76: The World of All Spirits

Time passed bit by bit.

Lao Dengs Team's pioneering progress continued to accelerate.

In just two months, they pacified another 22 anomalous regions.

On average, Lao Dengs Team could pacify one anomalous region every three days.

Starting from Anomalous Region No. 5, the anomalous regions truly contained anomalies, holding things Lin Chen had never seen before and various unexpected dangers.

For example, Anomalous Region No. 7 had countless beings enslaved by a minion of a Cthulhu, who was only a Deng Shen Fifth Order.

His strength wasn't very great, but left unchecked, he could influence beings on tens of millions of life planets within one or two thousand light-years.

If the Human Race had not occupied this area, this Cthulhu minion would have slowly developed until he received a divine bestowal, becoming a Cthulhu's Divine Servant, spreading his malice throughout the entire starry sky.

There was also Anomalous Region No. 17, a dangerous area purely generated by the starry sky itself.

An Absolute Black Domain spanning ten light-years; any non-divine being entering it would inevitably get lost.

Nangong Old Geezer only dared to wander the periphery, determining the scope of the Absolute Black Domain and marking its edge with a symbol exclusive to the Human Race, to prevent latercomers from accidentally entering.

These two anomalous regions severely hindered the Human Race Territory's rule and were to be cleared if possible.

Other anomalous regions were much simpler, mostly containing special alien races, unique beings, or high-risk resource areas produced by the starry sky itself.

In the successive pioneering efforts, Lin Chen witnessed the diversity of starry sky creatures and also understood how malicious the starry sky was towards weak beings.

Survival is always a race's top priority.

At the location of Anomalous Region No. 27, Lao Dengs Team appeared, pioneering could not stop.

This area was very ordinary, and the range marked by human luck was only a few million kilometers; the smaller the area, the more difficult the anomaly was to handle.

Nangong Old Geezer and Jin Instructor still did not intervene, allowing the increasingly coordinated students to spontaneously dispatch their avatars into the anomalous region to investigate, search for the source of the anomaly, and pinpoint the specific information of the anomaly.

A range of a few million kilometers was not too large a place for everyone; even a carpet search wouldn't take long.

After half an hour of investigation, Lin Chen was the first to discover the source of the anomaly.

Within a very slow-moving, almost stationary meteorite, a spatial crack less than twenty centimeters long and three centimeters wide was hidden.

Special energy continuously surged out of the spatial crack; this energy, compared to the energy in the starry sky, was very gentle, similar to the energy on the Human Race's own living planets, soft and easy to absorb.

Lin Chen did not act rashly, nor did he presumptuously release his mental power into the crack to check the situation.

No one knew if this was a fishing trap, and even less what existed behind the crack.

Out of caution, Lin Chen directly summoned Nangong Old Geezer, asking Nangong Old Geezer to investigate the secret behind this spatial crack.

“Spiritual Qi? Not quite, it's mixed with other energies, quite different from pure Spiritual Qi.”

Nangong Old Geezer appeared, and just by sensing that special energy, he initially discovered the problem.

“Lao Deng, is Spiritual Qi what I think it is?”

Upon hearing the term Spiritual Qi, Lin Chen immediately associated it with the existence of Immortals.

“Spiritual Qi is exactly as you imagine, it is the energy source for 'Immortals' to cultivate, a type of energy different from martial arts, an energy source exclusive to 'Heaven is Round, Earth is Square' type worlds.”

“Then that means behind this crack, it might lead to a 'Heaven is Round, Earth is Square' type Immortal cultivation world.”

“That's possible, but it could also be a fragment, with only residual Spiritual Qi.”

Nangong Old Geezer did not speak definitively; the exact situation could be determined by an investigation.

Nangong Old Geezer cautiously extended his mental power into the spatial crack; his mental power passed through the crack and covered the other side of the crack.

After a few minutes, Nangong Old Geezer withdrew his mental power.

“How is it?”

“Little Lao Deng, we are very lucky. On the other side is a complete Mid-Thousand World named Wanling World. There are no 'Immortals' on the same level as Gods, but the energy level can cultivate Immortal cultivators comparable to Ninth Order Gods. It is a world at the peak of the Mid-Thousand level.”

To be honest, Nangong Old Geezer was still a bit dazed; a great opportunity had fallen into his lap.

He had thought that the gains from Area One were already a manifestation of Lin Chen's luck, but he didn't expect an even greater surprise.

A peak Mid-Thousand World, its value was immeasurable.

Purely in terms of resources, it could cultivate thousands of Ninth Order Gods; if the opportunity was right, it wouldn't be a problem for a few Gods inclined towards Immortal cultivation to be born.

As the first discoverers, they had priority exploration rights, and the Federation would reward them further when it took over later.

This one time alone would secure Nangong Old Geezer's cultivation resources at the Lower God level, and he wouldn't have to worry about resources for a short time.

Now he also encountered the same situation as Lin Chen: sufficient cultivation resources, but his cultivation couldn't keep up with the rate of resource growth, leading to an abundance of unused resources.

Lin Chen, however, didn't think too much. He had the status, but not yet the vision. He just wanted to see what an Immortal cultivation world was like, if it was the kind of cultivation world he imagined.

“Lao Deng, what do we do now?”

“Naturally, we go to liberate the oppressed Human Race.”

“?????”

To Lin Chen's confusion, Nangong Old Geezer explained.

“Our Human Race compatriots are being oppressed by alien races.”

“Although they are not from the Federation, they are also Human Race, and in the future, they will also be members of the Federation. Since we have encountered them, we naturally have the obligation to rescue them from their plight.”

He had just roughly investigated the situation in Wanling World; it contained Human Race and various strange races, all of whose extraordinary systems were Immortal cultivation systems.

The Human Race in Wanling World was of middle status, oppressed by many major races, with very little living space, and facing the crisis of extinction.

If it weren't for the fighting spirit of the Wanling World Human Race, possessing some desperate trump cards and daring to fight, they would probably have been completely consumed long ago, with only ignorant Human Race left to be raised as food.

Then Nangong Old Geezer brought the others to the edge of the crack and explained the situation in Wanling World to them.

Afterward, he took out various materials and began to operate, expanding the spatial crack, at least to a degree where people could enter.

“This crack currently cannot support any existence above a Demigod passing through, so you need to enter Wanling World first, find the Human Race within, gain their trust, and then build a summoning altar to summon me to descend.”

After understanding Wanling World, Nangong Old Geezer had already made a plan.

Lin Chen and their 38 student avatars would enter Wanling World first, then, working from inside and out, they would guide Lao Deng to descend. Once Lao Deng descended, he would be able to set up a higher-level teleportation array to bring in more Federal forces.

They currently only had a small spatial crack leading to Wanling World and knew nothing about Wanling World's specific coordinates. They could only use this progressive method to gradually introduce Federal forces.

As long as more Federal people and power were in Wanling World, human luck would be able to pinpoint Wanling World's coordinates, eventually directly locking onto the coordinates and establishing a cross-world teleportation array.

At that time, it wouldn't be so troublesome; they could directly enter Wanling World from the Human Race Territory via the teleportation array, and even manifest Wanling World into the real starry sky.

As the crack expanded to a degree sufficient for Lin Chen and others to pass through, Nangong Old Geezer stopped injecting power and merely maintained the crack's existence.

A spatial crack was inherently a flaw that damaged Wanling World's integrity. The larger the flaw, the more easily it would be detected by Wanling World's World Consciousness, or the Heavenly Dao of the minor realm.

Wanling World's Heavenly Dao did not favor the Human Race, so if the Federal Human Race entered it, they would be considered invaders.

To ensure Lin Chen and the others had some reaction time after entering, Nangong Old Geezer dared not overly provoke Wanling World's Heavenly Dao, otherwise, Wanling World's Heavenly Dao would inevitably target Lin Chen and them.

Wanling World is a peak Mid-Thousand World, with an upper limit of Ninth Order Gods.

If there were Deng Shen-level beings guided by Wanling World's Heavenly Dao to strike at Lin Chen and them, it's likely Lin Chen and the others would be completely wiped out very quickly.

The targeting of a world is not so easily resisted.

“Everyone, these are the materials for setting up the summoning altar, 38 sets in total. After you enter, first ensure your safety, and then set up the summoning altar.”

“You can summon Jin Instructor first; his descent will be relatively easier. Afterward, you can, under Jin Instructor's leadership, search for the Human Race within and, with the Human Race's help, quietly summon me to descend.”

Nangong Old Geezer considered everything very comprehensively. 38 sets of summoning altars provided a very high fault tolerance. The avatars of Human Race prodigies were also prodigies, and there wasn't much difference from their main bodies descending.

As long as they weren't killed upon arrival, finding a safe area to set up a summoning altar was a very simple matter, especially since human luck would undoubtedly favor everyone, providing assurance for their actions.

As long as one summoning altar successfully drew Jin Instructor to descend, with the God Ascension Second Level Jin Instructor entering Wanling World, Wanling World changing hands would only be a matter of time.

The fault tolerance of a God Ascension Second Level Jin Instructor would only be higher.

“Lao Deng, we're going.”

Lin Chen was the first to step into the crack, and the others didn't rush either, entering the crack in an orderly queue.

Wanling World, your living father is here.