320: journal

"Bai Jun, I remember you said that character was from before the desolate era, right?"

Chen Heng felt a long-lost palpitation, and his Qi and blood began to condense.

"Then how did this thing live for so many years?"

Bai Jun's scalp also tingled. No one expected there to be living things in this place.

"I don't know, but this thing is definitely not something to be trifled with."

Bai Jun had already formed a Law with his fingers, ready to strike at any moment.

Indeed, the thing was pitch black all over, like a pool of flowing liquid.

The only pair of what could be called organs were two small dots that flowed with its body.

Were they eyes?

Luo Shuo was already dumbfounded, his hair standing on end.

This thing could approach the three of them silently, so much so that even Chen Heng's five senses couldn't detect it...

"You two step back. Let me see what this thing is capable of."

To be honest, Chen Heng wasn't afraid. As long as he had enough Qi and blood, he couldn't die.

After speaking, without waiting for Bai Jun to say anything, Chen Heng leaped up and reached out to grab the viscous thing.

With a squish, Chen Heng's hand passed directly through the thing, leaving nothing but some sticky liquid.

But the thing didn't retaliate or react in any other way. It arched twice and then left.

"?" The three of them stared at each other, wide-eyed. What exactly was that?

But just then, Chen Heng's expression changed!

"What's wrong, Big Brother Chen!" Bai Jun immediately pulled out a handful of Medicinal Pills, fully prepared.

Luo Shuo also cut his wrist, extracting black phoenix essence blood.

"Awesome!" Chen Heng couldn't help but exclaim as he saw his Optimization count suddenly increase by one.

"It's nothing. I probably know what that thing is now."

Seeing that both of them were almost dying of tension, Chen Heng comforted them.

"That thing should be an Anomaly. No wonder it could live for so many years."

But even so, Chen Heng still couldn't understand why his Optimization count suddenly increased when he hadn't killed the thing.

Could it be that touching it once would increase it once?

Thinking of this, Chen Heng's eyes lit up.

Bai Jun and Luo Shuo also breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Chen Heng's gaze.

"You two wait for me here. I'm going to touch it again." After instructing the two, Chen Heng turned and chased after the sticky thing.

"..." Neither Bai Jun nor Luo Shuo expected the tense atmosphere to change so quickly.

A few minutes later, Chen Heng walked back, seemingly holding something in his hand.

"This is the true form of that thing." Chen Heng opened his palm, and an incredibly smooth black sphere lay quietly in his hand.

"Such dense Spiritual Qi fluctuations!" Bai Jun couldn't help but gently touch the sphere, and his body trembled as if he had been electrocuted.

"Not just Spiritual Qi, but also demonic power and ghostly Qi!" Luo Shuo's tone was filled with unconcealed surprise. There was actually an existence that could integrate all three.

"It's a pity there's no Qi and blood, otherwise it would be a four-in-one."

"..." Chen Heng frowned when he heard this. Indeed, there was no Qi and blood in this sphere.

This also coincided with what Qian Fa had said earlier.

"Alright, at least we know that thing isn't a threat to us." Chen Heng tossed the sphere to Bai Jun.

"Big Brother Chen, is it appropriate to just give this thing to me?" Bai Jun scratched his head, his expression a little conflicted.

"It's useless for me to keep it. You two can play with it." Chen Heng waved his hand, knowing there was definitely more than one of these things in this place.

"Later, when there are more of these, just string them into a bracelet for me."

"Oh..." Bai Jun nodded and put away the sphere with its unusually dense Spiritual Qi fluctuations.

"This should be the storage room."

Chen Heng led Bai Jun and Luo Shuo into the storage room, where only a few items were displayed.

"Only this much?" Chen Heng raised an eyebrow. His Fellow Countryman was quite poor.

Neither Bai Jun nor Luo Shuo made a move. They knew they were just here to watch the show.

They could take what Chen Heng gave them, but if he didn't give it, touching things without permission would be very disrespectful.

"What are you two looking at? See if there's anything you want." Chen Heng turned to look at the two men, who were like wooden stakes.

"But Big Brother Chen, is it really appropriate for us to touch these things without permission?" Luo Shuo thought for a moment and asked.

"What's inappropriate about it? It's just a bunch of junk."

Chen Heng waved his hand. If everything here was on the level of the Way of Reaching Heaven, then they were indeed all junk.

However, they were only junk to Chen Heng; to others, they were still top-tier treasures.

"Then it's settled." After getting Chen Heng's approval, Bai Jun and Luo Shuo finally let themselves go.

"That's strange. This place hasn't accumulated any dust after so many years."

Bai Jun picked up a piece of metal, identical in material to the wall, and marveled.

"Don't tell me, this thing smells pretty good..." Luo Shuo picked up a bottle of liquid and sniffed it.

"What is this thing..."

"I don't know. It looks quite delicate."

"Let me try if Spiritual Qi works..."

While Bai Jun and Luo Shuo were fiddling with those miscellaneous items, Chen Heng's gaze fell on a notebook thrown on the ground.

Bending down to pick up the notebook, Chen Heng, with a hint of curiosity, opened it, looking at the intricate but not crude patterns on it.

"! ?"

But when he saw the contents of the notebook, Chen Heng became a little flustered.

All the text inside was in Chinese characters, and the content was quite explosive.

"Damn it, I've been in this ghost place for half a month, and I haven't seen a single living person. The sky is always dark, without even a hint of sunlight."

"Today, I finally saw a living thing, but it looks a bit scary..."

"Good heavens, it turns out I've come to a mythical world. I always thought it was a wilderness survival game before..."

More than ten pages in the middle were torn out. From the signs of wear, it could be seen that the diary owner himself had torn them out.

"No, I can't go on like this. Once they discover me, I won't even have a way to fight back. I must find a way to protect myself."

From here, the diary became intermittent, and even the dates were no longer marked.

"I've given up on trying to climb the tech tree. The Laws of physics in this world are too different from my hometown, and many methods are ineffective. It seems I can only seek 'A'n Si Si Power'?"

"I don't know how much longer I can live. I hope my luck will be better..."

The diary stopped abruptly here, with dozens of blank pages following.

Putting away the diary, this notebook might come in handy in the future... Just as Chen Heng and his companions were happily exploring the ruins, the True Immortal Sect members on the side had already dealt with Qing Changsheng.

"Yes, yes, just salt him directly, then hang him on the beam to dry into cured meat."

Hua Luandao looked at Qing Changsheng, whose Meridians had been crippled, with an extremely ferocious expression.

"Don't forget to use Medicinal Pills to prolong his life. We can't let him die so easily."

"..." Elder Yang and the other True Immortal Sect Disciples.

"Old Hua, is it appropriate to say such things in front of the Sect Leader's remains?"

Elder You coughed lightly, pointing to the Old Sect Leader who had just been pulled out of the water.

"Sect Leader, please don't be offended. This Disciple is overcome with anger." Hua Luandao also knew that he was just talking; their True Immortal Sect wouldn't do such a thing.

This was what evil sects and demonic cults loved to do most.

Although he wasn't a good person himself before.

"Alright, alright, give him a quick end, and then we'll go back..." Elder Yang stepped out, intending to give Qing Changsheng a quick death.

"Wait, where are Young Friend Chen and Juner and the other two?"

"Benefactor Yang, Benefactor Chen and the others said they went to explore the Danqing Valley ruins."