The two of them left the Demon Abyss seal.
Xia Qiming was busy heading back to report to his superiors and notify other countries.
Before Xia Qiming left, Chen Xu asked if there were any suitable dungeons for him to conquer.
Now that the Advancement Ascension mission restrictions were gone, it was the perfect time to grind some levels. High-level skills like Summon Ghost, Abomination Stitching, Necrotic Knight, and Undead Bone Dragon were things Chen Xu had been eyeing for a long time.
The reply he got was that there were, and quite a few at that.
However, he had to wait until Xia Qiming returned and discussed an operations plan with other high-level Daxia officials before taking action.
Thus, Chen Xu found himself with a rare moment of leisure.
Since awakening as a professional, he had been working non-stop, either clearing dungeons himself or supporting others in doing so.
Now that he finally had some free time, it was time to fuse the fragments.
He just happened to have five space fragments he had obtained from Big Boss earlier.
The affixes were Smart, Frost Earth, Bone Forest, Mass Grave, and Lost Soul.
Among them, the fragment with the Smart affix was intended to renovate the Old Factory. The other four fragments were for generating new regions.
The Undead Kingdom currently had seven regions; once it reached ten, he could be promoted to legendary-tier.
With a few teleports, he returned to his long-absent dormitory.
He took out the five fragments and laid them out on the table.
"I'll start fusing with the Smart affix first. World Will, bless me."
He pressed his hands together and prayed to the heavens.
Then, his mental strength enveloped the fragment, connecting to the Undead Kingdom to begin the fusion.
【The Undead Kingdom has fused with a dungeon space fragment; the space has expanded.】
【The Old Factory has been renovated, generating a new region: Ghost Factory】
【Ghost Factory: A technological miracle from the Land of the Undead, an unmanned automated factory that would put even dwarven craftsmen to shame. You only need to deploy ghosts to automatically absorb the surrounding necrotic aura and produce high-quality necrotic equipment.
(You ask why an unmanned factory needs ghosts to run? Ghosts aren't people; outside, you might call them evil ghosts, but in the factory, you must address them as the great machine spirits!)】
How should he put this fusion result? Chen Xu felt it should be considered a good outcome.
Summon Ghost could be learned at level 40; now that the level suppression was gone, he would likely reach it after clearing a few more dungeons.
He just didn't know how high "high-quality" meant for this necrotic equipment, and whether it could compare to Bone Guard One.
His mental strength enveloped the remaining fragments once more.
【The Undead Kingdom has fused with a dungeon space fragment; the space has expanded.】
【Dragonfall Swamp has fused with Frost Earth, generating a new region: Everfrost Dragon Territory】
【Necrotic Space has fused with a dungeon space fragment; the space has expanded, obtaining a region: Bone Thicket】
【Necrotic Space has fused with a dungeon space fragment; the space has expanded, obtaining a region: Slaughterhouse】
【Necrotic Space has fused with a dungeon space fragment; the space has expanded, obtaining a region: Wailing Lake】
【Everfrost Dragon Territory: Once a burial ground for the dragon race, it has now been eroded and transformed by the power of extreme ice, becoming a dreamland for all bone dragons. It can permanently enhance the strength of the bone dragons dwelling within. The dragon remains buried there can also be transformed into Undead Bone Dragons. Currently transformable dragon remains: 0
(That is how the dragon race is; when alive, they get stronger just by sleeping. After they die, if they find a suitable place to continue sleeping, they can still keep getting stronger.)】
【Bone Thicket: The most common ecological environment in the Land of the Undead, it is the habitat of the skeleton race. It periodically generates skeleton soldiers, skeleton archers, skeleton priests, and skeleton mages. (Rumor has it that the Bone Thicket can produce Undead Bone Dragons, but it is merely a rumor. After all, no Undead Bone Dragon has ever admitted to coming from the Bone Thicket.)】
【Slaughterhouse: Blood! Flesh! A synonym for cruelty and terror. The Slaughterhouse automatically disassembles corpses within into sizes suitable for abomination use. Generating stitched abominations using materials from the Slaughterhouse will not result in failure.
(Another great miracle of the Land of the Undead! In the past, the specifications of stitched abominations varied; the powerful could conquer a Hell Archduke, while the weak could only drive away goblins. But the emergence of the Slaughterhouse ended this situation. Now, abominations are as reliable as hellfire.)】
【Wailing Lake: One of the ecological environments of the Land of the Undead, a lake formed by the liquefaction of dense necrotic aura. Throwing in remains can transform them into ghosts.
(In the Land of the Undead, water is not a symbol of life. The wailing that rings out from time to time already indicates that this is the territory of ghosts. Aside from those bone dragons who come here to wash away corpse fragments from their bodies, no other necrotic creatures will enter without permission.)】
【The number of special regions in the Undead Kingdom has reached ten; the rank of the Lord of the Undead has been promoted to legendary-tier.】
【The Lord of the Undead has reached legendary-tier and obtained the skill: Blessing of the Dead.】
【The Lord of the Undead has reached legendary-tier; you can perceive other Lord of the Undeads, and at the same time, you will be perceived by them. Unfortunately, although similar authorities flow through your souls, you are not close blood brothers, but rather competitors where only one can survive.】
This fusion did not bring the negative feedback from the previous surges in mental strength. Instead, because he had reached the legendary-tier, Chen Xu felt as if he had been sublimated, experiencing an indescribable sense of comfort.
The refreshing feeling began in his soul and slowly flowed to his physical body, as if some kind of shackle had been undone, making his physical senses more refined.
After a long while, the feeling slowly receded.
"It feels even better than a top-tier massage." Chen Xu cracked his neck and gave a heartfelt sigh of praise.
Then he entered the Undead Kingdom to check out the new regions.
Particularly the Everfrost Dragon Territory. When it was still the Dragonfall Swamp, Chen Xu clearly remembered there were nine dragon remains buried underneath. Now the prompt said there were no usable remains, and he hoped the fusion hadn't swallowed them up.
Inside the Undead Kingdom, as far as the eye could see, the area that was once the Dragonfall Swamp had turned into a vast expanse of white snow. Amidst the snow stood many cliffs, scattered rocks, and the skeletons of massive creatures.
Teleporting onto the snow, Chen Xu bent down and scooped up a handful. In terms of appearance and touch, it was no different from snow in the real world. However, the dense necrotic aura within made Chen Xu realize that this substance was fundamentally different from normal snow.
Suddenly, a massive skeleton nearby began to move. The body, which originally had its ribs facing upward, flipped over. At the same time, a dragon head—more accurately, a bone dragon head—emerged from the snow.
The bone dragon shook its head left and right to shake off the accumulated snow. Then it stretched out its massive head and leaned in toward Chen Xu.
Chen Xu raised his hand and pressed it against the dragon head in front of him, stroking it back and forth while making clicking sounds with his mouth.
Perhaps because Chen Xu's technique was too professional, the bone dragon's tail swayed left and right, kicking up quite a bit of snow. It even let out a few low cries from its throat.
"What a good child. I'll give you a name. How about Sindragosa?"
Sindragosa raised its head and let out a long string of cries.
"It seems you like it." Chen Xu patted Sindragosa's head again and then jumped onto its head. "Sindragosa, take me for a flight."
"Wooo~~~"
Sindragosa roared, flapped its wings, and took to the air.
Chen Xu stood on the dragon's head, using his mental strength to anchor himself. He felt the fierce wind blowing against him and watched the scenery around him blur.
"Wow, this is awesome!"
After Sindragosa reached a certain height, it began to circle the Everfrost Dragon Territory, letting out continuous roars.
"Wooo~~"
Eight more bone dragons flew up from below one after another, following behind Sindragosa in a circling flight.
It turned out that the nine dragon skeletons from before had all been transformed into Undead Bone Dragons.
...
The next day, a message from Xia Qiming pulled Chen Xu out of the Undead Kingdom.
It said that a mobilization meeting and operational arrangements were to be held at the preparation base. The national machine of Daxia was about to start running according to the arrangements of the World Will.
"Teacher Zhang, you've arrived so early too."
Upon arriving at the base entrance, he happened to run into Zhang Jingping.
Zhang Jingping nodded and then looked at Chen Xu with a strange expression. "When did you dye your hair?"
"Huh? Dye my hair?"
"Yeah, it's completely white." He even conveniently condensed a mirror out of mental strength and held it in front of Chen Xu.
In the mirror, Chen Xu's originally jet-black hair had turned snowy white.
Zhang Jingping withdrew his mental strength, the mirror shattered, and then he reached out to pat Chen Xu's shoulder, joking, "I heard that in your last mission, you helped a little girl on Ye Bufan's side. Did you two hit it off that quickly?"
Rate on N.U.
