Chapter 14 - 12: Return to the Real World

Spirit World Monuments are very common in the Spirit Realm, with various types, strange and peculiar, and are categorized into "Functional" and "Supply" types.The camp features a total of five stelae.

These things are very simple to use.

All you have to do is place your hand on the stele to establish a connection with it.

[Goblin’s Collection Stele] offers as many as several dozen types of item supplies, including two kinds of spirit fruits, red berries and blue berries, several types of low-level herbs, and seeds of goblin berry trees of unknown use, as well as food like rabbit meat and frog meat.

[Goblin’s Arm Stele] is pretty much an equipment store but with limited stock, only offering "Broken Goblin Crossbow," "Inferior Goblin Short Knife," and "Old Goblin Wooden Staff," a few pieces of dark gray quality low-level Goblin equipment, priced at five gray crystals per item. Additionally, team-use "Spiritual Qi Contract Scroll" and consumables like "Goblin Crossbow Arrow" and "Jungle Flying Knife" can be purchased.

[Goblin’s Production Stele] mainly functions for production and processing. It can process gray crystals into white crystals or decompose white crystals back into gray crystals. It also sells some simple production-related recipes or tools, such as potion tubes.

[Goblin’s Decomposition Stele] is a purely functional stele that can decompose unwanted items into a small amount of materials or crystals, serving as a kind of waste recycling station.

[Goblin’s Storage Stele], this stele is a warehouse, providing fifteen cubic meters of storage space. If you’re worried about carrying too many items and bursting outside, or if your personal backpack is full, you can store items here.

Of course, storing in the warehouse does not come without risks.

If, for some special reason, this base is recaptured by monsters, then the items stored in the camp’s warehouse will also disappear.

An eternally fixed safe zone?

That doesn’t exist!

Humans can conquer territory from monsters or alien races, and vice versa!

The only place humans could truly call permanent towns is the cities in the real world!

As long as the real world hasn’t fallen, humans won’t be homeless, but the real world, under the infiltration of the Spirit Realm, will also gradually undergo various changes and may be threatened by the Spirit Realm at any moment.

Several people clicked their tongues in wonder.

They didn’t expect such a setup.

Zhao Ming asked Hang Yu, "Are items supplied in unlimited quantities?"

"Of course not, there’s a limit to the quantity; once it’s sold out, it’s gone. However, they will refresh after some time, and different materials have different refresh times."

"Look, red and blue fruits aren’t expensive; one gray crystal can buy five of them." Zhao Ming suggested to everyone, "I think recovery consumables are quite useful. As the camp population increases, these important resources will become highly sought-after. It’s better to exchange more fruits for reserve early on, whether for personal use, for transfer to the real world, or for selling as a middleman to earn crystals, it’s very convenient."

See, an entrepreneur is indeed an entrepreneur.

Their business sense never declines in any environment.

Even the poorest among the four, Jiang Nan, could manage to bring out two or three gray crystals.

As for the other three, they had considerable assets, and Hang Yu was a particularly enviable wealthy guy.

Hang Yu took stock of his assets.

gray crystals, 10 white crystal stones!

At this stage, it could definitely be considered a fortune!

Hang Yu immediately spent 30 gray crystals to exchange for 50 red fruits and 100 blue fruits. He also used 2 crystal stones to purchase two fruit tree seeds, feeling that they might come in handy later.

It’s not that Hang Yu didn’t want to buy more.

On one hand, he didn’t have enough gray crystals, and on the other hand, his storage space was limited.

He had to leave some space for other items, didn’t he? Moreover, the quantity of fruits was pitifully small!

If Hang Yu bought them all, leaving nothing for others would indeed be a bit inconsiderate.

The three originally planned to convert all their gray crystals into fruits, but before they could fully complete the exchange, the fruits disappeared from the stele.

Limited indeed!

Truly rare commodities!

Zhao Ming estimated that each type of fruit was supplied at less than three hundred units per round.

Hang Yu then walked to Goblin’s Arm Stele and spent 5 gray crystals to exchange for a Spiritual Qi Contract Scroll.

Zhang Xiaoqiang was curious and asked, "Boss, what’s the use of buying this scroll?"

"It’s a Spiritual Qi Contract used for team formation." Hang Yu briefly introduced the function of the Contract Scroll, "During normal monster hunting, the spiritual qi gained is distributed based on damage contribution, meaning those who cause more damage to the monsters receive more spiritual qi. This is not fair to the support in the team."

Zhao Ming deeply agreed with this.

He was always at the forefront during battles,

suffering hardships, almost tortured to death, and especially dangerous!

Yet the spiritual qi he received was far less than Zhang Xiaoqiang, who occasionally tossed a fireball from behind, because Zhang Xiaoqiang’s output was simply terrifying.

Jiang Nan’s eyes lit up, "Could this scroll change that situation?"

"Exactly. After signing the Spiritual Qi Contract, the spiritual qi gained over a certain period will be forcibly evenly distributed among all team members, benefiting team collaboration and promoting balanced growth among team members."

After all that was said,

isn’t it just like the team-forming function in a game?

Zhang Xiaoqiang was somewhat unimpressed. In games, team applications could be resolved easily, while in this world, such a troublesome scroll was necessary, further emphasizing the rigor and realism of this world.

Hang Yu then moved to the Production Stele.

His gaze swept through the low-level production recipes on the Production Stele, finally settling on an item that stood out.

[Production Skill Stone: Basic Collection Skill], Gray Upper Grade Quality, exchange price 5 white crystals!

Sure enough, in this place, you could actually buy Skill Stones!

This is a gray quality low-level production skill, which offers no help in combat.

However, Hang Yu gritted his teeth and exchanged for it.

The most valuable thing in the goblin camp is this Skill Stone, or rather any Skill Stone is extremely valuable; since he saw it, he couldn’t miss it.

Hang Yu exchanged for the Skill Stone.

His assets were reduced to 5 White Crystals and 1 Gray Crystal.

The Skill Stone for the Beginner Collection Skill disappeared from the Stele.

This item is singular and only refreshes approximately once every few days.

[Beginner Collection Skill], independent skill, current skill level 1, Spiritual Qi (0/300), proficiency (1000/1000), consumes 1 point of Spirit, allows material collection from the target, and collection success depends on skill level and target level.

Production skills are quite difficult to level up. Normally, skills need to reach level 3 or above before proficiency is required, but the Collection Skill requires proficiency to level from 1 to 2, with a demand as high as 1000.

However, Hang Yu noticed that his skill proficiency was already full upon learning it!

This is the effect of the Innate Skill "Memory of the Great Sage."

And it undoubtedly provides a significant advantage.

Hang Yu can save a lot of time in skill cultivation, allowing more time to learn additional skills in the future.

......

The night had completely fallen.

The sky was full of stars.

The night sky here was not too dark.

The vast expanse of colorful and resplendent starlight covered the sky.

Under such a beautiful and magnificent scene, one felt as if they were in a fairy tale world.

However, if you looked closely enough, you’d notice that the twinkling starlight above was not actually stars but rather whirlpools resembling galaxies, each seemingly connected to a new world.

This is the Spirit Realm.

No longer the original universe.

The Resurrection Stele at the center of the goblin camp emitted light, illuminating a small area of the camp, where the brightness in the forest was conspicuous. It wouldn’t be long before it attracted nearby people.

There were too many predators in the night forest.

It’s best not to take risks in such an environment.

Because even someone as experienced as Hang Yu could face unexpected dangers.

But while the four were sitting bored in the camp passing time, suddenly a majestic voice echoed in everyone’s mind, "The current trial test is about to end, Trial Takers please leave the Spirit Realm within ten minutes."

The four were taken aback.

When they closed their eyes to call forth the selection interface, the previously unselectable gray "Return to Reality" option had now become selectable, meaning they could return to the real world.

Zhang Xiaoqiang excitedly said, "Can I finally go back to continue playing chicken?!"

Jiang Nan was almost teary-eyed, "My God, this experience feels like a dream!"

Zhao Ming remained the calmest and most composed, "We should exchange contact information."

Zhang Xiaoqiang immediately said, "My phone WeChat QQ number is XXXXXXXX. Boss, you have to contact me. I’m counting on you to lead us!"

"It’s not that troublesome." Jiang Nan closed his eyes, "We can also use phone functionalities here. I just tried it. Not only can WeChat be used, but it also seems possible to make calls... though using it will consume Spiritual Qi and crystals."

She opened her eyes full of expectation and looked at Hang Yu, "Great God, let’s add each other as friends!"

Anyone could tell that Hang Yu was the most capable person. Without his leadership, they wouldn’t have achieved so much; they might still be running naked in the forest!

Hang Yu closed his eyes and focused his mind to summon the interface.

When he opened the Spirit Realm’s phone, the familiar phone interface appeared before him.

The astonishing thing was that communication software and some other applications could be used, even with photography and videography functions, and even mobile banking was accessible. The underlying principle was unknown.

Remote communication would consume a certain amount of internal Spiritual Qi.

Want to contact across realms? That’s also possible.

But it requires the consumption of Spirit Realm Crystal Stones!

After the four added each other as friends, they each clicked the return to reality option.

Hang Yu felt as if a whirlpool sucked him in, and then he was back in his familiar small apartment, with his clothes and belongings also returned.

It was fully daylight.

It was roughly around nine or ten in the morning.

Hang Yu had entered the Spirit Realm in the early hours and spent about ten hours there.

In other words, the flow of time in reality and the Spirit Realm was basically the same.

It all felt like a dream.

Giving people an unreal sensation.

But Hang Yu clearly knew, this was not a dream.

The world had operated to a transformative singularity, and the once ordinary and tranquil life had completely faded away, opening the door to a new era.