Peace in the fairyland (16): Encroachment

The ship stopped deep in the mountains. Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian followed the immortal Song Fengyu down from the ship and saw an exquisite pavilion standing abruptly in the primitive jungle. It was obviously a pocket pavilion carried by the immortal cultivators.

Sure enough, a middle-aged man who had practiced Qi training at the eighth level came out of the pavilion, bowed to the immortal Song Fengyu, handed a jade tablet to Song Fengyu, and explained to everyone:

“Twenty days ago and ten days ago, I passed through the hole twice and arrived at the other side of the world. This time, the world was a desolate world, without spiritual energy, and even without any trace of living things. I tried to communicate or attack but got no response.

Apart from the fact that the consumed spiritual energy cannot be replenished, no other hazards have been found for the time being. The preliminary risk rating is D.”

While listening to the middle-aged man’s report, Song Fengyu quickly read the contents on the jade slip, and then handed the jade slip to the five young men behind him, asking them to pass it around and read it in turn.

The jade slip recorded what the middle-aged man who passed through the newly appeared hole saw and heard in the back world. It was of great reference value to the five young people who were about to go to the back world for training.

After explaining the limited information he had collected, the middle-aged man quietly stepped aside.

Song Fengyu made some calculations, and a previously hidden bronze gate suddenly appeared on the scene. He took the lead and walked through the gate, and the others followed behind him.

After entering the bronze gate, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian found that the scene in front of them had completely changed. There was a huge vortex in front of them. The constantly rotating vortex distorted the surrounding light, and the air seemed to collapse, forming a huge hole.

This was the newly appeared void, which connected another world with the world of cultivation.

Standing next to the hole, Song Fengyu patted the shoulders of the five young people one by one, handed a jade tablet to each of them, reminded them to “be careful”, and watched the young Qi training cultivators hit the strange hole one by one, and their figures disappeared.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian walked at the end. Song Fengyu couldn’t help but remind them a few more times, “If there is any danger to your lives, crush the jade token and I will go and fetch you back.”

His tone and expression were very serious.

Xia Ruize also nodded solemnly and clenched the jade token in his hand.

This jade token was actually the life jade token of Immortal Song Fengyu. Once they crush it, Immortal Song would immediately sense it and then pass through the hole to rescue them.

According to the fairyland’s understanding of the holes and the Behind World over the years, the weaker the person was, the less oppression they would experience when passing through the hole, and when they were confused about the situation, they were least likely to be detected by the natives in the Behind World.

Of course, ordinary people had no skills to rely on and could easily be injured by various accidents.

Therefore, the Immortal Realm would dispatch Qi training disciples to investigate the situation first based on a preliminary assessment of the degree of danger in the Behind World, and arrange for powerful people in the Golden core stage or even Nascent Soul stages to be on standby outside the cave to provide support at any time. If a Qi training disciple encountered an accident, the powerful person could force his way through the cave and try his best to rescue the person.

With mixed feelings, Xia Ruize stood in front of the hole, took a deep breath, and dived into it.

Xia Ruize just felt as if he was thrown into the drum of a washing machine. His body kept tumbling involuntarily, the world was spinning, he felt dizzy, and everything in front of his eyes was strange. Fortunately, the whole process only lasted for more than ten seconds, and he stopped spinning and stood firmly on the ground again.

“Junior Brother Xia, please stand aside. You might block Junior Brother Cheng from there.”

Ouyang Siyu, who was so dizzy that she sat down on the ground, reminded him weakly.

Xia Ruize looked closely and saw that there was a vortex next to him, which was similar in shape to the vortex in the world of immortal cultivation, and it was on the other side of the hole.

Xia Ruize quickly stepped back a few steps, and then saw Cheng Huaiqian suddenly emerge from the hole.

“I suggest that we use this hole as a starting point and explore in different directions simultaneously for five hours.

After five hours, regardless of whether you have made any special discoveries, return here and reunite with the others.”

Murong Ruide was appointed by the Immortal Master Song Fengyu as the leader of the five-member team. After seeing that the other four had rested for a while and recovered, he began to arrange tasks.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian had no objection and said that they would form a group of two and leave after choosing a direction.

Seeing this, the other three simply chose to start exploring in the opposite direction.

Since entering this world, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian could not feel any spiritual energy in the air. This was indeed a world lacking spiritual energy, which meant that the spiritual power of cultivators could not be replenished after it was exhausted.

However, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian’s strength was not just based on spiritual power, they had other things to rely on. The other three were more nervous, but it was not the first time they encountered such a situation, so they were not desperate.

None of the five people used their spiritual power immediately, but walked in the direction of their own choice.

The feeling this world gave people could be summed up in one word: desolate.

All they could see was a blue-grey, barren stone ground. Not even a blade of grass could be seen, only countless gravel. Any light breeze could stir up a cloud of dust.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian had been walking for more than two hours. The scene before them was monotonously desolate. If it weren’t for the marks they left behind showing that they were indeed moving forward, they would probably have thought that they hadn’t gone far at all.

Cheng Huaiqian stopped, looked around, and decided to change his direction. He took out a multi-functional shovel and started digging the ground.

There seemed to be nothing except a pile of rubble shoveled down and a cloud of dust raised.

Xia Ruize looked at the surrounding scene with a moved expression, and awakened Xiao Yu, the queen insect of the invading insect clan who was sleeping in the spiritual pet space. The invading insect’s talent was to devour all kinds of resources. They may have a more accurate judgment ability about this desolate world.

After Xiao Yu was released, her long, soft tentacles shook a few times, and then she spit out dozens of white eggs in succession with a “chi chi chi” sound.

After the washbasin-sized white eggs hit the ground, the advanced insects inside immediately broke out of the eggs.

The insects were seen waving their sharp forelimbs and dancing towards the blue-gray stone ground, followed by a sky full of dust. When the dust settled, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian could no longer see the figures of dozens of insects, only dark deep pits were left.

Not long after, Xiao Yu’s tentacles swung in a happy arc, asking its owner:

“According to our investigation, the ore beneath the surface is of good quality and can be converted into energy for our race. Can I collect this ore?”

“Have you found any signs of biological activity? Or detected any danger?”

Cheng Huaiqian asked the insect with interest.

“At least within a radius of ten kilometers, there are only layers of minerals underground. No signs of other biological activities or dangers have been found for the time being,” Xiao Yu replied.

It was obvious that during this period of time, the insects sent to dig holes had already run quite a distance.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian looked at each other and fell into deep thought.

“According to the fairyland’s experience in resolving the back world, the solutions are mainly divided into attack, assistance, and assimilation… If we release the invasive insects, it should be considered an attempt to use offensive means, right?”

Xia Ruize touched his nose and said uncertainly.

From the large amount of information they had read, the attack methods of the immortal cultivators were nothing more than attacks with magic weapons, and they released the invading insects, which was probably the introduction of foreign creatures…

“Give it a try, and adapt to the situation.”

Cheng Huai was eager to try and was very optimistic about the development of the situation.

So, after getting Xia Ruize’s consent, Xiao Yu spat out happily, and this time what came out was the innate ability of the queen insect of the invading insect clan, lava.

The burning lava melted the ground as soon as it fell to the ground, and then slowly melted towards the location of the energy mineral.

In stark contrast to the sinking magma were the invading insects that continuously leap out of the magma.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian witnessed with their own eyes the terrifying reproductive ability of the invading insects. They watched helplessly as an endless stream of insects leaped out of the lava and rushed towards the surrounding stone walls. Their powerful forelimbs quickly dug holes and soon disappeared.

In just over ten minutes, hundreds of invading insects jumped out of the magma and disappeared from the two people’s sight. It could be inferred that hundreds of new passages may have appeared underground under their feet.

“Oh, the little guys found a little treasure.” Xiao Yu’s happy voice rang out.

Soon, an insect suddenly emerged from a hole in the ground. It held a bowl-sized blue transparent stone in its forelimbs and placed it at Xia Ruize’s feet. Then it turned around and jumped into the deep pit. It was unknown where it went to continue its exploration.

“This thing is called ‘stone marrow’ in my inherited memory. There is liquid inside the stone marrow, which has a good effect on humans.”

It was naturally impossible for Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian to eat and digest the hard ores all over the ground, but fortunately there were other good resources on this planet that were suitable for humans, Xiao Yu said happily.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian looked at the blue transparent stone in front of them with surprise. They never expected to have such an unexpected gain.

No wonder alchemists and weapon refiners in the world of immortal cultivation always mention the Behind World when talking about raw materials, because these alien worlds really did have some useful resources.

For example, the blue transparent stone in front of him, coincidentally, Xia Ruize knew what it was, because it was both beautiful and expensive. Xia Ruize had noticed it when browsing the merchandise in the Lord God’s Store.

In the Lord’s shop, the name of this thing was “Rejuvenation Liquid”. It was obviously a stone but it was called “liquid” because the most valuable part of this thing was the small hole of semi-solidified liquid in the middle of the stone. After processing, humans can revitalize cells and even achieve rejuvenation by taking it.

Xia Ruize put the things into space, preparing to sell them to the Lord God after returning. They didn’t know how to process the material, and it would be a bit reckless to just chop it up and drink it. In addition, they didn’t really need the effect of rejuvenation at the moment, so they might as well sell it and exchange it for survival points.

After this incident, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian became more interested in the exploration of invasive insects. They simply sat next to the cave and waited for their subordinates to send them some valuable resources for some reason.

The invading insects were excited to expand their territory everywhere. Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian watched patiently for an hour. After collecting some precious materials, they no longer stayed where they were, but got up and continued to explore on foot in the direction of the original plan.