321: Level 40

“It will become a new grave.”

The Greedy Ghost said indifferently in his androgynous voice, his tone flat as if everything in this world had nothing to do with him.

Facing the unknown before him, Chen Du was wary, not daring to advance carelessly.

Commander Qi only knew that there was a so-called Treasure Trove inside, but what the Treasure Trove specifically was, or even if it truly existed, was uncertain.

Looking at a corner of the graveyard before him, Chen Du fell into deep thought.

This place, which required five lives to open and enter, very likely contained the danger of losing one’s life.

According to normal logical reasoning, this should be the cemetery of the Ending Civilization. Was he about to go in and dig up graves?

To be honest, Chen Du didn't mind digging up others' graves; after all, he had always believed in science and wasn't afraid of superstitions like ghosts.

“What would happen if I dug up the graves inside?”

The Greedy Ghost remained silent.

“Is this the cemetery of the Ending Civilization?”

The Greedy Ghost remained silent.

“Are there any rules to follow inside?”

The Greedy Ghost remained silent.

“Damn it!”

Chen Du cursed directly.

“There are 2 hours and 57 minutes left until the torch extinguishes. If you do not enter within 5 minutes of the Door of Ending opening, you will permanently lose the qualification to enter the Door of Ending.”

“There are 1 minute and 57 seconds left until the entry time.”

“Damn it!”

The Greedy Ghost remained silent.

Chen Du glanced at the other party, realizing that this word was not the key to making him speak.

This Greedy Ghost seemed to be an Energy Lifeform, but there also seemed to be some difference; Chen Du couldn't pinpoint what it was for a moment, only feeling an instinctive sense.

His wariness towards the Greedy Ghost had always been present, even when he couldn't see the other party earlier.

Chen Du had to enter this Land of Finality; there was no particularly special reason. Although he possessed a Heaven-Defying ability like the Crystal Space, it was not invincible.

This thing was more like an auxiliary tool; to become stronger, more effort was required from himself.

For a Small Civilization to defeat a Great Civilization was a miracle in itself.

Chen Du understood that if he couldn't become a miracle, he would never be able to eliminate those three Great Civilizations.

Currently, his strength was formidable at the Martial Artist stage, but even if he smoothly reached the Domain Warrior stage, his strength would still be only moderate.

Although this time he unexpectedly entered the Underground, it was also an Opportunity for him. While the overall resources here were poor, there must be things that were extremely rare or even non-existent on the Surface.

Also, Chen Du still needed to find someone to test the equivalent exchanged for the magma egg to see if the secret relic was truly useful and if there were any side effects.

If there were, he still had many duplicate items in his ring. He could try to exchange them for equivalent value then, and perhaps even get some unexpected surprises.

Although the ultimate goal was certainly to return to the Surface, if he truly found a way out and just went up like that, wouldn't it be a loss?

Thinking this, Chen Du stepped into the Land of Finality without hesitation.

After entering, it was somewhat different from what Chen Du had imagined. There were no ghostly wails inside, the Door of Ending behind him did not close, and the Greedy Ghost still stood there, like a security guard at a gate.

The scene inside also exceeded Chen Du's imagination; it was as if he had returned to the Surface, the setting was night, and there was even a moon in the sky.

But Chen Du knew that this sky must be fake, merely an illusion, because the time on his bracelet was currently November 20th, 16:30.

Although he was currently far from a High Martial Civilization, he hadn't reached the point where such a large time difference would occur.

Before entering, Chen Du had only seen a corner of the graveyard. After entering, he realized that this graveyard was divided into zones.

There were five zones in total, and Chen Du could only enter the second zone from left to right.

On the ground of this zone, there was a line of text, a script Chen Du had never seen before, but he could understand it with his Mental Energy.

It was a text-based interpretive translation, a situation Chen Du was encountering for the first time.

【Based on the Lamp Oil Rank, the “Martial Warrior Level” Challenge Zone has been opened for you】

Chen Du was silent for a few seconds, integrating the various jumbled pieces of information.

It seemed that the Rank of the lamp oil would determine which area you went to, not just being able to push the door open as Commander Qi had said.

He had no reason to conceal this point, so it seemed his translation of the so-called ancient texts was incomplete, or the ancient texts themselves were incomplete.

However, now that he was inside, discussing these matters was meaningless.

All four lamp oils were Martial Artist Level, so naturally, the Martial Artist Level Challenge Zone was opened.

Chen Du temporarily set aside the meaning of the three words “Challenge Zone,” but why were there five zones here?

If following this rule, these five zones should be the Quasi-Warrior Zone, Martial Artist Zone, Sky Soaring Warrior Zone, and Domain Warrior Zone—these four zones, right?

And Advanced Martial Artist and Advanced Aerial Warrior were human classifications, not a higher level of life. If these two were included, there should be six zones.

Could it be that there was an existence beyond a Domain Warrior?

According to the information Xu Tian told him, the highest Rank on Blue Star was Domain Warrior, because from Rank 25 onwards, the gap between each subsequent Rank was like a chasm.

This was even more so after Rank 30; there was no such thing as Rank 40.

Of course, Xu Tian added a concluding remark: “based on what has been discovered so far.”

Could Blue Star really have Rank 40 Martial Artists?

And they came from the Underground?

Chen Du truly couldn't imagine such a figure appearing in a resource-poor place like the Underground. Based on the information he currently had, the Gloomy Land, apart from the suspected Big Ear Civilization aliens, didn't even have a single Sky Soaring Warrior.

In the Shushu Civilization he was currently in, the strongest, the village chief, was only Rank 19.

With limited time now, and such unanswered questions, Chen Du never dwelled on them. He strode into the Martial Artist Zone.

The moment Chen Du stepped in, a tombstone suddenly rose from the ground in the nearest empty space.

Not only that, but the tombstone also read: 【Chen Du, Life Strength Rank 15.1, Challenge Ranking: 10001】

“Is this the so-called challenge?”

“There are exactly ten thousand in front?”

Chen Du muttered to himself, looking forward, and found that there was a tombstone every five meters in front of him, with the challenge ranking advancing by one position on each.

This meant he was currently in last place.

“So what I need to do is move up the rankings?”

Chen Du muttered again, roughly understanding some of the rules of this place in his mind, but he didn't know if losing meant being directly buried inside.

With this thought, Chen Du advanced again. To ensure he had enough time to leave, Chen Du had set an alarm on his bracelet to remind him after two and a half hours when he entered.

This was about 27 minutes less than the time given by the Greedy Ghost.

Chen Du had just taken two steps, still thinking about how to challenge and who his opponent would be, when the number 10000 tombstone, positioned one spot ahead of Chen Du's tombstone, suddenly lit up.

And a line of text appeared above the tombstone.

Challenge?

Yes/No.

5/5.

Chen Du hadn't expected the challenge to appear in such a straightforward manner, and it seemed he could only challenge 5 times.

According to this rule, since he was new and hadn't participated in any battles, his ranking was the last.

However, was it just too coincidental that there were exactly ten thousand in front?

In other words, the ten thousand tombstones in front were the accumulated challengers from previous eras, ranked in the top ten thousand?

Then this Rank 10000 one should be the weakest in the Martial Artist area, right?

Out of caution, Chen Du decided to spar with the weakest one first. Although it would waste one challenge Opportunity, his life was important:

“Yes!”

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