I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

the next day.

Tian Hua and his group remained in Tiannan City.

They will stay in Tiannan City for some time, and the Tiannan City authorities have opened up some special areas for them.

For example, there are several wonders, a library containing a lot of nightmare information, and several not-so-classified laboratories.

Tiannan City has never refused visitors.

As long as they are partners, their wonders can be provided for a fee. After all, Tiannan City's strength has never been solely due to these few wonders.

However, the Nightmare Wilderness is vast and dangerous, keeping various human factions far apart.

There aren't many outsiders, the Fallen Dreamers, who are able to reach their Tiannan City.

"Spectacular Scene: Stormy Waterfall"

"Spectacular: Q&A Before Tomorrow"

"Spectacular Scene: Leaping Over the Dragon Gate"

The first wonder is a waterfall. Standing beneath it and being washed by its waters can enhance physical strength and cleanse the body of impurities. It is a rather practical wonder for cultivation.

The second wonder is a small hut. Dreamers can enter it and ask the wonder a question related to themselves.

The official advice from Tiannan is to ask questions related to cultivation, and not to be too outrageous.

This wonder cannot answer every question; it cannot answer how to break through to the Ascension Realm.

But if a spectacle can provide an answer, then the answer it provides must be correct.

"This is probably just a fairly ordinary spectacle, but as long as you find the right way to ask, it can still bring important insights to the person who has fallen into the dream," Shi An murmured.

He was initially curious about this spectacle and wondered if he could ask about the direction of his talent development.

However, after the official explanation from Tiannan City, Shi An lost all expectation for this spectacle.

I definitely can't answer that.

Even the Martial Arts Arena, a superb building, cannot touch the Protected Land in the slightest. To expect this wonder to guide it is asking too much. "This 'Leaping Dragon Gate' is probably the most precious of all the public wonders in Tiannan City, possessing the powerful ability to enhance human potential without any side effects. Once one leaps over the Dragon Gate, one can gain various benefits such as increased potential and breakthroughs in cultivation levels."

"The downside is... not many people can leap over the dragon gate."

However, Shi An also believes that there is a limit to leaping over the dragon gate.

For example, the four bizarre creatures, including Little Blood, are perfect transcendent beings who ascended from a "perfect foundation." Can their potential be further enhanced? Shi An thinks not.

You can give it a try if you have the chance.

Many members would be interested.

To Director Dai's surprise, the people in the safe zone didn't seem very interested in the spectacle. Tian Hua went straight to the laboratory, while Wu Feng headed to the library. "These people in the safe zone have extraordinary self-control to resist the temptation of the spectacle!"

The head of the countermeasures bureau, who was in charge of entertaining Tian Hua and his group, was amazed.

He had also hosted guests from other places, and as soon as they heard that the magnificent buildings in Tiannan City were open to them for tours and use, they couldn't wait to go there.

It's human nature to be impatient.

But it is even more commendable to be able to restrain this urgency.

This shows that they are all people with great ambitions and perseverance.

actually not.

Tian Hua was simply not interested; he was more interested in the experimental project in Tiannan City.

As for wonders and cultivation? There are already plenty of cultivation treasures within the safe zone.

Wu Feng was slightly interested, but he wasn't in a hurry. They had already arrived in Tiannan City, and their cooperation and exchanges with Tiannan City would only become more frequent in the future. The wonder was there and wouldn't disappear, so there was no need to rush.

Although on the one hand, it's because he's had too many spectacular experiences.

Therefore, Wu Feng went to the library as soon as possible, as arranged by the store manager.

the other side,

Although Tian Hua had extended an invitation, and the enormous ark had piqued the curiosity of many, Director Dai was, after all, a figure responsible for the 20 million residents of Tiannan City, and he didn't have that much free time.

As for Ark and all that, maybe we'll go another time.

If I don't have time, then forget it.

As he was thinking this, he suddenly heard someone report that some old friends had arrived.

"An old friend? Yan Xiangtian."

"Why is he here?"

Director Dai and Yan Xiangtian were once comrades-in-arms sharing a bunk bed, and the two had a very close relationship. Later, Dai Xin had more opportunities and rose through the ranks, eventually becoming a high-ranking official in the Provincial Countermeasures Bureau. Now, he has been promoted to acting director.

Although he's called an agent, he's actually in complete charge of everything.

Yan Xiangtian was far less capable and could only serve as the deputy director of the city's countermeasures bureau.

Dai Xin and Yan Xiangtian hadn't seen each other for two years, and he was very happy to hear the news.

just,

"Baijiang City is so far away from Tiannan, why would Lao Yan suddenly come here? Did something happen in Baijiang City?"

Yan Xiangtian and his group arrived because they had just heard about the arrival of the Ark in Tiannan City.

They were no strangers to the Ark.

These senior members were well aware that the Ark had a fixed safe zone with a premium portal.

They had heard a little about the Ark setting sail for Tiannan City before.

Taking the Ark, a trip to Tiannan City takes only ten days to half a month, which is very fast.

But for Yan Xiangtian and his group, being away from the city for more than half a month was still too long.

They weren't sure if members would still have the privilege of traversing domains once the Ark had sailed far from the safe zone. ...In fact, Shi An wasn't sure either.

So this time, after the Ark stopped in the Tiannan City area, Shi An tried his hand at it.

Li Feng easily passed through the gate and arrived at the Ark.

During the ark's voyage, Wu Feng and his patrol team members could enter and exit the safe zone in shifts without any obstacles.

Since traveling from Baijiang City to Tiannan City has changed from a long and dangerous journey that used to take several months to complete, it's now as easy as visiting a neighbor... Yan Xiangtian and his group naturally came over immediately.

After the fall of the city, they never returned to Tiannan City.

They had been here before the city collapsed, so they knew the provincial bureau well and were surrounded by familiar faces. It felt like coming home. A man in a black trench coat from Tiannan City led Yan Xiangtian and his two companions to the bureau chief's office to wait.

Before long, Director Dai arrived in a hurry.

He saw Yan Xiangtian, as well as Zhou Huai'an and Wang Tieshan. All three of them looked energetic, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

It doesn't look like something happened.

"Hey, Lao Yan, you've broken through to the late stage of the Transcendent Realm?"

"Hmm, a lucky breakthrough."

Yan Xiangtian had been in the Transcendent Realm for a long time. It didn't take him long to break through from the early Transcendent Realm to the middle Transcendent Realm, but when he reached the middle Transcendent Realm, the development of his innate talent seemed to be stuck. The progress was comparable to downloading a game with a speed of hundreds of gigabytes but only a few kilobytes.

Dai Xin was happy for Lao Yan's breakthrough.

"Once you reach the late stage of the Transcendent Realm, you'll have a chance to break through to the Great Perfection Realm."

"That's what Director Dai said."

Yan Xiangtian nodded naturally, "Yes, as long as we can break through to the Great Perfection by chance, we might have a chance to break through to the Ascension Realm someday in the future."

Why do you look so confident?

Director Dai felt something was wrong.

But what he was more concerned about now was, "Why did you all suddenly come here?"

Yan Xiangtian also found it strange: "Of course we came from the passage of the safe zone. If the ark of the safe zone hadn't arrived in your Tiannan City, the three of us wouldn't have had the opportunity to come here."

"Don't you know?"

"Should I know?"

However, from Yan Xiangtian and the other two, Dai Xin learned that the Safe Zone was a powerful force that had close cooperation with the Three Cities.

With the endorsement of his colleagues in the three cities, his trust in the safe zone increased considerably.

Otherwise, although he had been warm towards the people in the safe zone, he had also been quite wary of them in secret... After all, in his eyes, the safe zone was a mysterious force that had suddenly appeared.

"etc."

Director Dai suddenly noticed a blind spot. "You mean you didn't come here on the Ark, but rather through a spatial passage constructed within a safe zone? Hiss!"

"certainly."

Yan Xiangtian patted Dai Xin on the shoulder: "Old Dai, you're a bit surprised. It's just a spatial wonder, but the special features of the safe zone go far beyond that. If you have the chance, you must go and see the safe zone for yourself."

Yan Xiangtian just didn't know whether non-members could enter the gate on the Ark.

If he could, he would have liked to drag Old Dai over there on the spot.

Yan Xiangtian and his companions came not only to see old friends, but also to inquire about the so-called "Nine Cities Military Exercise." "What's the deal with that Nine Cities Exercise? If it's just the Qiming Tower and the Dream Crystal Mine, it's not worth Tiannan City and Gray Harbor City going to such lengths to fight for it, is it?"

"After all, Tiannan City's Mingqian Quiz Wonders are quite impressive. As for Dream Crystals, while more is always better, Tiannan City surely has its share of rich mines, right?"

Yan Xiangtian asked.

Director Dai: "We're not short of a rich mine, but you're underestimating the wonder of the 'Tower of Enlightenment.' The most important aspect of this wonder is that it provides a way to 'break through to the Ascension Realm.' You should know that we in Tiannan City have been researching for so long, and we still haven't found a path to Ascension that can be replicated." "However, the Tower of Enlightenment can provide some ideas, but this is just our guess."

"Guess?" Yan Xiangtian asked.

"That's right," Director Dai said. "Because even those of us at the half-step Ascension Realm and the Great Perfection of the Extraordinary Realm can't get in, let alone those at the Ascension Realm."

He paused for a moment and continued, "The entire Land of Revelation has its own rules, rules that even those at the Ascension Realm cannot break. Therefore, we can only abide by the rules of the Land of Revelation."

"We also suspect that the opportunities within the Land of Revelation go far beyond what we've seen. We strongly believe that there are well-preserved ancient civilization ruins inside."

Ancient civilization! Ruins!

Yan Xiangtian and the other two all sharpened their gazes.

They knew exactly what this meant!

In fact, during the era of city collapse, the three cities also discovered many traces of ancient civilizations. However, these traces, while not entirely useless, were of no use whatsoever.

However, if the site is well-preserved and contains information, its value is immeasurable!

The extraordinary prerequisite system of "borrowing-integration-control-refinement" that Blue Star has now was excavated from the ruins of ancient civilizations. It was not created by the people of Blue Star themselves, but they made some minor improvements to the system to make it more suitable for the physique of the Great Xia people.

Yan Xiangtian said, "But logically speaking, it shouldn't have much to do with small cities like ours."

Although he didn't want to admit it, the sheer size, overall strength, and number of powerful individuals in Tiannan City far surpassed those of their three cities. It was supposed to be a nine-city exercise.

In reality, only two cities are truly competing: Tiannan City and Gray Harbor City.

Director Dai said, "This is also the result of the power struggle at the higher levels. In addition, the Land of Revelation has its own rules, and how the competition will proceed will probably depend on the rules themselves. If your cities have the capacity, I still suggest sending more geniuses over."

He knew very well that the number of extraordinary experts in the three cities was extremely limited, and they wished they could use one as two. Asking extraordinary experts to participate in the battle was asking the impossible. However, in this competition, those at the third level of cultivation also had weight.

The three cities are much smaller than Tiannan City, but they still have a population of several million, so it is not impossible for a few top geniuses to emerge from them.

Yan Xiangtian and the other two nodded thoughtfully.

Indeed, they were not particularly keen to participate in this so-called training competition before.

"Previous" refers to the past.

right now,

Sending geniuses? Their three cities certainly have quite a few "geniuses".

If we were to send out extraordinary experts, their three cities wouldn't be out of the question.

Baijiang City currently has twenty-six extraordinary experts, not to mention the number that will increase in the future.

Led by Director Dai, the three visited various bases surrounding Tiannan City.

Some of these bases existed before, but most were built in the last six months.

Yan Xiangtian and the other two were indeed somewhat shocked.

They would have been a hundred times more shocked if they hadn't witnessed the safe zone grow from nothing to its current size.

"But wouldn't establishing camps and cultivating fields on such a large scale attract a massive, eerie wave?"

"Yes, of course, but..."

Director Dai pointed around, "Have you noticed that the gray fog in this entire area is much thinner? That's because we defeated a 'Lord'!"

"Lord?"

"Our research has revealed two types of Ascension Realm anomalies. One type inhabits a specific area and possesses the ability to command surrounding anomalies; we define this as the 'Lord-type Anomaly.' The other type of Ascension Realm anomaly is elusive; it will appear and disappear once we, as extraordinary beings, freely conquer lower-level areas; we define this as the 'Wandering Anomaly!'"

"Both of these types of bizarre transformation realms represent, to some extent, the rules of this nightmare world."

"We defeated a 'Lord,' so we were able to occupy this surrounding territory. However, this is far from enough. We discovered that after killing this Lord, our Tiannan City has attracted the attention of several other Lords. Only by conquering the entire Nightmare Region, such as our 'Dark Forest' Region, can we humans truly gain a place to live."

As Director Dai spoke, he seemed to remember something.

He said, "No, if we Blue Star people want to have a truly stable living environment, we need to conquer the entire Nightmare World—the Nightmare World we inhabit, which consists of 33 Nightmare Districts, including the Dark Forest, the Whispering Forest, the Pale Wasteland, and the Silent City!"

"Only in this way can we gain a foothold!"

"This is extremely difficult."

When Dai Xin spoke, his expression was both solemn and resolute.

"But I believe that we Blue Star people can definitely do it. To this end, Tiannan City has also formulated a seven-year plan."

Territory! Region! Nightmare World!

Conquering even a single territory requires the full strength of Tiannan City.

The mere thought of conquering an entire world sent chills down Yan Xiangtian and his companions' spines. It was practically impossible!

Even if Tiannan City is very strong, it can't do that!

However, there seems to be a compelling reason for doing this.

but,

Then it suddenly occurred to them.

A few months ago, they absolutely did not believe that their three cities could conquer hundreds of nightmares in a single day, or easily wipe out the lair of a strange force. "Perhaps, it's not impossible."