Chapter 821: The Mountain
Chapter 821: The Mountain
"It's time to go up and take a look."
With all the red dots on the ground cleared, Lindsey naturally had to return to the surface to assess the situation.
He had some questions about the current state of affairs.
It was only natural for the Star Sea Turtle to be crushed to death by a meteorite, but how did the Sea Phantom Overlord, a mere ghostly spirit, meet its end?
"It can't be that the flames on the surface of the meteorite burned it to death, right?"
Lindsey waited underground for the cooling process.
However, before the Eternal Mark skill could activate again, he suddenly felt an immense force surging within him, growing stronger and stronger with no signs of stopping!
"Huh?"
"What's going on?"
For a moment, Lindsey was at a loss.
A massive influx of experience continued to pour into his body, and under the influence of Essence Cultivation Technique, he even felt a sense of being stuffed, as if he had overeaten. Yet, his stomach was empty, leaving him unable to alleviate this feeling of being 'stuffed'.
Lindsey paused, and then he realized where this power was coming from—the Online Game Module: Monster Slaying Upgrade.
[Monster Slaying Upgrade: Players can absorb corresponding experience points by killing each enemy or friendly unit, strengthening their attributes.
Note: No pay-to-win, all equipment depends on drops! One-hit 9999 damage! Come and fight me if you're a real bro!]
With Lindsey's current abilities, enemies below the fifth stage couldn't provide him with much experience.
This was reflected in his experience bar, which grew by a hair's breadth at most.
However, the current situation was different.
Since the Ocean Catastrophe was a curse cast by Lindsey, after the meteorite fell, every unit it killed was also counted towards Lindsey's kills.
This meteorite had taken out two powerful seventh-stage beings. How vast was its impact, and how devastating was its destructive power?
Lindsey swallowed hard as he remained underground, unable to properly assess the situation.
After waiting a few more minutes, his experience bar continued to rise steadily and rapidly. Roughly speaking, it was as if Lindsey had completed an extremely challenging task every few minutes! It was at this moment that Lindsey felt a bit uneasy:
"It's a good thing that this world has just been born and there are no intelligent life forms yet."
"Otherwise, the consequences of such an act would be too great."
The cold, hard numbers on his experience bar, if placed in reality, represented a living, breathing life.
With this thought, Lindsey moved upwards towards the soil.
As he constantly monitored the growth of his experience bar, he even slowed down his movement.
After a quarter of an hour, he returned to the surface.
Lindsey looked around—
The low-hanging sky was shrouded in thick smoke, and not a sliver of starlight could penetrate the darkness that enveloped the world.
The air was also terribly murky.
Taking a breath, one couldn't help but cough.
Especially below his feet, where the half-meter deep seawater had vanished, and in its place stood a mountain formed by a meteorite.
"..."
In silence, Lindsey climbed to the summit of this 'mountain'.
He switched to Magic Runes and used Atmospheric Touch to observe his surroundings. At the foot of the mountain, there was a naturally formed 'moat' surrounding it, and the waters of the Starry Sea were constantly flowing into it, causing the water level to rise.
This was, in fact, the impact crater formed by the meteorite's impact.
"No wonder that guy died too."
As he stared at the scene before him, Lindsey finally understood.
The Hunting Journal clearly stated—[Hunting Advice: Remove it from the Cursed Ocean or attack with positive energy.]
The seawater beneath his feet had long since disappeared.
Not a trace of the Catastrophe Sea's environment remained.
The sea had vanished!
The undead, known for its extraordinary immortality, also met its end under this heavenly disaster.
Standing atop the mountain, Lindai scratched his head, "With the battlefield in such ruins, how am I supposed to gather materials, especially from that undead lord?"
He recalled his escape route.
The Seventh Stage Beast's materials were not to be overlooked, so after confirming its approximate location, Lindai strolled to the left from the top of the meteorite, bypassing several huge cracks along the way. Once he found the right spot, he took out his hoe and began digging downward.
Clang, clang, clang—
"Oh well, there's no other choice."
"The Eternal Mark is still cooling down, so I'll dig as much as I can, saving time in the process."
After a few swings of the hoe, Lindai discovered a pleasant surprise.
This meteorite, summoned by a curse, had a molten outer shell, but most of its interior could be used as meteorite materials.
When leaving the Hidden Periphery, Lindai had collected a batch of meteorites, but they were almost depleted during his long adventure.
Now, an entire mountain of meteorites lay before him.
Lindai dug downward, creating a passage, and what was supposed to be a path to gather materials turned into a delightful collection process!
Lindai enjoyed the task, digging downward until he reached a height near the center of the meteorite.
Suddenly, a marker flashed on the map.
The Professional Miner's Pointer alerted him to the presence of rare minerals nearby!
"Rare minerals inside the meteorite?" Lindai raised an eyebrow.
He opened the map to confirm his altitude.
Adjusting to the right position, he changed direction and began digging towards the very center of the meteorite.
Clang, clang— Lindai created an L-shaped mine shaft with a vertical bend inside the meteorite.
Finally, at the marked location on the map, he saw a special object surrounded by crimson flames, radiating a metallic glow.
Boom—
Simultaneously, a heat wave rushed towards Lindai.
However, his defense was now strong enough to withstand the heat wave, so he endured it and approached the crimson metal, reaching out with his right hand.
[Material: Celestial Odd Gold]
[A legendary ore containing celestial meteor fire, extremely durable. Can be used to craft anti-gravity equipment; when smelting other weapons, adding a certain proportion of this ore can grant the weapon an unbreakable attribute.]
[An ultra-rare material that can only be found in the center of a massive meteorite, it has a high value.]
"A legendary metal?" Lindai blinked.
His defense was high enough to ignore the flames on the meteorite.
After holding the material in his hand, he opened the workbench and saw the crafting formula for the anti-gravity equipment described earlier. However, like the Sun Fragment, most of the required materials were rare items he had never seen before.
More importantly, this legendary metal fulfilled a synthesis formula in Lindai's Magic Rune system.
Without hesitation, he began crafting on the workbench.
[1 Metal Emblem + 1 Legendary Metal = Steel Emblem]
[Emblem/Material: Steel Emblem]
[When equipped, the user's physical defense ability is moderately enhanced; when using metal-type weapons in combat, destructive power is increased; by expending Essence, one can temporarily transform a part of their body into a metallic material; can also be used to craft other items.]
[Advanced Metal Emblem, a special item with a high value.]
(End of Chapter)
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