Chapter 234: The Current Situation of Players in Central Heaven County

Do all imperial-level powerhouses enter and never leave?

The prison for detaining those who lose control?

Is it just like that?

Su Nan suddenly understood why he hadn't encountered anyone who had lost control.

However, what did this have to do with solving the issue of his demonic energy?

"A martial artist losing control doesn't mean it's a hopeless case. With luck or coincidental opportunities, it is possible to regain one's sanity."

"Martial artists on the brink of losing control who go there have a chance to survive. If they don't go, once the major powers find out, they will be executed."

"Although our human race doesn't have many martial artists, several hundred martial artists on the brink of losing control are still sent there by major powers every year."

"Over the course of these thousands of years, it is rumored that a certain order has been established in that lost land. Some surviving martial artists have reproduced and prospered there, and some powers have been established."

Zhou Lingyin briefly explained the situation in the lost land.

Perhaps because it was a one-way journey with no way out, very few people knew the specifics, and Zhou Lingyin herself had limited knowledge.

Su Nan didn't interrupt Zhou Lingyin and listened quietly, waiting for her to continue.

"The reason I want you to go there is that a hundred years ago, there was a martial artist like you, infected by demonic energy, who entered the lost land. The degree to which that martial artist was affected by demonic energy was much more severe than yours."

"However, after that martial artist entered the lost land, not only did he not lose control, but he also solved the problem of demonic energy. He even managed to escape from the lost land and became one of the few people to escape in the past thousand years."

Someone solved the invasion of demonic energy in the lost land?

Su Nan's eyes lit up. If someone more severely affected than him could solve the issue of demonic energy, there was no reason why he, with his ability to foresee the future, couldn't do it.

Unable to contain his excitement, Su Nan immediately asked, "How did that person achieve it?"

"I don't know," Zhou Lingyin shook her head. "After that martial artist came out of the lost land, he went to another forbidden area of life, and he hasn't come out since."

"Entered another forbidden area?" Su Nan frowned. Escaping from one forbidden area and wanting to enter another one was either extremely bold or a death wish.

"Since you have a way to leave this space, it should not trap you. Perhaps you can try to find a solution there," Zhou Lingyin suggested.

Su Nan nodded. With a Perfect Death Resurrection Card, he had no fear of entering and not being able to leave. If there was a chance to find a solution for his demonic energy in that so-called lost land, he was willing to explore.

Thinking about it, Su Nan had made up his mind.

"After this mission for the human race crisis is completed, I will go to that lost land to see if there is a solution."

Finally, he had some clues about the issue of his demonic energy, and his mood improved significantly.

Afterward, he continued with his plan and dealt with the mark on his body.

With determination, he severed his own arm and, with the help of Zhou Lingyin, erased the mark.

"Elder, we will meet again!"

With the mark resolved, Su Nan didn't waste any more time and immediately chose to commit suicide and leave.

This was his second time taking his own life.

The first time was to resolve the Blood Bonding Technique with the Grand Princess. However, this time, he had a Perfect Death Resurrection Card.

Unlike previous deaths, he wasn't immediately forced to exit the game. His consciousness entered a gray space, and a game prompt appeared before him:

"You have died, and the Perfect Death Resurrection Card has been activated. Do you want to consume one Perfect Resurrection Card to immediately resurrect?"

"Yes."

This was the first time he had used a Perfect Death Resurrection Card. In his previous death, he had accumulated a total of 14 Perfect Death Resurrection Cards for all three of his characters, and with his ability to foresee the future, he hadn't died once. Therefore, he had no reservations about using one now.

"Please select the location for your resurrection."

A second prompt appeared, and a virtual map appeared before him. On the map, there was a winding red line, representing all the places he had been since entering the game. At the end of the red line was an additional small map.

Su Nan quickly understood that it was the map of the space within the Beast King's body!

There were two other places like this, one was the White Bone Cave in Tianyun County, and the other was the ancient powerhouse's cave in Hongshi Town.

"You can directly resurrect in these independent spaces? That's convenient."

He scanned the map and considered where to choose for his resurrection.

After some hesitation, he decided to set his resurrection point on the outskirts of the Divine Ruins.

Lan Shisan's quest was "Escape from the Divine Ruins," and he didn't know if he would still be considered to have completed the quest if he resurrected outside the Divine Ruins.

To be safe, he chose to resurrect on the outskirts of the Divine Ruins.

With his decision made, he was immediately transported to a small hillside.

This was the place where he had initially used a teleportation stone to enter the Divine Ruins.

Several minutes later.

Su Nan finally stepped out of the boundaries of the Divine Ruins.

At the same time, a completion prompt for the mission appeared:

"Congratulations, you have completed the daily mission 'Escape from the Divine Ruins,' and you have been rewarded with 45 Demonic Power."

[Current Available Mana: 231 points]

"I'm finally out!"

From entering the Divine Ruins until now, it took more than four days of time. Fortunately, this journey was quite rewarding. Not only did I resolve the issue with the mark, but I also significantly boosted my divine soul power. Most importantly, I obtained a fragment of a sacred artifact. It was safe to say this trip was worthwhile.

Looking back at the Divine Ruins, Su Nan's eyes sparkled. "Now I have a third-grade divine seal and a second-grade divine seal. It's not too far from condensing a fourth-grade divine seal. If I can obtain the remaining divine seals in the ancient city, it should be enough."

Observing the mission "Nine Grades to Ascend as a God" on his interface, Su Nan calculated silently. Although he couldn't pass the tests in the ancient temple shrines for now, it didn't mean he couldn't in the future. The completion of this task awaited his return.

"When I was condensing the second-grade and third-grade divine seals before, there was golden light and rosy clouds, but I couldn't find the source of the golden light and rosy clouds anywhere in the ancient city. This indicates that the Divine Ruins may not be as simple as it appears. Perhaps there are many hidden things I haven't discovered."

Su Nan thought about the rosy clouds and couldn't help but feel curious. Unfortunately, there were more important matters at hand, and he didn't have time to waste here.

Without further delay, Su Nan continued his journey, heading northward. As the central region of Dongchen Province, Central Heaven County wasn't too far from the other eight counties. To reach Central Heaven County from Hongshan County, he only needed to pass through Wansheng County. Su Nan rushed at full speed, and it would take him just over ten hours to arrive.

However, something unexpected happened six or seven hours later when he left Hongshan County and entered Wansheng County. He ran into trouble.

By a twist of fate, he was discovered by a King-level late-stage Yao. Normally, encountering a Yao of this level was extremely rare, and there were only a few in each county. Yet, Su Nan had the misfortune to encounter one.

There was no choice but to be cautious, so Su Nan continued his journey in the form of a Wolf Yao.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, over ten hours had gone by in the real world, leaving just over ten minutes until the game reset.

Finally, just before the game reset, he entered the territory of Central Heaven County.

As soon as he entered Central Heaven County, he immediately felt an invisible suppression. While his strength remained unchanged, he could clearly sense the difference here compared to other counties.

"The power of the Celestial Dome Divine Restriction here is so strong. It seems that the divine weapons sent here have already been deployed."

"Eight counties, a total of sixteen divine weapons. If all those divine weapons are fully deployed, the Celestial Dome Divine Restriction in Central Heaven County might surpass regular formations and reach unprecedented heights."

"By then, Central Heaven County will undoubtedly become a forbidden land for Yao, and no Yao will dare to enter here easily."

Feeling the invisible pressure, Su Nan was secretly amazed. He didn't know how powerful the complete Celestial Dome Divine Restriction had been in ancient times, but he was sure that no matter how strong it was, it couldn't surpass the effects of having eighteen divine weapons gathered in one place.

Upon entering Central Heaven County, Su Nan naturally no longer maintained the appearance of a Yao. He transformed into the appearance of an ordinary player and wore the pseudo-token he had obtained earlier to pass as a Spirit-level player.

Central Heaven County was the location of the Imperial City of the Great Yu Dynasty, the core of the province. Su Nan headed straight for the Imperial City.

During this time, the game refreshed.

The countdown for the Human Crisis mission had only two days left!

Su Nan glanced at the daily missions. After leaving the Divine Ruins, the missions had returned to their previous state, mainly focused on hunting Yao.

Wang Nan's missions involved hunting Xuan-level, Ling-level, and Ordinary-level Yao, while Zhang Yang's missions involved hunting King-level, Xuan-level, and Ling-level Yao.

As for Lang Thirteen's mission, it had all turned into hunting players.

"Daily Mission 1: Hunt 1 Ling-level Extraterritorial Visitor."

Mission Difficulty: One Star

Mission Reward: 15 Mana Points

"Daily Mission 2: Hunt 120 Ordinary-level Extraterritorial Visitors."

Mission Difficulty: One Star

Mission Reward: 15 Mana Points

"Daily Mission 3: Hunt 12 Ling-level Extraterritorial Visitors."

Mission Difficulty: Two Stars

Mission Reward: 30 Mana Points

Lang Thirteen hadn't encountered player-hunting missions when he first reached the Profound level, but now, as Lang Thirteen advanced to the Profound level, he had these missions for the first time. With 120 Ordinary-level and 12 Ling-level players to hunt, the number was significantly higher than before.

"The players are leveling up too slowly, and I'm leveling up too quickly. This means the players can't keep up with my pace, and their quality is lacking, so they have to make up for it with quantity."

Su Nan understood why the missions had changed like this. Fortunately, there were plenty of players, so he wasn't worried about not having players to provide him with Mana Points.

The second public beta test of Dongchen Province had attracted around eight to nine hundred thousand players, and most of these players were now rushing to Central Heaven County. With so many players, hunting a few hundred players each day wouldn't be a problem.

"Rage of the Yao Emperor," the third main storyline mission, hadn't been completed yet due to the lack of Ling-level players. Today, it should be possible to complete it.

Five days had passed since the last time he completed a sub-mission. Those players who were stuck at the Ordinary level while trying to advance to the Ling level had all accumulated enough Mana Points, and now Ling-level players were emerging rapidly.

On the rankings board, the top six or seven hundred players were all Ling-level players. In the range from seven hundred to five thousand, all of

 them were at the fourth stage of the Ordinary level, about to advance to the Ling level.

"This main storyline will probably refresh again after completing it, but by then, I'll have to hunt Xuan-level players."

"If that's the case, I'm afraid I won't be able to continue the 'Rage of the Yao Emperor' mission in the short term."

Su Nan sighed with some helplessness. Initially, he thought that Lang Thirteen could easily accumulate a large amount of Mana Points as long as there were enough players to provide him with them.

Now, it seemed that he had overestimated it. His strength was advancing too quickly, and other players couldn't keep up with his pace.

If this continued, when he reached the King level, ordinary players might not even have the qualification to provide him with Mana Points.

Central Heaven County was quite large, about one to two times larger than Tianyun County. Su Nan had traveled for more than ten hours again and finally arrived about two to three hundred miles from the Imperial City.

As he got closer to the Imperial City, the number of players increased. When he first entered Central Heaven County, he only encountered scattered players, but now he met dozens to hundreds of players traveling in groups.

Most of these players were searching for Yao to complete their daily missions. However, as the Celestial Dome Divine Restriction was being constructed, most of the Yao in Central Heaven County had sensed the danger and left. Only a small number of Yao remained.

This created a situation where there were few Yao but many players in Central Heaven County. The difference in numbers was hundreds to thousands of times.

In such a situation, conflicts and fights over Yao naturally occurred as players competed for limited resources.

And, by a twist of fate, Su Nan got involved.

On a narrow path, two groups of players, each with over a hundred members, were fighting over a Ling-level Yao. However, Su Nan, who had no connection to this dispute, was also dragged into it because both sides obstructed each other.

Due to their mutual interference, they not only failed to kill the Yao promptly but also allowed the Yao to escape. The Yao happened to charge toward Su Nan.

Since the Yao had come to him, Su Nan didn't refuse the Mana Points offered. He killed the Yao with a single strike, gaining 5 Mana Points.

However, while he hunted the Yao, he inadvertently angered the two groups competing for the Yao. 

"Kid, which guild are you from? How dare you steal our Black Tiger Gang's prey? Are you tired of living?" one of the leading players shouted. He was a Ling-level player in the early stage. Behind him were two more Ling-level players and over a hundred Ordinary-level players. Naturally, they didn't fear Su Nan.

"Seeing as you're also a Ling-level player, I won't make it difficult for you. Just hand over the Yao's corpse, and you can leave," he continued.

Hearing this, the other group of players protested, "This Yao was discovered by our Radiant Light Association first. None of you will take it away."

The two groups once again fell into a dispute.

Su Nan didn't want to get involved and lifted his foot to continue on his way. However, the next moment, he was stopped.

"Kid, I haven't allowed you to leave yet. It's too disrespectful to our Black Tiger Gang if you leave without permission," said the player who had spoken earlier.

"I found something of Radiant Light Association first. You can't take it away," the leader of the other group added.

The two group leaders joined forces to block Su Nan's path. Seeing this, Su Nan's expression turned cold, and he no longer raised his foot to leave. Instead, he looked at both groups, a glint of coldness in his eyes.

"Since you want to give me Mana Points, I won't be polite."

(End of this chapter)