I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

Chapter 121 Extraordinary Ritual (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

"Notification: You have consumed 1000 units of Faith. The Safe Zone Mission Hall is under expansion."

"Prompt: You have consumed 50 units of Faith Points to upgrade the Mission Hall."

"Hint: Modification complete."

It's been a while since the safe zone was upgraded to LV3, and these days, Shi An has accumulated more and more faith points.

He began upgrading the buildings within the safe zone one by one.

The most popular training grounds have been upgraded to level three, and the number of training rooms has been expanded to 15, with each training room being several times larger than before.

The level 3 training room is currently the maximum that can be upgraded.

Afterwards, Shi An upgraded the "employee dormitory" and "hall" by one level, and renovated the expanded hall to create several private rooms.

The number of Dreamers gathering in the mission hall is increasing, and most people enjoy the lively atmosphere. However, it becomes less convenient for Dreamers to discuss important matters.

"Once we have more faith points, we'll build a few more private rooms."

"With these kinds of private spaces, even the strong can often talk about certain secrets."

For example, a few days ago, Shi An saw two experts from the Countermeasures Bureau talking about Zi Zijiang City, but they quickly realized that they could not discuss this matter in public and stopped the conversation in time, which made Shi An quite regretful.

However, most ordinary people who experience dreaming are indeed not suited to know this.

Shi An also spent the faith points he collected these days on upgrading Zhuo Ling and Ming Yi.

They all maxed out their abilities, getting stuck at the extreme level below the extraordinary.

Shi An sat in the store manager's office, resting his chin on one hand and tapping the table with the other, slowly pondering.

"The extraordinary path to advancement requires finding a way to break through from the sidelines, but that depends on more peak-stage Third Refinement Realm cultivators arriving in the safe zone."

Shi An guessed that people like Xuan Jian probably didn't know much about the extraordinary advancement process.

Within the Dreamers system, it's not a good thing to know too much information that doesn't belong to your level.

However, those at the third level of the Great Organization must know the method to break through.

Shi An renovated these private rooms precisely because he hoped that powerful people could discuss high-end topics during their conversations.

Hidden content.

"It is said that even among the captains of the Countermeasures Bureau, there are different levels of competence."

"From the captain of the Fifth Detachment, Fenhuo, to the captain of the Twelfth Detachment, these eight are at the same level. The fourth captain, Lu Qing, the third captain, Li Yunfeng, and the second captain, Bai Yu, seem to be much stronger than the latter eight. Fenhuo himself admitted that he is not as good as the three captains before him."

"The captain of the first detachment, a person who seems to be away from Baijiang City for most of the year, is at a higher level. The overall strength of the first detachment is far superior to that of the other detachments."

Shi An learned that the task of the first team was to make contact with other surviving cities.

I wonder what it's like in other cities.

"The method for achieving a breakthrough is either to wait for team leaders like Lu Qing to arrive at the safe zone, or to wait for veteran members like Xuan Jian to advance."

"Xuan Jian and the others should be able to fuse their second natal curse artifact soon."

There are three hurdles in advancing from the first level of the Refinement Realm to the second level.

Inside the Jiyi Martial Arts Academy, in an underground training space accessible only to true disciples, Xuanjian and Luoshajian were listening attentively to a lecture.

Xuan Jian, in particular, improved too quickly, which made his foundation and understanding of this kind of knowledge somewhat insufficient.

Standing before the two was a young man of somewhat ordinary appearance, who looked like an honest and simple person.

Xuanjian and the other man held the young man in high esteem.

This is their eldest brother, Luo Ping, the Sword-Breaking Luo Ping. Their master is in seclusion most of the year, so their eldest brother and second sister actually spend more time teaching them.

Senior Brother Luo Ping said, "The first hurdle is finding a suitable and powerful cursed object. You two have already obtained these cursed objects. The next hurdle is fusing the cursed objects."

"Fusing cursed objects seems simple, but we already have one cursed object in our bodies, and this second one is an even more powerful rare cursed object. We need to balance the cursed objects during the fusion process. This process must be done carefully, cautiously, and slowly."

The senior disciple explained the differences between the two.

There are no special requirements for the first fusion of a cursed object. Even if the dreamer uses the simplest and most brutal method—swallowing the cursed object whole—it can still be fused. However, such a brutal fusion method will cause some damage to the body.

There are many things to consider when fusing a cursed object for the second time.

"The two cursed objects need to be balanced; otherwise, our bodies as Dreamers will become a battlefield where the powers of the cursed objects clash. To balance the cursed objects, the level of control over cursed power is crucial, and of course, you two are qualified in this regard."

"Besides that, there's experience and secret formulas. These formulas are made from various precious medicines, which can effectively reduce the conflict between the two cursed objects during fusion, as well as the corrosive side effects brought by the new cursed object. This is also an advantage of our large organization."

In fact, the "Extreme Martial Arts School" doesn't keep these kinds of secret formulas tightly under wraps. The formulas are semi-public, and once a Dreamer reaches a certain level, they have many opportunities to come into contact with them.

However, even if a person suffering from dream-related illnesses possesses the secret formula, it doesn't mean they can afford so many precious medicines. Of course, the secret medicines are only supplementary; the most fundamental factors are the selection of incantation objects and one's own foundation and skill in incantation.

"The third hurdle is the time of refinement. Only by refining the second natal curse item can you officially enter the second refinement realm. Otherwise, you will always remain a senior first refinement realm cultivator."

"Similarly, one can only enter the third refinement realm after refining the third natal curse item."

"Refining is the most difficult hurdle to overcome. There are quite a few Dream Fallers who are stuck at the peak of the First Refinement Realm or the peak of the Second Refinement Realm. Like your fourth senior brother, and like the deputy captains of the Countermeasures Bureau."

The eldest brother also shared a lot of his experience in fusion and refining.

Xuanjian and the other person digested it carefully.

At this moment, Xuanjian asked, "Senior Brother, what about the Transcendent Realm? Isn't it even more special for someone to advance from the peak of the Third Refinement Realm to the Transcendent Realm?"

It will definitely be more difficult.

However, after the Dreamer refined the three natal cursed items, it seemed that there was no way to continue forward.

Refining a fourth natal cursed artifact? That doesn't exist.

Thirdly, there is the limit; the three cursed artifacts form the foundation for the path to transcendence.

He only simulated it with Xuanjian, but he still couldn't imagine where the Dream Faller should go after reaching the Third Refinement Realm.

"Extraordinary?"

The senior brother looked at the two of them and said, "You are still young and far from being extraordinary. Knowing too much is not a good thing."

"But I can tell you that the breakthrough to transcendence is no longer simply about refining or resonating with cursed objects, or manipulating cursed power to break through bottlenecks. The most important thing in breaking through to transcendence is—"

"ceremony."

"Find your own ascension ritual, and in the ritual, transcend, shed your mortal body, and take control of the extraordinary."

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"The opportunity to refine my first natal cursed artifact is almost here."

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Training Room Number One.

Shi An completed his daily training tasks and felt that a breakthrough was imminent.

If he had only chosen rare cursed objects as his destiny, he could have refined them long ago.

But he chose an exceptional cursed object.

Even before the superior cursed artifact was refined, his combat power was stronger than that of Black Tiger and Dragon Ox, so one can imagine the effect after refinement.

However, Shi An doesn't place much importance on his basic combat strength.

He values ​​the combat power when wielding the power of belief, as well as the overall strength of the safe zone.

Thinking of this, Manager Shi brought up the control panel.

"I already possess the template for the Cursed Dream item:"

"Ghostly Cloak (Rare), Heart Strike (Rare), Shadow Scissors (Complete), Tranquility Headband (

Complete), Ghost Hand (Complete), ————

"Note: Crafting a rare-grade cursed item requires 200 points of Faith, and crafting a complete-grade cursed item requires 50 points of Faith."

By now, he has accumulated quite a few templates for cursed dream items.

However, he couldn't possibly spend such a large amount of faith points to create a batch of cursed dream items that could only be sold for money.

At most, they would only create one or two pieces, or two or three pieces, and bestow them upon their own direct descendants.

"But what if the cost of building this could be significantly reduced—"

Shi An has been researching this for a long time, and now he has achieved results.

He arrived at the "exquisite alchemy workshop" of rare architecture.

After a few steps, a notification sound rang in my ears.

"Prompt: Do you wish to spend 20 Faith Points and other materials to craft the Rare Cursed Item Ghostly Cloak?"

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The other materials mentioned here refer to 10 Dream Crystals.

not cheap.

The development process will take time.

But the value of a rare cursed artifact goes far beyond that.

"Most importantly, many Dream Fallers, including those in the Refinement stage, may never have obtained a rare-grade cursed item in their entire lives."

Many of the current members in the Refining Stage in the safe zone are like that!

This is also related to their lack of experience and relatively poor foundation in the industry.

"And here, I can not only mass-produce rare-grade cursed items, but my warehouse is also piled up with many rare-grade cursed items, as well as a large number of complete-grade cursed items."

These magical items can't be left to gather dust in the warehouse.

Sealing cursed items is quite troublesome in itself.

Shi An suddenly felt that he could hold an auction.

Inside a private room in the safe zone, in the mission lobby.

Members Lao Wang, Duckbill Cap, and Li Wei gathered together.

They are all very senior members in the safe zone, and now they are all facing similar problems: finding a second natal charm item.

They weren't ready to fuse a second natal cursed object yet, but they needed to find one first. Otherwise, it would be awkward if they were to have everything ready but were missing a cursed object.

Old Wang, the guy in the baseball cap, and the others all had different requirements for the type of enchanted item, but they all had the ambition to choose a rare enchanted item to incorporate into their items.

So they agreed to each search for rare cursed items and exchange any that were unsuitable. Li Wei said, "Through the Nightmare of Ruins, we can go to the deeper Whispering Forest, where the probability of finding rare cursed items is much higher than in the shallower areas."

Old Wang shook his head slightly, "That's the deepest part. It's said that even the captains of the Countermeasures Bureau have to be extremely careful in these areas, as if walking on thin ice."

Even with the safe zone behind them, going deeper into the area at this point is still too risky.

Old Wang continued, "My men have discovered a massive nightmare in the West Third District. I can roughly pinpoint its location. Any of you interested in a fight?"

Both the baseball cap and Li Wei showed signs of interest.

The risk of conquering large-scale dreams in the shallower levels is much lower than that of venturing deeper into nightmares.

The profits from a large-scale nightmare are self-evident.

The group agreed on a time to plan their strategy.

At this moment, a new message suddenly appeared on the screen displaying the task list scrolling on the side of the private room.

It wasn't an emergency mission.

Instead—

"The first Safe Zone Auction is about to be held?"