Chapter 2709

(Modify later) "Upgrading to Rank-A, I suppose the situation in this zone is even more dangerous than before," Xu Huo said. "Ever since you all came in, you haven’t encountered any full-zone plant revival. It’s been seven days now. Your records are clear—along the way, there were no signs of large-scale plant damage, and even if mutant plants grow rapidly, those old trees reaching tens of meters to hundreds of meters in diameter couldn’t possibly be repaired in just a couple of days, so it seems some time has passed since the last full-zone wave."

"If the upgrade isn’t due to the shortened interval between full-zone waves, then possibly the waves have become larger in scale and last longer."

"Or perhaps there’s a peculiar variant among the mutant plants that can cause large-scale damage instantly. If that’s the case, the timing of full-zone waves might become unstable."

Listening to this, Pu Yu and the others felt an ominous premonition. A zone full of mutant plants having a strict timing pattern for full-zone waves would indeed be strange. Perhaps both of Xu Huo’s scenarios have already realized here, it’s just that they’re lucky and haven’t come across it yet!

"Don’t be so pessimistic." The short-haired woman forced a smile, "Maybe we’re lucky and the zone has just fallen asleep."

"Who knows?" Xu Huo seemed completely unconcerned with the "bomb" he’d dropped, instead saying, "I’m rather curious about what’s underground in this zone. How it could cultivate so many mutant plants, I wonder just how deep it goes."

Pu Yu’s gaze subtly changed, but his words seemed to be just a casual remark. After speaking, he stood up and walked out.

The area remained silent for several seconds until Yan Ping said, "Miss Pu Yu, regardless of what you are searching for, I hope you won’t withhold crucial information. It’s not only for our safety but also for your own. You can’t leave until the ticket time is up."

Pu Yu remained silent without saying anything.

Xu Huo glanced at Yan Jiayu. Most of her wounds had closed up, though they were lumpy and unattractive. In some places, flesh hadn’t grown yet, leaving large dents, and the bulging veins crawled along her body like insects, looking quite horrifying.

After re-covering her with a blanket, Xu Huo sat down again and tried to enter the Spiritual World.

The spiritual energy in this mobile zone was exceptionally strong, even for him, without a disruptor, it was very hard to endure. It felt like a heavy weight was constantly pressing down on the mind, and these energies released indiscriminately by the mutant plants—could it be that plants similar to the "Divine Woman Vine" were growing everywhere here?

The "Goddess" was a plant that had acquired intelligence. It could release power at will to affect living people. Judging by players’ evolution levels, its spiritual aspect was certainly at a Super Player level, powerful enough to control a city’s population in a very short time.

The "Divine Woman Vine" was considered rare. Even though Dou Shengnan’s eye seeds were said to be of the same kind, Xu Huo didn’t believe the exact same thing could be cultivated. Perhaps the mutant plants in this zone evolved in the same direction, but their final forms varied greatly.

Maybe the birth place of the "Divine Woman Vine" was such a zone.

Wondering if the flat bean would grow better if planted here.

Xu Huo initially planned to plant it with the Nüwa Stone, but after burying the seed, he didn’t have enough rest time and couldn’t place it randomly in Zone 014 or 011, so it remained in the luggage compartment, fearing it would grow too fast, he didn’t focus much on it.

Maybe try planting it here?

Just as the thought flashed through his mind, he changed his decision.

Using the Nüwa Stone to plant might cause other mutant plants to grow along, and under such circumstances, it wouldn’t be wise to add complications.

His Spiritual World was suppressed to within a hundred meters.

Feeling the oppressive force overshadowing the entire Spiritual World, Xu Huo withdrew his Psychic Power.

Yet the Superdimensional Space Power... He looked down at his right hand, the spatial evolution had been unsealed, and the Superdimensional Space Power balanced with the Water Rubik’s Cube on his index finger. Although he couldn’t directly control the Superdimensional Space Power, having this "Space Finger" equated to having an extra card up his sleeve, making it worthwhile for him to have "died" twice and lost so many props and instruments.

Randomly pulling a few ore pieces from the luggage compartment, he activated the spatial power in his index finger. A faint fluctuation from the Water Cube Barrier appeared, then he lightly touched the ore with his index finger, and the ore disintegrated immediately.

The mineral was metal, then he tried it with props, and none were exceptions.

He was very satisfied with this result.

Several passive life-saving props and instruments were completely damaged, and some Rank A Props worn on him were slightly damaged, even slight damages rendered "Unassailable Territory" and "Rejecting People Far Away" unusable, resulting in considerable loss.

Fortunately, "Life Origin" and "Heart of the Child" remained undamaged.

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Various emotions briefly flashed across Yan Ping and the others’ faces—disdain, anger.

"You’re formidable, but to you, these don’t seem like a crisis," the short-haired woman said sarcastically. "Unfortunately, we’re not as strong, and we lost a few companions."

"It seems you haven’t," Xu Huo turned his gaze to Pu Yu, "You probably know more."

"A Rank-A survival-type instance, once you’re in, find a place to hide, with adequate equipment, you’ll endure it, and is this even called a Rank-A instance? Besides, survival-type instances are generally more dangerous than regular ones."

After being silent for two seconds, Pu Yu said, "Indeed, you’re very perceptive."

"This zone was a Rank-B copy a month ago, recently upgraded to Rank-A."

"Before upgrading, every half month this zone would experience a zone wave, where essentially all the mutant plants in the zone would awaken, mutant plants buried hundreds and thousands of meters underground might all overturn, akin to a tsunami, and this would last for over three days."

Now that the instance has risen to Rank-A, the situation would only become more perilous.

Yan Ping crumpled the cup in his hand as he angrily said, "You actually concealed the situation of the zone!"

Pu Yu watched him coldly, "Before coming, I said this is a high-energy zone. When we entered, the values changed slightly, but only barely exceeded the upper limit of the level, which you understood when signing the contract. Lower and upper limits mean the greatest possible limit. If there was no risk, why would I hire bounty hunters?"

This was the strange part. Pu Yu came from a Rank-A Wormhole Point, claiming she was searching for her aunt’s remains to contest the inheritance, yet she didn’t have anyone accompanying her. She treated the Primeval Stone as decoration, had so many instruments, how could she not have players protecting her? Her family elders surely wouldn’t ignore this.

So she came secretly, willingly taking the risk, presumably hoping for an inheritance so vast that it’s beyond ordinary imagination.