31: Remi's true origin lies in the mysterious underground passage.

Remi died.

Just ten minutes after Ye Xiao arrived at the secret realm, Remi died from the poison he concocted himself.

Looking at Remi, who was lying on the ground and whose body was starting to rot, Ye Xiao sighed softly.

This situation was somewhat sudden, catching him off guard.

Immediately, he looked down at the three exquisite gems in his hand, as well as a star compass stone he had never heard of.

These were all collected from the dead man's body.

It was a meager harvest, but at least it wasn't a wasted effort.

First, there was no need to say more about taking out the exquisite gems.

Ye Xiao used them directly.

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[Ding! You used an exquisite gem, Fireball's level has been increased.]

[Ding! You used an exquisite gem, Fireball's level has been increased.]

... [Fireball: Consumes 10 Mana, deals 480 + 1.0 * (Intelligence) Fire damage to the target, Cooldown: 1 second]

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Ye Xiao's strongest output skill was Fireball.

These exquisite gems were also incomplete, so they could only be used on ordinary skills.

So Ye Xiao didn't have much to dwell on.

Moreover, the effect was quite good for Ye Xiao.

Now, the upgraded Fireball's single damage had directly soared from over 1700 to 2512 points, an increase of almost half its power.

Looking at it this way, the damage of the upgraded Fireball alone already completely exceeded that of other similar high-level skills.

At the same time, the total damage of 30 Fireballs also reached an astonishing 75372 points.

Calculated at this damage, Fireball could be cast once every 0.5 seconds.

This would allow Ye Xiao to truly instantly kill a Calamity Herald if he encountered one again.

The power of the upgraded Fireball also slightly diluted Ye Xiao's regret over Remi's death.

Next, Ye Xiao picked up another item collected from the previous person—the star compass stone.

Ye Xiao had never heard of this item.

Fortunately, Remi told him before he died.

This item was actually a key-like existence.

Its function was to open a black hole underfoot, just like the fleeing figure before.

And the black hole was actually a special passage.

According to Remi, there was a special space in the Eternal World's underground that Human Job Holders had never discovered.

This special space was called the 'Dungeon' by the NPCs.

This was a place that NPCs accidentally discovered after the world-ending war 80 years ago.

It was precisely because of the discovery of this Dungeon that the NPCs of that year were able to avoid extinction and survive to this day.

Through years of research, they also discovered the wonders of this Dungeon.

The Dungeon was somewhat similar to an independent dimensional space outside the realm.

At the same time, there were also a large number of demon beasts in the Dungeon.

Their strength was several times stronger than the demon beasts in the Eternal World.

Some NPCs even speculated that the ubiquitous demon beasts in the Eternal World might have escaped from this Dungeon.

However, due to the rules of the Eternal World, the power of the demon beasts that escaped from the Dungeon was restricted.

Of course, all of this was speculation.

The true reason for the Dungeon's existence remains a mystery to this day.

It was the same reason why NPCs didn't understand why humans appeared in the Eternal World a hundred years ago.

And the star compass stone was the key to opening the Dungeon, as well as a beacon used for positioning within the Dungeon.

The Dungeon connected all secret realms in the Eternal World.

NPCs could completely use the Dungeon to freely enter and exit all secret realms.

This was something that Human Job Holders had never known.

Ye Xiao had also never seen any records of it in any ancient texts.

The reason Remi had kept things from Ye Xiao before was because he wanted to contact Meiya People from other places to save himself.

Meiya People was the name NPCs used for their own race.

However, Remi didn't expect that the people he called would not save him, but instead choose to silence him after learning that he had not revealed important information to Ye Xiao.

He originally intended to pretend that he had died from poisoning, to prevent Ye Xiao from knowing more about the Meiya People.

But he didn't expect Ye Xiao to return so quickly.

Being caught on the spot led to the current situation.

At the same time, Remi also explained that the Zhao family continuously cultivated Mixed-bloods because Remi needed Mixed-bloods to refine exquisite gems.

However, the Mixed-bloods cultivated by Snow Phoenix were not naturally born.

Therefore, the success rate of refining exquisite gems was very limited, and the effect was very average.

Just like the exquisite gem Ye Xiao used before, it could only affect basic skills, and it had to be an active skill.

At the same time, the amplified proficiency was also limited.

It could only upgrade ordinary skills 10 times at most.

After 10 times, if one wanted to continue to improve the skill level, they had to use exquisite gems of higher quality.

This was somewhat beyond Ye Xiao's expectations.

As for the godforged stone on Remi, he did not deceive Ye Xiao.

However, he belonged to a Meiya People organization called Shadow Prison within the Meiya People.

And according to him, this organization was only at the bottom among the Meiya People, and he himself was an marginal character in this organization.

It was only because he had the identity of an insect master, skilled in developing poisons, that he was sent to lurk in the Miasma Hidden Forest.

Therefore, the things he knew and the resources he possessed were very limited.

He indeed only had one last piece on him before.

But as long as he could continue to refine exquisite gems, he could exchange for godforged stones with other Meiya People through the Dungeon.

This exchange was not initiated by Remi, because he did not have a star compass stone.

He could only passively wait for others in the organization to exchange with him every month.

After explaining these things, Remi died.

After a brief analysis, Ye Xiao still chose to believe Remi's words.

After all, a dying person had no need to deliberately weave a bunch of lies to deceive him.

Playing with the star compass stone in his hand, Ye Xiao fell into contemplation.

Remi's death was somewhat sudden.

This way, he lost a channel for refining exquisite gems.

However, Remi also told him that the method for refining exquisite gems was taught to him by the organization.

Thus, to obtain more exquisite gems, he would have to go through the Dungeon to the organization in Remi's domain.

Furthermore, Remi also mentioned a piece of information that greatly interested Ye Xiao.

That is, all the godforged stones that had ever appeared in the Eternal World from ancient times to the present came from the hands of their Meiya People.

Ye Xiao felt that he seemed to have discovered the fuse of the world-ending war 80 years ago.

Perhaps it was because of this godforged stone.

The godforged stone was an extremely rare treasure for humans.

So rare that it was enough to start any war.

However, there was one thing Ye Xiao didn't understand.

Since this godforged stone was useless to the Meiya People, humans could have bought it from them back then.

There was no need to launch such a large-scale and inhumane war at all.

Thinking of this, Ye Xiao immediately made a decision.

Anyway, with this star compass stone, even if he encountered danger inside, he could immediately use its positioning function to transfer to the Eternal World.

So, he pressed a button on the star compass stone.

In an instant, a black hole identical to the previous one appeared beneath his feet.

Immediately after, Ye Xiao was sucked in as if by an invisible force, disappearing from his original spot.

Ye Xiao only felt his vision become a chaotic blur.

At the same time, a strong sense of dizziness struck him.

This startled him greatly.

Fortunately, this dizziness lasted less than half a second.

Immediately, he felt his feet land on a solid surface.

At the same time, his vision recovered.

What entered Ye Xiao's eyes was a dazzling and ethereal glow all around, as if pulled by time and space, appearing incredibly distorted.

The ground beneath Ye Xiao's feet was composed of a deep purple unknown crystal, emitting a soft yet eerie glow.

However, whether it was the dazzling colors around or the eerie glow emanating from beneath his feet, at about 10 meters high, it was as if an invisible giant long blade had cut it in half.

Above that was a deep, dark space.

It made Ye Xiao feel as if the top and bottom were two completely different worlds, giving a strange sense of separation.

At the same time, this bizarre phenomenon brought an incredibly shocking sense of oppression.

Even Ye Xiao, who had already prepared himself mentally, was still deeply shaken by the scene before him.

"There really is such a magical space, is this the Dungeon?"

However, no sooner had Ye Xiao's voice fallen than a pair of terrifying, glowing red eyes suddenly appeared in the indescribably oppressive darkness above his head.

Boom!

Suddenly, a roar, like a clap of thunder out of nowhere, exploded in Ye Xiao's ears.

In an instant, Ye Xiao felt as if his whole body had been struck by lightning, his hair standing on end.

"Despicable otherworldly creature, perish!!"