The Desolate Town Map and Clues to the Transcendent Sequence
Inside the desolate town, a one-meter-wide opening appeared before Cao Fengqi.
To his surprise, the Calamity Rats hadn't dug it.
Though somewhat narrow, the opening contained a staircase that led deep underground.
It was pitch-black inside, and he couldn't make out anything within.
Cao Fengqi's eyes gradually lit up.
There ought to be a great treasure in there.
Yes, a great treasure. That large piece of level 3 material should be down there.
"This is the Calamity Rats' den. It might not be very dangerous, but I still need to be careful."
After a moment's hesitation, he decided to splurge and take out a Moon Spirit Stone, activating it at once.
The bright Moon Spirit Stone shone, illuminating several dozen square meters around him.
Cao Fengqi activated the Arcane Necklace's defense and saw that it had about a minute left. He tucked his saber into his belt, took his gun in his right hand and the Moon Spirit Stone in his left, and walked inside.
It was somewhat damp inside, and the stone steps were a little slippery.
There was no water inside, though. Clearly, it had a special drainage system.
After carefully descending more than twenty steps, he saw a fairly open area.
"Could this be a shelter built by the humans in the desolate town?"
Cao Fengqi's face lit up with delight as he looked inside, and he realized where the large piece of level 3 material had come from.
It was a huge underground house, constructed with level 3 metal materials.
But a roughly one-meter-wide opening had been torn in the middle of the metal.
Cao Fengqi walked over and examined the thickness of the torn edge.
"This huge safe house must weigh at least five thousand jin."
He was pleasantly surprised.
That much metal was enough to expand the Cao family's shelter.
It was enough to increase its floor space to over a hundred square meters, so he wouldn't have to squeeze into a cramped room with his father.
"These pieces of metal are already joined together. I need to break them apart."
"I remember there was a level 3 saw in the Spirit Forger's shop. It should be able to cut the metal into pieces."
As he pondered this, he crawled through the opening.
Scattered bones littered the floor, including four human skulls. He could tell the four people's bodies had been torn apart while they were alive!
"Evil gods, evil spirits, evil beasts, the apocalypse..."
Looking at the gruesome scene, he sighed softly, then suddenly noticed a wooden board on the wall to his right.
He didn't know what the board was made of, but it hadn't rotted. Cao Fengqi raised the Moonlight Stone and walked over.
When he saw the markings on it, he froze.
"Cangxuan Town?"
"Is this... a map of the desolate town?"
Cao Fengqi looked at the words on it, his face full of delight.
On the map was a circle with the word "home" written inside.
What that represented was obvious.
Cao Fengqi grabbed the board and, after a few attempts, took it down.
He placed it on the ground, turned it from side to side, and pointed at it.
"I'm on the edge of the desolate town now, and home is here. That means the map is facing the right way."
Cao Fengqi gazed at it intently.
The town map clearly marked the names of its streets and some of its buildings.
Taverns, teahouses, brothels...
None of those mattered. Cao Fengqi spotted several prominent buildings on it.
They weren't prominent because he had marked them, but because of the symbols on the map.
[Klein the Apothecary's Shop] [the Mystic Artificer's forge] [the Gloom Ruins Night Watcher's base] [Lord An's wizard tower] [the town mayor's residence] [Demon Hunters' Home]
Cao Fengqi's breathing grew quicker as he looked at the names of these places.
He didn't know much about Transcendent Sequence classes.
Liangmin County had the auxiliary classes Spirit Forger and Worldweaver, and potion maker was also an auxiliary transcendent class.
As for combat-type Transcendent Sequence classes, he knew of the Blade Bone Warrior, Gloom Ruins Night Watchman, Blood Pact Hunter, and Arcane Mage.
According to the information on the map, this desolate town called Cangxuan Town had once clearly had four transcendent classes: potion maker, Mystic Artificer, Gloom Ruins Night Watchman, and wizard.
"In other words, there's a very good chance this desolate town contains Transcendent Sequence Runes."
Cao Fengqi's heart burned with excitement.
Transcendent Sequence Runes!
No matter which kind of Transcendent Sequence Rune it was, it would be an extraordinary opportunity for him.
He looked at the locations of the six buildings.
[Lord An's wizard tower] and [the town mayor's residence] were in the center of town.
[The Gloom Ruins Night Watcher's base] was north of the center.
[Demon Hunters' Home] was west of the center.
[Klein the Apothecary's Shop] and [the Mystic Artificer's forge] were to the south on his side of town.
The two places weren't very far apart, either.
As Cao Fengqi studied the map, he realized that his side of town was a commercial district, and [Klein the Apothecary's Shop] was closest to him.
The map didn't specify the distance, but as long as he kept going straight ahead, he would reach it.
Cao Fengqi's heart burned with excitement as he looked at the two places.
Even if neither had a Transcendent Sequence Rune, they should still contain good things.
He searched the room carefully once more, and after confirming that he hadn't missed anything, Cao Fengqi emerged from the opening.
He gazed into the world ahead, which resembled a man-eating behemoth, then checked the newly refreshed information from his cheat.
[Scan complete within a one-kilometer radius: 14 level 1 resources, 7 level 2 resources, 2 level 3 resources.]
The two level 3 resources were straight ahead.
"Let's take a look. Maybe I'll be lucky enough to find [Klein the Apothecary's Shop] nearby without any trouble?"
With a glimmer of hope, Cao Fengqi slowly walked forward.
[Scan complete within a one-kilometer radius: 2 new level 1 resources, 2 new level 2 resources, 1 new level 4 resource.]
Before Cao Fengqi had gone three hundred meters, new resources appeared.
This time, one level 4 resource had appeared.
"There are treasures everywhere."
His heart burned as he approached them bit by bit.
He carefully advanced over three hundred meters and came to the first level 3 resource.
[Moonlight marrow: level 3 quality] [Effect: once activated, it emits dazzling moonlight that evil spirits and evil beasts dislike. Lasts 2 days.]
"Moonlight marrow, an advanced version of the Moonlight Stone. This is quite valuable."
Cao Fengqi put it away with satisfaction and continued forward.
When he saw the second item more than a hundred meters away, his luck wasn't so good.
A broken weapon.
Level 3 metal materials weren't of much use to him now.
After all, there was a large quantity of level 3 metal in the cave, enough for him to upgrade his family's shelter.
"Let's go look at that level 4 resource six hundred meters away."
Cao Fengqi looked ahead and walked toward it bit by bit.
"Scree-scree-"
"Crash!"
Suddenly, an extremely piercing, savage sound came from the sky, accompanied by a clattering sound like bone wings flapping.
Cao Fengqi ducked his head and looked up.
The sky was pitch-black, and he couldn't see a thing.
"A terrifying evil beast passing by?"
He murmured under his breath and stood there for several dozen seconds. Once he saw there was no danger, he continued onward.
Such occasional shrieks weren't particularly rare. In this Lost Land, terror had already taken over both above and below ground.
Fortunately, Cao Fengqi reached the location of the level 4 resource without trouble.
"Underground again? Even deeper than that safe house."
He frowned and looked down. The level 4 resource was shown to be six meters below him.
He searched the surrounding area but found no opening.
"Forget it. A level 4 resource is worth digging for."
Cao Fengqi thought to himself, his face showing anticipation as he immediately used the Three Spirits Saber as a shovel and dug downward.
One meter, three meters, five meters...
Twenty minutes, forty minutes, an hour...
As time passed, the Evil Concealment Armor's chill seeped ever deeper into his bones.
"Damn it, no wonder people online say it takes more than ten hours to dig a grave. Good thing my constitution is high."
Even with his high constitution, Cao Fengqi was exhausted and sweating profusely. He prayed, "I hope it isn't metal."
Fortunately, after more than an hour, he dug up his target.
"What's this?"
When Cao Fengqi saw the resource's attributes, his eyes lit up and he cried excitedly, "Hahaha! So that's what it is. No wonder it was buried underground. Haha, worth it! It was worth it!"