All-Out Mission

Chapter 41: All-Hands Mission

Emperor's Tomb Village, Primordial Altar.

Guided by Guider, Qi Sheng's consciousness traversed continuous volcanoes, following the departing Evil Spirit warrior to the northern region of the Emperor's Tomb Mountain Range.

The Evil Spirit warrior stumbled onto a platform atop a tall tower. At that moment, several ink-black tentacles extended from the dark red eyes above, piercing the Evil Spirit warrior's body. The wounds on its body began to heal at a visible rate.

"It seems this journey was not smooth," a hoarse voice emanated from a slit that opened in the dark red eyes.

"I didn't lose," Di Nian stated solemnly, hearing the slightly mocking tone.

"Win or lose is not important. I can still sense the Tidal Rebellion Legion warrior's aura; he is not dead."

"I know. He's stronger than I imagined, but without a group of rule-controlling beings obstructing me, I would have killed him."

"Rule-controlling beings? I didn't sense any other life auras during your fight."

"A group of physically frail, mysterious beings. They can, through some unknown method, cause me to be temporarily controlled by anger, making me attack them uncontrollably."

The dark red eyes fell silent for a moment before speaking:

"You must have encountered a Primal Monster. They are extremely special beings. Based on intelligence shared from other nodes, Primal Monster are likely evolutions of the primordial power of this world's creator, Di Zhao. All Primal Monster are manifestations of a form of rule power. They cannot be truly killed; even if they die, they will be reborn elsewhere in this world in the future."

"So that's how it is. But besides using rule power, these Primal Monster don't seem very strong."

"You are mistaken. Never underestimate the strength of this world. According to intelligence from other nodes, the power gap between Primal Monster is immense. Powerful Primal Monster can even kill our commander-level, and even king-level warriors."

"King-level?" Di Nian was startled by the explanation from the dark red eyes.

"The dungeon world you previously helped conquer was a low-level world, incomparable to the one beneath your feet. Based on my judgment, your strength in this world can only be classified as lower-middle tier, or even lower. Never overestimate yourself. You are young, but overly arrogant. This world might be the end of your growth."

"What do you mean?" Di Nian asked coldly.

"Our race has lost countless commander-level warriors in the conquest of this world. You will most likely be one of them... However, as your strategist, I hope to see you grow into a commander-level, or even a king-level warrior for our race."

Di Nian took a deep breath at this moment.

"I understand."

"Beneath the tower lies an infinite source of power. I will now extract its energy to create warriors for you and help you conquer nearby node territories. Please wait patiently until then."

As the voice faded, the dark red eyes blinked.

Instantly, surging black energy spread upwards from the tower's base. The tower was ignited by black flames. A large amount of black energy converged and compressed in the furnace at the center of the tower, rapidly forming into ferocious and terrifying Evil Spirit lifeforms, which fell from the air like dumplings.

Qi Sheng's consciousness followed Guider downwards, probing beneath the tower.

Through their conversation, Qi Sheng realized the tower was built upon a Domain Node.

What piqued his curiosity was the nature of this Domain Node's characteristics.

Although intelligent Evil Spirits could use the Domain Node's energy, they could not utilize its domain characteristics.

Compared to the energy, he cared more about powerful domain characteristics.

For example, Emperor's Tomb Village's characteristic, "Flesh Reshaping," was a crucial part of the player recruitment plan.

His consciousness sank into the earth, and Guider's analysis ability was activated.

A large amount of data flooded Qi Sheng's mind, eventually being translated into text information he could understand.

[Domain Node: Sky Abyss]

Territory Type: Rule-based

Territory Characteristic: Myriad Forge

Characteristic Description: Melts abilities of the same attribute, causing their effects to undergo wondrous changes.

Domain Status: Occupied by Black Tide

From the analysis alone, Qi Sheng could not comprehend the exact effect of this Domain Node's characteristic. Its specific function would only be known after integrating it into Emperor's Tomb Village.

What he cared about was that this Domain Node was a rule-based domain.

Compared to resource domains like Gloomy Cave, rule-based nodes had more powerful effects.

[Boss, you're getting greedy.]

"Nonsense. I will definitely take this rule-based node."

[Unfortunately, your main body cannot go out freely. Every second spent outside consumes a massive amount of Sacrificial Power. To take this place, we'll have to wait until the players are strong enough.]

"Although we can't take it for now, it's time to reclaim the Domain Node in Gloomy Cave... Let's go back."

As Qi Sheng finished speaking, Guider guided his consciousness towards Emperor's Tomb Village.

The moment his consciousness returned to his body, Qi Sheng issued a message to all players:

[Challenger Notice (All Players): The initial battle between players and intelligent Evil Spirit lifeforms has triggered an all-hands hidden quest: Purify the Node.]

Quest Description: Travel to the fifth level of Gloomy Cave and purify the Domain Node crystal corrupted by Black Tide energy (Shatter).

Quest Reward 1: Emperor's Tomb Village area expansion, connecting with Gloomy Cave. Players can directly enter Gloomy Cave through Emperor's Tomb Village to mine spiritual ore resources.

Quest Reward 2: Players participating in the purification of the node crystal will receive generous contribution rewards (Star Vein activation permission, Body Tempering level increase, Sacrificial Power rewards).

Notes: This Purification Node mission reward will be determined by a contribution score based on actions such as killing monsters and dealing damage to the Corrupted Crystal. After the mission ends, specific rewards will be distributed according to the contribution value.

The appearance of the All-Player Mission immediately drew the attention of all players.

The forums were abuzz with heated discussions about the All-Player Mission.

Realizing the potential profit from this mission, major guilds began organizing their forces, all eager to earn substantial rewards.

Independent players were no exception. The allure of rewards that would allow them to travel directly from Emperor's Tomb Village to Gloomy Cave was immense.

Normally, to mine, they would have to set out from Emperor's Tomb Village and travel for about an hour to reach the mine. If they were unlucky and got surrounded and killed by Iron Shell Bugs, they would have to spend another hour traveling back after logging in again, which was truly frustrating.

Qi Sheng also recognized this problem.

In other games, functions like teleportation would solve the issue of travel time.

But he couldn't do that.

Teleportation arrays weren't infinitely usable once built. Maintaining them required Sacrificial Power every second. He would only consider offering paid teleportation services when the player base grew large enough.

However, as long as players could complete the All-Player Mission he issued, there would be a convenient passage from Emperor's Tomb Village directly to Gloomy Cave, saving them a significant amount of travel time.

Half an hour after the All-Player Mission was released.

Players scattered across various areas of the Emperor's Tomb Mountain Range began heading towards Gloomy Cave on the Crimson Plains.