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Chapter 794 The Enemy May Be More Powerful Than Imagined

"Ancestors?"

Luo Jun and Mu Lanshi were slightly taken aback: "People from the Lost Lands can leave behind descendants?"

Upon hearing his words, the rest of the team looked at him with expressions of utter disbelief: "People come from the Lost Lands too, so why can't they leave offspring?"

Luo Jun immediately realized that although it was a game world, the people in this world could still reproduce and pass on their lineage.

"What's the difference between the descendants of the Lost Lands and those whose ancestors were in the Empire?" Luo Jun asked.

"Different?" Captain Sword and Shield said, "It's probably because people from the Lost Lands have higher innate attributes and usually possess some innate abilities, so most of the Empire's mercenaries come from the Lost Lands."

Luo Jun and Mu Lanshi exchanged a glance. It seemed their previous guesses were correct; this world had been recruiting "players" from various worlds for hundreds of years.

Just then, the group arrived in front of a huge tombstone.

"This is the tombstone of the Goblin King, the lord of the first floor of the Tower of Babel," the sword and shield warrior explained. "Every lord will have a tombstone like this after they are defeated. As long as you stand next to the tombstone, you can activate the inter-floor teleportation function, and you can freely teleport to any floor you have already conquered."

"However, I still want to remind you that even if you have already conquered the levels, the monsters at higher levels are very powerful. Since you are only around level 30, it is safer for you to stay below level 20. You can go to level 7 or 8 first to get used to it."

As they spoke, they stood before the tombstone: "Have you decided where you're going?"

"We..." Luo Jun opened the task list: "We need to go to the 27th floor to pick Red Silk Flowers."

"Red Silk Flower?" The team members were surprised to hear this. "You've taken on such a difficult task right off the bat? I suggest you give up."

"Is this mission dangerous?" Luo Jun asked.

"Among the B-level missions available, this is the most dangerous," said the mage in the team. "The 27th floor is full of reptilian monsters, and the Crimson Silk Flower is located in a valley. Although the leader has been killed, a monster called the Petrifying Lizard still spawns in that valley periodically. Its venom can turn people into stone statues. Without a way to resist petrification, it is very difficult to explore inside."

"Is it that dangerous?" Luo Jun feigned surprise. "Then let's go back and cancel the mission. You guys go up first."

"Why don't you join us on the mission?" the sword and shield captain suggested. "Our mission is on the eighth floor, and it's a piecework collection mission. With your help, we can earn more rewards."

"Then no need, let's take another look." Luo Jun declined the team members' suggestion.

"This world is a new world in our eyes, but for people from other worlds, they've been in contact with it for at least several hundred years." After watching them teleport away, Mu Lanshi said to Luo Jun, "By the way, do you think that guy who intercepted the God of Wealth, who resolutely escaped into this world, might have already known the rules of this world?"

Luo Jun frowned. His main purpose in coming to this world was not to "rescue" the explorers trapped here, but to find the mysterious person who intercepted Zhao Gongming and stole the Kiss of the Goddess of Life.

When Luo Jun first arrived at Harbor Harbor, he inquired about people from the Lost Lands, but found no clues related to him. The only direction he could take was to the capital to search for the Tower of Babel.

Because the killer was clearly a Feathered One, and the Ice Queen was also in the [game] world.

In the vast world of the game, finding someone is like finding a needle in a haystack, but two people who have both ascended to immortality should have a connection. Especially the moment the killer entered the game.

It can be said that the Snow Queen is now Luo Jun's only clue.

As for the Kiss of the Goddess of Life, Luo Jun wasn't worried for the time being. All treasures would be sealed away in this world, including mythical ones; that thing should still be lying obediently in the other party's treasure chest. As long as he could find it as soon as possible, there shouldn't be any problems.

However, it now seems that the rules of this "game" have been running for a long time; it's just that the people of the main world came into contact with it relatively late. And the killer of unknown origin obviously doesn't match any known Ascension from the main world, so it's very likely that he was an Ascension from another world.

However, the gates connecting the main world to the various other worlds are all guarded by dedicated personnel, and there have been no reports of any unusual activity.

This presented Luo Jun with a possibility.

"Sister Mu, do you think it's possible that this Ascension came from the [game] world?" Luo Jun suddenly asked.

"From the [Game] world?" Mu Lanshi analyzed, following Luo Jun's train of thought: "That's possible, which is why he would come here without hesitation after killing and stealing the treasure... But since he's not a descendant of the main world, how could he not have attracted the attention of other descendants when he entered the main world from another world?"

“Perhaps he has arrived earlier than we thought!” Luo Jun analyzed: “The Gate of the Game is a brand new interdimensional gate. Its appearance is definitely accompanied by strong spatial fluctuations, which will cause changes in the spiritual energy of the main world. In essence, it is very similar to the fluctuations when the Feather Transformation exerts its power, but much stronger. It will be sensed by the Feather Transformation of the main world immediately. This is why a new gate is discovered immediately once it appears in this world.”

"If this guy sneaked into the main world while the [Game] Gate was still unstable, then the fluctuations of the gate could completely cover up the noise of his appearance. As long as he hides, even the Ascension Realm members of the main world won't be able to find him."

"So, he may have already adapted to the rules of the game?" Mulan Shi frowned.

“Very likely.” Luo Jun nodded, then frowned and said, “It’s still uncertain whether the abilities and enhancements gained in this [game] world can be taken out. If not, then this person is in a bit of trouble.”

After several days of observation, Luo Jun had gained a preliminary understanding of the power of various abilities under the rules of this world. An ordinary person could become a powerful warrior or mage by leveling up, adding skills, and learning spells. Although this process was also difficult, it was still much easier than breaking through and comprehending through proper cultivation.

If these additional abilities can be brought into the real world, then it's easy to understand why a master from a game could have strength comparable to a celestial being.

But if it's the other way around, and the abilities from the game can't be used, how terrifying would a top-tier powerhouse who can easily kill a cultivator who has already ascended to immortality be if they received enhancements from the game?

Moreover, unlike the Ice Queen who is a newcomer to the Ascension Realm, if this mysterious person has truly been dominating the game world for many years, his own formidable strength alone could probably transform ordinary people into Ascension Realm experts.

He was already a powerful Ascension cultivator capable of quickly killing the God of Wealth, and with the added bonus of being at least on par with an Ascension cultivator... the terror of his strength in the [game] world was probably beyond imagination.

Mulan Shi was also very clever and immediately understood the implication in Luo Jun's words: "So what do you mean?"

“We can’t dawdle any longer,” Luo Jun said. “I thought we’d have to climb each floor of the Tower of Babel one by one, and I had a few missions to complete along the way. Now that we can ‘take the elevator,’ let’s go straight to the forty-ninth floor. If the cerebral thrombosis commando team is still inside, they’re probably on the fiftieth floor doing their latest strategy!” “Hmm,” Mu Lanshi nodded. “The Tower of Babel gets narrower as you go up. The fiftieth floor shouldn’t be very big; it should be easy to find!”

Without delay, the two immediately activated the tombstone.

Do you need to consume magic? Each level requires 100 magic points, so the 49th level would require nearly 5,000 magic points. Most players wouldn't be able to climb that high in one go.

“My magic power is not enough…” Mu Lanshi said, “How about I go up to the thirtieth floor first? Do you have enough magic power to support the remaining eighteen floors?”

"Don't worry, I have a way." Luo Jun smiled, raised his hand and placed it on the tombstone, pouring 4,800 points of magic into it. The two of them immediately lit up with light, and a moment later, they were standing on a circular teleportation platform, surrounded by a huge swamp.

"This is the forty-ninth floor?" Mu Lanshi looked around. "Why don't I see the lord's tombstone?"

“This should be the starting point for entering the 49th floor from the 48th floor,” Luo Jun guessed. “Because the 50th floor has not yet been conquered, the tombstone on the 49th floor is not included in the ‘elevator’ system. To get to the 50th floor, you can only go to the entrance of the 49th floor first, and then walk from the entrance to the location of the lord’s tombstone.”

"I see..." Mu Lanshi looked at Luo Jun: "Hey? Why isn't your mana bar moving at all? Didn't you activate the tombstone with your own magic?"

"That's why I said there's a way!" Luo Jun thought to himself that his mana bar was definitely still moving, but the amount was so small that it was invisible to the naked eye, and it was probably full in an instant.

"There's a forest all around..." Luo Jun looked around. At the edge of the swamp, there were some kind of unknown semi-aquatic trees with broad canopies and aerial roots that plunged vertically into the water, forming a vast swamp ecosystem. As for the location of the tombstone, it was the only land in this body of water that one could still stand on.

“There’s a bridge over here!” Mulan pointed to the side of the tombstone. “It’s a wide stone bridge? Where can you find stones to build a bridge in this swampy terrain?”

"It must have been made using magic." When Luo Jun was advancing in the Magic Guild, he learned a bit about the effects of various spells: "Earth magic has the ability to create things, and building bridges or fortifications is a very common application. This should have been built by mercenary groups that had already completed their conquests, to facilitate their journey from the starting point to other locations."

"Shall we head straight for the fiftieth floor now?" Mu Lanshi asked as she walked toward the stone bridge. "Since this bridge was left, it should be in this direction, right?"

"Let me check out the terrain first." With that, Luo Jun took to the air, leaping high above the swamp, and landed a moment later.

"You can fly?" Mu Lanshi had never seen Luo Jun use his flying ability before. "I didn't sense any wind element. How did you fly?"

"How is that possible? The Tower of Babel has strict restrictions on flight capabilities. Outside, you can't even fly more than a thousand meters. Inside, there are more than forty floors, so it's basically a no-fly zone."

"Then you are..."

"If you can't fly, can't you jump?"

"Jump?" Mu Lanshi exclaimed in surprise, "You just jumped at least seventy or eighty meters... Are you a martial arts fighter?"

"What's the big deal? If I wasn't afraid of hitting my head, seven or eight kilometers would be nothing more than a tiptoe for me..." Luo Jun laughed.

Mu Lanshi's expression changed from surprise to speechlessness: "If you could get rid of your bragging habit, you would indeed be a rare young talent."

It's like someone saying they can earn a million a year, you'd praise them for being amazing, but if they said they had a four-million-dollar drying tower and had dried seventy-five million of them, you'd only look at them with the same concern you'd show a mental patient.

Luo Jun didn't care about Mu Lanshi's opinion and asked with a smile, "Good news or bad news, which do you want to hear?"

"Okay then..." Mu Lanshi said, "It's better to be optimistic at this time..."

“The good news is, I saw the lord’s tombstone,” Luo Jun said, pointing in a direction.

"What about the bad ones?" Mulan asked.

“It’s quite far.” Luo Jun sighed. “From the outside, the Tower of Babel appears narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, but the interior space seems to increase with each floor. The tombstone is at least ten kilometers away, and in between are endless swamps and tropical rainforests…”

"That far?" Mulan Shi asked in surprise, "Then how did you see it?"

“If you stand high enough, it’s hard not to see it.” Luo Jun sighed. “That huge tombstone looks like a building standing there, towering over the dense forest.”

"Moreover, this jungle is very quiet, with no trace of powerful monster battles or activities."

“After all, the leader was only killed a few days ago…” Mulan Shi nodded: “The monsters on this floor shouldn’t have respawned yet. If the others are still around, they should be on the fiftieth floor, right?”

"Shall we go take a look?" Luo Jun asked Mu Lanshi.

Whether it's the fiftieth floor or the hundredth floor, with Luo Jun's current abilities, he dares to go anywhere. However, Mu Lanshi is, after all, a clerical worker who isn't good at combat. Judging from the description, even the monsters on the fiftieth floor must be quite powerful. She might be in danger going up there, and what if she can't protect them...?

"It's alright, I bought this." Mu Lanshi took out a scroll from her backpack: "An escape scroll. It can be used in dungeons. Once activated, it will teleport the group to the entrance of the current dungeon. If there's danger, the two of us can just tear open the scroll and escape!"

"You're quite well-prepared. When did you buy it?" Luo Jun asked, somewhat surprised.

"It wasn't cheap when you upgraded your magic level; it cost me ten gold coins!"

"Let's go then." Now that there was a guarantee, Luo Jun didn't have so many worries. The two crossed the stone bridge and walked towards the tombstone.

Meanwhile, at the headquarters of the Imperial Capital Mercenary Guild.

"Huh?" The beautiful receptionist was slightly surprised to see the people who came to hand in their mission. "The Cerebral Thrombosis Commando Team? Aren't you in the Tower of Babel?"

(End of this chapter)