Vast Resources in the Small Town

Beside two trees on a dirt slope in the Lost Land, a figure slowly appeared.

Cao Fengqi wore night vision goggles, held a dark iron staff, and had an arcane musket tucked into his belt.

The arcane musket, whose ammunition had been used up, had long since finished recharging.

Cao Fengqi looked around and decided to continue exploring the flat land ahead.

[Scan complete within a one-kilometer radius. New supplies: 5 level 1 items, 2 level 2 items.]

[Scan complete within a one-kilometer radius. New supplies: 4 level 1 items, 3 level 2 items.]

[Scan complete within a one-kilometer radius. Supplies: 1 level 3 item.]

"Finally, a level 3 item."

As he walked, the cheat kept refreshing its information.

After half of ten minutes, he smiled when he saw a level 3 item appear.

Of the five level 2 items before it, only a moon spirit stone had some value. The rest were all metal materials or broken weapons and equipment.

He had asked his father that morning, and at present, level 2 metal materials were less precious than wild vegetables.

Food was scarce, and the effects of level 2 and level 3 shelters were greatly diminished.

If level 2 supplies didn't include things like fruits, herbs, and moon spirit stones, Cao Fengqi would have wanted to ignore the information on them altogether.

"Come on, give me some fruit or spirit herbs that can strengthen my constitution or soul."

Cao Fengqi headed for the level 3 item and paused after lifting a stone slab and seeing what lay beneath it.

His wish hadn't come true, but...

Cao Fengqi reached out and pulled the withered bones out of the equipment.

[Evil Concealment Armor: level 3 quality]

[Effect: Armor infused with an evil spirit's soul. When worn, it can emit an evil spirit's aura, reducing the chance of being detected by evil spirits. However, due to the Worldweaver's insufficient skill, the cold will seep into the wearer's body and cause harm. Extended use is not recommended. Repairable.]

"It's a good item, but only just."

Cao Fengqi examined the Evil Concealment Armor. He unfolded it and took a look; it was a decent fit.

He wiped off the dirt and dust and put it in his backpack.

Perhaps it would come in handy someday.

"Huh? Wait, where is this?"

After putting away the Evil Concealment Armor, he suddenly looked at the ground ahead.

Broken stones and stone slabs bearing signs of having been worked littered the area ahead.

Surprise showed on Cao Fengqi's face, and he quickened his pace.

The farther he went, the more broken stones and slabs there were.

[Scan complete within a one-kilometer radius. New supplies: 25 level 1 items, 8 level 2 items.]

Within a few minutes, item markers appeared densely across his field of vision.

Cao Fengqi looked at the cheat's notification, then at the fallen boulders on the ground ahead, and a thought flashed through his mind.

"Could this have once been a human settlement in the Lost Land?"

Cao Fengqi was both delighted and alarmed.

He was delighted because human settlements in the Lost Land generally held large quantities of supplies and treasures.

In addition, places like this offered a chance to obtain runes for acquiring a Transcendent Sequence.

He was alarmed because powerful evil spirits and evil beasts existed in these former human settlements.

"Both my father and brother warned me never to enter abandoned cities or Desolate Towns. Compared to the gains, the chance of death increases by ninety percent."

Cao Fengqi murmured to himself, his eyes gleaming.

His brother, Cao Fengyun, had also encountered abandoned cities and Desolate Towns. His constitution had already reached 25 at the time, but he had still died there, and in the end hadn't dared to explore.

Looking ahead, Cao Fengqi naturally didn't want to give up on this place.

He was still a thousand meters from the collapsed city wall, and there were already so many supplies. What about inside?

"First, I need to determine whether what's ahead is an abandoned city or a Desolate Town."

Human settlements in the Lost Land came in different sizes, divided into cities and towns.

Cao Fengqi carefully walked up to the fallen boulders and examined them.

"They're less than two meters thick, and I can't find any traces of engraved runes. This probably isn't a city; it's a town."

Cao Fengqi examined them carefully using the knowledge his father had taught him and breathed a small sigh of relief.

A town was good. A town was good.

If it were a large city, even with his cheat, he wouldn't dare venture deep inside.

Even with the help of his night vision goggles, he could only see seventy or eighty meters. Powerful evil spirits and evil beasts could potentially detect him from several kilometers away, or even more than ten.

When that happened, even with his script, he wouldn't be able to escape.

"Didn't I just get a suit of Evil Concealment Armor?"

Cao Fengqi suddenly thought of the armor he had just obtained. He immediately took it out of his bag, his eyes flickering.

The Evil Concealment Armor could conceal his human aura and reduce the chance of evil spirits detecting him. Wasn't it just the thing for exploring the Desolate Town ahead?

"Take a gamble, and a bicycle can become a motorcycle."

Cao Fengqi decided to take the risk.

He was still very weak. Even within Liangmin County, his physical abilities wouldn't rank him among the top fifty thousand.

Without the arcane musket, he couldn't even beat his one-armed father.

How could he grow stronger without taking risks?

How could he obtain a rune for a Transcendent Sequence?

Cao Fengqi decisively put on the Evil Concealment Armor.

In an instant, a chill that penetrated to the bone surged into his body, making him shudder involuntarily.

"Damn, this is way too cold. Forget harming your body-wear it long enough, and it feels like you'd die."

That was with Cao Fengqi wearing the Evil Concealment Armor over his clothes. Against bare skin, it would be cold upon nine layers of cold.

"Let's go!"

Cao Fengqi exhaled, but he didn't speed up just because he had put on the Evil Concealment Armor.

This thing could only conceal his aura. It didn't mean an evil spirit or evil beast would mistake him for one of its own if they came face-to-face.

Keeping as quiet as possible, Cao Fengqi felt his way toward the level 2 resources ahead.

"A complete saber. Sigh, not worth much."

"Broken armor."

"A moon spirit stone. Not bad."

After checking all eight level 2 resources, Cao Fengqi collected only the moon spirit stone.

The rest were all weapons and equipment.

And beside every item lay a set of withered bones.

It was possible to imagine that, long ago, this place had suffered a brutal and terrifying calamity.

[Scan complete within a one-kilometer radius. New supplies: 17 level 1 items, 7 level 2 items, 2 level 3 items.]

As Cao Fengqi advanced, the information on supplies kept refreshing.

His eyes lit up when he saw the two level 3 items.

[Damaged golden armor: level 3 quality]

When he reached the first level 3 item, Cao Fengqi put it away, somewhat disappointed.

The second level 3 item was another weapon.

[Three Spirits Saber: level 3 quality]

"I've never learned saber techniques, but even swinging it around at random should be more lethal than the dark iron staff."

Cao Fengqi was extremely satisfied with the saber. He strapped the dark iron staff to his back and looked around with the saber in his right hand. "Most of the supplies are weapons and equipment. Let's go deeper."

He continued forward.

[Scan complete within a one-kilometer radius. New supplies: 5 level 1 items, 1 level 2 item, 10 level 3 items, 2 level 4 items.]

After only a few steps, the cheat's notification arrived, making Cao Fengqi's eyes shine.

He had finally encountered level 4 supplies again.

"And those ten level 3 items and two level 4 items are clustered together."

Cao Fengqi pursed his lips, his face full of anticipation.

The twelve items were exactly a thousand meters away from him.