Worldwide Awakening: I Got Stronger If I Make Out With A Hot Girl

Chapter 24: An Odd-shaped Cave (Part 1)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

They left the twisted jungle and the mysterious Ferdican tribe behind, which had been completely obliterated.

Bai Han glanced at the 148 crystals in his equipment bar and vowed to bring them back to the real world no matter what the outcome of the mission was. After all, the system and the local residents had entrusted him with their last wish.

Of course, he was also very curious. What were these crystals used for? It was obvious that there was a huge connection with the Initial Mystic Realm forest. Every encounter on this journey seemed to be significant, but the constant danger had left him with no time to contemplate.

[The system has issued the mission.]

[Ding! To do or not to do this mission.]

[Mission briefing: The 300 yards ahead is the end of this mission series—the Odd-shaped Cave. Everything inside the cave is unknown. After entering the cave, the system will no longer provide any notifications. The cave is completely isolated from the outside world and the twisted forest. Killing or destroying the final core of the Ant Lion’s nest will be the final destination of this series of missions. Of course, you can also choose to leave and return

to the Initial Secret Realm Forest to wait for the next series of missions.]

[Hint: There are no monsters in the cave, but this doesn’t mean that it is very safe. A place without monsters is the most unsafe place.]

The system notifications always seemed so vague and difficult to understand. Was there some terrifying mechanism or hidden boss lurking within this cave, a place without monsters being the most dangerous of all?

Bai Han couldn’t help but wonder. As the outline of the cave gradually appeared before them, the group began to have second thoughts about proceeding and considered returning to the Initial Mystic Realm forest to wait for the next mission. Something about the cave seemed off, as if it were unsupported by sand.

The darkness within the cave seemed endless and different from any usual cave darkness. Normally, one could at least make out the cliff formations within the darkness, but here there was no such trace.

The equipment in the cave was as black as charcoal, appearing like the purest black panel in the world. The cave itself was shaped like a giant maw, causing a sense of unease to settle over the group. Could this massive cave actually be a monster that would consume and digest them if they entered?

“Should we go back? We can obviously choose to do this mission or not,” Lin Yuwei suggested, casting a fearful glance toward the cave. The two remaining special forces soldiers readied their rocket launchers, having replenished their ammunition from the mobile arsenal.

“Let me give it a try first.”

“Boom!”

Everyone watched in shock as the rocket disappeared into thin air without even a sound of explosion.

“It’s come to this. We can’t turn back now,” said Bai Han as he picked up the Evil Sickle and Void Staff and strode into the cave. Lin Yu followed him, equipping herself with the Battle of Water and Fire and the Crossbow, as well as additional defense and items.

“If these two young people can do it, why can’t we?” The special forces soldiers were fired up, and the two of them took out the M249 from their armory. If anything unexpected happened, the power of this gun could kill everything.

When they walked into the cave, it seemed to be an endless train track. The ground was very uneven, but these bumps were even arranged in a regular pattern, just like the rails of a train track.

“Be careful, there are no monsters here, but there are probably traps everywhere. Yuwei, use the Mirror of Aether to check what’s ahead,” Bai Han instructed, remembering that they had a divine artifact that allowed them to view anything within a 1000-yard radius.

Lin Yuwei took out the Mirror of Aether, and the four of them lined up in a row. In order not to hinder the vision of the mirror, Bai Han used the aether diameter to directly illuminate everything 1000 yards ahead!

What they saw was terrifying: withered hands protruding from the cliffs, gripping the corpses of ant lions. The special forces soldiers fired their weapons at the hands, but it seemed to have no effect. The system didn’t give any notification, confirming that this place was indeed isolated.

In other words, this place should be the nest of those so-called antlions!

But why was this place isolated from the world? What important secrets were hidden behind this? Bai Han examined the Mysterious Creature he had retrieved from the Antlion Guard, which turned out to be just a crystal on the feeler on the back of the Antlion Guard. He felt a strange connection between the crystal block and the crystal core, as if they were meant to be combined.

He slowly put the two objects together and was surprised to see that they became a mirror resembling the realm of aether. It was clear that this was an item meant to strengthen the realm of aether.

Quickly, Bai Han replaced the old mirror with the new one and activated the Realm of Aether, which now illuminated the entire odd-shaped cave.

They could see that this place was almost a complete maze. At this moment, everyone remembered the old Ferdican’s last words before he died.

“Remember, no matter what, once you enter… Guard maze… don’t believe anything you see.”

The old man’s words before he died replayed in everyone’s minds over and over again.