Chapter 271: Practicing with the Book of Death
The serious atmosphere became strange again, but this was both "death" and "blindness", and the two of them quickly woke up from the attraction this time.
Wei Huan observed Mu Zhong's eyes again. His big eyes, distinctly black and white, were bright and dazzling like the moon on a clear summer night, not knowing whether they were moistened by blood or purified by the energy of light.
Wei Huan pulled Mu Zhong up and said, "Don't look around anymore."
Mu Zhong chuckled and replied softly, "Okay."
The two men couldn't stay in the room any longer and left. Everything was back to normal and no one knew that something had happened to Mu Zhong's eyes.
The AI butler directly notified Xia Yu, and Xia Yu went upstairs in a low-key manner and returned in a low-key manner. During this period, she was controlled by the AI butler, and it was unlikely that someone would run into her and know why she went out.
It's not that I don't trust the people on the chariot, but at this time of celebrating a great victory, the news that one of the leaders was injured would cast a shadow on this happy atmosphere.
Furthermore, to explain why Mu Zhong’s eyes were injured, we have to bring up the Book of Death, and then the existence of “truth” will be spread.
Wei Huan and Mu Zhong both agreed that now was not a good time.
The elevator leads downstairs, but Wei Huan took the elevator that went directly to the captain's room, while Mu Zhong took another elevator that went to the square.
Wei Huan saw everyone surrounding Mu Zhong in the driver's cabin. The atmosphere was joyous and the noisy sounds were like the New Year. Wei Huan was very glad that he did not go over there. He hated dealing with such scenes the most.
But Mu Zhong was different. He felt like a fish in water in such a scene, smiling calmly and confidently, and his whole body exuded a strong charm.
Apart from those ripe and extremely tempting lips, Wei Huan felt that everything about Mu Zhong was good at this moment.
Soon the director got the news and came over. Then Mu Zhong helped the director to the driver's cab, followed by all the management on the chariot.
In addition, Captain Fang and his adjutant were also invited over.
Wei Huan knew that his work had come, so he stood up from his seat, straightened his clothes one last time, opened the door and walked out.
The timing was just right, everyone had arrived at their seats but not all had sat down yet.
Wei Huan's appearance made everyone stand up again. Some saluted him, some bowed to him, and many more frantic gazes stayed on him. Amidst such gazes, Wei Huan took the initiative to walk towards the director and helped him sit in the first seat on the side.
Next, it’s time to divide the spoils, no, it’s time to distribute the spoils.
This trip to the Dark Beast Plane was very rewarding.
The resources Wei Huan plundered were dozens of times greater than the total value of challenge resources acquired by mankind so far.
This is just the rarest and most expensive supplies brought back. If the warehouse is well prepared, with Wei Huan's style of plowing the land like a geese passing by, the Dark Beast Plane will become barren after Wei Huan visits it a few times.
But let alone dozens of times, even the amount of materials equivalent to the challenge world reward is enough to make everyone excited, not to mention that the amount here far exceeds those.
Next, Mu Zhong took out his space warehouse, and at the same time a projection screen appeared above the warehouse, clearly indicating the name, quantity, and usage of the materials.
This time, "Iron Heart" was very generous. Not only did it do a good job of logistics, but it also revealed many functions through usage methods that humans have not actually explored or researched.
It can also be regarded as another way to lean towards humans and exploit loopholes to avoid detection by the main system.
For a moment, everyone looked up at the virtual screen above the conference table. There were densely packed words and even methods for refining certain special materials.
The old man looked at it for a long time without moving, until he read the last word carefully, then he looked at the two people beside him with shining eyes.
The instructions before him were a treasure trove! These priceless treasures, along with the refining materials, were dropped before him. He felt as if the human race had been struck by a giant pie. While his mind was swirling, he knew full well that humanity wasn't just about to win the civilizational challenge against the Dark Beast Lords; it was about to take off completely!
"Okay, okay, okay." The director said okay several times and stopped talking.
He was not the manager of the car, nor did he participate in the challenge of humans to the Dark Beast Clan. He was just here to be a teacher and guide Wei Huan on how to become an excellent leader.
At the beginning, he just came here with the goal of guiding Wei Huan to become the leader of the chariot, but now he knows why the country sent him to this chariot.
Wei Huan is now on the road to becoming the "leader of the human race."
Now he has the strongest combat power and holds such a huge amount of supplies in his hands. His prestige is unprecedentedly high. The day when the human race on Blue Star is unified is not far away.
As for what Wei Huan mentioned about becoming the commander-in-chief of the alliance's pioneering army, let's not talk about whether this thing has already happened. Even if it didn't happen, now people are begging Wei Huan to take the position, but it depends on whether Wei Huan agrees.
The power Wei Huan now holds and his prestige among the human race have exceeded his imagination.
From ancient times to the present, no one has been able to achieve this level.
The meeting is in progress, and the main focus is on taking notes and sorting materials into the warehouse. As for how these materials will be distributed, it will have to wait for the next higher-level meeting to be decided.
Then, everyone started to review the situation.
Starting from the first day of entering the Dark Beast Plane, organize all the experiences, monsters encountered, including the monsters' abilities and the environment at that time.
These oral materials will then be compared and sorted out with the video recordings from the portable systems carried by Wei Huan, Mu Zhong and others.
Some feelings cannot be perceived through simple video recording, such as the fear that the Tianzhu Twin Mountains bring to people, as if there is a great terror, but in the video, one can only feel the majestic and hugeness.
Reviewing the situation is a very tedious job, so Wei Huan helped the old man go back first. On the way back, the old man also talked to Wei Huan about how he would soon be promoted to a general and become the commander-in-chief of the Blue Star Alliance's pioneering army.
The conversation was very detailed but not boring. The old man used the casual way to talk about the embarrassing moments and capable sides of the leaders of the pioneering armies of each country. The lively and interesting conversation left a deep impression on Wei Huan, and also gave him some impressions of these generals from various countries who would become his subordinates in the future.
In fact, he had met and cooperated with Josh Meyer, the five-star general of Osam, Johannes Grayson, the commander of Tula, and Kanijeff, the commander of the Big Bear, more than once.
In addition, the chief commanders of the new land reclamation in other countries also met through video.
The old man said: "You don't need to know too much about these people. The key is what kind of people they are willing to be in front of you. You just need to look at them as they are now.
As for those messy relationships between countries, teams, and some personal relationships, you don't have to think too much about it. Mu Zhong is very good at this.
The Mu family has always had an excellent family tradition. They are law-abiding and have extremely high abilities. However, being too law-abiding makes them less motivated, so in Mu Dehao's generation, the highest position they could reach was Lieutenant General of Logistics of the Qinglong Army.
However, Challenging the World changed the fate of the Mu family, and Hong Gang happened to be in trouble, which gave Mu Dehao the opportunity to display his talents. His ability in Challenging the World was obvious to all, and he taught Mu Chong selflessly.
Mu Zhong can be said to be the most dazzling gem growing in the crown of the thousand-year-old Mu family tree. With his assistance, you can save a lot of worries."
Wei Huan nodded, but said: "I will be with him till death."
The old man smiled and said, "That's perfect. The relationship between you two has now become connected to the bloodline of our human race. I also wish that you two will support each other and grow old together forever."
The two chatted until late at night, and when the director's health could no longer bear it, Wei Huan said goodbye and left.
Going downstairs to the conference room, Mu Zhong was still busy, but everyone was a high-level challenger and could easily endure marching for several days and nights without sleep. Now that there was the good thing of distributing the spoils, they were naturally more energetic.
Seeing Wei Huan coming over, everyone was a little reserved for a while, but then they relaxed and continued to review the situation with the logistics personnel in charge of their own departments. Since they were reviewing the situation in conjunction with the video recording, it was easier and they even had time to chat.
Mu Zhong had a lot of free time too, so when he saw Wei Huan coming back, he waved him over and said, "The veteran has already built the dark energy training room. It's just right that you've come. Let's go take a look together."
"So soon?"
"You and the Bureau Chief have been walking for six hours, that's about it. Now is the Challenger Era, everyone has extraordinary powers, and everything they do is much faster than before."
Wei Huan followed Mu Zhong out to the square, and did not notice anything unusual there, so he thought the training room was built upstairs.
He has a special physical training room on the top floor, and it would be a good idea to build a dark energy training room next to it.
Who knew that when Mu Zhong reached the flower bed of the World Tree Bud, he stopped and said, "We're here. This is it."
Wei Huan looked around, but still only saw the buds of the World Tree.
Humanity currently possesses two World Trees. One is called the "World Tree Sapling," and its description clearly states that once planted, it will rapidly grow into a World Tree. Currently, in a Level 5 world, at the research base of the Great Xia Suzaku Pioneer Army, experts and scholars are still studying the sapling. During the next road assessment, Captain Fang will lead the army to deliver the World Tree sapling to a Level 6 world for planting, thus securing humanity's foothold in the "Deep Sea World."
The other "World Tree Bud" was planted from a seed. The instructions clearly stated that the bud stage grew extremely slowly. Although it had the same auxiliary cultivation capabilities as an adult tree, its range was relatively small, and it was just right for a chariot at the moment.
Wei Huan planted the bud of the World Tree in the center of the chariot. The breath of natural power here is strong. Even Wei Huan, who has dark energy, will speed up his cultivation under such energy.
Even if you don't practice, under the influence of such natural forces, all diseases will be eliminated and you will have a healthy body.
It would be just right for a patriot like Mr. Ju to retire on a chariot.
However, no matter how you look at it, there are no buildings next to the bud of the World Tree, and you can't feel the breath of dark energy.
It was not until Mu Zhong pointed his hand upwards that Wei Huan looked up and saw that a bridge had appeared above his head. The bridge connected all four sides, and there was a round house in the middle of the bridge.
"In the air?" Wei Huan said.
Mu nodded: "The space in the chariot is full. If we want to build new rooms, we have to change other buildings. Later, the veterans came up with the idea and built a hanging pavilion here.
And don’t just think that there is only one Xuankong Pavilion now. If you can collect resources that are helpful for cultivation in the future, you can put them there.
This will be the arrangement until the tank is upgraded again."
Wei Huan nodded. Actually, anywhere would be fine. It was Mu Zhong who was worried. Mu Zhong could always help him solve the problems he had thought of and not thought of in advance. He just needed to keep getting stronger and lead the human race forward.
What the director said was right, Mu Zhong was the brightest gem on the Mu family tree.
Afterwards, Wei Huan took Mu Zhong to the dark energy training room.
It cannot be seen from below, but when you go inside, you will find that the space is very large. After all, it has to accommodate a ten-meter dark source crystal and leave room for the dark source. The training room is more spacious than a football field. The ceiling is very high, but the light is not bright because the dark source needs a specific environment to be maintained better.
Mu Zhong only stayed here for a while before leaving. Even the natural energy that encompasses everything felt uncomfortable in such a dense dark energy environment.
Wei Huan, on the other hand, seemed to be soaking in warm water, and his pores were comfortably opened.
Mu Zhong said, "You can feel it here and study the Book of Death. There is nothing else that requires your presence right now, so I can do it."
Wei Huan nodded: "Rest when you are tired. There are many capable people on the bus, so you don't need to work too hard."
Mu Zhong smiled: "I've said it many times, I enjoy it."
Wei Huan nodded: "I know, but I don't like seeing you tired."
"I promise I won't exhaust myself to the point of looking haggard and causing you distress, okay?"
"Um."
Mu Zhong turned around and wanted to leave, but after taking a step, he turned back, held Wei Huan's face and kissed him on the lips.
It was a strong, yet non-erotic kiss, filled with his surging emotions.
When they separated, he looked deeply at Wei Huan and smiled: "I love you, very much."
Wei Huan's eyes softened, a sweet smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he nodded: "Me too."
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The door closed behind him, Wei Huan turned around, the affection in his eyes had not completely disappeared.
He looked up at the conspicuous black crystal and silently felt the dark energy emanating from it for a while.
A few minutes later, he opened his eyes again and his expression had calmed down.
Then he made a move from behind, and the Book of Death slowly flew into his hands and opened the first page.
This contrast is particularly obvious.
Theoretically, the "Dark Source" is the source of dark energy and is extremely refined. However, compared with the Book of Death, it is like heaven and earth.
To use a metaphor, the Dark Source is like a pool of molten iron, which emits intense heat when you get close to it, but the Book of Death is the crystallization of the molten iron after being condensed and tempered thousands of times, and it has a heavy and real sense of heaviness.
The two seem to be the same, but in fact they are completely different and have different properties.
However, it was precisely because of this that Wei Huan understood the difference in usage between the two.
Dark source can be used for cultivation because it is pure energy and a substance that can be absorbed into the body, just like a tonic soup. Drinking it will indeed make the body better.
The Book of Death is the application of dark energy. It is the result, the crystallization, and the refined weapon.
Wei Huan once again set his gaze on the small black runes in the Book of Death and stared deeply into them.
The rich energy that would blind Mu Zhong's eyes was not only harmless to Wei Huan, but was like a lamp lit in the darkness, which only made him feel extremely comfortable.
But these small black runes were still too profound. He could not understand them or see them clearly. He only saw the small characters merged into a river, like the river reflecting the moonlight on a summer night, emitting a faint glow.
If he continued to look, he would feel uncomfortable, as if he had exerted too much force. His body would remind him, and he would look away, and the feeling would disappear.
Wei Huan thought for a moment, raised his hand and threw the Book of Death. The black dictionary, overflowing with black smoke, returned to his shoulder.
Then he sat down in front of the Dark Source Crystal and decided to enter the Occupation Temple to take a look.
The Book of Death greatly improved his strength, especially the 30 points of control over darkness, which made him very curious about the extent of his recruitment in the tomb.
As his mind settled, he pushed open the door of the Professional Temple and came to the tomb.
I thought there would be some big changes after entering the tomb, but at first glance everything seemed normal.
During this period of adventuring in the world of dark beasts, he did not forget his daily training in the tomb. Whether it was the summoned high-level dark beast undead, or the insights he gained in the tomb after his dark power was exhausted, they were all helping him gain a broader vision bit by bit.
Wei Huan still remembered that the last big improvement was when Dian Ma advanced to a legendary hero. His field of vision therefore expanded to more than ten miles, and his microscopic range was also a thousand meters. This allowed him to project his spiritual consciousness from his real body to a distance of one meter. That one-meter absolute restricted area allowed him to completely control all movements around him, even the sound of an ant crawling by.
Now that the opening battle is over, he has returned from his adventure in the Dark Beast Plane, which means that a month has passed.
During this month, his field of vision expanded to 12 miles, and his microscopic range also increased slightly. After these improvements were projected onto his body, the distance at which his spiritual consciousness could be projected was close to one meter.
Although one month is a short time and his abilities have not improved dramatically, Wei Huan likes this training method that allows him to clearly feel his progress.
As long as he keeps improving and persevering, he will definitely become stronger.
But this time he obtained the Book of Death, which had terrifying attribute bonuses, plus the 30 points of control over darkness. He thought that his entry would bring about earth-shaking changes.
Unfortunately, the facts disappointed him.
What he saw was still that far away, and what he felt were still those distances. He did not have any special control over this tomb shrouded in darkness.
So, what exactly is the power of darkness?
Wei Huan was puzzled, but he also knew that this matter was not urgent. In addition to studying the Book of Death, he also had to learn to use the Dark Source to practice, so that he could enter Sequence Six faster.
It has been more than three months since Wei Huan advanced to Sequence Five. He already has a vague feeling that he is about to reach the threshold of the current stage. As long as he continues to grow like this, he will be able to advance in no time.
Wei Huan, who also knew that haste makes waste, was not in a hurry to enter Sequence Six. However, with the current cultivation resources being so good, it would certainly be better if he could do it faster.
Wei Huan called Dian Ma over, asked him to change to the size of an ordinary ground monster, and then stepped onto its back shell.
The facehuggers crawled over from all directions without needing to be told, their hands and feet entwined, and they built a throne of bones in front of Wei Huan.
He sat on the throne, and Dian Ma walked forward slowly under his command, while he closed his eyes and carefully felt the changes in the atmosphere.
He clearly felt that his affinity with the Netherworld Power had increased a lot. The Netherworld Power that originally flowed by him like a river now surrounded him. He only needed to reach out and easily draw the Netherworld Power into his body.
The power of the underworld did not resist. After merging into his soul, it seeped into every corner of his soul like melted butter, and finally gathered on the sea of soul, turning into a thick mist.
Wei Huan had not made any comparison before, but now he seemed to understand the level of the Netherworld fog on the Sea of Souls.
It is not worse than the Dark Source, but because it is completely vaporized, its quality is naturally not as good as condensed objects like the Book of Death.
But the good thing is that this dark source can be easily mobilized by oneself, any amount is fine, it can be varied and easy to control.
As for condensed objects like the Book of Death, once they are forged, it is obvious that they can only be used for the purpose assigned to them by their creator.
You can't use the Book of Death as a melee weapon to hit people, right?
Wei Huan applied his knowledge to other situations and tried to condense the Netherworld Mist on the Sea of Spirits.
Only after this concentration did Wei Huan realize that he had reached this level and his strength was much stronger than he had imagined.
His Netherworld Mist was like a sponge filled with water. With a slight twist, the Netherworld power would rush down.
The mist turned into water, and finally gathered into a black bead, spinning on Wei Huan's sea of soul.
Wei Huan was thinking, could this be the golden elixir?
But he soon realized that the realm in the novel was very different from the realm given to them by the challenging world, and this black bead could not be used as a standard for his form in each stage.
The black beads are just another way of using them that he realized after gaining a better understanding of the Netherworld power system. Subsequent usage methods still need to be slowly developed. But if it weren't for this Book of Death, he wouldn't have known that power could be used in this way, from gas to liquid, then to solid, and finally to condense into an object similar to the Book of Death.
Because Wei Huan did not take the next step, the black bead hovered for a while, and then black mist emerged again, quickly melted, and returned to its original mist state.
Wei Huan didn't care how to solidify it into liquid or even solid. He actually had some ideas to try, but in his opinion, at this stage, the gaseous state was more suitable for him. Because he was a necromancer, his netherworld power was always scattered on every undead. The undead were like a drop of water in his netherworld sea. Only when they were all gathered together could there be such a thick sea of fog as now.
Now, with the help of the Dark Source, his Sea of Dark Mist is further expanding and thickening, which improves the quality of the Dark Mist and allows him to control more undead.
Wei Huan has always known that there is a limit to his control over the undead. Even though he can recruit tens or even millions of undead, this limit means that once the undead die in battle, he will not be able to resurrect them and send them back to the battlefield.
Even now, the total number of deaths of his undead cannot exceed 4 times, if it exceeds that, his dark power will run out.
Now the dark source helps him accumulate the power of the underworld in his body more quickly, which is in disguise to quickly increase the upper limit of his underworld power.
His current dark power is 28,000. After practicing for a period of time, the total dark power will reach 30,000. The number of undead he can control and the number of times he can resurrect the undead will naturally increase.
For a necromancer, the value of spiritual power and the speed of spiritual power recovery are the main data, which is why Dark Source is very suitable for Wei Huan.
Wei Huan couldn't help himself and used the dark source to practice until he was full. He didn't stop until he felt a little restless and remembered that he hadn't done anything yet.
When he stopped and focused his attention outside, Wei Huan realized something was wrong.
He suddenly opened his eyes and saw a completely unexpected scene.
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