Chapter 738: Understanding [2]

Chapter 738: Chapter 457: Understanding [2]

The night was as black as ink, so thick it felt like it could drip.

Ominous clouds drifted in from nowhere, silently devouring the moonlight.

They allowed only a few ghastly patches of light to sprinkle sporadically through the forest.

At a glance, it looked like a torn spiderweb.

Deep within the woods.

In the canopy, over ten meters high, Hu Qi’s figure blended in with the branches and leaves.

He leaned his back against a rough tree trunk.

Suddenly,

the Dagger clenched in his right hand sliced a cold arc through the ghastly moonlight, followed by a dull THUD.

The sharp blade precisely pierced a black snake, thick as a thumb, that had been slithering toward him, pinning its triangular head deep into the rough bark of the tree beside him.

The black snake’s body thrashed violently, trying to escape.

But it was no use. It finally hung limp.

The vibrating hum of the blade echoed long in the dead-silent forest, startling a few roosting birds in the distance.

He waited quietly for another moment until he was sure there were no pursuers.

The tension in his shoulders finally eased slightly.

He couldn’t be blamed for being so cautious.

As a Ten-Star World, this place was bound to have many powerful individuals.

If he encountered any in his current state, it would mean certain death.

This wasn’t his main body, so dying wouldn’t be a catastrophic loss.

But it would mean everything this Clone had done would be for naught.

He would have to start all over again in his quest to explore the secrets of the Reincarnation Bookstore.

Wasting Modification Points would be a secondary concern.

What he feared was that if he missed this chance,

he might not get a second one. After all, this Ten-star Novel World was far too strange.

Not only was there no plot introduction for this world,

but there weren’t even any missions issued.

However,

just as this thought crossed his mind,

Hu Qi’s movements suddenly froze.

He lifted his head and looked forward.

The next second,

lines of text appeared before his eyes.

But it wasn’t the Crimson panel.

It was a message from the Reincarnation Bookstore.

“Reader ID: 4 has successfully entered the Ten-star Novel World [Sealed Origin Realm].”

“Main Mission One: Deicide

Mission Description: Kill any one Main God in this realm.

Reward: Unknown.

Main Mission Two: The Source

Mission Description: Come face-to-face with one of this realm’s sources of the Extraordinary for at least one minute.

Reward: Unknown

(Note: Both main missions must be completed to leave. After leaving the world, rewards will be calculated based on the reader’s performance.)”

The text ended there, slowly fading from his sight.

“Main God… The Source…”

A glint flashed in Hu Qi’s eyes.

He had thought the Reincarnation Bookstore wasn’t going to issue any missions.

But now it seemed the missions had just been delayed for some reason.

‘Or maybe this is a test deliberately set up by the Reincarnation Bookstore.’

‘Only those who truly survive in this world are qualified to carry out the missions.’

However, Hu Qi was more inclined to believe the former.

After all, no reader who became a Manager was a simpleton.

Even if they possessed the body of an ordinary person, they wouldn’t die at the hands of the Natives right after arriving.

Unless they were exceptionally unlucky.

And got captured by one of this world’s Transcendents.

He thought back on the information from the Reincarnation Bookstore.

The so-called mission details were pitifully sparse, just a few lines.

Moreover, there were no side missions.

There were two main missions.

And the rewards for both were unknown.

This was a situation that had never occurred before.

The only thing he could be sure of

was that completing these two missions would be anything but simple.

‘It seems that even the Reincarnation Bookstore can’t interfere too much with a Ten-star Novel World.’

A peculiar look flashed across Hu Qi’s face.

He had known for some time.

That these so-called novel worlds, aside from a few special instances possibly created by the Reincarnation Bookstore,

were, for the most part, real worlds.

The Reincarnation Bookstore merely used some method unknown to Hu Qi to perceive the developmental trajectory within these worlds.

In other words, it turned their past and future into novel plots for readers to consume.

By that logic,

this Ten-Star World also truly exists.

Hu Qi recalled the message from the Reincarnation Bookstore before the countdown:

The Reincarnation Bookstore’s prompt:

[Due to special law-based restrictions in this world, this teleportation will use soul-possession and rebirth mode…]

‘The special laws…’

‘Perhaps that’s what makes this Ten-star Novel World so special.’

‘But what’s the difference between these laws and the Power of Rules?’

These chaotic thoughts flashed through his mind.

Hu Qi thought for a moment.

He closed his eyes.

Not long after,

he opened them again.

A strange look appeared on his face.

‘I’m completely cut off. I can’t even contact my main body…’

He knew that before, even within the Reincarnation Bookstore,

he could connect to his main body through the Mind Realm.

But now, that connection had been completely severed.

He couldn’t even borrow the power of the Damaged Black Banner.

Considering the Reincarnation Bookstore’s situation,

a faint guess formed in Hu Qi’s mind.

‘I’m afraid this Ten-star Novel World doesn’t exist in the Bottomless Realm.’

‘It must be in some other special dimension that I don’t know about.’

That was the only explanation that made sense.

Of course,

he couldn’t rule out

the possibility that it was due to the special laws within this world.

But regardless,

relying on support from his main body was now impossible.

Fortunately,

he had already anticipated this situation.

At this thought,

he made a decision.

“Crimson!”

WHOOSH!

The next instant,

a translucent Crimson panel appeared before his eyes.

[Owner: Hu Qi (Elu Goth)]

[Status: Abnormal △ (Marked by an unknown power)]

[Age: 16]

[Skill: Heaven-Seizing Technique (Perfection) Trait: Stealing Heaven]

[Modification Points: 131,218 (7%)]