Building the Second Eldritch Tale

Shen Hui and Qingxue walked home together, and he began to consider what kind of Eldritch Being and ghost story he could create with the resources he had.

But just then, Qingxue, who was walking beside him, spoke up:

"Shen Hui, I was wondering... how are you planning to improve your world over the next few days?"

Shen Hui turned to look at Qingxue.

Besides using the resources in hand to build up his world, there were other ways to strengthen and improve it.

Shen Hui thought for a moment, then said, "Tomorrow, I think I'll go to the World Association and challenge one of the worlds stored there."

"The principal gave me 500,000 World Coins, so I might as well use them for that."

Qingxue sounded a little surprised. "You're already daring to challenge other worlds at the World Association?"

The World Association was the most powerful official organization in this world, with the largest number of people who had awakened worlds.

It could be said that everyone who awakened a world would eventually register there and become a member of the association.

After becoming a member, they could spend World Coins to travel to the Realm of Ownerless Worlds in the Sea of Stars.

All kinds of ownerless worlds had been gathered there.

They were the worlds left behind after their creators had died.

Some of these worlds relied on their already mature foundations and could operate on their own, with the civilizations created within them continuing to develop and grow in an orderly way.

Other civilizations kept declining until every living thing had died and the world was destroyed.

There were also some special worlds that had arisen naturally and developed civilizations.

As long as someone could defeat these worlds, they could absorb them and merge them into their own.

But no matter which kind they were, these worlds were relatively more powerful than the worlds they had just created.

And this was basically real combat. They hadn't even passed the school's practical test yet.

Going straight to the Realm of Ownerless Worlds to fight was like skipping grades.

That was why Qingxue was surprised.

Shen Hui smiled. "If I use the resources I'm getting this time to improve my world properly, I think it'll be fine as long as I'm careful."

What Shen Hui didn't mention was that his Eldritch Tale world wasn't an ordinary world.

So he had a lot of confidence in himself!

After hearing what Shen Hui said, Qingxue seemed to sense the gap between them.

She nodded thoughtfully.

Her world wasn't as promising as his.

Yet he had the courage to do this. Perhaps that was why he could make a Death World stand shoulder to shoulder with hers.

Qingxue thought for a moment, then seemed to make up her mind.

She said to Shen Hui, "Shen Hui, um... if you're going to the World Association tomorrow, I'd like to go with you. I'm planning to challenge those ownerless worlds too."

Shen Hui looked at Qingxue. "You should think it over. Your world has tremendous potential of its own. Unlike mine, it isn't a small world, so you don't need to take that kind of risk."

But Qingxue nodded seriously. "A sharp sword is forged through hardship. Precisely because my world has such tremendous potential, I should challenge those ownerless worlds!"

Shen Hui smiled faintly. "All right. We'll go together tomorrow. Call me."

It was Qingxue's decision, and Shen Hui had no right to interfere.

It just meant there'd be one more person heading to the World Association with him.

Shen Hui and Qingxue parted at a crossroads.

Then Shen Hui went to the market near his apartment complex to buy some tasty ingredients to take home.

After all, now that he had a fortune of 500,000, he naturally couldn't deprive himself.

At the same time, Shen Hui wondered what kind of Eldritch Tale to create next.

As he walked through the market, he caught sight of the butcher chopping pork.

An idea immediately came to him. He already knew what kind of Eldritch Tale he would create next!

After buying the ingredients and returning home, Shen Hui took out the cultivation resources he had received and placed them by the bed.

There was a glass bottle filled with white liquid.

It was the World Origin Potion.

[World Origin Potion]

[Quality: Low]

[Effect: After refining, it provides 150 World Origin]

Two cards.

[Building Construction Card]

[Quality: Low]

[Effect: After use, any building can be constructed in the world without spending World Origin]

[Time Flow Rate Card]

[Quality: Low]

[Effect: Without spending World Origin, the flow of time in the world can be changed. It can be sped up by a maximum of 2 years or slowed to a complete halt for up to 2 years]

Although they were all low quality, they were extremely valuable.

Shen Hui drank the World Origin Potion straight away, preparing to create an Eldritch Being.

The milky-white liquid went down. It tasted like milk.

Shen Hui smacked his lips. It wasn't bad.

The World Origin Power he had awakened began refining the potion he had swallowed.

It turned into wisps of energy that flowed into Shen Hui's world.

[Death World]

[World Size: 1 kilometer]

[World Level: Level 1]

[Created Units: 1 (Hero Unit)]

[World Origin: 170]

Shen Hui checked his information. His World Origin had indeed increased to 170.

Now it was time to start building!

Shen Hui's mind sank into his Death World, appearing there as a projection.

Sadako was sitting alone by the dry well in the dead forest.

Shen Hui paid her no attention.

For a world to develop on its own, it had to have living beings who could develop a civilization and let it evolve on its own.

Even an Eldritch Tale world needed its ghost stories to spread and be passed down.

That way, it could keep producing Eldritch Beings and strengthening them.

Shen Hui's world couldn't do that yet. After all, it was a Death World.

Maybe it could change if he merged it with other worlds in the future.

But for now, Shen Hui could only create Eldritch Beings at the Hero level.

And he had already decided what he wanted to create while he was at the market.

It was the Pig-headed Butcher!

This tale originated in Chicago. A butcher who slaughtered pigs had a habit before killing them.

He would put on a Pig Head Mask and grunt like a pig, making the piglets waiting to be slaughtered think he was one of their own.

But one time, after putting on the mask and entering the slaughterhouse, he tripped and fell, knocking the Pig Head Mask off.

The piglets ate him, leaving no trace of his bones.

After that, people would sometimes see a man with a pig's head near the slaughterhouse at night.

And the butcher's former customers began dying mysteriously, one after another.

Each was disembowelled, skinned, and dismembered, then hung upside down and bled to death.

Just like slaughtering a pig.

Shen Hui had finished devising the ghost story about the pig-headed man.

Next, he needed to build a slaughterhouse, and as it happened, he had a Building Construction Card.

That would save him from spending World Origin.

At the edge of the dead forest, Shen Hui focused his thoughts.

In the empty clearing, a dilapidated slaughterhouse slowly began to take shape.