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Chapter 36: Chapter 36: Important Intelligence, Three Cultivators Enter the Instance!
Chapter 36: Chapter 36: Important Intelligence, Three Cultivators Enter the Instance!
Meanwhile, Su Xing also realized what was going on.
Perhaps the cultivation-oriented dungeons had existed for quite some time, but because Su Xing's status in the simulation had been too low before, he had not been able to access these higher-level pieces of intelligence and data.
"Perhaps, I can try to demonstrate my value in the simulation… that way, I might be able to obtain more information, and I won't encounter any dangers in the real world."
An idea occurred to Su Xing.
One can afford to take more risks in the simulation, but in reality, it's best to be cautious.
"Let's take a look at the information at hand first."
Su Xing turned the information to the next page.
The first dungeon introduced before Su Xing's eyes was named the Blood Demon Cavern.
[Dungeon Name]: Blood Demon Cavern
[Difficulty]: Four stars
[Note]: Be warned, this dungeon has an extremely high level of danger. Seven Heavenly King-level professionals and two Martial Emperor-level professionals have perished within.
[Dungeon Introduction]: Upon first entering the dungeon, professionals will randomly arrive near a sect known as the Blood Demon Sect. Be advised to immediately flee to the north upon arrival, as the southwest direction leads to the stronghold of the Blood Demon Sect.
All members of this sect are known as "cultivators," whose strengths vary widely, but even the weakest among them possesses strength close to the Master level, with some capable of instantly killing Heavenly King-level powerhouses.
Moreover, the disciples of the Blood Demon Sect within this dungeon revel in slaughter and will pursue all professionals who arrive, as they possess special methods to track down the locations of professionals.
[Additional Information]: To date, the dungeon has been explored twice, with a total of 137 professionals entering. Only one professional escaped and returned. The difficulty in exploring this dungeon is extremely high, not recommended!
[First Record Date]: New Era 1978, April 26
[Information Contributor]: Xiang Su
After reading the introduction to the dungeon, Su Xing's brow slightly furrowed.
Clearly, this was not a dungeon suitable for exploration.
At least not suitable for Su Xing's current stage of exploration, because even Martial Emperor-level professionals risked perishing in this dungeon, and Su Xing was just a minor cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage, absolutely insufficient to venture within.
Moreover, according to Su Xing's assessment, the Blood Demon Sect was evidently a demon-cultivating sect, hence their wanton slaughter of the professionals who entered the dungeon.
And the first exploration of this dungeon was in the year 1978 of the New Era, which meant it had been over thirty years.
Such a long period had seen only two human explorations, a testament to the heavy casualties, which is why the higher-ups of Great Xia had not continued to explore.
"Blood Demon Cavern, this is not a dungeon worth exploring…"
Su Xing slightly shook his head and looked toward the next dungeon's name.
[Dungeon Name]: Luo Tian Grand Assembly
[Difficulty]: Two stars
[Note]: There is almost no risk to life in this dungeon, but the rewards are very low.
[Dungeon Introduction]: This dungeon is a recurrent timespace kind, into which only one professional can enter at a time. Every professional entering will be transported to a fixed day, referred to by the cultivators in the dungeon as January 1, Luo Tian calendar year 7266, also the day of the annual Luo Tian Grand Assembly.
Professionals will consistently transmigrate into a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator named Luo Xiaochuan and experience everything he experiences on that day. Except for memories, nothing can be brought out of the dungeon by the professionals who enter.
[Additional Information]: The current count of explorations for this dungeon is 10758
[First Record Date]: New Era 1688, May 4
[Recorder]: ...
Su Xing looked further down and discovered that the recorder had listed many names, and at the very bottom, numerous professionals had recorded their own personal insights about the instance.
Many professionals entered the instance with the thoughts of "giving it a try" or "maybe I'll be the lucky one", but they still failed to discover any clues.
"A time-loop instance?"
Su Xing frowned slightly, as he had some recollection of this type of instance.
Because entering such an instance would mean repeating a fixed point in time, which usually revolves around an important moment.
As for the instance description stating that no items can be brought out, Su Xing did not mind.
After all, besides items, the memories acquired from entering the instance might be very important to Su Xing.
"It's a pity that this documentation doesn't mention the location of the instance, otherwise I could make time to go check it out..."
Su Xing decided to ask Lu Yuanwu later about the location of this instance.
Turning to the next page, Su Xing saw the third instance recorded in the document.
[Instance Name]: The Age of Dusk (Xianwu Era)
[Difficulty]: One star
[Footnote]: The strongest within this instance are about at Master Level. It is safe to enter with two or more professionals at Master Level or above.
[Instance Introduction I]: The time point of this instance is "the end of the Cultivator's era", and according to summaries of historical intelligence, due to the depletion of nature's spiritual energy over thousands of years, and the lack of a cultivation prop known as "Spirit Stone", nearly all Cultivators in the instance remained at the Qi Refinement Realm.
Moreover, the number of Cultivators is frighteningly low, with only one in every ten thousand people being a Cultivator.
[Instance Introduction II]: In the early exploration stages, we merely thought that the natives of the instance possessed only martial arts skills.
But as we gradually made contact, we found that the three main sects within the instance – the Floating Life Sect, the Xuan Huang Sect, and the Changchun Sect – used to have traces of Cultivators in Ancient Times and retained certain Cultivation Techniques.
The highest ranked individuals within these sects are about "Great Grandmasters" of martial arts, roughly equivalent to professionals at Master Level.
[Instance Introduction III]: If one wants to explore this instance, they can enter the Xuan Huang Sect, where there are 16 professionals who are undercover operatives for the military of Great Xia Country, stationed in this instance year-round.
[Supplement]: The current number of explorations for this instance is 367,689
[First Recorded Time]: New Era Year 1956, July 4
[Recorder]: ...
After reading the introduction to this instance, Su Xing's eyes lit up – clearly, it was an instance particularly suited for him to explore!
Despite being called the Age of Dusk and the vast majority of Cultivators having pitifully low Cultivation Levels due to the depletion of spiritual energy resources, and lacking cultivation resources.
But this instance might enable Su Xing to gain a deeper understanding of the world of Cultivation, and he might even be able to obtain some of the Cultivation Techniques that exist within the instance!
What's more crucial is that the name of a sect in this instance caught Su Xing's attention.
"Changchun Sect... Does this have some connection to the Changchun Technique?"
An idea struck Su Xing's mind; perhaps the Changchun Technique from the descent sect originated from this instance.
Su Xing glanced at the time, noticing that there was less than half an hour left until the end of the current immersive simulation.
Su Xing quickly went through the remaining instances related to Cultivation and then took out his phone to dial Lu Yuanwu's number.
"Hello, Su Xing, do you need something?" came Lu Yuanwu's voice from the other end of the phone.
Su Xing cut to the chase and asked directly,
"Lu... Chief, I wanted to ask about the location of the two instances, The Age of Dusk and the Luo Tian Grand Assembly, in the Cultivation-oriented instances!"