Spiritual Entanglement
Chapter 43
Just like the previous ruins, they followed the same method this time, and soon their harvest was displayed on the screen.
A silver treasure chest.
Two Black Iron Treasure Chests.
A bronze treasure chest.
This time, the silver treasure chest contained a strength potion, and Wei Huan gave it to Mu Zhong again.
Mu Zhong raised his eyebrows and drank it without saying anything.
Both of them have enough silver equipment, so they continue to put it up for auction.
There are always people watching the auction house, and whenever they make a move, there will be a reaction over there.
[Is this another silver treasure chest? So, what position did you use to see the silver treasure chest?]
[This frequency is a bit exaggerated. Could it be that the boss discovered the ruins?]
What are ruins?
[No way? There are still people who don't know about the ruins?]
[Speaking of which, Mu Zhong was collecting treasure maps just now, and the boss is indeed developing the ruins.]
[I'm so envious of Mu Zhong. I want to ride in his car, too.]
[How can I get on your car, sir? How about you announce a test?]
[Wei Huan and Mu Zhong are married, two men.]
In one sentence, the whole place exploded, and everyone started to gossip.
[What? The boss likes men? Ahhhh! I'm devastated. My 180cm tall legs are all for nothing!]
"No way? Men can marry each other? I thought same-sex marriage was canceled for population recovery."
[Mu Chong is a winner in life, and he envies those who win without doing anything.]
[No wonder Mu Zhong was able to obtain the Dark Beast Nemesis. It turns out he relied on connections.]
The facehugger came out of the ruins holding a stone slab. There was no expression on Wei Huan's face, and the air in the car was freezing cold.
Mu Zhongbala patted him and smiled, "Don't be angry. You know how strong I am. Just tell me, even if we weren't married, would I be qualified to ride in your car?"
Wei Huan nodded, but what he saw in his eyes was Mu Zhong's constant "depressed" attribute.
Wei Huan knew that Mu Zhong’s concern was not his disability, but that he had given up his car to save his life and had forever given up his qualification as an independent challenger.
The two words "Wei Huan" are always added after his name.
This was a blow to Mu Zhong's pride.
There is no solution to this.
Unless Mu Zhong chooses to leave his team, give up his challenger status, and no longer enter the challenge world.
Otherwise they will be bound together forever.
Wei Huan sighed and raised his hand to close the chat.
Mu Zhong said, "No need."
Wei Huan didn't answer, but opened the door and got out of the car.
The facehugger held its two front paws high, and this time the stone slab was about the size of a rugby ball. It tiptoed in front of Xiaodian.
Xiaodian carefully clamped the stone slab and handed it to Wei Huan who was standing on its back.
Wei Huan took it and found that it was indeed a fragment of the treasure map.
But it is not certain whether it is of the same type as the previous piece.
There are many ruins in the challenge world, as well as many treasure maps, paper and iron fragments, etc.
There are so many different kinds of things that it is very troublesome to collect them.
Of course, challenging the legions and privately formed high-end fleets, with money and people, can still put together a complete map and dig out treasures.
The value of the treasure is generally equivalent to a single item in a gold treasure chest, so you can usually make a small profit. However, if you are lucky and get a higher-level item, you can make a fortune.
The main business of the Gong’s fleet run by Wei Jinhong is to find treasures.
Either drive it yourself or trade it. Wei Huan roughly remembered Wei Jinhong's main car, which had three level four vehicle parts and four pieces of gold equipment.
This level cannot be compared with the Challenge Legion, but it is already very good among private fleets.
It is relatively easy to open the silver treasure chest on the third-level highway.
Wei Huan got the slate and handed it to Mu Zhong through the car window, then jumped off Xiaodian's back.
The strengthened Earth Beast Warrior caught him.
The "Guards" surrounded him and sent him into the ruins again.
Or the cave of the scaly snake.
Poor scaly snakes, has the entire clan been chosen to challenge the world and become ruin monsters?
However, this scaly snake's "home" is better managed than the previous one, with two more branching passages.
In fact, this is an omen. Later, stronger scaly snakes will appear and weave their nests into a terrifying maze.
That's when it will counterattack and kill the challenger.
Wei Huan ordered the underground beast warriors to take him to all passages except the cesspool.
Finally, he picked up a piece of flat black polygonal iron sheet from an inconspicuous-looking wall.
The gravel on the iron sheet was smoothed away, revealing fine lines.
That’s right, another piece of treasure map fragment.
Made of iron.
This is why Wei Huan came in.
He let the ghost crows gather around him and watch him search for the treasure map. After finding the treasure map, he would take it out for them to see and memorize.
Ghost Crows are smart, but limited.
As long as Wei Huan taught them, they could tell the difference.
But on the other hand, they don't know that this piece of iron is also a treasure map.
The patient teaching now is for lying down later.
Wei Huan didn't mind coming down a few more times.
It just so happens...it also avoids the embarrassment of staying in the car with Mu Zhong.
He actually knew very well that Mu Zhong was a strong man and could not be defeated by a few rumors.
But the "depression" that always appears in the glasses is very eye-catching.
Coming out of the ruins, Mu Zhong leaned half of his body out of the car window and waved to Wei Huan.
A bright voice, wrapped in the wind and sand, came: "No way? Two treasure map fragments?"
Wei Huan raised the iron piece in his hand and waved it.
Mu Zhong exclaimed: "Rich! This ruin is rich!"
But that's where the good luck ends.
After they left the quicksand area, they continued driving along the edge of the road. All the way forward, apart from opening some black iron treasure chests and bronze treasure chests, there were neither high-level treasure chests nor ruins.
Wei Huan yawned, stopped the car, asked Xiaodian to put them on his back, and continued walking with them.
He planned to visit the Dead Man's Ranch.
It’s a pity that the CDs on his summoned creatures are still there.
It seems that it takes some time to digest and absorb the results after upgrading the star level through the ranch.
It is never a good thing when power comes too quickly and too easily.
One-star grass is still recovering at a rate of 1 point per minute, and it will take about a week to fully recover.
A bit slow.
But Wei Huan was already very satisfied.
This is his professional training ground.
A special space that billions of people cannot ask for.
As long as he goes in and out of the training ground frequently, he will gradually pull away from or catch up with those real talents.
He summoned the undead he had recruited in the Professional Temple last night, completed a one-star upgrade in the Undead Ranch, and left.
It didn't even take ten minutes.
When I got back into the car, I saw Mu Zhong.
Mu Zhong was no longer selling supplies at this moment. He was using the microscopic world to cultivate his spiritual power.
256 plots of land, considering his current level of spiritual power, is a considerable amount of work.
Wei Huan made a cup of coffee for himself and Mu Zhong respectively. When he got closer, he found that Mu Zhong was holding the microscopic world in his hand, and sweat was dripping from his forehead.
"Would you like me to train my spiritual power with you?"
Mu Zhong heard this and withdrew some of his mental strength from the microscopic world. He said, "Aren't you going to the Undead Ranch?"
"I'm back."
"So soon?" Mu Zhong smiled, his eyes curved. "Come on, come on, I'm waiting for you."
Wei Huan curled the corners of his mouth slightly, handed him the coffee, and sat down in the back seat.
Wei Huan's mental power is strong and powerful, while Mu Zhong's mental power is light and soft.
When Wei Huan was using his mental power to pull out weeds and turn the soil, Mu Zhong's mental power was right next to him and entangled him unknowingly.
Time passed minute by minute, and the white smoke from the coffee in my hand dissipated and gradually cooled down.
Suddenly, Wei Huan's hand holding the mug trembled, his eyelashes trembled, and the corners of his mouth pursed into a straight line.
He could hear Mu Zhong's disordered breathing, but he could not feel anything. All his attention was focused on the fireworks that suddenly exploded in front of him.
Those dazzling fireworks swept him and Mu Zhong up into the sky, out of the planet, and into a magnificent nebula universe.
Time loses its meaning at this moment.
It seemed like I had experienced a great deal of time, yet it also seemed like only a brief moment passed by.
When they came to their senses, they were still in the car.
Mu Zhong was holding the microscopic world in his hand, looking at him with a flushed face, and there was a faint trace of tears at the corner of his eyes.
Staring.
for a long time.
Wait until the last bit of consciousness returns.
Mu Zhong said slowly, "My mental strength has improved."
Wei Huan nodded in agreement, his face tense.
Mu Zhong coughed and said, "Then I'll go take a shower."
After Mu Zhong returned to his room, Wei Huan also went back to his room and planned to take a shower.
The water supply was too low. The water produced by the water collector was only half as much in the desert area. He could only put on his clothes again and lie back on the bed for a while. He didn't get up until he thought Mu Zhong had finished washing.
The round trip took half an hour.
At an average shower time of three minutes, it's a bit too long.
There was something wrong with the way Mu Zhong looked at him.
Mu Zhong hesitated to speak: "You wouldn't?"
Wei Huan said, "No."
"Oh~" Obviously still not believing it.
Wei Huan couldn't explain it clearly, so he was too lazy to explain.
Time passed quickly and it was almost dark.
Mu Zhong opened the chat section that had been closed for half a day.
[Where is the leg broken? Does it affect anything inside?]
[Thigh root, what do you think? ]
[How pitiful.]
【Don't be sad, we will always support you. 】
"Brother Wei Huan will definitely be at the front. He can handle level 4 and level 5 vehicles without any problem. Your legs will recover sooner or later."
[In Boss Wei Huan's car, there's definitely no problem.]
When Wei Huan saw these messages, his brows furrowed.
In the seemingly sympathetic remarks, there is a sense of excitement of prying into other people's secrets. Moreover, it has been an entire afternoon, four hours have passed, and the topic has not cooled down. It is hard to imagine what kind of offensive comments have appeared during this period.
Wei Huan tapped the screen, opened his chat box, and was about to type something.
But his hand was held down by Mu Zhong.
"What do you want to say?"
Wei Huan said, "If we have the time to chat about gossip, their equipment blueprints should be enough."
"A threat?" Mu Zhong was a little surprised, then nodded, "That's a good idea."
Wei Huan didn't expect Mu Zhong to agree.
Mu Zhong laughed: "Do you think I will persuade you? The knife has cut my flesh, why should I endure it? How much do I like others to trample on my kindness?
Okay, just drive carefully and leave this to me."
Wei Huan thought about it and shook his head: "I also have something to say."
"What?"
Three minutes later, the World Channel welcomed two important speeches.
The first one was said by Mu Zhong.
[Mu Zhong: The difficulty of the adventure has increased, and it is difficult to open the treasure chest. Discount sales are suspended and will resume at a later time based on the actual situation.]
The second message came from Wei Huan, who rarely spoke in the chat room.
[Wei Huan: Recruiting one teammate for a level 3 vehicle. Quiet and hardworking. Skill is not important. Anyone interested can contact Mu Zhong to sign up.]
[Ahhhhh? Boss, is this a level 3 car? I want to sign up! !]
[Why is the event ending? I just earned enough points. Why not stop it now that it's started? It's just a joke, changing it up and down like this.]
Are supports also prohibited from being sold? Supports already have a hard life, so if you have any support gear, please sell it.
[I looked at the vehicle performance rankings, and it doesn't even reach the level of a Tier 3 vehicle. Can you please stop lying?]
It's easy to understand. The purpose of the event is to attract people. If they stop now and reopen it later, I bet my life, the price will definitely go up. I've seen many capitalist tricks before.
There was a commotion in the chat room, and everyone's attention shifted from gossip to all sorts of complaints.
Wei Huan didn't explain. Together with Mu Zhong, he refreshed the same content in the chat room again and ignored it.
It was just getting dark, so Mu Zhong got up to cook, while Wei Huan drove the car away from the dangerous edge before the sandstorm came.
There was no speech for a moment.
The challengers from District 1006, who were supposed to be gossiping after dinner, started the Level 2 challenge night with anger, fear, and complaints.
Wei Huan thought that such remarks would continue, but soon, different voices appeared in the chat room.
[Duan Yucen: So there are so many idiots with low emotional intelligence in this world?]
Duan Yucen: No way? I don't understand? I really don't understand what Wei Huan and Mu Chong are saying in these announcements.
[Duan Yucen: This is just digging your own grave.]
Liu Chengzhi: Hush, why are you saying that? That'll increase the competition for the spot on the bus.
Duan Yucen: I'm the driver myself. I don't ride on other people's cars. I speak my mind. With my emotional intelligence, I'd better not be a challenger and cause trouble for others.
[Zhang San: Well, since someone mentioned it, I'll remind you that "talk less and work harder" is the key point.]
Li Si: I've been fed up with this for a long time. He was injured while on a mission, so even if he got on Wei Huan's car, it was his reward! Let me ask you, what were you doing while he was clearing out the dark beasts in the wasteland? What were you doing while he was risking his life? Your peaceful life is his badge of honor, and you're asking for your sympathy?
Duan Yucen: Applause for the blessing! Mu Zhong has won the college league championship for our A-team for two consecutive years. He's a reserve member of the Dragon Team and a dual-professional. His future is promising. Without further ado, let me ask you, do you like the dancer's "bloodthirstiness"?
【Wei Huan: Yeah, Bloodthirst is very useful.】
After saying this, Wei Huan turned back to look at the kitchen.
Then he saw Mu Zhong also looking at him and smiling.
Wei Huan also smiled.
The chat room has become a debate forum at this moment. There are always some people who are stubborn and stubborn, sticking their necks out to argue.
But even though it was so intense, in Wei Huan's opinion, it was much better than the one-sided sympathy.
What is important to Mu is never sympathy.
What he wants is respect, recognition gained through his own strength.
The debate in the chat room was still going on during dinner.
The two groups were swearing at each other, and Gu Jiayang brought a group of neutral people to mediate.
District 1006 is also full of energy and bustle today.
Mu Zhong took out a bowl of the food they had prepared in the rest area and heated it up.
The braised beef is cooked to perfection, with just the right amount of saltiness. The rich soup wraps around the large pieces of meat and seeps into every fiber, making it soft and fragrant.
There was also a plate of roast chicken served on the table.
The freshly slaughtered rooster, paired with famous brand roast chicken ingredients, is very delicious.
While eating, Mu Zhong said, "I didn't intend to kill it. It's too aggressive, chasing chickens all over the yard. Whenever it catches up, it jumps on the back and bites whoever it catches. The whole place is a mess. I clearly collected three-yellow chicks, how did it become a fighting cock?"
Wei Huan paused in his eating and asked uncertainly, "Are you chasing a hen?"
"ah?"
“…”
Mu Zhong blinked his eyes, picked up a piece of chicken and put it in his mouth, burying it in the dry rice.
Hmm, it smells so good.
I opened boxes during the day today and collected all the materials for level 3 headlights.
Wei Huan set out again, and the vision was much better.
Yesterday's level 2 headlights could only illuminate 1 meter ahead, but tonight there was also a sandstorm, but I could see four or five meters ahead.
The smaller 380cm long legs appeared in the range of the car lights from time to time, and the anus-digging brother ran around under the thighs, sometimes going around in front of the car, and sometimes going around to the side of the car.
The gap between the elites was becoming apparent, so Wei Huan decided to search the tomb more tonight to see if he had missed anything.
Just then, a ghost crow flew through the wind and sand, making a croaking sound.
Wei Huan hesitated for a moment, but finally turned the steering wheel and drove out in the direction of the ghost crow.
"We found the ruins." He told Mu Zhong without turning his head.
Mu Zhong turned off the water and looked out from the kitchen window.
The misty sand blocked the view completely, and the gravel hit the windows, giving a feeling of doomsday.
He was a little worried: "The ruins are more dangerous at night, don't get out of the car."
Later, he thought about it and simply put down the work he was doing, went to the back seat, supported himself on the seat, and watched a little nervously.
After a while, Mu Zhong pointed to a ball of light ahead and asked, "Are we there yet?"
Wei Huan saw the ghost crow stop and nodded: "We're here."
Mu nodded. "Is this ruin so beautiful? We should be more careful. The laws of nature are that the more beautiful something is, the more dangerous it is."
Wei Huan sensed something was wrong: "Beautiful? What did you see?"
Mu Zhong and Wei Huan stared at each other for three seconds before describing the scene: "A ball of light enveloped a ruin. A hazy white light blocked the wind and sand. It looked like an oasis inside. I could see a hint of green."
Wei Huan also described it as "pitch black, with ruins and broken walls."
Mu Zhong touched his chin. "So? Is it because my mental strength is too low that I was deceived?"
"Whether it's true or not, we'll know if we let the undead explore it."
Mu Zhong took a deep breath and exhaled: "Challenging the world is indeed dangerous. My attributes are already high enough, and I almost got caught."
"Or maybe you are right." Wei Huan comforted.
"No, you're right."
"Um?"
"After your undead entered, my oasis became a mess, hahahaha!"
“…”
What should have been a dangerous exploration suddenly became ridiculous.
The upper limit of the second-level challenge also determines the upper limit of monsters.
This ruins monster that can create illusions may be very powerful, but unfortunately it met Wei Huan, who is a complete "supermodel", and the result became ridiculous.
Wei Huan has high mental strength and is not affected by illusions.
His undead creatures don't even have mental strength, they are fearless and just rush forward.
The result is that the other party's most proud method is useless.
Soon, they learned the general situation ahead through the items displayed on the projection screen.
[Obtain 10 Magic Lizard Scales]
The summoned creatures ganged up on a lizard, and the information about the scales dropping was sent, but there was no message about the treasure chest being opened.
Mu Zhong said, "I've seen information about the phantom lizard in the library. The scales on its body are very special. They absorb sunlight during the day and release light at night. By adjusting the angle of the scales, you can create light projections.
Its combat power is not strong, but after entering the illusion of light, its five senses will be blinded. Once it believes it, it will die in less than half an hour if it sleeps in the wind and sand on such a night.
This isn't a treasure chest monster, it's a stray alien."
Wei Huan nodded.
As the challenge progresses, greater danger is slowly approaching.
He took a special look at the number of people in the chat room and found that the total number of people was two less than before dinner.
People die every day in Challenge World, so it's normal to see two people missing after nightfall.
But in fact, careful people will find that it is not normal for two people to be missing at night.
All I can say is that as soon as night fell, a stray monster attacked the challenger.
After the phantom lizard died, the light in Mu Zhong's eyes also disappeared.
Under the pitch-black night sky, the sandstorms were howling fiercely, and in the distance, one could vaguely see eerie ruins everywhere.
"Is that... human civilization?"
He saw walls, literally ruins.
Wei Huan shook his head: "No."
Mu Zhong thought for a moment and said, "There's a theory that all civilizations that fail in a challenge will eventually appear in ruins at the next challenge."
“That’s what I said.”
Wei Huan's mood suddenly became bad.
He came back from the failure of human challenge, just thinking that human civilization will appear in this way in some ruins in the future.
It hurts like my heart is being cut out.
"There are often some special items in the ruins of civilization that the undead cannot distinguish. Do you want to go in and explore?" Mu Zhong asked again as he looked at the undead army that had already entered the ruins.
Wei Huan nodded, and without waiting for Mu Zhong to persuade him, he said, "I'll go in at dawn."
Mu Zhong smiled and said, "Very steady, Captain."
"Um."
Wei Huan didn't know whether he had a mission to change the ending after his rebirth, but no matter what, he couldn't let himself become arrogant and destroy himself.
Soon, good news came from the undead army's exploration.
[Get Silver Spiritual Power Ring X1]
[Get aerodynamic tire modification blueprint x1]
[Get 4 air tires (one)]
【Get aerodynamic pipes X8】
【get……】
Mu Zhong said happily: "Special blueprints are out!"
Wei Huan's eyes lit up and he nodded.
The two of them took the drawings out of the warehouse without stopping.
Click [Learn].
The [Production] button is immediately lit.
【Aerodynamic tire modification】
【whether】
Click [Yes]
[Making aerodynamic tire 1%, remaining time 00:09:59]
"Ten minutes." Mu Zhong's eyes lit up. "Sure enough, technological blueprints have appeared in the ruins of civilization. The quicksand problem has been solved."
"Um."
Just like the challenges they are going through.
The challenging world always seems to choose a technological civilization and a biological civilization for a competitive collision.
In the challenge world, in the ruins of biological civilization, potions that strengthen physical fitness and psychic powers appear.
The ruins of scientific and technological civilization produce all kinds of scientific and technological drawings and materials.
It's like an evolutionary plunder.
The winner takes everything from the loser and, along with the areas in which he or she is already good at, eventually becomes a more advanced civilization.
Losers, destruction.
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