334: New Magical Girl

Having finally found time to rest, Tang Ping was not in a hurry to immediately seek out Pope Sophia.

Instead, he could now take more time to understand what this world was truly like.

One month here was only one day on Blue Star, so he had plenty of time.

"To the north of the Dark Forest is the Demon Wasteland, to the south is the Abyssal Swamp, to the west is the Dark Blood Grassland, and to the east is the Sea of Black Mist. It seems that apart from the Dark Forest, there is no place suitable for human habitation." Tang Ping knew some information, but he didn't know much about the areas outside the Dark Forest.

If he wanted to control this world, he needed to understand it first. Unfortunately, the surrounding areas were veritable death zones for humanity, and there were no outward connecting passages whatsoever.

"It seems necessary to develop the population first. At the very least, the Dark Forest still has a lot of room for development. I just need to figure out a way to get light."

Tang Ping frowned. This world lacked light. Although the humans here had adapted to the darkness, they were still very dependent on light and fire. Both could be said to be the sparks of survival and civilization.

Although he possessed the sunlight from the mini-game, this sunlight could only radiate the Holy City, and it wasn't available every day.

Relying on that light to grow crops was even more of a pipe dream.

"Light... I wonder if I can get some plants that can emit light?"

Speaking of plants, Tang Ping thought of the Ancient Era Mini-Game. Where else could the plant life be richer than there? His figure instantly flashed, and he arrived where the Blood God Clan, who possessed the ancient beast bloodline, were developing in this world, asking them to help search for some luminous plants.

Although he didn't know if the plants they found would adapt to this world, searching for more might yield something suitable.

"Hmm? Wait, what about the sunflower from the plants vs. zombies mini-game?" Tang Ping's eyes suddenly lit up. He had already refreshed the sunflower, but this sunflower couldn't produce sunlight, nor was there land to plant it in the mini-game. After all, the plants inside were manifested into reality, but even after manifesting into reality, the sunflower still couldn't produce sunlight, making it quite useless.

However, the sunflower did seem to genuinely emit light.

Tang Ping flashed outside the Tata Tribe to a patch of desolate woods and spent 50 sunlight to purchase a sunflower.

This sunflower did not have a smiling face; it was just a flower, a flower that resembled the sun.

The moment this flower appeared, the sky brightened!

"It really works." Tang Ping waved his hand and instantly put the sunflower away.

It actually worked!

Although he hadn't specifically investigated the instantaneous light, he could feel that it covered at least a radius of a thousand meters!

A radius of a thousand meters! If such a large area of land were reclaimed, it would be more than enough to support a tribe like the Tata Tribe!

And over ninety percent of the tribes in the Dark Forest were like the Tata Tribe, with many even inferior to the Tata Tribe.

He currently had over 100,000 sunlight, enough to purchase many sunflowers. Although it wouldn't be enough to instantly provide every tribe and town with a sunflower, he could at least supply thousands of tribes. Using this as a foundation, and selecting a guardian priest to protect the sunflowers and vigorously reclaim land to grow normal food, the population would soon explode!

With food came population, and with population came more Knights and Mages. One day, he could first pacify the entire Dark Forest. Even if he couldn't fill the entire forest with sunflowers, he could at least find other luminous plants.

With an idea forming in his mind, a mobile phone appeared in Tang Ping's hand. This phone was his Shelter, and the Magical Girl mini-game was naturally inside it. He could use this object to descend upon the statue directly.

Wait, Tang Ping immersed his consciousness, and surprise flashed in his eyes: "I can actually descend into the statue with my real body! It seems this is because I am in this world, allowing my entire body to descend, not just my consciousness."

This way, he wouldn't have to travel to the Holy City on foot; he could descend anytime he wished.

Tang Ping checked the sunlight he had accumulated over the past year or so, which exceeded 100,000. He decided to use 50,000 of it entirely to purchase sunflowers, keep a portion for himself, and give the rest to Sophia for her personal use.

"Since I can communicate with the statue directly from here, I don't need to rush to the Holy City. I'll hand these things over to Sophia first." Tang Ping thought for a moment and decided not to reveal his identity for the time being, wanting to see how Sophia was handling things.

However... a thousand members of the Blood God Clan appeared beside Tang Ping, along with twenty Level Five members of the Blood God Clan.

"Divine Master!"

In the desolate woods, dense bloody shadows appeared in the darkness, all kneeling on the ground.

"The twenty of you, split into four groups of five, each taking a portion of the people, are to investigate the situation in the four directions surrounding the Dark Forest. See if there are any traces of other human populations or areas suitable for human reproduction."

"Although the twenty of you are comparable to the top Legendary Mages of this world, this world likely harbors some hidden fierce beasts of considerable strength. Before acting, prioritize stealth and investigation. If there are no human settlements, do not disrupt the current order for now, lest you trigger unnecessary changes that might affect the Dark Forest."

A mass of azure energy transformed in Tang Ping's hand, and he took out twenty Secret Treasure Fragments.

Within the twenty Secret Treasure Fragments, the Mystical Art of the Azure Realm was used to quickly carve out small secret realm spaces. Finally, he implanted a section of azure ancient wood into each one, making the spaces vital and flourishing.

"Each of you will take one of these twenty small secret realm spaces. If you encounter areas with small populations, take them with you. If you encounter large human settlements, you only need to temporarily clear surrounding threats and secretly assist them, allowing them to gain a better environment for development, preparing for the Holy See's future conquest."

"Alright, you may all leave for now. Do not linger too long in the Dark Forest."

"Yes, Divine Master!"

The thousand bloody shadows vanished in an instant, as if they had never appeared.

A Black Iron Knight who had just left the Tata Tribe suddenly rubbed his eyes, then looked south, confusion appearing in his gaze: "Huh? Did I see wrong? It looked like it just brightened over there!"

But seemingly, nothing had changed. The Black Iron Knight dismissed it as an illusion and continued relentlessly toward Soto City.

Tang Ping's figure also returned to Captain Kane's home.

His eyes flickered. He had not directly informed the current Sophia of all this. Human hearts change, and after several decades, he wasn't sure if the current Sophia was still the Sophia he knew.

Of course, if she wasn't, then he would just replace the Pope.

He opened the Magical Girl game, and a plus sign appeared below the character panel.

He didn't know when the Magical Girl game had gained the ability to add other characters.

"Should I try it?"

Tang Ping clicked the plus sign. Soon, the screen began to change, a card flipped over, and a second Magical Girl appeared below Sophia.

A strange light flashed in his eyes. With a thought, he appeared on an island.

"This isn't the Dark Forest."

He hadn't expected to be the one to discover another human settlement first.