[Myriad Phenomena Absorption]

"Brother Chen, quickly check what the Golden Talent we got this afternoon is!"

The fat man had a loud voice, and he couldn't hide his excitement.

They were in such a hurry that they hadn't had time to look into what a legendary talent was.

The other eight people also gathered around, rubbing their hands excitedly; they had never seen Golden Talent before.

That said, this Talent Stone should be the first legendary talent after the version update.

Under the intense gazes of the group, Xiao Fan took out the legendary Talent Stone from his Space Ring.

"So beautiful!"

Everyone sighed in amazement.

The dazzling light faded, and the entire Talent Stone shimmered with a golden luster. It was about the size of a fist, with nine smooth facets that resembled glass, smooth and icy.

Calling it beautiful is a bit of an exaggeration, but it's a legendary talent!

"Brother Chen, take a look!"

The others were even more anxious than Xiao Fan.

Xiao Fan didn't waste any time and clicked to view his talent information.

Talent: [Myriad Phenomena Absorption] (Tradeable)

Quality: Legend

Category: Intellectual Assistance

Socketing: Talent page for players level 50 and above.

[Using Elemental Skill to kill a target will randomly grant 1-5 Intelligence attribute points].

Xiao Fan:!!!!!

This talent...

It's simple, but also very powerful!

Xiao Fan could only say that he truly deserved his legendary talent.

Strong, simple, and brutal!

Since the game removed the ability to purchase attribute points using Core Power, obtaining attribute points has become extremely difficult.

The legendary talent [Myriad Phenomena Absorption] allows players to continuously absorb attribute points. Although only the Intelligence attribute is gained, this is not difficult for Xiao Fan at all!

He has skills with Lightning Element. From now on, whenever he uses these three skills to kill a target, he will permanently gain a random number of intelligence attribute points!

If this isn't strong, then what is?

Legends are just legends.

Seeing Xiao Fan grinning with his teeth showing, his eyes almost closed, the others were extremely anxious.

"Brother Chen, what talent is it that makes you so happy?"

"See for yourselves."

As soon as Xiao Fan finished speaking, the Talent Stone in his hand was taken away by the fat man.

"Let me take a look first."

The fat man checked the Talent Stone information.

That's it?

After reading the talent description, the fat man's excitement visibly faded.

"It's just so-so."

He muttered to himself, clearly a little disappointed.

After all, he hadn't added any points to his intelligence attribute. Moreover, this talent required him to kill the target with an "elemental skill" to take effect, which was a rather harsh trigger condition for a physical Profession like him who relied on punches and blows.

"Not very useful." The fat man shook his head and handed the Talent Stone to his teammate who had been craning his neck and waiting for a long time.

One by one, the others took a closer look, their expressions gradually shifting from curiosity to understanding, and even a little boredom.

After the story was passed around, everyone else's opinion was similar to the fat man's:

This Golden Legend talent... doesn't seem that impressive.

"You guys don't know anything!"

Xiao Fan snatched the legendary Talent Stone.

Intelligence affects a player's elemental spell damage and healing power, which is incredibly powerful for Xiao Fan!

This Talent Stone is originally an intelligence-related stone, so the talent it yields will definitely be related to intelligence.

Thinking of this, Xiao Fan suddenly remembered the white Strength Talent Stone that Fatty had opened.

Click to view talent information.

Talent: [Kill] (Tradeable)

Quality: Average

Category: Strength Attack

Socketing: Talent page for players level 20 and above.

[Increases physical critical strike chance by 5%].

Xiao Fan's assessment of this was. "It's alright, better than nothing."

Next comes the exciting inlaying moment.

To be honest, without understanding how to embed Talent Page, Xiao Fan didn't really want to use legendary talents. If he failed, he would be upset for days.

However, the [Myriad Phenomena Absorption] talent is definitely more beneficial the earlier it is used.

To use it or not to use it, that is the question.

Xiao Fan opened the talent page and first picked up the white Talent Stone.

After thinking for a moment, he embedded the Talent Stone into the slot where he had previously failed to embed it.

"Confirm the [Killing] socket? Failure to socket will result in the talent being lost."

Xiao Fan took a deep breath.

"Yes."

"Talent slots can be replaced after being socketed. Replaced talents will disappear. Are you sure you want to socket [Killing] here?"

"Yes."

"Congratulations, player! The socketing was successful. Your talent [Killing] is now active."

"It's a success."

Xiao Fan seemed to be deep in thought.

The blue talent [Instant Casting] he previously unlocked was an intelligence-based support talent, which failed to be socketed into this slot. This time, [Slaughter] is a strength-based attack talent, and it was successfully socketed.

Xiao Fan had two guesses.

This stone slot is either inlaid according to the player's attribute category or according to their talent category.

To obtain certification, Xiao Fan needs a lot of Talent Stone for verification.

In the end, Xiao Fan still did not embed the legendary talent [Myriad Phenomena Absorption] into his talent page.

I'm reluctant to gamble.

It's best to wait until he confirms the rules for talent socketing before socketing this level of talent.

It's better to have it set later than for it to fail and disappear.

Night fell.

They weren't in a safe city and could be attacked by creatures from the <Ghost Domain> at any time. Xiao Fan told the others to go to sleep first, while he volunteered to keep watch.

The surroundings quieted down.

Xiao Fan took out a card from his Space Ring.

Mechanist Class Card (One-Time Use): Automatically changes the player's Profession to Mechanist upon use.

"I didn't expect my Profession could drop, but it's fine, at least I don't have to create one."

This Class Card was Xiao Fan's second biggest gain in the secret realm.

Ever since he learned that this Profession could give disabled players mechanical limbs, Xiao Fan made up his mind to create a similar Profession for his uncle once he left the secret realm.

It seems unnecessary now.

"With this Profession, Uncle can now enter the game without worry."

With his inner turmoil resolved, Xiao Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

The moonlight shone through the window onto his face.

Xiao Fan had been thinking about the secret realm in the Cyberpunk World.

<Cloud Sea> treats one of the worlds he invaded as a secret realm, allowing them to enter and complete their missions.

Xiao Fan couldn't understand why Cloud Sea wanted them, the outsiders, to kill Dr. Xin and Yuan Yi.

It appears to be helping the players of the Shadow Realm eliminate the world's two major threats.

Why is Cloud Sea doing this? Isn't it an intruder? Why is it helping local players?

It wasn't until he returned to the game that Xiao Fan understood what had happened.

<Cloud Sea> did not help the Shadow Realm Player; it did so solely for the purpose of invading.

Because after the game enters the "Ghost Domain" version, Fierce Beast will invade the Real World.

However, Xiao Fan did not see Fierce Beast in the Cyberpunk World.

Xiao Fan guessed that because of the special nature of the Cyberpunk World, Cloud Sea was unable to invade reality, which was why it asked Xiao Fan and other players to help the Shadow Realm Player kill the two leaders, Dr. Xin and Yuan Yi.

<Cloud Sea> probably wants the world to return to normal as soon as possible so that it can enter invasion mode.

However, even if Xiao Fan knew beforehand, he would still do it.

Because he had no other choice.

In the secret realm of <Cyberpunk World>, Xiao Fan learned some things about the <Cloud Sea> game.

Once a planet enters the Ranked Match version, planets with lower Points each season will be completely submerged by the <Cloud Sea>.

The intrusion of games into reality has ushered in Era of Enhancement.

But behind this enhancement lies a cold and cruel selection process for civilizations.

Is "Cloud Sea" a game, or some kind of Harvesting Program that we can't understand?

Xiao Fan's eyes suddenly turned calm.

That night was far from peaceful.

In the middle of the night, Xiao Fan and his group encountered several waves of Spirit Body attacks.

"Damn! How come there are so many of these?" the fat man cursed, his face dark.

After killing a wave of Spirit Body, it was already broad daylight.

Xiao Fan stored the house in his Space Ring and summoned the Big Iron Pot.

Let's recover our strength and continue our journey.

"Let's go, let's hurry, we can't stay in the wilderness for another day."

Blade Shadow, sporting dark circles under his eyes, said this while drinking.

The arrival of the <Ghost Domain> version has had a significant impact on players, with many settlements suffering attacks from Ghost Domain Creature and becoming uninhabitable.

Now, players on Blue Star finally have a concept of what a ghost is.

Players have improved their strength considerably in recent days, but the omnipresent Ghost Domain Creature still cause them a lot of harm.

Players desperately need a real Safe Zone, but unfortunately, since the event started, no team has issued City Building Token.

Left with no other choice, the higher-level players headed to Dragon City, while the lower-level players entered Yanhuang City, hoping to get some rest.

Of course, many players also chose to go to the King Base built by Shen Long, but most of them were players who were wanted by the country, which made Shen Long very annoyed.

Although he wasn't a good person, he still cared about his image in public.

If his King Base gives outsiders the impression that he's a wanted criminal, wouldn't he become Lord of Sin?

King Base.

Shen Long sat at the head of the table with a dark expression, while the people from the other three major families and his confidants sat below him.

"I've already said it, what our King Base needs are people with ambition, not criminals! Look at us! How many normal people have joined our King Base these days? They're all wanted criminals! If this continues, how can we compete with those officials? Hmm?"

One of the confidants lowered his head, pursed his lips, and silently complained to himself.

"Still dreaming? You're still thinking about comparing yourself to the official team? Do you think it's still like a few months ago? Don't you even look at the gap in strength between us and the official team now!"

What a clueless person! It's good enough that someone even shows up, why are you being so picky? If the official cities hadn't kept Profession unavailable, you wouldn't have gotten a single person like this!

The other three major families also felt that Shen Long was a bit confused, but after all, the city was built by the Shen Sect, which was founded by Shen Long. They had been there for so long but hadn't helped upgrade the base, so they were too embarrassed to say anything now.

Seeing the tense atmosphere, Qin Zheng thought for a moment and then spoke.

"Brother Shen, no matter how strong we independent players are, the players still prefer to trust the official side. There's nothing we can do about it. Besides, a few days ago, the official announcement said that Fierce Beast would appear in the Real World. With disaster looming, how can the players not choose them?"

Qin Zheng is a man with a Buddha's face but a snake's heart; he speaks to people in a human way and to ghosts in a ghostly way.

Hearing this, Shen Long's expression immediately improved.

"Does this mean our King Base will be taking in wanted criminals from now on?"

Shen Long said unwillingly.

You have to understand that his goal was to make Shen Sect the largest power in the Cloud Sea. Who would have thought that in just a few months, he would have fallen to such a state?

"Brother Shen, forgive my bluntness, but taking in those wanted criminals might not be a bad thing."

The speaker was the Ye Family Head, who was also the biological father of Taichu Ye Changge.

Upon hearing this, Shen Long looked up at him and asked, "What do you mean by that, Brother Ye?"

Unlike Shen Family Ye Family, which rose to prominence after the game's invasion, the Ye family had a solid foundation. Although the Ye Family Head wasn't great, he was quite intelligent. Hearing them say this, Shen Long was very curious about the benefits of taking in those wanted criminals.

"Brother Shen, in the current situation, no matter which faction builds a safe city, it won't be stronger than the official one. They've already taken the lead, and no matter how hard others try, they can only be second. Not to mention that the official one has taken a step far beyond what other factions have done. Whether others are second, third, or fourth, it makes no difference."

Shen Long gets angry just thinking about it.

"It's all Jiu Chen's fault! If he hadn't shown up, the situation in the game wouldn't have turned out this way!"

He practically forced out those words through gritted teeth, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked.

Although he had been ranked behind Jian Qingfeng for ten years due to the game's influence, the difference in their strength was not significant.

Because he controlled the resources of many Novice Village, the Shen Sect he founded could sometimes even surpass the official forces.

But everything changed after Jiu Chen led the players from Zone 18 to take first place from the Four Great Families in the Myriad Phenomena Platform competition in the Novice Village.

First, a number of Heaven-Tier Skill appeared inexplicably in the Military District, and then Jian Qingfeng reached level 100 before him.

Although none of this had anything to do with Jiu Chen, Shen Long just couldn't stand him. Not to mention that he later colluded with Zhou He to use the Base Building Token to take away most of the Shen Sect's resources.

Every time Shen Long thinks about this, he smashes several tables in frustration.

This Jiu Chen! He's practically his nemesis!

"What an idiot," the Ye Family Head cursed inwardly, but his face showed the same anger as Shen Long.

"That Jiu Chen is just a little talented, but this game isn't one where talent alone guarantees success. Brother Shen, don't worry about it. When the opportunity arises, we'll just..."

The Ye Family Head made a gesture as if to kill someone.

Hearing what the Ye Family Head said, Shen Long felt a little better and gradually calmed down. Recalling what had just happened, he spoke again.

"Brother Ye, please continue with what happened earlier."

The Ye Family Head nodded. "If the official forces are unshakeable, why don't we choose another path?"

"Another road? What road?" Shen Long asked, puzzled.

"A road going in the opposite direction, a road to City of Sin. Brother Shen, this world needs not only white, but also black. Their official status dictates that they must walk a path that can only be one of justice."

But in the game, not all players want to take this path. Now that players possess power, are they truly willing to be bound by the official rules?

Upon hearing this, Shen Long's eyes immediately lit up.