I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

Chapter 129 Mineral Vein Membership Restricted Mission (3K)

Shi An held the incomplete map in his hand and examined it carefully.

He hadn't expected that there was a "map" category in the loot options.

He had previously considered issuing tasks to members like Xuanjian to draw maps of areas such as the Pale Wasteland and the Whispering Forest.

However, it is difficult to achieve.

The deep nightmares are so vast that those who fall into them are like grains of rice scattered into the ocean, with no way of knowing where they are.

Perhaps in the future, as the number of powerful members increases a hundredfold or a thousandfold and spreads out into deeper regions, the map can be gradually drawn up.

but not now.

Seeing the option to "have a map," Shi An naturally chose it without hesitation. He knew all too well how important intelligence was in the Nightmare difficulty walkthrough.

"The bad news is that this map appears to have been drawn by a traveler, is not 100% accurate, and only records a corner of the Pale Wasteland region."

"But the good news is that this map not only records the terrain and landforms, but also includes some special areas!"

A corner of an abandoned city is drawn on the tattered parchment.

Judging from the map alone, this place doesn't look much different from some modern cities. It's just that there are relatively few areas that can serve as landmarks.

Occasionally, small hills, rivers, and wooded areas can be seen in the city.

In the upper center of the map, there is a black skull symbol. Shi An guessed that a powerful and eerie entity existed there.

On the left side of the map, near the end of the remaining map, there is a bright red marker.

There are also annotations in small Chinese characters on the side.

"Firestone!"

"A mineral deposit hidden deep within the nightmare!"

"Everything deep within the nightmare is real, containing all sorts of wonders and treasures, although these areas are also accompanied by danger."

Shi An murmured.

"And this flint—"

Flint, also known as flint, is a very important material for humankind!

Firestone has only one ability—to expel the supernatural.

A single piece of Firestone is weak, even weaker than a flawed Ghost Candle. But these Firestones are like bricks in a city wall; their quantitative accumulation is enough to cause a qualitative change.

When there is a sufficient quantity of Firestone, and it is used in a special way to build structures and walls, humans can create a place to live in the Nightmare World.

"Firestone is an essential material for humans to build camps, and the demand from all factions is extremely high."

"Besides building camps, high-level Dreamwalkers sometimes carry specially processed Firestones when venturing into the depths of nightmares. They can use Firestones to set up a temporary small camp for themselves to rest."

In the shallow nightmare area, the dreamer can occasionally scavenge a few Firestones, but only one or two, or three or four.

However, there is a firestone vein in that area.

"I need firestone to build watchtowers, although the demand isn't huge, but there's a high possibility that future buildings will require large quantities of firestone raw materials."

"In addition, Firestone can also be sold to forces such as the Countermeasures Bureau and Wizard Houses. For large forces, they will never have too much Firestone."

Shi An wasn't interested in making money.

At his level, Dream Crystal is just a string of numbers.

He needs Dream Crystals, but he's unlikely to lack them.

"But now I'm in the same boat as the Countermeasures Bureau and the Wizard's House. If Baijiang City falls, my situation will also become precarious."

"Once this batch of Firestone is mined, it will be able to build more camps, giving humanity more possibilities in the Nightmare World."

"Not only that—"

While camp construction is supposed to be exclusive to major factions, who says members of their safe zone can't build their own camps?

Premium members can form a team of ten.

In the future, the safe zone might even introduce higher-level groups like warbands.

When these senior members establish camps, his influence in the safe zone will also expand.

"However, whether this flint mine still exists, and the confirmation of its exact location, are questions."

The biggest challenge in creating a map in the nightmare world is that the dreamer has no idea where they are.

Xuan Jian and the others had no idea where they were; they simply used their membership privileges to travel to the area where another group of members were located.

Shi An quickly devised a solution to this problem.

He raised his gaze to overlook the safe zone and the area surrounding "Watchtower One".

At this point, part of the map of the area surrounding Watchtower No. 1 matched the "incomplete map"!

"That's true. The area that Xuanjian and his team are attacking is a certain area on the outskirts of the Pale Wasteland. The incomplete map also shows roughly this area, not too far from the 'map entrance' of Watchtower One."

The map matched, which was unexpected, but also reasonable.

The distance is not far, which means that he does indeed have the potential to develop this firestone deposit.

Of course, the most urgent task is to determine whether the mineral deposit still exists. How to mine it and how to pinpoint its coordinates are things to consider later.

"Should we send Zhuo Ling or Li Feng to investigate?"

"No, there's no need. It can be simpler."

Employees are a last resort and should not be used lightly.

The store manager used the "task posting method"!

Members have been complaining about the lack of high-level missions, and now we have them.

"Ding!"

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A new mission has appeared in the safe zone lobby.

This task glows with a faint golden light, offering hundreds of contribution points as a reward, along with dream crystals, spell scrolls, and spell items.

Wow! The rewards for this mission are amazing!

"The last time the Countermeasures Bureau issued a large commission here, the reward wasn't this generous!"

"To be fair, the total reward for the mission from the Countermeasures Bureau was higher, and the rewards distributed among the strong were also considerable, but this mission still yields several hundred contribution points!"

That's more than them conquering the nightmare ten times!

If they can complete this task, they will be promoted to members of the safe zone immediately!

However, the requirements for accepting the mission are: "Ordinary member & already entered the second level of the Nightmare World".

"Ummm, we're not even qualified to receive the mission! Damn it!"

"Just a passerby, this is to be expected. Such a generous reward must come with a high degree of danger, which means that only people with extremely strong abilities are qualified to carry it out. Restricting members is perfectly normal."

"Shut up, you member upstairs!"

"Although I am a member, I haven't stepped into the second level of the nightmare yet, so I still can't accept missions —（∀）."

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The members weren't unmoved, but compared to those Dreamers who weren't familiar enough with the safe zone, they were more aware of the situation.

They are well aware of one thing—contribution points are extremely valuable, so how could they be so easy to earn?

Membership and access to the second level of Jiangmeng are merely basic requirements.

Whether or not this task can be accepted ultimately depends on the review process.

But they were also a little curious.

"What kind of mission is this? It says we need to investigate a certain area of ​​the Pale Wasteland, but we can't see any specific details. Only the team that ultimately receives the mission can see all the information. What a pity."

In addition to the rewards of Dream Crystals and Cursed Items, the commission also awarded a total of 1200 contribution points.

However, these 1200 contribution points are evenly distributed among the three members of the entire team.

Shi An requested that the mission be accepted in a three-person team.

After all, it was a long journey.

Furthermore, when the Dreamers fall into the deeper layers, they cannot determine their location. The only way to reach the Firestone Mine using a map is to start from Watchtower One.

Shi An estimated that it would take the dreamers several days or even more than ten days to travel through this process.

Teams of three are relatively safer and more secure.

Fortunately, after falling deeper, the dreamers are even more tormented by nightmares, and the duration of their dream-falling episodes is greatly prolonged. When they wear the Dream-Falling Bead again, the duration of a single dream-falling episode is no longer just five or six days, but half a month, a month, or even longer.

Only during such a long period of dream-like existence can members have the opportunity to carry out certain tasks.

Many experienced members have already started calling on their friends and family to form teams to compete for this task.

Shi An handed over the initial screening to Lina, and only needed to be responsible for the final selection.

He went to the workshop and entered the two newly acquired blueprints.

"Ding!"

"Notification: The workshop has entered the Berserk Potion blueprint."

"Note: The workshop has entered the Life Potion blueprint."

"Note: A sophisticated alchemy workshop can reliably produce ordinary quality potions. Under 'mutation' conditions, there is a chance to produce excellent quality potions, and a very small chance to produce perfect quality potions."

Ordinary, excellent, and perfect potions—according to the rules of the Nightmare World, these are all just ordinary-level potions.

It's not even in the rare tier yet.

but!

The three are vastly different!

The perfect-grade potion not only has no side effects, but its medicinal effects also far exceed those of the ordinary-grade potion.

It's not a difference in quantity.

Rather, it is quality.

Shi An has already tested it with the curse potion.

The corrosive side effects of ordinary-grade curse potions intensify significantly after the third or fourth dose. Even if he can use purified water as an antidote and continue drinking curse potions, the potion's effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

According to Shi An, a user who spends a lot of money on in-game purchases, the effects of ordinary-grade spell potions weaken significantly by the fifth dose, and they don't restore much spell power.

This could be due to drug resistance or the body's potential no longer being fully utilized.

However, for the superior and perfect grades, the upper limit for use is far more than five.

"Normally, Dreamers don't use so many potions in a short period of time, but perfect potions also mean faster and more stable recovery of magical power, and their effects in battle far exceed those of ordinary potions."

"What about a life-saving potion? A perfect grade might mean that its healing power and recovery effect have a higher upper limit."

What ordinary level cannot cure, perfect level can cure.

Even a common-grade life potion is a miracle drug for those who have fallen into the dream realm.

With anticipation, Shi An began to refine two kinds of potions.

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