Several days passed in the blink of an eye, and the city began to mobilize its personnel.
Zhang Mu naturally went over to check it out, just to join in the fun.
After some questioning, it was learned that they were preparing to go out to hunt monsters in the wild.
Zhang Mu also followed the main group to the inner world. He had never seen the monsters here before and wanted to see how they differed from those in the outer world.
Soon, after a long journey, the group found a group of monsters gathered together.
"Exactly the same monsters as those in the surface world..."
Zhang Mu's eyes flickered.
The monsters weren't too strong, and the main force consisted of powerful individuals from various worlds, making the hunt quite easy.
With the monster's death, the group pulled out a huge crystal core from its body.
The crystal nucleus emitted a pure light.
Zhang Mu also wanted to get a crystal core for research, so he joined the hunt before the main force finished killing the monsters.
"Hey bro, the crystal cores need to be handed over. They'll be distributed when we get back."
Someone stopped Zhang Mu from taking the crystal cores for himself.
"I killed this monster, why can't I take it?"
Zhang Mu frowned.
"Hmm... I understand how you feel, but we have to do this for the sake of the bigger picture."
"The big picture?"
Zhang Mu laughed. It's just a crystal core, how can it be related to the big picture?
"You must be new here and not very familiar with this place yet. Do you know why we hunt these monsters?"
"Isn't it just about acquiring cultivation resources?"
"That's right, but these monsters aren't endless, you know what I mean."
As the myriad races continue their hunt, the number of monsters dwindles. Once all the monsters are gone, everyone will lose their source of energy. At that point, forget about resisting the Gray Mist World; simply surviving will be a miracle.
The man explained helplessly.
Zhang Mu remained silent for a moment, then tossed the crystal core to him.
"Thank you for understanding, but for the sake of the bigger picture, we have no choice but to do this. Who wouldn't want to leave this hellhole and return to their own world as soon as possible?"
"Our only hope now lies with the higher-ups; these crystal cores are being prioritized for them."
Zhang Mu waved his hand and left the group alone, walking further away.
The man didn't say anything when he saw this.
......
"Something's not right. The monsters in the surface world are endless, but there aren't any in the inner world."
Moreover, monsters in the surface world turn into liquid and merge into the earth after they die, while monsters in the inner world actually have crystal cores inside their bodies.
"If you say there's no connection between the two, I wouldn't believe it myself; the light emanating from that crystal core is just too peculiar."
Zhang Mu kept analyzing the situation in his mind.
After spending some time, Zhang Mu found another group of monsters, killed them all, and obtained dozens of crystal cores. These crystal cores could trigger the system's hundredfold amplification, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into thousands of crystal cores.
He began to examine the energy contained within the crystal core more closely.
"Just as others have said, the energy within can be freely converted into the energy you need... and this light... the aura of purification... could it be..."
Zhang Mu's eyes grew brighter, and he had a guess in his mind, a guess that could only be verified when he returned to the surface world.
Two weeks have passed in the blink of an eye, and it's Blood Moon Day again.
Zhang Mu arrived in the wilderness, staring intently at the blood moon in the sky, silently calculating the time in his mind.
"arrive!"
Suddenly, the immense divine sense probed towards the blood moon, and sure enough, there was a weak point in the space.
Moreover, this node is not fixed like the surface world, but rather changes randomly around the blood moon.
No wonder none of the myriad races discovered this secret. Firstly, the node is located around the Blood Moon, and it only exists once a month, for a mere four hours each time.
The people of all races believed that staring at the blood moon for too long would cause them to lose their minds, which led to this result.
Without further delay, Zhang Mu immediately flew towards the Blood Moon, gathering immense power to blast towards the weak point of the spatial node.
"Bang!"
Space shattered, vanishing like a mirage.
The scenery around Zhang Mu kept changing, and after a moment, a burst of bright light came.
Zhang Mu returned to the world of the surface.
The surrounding gray fog surged in like a tide, attempting to engulf him.
"The time for the experiment has come!"
Instead of summoning his sanctuary, Zhang Mu took out a crystal core.
"Sizzle~"
The light emanating from the crystal core dispelled the approaching gray mist, producing a series of sounds.
Seeing this, Zhang Mu's lips curled up slightly.
"So that's how it is! So that's how it is! This is the hidden secret!"
He was incredibly excited; after spending so much time, he finally had a clue how to conquer the Gray Fog world.
"Now there's only one last piece of the puzzle left for me to verify."
Zhang Mu strolled leisurely through the gray fog, holding the crystal core in his hand.
Wherever the light shone along the way, the gray fog would completely dissipate.
What Zhang Mu was even more concerned about was that the ash fog would not reappear in the purified areas.
It appears that the total amount of fog is fixed.
After some experiments, Zhang Mu determined that a crystal nucleus of average size could purify approximately one hundred square meters of land.
The area of the gray fog world is very large, and the number of crystal cores required to completely dispel the gray fog is undoubtedly enormous.
Whether the method is feasible will depend on verifying another hypothesis when we return next time. Right now, I need to find other realm lords within a month.
Zhang Mu summoned his sanctuary, allowing it to draw energy from the gray fog world to grow.
He then hunted monsters within the gray fog, resting in the shelter when he got tired.
As the gray fog dissipated, they began searching everywhere for traces of the realm lords.
As the days passed, the trail Zhang Mu was searching for became increasingly distant.
Finally, before the last day of the Blood Moon arrived, they found one of the realm lords.
However, he looked rather disheveled.
"Finally, I see some real people!"
The man spotted Zhang Mu and ran towards him with shining eyes.
"Which realm's ruler are you?"
Zhang Mu gestured for him to stop and inquired about the situation.
"Oh? Someone from the main world?"
The realm lord was taken aback upon hearing this. Could it be that the Heavenly Dao had already begun sending reinforcements?
"Yes, I am from the main world. As a newly appointed world lord, I was naturally sent by the Heavenly Dao to conquer the Gray Mist World."
Zhang Mu nodded.
"A newly appointed realm lord? A realm lord at the seventh or eighth level?"
"No, the Ninth Heaven."
Zhang Mu shook his head.
"Nine Heavens?! How long have I been in the Gray Mist World?! A World Lord has already been born in the Nine Heavens!"
Chu Tianxiong exclaimed in shock.
"Um...it should have been almost a year, right?"
Zhang Mu estimated the time and replied.
"A World Lord has been born in the Ninth Heaven in just one year? But that doesn't matter. Since I'm already here, I'll have someone to keep me company and talk to."
Chu Tianxiong had no concept of the Dao.
"I'm not here to chat with you. Have you met any other realm lords?"
Zhang Mu asked.
"See my ass! This godforsaken place! After we were thrown here by the Heavenly Dao, we were all separated, and I haven't seen a trace of them since."
Chu Tianxiong said angrily, clearly very dissatisfied with the decision of Heaven.
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