Traveler from Another World

Ali looked at the options before her.

[Option One: Respected Goddess of Life, World Tree Cheng Jue, what can we do for you?]

[Option Two: Respected Goddess of Life, World Tree Cheng Jue, can we become your strength?]

Looking at the two options, Ali could not help but complain, "Is there any difference between these two choices?"

"Respected Goddess of Life, World Tree Cheng Jue, what can we do for you?"

Since they were both the same, Ali casually picked one and said it.

When World Tree Cheng Jue heard Ali's answer, she nodded in satisfaction and said:

"I have observed the world and discovered that a great calamity will soon befall the Primordial World. Travelers, I appreciate your desire to help me, but you are still far too weak..."

"A great calamity!" Ali pondered this as she typed in the party channel:

[ID Ali: Everyone, could the great calamity the goddess mentioned be the Beast Calamity?]

[ID Young Mistress: Beast Calamity? What is that?]

Seeing Young Mistress's reply in the party channel, Qi Lin, standing beside her, glanced at her curiously.

Seemingly sensing Qi Lin's gaze, Young Mistress widened her eyes, as though saying:

"I was born overseas. Of course I don't know much about these local mythological legends."

Qi Lin nodded in understanding and replied in the party channel:

[ID Tianhe Sheriff: The calamities passed down in Primordial World mythology are the Beast Calamity, the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity, the Witch-Demon Calamity, and the Investiture Calamity.]

[ID Young Mistress: Then, according to the goddess, the Beast Calamity is about to begin?]

[ID Ali: Wouldn't that put the goddess in great danger? During the Beast Calamity, even the weakest were Daluo Golden Immortals.]

Dun Qu Qi Yi, who had remained silent, felt her heart skip a beat upon seeing this. "Isn't Sister still only a Taiyi Golden Immortal? It will be very difficult for her to survive this calamity."

Just as Dun Qu Qi Yi's expression was about to fall apart, Qi Lin spoke up.

[ID Tianhe Sheriff: Not necessarily. According to mythological records, this calamity mainly involved Fierce Beasts transformed from Chaos Demon Gods, as well as innate Demon Gods formed from Chaos Demon Gods who survived Pangu's creation of the world.]

[The Fierce Beasts wanted to devour the Primordial World and obtain Pangu's comprehension of the Great Dao, while the innate Demon Gods sought to comprehend Pangu's Dao and advance their own Dao further. Thus, the Beast Calamity began.]

[ID Dun Qu Qi Yi: So the goddess can safely get through the first calamity? That's wonderful.]

What they did not know was that a system interface had also appeared before their goddess, who watched their conversation with great interest.

Safely get through it? They think far too highly of her. Which calamity did not affect the entire Primordial World, let alone the first Beast Calamity? Cheng Jue smiled bitterly to herself.

Still, Cheng Jue's heart warmed at the thought that they were concerned about her.

Then I should arrange more tasks for the travelers, Cheng Jue thought. Her gaze toward Ali, who was speaking with her, grew even gentler.

Cheng Jue said softly, "Travelers, I am happy that you are willing to help me. However, your strength is still far too weak. Before long, a World Gate developed by Sumeru and Fontaine will be installed at the travelers' camp. It connects to a world filled with evil and darkness."

For the World Gate to gain the ability to travel between worlds, Cheng Jue merely needed to use the power of her World Tree to link the Grotto-Heaven World to hell.

The World Gate's purpose was simply to stabilize that connection and keep it from breaking apart.

Even without using the World Gate, Cheng Jue could easily send the players to hell herself, but that would have been far too troublesome.

Since the space within the Grotto-Heaven World was under Cheng Jue's control, why not simply open a tunnel between the two worlds?

Thus, Sumeru, Fontaine, and Natlan had jointly participated in the Astral Express Project.

This World Gate was merely the early stage of the Astral Rail Project. It had been sent here only because Lesser Lord Kusanali said she wanted to conduct preliminary tests.

Wasn't that perfect? This place lacked everything except players. When the time came, they could issue a quest to explore hell while conveniently testing the World Gate's effectiveness.

With that thought, Cheng Jue said solemnly, "Travelers, are you willing to venture into a dangerous world and grow stronger?"

Ali did not even look at the prompt that had appeared in the system before saying, "Goddess, I am willing to help you and explore an unknown world."

She had actually not followed the prompt, catching Cheng Jue somewhat off guard. But upon hearing Ali's words, Cheng Jue nodded in satisfaction.

Not only Cheng Jue, but even Hongmeng and Xiao Yi standing beside her nodded approvingly.

As soon as Ali finished speaking, the system's voice rang out again:

[Ding]...

All the players opened their system quest panels and discovered that a quest had appeared.

[Main storyline quest activated...]

[Chapter One: Traveler from Another World.]

[Quest Description: A World Gate jointly developed by Sumeru, Fontaine, and Natlan will be built at the travelers' camp. Before then, you must become an official class.]

[Quest Activation: Reach Level 10 and advance to an official class.]

[Time Limit: None]

[Player Limit: None]

[Quest Tip 1: The other world is extremely dangerous. Travelers will need equipment from Mondstadt and Liyue, which can be exchanged from the traveling merchant Jiu Yue.]

[Quest Tip 2: Jiu Yue's goods require currency. The Adventurers' Association has many bounties suited to your current level. Completing bounties will earn considerable Mora.]

[Quest Tip 3: Main storyline quests are highly dangerous. Please ensure that you have resurrection attempts before battle. Players with the resurrection debuff will not lose levels after dying and reviving. Each debuff can only revive you once.]

[Quest Tip 4: Resurrection attempts can be purchased from Skadi using Creation Crystals.]

The resurrection attempts were merely Cheng Jue's adjustment to the resurrection mechanic. The original system of having to level up from scratch after dying was only meant to make those overly unruly players behave themselves.

To make the players work and fight even harder, Cheng Jue had deliberately added the resurrection mechanic.

After all, creating a body only consumed mana and spiritual energy. To Cheng Jue, already a Taiyi Golden Immortal, that was insignificant.

In contrast, the Genesis Crystals in the players' hands were good things. They contained Merit and were genuine Merit currency issued to the players.

They would be recognized by innate Demon Gods not only within the Grotto-Heaven World, but even in the Primordial World outside.

Through this exchange, Cheng Jue traded spiritual energy for genuine Merit from the players.

Therefore, if players wanted resurrection attempts, they needed to obtain Merit. As for how to obtain Merit, they had to eliminate monsters and accept quests from Katheryne...

"This main storyline quest..."

Upon seeing the system prompt, the players outside the invisible wall became excited...

"It looks like this is an early-stage quest. There should be a dungeon quest afterward."

"There are even resurrection attempts... Good heavens."

"A treasure!" With a thud, Lord Xin dropped to his knees among the players outside the invisible wall.

Everyone took a closer look and discovered in surprise that he was only Level 4. The lowest-level players now were already Level 7.

How had he been leveling? He doesn't even know how to play a game, everyone thought.

Lord Xin was on the verge of tears as well. He had already lost count of how many times he had died and how many times he had started leveling from scratch.

Then the Goddess of Life, World Tree Cheng Jue, said, "Travelers, thank you for your support. To help you grow more quickly, I will grant you corresponding rewards."

Upon hearing this, Ali, Young Mistress, and Qi Lin all trembled slightly.

"The quest is complete. There's finally a quest reward."

Ali could not help crying out excitedly, "Long live the goddess!"

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