I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

"What? They've confirmed finding the Thousand-Refined Awakening Grass?"

Upon hearing the news, Lord Ranfeng immediately emerged from the training ground, his excitement barely concealed as he rushed over.

After all, he wasn't entirely sure before that such a high-quality medicinal herb truly existed deep within that area.

"Did I miss out by not exploring further back then?"

"No, that area was indeed dangerous. With my abilities and methods at the time, I might not have been able to explore its depths. Even if I had, I might not have been able to obtain that exceptional medicinal herb. Even if I had... this Thousand-Refined Awakening Grass wouldn't have been able to realize its true value in my hands. Eating it directly would have been a complete waste."

Before Ranfeng received the message, Shi'an had already seen the images transmitted back by the witch's flying eye.

The trees there were not dense, with only a few sturdy, tall, but completely withered dead trees. The sky was overcast, and a path paved with gray flagstones meandered forward, ending at a small, silver-white, pointed-roof house.

The hut looked extraordinary, with a huge alchemical cauldron outside and bluish-gray smoke constantly billowing from its chimney.

But this is not a building constructed by any human force.

Because there was a figure standing in front of this silver-white, pointed-roofed little house.

His face was withered, and he wore tattered robes. He stood there motionless like a zombie.

However, this figure, which resembled a corpse, was surrounded by an extremely dense, chilling black mist that had become tangible!

This is a strange creature, and an extremely powerful one at that!

But the key point isn't this strange statue.

Instead, just a dozen meters away from the pointed-roofed hut, there was a medicinal herb field. Only one solitary precious herb grew in this field.

Above it, a dense black mist of incantation power and the aura of precious medicine emanated, making it quite extraordinary.

As the magic telescope zoomed in, the fine patterns on the precious medicine became even more visible.

"Nine interwoven medicinal patterns—it's definitely the Thousand-Refined Awakening Herb!"

"We've finally found this extraordinary medicine, and it's pretty much what I expected. Finding this kind of medicine wasn't that difficult."

Not difficult, of course, relative to their safe zone.

If it were another faction, even if they had clues about the precious medicine, the entire process from sending people to investigate to actually obtaining the medicine could take several months.

Looking at the pointed-roofed huts and medicinal herb fields in the picture, Shi An couldn't help but think:

"Moreover, this area also seems to be worth exploring."

He certainly didn't intend to "steal" the precious medicine directly.

Since we're already here, it would be a waste not to conquer the nightmare.

the other side.

After a rollercoaster of emotions—fear, excitement, and anticipation—Lord Burning Maple finally obtained the superior-grade potion he had longed for. "How long has it been since I felt this nervous and expectant?"

"Even if I take a few new concubines, I still can't feel this excited."

After acquiring the mind-awakening potion, Ran Feng's first thought was to return to his hometown, Red Maple Town, to seclude himself and drink the potion to cultivate.

But after thinking about it, he felt it was inappropriate.

"From leaving the safe zone to returning to my Red Maple Town, the distance is only a little over a kilometer, but..."

It may not be safe!

The potion in his hand is an exceptional one; it might even directly affect his future advancement to the Transformation Realm.

Red Maple Town is indeed his base, but that might not be the case, as it is safe within the safe zone.

After thinking for a while, Ran Feng strode towards the Thousandfold Pavilion.

He left two trusted aides outside the door and went directly into the cultivation room. He took a deep breath and carefully took out the potion.

Meanwhile, news that someone had completed the top-ranked quest "Find the Thousand-Refined Awakening Grass" and purchased the Awakening Potion swept through the entire safe zone like a hurricane.

"Has someone actually managed to buy the 'energizing' drug?"

"That's right, it's said to be the city lord of Red Maple Town."

"That's not surprising. He's a powerful overlord with many strong subordinates and a very wealthy family."

"Speaking of which, is this mind-awakening potion really that miraculous? Even a powerful overlord like the Lord of Burning Maple City couldn't wait to buy it." Not to mention ordinary Dream Fallers, even some extraordinary beings with limited vision couldn't comprehend the power of this mind-awakening potion.

All they knew was that this was an exceptional potion, and it was bound to be amazing.

But how good is it? That's hard to say.

The veteran Transcendent Stone Wannian spoke up: "Of course it's precious. As everyone knows, among the three Transcendent Realm attributes—physical strength, spell power, and mental power—mental power is the most difficult to improve. According to the description given by the safe zone, this Mind-Awakening Potion can more than double the mental power of an early-stage Transcendent. Even for a Transcendent Great Perfection cultivator, it's a very significant boost."

What these veteran superhumans were truly curious about was whether the energizing potion could be as miraculous as described.

They knew the reputation of the safe zone, and the store manager wouldn't lie about it, but the effects of the stimulant were too terrifying, so they didn't dare to completely trust it.

"Furthermore, City Lord Ranfeng is already at the half-step Ascension Realm. He has long since reached his limit in cultivation, with no further advancement or advancement possible. Can this awakening potion really have such a significant effect on him?"

Ranfeng had naturally worried about this.

After all, he was already at the peak of the Transcendent Realm, half a step towards advancement. Treasures that would have a significant effect on the early and middle stages of the Transcendent Realm might not be effective for him. He had specifically asked the shopkeeper and received an affirmative answer.

no problem.

"Let's do it!"

Ran Feng opened the potion and gulped it down. He tried to lick the liquid inside the bottle clean, but soon discovered that the liquid was completely solid, and not a single drop remained after he poured it out.

The medicine disappeared instantly upon entering the mouth, transforming into a surging power that flowed into the body and rushed to the top of the head.

boom!

Something seemed to explode in his mind, making his brain incredibly clear.

No matter how much he trained before, or even took precious medicines, he couldn't improve his spiritual power at all. But now, it was increasing at a visible rate. This feeling of comfort made the City Lord of Burning Maple City unable to help but let out a soft groan.

This boost lasted for half an hour.

"Is it over in half an hour?"

Lord Ranfeng felt that it was a bit too fast, but he could sense that his spiritual power at this moment far exceeded that of before.

It's hard for him to say exactly how much stronger he's become, but it's definitely increased dramatically.

Moreover, there were no negative effects whatsoever. He felt his confidence burning brightly like a furnace fire, and it was even possible for him to try to break through to the Ascension Realm again.

"Let's go to the training ground!"

The Lord of Burning Maple City rushed towards the training ground like a gust of wind.

Before the group of Dreamers waiting outside the Thousandfold Pavilion could even ask a question, the city lord vanished from their sight. It was too fast.

Two hours later, they finally saw City Lord Ranfeng emerge from the training ground, his entire being radiant with energy, his eyes seemingly glowing. No, not just seemingly.

This is the light emanating from the spirit, which is a result of the significant increase in mental strength, and the person has not yet been able to get used to or adapt to it.

Seeing the beaming face of City Lord Ranfeng, a transcendent being from Chongshan City asked, "Lord Ranfeng, is the effect of this awakening potion truly as miraculous as described?"

Ran Feng glanced at the man and said, "He's even more amazing than I imagined."

After saying that, his spiritual power surged outwards, stirring up a gust of wind in the open space in front of the training ground.

Ran Feng did not intentionally create pressure with his mental energy, but the overwhelming mental power still made many of the dreamers feel breathless, and they hurriedly retreated.

Those in the Refining stage only feel power and terror, but those in the Extraordinary stage can feel the difference.

The gap between myself and Lord Burning Maple City in terms of spiritual strength.

It's like the difference between a candle flame and a stove.

At this moment, Zhu Chenying also rushed over. He was also one of the most eager experts to obtain the energizing potion.

His understanding was also the clearest.

"Compared to the Great Perfection of the Extraordinary Realm, the spiritual power of someone in the Half-Step Ascension Realm doesn't increase much. And Ran Feng isn't particularly outstanding in the Half-Step Ascension Realm." But at this moment, Zhu Chenying was certain...

"Ranfeng's spiritual power is already superior to mine!"

"Just one bottle of potion, and it's this powerful! Is this the terrifying power of an exceptional-grade potion?!"

the other side.

A desolate canyon area, somewhere on the outskirts.

Commander Han revealed his identity and expressed his desire to cooperate with Spade, Old Wang, and the others.

"We belong to the Third Army Corps of the Tiannan City Defense Army. I can tell that you are all people of some standing, and you should be aware of the strength of our city defense army." Old Wang and his companions did indeed have some knowledge of Tiannan City.

They knew that Tiannan City's garrison consisted of four legions, from the first to the fourth, each filled with numerous powerful individuals, including many at the Transcendent Realm. But that was all.

Commander Han continued, "Our Tiannan City possesses many of the most advanced instruments and equipment. Our team has been in this desolate canyon area for several days and is well-prepared. If we cooperate, we can quickly understand the situation in this area."

In fact, if Commander Han hadn't seen that the Spade group was not weak and hadn't seen dozens of drone-like machines rise up in the blink of an eye, he wouldn't have been prepared to cooperate.

Cooperation is based on equality.

He was prepared to dissuade the explorers.

but now……

"These people are quite capable, and there are many strong individuals among them. Moreover, this area is indeed troublesome, so cooperation would be more advantageous!"

Commander Han thought so, but then he heard Old Wang say, "No need, Commander, we have already explored this area."

Commander Han: "???"

The footage of dozens of drones taking off not long ago did indeed astound him, but...

"This area is vast, and teeming with powerful and unpredictable creatures. Are you sure you've explored its depths? You should know that deep within this place, there might very well be an ancient architectural ruin!"

"certainly."

Old Wang, of course, wouldn't provide specific information or coordinates, but to dissuade the commander, he produced a blurry photograph. A building with a pointed roof was vaguely visible in the photo.

Commander Han's eyes widened: "Just like the intelligence we received..."

But no, as the vanguard of the Third Army Corps, they had only managed to familiarize themselves with the outer area after three days here.

These dreamers have only been here a short time, yet they've already thoroughly investigated the entire area?

What outrageous efficiency!

The leader realized that this might be thanks to the eyeball-shaped drone that had been deployed not long ago, but it seemed unlikely that a drone could have such outrageous reconnaissance capabilities.

Old Wang patted him on the shoulder: "Commander, don't be surprised. This is the level of technology in our safe zone."

He was actually somewhat surprised by the abilities of that sorcerer's flying eye.

"The Perfect Witchcraft Eye"

"Abilities: ① Extremely fast flight; ② Perfect concealment; ③ Extremely long distance."

In that last reconnaissance mission, Wizard Eye lost a full twenty-two members.

Many powerful supernatural beings might not understand what this thing is, but they would destroy the magical flying eye as easily as swatting a mosquito. Only this perfect-level flying eye can come and go freely, as if entering a realm without supernatural beings. Under the control of the Thousand-Mechanical Hand Sun Bowen, this flying eye even escaped calmly right under the eyelids of an extraordinary supernatural being.

However, this perfect-grade Witchcraft Eye is quite rare, and currently only premium members can purchase it.

There's no need to tell this to Commander Han.

Commander Han was clearly someone who had never heard of the legends surrounding the safe zone. This was understandable, as their safe zone had not yet officially integrated with Tiannan City, and Commander Han would be gone for some time.

Commander Han finally came to his senses and asked, "Now that you've explored the depths of this area, you should know that this desolate canyon is extremely dangerous. I estimate there are at least a dozen extraordinary and bizarre beings here, and there must be one that is extremely powerful." Old Wang nodded slightly, "Indeed, the exploration capabilities of your Tiannan City are quite impressive; you've learned so much."

Commander Han: What do you mean we in Tiannan City are not bad? That's completely contrary to the Heavenly Gang!

He said, "In that case, we should cooperate even more. Otherwise, how would you have gotten to the depths of this area? On the contrary, our Third Army Corps has many powerful individuals. Our Corps Commander, General Ye, is a Transcendent Great Perfection expert! Our Third Army Corps not only has many powerful individuals, but also possesses the legendary Transcendent Mecha."

"By cooperating with our Third Army Corps, we can sweep through this area!"

He was actually exaggerating.

If the entire Third Legion were to arrive, with all its extraordinary experts and mechs joining the fray, they could indeed sweep through the entire Desolate Valley and annihilate all the extraordinary and bizarre beings.

However, the above ideas are impossible to realize.

While the medicine formula is certainly valuable, it is even more unrealistic for the entire Third Army Corps to travel such a long distance to get here, as it would require far too much manpower and resources.

At most, it will just be a group of powerful individuals arriving.

Their mechanical airships from Tiannan City were recently invented, and with these airships, reinforcements won't take too long to arrive here.

It might arrive in about ten days.

This is also the source of Commander Han's confidence.

Cooperating with them, even if it doesn't allow us to sweep through the entire area, at least offers the possibility of penetrating deep into the area's core and retrieving treasures from the guardian BOSS. But Old Wang simply said, "Sweep through? Coincidentally, that's what we were thinking too."

The quest to conquer the Wasteland Canyon area has been released.

According to the reconnaissance team, the area is indeed very vast. The outer perimeter is a forest with dense trees, the middle is a swamp with an unknown environment that may harbor many dangers, and the innermost part is wasteland and dead trees, which is quite open and has a clear view.

But Shi An doesn't care about this or that; as long as he has enough troops, he can sweep away any nightmare.

This place is not even as good as the Mantis's lair that we raided before.

It's just a bit bigger.

Therefore, Shi An gave twenty mission slots, requiring only those at the Transcendent Realm.

"This is a mission officially issued by the safe zone! These kinds of missions offer the highest contribution point rewards!"

Some members are envious, but they can only be envious.

The minimum requirement to accept this task is being a member of the Extraordinary Realm.

Are even experts at the Third Refinement Realm now unable to afford meat? How infuriating!

Some people with exceptional eyesight and reflexes signed up. The number of applicants is visibly increasing in the task details.

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"There are so many extraordinary beings within the safe zone?"

A murmured extraordinary voice from Tiannan City.

He was one of the consuls stationed in the security zone of Tiannan City. These days, he had witnessed the extraordinary nature of the security zone. He even often chatted and played cards with many regular customers in the lobby.

To his surprise, some of the seemingly unremarkable Dream Fallers he knew were actually extraordinary.

"So many extraordinary beings!"

"And he's too low-key, like an ordinary folk dreamer."

At this moment, the owners of the various museums strode in.

Count me in.

"Are you also going to participate in the strategy guide?"

Yang Linna was somewhat surprised; this was a big shot.

The last time the Mantis's lair was attacked, the safe zone issued a call to arms, and people were driven by a desire for revenge. So, as long as the strong had the strength, almost everyone participated in the battle.

This time is different; to put it bluntly, it's just a larger-scale strategy guide.

Yang Linna completed the formalities for the museum owners.

At this moment, another important figure arrived, namely the Lord of Burning Maple City.

"Yes, I did provide this clue, so I also have a responsibility for the strategy."

Lord Ranfeng was actually not very interested in strategizing or venturing into dangerous areas.

Although both were at the half-step transformation stage, he might not be as strong as Zhu Chenying, but he was definitely much richer and had countless capable subordinates.

He rarely needs to take action himself these days.

"This mind-awakening potion is too powerful! After harvesting the Thousand-Refined Mind-Awakening Grass, the shopkeeper will likely start refining medicine again. Is it possible to buy mind-awakening potions then?"

Lord Ranfeng City thought the chances were slim, but he would fight for it as long as there was even the slightest possibility.

He needs to contribute points; he needs to gain the store manager's favor.

After much thought, I realized that accepting missions and participating in battles would be a win-win situation.

"Perfect timing. After using the awakening potion, my strength has increased considerably. Let those monsters think twice before they try to catch me."

The fact that two individuals at the half-step advancement realm were preparing to make their move surprised and excited many members, who were eager to travel to the mission area at their own expense to witness the impending battle.

Unfortunately, they couldn't go.

Shi An did not grant them access to that area's portal.

After all, it would be pointless for ordinary Dream Fallers to go there. A single ripple from the top-tier battlefield could wipe out even a Dream Faller in the Refinement stage. As the campaign was about to begin, the non-supernatural members of the reconnaissance team began to withdraw from the canyon area.

the other side.

Commander Han has returned to the temporary base of the Third Army Corps' vanguard squad.

"Captain, how's it going?"

"They refused."

"No, you refuse?"

The team members were confused; how could anyone refuse to join the Tiannan City Defense Army?

He wasn't trying to intimidate people, but in this nightmare world, Tiannan City was the pillar and the backbone.

Given the danger level of this area, unless their Third Army Corps intervenes, who would dare to venture deep into it? Who could possibly venture deep into it?

"Could it be Red Maple Town? It's rumored that the Lord of Burning Maple City is a half-step Ascension expert, and he has the ability to probe into the core."

"But if the City Lord of Burning Maple wants to infiltrate the core area, he needs to lure away the other extraordinary and bizarre beings first. Almost all of the high-end combat forces in the entire Red Maple Town will have to come out. Doing so is too risky. I know that City Lord of Burning Maple a little. If it were him, he would definitely not refuse to cooperate." Commander Han couldn't understand it. He really couldn't understand it!

He could only continue reconnaissance and report the situation, waiting for the corps commander to send reinforcements.

If you don't cooperate, don't blame them for monopolizing the resources. They have the ability to explore on their own, but it will just take more manpower and resources.

At this moment, the team member in charge of the observation instruments suddenly spoke up.

"Wait, Commander, the situation has changed."

"Someone... several groups of Dreamers have come in from outside, and they're moving very fast!"

Just as Commander Han was about to ask what was going on, he heard a loud rumbling sound coming from afar.

Flames soared into the sky! Thunder roared!

The distant earth trembled, and powerful auras surged forth, dispersing the gray clouds.

An extraordinary being has arrived!

a lot of!

They made no attempt to hide it, causing a stir throughout the region.

This is the strategy for navigating the safe zone.