Experiment Log
I merged with darkness. I succeeded. I became a great Dark Mage, wielding the Darkness Source.
Light was destined to be destroyed. We were the true rulers of this world.
The plan changed. The great Abyss postponed its invasion, and I received orders to cultivate a Deepwater Flood Dragon King.
Cultivating a Deepwater Flood Dragon King was no easy task. Five years passed, and I tried every method I had, but I failed.
Members of the Longevity Family approached me, and I obtained the method for cultivating a Deepwater Flood Dragon King.
Who would have thought that a level 60 boss like this would actually require players' lives to cultivate? Players who arrived from another world might find that hard to accept, but as a Native NPC, what couldn't I accept?
The experiment began... but the success rate was only 60%. New players were becoming increasingly difficult to fool.
I had to change my approach and increase the production rate of Deepwater Flood Dragon Kings.
The Longevity Family brought good news. The Black Bear Guild became one of the sources of nourishment, allowing me to implement my plan more effectively.
The aura of darkness was drawing closer. I could feel it. The great Abyss Lord would soon descend upon the Sakas Empire, and we... would soon rule this empire.
The log contained quite a bit of information, but it was unsigned, leaving Zhou Heng unable to guess who was secretly cultivating Deepwater Flood Dragon Kings.
However, the clues in the Longevity player Su Ling's quest, along with the contents of his Fate Hint, all pointed to one person: the mayor of Little Bird Town.
Zhou Heng handed the Experiment Log to Black Bear Ba and waited for his response.
At first, Black Bear Ba was a little curious about what else Zhou Heng wanted him to read.
But once he read it, his expression darkened.
"Judging by the information revealed in this log, only one person in all of Little Bird Town fits the bill: Mayor Tate."
"So, what do you think we should do next?"
Zhou Heng put the question to Black Bear Ba.
He was a newcomer and still had yet to figure out many of the systems in the Boundless Endless World.
Although he had spent three years studying textbooks, there was bound to be a considerable gap in experience between him and an expert like Black Bear Ba, who had worked his way from level 1 to level 50.
Any approach he proposed might be cautious, but it would not necessarily cover everything.
Looking at the Experiment Log in his hands, Black Bear Ba remained silent for a full five minutes before speaking in a low voice, his expression fierce.
"The situation could be even more complicated than I expected. I need more time to sort things out."
"Take this. Once I've sorted things out and found a way to deal with it, I'll contact you with it."
As he spoke, Black Bear Ba handed Zhou Heng a walkie-talkie.
"Keep building up your strength for now. We'll be in touch."
Black Bear Ba left, seemingly having genuinely failed to come up with a good solution.
Zhou Heng looked at the walkie-talkie in his hand, silently put it away, and resumed searching for level 10 wild monsters.
The enemy was powerful, far beyond what he could contend with now.
Black Bear Ba appeared to have joined forces with him, but no one could guarantee that he would remain on Zhou Heng's side when an actual fight broke out.
That made increasing his strength essential.
Half an hour later, Zhou Heng entered a new cave. This one also contained grassland and Deepwater Snakes.
"Judging by their numbers, there must be at least 300."
"This... is great!"
The corners of Zhou Heng's mouth lifted. He drew the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword) and walked toward the monsters.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss~"
The Deepwater Snakes spotted Zhou Heng charging into their territory and attacked without hesitation...
Night fell. Looking at the Deepwater Snake corpses strewn across the ground, Zhou Heng smiled and opened the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword) panel.
Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword) Level: 1 Quality: Ancient Killing: 1000/1000 (attack +1 for every creature of the same level killed) Protection: 10000/10000 (health +10 for every creature of the same level killed) Attack speed +1.0/s Movement speed +2.0 m/s Durability: ???/??? Upgrade: 1/10000
After an entire day, Zhou Heng had finally maxed out the stats of this legendary Holy Sword.
With the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword) equipped, Zhou Heng's physical attack reached a terrifying 1088.5-2177.
In terms of attack alone, he was already on par with a player at level 41 or above-in other words, a fourth-advancement player.
Factoring in his health, Zhou Heng theoretically had the strength to put up a fight against the level 50 Black Bear Ba now.
But that was only in theory. The gap in both knowledge and actual combat experience between someone at his level and a player at Black Bear Ba's level could not be ignored, to say nothing of the even greater gap between their skill sets.
Although Zhou Heng did not know how powerful the skills of a branch vice guild leader at Black Bear Ba's level were, according to his textbook knowledge, an ordinary level 50 player's skill set generally started at the complex grade. Stronger players might even have obscure- or profound-grade skill sets.
Thus, judging a player's strength solely by stats was extremely one-sided and irrational.
Still, even if Zhou Heng lacked the strength to challenge Black Bear Ba head-on, he should have some ability to protect himself in an emergency with Burning Rage.
"I'm still too weak!"
"If I had a little more time, I'd definitely grow stronger."
Tightening his grip on the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword), Zhou Heng prepared to keep grinding monsters.
Although his level was already at 10 max, leaving him just one class advancement quest away from his first advancement, he still had not obtained a class advancement quest scroll despite all his grinding.
So Zhou Heng's primary goal remained grinding damage reduction against all elements. Once he raised that, he would have much more confidence when facing magical attacks.
As he thought, Zhou Heng continued deeper into the Deepwater Cave.
Late that night, Zhou Heng entered an enormous cavern, no longer even knowing where he was.
The entire cavern was shaped like a wheel, with each opening extending into a tunnel whose depths could not be seen.
At the center of the cavern lay a pile of dry, withered grass, seemingly the nest of some creature.
After making a circuit of all the openings, Zhou Heng discovered that only one had air flowing through it.
Following the drafty tunnel, Zhou Heng advanced quickly and soon reached its deepest point.
It was a dead end, but strangely, there was a rift at the end of it.
The rift shimmered with faint purple light, mysterious and fathomless.
[Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm Nest (level 10 unique secret realm)]
After confirming the type of rift, Zhou Heng could not help laughing.
Barring anything unexpected, this Deepwater Flood Dragon Nest was the cultivation site mentioned in the Experiment Log.
In other words, it contained a large number of level 10 Deepwater Flood Dragon Worms. He just did not know whether there were more than 10,000.
If there were fewer than that, he might not be able to grind out his damage reduction against all elements today.
With that thought, Zhou Heng stepped into the rift and entered the unique dungeon, "Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm Nest."
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