A Guide to Surviving the Mysterious Dungeon and the Twelve Talismans

"Mr. Zhou An, your authority has been confirmed. You may take away five rare and precious materials, including the Frost Spirit Fruit."

"The Frost Spirit Fruit is located at position 10-1. Please come this way." Xiao Bao flew directly forward to lead the way for Zhou An.

Zhou An immediately followed.

A few minutes later, I stood in front of a glass pillar.

A block of ice the size of a fist was placed on the glass pillar.

Upon closer inspection, the ice cubes seem to resemble a fruit, much like a dragon fruit.

【Frost Spirit Fruit】: An ice-attribute spirit fruit that grows on the Five Elements Spirit Tree. After consuming it, one can awaken an ice-attribute talent. If one already has an ice-attribute talent, there is a chance to enhance that talent.

Zhou An was stunned. Good heavens, this Frost Spirit Fruit can actually awaken an ice-attribute superpower.

Soon the energy shield above opened, and the Frost Spirit Fruit, guided by Xiao Bao's power, came to Zhou An.

Zhou An didn't stand on ceremony and pocketed the Frost Spirit Fruit.

“Mr. Zhou, you have four other permissions. I don’t know which one you need, but I can help you with that,” Xiao Bao said.

"Hmm... I don't know what I need either."

"Then help me find the four most precious and powerful natural treasures in the treasure vault." Zhou An didn't know what he wanted, so he simply chose the best and most precious ones.

"Hmm... let Xiao Bao look for it."

"The four best natural treasures in the treasure vault are: Xuan Yuan Sheng Xue Jade, Qing Hun You Xin Grass, Wan Ling Ju Qi Ding Mother Gold and Mutant Energy Core."

Xiao Bao immediately explained the properties of these four items.

【Mysterious Origin Blood Jade】: A palm-sized, warm, blood-red jade with inside that seems to flow with fresh blood. It exudes a warm and vibrant energy year-round. It was formed from the blood and qi of ancient mythical beasts buried in the burial ground over thousands of years.

Effects: It continuously nourishes the body, strengthens tendons and bones, accelerates wound healing, repairs hidden injuries, and, when combined with body-refining techniques, can slightly raise the upper limit of physical strength, making it easier to forge a martial arts golden body.

【Clear Soul Heart Grass】: It has only seven leaves, and its whole body is light blue. At night, the leaves shimmer with light. It has no strong fragrance. You can only feel its coolness when you get close to your sea of ​​consciousness.

Origin: Grown in the dark and gloomy lands of the abyss and uninhabited ancient realms, maturing only once every thousand years.

Effects: It can nourish the sea of ​​consciousness, stabilize the soul, reduce the growth of inner demons during cultivation, resolve ordinary soul poisons and illusions, and greatly enhance the power of the soul.

【Myriad Spirits Gathering Cauldron Mother Gold】: A piece of dark gold primordial mother gold that naturally gathers surrounding spiritual energy without needing to be ignited, with spiritual mist constantly condensing on its surface.

Source: Remnants of the core transformation of an ancient spiritual vein; it can only be formed with a probability after the spiritual vein has dried up.

Effects: It can gather spiritual energy within a certain range, increasing the concentration of spiritual energy in the entire area several times, creating the core of the alchemy cauldron and the eye of the spirit-gathering array, and greatly increasing the efficiency of alchemy and cultivation of spiritual herbs.

【Mutant Energy Core】: An irregularly shaped ellipsoidal crystal core with a diameter of about 30 centimeters. Its outer shell is a dark gray-black crystalline shell, and its surface is covered with winding, light purple, blood vessel-like cracks.

Inside the fissure, turbid, chaotic light mist churned continuously. The light mist would sometimes contract and fall silent, and sometimes surge violently, trembling slightly and emitting a low-frequency hum.

Source: When an ancient energy realm collapsed, various distinct energies were forcibly merged and squeezed together, forming the singularity at the point of spatial collapse.

Originally, the secret realm contained four types of energy: spiritual power, yin energy, violent earth energy, and the remaining demonic essence. When the secret realm was destroyed, the energy could not disperse and was forced to fuse and condense, giving birth to this mutated core.

Functions: Simultaneously carries spiritual energy, yin energy, demonic energy, and other energies. It can supply energy to almost all existing entities, without attribute repulsion, and can serve as the main energy source for large-scale mountain-protecting formations, war puppets, and secret realm teleportation arrays.

"I'll choose these four," Zhou An said directly.

“Okay, Mr. Zhou An, the locations of these four kinds of rare and precious materials are…” This time, Xiao Bao did not lead the way.

Instead, Xiao Bao relied solely on his own strength to acquire all four kinds of rare and precious materials.

Xiao Bao also thoughtfully provided several jade boxes, which could be used to store these four kinds of rare and precious materials.

Having obtained the items, Zhou An left the treasure vault.

A woman with a great figure and good looks came forward.

"Hello, Your Excellency, I am Jiang Lili. The Left Envoy instructed me to wait for you here."

“From today onwards, I will be your subordinate. I will show you around Flying Snow City, and I will accompany you to Flying Snow City to take up my post in three days,” Jiang Lili said.

"Hmm." Zhou An nodded slightly.

He immediately followed Jiang Lili's instructions and went to his residence.

About twenty minutes later, he stood in front of a villa.

“Mr. Zhou, this is a villa area in the core area near the City Lord’s Mansion.”

"This villa was a gift from the City Lord's Mansion to you, and it has already been transferred to your name."

"Among them, three cars and two aircraft are also your assets."

"This is a bank card opened using your identity, and it has a balance of 100 million."

Jiang Lili handed the bank card to Zhou An.

After Zhou An took the bank card, he nodded slightly and stepped inside.

He didn't even need to open the door himself; the intelligent system recognized Zhou An and automatically opened the door.

Upon entering, there was a large courtyard of 300 square meters. On the left was a row of garages where his cars and two aircraft were parked.

The right side is all grass, planted with flowers, trees and shrubs.

Further away, there is a pond, an artificial hill, and a pavilion.

It's pleasing to the eye at first glance.

“Sir, the villa also has a 200-square-meter backyard, with a heated swimming pool and a large lawn over there,” Jiang Lili said.

“Very good, I like it.” Zhou An nodded slightly.

"Sir, please rest first. There is also a smart butler in the room, which will prepare dinner for you."

"I'll show you around Flying Snow City again tomorrow," Jiang Lili said, seemingly very familiar with the villa.

"Thank you for your hard work." Zhou An nodded with a smile.

Jiang Lili left immediately on her own.

As soon as Zhou An entered the house, he noticed that the lights inside had turned on instantly.

Zhou An even sensed that the room seemed to have a constant temperature system and that the air was fresher.

Most importantly, the concentration of spiritual energy must be higher.

The spiritual energy inside Flying Snow City is about twice as high as that outside.

The spiritual energy in the courtyard is three times higher than that in Flying Snow City.

The spiritual energy inside the house was twice as high as that in the courtyard.

"Welcome home, Master. Would you like to take a bath first, or have dinner?" A female robot approached.

She has a pretty face and a good figure; she looks almost human.

However, Zhou An immediately recognized it as a robot, or rather, an android.

"Let's take a bath," Zhou An suggested.

"Yes, Master. The bathroom is the third one on the left on the first floor. Hot water has been prepared for you."

"Would you like the bathroom set to a low temperature? It would be more comfortable to soak in that way," the housekeeper inquired.

"There's this function too? Okay, adjust it." Zhou An was a little surprised, then nodded.

Within minutes of entering the bathroom, the temperature inside had dropped to minus ten degrees Celsius.

Zhou An took off his clothes and immediately soaked in the bathtub.

Taking a hot bath in the midst of a cold or warm environment is incredibly comfortable.

While taking a bath, Zhou An began to ponder his mission to clear the game.

If all goes well, it should be done in about a week.

Once the level nine parasitic insects can be identified, all human forces must immediately take action to eliminate the high-ranking parasitic insects.

Once these level-nine parasitic insects are eliminated, the remaining parasitic insects will die sooner or later.

It remains to be seen whether his mission requires all the parasitic insects to die in order to complete it, or something else entirely.

……

In the blink of an eye, a week has passed.

Zhou An sat in his office, utterly bored.

His position is the captain of the Third Ring Road City Guard.

He commands hundreds of people and maintains security in hundreds of blocks along the Third Ring Road.

There were indeed many things to do, but they were all handled by my subordinates.

Zhou An just spent his days attending meetings and slacking off, and that was it.

On this day, Sun He came to visit.

"Zhou An, come with me," Sun He said.

"Brother Sun, did you manage to get that thing out?" Zhou An asked hurriedly.

“That’s right, it’s still in the debugging stage. The cult leader has already gone there, and he asked me to bring you with me,” Sun He said.

"Let's go, let's go! I also want to see with my own eyes what a device that can identify a level nine parasitic insect looks like," Zhou An said excitedly.

Because once this device is released, it will be the end of the parasitic insects.

If human forces launch a surprise attack, the first wave can kill a significant number of level nine parasitic insects.

The remaining level-nine parasitic insects are not proportional to the number of human powerhouses, so their extermination is only a matter of time.

Chapter 181 Return, and the Strange Dry Well

Zhou An and Sun He soon arrived at the research center.

The leader, Zhang Xun, was already waiting here.

Not only him, but also a large number of researchers and senior officials within the education system.

Ahead, Zhao Feixue and Ouyang Yuan were bound.

Beside each of them were two pieces of equipment, each about the height of a person.