52: Level 2 Secret Realm

Luo Chen, of course, had no idea about what was happening in Liuguang City; he was currently delightedly opening his quest panel.

Quest One: Evolve three of your pet beasts (completed), reward 200 points, one Rank 2 Secret Realm (claimable);

Quest Two: Sell twenty pet beasts with Good Aptitude (four sold), reward 50 points, new items added to the shop.

Quest Three: Successfully hatch the Moonstar Spirit, reward Starlight Protection.

Luo Chen chose to claim the reward for the Rank 2 Secret Realm.

On the third floor of Chenyang Pet Store, next to the Qingyou Secret Realm, a new light portal appeared.

The light portal of the Qingyou Secret Realm emitted a faint blue glow, while this newly appeared Secret Realm’s portal emitted a myriad of sparklingFluorescence, appearing even more dreamlike.

The Little Furball applied a layer of air membrane around Luo Chen and himself, and only then did they enter this Stellar-dotted light portal.

Vast, profound, expansive.

This was Luo Chen’s first feeling after entering the light portal.

Looking up, there was an eternally lonely starry sky, and the land beneath Luo Chen’s feet was like a speck of dust floating in the entire starry sky.

Various stars, planets, white dwarfs, red giants, comets, etc., passed by the land beneath their feet.

The power of various starlight elements was exceptionally active here.

“Is this Rank 2 Secret Realm really this big?” Luo Chen sighed in surprise internally.

“Host, wake up.” If the System had a physical body, it would surely have slapped Luo Chen awake. “The Secret Realm’s space is only the land beneath your feet; all other backgrounds are projections, they are fake.”

“Uh, why didn’t you say so earlier? What a waste of emotion.”

Luo Chen’s head, which had been held high, instantly drooped, and he nervously scanned left and right.

The surrounding terrain was quite flat, a large expanse of bare rocks exposed under the starlight, appearing extremely barren.

From any angle, it was hard to imagine that life could exist in such an environment.

A sudden ominous premonition arose in Luo Chen’s heart: Could it be that there really were no pet beasts here?

Holding onto a sliver of hope, Luo Chen, unwilling to give up, continued forward with the Little Furball in the predetermined direction.

Along the way, there was nothing but stones, stones, and more stones. Various strangely shaped stones were scattered haphazardly across this empty land.

After running for a long time, Luo Chen finally gave up his search in resignation, and somewhat helplessly found a relatively smooth stone to sit on and rest.

“System, you’re really unreliable.

What do I need this Secret Realm, with nothing in it, for? To use as a warehouse?”

System: …

“The wonders of the Secret Realm, please discover them yourself, Host.”

Luo Chen relaxed and lay on the smooth giant rock behind him. And you know what, the energy around this giant rock was unusually active, making it especially comfortable to lie on.

After lying down for a while, Luo Chen seemed to remember something and took out an egg with specks of starlight on its surface.

“The System said the secret to your hatching is in this Secret Realm. Your name contains the words ‘Xingling (Star Spirit)’, so I hope the abundant starlight energy here will be useful to you.”

Luo Chen looked left and right, preparing to find a suitable spot to place the egg.

Who knew, the starlight egg, which had been resting steadily in Luo Chen’s hands, floated up into the air.

The starlight on its shell seemed to be responding to some call, slowly moving in a certain trajectory across its surface.

The abundant starlight energy in the Secret Realm was strongly attracted to it, forming a visible energy vortex around it.

For a moment, this egg seemed to become the sole center of the Secret Realm, and even more starlight power came from outside the Secret Realm.

Luo Chen watched as several nearby stars above his head emitted a large amount of starlight, passing through the upper membrane of the Secret Realm and shining directly onto the starlight egg.

“Didn’t you say those stars outside were fake?”

Hearing Luo Chen’s question, the System disagreed.

“The Secret Realm is an independent space. Those stars are merely projections of external stars, summoned by the Moonstar Spirit to cross the distances of time and space to arrive here.”

“Really?” Luo Chen was skeptical.

“Really.” The System’s answer was firm.

Luo Chen felt a tremor beneath him, and then his entire body was rising into the air.

This sudden movement instantly made the Little Furball’s fur stand on end. He guarded Luo Chen’s side, ready to strike any invading enemies at any moment.

Luo Chen looked up. It wasn’t just beneath his feet; in the Secret Realm, which had previously shown no signs of life, those oddly shaped stones now seemed to suddenly come alive.

Their appearance was very strange, composed entirely of stone. Luo Chen found it hard to imagine how they ate or reproduced.

Moreover, when they lay on the ground, no life aura could be felt from them; they truly seemed like inanimate objects.

Before the stone life form beneath his feet could attack him, Luo Chen and the Little Furball quickly jumped off it.

Fortunately, throughout the entire process of Luo Chen and the Little Furball finding a relatively safe position, these stone life forms did not actively attack them.

Their attention seemed to be completely drawn to the starlight egg floating in the air.

Taking advantage of these stone people not noticing him, Luo Chen immediately used his Eye of Truth to check their information.

race: Starlight Stone Spirit

Rank: Spirit Beast Five Stars

Type: Light-Type · Stellar, Earth-Type

State: Excited, Worshipping

Aptitude: Good

Skills: 1. starlight stone (Profound Grade): Starlight Stone Spirits absorb starlight for food year-round. Excess, unconsumed starlight combines with earth elements to form a special resource, starlight stone.

2. Boulder Drop (Profound Grade): Starlight Stone Spirits condense a giant rock above the target, then drop it at will.

3. Starlight Tempering (Profound Grade): Starlight Stone Spirits repeatedly undergo starlight tempering to strengthen their physique. This makes their already hard bodies even harder and difficult to break. Their bodies are their best weapons.

4. Form Restructuring (Earth Grade): Starlight Stone Spirits do not have a fixed external form. They can freely change the stones on their bodies to form any shape they desire.

Luo Chen successively looked at the information of several Starlight Stone Spirits, and there were even a few King Beasts among them.

But now, for some unknown reason, they were all worshipping in the direction of the Moonstar Spirit.

It was as if they had met a king, or perhaps their benefactor.

The starlight egg’s absorption of starlight power continued, and specks of starlight from the Starlight Stone Spirits also converged towards the starlight egg.

Luo Chen, who had initially been worried about what they might do to the starlight egg, felt a little relieved.

These pet beasts wouldn’t be planning to fatten up the starlight egg before eating it, would they? Even if that were the case, they wouldn’t be worshipping it.

After watching for half an hour, Luo Chen realized that the starlight egg showed no signs of stopping, like a bandit who hadn’t absorbed starlight for thousands of years, unwilling to stop for a moment.

Luo Chen truly couldn’t tell when it would stop, so he could only leave, first estimating the approximate size of the Secret Realm’s edge.

It was roughly 100,000 square meters, ten times the size of the Qingyou Secret Realm.

After exploring for a while, he discovered that the number of Starlight Stone Spirits here was quite large, probably several hundred.

The lowest realm was Spirit Beast Three Stars, and the highest was King Beast Six Stars.

The one with the highest realm was also the closest to the starlight egg right now. Just standing there, Luo Chen felt he wasn't even as tall as its calf.

Having a general understanding of the situation within the Secret Realm, Luo Chen named this Secret Realm #2 the Stone Spirit Secret Realm, which was a good summary of its characteristics.

After waiting for another half an hour, new changes finally appeared with the starlight egg.