405: Chapter 405 Emotional Values ​​Soar! System 3.0's Hidden Judgment

The people from the four factions quickly took their positions according to Su Changge's assignments.

Tu Lie took six people to the north wall of the rift and began to extract the Dragon vein spiritual energy contained within the rock face using specific techniques—techniques that Su Changge had transmitted to him via voice transmission, with the specific locations and sequences also designated by Su Changge.

Liu Can took his four people to the south wall of the rift.

As he received Su Changge's voice transmission instructions, his hands were trembling.

It was not because the instructions were complex, but because of the content of Su Changge's voice transmission—every detail was so precise that it made his scalp tingle.

The extraction points for the Dragon vein spiritual energy, the flow of spiritual energy between nodes, the control parameters for the extraction speed...

These things could not be known just by reading a few books on Formations.

This required an understanding of the Nine-Lock Dragon Suppressing Array that went down to the bone.

After Liu Can finished receiving this information, he silently muttered to himself.

This person's understanding of ancient Formations—is above his.

Far above his.

Who knows how many levels higher.

The Halberd Demon Elder, with the Iron-Masked Female Cultivator, sealed the entrance to the space.

The White-Robed Old Woman and her three Disciples took their positions at the central hub.

Su Changge stood at the edge of the rift.

Ye Qingyao stood by his side.

The process of extracting the Dragon vein spiritual energy began.

Tu Lie's six people began operating on the north wall, injecting spiritual energy into specific nodes of the rock face. The Dragon vein spiritual energy was slowly drawn out from deep within the rock, and transparent threads of spiritual energy with a faint golden luster seeped out from the rock face.

On the south wall side, Liu Can's operating speed was faster than Tu Lie's—after all, he was at the Late Tribulation Transcendence Stage, and his techniques were more seasoned.

The spiritual energy threads were extracted from the rock walls on both sides, converged at the central hub, and were received and transmitted by the White-Robed Old Woman's team.

Su Changge watched the entire process from the side.

His Great Dao Scripture Pavilion was comparing the operational status of each node in real-time, ensuring all steps were on the right track.

Everything was normal for now.

He breathed a slight sigh of relief internally.

Then the System moved.

It wasn't a special effect.

It was the internal judgment of System 3.0.

A silent prompt appeared in his consciousness—

The System judged that the emotion points accumulated in the current environment had reached the threshold for using active special effects.

Su Changge was stunned for a moment.

[emotion points?]

He had not deliberately tried to collect emotion points.

But System 3.0's mode of operation was passive collection—the shock, fear, worship, and other emotions generated by the people around him because of him would automatically be converted into emotion points.

He recalled what had happened over the past seven days.

Liu Can's Bone-Eroding Truth-Peering—sacrificing three hundred years of lifespan to probe him and finding "Qi Refining First Layer," then self-rationalizing it as "Return to Simplicity." The shock and fear at that moment.

The expressions of everyone when he walked through the ancient killing Formation as if taking a stroll.

Ye Qingyao's reaction when he pointed out the flaws in the nine formation patterns.

Everyone's reaction when they saw his unchanging expression during the Seal's disturbance.

Everyone's reaction when he personally descended to the core of the Seal, five hundred zhang deep.

Everyone's reaction when he said "Abyssal Rift Nether Dragon."

Everyone's reaction of unconditional obedience when he assigned tasks.

Every scene, every instance of shock, fear, and worship from others—was inputting emotion points into the System.

And Su Changge had done almost nothing.

He had just been walking, drinking tea, looking at the Seal, and saying a few words.

But the effect—

System 3.0's judgment told him that the emotion points he had accumulated now were enough to release multiple active special effects.

Su Changge noted this information.

He did not need to use active special effects for the time being.

But knowing he had a trump card he could use made his state of mind much steadier.

The extraction of the Dragon vein spiritual energy lasted for about half an hour.

There was a small interlude during the process.

On the south wall side, one of Liu Can's subordinates made a mistake in their technique while extracting spiritual energy, causing a spiritual energy thread to snap. The snapping created a surge of spiritual energy, and the shockwave affected the nearby formation patterns.

Several purple-black formation patterns lit up for an instant.

An extremely low, muffled sound came from deep within the rift.

It was like something had turned over down below.

Everyone's movements stopped.

That muffled sound made the temperature of the entire space seem to drop by a few degrees.

Su Changge stood at the edge of the rift and looked down.

Then he raised his head.

"Continue."

One word.

Everyone's movements resumed.

No one asked, "What was that just now?"

No one said, "Should we stop for a moment?"

Because Su Changge had said "Continue."

If he said continue, then they would continue.

Su Changge took three deep breaths internally.

[That muffled sound just now was made by that Abyssal Rift Nether Dragon down below, right?]

[Something that only three Great Emperors could suppress.]

[It turned over.]

[I am standing on top of it.]

[I am at Qi Refining First Layer.]

[I want to go home.]

He suppressed all these thoughts.

Ye Qingyao was standing next to him, and the moment the muffled sound came, her body leaned half an inch toward Su Changge.

It was not fear.

It was instinct.

To get close to the person who made her feel safe in the face of danger.

That person was her Revered Master.

After realizing this subconscious action of hers, she did not correct it and continued to stand there, maintaining the distance of half an inch.

Su Changge did not notice this detail.

He was watching the progress of Tu Lie and Liu Can's operations.

The extraction of the Dragon vein spiritual energy on both sides had been completed by about thirty percent, and the spiritual energy transmission at the central hub was also proceeding steadily.

At this rate, it would take about another two hours to extract enough Dragon vein spiritual energy to reinforce the Seal.

Then came the reinforcement phase.

The reinforcement phase required someone to take action at the core of the Seal—that person could only be Ye Qingyao, because only someone with Mahayana Stage cultivation could operate the Dragon Vein Heart-Suppressing Nail.

And the specific steps for the operation—only Su Changge knew them.

He would tell her step by step via voice transmission.

He was the commander-in-chief.

She was his hands.

This mode of cooperation would continue for a long time in the process ahead.

Su Changge stood at the edge of the rift, looking down from a high vantage point at the busy crowd in the entire space.

Tu Lie was sweating profusely on the north wall.

Liu Can was cautious on the south wall.

The Halberd Demon Elder was on high alert at the entrance.

The White-Robed Old Woman was fully focused at the central hub.

Ye Qingyao stood by his side, as quiet as water.

Everyone was acting according to his one decision.

He, a high school student at Qi Refining First Layer.

Stood at the very top of the pyramid of the cultivation world.

Not because he was strong.

It was because he made everyone think he was strong.

And in this world—

Everyone thinking you are strong, and you actually being strong, makes no difference.

Deep in the rift, another muffled sound came.

It was thirty percent heavier than the last time.

The ground shook once.

Su Changge stood where he was, as steady as Mount Tai.

Special effects cast a faint layer of golden light on his body.

Everyone looked up at him.

The person in the golden light, with a handsome face and a calm expression, surrounded by light, stood above the abyss.

Like a god.

Su Changge said one thing internally.

[System, you absolutely must not trigger any special effects at this time.]

The System did not respond.

But the layer of golden light on his body—grew a bit brighter.