The Key

As the entrance to the secret realm lit up, Xiao Fan and his group were ejected from the secret realm.

They cleared the level again, confirming Xiao Fan's guess.

The moon's shape changes depending on when you enter the secret realm.

In the secret realm, once the moon becomes full, it means that the Black Fog will spread and revive the corpses.

This time, Xiao Fan and his group entered earlier than the Judge Young Master's group had entered previously.

When they entered, the moon was almost perfectly round.

They cleared three waves of smaller monsters, but the ones they had killed earlier had already respawned.

Although these monsters dealt high damage, they were also very fragile. With Xiao Fan's Golden Skull around, the group quickly cleared out the resurrected Demonized Minion.

After the resurrected Demonized Minion died, the moon's shape returned to that of a crescent moon.

"Brother Chen is amazing! He managed to discover such a hidden mechanism. If it were me, I would never have guessed it in my entire life."

Han the Person would boast about Xiao Fan whenever he had the chance.

The others couldn't help but roll their eyes.

What a simp!

Xiao Yi patted Xiao Fan on the shoulder with a smile, "Xiao Fan is really amazing! Your dad and I combined don't even have your IQ."

The others laughed and echoed him.

"Every player in the entire Cloud Sea knows how amazing Brother Chen is! Uncle, if you follow us, you'll become even more powerful!"

Xiao Yi: "Hahaha, then I'll leave it to you."

Han the Person: You guys didn't have this attitude when I was praising Brother Chen!

Xiao Fan ignored what the others were saying and immediately opened his messages.

ID: Jiu Chen

Level: 76

Experience: 5383857/61286545

Profession: None (Unevolved)

Gang: None

City: Yanhuang City

Health: 8110/8110

Blue Energy: 116900/116900 (+107845)

Stamina: 97/100 (Healthy)

Innate Element: Lightning (2368/100000)

Core attributes.

Strength: 100

Intelligence: 170 (+32)

Spirit: 135

Agility: 110

Constitution: 110

Combat attributes: (Not yet available)

Characteristics: Saint Gardener Sun and Moon Messenger, Disguiser, Master of Wealth Accumulator, Lucky One Guy, Skill Creation Maniac, Cooking Master, Beast Taming Expert, Command Master, Yin-Yang Person One Cut One Kid Kill, My Fate Is Up To Me Not Heaven

Skills: Halo of the Saint, Gift of the Saint 10, Flower Grafting, Flowing Sun and Moon Firefly and Sun and Moon Rotation Stealing Heaven and Changing Day 10, Stealing the Sky and Changing the Sun, Thousand-Faced One Dragon-Riding Nine Lightning 10 Wine of Blood Brewing, Silent Shadow Escape, Lightning Sword Domain 10 Lightning Prison Convergence 10, Heart-Clearing Mantra

Equipment: None

Core Power: 14523363

Seeing the +32 next to his Intelligence attribute point, Xiao Fan wanted to roar to the sky.

That's incredible! That's incredible! The Golden Talent is amazing!

The entire Talent System is actually very strong, but the gold legendary level is significantly stronger.

Since Core Power could no longer be used to purchase attribute points, obtaining attribute points has become extremely difficult.

Many people regret not buying more attribute points before the system update.

However, this kind of thing has both advantages and disadvantages.

Because players cannot freely choose how many attribute points to manifest after exiting the game.

The only option is to either manifest or not manifest.

They bought too many attribute points; without Core Power force manifestation, these attribute points can only exist within the game.

Xiao Fan is now facing a similar situation.

After embedding <Myriad Phenomena Absorption>, his intelligence attribute points will increase rapidly, and he'll be finished if he runs out of Core Power to manifest.

Xiao Fan will need to calculate frequently in the future. Once his attributes are about to exceed the maturity range of his Core Power, he will have to Lower Stream and materialize them once.

But then again, who can resist becoming stronger?

"Anyway, I don't lack that bit of Core Power; attribute points are the most important thing!"

"What are you thinking about, Brother Chen? Why are you secretly laughing to yourself?" the fat man's leisurely voice came from behind.

Xiao Fan quickly composed himself.

He hasn't had a chance to tell everyone about the Golden Talent he's inlaid yet; he plans to find some time to explain the techniques for inlaying this talent.

"Alright, let's continue. Everyone, please play faster from now on."

Xiao Fan spoke.

If they fight fast enough and finish before the moon becomes full again, they won't have to face the second wave of resurrected demonic monsters.

"Alright!"

In the next secret realm, everyone remained silent, focusing solely on attacking. They dared not waste a single moment, fighting as quickly as possible.

This time, however, they did not encounter the demonized Ana.

Name: Ana (BOSS)

Level: 50

HP: 50000/50000

Upon seeing the information about the third boss, even Xiao Fan silently breathed a sigh of relief.

Only he, in his Half-Blood War God form and Full Body Armor Transformation state, could probably withstand the demonized Ana.

That's too difficult!

Ana, without the demonic transformation, dealt much more normal damage, and everyone attacked normally.

As the moon above grew rounder and rounder, the battle raged on, with Xiao Fan healing his allies while dealing damage.

Finally, before the moon became completely full, Xiao Fan wiped out Ana's last drop of blood.

Congratulations to the player for clearing the Secret Realm <Brave New World>...

"Congratulations to the player for clearing the Secret Realm <Brave New World>, unlocking the normal and demonic states of Ana, the Guardian of Brave New World, and obtaining one of the three keys to Brave New World."

"Um?"

Xiao Fan frowned; this reward was rather interesting.

Brave New World?

One of the three keys?

What's going on?

The fat man's questioning voice came from behind him; clearly, others had also received the reward.

"What are you saying! One of the three keys to the Brave New World?"

The speaker was the Judge Young Master.

He didn't clear the secret realm yesterday.

"So, one must have seen both Ana's normal and demonized states to obtain the key to the secret realm," Xiao Fan thought to himself.

At this point, the fat man had already explained the matter of the key to the Judge Young Master.

"I'm the only one without a key."

"The Judge Young Master said pitifully."

Remembering how Demonized Ana yesterday, no one could bring themselves to help him fight again.

That damage was absolutely inhuman!

Xiao Fan remained silent, surprised that this secret realm contained a series of achievement quests.

If all goes as planned, to obtain the three keys to Brave New World, they need to unlock the normal and demonized states of the three bosses.

Fighting a boss in its demonized state is still quite difficult.

Xiao Fan didn't know what the so-called Brave New World was, or whether it was worth the effort he had to achieve.

"Jiu Chen, it seems we need to defeat all three bosses in their dual states before we can obtain the complete world key."

Qin Muyu said.

Others also figured out how to obtain the complete key.

"I wonder what that Brave New World is. Could it be a new secret realm, like the one in Cyberpunk City, which later turned into Cyberpunk World?" Blade Shadow speculated, stroking his chin.

Xiao Fan's face darkened. If Brave New World was just a new secret realm, he wouldn't really want to fight it.

Upon hearing the term "Cyberpunk World," the fat man abruptly took a step back; this secret realm was what impressed him most.

He did nothing wrong but was imprisoned in Sky Prison, which somehow cured his fear of heights.

Just then, a silver-white key fell to the ground, and Xiao Fan picked it up.

Check.

Item: One of the Brave New World Key (It is said that Brave New World is a beautiful place, and entering it will bring you great rewards!)

"That Brave New World? Even a dog wouldn't go there!"

"Are you sure?"

Xiao Fan waved the key in front of the fat man.

"You can give me that key if you don't want it," the Judge Young Master, leaning closer to the fat man.

The fat man sensed something was wrong, picked up the key, and checked the information.

Brave New World isn't a secret realm, but a great place for players to earn rewards!

The fat man quickly stuffed the keys into his pocket. "Give me what? Who said I don't want them?"

"Didn't you just say that Brave New World is so remote even dogs wouldn't go in?" Judge Young Master said.

"Go in! If dogs can't go in, I'll go in! I'll go into a place even dogs can't get into!" the fat man shouted.

Judge Young Master:...

I have a feeling he's subtly criticizing someone.

Finally, everyone agreed to get the key to this Brave New World before leaving.

Since a secret realm can only be accessed once a day, Xiao Fan and his group need to access it at least twice more to obtain the complete key, so they will have to stay here for two more days.

Seeing that it was still early, the team leveled up nearby for a while before returning to camp.

At night, the players lit a campfire at the campsite, and chatted about the Dungeon while grilling meat.

"This secret realm is too difficult." The captain in black shook his head as he listened to the fat man and the others explain how to clear the secret realm.

I feel like I might not be able to beat them.

"Actually, it's not too bad. As long as you kill the corrupted minions before the first boss, the next three bosses are pretty easy if you fight them quickly."

"However, you'll need to plan your entry time carefully."

The fat guy and his friends started sharing their experience with others.

"Forget it, it seems a bit difficult. I can try it when I have more time. It's not really appropriate to do this now with the triple rewards event."

The other teams all shook their heads.

Jiu Chen's team is quite strong and easy to beat; they can't compete with them.

The other teams decided to leave tomorrow and go to a more suitable place to level up.

The night passed peacefully, and the next day everyone went their separate ways, each going their own way.

Xiao Fan's team continued their search for the key to "Brave New World".

Just as they expected, on the first day they defeated the Demonized Mad Daoist and obtained one-third of the key.

The next day, something unexpected happened. They hadn't planned their entry into the secret realm properly, so they didn't manage to defeat the demonized Masked Knight, but they did manage to defeat the Demonized Ana again.

The fat Judge Young Master was smirking to himself, a sinister look on his face.

"Did you deliberately delay our time just to get this key?"

I swear to God! Absolutely not!

"You're lucky, you bastard."

On the third day, everyone finally obtained the last key.

Brave New World Key: Once activated, you will enter Brave New World for seven days. After seven days, you will automatically exit and receive all the rewards you earned in the new world.

Suppressing his excitement, Xiao Fan put the key back into his Space Ring; he could only go after the event was over.

The event duration upgrades are indeed fast.

In these five days, Xiao Yi and Liu Xiujuan, who were at the lowest level, both leveled up to level 40.

The fat guy and the others also reached level 50, while Xiao Fan reached level 77.

It was a very fruitful experience.

In addition, nearly 50 Talent Stone dropped in the secret realm, but Xiao Fan did not appraise them because he did not have enough Star Stone.

He plans to collect all fifty Star Stone together for appraisal.

Statistically speaking, this makes it easier to obtain Golden Legend.

Expect!

Having obtained the complete key, the group, feeling very satisfied, rode back to Yanhuang City.

They haven't been getting enough rest in the wild these past few days, especially after all the other teams left. They've been leveling up during the day and patrolling at night.

Fortunately, no large swarm of organisms attacked.

The Level 5 City Building Token Zhou He had previously issued has now been realized as a reality.

All real-life family members of the team have priority access to Level 5 City.

"Haha, my parents definitely never imagined they'd benefit from my success one day."

"I said smugly."

Although his father had some money, getting directly into Level 5 City wasn't something money could buy.

This time, he wanted to show his father who the real father was!

The same applies to the Zai Zai.

After the college entrance examination, they were assigned to the Zone 18 of the Novice Village, where they were ridiculed and their parents were ashamed of them.

But now, they've already surpassed those classmates! And in the future, they'll reach heights that those classmates could never achieve!

All these changes were because they met Xiao Fan!

"Brother Chen! Thank you!"

The group watched Xiao Fan's retreating figure and murmured to themselves.

Qin Muyu and Ye Changge weren't that deeply affected; they didn't want their damned family members to benefit from it.

Ye Changge is alright; at least he still has his mother.

Qin Muyu had nothing.

If her family were to benefit from her fame, it would be better to kill her.

Before nightfall, Xiao Fan and his companions returned to Yanhuang City.

On the way, Judge Young Master had already written the strategy guide for "Brave New World".

The fat man took it directly to complete the mission.

The staff looked at the guide and thought it was very well done, with many detailed aspects.

"This secret realm is difficult enough."

"Yeah, we fought for five days," the fat man said casually.

"Okay, the contribution points will be credited to your account the next day."

After a city is established, administrators can be appointed, and only administrators are qualified to distribute contribution points.

On his way home, Xiao Fan noticed that the Bai Family's pharmacy was even more popular, with players queuing up in an endless line.

To be honest, Xiao Fan was a little envious.

He probably wouldn't have done this before.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing is profitable, but he finds the process of producing and selling it troublesome.

But ever since he acquired the talent <Myriad Phenomena Absorption>, Xiao Fan's thoughts have changed.

He's been killing almost all the monsters in the dungeon these past few days, and he's gained a whopping 190 extra Intelligence points.

What does this mean?

If Xiao Fan's stats are allocated in a balanced way, his current intelligence attribute is equivalent to that of a level 280 player!

However, his manifestation also requires a high level of Core Power.

Xiao Fan dared not wait; he planned to log off and materialize his appearance today.

By then, Core Power will be depleted again.

Still short of money!

Xiao Fan licked his lips as he looked at the Bai Family Pharmacy.

There's no such thing as an exclusive business. If there's money to be made, we should share it.

Xiao Fan had barely returned to his residence when Xu Shengguo arrived.

He put down a pile of Evolution Fragment.

"These are all the Evolution Fragment with attributes we have. Create some more Profession when you have some free time tonight."

Xiao Fan:...