Key to a New World

In order to participate in the Life and Death Contest a month later, Xiao Fan decided to use everything he could to improve his strength.

This includes two Element Seed: Earth Rank Flame Ghost Fire and God Rank Wood Jade Bone.

After absorbing elements, he can infuse elemental power into skill creation to enhance skill rank and damage.

He also redeemed the Treasure Map and the key to Brave New World.

The Treasure Map was in the Monster Region. Xiao Fan originally planned to explore it with Zijin, but Zijin was unable to leave due to the Lightning Tribulation, so the Treasure Map was not used.

The Fairy Fish still owes him a Water-Avoiding Bead.

Xiao Fan planned to find the Lightning-Avoiding Fruit and then take Zijin to the Fairy Fish's place to face the Lightning Tribulation. If the three of them were struck by lightning together, they could share the damage.

Before the Life and Death Contest, if Zijin can successfully pass the Lightning Tribulation, they can also unlock the seal of the Dragon Token.

If Xiao Fan can obtain the Divine Dragon Inheritance, his strength will likely increase significantly.

Finally, the key to Brave New World.

Xiao Fan took out the key to the Brave New World from his Space Ring.

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

It seemed promising, but after seven days, Xiao Fan realized that Brave New World was not as simple as he had imagined.

However, at least the Brave New World has a fixed time, and Xiao Fan plans to enter now, hoping for an unexpected surprise.

With that in mind, he decided to use it.

A system notification appeared the next second.

"Brave New World is the game's only bonus Dungeon. Each planet will only open it once. Once it opens, all players with the Brave New World Key will be able to enter. Are you sure you want to open it?"

Xiao Fan paused.

This is the game's only bonus Dungeon, and it will only open once per planet.

Xiao Fan hadn't expected this key to have such a story behind it.

He hadn't paid attention to the Brave New World dungeon since he finished it, and he didn't know if any other players had obtained the key.

However, the fact that no one has the key to unlock this Brave New World suggests that no one else likely obtained the key afterward.

Xiao Fan has now activated the feature, meaning only the 20 of them can enter this special realm.

To open or not to open?

After a moment's thought, Xiao Fan decided to activate it.

"The other players didn't get the key either; it seems they're not destined for Brave New World."

With that thought in mind, Xiao Fan stopped worrying. He sent a message to the person with the key and directly chose to open it.

The next second, Xiao Fan's palm was empty; the key had vanished, and a mechanical female voice sounded.

"Welcome to the [Brave New World] Dungeon! Before the challenge begins, you can choose one item from the Points rewards below as your exclusive reward for this Dungeon. At the end of the Dungeon, if your points meet the Points, you can claim your chosen exclusive reward; if your Points do not meet the requirements, you will forfeit the exclusive reward. Please choose carefully."

Immediately afterwards, a list of rewards appeared in front of Xiao Fan.

Xiao Fan looked through them one by one.

Skills, Profession, mounts, equipment, items, Heavenly Spirit Treasure, all kinds of materials, and identified Talent Stone are all available.

Each reward has a corresponding Points; the more valuable the reward, the higher the Points required.

As previously instructed by the system, they will earn Points in the <Brave New World> Dungeon. Only when they accumulate enough Points to reach the Points required for the selected reward can they claim the exclusive reward.

But right now, Xiao Fan doesn't even know what the <Brave New World> Dungeon is, or how to obtain Points.

To be honest, Xiao Fan wanted all of these rewards.

Unfortunately, he could only choose one.

Xiao Fan looked around, his gaze finally settling on two items.

One is a transparent gemstone shaped like a butterfly.

The information was hidden, and Xiao Fan didn't know what it was.

However, this Butterfly Gem is the most valuable of all the rewards, requiring 1 million Points, so it's obvious that it's a precious item.

Xiao Fan really wanted it.

Another item he wanted was...

Lightning-Avoiding Fruit!

This is the item he needs most of all the rewards.

With the Lightning-Avoiding Fruit, Zijin can survive the Lightning Tribulation. Afterwards, you can go with him to find the Treasure Map and unlock the Dragon Token seal.

The Lightning-Avoiding Fruit requires 100,000 Points, which is only considered Lower Stream among all rewards, but it has a different meaning for Xiao Fan.

But the Butterfly Gem has the highest Points...

Xiao Fan hesitated for a long time.

"We can find another Lightning-Avoiding Fruit, and we can wait for more Zijin, but this Butterfly Gem, once missed, may never be found again."

Based on his long experience, Xiao Fan ultimately decided to choose the Butterfly Gem.

Just as he clicked to select, the Butterfly Gem option suddenly went dark.

"The reward has already been selected by another player. Please choose another reward."

Xiao Fan:????

No, you didn't say this reward was unique!

Xiao Fan wanted to cry but had no tears.

The Butterfly Gem had already been chosen, so he could only choose the Lightning-Avoiding Fruit.

The only advantage is that the 100,000 Points from the Lightning-Avoiding Fruit are much easier to earn than a million.

After the selection was completed, the reward list in front of me disappeared. The fat man's voice came from beside me.

"Holy crap! Have I been working too hard lately? I'm even dreaming about running dungeons again."

Xiao Fan twitched the corner of his mouth.

He knew without a doubt that the fat man hadn't seen his message at all, and had been pulled into the secret realm while he was asleep.

He looked over at the sound and was relieved when he saw that there was no mosaic on the fat man's body.

"Hey Fatty, didn't you see Brother Chen's message?" Zai Zai looked speechless.

"News? What news? What did Brother Chen say?"

Everyone:...

The fat man learned from everyone that he had indeed entered the secret realm, and couldn't help but give Xiao Fan a resentful look.

"Brother Chen, you're already this strong, can't you stop dragging me in? Can't we talk about the secret realm tomorrow? Why did you have to drag me in in the middle of the night?"

After saying that, the fat man suddenly remembered something and slapped his thigh.

"Oh no, oh no! I thought I was dreaming just now. I chose the worst reward when selecting the exclusive reward! I've really lost out."

"Hey fatso, are you this restrained even in your dreams?"

The others stared at the fat man in disbelief. They thought he should be choosing the best option, not the worst.

The fat man scratched his head sheepishly. "I was just daydreaming, trying to relax a bit."

Everyone:...

Besides Xiao Fan's team, several members of the Ye Bugu Gang Judge Young Master also entered the <Brave New World> Dungeon.

When the Judge Young Master saw Xiao Fan again, he wasn't as enthusiastic as before; instead, he seemed hesitant to speak.

In the end, he said nothing and simply stood silently in the crowd.

Xiao Fan first glanced at the game page; the skills and Profession were all normal, which reassured him considerably.

"By the way, who chose that top-tier Butterfly Gem?"

Xiao Fan suddenly asked the crowd.

"It was my choice."

Qin Muyu spoke calmly.

When Qin Muyu saw the reward list, she thought Xiao Fan would immediately choose the highest reward, but after looking at it for a long time, the highest reward was still chosen.

Qin Muyu instantly realized that the other rewards might contain things that Xiao Fan needed at this stage.

Otherwise, given Xiao Fan's personality, he would have chosen the highest reward long ago.

After thinking it over, she chose the highest reward for Xiao Fan.

Anyway, she can get other rewards from the other lists in the game, so she doesn't need this reward opportunity.

Xiao Fan clearly didn't think much of it; seeing that Qin Muyu had chosen the reward, he nodded.

"Points, we'll try our best to help you accumulate enough points."

No matter who chooses the highest reward, Xiao Fan will help them take the items away.

After doing all this, Xiao Fan began to observe their current situation.