The copy has 0 error tolerance, and the last words on the ground are all wrong for me.

Chapter 523 Christine's Summoning

Wu Chang looked at the flickering flames in the ruins of the forging furnace and a knowing look appeared on his face.

If the Divine Craftsman's Furnace breaks down after only one attempt at crafting equipment, then its value is far from comparable to that of the Immortal Essence Golden Scale.

Within the Immortal Essence Golden Scales lies the very Primordial Spiritual Pivot, capable of opening the door to S-rank items for other items.

In the reforging of the Golden Throne, if the contribution of the Immortal Golden Scales accounts for 80%, the performance of the Divine Craftsman's Furnace is at most on par with that of the "Horn of Earth" and the "Feather of Wind".

Is it possible that the Divine Craftsman's Furnace and the Immortal Golden Scales are bundled together as a reward, just like getting a bowl for buying five packs of instant noodles at the supermarket?

The answer is of course no.

The value of the Divine Craftsman's Furnace lies in two aspects: first, the celestial abode that serves as the furnace's body, and second, the earth fire drawn from within that abode.

As the earth fire died down and the immortal abode where the Divine Craftsman's Furnace was located collapsed, its inherent value must have been in the earth fire itself.

Just as Wu Chang guessed, after the Divine Craftsman's Furnace was broken, the core that ignited the earth fire within it did not dissipate. The flames floating in the ruins at this moment are the core of the earth fire.

Earth fire corresponds to heavenly thunder, which is the energy of heaven, representing destruction, punishment, and the maintenance of order.

Earth fire is the spirit of the earth, representing vitality, creation, and the nurturing of all things.

The vitality within the earth fire can stimulate the spirituality of various materials, allowing them to burn only their form without damaging their spirit. Even if fire-sensitive plants are thrown into the furnace, they can still be perfectly integrated into the magical artifact.

Creation within the earth's fire allows for a better fusion of the properties of various materials, combining the strengths of each raw material to forge magical artifacts that best suit the blacksmith's vision.

With the blessing of vitality and creativity, even ordinary iron can be burned to produce some spiritual energy. It is precisely because of these two characteristics that the Divine Craftsman's Furnace can become the number one forging furnace in the Jupiter Super-Celestial Plane.

The rewards from the Divine Craftsman's Furnace are divided into two parts. Forging is only a small part of the reward; the main part comes from the Earth Fire Core.

Although the core of the subterranean fire is powerful, it is not easy to control.

The world instance plane was at the pinnacle of the realm of reason in ancient times. Even so, the sect master of the Divine Sword Sect at that time had to use the entire Immortal Mansion as a furnace to bring out the power of the earth fire.

The level of the earth fire is extremely high, far beyond what players from the Desolate Realm or even the Realm of Reason can handle.

Even if other players obtained this Earth Fire Core, they might not be able to make good use of it.

If a player lands in a private plane or private space, they can place the Earth Fire Core inside and wait for it to extinguish and disperse into the earth to obtain a celestial abode rich in spiritual energy.

If it falls into the hands of a player like the Oracle who knows how to forge, they can further enhance its effect by building a small Divine Craftsman's Furnace around the core of the Earth Fire, allowing them to forge two more times before it goes out.

Even without a celestial abode as a furnace and the assistance of heavenly thunder, it can still unleash seventy percent of the full power of the Divine Craftsman's Furnace.

But Wu Chang was different. If what was left behind was a Heavenly Thunder Core, he might not have been able to do anything about it for a while. But the Earth Fire Core just happened to fall into his hands.

He entered his personal space and took out the Four Directions Fire Lamp.

The Four Directions Fire Lantern's Illumination skill allows it to command flames of a lower level than the Fire of the Year. The Fire of the Year is a human fire with an extremely high status. In world dungeons, even the withered fire cast by the Fire Demon King Zhuyinhai was powerless against the Fire of the Year and was easily captured by the Four Directions Fire Lantern.

However, compared to human fire, earth fire is in no way inferior in status.

Not only was the core of the earth fire not controlled by the four directions of the year fire lamp, but it even caused the year fire burning on the lamp wick to jump violently, as if it sensed the threat of a powerful enemy and wanted to muster its strength to not be at a disadvantage.

Seeing this, Wu's face lit up with even greater joy.

If the core of the earth fire can be affected by the illuminating void, it loses much of its value.

He shared the scene with the raven and asked for a solution. The raven quickly replied, telling him to put the Earth Fire Core into the lamp and burn it together with the Year Fire.

He reached out and touched the core of the Earth Fire. The Earth Fire Token was bound to his aura, and the Earth Fire Core and the Earth Fire Token were of the same origin. The Earth Fire Core did not show any resistance to him and was gently held in his palm.

Then, following the method the raven had taught him, he lifted the lampshade of the Four-Sided Fire Lamp and split the wick in two.

First, extinguish the fire on one side of the lamp, then place the fire on the unburned half of the wick.

The fact that the year fire cannot control the earth fire does not mean that the four-directional year fire lamps cannot.

Although the Four Directions Fire Lantern is named after the fire of the year, the lantern itself is a powerful fire control tool that can absorb various flames to enhance itself and thus upgrade its level.

The reason it only contained the Year Fire before was because the quality of other flames it absorbed was too low, and they were assimilated by the Year Fire. It does not mean that it can only contain the Year Fire.

As the core of the earth's fire ignited on the other half of the wick, two different kinds of light rose from inside the lamp.

Since obtaining the wick, the Four Directions Fire Lamp has absorbed many flames, especially during the World Dungeon, where it absorbed a large amount of withered fire from the Candle Shadow Corpse. It is not far from being upgraded to the next dungeon.

The addition of the earth fire at this moment completes the upgrade progress bar of the Four Directions Fire Lamp, and the lamp body changes.

Item Name: Kunyuan Life-Protecting Lamp

Item Level: A (Upgradeable)

"Item Skill: Teru Xu"

Skill Description: Omitted

"Item Skill: Protect Life"

"Skill Description: Consumes 50 energy points or equivalent fire attribute energy to ignite the lamp wick. Once ignited, the lamp wick will burn continuously for one instance."

While the lamp wick is burning, all friendly targets within the light's range will suffer 20% less damage and will continuously regenerate health at a rate of (energy attribute/50)/second.

During the burning effect, upon receiving a fatal attack, the user becomes immune to that attack, clears all abnormal statuses, and restores 50% of their health and 50% of their stamina. Cooldown: One instance dimension.

Item Skill: Forging

"Item Description: Using the Kunyuan Life-Protecting Lamp as a fire source can improve the quality of forging and alchemy products. It can temporarily embed extraordinary items into a designated item, temporarily enchanting that item. Enchantment duration: Energy attribute/minute."

"Item skill:???"

Skill Status: Not Activated

Skill Description: ???

The upgraded Four Directions Fire Lamp has been transformed into the Kunyuan Life-Protecting Lamp.

The original Illumination skill remains unchanged, while the Yearfire skill has been changed to Protect Life. It not only adds a life recovery effect, but also changes from previously being able to avoid one fatal attack to not only avoiding that attack, but also clearing all abnormal statuses and restoring half of the health and stamina.

Its effects are so powerful that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it can revive someone once.

When tackling Abyss dungeons, what's the most important thing?

The answer is undoubtedly life. As long as you're alive, you'll always have firewood to burn. If you're alive, you'll grow up eventually.

Life is only once, and items that can save your life are extremely expensive.

The deeper you go into the abyss, the more dangerous it becomes. A slight mistake could lead to your death in the instance. The value of life-saving items is no less than that of items from the Wasteland.

If we were to select the ten strongest A-grade upgradeable items in the Abyss game, it would be difficult for the Kunyuan Life Protection Lamp to be ranked first, but even if it only has the Life Protection skill, it would definitely have a place in the top ten.

As for the addition of Earth Fire and the new forging skill, Wu Chang is not skilled in forging and is unsure how strong it is. However, as a skill that materializes the characteristics of Earth Fire, it is unlikely to be too weak.

He looked at the Kunyuan Life-Protecting Lamp, his eyes showing a thoughtful expression.

Kunyuan means the virtue of the earth in nourishing all things, referring to the earth fire in the lamp, and Husheng Ziran means the fire of the year that protects humankind.

The lamp contains both human fire and earth fire. If you want it to advance further and be upgraded to S-level, you might need to add heavenly fire to bring together both heaven, earth, and human fire.

This world dungeon, with its perfect rating reward, upgraded two of his items to A-grade upgradeable items. The reward from just one tier was more than he had for an entire dungeon in the past.

The bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish. If you want to get rich quick, you really have to conquer high-difficulty dungeons.

Wu Changzhen did not linger in the underground shelter dimension. After putting away the Kunyuan Life-Protecting Lamp, he hurriedly returned to Wanghai City.

It wasn't that Wanghai City had encountered any danger again, but rather that his main body on Earth received a message from Na, saying that Christine had invited him to come over for a chat.

When Wu Changzhen arrived at the commercial district, the super typhoon warning had just ended. Although the weather had cleared up, most shops were not open, and the commercial street was very deserted.

He didn't linger on the street. Using the Heavenly Gang Escape Technique, he arrived directly in front of Yu Na's restaurant. He pushed open the door, entered the private room Yu Na had given him, and then deactivated his stealth ability.

Seeing Wu Chang suddenly appear, Yu Na did not show any surprise. It was not that she had seen through Wu Chang's stealth, but in her opinion, peace should appear and disappear like this.

Yu Na said with a smile, "You came so fast, the tea isn't even ready yet."

"Just as the true god predicted, the difficulty of this world dungeon is completely out of control. If it weren't for you, I would have had a hard time not only conquering the dungeon, but even coming back alive."

Before entering the world instance, Yuna had told him that Christine said the scale of the world instance far exceeded any previous one, and that she should go all in on the qualification instance to get a good ranking, enter the world instance early, and then join his faction to start playing.

Yu Na entered the instance in the first thousand, and was in the fourth batch of players to enter the world instance. As soon as she entered the instance, she found the number one person who had been so powerful in Zhenyue City.

Seeing that they had a good relationship, Wu Chang took Yu Na under his direct command, placing her on the same level as the members of the Mystic Knights. By developing her downline, Yu Na gained a lot of contribution points, and Wu Chang also helped her out in the later Tai Sui faction.

This resulted in her ranking 73rd on the player leaderboard in terms of contribution value at the end of the dungeon. The rewards at the end of the dungeon were so generous that even now, thinking about it makes her feel a tingling sensation running down her spine.

Yu Na gently bit her lower lip, lowered her head slightly, and looked at Wu Chang with tender affection, saying:
"Would you like to come over to my place tonight? I'd like to thank you properly."

Wu Chang blinked and politely declined:

"I have family waiting for me to have dinner at home. There's no need for those formalities between us."

He hadn't even made a move on Eileen yet, and now there was another Raven. He was already busy enough with things at home, so he didn't have the time to have a friendly match with Yu Na.

Moreover, this is for Yu Na's own good. With the abilities of Eileen, He Yun, and Raven, any one of them would be a monster that he would have to avoid if he were to choose them as enemies.

The pressure Yu Na faces is far greater than the pressure she faces in the world instance.

Wu Chang didn't let Yu Na speak further, and took over the topic, saying:

"Why did you choose to find me at this time? Those guys from the Realm of Reason are still here. Aren't you afraid they'll find out?"

Whether they are from the Order of Reason faction or the Evolution faction, it will be extremely difficult for them to return to Earth. It is impossible for them to settle a score and then leave.

They took the final agreed-upon plan and returned to their respective factions to serve as guides for the Realm of Reason, helping their factions stabilize the order of the Wasteland and assisting the imprisoned members of the Wasteland Evolution Faction to return to their organizations.

The other three major organizations left without hesitation, but not all members of the Order faction went to Yanjing. Some shameless individuals sensed the difference in Wanghai City and refused to leave.

Previously, You Feipeng alone could easily find the stronghold of the Apocalypse in Wanming City. This time, those who were able to return to Blue Star were all level 50 elites of the Realm of Reason, far superior to the likes of You Feipeng.

Among the members of the Wanghai City Revelation group, many are players who have not yet reached the maximum level, and it is impossible to hide them from these people.

He thought that Revelation and others would hide and only show themselves when the situation stabilized.

Yu Na understood Wu Chang's meaning. She sighed and said:

“I don’t want to be active during this time either, but God has ordained me, so how can I resist?”

"Moreover, the true God sent down a divine decree, telling us not to worry, saying that this is your divine kingdom and that you will protect us."

Wu Chang clicked his tongue, thinking to himself that Revelation had latched onto him. With his current identity, he only needed to say one word, and the higher-ups of the four major organizations would have to listen obediently.

In particular, he promoted the establishment of the 58 pollution line. It is no exaggeration to call him the guardian of the blue planet. You, a group of evil god believers, are blatantly asking him, a righteous person, to be your protector. Isn't that a bit too much?

However, considering that Christine had provided him with a lot of information and helped him trick Lyman many times, he could only let her stick around.

After all, although he is strong now, if he uses his full strength, there are no more than a handful of people in the Realm of Reason who can defeat him. However, in terms of understanding of the Abyss, he is still far behind, and he will inevitably have to dig out information from Christine in the future.

He took the tea from Yu Na and asked:

"What else did the true God say to you?"

Yu Na said:

"He also said that your pillar of the present world is exceptionally thick, enough to support the middle layer between the wasteland and the realm of reason on its own, and asked me and you to have ten passage slots."

Wu Chang did not immediately agree, but instead asked:

"Who's in charge of these people?"

Yu Na immediately replied:
"I."

After listening, Wu Chang nodded slightly and told Yu Na about the 58 pollution line, saying:

"I can give you the spots, but you must tell them not to make any big moves, or I will take care of them myself."

Yu Na didn't mince words and said it directly:
"Don't worry about that. Our people are returning to Earth mainly to spread our religion."

"No matter how much effort the four major organizations and you put in, the increasing erosion of the abyss is destined to plunge Blue Star into further chaos."

"The Church of Tranquility and the Church of Bliss are unlikely to obtain a spot to return to Earth. They will also be subject to heavy suppression by the four major organizations due to their reputation. This period is a great opportunity to recruit believers."

Wu Chang's eyes lit up with realization. In order to complete the 58 pollution line, the four major organizations would definitely launch a heavy attack on the most conspicuous pollution sources.

The fact that even the minor evil god sect to which the dragon pattern belongs is stirring up trouble is enough to show the madness of the believers' circle.

The proliferation of evil cults will inevitably lead to the spread of the supernatural and increase the level of pollution. In order to deal with them, the Church of Tranquility and the Church of Bliss must be the primary targets of the four major organizations.

Without the protection of those from the realm of reason, let alone preaching, it would be a good thing if they were not severely damaged.

Two of the three major evil god cults were damaged, making Earth a veritable buffet for the Book of Revelation.

Christine wasn't targeting ordinary people; the group she wanted to proselytize was the extraordinary, or rather, the Abyss players.

Wu Chang remembered that after their last meeting, he asked Raven, who was still in the Omniscient Crystal state, what was so special about the players regarding the evil gods like Lyman.

The raven's answer was: "The Abyss Game Player is the key to entering the fourth layer of the Abyss."

In order to enter the fourth layer of the Abyss, players in the Void Realm will do anything crazy, so it's not hard to understand why Christine is so eager to spread her teachings.

Wu Chang shrugged and said:
"I can give you twenty spots, on only one condition: don't cause trouble on Earth."

Seeing that Wu Chang had agreed, Yu Na waited for him to finish his tea before guiding him to the secret underground church.

During the super storm, members of Revelation gathered here. When Wu Chang passed by the secret church, he saw hundreds of Revelation believers gathered here to pray devoutly.

He warned:

"Don't let these people leave the commercial street for now. As long as they stay inside the commercial street, their extraordinary aura won't be detected."

Yu Na nodded and noted it down.

As with previous meetings, Yu Na took the initiative to leave after activating the ceremony, leaving the space to Wu Chang and Christine.

As the light and shadow gradually took shape on the altar, Wu Chang clasped his hands together and gave Christine a grand salute.

"Your Majesty Christine, it's been a long time. I hope you've been well."

Christine said with a smile:

"Thanks to you, I've had a lot of fun these past few days."

Wu Chang asked curiously:
"Can I ask you something?"

Christine scoffed and said:

"It was the faith virus you activated that spread along the world's copy, all the way to Lyman and Iona's divine realm."

“This isn’t the first time we’ve dealt with a faith virus, but this time it’s more serious than ever before. I’ve been recording their pathetic state, but unfortunately they’ve all revealed their true forms, and you can’t see them yet.”

Wu Chang pursed his lips, suppressing a laugh, and pretended it had nothing to do with him.

The "faith virus" Christine mentioned likely refers to the punishment given by the Abyss Game administrators to those who break the rules after receiving reports of the faith virus.

The reason why the Abyss Game Administrator took such a heavy blow this time is probably related to the fact that it was slashed by Eileen, causing the world instance plane to break away from the Abyss.

Although he wasn't there, he could imagine that Lyman and the Goddess of Desire, who had been angered by the administrator, were definitely not having an easy time.

"It's a real pity I wasn't in the virtual world and couldn't witness this scene."

"Your Majesty Christine, is the reason you summoned me here related to the aftermath of this world instance?"

(End of this chapter)