The Great Rift
He immediately contacted Song Shige through his Personal Channel and simultaneously dispatched reconnaissance units to the edge of the eerie Great Rift ahead for investigation.
What detection unit?
Soul Servant, go!
The message was answered quickly.
[Song Shige: There seems to be a large, movable rift near our area. It can block many detection Spells, which is quite strange. I've encountered it a few times.]
[Su Luo: Movable? What's the principle behind that? Have you explored it?]
[Song Shige: We didn't go deep enough. After walking a distance inside, even I was starting to feel the strain. The first time I encountered it, I was lost for two days until the crack moved away on its own and I finally found my way.]
[Song Shige: Where are you?]
[Su Luo: It's sandwiched between a Dangerous Terrain and Great Rift, with wasteland in the middle and surrounding areas...]
In the communication room, the dispatched Soul Servant had returned. Su Luo pressed it to read the transmitted information stream, her brows furrowing even more deeply.
"Chaotic Gravity Field, Deep Curse, Elemental Vacuum Zone, Mana Turbulence Zone, High-Intensity Mental Erosion... what kind of hellish place is this?"
How can there be a place that possesses so many extremely strange and unusual environments at the same time?
A Flame Spear flew out at high speed, shooting straight for half a kilometer, and flew to the top of the rift valley, but exploded abruptly as if it had hit an invisible barrier.
He fired several more shots from different angles, with similar results: the Flame Spear inexplicably exploded at similar distances and heights.
Rough calculations show that the airspace not only has an extremely strong Spell interference effect, but its gravity also surges to more than two thousand times in an instant.
The rift valley in front of us has no view of the other side, and its width and depth are unknown, so the possibility of crossing it directly has been completely ruled out.
The harshness of the environment here far exceeds that of the Gravity Mountains he climbed before.
[Su Luo: Just wait for the rift to leave on its own?]
[Song Shige: I did the same thing last time. You wait, I'll be right there.]
[Su Luo:?]
Not long after the question mark was typed, a fluctuation came from within Su Luo's perception range.
Following the ripples, one could see a figure slowly emerging from the darkness at the edge of the Great Rift, holding the iconic blood-red Zhanmadao in his hand.
What a coincidence!
Su Luo's words carried a hint of surprise, while several concealed detection Spells were silently cast upon the other party, confirming that it was indeed Song Shige himself.
"I really didn't expect that."
Song Shige leaned his Zhanmadao on the ground, his body radiating a strong, lingering aura of menace, and subtly exuding a powerful aura that Su Luo found familiar.
"I was on an Exploration Quest in a faraway place and was on my way back when I came across this rift. I followed the edge and ended up here."
"The aura emanating from you... it's the Martial Will. You've successfully developed that special item?"
Su Luo sensed the familiar rhythm and quickly thought of the Caoyuanshi she had encountered in the Continued Battle.
"Yes, it has been upgraded to Fine quality and is currently stored in the Sanctuary. You can study it carefully when you get back."
Song Shige spoke quickly, seemingly pressed for time:
"You can wait here; this Great Rift will move away on its own. My stay is about to end. Also, the [Exploration Quest] is likely the only way for us to obtain Purple Skills."
"You've obtained it?"
"I got it, but it's not Attribute item, and... it's strange. Time's up, I'll message you privately later."
As soon as he finished speaking, Song Shige's figure vanished from the spot without warning.
Su Luo was speechless for a moment.
How come Song Shige has picked up some of the riddle-maker's habits? The description of the Purple Skill in the World Channel was already vague, and now Song Shige is doing the same.
As for his sudden disappearance, it was because the temporary teleportation item's stay time had ended, and he was forcibly sent back.
The System Store does not offer "Return Tickets " or similar items that allow direct return to the Sanctuary is a unique feature of Darkness Survival, and has indirectly led to the deaths of a large number of Survivors.
It is a common way for unemployed individuals to leave Sanctuary, get lost, and not be able to find Sanctuary to die.
Dying on the way back to the Sanctuary after an exploration battle is also a common way to die.
The above two methods of death, along with other deaths caused by the inability to return to the Sanctuary in time, account for 20% of all deaths in the Land of Darkness.
The requirement that all teleportation items sold in the System Store must be used in the Sanctuary further promotes this mechanism.
If it can be used outside of Sanctuary, Survivors can use the teleportation item to reach a safe place when they are lost or in danger.
The system eliminated this possibility from the outset.
But the Survivors will find a way to exploit the situation.
For example, Song Shige used a [Random Dungeon Teleport Ticket) ] before leaving the area.
This item will randomly teleport him to a Dungeon entrance and provide him with a stay of up to 50 hours.
In this way, he can move around outside the area with peace of mind. Once the 50-hour period is up, he will be automatically pulled back to the Sanctuary no matter where he is, thus ensuring his basic return journey.
[Song Shige: (Send image)]
[Song Shige: It can't be used, even with Exemption Stone. It seems you need to acquire the ability before you can use it.]
[Song Shige: I suspect the [Exploration Quest] was originally intended for Survivor had broken through the 20-point Attribute limit and acquired special traits. I've completed it ahead of schedule. I'm going to participate in the Trait Dungeon now.]
The image is a partial screenshot of his skill bar, where one of the skill icons is grayed out and unusable, and even the skill name is blurry.
[Su Luo: How many pages are in the Skill Book?]
[Song Shige: There was no Skill Book at all; it was a direct reward from the system after completing the task, appearing directly on the panel. I'm also surprised.]
[Su Luo:... Significantly nerfed, the servers outside the region are too unfriendly to me, and in order to limit my experience gain, I haven't even killed any monsters.]
[Song Shige: (smiles)]
[Song Shige: This is how it works with the experience point cap. I haven't killed any monsters for three days. When I encounter monsters I can't avoid, I either cripple them or run away. It's so frustrating.]
[Song Shige: You should go get the trait later too, there's nothing else to do anyway.]
[Su Luo: Xing]
After ending the communication, Su Luo stood with her hands behind her back by the Laboratory window, gazing at the strange rift in the distance. After a moment, she let out a soft breath. "Why doesn't this purple-quality skill have a corresponding Skill Book?"
He opened the World Channel and searched the history for information about Purple Skills.
[Ye Fan: The Purple Skill is weird, but its strength is really high.]
[A Purple Skill almost killed me, but luckily I had a Path of Fate.]
[...]
After browsing through the list, he confirmed that no one had mentioned "Purple Skill books," and the focus of the discussion remained on "Purple Skills " themselves.
This might not make much difference to other Survivors, but it directly relates to whether Su Luo can get freebies and directly learn the knowledge at the purple level.
Xiao Luo: "This is a good thing."
Su Luo: "..."
Xiao Luo: "How about directly capturing the owner of Purple Skill and extracting their memories?"