Please be my partner.

After many version updates, the time ratio between the virtual game "Holy Spirit" and the real world has reached 10:1. Ten days pass in the game, and only one day passes in the real world.

This completely overturned the lifestyle of humans in the Salon world.

At the same time, the invasion of 'virtual' rules is silent and has unknowingly affected all aspects of the world.

After breakfast, Yang Jianping looked at his tidy home. Compared with this, his previous home could almost be called a pigsty, thanks to the sheep, the all-purpose helper for housework.

Watching the busy sheep, I vaguely saw a panel appear on the sheep, with several golden entries recorded on it...

[Workaholic], [Serious], [Cooking Expertise]

Yang Jianping blinked, and the panel disappeared again. He smiled nonchalantly, stood up and stretched, and said loudly: "Well, let's start today's adventure!"

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Dream Ring World.

The collector looked at the huge store in front of him and smiled, "At least we don't have to start from scratch with nothing. Let's go and see how far our vanguard has come."

Behind the collector, there was a group of six people. They were all elites from the Zhan family and the Baisha Chamber of Commerce. Each of them was smart, capable, and ambitious. They followed the collector to this remote land to expand the territory in order to gain merit and accumulate capital for their future promotion.

The collector is naturally well aware of this. He needs such people and has the confidence to control them and make them of benefit to him.

As they entered, a short, fat, middle-aged man immediately came up to greet them with a smile and said, "You are the young master of the Zhan family, right? I received a message from headquarters saying that you would be here to take charge of the situation, and I have been waiting here since early morning."

The collector smiled slightly and said politely, "Manager Qian, you're very polite. You're here early. The Dream Ring Realm is much more familiar to me than I am. I'll need your advice from now on."

Manager Qian's smile grew wider, like a bunch of tightly packed chrysanthemums, as he offered constant politeness and compliments.

"Oh right..." After walking a few steps, the collector suddenly seemed to think of something and said to someone behind him, "Amy, go check the store's bills and supply records."

Then, he turned to Manager Qian, whose smile had slightly changed, and said, "Manager Qian, would you mind sending someone along?"

Although it was a question, there was no intention of seeking Manager Qian's opinion.

Manager Qian forced a smile on his face and said repeatedly, "Of course! Of course!"

Amy was a beautiful woman with a gentle temperament and full of intelligence. She pushed her silver-rimmed glasses and left with a clerk with a smile on her face.

Then, led by Manager Qian, the group toured the entire store and briefly learned about the current business and some partners. During this process, the collector mainly chatted and was not as "aggressive" as he had shown at the beginning.

Finally, they arrived at the top-floor office, and the collector naturally sat in the main seat, with Manager Qian smiling beside him.

After a while, Amy also came to the office. She said nothing and had no intention of reporting anything. The collector also did not ask anything and continued to chat with Manager Qian with a smile.

This attitude made Manager Qian feel a little unsure. He originally thought that the headquarters sent a young master here just to gild his reputation. If they could reach a tacit understanding in the future, he would still be the one in charge of the Dream Ring Realm. Even if the young master wanted to make some trouble, he would have ways to deal with it. At that time, the worst that could happen was that he would be given some insignificant powers. In fact, wouldn't he still have to look at his mood?

However, through the just-contacted contact, Manager Qian discovered that the young master in front of him did not seem so simple, and he seemed to have bad intentions.

Needless to say, the Baisha Chamber of Commerce headquarters strongly supports the Dream Ring World. As long as they can make a little profit from it, it will be enough for them to make a living. Manager Qian is also confident that their methods are enough to deceive the world.

But for some reason, looking at the people in front of him, including the young master, whose faces had expressions of calmness, confidence, or sarcasm, Manager Qian felt inexplicably panicked, as if something disastrous was about to happen.

The collector is a businessman, a successful businessman. Even if he encounters an enemy, he does not like to engage in direct confrontation.

Originally, the collector intended to slowly conquer the enemy with gentler means.

However, before coming here, his father gave him one last lesson, which made him change his original idea.

If you are just a businessman, there is nothing wrong with being kind to others. On the contrary, it can also establish a good reputation.

But as a leader, both lightning-fast and silent approaches are equally important.

Internally, this is called combining kindness with severity; externally, it is called striking the first blow to prevent a hundred blows from coming.

It is precisely because of this understanding that the collectors have changed their previous style and become somewhat aggressive.

In any case, the 'battle' between collectors and money managers has just begun.

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Ever since the cat left Melen, it has been wandering aimlessly in the spirit world.

Sometimes he would tease the natives of the spirit world, and sometimes he would hunt some strange-looking creatures to fill his stomach.

After playing around for a while, the cat came to a new area. It was night here, and the sky was shining with dazzling aurora.

The cat came to the top of a mountain and was attracted by the aurora in the sky. It stared at it for a long time, waving its hands from time to time, as if trying to catch something.

At this moment, a sound of breaking air came from a distance, and soon a figure landed on the top of the mountain where the cat was.

The cat didn't turn around and asked lazily, "Eagle, what do you want from me?"

The figure walked out of the shadows into the light, it was Eagle, dressed smartly.

The eagle asked, "You are traveling with the wolf this time. What kind of person do you think he is?"

The cat grinned and said, "What else can I do? It's just like that."

The eagle frowned and said, "Cat, you should understand that it is my job to evaluate every member of the Council of Beasts."

The cat curled its lips and said, "What mission or no mission? Every member of the Council of Beasts has the same status."

Ying's eyes were stern, and he said sternly, "Our status is naturally the same, but Lord Long is different. Lord Long is a higher being than us."

The cat snorted lightly, obviously not agreeing with this statement, but did not refute it.

Seeing this, Eagle raised his eyebrows and was about to say something else.

The cat simply waved his hands and said, "Alright, alright, Wolf is not bad. He's efficient and has strong execution. He's a qualified partner. Is that all right?"

"Really? If you want to evaluate Syaoran, why not just go and meet him yourself?"

The eagle said calmly, "The wolf has some prejudice against me. If I go to meet him, it might have the opposite effect."

The cat muttered something like 'You still have some self-awareness.'

The eagle ignored the cat's words and asked, "What do you think of Lord Long's last proposal?"

"Proposal?" The cat thought for a moment and said, "Hunting myths? So your main purpose today is to find out about me for the dragon."

Ying shook his head and said, "No, Lord Long didn't give me such a task. I just wanted to confirm it myself."

Cat stared blankly at the sky for a long moment before speaking, "The seventh-order myths and those below them are two completely different realms. Honestly, I think Long is too impatient. If we're given a little more time, we can all become mythical powerhouses. By then, wouldn't the starry universe be ours to roam freely?"

The eagle did not respond, but continued to look at the cat, waiting for the latter's answer.

Although Eagle also thought that what Cat said was right, she always stood firmly on Lord Long's side.

A smile appeared on the cat's face, but this smile seemed a little weird against the backdrop of the ever-changing aurora.

"Well, it's such an interesting thing, so of course I'll participate!"

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Golden College, Library.

Mellen closed the book "Williams's Travels in the High-Dimensional World" in his hand.

Although it is not explicitly stated in the travelogue, the author named Williams is most likely a demigod. The travelogue is based on his perspective and records his experience of exploring a high-dimensional world for a long time in a diary-like manner.

Among them, Williams made a detailed analysis of the many strange phenomena encountered in the high-dimensional world. Even for some that he could not explain, he listed the possible guesses.

Although it is just a travelogue, it can also be regarded as a research record.

After reading it several times, Mellen felt that he benefited a lot.

It had been twenty days since he returned to the Golden Academy. The fatigue in his soul had almost been relieved, and after reading various books related to the higher-dimensional world during this period, his understanding of the higher-dimensional world had also been further enhanced.

For example, the worms that we saw in the wilderness before were most likely a high-dimensional life form that could survive in time. However, they were limited by the continuity of time and the perspective of Mellen and the others, so they could only see a worm-like image.

What Spike called killing was not really killing, and naturally, the resurrection of the worm was not really resurrection either.

It's just that Spike injured or destroyed part of the worms' bodies at the current time. As time goes by, they will naturally reappear, and their "future" selves will be stronger than their past selves.

For example, the information thought bodies that Spike saw in the wasteland were indeed on a different level from the wasteland where Mellen was. The reason why Spike was able to observe them was probably related to the ultimate spiritual power of [Immortal Fighting Will].

According to some records Mellen saw in "Williams' Travels in the Higher Dimensional World", under the right time and method, Spike can even rely on [Immortal Fighting Will] to directly cross the invisible barriers and enter the level where those information and thought bodies are located.

Of course, Mellen doesn't have the strength of a demigod now, so he won't let Spike take such a risk.

However, Melen kept this in mind, because judging from the performance of those information and thought bodies, they seemed like a complete civilization.

In the high-dimensional world, such a systematic civilization is quite rare. When Melen becomes strong enough in the future, he will definitely visit it.

Walking out of the library, Melen glanced at the communication and shook his head slightly.

Originally, after returning to the Golden Academy, Melen wanted to get together with Xinko, but the latter seemed to have gone out on an adventure and had not replied to his message until now.

Without further hesitation, Mellen left the Golden Academy and headed towards the spiritual world.

Take a day off

Brothers, good luck in the Year of the Dragon, and may you make fortune when you see a dragon.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I am overwhelmed with trivial matters, so I take a day off.

Chapter 420 Exploring the High-Dimensional World

Spirit world, poisonous cloud area.

The poisonous cloud area at this time had changed from when Melen first saw it. The originally extremely sweet smell in the air had become much lighter, replaced by a fragrance similar to that of flowers.

This is because the influence of the green fog dog is gradually spreading in the poisonous cloud area.

At this time, the entire Nether Spider Nest, including a large area around it, has been eroded by the Green Mist Dog's poison law and transformed into a secret realm of poison.

If the initial poisonous field could only cause mild poisoning to ordinary people who came into contact with it, the poisonous secret realm at this time could poison an ordinary person to death within minutes, and as the time spent in it increased, the poisoning effect would continue to accumulate. When it reached the maximum level, even a fourth-level legend would be greatly affected.

Life with toxic attributes will grow faster in the Poison Secret Realm, and there is a chance that its own toxins will be sublimated. Life that does not have toxic attributes will also have the opportunity to awaken its toxic attributes as long as it can withstand the influence of the secret realm's toxicity. Of course, this possibility is relatively low at present.

Moreover, the Secret Realm of Poison has another effect. It can be folded to the back of the normal space, leaving only one connection point, which is... the entrance to the secret realm.

Of course, if you don’t want to hide the secret realm, that’s also possible.

At this time, the Green Mist Dog has entered a subtle state, like sleeping, like gestation, which is an essential growth.

Melen came to the top of the netherworld spider's nest and waved his hand slightly. An ancient ring appeared out of thin air and fell into his hand.

This ring is dark green in color, with irregular patterns on it, like twisted elliptical rings overlapping each other, and occasionally a colorful halo flashes. It feels very warm to the touch, like a piece of warm jade polished by time. It is the true body of the Green Mist Dog, a growing extraordinary wonder... [Dog of Corruption].

At this time, a deep and heavy power was accumulated in the [Dog of Corruption]. This power was constantly pulsating and becoming more and more powerful, as if something was about to break out of the shell and be born into the world.

Mellen nodded slightly. According to the current progress, perhaps in two or three months, Green Mist Dog will be able to completely complete the transformation and be reborn.

He gently spread his hands, and the [Dog of Corruption] floated up and gradually disappeared into the void.

After giving instructions to Garuru and Void Dog, Melen activated the channel and entered the higher-dimensional world again.

It was still the same cave. After Melen checked and confirmed that there was no change, he sealed it up.

Although this place is too close to the Sacred Tree Forest and has been abandoned by Melen, it is at least a well-built 'save point'. If you really encounter an emergency, you can still use it for emergency.

Melen now has three directions of exploration...

Needless to say, the Sacred Tree Forest is extremely dangerous. Melen currently cannot understand why it disappeared so suddenly, so he just passes it by.

The wasteland is occupied by time worms. These time worms are very aggressive, and the deeper you go into the wasteland, the stronger the time worms become.

The crystal mountains and river areas are completely unknown.

After thinking for a moment, Melen finally fixed his sights on the area of crystal mountains and rivers.

The reason is very simple. After all, the wasteland is the territory of time worms. If you go too deep, you will inevitably be besieged by a large number of time worms. Melen does not want to fall into this dilemma.

Although there was no record of time worms in the high-dimensional books that Mellen read, there were quite a few time-related high-dimensional life forms. Generally speaking, these time-related high-dimensional life forms all possessed a special ability, which was to change their own status on the current timeline by adjusting their own time axis.

After Spike 'kills' the Time Worms, they will immediately 'revive', which is a passive application of this ability.

If time-related life forms can actively use this ability, they can adjust their own strength freely, which is equivalent to allowing their future selves to come to the present at will.

Melen didn't want the legendary time worms besieging him to suddenly turn into saints when he attacked the wasteland. Even if not all of them, at least a dozen of them would be enough to give him a hard time.

After determining the target, Melen no longer hesitated and began to move towards the crystal mountain and the river.

The saying "a horse will die if it is not seen before" is especially true in the high-dimensional world.

The Crystal Mountain and the river were clearly within Mellen's sight, but Mellen felt like it took him about five days in the real world to get close.

The journey was certainly not peaceful, and they encountered many strange and bizarre high-dimensional life forms. Fortunately, although the abilities of these high-dimensional life forms were more bizarre than each other, their strength was relatively average, so they traveled relatively easily.

Only when he got closer did Melen see the specific appearance of the crystal mountain and the river...

The Crystal Mountain is about a thousand meters high and looks like a bull's horn. It is not only sharp but also slightly curved.