Click, click, click

Click, click, click

After spending a few days of a peaceful life attending school during the day and studying the investigator manual built into the bracelet at night, Mu Huoyue received a contact from Xiang Xun.

The bracelet also has the functions of communication and positioning.

Mu Huoyue learned from the investigator manual that the most important use of this function is not to contact colleagues, but to seek help when encountering a secret realm unexpectedly. It is also one of the protection measures of the Bureau for investigators.

Xiang Xun in the communication box still looked tired, and no one knew what he had been doing these days.

After making sure that Mu Chuyue was ready, he rode his Akaba Eagle directly to the door of the small apartment and went to East Bay Park with Mu Chuyue.

The red-feathered eagle was very fast, and its feathers were thick and soft, which effectively alleviated the wind pressure during flight. It carried the two people and landed steadily on the open space in East Bay Park.

Mu Huoyue habitually looked at the data detected on the bracelet.

【Name】：Red Feather Eagle

[Attribute]: Wind

[Racial Level]: High-level warrior

[Growth Level]: Growth Stage 9

[Talent Core]: Feather of Wind (Wind Element C Level)

[Normal hidden energy value]: 60255P

[Race Introduction]: An extraordinary creature of the wind falcon family, an evolved form of the white-feathered eagle, possessing stable wind-driving abilities and high-altitude vision.

When a non-contracted supernatural creature is detected, the atlas cannot directly show the skills other than the talent core, and instead adds the corresponding race introduction.

As a warrior race at the peak of its growth period, the Red Feathered Eagle is very well bred, with a normal latent energy value of over 60,000, which is definitely a leader among the warrior races.

However, as a top student in the Combat Department of Metropolitan University who can represent the school in national competitions, Mu Shuyue guessed that this red-feathered eagle was not Xiang Xun's real trump card pet.

"Thanks for your hard work."

The two men got off the back of the Red-feathered Eagle, touched the huge beak of the Red-feathered Eagle that was approaching, and put it back into the beast taming space.

Dongwan Park is still blocked by the Affairs Bureau and ordinary people cannot enter. Mu Liuyue and Xiang Xun are the only visitors tonight.

Without his pet by his side, Xiang Xun looked even more tired than before in the night breeze. Half of his face was buried in his scarf, and his whole body was shaky, as if he was on the verge of death from overwork.

He took out his bracelet, adjusted it to detection mode, and calibrated the location of the entrance to the secret realm.

Mu Yuyue glanced at him, but couldn't help asking the question that had puzzled her for a long time, "...Senior Xiangxun, what did you do before? I remember you said that the work of an investigator wouldn't be that hard."

"Hey...just call me Xiang Xun. Senior always sounds very old."

The young man scratched his head, shrugged his shoulders and continued with his work. His voice sounded weak. "I am usually like this. It won't delay the investigation... Don't worry about it."

Is there anyone who always looks like he's dying of exhaustion?

Mu Yuyue's doubts did not diminish at all. If she was not busy with work or other things, then...

"Have you contracted a pet like a succubus?" Mu Chuyue recalled the information she had seen on the forum. Some dark pets have unique emotional preferences that will cause the contractor to lose desire.

“Shh—” Hearing this, the exhausted young man showed a rare hint of nervousness and immediately stopped Mu Shuyue from continuing to speak, “If Hana hears these words, I’m doomed!”

He looked at the curious girl and said helplessly, "Hana is my contracted pet, not a succubus. She's a little... Oh, never mind. You'll know what's going on when you see her."

"I usually can't concentrate because of my beast taming talent. Simply put, it's a suppressive talent. The energy that is usually suppressed can be stored by the talent and exploded multiple times when needed."

After Xiang Xun finished speaking, his bracelet made a short beeping sound.

In the early days of the secret realm's arrival, the executors of the Affairs Bureau had conducted preliminary investigations and found out the type of secret realm, its energy level, and the approximate location of the entrance.

The secret realm at this stage is extremely unstable. If conditions permit, the Bureau will give priority to arranging investigators of the corresponding level to conduct field exploration.

The secret realm of the Star Dragon Earl's Mansion is a historical relic secret realm. The energy level and the size of the internal space are not very high in the estimated rating, and it is predicted to be a D to C level secret realm.

Xiang Xun's strength is enough to deal with the secret realm of this level, so he is assigned as a companion to assist Mu Huoyue in completing the first secret realm investigation.

The bracelet determined the location of the entrance to the secret realm.

Xiang Xun nodded slightly and said to the girl beside him: "Done, you know the necessary steps to enter the secret realm, right?"

Mu Huoyue nodded. She had been studying the investigator manual in the bracelet carefully in the past few days.

She also turned on her bracelet, connected the sensor device to the coordinates of the entrance to the secret realm, and then activated the "Mind Calibration Mode".

According to the explanation of the Affairs Bureau, the secret realm is divided into three stages from its emergence to its stabilization.

When the secret realm first appears, its existence is extremely unstable, the entrance cannot be easily found, and it may disappear again at any time. It will then randomly appear in other coordinates. This period is called the [Flash Period].

After the secret realm appears, as an independent dimensional space, its position no longer changes, and it has a stable connection point entrance with the real world. This is the [Advent Period].

The secret realm is completely integrated with the planet, exists in the same spatial dimension, and becomes a part of the natural landscape during the [fusion period].

When the [Fusion Period] is over, the secret realm will completely transform into the planet itself.

Because secret realms have continued to descend and merge over the past thousands of years, the appearance of the planet itself, whether it is land, ocean, or various vegetation biospheres, is constantly changing.

Due to the influence of the fusion of secret realms, the territory of national forces is no longer completely fixed. Whoever can control the situation during the advent of a large secret realm will be able to seize the initiative during the fusion period and gain more territory and resources.

There is no risk in entering the secret realms of the [Fusion Period]; after all, these areas are already part of the real world.

The partially controllable [Advent] secret realm can also be safely entered and exited by most people after the entrance connection is artificially stabilized.

Only the secret realm of the [Flash Period] is extremely dangerous to travel through, and the connection with the real world is unstable, which means that the other side of the connection may still be in a state where all rules and concepts of existence are different from those of the real world.

Humans, who use the present world as the basis for their existence to establish various sensory perceptions, are easily subject to consciousness shocks during the process of traveling, causing their perceptions and spirits to fall into irrecoverable chaos.

In Mu Shuyue's understanding, the process of traveling through the secret realm of the Flash Period would probably cause some disturbance to the observer effect, so the Affairs Bureau used the high-level divine mind skills of extraordinary creatures to create this "Mind Calibration Mode"

——Establish a stable point of cognition. No matter how far your consciousness is shaken, you can quickly return to your original state after reaching the secret realm.

However, even with this function, there are only a few beastmasters who can safely travel through different secret realms multiple times during the flash period. Most of them are humans with "anchor" qualifications.

After adjusting the mode of the bracelet, a thin layer of blue energy appeared on Mu Liuyue and Xiang Xun's bodies, and they both closed their eyes at the same time.

As if riding on a roller coaster, Mu Huiyue climbed over several peaks in the feedback of her senses, leaping to a high place and then suddenly falling down.

A strong feeling of weightlessness came over her, and she felt as if she had suddenly stepped on solid ground during the violent fall. Then all the experiences brought by her senses whizzed by and disappeared.

She opened her eyes and saw some familiar structures, luxurious yet dilapidated rooms, thick shadows surging around, and a slight stench of decay in the air.

It was the room at the end of the second floor of the Castle of the Dead, the destination from which she desperately escaped when she first came here.

“Click, click.”

The tiny skeleton popped its head out of her shadow and swam towards the thick darkness all around it like a fish taking to the sea.

"Safe landing—"

Xiang Xun walked over from the other corner of the room, his hands in his pockets and his steps briskly. He looked energetic, with all the fatigue he had shown before swept away.

His scarf was folded back a little, becoming a smart style that didn't cover his face. The dark circles under his eyes had completely disappeared, and even his skin seemed much tighter. His eyes were clear and energetic, and his face had an eager expression.

Mu Huoyue stared at him in amazement. It was hard for her to imagine that the sunny, cheerful and handsome college student in front of her was the same person as the tired and shaky office worker outside.

Even if the changes were brought about by the beast taming talent, it was too scary. Can spiritual energy still beautify the skin... ?

Xiang Xun seemed to have long been accustomed to the surprised looks of others, and said quickly: "You are more familiar with this place than I am. You decide the direction of exploration, Mu Shuyue."

Mu Huoyue calmed herself down, returned to her serious working mode, and turned on her bracelet again.

The detection results of the regional latent energy value were quickly displayed on the bracelet.

"The normal hidden energy value range is 1000-1500wP. The unit space measurement result is dark attribute. The hidden energy coverage rate exceeds 99.2%. No chaotic area is detected. It is determined to be a D-level secret realm."

She glanced at the detection results and continued, "It is speculated that the Lord of the Secret Realm is a monarch race, mature stage, and the dark and undead are the most likely."

An important factor in determining the level of a secret realm is to infer the situation of the secret realm lord.

This is the most dangerous supernatural creature in the secret realm. In some special secret realms, the lord can even affect the operating rules within the entire secret realm. How to deal with the secret realm lord is an important part of exploring the secret realm.

"Not bad, I've done my homework." Xiang Xun nodded, and his tone was much lighter after he got out of the fatigue mode. "The Changning Municipal Affairs Bureau has done some preliminary exploration of the exterior and can confirm that it is the remains of the Star Dragon Earl's Mansion, so there will be no chaotic area detected here. After all, it is a scene born out of human history."

"Can we determine the situation inside the secret realm through external investigation?" Mu Liuyue asked.

"For special secret realms like ruins, it's OK." Xiang Xun explained, "After all, there are pets of the divine consciousness system here, and there are many skills that can sense the traces of time. It's not a difficult task."

With the help of extraordinary creatures, many different and wonderful technologies appeared in this world, and Mu Liuyue took notes carefully.

"By the way, have you asked Eren about the situation here?"

Xiang Xun looked around but couldn't find the little skeleton that had blended into some shadow.

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