Chapter 21: Rare Component "Mechanical Nest"

[Midas Touch lv3]successfully used.

[The purple rarity material "Thousand-Year Blood Coffin" is undergoing mechanical transformation...]

[You have obtained the purple rarity material...]

The system notification rang out, causing Zheng Mu to bear the discomfort and look in the direction of the high platform with difficulty.

He saw that the boss, Princess Hongyu, who had originally been sitting in the blood coffin, was now enveloped by the golden light along with the coffin itself, undergoing a mechanical transformation.

"What did you do to my blood coffin?!"

"You despicable commoner, I will never let you go! Die! You will surely die here!!!"

Amid the angry voice, Zheng Mu sensed a strong feeling of despair.

Without giving him time to think, the golden light dispersed in the next moment.

The blood coffin and Princess Hongyu had both disappeared, replaced by a gold and red container or, perhaps, a trailer.

A line of information appeared before him.

"[Mechanical Nest]: Purple rarity material (Mechanic Zheng Mu's work), houses a massive factory space for the preservation, repair, and ammunition assembly of mechanical entities, integrated with a super-intelligent AI system control."

"Whoosh!!!"

Zheng Mu gasped.

However, the surprise was clearly not over yet.

The ancient resentful spirits and skeletal soldiers who had swarmed over to Zheng Mu when he fell, vanished with the disappearance of Princess Hongyu and the blood coffin, turning into ash and scattering in the air.

Information displayed on the panel.

[You killed boss Princess Hongyu (lv32) and gained 179k experience points]

[You obtained the red Hero-class special equipment "Blood Phoenix Seal"]

[You obtained a random unique skill book for your profession*1]

[Ding!]

[Due to the irreversible damage you caused to the secret realm "Thousand-Year Blood Coffin," it will disappear forever.]

[You broke a World Curse1, congratulations on obtaining a Heaven's Dao point1, activating the title "Heaven's Dao Saint"]

[You leveled up, current level: lv16]

[Due to the secret realm's disappearance, you will be randomly teleported to the outermost safe area of the current monster zone....]

Before Zheng Mu could even figure out what had happened to him, a burst of light enveloped him, and with a twist of his body, he vanished from the secret realm.

....

At the center of the Rotten Corpse Town.

In the end, Liu Lei and his companions couldn't resist the temptation of the secret realm. After pondering repeatedly, they decided to enter the core area of Rotten Corpse Town.

However, this time, they didn't bring any of the newbies like Cai Shengkun with them.

When they arrived at the central area and found the entrance to the secret realm, a tomb, many people had already gathered there.

"Captain, it's those people from the Black Wind Guild!"

Following the gaze of his team member, Liu Lei immediately recognized a group of professionals that he, and the entire Yun City, was very familiar with.

The Black Wind Guild.

These people were famous not because of their significant contributions or high status.

It was simply because their methods were extremely dirty.

Yet they had never been caught red-handed, allowing this cancer of Yun City to exist until now.

Aside from the familiar core members of the Black Wind Guild, Liu Lei also noticed a few newcomers.

"Oh, Captain Liu, your information is quite accurate. We arrived as soon as possible, but you still caught up with us."

The leader of the Black Wind Guild, a young man named Xiao Gu, dressed as an assassin, gave off a chilling aura that made everyone frown.

"Liu Lei, are you telling me that even the Black Wind Guild has started recruiting new members?"

Liu Lei's gaze swept over the young faces in the group. If Zheng Mu and Cai Shengkun were there, they would have recognized one of the people in the crowd - a Class C professional, the Steel Knight, Zhang Chenglong.

Xiao Gu, the president of the Black Wind Guild, sneered and ignored Liu Lei's question, pointing at the mysterious tomb in front of them.

"Captain Liu, you don't need to worry. Although both of us arrived quickly, someone has already entered the tomb before us."

As he spoke, not only the Black Wind Guild's professionals but also the scattered individual professionals around them looked thoughtfully at the dark tomb entrance.

Someone had gone in ahead of them.

Either that person would die inside, allowing them to enter the tomb, or they would come out with a fortune, leading to an inevitable conflict today.

What kind of strength did the person inside the tomb possess? The rewards of a difficult-level tomb would be at least a purple rare-grade item.

After exchanging glances with his guild members, Xiao Gu had already determined their course of action.

A single purple rare-grade equipment, regardless of the profession it was for, could elevate the Black Wind Guild's power and reputation, possibly even allowing them to expand beyond their current city.

The only troublesome part now was dealing with Liu Lei, who wouldn't be easy to handle. Killing and looting under his watchful eye would be quite challenging.

Just as Xiao Gu was considering how to handle the current situation, a rumbling sound came from the tomb entrance.

"Someone's coming out!"

"Did they complete the tomb?!"

In response, a massive explosion occurred, and a powerful shockwave threw everyone off guard, knocking them to the ground.

As they stumbled back to their feet and looked towards the tomb, they found that nothing remained but a large crater. The tomb had vanished.

After a brief moment of confusion, Xiao Gu erupted in fury.

"Where's the person?! Where's the tomb?!"

Amidst the angry shouts, everyone at the scene was on high alert, looking around. They all believed that the sudden explosion was the work of the person who had completed the tomb.

"Search for them! There's no way they could escape the tomb without a scratch! Find them!"

However, as the Black Wind Guild wreaked havoc in the Corpse Town and more guilds from the city arrived, making the place busier than ever, a huge truck was speeding along the wilderness road back to the city.

The truck, pulling a golden-red trailer, was traveling at a rapid pace.

Inside the driver's cabin, Zheng Mu held an item in his hand, gasping in astonishment.