Only Player

Chapter 227 Heavenly Fragments
The next few days.

Zhou Yuan worked day and night to handle unusual incidents in Chenzhou City, and soon became a well-known figure in the city and a hot topic of discussion among people after dinner. No matter in the streets or alleys, you could hear people telling legendary stories about him.

What about Master Zhou’s three fights against the White Bone Demon, Master Zhou’s rampage in the Forbidden City, Master Zhou’s seven-animal white fox demon, Master Zhou’s stick suppressing the gates of hell, Master Zhou’s pulling out the ghost tree…

In short, as the story was passed on from one person to another, it became more and more outrageous.

As his fame grew, Zhou Yuan gained a large amount of power of faith, but since the upper limit of his divine power reserves was too low, he could only frantically squander his divine power to transform the dark plane and dark creatures in order to avoid wasting this precious divine power.

It is urgent to increase the upper limit of divine power reserves.

Through the monster-killing activities over the past few days, Zhou Yuan's level has been raised to LV53, and the upgrade speed has gradually slowed down.

Because someone started to steal the business.

Every abnormal event is actually equivalent to opening a blind box, and there is a probability of benefiting from it.

Therefore, many extraordinary people began to look for anomalies everywhere after arriving in Chenzhou City. In addition, the local monks were also busy. For a while, most of the abnormal events in the city were eliminated, and the system task bar was even cleared at one point.

Really all walks of life are involved.

With no monsters to fight, Zhou Yuan had to focus on cultivation and the development of the dark plane, waiting for the opening of the secret realm near Chenzhou City.

In the past few days, he has been improving his psychic cultivation. He has mastered level 4 psychic powers and learned all the level 1-2 skills of various factions. Among psychics, he is a rare genius that is rarely seen in a century.

As for the disposable attribute points gained from leveling up, Zhou Yuan put most of them into the intelligence attribute, leaving only one point for perception to make it an integer.

Zhou Yuan’s current personal attribute panel is:

[Strength: 58
Agility: 51
Constitution: 56
Intelligence: 48
Perception: 60
Charm: 38]

……

Dark plane, the first city.

After several days of development, the number of dark creatures has increased several times, reaching as many as 15,000. Their reproduction and growth rates are extremely terrifying.

Some of the dark creatures stopped training and reproduction and instead devoted themselves to the construction of cities. They were mainly responsible for reclaiming farmland, planting trees, and mining, in order to meet the food needs of the tribe, create a livable environment, and collect resources for construction.

There is also a part of individuals specially selected by Zhou Yuan, who were transformed with divine power to make their brains more developed and their thinking more agile. They were then taught psychic knowledge and transformed into psychics.

In the future, these individuals will be responsible for building a psychic mind network, connecting all living things so that Zhou Yuan can have absolute control over creation.

At the same time, Zhou Yuan also popularized compulsory education in the dark plane, requiring all dark creatures to learn physics, chemistry, history, geography, biology and other subjects of the modern world, gradually accumulate knowledge and find areas in which they are good at.

After all, he has access to cutting-edge technologies from another human race in a parallel universe. These technologies cover multiple fields such as genetic modification, interstellar travel, energy, and also include design drawings of many destructive weapons. Therefore, he needs a lot of high-end scientific research talents to reproduce these black technologies one by one.

In fact, after the psychic system was rolled out, the IQ of creatures of all races was significantly improved. Some special mutant individuals completed junior high and high school knowledge in just a few days and began to delve into more advanced fields, such as genetic engineering.

These special individuals are what we call geniuses.

In addition to scientific researchers, a group of managers have also emerged among the dark tribe. They are proficient in planning, coordinating and monitoring every aspect. Zhou Yuan does not need to worry too much, as they can manage the city in an orderly manner.

At this point, Zhou Yuan can just be a hands-off boss and let the dark plane develop freely.

……

Boom!
A mighty echo resounded through the sky, like a divine hammer smashing down to the earth, shaking everyone's eardrums.

Like an earthquake, the entire Chenzhou city began to shake slightly.

Zhou Yuan suddenly opened his eyes and looked in the distant direction with some sensitivity. Through the walls and layers of buildings, across a distance of dozens of kilometers, he "saw" a space in a state of violence.

The sky and the earth shattered, and long and narrow black cracks appeared, like a broken mirror.

"The secret realm is opened!" An excited shout came from the street outside.

At this moment, countless powerful energy waves rose in Chenzhou City and rushed towards the secret realm outside the city.

A dazzling silver magic circle suddenly appeared in the room. With a flash of light, Zhou Yuan and others were teleported to the front of the secret realm.

On a hill, the silver light in Chen Guangxi's eyes slowly dissipated. He stared at the broken space in front of him, frowning slightly: "Such a serious spatial turbulence. If I rush in rashly, even my body might be torn apart."

"Back then, a huge battle between people at the Tribulation Crossing Stage or even Quasi-Immortal Level must have broken out here, otherwise the spatial turbulence would not have continued until now."

Ye Wushuang also frowned slightly: "This secret realm is very likely an ancient battlefield."

[Ye Wushuang is right. This is the battlefield where a group of people in the Tribulation Crossing Stage and Quasi-Immortal Stage fought a huge battle. There are countless corpses of gods and demons buried there, and countless great opportunities are hidden. Just a small reminder - there are not only fragments of divine nature with dark attributes, but also fragments of divine nature with light attributes.]

[An event has been detected, and tasks are being generated...]

[Mission name: "Light and Darkness"]

[Mission Objective: Obtain 0/1 Dark Attribute Divine Fragment in the Secret Realm, Obtain 0/1 Light Attribute Divine Fragment in the Secret Realm]

[Task Reward 1: Experience Points*8000]

[Task Reward 2: Star Coins*200000]

[Quest Reward 3: Epic Quality Skill Scroll*1]

Zhou Yuan's heart was excited. There were also divine fragments with light attributes?
"A lot of people have come." Jiang Wuming looked around, and in a blink of an eye, the mountains and plains were crowded with people. Even the sky was filled with flying cultivators and extraordinary people. There were at least nearly a thousand people, and among them there were many high-level powerful people.

"Be careful, there are many local demons and evil alliance members here."

Zhou Yuan took a quick glance and found dozens of demon cultivators hiding as martial artists and wanted criminals from the outside world. He secretly memorized their appearances and would strike hard at them if he encountered them.

"It is said that this secret realm contains the secret of becoming an immortal. I don't know who spread the rumor and attracted so many people." Jiang Wuming was shocked.

“It’s not necessarily a rumor.” Ye Wushuang whispered. After all, there was a quasi-immortal who died in it, so it was correct to say that there was a chance for immortality.

"So many people must have come because they are sure that there is real stuff. The Deep Space Eye has probably sold the news, and the major forces have verified the news through various means, otherwise they would not have sent out the 9th level."

Chen Guangxi looked up at the figures in the sky. They were all 9th-level extraordinary people, the pillars of strength of each force.

Just existing there is like being able to control the operation of the entire world and hold everything in the palm of your hand.

The temptation of the divine fragments is so strong that even a 9th-level cultivator would be tempted by it.

"There are so many level 9s. It seems difficult to snatch the divine fragments..."

Suddenly, Zhou Yuan felt the crow mark on the back of his hand getting slightly hot. Someone was actively trying to contact him, but the call was withdrawn immediately and just a greeting was given.

He narrowed his eyes. Did the Holy Crow Cult also send a Level 9?

boom!
At this moment, a loud noise erupted, and a 9th-level extraordinary person took action and forcibly calmed the violent spatial turbulence. The broken space was sorted out and turned into a huge spatial vortex, which was large enough to accommodate thousands of people in and out at the same time.

The figures of several 9th-level extraordinary people disappeared in an instant, and they were the first to enter the secret realm, followed closely by the high-level strong men of 8th and 7th levels...

"Let's go too." Chen Guangxi used space magic to wrap up Zhou Yuan and others, and turned into a silver rainbow and flew towards the vortex.

Passing through the passage, an ancient world comes into view.

The setting sun is blood-red, and the vast land looks desolate and empty at this moment.

The cold wind, with its biting chill, whistled across this land unscrupulously, as if singing a dirge for the loneliness and desolation of this land.

Looking around, everything was silent, as if completely dead, and it was difficult to find even the slightest pulse of life.

This desolate land has been completely abandoned by life, leaving only endless silence and emptiness.

A large group of civilian Extraordinary people poured in from the passage. Suddenly, someone pointed to the sky and shouted in surprise: "Look up at the sky!"

There was a setting sun hanging in the sky, a true setting sun. The bright red sun seemed to have been bitten by something, leaving a corner of it missing.

If you look closely, you can find that in the burning red fireball lies a huge Golden Crow corpse, half of its head has been bitten off, and red fire essence is constantly flowing out like a waterfall.

“Red Fire Golden Crow, actually died here…” Ye Wushuang sighed, “Looking at the wound, it must have been bitten by a heavenly dog. Did they die together?”

"Hurry, turn on the navigation and find a good place." Chen Guangxi looked at Zhou Yuan.

[The unethical navigation is guiding you, target location: Dark Divinity.

Sir, this way! 】

"Go this way." Zhou Yuan pointed in a direction.

Chen Guangxi controlled the space ball and flew over there quickly.

The ancient world is filled with a wild and desolate aura, as if returning to the ancient times. Passing through the flat and barren land, endless mountains appear in front of us, with some ancient palaces vaguely visible on them.

"Wait!" Zhou Yuan suddenly said, "Stop here!"

Chen Guangxi controlled the space ball and landed on a mountain peak, next to which was a ruined ancient palace.

Zhou Yuan ran forward and looked around, and was thinking of demolishing the palace. However, what made him extremely regretful was that the materials used in the palace had completely lost their spirituality and had all turned back into ordinary objects that could not be sold.

"What a pity." Zhou Yuan shook his head regretfully. If only he could demolish the entire palace...

"It's okay, just keep going."

"Let's go."

Everyone took off again and looked around. They could see countless traces of tragic battles all over the ground. They were all caused by the earth-shaking war. Some of the traces still retained terrifying auras and energy fluctuations.

At the same time, they saw many huge corpses lying between the mountains and the land, towering and terrifying, like ancient gods and demons.

There are skeletons of celestial pythons stretching across hundreds of mountains, the dried corpse of a giant ape leaning against a cliff, and a divine bird nailed to death in the wilderness. Crystal clear blood has gathered into a lake, and murderous aura is rising to the sky...

[There is a residential area ahead, no honking allowed, please slow down. 】

Zhou Yuan hurriedly asked Chen Guangxi to slow down.

Soon, a huge island that had fallen to the ground appeared in front of them. There were palaces all over the island, and traces of fierce battles, palm prints, knife marks, arrow holes...

"The architectural style here looks familiar." Ye Wushuang whispered.

After getting closer, the crowd found many skeletons wearing armor at the edge of the island. These ancient people seemed to have died in an instant, and their vitality was drained away. Even the spirituality of their armor was sucked away, turning into ordinary iron, which is now covered with rust.

"It's the soldiers of Heaven..." Ye Wushuang fell into deep thought, "Heaven has disintegrated. Was it shattered in the melee?"

"No, Jimei, was there a heaven in the past?" Chen Guangxi was surprised.

"Yes. The Heavenly Court was once extremely prosperous, suppressing all races so that they could not raise their heads...but now it has become the dust of history." Ye Wushuang shook his head, unwilling to say more.

Zhou Yuan poked a heavenly soldier's skeleton with the Zhendong stick, and it turned into powder and shattered on the spot before he could use much force.

It seems that there is no way to sell it for money.

"Let's go in and take a look. This is a piece of heavenly fragment. There may be good things inside." Ye Wushuang said.

To everyone's surprise, after so many years, the forbidden barrier in the city is still in effect. It is impossible to enter the city from the side or the air, and it seems that the only way to enter the city is through the front gate.

Soon, everyone found a staircase leading up the mountain. At the end was a collapsed stone gate. However, there were only two stone pillars left of the gate, and one of them was broken.

"See this staircase? Once you step on it, everyone will be under pressure from all directions. Only by walking through the stone gate under pressure can you get the qualification to enter the city." Ye Wushuang said, pointing to the hundreds of steps in front of him.

"What an ancient test."

Chen Guangxi complained that it was a classic plot.

"Ok?"

Zhou Yuan's expression suddenly changed. He looked back and found that dozens of rainbow lights were flying towards him and finally landed on the open space nearby.

The light dissipated, revealing the figures inside, and there were actually two familiar faces among them.

Chu Tianxiao and Yu Qingxuan.

They did not act alone, but were accompanied by disciples and elders from the same sect.

In addition, there are extraordinary teams from forces such as Spark Technology, the Holy Temple, and the MG Consortium.

And more than twenty local monks.

"Tsk, the secret realm is so big, how come it came to our place?" Jiang Wuming said with displeasure.

"I feel like they came here to follow you." Zhou Yuan shrugged. "After all, with you here, the mortality rate will be infinitely lowered."

Again, no one would dislike a scapegoat like Jiang Wuming who can be resurrected infinitely. As long as you stay by his side, your life will be guaranteed to the greatest extent.

"Fuck, believe it or not, I'll just commit suicide!" Jiang Wuming took out a loaded pistol and pointed it at his temple.

"Brother Jiang, Brother Jiang, don't bother with them. Doesn't this just show that you are tall and strong?" Bai Xiao and others quickly stopped him and snatched the pistol.

This guy is so unlucky. It will be troublesome if he dies by accidental discharge of the gun!

(End of this chapter)