Chapter 1 Special Cave

[System: Congratulations on arriving at a special cave, the Obscure Zone.]

[System: The Obscure Zone is a newly discovered special cave with entirely unknown conditions.]

A newly discovered special cave? So this cave just appeared and no one has explored it yet? Is that why the conditions are unknown?

Interesting. Lin En closed the system page and began preparing to explore.

...

Walking through the gray cave, Lin En was a little disappointed. This new cave didn't seem like much. Apart from being a bit large, he hadn't seen anything of interest along the way.

Also, perhaps due to the gray environment, Lin En could only see about two hundred meters. Beyond that, everything was a hazy gray.

After walking for a while, Lin En was surprised to see a building in the distance, at the farthest point of his 200-meter vision. Could it be some kind of ruin?

Finally, something different. Lin En quickly walked towards the building, covering the 200-meter distance in a flash.

Lin En examined the large gate in front of him. It seemed to have something written on it—*** Town. He couldn't make out the first three characters at all.

He stared at it for a long time but couldn't recognize them. The characters were too damaged. Forget it. He'd go inside and see if he could find any information about this place. He wondered if there was any.

He stepped into the town and slowly walked in. Walking down the street, Lin En noticed that it seemed like people lived here. There were shops on both sides of the street, and vendors all around, with stalls filled with various goods.

Looking at the fruit on the fruit stand, he saw a few droplets of water still on it, as if it had just been sprayed.

Lin En pondered for a moment, then went to look at the other stalls. Sure enough, each stall was brand new. The items on the stalls were arranged neatly, while some were a bit messy, as if customers had been picking through them. The most important thing was that there wasn't a speck of dust on anything.

He wiped a table and looked at his finger, which wasn't dirty at all. Was it a little too clean?

...

Just as Lin En was about to continue exploring, a wave of gray mist spread from the east, quickly engulfing the entire town.

Watching the gray mist envelop him, Lin En couldn't do anything but passively wait, and then be swallowed by the mist.

After being swallowed by the gray mist, Lin En felt his eyes go dark, but the next second, he recovered.

Back to normal, Lin En looked in surprise at the bustling street. What was going on? And everything was bright now, without that gray haze.

"Hey! Customer, if you're not buying anything, could you please move out of the way?"

Turning his head to look at the boss glaring at him, Lin En said awkwardly, "Uh, I'll be on my way now." He awkwardly left the stall and walked elsewhere.

Soon, Lin En had explored the entire town. The current town was very ordinary.

Standing in the center of town, Lin En looked at the lively scene around him, unable to see anything wrong. Oh, right, the town's name.

Looking at the mosaic covering the town's name, Lin En sighed. Why couldn't he even see the name? What secrets were hidden here?

No matter how he looked at it, it was a mosaic. Even using the power of the law to focus on his eyes didn't help. However, using the Eye of Law to examine it reduced the mosaic a little, but he still couldn't see it clearly.

Forget it. Since he wasn't allowed to see it, Lin En returned to the town center, found a chair, sat down, and began to think.

Soon, Lin En began to use his divine sense to explore the town, and then he discovered something unusual.

The people walking around in the town, laughing and talking on the streets, would immediately disappear as soon as they stepped into their homes.

Just as Lin En was about to continue exploring, his eyes suddenly went dark, and when they lit up again, he had returned to the gray, deserted town he had started in.

Lin En frowned, and then his divine sense began to explore again. Sweeping back and forth, he actually found a hidden basement. He came to the top of the basement and directly used the power of law to open a passage.

Looking at the formed passage, Lin En jumped straight down, and then restored the passage to its original state.

Looking at the empty basement, Lin En began to wait patiently. What would appear here after the change?

Time slowly passed, and after more than an hour, the change came again.

A flash of black and white, and then Lin En saw more than a dozen treasure chests appear in the originally empty basement. The treasure chests were covered in a gray haze, making it impossible to see what level they were.

At this time, a system prompt popped up.

[System: Congratulations on discovering a hidden treasure in a special cave. Please choose one of the treasure chests to open.]

Alright. Looking at the gray treasure chests, Lin En randomly chose one. Since he couldn't see anything clearly anyway, it was all the same.

[System: Essence Conversion*1]

[System: Gray Mist*10]

[System: Mist Dust Earring*1]

Oh! The first one looks pretty good. It should be a skill? Let's see.

Name: Essence Conversion

Category: Special Skill

Effect: Convert between tangible and intangible.

{Tangible and intangible, true and false}

Yep, it's a skill. He learned it. He directly tapped on it, and he quickly learned it. Feeling the information about the skill, sure enough, this skill allows him to transform from a tangible body to an intangible body, and vice versa.

Not bad. Lin En was very satisfied with this skill. It's a top-notch life-saving skill, because after becoming intangible, others can't attack him, although he can't counterattack either.

Name: Gray Mist

Category: Item

Effect: Virtual Realm Transformation

{Gray mist can virtualize a small area into a virtual realm}

Lin En looked at the information about the gray mist. Virtual realm? Could it be the place he enters after virtualizing?

He'd know after trying. Lin En took out a ball of gray mist and threw it forward. Upon touching the ground, the gray mist immediately spread out, eventually covering three square meters.

The gray mist was very faint, and could be seen with the naked eye, but it didn't seem to change anything. After a while, seeing that the gray mist hadn't changed, Lin En stopped looking at it and looked at the last item.

Name: Mist Dust Earring {Lower Divine Artifact}

Category: Accessory

Effect: Gray Mist, Automatic Virtualization

{An accessory made by the Goddess of Virtual Mist, allowing people to enter the virtual realm}

Holy crap! A divine artifact! Lin En looked in surprise at the earring in his hand. It was inconspicuous, but it was a divine artifact. Could you believe it? Very simple and unadorned.

After the excitement, Lin En immediately felt disappointed. Why was it an earring? Oh well, having something is better than nothing. Since he couldn't use it himself, he'd send it to Li Na.

Speaking of which, Li Na should be gathering her people soon, right?

Lin En skillfully opened the mailing system and sent the Mist Dust Earring over.

Now Li Na would be even safer. This way he could feel more at ease.