I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

"It's finally over! That was a tough battle!"

Xi Xue twisted her swollen arm and let out a sigh that seemed to come with great difficulty.

Spades: ..…….…”

He looked around, left and right, and found that everyone was basically unharmed, with only a few minor abrasions that could hardly be called injuries.

How is it hard work to complete a strategy where everyone is safe and unharmed?

Don't even talk about everyone being unharmed. In a major battle, as long as no one is killed, it's often considered a great victory.

Along their journey, they had witnessed too many forces suffer heavy losses in a single battle. Even they, brothers and sisters, had experienced many near-death experiences. Spade had originally anticipated that the worst-case scenario would be that everyone would suffer some injuries and take some risks.

Because we need to be wary of the strange things around us and the people of Gray Earth Town.

The results of it?

The worst-case scenario did indeed occur, but the supernatural and bizarre creatures that attacked were directly killed by the powerful warriors sent by the shopkeeper.

There's someone to cover the losses.

In Spade's view, this battle was already a foregone conclusion.

However, Xi Xue and Xuan Jian's complaints about the hardships didn't seem fake. Moreover, Black Spade could tell that it wasn't that Xuan Jian and the other young people couldn't endure hardship; on the contrary, they were courageous and determined. Xuan Jian and his group seemed more like…

I haven't experienced much hardship.

Is it possible that someone who has fallen into nightmares has never experienced hardship and has easily conquered their nightmares all along?

He initially thought this was impossible, but then he suddenly thought of the safe zone.

Perhaps, it is possible.

Spade looked around and saw that the gray fog in the entire giant tree area had thinned out considerably.

"It seems that this strange demonic tree is indeed the core of the entire area. We have now conquered this area."

"Next, we can choose a site to build the watchtower and search for the precious medicinal herbs in this area."

When it comes to precious medicines, many people's eyes light up.

Before they came, they knew that this area was rich in "tree heart," a rare and precious medicinal herb.

Hongtao was a money-grubber and couldn't wait to search... Even though these precious medicines weren't hers, handling them was still a pleasure. Xixue suddenly thought of something: "Right, what if those people from Gray Earth Town stole our precious medicines while we were fighting? That Shachen guy looked so shifty; it's very possible!"

She was very angry when she thought about this.

Spade spoke up: "Probably not. The extraordinary beings from Gray Earth Town were scared off by the one under the shopkeeper's command."

Spade still had the energy to observe the surroundings.

However, he didn't notice the extraordinary being in Gray Earth Town at first. It was only later, when the extraordinary being was frightened and his breathing became unstable, that he realized the other party was spying from a distance.

With the black-armored general under the shopkeeper's command, even if the extraordinary beings of Gray Earth Town had a few more guts, they wouldn't dare to linger.

As for whether the people of Gray Earth Town found and took away any precious medicines before the outbreak of the great war, Spade believes they did, but not many. The enemy may have taken a few tree hearts.

They exchanged a few tree hearts for the other party to attract the attention of the eerie demon tree.

Spade believes this deal is a complete win.

"After all, if it weren't for the attraction of the people of Gray Earth Town, which allowed us to quickly get close and directly attack the demon tree's main body... it probably wouldn't have been so easy to kill this demon tree."

The most dangerous place to deal with the demon tree is on the periphery, where they can only passively take hits.

If they were to rely solely on a few people to try and reach the demon tree's main body, they would likely have to pay a price.

As the nightmare descended, the group quickly searched the surrounding area in pairs.

There are also some dead tree spirits in the area, but these eerie creatures pose no threat.

The sweeping of the area took quite a while.

It took them more than an hour to unearth all the treasures in the area.

"Wow! So many..."

One tree heart after another was laid out before them, and clusters of green fluorescent light illuminated the surrounding environment.

Red Hearts were counted.

"Ten years of tree heartwood, 92 seeds!"

"16 heartwoods from a century-old tree!"

Based on the market price of 800+ Dream Crystals for a single core of a century-old tree, these precious herbs in front of us are worth over 10,000 Dream Crystals. "In addition, there are 22 other common precious herbs scattered around."

"A rare second-tier cursed artifact extracted from the demon tree."

"In addition, the rewards obtained from the Nightmare rules after conquering the Nightmare include Dream Crystals, precious medicines, and spell scrolls, with a total value of around three thousand Dream Crystals."

The total profit from this battle exceeded 20,000 Dream Crystals!

This is an enormous fortune, comparable to the income of many powerful organizations for three or four months, or even half a year.

It's important to know that these major powers have only been established for a year or two.

Even someone as accustomed to seeing all sorts of treasures as Spades has to say it's outrageous.

But he noticed that while Xuanjian, Xixue, Yang Linna, and even Little K who hadn't yet reached the extraordinary level were excited, there wasn't much greed in their eyes. The fact that they could maintain such restraint despite having enormous wealth right in front of them was something Black Spade truly admired.

After all, he did have a fleeting thought of stealing the treasure and running away to the ends of the earth.

Of course, he only thought about it briefly.

I absolutely dare not put it into action.

Moreover, we need to stay close to the safe zone to seize the future.

The quest already explains how to distribute the treasures after completing the mission.

This was an official commission from the safe zone, so the treasure went into the safe zone's warehouse. The seven players who participated in the strategy and Little K each received a substantial amount of contribution points and Dream Crystals. Furthermore, they all possess the privilege of purchasing a Hundred-Year Tree Heart at a discounted price (limited to one per player).

In the eyes of Spade and the others, this was a very successful strategy.

They paid a low price but gained a huge benefit.

"If such an operation can be carried out from time to time in the future, the income of us extraordinary individuals will far exceed that of the past."

But Spade understands that only the safe zone has the capability to frequently carry out such operations.

What if it were another faction?

Top-tier forces like Nightmare Town can indeed send out seven or eight extraordinary experts at once.

However, Nightmare Town's location is fixed, and they've already explored most of the surrounding areas. Venturing into more distant areas would be exponentially riskier.

Only the safe zone can do that!

"I've heard that there are 'mobile' camps in the Nightmare World, which are built upon wondrous structures. If these are the types of camps, they certainly have the ability to continuously conquer Nightmares, but..."

The efficiency is still lower compared to the safe zone.

Besides,

Spade knew very well that the number of extraordinary experts that the safe zone could gather was far greater than what they had seen today.

He looked at the three members of Hearts: "So you understand now that you need to stick close to the safe zone, right?"

Shi An merely glanced at the enormous gains in Black Spade's eyes before instructing Luo Susu to register them in the inventory.

He remained calm and composed.

After all,

When Spade and his team conquered Nightmare, Shi An also received his strategy reward.

He estimated that conquering such a high-level area would yield decent results, but the actual gains were much higher than expected.

"That's probably true; the 'first clear' rewards are generally higher."