Chapter 1557
Chapter 1557 - 1553 Local Customs
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Layer 422, a place surrounded by sandstorms, the Skull Mountains... When Lu Ping’an saw this address, he thought it was a joke.
If it weren’t for Trina leading the way, who knows how long it would take to find this "relatively safe" gathering place.
But considering that it’s impossible to make accurate geographical coordinates in this world, with too many terrain changes and mountain wind erosion, this simple and direct description might just be the most valuable and unchangeable map.
"Using landmarks as reference points, huh... Quite an ancient method."
What Lu Ping’an held in his hand was an instrument similar to a diving watch.
The "layers" in this world are not a concept in a physical sense, but a description of "energy levels."
You walk and walk, and suddenly feel suffocated; you might have reached the next layer. Even Lu Ping’an needs to gradually adapt to this continuously rising "altitude."
And Lu Ping’an himself, actually has a more direct and effective way of observing.
[Congratulations Host, Life Points +5, total Life Points have slightly increased.]
[Congratulations Host, Spatial Perception Ability has received a minor enhancement...]
During this process, Lu Ping’an also received the gifts from this world, which is why he has been quite patient and in good spirits these past few days.
In fact, among various abilities, his Spatial Perception Ability has always been his weak point. It’s quite difficult to improve this in a normal Plane, yet it’s an essential ability for a Runner... of the Constant Motion system.
Even though he has improved in various aspects, progress in this area has always been slow.
Even though he possesses the Eye of Truth and can see the secrets of the world, Lu Ping’an still lacks the ability to directly "interfere."
Now that he can improve, he is naturally very satisfied... Lu Ping’an realized that this seemingly flat Wilderness is actually a fractured and folded space. Even walking within it is like walking on a blueprint, naturally boosting Lu’s understanding of space.
As he gradually mastered his direction in this chaotic and broken world, he also achieved a slight qualitative change.
[Obtain Truth’s Spatial Interference (Lower Gold Passive Ability): You see, you conquer, you reach out to touch... and your hand is gone!!]
Although this explanation sounds a bit quirky, Lu Ping’an could understand that, with the assistance of the Eye of Truth, he was now able to interfere with spatial stability to some extent... This ever-changing particle-based world allowed him to understand the underlying rules of its changes, and thus he had the premise for interference.
But as this quirky explanation hinted... you can interfere, but please be ready to bear the consequences of interference.
Casually shattering spatial stability, whether it results in spatial collapse or even a direct dimensional collapse, are both possibilities.
Of course, what’s more likely is angering the World’s Will of this region, getting directly hunted down endlessly.
"This area is quite interesting... it’s not just a sandstorm."
𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
The area he reached had several large sandstorms visible to the naked eye surrounding it.
These storms, in reality, had "space" forcibly compressed. Lu Ping’an had no doubts that entering them might lead to a shattered small world.
And they might merely be "barriers" to the core.
On that sand dune, there were countless enormous skulls, some resembling dragons, some resembling wolves, and even some resembling humans. But even the smallest among them reminded Lu Ping’an of the Super Behemoths from the Green Planet.
The Skull Mountains, true to its name, within these giant bones, housed countless busy members of Intelligent Races—this was the den of the "Wine Creek" Beast King.
"Are the supplies ready?"
"Yes, various strong liquors..."
It’s said that the Beast King here is addicted to alcohol... to be precise, it’s extremely obsessed with substances that bring about a sense of intoxication and loss of control.
It is for this reason that among the strong life forms here, it is one of the few with clear needs, and these needs are relatively easy to satisfy, which has led to the prosperity of its domain.
Of course, it itself doesn’t mind much; it scarcely even enters its own city...
"Huh, it’s actually at home, lucky."
After offering the "sacrificial offering" at the entrance storage place, the group entered the den.
And those liquor bottles and boxes were directly swept up into the sky...
Following the direction of Trina’s finger, Lu Ping’an saw that legendary existence.
It, or perhaps he, was actually standing right there all along.
"Is it the space? The storm? Or something else..."
Lu Ping’an had the Eye of Truth, but he didn’t look around rashly this time... Observation is itself a form of interference and even a provocation; at this distance, Lu Ping’an did not want to attract trouble for himself.
And his crude "observation" had already provided a more complete depiction than anyone else could manage.
That was a "black whirlwind" becoming more and more distinct the higher it went, with its enormous body shape compressed, casting a "shadow" that already exceeded the size of its own den.
And Lu Ping’an’s group had just stepped into the first zone of the den, at the entrance between the giant lion-beast’s fangs.
Looking up, gazing at the sky, Lu Ping’an sighed. He couldn’t think of a way to kill this creature; he began to understand the difficulties faced by the Domineering Three-Faced Church.
"The Beast King is what we call it, the local life forms use a word which translates to something like ’Master’... Beast Lord might be a more direct description, but personally, I think it resembles more of a Master of the Space Plane."
A senior provided Lu Ping’an with this introduction, and within her words, these entities actually don’t need to be taken too seriously... Humans do not care about the ants they pass by; as long as you don’t ludicrously provoke it, it will naturally ignore you.
"No, it is the space itself... This is an overlay of several dimensions."
What Lu Ping’an depicted was closer to the truth, yet it was more difficult to explain how such a being came into existence.
"We need to find our outpost here first..."
As a guide, Trina was quite excited; she actually quite liked the "city-states" here because they always surprised her.
But according to the plan, their first task was to familiarize new members with the local outpost before it was her turn to have fun...
"Uh, our outpost, are they human?"
"Of course."
"Are they wearing black uniforms, with shaved heads and tattoos with Enchanted Attributes... okay, don’t look at me like that; looks like I found them."
Saying that, Lu Ping’an pointed upwards.
At the "lion’s" upper fang, among the hanging bodies, the familiar human figures were among them.
At this moment, Trina was first shocked, then pleased... then she struggled to muster some anger.
"Great... uh, bastard, how dare they kill our people! Come on, follow me to wipe out their entire family!!"
This time, Lu Ping’an fully understood the rules of this world.
— End of Chapter 1557 —