Chapter 226 Sequence Five: Gatekeeper of the Underworld
Wei Huan's return not only injected strong vitality into the crew of his chariot, but also made the entire Daxia seem to be busy.
The first and most important thing is the whereabouts of the sapling of the World Tree that Captain Fang brought back.
This trial saw challengers from 17 nations participating, each contributing a small amount of effort. Daxia and Osham contributed the most, each vying for control of the World Tree sapling. However, Daxia maintained a firm stance, seizing the sapling and allowing only scientists from various nations to conduct protective research within designated areas.
Of course, Osam disagreed, but since Wei Huan's rise, Osam had never gotten a single good result in the confrontation with Daxia, so his protest was naturally ineffective.
After more than a month of tug-of-war, Osam finally compromised and asked for ten places on the upward channel from Daxia. He then sent less than ten scientists, who were very limited in the fifth-level world, to Daxia's Suzaku City to conduct research.
When these scientists from Osam arrived at the World Tree Research Institute in Suzaku City, they were surprised to see that there were nearly 100 scientists from Daxia!
Isn't it said that when challenging world dangers, the ratio of tanks to personnel should prioritize the main combat personnel? Where did these scientific researchers, who are already in their seventies and eighties and have little combat capability, come from?
So it goes without saying that the research on the World Tree must be led by Daxia.
They can only look and smell, and are not even allowed to touch. The key research data are kept highly confidential. The scientists of Osham can only study some scraps and the progress is slow.
Of course, Daxia's progress is so fast because these scientists are actually doing research while they are on leave at home.
There is also a World Tree on Wei Huan's car, the only difference is that it has just sprouted.
The god-level World Tree was planted in the flower bed of the central square of the chariot. Because its germination period was extremely slow, it was like a small bean sprout, poking its head out of the soil a little bit, and it did not grow at all for a long time.
However, although the "Bean Sprout" is small, the effect of practicing around it is not small at all. Recently, its radiation range has even expanded to the room. Some crew members living on the lower floors, including these scientists, have made breakthroughs one after another.
Mu Zhong's driver sequence had broken through to sequence three a month ago, and the mechas produced by the steel factory had also reached level three.
Recently, the pioneering armies of Daxia have been frequently mobilizing minerals and materials to send to Mu Zhong, and the third-level mechas have been produced frantically.
If the third-level mecha is organized into a team, it can already gain a foothold in the fourth-level world.
Wei Huan himself has the effect of enlightenment, and with the assistance of the World Tree, he is about to advance to the Sequence Five [Gatekeeper of the Underworld] in the next few days.
Every promotion in sequence is a huge improvement for Wei Huan, and is also crucial to Daxia, or even all of humanity.
Having said that, the scientists that Wei Huan brought along along the way played a shining role in the fifth-level world.
They initially cracked the secret of the World Tree's ability to accelerate cultivation, which came from the billions of runes engraved on the plant.
The story behind this rune also comes from Wei Huan.
It was during the assessment that he, out of caution, imprinted a rune from a huge building on the back shell of the face hugger. It was just a flash of inspiration at the time, but he didn't expect that it would really make the face hugger become abnormal. After returning, he told this to the director.
Some research and development results may be the result of countless tedious experiments, or simply a flash of inspiration. Wei Huan's idea of carving a rune into the facehugger gave the researchers a direction for their research, and they quickly produced results.
A "talisman" that can even be used on Blue Star was born.
The "talisman" is engraved on the challenge material that is only available in Daxia.
This wooden challenge material, produced from trees, is a hundred-acre forest that Daxia obtained after the opening battle of the fifth-level world was distributed according to merit.
Those trees have abundant natural energy, but because they are not mineral wealth, no use has been found.
Nowadays, spiritual wood with sufficient energy is made into wooden plaques, and simplified runes are carved on them. This will allow people to enjoy many benefits when using the wooden plaques.
It must be pointed out that Wei Huan's casual rubbing was obtained from an alien building that was magnified tens of thousands of times, which allowed this research to "break through from 0 to 1."
It was like finding the first complete rune from the endless genetic code, and then continuing the research along that genetic chain.
In short, the scientists brought by Wei Huan studied and verified the saplings of the World Tree of the Suzaku Legion and the species of the World Tree of Wei Huan's chariot, and gradually deciphered a lot of runes.
This also gave rise to a special profession in Daxia: the rune master.
Wei Huan got the first "Dark Energy Talisman", which had the effect of slightly accelerating his cultivation when worn on his body.
Of course, the effect is far inferior to being at the edge of the World Tree, but among the 3 billion human beings, only a very small part can come into contact with the World Tree. However, the talisman can be carried with everyone, regardless of gender, age, and strength, even on Blue Star, to speed up cultivation.
It can be said to be a huge research and development that benefits both the country and the people.
The talisman had never appeared in Wei Huan’s previous life.
Because humans did not win the opening battle in the level five world, and did not have the brilliant move of Wei Huan participating in the assessment. In the end, of course, it was because humans were deceived by the survivors in the level five world in the previous life and failed to see through the fatal crisis.
The talisman is just being developed now, and although it is still in short supply, most challengers will be able to equip it in the future. If the opening battle of level six is won... it will not be a dream for each challenger to have a talisman to speed up their cultivation.
In short, the raw materials and scientific research results of the talismans are now in the hands of Daxia, and have become very important trading materials at present. In addition, exclusive businesses such as rising channels have given Daxia absolute initiative in diplomacy.
Therefore, Daxia is currently uniting various forces and plans to send the world saplings to the sixth-level world.
However, regarding the matter of sending the World Tree saplings to the sixth-level world, Daxia and Wei Huan held two meetings. In the end, it was decided that Wei Huan would go to the sixth-level world first, and Captain Fang would enter with the second batch of World Tree saplings.
After all, it involves a divine item and a major national action. It's not that he doesn't trust Wei Huan, but the stakes are too high. Someone must go ahead and explore the way, and only after confirming that it is appropriate can the sacred tree be sent away.
Moreover, Osham has always disagreed with sending the tree into the sixth-level world. The reason is that they are not sure about the environment of the sixth-level world. They believe that even in the deep-sea world, underwater cities can be built, and the World Tree is not necessarily needed to establish a continent.
In short, the World Tree is of great importance, and the tree must not be moved easily without more accurate information.
Wei Huan didn't care about the dispute over the World Tree.
He just needs to make sure that the final tree can be planted in the sixth-level world.
If, by the time he reaches the sixth-level world, the tree is suppressed in the fifth-level world for various reasons, that doesn't matter.
At worst, he can just come back. By then, he will be even stronger and able to resolve any vacillations and disputes with force.
As for the one in his car, he naturally would not hand it over.
All the top leaders of Da Xia knew about it, but after all, it was his personal trophy. At the same time, he was the strongest person in Da Xia. Letting Wei Huan continue to maintain his advantage as a strong person would also be beneficial to Da Xia.
In other words, Wei Huan himself also has one, otherwise Mu Dehao and Commander Chai would do anything to help Wei Huan and take the sapling from Captain Fang's hand to Wei Huan's car... Even if they can't have it exclusively, they have to set up a rotation system.
Now that Wei Huan has it himself, everyone is happy.
In addition, of course, it was clearly stated on the sapling that the World Tree grows slowly during its germination period, and it is impossible for it to grow into a World Tree in a level six world, so this small tree bud took root in Wei Huan's car.
A small soybean sprout looks timid and tender, but it cannot be destroyed easily.
After all, it's the young bud of the World Tree, so it's no exaggeration to say it's invulnerable. Furthermore, recognizing its preciousness, the crew has specially arranged a team of caretakers, so careful not even a mosquito can get close. Coupled with the intelligent supervision of the AI butler, casual access to the World Tree is practically impossible.
The crew made such arrangements, of course, because more and more people have boarded the bus recently.
The tank was upgraded to level six, with 900 more places available.
Even though the various legions were reluctant to send out men at the beginning, they were unable to stop Wei Huan's chariots.
Not only is there the strongest human being in charge, who can go to the sixth-level world at any time, but there are also title bonuses and the World Tree to assist in training. It is simply a holy land for challengers.
So some challengers either applied on their own initiative or were arranged to board Wei Huan's chariot.
Even though most of those who got on the bus later were also members of the Great Xia Pioneering Army, the crew members who got on the bus first did not have much trust in them. This was also the reason why the old crew members arranged heavy protection for the World Tree.
And the people they want to guard against most are the 21 Congolese people who recently got on the tank.
This group of people was brought up by Jones.
Jones is a tank captain trained by the whole nation of Ganga. Because he followed the right boss, among so many countries, a small country with a population of less than 50,000 people has two tanks that have arrived in the fifth-level world.
Now that Jones had obtained Wei Huan's permission to board the chariot, he had become a hero in his country. It could be said that he was sprinkled with holy water and boarded Wei Huan's chariot.
Coming with him were the crew members of his chariot. The family backgrounds of these crew members had been checked over and over again by Daxia, and they were only allowed to board the chariot after being confirmed to be absolutely safe.
The other 70 or so Jones crew members who did not come stayed in the fifth-level world and became a separate car to continue their adventure here.
Small countries have their own way of survival.
Jones got on the car. Although it was difficult to integrate here and he was guarded everywhere, this was never a problem for him. As long as he followed Lord Wei, he had become the strongest person in their country.
But even so, there were only more than 200 people in Wei Huan's car.
Because the assessment for upgrading from Level 4 to Level 5 roads is conducted every six months, it will take some time for Daxia to send people up.
Wei Huan doesn't have to wait until the car is full before taking the next step.
The reason why he had stayed at the Qinglong base until now after returning from the assessment was because he was finally about to reach Sequence Five.
With the help of many people, he caught up with his realm cultivation in a time that was ten times faster than that of others, and now he is finally about to catch up.
Entering the level six world with the strength of sequence five is Wei Huan’s bottom line.
In addition, he has always been thinking about the platinum-level treasure ruins.
There are not only platinum-level supplies in it, but Mofidi might come looking for him, which would be a chance for him to improve his strength again.
As for the possibility of facing the complete form of Mofidi after helping him to break the seal, Wei Huan was too lazy to think about it for a long time to come.
Make yourself stronger first.
During the time that Wei Huan was in seclusion for cultivation, the Qinglong Army also found an island in the fifth-level world.
Although it was not what Wei Huan had expected at first, an island that looked like land and was as big as the Five-Star Island was not much smaller.
The island is located 200,000 kilometers away from the uninhabited area and is one of the qualified islands found by Wei Huan.
There are no islands suitable for building a city within a five-day radius. The Qinglong Army built the city there to ensure the supply of the pioneering team and to generate considerable income including entrance fees, accommodation fees, and so on.
In other words, once challengers enter this area, they must stop in Qinglong City. Whether it is to buy expensive parking spaces or temporary accommodation to buy supplies, it is an exclusive business.
There may not be many people in the fifth-level world now, but as private forces and ordinary challengers slowly come to the fifth-level world, Qinglong City is destined to become one of the most prosperous cities.
Although the government will not build a city for the purpose of making money like private forces, it has spent such huge manpower and material resources, and the key is the contribution of so many martyrs in the pioneering army. The country will not be stingy with the money it should make.
Under Wei Huan's promotion, the Azure Dragon Army is gradually overtaking the Suzaku Army and returning to the position of the number one army in Daxia.
The Qinglong Army is not afraid of being at the forefront or sacrificing themselves, but they are afraid that they are not qualified to fight.
"Wei Huan is making a breakthrough, right?"
On the day Wei Huan made a breakthrough, Mu Dehao came to see him several times, and he was more concerned about it than his own son's breakthrough.
When Mu Zhong was on the verge of death and was about to face the assessment of entering the Challenge World, Mu Dehao aged more than ten years in just one week. At night when no one was around, he would secretly wipe his tears in front of Mu Zhong's bed.
With Mu Zhong's serious injuries, he would definitely die if he entered the Challenge World. What could be more painful than a parent watching their son die?
But in the blink of an eye, more than half a year had passed, and that memory seemed to have become a vague nightmare, and Mu Dehao could hardly remember it.
Now, good things happen every day when I open my eyes. Not only did my son survive, but he's become increasingly energetic and motivated. My wife's ability, which was sealed because of a life-threatening divination, has now been lifted. Although she can't enter the Challenge World because of my daughter, having the ability and not having the ability are two different things. And I, inexplicably, have become the deputy commander of the Azure Dragon Army and the next head of the Mu family. It's only a matter of time before I'm promoted to a full-time position. Now, everything I handle is as smooth as a god, as if it were divinely assisted.
Mu Dehao knew exactly who brought all these.
Even if Wei Huan is nothing, just because Mu Zhong likes him is enough for him to treat him well. Not to mention that Wei Huan is the lucky star of their family, Mu Dehao almost gouged out his own eyeballs and pressed Wei Huan into his eyes to protect him at all times.
The Qinglong Army is preparing to build a city, which is a big deal. Mu Dehao is very busy, but he will come to take a look whenever he has time.
Wei Huan’s improvement is not only useful to him and Daxia, but also crucial to the entire human race in challenging the world.
When Wei Huan successfully advanced, the heavy stone in his heart would finally fall to the ground. Not only him, but also the top leaders of Daxia were paying attention to Wei Huan's advancement.
"It's been almost a week." Mu Dehao frowned and asked his son, "Does it take that long?"
Mu Zhong said, "Breakthrough isn't difficult, especially since Wei Huan has a seventh-level potion awakening. He can advance directly once he reaches that level. The trouble lies in consolidating the progress after the advancement. Wei Huan has an army of over 200,000 undead to advance in sequence, and it won't be done without some time. Go get busy. The team has urged you several times. Don't keep so many people waiting for you. You're already a grown man."
Mu Dehao sighed, "Don't you want to see someone before you leave? After I leave, I'll be like a nail stuck in that city. If you don't come find me, I can't just leave. I'm an old man, busy with work every day."
Mu Zhong smiled and said, "We will come to see you. Don't talk like you're a lonely old man. Let's go, let's go."
Mu Dehao also smiled, and finally turned and left.
With Mu Dehao's departure, only 12 vehicles, including Wei Huan's, were left in the entire Qinglong base. The rest of the vehicles followed Mu Dehao away in a mighty procession, and these remaining 12 vehicles will also leave one after another in the following time.
This is just the base of the Qinglong Pioneering Army. In the future, the focus of the Qinglong Pioneering Army will only be on Qinglong City.
Mu Zhong looked at the large army moving away, then looked at the empty camp, and then returned to the car.
As we drove along, the atmosphere in the car was very positive.
When the main combat crew members do not have combat missions, they take turns to practice in front of the buds of the World Tree every day. After the practice time is over, they will take turns to join the guard team, and can also get close to the World Tree. Although they do not practice, it will invisibly increase the speed of practice.
Scientific researchers who are not combatants can get closer to the World Tree buds. They will use an amplification device developed by veteran mecha technicians who have been promoted to Sequence Five to observe the runes on the buds.
Up to now, Daxia has completely copied out 6 runes, corresponding to light, darkness, nature, flesh and blood, speed, and strength respectively.
According to preliminary research, there should be 108 kinds of primary runes, and in the later stage, runes can be superimposed to create runes with more complex effects.
If one has enough ability, it is possible to replicate a World Tree.
When Mu Zhong walked past the World Tree buds, Liu Chengzhi, who had just watered the buds, called out to him, "Boss Mu, where are you going?"
Mu Zhong raised his hand and pointed above his head.
Liu Chengzhi jumped up and whispered, "Going to see the boss? Together."
Mu nodded.
The two of them went to the elevator and went up to the top floor on the 30th floor. As soon as they stepped out of the elevator, they saw Jones sitting cross-legged at the elevator door.
His dark face smiled brightly when he saw them, and he stood up and called respectfully, "Master Mu, Master Liu, hello."
Liu Chengzhi curled his lips when he saw this and muttered softly, "He's really good at licking."
Mu Zhong smiled and nodded to Jones: "Thank you for your hard work."
After Jones got in the car, he did not approach the World Tree, but followed him after getting Wei Huan's permission.
Whenever Wei Huan returned to his room, or went to a private space like the driver's room, he and the people he brought with him would always guard the door, never leaving.
Neither Mu Zhong nor Wei Huan tried to correct Jones's behavior. Everyone had their own way of surviving. For an outsider to survive in such a team, it was not wrong to stick with Wei Huan.
Wei Huan wants to make Daxia stronger.
But the greater ambition in his heart is to ensure the eternal survival of the human race.
As long as Jones sincerely seeks refuge, there is no need for him to stay with Wei Huan.
However, it was Jones's behavior that made Liu Chengzhi very unhappy. He muttered and complained, and then followed Mu Chong into Wei Huan's room under Jones' envious gaze.
This envious look instantly made Liu Chengzhi happy again. Sure enough, I am still the baby that my adoptive father loves and trusts the most.
Mu Zhong entered the house and didn't see Wei Huan, who was supposed to be practicing. He said, "Sure enough, we've entered the Undead Ranch."
As they were talking, the two of them walked to the balcony outside the house, where stood an object about two meters high that looked like a coffin. This was the professional training ground for the gravekeeper that Wei Huan had obtained, the Ranch of the Dead.
Mu Zhong said, “To upgrade from Sequence 3 to Sequence 4, ordinary Undead takes one hour, while Elite Undead takes six hours, or even longer.
The grass in the professional training grounds isn't infinite. Wei Huan has so many undead now that it will take at least a month to finish organizing the army. Let's wait a little longer."
Liu Chengzhi rubbed his hands: "Boss, you're already so powerful at level four, what's it going to take to reach level five? A one-man army is nothing, it's simply a natural disaster."
Mu Zhong raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Sequence Eight for the Gravekeeper is Natural Disaster."
"Tsk tsk, what a natural disaster." Liu Chengzhi smiled happily, then jumped up and said, "Stop talking about it. I should think about making something delicious for the boss to nourish him. He's been practicing in seclusion since he came back. It must be very tiring..."
Liu Chengzhi left after saying this, and Mu Zhong did not stay either, leaving with him.
Now that Wei Huan is in seclusion, he is the only one who can make decisions in the car. However, no matter how many things there are, it will not make people anxious or difficult, because they have Wei Huan in the car and he has Wei Huan behind him. As long as this strongest force exists, all problems will be solved.
Not long after Mu Zhong left, Wei Huan walked out of the professional training ground.
After advancing to Sequence Five, his overall strength improved, but it wasn't to the extent of being able to fast by eating wind and drinking dew like in the immortal cultivation novels. Instead, he could eat more.
In order to maintain this strong body and keep it in top condition at all times, he had to eat and drink enough. Once he had eaten his fill, he could endure for a long time without fighting, because at this point, he hardly ever defecates, and his body can absorb any energy and keep it from being lost.
It has been more than a week since Wei Huan last had a full meal.
After feeling the breakthrough, he asked Liu Chengzhi to prepare a table full of food, using creatures that challenged the world. With the blessing of Liu Chengzhi's culinary talent, the abundant spiritual power would not only fill his whole body, but also nourish his body bit by bit and increase his attributes.
Advancing to Sequence Five was quick, and it only took him one day to complete the advancement.
After that, he felt in very good condition, so he went directly to the Undead Ranch and stayed there for many days.
The reason why he waited until today to come out was not only because he was hungry, but most importantly, his fighting power had been accumulated by a large margin.
All elite undead have completed the upgrade, and half of the ordinary undead have also completed the upgrade.
Now the durability of all the five-star grass in the Undead Ranch has dropped to 1 point. We have to wait for them to recover slowly before the Undead can continue to upgrade.
But even if it is only half, Wei Huan's current combat power has more than doubled compared to when he was at Sequence Four.
Looking at his current attributes, they are completely different from before.
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