When Ling Yi entered the secret realm, more than a hundred Awakened had already set off in different directions.
Only Ling Yi, Luo Xiaoqi, Bai Yunkai, and a dozen or so Awakened from other countries remained at the entrance.
Luo Xiaoqi and Bai Yunkai hadn't left; they were obviously waiting for him, though their purposes differed.
Those dozen or so Awakened, well, it seems they were also waiting for me.
Ling Yi raised the Hundred-Flavor Flask as if to take a few gulps, but just as he brought it to his lips, he casually put it away.
He is becoming increasingly immune to alcohol, and the wine in the Hundred-Flavor Flask is just ordinary wine, so it has less and less of an effect on him.
I'm afraid that after a while, even drinking alcohol directly won't make me feel drunk anymore.
It seems I'll have to learn how to brew wine myself, or find a substitute.
"Why does this kid look so grim?" Ling Yi glanced at Bai Yunkai and asked Luo Xiaoqi.
"Nobody wants to team up with him," Luo Xiaoqi said with a smile.
"Oh, I can understand. After all, who wants to team up with an idiot these days?"
When playing games and team battles, what kind of person are you most afraid of? It's a terrible teammate!
Someone like Bai Yunkai, a complete idiot who has no skills but causes trouble everywhere, is someone you'll get screwed over if you team up with him.
" Ling Yi!" Bai Yunkai gritted his teeth in anger.
"That's strange. I've Taunt you like this, shouldn't you have rushed at me and attacked me?"
Ling Yi looked at Luo Xiaoqi, "Isn't he acting a bit strange? If it were you, would you cut me?"
"Pfft, stop fooling around. Let's hurry up and kill some monsters. Regardless of whether we pass the trial or not, these opportunities to Dream Entry are rare, and we've already wasted a lot of time."
"No rush!"
Bai Yunkai gritted his teeth in anger. If he could attack, why wouldn't he?
His mentor was a guy named Li Jing (a lame joke). Li Jing is Li Jing, why the extra parentheses and the lame joke?
Whether this successor named Li Jing was cold or not was unknown, but in Bai Yunkai's mind, he was definitely a joke.
Although the Fusion level is already 40%, there is still only one skill: One Hundred Percent Barehanded Blade Catch.
It wasn't that he could catch other people's weapons 100% of the time, but rather that every time he made a move, someone would kneel down in front of him and catch his blade with their bare hands.
His own father had knelt down before him, and he was beaten terribly back then.
What kind of Ghost Technique is this? A skill that guarantees no harm?
If Ling Yi knew who his mentor was, he would definitely pat him on the shoulder and say, "Kid, you've got it, you know that?"
Although this skill cannot harm anyone, it is a conceptual skill that guarantees 100% invincibility in a one-on-one fight.
Unfortunately, Bai Yunkai isn't very bright and hasn't grasped this point yet.
However, although he couldn't make a move himself, he knew that someone would definitely target Ling Yi.
The Awakened from the foreign factions approached Ling Yi after he appeared.
Bai Yunkai looked at Ling Yi with a gloating expression.
Ling Yi glanced at Bai Yunkai and sighed helplessly. This level of intelligence and pettiness? A genius?
If this is genius, then all huskies are geniuses.
"I don't quite understand the intelligence of you villains. Of course, you might not even be a villain; at most, you're just a minor character."
Ling Yi didn't even glance at the Awakened surrounding them, and continued, "Tell me, if they kill me, do you think they'll let you go? Won't they silence you or something? I don't know what you have to be so gloating about."
Bai Yunkai: "..."
Damn, yeah!
"I wonder what kind of deep-seated hatred or grudge you have. Do you think you're the Crooked-Mouthed Dragon King, wiping out an entire family just because you're unhappy?"
"Who is the Crooked-Mouthed Dragon King?" Luo Xiaoqi asked.
"A novel Protagonist with a similar IQ to him."
"..."
Big Shot, is this the time to talk about this?
" Ling Yi, hello. My name is Carlos Baal. Our Ugly Nation very much hopes that you can join us."
Carlos was young, but his mature-sounding tone made him seem even more childish.
"Am I important?" Ling Yi retorted.
"Yes, it's extremely important. Your Teleport technology can have unimaginable effects on the battlefield, and your Sensory Controller technology will allow humans to thrive in all secret realms."
"Most importantly, when the secret realm is fully open, these two technologies will allow ordinary people to safely farm monsters. You should know what that means."
Ling Yi nodded and said, "That makes sense."
"Thank you very much for your recognition, and we warmly welcome you to join us. Of course, just to be on the safe side, I hope you can cooperate with us, which will avoid many unnecessary misunderstandings."
As Carlos spoke, he took out a scroll.
"This is the Mephisto Contract Scroll. Simply sign it, and this scroll will not only be Contract, but will also grant you immense power!"
"Can I take a look?" Ling Yi asked curiously.
He was genuinely curious. He knew, of course, that Mephisto was one of the Devil King of Hell. Ling Yi was eager to know if he would turn into a flaming skeleton after signing the Contract.
Most importantly, Ling Yi was very interested in the power of the Hell Devil King.
"Of course!" Carlos smiled slightly and handed over the scroll without a care in the world.
" Ling Yi, don't touch it! Mephisto is a very cunning guy. This is an active Contract scroll. If you touch the scroll, you will be forced into Contract."
Luo Xiaoqi quickly spoke up to stop her.
"Lovely lady, I sense a kindred Aura within you. It seems our lineage masters originate from the same place." A flash of killing intent crossed Carlos's eyes as he looked at Ling Yi.
Ling Yi grabbed the Contract scroll without hesitation, and the next moment, a mysterious force acted on Ling Yi.
It wasn't powerful, but it carried a sense of order; in other words, this power actually touched upon the level of Matter Genes.
Although it's rough, it does touch on the subject.
Matter Genes, to put it in a more sophisticated way, are the most fundamental rules governing the birth of all things in the universe.
It is a regular structure that affects the matter itself.
In Ling Yi's eyes, rules are simply data.
Matter Genes plus Dark Matter Source equals all things in the universe.
No one understands the power of Matter Genes better than Ling Yi.
This also made Ling Yi realize that no matter what kind of power it is, it will eventually come down to seeking the essence and origin of all things.
Whether it's immortal techniques, Divine Power, True Yuan, Battle Qi, magic, demonic power, or necromantic energy, they are all ultimately just macroscopic manifestations of the Source Power.
The "data" on this Contract gave Ling Yi a lot of inspiration, and he understood everything from it.
"Very impressive power!"
Ling Yi's Guangzhi data, and he instantly modified the "data" on the Contract.
He then handed it to Carlos!
Carlos, completely bewildered, took back the Contract scroll. What was going on? Why hadn't the Contract activated?
But the moment he took the Contract scroll, it suddenly unfolded automatically, and Carlos felt a sharp pain in his thumb as a drop of blood instantly dripped onto the scroll.
"Not good!" Carlos exclaimed in alarm, but at that moment, a ball Huoyan blue Huoyan rose from beneath his feet, sweeping upwards and engulfing him in the blink of an eye, turning him into a blue Pyro.
Carlos felt no pain, but instead took a few steps back in horror, asking incredulously, "How did you do that?"
"It's simple, because I'm stronger!"
With a thought from Ling Yi, Carlos screamed and rolled wildly on the ground, clutching his head. Blue Huoyan splashed everywhere as he rolled.
Within the range of the blue cesium Huoyan, the ground instantly turned into charcoal, the flower stalks turned into ashes, and the flames continued to burn out of thin air, showing no sign of extinguishing.
People around instinctively scattered, afraid of being touched by the Huoyan.
"Spare... me!" Carlos pleaded, enduring the pain.
Ling Yi clapped his hands, and Carlos's screams stopped. He knelt on the ground, breathing heavily, and the blue Huoyan on his body seemed to have a life of their own, fluctuating in intensity with his breath.
Ling Yi pointed his finger in the Void, and sixteen Contract scrolls appeared out of thin air.
"This thing is pretty useful, everyone, take one!"
The group retreated again, their hearts already filled with fear as they looked at the scroll floating in the air.
" Carlos!" Ling Yi glanced at Carlos.
"Understood, my master!" Carlos took a deep breath, and the next moment, blue flames blazed fiercely on his body.
He raised his right hand, and a blue cesium Huoyan halo rose upwards, then suddenly expanded.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a circular wall of blue cesium Firewall erupted around them, completely blocking everyone's path.
" Carlos, are you going to betray the Ugly Nation?" an Awakened One roared.
"This is not betrayal. Only by following the strong can I gain even greater power. My master is the only god in this world, and his Big Superman your imagination."
"Submit, or die." Carlos's voice became the Ethereal and hoarse, containing a seductive power.
A few minutes later, Ling Yi and Luo Xiaoqi led a group of people out of the entrance to the secret realm and headed straight for the center of the secret realm.
Bai Yunkai was left alone at the scene, trembling as he watched the departing the Back.
He was Ignore. From beginning to end, he was nothing more than a Joker; Ling Yi didn't take him seriously at all.
But just then, a black ball of light appeared before him, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into his likeness...
"The secret realm is vast, roughly the size of half of the Ugly Nation!"
Carlos followed Ling Yi, explaining the situation of the secret realm.
"In the central area, there are monsters of King Grade King Grade or even higher, each possessing the power to destroy a city, but they rarely come out."
"Do you know when this secret realm first appeared?" Ling Yi asked.
"I'm sorry, boss, I can't be sure about that. However, at least fifteen years ago, because my teacher passed the trials in this secret realm and became a student at the Awakened School."
"Your mentor is Mephisto, the Devil King of Hell?"
"Yes, but the Fusion rate is only 10%, so its power is very limited. I accumulated a year's worth of magic power to create this Contract scroll."
Ling Yi looked at the sky above the secret realm. The sky was blue with white clouds and the sun was high in the sky. It seemed no different from the outside world.
Carlos explained in a timely manner, "Secret Realms are ranked, divided into the Initial Secret Realm, Soldier Grade Secret Realm, General Grade Secret Realm, King Grade Secret Realm, and God Grade Secret Realm. King Grade Secret Realm and God Grade Secret Realm have evolved into small worlds. The one we are in now is King Grade Secret Realm, and it is the strongest among the King Grade Secret Realm."
"To date, more than Wu Bai secret realms have been discovered worldwide, and the number is constantly increasing. The existence of secret realms is no longer a secret, and the authorities have begun to gradually release information about them."
"Once the secret realm is fully open, Blue Star will officially enter the Awakened Era."
Carlos said with a hint of excitement.
Unlike Carlos's excitement, Ling Yi was somewhat worried.
The more secret realms there are, the more worlds will invade. Secret realms are outposts for every invading world. As the monsters in the secret realms become stronger, an outbreak will inevitably lead to a disaster.
Of course, crisis also means opportunity, after all, as long as you keep killing monsters in the secret realm, you will inevitably become Awakened.
Carlos is right, the Awakened Era is coming soon, and at that time, the entire population will inevitably awaken.
They are welcoming the arrival of a new era.
Just then, someone in front suddenly shouted, "Alert!"