Instance: Path of Inheritance

Wang Ji arrived at the Magic City Military Camp once again.

This was the nation's largest wilderness military camp, guarding the mouth of the Yangtze River. It prevented sea monsters from traveling up the river and destroying the safety of the entire inland hinterland. For the world after the Great Nirvana, the greatest danger was the ocean.

Stationed year-round in this Magic City Military Camp were over 100,000 standing troops.

The next day, Wang Ji followed a squad of soldiers to the Reed Marsh ruins.

Wang Ji's mouth hung open, his eyes wide. "This is the Reed Marsh ruins?"

The colonel in charge of the liaison nodded with a smile, his thick Northeastern accent heavy: "That's the one!"

If Wang Ji hadn't already scanned the area with his spiritual consciousness, he might have actually believed it. No wonder the application was approved! It turned out they had already emptied the place out!

This place looked like the deep-pit hotels of later generations. There was no water left inside, and a magnificent spaceship was completely exposed above ground. The surrounding soil layers had been entirely excavated.

It was a spaceship over 300 meters long and a hundred meters wide. However, it was clearly visible that the interior was already empty. It seemed the state had already taken everything that could be moved. Only an empty shell remained; no wonder the application had gone through so smoothly.

Seeing Wang Ji's ugly expression, the colonel smiled and said, "Don't be anxious. Haha. First, take a look and see if there is anything here that attracts you as you described. If there isn't, we can go back to the Jiangnan Military Region. Everything taken from here is stored there; we can test them one by one."

Wang Ji understood once he thought about it. An unexplored ruin would certainly never allow an outsider like him to participate. Even if Wang Ji were an honorary major, it would still be impossible.

However, now that the exploration was complete, it didn't matter if they let Wang Ji come over to try his luck. Perhaps he could dig up something new.

Reasonable! Very reasonable!

Wang Ji walked toward the spaceship.

"Ding! Instance found: Path of Inheritance. Please move closer to the entry range."

Wang Ji entered the spaceship and sat down on the metal floor before saying, "Enter!"

Naturally, this was a spiritual entry.

"Ding! Entered instance: Path of Inheritance. Mission: Pass the Path of Inheritance assessment. Remaining entries: 2/3."

It was another instance space with three available entries. Fortunately, the instance was still here. It seemed the anchor for this instance was either this spaceship, this location, or this specific space.

Wang Ji appeared on a spaceship. This ship had just landed.

"Quick! Get off the ship!" a squad of burly men in black, exuding terrifying auras like primordial beasts, roared.

These black-clad men were all over three meters tall, their muscles knotted, wearing black metal battle armor with fiery red patterns. A single glance from them made one's soul tremble.

There were over a thousand youths in the spaceship, all young. They ranged from their teens to their twenties. Some wore beast skins, some wore metal armor, and others wore modern clothing. It looked like a hodgepodge, a fashion show spanning from prehistoric times to the future.

Wang Ji followed the commands and walked out of the ship, only to discover that outside was a massive plaza spanning hundreds of thousands of square meters. It was vast and grand. The ground was paved with giant two-meter-square stone slabs that stretched for thousands of meters. Wild grass grew in the cracks between the slabs.

Nearby, several other spaceships were parked, and squads of youths were disembarking from those as well. The place gave off a feeling that was both primitive and sci-fi.

Half an hour later, a burly man in black armor, five meters tall, flew into the air in front of them. A pressure like that of a primordial beast swept across the entire field. All the youths felt their minds go dark, as if they had been targeted by a predator and would die in the next instant.

"You are all elites hand-picked from ordinary planets. But here, you are nothing! Only by passing the Path of Inheritance can you join the outer circle of the organization! When that time comes, treasures, secret manuals, beauties, and wealth will be yours for the taking! If you are outstanding enough, you can even buy your home continent or planet as your own territory!"

"The Path of Inheritance is the first step to joining the organization! I look forward to your success!"

"I don't care if you have practiced formal secret manuals before. One month! You have one month to master the 6th level of the 36-Fold Waves, the first stage of the Path of Inheritance, and you will have passed the first trial! Then, by passing through the Illusion Sea and the Heart-Questioning Ladder, you will be able to join the organization. Simple, right? Then begin! Those who cannot pass will just have to live and die on this planet!"

As he spoke, a hundred massive structures resembling underground tunnel entrances rose from the ground ten thousand meters away. Those were the entrances to the trials.

Wang Ji didn't waste words and headed toward the tunnels first. It took two minutes to cover the ten-thousand-meter distance. Some people started after Wang Ji but entered faster than him. It seemed Wang Ji's strength wasn't considered high.

Wang Ji walked into a tunnel with a few other youths. The tunnel was filled with a hazy silver light, and Wang Ji soon lost sight of the other youths. In the blink of an eye, he arrived in a sealed space.

Wang Ji turned his head and saw that even the path he had come from was no longer visible. This was a massive room 100 meters in length, width, and height, with silver-gray walls emitting a soft glow. There were no doors or windows, but the air in the space was fresh.

"Mission: Within 20 days, master the 5th level of the 36-Fold Waves!"

In front of him, a metal pedestal rose, holding a thick book. On the cover, the words "36-Fold Waves" were written in bold, sweeping strokes. Looking at these characters, Wang Ji felt as if endless ocean waves were crashing toward him. They were continuous, growing stronger and stronger, one wave higher than the last, as if they wanted to crush him and grind him into dust!

Wang Ji's mind suddenly cleared, and all the illusions were blocked out. When he looked again, the cover still held a certain artistic conception, but it could no longer shake his mind.

It's the Iron Will! The Iron Will is working, protecting my mind! Wang Ji realized. The Iron Will was truly a wonder; the value of this item was beyond imagination.

Wang Ji opened the manual and read it carefully. After a while, he slowly understood. "This is a secret manual for power amplification. It has 36 levels. The first level is 1x power. The second level is 2x power! All the way to the 36th level, which is 36x power!"

This power was the amplification of the entire body, including speed and defense, all of which could be multiplied! This was an orthodox power-amplification manual from the universe! It wasn't like the manuals on Earth, which had actually taken the wrong path.

The value of this manual must be in the trillions, right? Wang Ji thought happily.

The only problem was, how was he supposed to take it out?

He couldn't just memorize it, could he? Wang Ji felt a headache coming on.

Wang Ji went through all his treasures, but none seemed capable of storing memories.

Can the Iron Will do it? Wang Ji suddenly wondered.