Chapter 527: Chapter 344 [Twin City World]_2
...
[Mission: "Ninefold Thunder Blade"]
[Difficulty: Hard]
[Scale: Two-person mission]
[Content: Seize all components of the Divine Artifact ’Nine-layered Thunder Blade’ from the members of the ’Dark Star Guild.’]
[Time limit: No deadline]
[Reward: 900 points]
[Note: Abandoning the mission requires consuming ten thousand jin of Essence Stone]
...
"Abandoning the mission requires ten thousand jin of Essence Stone, no wonder Old Wang is willing to spend money to get me to help."
Yan Chuan smiled.
In the next moment, the world spun and transformed.
...
’White Bird Sacred Land’ is located at the center of the continent, serving as the martial arts hub of the Central Earth World. Many talented Martial Artists freely display their skills here, and the ’White Bird Sacred Land’ is commanded by a council of elders composed of historical families, with a strict hierarchy.
’Red Moon City’ is situated in the Lower City of ’White Bird Sacred Land’, on its backside. Although located underground, a red moon hangs high in its sky year-round, providing light to the Lower City and serving as a power source for the Abnormal people. It functions as a manufacturing hub for various weapons, Exotic Treasures, Elixir Pills, and Forbidden Medicines. The intertwining of darkness is prevalent, with the harsh living conditions driving many to pursue power through extreme means, eventually making them neither human nor ghost.
White Bird!
Red Moon!
Upper City!
Lower City!
One white, one black!
This is the [Twin Cities World]!
...
"This place is too oppressive!"
Upon entering, Yan Chuan felt an immense oppression as he observed the surroundings.
However, Yan Chuan soon felt a stirring, touching the ’Star Stone’ in his sleeve—
[Miracle Item·Star Stone (Level 40): Naturally formed, can absorb ’Qi-Blood’ and ’Star’ power, shuttles between closely-overlapping worlds. (Traits: Star Realm Gate, Mustard Space, Gravity Domain, Insight into All Heavens)]
(Upgradable with tenfold Spiritual)
...
As early as when Yan Chuan strengthened the ’Star Stone’ to level 30, a trait named ’Insight into All Heavens’ was added.
The so-called ’Insight into All Heavens’ is similar to ’Search’, allowing the Star Stone to locate spatial weaknesses, gaining insight into the existence of Abnormal Space and Abnormal Worlds. After gaining insight, it is possible to travel through the ’Star Realm Gate’, similar to the Great Yan and the Mountain and Sea Realm.
However, such Abnormal Spaces are difficult to find, and spatial weaknesses are rare and elusive. Each activation of ’Insight into All Heavens’ is highly energy-consuming, requiring a one-time expenditure of all the accumulated energy of a ’Level 30 Star Stone’.
It takes at least two months.
Even though Yan Chuan strengthened the Star Stone to Level 40 before the Cang Mountain Sword Discussion, this function never achieved success, as Yan Chuan never found even a single Abnormal Space.
Unexpectedly!
Today, upon first entering the ’Underground City’, at the very moment he set foot in this [Twin Cities World], the ’Star Stone’ immediately sensed—
[Great Yan!]
[Mountain and Sea Realm!]
Upon carefully feeling the Star Stone, Yan Chuan’s heart skipped a beat: "This level 40 Star Stone can actually connect the Twin Cities World with the Great Yan World and Mountain and Sea Realm!"
This was shocking!
Originally, it required the use of the ’Earth Gate’ and ’Heavenly Ladder City’ to enter [Twin City World]’s ’Underground City World’, explore the world, complete corresponding tasks, and receive corresponding rewards.
For example, Wang Zhengyi.
"The same mission, when I came alone, the task reward was 2000 points. But after sharing it with you, it became a two-person mission with only 900 points." Wang Zhengyi was surprised.
Whether it was a solo task or a two-person task, or whether it was solo exploration or dual exploration, it was Wang Zhengyi’s first time.
He got stuck on the [Ninefold Thunder Blade] mission, unwilling to give up, and thus sought Yan Chuan’s帮助.
However, as a result—
The task rewards were reduced!
The task time lengthened!
Essence Stone consumption increased!
No matter how you calculate, it’s a loss!
But if switched to Yan Chuan who holds the ’Star Stone’?
"If I encounter a difficult task, I can completely pause after one round of exploration, exit from the ’Underground City World’ through the ’Earth Gate’, then use the ’Star Stone’ to ’smuggle’ back in, bypassing the ’Earth Gate’ and ’Underground City’s task system to continue the task. Once all clues are found, or task requirements completed, I can make a pass through the ’Earth Gate’, go through the motions, and easily complete any difficulty task!"
"All tasks can be completed in ’one in, one out, one in’!’ (This is the ’cheating effect’ of the ’Star Stone!’)
This is the first aspect.
Additionally—
"As I go through more and more ’Underground City Worlds’ in the ’Earth Gate’, I will gain the ability to freely shuttle between more worlds using the ’Star Stone’. Shuttling through all heavens, unifying resources, I will certainly grow faster!"
Yan Chuan was delighted.
Level 40 Star Stone!
Today, it gave him a tremendous surprise!
...
"The so-called ’Red Moon City’ is essentially a vast underground city district, situated below the surrounding ravines and canyons of the ’White Bird Sacred Land’."
Wang Zhengyi had been exploring this [Twin Cities World] for twenty days and had a grasp on some basic information, especially about ’Red Moon City’.
The chaos, filth, and decay he witnessed here shocked him and made him unable to adapt.
Hearing this, Yan Chuan turned his head to look.
He saw intertwining layers of corroding and aging exhaust pipes emitting smoke of various colors. These were constructed when ’Red Moon City’ and ’White Bird Sacred Land’ were once united for smoke venting from weapon workshops and alchemy workshops in the Lower City, mutually assisted by the Upper and Lower Cities. Once, ’Red Moon City’ was as clean and tidy as the Upper City due to these complex yet orderly exhaust networks.
However, as tensions between ’Abnormal people’ and ’Martial Masters’, ’Commoners’ and ’historical families’ intensified, the split between the Upper and Lower Cities became inevitable, leading to repeated turmoil. ’Martial Masters’ and ’historical families’ emerged victorious, the Upper City’s ’White Bird Sacred Land’ grew more prosperous, remaining clean and tidy as the continent’s center. Meanwhile, ’Red Moon Land’ fell apart, becoming dilapidated. ’Abnormal people’ and ’Troublemakers’ became like rats in the gutter, living in hiding.
In the Lower City, Earth Fire emerged in clusters, with each patch of Earth Fire capable of forming various sizes of alchemy and weapon workshops. Leaking colorful smoke from the broken exhaust networks distorted the red moonlight above, creating bizarre color pollution in ’Red Moon City’ through the cross-reflection.
Yet, despite being shrouded in a smog-covered, red-moon twilight, the prosperity here remained undiminished.
The residents here were a diverse group with a rich tapestry of cultures. Criminals, ambitious individuals, Hard Cultivators, and Sect traitors from across Central Earth gathered here.
The wealth of the ’White Bird Sacred Land’ also stimulated the development of ’Red Moon City’, making it a dark mirror of the city above.
Many of the goods supposedly destined for ’White Bird Sacred Land’ from all over Central Earth and beyond eventually found their way into ’Red Moon City’s black market.
Some craftsmen and Pharmacists might find restrictions in the upper city, White Bird Sacred Land, too strict. Many discover that their forbidden research is quite popular and has a large market in ’Red Moon City’.
Demon Technique!
Forbidden Medicine!
Evil Weapon!
The more reckless!
The more evil!
The more unstable!
These techniques, Elixir Pills, and Weapons become even more popular in ’Red Moon City’.
Ten thousand years is too long, striving to seize every moment.
This indulgence and gathering of evil pollute vast areas of ’Red Moon City’, making living conditions more and more dangerous. Toxic wastewater accumulates in downstream areas of the city. Yet even here, people manage to survive and thrive, awakening strange abilities and bloodlines—
...