at the beginning. They have already been cultivated for dozens of years, but we have only just begun cultivating. In terms of potential, even the worst Xun Mingyuan and the rest are not inferior to the geniuses here. This is the potential we humans hold." 𝑙𝒾𝒷𝘳𝑒𝑎𝒹.𝑐𝑜𝓂
At this moment, Bai Yitong walked out of nowhere and stood beside Lin Ye. He seemed to read Lin Ye's mind and observed softly.
"I know."
Lin Ye nodded. He understood the reasoning, but he had a feeling that time was not on his side. He wanted to rise up quickly.
"Roar—"
As he spoke, more and more Earth Demonic Bears rose from the ground.
All of them thumped their chests and stomped on their feet, scaring the surrounding crowd into hiding.
"It's my turn." Lin Ye smiled and cleared his mind.
Amidst the sand, he slowly walked towards the near hundred Earth Demonic Bears. With every step he took, his clothes started to change.
Whoosh—
Lights flashed.
A shiny gold hair crown, golden armor, battle robes of the hundred beasts, scarlet flame boots…
These were the special effects of the Lord's Skin with the Phoenix Spear.
From afar, it looked like the return of a mythic god of war.
"Kill them!"
Chapter 175
"Phoenix Spear!"
Bathed in the golden battle aura, Lin Ye's figure was as fast as lightning as he threw a series of dense spear shadows at the Earth Demonic Bear in front.
Ding ding ding—
A large number of meteors appeared.
Everyone looked over in shock.
These Earth Demonic Bears actually worked together with dozens of them and used their innate earth attribute shield.
An earth shield that was more than ten meters thick appeared in front of Lin Ye's spears.
"Interesting!" Lin Ye raised his eyebrows.
As expected of a top Class 4 Magical Beast. Its intelligence was not low. He had learned the beast language, so he could vaguely understand their conversation.
It seemed like the leader was the one with the best bloodline among the hundred Earth Demonic Bears.
The leader was marked with green fur on its head.
At this moment, that fellow was hiding behind the other demonic bears and was quickly organizing the other demonic bears to fight.
As such, the battle between Tru, Luo Feng, and the others instantly turned serious.
They could crush them if it was a solo battle.
However, if the other party combined into a group of more than ten, the strengthened shield could easily block their attacks.
Furthermore, the Earth Demonic Bear's stamina was crazy strong. It could continuously unleash its Demonic Bear Charge and Demonic Bear Tear within a short period of time.
In the blink of an eye, countless bear paws attacked everyone on the battlefield.
"My lord!"
At this moment, Zhang Liang's Hint also discovered the leader of the Earth Demonic Bear group. He suddenly turned to look at Lin Ye.
"Don't. Let them hone themselves." Lin Ye used Mind Possession on Zhang Liang and stopped him.
"Isn't this too ruthless?" Zhang Liang's mouth twitched.
He didn't mind, but the others looked a little miserable.
"How is this called ruthless? They have to suffer a little now so that they can be independent in the future and work harder for their cultivation. Also, from now on, I'll deactivate your Hint. With that thing, what's the point of fighting? You might as well go back and take an afternoon nap."
Lin Ye scoffed and directly used his authority as Zhang Liang's lord to cut off his ability to use Hint. 𝓁𝘪𝑏𝑟ℯ𝒶𝑑.𝑐ℴ𝘮
He had unilateral control over his loyalists and their talents.
After all, Zhang Liang's notifications came from 1% of the reciprocation.
"My lord, don't—"
Zhang Liang's expression changed drastically.
The next moment, a huge bear paw slapped him from behind. Without his talent, he had no time to react.
Bang!
His figure was sent flying like a ping pong ball by the bear slap, turning into an afterimage as he was thrown towards the fishery.
"Roar—"
The Earth Demonic Bear which had succeeded was dancing with excitement. It had long disliked this brat.
But he was like a loach, it could not hit him no matter how hard it tried.
Now, it could finally vent its anger. It wanted to take advantage of the situation and kill its way to the fisheries.
But soon, a low roar caught its attention. Including the initial recruitment, 140 Earth Demonic Bears were gathered here.
With the green Earth Demonic Bear as the core, they worked together. For a while, the fight was spectacular.
Lin Ye had attacked a few times and roughly understood the strength behind these stacked energy shields.
Looking at the green-headed Earth Demonic Bear looking at them disdainfully, he almost laughed.
"A green-furred bear is actually looking down at us."
Shaking his head, he stepped aside and activated the function of Lord's Skin.
Whoosh!
The battle aura of a Great Sage erupted, and an illusory totem over a kilometer big flew out.
"Bears, take this beating!"
Lin Ye leaped into the air and roared. With a 700% increase in power, his voice was like the roar of a thunder god, shaking the heavens and earth.
This scene not only shocked the Earth Demonic Bears, but even all the citizens in his territory were also dumbfounded.
"What's going on? Why is the lord getting bigger again!"
"Wasn't it a hundred meters just a while ago? Why is it so terrifying!"
"Oh my god, I feel like my lord can kill me with a breath!"
…
The citizens who had run far away to watch were all gossiping. They were not worried about defeating the Earth Demonic Bears.
The lord's current state was more unbelievable.
On the other side, the Earth Demonic Bear pissed itself.
The group that had originally formed a formation instantly broke apart. All of them collapsed onto the ground, tugging their heads in as they trembled.
It was the same for the leader Earth Demonic Bear with green fur.
Only Lin Hai, Song Kuaidi, and Gran knew what was going on.
This was the special effect of the Lord's Skin.
Previously, he had transformed the spirit vehicle into a thousand-meter-long dragon, a qilin, a phoenix, and a taotie beast that devoured zombie souls.
"Rumble!"
A 1,000 meter-long staff slammed down. The sky darkened, water, wind, and fire appeared.
However, when the staff landed on the ground, all the phenomena disappeared without a trace.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
On the other hand, more than thirty Earth Demonic Bears in the front fell. The other hundred Earth Demonic Bears blinked, dumbfounded.
"They're not dead?"
"That can't be! That staff doesn't feel any weaker than our Old Master's!"
They looked at the man opposite them who stood like a god of war.
His divine might was overflowing, and his golden battle aura was like a blinding sun. He walked over slowly, and the movement caused sand and stones to blow away as they gave way to him.
He raised his silver spear, and his battle robes fluttered in the wind.
Thump!
In an instant, dull thuds came from the depths of the hearts of every Earth Demonic Bear, as if they were about to die.
Bang!
Soon, the scene froze. They saw the great Lord Lin walk up to the green-furred Earth Demonic Bear and slap it with his backhand.
"F*ck you, what were you staring at? Huh?"
"And you, I haven't said anything about you but were you the one who bared your teeth at me just now?"
"Rascal, you can't run either. How dare you destroy my breeding field. I'm gonna break your legs!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A moment later, a crisp slap sounded, making the group of Earth Demonic Bears cover their heads in fear, but they did not dare to resist.
This lord who recruited them was too terrifying. His battle aura body was more than a thousand meters tall. How were they supposed to fight?
The group of Earth Demonic Bears wailed miserably.
Loyalty+5, Loyalty+5, Loyalty+5…
100xReward.
Loyalty+500, Loyalty+500, Loyalty+500…
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. Your strength has shocked the Earth Demonic Bears. There is no need for a Class 4 beast tamer to tame it. Their loyalty is 100%!"
"That's it? I haven't even started! Damn it!"
Lin Ye was extremely vexed. If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have used the special effects to show off.
It went completely against his wishes.
Initially, he was still thinking of making use of the teamwork of the Earth Demonic Bear to properly train Luo Feng and the others.
After all, it was rare for there to be a high-level zombie commanding at those one to five stars Level 1 Haunted House.
After this, the situation would be different, for example, Little Zombie Yang's territory.
There were many Level 4 Venomous Zombies in that haunted house.
Once the zombies cooperated, even if they were unable to threaten him, they would still pose a great threat to Luo Feng and his main force.
In the end, he did not expect that although these Earth Demonic Bears looked fierce on the surface, they were actually as cowardly as dogs.
A special effect that could increase the effect by 700% was enough to scare them. It infuriated Lord Lin.
Open your d*mned eyes and took a good look. That was all fake!
After landing, the attack range was only 30 meters. The ground did not even break.
Furthermore, not a single Earth Demonic Bear had died. They surrendered without even seeing clearly.
It was simply humiliating for the bear clan!
Tsk! If they surrendered without fighting, they would be deserters in the future. They deserve a beating!
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. Lord Lin grabbed a few Earth Demonic Bears in front of him and lectured them.
"Do you guys still dare to surrender?"
"Did I ask you to surrender?"
"All of you, do you still have the dignity of a bear clan? Stand up!"
"Haven't you heard of it? Orcs, magical beasts will never be slaves. Continue fighting!"
A moment later, just as Lin Ye was giving these brats an important lesson, a stammering voice came from his heart.
Chapter 176
"M-Master, stop hitting, stop hitting… My head is about to break!"
"Hm?"
Tracking the source of the sound, Lin Ye realized that it was actually from the Earth Demonic Bear with green hair on its head.
"You can actually speak?"
"Master, it's me!"
The green-furred Earth Demonic Bear's bear-like face drooped as it looked pitifully at Lin Ye. "I am the son of the royal family of the Earth Demonic Bear Clan. My innate level is higher than other magical beasts, but for now, I can only rely on the loyalty agreement to talk to you using the fluctuations in my consciousness. I need to change my voice when speaking with my mouth."
"This will only change when I reach Class 5 and completely transform."
"Alright, since you are a descendant of the royal family, why were you thrown out by your lord?" Lin Ye found this strange.
He actually got a prince of the Earth Demonic Bear Clan for no reason. What did this mean?
"My second grandfather said that you have some potential and that you are worth paying attention to for my Earth Demonic Bear Clan. If you are suitable in the future and he wishes to marry my royal sister to you, the marriage between human and bear races will definitely be a wonderful story in the future."
The green-furred Earth Demonic Bear sent a wretched and sly look as he continued, "Hehe, Master, you don't know. People of the royal bloodline in our tribe can transform when they reach Class 9. My royal sister's human form is super pretty. In the future, when she transforms into a human, she will definitely be a top beauty! If you're willing, I'll help you summon her tomorrow."
"Get lost!" Lin Ye's scalp went numb.
Although he was happy that the Earth Demonic Bear clan thought highly of him…
What the hell was this! A marriage alliance?
F*ck! Stop fooling around! There were foundational needs that wouldn't be possible to fulfill if that happened.
Hurry up and kill this topic!
"What's your name?" Lin Ye changed the subject.
"Oh, Master, my name is Green Light. You can call me Little Green or Greenie. My second grandfather said that if I want to live a good life, I have to add some green on top of my head. Coincidentally, I inherited my mother's talent and have both earth and wood attributes. The green fur representing my talent grew on my head, so I decided to call myself Green Light."
Green fur… No, it was Little Green who introduced himself seriously, "Life is like a green light, eternal!"
"Never thought of changing your name?" Lin Ye's mouth twitched. This would be too… for tomorrow.
"No, I think it's nice." Little Green looked confused.
In their Earth Demonic Bear Clan, this was a celebrity-like name. The female bears who liked it could line up from the desert to the Oasis Palace.
It was a good name that countless Demonic Bears envied.
"Alright, as you wish." Lin Ye waved his hand, too lazy to argue with it on this topic.
After some thought, he clapped his hands and called out, "Little Green, get your bear mates to train these guys for me. Give them some combat experience. Also, take the chance to find the master that they like. This lord plans to train a squad of Earth Demonic Bear Soldiers. We can recruit 140 more tomorrow. When the time comes, I'll leave their management all to you."
"Don't worry, Master. Beating them up is our specialty!" Upon hearing this, not only Little Green, but even the eyes of the other Earth Demonic Bears lit up.
He had just been bullied by his owner and had pent-up anger. It was a good opportunity to vent.
"Go then!"
Lin Ye waved his hand. From the corner of his eye, he glanced at Luo Feng and the others, whose expressions had changed. The current combat strength of the main team could not compare to the 100 Earth Demonic Bears which were working together.
He also understood this point, so his gaze turned to the people of various tribes observing from the sidelines. There were quite a few Class 4 experts there, and they were all experienced people.
He said in a clear voice, "All warriors above Class 4 have a chance. This lord is going to build a Class 4 Earth Demonic Bear squad. Those who wish to be chosen can fight for it. Whichever Earth Demonic Bear you subdue will be yours!"
As he spoke, he looked at the Rolex on his wrist. "It's 9:10 in the morning. You have two hours to decide on the candidates for the squad. After lunch, you will enter the barracks for training. The fastest soldier to become an Earth Demonic Bear Rider will be rewarded with 1,000 Zombie Souls and 10 Golden Light of Awakening."
"My lord, I'm willing to join the fight!"
"And me! I haven't fought in more than thirty years. My sword is already itching for a fight!"
"Hahaha, that Earth Demonic Bear with the green fur on its head. Yes, I'm talking about you. You're mine!"
….
Moments later, more than a hundred Class 4 experts swarmed over.
Fortunately, they had split up into two territories and a portion of them had gone to the tri-ore mine. Otherwise, there would probably be more Class 4s charging up.
Soon, the two sides were engaged in a fierce battle.
In any case, they were not afraid of getting hurt. Fighting hard was exciting.
However, this kind of close-range group battle was very unfriendly to the rangers.
Adelia and Shana fought for a while before retreating. They gave up reluctantly.
"Come here." Lin Ye gave them a look and led them to the armory.
Along the way, he asked, "Have you chosen the members?"
When the Reputation Shop spawned all kinds of firearms blueprints, he had already thought of establishing a firearms squad.
Among the many soldier types, rangers were undoubtedly the most suitable for firearms.
"I've chosen 1,500 superior rangers with good vision, shooting sense, and reflexes. The rest of the spots are still in the works," Adelia said.
"I've also found 1,000 rangers who are suitable to be transformed into demon hunters," Ciana said.
"Although the numbers are a little low, we can only make do." Lin Ye nodded.
A firearms squad and a Class 3 Demon Hunter squad were considered the best of the best.
Now that his territory had expanded by more than ten times, there were many more one to five stars Level 1 Haunted Houses around.
A battle of this level was most suitable for firearms and demon hunters. In the future, the middle and lower difficulties could be handed over to them.
As for those above six stars, they had to go together.
In a team fight, the number of people who went couldn't be lower than zombies, right? 𝑙𝘪𝒷𝓇𝑒𝑎𝑑.𝘤𝑜𝑚
Soon, the three of them arrived at a hidden Level 3 Armory. Blacksmith Three was in charge of this place.
The M4A1 that Su Yu had to work on the last time was processed here.
After the Four Sacred Halls, Lin Dachui directly converted the ten or so armories around here into firearms processing factories, specializing in the production of firearms.
As soon as he entered, he saw Blacksmith Three leading a group of bare-chested blacksmiths as they carried a box of AK47s and a few machine guns out.
Seeing that Lin Ye had arrived, the group hurriedly bowed.
"My lord, what brings you here? Are you here for the weapons?" Blacksmith Three nodded and bowed.
"How many weapons have you processed?" Lin Ye nodded and went straight to the point.
"I don't have any acceleration scrolls now, so it's a little slow. I have 500 ordinary grenades, 200 M4A1s, 100 AK47s, 80 AWM sniper rifles, and only 15 Gatling guns. For bullets, other than sniper rifles which have 3,000 bullets, I have 10,000 bullets for every other type."
"No, that's too little." Lin Ye shook his head.
However, it was not like he did not know about the situation at the armory.
On the main bunker's side, 90% of the blacksmiths had gone to forge Class 2 and 3 free equipment for the market page.
He wanted to make a big earning before the market page opened globally.
Therefore, the efficiency of producing firearms was greatly reduced. There was nothing they could do about it.
After some thought, he said, "How about this, continue to work on this. In the future, use a space ring to store all the completed weapons. After you place a hundred of them in it, hand them to Adelia. As for the Acceleration Scrolls, I'll get someone to bring them to you in the near future."
With that, he threw a spatial ring to Blacksmith Three.
Then, he took out an empty spatial ring and placed the weapons that Blacksmith Three and the others were carrying into it.
And he passed it to Adelia.
When Blacksmith Three and the rest returned to the armory.
Lin Ye looked at Adelia and Ciana and said, "I'll draw out the five barracks in the east separately for the training of firearms techniques. Hurry up and train the firearms squad. The same goes for Shana. I need you to train the squad of Level 3 Demon Hunters as well."
"When the time comes, let me see if the firearms of China are better at killing zombies or if the demon hunters from the other world are faster."
"Rest assured, my lord. We will not disappoint you!" The two of them bowed and said excitedly.
To be able to obtain the authority of two major squads from the lord was a huge authority.
It was not a good thing for soldiers to be grouped in extremely large numbers. Fortunately, the lord was farsighted and solved this problem in advance..
Chapter 177
He instructed Adelia and Shana to take the equipment away.
The development of firearms and demon hunter squads in the early stages was too important. They couldn't afford to delay and had to start training them in the barracks as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, he did not have the acceleration scrolls for the two types of soldiers. Otherwise, he would've bought thousands or tens of thousands of them.
On the other hand, the Firearms Acceleration Scroll was a special item from the Reputation Shop. He would continue to browse the Reputation Shop when he got back.
As he walked, Lin Ye took out a small notebook and wrote down what he needed to do.
That was all for the soldier types for the time being.
Flying cavalry soldiers needed to be at least Class 5, so there was no need to consider it for the time being.
Therefore, options like Earth Demonic Bear, Firearms Squad, Demon Hunters, Wind Wolf, and so on were all ticked.
After counting them one by one, he was only short of the Water of Life, Life Soil, and his own cultivation technique.
The first two would solve the problem of food. He had opened more than ten thousand sandalwood treasure chests in the morning, and the amount of Level 3 ingredients that dropped was a lot. It filled dozens of warehouses. According to Xun Mingyuan's budget, it should be enough for 80,000 people to eat for a week.
As long as there was enough Life Soil and Water of Life, the growth time of the superfood seed could be reduced from three weeks to a week.
With his luck and 100xReward, he only needed to farm the pea world a few times to get enough Life Soil, and Water of Life.
However, the problem with the cultivation technique was that it was a little troublesome.
He currently cultivated two major types.
The Warring Clans battle aura and the Rangers' primitive breathing technique which was elemental energy.
With the help of 100xReward, he had long reached Class 5 for both cultivation types.
However, as his cultivation level increased, the problem became more and more serious.
These two cultivation techniques were only black tier after all. Their explosive power was completely lacking and they were not worthy of his gods-defying talent.
In the morning, more than a hundred black tier cultivation technique manuals dropped.
Although he could make use of Bai Yitong's talent for revisions to quickly increase the level of his Twelve Zodiac battle aura,
leveling in this way always required time.
It had only been more than an hour. How could he count on Bai Yitong to finish revising a high-level cultivation technique?
Therefore, there were only two ways.
He could either send people to the underworld to search for manuals or to the treasure cave or the ancient ruins.
After some thought, he decided to do two of them at the same time.
He first got Adelia, Luo Feng, and the rest to send a message to their clansmen to get them to help him buy high-level secret manuals from the underworld.
On the other hand, he had to quickly prepare for the treasure cave and the ancient ruins.
Furthermore, it had to be settled soon and could not be delayed.
According to Jiang Chen, the armies of the various countries that had not appeared publicly were secretly developing in the ancient ruins.
Before they descended, those people knew much more secrets than ordinary people.
Even with the zombie kings chasing after them, there were still many of them hidden in this vast and boundless land.
Like the Heavenly Paths Army…
Who knew if they would beat him to find the treasure cave and the two ancient ruins which he had just found.
He had to strike first and gain the upper hand. If he was late, he would suffer. Hopes should not be placed on possibilities.
If he took the initiative, the success rate might become 100%!
For a while, he planned his future developments.
Before tomorrow, he had to train 140 Class 4 Earth Demonic Bear Riders.
At that time, all the demonic bear riders would be equipped with Class 4 Silver Tier equipment and follow him to fight at the treasure caves and the ancient ruins.
Such strength was enough to crush everything.
If even a group of Heavenly Paths Army strength could obtain it, there was no reason why he couldn't.
The remaining Class 1, 2, and 3 soldiers would search through the territory. There were still many human lords who had yet to pledge their allegiance within a radius of 20,000 meters.
Currently, 70% of the soldiers in the territory were wearing Class 3 Purple Tier equipment.
Thinking about it carefully, there were tens of thousands of infantry and rangers wearing Class 3 Purple Tier equipment. It should be a complete victory.
As for the haunted houses within the territory, those below six stars would be tasked to the firearms and demon hunters squads to farm and train their soldiers at the same time.
By the time they return, it would be almost time to face the zombie wave.
At the mention of the zombie wave, Lin Ye's eyes flickered. He looked towards the north, a cold glint flashing across his eyes.
He put away his notebook and returned to the bunker.
He had left Yang Fusheng in the lobby for an entire day and night.
He should be up by now.
Before he approached the bunker, he saw a commotion in the lobby from afar. A short figure was running around with a group of people.
"You are a chicken! You are a chicken!"
Yang Fusheng's eyes emitted a strange green light. He laughed as he activated his special power.
Soon, in the eyes of others, the few personal guards who were chased by Yang Fusheng became chickens.
For a moment, endless panic arose in the bunker.
"My god, this child is too terrifying! Lin Tiangou, who was a person, was actually turned into a chicken!"
"Tell the lord that there's a demon in the bunker!"
"Save me! Run! The demon is coming!"
….
"Hehe…" Yang Fusheng chuckled smugly as he listened to the sounds of fear.
Rascal, who asked you to act so arrogant towards me. Isn't Grandpa Yang awesome? I subdued your personal guards in a few moves.
However… He tilted his head, the thing he was wearing on his head felt a little weird.
Bang bang—
After knocking more than ten times, his head was dizzy. The mask on his head remained unscratched.
"There's no need to waste your energy. This is made of titanium alloy. Unless you can break through to Class 5, you definitely won't be able to break free from this thing."
At this moment, Lin Ye walked over quickly. His Invincible Heart automatically made him immune to Yang Fusheng's hypnosis.
In his eyes, the personal guards were still their original selves. There was no change at all.
However, if he wanted the hypnosis to be undone, the person who cast it – Yang Fusheng – had to be the one to remove it.
"It's you! Damn it, if not for you, I would still be enjoying life at the Haunted House!"
Upon seeing Lin Ye, Yang Fusheng was so angry that his green eyes were flashing.
"Enjoying life? Do you mean eating dirt?"
Lin Ye shook his head. "For the sake of your brother, Yang Tianyou, I won't kill you. Just follow obediently by my side. There are a lot of zombies in this area. You just have to help me control them and you can play as much as you want during the rest of the time."
"Play? What's there to play at this place?" Yang Fusheng turned his head with a disdainful expression.
"Take this." Lin Ye casually threw out the MP4 that he had not been using in a long time.
Ever since he bought it from the Reputation Shop, he had not touched it. The battery level was still full.
"What is this? How do you play it?" Yang Fusheng looked confused.
He took the black MP4 and looked at it.
He vaguely felt that it was familiar, but he seemed to have no memory of it.
"I'll turn it on for you. Pick whatever you like." Lin Ye finished it quickly and clicked on a video for him with a wicked expression.
"F*ck!"
Yang Fusheng's eyes widened. Looking at the video on the MP4, his face flushed red with excitement.
Marvelous, this was too f*cking exciting.
Whoosh—
It looked too real. The lady inside was so pretty. Bah, the man was so ugly…
Holding the MP4, he watched the videos happily.
"Hey, remove the hypnosis on them." Lin Ye shook his head. He had miscalculated.
He thought it was a little boy, but it turned out that he was also a pervert.
Next time, he would download a few gigabytes of it and disgust this zombie.
Bang!
Yang Fusheng was in a good mood. He snapped his fingers and instantly released the few personal guards who were under his control.
"My lord, we… we seemed to have become chickens."
Lin Tiangou and the others were confused. The scene just now was too real.
"Go and rest. You don't need to be on duty for the time being." Lin Ye waved his hand, dismissing all his personal guards.
He narrowed his eyes at Yang Fusheng, who was sitting on the bench in the bunker watching the show.
With this guy around, it was unnecessary for the others to stay here.
Moreover, Yang Fusheng liked to fool around and was strong. 𝒍𝓲𝙗𝒓𝒆𝓪𝒅.𝙘𝒐𝓶
Apart from him, no one in the entire territory could suppress this little fellow. It was safer for him to stay by his side.
What if he saw the beast's blood at the end of the video and wanted to suck human blood?
"Human blood?"
Chapter 178
"Human blood?"
Lin Ye slapped his forehead.
He almost forgot that Yang Tianyou still needed to bribe the other zombie kings with human blood to obtain more information about the treasure cave and the ancient ruins.
Although he did not have much hope, there was still a chance.
"Lin Two!"
Instantly, he contacted the second-in-command of the native workers.
Lin One had been sent to farm by him. The next most efficient person was the second son of the Lin Clan.
"My lord, you were looking for me?"
Lin Two, who was repairing the breeding field that had been destroyed because of the fight, froze when he sensed Lin Ye's presence.
A look of joy flashed across his face as he asked.
"Go to the warehouse and ask Xun Mingyuan for a few water boxes that were once used for mineral water. From today onwards, add the donation of blood into the contribution booklet. According to the calculation of 100 contribution points per milliliter, the maximum limit for each person is 100 milliliters. Send them to me every time a water box is used."
"My lord, I know what blood is, but what are milliliters?" Lin Two scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.
"Go ask Zhang Bao'er and get the teacher to teach you." Lin Ye cut the connection.
How could he answer such a minor question?
After doing that, Lin Ye pulled Yang Fusheng to the Secret Dimension, Pea World, and started to crazily farm Life Soil and Water of Life.
Meanwhile, the outside world was in an uproar.
After Lin Two learned from Zhang Bao'er about the measuring unit, milliliters, he changed the contribution point booklet.
It went straight to the top ten and was posted on the bulletin boards of the various tents.
The human lords and low-level soldiers who were wandering aimlessly in the territory surrounded the notice and all of them were stunned when they saw it.
"What? You don't have to kill zombies or work in the construction site? You only need to donate blood to earn contribution points?"
"This is too good. In the territory, 5 points can be exchanged for a piece of bread. 8 points can be exchanged for a bowl of instant noodles… 100 points are enough for my family to eat for two days."
"Er, how much is 100 milliliters? Can anyone explain it in a layman way!"
"Lin Two, don't just f*cking paste the notice. Tell me, how much is 100 milliliters?"
….
Lin Two wanted to answer them all at once, but he was annoyed by the repeated questions. He casually said, "It's about one-fifth of what you guys pee."
"One-fifth? That's easy!"
"Holy sh*t, Lin Two, I'll be first. I'll go first!"
"Dad, brother, cousin, hurry up and give us some blood. Our family can get 500 contribution points with just blood the volume of one piss!"
…
Soon, Lin Two was surrounded.
Although he had expected business to be booming, he did not expect…
F*ck, these people were too fierce.
They cut their wrists without hesitation, spilling who knew how many hundred milliliters of blood. After receiving their contribution points, they would run off to the priest and spend 5 points to heal the wound.
In just a few seconds, they could earn 95 points! 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝒓𝙚𝓪𝙙.𝒄𝓸𝓶
Soon, this news was spread by a few loud-mouthed soldiers.
The news spread throughout the main territory.
In a short while, it even caused excitement amongst the native people. They queued up one by one and came to offer their blood.
In the end, the people in the priest class couldn't sit still. The money came too quickly.
Put them together and heal them all at once using the Rain of Life.
Dozens of them recovered instantly. With the small fortune in hand, the happy soldiers and priests were happy.
"Let's go. We'll have more food tonight. The lord is giving everyone benefits for free again. This is awesome!"
"Let's go back and carve a statue for our lord. Where else in the world can we find such a caring lord!"
"That's right. Everyone, raise the funds and get the people in the underworld to go to Ultima City to cast a gold… cough cough, bronze statue! Although the gift may be cheap, it's the thought that matters!"
"I can give 80 Zombie Souls!"
"I'll give 50!"
"100 from me!"
…
For some reason, towards the end, the objective changed. From offering fresh blood, it became making a statue for the lord.
What was shocking was that in less than three hours, they had gathered more than 160,000.
Of course, most of them came from the 3,000 veterans at the start.
They had fought alongside Lin Ye for many Haunted Houses and accumulated enough contribution points to exchange for more Zombie Souls.
The wealth accumulated was a huge sum to the tens of thousands of new recruits.
Even the Class 4 experts of the various clans were greatly shocked.
Before all these, the recruitment fee for each clan was about the same. Class 1 soldiers would cost 10 Zombie Souls per month, 20 for Class 2, 30 for Class 3…
These were all rigid rules.
But now, look at them. They had only been in the territory for four days and were all incomparably wealthy.
From the looks of it, the veterans did not care about the 160,000.
That expression was simply saying that they were even richer than these Class 4 experts.
At once, the newly recruited soldiers from the warring clans were all jealous.
All of them looked eagerly in the direction of the bunker, hoping that their lord would shower them with benefits and take off with them.
Regarding this, Lin Ye had no idea. He was currently on a killing spree in the pea world. The thousand-meter tall Great Sage's Totem scared the hundreds and thousands of pea shooters so much that they trembled. More than half of them shot at the illusory totem rather than at Lin Ye's main body.
He swept through the area and when he came out again, his five interspatial rings were filled with the Life Soil and Water of Life.
Of course, he gained 80,000 more super seeds as well.
Among them, there were 60,000 food-type seeds and 20,000 combat-type seeds. With 100xReward, these super seeds were at least Level 3.
For the stronger ones, he even had Level 4 Pumpkins and Cherry Bombs.
After coming out of the Secret Dimension, he shook his head and laughed when he saw Yang Fusheng still hugging the MP4.
"Is it nice?" he asked.
"It's great. It's too nice to watch. So, this is art. Zombies are so ugly it hurts my eyes."
Yang Fusheng stared at the screen with bloodshot eyes and replied casually without his eyes leaving the screen.
"Zombies do this too? F*ck!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Ye was shocked, and his worldviews were shattered.
"Making such a fuss."
Yang Fusheng cast a sidelong glance at him and said disdainfully, "After a zombie reaches Level 5, its intelligence will increase greatly. At Level 9, it can basically always maintain its human form. At that time, its intelligence will not be any less than a normal person's. The more powerful ones might be able to remember a portion of their previous life's memories."
"With a human-like mind, different thoughts will naturally start appearing. Those who like to perform, those who like to kill, those who like to open casinos…"
"If you're able to remember the memories of your previous life, did that Jiang Chen, your brother, and you retain the memories of your previous lives?"
Lin Ye remembered Yang Fusheng's words and asked quickly.
There was too much information in this sentence.
On another topic, zombies had civilizations, ideals, a ruling system, and even entertainment projects.
This was ridiculous!
"My brother and Jiang Chen remember more. I'm an accident. Why are you looking at me like this? I'm telling you, I used to be super strong last time. I can fight hundreds, no, thousands of you just like a game…"
"Don't exaggerate. Able to fight against thousands of me, how can you be that strong? I don't believe you." Lin Ye's eyes flashed in mockery.
Yang Tianyou had mentioned before that this younger brother of his was a strange miracle. As for what kind of miracle he was, he refused to speak about it.
With Yang Fusheng, he could easily fish for information..
Chapter 179
"Hmph, it's scary to be ignorant. I'm a zombie who was lucky enough to enter the Zombie Sacred Hall in hell and obtained a Zombie Pardon Contract from the Zombie Gods."
Yang Fusheng said smugly.
Zombie Divine Hall? Pardon Contract?
Lin Ye's eyes flickered.
In that case, hell's system revolved around a Zombie God?
Also, a pardon contract.
A scroll to remove the binding of a zombie. It should be something similar to a sharing contract.
But this guy was still a zombie at the moment. Clearly, there were other external conditions that he had yet to meet.
"Who is the Zombie God? Where is his Sacred Hall at? Have you seen them with your own eyes?"
Upon thinking about that, Lin Ye asked again.
"The Zombie God is…"
Thud!
Before he could say anything.
The next moment, a bolt of blood-red lightning descended from the sky and instantly pierced through the lobby of the bunker. Yang Fusheng's skin and flesh were instantly lacerated by the lightning.
His entire body turned into a shade of charcoal, and the MP4 in his hand was even smoking, directly destroyed.
"Ahhh!"
Yang Fusheng wailed miserably, "My art, damn it, I didn't say anything!"
"…"
Lin Ye was speechless. This zombie was about to be electrocuted to death and his heart was actually aching for the MP4? Why didn't the lightning kill him in one shot?
He shook his head and mind possessed Lin Two.
"How much blood did you manage to collect?"
"250 boxes!" Lin Two answered truthfully.
250… That was a lucky number.
Lin Ye complained, but after careful calculation, he realized that a box would cost 20 liters and 5,000 liters.
It was five times more than what Yang Tianyou needed.
"This fast?"
Lin Ye was surprised. "Didn't you tell them that each person is limited to offering 100 milliliters a day?"
Most of them had gone to Territory Two to guard in all four directions. It did not make sense for the collection to have been so fast.
"I did, but some of them slit their wrists directly and cut their arteries, causing blood to flow endlessly. When the priests used Sacred Healing and the Rain of Life, most of the people had already offered two to five times more than what was allowed."
Lin Two smiled bitterly. Afraid that Lin Ye would misunderstand that he was unprofessional, he hurriedly added on, "But don't worry, my lord. No matter how much they offer, I only gave them 100 milliliters of money. I definitely didn't waste any of the territory's funds."
"Next time, find a professional to collect the blood. Make some changes to the timing as well. We'll do it once every three days. Otherwise, their nutrition won't be sufficient and it would be a disaster if the soldiers tired out from that."
Lin Ye shook his head. He didn't expect the people of the underworld to be so gullible and not learn from the human lords.
There were more than 200 loyalists, but only one-fifth of them offered their blood.
Obviously, most people did not think much of this reward. 𝑙𝘪𝒷𝘳𝑒𝘢𝑑.𝒸𝑜𝑚
That made sense. In his territory, even if a human lord became a native worker, his efficiency would be several times higher than ordinary native workers.
Earning contribution points was a much faster process for them as compared to native citizens. It was only natural that they weren't enticed by the offer.
At this moment, Yang Fusheng's miserable cries continued to ring in his ears. Lin Ye said, "Get someone to send a box of blood over. I am used to it. Hurry!"
"Alright." Lin Two nodded.
After cutting off the connection, he immediately asked two low-level soldiers to carry a water tank full of blood to the bunker.
Moments later, Lin Ye received the goods.
He kicked Yang Fusheng and glanced at him. "Stop wailing. This is 20 liters of blood. Drink it and you should be able to recover to your original state."
"Smells good. It smells good!"
Yang Fusheng sniffed and looked at the box of blood. His eyes widened and his breathing quickened.
But soon, he seemed to have thought of something and shook his head crazily. "Take it away, take it away. I can't hold back anymore!"
"Are you crazy? If you don't drink it, you're going to die!" Lin Ye was speechless.
I personally didn't care if you died but how was I supposed to get information from Yang Tianyou about the other zombie kings if you died?
As he spoke, he ignored Yang Fusheng and threw him into the blood box.
"Ah, Lin Ye, you f*cking killed me!" Yang Fusheng cried out strangely.
"Rumble—"
Small canine teeth showed and his green eyes appeared.
Yang Fusheng could no longer hold back. He gulped down a mouthful of blood, and the injuries on his body recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"This recovery speed is insane!"
Lin Ye looked on in envy.
He does not have this ability now. Once he was injured, he would either have to rely on the priest or chuck healing-type pills like crazy.
If he had the chance, he had to get an undefeatable body or something.
He wanted to see if he could be like a Zombie King and have the ability to regenerate flesh and blood.
On the other side, the blood in the water tank rapidly dipped. In the end, it actually transformed into two blood streams that quickly sipped into the two canine teeth.
"Burp ~ ~"
When the bottom of the blood tank could be seen, Yang Fusheng burped. His skin shed its burnt skin, and a layer of pale skin appeared again, restoring it to its original state.
Furthermore, his aura had actually increased slightly.
"Oh, not bad. You can even increase your strength like this." Lin Ye clicked his tongue.
"It tasted so nice!" Yang Fusheng burped again.
Immediately after, he widened his eyes and said in shock and anger, "F*ck, I drank blood? Lin Ye, you're shit! I'm going to die because of your tricks!"
"What are you pretending for? If Zombies don't drink blood, are you telling me that they eat vegetables and plants?"
Lin Ye glanced at him from the corner of his eye. "I saved you out of my goodwill, but you didn't appreciate it and scolded me instead. If this happens again, I'll kill you."
"What do you know!"
Yang Fu was so angry he was about to cry. He clenched his fists and said angrily, "I, I can't drink it!"
"What do you mean?" Lin Ye frowned when he saw that the fellow seemed to be really angry.
"I've obtained a pardon contract, but the contract states that when the humans descend, I need to endure a year without drinking human blood. This is only the fourth day since the descent and I've broken my promise. Oh my god, my miracle is gone!" Yang Fusheng was so frustrated that he laid in the blood tank and kicked his legs like a wailing child.
"So what if it's gone? Wouldn't it be fine as long as you get another pardon contract in the future?" Lin Ye said nonchalantly.
"What do you know? That was a miracle. A miracle, do you understand? Last season, I was the only one who drew it out of billions of zombies. Do you know how f*cking low the probability is? Stop spouting nonsense when you don't understand!"
"Lin, you ruined my chance to become a human. I'll fight you to the death!"
Yang Fusheng's face was hideous. He shattered the blood box with a punch and charged towards Lin Ye crazily.
Crack crack—
There was a fierce fight in the lobby.
It had to be said that this green-eyed little zombie was really strong. It could be considered a top figure among the Level 4 zombies.
When unleashed, his offensive power and speed could both reach that of an ordinary Level 5 powerhouse.
There was also that strange and unpredictable mental attack that was impossible to defend against.
Unfortunately, he met Lin Ye who was a natural enemy to him.
Having obtained Invincible Heart, he was immune to mental attacks below Level 5. This directly nullified Yang Fusheng's strongest technique.
Ten seconds later, Lin Ye subdued the little zombie.
The gap between the strength of a Class 4 and a Class 5 was like that of a great river on Lin Ye's side.
The success rate of the zombie beating him was almost zero.
"In that case, getting the contract depends on luck!" Lin Ye stepped on Yang Fusheng as his eyes lit up.
Luckily, he was good at it.
At this rate, his luck would continue to soar.
If he had the chance in the future, he would go to hell and play. He would get a pardon contract and use 100xReward on it.
In this case, he could summon at least 100 Zombie Kings.
In the future, this would be the bargaining chip for negotiations. As long as they were unwilling to become Zombie Kings, he could buy them all over.
The more he thought about it, the more promising it seemed. Lin Ye chuckled.
Opposite him, Yang Fusheng glanced at Lin Ye. How could he not know what he was thinking?
He sneered and said, "It depends on luck, but you don't even need to think about it."
"Why?" Lin Ye was curious.
"Hehe, Zombie Sacred Hall. As the name suggests, this is the Sacred Hall for us zombies."
"Even as zombies, not all zombies can go in."
"Furthermore, you are a human lord and not a zombie. Not to mention going into the Zombie Sacred Hall, as soon as you enter hell, you will probably be torn into pieces by countless Red-Eyed Zombie Kings."
At this point, Yang Fusheng stared at Lin Ye with a hint of viciousness.. "Unless…"
Chapter 180
"What?" Lin Ye raised his eyebrows and leaned back symbolically.
"Let me take a bite."
Yang Fusheng grinned and chuckled. "If you don't become a zombie, how are you going to hell?Wasn't that the reasoning?"
"Bite your grandfather! Get lost!" Lin Ye cursed.
"It's okay if I don't bite, but you have to compensate me. You caused me to lose an incomparably precious pardon contract." Yang Fusheng pushed on.
"Can you be any more shameless? If I didn't save you just now, you would've died. A little brat like you only knows how to talk nonsense all day. If you have the time, why don't you think about how to help your brother deal with Jiang Chen?" Lin Ye said disdainfully.
"Are you kidding me? You want me, a green-eyed zombie, to kill a Red-Eyed Zombie King that has surpassed the limits of Level 9? That is as ridiculous as letting an ant the size of a fingernail kill an elephant." Yang Fusheng rolled his eyes and sneered.
"Look, you didn't believe me when I was calling you trash. You don't even have this bit of courage. In the afternoon, I'll bring you to step on Jiang Chen's pride."
"Really?" Looking at Lin Ye's arrogant expression, Yang Fusheng couldn't understand what this guy was thinking.
"Just watch when the time comes." Lin Ye smiled and casually threw out a higher level XX tablet.
"This is?" Yang Fusheng's eyes twitched. He felt that it was similar to the MP4 just now, except that the screen was much larger.
Looking up at Lin Ye, he swallowed, his heart racing.
"Advanced, several times better than MP4." Lin Ye smiled with crescent eyes.
"Hahaha, help me turn it on quickly. How do I operate it? This is great. Lin Ye, I have hopes in you." Yang Fusheng laughed until his mouth was about to split open. He had forgotten all about the contract and about turning back into a human.
"Little brat." Lin Ye pursed his lips and simply taught Yang Fusheng how to use the tablet.
"Wow. A capacity of a few terabytes. Does it mean I watch it for an entire year?"
Listening to Lin Ye's explanation, Yang Fusheng felt like he had seen heaven. He almost drooled.
"Something like that. However, the power of the tablet might only last you for a day. If it's not enough, look for Xun Mingyuan. He has a generator and charging panel with him. If it's charged, you can use it indefinitely. I guarantee you that you will see it until the end of time." Lin Ye revealed an expression that spoke of a mutual understanding.
"I will be going then."
"Go, go. Don't disturb me, hahaha."
Yang Fusheng laughed and held his tablet. He ran into the territory's lobby and hid in a dark corner to watch alone.
Lin Ye turned and walked towards the farmland to the west.
In the corner, after Yang Fusheng clicked on the first video excitedly, an extremely strange sound came.
"Happy Sheep, Beautiful Sheep, Lazy Sheep, Excited Sheep, Slow Sheep, Soft, Red Wolf, Gray Wolf. Don't look at me as just a sheep…"
!
"What the heck is this!"
Yang Fusheng scratched his head and pounded the ground angrily. "No, no. I want the one I saw previously. The one where man and woman were fighting. That one was nice to watch. What's this? What a goat! Next…" 𝒍𝓲𝙗𝒓𝒆𝓪𝒅.𝙘𝒐𝓶
"Calabash Brothers, there are seven flowers on one vine. They are not afraid of the wind and rain. Lalala, ding dong dong dong dong…"
?
"No! This is not what I want!"
"Change!"
"Schuck, Schuck, Schuck, Schuck, Schuck, the one who flew the plane…"
"F*ck, change again!"
"Little Sloppy is so sloppy. The Sloppy King is him. No one likes him. Suddenly, Little Sloppy changed. The Sloppy King is no longer sloppy…"
After changing more than ten videos in a row, Yang Fusheng couldn't take it anymore.
"Lin Ye, f*ck you!"
Soon, someone's angry roar came from the bunker.
"Hahaha." Lin Ye laughed loudly.
This pervert. He was only seven or eight years old, but he actually liked to watch those shameless videos. Were those things he should watch?
It was pretty nice to have downloaded a few terabytes worth of cartoons for you. I didn't even get to watch them when I was your age.
Hmph!
After teaching a certain zombie a lesson, Lin Ye drove his MPV and quickly rushed to the wasteland in the west.
There were few people here, making it suitable for farming.
At this moment, the chief native worker was leading thousands of native workers' to farm.
They were extremely efficient. In just one morning, they had cleared out hundreds of mu of farmland and planted many super seeds.
"Screech—"
The tire rubbed against the ground and dragged for about ten meters. Lin Ye stopped the MPV.
"F*ck, this trashy road conditions. I have to find an opportunity to build a road, at least a cement one in my territory. This is too ridiculous. Fortunately, I have a spirit vehicle. Otherwise, I would have died from the shock if I sat in a huge sedan."
Lin Ye cursed and walked towards Lin One. Along the way, native workers kept greeting him.
"Greetings, my lord!"
"Greetings, my lord!"
Lin Ye smiled and nodded. He couldn't remember most of them. There were too many names.
From last night onwards, he had directly blocked the notifications of Reputation Points he got from Zhang Bao'er. It was too noisy to have a notification one after another.
Reality proved that if one heard too much about money, they would vomit.
He didn't know if others were like that, but he was.
At this moment, Lin One also saw his lord and greeted him with a smile. "My lord, you're here."
"I'm here to see how well you did." Lin Ye chuckled and nodded.
Upon hearing this, Lin One immediately burst into torrential words. He said excitedly, "My lord, you don't know, but these food-type super seeds are too magical. Before they were planted, we had no idea what they would grow into. But after they were planted, the leaves that grew out were completely different. Somewhere there were tomatoes, some were potatoes… There were so many of them, and all of them were extremely big. It's only the first day, but the seeds actually grew roots that were more than ten meters long. Don't you think it's scary?"
"No wonder the description said that the seeds only need three weeks to mature and that one seed can feed ten people. I thought it was an exaggeration, but it turned out to be true."
"There's no need for three weeks. I've brought the Life Soil and Water of Life. There's enough of them." As he spoke, Lin Ye casually threw over the five interspatial rings filled with Life Soil and Water of Life.
"This much!"
Lin One took a look and was shocked. His hand trembled and he almost dropped the rings.
"Too easily impressed." Lin Ye shook his head. Knowledge determined one's foundation, and environment determined one's horizons.
In the end, the environment where his people grew up was too poor.
Even though he was with a super starter, his mindset had yet to change.
After a while, when the matter with the treasure caves and ancient ruins were settled, it was necessary to broaden the horizons of the various major clans. Only by seeing more and enjoying more could they mature faster.
"Oh yeah, and this."
After watching the farming technique for a while, before he left, Lin Ye threw out a large bag of super seeds.
Under Lin One's shocked gaze, he said, "These aren't food-type seeds. Don't confuse them. Each seed is a precious combat-type seed. There are more than thirty thousand of them."
"The mature period of the combat-type seed is twice that of the food-type seed. With Life Soil and Water of Life, it will take about two to three days to mature."
"Later, get a team of people to plant them at the edge of the territory. When they mature, there's no need for anyone to clear up the small zombie attacks. The plants can settle it themselves. This way, it can reduce the pressure of the patrolling soldiers."
After hearing Lin Ye's explanation, Lin One was extremely excited and wanted to call his lord a god!
He always got what he wanted and the efficiency was frightening. It was simply a form of enjoyment to work with such a lord.
"Alright, go ahead and do your thing. I'm going to go now."
Lin Ye waved his hand. Dark gold light flashed around his body as he sat in the MPV and drove away.
Chapter 181
For the next half a day, he wanted to be at ease before he left.
Lin Ye transformed into a little bee and went back and forth between the barracks, the armories, the Reputation Shop, and the breeding fields.
At the barracks, he trained with Tru and the others.
It couldn't be helped. Lin Ye was the only Class 4 beast tamer in the territory now.
Furthermore, when the soldiers entered Class 4, the training time needed would have a huge leap.
Even with a large number of blueprints to increase experience points, it would take at least a day.
For warriors with poor foundations, it might take another two to three days or even longer before they could bond with the Earth Demonic Bear.
Other than that, there was another more troublesome problem.
The little prince of the Earth Demonic Bear Clan was also known as Green Light, Little Green.
This fellow was stubborn and only recognized Lin Ye as its master.
In its words, only the lord of the territory was worthy of being its lord.
The others, including Luo Feng, who had activated the Blood Shadow Battle Blade and possessed top Class 5 combat power did not receive Little Green's approval.
Even if it meant death, it would not yield.
Yet, things would not be sufficient without it. It could be seen from the previous battle.
With Little Green around, the other Earth Demonic Bears could cooperate well.
Once they lost their leader, Earth Demonic Bears were all naughty brats which were extremely mischievous.
Not only were they easily distracted, causing them to run everywhere, but they would also directly shave off a large portion of the combat power of the Class 4 Cavalry Soldiers, reducing them by more than 2 classes.
Therefore, Lin Ye could only accept it reluctantly.
"Demonic Bear Charge!"
"Formation up!"
Rumble!
In the huge barracks, Lin Ye rode on Little Green as they trained together.
Needless to say, the efficiency was several times higher.
Especially for Lin Ye whose experience points were rising rapidly above his head.
Experience+100, Experience+100…
100xReward.
Experience+10,000, Experience+10,000…
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have comprehended the Heart of the Earth Demonic Bear Rider. You have become one with the bear, and your thoughts have become interlinked! Your defense and offense power has increased by 50%! Your health regeneration has increased by 50%!"
"Health regeneration?"
This was the first time Lin Ye saw this attribute and he was stunned.
When his gaze landed on the top of Little Green's head, he instantly understood.
He almost forgot that Little Green had mentioned it before. It was an earth and wood attribute Earth Demonic Bear, and wood attributes were correlated with health.
"I wonder how well it will work."
He muttered under his breath as a battle aura blade appeared on his fingertip. He lightly slit a wound on Little Green's shoulder.
"Ah, Master, why did you stab me?" Little Green turned around and asked speechlessly.
Initially, it was still exciting that it had finally managed to trap Lin Ye. In the past two hours, it had found out everything.
The lord who recruited them was extraordinary. He was the strongest, wealthiest, highest population, and most handsome among this batch of human lords.
In short, these terms were extremely similar to the children of destiny that were introduced by the various royal families in ancient records.
Upon hearing this, Little Green was excited.
Moreover, when his second grandpa threw him out, he specially instructed him.
The space of the other Class 4 beasts was still sealed tightly, no signs of them being unlocked at all.
In other words, the human lords who could recruit them were most likely the strongest in the world.
Therefore, no matter what, he had to curry up to this lord.
According to the ancient records, as the first mount of the lord, he should be able to become a beast king in the future.
No, if things went well, he might even be able to shove his father off the throne and become the King of the Earth Demonic Bear Clan!
As for Big Yellow, the lord's previous mount, it was automatically removed from the equation.
Hmph, a mere Class 3 Magical Beast, and it was a wolf-type magical beast which was large in numbers, how dare they compare to me?
Thinking of this, Little Green's eyes lit up.
However, before he could have a good dream, he was stabbed by his new owner.
Although it did not hurt, he felt a little upset and looked over with a bitter expression.
"Don't mind me. I'm just doing an experiment. I've just comprehended the Heart of the Earth Demonic Bear Rider. I wanted to try the ability of health regeneration."
Lin Ye smiled.
"Doesn't the Master have that skill too?" Little Green was confused.
"It's all the same." Lin Ye narrowed his eyes. Nonsense, wouldn't it hurt if he hurt himself?
But you're different. Your skin is rough and your flesh is thick. You'll be fine in a while.
"I see," Little Lu answered, not really caring.
This injury was indeed less than an itch to it.
Meanwhile, Lin Ye was staring at the new cut. As they conversed, a pale green glow appeared. 𝓵𝙞𝒃𝓻𝓮𝙖𝓭.𝙘𝓸𝓶
Vaguely, he could sense a power similar to Priest Gran's Rain of Life from the green light.
However, the energy aura was weak, like a weakened version of the rain of life.
Even so, he could feel the wound healing rapidly.
"Gran, give us a Sacred Healing over here!" Lin Ye called out.
"Oh." Gran chuckled and nodded.
There were many Priests guarding the barracks every day. When they were injured from training, it was time to make money.
In any case, his lord was rich and he was paid for healing injuries quickly.
At this rate, in less than a month, he would be able to buy a few more child brides for his grandson. It was wonderful.
With that, Gran picked up his Silver Moon Staff and shot a Sacred Healing beam at Little Green from afar.
Whoosh—
Flesh and blood grew rapidly, and the skin cells were like fine suturing robots. In the blink of an eye, the ruptured wound was completely sutured without any scars.
"Not bad. With the help of the priest, the injuries seem to be healing much faster than ordinary people or magical beasts."
Lin Ye's eyes lit up.
Then, he went for another round of training. It was a pity.
Before dinner, other than the ten or so people in the main team who had barely managed to become the Earth Demonic Bear Riders, ordinary Class 4 soldiers were still far from it.
Lin Ye could only express his pity.
It was not that the Lord did not want to bring them along, but who asked them to be so disappointing? Train first.
If one was not strong, going to the treasure cave and the ancient ruins would be equivalent to seeking death.
During dinner, Lin Ye ate as he crazily browsed the Reputation Shop.
There were all kinds of shower gel, sanitary pads, and all kinds of firearm acceleration scrolls. He crazily swept through those goods.
After spending a lot, the Reputation Shop triggered multiple level-ups and upgraded to Level 12.
There were many benefits upon getting the Class 2 Reputation Shop.
What made Lin Ye the happiest was that the items in the Class 1 Reputation Shop were completely unlocked and could be purchased directly into the inventory.
The individual limit was 10,000 per day.
What was there to hesitate about?
"Sophie Brand Sanitary Pads, buy 10,000!"
"AK47 Acceleration Scrolls! Buy 10,000!"
"AWM Acceleration Scrolls! Buy 10,000!"
"Grenade Acceleration Scrolls! Buy 10,000!"
….
Boss Lin spent more than 5 million reputation points to finally buy all the necessary supplies.
The Class 2 Reputation Shop also advanced to Level 16 as planned. The probability of it spawning electronic products increased.
However, he had no time to look for them now. He packed all the firearm acceleration scrolls and sent them to Lin Dachui.
He also instructed Adelia and Shana, the two leaders of the rangers, to start weeding out the zombies as soon as they obtained the weapons.
Level 3 Demon Hunters also needed training.
Now that the territory was bigger, not only were there Haunted Houses in the north but there were also Haunted Houses in the other three directions.
Before the others rose to power, he had to quickly take down these Haunted Houses. Each of them was a huge sum of money.
Moreover, there were too many people now. The spending was too high. From before the Four Sacred Halls until now, in just a day, a few million zombie souls had been spent.
If he didn't work hard, even he would have to starve.
"I hope that when I return from the treasure cave, my people will be able to obtain millions or even tens of millions more zombie souls."
Under the setting sun, Lin Ye sighed hopefully.
Chapter 182
Millions, tens of millions!
Listening to Lin Ye's arrogant words!
The dozens of members of the main team behind him rolled their eyes.
Their lord was getting further and further away from being a 'person'.
"My lord, it's almost night time. Isn't it too dangerous for us to go out with such a few people? Do you want to bring more people?"
Bai Yitong suggested softly as he rode on the huge earth wolf, Big Yellow, that Lin Ye had abandoned.
Initially, he was still hiding in the Level 3 tent, revising the Twelve Zodiac battle aura manuals.
In the end, before he could finish his task, he was possessed by Lin Ye and was told to go out on a mission together.
And there were only so few of them.
Other than the main force's Class 4 powerhouses, it was basically just them and a few human lords. 𝓵𝓲𝓫𝒓𝓮𝙖𝓭.𝒄𝙤𝓶
This was not his lord's style. It felt a little unsafe to not have tens of thousands of people traveling together.
"It's useless even if there are more people for the place which we're going to. The limit is 100 people. With our strength, we have Class 4 mounts, equipment, and many Awakens. What's there to be afraid of?" Lin Ye said confidently.
He had already heard the exact situation from Zombie King Yang Tianyou.
The treasure caves in Jiang Chen's territory were of Level 3. With their lineup, the success rate was 99%.
As he spoke, he glanced at the entrance of the territory.
At this moment, Yang Fusheng walked out reluctantly with his tablet.
"You can go yourself. Why are you dragging me along?" Yang Fusheng looked depressed.
Rather than going out to fight and kill, he preferred to hide in a corner and watch his favorite videos.
If he had nothing to do, he could drink another glass of fresh blood. This was such a great way to pass time.
"Who asked you to be so knowledgeable? Other than the treasure cave, we still have to go to a place that seems like an Ancient Ruin. With you leading the way, we will be safer."
Lin Ye chuckled and said, "Besides, don't you want to see how furious Jiang Chen will get? If you help me settle the ancient ruins, I'll help you defeat Jiang Chen. If he doesn't lose a percentage of his divine blood, I'll download videos worth a terabyte for you. I guarantee that everything downloaded will be what you like to watch."
Upon hearing this, Yang Fusheng's eyes lit up. He swallowed and looked at Lin Ye. "Really?"
"More real than real gold."
Lin Ye nodded, grabbed its neck, and threw it to Tru who was behind.
"Hehe, kid, sit tight!" Tru turned around and squeezed out a kind smile.
"I'm older than your grandfather!" Yang Fusheng opened his mouth and felt exasperated.
Everyone treated him like a harmless child.
This feeling was too annoying!
It was all Lin Ye's fault. Otherwise, one more year and he could've become a human.
He would grow up quickly, find a wife who he likes to marry, and have children…
Ahhh!
The little devil in his heart roared crazily.
Yang Fusheng sighed and sat behind Trump. He continued to hold his tablet and watch the videos.
Soon, certain music was heard.
"Balala energy ~ ~"
"!"
Lin Ye, Bai Yitong, Li Xinyi, Zhang Liang, and the other human lords looked at each other and could not help but laugh.
"Let's go! Set off!"
After laughing, Lin Ye rode on Little Green and charged out of the territory.
"Hahaha, children, when Uncle Tru comes back, I'll bring you to the underworld for team building! We have enough funds!"
Tru's shout attracted countless wolf roars and whistles.
Soon after, the main force mounted their Earth Demonic Bears, following closely behind Lin Ye.
In the distance, on a small road under the setting sun, there were constantly human lords who were seeking refuge in front. When they saw this scene, all of them revealed admiring expressions.
…
Three hours later.
Night fell and everyone arrived at a cave at the mountain pass.
This place was remote. After riding for a few kilometers, they did not see a single person. There were quite a number of zombies wandering outside.
Fortunately, they were powerful. Even if they stood still and let the low-level zombies bite them, the zombies wouldn't be able to break the defense of the Level 4 Silver Armor.
"Is this the place?" Zhang Liang turned on the LED torchlight and leaned against the entrance to sense the surroundings.
There was no reaction from Hint. It should be safe. He just didn't know what would happen if he went in.
"It should be this. The coordinates can't be wrong."
Lin Ye gave each of them a torchlight. The strong light illuminated the entire area.
He opened the map and compared it carefully to make sure that it was the correct place.
He turned his head and said, "Tru, bring the Earth Demonic Bear mounts down to scout ahead first."
"Alright, take a look."
Tru rubbed his palms together and picked up the new Class 4 Silver Tier weapon—Fire Bull King Battle Axe.
His lord had specially gifted him with this weapon before they left.
The Fire Bull King Battle Axe was extremely compatible with the Fire Bull Totem battle aura.
It even came with the unique skill – Class 4 Fire Bull King's Flaming Axe!
Its offensive power was comparable to the threshold of Class 5.
At the same time, he was wearing the Intermediate Class 4 Silver Tier Armor—Brilliant Fire Demon Armor (dual attributes of light and fire). During life-threatening situations, it would activate a layer of a flame magic shield which could block a fatal blow from a Level 4 warrior.
Active Skill: Blazing Demonic Light Wave. Can release a piercing beam of light to interfere with the other party's vision and quickly defeat the other party.
It looked useless, but it was actually extremely powerful. When used against people of the same class, the other party would be blinded.
When paired with other people, it would be good for both defense and offense.
Even so, Lin Ye was still worried.
After Tru left, he activated his God's Defense skill.
After leaving the territory, the range of this skill was reduced to 300 meters. It was barely enough.
Whoosh—
The next moment, a dark golden cloak enveloped everyone.
"My lord, it will be a strain on your mental strength to activate the skill so early," Li Xinyi said worriedly.
"It's fine. I have a lot of medicine. I'll just have to take it to recover." Lin Ye smiled.
As he spoke, he took out a bottle of rare mind pills from his spatial ring in front of her and swallowed more than ten of them.
Whoosh—
Mental Energy+30, Mental Energy+30…
100xReward.
Mental Energy+3000…
"Alright, I can last through the night now!" Lin Ye's eyes were bright, and he was extremely excited.
"…"
Li Xinyi did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Alright, I'll go down and help too."
As soon as she finished speaking, another layer of blood-red energy armor appeared above the dark golden shield.
This was her talent, Bloodthirst Feast. She was already familiar with it and when her combat power was activated, it was strong.
She immediately rode on her Earth Demonic Bear and followed behind.
A few minutes later, the clanking sound ended. Tru and Li Xinyi returned and shouted from a distance.
"My lord, it's safe here."
"Here as well."
"Let's go, everyone will go together." Lin Ye nodded.
Even though Yang Tianyou said that it was easy, this was his first time entering a treasure cave after all. He had to be careful.
The group walked down and along the way, there were a large number of strange beast corpses.
"My lord, these guys seem to be Class 3 Magical Beast, Dog Beast!"
Tru introduced, "When Sister Li Xinyi and I came down, they surrounded us. They seem to be the guardians guarding the treasure cave. Most of them are weak, only about advanced Class 2."
"Don't be careless."
Lin Ye nodded. The notification from the hint did not alert him, so he did not choose to get someone to help.
The group of people carefully walked in a row for a thousand meters.
The space in front of him gradually expanded. The torchlight swept across his surroundings and he realized that the space deep within the cave was quite wide.
It was as big as a football field and there was 4 three-meter tall passage in the four directions.
"My lord, there are four routes. Shall we split up?" Tru asked.
"No need!"
Lin Ye closed his eyes and felt a surge of magical energy.
Moments later, his pupils turned black, indicating that his hint was activated.
Although Hint was suppressed when he entered this place, it was still better than God's Defense and could extend beyond 500 meters.
This was probably the benefit of having top-tier talent.
An invisible wave spread out, and information was soon transmitted back.
"Friendly reminder that following the path ahead, there will be 1,000 Class 3 Zombie Dog Beasts! Killing them will give you 500 bronze treasure chests!"
"Friendly reminder that following the path behind, there will be 500 Intermediate Class 3 Zombie Dog Beasts! Killing them will give you 100 Silver Treasure Chests!"
"Friendly reminder that following the path on the right, there will be 300 Advanced Class 3 Zombie Dogs. Kill them and you will receive 50 Silver Treasure Chests!"
"Friendly reminder that following the path on the left, there will be 100 Top Class 3 Zombie Dogs. Kill them and you can obtain 1 Gold Treasure Chest!"
"Friendly reminder that the treasure chest reward can trigger 100xReward's hidden reward. If quest completion is 100%, additional rewards will be given."
Chapter 183
"An additional reward?!"
Lin Ye's eyes lit up.
This was the first time he heard of a hidden reward that could trigger 100xReward. He was looking forward to it! 𝑙𝒾𝒷𝘳𝑒𝑎𝘥.𝒸ℴ𝓂
Could it be that the treasure chests increase by a hundredfold?
If that was the case, it would be awesome!
Ever since Reflection Hall, his 100x talent advanced to Class 4, and his experience points had stopped.
Because the upgrade conditions were a little hopeless.
Requirement: 1,000,000 Gold Treasure Chests. Go to hell.
Other than the next reward from the Reflection Hall, he could not think of any other way to rapidly increase the experience points needed for 100xReward in a short time.
If this treasure cave could trigger a reward of 100xReward, the chance to level up would increase greatly.
He immediately told the others the information that came from Hint. Tru and the others exploded in excitement.
"Oh my god, four paths. 500 Bronze Treasure Chests in front, 100 Silver Treasure Chests behind, 50 Silver Treasure Chests on the left, and 1 Gold Treasure Chest on the right!"
"That's crazy. Just the treasure chests alone from the treasure cave would be comparable to destroying seven or eight Haunted Houses of the same level."
"Perhaps this is the treasure cave, hahaha!"
"Our lord is still the best. His luck is too good. There are so many treasure chests. It's almost as if they were gifted to him."
The group of people laughed heartily. Their voices echoed through the four dark paths and one could vaguely see pairs of blood-colored eyes.
"Roar—"
Immediately after, low barking sounds came from the cave.
"Oh, you alerted the zombie dog beasts." Xu Que laughed mockingly and used his LED torchlight and shone it in the distance.
As expected, there were already numerous Beginner Class 3 zombie dog beasts gathered at the entrance.
The same went for the other three paths.
"My lord, let's start. I can't wait any longer." Two blood-colored light blades flew out from Luo Feng's fingertips as he said excitedly.
"Don't be anxious. I'll investigate the level of danger and see if there are any hidden ones." Lin Ye chuckled.
The zombie dog beasts were the guardians of this treasure cave. Even though they had died and turned into zombie dogs, they still remembered their previous owner's orders to protect this place.
Originally, they were all Class 3 zombie beasts, so he did not need to be so careful but this place could activate a hidden reward with 100xReward.
There might be a small surprise if this place could unlock a hidden reward.
A moment later, a warning came from Hint.
"Danger Level: F Class! Easy!"
"F*ck, then there's no danger. Let's go!" Lin Ye waved his hand.
"People of the Totem Warring Clans, follow me!" Tru raised his arm and shouted, leading Ron and the others to charge forward.
In Tru's opinion, the quantity was always the winner. He had to obtain the 500 bronze treasure chests first. Furthermore, this mission was simple.
The zombie dog beasts on the other side were all beginner Class 3. To them, those were weaklings.
He rode the Earth Demonic Bear and leaped into the air.
The surface of the Fire Bull King's battle ax made a 'whoosh' sound, and flames of fiery red battle aura raged.
"Fire Bull King's Flaming Axe!"
All the fire battle aura gathered and turned into an axe more than twenty meters long as it slashed down.
Rumble!
More than thirty of them instantly died at the entrance of the cave in front of them. Ron and the others were not to be outdone. All of them used their totem battle aura and rode the Earth Demonic Bear. They stared at the three layers of defense in front of them and charged in crazily with fewer people fighting more dogs.
"Howl—"
Moments later, the miserable cries of a large number of Zombie Dog Beasts could be heard.
Although they had turned into zombie dogs and they did not have any pain receptors, their biological instincts caused them to wail miserably before they died.
"Luo clan's warriors, follow me to the path on the right!"
Luo Feng roared as he sat on an Earth Demonic Bear.
His thoughts were the opposite of Tru's. If he wanted to fight, he would fight the strongest.
Obtaining a Gold Treasure Chest for his lord was worth more than 100 Silver Treasure Chests.
This contribution was much more valuable than the other three.
With a thought,
Swish! Swish!
Two blood-colored beams tore through the air and entered the path on the right.
His attacks were simple and straightforward. It did not seem as violent as Tru's, but its destructive power was definitely better.
Of the two streaks of blood beams, one was the Blood Shadow Battle Blade.
Under the control of the telekinesis master, it was like a great killing machine.
Blood flashed, and a hole appeared between the eyebrows of a Class 3 Zombie Dog Beast, instantly killing it.
The other blood beam was not simple either. It was a Class 4 Silver Tier flying dagger.
There were too few flying dagger-type weapons. For Lin Ye to get a Class 4 Silver Tier weapon was only due to his great luck after he had opened countless sandalwood treasure chests.
It was the trashiest treasure chest. He should be satisfied with getting a Class 4 Silver Tier weapon from it.
With a few breaths, more than ten Class 3 Zombie Dog Beasts were killed by Luo Feng. The other Luo clan soldiers also charged in.
"Su Yu, bring your men to help me!"
Xu Que couldn't wait any longer. Unfortunately, he didn't bring many people. Including Su Yu, we only had about ten people.
However, it was enough. There were only the paths behind and to the left remaining.
1 of them had 500 Intermediate Class 3 Zombie Dog Beast, the other had 200 Advanced Class 3 Zombie Dog Beast. 12 against 500 and 12 against 200 were both not a huge problem.
Of course, he still had to leave one for the human lords.
"Brother Lin Hai, Sister Li, which one do you guys choose?" Su Yu asked.
"The one with 500 of them!" The killing intent in Lin Hai's eyes soared as he said in a low voice.
After his family was killed by the zombies, he hated zombies. It was the same even for zombie dog beasts.
Since it was rare for him to come out, he wanted to kill to his heart's content.
After all, he was no longer the same as before. During the few hours of training in the barracks today, he had also obtained the lord's approval.
He was given a large number of Class 1-4 Upgrade Scrolls. He hitched a free ride and reached Class 4 directly.
The battle aura cultivation technique that he had learned was not either of the two most popular cultivation techniques in the territory, but one of the hundred black tier cultivation techniques that Lin Ye had gotten from a treasure chest.
Its name was Blood Demon Secret Technique. Its cultivation technique was a little crazy and required him to bathe in the blood of all kinds of living beings like zombies. The stronger it was, the better.
In Lin Ye's opinion, this guy was most likely interested in becoming stronger by bathing in zombie blood. This way, he could kill more zombies.
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Hai drew out a pitch-black saber. This was the intermediate Class 4 Silver Tier—Black Fiend Blood Saber!
Its function was like a weakened version of the Blood Shadow Battle Blade. It could absorb the blood of enemy units and convert it into his own stamina.
Coupled with the Blood Demon Secret Technique, it was a pretty good choice.
As for his armor, it was the same as Tru's – Brilliant Fire Demon Armor.
As for Li Xinyi, hers was even stranger than Lin Hai. Lin Hai's personality had changed, and Li Xinyi was awakened.
During the bloodthirsty stage, her entire aura changed drastically. Her blood-red energy cloak twisted like a few scarlet foxtails as they flung out aggressively. They were like the most ferocious heavy hammers as they madly killed their enemies, crushing them into meat pies under incomparable violence.
Bai Yitong and Pu Ying followed the rules. One did revisions while the other had speed. With standard Class 4 weapons, killing the beasts was smooth sailing.
The only person that surprised Lin Ye was Zhang Liang.
Ever since he recovered Hint, the speed at which he became stronger had increased greatly. This could be seen from his fights with the Earth Demonic Bear during the day.
Even if he did not learn any secret techniques, he could appear and disappear unpredictably.
He had to use the fastest and simplest method to avoid the enemy's attack and counterattacked decisively in the split second.
In that state, he was like an extremely agile assassin.
Even though his explosive power was relatively weak, there were hints of his talent and techniques. He could find his weakness immediately.
Just like now, with the help of his talent, the zombie dog beast's weakness was behind its earlobe.
With a light stab, he could kill one without much effort.
Therefore, Zhang Liang, who looked the weakest on the surface, was the strongest among the human lords.
In a few minutes, he had already killed more than 40 Intermediate Class 3 Zombie Dog Beasts.
It was twice as fast as Li Xinyi and Lin Hai.
On the other side, Xu Que and Su Yu also charged into the last cave on the left, where there were more than two hundred advanced Class 3 zombie dog beasts.
"Soaring Dragon Nine Heavens Ground Eight Trillion Palms!"
Rumble!
Explosions rang out continuously as Xu Que followed suit like a god of war. The larger he was, the stronger he became, and the more confident he became.
The buffs from Invincible Battle Energy and the help of a professional deceiver was maxed out. The visual prowess was the best at the scene.
Su Yu was also very powerful. Like an old schemer, he hid under his runes. All kinds of lightning, thunder, bloodsucking, quicksand, traps…
He killed as many zombie dog beasts as Xu Que.
Soon, only Lin Ye, Wang Qiang, Little Green, and Yang Fusheng were left on the huge underground platform..
Chapter 184
"Aren't you planning to give it a try?" Lin Ye smiled.
"Forget about me."
Wang Qiang smiled bitterly. The trauma he had from the last time he visited a Haunted House was too great.
He changed the topic and continued, "But my lord, when can we have heavy machinery? Or heavy armors. Even aircraft or cannons would be great."
After speaking, his face revealed a look of hope.
Ever since the end of the Elevation Hall, his Class as a Mechanic had been unlocked, but because of the limited resources and equipment, he was unable to show his value. This made him feel vexed but also anxious.
Currently, the few new human lords in the territory all had their own value.
For example, Xun Mingyuan had become the manager of the Lin clan. Any food, clothing, and payment had to go through him. Everyone wanted to curry favor from him;
Zhang Liang was the lord's favorite.
He was in charge of all kinds of matters and had a certain authority. He was the person with the highest authority on the human lords' side other than Lin Ye;
Jiang Gong was the chief engineer of the territory.
Currently, he had already created the world's first toilet blueprint and was highly regarded.
He was leading a group of humans who had construction foundations to quickly create new Merit Blueprints;
Zhang Bao'er was the territory's teacher. She taught the Chinese language and was deeply loved by the people of the territory.
Dong Wei was not bad either. After awakening his talent as a director, he was given command of the performance after the meal in the territory.
Usually, he would bring Chu Meng, Liu Yuan, and a few new young students to film videos and practice singing and dancing happily…
Therefore, other than Niu Wei who was already dead, he was the only one who had nothing to do. He felt a little lonely.
"There will be a chance. Perhaps there will be something you want in the next ancient ruin."
Lin Ye smiled. He understood Wang Qiang's thoughts.
It was precisely because of this that he specially called him here this time.
According to Song Kuaidi, Xu Yuan had discovered a treasure land suspected to be an ancient ruin. There were many strange things there.
It looked like a mechanical beast from ancient times.
Thus, he felt that it was important for him to bring Wang Qiang along on this trip.
His talent as a mechanic gave him special insights and abilities regarding mechanical objects or life forms.
He had a vague feeling that this might be an opportunity for Wang Qiang.
There were not many human lords with whom he had faith. Wang Qiang was one of the people he focused on nurturing.
He hated that his territory was developing too slowly now.
Otherwise, a Mechanic like Wang Qiang would be a terrifying class in this world.
"Let's hope so," Wang Qiang also revealed a look of hope.
Right at this moment, Luo Feng's uncle, Luo Yu, rode an Earth Demonic Bear out from the path on his right and returned to the platform. He said with a serious expression, "My lord, we have killed a hundred advanced class 3 zombie dog beasts and found a Gold Treasure Chest, but…"
At this point, he paused and said, "You should come and take a look yourself."
"Oh?"
Lin Ye's interest was piqued. For him to actually want him to go personally, it must be something important.
"Let's go!" He immediately rode on Little Green and grabbed the unwilling Yang Fusheng as he rushed over.
At the entrance to the right, blood flowed like a river. Corpses of Zombie Dog Beasts were everywhere, and most of them had a hole in their foreheads. They must have died under Luo Feng's Blood Shadow Battle Blade.
"Over there, and over there. There are bronze and silver treasure chests. Send someone to bring them back."
Along the way, hints kept sounding. Killing zombies and zombie dog beasts was the same. Treasure chests would drop and the probability was much higher than zombies of the same level.
After walking and stopping for nearly a thousand meters, Lin Ye found a total of 20 plus additional treasure chests, which was considered an unexpected harvest.
"We're here."
Soon, the end of the passage was illuminated by several strong LED torchlights.
Luo Zheng was standing on both sides with a few dozen people from the Luo Clan, his grave.
"My lord, you're here."
Seeing Lin Ye jump down from Little Green's body, Luo Feng hurriedly went forward to greet him.
"What did you discover?" Lin Ye asked curiously as he followed Luo Feng's lead and narrowed his eyes.
At the corner was a corpse pit.
Inside human corpses were piled up. Some were ordinary human lords, while others were wearing standard armor.
Obviously, there had been others who had attacked this place before they came, but unfortunately, their combat strength was insufficient, and they suffered heavy casualties.
In the end, not only did they not obtain any treasure chests, they even lost a large number of lives and were dragged in by the Zombie Dog Beasts as food.
"My lord, look at the armor and clothes at the side." Luo Feng grabbed a few sky-blue battle clothes that were covered in blood and bite marks from the pile of corpses and threw them on the ground.
"A top Class 2 blue armor?"
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes. "It wasn't sold on our market page, and… they had quite a lot of them."
Currently, most of what his market sold was Intermediate, Advanced, and Top Class 2 Blue Tier equipment which had to be refined and strengthened through blue iron ore.
This kind of upgraded top-tier equipment was not weaker than ordinary beginner Class 3 Purple Tier equipment. Hence, he would usually keep top-tier Class 2 Blue Tier equipment.
Currently, there were still some Class 1 soldiers who did not have Class 3 Purple Tier equipment. They were temporarily equipped with Class 2 blue tier equipment and were used as patrol soldiers.
Therefore, logically speaking, there should not be so much top Class 2 blue equipment in the market now.
The only explanation was that the other party might have found a way to obtain a large number of bronze and silver treasure chests.
And they also found a blue iron ore for equipment improvement.
If this was true, then the other party had to mine the blue iron ore. To mine those, they had to build a Level 2 mining factory.
The blueprint for the Level 1 Mining Factory was given to him by the bunker when it became Level 5.
Class 2 blue iron ore required a mining factory of a corresponding level. In other words, the other party's bunker was at least Level 6.
This was ridiculous.
Because of the 100xReward, Lin Ye developed rapidly in the early stages when resources were scarce. He became the world's number one lord and was the first to enter the tribal era.
But even so, he was only Level 10 now.
The other party was actually Level 6, which meant that it had a population limit of 8,000.
Just the thought of it was terrifying. If he did not have 100xReward, he might not even be able to match up to that person.
"Zhan Mingyue's men?" This was the only person Lin Ye could think of.
Up until now, the most mysterious and threatening person he had come into contact with was none other than Zhan Mingyue, a high-ranking official of China.
Therefore, he couldn't help but think of that person.
After all, other than them, who else could have known so much information in the early stages and attacked this three-star treasure cave before the fourth day?
He didn't believe that the other party was like him and could threaten Jiang Chen to obtain information from them.
In summary, there was a 90% chance that the higher-ups of China, who were also the stowaways mentioned by Jiang Chen, controlled the secrets and information of this strange world.
"I've counted them carefully. There are fifty-eight corpses in the right passage alone. I wonder how many there will be in the other passageways." Luo Feng said in a low voice.
"Put on gloves and search their bodies. Be careful of bacterial infection." Lin Ye thought for a moment and took out hundreds of pairs of disposable gloves from the Reputation Shop. He handed them to Luo Feng and asked him to pass them to the other warriors of the Luo clan.
"Everyone else, collect the treasure chests for me first!"
Soon, the group of people started moving. They searched for treasure chests and information.
"My lord, the gold treasure chest has a lock."
Not far away, Wang Qiang called out.
Lin Ye walked over.
The treasure cave had a stone table the size of a millstone. On it was a treasure chest that flickered with a weak golden luster.
Taking a closer look, a Gold Treasure Chest was smaller than a Bronze or Silver Treasure Chest. The carvings on its surface were more detailed and elegant, giving it an artistic hint.
Perhaps this was the difference between Class 4 and 5. Be it from the inside or from the outside, there was a qualitative change.
Unfortunately, this thing was similar to potential chains. At Class 5, it would be restricted by seals.
Faint energy formed chains that could be seen with the naked eye, firmly holding the golden treasure chest to the stone table.
"No, I can't take it off," Wang Qiang tried his best to remove the treasure chest. His face was already flushed red, but the treasure chest did not budge.
"Let me give it a try. My battle aura cultivation technique has already reached the peak of Class 4. It's incomparably pure and in terms of strength, it's definitely not inferior to Commander Tru."
On the other hand, Luo Feng was also curious as he brought his uncle Luo Yu over.
"Brother Luo Feng, be careful. This thing is a bit strange." Wang Qiang shook his numb hands and moved aside with a smile.
Luo Feng nodded and took his stance.
"Come out!"
He pressed his golden core and shouted!
Whoosh!
Deep blue-colored battle aura erupted, and like a Super Saiyan who had fallen into a bitter battle, his entire body was bathed in the light of battle aura.
Whoosh—
With the power of a top Class 4 physical body combined with battle aura secret techniques, the energy locked on the surface of the golden treasure chest tightly, emitting a crisp buzzing sound.
Unfortunately, the two of them were in a stalemate for a long time. The chains did not budge. 𝘭𝒾𝒷𝓇𝘦𝑎𝑑.𝒸ℴ𝓂
Ten seconds later, Luo Feng sighed as the battle aura glow on his body dissipated. "No, it should be limited by the power of law. After all, with the baptism of the four Sacred Halls, even if I don't use the Blood God's Possession, my strength should still be comparable to an ordinary intermediate Class 5, but I can't do anything about it."
"Uncle, do you want to give it a try?" He turned his head to look at Luo Yu.
"Forget about me. If even you can't do it, wouldn't it be embarrassing for me to go up and try?" Luo Yu shook his head.
If it was in the past, he might have tried it with a competitive spirit.
However, since he was recruited last night, the consecutive setbacks made his confidence suffer.
Among them, the strongest was his nephew, Luo Feng. Before he came, he was a top Class 1 soldier.
Yet, in just three days, the other party was already much stronger than him. This was too humiliating for him.
"Haha, at least you know your place. With just a few weaklings like you, of course, you can't."
"Everyone present, other than me, only Lin Ye has the qualifications to get it."
At this moment, Yang Fusheng suddenly interjected.
With that, everyone's gaze landed on him.
"Why are you all looking at me? You can choose whether to believe me or not!"
As he spoke, Yang Fusheng rolled his eyes and continued watching the Balala energy on his tablet. He had no intention of explaining himself.
"Is it because I broke through the limit of Class 5?" Lin Ye had a vague guess in his heart.
"My lord, will it be dangerous?" Wang Qiang frowned and asked worriedly.
"It's okay." Lin Ye waved his hand, Hint had not given him a warning. It shouldn't be a problem.
As expected, when his finger touched the gold treasure chest, golden multicolored light immediately flowed out.
Crack—
The golden energy chain that sealed the treasure chest broke.
Chapter 185
"!"
"That's simple!"
Luo Yu, Luo Yu, Wang Qiang, and the others stared with their eyes wide open.
Previously, when they were trying it out, they had expended a great amount of effort. Only Luo Feng was able to straighten the seal. The others were unable to get it to move at all.
Even Yang Fusheng looked at Lin Ye in surprise. He stopped playing the video and hesitated. "Lin Ye, how many potential chains did you unlock when you were in Class 5?"
"Probably tens of thousands."
Lin Ye casually said. His attention turned to the gold treasure chest, and his eyes emitted a golden light. "I wonder what treasure will drop from the first gold treasure chest. I'm looking forward to it!"
"Wait? How many did you say just now?" Yang Fusheng's expression became extremely exaggerated. He flew over and grabbed the back of Lin Ye's hand as he asked.
"Around 30,000. How annoying!"
Lin Ye slapped his hand away and said angrily, "Stand aside and watch your Balala energy. When I get my invincible treasure, I might even reward you with a few gigabytes of videos if I'm in a good mood."
"Reward your sister! Hurry up and tell me. Around 30,000, do you mean 36,500 chains? F*ck, say something. Do you know what this means?!"
Yang Fusheng seemed to have gone crazy. He didn't even care about his tablet and the videos. He grabbed Lin Ye's leg and refused to let go.
"Is there anything special about it?" Lin Ye raised his eyebrows as his thoughts raced.
What Yang Fusheng meant was…
36,500 potential chains seemed to be a powerful number. Has anyone unlocked this many before?
No way, no one knew the origin of his potential chains better than him.
In theory, the limit for humans was 365 potential chains.
The reason why he could be so exaggerated was that he had signed contracts with thousands of people.
In addition to that, he had a 100xReward buff, which allowed him to obtain 36,500 potential chains.
After unlocking them, his combat ability indeed soared.
Whether it was battle aura of wind attribute energy, his capacity, speed, and power far surpassed other peak geniuses of the same class.
However, the more he explained to himself, the more he found it unbelievable that someone could be like him. That would be too exaggerated.
Could it be that someone that had received 100xReward like him in the past seasons?
In an instant, he felt as if he was struck by lightning.
Nicole, Adelia, Gran, they had all mentioned that all the humans of the past seasons had failed.
The power of hell was terrifying and was ingrained in everyone's hearts.
If it was as he had guessed, someone who had awakened 100xReward had lost before too?
Tsk!
At the thought of this, he felt an inexplicable sense of panic.
The invincible faith that had crazily increased over the past few days instantly slipped away like a frosted eggplant.
"I can't be arrogant. Those who are arrogant will definitely lose!" A trace of seriousness flashed across Lin Ye's eyes.
Of course, these thoughts only flashed through his mind for a moment. He looked at Yang Fusheng as if nothing had happened and waited for his answer.
"Of course it's special. It's too special. It's unprecedented."
"Bah, that's not right either. In the legends of the past, at the very start, which was also the first season, a taboo appeared. You can't say this person's name since nine-colored tribulation lightning will fall upon you. Even the Zombie Kings couldn't withstand it."
"In short, it was extreme. People called him an existence darker than darkness, a destroyer that was more chaotic than chaos… His legend is something neither hell nor the underworld wants to talk about. There might have been no records of him in the existing books."
"But that person was simply terrifyingly strong. Back then, he killed everything in his way, mountains of corpses, rain of blood, hell, the underworld, the boss hidden in countless dimensions, the indescribable evolver, the terminator of civilization… All the ultimate life forms were killed by him…" 𝑙𝒾𝒷𝘳𝑒𝑎𝒹.𝑐𝑜𝓂
After saying that, Yang Fusheng paused and his eyes revealed admiration and yearning.
"Wait, according to you, humans should have won in the first season since they had such a strong guy."
Lin Ye had a strange expression on his face. He felt that Yang Fusheng's words were incoherent and contradictory.
However, he still remembered the strange words Yang Fusheng said.
Although he was far away now, who knew what the future would hold?
"Ahem… This…" Yang Fusheng clearly realized the problem as well and said awkwardly," Theoretically speaking, that person was the closest to succeeding back then. No, I should say that he had already succeeded, but things have changed drastically. "
"Under the anticipation of the remaining human beings, he charged into the deepest part of the Abyss of Hell and stepped into the endless darkness to fight a bloody battle with the real Lord of Hell."
"That battle was overwhelming. Then, it changed. The one who became the new Lord of Hell killed all the humans."
"…"
As soon as he said that, Lin Ye and Wang Qiang's faces darkened.
What a joke. Did you think this was a game? Join the opponent if you can't win?
"What's with your expressions? F*ck, I'm serious. That person is the new Lord of Hell."
"After countless years, although he has abdicated, his legend is still spreading in hell. I was once a Zombie King who had surpassed Class 9, okay? Did I have to lie to you newbies?"
Yang Fusheng met everyone's gaze and felt that his personality and zombie pride had been insulted. He shouted angrily.
"It's not that we don't believe it, but it sounds ridiculous. A human turned into the Lord of Hell and even killed the rest of the humans. This is too fake. He can't possibly kill all his family, friends, wives, and children. This is not something a human should do." Lin Ye shook his head.
Human nature meant that the person could be dark, sunny, evil, even perverts…
But how could a strong person who reached the end of the season, who had the support of billions of humans, and who had fought his way into hell do such a thing?
Unless… he was not human! Or the person who walked out of the darkness was no longer him!
At the thought of this, Lin Ye shivered.
Possession? Plundered fate? Possessed? Reincarnation?
A series of tricks flashed across his mind, but he subconsciously blocked them.
"Rotten wood cannot be carved. All of you are as stupid as pigs. You deserve to be defeated every season!"
Yang Fusheng cursed indignantly. In the end, he looked deeply at Lin Ye and enticed him. "If you have 36,500 potential chains, you can go to the underworld's Heaven God City, Earth Immortal City, and Human Emperor City. The three of them have a blood feud with that person."
"With your talent, if you pass their test, it's very likely that you will be able to obtain the help of the three main cities."
"It's said that the origin of these three families is not simple. Each family has a top Sky Tier secret manual. There have always been rumors among the various races that when these three secret scrolls are combined, a miracle will definitely be born. Not to mention defeating that person, you will at least have the ability to match that person."
"F*ck, I realized that you are full of nonsense. Didn't you just say that the first season's people were all killed by that person? Why are there three main city enemies with him now? Can you be more reliable?"
Although he vaguely believed Yang Fusheng's words, Lin Ye still pretended to be disdainful and ridiculed him.
After all, these topics were too heavy.
Let's not talk about him. How hopeless would others feel when they heard it?
The bad news was better left out.
Especially before he reached that stage, he shouldn't listen to bad things that far exceeded his understanding.
If he listened too much, it would be useless and he would instead scare himself.
Of course, there were benefits to knowing in advance. At least it would alert him.
After all, he had been a little arrogant recently. He felt that hell was filled with trash.
For example, the zombie king Jiang Chen…
In order to thank Yang Fusheng for his reminder today, after clearing the ancient ruins, he should bully Jiang Chen.
If he couldn't defeat a human traitor, he should deal with this guy then.
Mm, it was decided then..
Chapter 186
"You don't understand the rules at all."
Yang Fusheng shook his head and said disdainfully, "The space-time of the underworld is protected by the power of law. Even someone as powerful as the Lord of Hell, who has the ability to resist the rules, can't break them."
"Therefore, if you want to talk about being invincible, there will only be one in this world and that is the rule itself!"
"The people from the three main cities made use of the loophole in the rules. When they were being chased by that person, they were forced to give up their status as human lords and join the underworld camp to obtain the rights to live in the underworld."
"Since then, they have severed all ties with humans and sealed themselves in the endless space of the underworld."
"They did live, but they fled in a hurry back then. The relatives of the three city lords were still in the Human Alliance's headquarters. They thought that it was the safest place, but they were all killed in that guy's anger. If it were you, would you hate him!"
"Of course, I would hate him. If it was me, I would definitely beat him up so badly that even his mother wouldn't recognize him!" Lin Ye looked furious.
Traitors were to be killed!
However, his tone changed.
He said indifferently, "But what has all that got to do with me? I've awakened 365 potential chains."
"365? F*ck!"
Yang Fusheng widened his eyes and his fingers trembled in anger. "F*ck you, who was the one who said that he unlocked tens of thousands or thirty thousand ones?"
"Can't I joke around?"
Lin Ye looked at him strangely. Then, as if he understood something, he said in realization, "I understand, I understand."
"What do you know! Are you toying with me!" Yang Fusheng stomped his feet angrily.
"Who asked you to be so gullible?"
Lin Ye shrugged at Wang Qiang. "See, I got quite a bit of information again. This person… No that's not it. This little zombie is so silly. I was just saying it casually, and he actually believed me."
"Fortunately, I'm not bragging. Remember, talk to him more when you have nothing to do in the future. Try to get some information out of him."
"Rest assured, my lord. I'm good at this."
After he said that, Wang Qiang changed the topic. He immediately felt that his lord was right and echoed with laughter.
"Shameless!" Yang Fusheng's eyes turned green. He was trembling with anger!
Humans were all bad people!
Even so, he still felt regretful in his heart. A freak like Lin Ye actually did not have 36,500 potential chains.
That made sense. If such a level of talent was so easy to obtain, it would be impossible for there to be only one of such after countless years.
Yang Fusheng sighed silently and shook his head. He planned to ignore these bastards for the time being.
All of them were young and had rubbish in their hearts. They actually bullied a 68-year-old comrade. They did not have morals.
"Balala energy ~ ~ ~"
Soon, an abrupt sound came from the cave again.
"F*ck!" Wang Qiang gritted his teeth and grinned.
"Ignore him." Lin Ye waved his hand and tried to pick up the gold treasure chest on the stone table.
?
No hidden reward was triggered.
Strange, hint should not be lying.
"My lord, do you want to open the gold treasure chest?" Wang Qiang's eyes lit up.
Although no one had said if the gold treasure chest could drop a treasure like heavy armor, what if it did?
If it did, it would be his treasure!
"I'll open it." Lin Ye was instantly disinterested. He originally thought that he could trigger 100xReward and get 100 Gold Treasure Chests.
Who would have thought that nothing happened at all? It was too trashy!
As of the moment, the first gold treasure chest in the world did not look good in his eyes. He casually opened the treasure chest.
"You have obtained a Class 4 Silver Tier Armor—Forbidden Armor!"
100xReward.
1. 100 Advanced Class 4 Silver Armor—Forbidden Armor!
2. 1 Intermediate Class 5 Gold Tier Armor—Power of Nature Armor!
3. Armor of random level and quantity
This option would remove the probability of Class 1 white tier equipment or living supplies appearing (√);
This option would remove the probability of Class 2 blue tier weapons or living supplies appearing (√).
"It's actually not 10 intermediate Class 5 items!" 𝓵𝓲𝓫𝙧𝓮𝙖𝙙.𝒄𝓸𝙢
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes.
Usually, if it was a Silver Treasure Chest, there was no chance of getting a Class 5 Silver Tier equipment so 100xReward would increase the number received.
For example, 100 Beginner Class 4 Silver Tier Armor would become 10 Advanced Class 4 Silver Tier Armor.
As for the gold treasure chest, it broke through the probability of Class 5 equipment appearing.
According to how it was with the Silver Treasure Chests, it should be 10 Intermediate Class 5 gold tier equipment.
But if it only gave one, there would be a problem.
It was 80% similar to the super-large meru ring which was a rare item with two stars.
After some hesitation, Lin Ye still chose option 2!
Choice 1 of 100 Class 4 Silver Tier Forbidden Armor was honestly not of much help.
Currently, the entire main team is wearing Intermediate Silver Tier Brilliant Fire Demon Armor. Even if it was upgraded by one level, it would still be the same.
When the silver iron ore was mined, it would be a small issue to directly upgrade the Brilliant Fire Demon Armor to top Class 4 armor.
As for Choice 3, he might be able to give it a try when he had more gold treasure chests.
This was the first Class 5 equipment in the world. Furthermore, it was equipment that broke the boundaries of the first zombie wave. There might even be Reputation Points awarded.
As expected, the system sent a congratulatory message.
"You have obtained an Intermediate Class 5 Gold Tier Armor—Power of Nature Armor!"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You are the first human in the world to break the boundaries and obtain Class 5 Gold tier equipment. You are rewarded with 5,000 Reputation points!"
100xReward.
"You have obtained 500,000 Reputation points!"
In the eyes of outsiders, the gold treasure chest opened, first revealing a silver light.
Luo Feng, Wang Qiang, and the others were a little disappointed. It was Class 4 Silver Tier equipment!
What a pity!
Just as everyone was feeling regretful, golden light erupted from the gold treasure chest like a small sun.
"F*ck! Class 5 Gold tier equipment!"
"Our lord is awesome!"
"Impossible!"
"Even his equipment has broken through the boundaries!"
The first two sentences came from Wang Qiang and Luo Feng. They were excited and happy from the bottom of their hearts.
The stronger their lord was, the higher their limit would be and the further they would go in the future.
The last two sentences were from Luo Yu and Yang Fusheng.
The two of them were the oldest present, one close to forty.
The other one said that it was 65 or 68, but in fact, it was probably hundreds or thousands of years old.
Thus, compared to Luo Feng and Wang Qiang, they were much more knowledgeable.
They naturally understood what it meant for Class 5 equipment to drop before the first zombie wave.
The difficulty level of doing that was not any lesser than a human body breaking through to Class 5.
For countless eras, even if someone was lucky and obtained a Gold Treasure Chest before the first zombie wave, the chance of getting Class 5 equipment from it…
Haha, there were millions of them, but 80% of them didn't get it.
But Lin Ye was lucky. A gold treasure chest was easily opened, and it was a Class 5 gold tier weapon!
Was he still going to play? This was ridiculous.
However, facts spoke louder than words. What Lin Ye dropped was indeed a Class 5 Gold tier equipment. It was not a beginner one, but an intermediate one.
Luo Yu and Yang Fusheng looked at each other and felt jealous.
Everyone said that their lord was lucky and that he was the European Overlord.. It was most likely true. Awesome, invincible!
Chapter 187
His fingers touched the golden armor and a notification came.
Item: Power of Nature Armor
Level: Level 5 Intermediate (Rarity Level: )
Passive: Light of Nature (HP to constantly recover to 80% when uninjured)
Active Skill 1. Wind of Nature. Increases movement speed and dodging speed by 80%.
Active Skill 2. Shield of Nature. Energy Resistance increased by 100% (Immune to Class 1-4 Energy Attack)
"Wow, five stars, two full ones, and three emptied ones. A Class 4 hero-level weapon had a similar rarity!"
Looking at the information, Lin Ye secretly clicked his tongue.
Their skills seemed simple, but each of them was extremely important.
Light of Nature was similar to the recovery ability that Little Green shared with him.
With the two combined, the effect was probably no lower than a Class 4 Priest's Sacred Healing.
Active skills like Wind of Nature and Shield of Nature were both rare attributes.
The former would double his movement speed and evasion speed. In other words, previously, it took him 3 seconds to run 100 meters.
It might only take two seconds once he puts on the armor.
The latter was too insane
According to the description, he would be immune to Level 1-4 energy attacks and energy attacks referred to magic ones, battle aura, and so on…
Such magical defense equipment was rare.
Not to mention that he was immune to Level 1-4 attacks at the start. His injuries above Level 5 could be reduced by half.
It could make up for his lack of energy defenses. It was awesome.
In a few moves, he wore the Class 5 Power of Nature above the King's Armor.
His entire body was swollen like golden armor, looking especially dazzling.
"Transform!"
Lin Ye's thoughts swirled.
Whoosh—
The Dark Gold Lord's Skin turned into a liquid and immediately concealed the gold shimmering light, turning it into a piece of ordinary white equipment.
Mm, that was better.
Lin Ye nodded in satisfaction. On the other hand, he hesitated slightly when it came to the Class 4 King's Armor.
It was not impossible to wear two armors. Three or four of them could be stacked. The problem was that it was extremely uncomfortable to wear them.
It felt like there was a thick layer of iron on his body. It was swollen and was compromising his movements.
However, considering his safety, he decided to wear both.
One had a strong physical defense, while the other had armor similar to Class 1-4 Magic Resistance.
The two pieces of equipment were a perfect complement to each other.
"My lord, if you have the chance in the future, get a thousand-layer armor." Luo Feng looked at his lord who had grown stronger and joked.
"Thousand-layer armor? What is that?" Lin Ye asked curiously.
"How stupid. It's the ability to meld 1,000 sets of armor together. On the surface, it looks like you're wearing one, but in fact, it's more than 1,000 sets of armor. It's a space-attributed armor and is extremely precious. However, in my opinion, you can forget about it for the time being. The drop rate of its materials is too low, and the processing fee is also crazy high. For now, being able to make a ten-layer armor can be considered lucky."
Yang Fusheng interjected.
"My lord, don't take it seriously. I was just joking. That thing costs money. Even in the underworld, it is one of the most difficult and most luxurious equipment to forge." Luo Feng smiled awkwardly. He did not expect his lord to take his joke seriously.
"What do you mean by not taking it seriously? For a treasure like this, I would definitely want it!"
Lin Ye's eyes were bright as he declared, "Where can I get it!"
This equipment was too suitable for him.
As for the terrifying processing fee that Yang Fusheng mentioned…
What a joke. Something that could be solved with money was nothing in his eyes.
"Young man, don't be too arrogant. Listen to the forging conditions of this thousand-layer armor first. Don't be frightened."
"Ten highly purified spatial essences and a cost of 500,000 Zombie Souls has a 40% chance to forge a ten-layer armor in Heaven Cast City!"
"Twenty highly purified spatial essences and a cost of 1,000,000 Zombie Souls has a 39% chance to forge a twenty layer armor in Heaven Cast City!"
….
"A hundred highly purified spatial essences and a cost of 5,000,000 Zombie Souls has 30% of chance to forge a hundred layer armor in Heaven Cast City!"
"In that manner, the success rate will continue to decrease until the thousandth level. If you fail, you will have to start all over again."
"In the end, it will be an astronomical figure. According to the probability in the past, one might be forged every two to three seasons. Even the invincible city lords of major cities are only willing to forge two to three hundred layers of armor."
Yang Fusheng revealed a gloating expression. After what had just happened, he looked forward to seeing Lin Ye's disappointed expression.
Therefore, he attacked him relentlessly. "Other than that, if you know what the spatial essence is? It is the core of the space gem. You will probably only be able to obtain 1 high-purity spatial essence fragment by disassembling a Class 3 Spatial Ring. Only by gathering a hundred fragments can it be combined into one essence."
"In other words, just a single high purity spatial essence will require at least 100 spatial rings of Class 3 and above."
"Of course, the higher the level of the interspatial ring, the more fragments it can give when it is disassembled. However, you should know how expensive a high-level interspatial ring is."
To his surprise, Lin Ye was not disappointed. Instead, he looked happy. "That's it? It's too easy. I thought it would require more advanced materials and space gems of Level 3 and above. If it's the Zombie Souls, it's less of a problem."
"Hey, Lin Ye, there's a limit to your bragging. If you have the ability, take out 50 Class 3 spatial rings. If you have them, I'll call you daddy. If not, apologize to me sincerely. You don't need to do too much. Just bring me a bowl of water to wash my feet, give me blood every day, and download a few hundred more terabytes worth of videos."
Yang Fusheng couldn't stand it anymore. Why was he pretending to be a wolf?
Don't think that just because you have a huge Meru Ring, you can pretend to be cool. Do you think I'm a three-year-old kid?
Today, Yours Truly shall teach you a lesson.
"That's what you said."
Lin Ye laughed. 𝓵𝓲𝓫𝙧𝓮𝙖𝙙.𝒄𝓸𝙢
Even Luo Feng, Wang Qiang, and Luo Yu looked at Yang Fusheng with kind gazes.
They knew very well that before Yang Fusheng came, their lord opened tens of thousands of treasure chests and had more than 100 interspatial rings.
Even if he gave out a lot of them in the territory, the lord definitely had more than 80 of them left.
"You… You can't be serious." Yang Fusheng was a smart person. How could he not see the smiles in their eyes? He immediately panicked.
As expected, the next moment, Lin Ye activated the huge meru ring.
Whoosh—
Class 3 spatial rings dropped to the ground like rain. The sound was crisp and pleasant to the ear.
"F*ck!"
Yang Fusheng's eyes widened. He pointed at Lin Ye and said in a trembling voice, "You… are you even human! It's only been four days. Just these interspatial rings can sell for a f*cking sea of zombie souls. Did you dig the grave of some big shot?"
"That's none of your business. Come, my good son, call me daddy." Lin Ye laughed loudly. With a sweep of his consciousness, he collected all the spatial rings on the ground.
On the other hand, Yang Fusheng's face was burning. He was 68 years old. Bah, he was so much more than that.
How could he call a young man in his twenties daddy?
Chapter 188
"It's okay. It's fine if you can't call me that. You're just a kid anyway, it's understandable that you go back on your word sometimes."
Looking at Yang Fusheng's conflicted expression, Lin Ye rubbed the little zombie's head and revealed the loving gaze of a father.
Upon hearing these sarcastic words and that gaze, Yang Fusheng exploded.
"Daddy!"
"He really called me that?"
Lin Ye was surprised. "I was just joking. Why did you take it seriously? Children are indeed children. Forget it, I'm not going to play with you anymore. It's not fun."
With that, he turned and walked towards the zombie dog beast corpse pile.
"F*ck!"
Yang Fusheng was speechless and almost vomited blood.
Seeing this, Luo Feng and the others burst into laughter.
"Stop laughing. Hurry and bring the corpses over," Lin Ye called out.
Level 3 zombie dog beasts. If he brought them back to be converted, with 100xReward, he would get thousands of Soul per corpse. 100 of them would give him hundreds of thousands of zombie souls.
"Coming, coming." The ten plus people started moving.
The more people there were, the better the efficiency. With the help of the Earth Demonic Bears, their speed was extremely fast.
Soon, the 100 corpses were piled up together.
Whoosh—
The storage light beam appeared and a Level 3 spatial ring was used to store the corpses.
As for the human corpses, he did not touch them. Instead, he stretched out with his palm from afar. The Great Sage Battle Aura smashed into the wall like a heavy hammer.
Rumble!
Cement, rock, soil a few cubic meters slid down and buried all the human corpses.
"Let's go."
At this moment, the people from the other three paths had also completed their missions.
"My lord, we've obtained more than 700 bronze treasure chests. 500 of them are from the treasure cave, and the remaining 200 were from the Zombie Dog Beasts." Tru grinned and waved his hand.
Thump, thump—
A few Earth Demonic Bears stomped over with heavy footsteps, their backs full of bronze treasure chests.
Treasure light spilled everywhere, dazzling everyone.
"Well done. I'll give you a drumstick tonight!"
Lin Ye gave him a thumbs up and Tru was overjoyed.
"Don't waste 1,000 Beginner Class 3 zombie dog beast corpses. Here, this is an interspatial ring. Put it all in it and bring it with you when you leave."
As he spoke, Lin Ye threw out a ring.
"A piece of cake. My lord, wait for my good news!" Tru grabbed it, feeling pleased. It was another Level 3 spatial ring.
If the Lord gave it to him, he would definitely not take it back.
Such a rare item could be exchanged for hundreds of thousands of Zombie Souls in the underworld. It was a priceless treasure.
On the other side, Lin Hai, Xu Que, and the others also came out one after another.
"We have 120 Silver Treasure Chests and 200 Bronze Treasure Chests here!" Zhang Liang, who was the leader of the human lords, spoke first.
"Our luck is not as good. 70 Silver Treasure Chests and 153 Bronze Treasure Chests!" Xu Que shook his head in disappointment.
He had taken a look just now and realized that his gains were the lowest. That was too much.
Next time, he will get a better one. He can't be so honest. An honest person will suffer!
"Very good! None of you are injured, right?" Lin Ye put away all the treasure chests and looked at everyone as he asked in concern.
"Of course. We are all Class 4 experts, wearing Class 4 Silver Tier equipment and riding a Class 4 Magical Beast. If we were injured by some Class 3 Zombie Dog Beasts, wouldn't that be letting the lord down after his efforts?" Luo Feng said.
"That's right. How could trash like this hurt us!" Xu Que said confidently with a hand behind his back.
"Que'er, didn't your butt get bitten? Do you want to ask the Lord for some healing pills?" Su Yu stood behind him and whispered.
"Shut up, f*ck you. Is my pride or my butt more important?"
A brilliant smile appeared on Xu Que's face. He shut his mouth as he squeezed out the words through gritted teeth.
He was so soft that only the two of them could hear it.
"I think your butt is more important." Su Yu held back his laughter. When he saw Xu Que's threatening gaze, he immediately raised both his hands in surrender. "I was wrong. My lord, give me an interspatial ring. I'll go collect the corpses too."
"Count me in." Lin Hai hurriedly raised his hand.
He had thought it through. He had not checked if he had given all of them the final blow. When he was collecting the corpses, he could kill those that were not killed.
"Come back soon."
Lin Ye nodded and casually threw out two Level 3 spatial rings. At the same time, he stuffed a bottle of Bone Regrowth Pill into Xu Que's hands when no one was paying attention.
Xu Que was instantly moved to tears.
My Lord knows me!
Right at this moment, the ground on the platform shook violently as black energy seals appeared beneath their feet.
"This is?"
Everyone was shocked by this change and thought that something strange had happened.
For treasure caves and ancient ruins like this, they were not afraid of monsters they could see, but of possible ferocious beasts that were hiding behind their backs. What if they triggered some kind of restriction?
Perhaps an extremely terrifying monster would appear.
Now, everyone was facing such a situation.
"My lord!" Zhang Liang looked at Lin Ye.
His Hint was of too low level and was blocked by higher-level energy. Hint would be delayed for ten seconds or even a few minutes before notification can reach him.
However, it was different for Lin Ye. His Hint had already advanced and he instantly obtained the notification.
"Don't be anxious!"
Lin Ye's eyes turned black, signaling the activation of Hint.
Whoosh—
Invisible waves spread downwards to investigate.
Soon, the information returned.
"Friendly reminder: Unlock the four treasure passageways and remove all the corpses of the zombie dog beast. This will trigger the sealing array left behind from ancient times!"
"Friendly reminder: There is a gathering of dark energy under the sealing array. The unsealed monster is a Class 4 Zombie Dog Warrior. It has intelligence and is extremely dangerous…"
"Friendly reminder: Killing the Zombie Dog Warrior can unlock the hidden reward of 100xReward!"
"F*ck! So it's here!"
Lin Ye laughed.
He had already obtained the hidden information about 100xReward before entering, but it had yet to be triggered even after killing all of them.
He had thought that something had gone wrong somewhere, but he did not expect the trigger to be to collect all the corpses of the zombie dog beasts.
Fortunately, with his personality, he had taken everything. Otherwise, he would have made a huge loss.
"Oh and let's determine the danger level!"
"Danger Evaluation: G! (Easy Peasy)"
"Top Class 4? This is too weak."
"My lord, what is happening?"
At this moment, Lin Hai and Su Yu, who had escaped from the collapsed treasure caves, ran over and shouted miserably.
"Hehe—"
Before Lin Ye could say anything, a gloomy voice sounded from below the platform.
A moment later, a large number of rocks fell, causing everyone to retreat.
The spot that he had occupied previously shone brightly, and the runes on the ground swirled.
Whoosh—
A dark cage appeared and slowly opened. A Zombie Dog which was about three meters tall, wearing black armor walked out.
It raised its head, a ruthless and hideous smile flashing through its eyes.
"Foolish humans, you actually dared to trigger the array to let me out. Just wait to accept the fury of Lord Ophelia, hahahaha!"
"What the hell, why are you so confident?" Li Xinyi narrowed her eyes as a scarlet battle aura robe appeared on her body. 𝓁𝘪𝑏𝓇𝑒𝑎𝑑.𝑐𝘰𝑚
"A Top Class 4 Zombie Dog Warrior!"
Lin Ye chuckled. "Who's interested in playing with it?"
"Top Class 4?"
"Zombie Dog Warrior!"
As soon as he said that, none of the dozens of people in the main team remained afraid. Instead, their eyes lit up.
According to the merit board given by the lord, it was a top Level 4 zombie.
Just how many contribution points was this? It should be nearly ten thousand.
This small sum of money should be enough to buy a house with three bedrooms and two living rooms in a small city.
In an instant, everyone raised their hands.
Chapter 189
"My lord, let me do it!"
"Me, let me do it! It's just a mere Level 4 Zombie Dog Warrior, I can break its dog head!"
"My lord, I have an 80-year-old mother and a three-year-old child waiting to be fed. Please, leave it to me!"
"!"
The face of the Level 4 Zombie Dog Warrior that had just escaped was stunned.
What the hell? Were these people crazy?
I'm a top Level 4 Zombie Dog Warrior!
It was one of the strongest bosses before the first zombie wave. If they wanted to kill him, without one or two Class 5 experts,
they probably couldn't even break through his defense.
But these people clearly knew that it was a top Class 4, but they actually still dared to cry and play the victim, fighting for the chance to kill it.
Was there any justice in this world?
Can you respect me and say it again? I'm a famous top Level 4 powerhouse!
In order to show its presence, the Zombie Dog Warrior let out an angry roar. The sound wave pierced through the air and echoed through everyone's eardrums.
After a moment, the air became quiet. Everyone turned their heads expressionlessly, their eyes filled with contempt. They looked as if he was already dead.
"Ahhhh, you despicable human brats, I'll kill you!"
The Zombie Dog Warrior was about to go crazy from anger. A strange black aura churned beneath its feet as it charged over with a hideous expression.
With a bang, the ground beneath his feet exploded.
Its entire body shot out like an arrow, and the bone on its wrist popped out.
"Let me do it!"
With a thought from Luo Feng, the Blood Shadow Battle Blade tore through the air and clashed with the Zombie Dog Warrior.
Crack—
The bone spike and the blood beam splattered everywhere.
"Brat, your speed is not bad."
The Zombie Dog Warrior cackled coldly. "Unfortunately, you are still fragile humans!"
Gasp!
Its tail suddenly swung, and under its gray fur, many bone blades appeared as it heavily hacked at Luo Feng's back.
"?"
Another series of sparks appeared, and a silver-white shield appeared in front of Luo Feng.
"A Class 4 Silver Tier Armor! Its level isn't low either!" The Zombie Dog Warrior started.
Without any skills, the color of the treasure light would usually not be revealed. Therefore, even he did not expect it.
These human brats were actually wearing Class 4 Silver Tier Armor. No wonder they dared to be so arrogant!
It stopped underestimating them. 𝘭𝒾𝒷𝓇𝘦𝑎𝑑.𝒸ℴ𝓂
"You still dare to be distracted?" Luo Feng sneered. As he was sent flying, he used his telekinesis to control the Blood Shadow Battle Blade.
Swish!
Blood-colored beam flashed by. Shock appeared in the Zombie Dog Warrior's eyes. Its indestructible bone spike… was broken!
"This blade is Class 5? No, there's no golden glow! Could it be a Class 4 hero-tier weapon?!"
Thinking of this, the Zombie Dog Warrior was shocked.
This kid was too sick.
Without any hesitation, he decided to change his strategy and charged into the crowd to avoid being ambushed by the Blood Shadow Battle Blade.
The more people there were, the less destructive his telekinesis would be.
If he did not control it well, he might hurt his own people.
At the thought of this, the Zombie Dog Warrior received a furious attack from Luo Feng. A blood glow flashed across its body as it threw itself towards Tru.
"Hahaha, good timing."
Tru was not shocked. Instead, he was overjoyed and went all out.
"Blazing Demonic Light Wave!"
In an instant, the Brilliant Fire Demon Armor he was wearing emitted a blinding light.
"What?"
The Zombie Dog Warrior's vision darkened, and blood and tears welled up in its eyes. The pain was so intense that it could barely open its eyes.
"I'll take your life when you're sick!" Tru was excited and leaped into the air.
Whoosh!
The Fire Bull Totem's battle aura exploded around him as burning waves surged.
He raised his hands high as the Fire Bull King's battle ax slashed down in a fiery red crescent moon.
"Howl howl!"
The Zombie Dog Warrior let out a miserable cry as its energy exploded.
Swish!
The air exploded as its entire body was smashed into the ground by the terrifying power of the Fire Bull King's battle ax. The aura that rippled out forcefully pushed away from the surrounding gravel.
"How can this be? A Class 4 Silver Armor is already so worthless?" The Zombie Dog Warrior's face was covered in blood.
It was one thing for Luo Feng to have a Class 4 Hero-tier weapon.
This seemingly ugly group of boors in front of him actually also had two powerful Class 4 equipment, and they themselves were Class 4 experts as well.
This was f*cking ridiculous.
After suffering consecutive injuries, its eyes turned red.
Damn it, where did so many sickos come from!
Tsk!
Its eyes suddenly lit up.
In the middle was the seemingly harmless human wearing white equipment.
Those should be Class 1 ones, right? They couldn't all have Class 4, right?
With this in mind, the Zombie Dog Warrior was excited. Kill him and escape. This would complete the curse contract.
In the future, he would be able to do whatever he wanted. Who could stop him from being carefree?
Immediately, without any hesitation, black energy erupted from its body. It even burned through its blood essence and blasted Tru aside.
Thump!
His footsteps were heavy like a small truck that was speeding over.
Ophelia was all smiles.
It was confident that with the power from burning its blood essence, it could create a huge pit even by ramming at a small hill.
This pretty boy in front of him would definitely die.
To his surprise, when they saw it charging at Lin Ye, both Luo Feng, Tru, and the others stopped in their tracks and looked at it with pity.
"?"
Did these guys not even care about the lives of their teammates?
Indeed, humans were the most selfish…
The next moment, its mind went blank.
In its sight, rumble!
The air rippled and waves of air surged.
Whoosh—
A golden-colored Great Sage Totem exploded with battle aura. Under the incredulous gaze of the Zombie Dog Warrior, Ophelia, it exploded.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The golden fist became larger and larger. As soon as it made contact, it shattered all of its bones.
It was slapped across the air and it was sent flying like a fly.
Screech—
At the same time, its face caved into itself slightly, its bones shattered, and its neck was twisted into a fried dough twist.
Its head was stuck in the wall.
"Hehe…"
This human killed me in seconds?
Before he died, the Zombie Dog Warrior's eyes widened in anger, as if he could not believe that it was dying.
He was one of the strongest bosses before the zombie wave, but he actually died in such a feeble manner.
What was even more difficult for it to accept was that anyone in this group could defeat it.
In the end, even the weakest-looking pretty boy could kill it with a slap.
"Times have changed!"
It roared miserably.
He vaguely remembered that his ancestors had mentioned many times that every time a new season came, there would be invincible bosses in the early stages.
As long as it broke free of the seal, it could massacre everyone in the weak human territory.
Eating meat and drinking wine, treating humans as slaves, it would've been so enjoyable.
Why did it have to be so difficult when it came to him? Everyone was strong.
If he had known, he wouldn't have f*Cking comes. He didn't reap any benefits and even paid with his life.
After a moment, its thoughts stopped. Its head tilted to the side.
Bang!
The moment the Zombie Dog Warrior died, a ball of silver-white light exploded from its corpse.
"Silver Treasure Chest?" Lin Ye raised his eyebrows.
No, there was no way the hidden reward would be so ridiculous.
When the light disappeared, he saw that it was a shard that was flashing with silver light.
At the same time, the system sent a congratulatory message.
"恭喜求生者林业,你完成了隐藏奖励,获得4道白银宝箱精粹碎片."
100xReward.
"You have obtained 400 Silver Treasure Chest's Pure Fragments!"
"Silver Treasure Chest's Pure Fragment? What is this?"
Lin Ye was confused by what he heard. He quickly touched it with his fingers and a notification came.
Item: Silver Treasure Chest's Pure Fragment
Effect: Used with Silver Treasure Chests, it can increase the drop rate of Class 4 Silver Tier equipment.
Hidden Effect: Gather 100 of them to form the essence of the Silver Treasure Chest. It can trigger 100xReward from the Treasure Chest Exchange System (When 10 Bronze Treasure Chests are combined into 1 Silver Treasure Chest, 100xReward will be triggered).
Production Location: Melt 1 Silver Treasure Chest and you can obtain a Pure Fragment or Level 3 Treasure reward.
"What? This thing can trigger 100xReward just from exchanging for treasure chests?!"
Lin Ye started, even though this result was a bit different from what he originally expected.
In the beginning, he thought that he would obtain a Gold Treasure Chest which would trigger 100xReward, but the current effect was not bad.
10 Bronze Treasure Chests for 100 Silver Treasure Chests. This was too f*cking delicious.
In order to test if it was real, Lin Ye immediately combined the 400 fragments into four complete Essence of Silver Treasure Chest.
He took out 40 Bronze Treasure Chests from his Civilization Archive.
"Combine! Combine!…"
He combined it four times.
Whoosh—
With a flash, the 40 Bronze Treasure Chests disappeared, replaced by 4 Silver Treasure Chests that were emitting silver light.
"You have successfully combined 4 Silver Treasure Chests!"
Triggered 100xReward.
"You have obtained 400 Silver Treasure Chests!"
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Moments later, it started raining Silver Treasure Chests outside. 400 of them dropped consecutively, covering the entire corpse of the Zombie Dog Warrior.
"!"
The surrounding people could not see the 100xReward options. They could only see Lin Ye instantly killing the Zombie Dog Warrior…
First, four Essence of Silver Treasure Chest fragments…
Then, treasures started to drop like crazy just like how the equipment did before.
Every time their lord made a move, it was like he had a buff. If it was not a huge one, it would mean that a huge one was coming.
There might even be a second huge drop.
There was none this time, but the effect was still mind-boggling.
After all, a total of 400 Silver Treasure Chests dropped. They had killed so many just now, and there were only 200-300 Silver Treasure Chests.
But in the end, their lord's final deed surpassed all of them.
The European Overlord was truly terrifying!
"What a pity, how good would it be if it was a Gold Treasure Chest!" At this moment, Lin Ye shook his head in dissatisfaction and sighed.
Whoosh—
Soon, a gentle light beam landed, wrapping around the entire Zombie Dog Warrior before pulling it into his interspatial ring.
It would be a waste not to take a top Level 4 corpse.
The 400 Silver Treasure Chests that dropped all over the ground were kept into the Civilization Archive's Treasure Chest page.
He glanced at the count from the corner of his eye.
The Level 3 Treasure Cave was full of gains this time.
He gained more than 800 Bronze Treasure Chests, 75 Silver Treasure Chests, and a Gold Treasure Chest.
Most importantly, after going through this treasure cave, he found another shortcut to level up 100xReward.
1,000,000 Gold Treasure Chest experience points didn't seem that difficult after all.
He made up his mind. When he got back, he would add treasure chest fragments to the collection page of the market.
For the rest, he could only hope that Jiang Chen and Yang Tianyou could work harder. It would be best if they could obtain more information about the treasure caves.
Only then could he be able to take flight quickly!
Chapter 190
He walked out of the treasure cave.
"My lord, where are we going next?" Zhang Liang patted the dust off his body and asked.
"Let's go to the ancient ruins. It's closer."
Lin Ye opened the map. This time, there were three targets.
There were two known ones. One was an ancient ruin, while the other was a Level 3 treasure cave that they had just cleared.
These two were what he got from Jiang Chen and Yang Tianyou.
The last unknown was suspected to be a treasure cave or an ancient ruin. It was also the treasure land that Xu Yuan found.
Song Kuaidi discovered it but in order to live, he told Lin Ye the information.
There were three locations. One was in the north, one was in the northwest, and the last one was in the southwest.
They were currently in the north, and the closest to them was the one northwest. After checking, it was an unknown place.
"Song Kuaidi, you've been to that place before. Lead the way," Lin Ye said.
"Sure, everyone, follow me." Song Kuaidi nodded and fixed a large flashlight at the front of his spirit vehicle.
Swoon—
The engine roared to life as it accelerated to its maximum power, taking the lead as it sped ahead.
Soon, the others followed the light from behind on their Earth Demonic Bears.
Zombies along the way suffered. They were either crushed or trampled into meat paste.
Half an hour after they left, a group wearing sky-blue armor rushed over.
The group was agile and well-trained. They were wearing specially made shoes which could reduce the amount of sound produced.
In the darkness, they were like a group of shadow assassins as they dashed forward silently.
Moments later, they arrived not far from the entrance of the treasure cave.
"Is this the place?"
The person who spoke was a tall and beautiful lady whose muscles were bulging.
It was Zhan Mingyue from the Heavenly Paths Army.
"That's right. Two days ago, Team Two received a mission. They came here to obtain information about the treasure cave. I didn't expect them to never return."
The person who was talking to Zhan Mingyue was a person carrying an 'ancient' object similar to a radio station on his back.
This person was Liu Xin, an intelligence agent of the Heavenly Paths Army. He spoke truthfully.
"Commander, come and take a look. Something's not right."
Suddenly, a man with a colorful stripe on his face waved in their direction.
When Zhan Mingyue and the others arrived, the man switched on a small flashlight and pointed at the messy footprints on the ground with the help of the weak light.
"Do you see this? These are footprints, not only from humans but also from wild beasts. From the looks of it, it seems to be a bear-type creature. We can probably confirm that it's a human lord. Not far away, there's feces left behind by magical beasts. It's still a little warm so they should have left not long ago."
"A human lord?"
Zhan Mingyue had a bad premonition. The man with the colorful face was the tracking master, Tang Zheng.
He was originally from another army but was temporarily transferred to their team.
His words were usually accurate.
In this case, a person who could recruit bear-type magical beasts at this current stage around the Lonely Forest area…
there was no other person other than that man.
"Let's go down and take a look!"
Zhan Mingyue's expression darkened. She gritted her teeth and jumped down first.
"Commander!" The others were all shocked. Everyone present knew the danger of a treasure cave. Even if it was a Level 1 or 2 treasure cave,
going in was extremely dangerous. Although the commander was powerful, she should not act recklessly like this.
After all, this was a Level 3 Treasure Cave. It was considered an extremely dangerous area even among the various large armies.
"Follow her," Tang Zheng shook his head.
In fact, he was not worried about Zhan Mingyue. The human lord who got there first was probably extremely powerful. 𝒍𝓲𝒃𝙧𝒆𝒂𝒅.𝓬𝙤𝒎
Although there were many footsteps outside, it was not messy and there was no trace of blood.
Looking at the shape and characteristics of the reverse footprints, they were light and clean. When they come out, they should be relaxed and safe.
Some of the footprints even had the leisure to linger at the entrance.
This situation…
Obviously, the battle in the cave was a crushing defeat. Even if he didn't go down, he roughly guessed the outcome.
The group quickly jumped down the treasure cave.
As expected, along the way, there were bloodstains everywhere and the blood was black.
Tang Zheng dipped a cotton bud on the dried blood and put it in a bottle filled with blue liquid.
Soon, the blue liquid produced a separation reaction.
"It's corpse blood! With the speed that the reaction happened, it is from a top Class 2!"
He looked around and his heart froze. "The blood here all belongs to zombies. There's actually no blood that belongs to a human!"
It was especially shocking when they stepped onto the platform and saw the remnants of the battle.
"My god! Was that pit slapped out by someone?"
"This is too exaggerated. I feel like even Commander Zhan Mingyue can't do it."
"Look, there are even sealing runes on the ground. It seems like the monster that was sealed in this place was released."
"Tang Zheng, come and take a look at the level of this sealing array."
….
Hearing Zhan Mingyue's call, Tang Zheng quickly returned from the other four passageways.
He was horrified. According to the samples he had gathered, the blood left in the four holes was all corpse blood from monsters Level 3 and above.
They were divided into Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and even Top tier.
Although he did not know the exact number, he knew that it must be a lot.
Soon, Tang Zheng returned to the platform. Following Zhan Mingyue's instructions, he checked the level and power of the sealing array on the ground one by one.
He had studied about this in the underworld for a long time and was already familiar with it.
"F*ck!"
Suddenly, he could not help but curse.
"What's the situation?" Zhan Mingyue frowned.
She understood Tang Zheng. He had a good attitude and was not afraid even if the sky collapsed. He was known as the Stone Buddha.
But even he was shocked.
This sealing array had once imprisoned a terrifying magical beast?
"A top Class 4 sealing array!"
Tang Zheng looked straight at Zhan Mingyue. "You should understand what this means."
"This place, how is this possible!" Shock flashed across Zhan Mingyue's beautiful eyes.
The Level 2 treasure cave that they had found on Lone Island last time had released a top Class 3 monster from its sealing array.
After a tough round of fighting, they had lost many excellent soldiers.
If they encountered a top Level 4 zombie beast, even if they won, more than half of the people present would die.
"Let's not worry about that for now. Have you found Team Two's people?" She forced herself to calm down and asked again.
"I found them. In the deepest part of the right cave. They…" Tang Zheng sighed but didn't elaborate.
But everyone knew.
"Was it done by humans or monsters?" Zhan Mingyue lowered her head and asked in a low voice.
"It should be done by monsters. The corpses were covered in bite marks from the monsters. From the looks of it, they've been dead for at least a day. The people who were here just now have some humanity in them. They didn't remove their equipment and simply buried everyone in Team Two," Tang Zheng answered truthfully.
"Go back and record down every soldier who died in battle. If you can find their family, try your best to bring them to the headquarters."
Zhan Mingyue sighed and led the others back the way they came.
After entering the treasure cave, a dragon phantom appeared on the surface of her fist and landed on the ground.
Rumble!
The huge treasure cave instantly shook and collapsed.
"Tang Zheng, find Lin Ye. I want to see him myself!" Zhan Mingyue took a deep breath and said.
She had already confirmed that the person who came was Lin Ye.
However, she did not expect the gap between her and Lin Ye to be so huge.
The other party could actually clear a Level 3 treasure cave without spilling a drop of blood.
If this force were to join the army, it would definitely be a great help.
Moreover, she felt that Lin Ye had misunderstood her.
Previously, it was just a preliminary exchange and she had yet to say anything. Why did he blacklist her?
He even prohibited the sale of equipment to her on the market page. Although she could buy it from others, she felt aggrieved.
"Commander, let's return to the base camp first. We've been out for too long. Once it is discovered by the zombie king, it'll probably send a large number of high-level zombies to ambush us. With our current ability, the survival rate is too low."
Tang Zheng advised, "Besides, you should understand that since Lin Ye has blocked you from the market page, he most likely guessed your identity. He doesn't want to be associated with us. And most importantly…"
"We don't understand him, and he doesn't understand us. We don't have the right to have an equal conversation. Do you think he will give you a chance to speak?"
"Let's wait for a while. When the ten War Gods return from the restricted region, our strength will increase greatly. Once we have the confidence to back our words, we can talk to him again."
"The strong will respect the strong. Even if we can't reach an agreement, there would be no danger. If we chase after him recklessly, not to mention whether it will interfere with the other party's plans, if we make a fool of ourselves, it will result in a deadly feud."
"Have you considered the consequences?"
Upon hearing this, Zhan Mingyue hesitated.
She wasn't stupid. She understood what Tang Zheng meant and knew that he was right.
"Let's go back!"
In the end, she clenched her fists and said that. She turned around and left quickly.
A smile appeared on Tang Zheng's face. Everyone was improving. He was, and so did the commander.
As long as they maintained this state.
He believed that even without Lin Ye's help, they could rapidly increase their strength through the information they had.
"Follow."
Soon, the group packed up their bags and disappeared under the moonlight.
Chapter 191
At Night, Northwest.
Whoosh—
A strong flashlight shone through the night sky, illuminating a small path ahead.
Following that, a green tricycle sped away.
Behind the tricycle was a group of Earth Demonic Bears who were panting with their mouths wide open.
"Master, are we not there yet? The bear cubs are exhausted."
Little Green turned around and sent a voice transmission to his master as it ran.
"Soon, soon," Lin Ye said perfunctorily.
It was a little difficult to locate the coordinates at night.
Song Kuaidi, this griefer, went to two places in a row and got it wrong.
Towards the end, he still had to take out the map.
"…" Little Green was speechless. Ten minutes ago, you said the same thing.
"Don't be anxious. It's so late at night. It's normal to get the wrong way."
Lin Ye compared the coordinates on the map. It was too vague.
Furthermore, they were not familiar with this area and could not tell where they were at all.
He stood on Little Green's head and used the flashlight to survey the surroundings to see if there were any special landmarks.
However, before he could find the entrance to the ancient ruin, he discovered something unexpected.
"My lord, there's a fight ahead!"
Song Kuaidi returned and said.
"Let's go and take a look." Lin Ye's eyes flickered.
It was already past twelve at night. Normal people would have gone to bed long ago.
These people were still wandering outside. Whether it was because they were extremely confident in their own strength or for other reasons, they were not normal people.
However, that was not his main focus.
If there was someone near this area, they might be able to tell them where they were on the map.
With that, the group chased after him.
A thousand meters away, ten or so figures were running with torches.
Behind them was a young man who whistled as hundreds of Class 1 soldiers chased from behind him.
"Han Qingqing, Li Xiaofeng, you guys can't run anymore. Stay where you are obediently. Otherwise, if we catch you, you guys will suffer!"
"F*ck you, Duan Hun. Do you think I don't know what you're thinking? Just you wait. When my talent takes flight, I'll be the first to come back and beat your dog's head!"
The girl called Han Qingqing had a wild personality and cursed back.
"I bet you won't live past tonight!"
Duan Hun was a man with yellow hair and large tattooed arms.
He was one of the powerful lords on the west side of the Lonely Forest.
In the first few days, he led a large number of hooligans to kill and pillage along the way. His development speed was fast and he even became Awakened while he was killing.
As for Han Qingqing and Li Xiaofeng, they were the closest group of humans to him. They built a refugee camp near the valley.
They took in humans who had been attacked by zombies and were at their wit's end.
Originally, everything was peaceful, but yesterday… No, to be exact, it happened two days ago.
After the Four Sacred Halls descended, Han Qingqing and Li Xiaofeng occupied a Reflection Hall and both awakened their innate talents.
This caught Duan Hun's attention.
Before this, he was the only Awakened in this western area.
Therefore, no matter how many people tried to establish an alliance, he was not afraid.
But it was different now.
Han Qingqing and Li Xiaofeng awakened their talents and broke the stalemate. Their bunkers were near each other as well.
Knowing that they could only be friends or enemies, Duan Hun made up his mind and led his troops to attack the refugee camp at dawn.
Due to the hasty battle and the fact that Han Qingqing and Li Xiaofeng had just awakened their talents, they were no match for Duan Hun.
As they fought, the team scattered and people fled.
"Dammit! In a few days, I can toy him to death!" Han Qingqing gritted her teeth, and anger appeared on her beautiful face.
"Don't waste your energy. If you really can't, let's split up and run."
As Li Xiaofeng ran, he said, "Their main target is you. Give me your jacket and I'll lead them away."
"What are you thinking? Do you think I'm the kind of person who would leave my brothers and run away by myself?" Han Qingqing looked at him coldly. "At most, we'll fight them to our deaths. Even if we die, we'll have to take a few of them down with us. Don't even think about living shamefully. Xiaofeng, don't make me look down on you."
"I…" Li Xiaofeng was speechless and sighed in his heart.
This time, he would definitely die.
The disparity in numbers was too great. The other party had a hundred people while they only had a dozen people. In terms of talent, both of them were Level 1.
Even though they had great potential, he was far from being a match for Duan Hun who had reached Level 3.
"Hm?"
At this moment, the sound of a rumbling engine and the sound of a large number of beast hooves could be heard in the distance.
"What's the situation?"
The two of them shared a look.
People? Cars? Mounts? What the hell, what kind of joke was this?
"Everyone in front, pay attention. You have been surrounded by our Lin Clan. All of you, stand still! Don't move!"
From afar, Song Kuaidi picked up his megaphone and shouted.
These words frightened both sides.
"Lin Clan? Lin Ye? The number one person in the world, Boss Lin?"
"F*ck, is this bastard so bored that his balls hurt? Why did he come to the west side to mess with us!"
"What should we do? Should we escape immediately?"
"Run my a**! Didn't you hear that they have cars and mounts? Can we outrun them?"
The people on both sides whispered among themselves and stood at the same spot, not daring to move.
A moment later, a few glaring flashlights shone at them.
In the dark, they were like two huge dragon eyes that hurt people's eyes. They could not help but squint.
"These bastards!" Han Qingqing gritted her teeth and turned her head away.
Fortunately, the light shone on them for a while but it did not stop on them. It landed directly on Duan Hun and the others.
Duan Hun bared his teeth and covered his eyes with one hand, anger evident on his face.
If it was anyone else, he would have turned hostile long ago.
But the other party was Lin Ye, he did not dare.
Instead, his expression changed drastically. He licked his lips and said with a smile, "Boss Lin, I didn't know that it was you who had graced me with your presence. I'm the gang leader of the Little Knife Gang in the west, Duan Hun. Give me some face. Take it as if you didn't see anything tonight. If you have any instructions in the future, just say the word and I will definitely settle them for you."
Although he said that, he was cursing in his heart. Little bastard, why are you pretending to be a wolf? Don't think that you're the only one in the world who has awakened your talent. This Master Duan is also an upright talent. When I rise up, not only will I make you kneel down and drink my urine, you will also have to eat my sh*t… 𝓵𝒊𝓫𝓻𝓮𝓪𝒅.𝓬𝓸𝙢
"Good fellow, such a black heart. It's so bad that pus is almost flowing out of it."
On the other hand, as soon as Lin Ye arrived, he activated Heart's Web.
300 meters was enough.
Mm, there was nothing much about Han Qingqing and Li Xiaofeng. What they had was around the normal standards of normal people.
But this person opposite him, including his subordinates,
Tsk tsk, all their emotional particles were so dark that it was scary. He must have killed a lot of people.
Moreover, when he appeared, this smiling tiger, Duan Hun, actually had a blinding green light erupting from his head.
The extent of the green light was enough to make people panic. They might be cursing in their hearts.
Therefore, he was too lazy to waste his breath on such people.
"Luo Feng."
Lin Ye raised his hand. "Little Knife Gang and his scums, don't leave a single one alive."
"I understand." Luo Feng nodded as his eyes flickered.
"Boss Lin, we can talk things out!" Duan Hun was shocked. He was just about to deny it.
Swish!
A blood-colored saber beam appeared in his eyes..
Chapter 192
"They're bullying!"
"Donkey Kong!"
Duan Hun's eyes widened in anger. Black light flowed around his body, as if he was coated with a layer of metal. Even his body size increased.
In his transformation.
He had tested it before. With a full-strength strike, a metallic fist could easily break a tree with the diameter of a person's wingspan.
Moreover, its physical defense was also powerful enough to withstand the attacks of a Class 3 Purple Tier weapon and a Level 3 Zombie Supervisor.
Its combination of offense and defense was powerful.
It was precisely because of this that he gained a foothold in the western territories.
"F*ck, I'm unlucky this time. I actually ran into this jinx, Lin Ye. At most, I'll give up on these lackeys and run away!"
Seeing the blood-colored saber flying over, Duan Hun's eyes flickered as he started thinking of a way out.
He was not afraid of Luo Feng.
In his opinion, as long as Lin Ye didn't take action personally, who in the other party's group could kill him?
On the other hand, Han Qingqing and Li Xiaofeng were nervous and worried.
There were too many people on Duan Hun's side.
Meanwhile, there were only a few dozen people on Lin Ye's side. Even the Earth Demonic Bears were watching from the side.
Their usual way of thinking had yet to change. The one with lesser people would always feel like the losing side.
At this moment.
Gasp!
The black metal around Duan Hun's neck cracked. In the next moment, blood splattered, and green blood dyed his eyes.
"Hehe—"
He clutched his neck and felt his body suddenly turn cold. His consciousness started to get fuzzy and he felt dizzy.
"Am I… going to die…?"
"Why?"
"I haven't had a son…"
"F*ck, my Duan family has no descendants!"
Thud—
The body fell to the ground.
Everyone fell silent.
No one would have thought that the 'strongest person' in the west of the Lonely Forest, the Donkey Kong Duan Hun who had beaten everything, would actually be instantly killed by someone with a single slash?
"Boss! He died?!"
"Run! Run! Run!"
It was unknown who shouted, but the hundred people on the other side were instantly thrown into chaos.
"You guys won't be able to escape." Luo Feng sneered.
The Blood Shadow Battle Blade was like an agile harvester, drawing lines of blood in the air.
To ordinary people, the weapon of a telekinesis master was a huge killing machine.
With every cut, more than ten people fell to the ground.
In a few seconds, more than half of them were killed by him, but there were still more than 30 people who fled in all directions.
"Warriors of the Luo clan, chase after them!"
Luo Feng's figure sprang forward, but he was too lazy to ride the Earth Demonic Bear. He stepped on the Blood Shadow Battle Saber like a sword immortal on a flying sword. Anyone who entered the range of a hundred meters would be instantly killed by him.
As for the others, they were quickly wiped out when facing the Class 4 Luo clan soldiers.
"There's actually an Awakened."
Lin Ye's eyes lit up when he saw Duan Hun's body from the corner of his eye.
With Heart's Web, he could already see the talent fragment that dropped from the other party's body.
"My lord, shall I help you pick it up?" Song Kuaidi knew that killing people would drop a talent fragment, so he asked fawningly.
"No need, I'll do it myself." Lin Ye hurriedly waved his hand.
What a joke. If you picked it up, the 100xReward would be gone. If I lose it, can you pay for it?
As he spoke, the Great Sage's Battle Aura shook and his body floated down like a light willow.
"Luck Plunder!"
When he landed in front of the corpse, he did not search for the crystal immediately,but instead used luck to plunder.
For Duan Hun to become a powerful figure on the west side of the Lonely Forest, his luck should not be bad.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
A moment later, a large amount of pale yellow energy flew out from the corpse and fused into the golden dragon luck above Lin Ye's head.
Clang—
After absorbing this guy's luck, 15 scales lit up on the golden dragon's body.
Although it did not look like it was a lot, he could clearly sense that the aura of the dragon spirit had become stronger.
As long as all the scales on the golden dragon were lit up, it would probably be unleashed completely.
At that time, he would truly be a golden dragon of luck that soared into the nine heavens.
Putting away Luck Plunder, Lin Ye squatted down and searched Duan Hun's collar a few times.
Soon, he found a glowing crystal shard.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have obtained a fragment of the Intermediate Talent, Donkey Kong!"
100xReward.
1. 100 Donkey Kong Talent Fragments
2. 1 Complete Donkey Kong Talent Crystal
3. Random Talent Crystal
Remove the probability of the appearance of a beginner talent (√)
Looking at the options, Lin Ye narrowed his eyes. He had never chosen option 3 for a talent before.
The lowest drop from the talents that he gained previously was an advanced talent. He was a little unwilling to part with it.
This time, after excluding the possibility of getting a basic talent, even if he chose option 3, the worst he would get would be an intermediate talent similar to Donkey Kong. There would be no losses.
At the thought of this, he said decisively, "I choose option 3!"
A brilliant light flashed, and after a moment, the light disappeared. A crystal that was glowing red appeared in Lin Ye's palm.
"Advanced Talent Crystal!"
Seeing this color, Lin Ye immediately laughed.
For an intermediate talent to change into an advanced one, even if it was trash, it would still be a profit.
Looks like his luck had indeed improved a lot recently due to Luck Plunder.
If he had the chance, he would devour more and get the dragon spirit out as soon as possible.
His fingers touched the crystal and a message came.
Talent Crystal: Universal Pull
Grade: Advanced Beginner (Can be upgraded by consuming enlightenment energy, killing zombies, devouring bunker, active treasures)
Ability: With yourself as the center, it will create a strong attraction to the target.
Skill Effect 1. Attract: Pull the enemy to your side so that they can be pierced through your weapon.
Skill Effect 2: Control: To control people or objects in any direction.
Skill Effect 3: Strip: Can be used on certain parts of an object.
Note: The strength of pull is related to the level of talent. The higher the level, the stronger the pull.
"Not bad."
Lin Ye nodded. This ability seemed to be related to a certain anime. He couldn't remember it clearly.
However, he had a feeling that if it could work in tandem with another talent, it would become extremely strong. 𝓁𝘪𝑏𝓇𝑒𝑎𝑑.𝑐𝘰𝑚
He scratched his head and chose to learn it.
Soon, the Universal Pull icon appeared on his personal page.
Unfortunately, this place was already far beyond his territory. It was temporarily impossible to upgrade it to Level 10.
At the same time, the system sent a congratulatory message.
"Destiny+1!"
100xReward.
"Destiny+100!"
"It increased again…"
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes.
Thinking back carefully, his Destiny Points were almost at 1,500 now.
Within his territory, every additional Awakened who was loyal to him increased his Destiny Points.
However, it seemed like there was still a long way to go before he could reach the 300,000 points needed for Protagonist's Destiny.
"There's still a long way to go!" He sighed.
Then, he tested the new talent, Universal Pull.
At Level 1, the pull was not too strong.
He grabbed at the air and a suction force erupted. A large amount of gravel on the ground opposite him flew through the air and quickly landed in his palm.
"Tru, throw your Fire Bull King Battle Axe to the ground," Lin Ye called out.
"Oh." Tru threw back his arm, and the Fire Bull King's battle ax spun in the air, landing firmly across from Lin Ye.
"Get up!"
Lin Ye used the Universal Pull again, but the pull this time was not as strong. The ax was too heavy.
The force could only lift the ax shakily and flew into his palm after much difficulty.
"Not bad, not bad. The Fire Bull King's Battle Axe is at least 30 kg. The current suction is about 32.5kg."
A smile appeared on Lin Ye's face. "In other words, after upgrading to Level 10, Universal Pull may be able to directly pull dozens of people into the air. In battle, it can suddenly change the opponent's gravity. Whether it's to give them a headache or to stir up trouble in secret, it's an excellent ability."
After familiarizing himself with Universal Pull, he felt that he had more or less grasped the method to use this new talent.
With a toss, he returned the Fire Bull King Battle Axe to Tru.. Lin Ye turned around and looked at Han Qingqing, Li Xiaofeng, and the others.
Chapter 193
"Eye of Luck!"
Lin Ye chanted in his heart and used Luck Plunder's number 1 skill.
Whoosh—
A golden glow emitted from his eyes.
His gaze landed on Han Qingqing and Li Xiaofeng. He could vaguely sense the difference between the two of them.
After all, Duan Hun was a strong person who had awakened his talent, but he brought hundreds of people to chase after these two. He would not believe that there was nothing special about them.
As expected, if he didn't take a look, he wouldn't have known but he did and immediately discovered something strange.
Under the gaze of the Eye of Luck, the luck above their heads was like a rainbow. One's luck was a Mirage Dragon, and the other's luck was a lightning snake. Both of them were extraordinary.
"My luck is pretty good. I was only passing by but I encountered two lucky people. Could they be the Force Awakens?"
Lin Ye smiled happily.
As long as he recruited them, not only would his Destiny Decree increase by 200, the gains of his golden dragon of luck would also be above that of killing Duan Hun.
"Boss Lin, Brother Lin, we have no ill intentions. We are good citizens!"
As if afraid of Lin Ye's stare, Li Xiaofeng quickly raised his hand and pointed at Duan Hun's corpse, "It's that guy. He attacked our bunker at night. I swear on my master's last wish that we have never harmed anyone."
"Don't be afraid. I don't eat people. I'm a good person too. I never kill people." Lin Ye revealed a kind expression.
Cough cough…
Li Xiaofeng lightly coughed and his gaze involuntarily swept across Duan Hun's corpse.
These words were slanderous in his heart. Didn't you just ask your subordinates to kill Duan Hun and the other members of the Little Knife Gang?
This decisiveness in the murder was not inferior to Duan Hun at all.
Lin Ye was now in Sage Mode. Heart's Web and Eye of Luck were all activated.
It was easy to see the emotional particles above Li Xiaofeng and Han Qingqing's heads.
The two of them were feeling uneasy at this moment. Their hearts were full of conflict, and there was a trace of fear amidst their worry.
"My eyes can see through the sins of others. That guy is so evil that he's not human anymore, right?"
Lin Ye pointed at his eyes and smiled.
"Yes, you're right." Li Xiaofeng nodded in agreement but he was a little shocked in his heart.
Why were those eyes emitting golden light? Was he the reincarnation of a god? Or had he really awakened a talent like a god's eye?
"Have both of you awakened your talents?" Lin Ye narrowed his eyes and asked amiably.
However, these words were like a clap of thunder in the ears of Li Xiaofeng and Han Qingqing.
They had clearly seen Lin Ye kill Duan Hun and the talent crystal which dropped from his corpse.
If they admitted it, would this guy just kill them?
However, if they didn't admit it, would ordinary people be of no use to him? Would he kill them and silence them then?
For a moment, both of them fell into a struggle.
After a moment of hesitation, Han Qingqing gritted her teeth and suddenly raised her head to meet Lin Ye's gaze.
As if she had made a decision, she took the initiative. "Lord Lin Ye, I admit that I have awakened my talent. My talent is a mental illusion. It can create illusions and thus control living beings like humans or zombies. However, the limit will only allow me to control people 1 level above me."
"So honest. Aren't you afraid that I'll kill you and take your talent?" Lin Ye smiled strangely.
"Don't scare me, I'm scared." Han Qingqing smiled bitterly.
Previously, when she was facing Duan Hun, she could be brutal and curse at him.
That was because she and the other party were mortal enemies and there was no room for reconciliation.
But she couldn't figure out Lin Ye. He was too difficult to deal with.
However, her tone changed and she said solemnly, "If you really want to kill me, please give me a chance."
"What chance?" Lin Ye was curious. He felt that this girl was too interesting.
When she was vulgar, she was like his sister, curses spewing like blooming flowers. When she was obedient, she was honest.
"Lend me your men. I want to take revenge."
At this point, hatred appeared in Han Qingqing's eyes. She gnashed her teeth and said, "The bastards from the Little Knife Gang have far more than a hundred people just now. Most of them are still in our bunker and our camp. When we fled in all directions just now, at least twenty human lords and hundreds of underworld citizens were ambushed and killed by them."
"These bastards, I can't accept this if I don't kill them all!"
"As long as you fulfill this wish of mine, Han Qingqing's life will be yours in the future. If you want it, you can take it at any time."
"Same for me."
Li Xiaofeng seemed to have been pulled into hatred as well by Hand Qingqing's words. His eyes were bloodshot as he said, "Those bastards didn't even let people as old as Aunt Wang and Aunt Liu off. F*ck, I'm going to use my Palm Lightning to kill these f*cking bastards!"
"Palm Lightning?" Lin Ye looked surprised, but he quickly understood.
No wonder this guy's lucky spirit was a lightning snake. Han Qingqing's mirage dragon was not bad as well.
Interesting. They were all special talents.
I want these two talents!
"Tru, take your men and listen to these two friends for the time being. Help them destroy those bastards," Lin Ye said.
"Yes, my lord."
Tru patted the armor on his chest and laughed. "Brothers, welcome to the Lin clan army. Your enemies are our enemies. Tonight, the Totem Warring Clan that I lead will listen to you."
"Thank you, my lord!" Upon hearing this, Han Qingqing and Li Xiaofeng were overjoyed.
They did not expect Lin Ye to be so decisive. He agreed without even thinking.
After all, not everyone could resist the temptation of the Talent Crystal.
Thinking of that, the two of them looked at each other and took out their Civilization Archives to offer their loyalty to Lin Ye.
Whoosh—
After a moment, the golden spirit of luck above their heads started to deflate like a balloon.
A large number of golden light spots floated towards the golden dragon luck on Lin Ye's head.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
More than thirty dragon scales lit up in a row.
"As expected, their talent is above Duan Hun's." Lin Ye revealed a satisfied expression.
At the same time, the system sent a congratulatory message.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. The human lord, Han Qingqing, has offered her loyalty to you and become your loyalist. Every Awakened is blessed by the heavens. Protect her and dote on her and you will obtain far more wonderful things than plundering."
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. The human lord, Li Xiaofeng, has sacrificed his loyalty to you and become a loyalist. Every Awakened…"
Lin Ye did not show any signs of impatience as the system repeated its words. Instead, he rejoiced.
With that, another four pieces of good news came.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have obtained a Spiritual Illusion talent fragment offered by your loyalist, Han Qingqing!"
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. You have obtained a Palm Lightning talent fragment offered by your loyalist, Li Xiaofeng!"
"Destiny+1!"
"Destiny+1!"
100xReward.
"You have obtained a complete Spiritual Illusion talent crystal!"
"You have obtained a complete Palm Lightning talent crystal!"
"Destiny+100!"
"Destiny+100!" 𝑙𝘪𝒷𝘳𝑒𝘢𝑑.𝒸𝑜𝑚
"The procedures are completed. Those who need to take revenge should go and take revenge. Hurry up lest your enemy escapes."
After gaining two Awakens with great potential, Lin Ye was in a good mood.
Even Luo Feng and the Luo clan soldiers who had just finished chasing after the 100 people were lent to Han Qingqing and Li Xiaofeng for them to take their revenge.
"Right, put the equipment on."
Lin Ye casually threw out two sets of Intermediate Class 4 Silver Tier equipment from his spatial ring.
The armor was a standard Class 4 Silver Armor—Brilliant Fire Demon Armor. The weapon was a Level 4 Silver Tier weapon—Cross Wind Splitting Blade!
"Class 4 Silver Tier equipment!" The two were shocked.
"Wear it. Everyone in our Lin clan's main force wears Class 4! You'll get used to it in the future. If you are grateful, keep those words in your heart and serve the Lord wholeheartedly."
Tru laughed and took out his Fire Bull King Battle Axe.
Whoosh!
The Fire Bull Totem's battle aura exploded as flames raged, looking extremely mighty.
"Don't be too surprised. This is only the beginning of joining the Lin clan. I still have 10 Level 1-4 Upgrade Scrolls with me. If you want to take revenge, do it in a more comprehensive manner. You can't let the Lin clan down. As for your contribution points, you can return them in the future."
Lin Ye said generously and gave another five scrolls each and gave the experience and equipment needed for the upgrade.
The two new workers were so touched that tears welled up in their eyes. They wished they could throw their lives away and build a foundation for Lin Ye.
"Thank you, my lord!"
In the end, thousands of words were condensed into four words.
Han Qingqing and Li Xiaofeng bowed deeply to Lin Ye, their hearts surging with excitement.
"Brothers of the Lin Clan, follow me!"
A moment later, they wore the Class 4 Silver Tier Armor and tore open the upgrade scrolls, enjoying the feeling of being bathed in golden light.
Han Qingqing raised her arm and was about to take revenge.
She had always been the one being chased previously.
But now, the situation has taken a 180-degree turn.
Now, they had become hunters and the Little Knife Gang had become prey.
This was too exciting!
"Girl, you're running too slowly. I'll lend you my mount for now. When you return, the lord will definitely give you a new one."
Tru smiled and leaped to Ron's mount.
Two muscular men, one in front and one behind. Although it looked a little strange, they still looked pretty okay together.
"Thank you. From now on, you are my brother!"
Han Qingqing clasped her fists together, and a brilliant smile appeared on her beautiful face.
She felt as if honey had coated her heart. It seemed like the new team was not bad! Everyone was so loving!
"Brother Li Xiaofeng, ride mine."
Luo Feng laughed.
Swish!
His figure jumped into the air, and the Blood Shadow Battle Blade landed at his feet, allowing him to float in the air.
This handsome scene stunned Li Xiaofeng.
"Lead up there. Brothers, I'll help you settle the problem. The lord has something important to do. Don't waste time," Tru said.
"Alright, everyone, follow me." Han Qingqing led the way.
Although she did not know how to use the Demonic Earth Bear, she was lucky to have Little Green around.
As long as Han Qingqing pointed in a general direction, the Earth Demonic Bears would carry her forward quickly.
Tap-tap-tap…
After this period of rest, the Earth Demonic Bears had recovered some of their stamina and were running extremely fast.
Ten minutes later, they arrived at a devastated bunker. Blood and fire were everywhere, and corpses were littered everywhere. The bunker had collapsed.
At this moment, there were still many members of the Little Knife Gang committing acts of evil.
Upon seeing such a tragic scene, Han Qingqing and Li Xiaofeng's eyes instantly turned red.
This was the home that they and many other homeless people had built together, but it was destroyed by this group of animals.
"Kill them!"
She let out a hoarse cry.
Chapter 194
Gasp! Gasp!
The intense blade aura produced by the Cross Wind Splitting Blade instantly injured the members of the Little Knife Gang who were in the front row.
Then, Li Xiaofeng shot out a few Palm Lightnings and killed all of them.
Upon seeing this, the Little Knife Gang, which had been acting fierce, exploded.
"It's Han Qingqing and Li Xiaofeng. Damn it, what's with their equipment?!"
"Where's Boss? Where did Boss Duan Hun go? Why didn't he kill them?"
"Don't panic. We have more people. Everyone, let's attack together and kill them!"
"Brothers who are at the back, summon the people from the base. Everyone, come over. We need support!"
When enemies meet, their eyes burn with hatred.
Moments later, both sides collided.
"Ding ding ding—"
A series of crisp saber light sparks flashed.
The battle was crueler than anyone could imagine. It was almost a one-sided slaughter. 𝓵𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙚𝒂𝙙.𝓬𝒐𝒎
Li Xiaofeng and Han Qingqing were the most excited as they rushed to the front. They relied on the Class 4 Silver Tier equipment on them.
Even though they were surrounded by hundreds of people, they were not afraid at all. They rushed forward and slashed wildly.
Soon, after a few people died, the people from the Little Knife Gang discovered a problem.
F*ck, the other party's equipment was too high level. They could not even break their defenses.
On the contrary, the dazzling beam of light from the Class 4 Silver Light Flame Demon Armor instantly blinded the dozen people.
"Die!"
A cold glint flashed through Han Qingqing's eyes, and the Cross Wind Splitting Blade emitted a strike that took the shape of '+'.
Gasp!
The blade aura split apart and instantly killed those dozens of people. It looked like a scene from those wuxia television dramas.
Seeing this, the rest of the people who were surrounding them felt a little scared and started to flee in a hurry.
"Kill them!"
Han Qingqing and Li Xiaofeng's eyes revealed a look of joy as they rode on the Earth Demon Bears and chased after them.
During this time, Lin Ye did not idle.
He casually grabbed a member from the gang and his eyes flickered with a strange glint.
"Spiritual Illusion!"
In an instant, his consciousness seemed to have entered a special territory.
In this state, he was like a god walking through the human world.
He could casually create things like humans, buildings, and anything he could think of.
For someone with a weak will, or someone whose willpower was lower than his.
The person would fall into the illusion instantly and become his captive.
This was what was happening to this Little Knife Gang member in front of him. Under Lin Ye's command, his eyes were bloodshot as he charged towards his brothers.
"Little Two, F*ck your grandpa. Why did you f*cking hit me?!"
The guy called Little Two didn't say a word. His face even revealed a ferocious expression.
Gasp!
With a backhand slash, he killed the fellow who used to be his brother.
"Not bad!" Lin Ye's eyes lit up.
He felt that if his mental strength was strong enough, he could control a large group of people or zombie creatures with just his Spiritual Illusion. There was no need for loyalty then.
However, this was only temporary. No matter how powerful his mental strength was, he could not control them forever.
He could make a loyalist in the short term, but it would be better if he could find those that were loyal to him in the long term.
Of course, when it came to extorting information or torturing, this move was still very effective.
This was similar to the ability from a certain anime. It seemed to be called 'Moon Reading'?
Mm, that should be the name.
After testing out his Spiritual Illusion innate skill.
Lin Ye turned to Li Xiaofeng's Palm Lightning.
This advanced skill was divided into the Five Yang Lightning and Five Yin Lightning.
The Five Yang Lightning was extremely masculine and powerful. It could double the damage dealt to dark attribute life forms.
The Five Yin Lightning was strange and unpredictable. It had strong corrosive power and was very pervasive. It would cause the opponent to be exhausted from dealing with it.
The only drawback was that the powerful Five Yang Lightning could only be cultivated with the body of a virgin.
"Sigh, just a single misstep and I have become useless. I was young and didn't know… My Five Yang Lightning is gone!"
Lin Ye sighed slightly.
This was something that couldn't be helped. He was too handsome and there were too many people he liked.
The school beauty wrote love letters and sent breakfasts to him every day. He could even lie in a pool of beauties.
So be it. It was better than nothing.
Sizzle—
According to the method of using his Lightning Palm.
The battle aura energy passed through the special circulation route of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and quickly transformed into a large amount of lightning energy.
In the end, threads of ferocious black lightning condensed in his palm.
"Yes!"
He pushed his palm through the air and sent the black lightning snake into the body of a small saber gang member.
"Ahhh—"
"My hand! Dammit, what is this thing!?"
"No!"
Soon, that person fell to the ground and screamed continuously.
The black lightning snake was like a toxin that could devour bones. It wreaked havoc and absorbed the man's life force.
It lasted for more than a minute before the life force of the person was completely devoured. On the other hand, the Five Yin Lightning Snake suddenly shrank back into Lin Ye's palm.
Vaguely, he felt his life aura become stronger.
"You have obtained 1 point of life essence!"
100xReward.
"You have obtained 100 points of life essence!"
Boom!
In an instant, the energy from using his Spiritual Illusion and his Five Yin Lightning replenished rapidly.
In just a few breaths, he returned to the state he was in previously.
Not only that, but his condition was also surprisingly good.
"This is possible too?" Lin Ye was shocked.
With 100xReward, the life force he absorbed and converted was no weaker than the Blood Shadow Battle Blade.
This was still the Five Yin Lightning when it was at Level 1. Once it reached Level 10, it would be terrifying.
"That's right, Enlightenment Energy!"
Lin Ye slapped his forehead. He had almost forgotten about that.
In the Reflection Hall, he had passed the final assessment and obtained 1,000,000 Enlightenment Energy.
It was kind of a waste to use it to upgrade his talent. After all, he could use the Zombie Souls to solve this issue when he returned to his territory.
The Enlightenment Energy however, could be used at any time to upgrade what he needed, even if it was restricted by the level of his bunker.
However, Lin Ye did not care. The Reflection Hall would pop up every week. Even if he had to give some of the 1,000,000 Enlightenment Energy to his family and territory.
There would still be more than 900,000 left, enough for him to spend for a long time.
"Rumble—"
He grabbed a large amount of energy and poured it into his mouth.
"You have consumed Enlightenment Energy and entered a state of epiphany…"
"Palm Lightning experience+100, Palm Lightning experience+100, Palm Lightning experience+100…"
100xReward.
"You have entered a super-epiphany state…"
"Palm Lightning experience+10,000, Palm Lightning experience+10,000, Palm Lightning experience+1,000…"
Bang bang—
Moments later, nine beams of red light landed on the ground.
Under everyone's shocked gazes, Lin Ye was bathed in red light.
Under his gaze, the level of his Palm Lightning continued to increase.
Level 1 → Level 2 → Level 3… Level 10, Level 11
After Level 10, which was the level limit due to the level of his bunker, the progress of the experience bar was greatly reduced and finally stopped at Level 11.
The status of the upgraded Palm Lightning had changed.
Swoosh—
He opened his palm and water-like Five Yin Lightning flowed out from his palm. Like a swamp, it instantly expanded to 50 meters away.
All the leaders of the Little Knife Gang who had fallen into the range were possessed by the Five Yin Lightning Snakes and their life essence was frantically devoured.
This time, the efficiency was much higher.
When the skill was at Level 1, it took more than a minute to absorb the life essence of a person.
And now, at Level 11, it only took 36 seconds to devour 17 people at the same time.
"A ghost!"
"Heavens, this person must be a demon!"
In an instant, not only the members of the Little Knife Gang, the remaining innocent humans in the camp all looked at Lin Ye in fear..
"Don't be afraid. I'm the emissary of light and I am a good person."
Lin Ye had a smile on his face. He had no malice towards ordinary people.
Furthermore, from what he observed using Heart's Web, the remaining humans were still normal and were not brainwashed.
If possible, he would accept these people.
After all, humans thrived when together. The more people gathered, the stronger they would be.
This was also what he understood after obtaining Xu Yuan's luck.
Luck was something that couldn't be touched or seen clearly. He didn't understand it in the past.
But with the help of the Eyes Of Luck.
He finally understood parts of it.
His golden dragon of luck was increasing day by day.
Apart from gaining the loyalty of the Awakenings and those who were at a higher class, most of his increase in luck came from the increase in human lords who submitted to him.
After the previous few advertisements, nearly a thousand people came to the territory every day.
This was a massive and qualitative change.
This was the greatest secret of his golden dragon luck which was improving day by day.
As for Xu Yuan, he had clearly taken the wrong path.
Of course, this was also related to his personality. Xu Yuan was clearly selfish.
From the beginning, he was a lone wolf. He thought nothing of ordinary human lords.
He felt that only Awakens with great talents like Lin Ye had the right to follow him.
Therefore, no matter how he developed, even if he plundered and killed, he was still far inferior to Lin Ye.
Then, Lin Ye seemed to sense that the fear in the people's eyes had not decreased. Instead, it had increased.
Lin Ye shook his head helplessly. He did not have time to waste on these people. He immediately activated the special effect of his Lord's Skin.
Ambition: Forcefully increases the loyalty of human lords. Initial loyalty will increase to 80%!
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. The loyalty of all the escapees to you has increased to 80%!"
As expected, with the addition of their loyalty, the fear in the eyes of the escapees disappeared.
Instead, they looked at Lin Ye like a savior.
Lin Ye smiled at this.
"En?"
Just as he was planning to expand the range of his Five Yin Lightning and kill all the gang members in this area.
His eyes suddenly widened.
The Palm Lightning which had been upgraded to Level 11 had changed. It seemed to be able to borrow Li Xiaofeng's Yang energy from afar.
At the same time, the Five Yang Lightning skill lit up?!
"Can it still be used?"
Lin Ye's eyes lit up.
Yang Energy+1, Yang Energy+1, Yang Energy+1…
100xReward.
Yang Energy+100…
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Soon, the black lightning snake which belonged to the Five Yin Lightning dissipated.
A thick and powerful bolt of golden and white lightning slowly formed in his palm.
"This is the Five Yang Lightning?"
Lin Ye raised his eyebrows at the power transmitted through his palm.
He was slightly surprised. The destructive power of the golden and white lightning was extremely great.
He felt that a single-target attack from this skill might have already surpassed the power of his Skyward Slash when executed with the full power of his Sacred Battle Spirit.
"Let's give it a try!"
He sat on the top of Little Green's head and looked down.
Swish!
He threw a blinding bolt of Five Yang Lightning in the direction where most of the members of the Little Knife Gang fled in.
Rumble!
In the distance, terrifying lightning exploded.
Densely packed golden lightning snakes expanded, instantly turning the surrounding 3,000 meters into a lightning domain.
"F*ck! This is f*cking insane!"
"Oh my god, the lord has learned a new divine power? It's so dazzling!"
"This power, this feeling, it feels even stronger than the super spells cast by the Class 9 Mages in the underworld!"
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Not far away stood Tru and the others, who had long known of their lord's special skill.
So, they acted as a bystander and cheered enthusiastically. They could be said to be the absolute king of support.
"Damn, I forgot to turn off the special effects!"
Lin Ye coughed awkwardly.
He did not feel the pinch over the large amount of Zombie Souls he had to spend. Instead, he felt embarrassed.
The 3000-meter Lightning Domain enveloped the entire area. Densely packed lightning covered the area. With a stretch of one's hand, one could experience these seemingly solid golden thunderbolts. In truth, they were all illusions.
As long as one was bold enough, they could instantly discover something fishy when they swiped their fingers across the golden lightning.
However, people's focus was different under different circumstances.
What he cared about was its power.
Not long ago, these refugees had suffered a hellish ten minutes of darkness.
Therefore, at this moment, their focus was on whether the people from the Little Knife Gang were dead or not and whether they had died miserably.
Lin Ye's exaggerated lightning domain only had an effective 50-meter range, similar to the Five Yin Lightning snake released by the Five Yin Lightning.
Crack— 𝓵𝓲𝓫𝒓𝓮𝙖𝓭.𝒄𝙤𝓶
The members of the Little Knife Gang were all electrocuted till they turned into charcoal and died instantly.
"Great!"
"Well done, Lord Lin Ye!"
"Amazing! These animals deserve to be punished by lightning!"
"Aunt Qian, did you see that? These animals are dead, they were burned to become charcoal, hahaha!"
…
Although this scene looked like a failure to Lin Ye, the escapees still felt very satisfied.
There were shouts, cries, howls, and all kinds of situations.
At the same time, Lin Ye obtained an unexpected harvest.
"Loyalty+5!" "Loyalty+5!" "Loyalty+5!"…
100xReward.
"Loyalty+500!" "Loyalty+500!"…
The system sent congratulatory messages.
"Congratulations to Survivor Lin Ye. All the escapees were touched by your actions. Their loyalty has reached 100% and they have become loyalists. Please treat them well."
"I have to." Lin Ye chuckled.
This relationship was good. Under the Eyes Of Luck, he saw dozens of lucky light energies merging into the golden dragon above his head.
At this rate, even if there were no Awareness or those who were of higher classes, as long as there were hundreds of thousands or even millions of ordinary human lords, the dragon spirit of luck would be successfully awakened.
Of course, this was for the future.
Since they had all become his loyal citizens, what Little Knife Gang did was also his business.
"Tru, what are you waiting for? Continue killing. Tonight is the death anniversary of the Little Knife Gang. Take revenge for our new brothers!"
Lin Ye raised his arm and shouted, quietly turning on the special effect again.
Whoosh—
A golden battle aura that was thousands of meters tall soared into the sky like a god bathed in divine light.
This scene was witnessed by the escapees. Even the remaining Little Knife Gang members that were left behind and those that came to support afterward were all dumbfounded.
"God, he is a god!"
"Damn it, that bastard Duan Hun. He's going against a god. F*ck you!"
"Mom, I don't want to die. I haven't said goodbye to my virgin body. I can't accept this!"
Regret, frustration, despair…
From his point of view, Lin Ye could clearly see the emotional particles of the members of the Little Knife Gang.
But he did not relent.
These scum only knew how to bully the weak and fear the strong.
They were afraid of him only because he was strong. If there were only the weak escapees present, they would all turn into devils and commit evil.
In the past, he could pretend that he didn't see them, but now, they were all f*cking members of the Lin Clan.
They provided him with incomparably pure luck for free.
How could the members of the Little Knife Gang f*cking bully such good citizens? Were they even human?
Spit! Since they were not humans, then they did not deserve to live. They should receive a righteous judgment from God!
Therefore, this time, Lin Ye personally took part.
Under the illumination of the Great Sage's Totem which was thousands of meters tall.
A spear shot out like a dragon, shaking the heavens with a single roar.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
In an instant, thousands of golden streams of light tore through the sky.
Dazzling spear shadows fell from the sky like meteors, bombarding the bunker of the Little Knife Gang.
Along the way, there were continuous explosions of blood and corpses.
Although the power was disproportionate to the visual effects, the surviving escapees were all very satisfied with what they saw.
They wanted to see such a massacre where blood was spilled with every slash. When they heard the screams of despair from the Little Knife Gang…
These scenes of revenge filled with blood and death immediately comforted their injured hearts.
Half an hour later, they reached the other party's base camp.
With Lin Ye as the leader, justice fell from the sky—he struck the sky and blew up the door of the other party's bunker.
"Kill them!"
Soon, a one-sided battle ensued and Lin Ye easily defeated all the members of the Little Knife Gang.
"These animals, finally, finally died, hahahaha!" Han Qingqing knelt down again. Even though she was exhausted, she still laughed to her heart's content.
"Fe… Feels good. I've gotten my revenge. Even if I die… I have no regrets." Li Xiaofeng's face was pale. It was as if his energy and spirit had been sucked dry by a demon. His entire person fell from the body of the Earth Demon Bear.
Fortunately, Tru was beside him. He carried Li Xiaofeng and caught him.
"What happened to Xiaofeng?" Han Qingqing came back to her senses and hurriedly ran over to him.
She was very touched by her kind brother. If he had not helped her, the camp previously would not have been built.
Therefore, although they had no blood relations, she had always treated Li Xiaofeng as her biological younger brother.
How could she not worry when her brother was injured?
"I, I'm fine…" Li Xiaofeng forced out a smile.
"What do you mean you're fine? Your face is so pale!" Han Qingqing looked anxious, but she was not a doctor, so she had no clue.
She could only turn his head to look at Lin Ye who was devouring the bunker in the distance.
He shouted, "My lord, Xiaofeng is injured. Please, come and take a look."
"Soon, soon!"
Lin Ye immediately increased the devouring efficiency.
Whoosh—
A large amount of black energy particles exploded from the Civilization Archive, wrapping around Little Knife Gang's bunker.
Moments later, the wall of the bunker collapsed, and all the energy particles within were swallowed up, turning it into a huge graveyard.
"You have gained 400,000 experience points from the bunker!"
"F*ck!" Lin Ye started.
And this was without the 100xReward bonus.
But thinking about it, the Little Knife Gang's bunker had already reached Level 4.
It was the largest bunker he had conquered so far, so it was normal for him to gain so much experience.
"Ahhhh, I want to upgrade my talent to Level 5. This way, I can solve the problem of the lack of 100x bonuses in the merchant shop and bunker!"
"Once it's settled, it won't be 400,000 this time, but 40,000,000!"
Lin Ye's heart bled at the thought of losing 39.6 million experience points.
This was such a huge amount of experience. Even destroying more than ten Haunted Houses would probably not amount to this much.
What a huge loss!
"My lord, Xiaofeng fainted! Come here quickly!"
At this moment, Han Qingqing couldn't help but cry.
"Alright, alright."
Lin Ye immediately put away his Civilization Archive. He had devoured what he needed and killed who he needed to kill. It was over!
He came over to look at the dizzy Li Xiaofeng.
Whoosh—
From the perspective of his Heart's Web, Xiaofeng's health bar was quite stable and he didn't suffer any damage.
But what the hell was this Yang Energy? Why was it so weak?
Did he go off to masturbate?
That couldn't be. He had been fighting enemies the entire time just now and didn't have a chance to go.
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes and quickly discovered a crucial problem.
Palm Lightning? Five Yang Lightning? I don't have any connection to Yang Energy anymore. Then just now…
No way.
The corner of his mouth twitched as he checked the Palm Lightning's description after advancing to Level 11.
As expected, it said that he could absorb Yang Energy from his loyalists and cast the Five Yang Lightning skill..
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"He's fine. Don't worry. It's just that his body is innately weak. His Yin is abundant while his Yang is weak. He'll be fine after eating some medicine to replenish his Yang energy."
Lin Ye spouted nonsense in all seriousness.
"How could that be? Little brother Xiaofeng has always been in good health. In the Nine States, he's a disciple of the Dragon and Tiger Dao Sect. Cultivators never get close to women, and he has never done that thing before." Han Qingqing was confused.
"It's naturally different from now. Didn't he awaken Palm Lightning? This skill is divided into the Five Yang Lightning and Five Yin Lightning."
A golden light of luck arose from Lin Ye's body as he said in an unfathomable manner, "In my opinion, his main cultivation is the Five Yang Lightning."
"Yes, my lord is wise!" Han Qingqing nodded repeatedly.
Her lord was indeed very resourceful and knowledgeable in all aspects. He even knew what Little Brother Xiaofeng was proficient in. He was simply too powerful.
"Then there's no mistake. Every time the Five Yang Lightning is used, it expends a large amount of Yang energy. He was fighting too desperately just now and might have used too much of it."
Seeing that Han Qingqing still wanted to say more, Lin Ye directly changed the topic. "Alright, now that the Little Knife Gang has been destroyed, there are two things that need to be settled."
"Firstly, it's my business. We're here to find a treasure land. It's probably within your area. Help me ask about the coordinates on the map. If someone knows where it is, you can bring him with you to follow us."
"Alright, please wait a moment." At the mention of proper business, Han Qingqing no longer looked muddle-headed. She looked at it seriously first.
Although it looked familiar, she could not recall it at the moment.
She then showed it to the other people from the refugee camps. Without exception, they all found that the location looked familiar, but they could not remember the exact location.
"No one?" Lin Ye frowned.
"No, you've misunderstood. This location is 100% in this area. I'm just a little confused and can't remember its exact location for the time being."
Han Qingying scratched her head. Suddenly, her eyes lit up.
"Oh right, I'll have to trouble you. Can you wake Xiaofeng up first? Xiaofeng is our guide. He has always been leading the hunting team to gather resources outside. In terms of understanding of this area, I'm afraid no one knows it better than him."
"You should have said so earlier." 𝓵𝒊𝓫𝙧𝙚𝒂𝙙.𝒄𝓸𝒎
Lin Ye was overjoyed. "Water!"
"My lord." Tru immediately took out a bottle of water from his space ring.
"Splash him awake!" Lin Ye ordered.
"Ah…" Han Qingqing was speechless. Is this how you wake people up?
"Don't look at me. It's not like that on TV." Lin Ye shrugged.
"Pfft—" Tru gulped and suddenly spat a mouthful of water at Li Xiaofeng's face.
"Oh! Ahem…"
The effect was really good. He really woke up from the water.
"Xiaofeng, are you feeling better?" Han Qingqing asked with concern.
"Much better. Sister, what happened to me? I feel weak all over." Li Xiaofeng frowned. "It feels like someone was sucking…"
"Stop talking. Take a look at the map while you still have the energy." Lin Ye quickly interrupted.
At the same time, he secretly used his mind to possess him. No loyalist could resist him.
He hinted at the cause and effect of Li Xiaofeng in his heart.
Li Xiaofeng suddenly understood and smiled bitterly.
Oh no, he would become the lord's ATM in the future and specialize in cultivating the Yang energy?
"Don't worry. I won't mistreat my own people. When we get back, I'll give you three bottles of Level 3 Tiger Pill. It's a great supplement. In the underworld, it's worth 10,000 gold coins. 300 of it is enough to make you a millionaire. If you're not one of us, I won't be willing to give it to you."
Lin Ye consoled him and barely suppressed Li Xiaofeng's thoughts.
"Let me take a look at the map first."
Li Xiaofeng nodded and took the map from Han Qingqing. He took a look and didn't hesitate. He immediately said, "I know this place. It's at the Blackbird Forest."
"Blackbird Forest?" Lin Ye frowned. What kind of name was this?
"Oh right, it's the Blackbird Forest. No wonder I found that location familiar. So it's that place."
A smile appeared on Hand Qingqing's face. She looked at Lin Ye and explained, "Blackbird Forest is a name we came up with ourselves."
"That place is a little strange. There are often black birds circling in the sky, but they never leave that area. In order to differentiate the names of the places, we drew inspiration from the blackbirds to name that area."
"It should be correct. I followed Xu Yuan previously and saw the blackbird." Song Kuaidi nodded repeatedly in agreement.
"That's great. Let's go over it immediately." Lin Ye was in a good mood.
This trip was full of gains.
Two loyalists, three innate skills, 300 Destiny Points, 300,000 Bunker Experience…
Wonderful!
"Wait, my lord. There are more than 70 refugees left in the refugee camp. Look…" Han Qingqing interrupted nervously.
"That's simple. Xu Que, Su Yu, you two will lead your personal guards to escort all the escapees back to the camp. Don't worry about us. When you get back, focus on training and strive to understand the Heart of the Earth Demonic Bear Rider. Also, send someone to plant all these Class 3 and Class 4 seeds at the entrance of all the six Level 1 Haunted Houses in my territory. It's best if you don't let it be discovered. It'll be of great use when we get back."
As he spoke, Lin Ye threw out a spatial ring. Inside were tens of thousands of offensive-type super seeds, Life Soil, and Water of Life.
"I'm good at that. I guarantee I'll handle it appropriately for you." Xu Que laughed loudly and accepted the spatial ring first.
His eyes immediately lit up.
With items worth hundreds of thousands of Zombie Souls in his hands, it felt great!
His lord was forever a god!
As for Su Yu, he pouted and was too lazy to argue.
A few hours ago, in the Level 3 Treasure Cave, he had used the excuse of collecting the corpse of the zombie dog to obtain one.
Thus, it was reasonable for Xu Que to obtain this.
"Convert the corpse of the zombie dog when you get back. There's no need to keep it. When I get back, I'll collect it myself. Remember, no one is to touch it."
Lin Ye reminded him and waved his hand.
He watched as the two of them led the 70 plus remaining escapees towards their territory.
After the group of people left, the entire group instantly felt like more than half of them had disappeared. Including Han Qingqing and Li Xiaofeng who had just joined, there were only 25 people.
"Shall we go now or rest for the night, my lord?" Tru asked.
They had been fighting through the night and had just finished fighting.
He looked at his other brothers who were yawning and feeling a little sleepy.
"Time is of the essence to plunder this treasure ground."
Lin Ye shook his head. It was a race against time to become strong, so how could he be negligent?
This was especially the case for the Level 3 Treasure Cave.
The teams hiding had more information than him. If it weren't for those people being weak, he wouldn't even have a share of the Level 3 Treasure Cave.
Also, the place that Xu Yuan found was most likely a ruin.
This was more valuable than a treasure cave and it was also a matter of life and death.
In summary, no matter what, he had to take down the 'first ruin' first.
However, he was not blind. He and his men had rushed through the night and fought hard. The others were in a bad state.
If it wasn't for the fact that they had long become his loyalists, they would have long quit.
After some thought, he took out a porcelain bottle which was emitting a silver luster from his super large Meru Ring.
"There are 100 Level 4 Spirit Cleansing Pills here. They can increase one's concentration and are especially effective for recuperating one's mental strength. Everyone, take 4 of them. If you're tired, take one. The rest is to compensate everyone!"
"Level 4! Spirit Cleansing Pill!"
Upon hearing this, the human lords did not react. After all, the ignorant were fearless.
They had never heard of this kind of medicinal pill before. If not for the word Level 4, they would most likely have thrown it to the ground. They also did not know the value of this medicinal pill.
On the other hand, Tru, Luo Tong, Luo Yu, and the others were all breathing hard.
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"It's said that consuming a Spirit Cleansing Pill can increase one's mental strength by a small level!"
"Improving one's mental strength is secondary. The most important thing is the use of it for cultivation. When I cultivate it, I don't have to worry about my mental demons anymore. It's simply an excellent pill for cultivating my spirit. It's hard to find even with a million gold coins!"
"This thing is too important to me. I've unlocked my ancestor's profession, a telekinesis master. The requirement for spiritual-type medicinal pills is far higher compared to other professions. Even a Level 4 Battle Aura Pill is probably not even 1% of a Spirit Cleansing Pill!"
The last sentence was from Luo Feng. His eyes were filled with desire. Once he obtained these Spirit Cleansing Pills, his combat power as a telekinesis master would definitely increase explosively.
"Let's split it. There's no need to be so polite. It's good stuff. Of course we have to share it with our own brothers." Lin Ye smiled and indicated for everyone to quickly split the loot.
Moments later, everyone received four Spirit Cleansing Pills. Most of them were unwilling to eat them. After all, it was too extravagant to just eat them to refresh themselves.
However, their lord was too generous and forced everyone to eat one.
Immediately, everyone's eyes lit up as they spoke.
Not only that, the medicinal pills' effect could be seen and it released a wave of cool light that enveloped everyone.
Under the faint light, they could clearly feel that their brains had been refreshed.
Not to mention their inner demons, even if it was inner demon lords, they could also beat it to death.
At the same time, the warm medicinal effect flowed through his eight extraordinary meridians, sweeping away his fatigue.
The most exaggerated one was Luo Feng. After consuming the Spirit Cleansing Pill, he actually started moving without using his legs or the wind. Just by relying on his psychic power, he was able to levitate.
The others also wanted to do this.
Cultivators of the battle energy system had to be at least Class 6, while those that cultivated the magic energy system had to be at Class 5 to do this.
Every cultivation system was different, but it was obvious how terrifying Luo Feng's potential was.
"An interesting ability."
With the help of the sharing contract, Lin Ye could actually use the power of a telekinesis master. However, if that happened, the combat power of Luo Feng would suffer greatly.
In this aspect, it was not as powerful as gaining it as an innate skill itself. With the 100xReward, he could be completely self-sufficient.
"Alright, we've wasted enough time. Let's go."
Lin Ye glanced at his Rolex watch.
At this moment, it was 2: 27 AM.
Thinking back carefully, they had been out for an entire day. There were only 40 hours left until the first zombie wave.
As soon as he finished speaking, the group set out once more.
This time, with the local boss, Li Xiaofeng, leading the way, their speed increased by more than half.
Ten minutes later, they arrived at an extremely gloomy forest.
Rumble!
There was a rumble ahead. It came from Tru and the others.
This was already the territory of the Black Bird Forest. There were too many trees along the way and the road was too narrow.
The body of the Earth Demon Bear was too large, making it difficult for it to traverse.
Therefore, Tru volunteered to lead the way.
Luo Feng also followed. Everyone was feeling excited after consuming the Level 4 Spirit Cleansing Pill.
Whoosh—
Soon, a large number of birds and animals were startled and left the forest to fly into the night sky.
Lin Ye glanced at it. Blackbirds?
The searchlight shone on them. Mm, it was indeed black. In the dark, not even a shadow of it could be seen.
However, he was a little confused.
His gaze swept across them. The blackbirds were strange. They were lifeless. It was almost as if they were dead.
However, they could fly everywhere and were extremely agile.
Although he was a little confused, he did not dwell on this problem. Perhaps this was a special life form from another world.
"My lord, we are here, but… there doesn't seem to be anything here."
After walking for a long time, the forest in front of him suddenly became empty. This area seemed to have been cut by a super long saw.
Thousands of trees were cut in half, leaving behind less than ten centimeters of stumps.
"Song Kuaidi."
Lin Ye looked over. "How did Xu Yuan get in back then?"
"I stood far away. All I could see was that his eyes shone like yours, my lord."
Song Kuaidi thought for a moment and continued, "After that, he inexplicably stepped around these wooden stakes and disappeared."
"When he appeared again, he even suffered a small injury. However, his harvest was definitely not small. That fellow was smiling so hard that his mouth was about to split open."
"Is it the Eyes Of Luck?" Lin Ye narrowed his eyes.
Whoosh—
A golden glow appeared in his eyes as he swept his gaze across everyone present.
Everyone was shocked and could not help but lower their heads, not daring to look Lin Ye in the eye.
"Luck aura pressure? Looks like someone else has broken through in my territory. Who is it?" Lin Ye narrowed his eyes.
Just now, he felt that dozens of dragon scales of the golden luck dragon had lit up.
It was truly unbelievable, to the extent that it produced spiritual pressure.
Of course, that was not the main point.
He cleared his mind. Regardless of who it was, as long as it was beneficial to him, it was fine.
His gaze landed on the tree stumps all over the ground.
As expected, the scene in front of his eyes was completely different.
These small wooden stakes were like threads of fate, connected to some mysterious place in the void.
Was it a ruin? 𝒍𝒊𝙗𝓻𝒆𝓪𝙙.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Excited, Lin Ye observed carefully and found the pattern.
These threads of luck were like the Ten Thousand Traps game played in China's Nine States.
Whichever stake he stepped on would trigger the thread of luck.
There were ten thousand wooden stakes here. It was in the shape of a square with a hundred stakes on each side.
When all the luck threads managed to interweave in the center of all the stakes, it would unlock the door of the ruin.
If it were anyone else, even if they were to obtain the map, they would have to spend a lot of effort. In fact, they might not even be able to decipher it.
However, with the Eye of Luck, it was completely different. It was too direct.
It was just like opening a scroll with the correct answer written on it. As long as the person had hands and legs, he could easily solve the problem.
"All of you, stay where you are. Tru, just follow what I say!"
For safety's sake, Lin Ye still threw the Class 5 Gold Tier Armor—Power of Nature Armor to Tru.
As for himself, there was no need for it. A gentleman would not stand under a dangerous wall. How could he take on such a dangerous task?
"Oh, sure." Taking the armor from Lin Ye, Tru's eyes lit up like the eyes of a 24-kilogram titanium dog.
Class 5 Gold Armor!
Class 5!
He didn't expect to be able to wear such an item in his lifetime.
He hurriedly put it on his Class 4 Silver Tier Armor—Brilliant Fire Demon Armor.
With his burly figure, he looked like a sturdy shield wall. It was a good match.
"Take three steps to the left, two steps to the right, eleven steps to the left…"
After telling him the coordinates of dozens of tree stumps, Tru stepped on them one by one.
Crack—
Soon, Tru stepped on the last wooden stake.
The sound of a large number of parts turning came from the empty night sky, as if he had touched a mysterious mechanism.
The sound of air cracking and screws turning continued to be heard. When the sound became louder, everyone turned their heads.
Swish!
The next moment, above the center of the tree stumps.
A zipper-like void space was split open as a two-meter long and wide spatial gate appeared.
"A teleportation portal!"
"It's a ruin!"
"It's definitely a ruin!"
Tru, Luo Feng, and the others were overjoyed.
Even Yang Fusheng, who had been silent along the way and watching the Balala energy, raised his head.
His little face twitched and he could not help but curse, "What luck!"
Chapter 198
"Go, go in quickly. This is a fixed teleportation. If it exceeds the time limit, it will disappear!"
Yang Fusheng reminded everyone.
Although he had been teased by Lin Ye recently, Yang Fusheng felt that he should give him a chance because of the tablet.
"Let's go!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Ye did not dare to stay any longer.
Whoosh—
The Tycoon's Wrist Guard emitted an astonishing energy shield.
Immediately after, the King's Armor, Battle Aura wings, God's Defense Talent, and other shields that could be opened were all fully activated.
"…"
The others were dumbfounded, but they quickly reacted.
This was a very flashy move. If their lord was not careful, this person might not be their lord anymore.
"Tru first!" Lin Ye called out.
The Class 5 Armor had been worn by him. He had to go first for the danger.
"Sure," Tru agreed and took the lead in jumping down.
The second was Zhang Liang, the third was Luo Feng, and Lin Ye followed behind.
Soon, everyone successfully passed through the teleportation portal.
Whoosh—
When everyone landed on the ground, the teleportation portal disappeared.
"Where is this?" Zhang Liang looked around curiously.
The others had the same reaction.
In front of them was a narrow teleportation platform.
The sky was dark yellow and the ground was gray. The air was filled with a moldy smell.
Opposite the platform was a high wall that blocked his view.
"I can't see anything here. I'll go up and take a look."
After saying that, Tru squatted down and jumped towards the high wall.
Thump!
A dull thud came. Tru let out a strange cry and fell.
"What is it?" Lin Ye frowned.
Just now, others could not see, but his Heart's Web sensed something different.
The moment the sound of the collision rang out, it was as if there was an invisible wall of air in the air that repelled Tru.
"There's something strange there."
Tru scratched his head and pointed to the darkened sky.
Logically speaking, with his Class 4 strength, jumping over a ten-meter tall wall was completely easy.
But who would have thought that there seemed to be something above him, pressing him down with a slap across the air.
It didn't hurt, but it felt weird.
"Let me try." Luo Lie stood up.
Swish!
The next moment, he slowly rose on his Blood Shadow Battle Blade. When he reached a certain level, his expression changed slightly.
Bang—
The overwhelming force sent him flying instantly, including his hero-tier weapon, the Blood Shadow Battle Blade.
It stabbed into the ground.
"It should be a restriction of some kind. It's very powerful."
With a thought, Luo Feng withdrew his Blood Shadow Battle Saber and said with a stern voice.
Everyone fell silent.
None of them understood. None of them had explored a ruin before…
No, there was one exception.
Yang Fusheng!
This guy was once the Red-Eyed Zombie King. Although his level had dropped, he had loads of experience.
Immediately, pairs of eyes looked over.
"Don't look at me. There are so many ruins, but I've only been to a few. Furthermore, every ruin is different. Don't expect me to be omniscient and know whatever that is happening."
Yang Fusheng said.
"Don't move first. I'll take a look."
Lin Ye narrowed his eyes. His Heart's Web, Luck and Hint talents were all activated to their fullest potential.
The depths of his eyes were red, gold, and black. Three strange lights revolved around them.
Whoosh—
In the blink of an eye, three different detection skills were all activated fully.
A moment later, the information he got returned.
Lin Ye raised his eyebrows. There was a special power interfering with the ruins.
His Heart's Web ability was restricted by half, and he could only see things within 150 meters.
The level of his Luck and Hint talents were higher and were hence only suppressed by 30%.
Even so, it was enough for now.
He saw many interesting things using his Heart's Web talent.
Inside the high wall were a large number of strange looking beasts.
Mechanical beasts?
They displayed no signs of life. There were some made of wood, some of blue iron, and some of silver iron.
Currently, he only saw dogs, wolves, and leopards. They were huge, about twice the size of the golden retriever.
"Come, follow me. The entrance is here."
Lin Ye led the others around the small path behind the platform.
This was an external spiral staircase, which was built around the entire high wall area.
Fortunately, the staircase was wide enough. Otherwise, it really wouldn't be enough for the Earth Demon Bear to walk on.
Along the way, he told the others what he had seen.
Without thinking, Yang Fusheng said, "This should be a branch of the immortal cultivation system, the ruins of the Mechanical Beast Sect. I remember that one season, this branch system was extremely powerful and shone during the battle against hell."
"Among them, the strongest are the Ancestral Dragon, Heavenly Phoenix, Origin Qilin. All of them are incomparably powerful and are existences who can easily defeat a Zombie King.
However, this system is greatly flawed and consumes a lot of resources. At the late stages, the people who cultivated this system were unable to sustain for long in battles.
Without sufficient resources, the power of all the mechanical beasts will be greatly reduced. In the final battle, hell will sweep through all of them and take them away in one wave.
Never would I have expected that they still had quite a few tricks up their sleeves. After so many years, there's still a ruin belonging to them that has appeared."
"Mechanical beasts consume resources? This is good, it suits me perfectly!"
Lin Ye was excited when he heard that. He wished he could obtain the entire legacy of the Mechanical Beast Sect immediately.
A few minutes later, they reached the end of the spiral staircase. Not far away, there was a huge mountain gate about a hundred meters tall.
Unfortunately, half of such a magnificent building was shattered by a slap, leaving only a stone pillar standing between heaven and earth.
"The person who crushed this mountain gate must have been very strong." Yang Fusheng's expression was grave.
In his memory, even at his brother's peak, he was far from being able to do so.
As expected, the other party was a famous figure in hell.
"Nonsense, even a fool can tell," Lin Ye retorted. He picked up a piece of debris from the ground.
The battle aura of a Great Sage erupted. Even with his strength and the countless years of corrosion, he only managed to scrape off a few bits of stone.
"So hard?!"
Lin Ye was shocked.
He was an invincible Class 5 expert who had opened 36,500 Potential Chains. The power of his fist was almost no weaker than a peak Class 6's.
With a clench of his fist, even an ordinary Level 4 Silver Shield might not be able to block it.
However, he could do nothing to this small stone that had fallen from the mountain gate.
"That's normal. These stones used to build the mountain gate were considered treasures in the past. Don't use your values to measure them. They are true treasures. The starting price is estimated to be that of a Level 8 or 9 material.
It's a pity that this ruin has been floating in the void for too long and has lost all its spiritual energy." 𝓁𝑖𝑏𝑟𝘦𝒶𝘥.𝒸𝘰𝑚
Other than its intrinsic sturdiness, it's basically useless. Throw it away. They have no value anymore."
Yang Fusheng picked up the debris and looked at it. He shook his head and said regretfully.
"What's there to lose? I can take this thing back, melt it, and use it to rebuild the bunker. A layer of gold dust should be added to it as well. Only then will it look good!"
Lin Ye laughed loudly.
"Keep, keep, keep!"
Storage light beams continued to fall. The stone pillars, with some as small as the size of a finger while others as large as a hundred meters, were all kept into the super-large Meru Ring.
Fortunately, he could collect the light beams without any hindrance. Otherwise, he would tire someone to death.
"What a pity, I can't take such a huge stone pillar with me."
Lin Ye looked at the lone mountain gate pillar with a pained expression, feeling like he had lost a few hundred million.
It was really too sticky to the ground and he couldn't break it off, so he could only leave it here.
"Can you be any more shameless?" Yang Fusheng complained weakly.
Fortunately, the senior expert of the Mechanical Beast Sect was no longer around. Otherwise, he would beat this inhumane bastard to death.
As soon as he finished speaking, the pillar at the entrance emitted a weak light.
Whoosh—
Immediately after, a translucent figure walked out…
Chapter 199
"Welcome to my Mechanical Beast Sect, everyone!"
The person looked sage-like, had a long beard, a white robe, and a kind appearance.
If he was still alive, he was definitely a powerful immortal cultivator with mystical abilities.
Unfortunately, it was unknown how tall the grass was now. What remained was only an incomplete consciousness.
Lin Ye looked over and saw the other party's condition clearly.
Seemingly sensing Lin Ye's gaze, the old man looked deeply at him and said in a speechless manner, "Good fellow, it has only been five days since you have descended, but you alone already have two top-class talents and an advanced talent. Impressive!"
"With such talent and fortuitous opportunities, even in our generation, you can be considered a peerless talent."
"How can I address you, senior?" Lin Ye did not refute. At this moment, he was very humble.
The person before him was very powerful. Just by taking a look, he was able to discern the tier of his Heart's Web, Luck Plunder, and Hint talents. This was truly frightening.
"My Daoist name is Zi Yang. All the friends used to call me Lord Zi Yang when I was alive," the old man said pleasantly.
"Lord? What the f*ck! So powerful!" Yang Fusheng widened his eyes.
"What does being a lord mean?" Lin Ye asked via voice transmission. There was a prehistoric encyclopedia here. It would be a waste not to use it.
"It's an honorific title used by those who cultivated. Usually, only the old monsters in the Nascent Soul Stage can be addressed as a lord. This old fellow was definitely not simple back then. Although I've never heard of his name, I believe that his strength should not be weaker than my brother."
Yang Fusheng revealed a look of joy and continued, "Rascal, you've struck it rich. You are opening a ruin guarded by a Lord in the early stages. The treasures inside are definitely super powerful. Kid, I'll help you later. Let's split the treasures evenly."
"Give you half?"
Lin Ye gave him a sidelong glance. "You're a zombie. Why would you want treasures from the ruin? Even if I gave it to you, you wouldn't be able to use it."
"Bullshit, what if I still have a chance to turn into a human in the future? I have to prepare for that in advance!" Yang Fusheng argued.
"Wait, didn't you say that I broke your cultivation and the contract power has disappeared?" Lin Ye caught the meaning hidden behind his words and glared at him with a dangerous expression.
Bastard, he even used this reason previously to flip out and extort him.
For this, he even felt a little bad.
But in the end, this bastard was actually lying.
"Ahem…" Yang Fusheng coughed lightly and said awkwardly," It's a little bad, but it's not that bad. At most, it will take a longer time for me to recover. I could originally recover in a year, but it might take two to three years now. "
"Get lost. I don't believe anything you say now." Lin Ye cursed and couldn't be bothered with him.
People nowadays, no, including zombies, had too many tricks up their sleeves. He even dared to lie to him.
Ridiculous!
"Give me back the tablet!" In the end, he activated his Universal Pull skill and grabbed the tablet from Yang Fusheng's hand.
"Ah, my Balala energy!"
Yang Fusheng screamed miserably. He had just seen a few fair-skinned and beautiful female immortals.
At the crucial moment, it was snatched away.
He was so angry that his teeth chattered.
Not far away, everyone else turned their heads, including Lord Zi Yang. He looked at Yang Fusheng and frowned. He even pinched his fingers and divined a few times. He said in surprise, "Zombies? Green eyes? No, that's not right. This… He has the bloodline of the Zombie King. It has dropped by a class? Strange, the divine blood has disappeared and he is only Class 4 now. Unbelievable…"
"Hey, this is my privacy. Why do you care? Shut up!" Yang Fusheng roared in anger.
"Heh heh, young man… Little Zombie, don't be angry. Your fate is strange. You might have a chance to be reincarnated as a human in the future. Very good."
Lord Zi Yang had a benevolent expression on his face, almost smiling out loud.
"Alright, young man. Tell me your names… uh, never mind. There are too many of you and it's too much trouble. Go ahead and write it yourself. With your strength, I believe you will definitely pass the preliminary round."
As he spoke, he pointed at the bluestone path behind the mountain gate and continued, "Keep walking forward. If you encounter any mechanical beasts on the way, kill a portion of them. When you reach the Thousand Beasts Pagoda 500 meters ahead, you will be considered to have succeeded. At that time, you will be rewarded according to your performance."
"Then, goodbye for now and I shall see all of you interesting young people later!"
With that, a white flash and Lord Zi Yang vanished.
As soon as he left, Yang Fusheng jumped behind Lin Ye and shouted, "Give me back the tablet! I don't want the resources anymore!"
"How rude."
Lin Ye snapped his fingers, and his Universal Pull skill grabbed Yang Fusheng from afar, firmly controlling him in midair.
"Are you going to help me when I go in?"
"Of course…" Seeing that he couldn't break free, Yang Fusheng blinked honestly.
"That's more like it. Here, son, I'll give it back to you." Lin Ye smiled like an old father and threw the tablet over.
"My lord, there seem to be many mechanical beasts ahead!"
At this moment, Tru ran back from the front. He had just taken advantage of the conversation between Lin Ye and Yang Fusheng to sneak over to take a look.
"Don't be afraid. It's all trash. There's no danger."
Lin Ye waved his hand.
In fact, when Tru went over, he could see the situation clearly too with his Heart's Web and Hint.
All of them were Class 2 and 3 mechanical beasts. To them, they were just tickles.
"Also, return the Class 5 Armor to me!"
As he spoke, he removed the armor from Tru's body and wore it again.
"…" Tru was speechless. No danger? Trash? Then why is my armor getting stripped away?
"Just because you don't have it now doesn't mean you won't have it later."
Lin Ye rolled his eyes and raised his arm, shouting, "Let's go! Let's go! There might be a score for this. We should get the highest reward."
Whoosh—
Immediately, a group of people rode on their Earth Demon Bears and charged over in a hurry.
"Roar!"
Opposite them, more than 250 mechanical beasts charged over.
"My lord, this seems to be calculated based on the number of people participating. It's ten per person! Isn't it too simple?" Zhang Liang said with a smile.
"Cut the crap and kill them!"
Lin Ye was in high spirits. There was no pressure at all in such a crushing situation.
His mind was connected to Little Green. The latter immediately understood. All the Earth Demonic Bears formed a formation and condensed an earth-type magic shield in front of everyone.
With a safety guarantee, Lin Ye started doing whatever he wanted.
Bang!
Little Green stomped on the ground and leaped into the air.
Gurgles!
The mechanical beasts below spat out wind blades, fireballs, black water, poison…
Unfortunately, before the attacks could reach the party, they were blocked by the energy shield.
At the same time, a notification came from his talent.
"Friendly Hint: Class 3 Advanced Mechanical Dog Beast. Flaws: Eyebrows!"
"Friendly Hint: Level 3 Top-tier mechanical wolf beast. Flaws: Jaw!"
"Friendly Hint: Class 4 Mechanical Leopard Beast. Flaws: Abdomen!"
"Everyone, the weakness of the dog, wolf and leopard are their glabella, chin, and abdomen respectively. Follow me closely and make haste."
"Phoenix Spear!"
Lin Ye waved his hand, and a golden battle energy glow arose from his body.
He was riding on Little Green at an extremely fast speed.
Ever since he comprehended the Heart of the Earth Demonic Bear Rider, he could already become one with the bear, and his combat strength had increased.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
In an instant, hundreds of spear shadows fell from the sky with Little Green's heavy weight.
Rumble!
The ground quaked violently as Little Green landed on the ground. The terrifying force instantly crushed seven to eight mechanical beasts.
At the same time, Lin Ye's spear shadows also exploded like a rain of light among the mechanical beasts.
Gasp! Gasp!
The glabella, chin, and abdomen of all the mechanical beasts were pierced through, revealing a stone that flickered with a weak glow.
However, if one did not pay attention, they would not discover it at all.
These stones flashed with light and became dull, no different from ordinary stones.
"Lin Ye, the spirit stones, take them out quickly. We're rich, we're rich!" Yang Fusheng laughed loudly.
"Spirit stones?"𝒍𝓲𝒃𝙧𝒆𝒂𝒅.𝓬𝙤𝒎
Chapter 200
"Spirit stones? Are these the spirit stones from cultivation novels?"
Lin Ye's eyes lit up. Good lord, his current cultivation system was a combination between martial arts and fantasy.
And for a treasure of the immortal cultivation system to suddenly fly out, wouldn't it make it even more awesome?
"Nonsense, what other spirit stones could I be talking about?"
Yang Fusheng rolled his eyes. "Bring it over quickly. Just let me take a few sips when you have time."
"A zombie that can also absorb spiritual energy…" Lin Ye looked at him suspiciously. As he spoke, his hands were not idle and he activated his Universal Pull.
Whoosh—
He sucked all the spirit stones from the dozens of mechanical beasts that fell to the ground.
"You have received 32 Low-grade spirit stones."
100xReward.
"You have received 3,200 Low-grade spirit stones."
Boom!
The spirit stones in front of him multiplied.
"Keep it!"
Lin Ye cursed his carelessness. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, he kept the beam of light into his spatial ring.
He left one in his hand and took a look.
Mm, it looked more thorough than ordinary stones.
The outer appearance looked a little like the jade from the Nine States of China, but a small amount of energy could be vaguely seen emanating from it.
It was probably the so-called Spirit Qi.
He didn't have time to study it for the time being. He casually threw it into his spatial ring and decided to wait until he had time to discover more about it.
"Of course ordinary zombies can't, but I'm different. I was once the Zombie King, a great expert who had surpassed Class 9. My innate constitution is stronger than ordinary zombies, and I can control the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Why can't I absorb spirit…"
Just as he said that, Yang Fusheng's eyes suddenly widened. He looked at Lin Ye in disbelief. "F*ck! Even spirit stones can be multiplied? You f*cking!"
"What are you making a fuss about? This is my European King's Heaven Fate! So what if I get a bonus drop this time? Even if I open a treasure chest, the drop rate is hundreds of millions of times higher."
Lin Ye pouted. He didn't plan to tell anyone about the 100xReward. Everything could be pushed to luck anyway.
So what if others suspected him? It didn't matter to him. Whoever dared to have any ideas would be beaten to death.
"You are ridiculous." Yang Fusheng glanced at the top of Lin Ye's head.
Under his green eyes, he vaguely saw a blurry golden dragon roaring at him and couldn't help but mutter.
On the high platform of the building hundreds of meters away from the two, the phantom of Lord Zi Yang narrowed his eyes as he watched the battle from afar, his gaze especially locked onto Lin Ye.
He pinched his fingers continuously, trying to deduce more about Lin Ye using his divination disk.
"Roar—"
A moment later, the golden dragon head above Lin Ye growled and clashed with him through the karmic threads formed from his divination.
Bang—
The divination disk shook violently and rumbled.
"What's the situation?"
Lord Zi Yang scratched his head. He was a little dazed. Had he been asleep for too long?
Why did it feel like something was wrong? Where did this golden luck dragon come from?
However, at the next moment, his eyes widened.
F*ck!
Even with his calm and collected attitude, he was a little exasperated.
Roar—
Another golden dragon appeared in his line of sight. With another blink, a hundred of them appeared.
In another blink of an eye, there were tens of thousands of them. They lined up one after another and it felt like there was no end to them.
Soon, tens of thousands of dragons gathered in the void, each with a different expression.
Some were arrogant, some were contemptuous, and some were a little crazy…
But all the golden dragons had the same goal. They fell like golden raindrops and crashed wildly.
Bang bang—
In the blink of an eye, the divination disk exploded and countless golden dragons tore through the air, causing a huge bump to appear on Lord Zi Yang's head.
"F*ck! This kid is strange!"
Lord Zi Yang cursed wildly and quickly did not dare to divine anything about Lin Ye anymore.
For f*ck's sake, he, Lord Zi Yang, was once a figure at the forefather level in the past. If others wanted him to divine something for themselves, they would have needed to pay him a million gold.
But when it came to this kid, he felt that he would lose his life if he continued divining.
He had never heard of fortune-telling being fatal. It was simply ridiculous.
Thinking of that, Lord Zi Yang turned around and walked around the building, his eyes flashing.
"Something's not right. Where did he come from? It feels a little scary! Will there be a problem with the legacy? But if I don't give it…"
His gaze turned to the main hall at the center, and then to Lin Ye who was fighting on the limestone path.
He sighed faintly. "There's not much time left! Let's give it another chance. It's rare to meet someone with such exaggerated talent and ridiculous luck."
"Dao is natural. Everything is up to fate. Kid, whether you can succeed or not will depend on your perception and talent."
As he spoke, he casually waved his hand, and an enormous pagoda that emitted three colored divine radiance descended at the bottom of the pavilion.
It stood opposite the pagoda he pointed at previously to Lin Ye and the rest.
On the other side, Lin Ye and Yang Fusheng were having a good time killing. The same went for the others. These 250 mechanical beasts were no match for them.
In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred of them had died.
"My lord, I found three spirit stones too." Tru stepped on the stomach of a Class 4 machine leopard and removed a heavy stone from it. He laughed and shouted.
"F*ck, no one is allowed to touch the spirit stones. You are only allowed to kill! No one is allowed to take the spirit stones!"
Lin Ye was furious. F*ck, this idiot's hands were really unlucky. 297 spirit stones were gone because of his action!
"Ah, this…" Tru froze resentfully.
Originally, he wanted to bootlick. Seeing that his lord was fighting with the green-eyed zombie, he also wanted to join in.
But who would have thought that he would do something bad out of goodwill? This reminded him of the Zombie Soul and the treasure chest.
The next moment, he was dumbfounded.
F*ck, European King's Heaven Fate. The lord has the European King's Heaven Fate. Did I do something stupid?!
The others snickered. Tru had bootlicked wrongly this time round.
"Move aside, I'm going to open a big one."
At this moment, Lin Ye was a little impatient. He had been wasting his time killing mechanical beasts. Since it was a chaotic battle, it was time for a huge commotion.
He threw a bottle of Tiger Pills to Li Xiaofeng.
Initially, he wanted to give it to him when he got back. When he had time, he could taste it himself and see if it could nurture his innate Yang Energy.
But he could not care now.
He used his mind to possess Li Xiaofeng and said to him, "Hurry and take the medicine! Your lord will lend you 100 million points of innate Yang Energy!"
"I!"
With the help of the medicinal bottle, Li Xiaofeng felt a terrifying suction force coming from the void the next moment. This suction force didn't absorb him personally but the innate Yang Energy within his body.
In an instant, his face turned pale again.
"Brother? What happened to you again?" Han Qingqing hurriedly supported him.
"No… I'm fine. I'm feeling a little weak. I'll be fine after some medicine."
Li Xiaofeng hurriedly replied. He didn't have time to explain and directly opened the cap of the bottle and started eating all the pills in it.
He usually did not dare to eat pills like this. If he ate too much, he would definitely die.
However, if he did not consume the pill, he would die from his lord's absorption of his Yang Energy as well. In just a few breaths, he almost died.
Meanwhile, Lin Ye felt that a large amount of his Yang Energy had been replenished.
Lin Ye nodded in satisfaction. As expected of a virgin. This innate Yang Energy was strong!
Crackle!
Golden lightning crackled from his palm like agile little snakes.
Following the palm print on his palm, it spread across his entire body. He looked like a god of thunder from the ancient era, executing the punishment on behalf of the heavens, looking imposing and inviolable.
Whoosh—
In the next moment, the golden wings of the Great Sage spread out behind him, and they tore through the air with the power of thunder.
He charged straight into the center of all the mechanical beasts.
"Biubiu—"
At this moment, all the mechanical beasts seemed to be infuriated by Lin Ye's actions.
All of them spat out energy bullets crazily in an attempt to blast this arrogant human to death.
On the other hand, Lin Ye was expressionless. A blood-red energy shield appeared around his body.
This was the Shield of Nature.
Class 5 Gold Armor—One of the active skills of the Force of Nature. It allows the user to be immune to energy attacks of Level 1-4.
As expected, all the wind blades, fireballs, water balls, rock spikes…
The moment they came into contact with the red energy shield, they were blocked and isolated.
Fortunately, the mechanical beasts had no intelligence and were unable to understand this. They continued to attack crazily.
With regards to this, Lin Ye did not dare to be careless. From the corner of his eye, he glanced at a mechanical beast that leaped up towards him with the intention of taking a bite on his neck.
Whoosh—
The shield of the nouveau riche bracer was pushed to the limit, easily blocking the bite on his back and attacking wildly.
"This density and range are enough!"
With his Heart's Web talent, Lin Ye saw everything clearly.
With him as the center, all the mechanical beasts were within a 50-meter range.
At this distance, it was enough for the Five Yang Lightning to deal a huge blow.
As for the reason why he did not use the Five Yin Lightning.
It was because these mechanical beasts had no vitality at all, and their bodies were made of all kinds of metals, so the corrosive effect was greatly reduced.
Unless he could advance another level, the efficiency of the Five Yin Lightning was far inferior to the Five Yang Lightning.
"Yang Five Lightning Technique—Crimson Palace Lightning!"
