The world begins with refining skills

Chapter 504 The Corrupted Heart of the World! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

"Another day of saving the world, I'm so great!"

On a lush, green hillside, Musheng lay in the grass, leisurely basking in the sun.

The breeze blows.

A fragrant scent of fresh grass filled his nostrils.

He couldn't help but feel a little tired; this kind of environment was perfect for a good night's sleep.

"It's been so long since I've felt such a natural atmosphere, it's so comfortable!"

Su Lei stood on the hillside, arms outstretched, feeling the wind blowing past her ears.

Since the three-month-long outbreak of supernatural phenomena, the pure energy has declined while the turbid energy has risen, turning the entire world into a ghost realm.

The resurgence of supernatural phenomena has affected not only humans, but also animals and plants, which have suffered annihilation in this upheaval.

Conventionally, the conditions that trigger ghosts are called the rules of murder.

But in reality, all living beings will die after triggering the killing pattern.

Aside from a few special ghosts, most ghosts kill people through supernatural corruption.

And even plants and animals cannot resist this method.

As a result of the supernatural event, the land became desolate.

Large numbers of animals died, and even plants withered due to the erosion of supernatural forces.

The whole world turned gray!
Even in the seven survivor bases that Mu Sheng built using the power of the Golden Ghost Prison, there was very little greenery.

Even for Su Lei and others who are Mu Sheng's family members, although their living conditions have not changed much, it is still difficult for them to see such natural scenery.

"It's so realistic!"

"Whether it's sight, smell, or touch, it's exactly the same as the real thing!"

Miao Xiaoshan exclaimed in amazement, then casually plucked a blade of grass, put it in her mouth, and chewed it.

"It tastes just like real grass!"

Seeing this, Su Lei couldn't help but smile and tapped her forehead with amusement:

"You didn't listen to a word I said!"

"This is true. Mu Sheng used his great magic to restart this area and turn back time to more than three months ago."

"Everything you are experiencing now is what actually happened three months ago."

"Huh? Is that so?" Miao Xiaoshan stared blankly at Su Lei, looking completely bewildered.

"Could we turn back the clock to three months ago? That way we could live like we used to."

"It's not that simple!"

Su Lei affectionately ruffled Miao Xiaoshan's hair.

Although she didn't quite understand how Mu Sheng did it, it was clearly not an easy task.

"Su Lei, Xiao Shan, look what I caught!"

Wang Shanshan's surprised voice came from not far away. The two turned around and saw her running over, covering her hands.

"What is it?"

Is it a butterfly?

Su Lei and Miao Xiaoshan were also curious when they saw her like this, so they leaned forward and stared at her hands.

Wang Shanshan chuckled, then suddenly opened her tightly clasped hands, revealing an ugly, brown caterpillar to the group.

Before Su Lei and Miao Xiaoshan could react, Wang Shanshan raised her hand, as if she was about to throw the caterpillar at their faces.

Su Lei and Miao Xiaoshan were startled and screamed in terror.

Even though Mu Sheng bestowed upon the two girls a divine position and granted them supernatural 'superpowers,' they were still just like ordinary girls, afraid of these furry things.

Um, plush toys don't count!

"what!!!"

"Wang Shanshan, you're going to die!"

"Don't run!"

The three girls chased and played on the hillside, their laughter echoing in the wind and carried far away.

Mu Sheng opened his eyes, looked up at the three women, shook his head, and then closed his eyes again, pretending to sleep.

As his consciousness sank into his body, Mu Sheng instantly found himself in a golden, otherworldly place.

Looking around, one sees golden pillars soaring into the sky.

In the center of these golden pillars, a damaged cruise ship has been carelessly abandoned.

The cruise ship was stuck between dozens of golden pillars, and no one knew how it got in there.

If someone gets close, they will notice that golden mist is constantly emanating from around the cruise ship.

The mist rose and condensed in the sky, slowly forming a golden pillar.

"It should be digested in about a month. There's still plenty of room in Ghost Prison. We'll go catch some more ghosts in a few days."

Mu Sheng flew up to the sky above the ghost ship. After observing the current digestion situation, he decided to prepare food in advance to prevent the Golden Ghost Prison from going hungry.

Since the completion of the fifth level, the Golden Ghost Prison has become increasingly powerful, easily digesting thousands of vengeful ghosts a day.

Thankfully, the supernatural event completely erupted, and there were ghosts everywhere outside; otherwise, just finding food for the Golden Ghost Prison would have taken a lot of effort.

He leaped into the cabin and quickly arrived at a room.

A golden pillar pierced through the roof, and the ghost captain was bound to the pillar with several chains.

"Let me see what you really are!"

Mu Sheng stopped a step in front of the ghost captain and placed his hand on its head.

A golden light suddenly appeared!
The power of the Golden Ghost Prison surged wildly into the Ghost Captain's consciousness.

The life of a foreign man named William flashed before Mu Sheng's eyes.

"No, not this!"

Mu Sheng had no interest in the Ghost Captain's past, so he roughly crushed the memory and searched deeper.

Soon, another memory surfaced before his eyes.

This time it was a woman's memory. Mu Sheng glanced through it briefly and then crushed it again.

This is one of the king's members that Polia mentioned was eaten by the ghost captain.

"where?"

"There must be something there, but where is it?"

The power of the Golden Ghost Prison continued to erode, and Mu Sheng's consciousness continued to deepen.

Finally, a trace was found in the deepest part of the Ghost Captain's memory.

"This is it! I've finally caught you red-handed!"

Darkness, an endless darkness!

At first glance, it might not seem like anything, but upon closer inspection, Mu Sheng quickly discovered a shadow.

A darkness deeper than pure darkness!

Mu Sheng was able to notice this anomaly not because he had any prejudice against black.

Those who know him know that, apart from silence, Mu Sheng treats every color equally, including black.

what?
You're saying Mo is also black?
Sorry, but not all black is the same.

Some people get their tan from the sun, while others get it from genetics.

The former represents health and sunshine. As for the latter, the word "gene" immediately conjures up images of chemical additives.

It is well known that foods with chemical additives are unhealthy.

Okay, that's all nonsense!
What truly made Mu Sheng notice something different was the sudden flashing of the refining panel.

"This situation seems somewhat familiar..."

Mu Sheng looked thoughtfully at the black mass in the darkness.

After much deliberation, I decided to take the risk and give it a try.

Consciousness ventured deep into the darkness, cautiously touching that shadow.
next second!
Mu Sheng's consciousness was like being caught in a vortex; even though his physical senses were no longer involved, he still felt dizzy. He didn't know how much time had passed.

Mu Sheng's consciousness lightened as he was flung out of the vortex and arrived in an unknown place.

Smelly!
stench!

A foul stench that made him feel physically uncomfortable instantly invaded his brain!

It's like the stench that emanates from a pile of corpses that have been rotting for decades, a stench that goes straight to the soul.

"What the hell! What the hell is this place?"

Mu Sheng was stunned. How could this stench directly affect one's mental state?

A magnificent golden light suddenly emerged from the depths of his consciousness, and with this protective layer, Mu Sheng felt somewhat better.

His consciousness swept across the void, and the surrounding situation appeared in Mu Sheng's mind.

The void was filled with corpses, maggots, torn human skin, and bubbling black slurry.

The void was filled with an eerie power so dense it was almost dripping wet.

The golden light surrounding Mu Sheng's consciousness also dimmed under the influence of this supernatural force.

"What terrifying supernatural power!"

"Where have I ended up doing this?"

Looking at his surroundings, Mu Sheng felt as if he might have entered some kind of ghost realm.

The golden light of the Golden Ghost Prison grew dimmer and dimmer, clearly indicating that the power of the Ghost Prison was being consumed particularly quickly in this void.

"Since we're already here, let's take a look around!"

Mu Sheng did not leave, but instead controlled this wisp of consciousness and flew in a random direction.

Not yet knowing where this place is, Mu Sheng plans to first find the boundaries and see how big this place is.

Thoughts like lightning!

The speed at which consciousness moves is also exceptionally fast; it can traverse tens of kilometers in the blink of an eye.

If this void has the concept of space!
Before the power of the Golden Ghost Prison completely dissipated, Mu Sheng's consciousness traversed an extremely long distance.

However, even after flying for so long, the surrounding environment remained unchanged.

Piles of corpses, scattered bones, and thick black liquid mixed with bodily fluids and blood.

If Mu Sheng hadn't been certain that his consciousness hadn't been misled, he would have thought he was trapped in a maze.

"We're out of time, let's stop here for now!"

Realizing that the Golden Ghost Prison Power he carried was about to be exhausted, Mu Sheng left a mark nearby.

He then withdrew from this eerie place.

Inside the Golden Ghost Prison, a new memory suddenly appeared in Mu Sheng's mind.

"The power of the Ghost Prison has been exhausted, yet we still can't see the boundary?"

Mu Sheng's curiosity grew. What exactly was that Ghost Prison power, and where did that sense of familiarity come from?

"continue!"

Without hesitation, Mu Sheng sent another wisp of consciousness into it, this time carrying even more power from the Golden Ghost Prison.

It's a hundred times bigger than last time; he refuses to believe he still can't find the boundary of this strange place.

The familiar dizziness returned.

Mu Sheng's consciousness once again entered this world of corpses.

"The markings I left when I left are still there."

"Very good, it seems that the area we enter each time is not the same."

Mu Sheng's confidence grew even stronger, which meant that he could explore the boundaries of this strange land by continuously entering and relaying the others.

go!

With a thought, Mu Sheng's consciousness, enveloped in a layer of golden light, continued to fly in the previous direction.

The supernatural power in the void continued to erode, and the power of the Golden Ghost Prison was also being consumed at a constant rate.

10%, 30%, 50%.
There is no concept of time in this void. Mu Sheng only remembers that when the power of the Golden Ghost Prison he carried was completely exhausted, he still couldn't see the boundary.

"Hey! I just don't believe it!"

"Come again!"

Mu Sheng went all out, this time bringing with him ten thousand times the power of the Golden Ghost Prison from the first time.

"If I still can't find it this time, then I'll..."

After a long time, consciousness returned!
"I'll try a different approach!"

"Can a living person die from holding in their pee?"

"There are many roads to Rome, there's no need to stubbornly stick to one direction."

"Since we can't find the problem by looking left or right, let's try looking up or down!"

Immediately, Mu Sheng released another wisp of consciousness, carrying a large amount of Golden Ghost Prison power, through the shadows deep within the Ghost Captain's memory.

We were transported to that eerie place.

"Try the top one first!"

When faced with the choice between going to heaven or going to earth, Mu Sheng didn't hesitate much and chose to go to heaven.

Compared to the stench-filled mountains of corpses and seas of sap, the situation above was better.

Fly! Consume! Escape!

After another fruitless attempt to explore upwards, Mu Sheng finally chose to explore downwards.

"Does this count as swimming in poop?"

Mu Sheng looked down at the dark sea of ​​juice with a look of disgust.

A large bubble on the sea surface burst, releasing a large amount of foul-smelling gas, before dissolving into the void.

After being enveloped in three layers of golden light, Mu Sheng finally plunged headfirst into the sea of ​​juice.

Mu Sheng is actually a bit of a germaphobe, although it's mainly his germaphobia towards outsiders; he can accept being a little unkempt himself.

But the fact that he could dive into the thick liquid, which was equivalent to a sea of ​​excrement, without hesitation shows how firm Mu Sheng's heart was in seeking the Tao.

The corrosive effect of the juice sea on the golden light was more severe than that of the supernatural power in the void.

Not long after he went into the sea, two layers of Mu Sheng's golden light shield broke.

Even a single layer of golden light couldn't block out the stench.

"It stinks!"

Mu Sheng felt his consciousness was about to waver, so he quickly activated the power of the Golden Ghost Prison and added three more layers of golden light shields to the outside.

As they delved deeper, the Golden Ghost Prison Power was consumed at an increasingly rapid pace.

Just when Mu Sheng thought he would return empty-handed again, he suddenly saw a glimmer of light in the deeper part of the seabed.

"There's light, so it really is hidden down there?"

Mu Sheng's spirits lifted, and he continued to dive downwards.

As it continued to descend, the faint light grew brighter and brighter. From the size of a grain of rice, it grew to the size of a bowl, and then to a pond.

Until the very end, Mu Sheng's entire field of vision was covered by a layer of half-light and half-dark light.

"What exactly is down there?" Mu Sheng became increasingly puzzled.

Finally, just before the power of the Golden Ghost Prison was about to run out.

Mu Sheng's consciousness pierced through a thin membrane and arrived in a vast and boundless void.

In the center of this void, a boundless sphere of energy floats.

A layer of black mist filled the void.

These black wisps condensed into pools of black slime on the surface of the light sphere.

These slimes swam across the surface of the light sphere, devouring the light emanating from within it.

"This is... the Heart of the World!!!"

(End of this chapter)