Poverty makes me capable of anything.

Then, An Ran had them ride in the mecha for two more tests.

"This data is enough."

There were no monsters on the Yuanhai map, at least not Zhou Jieyu and the others, but there were many energy cubes.

Those cubes do not have a physical form; they exist only as phantoms in the Source Sea.

"If it's a guardian, they should be able to survive inside for half an hour."

After substituting the formula and calculating, Anran obtained a satisfactory answer.

In addition, there are her own stats, stamina, resistance, damage reduction skills, and multi-level recovery effects, so lasting for forty minutes is not a problem.

"Next, we just need to determine if there are any power stones in the Source Sea."

This problem-solving process made Anran feel like she was back in high school.

That was her youth, lost in the sunset!

"Ding!"

Upon hearing the sound, An Ran abruptly raised her head.

She saw the light screen ripple, and then three mechs were ejected.

bang bang bang...

The surrounding rock layers were smashed into a spider web-like pattern.

"What happened?" An Ran quickly stood up.

Although there were cracks in the mecha, it was not completely damaged, and there were still signs of life inside the mecha. None of the three of them died.

Before long, An Ran saw Zhou Jieyu rubbing her forehead as she climbed out of the mecha.

"A giant whirlpool?" An Ran exclaimed in surprise.

“We were thrown off the edge of the whirlpool,” Li Zhuying said.

An Ran quickly retrieved the memory from the mecha.

The pressure in that energy vortex seemed to be much lower than in other places, which meant she could survive inside it for a longer time!

After getting the map from Zhou Jieyu, An Ran couldn't wait to stuff a Guardian into it.

To be on the safe side, it would be better to send the guardian in to scout ahead first.

Anyway, there's half an hour left, so I'd better hurry up and get out since I don't have much time left.

This was repeated several times, leaving the three Guardians in their hands in a state of disrepair, but Anran still managed to find the anomaly.

At the center of the giant vortex is a luminous object!

"This money was well spent."

An Ran was in tears.

That might be the Power Stone, or at least it should be something valuable.

But when she thought of the broken state of the three Guardians, An Ran couldn't help but burst into tears and pressed her hand to her heart.

"My money!"

Okay, complaining aside, we still have to charge forward.

"That's not a good idea."

As An Ran was about to jump into the Source Sea, Zhou Jieyu frowned. That was a level 200 map!

What if Anran were to perish because of this?

No, no, no...

Zhou Jieyu didn't dare to think any further.

"Don't worry."

She turned around and waved, then rushed inside.

A fierce storm was coming straight at them, and despite having the [Legendary Automatic Parry], Anran's health was still dropping steadily and couldn't be recovered at all.

She realized she had misjudged something; as a Void being, she was given a debuff as soon as she entered!

Fortunately, the problem isn't too serious.

Even if the combat suit is destroyed, it's not a big deal; you can just conjure up a new set of clothes on your own body.

Following the whirlpool downwards, An Ran finally reached the bottom of the whirlpool twenty minutes later.

Before her eyes appeared a bright white crystal, emitting a soft glow, with countless tiny particles swirling around it.

Like a planetary system shrunk countless times, the rotating particles even traced trajectories.

Reconnaissance techniques

【tool】

【right……】

Before An Ran could finish looking at what was displayed on the panel, a white phantom suddenly popped out.

It didn't say a word, but Anran could feel a strong sense of rejection from it.

It seemed to be accumulating anger, but also somewhat afraid of Anran, so it could only protest silently.

Reconnaissance techniques

[Name]: Free-floating consciousness

"So you're also a detached consciousness!" An Ran exclaimed with delight.

This one is absolutely amazing.

They caught two at a time.

"I am not a wandering consciousness!" the phantom began to speak ironically to An Ran.

"It's okay, you'll admit it in a bit!"

Anran met his fist with his palm.

She was just about to vent her anger on this thing.

An Ran summoned another Guardian and gave the level 192 wandering consciousness a good beating.

"You think you can do anything?"

"You like to contradict me, don't you?"

You don't approve of me, do you?

"Beat it up! Beat it hard! After you're done, grab it and make it Fat Orange's lackey!"

The 4-level difference left even the free-floating consciousness, which possessed explosive power, powerless to resist. In no time, it was caught in the Guardian's hands and played with like clay.

"Humph!"

An Ran gave a soft hum and walked up to the power stone.

This is the real Power Stone!

Although its growth period is only 1100 years, far less than the one Christopher mentioned, it is an Power Stone.

Those star-like trails are the secret patterns that control the surrounding energy storms!

An Ran's body trembled with excitement.

With this, she can... wait, what exactly can she do with the Power Stone?

"Grass!"

After holding the Power Stone in her hand, An Ran quickly put the Guardian back.

She hadn't yet figured out what to do with the power stone; all she knew was that she had broken another Guardian.

The wandering consciousness was ruined by the guardian, floating there like a puddle of mud, but the guardian also ruined itself.

Tell Anran about this.

Do not overdo it; do what you can!

An Ran casually grabbed the wandering consciousness. She'd see what the Power Stone's function was once they were out.

Her gray health bar was empty; now it was her body that was injured.

She ran out of the Source Sea in a disheveled state. An Ran didn't have time to listen to Zhou Jieyu and the others' concerned words. Just now, she had heard the game prompts to her several times.

It seems like there's some new mission?

An Ran quickly opened her own panel.

"You have triggered the quest 'The Body of God,' do you wish to accept it?"

"You have triggered the quest [Contact with a High-Energy World]. Do you wish to accept?"

"You have triggered the quest 'The Mechanical Tomorrow,' do you wish to accept it?"

"You have completed the hidden quest 'Heart of Faith,' and have been rewarded with 2 million Free Experience Points, 1 Spirit Enhancement Fruit, and 1 fragment of the title '[Highly Respected]'."

"Ok?"

An Ran's eyes widened.

Putting aside the three quests to be accepted, what exactly is the Heart of Faith?

Anran clicked on the details.

She then realized that the "heart of faith" referred to a wandering consciousness.

After being thoroughly beaten by the guardian, it acknowledged Anran's strength and began to admire her from the bottom of its heart.

"..."

An Ran looked at the dying, wandering consciousness in her hand.

You just can't believe how... sigh.

They only behave after getting a beating.