I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

When the library was first established, rare spell scrolls were very expensive, costing several hundred contribution points for a single attempt to comprehend them.

But things are different now.

As the library collects more and more scrolls, the number of members from the safe zone who go to the library for further study is also increasing. Now, the library is condensing spell scrolls at a rate that is dozens of times faster than in the past.

These spell scrolls are meaningless to pile up; their true value lies only in their use by members, thereby enhancing their power. Shi'an has already lowered the price several times over the past few months.

among them,

Rare spells like Rising Dragon Slash, Spell Armor, and Fleeting Shadow are the most abundant in the library's collection, so naturally, they'll see the biggest price reductions. Logically, with these scrolls cheaper, members will rush to exchange for them, and the inventory will be depleted quickly.

However, due to the characteristics of the Spell Library, after members learn these spells, their spiritual light can converge to form these spells. The cheaper the scroll is sold, the faster it condenses.

There is no problem of insufficient supply.

"However, nearly a third of the 62 rare spells are unique copies."

These rare and unique scrolls fetched higher exchange rates during periods of stability.

In addition to contribution points, there are often realm requirements... Basically, only those in the Transcendent Realm can exchange for a chance to comprehend, ensuring that there will definitely be gains.

Shi An opened the library's catalog list, scrolling through it line by line, a look of satisfaction on his face.

"That's true depth!"

"The Spell Library is indeed a building that requires accumulation. In the early stages, its function is not even as good as that of an ordinary training ground, but now..." Before the martial arts arena opened, the library was the most favored place by the strong.

"Moreover, this library of spells has not yet reached its peak."

"In the future, it is entirely possible for libraries to collect thousands of spells and produce thousands of books every day."

Even now…

The spell library contains spell materials that far exceed the total of those in Baijiang, Lindong, and Chongshan.

This refers to spell data, not spell illustrations.

The number of incantations with records and general cultivation methods in the three cities is far less than this.

"Of the 62 rare spells collected in the library, most do indeed have a learning threshold and are only suitable for a few extraordinary individuals. However... there are also many spells with low learning thresholds and practical applications."

Both the Cursed Armor and the Rising Dragon Slash are examples.

Beside this there is:

"Rare spells: Spell Power Sword Transformation, Instant Step, Mental Scan, Mountain Crash Fist, Rising Dragon Fist, Mind's Eye, Afterimage Substitute, Boiling Blood... and more!" Covering all aspects of offense, movement, and support!

A Dreamer in the Refinement stage is lucky to learn even one rare spell, but what about the Transcendent? A Transcendent who has awakened a support talent can make up for their weaknesses after a period of seclusion in the library, and can even become a main DPS.

If a transcendent being masters three or four rare spells to a high degree, they can attack and defend, advance and retreat as they please. Against those transcendent beings who can only fight with their innate talents, it would be a dimensional reduction attack.

For example, "mental scanning" is a large-scale detection method that prevents superhumans from being easily ambushed.

For example, the "Mind's Eye" skill, when practiced to a high level, can become an instinct, giving one an extremely keen ability to warn of any danger, allowing one to charge in and out of enemy lines even with one's eyes closed.

For example, "Boiling Blood" is a rare spell that originated from Xiao Xue. It cannot be learned during the Refinement stage, and it will have some side effects for extraordinary individuals. However, it can greatly increase one's combat power in critical moments. This is a secret technique.

The difference between even a small rank among extraordinary powerhouses is significant, especially from the mid-to-late stage and from the late stage to the Great Perfection.

However, if one of the two extraordinary beings possesses a compatible magical artifact and has mastered the complete set of magical spells, while the other is merely a primitive extraordinary being.

It's not an exaggeration to say that the Trisolarans crushed the primitive humans, even those who were one, two, or three levels above them.

the other side.

Tiannan City.

As the provincial capital, Tiannan City was a gathering place for elites even before the city collapse disaster. It has the best laboratory in the Great Xia Dynasty, a large number of powerful people, and top-ranked experts in the country.

After the city collapse disaster, some county-level cities could not hold on for long before being completely submerged.

The three prefecture-level cities of Lindong, Chongshan, and Baijiang also experienced a period of turmoil before gradually stabilizing. Even so, constrained by their circumstances and beset by internal and external troubles, the development of the three cities was very slow. Before the emergence of the safe zone, the number of extraordinary experts in the three cities was even more difficult to increase. While one or two people might advance to the third level of the Refinement Realm, some veteran extraordinary experts would also perish.

Tiannan City is different!

It's true that Tiannan City faces greater defensive pressure, but the number of strong individuals in Tiannan City also far exceeds that of the three cities of Baijiang.

On the one hand, there were many extraordinary beings in Tiannan City before the city fell.

On the other hand, even after the city's fall, and despite the extraordinary rituals becoming ten times more difficult, Tiannan City still found a way to break through. Even during the era of the city's fall, Tiannan City still saw the emergence of many new extraordinary individuals.

The acting director of the Tiannan City Countermeasures Bureau is a half-step Ascension Realm expert.

This is not because Tiannan City lacks more powerful figures; it's simply that after entering the Ascension Realm, the essence of life and soul rises, and the bond with the Nightmare World deepens. Such figures are bound to "get lost."

Therefore, Tiannan City is now under the full management of this acting director, "Director Dai".

Inside the meeting room, representatives from various departments, including major forces in Tiannan City, were present to give routine reports.

For example, one faction conquered several Nightmare dungeons last week, and another faction began clearing out a region.

Conquering and expanding—things that seem almost impossible in Baijiang and other cities—are just routine in Tiannan City.

The Tiannan City Countermeasures Bureau led the formation of two pioneering corps and three siege corps.

It is filled with powerful individuals.

Each corps also achieved remarkable results.

After listening to the report, Director Dai suddenly changed the subject and asked, "What are your thoughts on supporting the three cities of Baijiang? I don't want shirking responsibility; I need concrete ideas and plans!"

Baijiang City and Tiannan City share the same roots, and he has always had the idea of ​​supporting the three cities.

However, it is difficult to implement.

The distance between Tiannan City and the other three cities is too great; even for extraordinary individuals, a trip would take at least two or three months. Traveling through the Nightmare Wilderness for such a long time, it's impossible to predict what unexpected events might occur.

"Director Dai, we also want to help the three cities of Baijiang, but we don't have the conditions to do so. Our Tiannan City is barely able to survive. If we send a team of all extraordinary members to the three cities, sending too few people won't be very effective, and there might even be accidents along the way. But sending too many people will inevitably affect the development of our Tiannan City. We've only just managed to get things going."

"Yes, Director, the only way to provide effective support is for Tiannan City to develop a means of transportation that can quickly traverse and cross regions. It would be ideal if there were a wonder with such capabilities."

Director Dai frowned.

He understood that what the others said was true, and he could only sigh, "But don't forget, only by gathering all the power we can use can we, the humans of Earth, possibly escape this nightmare world."

After the meeting, Director Dai and several high-ranking officials from the Countermeasures Bureau held a small meeting.

The reason he brought up the idea of ​​connecting the three cities again at today's meeting was because he had been provoked a few days ago.

"Have the merchant caravans of the Traveler Civilization left?"

"Yeah, they left yesterday, saying they wouldn't stay in this nightmare world for long, and we probably won't meet again."

A few days ago, this merchant group arrived in their Tiannan City.

The merchant group claimed to be from the Traveler's Civilization.

A powerful and extraordinary civilization capable of traversing various nightmare worlds.

Director Dai and his ilk believed it.

because,

The powerful figures of Tiannan City had long known that in addition to the intelligent and bizarre forces, other civilizations also existed in the Nightmare World.

They have excavated some relics left by ancient civilizations.

Not a lot.

Also because,

The traveling merchant group brought out far too many things that they had never seen or heard of before.

For example, they possess a complete set of standard magical artifacts;

For example, the spell scrolls they presented were sold in boxes.

Clearly, the Traveler Civilization possesses a sophisticated method of scroll creation, unlike them who can only use primitive recording techniques.

such as,

"Every single person in the Traveler Merchant Guild is an extraordinary individual, and by the standards of our Tiannan City, any one of them would be a first-rate extraordinary individual, a top-tier powerhouse! This is not because they are geniuses, but simply because the Traveler Civilization's training system far surpasses ours."

This is just one group of merchants, not the entire civilization of travelers.

Director Dai said, "But as long as we can integrate all our forces and escape the nightmare world, in the future, our Tiannan City and our Great Xia will also have the opportunity to become a powerful civilization."

"This time, although the traveler's merchant group asked for an exceptionally high price and took away a large amount of our dream crystals, materials, and precious medicines, we also obtained many high-end spells, books, and items. As long as we can study even a little bit of them, this deal will not be a loss for us."

"It's a pity that the Traveler's Guild doesn't sell methods for breaking through to the next level."

Yes, Tiannan City also lacks a method for advancement.

But in any case, the arrival of the traveling merchant group showed them more possibilities.

They will not be trapped in this nightmare forever.

They must save themselves, and they can save themselves!

As for waiting for rescue from the "truly real" Great Xia, Director Dai had already given up hope. The more they learned, the clearer it became that the nightmare was terrifying. The arrival of the nightmare was an unstoppable trend.

Perhaps by now, most cities on Earth have already collapsed.

All they could do was carve out a way out of their nightmare.

"Where has the road to Tongdao Tiannan City been laid to?"

Shi An asked.

Luo Susu said, "We've already entered the Dark Forest. At the current rate, our safe zone might cover Tiannan City in about a month."

Shi An nodded slightly.

The watchtower transit camps in the safe zone can only be built one at a time.

Laying the foundation from Baijiang to Tiannan City seemed incredibly difficult, but in reality, the construction speed at the watchtower camp was faster than the travel speed of the extraordinary individuals. After all, by traditional means of travel, the journey from Baijiang to Tiannan City for extraordinary individuals was extremely long.

Throughout the journey, Chaofan remained vigilant at all times, which drained his mental energy and naturally slowed down his travel speed.

The watchtowers are laid out differently.

The exploration, reconnaissance, and pioneering strategies along the way were all handled by different teams. And it was a relay race from one team to another, ensuring that the extraordinary warriors heading north were in peak condition.

Of course, even so, the laying was not always smooth.

So Russell only said "maybe".

Sometimes exploration teams might go the wrong way and waste time—but Dreamers traveling across cities often get lost too, it's just a matter of how long they're lost. This is why it takes several months to travel from Baijiang to Tiannan City.

In contrast, with the watchtower camp as their backup, the exploration team wouldn't stray too far from the right path, even if they took the wrong turn.

Sometimes, the watchtowers at the rear would also be mysteriously destroyed.

This might be due to an incorrect location choice.

However, this does not affect the construction of the watchtower in front, and the relocation of the camp to a new site in the rear is just a matter of one mission.

One to say one,

The safe zone already covers three cities and dozens of camps. Under these circumstances, he doesn't lack strong individuals to carry out missions; what he lacks are high-level missions. High-level missions always require competition.

time flies.

In the past few days, all cities and regions have been calm, and the strong are seizing the time to improve their strength or earn contribution points.

However, within the Red Maple Alliance, the atmosphere was somewhat delicate.

"Village Chief, something's happened! Red Maple Town is questioning us about why we went to the safe zone without permission, and several extraordinary beings have already come knocking!"

At the Shicun campsite, some people were in a panic.

"What's the panic?" Shi Wannian remained calm. "This was expected. Send these letters to the Giant Tree Camp, the Cave Camp... and this letter to the safe zone, to the people at the Baijiang City office, and..."

Immediately afterwards, Shi Wannian personally welcomed the envoys from Red Maple Town.

He began, "I have something I'd like to say to Mr. Ranfeng in person."

Two days later.

Giant Tree Camp.

The Giant Tree Camp has three extraordinary leaders, but they are not highly ranked within the Red Maple Alliance because each of them has their own stance and faction. The Grand Leader, Chen Shouyi, is the founder of the Giant Tree Camp.

The three leaders have already made it clear that they are the people of the Lord of Burning Maple City.

The second leader is a neutral party.

However, the Giant Tree Camp is also quite famous. Envoys from the three cities of Baijiang, including Tiannan City, would choose to rest at the Giant Tree Camp when passing through this area.

The location of the giant tree camp is also generally known.

Today, a solemn atmosphere permeated both inside and outside the Giant Tree Camp, as one extraordinary being after another arrived.

"They've arrived! It's Ginger Tree, the leader of the Acorn Camp!"

"And there's also the second leader of the cave camp, 'Shirakawa'!"

"Sure enough, Shi Wannian from the Stone Village camp has arrived too... Could it be that our camps are really going to fight the Red Maple Alliance? No way!"

Some people had a solemn expression.

Although these campers didn't like the arrogant Red Maple people, they didn't want to get into this kind of unnecessary conflict.

After all, we are all human.

After all, life is already tough enough.

At this moment,

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A tremor was heard.

In the distance, a colossal figure appeared—a terrifying, grotesque creature shaped like a bus but completely covered in flesh and blood, with eight legs extending from its body. "No, not a monster, but a mobile camp transformed from the remains of an extraordinary, bizarre being! Because its outer shell is a monster's remains, it won't easily be noticed by monsters! This is the camp in Red Maple Town!"

Someone in the know whispered.

Sure enough, the mobile camp stopped a few hundred meters away from the giant tree.

From above, a total of sixteen Dreamers from two teams, dressed in red maple battle suits, stepped out first. They stood upright and lined up on both sides.

Then, one extraordinary person after another made their appearance.

"Skull Crusher Tang Hand!"

"Lin Yichen, the Swordsman Who Chases the Wind!"

"Burning Blade - Zhou Tan!"

These individuals are all renowned powerhouses in Red Maple Town, with formidable reputations.

But when the Lord of Burning Maple City came out, many Dreamers around him gasped in surprise.

A person's name is like a tree's shadow!

Lord Burning Maple City is undoubtedly the local tyrant and the strongest in the central part of the Ghostly Whisper Forest!

The Lord of Burning Maple City's gaze swept across the area, finally settling on Shi Wannian.

"Late-stage Transcendent Realm, all grown up now?"

Shi Wannian stepped forward and cupped his hands in greeting: "That's not the case, Mr. Ranfeng. We have never intended to be your enemy. It's just that we yearn for the safe zone. Why are you pressing us so hard?"

Shi Wannian explained many principles.

For example, the Red Maple Alliance has always been just an alliance that sticks together for mutual support; it's just that the Lord of Burning Maple City became the leader of the alliance.

For example, the safe zone is also a loose alliance, a treasure trove for cultivation, and holds the promise of the future.

They are still members of the Red Maple Alliance, but they want to go to the safe zone for further studies.

But to the Lord of Burning Maple City, this only meant three words: Wow! Wow!

He laughed in exasperation.

The Lord of Burning Maple City certainly didn't want to actually start a fight. Even if he could kill all the extraordinary beings like Shi Wannian, he would only be branded as a scourge for harming humans, and would not gain much benefit.

Shi Wannian and his group were even less inclined to fight.

However, we must take this opportunity to put things out in the open today.

then,

Shi Wannian invited several influential intermediaries.

Yan Xiangtian, the deputy director of Baijiang City!

Wang Tieshan, the chief captain of Chongshan City!

Zhou Huai'an, the deputy director of Lindong City!

And there's also Mr. Fagui, who represents the safe zone!

Lord Ranfeng narrowed his eyes. He really hadn't expected Yan Xiangtian and the others to appear here.

These city leaders don't usually travel far from home easily.

The Giant Tree Camp is not close to Lin Dong City, and even further from Bai Jiang City and Chong Shan City.

Yan Xiangtian said, "We are here today at Mr. Shi's invitation. We are all human beings, and my idea is that even if there are conflicts, we should restrain ourselves within a certain range. Let's talk first."

However, after a heated argument, they naturally failed to reach an agreement.

At this point, Wang Tieshan suggested, "In that case, let's follow our common rules and decide the outcome by combat!"

In the Nightmare Wasteland, if two groups discover a treasure trove at the same time, they will engage in a duel to determine ownership. Those who have fallen into the dream ultimately value strength.

When in doubt, a fight is the best way to convince people.

Lord Ranfeng's gaze swept over Yan Xiangtian and the others. He paused and said, "Alright, to be fair, I, the city lord, will not take action, lest I be accused of bullying the weak."

The leaders, including Shi Wannian and Chen Shouyi, exchanged glances and agreed with the proposal.

A fight might change Lord Burning Maple's mind.

Let's see how much they've accomplished in their training in the safe zone.