Ancient Ark: A Dark-Themed Historical Survival Game

Chapter 106 The Enormous Ancient Vortex

at the same time.

Near the shipwreck wreck.

In the sea filled with madness and chaotic void, a gigantic monster was slowly swimming.

It looks like a sea monster that is a combination of a giant whale and a squid, with eyes covering its skin and deformed tentacles forming its tail, dorsal fin, and ventral fin.

This is inside the sea monster.

It's a hidden paradise.

It was clearly a small to medium-sized evil god base, with various array altars, twisted flesh, and hundreds of fanatical believers, making it look full of cult atmosphere.

On an altar standing in the center of the main hall, several figures with exceptionally powerful auras were standing.

The leader.

He was a wicked and depraved Wu Zixu.

His form was similar to that in Jiangyan Purgatory, and he was surrounded by the fallen dragon Goujian, the wrathful demon Fuchai, as well as several powerful evil beings including Xiong Ju and Ji Ran, and other beings.

"Zhuan Zhu's attempt to leave has failed!"

Wu Zixu was stating something that had nothing to do with him.

Although the voice sounded calm, it was like a volcano about to erupt, filled with suppressed madness.

Xiong Ju let out a dull chuckle: "Your judgment is really terrible. You finally had a chance to make a move, but you messed it up."

Wu Zixu made no move.

His eyes swirled all over his body.

All eyes were fixed on Xiong Ju.

The King of Rot's massive body seemed to be choked by an invisible force, its bloated and decaying surface charred black over a large area, while at the same time, a large number of scarlet eyeballs grew out.

Xiongju: "What do you want to do?"

Wu Zixu: "I can strip you from the old world, and I can also utterly annihilate you, making you cease to exist!"

The corrupt king Xiong Ju felt a strong sense of oppression. He knew he was no match for Wu Zixu, but he had no intention of backing down.

His expression was ferocious, his eyes filled with resentment: "In the past, I was suppressed and controlled by you and had no choice but to temporarily bow my head, but now we are both subject to the Mother of Chaos. I don't believe you dare to touch me."

Wu Zixu: "You can give it a try."

At this moment, Goujian coldly said, "The chosen one will soon leave the sunken ship. Instead of fighting amongst ourselves now, we should think of a way to destroy this ark."

"Hmph, with Fan Li guarding the ark, why don't you, Goujian, volunteer to fight him, given your abilities?"

Fuchai said sarcastically, "Could it be that you're afraid of your former subject?"

Goujian stared at Fuchai: "It's been over a hundred years. If I can kill you once, I can kill you ten or a hundred times again."

The lava on Fuchai's body immediately turned scorching hot: "This king also has the will to avenge this humiliation!"

This group of former evils from Suiyang were clearly not on good terms. Although they had transformed into historical evils, the grudges from history still remained.

Just then.

All the corrupted felt a jolt throughout their bodies as an overwhelming spiritual force surged forth like a tsunami.

This power was so immense, like a giant dragon looking down on a group of ants. Under the weight of some kind of soul-deep pressure, the latter were completely unable to muster even the slightest thought of resistance.

"The Great Mother of Chaos!"

Wu Zixu, Goujian, Fuchai, Xiong Ju, and others were simultaneously shrouded in the aura of an evil god.

Those with weaker luck, such as Fuchai and Xiongju, were stunned at this moment, and then prostrated themselves on the ground without hesitation.

"This is God's spiritual imprint!"

Although Wu Zixu could not defy this will and power, he was able to maintain some semblance of clarity compared to others.

He realized with a deep understanding that the Deep Sea Evil God had not resurrected them in the Deep Sea to help these historically corrupt people from China.

Every being transformed into a Chosen One of Chaos is imprinted with an irresistible spiritual mark.

Wu Zixu could not defy the will originating from the Mother of Chaos, nor could he subjectively do anything that would even contradict the interests of the Chaos Esoteric Sect.

Otherwise, they will be punished and suffer the consequences.

Moreover, each Chaos kin will split off a Chaos personality, which will unknowingly erode and corrupt it and become the main body.

They will eventually be completely transformed into high-level familias, losing themselves like the deep-sea believers, with only fanatical worship and loyalty to the evil god remaining.

Borrowing the power of external gods.

There's no going back.

It's only a matter of time before they are converted into a clan.

Let alone Wu Zixu, even the more powerful epic-level heroes would not be able to resist the corruption of the Outer Gods.

Figures like Wu Zixu and Goujian would obviously not be willing to become servants of external gods, so they would try every means to escape this predicament.

The only way.

It is about reclaiming the old days.

Release the sealed soul.

Currently, Suiyang has been completely occupied by the Wentian Ship. Even if they have the ability to return to it, they cannot defeat the Chosen Ones in the Suiyang environment.

The only options are to destroy the Wentian during its voyage, or to follow the Chosen One into a higher level of the Old Ones to continue the struggle.

The former has failed.

Now we can only choose the latter.

The chosen ones will soon enter a new Old World, which will inevitably be deeper and more complex.

The Chosen One of the Asking Heaven has just arrived and is not yet firmly established. The power he can project is limited, and his strength is far from reaching the limits of this realm.

Wu Zixu and others can use the power of the Mother of Chaos to enter that ancient world and develop their power, thereby finding a way to defeat the Chosen One of the Heavenly Questioning.

And in this process.

The power of the Mother of Chaos will spread in the new Old Days, which is in the interest of this evil god, so that she can borrow more power and resources.

Wu Zixu, the King of the Evil Eye, knew that his time was running out. He had to complete all of this before he was completely assimilated by the Mother of Chaos and before the Chosen One regained power!

at this time.

Under the influence of the evil god's spirit.

The tense atmosphere cooled down instantly.

The major evils seem to have all returned to calm.

Xiongju, a chosen evil spirit with weaker luck, has become sluggish and his body is shrouded in chaotic energy. He is about to become a member of the Familia.

Wu Zixu ordered: "Withdraw!"

Sensing the divine messenger's consciousness, the Chaos Sea Monster immediately maneuvered rapidly in the deep sea, eventually leaving the vicinity of the shipwreck.

at this time.

In the shipwreck instance.

After the nameless captain and the nameless corrupted were eliminated, the other chaotic and completely out-of-control vengeful spirits at the scene automatically disappeared.

"It's finally over!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The chosen one immediately collects the spoils.

These monsters offer decent experience, but the loot is rather average; they don't drop any particularly valuable materials or equipment.

The captain's fate is as follows:

[You have collected the following loot: Soul Essence +15000, White Core Crystal +1, Green Heroic Spirit Essence +15, Green Forging Gem +18, Green Soul Stone +236!]

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A considerable amount of materials were dropped.

However, since the nameless captain is just a regular lord unit, all the materials he drops are of green quality.

among them.

The most valuable.

Of course, it's the Ark Core.

[White Core Crystal], a special item, is a crystal transformed from the ancient Ark core, which can replenish the Ark with 30...

0 energy points!

Not bad!

I made a profit!

Xiao Yu only consumed 100 Ark Energy to activate this shipwreck instance, thus not only avoiding a loss but actually gaining 2.

00 points.

Also.

A nightmare to complete.

An extra treasure chest has appeared.

Have Jiang Xiaxia open the treasure chest.

You've triggered a lucky streak!

All the treasure chests in the ancient deep sea that contain the power or rules of the Heavenly Dao may trigger Xia's lucky light.

This instance seems to be no exception!

[You have opened the shipwreck treasure chest. "Construction Token: Heavenly Dao Cultivation Tower" +1, Blue Forging Gem +3, Blue Heroic Spirit Essence +3, Blue Deep Sea Gem +6, White Building Material Essence +1150, Green Building Material Essence +115, Blue Soul Stone +110!]

Jiang Xiaxia said with some regret, "No equipment, soul crystals, or heroic spirits. It seems my luck wasn't very good this time!"

"This shipwreck is relatively ordinary," Xiao Yu said with satisfaction. "This is already a very good find!"

Although no equipment, soul crystals, heroes, or rare materials were produced, a considerable amount of blue rare materials and blue soul stones were generated.

That's already a decent income.

Su Qingmeng looked at the list of recipients.

"Essence of building materials? What is that? Why have I never seen it before?"

Xiao Yu said, "Compared to other nightmare chests, the biggest feature of the sunken ship chest is that it can also drop building essence."

"This is probably because the wreckage can be recovered along with the salvage operation."

"As for building materials?"

"As the name suggests."

"It cannot be used to manufacture or repair equipment."

"This is a special base material used to upgrade all buildings and construct special buildings."

"This material is extremely expensive; it takes one hundred portions of the material essence to synthesize one portion of the same level of building material essence."

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When I heard this...

The other chosen ones were all greatly alarmed.

"What?"

"One hundred portions combined into one?"

Lu Dahai complained, "This is too exaggerated! Isn't this a joke? What kind of good person could withstand this kind of treatment!"

indeed.

Players often find a lot of basic materials that have no direct use value while exploring the wild or grinding monsters and dungeons.

After these basic materials are decomposed, one to three portions of material essence can be obtained, depending on the quality of the materials.

This material, with its high content, is an essential basic consumable material for all production activities.

It is used for everything from strengthening, optimizing, synthesizing, and forging equipment, to alchemy and medicine making, and even spirit refining.

The consumption and demand are considerable.

Generally, the surplus of materials and essences in the hands of a chosen one is very limited, while chosen ones like Xiao Yu have huge needs for the synthesis, enhancement, optimization, and maintenance of equipment.

The materials he usually produces are simply not enough for short-term needs, which is why he needs to assemble a team to ensure a sufficient supply of basic materials.

nowadays.

This building material is the essence.

Each portion requires up to one hundred portions of the same level of material essence to synthesize, and what's even more outrageous is that it can only be used for the manufacture of extraordinary buildings and cannot be used in other fields.

This gives a glimpse into the terrifying amount of materials required to build the ark.

Therefore, retrieving 1150 portions of white building material essence and 115 portions of green building material essence at once is an absolutely huge amount!

Also.

This instance.

The harvest of basic materials was also substantial.

All ordinary vengeful spirits can drop "vengeful spirit ashes" and "deep-sea remains", with each yielding a total of twenty to thirty pieces.

Both of these are low-grade white materials, with almost no value in refining weapons or medicines. It is estimated that decomposing them all will yield six to seven thousand portions of white material essence, enough to supplement the team's daily needs.

Income excluding rare and basic materials.

One of the biggest and most special gains this time was undoubtedly successfully obtaining a construction token!

Xiao Yu explained, "This item is the blueprint for building rare and extraordinary facilities for the Ark and the territory. It is a one-time consumable, but it has extremely long-term value."

Ark Tokens are considered one of the core specialties of shipwrecked relics, but the drop rate of this level of shipwreck is not high.

Xiao Yu believed that Jiang Xiaxia's good fortune and the auspicious energy of the business sage were the reason she was able to achieve such a result.

He checked the token information.

[Construction Token: Heavenly Dao Cultivation Tower], a Tier 1 rare construction token, can consume 300 Ark Energy and 500 portions of white building material essence to construct a Heavenly Dao Cultivation Ground.

Unable to contain his curiosity, Wang Yang asked, "Captain, what is the purpose of this Heavenly Dao Cultivation Ground?"

Xiao Yu replied, "This is a very practical building. As the name suggests, it is a place specifically for cultivation, which can grant cultivators up to ten times the speed of cultivation and comprehension."

Everyone was stunned.

Li Zihao couldn't help but complain, "We Chosen Ones don't need to cultivate through traditional methods. This thing seems to be valuable only to our ancestors; it's completely useless to us!"

Lu Dahai looked uninterested: "It's not easy to get a special building, but it looks like a useless thing."

"You can't say that!"

Before Xiao Yu could explain the science to everyone...

Wang Yang's eyes lit up: "This is a treasure, an absolute gem! It's of great significance to the Wentian!"

"Excellent! Although it primarily provides accelerated cultivation for our ancestors, it's enough to greatly enhance the Ark's potential and competitiveness!"

Su Qingmeng nodded in agreement and continued, "This building can significantly enhance the strength of powerful figures like Fan Li, and it can also serve as a landmark to attract more top-tier early settlers to board the ship!"

Everyone thought about it.

I just felt that it was indeed true.

Ten times the cultivation speed, one day of practice is equivalent to ten days in the past, and three days of practice is equivalent to one month in the past.

This is no big deal for the Chosen Ones, because they can directly absorb the experience points dropped by monsters to quickly improve their cultivation.

As for learning skills? You can also quickly learn them by borrowing the abilities of Heroic Spirits, without having to ponder and study them carefully on your own.

They don't need a cultivation tower.

It was of great value to our ancestors!

Our ancestors were not able to directly absorb vital energy.

Even if they become contract crew members and gain the ability to refine monsters using the power of the Heavenly Dao (i.e., the ability to kill monsters and obtain equipment), their physiques still do not possess the ability to directly absorb it.

Contract crew members like Fan Li, just like Ark soldiers, have their essence from hunted targets absorbed by the Ark and made public.

Improvement in cultivation level.

Especially the improvement of skills.

It relies heavily on traditional cultivation methods.

The construction of this Heavenly Dao Cultivation Tower undoubtedly made it a top-tier cultivation holy land for them!

Shipwreck salvage.

Successfully completed!

Xiao Yu distributed the spoils of war.

Items such as Ark Construction Tokens and Building Material Essence are not included in the loot distribution and are directly collected by the Ark.

Xiao Yu took one-fifth of the other materials and soul stones, while the remaining four-fifths were divided equally among the other eleven people.

Xiao Yu's distribution was undoubtedly generous and fair; everyone benefited greatly from both the energy and resources.

Satisfied.

A few minutes later.

The group returned to the Wentian.

At this point, everyone can clearly see that the shipwreck remains that were previously visible to the naked eye have now completely disappeared.

Su Qingmeng frowned slightly and asked regretfully, "Can this kind of dungeon only be run once?"

Xiao Yu nodded: "That's right. The shipwreck instance is similar to a secret realm instance; once you completely clear it, it will disappear forever."

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Strictly speaking...

The secret realm dungeon can also be replayed.

After clearing the game, players who choose to reject the Heroic Spirits can receive other rewards and then replay the game after a cooldown period.

There are no other options for the shipwreck instance.

Once the entrance is cleared, it will disappear forever.

However, there's nothing to regret. The vast and boundless deep sea holds countless shipwrecks waiting to be excavated and salvaged.

Xiao Yu asked, "Has anything unusual happened during this period?"

Fan Li said, "I vaguely sensed a malicious spying, but this malice receded on its own not long ago."

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It must be Wu Zixu!

Or it could be the power of an evil god!

This time, Xiao Yu not only gained a rich reward from salvaging the shipwreck, but he also caught two big fish and obtained two high-quality blue spirits.

Xiao Yu hasn't figured out how to use it yet.

Although he currently has the ability to train one or two more Heroic Spirits, he still wants to contract with those who have higher potential and are more scarce in ability.

For example, Wu Zixu.

They could either be high-quality civil or military officials or emperors to enrich their own abilities.

As for Zhuan Zhu and Yao Li, although they are high-quality assassin-type heroic spirits, there is already Zheng Dan who is of the same type or has a similar fighting style.

Let's keep it for now!

In the future, rewards can be given to subordinates based on their merits.

Furthermore, the next Old Day is about to arrive, at which time there will surely be many other Chosen Ones, whose quality is enough to exchange for various high-value items and resources.

After returning to the Ark.

Xiao Yu entered the base first.

He spent 500 dollars on the essence of the white building.

The Heavenly Dao Cultivation Tower was built immediately.

The tower does not consume soul stones during construction, but it does consume soul stones during operation. Fortunately, the overall consumption is not significant.

This first-tier cultivation tower can accommodate up to 100 people cultivating at the same time, and each person needs to consume 1 green soul stone to cultivate for one day.

This expense is not very high.

However, it was not low for our ancestors.

Xiao Yu doesn't plan to make money from this for the time being, and of course he's not going to subsidize it for free, since even landlords don't have surplus grain.

He announced.

This tower is open to all crew members.

Anyone can reserve a time slot and pay for it themselves. If the slots are full, people can bid to grab a room to practice.

This ensures that the costs are fully recovered while maximizing the utilization rate of the training tower.

This also leaves room for future profits.

After all, once Ark becomes popular enough and has a large enough crew, there will inevitably be a premium for each time slot and each room, and this revenue can supplement the treasury.

"Is this the extraordinary ark structure imbued with the power of the Heavenly Dao? It is truly profound and unparalleled, a divine artifact!"

Fan Xin was greatly encouraged after experiencing the wonders of the cultivation tower. He was a peerless genius with top-notch aptitude.

Under these circumstances.

It also increases the cultivation speed by 10 times.

It's no wonder their strength improves so quickly!

Fan Xin witnessed the wonders of the Ancient Ark for the first time, and it was no easy feat to build such a facility in such a short time!

He was once again glad that he had made the decisive choice to join Xiao Yu's ranks, as he could not only participate in the grand cause of saving history, but he himself would also be able to rise to prominence and achieve great success!

In the blink of an eye.

A few more days passed.

The past few days have been calm and peaceful.

There was no shipwreck or other trouble.

These past few days, Xiao Yu has spent most of his time managing the team, building the base, and recruiting new people.

The other chosen ones continued to travel back and forth to Suiyang to challenge various mirrored dungeons, and everyone's strength was steadily improving.

Top players like Wang Yang and Su Qingmeng are about to break through to level 11.

At this time.

Ahead of the Wentian Ark.

A massive deep-sea vortex has appeared.

"Holy crap! Holy crap! Everyone come quick! What's that? It's a huge whirlpool!"

"This seems to be the entrance to a place from the past, very similar to the entrance to Suiyang, but the scale is just too exaggerated!"

"Quickly notify the captain!"

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At that moment, quite a few Chosen Ones were enjoying the breeze on the deck, and they were the first to spot this ridiculously large deep-sea whirlpool.

After the news spread.

Su Qingmeng and Zhao Xuezhu were just resting when they arrived. When they saw the enormous vortex in front of them, they were also stunned.

We're all no longer newbies.

Of course, I know that this vortex is the entrance to the old world.

During its journey, the Wentian encountered several ancient entrances, but Xiao Yu decisively abandoned them all without hesitation.

Xiao Yu has explained this to everyone before.

How to distinguish the past through vortexes.

Zhao Xuezhu couldn't help but repeat, "The boss said that the size of the vortex can be used as a reference for the scale of the past. The larger the area covered by the vortex, the larger the scale of this historical fragment!"

Su Qingmeng added, "The depth of the vortex can be referenced to the level cap from the past; generally, the deeper the vortex, the higher the cap!"

Of course, while the size and depth of the vortex are very valuable for reference most of the time, they are not always accurate.

Also.

Small doesn't mean worthless.

Historical fragments are, in essence, seeds.

For example, some historical fragments are very small, but they have not disappeared because they sank to a great depth.

Because it had fermented and grown over thousands of years, the area of ​​the Old World was larger than the entire surface area of ​​the Earth!

It is entirely possible that this place nurtured powerful early inhabitants or contained a wealth of extremely valuable resources!

Even so.

But at this stage.

Such a large-scale and profound old world is undoubtedly something that can only be encountered by chance.

"Look, Qingmeng!" Zhao Xuezhu pointed in one direction of the whirlpool: "There's more than one Ancient Ark here!"

Su Qingmeng looked surprised.

At this point, at least seven or eight ancient arks were visible to the naked eye, while those further away were obscured by the fog on the surface of the deep sea and were not clearly visible.

"If nothing unexpected happens, at least ten ancient arks are currently salvaging this world —"

Su Qingmeng couldn't help but worry: "Are we too late?"

The number of heroic spirits, resources, and talents in each ancient world is limited, so the earlier you arrive, the greater your advantage.

Without thinking too much.

Xiao Yu descended onto the deck.

I saw the huge vortex in front of me.

He nodded in satisfaction: "We've finally arrived!"

The voyage was originally planned to be completed in seven days, but the salvage of the shipwreck took a little longer, so it took a total of eight days.

Although it took a long time and a lot of travel to get here, it was absolutely worth it for this old memory!

As for the other arks currently being salvaged from the past?

Xiao Yu didn't take it to heart.

Because he knew that this old world was vast and extremely difficult to salvage, and that it had been very little developed at this point in time.

The Wentian spacecraft arrived at just the right time!