There's something wrong with me

Chapter 219: New World [Supernatural Watch ++]

He opened his eyes.

The flashlight's beam dimly illuminated the massive walls around him.

The scent of decay and dust filled his nostrils.

Behind him were over a dozen mercenaries with live ammunition, along with two geological prospectors.

They occasionally fiddled with instruments and studied the walls, but now their gaze suddenly turned towards Zhang Feng ahead.

"Why have you been staring at us?"

"Zhang Guide, are you still angry about what happened earlier?"

"We didn't want to involve you, but you really are the most suitable person."

Several people spoke, saying nonsensical things.

Zhang Feng quickly sifted through his memory, realizing he was in a massive underground labyrinth.

These people, too, weren't bad guys.

Specifically, three days ago, they had come to his village, and upon hearing that he was familiar with the vicinity, they had paid a hefty sum to have him act as their 'guide'.

Then, four hours ago, they arrived at this deep mountain area and entered an underground tunnel.

Finally, after some collapses and incidents resembling ghost-hitting-a-wall, they were now trapped in the 'large labyrinth' underground.

Ultimately, facing such a predicament, he couldn't blame anyone; he had been swayed by the high price.

As for what they were looking for.

There was no relevant information in his memory.

He had only helped them find this deep mountain tunnel based on a hand-drawn sketch they provided.

Anyway, it was all very mysterious, like tomb raiding.

But fortunately, this wasn't Ling Mountain, so it was likely not a Rats' den.

Otherwise, given the current world time, 02.

And given his current physique, as well as the world level and era.

If he were to encounter a mature 'Level 7 Rat', it would likely be game over from the start.

"It's already like this, let's find a way out first."

After sifting through his memory, Zhang Feng casually replied to the group.

He was mainly being perfunctory, so he would have a chance later to study the world information and strengthen himself.

Otherwise, if they kept arguing now, nothing would get done.

In his memory, after entering this inescapable labyrinth, he had been complaining occasionally.

"Okay..."

"It should have been like this long ago. Getting angry is useless, because we didn't want to encounter something like this either."

Upon hearing Zhang Feng's words, the group said a couple more sentences, then continued to examine their surroundings and the walls.

Zhang Feng, meanwhile, looked at his information.

[Age: 35]

[Physique: 16]

[Root Bone: 7.1]

[Martial Arts: 7.3]

[Spiritual Root: 7]

Due to the previous disaster world, he ultimately enjoyed all the trait bonuses from the fate world.

Thus, his current talents had all surpassed 7.

After reviewing these, Zhang Feng looked at the world text information while simultaneously opening his meridians.

[Resurrection Chances: 5]

[Adventure Level: 7++]

[Note 1: Complete ++ missions to gain double adventure experience and honor]

[Adventure Type: Survival, Supernatural]

[Note 2: For every month survived, there will be new strengthening options, up to 22 times]

[Identity: Guide]

[Main Quest: Survive for three years]

[Non-Main Quest: Kill at least three 'Ancient Creatures']

'Ancient Creatures?'

Zhang Feng obtained some key information from the world data, knowing roughly what the targets were.

However, this world's time was a bit short, and it was a ++ type.

So Zhang Feng felt this should be another type of 'boss' battle, similar to some previous challenge types.

Then he used the Spiritual Mind, transformed by Visualization, to sense his surroundings.

Fortunately, this world had spiritual energy.

Although not much, only about 1.3, the foundation for cultivation was there, so he didn't need to engage in chemistry-related activities himself.

He mused for a moment.

Zhang Feng looked at the first strengthening option.

[1: Immovable as a Mountain]

[2: Daylight]

[3: Supernatural Watch]

He scanned them quickly; he hadn't seen any of them before.

But Zhang Feng knew that anything with 'Supernatural' in it was definitely good.

However, to prevent any oversight.

Zhang Feng still looked at them one by one.

[Immovable as a Mountain: Legendary, Rare, Appears at the start]

[Effect 1: Physique +10, Root Bone +3, Spiritual Root +0.5]

[Effect 2: Physical defense capability is additionally increased by 8%]

[Effect 3: Earth Spiritual Root +3]

[Effect 4: When you remain still, Physique is additionally increased by 25%, only effective below 200 Physique]

'...' Zhang Feng felt it was very good.

As expected of a short-term ++ world, the traits given were quite fierce.

Even if 'Effect 4' wasn't long-term effective, the premise was excellent, coupled with a significant increase in talent and extra defense, this was very balanced.

It had benefits for both early and late stages.

He noted down the attributes, then looked at 2.

[Daylight: Epic, Legendary]

[Effect 1: Fire Spiritual Root +3.5]

[Effect 2: Additional resistance against Water, Wood, and unconventional techniques is increased by 12%]

[Effect 3: During the day, your Spiritual Root is temporarily +2]

This was purely for growth.

Zhang Feng felt it was pretty good, and finally looked at option 3, which bore the name 'Supernatural'.

[Supernatural Watch: Legendary, Epic, Supernatural trait, Variable trait, Worth Waiting For type]

[Effect 1: Root Bone +2, Martial Arts +2, Spiritual Root +2, Digestion and Absorption +400 grams]

[Effect 2: This strengthening will not be gained in this world]

[Effect 3: After selecting, the attributes from 'Effect 1' will be applied to the next adventure world]

[Prologue: Worth Waiting For]

'Is this for stacking fiercely onto the next world?'

Zhang Feng paused upon seeing this trait.

Then he thought for a moment, first considering the disadvantages.

Firstly, if he cleared this world, the next world would be an eight-level 'Growth type'.

Growth types already had good traits, and with the boost from this 'Watch', he would truly be a super genius reincarnated.

As long as the world time was over 15 years, and he started as an adult, and chose a few random talents, then breaking through to Nascent Soul within 15 years would absolutely not be a problem.

It was also possible that he would break through in reality after returning.

Because he had already reached 87%.

Then, even if he broke through in reality.

Subsequently, in an eight-level world, if there were still good talent bonuses, he could reach Nascent Soul even faster, and finally begin to deduce 'Spirit Transformation' and analyze the Three-point Origin Severance Technique earlier.

Because in Zhang Feng's view, Spirit Transformation was the fusion of the Nascent Soul's 'true soul and memory Spiritual Mind'.

This was also a state of 'soul' perfection.

Then, using the perfected soul to uniformly coordinate the entire bodily system, it would basically allow for rapid analysis.

In reality, Zhang Feng studied neurology and various system-related human physiological data daily, and he already had detailed plans for Spirit Transformation and the Three-point Origin Severance Technique.

At that time, as long as the Three-point Origin Severance Technique was created, he would no longer fear worlds without spiritual energy.

Because cultivation systems could be mutually converted, or rather, had already merged into one.

At that time, he would be the 'Great Heavenly Cycle' of techniques, and subsequent additional systems could also be directly integrated into the 'solid framework' of the Great Heavenly Cycle.

After all, the Great Heavenly Cycle already represented the three essences: Jing, Qi, and Shen, forming the most stable triangular structure.

To be a bit more mystical, combined with the Spirit Transformation in the Mud Pill Palace atop his head, it would be 'Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown'.

One more step would take him beyond the Five Elements of Heaven and Earth.

Zhang Feng had many ideas and had paved the way.

As long as he obtained the Watch trait, it would accelerate this path even further.

Then, he considered the disadvantages.

If he chose Watch, it also meant he 'missed out on the most important first strengthening option'.

Could he then pass this '++ checkpoint?'

Zhang Feng fell into contemplation while simultaneously opening the second Spiritual Mind.

Still in thought.

His 100% overclocking began to take effect.

His physical constitution also rapidly increased with the influx of surrounding spiritual energy.

Feeling the powerful force within his body.

Zhang Feng felt that based on his current knowledge and learning, this should be more than sufficient.

Furthermore, with five resurrection chances, plus the fact that this Watch trait did not have 'time freezes after selection'.

This meant that if he died, he could still return to the beginning and reselect new combat strength enhancements.

This was a good thing; it allowed for significant error tolerance.

Especially since his efforts in the past, whether it was obtaining the Che Zhang's hat or studying intensely for hundreds of years, were all so that in the future, when 'development and early combat' traits appeared simultaneously, he could prioritize development.

His hundreds of years of effort were all for better development and better choices in the future.

And now, he truly saw one.

Therefore, he had to take a gamble.

The answer was decided.

Zhang Feng smoothly finalized his future plans while also choosing Watch.

But what seemed like a long time was actually very short, as Zhang Feng had begun condensing his Spiritual Mind and was multitasking.

Within just one minute, Zhang Feng had not only thought through everything but had also opened three Spiritual Minds and activated 100% overclocking.

With the enhancement of Inner Force, the excess Inner Force began to convert towards the middle and lower Dantians within his body.

Especially during the resonance, his internal organs also began to overclock, and Inner Force began to gather.

The Eight Extraordinary Meridians were also being opened up little by little.

Three Spiritual Minds were enough to weave back and forth through many systems, achieving maximum combat power at the start.

In less than ten minutes.

While those dozen or so people were exploring their surroundings.

Zhang Feng had already jumped from 16 Constitution to 71 Constitution.

This was the 'Early Stage Rapid Growth and Transformation' technique Zhang Feng obtained after fully digesting all the knowledge.

Algorithms that fully conformed to human mechanics and spiritual energy structures, among others, allowed Zhang Feng to rapidly achieve a leap in super combat power.

Of course, compared to the explosive growth of these ten minutes, the increase would be gradual from now on.

Only when Inner Force reached 100% would there be another burst.

As for Gold Core, the growth would be completely explosive.

And the topic Zhang Feng had been researching was to try and compress all 'three bursts' into the early stage.

Similarly, Zhang Feng was also very happy after feeling his current Constitution.

Really, if an outrageous monster appeared at the start, he would have been finished.

But now... it would be best if they came later.

Because every second, he was improving, and it was an unlimited improvement.

To be honest, if the monsters still didn't come, he would become invincible.

...

Three hours later, in a corner of the maze.

The dozen or so people traveling together were making a fire and cooking.

It was the kind of old-fashioned small iron pot that was easy to carry, along with some long-burning charcoal.

It seemed these people had very rich wilderness survival experience.

At the same time.

Zhang Feng sat by the fire, looking at the compressed vegetables in the pot.

His Constitution was already 97.

But danger had not yet appeared.

Instead, it was an endless maze, an endless loop.

Even Zhang Feng couldn't see through this 'ghost wall'.

Because it was truly a very large maze, one that completely tested intelligence.

He was also cultivating and didn't want to use his brain, so it was really troublesome.

As for directly breaking the walls, that was out of the question.

What if there were truly terrifying mechanisms? If he died again, these few hours would be wasted.

So, he might as well follow these dozen or so people.

Just that along the way these dozen or so people had walked.

Zhang Feng also saw that they had made marks, but they had all strangely disappeared.

It was also this disappearance, and the repetition of the same locations over and over again.

They didn't even know if they had been there before or not.

Currently, they had begun to develop incorrect cognitive perceptions.

It was precisely these creepy, strange occurrences that made them feel like it was a ghost wall.

Coupled with the terrifying atmosphere, it also made them unable to judge calmly.

At this moment, by the bonfire.

Zhang Feng looked at most of the people who were dejected and somewhat desperate and scared, and knew that relying on them wouldn't work well.

But the two leading figures.

They were still relatively calm.

One of them was named Ha Ge, in his thirties, and true to his name, his face resembled a toad's when his mouth was closed.

Along the way, he hadn't spoken, but rather seemed to be thinking about something.

The other person looked to be around forty years old, and most of the people in the team called him 'Zhou Dage'.

He was strongly built, with a Constitution of 37, and the calluses on his hands were very noticeable.

Based on his walking posture, Zhang Feng knew that he practiced Hard Qigong like Iron Sand Palm.

The last two people, wearing geological survey team clothes, were one in his forties and one in his fifties.

These two were the employers of everyone.

They seemed to be people from a large organization.

After three hours of going in circles in the maze, Zhang Feng also sorted out their relationships while cultivating.

All in all, the two organization personnel were the Boss.

Zhou Dage and Ha Ge were the exploration experts in the team, and were also suspected to be the kind of 'explorers' who specialized in finding ancient ruins.

The remaining eleven gunmen were security personnel from the organization.

Their composition was very complex.

But based on the information in the text, Zhang Feng could also judge that they were looking for something related to 'ancient creatures'.

"I guess we're in trouble this time."

It was also at this moment.

Ha Ge suddenly spoke.

His words also made everyone around look over.

"Ha Ge, what do you mean by that?"

"Don't scare me..."

Several security personnel asked, their eyes cautiously surveying the surrounding walls.

In the flickering dim light of the bonfire, facing the dark corners all around.

They tightened their grip on their guns, always afraid that some monster would run out from those corners.

"In trouble?" Zhou Dage frowned and asked directly, "Did you find something?"

"Yeah, tell us about it." The two organization personnel also looked over.

Zhang Feng also looked over, wanting to know what this person, who seemed to have no spiritual energy and only a Constitution of 14, could possibly say.

After seeing everyone look over, Ha Ge pointed to a bluestone wall nearby, "Look."

"Look at what?"

"There's clearly nothing here..."

Zhou Dage and the others looked over. In their naked eyes, it was just a solid bluestone wall.

Ha Ge, however, said solemnly as if it were a serious matter, "There's malevolent energy overflowing there."

"Malevolent energy? What is that?" Several people felt their hearts tighten upon hearing this.

Zhou Dage and the two organization personnel, however, frowned and asked, "You saw it? How should we deal with it?"

'This person... has innate Yin Malevolence Eyes?'

Unlike Zhou Dage and the others, Zhang Feng also saw the malevolent energy.

It was just that this was with the help of the Malevolence Viewing Talisman within his Spiritual Sense.

But this malevolent energy wasn't controlled by anyone; it formed naturally, so Zhang Feng didn't pay much attention to it.

But at this moment.

Zhang Feng saw that this Ha Ge, who had no spiritual energy fluctuations, could actually see the malevolent energy, and this immediately piqued his interest.

Innate 'Yin Malevolence Eyes', if he could analyze them and then transform them into various viewing eyes, until they became 'All-seeing Yin-Yang Eyes'.

Then he wouldn't need to bother using talismans.

This way, he could also save one Spiritual Mind and transfer it to cultivation-related matters.

For a moment, Zhang Feng had some ideas about Ha Ge's whole body functions and eye structure.

Solely in terms of deepening his knowledge, this person was worth befriending.

And Ha Ge still didn't know that his body was being targeted.

On the contrary, when he heard everyone's questions, he seriously observed the overflowing malevolent energy and said solemnly:

"I know you Brothers don't really believe in supernatural and chaotic forces, but you invited me here because you value this ability of mine."

As he spoke, he stood up decisively from beside the bonfire,

"This place is strange. If you ask me, we should find a way out and go back as soon as possible."

"Because I can really see some 'malevolent wandering souls' from cemeteries."

"Since this place has malevolent energy and is perpetually dark, there might even be legendary fierce ghosts!"

"Ghosts..."

"Listening to Ha Ge, I also feel a bit chilly around here..."

"How about we... let's quickly find a way out and go back..."

"We've been encountering the ghost wall... maybe there's a ghost following us from behind..."

"You... don't look back... the elders say, never look back..."

As Ha Ge finished speaking, several people showed fearful expressions.

Some people wanted to turn back, but were stopped in time by the person next to them.

"Help me check behind me..."

Another person's neck was stiff, asking their companion to check for them.

In the dim light of the fire, and in this 'ghost wall' maze where even speaking echoed.

An atmosphere of fear spread at this moment.

Although they were mercenaries from the organization and ruthless people skilled with guns.

But if they truly encountered the kind of ghost that 'cannot be seen or touched', that kind of 'unknown'.

Any person would be afraid.

Even the experiences from their childhood memories, when they were scared by ghost stories, surfaced one by one at this moment.

However, Zhang Feng was not afraid like he used to be inside the Rats' nest.

Because he could truly see ghosts now.

Facing something visible, tangible, and having strength himself, instead of something of 'unknown origin', naturally eliminated fear.

Precisely because of this, Zhang Feng also suddenly realized that he had grown so much without even noticing.

At least now he could listen to a creepy topic until the end.

Instead of forcibly interrupting.

Similarly, there were also quite a few brave people in this group.

Just like Zhou Dage, he was half-believing and half-doubting about this, so he wasn't afraid.

Especially outside, he was even the three-time champion of the national underground boxing matches.

Including the other two organization personnel, they were also not afraid.

Especially one of them, who even showed an intriguing excitement and said, "It's good if there are fierce ghosts! This proves we came to the right place!"