49: Strange phenomena in the sky and earth, volcanoes

Rain World.

A mirrored world created by the Yu Jie F card.

This mirrored world was a spatial rift opened by Lin Ti, using the power of that giant core.

Within the Rain World, that giant core would continuously create monsters.

The daily monster output was roughly 30.

However, just like in the real world, Lin Ti had no way to fight within the Rain World.

Only Summoners could enter to fight.

Killing those monsters provided a stable source of Light Energy for himself, and the Summoners themselves could also gain stable Light Energy points.

Furthermore, Lin Ti designed drop rewards for killing those monsters, to encourage the Summoners and others.

That's right, it wasn't just Summoners who could enter the Rain World.

Ordinary people could also enter.

Whether it was monsters killed by Summoners or others, Lin Ti could melt Light Energy from the dropped monster crystals.

However, these low-level monster crystals could not be melted into weapon cards or skill cards.

At this moment, the Rain Realm card was stably placed within the Monster Countermeasures Squad's independent laboratory.

The opened Rain Realm passage, like a vortex, floated in the air in a very unscientific manner.

"Can you hear the communication? Is the communication clear?"

"Received, communication clear."

At this time, Kajiya Itten had already entered the Rain World with a group of combat members.

And White Feather, from the outside, was directing and communicating with the combat members inside the Rain World through the passage opened by the Rain Realm card.

The footage transmitted back through the Rain Realm passage was also very clear.

Monsters that occasionally rushed over were easily dealt with by the combat members.

As Kajiya Itten had already initially mastered the Basic Breathing Technique, he naturally wouldn't use firearms to resolve battles like the other members.

Instead, he used combat to refine his Basic Breathing Technique and basic parrying.

[Basic Breathing Technique, Proficiency +1]

[Basic Parry, Proficiency +1]

[...]

The speed at which these two techniques improved in combat was far beyond what tedious training could achieve.

The monsters in the Rain World currently posed virtually no threat to Kajiya Itten.

Moreover, as a member of the Monster Countermeasures Squad, the most elite, core, and top-secret unit within the Monster Countermeasures Division.

His foundation was much stronger than Cheng Yang's.

Even if his Basic Breathing Technique only reached the First Layer, he could maintain basic breathing during combat, comprehensively enhancing his physical fitness.

[Basic Breathing Technique Proficiency +1]

[Basic Breathing Technique (First Layer)] 100/100

[Basic Breathing Technique (First Layer) → Basic Breathing Technique (Second Layer)]

[Physique +1]

As the battle continued, the proficiency of the Basic Breathing Technique finally reached its maximum.

Kajiya Itten only felt a ball of fire burning in his chest, and the air he exhaled turned into scorching white steam.

As the Summoner of the Fire Finch, Kajiya Itten's body was also gradually being transformed under the influence of the Summoner.

However, unlike Cheng Yang, the power transforming him was not entirely light, but also fire.

Under the influence of the Basic Breathing Technique, even without transforming at this moment, his body would acquire some fire characteristics when he circulated his breathing.

The current characteristic was probably that he could exhale air 10℃ hotter than normal people when breathing.

His body's tolerance to high temperatures also strengthened accordingly.

"Has it reached the Second Layer? I feel like my entire body has improved a lot in an instant."

Kajiya Itten did not become complacent because of the improvement, but continued to increase his training intensity.

Kajiya Itten, who could become a member of the Monster Countermeasures Squad.

In addition to his extraordinary talent, years of hard training were naturally indispensable.

Seizing the opportunity at this moment, he put in even more effort.

Back then, after dropping out of school, he was a ruthless person who spent a month every day staking out Hoodlums outside of school until they dropped out.

With such perseverance, I think he would succeed in anything he did.

"Rain World monster reactions have disappeared."

"Received here, please evacuate the Rain World in an orderly manner."

As the Rain World monster reactions disappeared, the combat members within the Rain World also began to evacuate in an orderly manner.

Upon returning to reality, everyone was already drenched.

As the Rain World, it had been raining continuously with a fine drizzle from beginning to end.

The combat members, apart from Kajiya Itten the Summoner, had all begun to learn the Basic Breathing Technique under Kajiya Itten's guidance.

At this time, they could also barely enhance their spirit and reaction speed through breathing.

As for physical strengthening, using breathing during combat still required a long period of practice.

...

"Volcanic anomaly!?"

Kajiya Itten leaned next to White Feather, looking at the news on the computer.

"Mm."

"The area is not in Lai Guang City, but on a volcanic island in an overseas bay."

"Is it a volcanic eruption?"

Kajiya Itten remembered what White Feather had said before.

Anomalous phenomenon.

It was very likely a natural card appearing, and the volcano... it was very likely a natural fire-type card.

"If it were just an ordinary volcanic eruption, why would I suspect it's a natural phenomenon?"

"The magma from this volcanic eruption has covered half the island, forming a lava lake."

"But neither the trees nor the animals on the island were burned."

"They even walked on the magma as if it were flat ground."

"The temperature of that lava is abnormal."

White Feather said this and opened a document on her tablet, handing it to Kajiya Itten.

It showed detailed investigation intelligence on this lava eruption.

For such a natural phenomenon, members of the Monster Countermeasures Division naturally went to investigate.

Samples of the magma were also being transported back to the Monster Countermeasures Division.

"Is that so? Then when should I go?"

..."The Torrential Rain E card from the previous Rainstorm, the Yu Jie F card."

"These can all be connected."

"If that volcano truly gave birth to a natural card, it should be hidden in a spatial rift similar to the Rain World."

"Such a spatial rift is very likely to hide extremely powerful monsters."

"You still need to train."

White Feather did not encourage Kajiya Itten to venture into such a dangerous place rashly.

Compared to the First Generation, Kajiya Itten's power was not yet mature, and he didn't have enough fire-type cards.

And even the First Generation, in the end...

White Feather thought of the on-site photos of that battle.

The battleground of Mu Men Depei and the First Generation had been found by members of the Monster Countermeasures Squad, but no corpse of the First Generation was discovered.

Based on the traces of the battle, White Feather also made a battle assessment.

It was an extremely fierce battle, and the opponent the First Generation faced was exceptionally powerful.

Regarding the First Generation's identity.

Logically speaking, based on the battle traces that extended from the urban area to the suburbs, clues should have been found.

However, there were none.

There were no traces of missing persons near the battle scene either.

It was as if the First Generation was like a ghost, or as if some existence had erased the First Generation himself, along with all his traces in this world, from this world.

Thinking of this, White Feather felt a chill.

If the news of the Summoner was exposed, would Kajiya Itten, or the entire Monster Countermeasures Squad, also be erased from this world without anyone knowing?

Without a single trace, as if they had never existed.

White Feather's mood became somewhat depressed.

Those ancient existences lurking in the shadows were so powerful they were suffocating.