Bi Mo Zhi Jian

Chapter 177 The Bizarre Realm Training Ground, Mysterious Value Soars!

Thorn vines, once grown, are essentially plants.

Plants are the easiest to enlighten.

Perhaps it will work!

And with the foundation of 'Seed of Thorns,' a purple uncanny object, once enlightened into 'Plant Life,' it will undoubtedly be incredibly powerful.

Compared to a powerful uncanny artifact, a plant life is clearly more valuable.

The Brilliant Scepter, as a golden legendary uncanny artifact, could indeed enlighten a purple uncanny object… theoretically.

"In that case, I won't hand over the Seed of Thorns to Master Wang Chui for now. Forging uncanny objects into uncanny artifacts merely reduces side effects; when used for enlightenment, it might not be as good as the original state."

"But I have to wait. When I reach the Fourth Awakening, perhaps I can directly enlighten a non-human plant life."

"The other purple-grade uncanny object, 'Dawn Breaking,' is a purely offensive uncanny object. In its normal state, it can purify uncanny evils; its full burst is like the day of dawn… although it's an exaggeration, it also highlights the immense lethality of Dawn Breaking."

"For the current Torch, this uncanny object has good practical utility, and its side effects are relatively low, only that after use, one's eyes will go blind, and their mind will become somewhat abnormal, constantly muttering things like 'Praise the Dawn.'"

These detailed pieces of information were revealed on the game panel after he placed the uncanny objects into the base's warehouse.

No need to test with human lives.

Although the side effects of Dawn Breaking were still quite significant.

"This one can be handed over to Master Wang Chui for modification."

"As for the other thirty-five blue-grade uncanny objects, quite a few are very impractical, but some are highly practical. They can all be forged by Wang Chui."

"This can greatly enrich the organization's exchange list, and Xing Jinglei, Yi Luoxi, and the others won't be without uncanny artifacts to use."

"A great harvest!"

Even though he knew the secret realm produced a lot, he was still pleasantly surprised.

This was also why no one had ever ventured into this secret realm. The uncanny objects produced from its birth until now, accumulated and harvested all at once, appeared exceptionally exaggerated.

In the future…

"In the future, it will still continuously produce uncanny objects, and the harvest will not be small!"

"No wonder Yi Yueluoxi was so sure I was rich. Indeed, the secret realm has given too much."

He summoned Liu Shang to count the mysterious plants here.

After Liu Shang made a round, she seemed even more excited than him. "There are a total of 49 types of mysterious plants here, and we don't have 17 of them. Among these, there are even two tier-three mysterious plants."

Tier one is equivalent to white-grade materials.

Tier two is equivalent to green-grade, and tier three is equivalent to blue-grade. While a single material is less valuable than an uncanny object, it's the quantity that matters!

One plant can yield several portions of material, and some can yield twenty or more. They can also regenerate and recover.

Liu Shang carefully transplanted several small grass-like plants, which emitted a faint glow as if speckled with stardust, into flower pots filled with special soil.

"This is the Nether God Grass. Eating it directly can enhance mental strength, but it's best to make it into a potion to maximize its effect."

"But I have to take these few plants to cultivate first. Mentor, you can't waste them carelessly!"

Liu Shang protected the Nether God Grass as if guarding chicks.

Seeing that Fang You had no intention of taking them, she then turned to another peculiar fruit tree and said, "This is the Blood Snake Fruit Tree. Its fruits have a certain body-tempering effect, but the side effects are not small. This kind must be made into a potion before it can be eaten."

It's a pity there's no recipe, so she'll have to let Yin Ling tinker with it.

Liu Shang called over several girls from the cultivation department, and they carefully tended to each mysterious plant, transplanting them into the base.

She didn't care about the other mysterious materials.

Even tier-three, blue-grade special materials, she didn't even glance at.

Uh, perhaps she didn't recognize them?

After all, tier-three materials don't necessarily emit blue light; their preciousness isn't immediately apparent. He himself had to rely on his detection skills to identify each material.

And in Liu Shang's eyes, there were probably no other items besides plants.

"There are several miniature mysterious ore veins in the secret realm. The largest one is the Uncanny Crystal ore. The exact reserves are uncertain, but…"

He picked up a piece of raw ore containing uncanny crystals.

He tapped it, applying a little force, and the raw ore block shattered, with several uncanny crystals falling out with a clatter.

And in front of him, raw ore blocks like this were everywhere.

It was too rich, and he could just pick them up!

The secret realm was paved with money.

He summoned some regular members from the base, letting Liu Shang oversee the resource statistics work for the secret realm, and had An Jianyou responsible for clearing out uncanny evils outside the secret realm.

There were uncanny evils everywhere outside; if some weren't cleared, construction work would be difficult, and uncanny evils would constantly roam into the secret realm, drawn by the scent of people.

They were so annoying.

"I'll give you four combat teams, a total of twelve awakened individuals, to clear out all uncanny evils within a five-kilometer radius."

"No problem, leave it to me."

An Jianyou patted her chest vigorously, causing her Silver Bell armor to clang under her jacket.

She quickly left with twelve members from the combat department. The girl leading the team seemed a bit excited.

Let her be.

An Jianyou's current strength was enough to clear out surrounding uncanny evils with ease. Whether it was a single powerful uncanny evil or a swarm of hundreds, she could destroy them in an instant.

Assigning her some personnel was only to improve efficiency.

After assigning the tasks, Fang You raised his head, his mental power spreading out, capturing a node. The next moment, the gray mist before his eyes thickened.

He arrived at one side of the uncanny world.

Uncanny evils roared and lunged at him. He flicked his fingers, accurately killing them.

"Life energy is running low again."

"Fortunately, I have the Tear of the Angel for high recovery and the amplification of the Brilliant Scepter."

In the state of possessing Xiao Huan, his mental power was extremely high.

But when he fought directly, wearing the Lamp-fire White Robe, equipped with the Tear of the Angel and the Hand of the Sky Net, and wielding the Brilliant Scepter.

Under the enhancement of these gorgeous equipment, his original body was stronger and consumed less.

Xiao Huan: So love disappears, right?

He made a round of the secret realm in the uncanny world. He didn't find any more uncanny objects; it seemed they only spawned on the Blue Star side. There were also fewer mysterious plants and materials than on the Blue Star side, and he didn't find any uncanny crystal ore.

However, there were many Mingguang trees, a great many, the entire perimeter was full of them.

Perhaps this was the ecosystem of the uncanny world.

"We can transplant more Mingguang trees to the cultivation area. With this batch of raw materials, we won't be short of Mingguang torches when we expand our exploration teams in the future."

Fang You arrived at the edge of the secret realm in the uncanny world. Beyond this point, the gray mist was thick.

Visibility was very poor, but he could occasionally glimpse terrifying giant shadows in the distance, which then disappeared into the gray mist.

He stood at the edge, gazing at the drifting gray mist, lost in thought.

From time to time, uncanny evils rushed out from the gray mist, all of which he killed one by one.

"It seems… feasible."

After contemplating for a while,

Fang You clenched the Brilliant Scepter and walked outward.

One step, two steps, three steps… over ten steps, he didn't light a Mingguang torch, and he was already engulfed in thick gray mist. Even the secret realm behind him seemed less clear.

The whispers in his ears grew sharper, and grotesque faces appeared before his eyes.

"Roar!"

"Hiss—!"

"@#%#...!"

The next moment, brilliant lightning exploded, annihilating them all.

But in an instant, another large group of uncanny evils emerged, far more numerous than the clustered uncanny evils outside; they were truly uncanny crowding uncanny, and even more powerful uncanny evils hid among them, waiting for an opportunity to ambush.

"It is indeed harder to kill, but once I can kill, it's a massacre, and I don't have to run around like outside."

"However, the consumption of Palm Thunder for group kills is a bit too much, not cost-effective."

He borrowed Yi Luoxi's Split Lightning skill. This skill had been cultivated to the expert level by Miss Yi. In an instant, azure lightning arcs split and multiplied, obliterating the uncanny evils one by one, from near to far.

He didn't have Yi Luoxi's talent, but his two-dimensional attributes were stronger.

Starting with the second, third, and fourth casts.

He cast one every so often, and occasionally used Palm Thunder to eliminate powerful individuals within the swarm of uncanny evils. If the gray mist were to dissipate now, looking down from above, the uncanny evils would look like they were rushing forward to be slaughtered.

The speed at which his mysterious value increased was terrifying.

After a short period of grinding, the figure of a four-star uncanny evil appeared in the gray mist. He frowned, "A four-star uncanny evil, even in the outside world, would require continuous bombardment to kill. It's even harder to kill within the uncanny world. Even if I could kill it, the cost-effectiveness would be too poor."

He was only here to grind monsters and level up.

Thinking of this, Fang You activated the lightless state of the Lamp-fire White Robe and quickly retreated using the Phantom Void Step, withdrawing into the secret realm.

Some uncanny evils also pursued him.

He didn't kill them but directly returned to the Blue Star side.

"As expected, very few uncanny evils followed, or rather, they couldn't come over and could only slowly infiltrate the Blue Star surface."

"This way, the leveling plan centered around the secret realm is completely feasible."

Grinding in the uncanny world without light, the biggest fear was attracting powerful monsters.

Even if An Jianyou could leave from any shallow part of the uncanny evil swarm, it required chanting time, and in a moment of danger, it might be too late.

But through the secret realm, it was different; he could return with a single thought.

And powerful uncanny evils couldn't cross over.

Of course, there was a small chance that powerful uncanny evils might linger around the secret realm, but that was not a problem; he could possess Xiao Huan to lure the monsters away.

"This is sufficient."

"There is no absolute safety. Breaking through to the Fourth Awakening as soon as possible will give me more advantage when dealing with cultists."

Fang You glanced at his own panel.

In just a short while, he had gained over two hundred points of mysterious value.

And if he were to sweep through the uncanny evils in the forest, a group task would involve a few to a hundred, and with a full day of non-stop effort and sufficient potions, he could complete a hundred such tasks.

At most, two to three thousand uncanny evils.

Assuming, among them, there were ten three-star uncanny evils, a hundred two-star uncanny evils, and the rest were one-star uncanny evils, and considering a three-star uncanny evil provides 6-15 points of mysterious value, a two-star uncanny evil provides 0.6-1.2 points, and a one-star uncanny evil provides 0.1-0.2 points.

In total, at most four to five hundred points of mysterious value per day.

It was also exhausting, requiring constant mental focus, a state that could only be maintained for two days at most, no longer.

Among the Apostles, only he, Black Knife, and An Jianyou could do this.

In comparison, grinding monsters in the uncanny world was much faster!

Infinitely faster!

After a few minutes of intense concentration, he could retreat to a safe area to rest, using the time for other tasks, working on both leveling and other tasks simultaneously.

It was perfect!

Fang You operated in this mode, grinding for a few minutes, resting for two hours, then grinding for a few minutes.

There were also dangerous moments, attracting a terrifying monster. He immediately executed a tactical retreat and, after three hours, entered again in the possessed state of Xiao Huan to probe.

He found that the giant shadow had disappeared.

This repeated.

In just four days, he had accumulated the mysterious value required for the Fourth Awakening.