All-out Horror Survival: My Awakening Skill Point Allocation Sequence!

Deposit?

Ma Jie suddenly gave an awkward smile. He had made so many demands and said so much, yet Zheng Sheng was asking him for a deposit!

good good!

To have survived until now in the Divine Tree Forest, he was indeed no fool, and it was within his expectations.

Ma Jie feigned hesitation, but finally nodded. "Alright, since we're going to cooperate, I'll definitely show some sincerity and won't treat you unfairly."

Ma Jie spat out an ancient book from the dragon's mouth. The book was made of the hide of some kind of animal, with skin texture on the surface and uneven edges. Three large characters were written on it: "Snake Swallowing Skill".

Zheng Sheng took the ancient book from Ma Jie with great joy, but also felt a little nauseous. He took off his coat and wiped all the saliva off the book before he could see the original appearance of the book.

[The Snake Swallowing Skill, by Yu Xiaolong.]

Zheng Sheng excitedly opened it, pretending to check, but secretly using the system to perform a check.

"System, how many survival points are needed to upgrade this book?"

[Ding! Consume 3000 survival points to complete the Snake Swallowing Skill?]

Upon hearing the system notification, Zheng Sheng was overjoyed. Ma Jie was indeed trustworthy and hadn't lied to him.

"It is indeed an ancient tradition; Captain Ma is truly trustworthy!"

"However..." Zheng Sheng changed the subject.

"Isn't one book of ancient traditions too few?"

"The Divine Tree is now a fully formed, third-tier Nightmare-level anomaly. Its strength must be terrifying. I haven't even reached the third tier yet. If I rashly go to find the true form of the Divine Tree now, I'll definitely face a nine-out-of-ten chance of death."

"I'm not sure!"

Zheng Sheng quickly stuffed the "Snake Swallowing Technique" into his pocket, his face full of worry.

"Could you give me a few more ancient manuals? The more the better. You'll die if you can't escape anyway, and these ancient manuals will only be taken back to your coffin. You might as well give them to me as a gift."

"A gift? This..." Seeing Zheng Sheng's expression, Ma Jie frowned slightly. He was a smart man and immediately realized that Zheng Sheng was trying to raise the price.

But now he is helpless!

"You're right, it is indeed somewhat dangerous."

"However, the ancient inheritance won't be able to improve your strength in a short time. I also have two one-time use high-level forbidden artifacts here, which can actually help you."

As soon as Ma Jie finished speaking, Zheng Sheng shook his head and refused.

Having learned from the mistakes of Zhu Tianbo and Grandpa Yang, he has realized that the strong who survive in this world are not simple.

He only wanted the ancient inheritance, but the other party wanted to give him two one-time forbidden artifacts. There must be some backup plan.

I have no survival points right now, so I absolutely cannot take it!

Zheng Sheng knew the other party had already seen through her, so she stopped pretending and looked at Ma Jie directly.

"All I want is ancient heritage. Give me two more ancient heritage items, and I'll agree to cooperate with you right now."

Ma Jie shook his head, no longer pretending, and said, "I can give it to you, but only after you return from the third inner world."

"I'm trapped here in Heaven, and I can't go anywhere. If you come back from the Otherworld and run away on your own, wouldn't I have lost everything?"

"As long as my physical body is saved, I will offer up the remaining two ancient inheritances with both hands when I return to heaven."

"Furthermore, I can introduce you to the new capital. With my recommendation and your own abilities, I might even help you become the 40th Holy Son of the new capital and obtain the Fusang branch!"

As Ma Jie spoke, his expression remained unyielding.

"Captain Zheng, we have no conflict, and we're in the same boat now. I don't want to ruin things."

"Consider that ancient book my gift to you."

"I'm trapped here and can't move, which puts me at a disadvantage. The initiative is in your hands, so I have to keep a backup plan!"

"What if you take the things and run away?"

Seeing Ma Jie's firm stance and the lack of room for further negotiation, Zheng Sheng's serious expression suddenly relaxed, and he smiled:

"Captain Ma, hahaha, what are you saying?"

"I, Zheng Sheng, am an upright and honorable person. How could I possibly do something so cruel and ungrateful?"

"I definitely won't leave you behind!"

"Fine, one book it is!"

As Zheng Sheng relented, Ma Jie's serious expression instantly turned into laughter, and the huge dragon head trembled slightly.

The two quickly reached an agreement and had a very pleasant conversation, just like old friends who hadn't seen each other for years.

Ma Jie quickly explained to Zheng Sheng how to enter the inner world of the third level of the Divine Tree, detailing some specific steps.

"Remember, it won't be easy for the Divine Tree to advance to the fourth tier... To break through the fourth tier's barrier, besides devouring us, it must also consume powerful monsters..."

"...Based on my recent observations, there should be two other extremely powerful and bizarre entities in the Divine Tree Forest...especially one of them, whose strength is probably only slightly inferior to the Divine Tree itself..."

"...The divine tree is suppressing them with most of its power...The golden apples are about to ripen. The previous earthquake was caused by two nightmare-level monsters struggling in their death throes...So, the next earthquake will be your opportunity to enter the third layer of the inner world..."

"...We are now trapped in Heaven, which has its own set of rules governing the world..."

"Remember, in heaven, never break its rules, just like you did before... Before the earthquake, never attract heaven's attention..."

After giving his instructions, Ma Jie spat out a small black sandalwood box, sealed with numerous yellow talismans. It was only the size of a palm.

"Here, take this."

"This item is called the Dream Eater, a very special third-tier forbidden artifact of the spatial type. However, it is only a replica and can only be used once."

"When the next earthquake occurs, you will break the seal on the wooden box and release the Dream Eater. It will take you to the third inner world where the Divine Tree is located."

Zheng Sheng hesitated for a moment, but still took the wooden box from Ma Jie and carefully wiped the drool off it with his clothes.

He asked, "What are the side effects of this forbidden artifact?"

Ma Jie shook his head, but he was somewhat surprised.

Zheng Sheng didn't even know about the one-time forbidden artifact. How long has this guy been on the Survival Highway?

"This one-time use drug has no side effects, so you can use it with confidence."

Zheng Sheng was somewhat surprised that such a powerful forbidden artifact had no side effects.

After handing the Dream Eater to Zheng Sheng, Ma Jie's enormous dragon head suddenly slowly raised its head to look at the top of the tower, its expression becoming solemn.

"Alright, you can get out of here now."

"The aftershocks of the earthquake are about to disappear. You must return to heaven before the aftershocks disappear."

"Remember, once you get out, don't reveal anything about this place, and don't think about anything related to this place."

Tell yourself that heaven is real, and this is the real world.

"Also, don't trust anyone in heaven, including your teammates!"

Suddenly, the pagoda's gate opened, and the hundred-meter-tall white pagoda began to fall continuously.

"Hurry up!"

Zheng Sheng nodded, grabbed the wooden box he had just obtained, and quickly rushed out of the White Pagoda.

When he turned around again, he was back where he started, with only a dilapidated white pagoda, a dozen meters high, behind him.

Everything that just happened feels like a dream.