Civilization Quest: The Realm of Pilgrimage!

The next day.

At this time, there were still 26 days until the Demon Abyss invasion of Blue Star.

White Night opened his Game Panel, preparing to enter the 'divine selection' world.

Although his strength was already terrifying after changing his class to Thunder Sovereign.

But this was not his limit; he could continue leveling up, continue gaining new Auras, and constantly grow stronger!

Just then.

The surrounding space suddenly shook violently!

At the same time, the previously bright sky instantly turned dark!

This happened across the entire Blue Star!

"What's going on?!" White Night was startled.

There was clearly still a lot of time before the Demon Abyss invasion, so why was Blue Star starting to experience anomalies now?!

A few seconds later.

A prompt from the Game System suddenly appeared before all Blue Star Professionals:

[Attention all Blue Star players! Player 'Zhou Fu' has triggered the Civilization Mission—Realm of Pilgrimage!]

[Civilization Mission: A special mission jointly completed by all players of a civilization.]

[Mission: Realm of Pilgrimage

Level: Seven Stars

Completion Rate: 10%

Reward: All players receive one Epic-Grade Treasure Chest; receive one Civilization Weapon; additional rewards issued to the top ten players based on mission contribution;]

...As soon as this prompt appeared.

The entire Blue Star was immediately thrown into chaos.

On streets and in homes across Blue Star, countless players stared at the sudden system prompt and instantly erupted into a frenzy.

Messages on various forums flooded the screen at tens of thousands per second.

"Civilization Mission?! What is a Civilization Mission?"

"A Civilization Mission... completed jointly by all players? How difficult must that be? Will there be a penalty if we fail?"

"Epic-Grade Treasure Chest! And a Civilization Weapon! No matter the difficulty, the rewards are definitely worth it!"

"Our Blue Star just defeated the Apocalypse Civilization, and our strength has greatly increased, so this mission came at the perfect time!"

"But the completion rate is only 10%..."

"Yeah, if all players do it together, what if someone drags us down? If we don't get the reward, let's hope we don't trigger some penalty..."

Anxious discussions spread like a tide.

Meanwhile, in a small house in a city in the Dragon Country.

White Night looked at the system prompt, his fingertips lightly tapping the desktop.

A Seven-Star Mission, Civilization-grade Rewards, plus extra rewards for the top ten... a hint of interest flashed in his eyes.

Missions that require the participation of all players usually hold unimaginable opportunities.

As for the difficulty? He had gone through the Eternal Divine Tower trial and witnessed the primal thunder shadow, so he no longer feared so-called "high difficulty," only anticipating the challenge.

"Participation of all players, huh..." White Night stood up and walked to the window, looking at the city outside that had fallen into chaos due to the mission prompt, a slight smile playing on his lips.

It was a good time to see just how much potential Blue Star's players could unleash.

After all, no one could escape the Demon Abyss invasion twenty-something days later... In just a few minutes, the debate online was still escalating.

But many players had already begun forming teams and gathering.

The air across Blue Star was filled with a mixture of tension and excitement.

Suddenly, the light between heaven and earth dimmed sharply.

Immediately after, countless pale blue Light Pillars shot up from all over Blue Star, piercing the clouds and converging into a massive sea of light high in the sky.

Whether they were players on the street, professionals at home, or professionals inside the 'divine selection' Map, they were all enveloped by these sudden Light Pillars.

"Has the Teleportation started?!"

Inside the Light Pillars, space began to twist, and the players' figures gradually became transparent in the light.

White Night was the same; he did not resist, allowing the gentle yet irresistible force to envelop him.

The next second, all the Light Pillars contracted simultaneously, taking hundreds of millions of Blue Star players and vanishing from the spot.

Blue Star's first Civilization Mission had begun!

...The moment the Light Pillars dissipated, hundreds of millions of Blue Star players plunged into a Primitive World permeated with sandalwood and blood.

In this world, the trunks of towering giant trees required over a hundred people to encircle them, their bark covered in dark green moss, from whose crevices sprouted pale purple Parasitic Flowers, with viscous liquid beads dripping from the edges of the petals.

A player curiously touched one, and a burning sensation immediately came from their fingertip. The system warned that this was the "Poison of Divine Abandonment," capable of corroding ironware.

The canopy blocked out the sky and sun, and light could only scatter through the gaps, leaving dappled light spots that fell onto the rotting leaves on the ground, revealing countless small insects wriggling within.

Countless Totem Poles stood on the distant mountains, the tallest reaching a thousand zhang high, with pale white flames burning on the top, vaguely revealing ferocious Beast Shadows roaring within the flames.

While all Blue Star players were curiously observing this new world.

A prompt from the Game System appeared:

[Attention all players! Mission hints are as follows:

1. This is a world dominated by several 'Deities,' inhabited by countless Beastmen. These Beastmen are loyal believers of the Deities, possessing Divine Blessings, and their combat power is extraordinary!

2. The mission has a total of three phases. The next phase will only unlock after the current one is completed.

3. Mission Duration: 20 days]

[Strategy information for each Deity and their believers has been issued. Please check it!]

...[Realm of Pilgrimage Phase One Mission: Explore the Mist, collect 1 billion Deity Totem Fragments (Current Progress: 0/1 Billion)]

"This place... is much more sinister than the Wilderness Areas of the divine selection world."

Somewhere, a player gripped the Iron Sword in their hand, the blade trembling slightly from tension.

As soon as he finished speaking, a "crack" of snapping branches suddenly came from the dense forest on the left, and a zhang-tall Werewolf sprang out.

Its entire body was covered in grayish-black mane, silver chains were wrapped around the mane, and a string of Skull Necklaces hung from the chains. Each skull's eye socket was embedded with a mung bean-sized ruby.

Its sharp claws flashed coldly, and dark red bloodstains remained in the gaps between its nails.

The most terrifying thing was its eyes: the pupils were vertical, and the irises displayed a strange greenish-purple color, clearly a sign that it had received some kind of Divine Blessing!

"It's a believer of the Nature Deity!" A player who had carefully read the strategy information issued by the Game System immediately shouted, "Mages use Fire Spell, it's afraid of fire!"

Two Mages quickly chanted spells, and orange-red Fireballs condensed in their palms and were thrown toward the Werewolf.

The Werewolf roared and suddenly rolled to the left, dodging the Fireball while its sharp claws carved three deep trenches in the ground. Emerald green Vines immediately sprang out of the trenches, coiling toward the nearest player like poisonous snakes.

"Shield Warrior, push forward!" the Captain shouted. A player holding a massive shield immediately blocked in front. The moment the Vines wrapped around the shield, the shield surface suddenly lit up with faint golden light patterns.

This was the "Guardian Barrier" that players had learned in the divine selection world, capable of briefly blocking high-level attacks.

Taking advantage of this gap, the Archer had already nocked an arrow. The tail of the arrow was wrapped in cloth strips soaked in Kerosene, and after being ignited, it shot toward the Werewolf's neck like a fiery meteor.

The Werewolf tilted its head and roared, trying to block with the chain, but the arrow accurately struck the connection point of the necklace.

The Skull Necklace scattered with a crash, and the greenish-purple pupils on the Werewolf instantly dimmed, its speed noticeably slowing down by half a beat.

"Now!" Three Assassins sprang out from the shadows, their Daggers accurately stabbing into the joints of the Werewolf's hind legs, where the mane was sparsest—a weakness the players had just observed.

"Done!" The Shield Warrior patted his shield, panting, watching the fallen Werewolf dissipate into light spots, leaving behind a fingernail-sized Wooden Totem Fragment on the ground. The fragment was carved with twisting vine patterns. "Is this the Totem Fragment the mission needs? It looks quite ordinary."

At this moment, a system prompt appeared before these few people:

[Realm of Pilgrimage Phase One Mission: Explore the Mist Forest, collect 1 billion Deity Totem Fragments (Current Progress: 37,020/1 Billion)]

"Holy crap, others are gaining rewards that fast too?!"

"We need to hurry up too; maybe we'll get a chance at the extra rewards!"

The next moment.

Countless Blue Star players immediately took action.

A Small Team discovered by a stream that although the Nature Deity's Beastmen believers could summon Vines, they dared not step into flowing water.

They immediately used Stone Axes to chop down small trees and built Simple Rafts, using bows and arrows to shoot the Beastmen on the shore from the stream, collecting dozens of fragments in a single day.

Another Small Team was more clever; they found that the Thunder Deity's Beastmen believers all wore horn-shaped Thunder Crystals around their necks, and the Thunder Crystals would short-circuit when exposed to water.

So they divided the work: Warriors distracted the Beastmen, Thieves quietly sprinkled stream water on their path, and once the Beastmen stepped into the water, Mages immediately cast "Ice Seal Spell," freezing their feet, easily harvesting the fragments.

Somewhere, White Night stood on the branch of a giant tree, a wisp of imperceptible lightning wrapped around his fingertip.

He watched the players' operations below with great interest, a faint smile curving his lips.

"It's a good thing Blue Star's players aren't weaklings; otherwise, if I had to complete this mission myself, I'd probably be exhausted."

White Night chuckled softly.

Facts proved that some things couldn't be done without the adage, 'many hands make light work.'

"This reminds me that while I get stronger, I can also help other players get stronger faster..."

White Night planted this idea in his heart.

He temporarily put this idea aside.

Next, he also began searching for Beastmen, preparing to grind his level up to the Max Level for Fourth Class Advancement.

Not long after.

In a clearing, a terrifying Force of Lightning swept across the area, turning the region hundreds of meters in radius into an Ocean of Thunder!

White Night stood in the middle of the Ocean of Thunder, the light of leveling up constantly shining on him!

Killing these Beastmen also granted Experience Points.

Under the effect of the Hundredfold Experience Boost, White Night's level soared like a rocket.

At this point, he had already leveled up to the Max Level for Fourth Class Advancement!

After a good while.

The thunder gradually subsided, and the leveling-up light on White Night's body also slowly faded.

He opened his eyes, and an astonishing aura spread around him, like the Might of a Deity!

Whoosh... He slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air.

Then, with a slight shift in thought, White Night checked his Attribute Information after reaching max level:

[Name: White Night]

Class: Saint · Thunder Sovereign

Level: lv399

Health: 950 billion

Mana: 100 million

Attributes: Strength 9.5 billion, Spirit 21 million, Agility 23 million, Constitution 24 million

Skills: Basic Combat Technique... After reaching max level, White Night's attributes had soared!

A true explosion!

"As expected of a Unique Hidden Class, the Growth Attributes are too high!"

White Night said with emotion.

Other classes at the same level probably couldn't even see the tail lights of the Thunder Sovereign!

Coupled with the Aura boost, these attributes were truly terrifying and unbelievable!

950 billion Health Points!

9.5 billion Strength!

Who would dare believe it?

Next.

"Not only that, but I can extract a new Aura again..."

White Night's heart raced. Even with such astonishing strength now, extracting an Aura still filled him with immense anticipation!

The next moment.

Aura Extraction began!

A prompt different from the Game System suddenly sounded deep in his mind:

[Random Aura extraction is in progress, please wait...]

The familiar Aura Turntable immediately appeared in White Night's mind.

The Turntable was still shimmering with brilliant colors, its edges engraved with Ancient Runes he couldn't understand.

As the Turntable spun rapidly, the runes dragged long light trails across his vision, like a ribbon of light traversing the galaxy!

This was his fifth Random Extraction, and every previous time had brought unexpected surprises!

Soon, the Turntable's speed gradually slowed down, finally settling on a golden Aura.

Extraction successful!

A brand new golden Aura rose from the center of the Turntable.

The dazzling light almost pierced his mind!

It hovered and rotated slightly in the void, emitting a majestic aura of power, and the next second, it transformed into a stream of gold, fiercely merging with his consciousness!

[Extraction successful, you have obtained the Permanent Mana Aura!]

"Mana Aura?!"

The surprise on White Night's face was practically overflowing.

The next second, a detailed Attribute Panel appeared before him like a projection, clearly displaying the effect of the new Aura:

[Mana Aura]

[Effect: The Aura owner receives a 300x Mana Attribute Boost!]

[Duration: Permanent!]

..."With the Mana Aura, my Mana Value instantly soared to 30 billion!"

"I won't have to worry about running out of mana anymore!"

White Night nodded in satisfaction.

The boost from this Aura was significant.

Next, White Night found a secluded spot to quietly perceive the various powerful forces he had newly acquired in his body.

Meanwhile.

Other Blue Star players were diligently working to complete the first phase of the Civilization Mission.

Their levels and strength were constantly improving during this process!

Just three days later.

Before the prompt announcing the completion of Phase One sounded.

Players had already compiled a thick "Beastmen Believer Weakness Manual" and were frantically sharing it across various communication channels!

Blue Star players were truly terrifying!

...[Realm of Pilgrimage Phase One Mission Complete!]

When the cold system prompt echoed like a thunderclap throughout the entire Mission World.

All Blue Star players who were fighting the Beastmen paused for a moment, then erupted into earth-shattering cheers.

"It's complete? It's really complete?" Some players were so excited they were dancing, nearly dropping the weapons in their hands.

Immediately afterward, another prompt followed:

[Congratulations to all players for completing Phase One of the mission. You have received an extra reward: 100,000 Experience Points!]

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