Chapter 136 : Chapter 136

The two little white mice looked at Ye Ze warily, their eyes making it clear they did not see him as a good person.

That much was only natural. Although the two little white mice were calling Ye Ze Boss right now, they were not actually summoned beasts. They had merely been intimidated into following him.

Their sense of belonging toward their original world was naturally much stronger.

Ye Ze, however, had only asked casually and did not press the matter.

After all, going to another world to seize a treasure was, on the one hand, a little unethical, and on the other hand, still far beyond his current strength.

At most, it could only remain a pleasant fantasy.

Still, the fact that the Shanhai World possessed an identical World Tree’s Crown had greatly piqued Ye Ze’s interest.

“It is nothing. Let us go.”

Ye Ze prepared to return to Blue Star’s teleportation gate and complete Blue Star civilization’s first mission.

He retraced his path.

Along the way, Ye Ze chose to assign the 240 Free Attribute Points accumulated from 【Slaughter’s Gift】 to Zero.

After all, with the effect of 【Four-Dimensional Extremity】, one attribute point could be treated as four, making it far more cost-effective than giving them to the other summoned beasts.

And once Zero’s attributes increased, not only would Zero’s own combat power rise, but the power released by the Fire-Tipped Lance would also grow stronger. It was killing two birds with one stone!

He added all 240 Free Attribute Points to Zero’s Constitution.

Then, under the effect of 【Four-Dimensional Extremity】, all four attributes rose from 1275 to 1515.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, he also fed Panda the massive pile of equipment the squirrel had seized during the Battle of Notting City...Among that equipment, Legendary one-star to three-star items made up the majority, followed by more than a dozen Epic items, all of them taken from Lionheart Kingdom sixth-ranks and the City Defense Forces.

The number truly was considerable.

If it were not Panda, then if it had been anyone else, their cheeks would probably ache from chewing so much.

Ye Ze simply threw it all into the Summoned Beast Space and let Panda eat slowly...Returning by way of that nameless stone cave, he stepped back into the strange forest blanketed in white mist.

Yet on the way back, he did not see any of China’s other forces at all.

“In theory, the main force should have arrived soon. So why is there not a single person here?” Ye Ze’s expression turned puzzled.

The two little white mice followed behind the squirrel, hopping along to keep up with Ye Ze’s pace.

At that moment, a woman’s voice rang out from ahead.

“Hey! Why are you walking around here all by yourself?”

Looking in the direction of the voice, Ye Ze saw a five-person squad hurrying over. Their class composition was well-balanced, and judging by their equipment, none of them were weak.

Ye Ze activated the Eye of Insight and looked at the high-ponytailed girl who had just called out:

【Tang Wan, Level 53, Fifth-Rank Frostsoul Sharpshooter】

Fifth-rank, and from China.

From the full information on the five of them, he learned that they all came from the same university: Jinghua Martial University.

In China, Jinghua Martial University was publicly recognized as the number one Class User university. There were even several sixth-rank Class Users serving there as instructors.

Among its third- and fourth-year student teams, their combat power was not inferior to elite squads of the demon suppression army.

So China’s people had indeed arrived normally... Ye Ze felt somewhat relieved.

The high-ponytailed girl, Tang Wan, looked Ye Ze up and down again in confusion.

“Did the Demon Suppression Army not say that no Class Users below fourth-rank were allowed to come in?”

“How did you get in here?”

It was not surprising that the Demon Suppression Army had set such a restriction.

After all, exploring a new world was full of danger. Even if those below fourth-rank entered in teams, they would still be at risk.

These five were all university students and naturally had not participated in the operations against Notting City or the Freedom Empire, so it was normal that they did not recognize Ye Ze.

Ye Ze gave a simple reply.

“When I came in, the Demon Suppression Army had not imposed those restrictions yet.”

“How is that possible?” Not only Tang Wan, but the other four exchanged glances and clearly did not believe him either.

After all, when they entered, they had been carefully screened in detail by the Demon Suppression Army. Strength, experience, team composition—every one of those factors mattered.

Otherwise, they would not even have had the chance to enter the Myth-grade Secret Realm!

And yet this young man in front of them had been allowed in alone by the Demon Suppression Army?

Although they found it hard to believe, since they were all from China, they only offered him a reminder.

“I suggest you go back and find a team. The Star Spirit World is full of dangers, and there are probably other races here too. They are very hard to deal with!”

“Especially just now, when even Blue Star’s teleportation entrance was attacked by monsters!”

Hearing that, Ye Ze’s expression changed. “Monsters attacked on their own?”

Tang Wan nodded. “They are called Soul-Rending Wraiths. They can split multiple times. They are very dangerous!”

“The vanguard force just suffered a wave of attacks and is still recovering...”

That almost made Ye Ze lose his composure.

Soul-Rending Wraiths?

Were they really that good at bullying the weak and fearing the strong?

When he had walked over here so openly, not a single Soul-Rending Wraith had come looking for trouble.

Instead, they had actually taken the initiative to attack China’s other forces!

It was perhaps also because when the Fox Immortal had instantly killed the Soul-Rending Wraith earlier, the commotion had been too great, causing the hidden monsters in the surrounding area to not dare move at all.

“Understood.” Ye Ze nodded. “I will head back right now.”

He happened to have the reward of Starrealm City in hand. If he built it, then with the protection of its city walls, monster attacks would no longer be so troublesome.

Seeing that Ye Ze seemed so willing to take advice, Tang Wan nodded in relief.

“You are still young. We will protect you on the way back!”

Ye Ze: “...”

He felt a little helpless, but the five of them were clearly acting out of kindness, so he let them do as they pleased. Otherwise, he would only have to waste more words explaining.

Behind the squirrel, the two Treasure-Seeking Mice were utterly stunned.

“Since when have humans become this strong!?”

“A Boss as powerful as him still needs people to protect him?”

For a moment, the two mice immediately made up their minds that if they managed to return to the Spirit Demon race, they absolutely had to warn the Demon King of Spirits:

this time, the human race was not to be provoked!

...

After about five minutes of travel, it became clearly visible that several military camps constructed from Epic-grade items were being built.

More than a hundred soldiers from the Demon Suppression Army’s vanguard force were recovering from their injuries there. They looked exhausted, as though they had just gone through a major battle.

Suddenly, a beautiful middle-aged woman in a light green dress hurried over with graceful steps.

“Lord Hundred Flowers King!”

The soldiers all showed respect when they saw her.

Shi Qing, the Hundred Flowers King, gave a slight nod. Then she noticed Tang Wan and Ye Ze returning together.

“Teacher Hundred Flowers! You came too!” Tang Wan cried out in delight.

Shi Qing, the Hundred Flowers King, was also one of the instructors at Jinghua Martial University, and Tang Wan’s squad had once studied under her.

But as a sixth-rank Class User, the Hundred Flowers King Shi Qing was rarely seen in ordinary times, so for students like Tang Wan and the others, even seeing her once was not easy.

Shi Qing smiled and nodded to them in greeting.

Then, when she looked at Ye Ze, her smile became even more radiant and charming.

“Well then, Captain Ye Ze, how did this round of exploration feel?”

Ye Ze could not help laughing helplessly. “Stop teasing me. The Notting City operation is over, so I am not some captain anymore...”

But before he could finish explaining, Tang Wan and the other four beside him were all dumbfounded.

“Captain?”

What kind of title was that?

The Teacher Hundred Flowers they had admired for four entire years at university—had she once actually served under this young man as a team member?

That gap was simply far too great!

Shi Qing smiled faintly as she looked at Tang Wan and the others.

“Once the new edition of the history books is compiled, you will learn about him from there.”

Hearing that, Tang Wan and the others all sucked in a sharp breath... What kind of divine figure was the person they had just planned to protect?

So there really was a reason he could explore a Myth-grade Secret Realm alone!

While the five of them were still frozen in shock, Ye Ze also got to the point.

“I have already completed Blue Star civilization’s first mission.”

“Now, I will establish Starrealm City here first!”

With that, he activated the Starrealm Stele’s mission reward here—at Blue Star’s teleportation entrance.

At that moment, it was as though the sky above this place had been lit by a strange radiance.

A pillar of light shot up from the teleportation gate. Then the ground rose, forming a vast platform.

Upon the platform, brilliant starlight gathered and transformed into city walls and watchtowers covered in flashing runes.

Under the stunned gaze of the surrounding Demon Suppression Army soldiers, along with Shi Qing and the others, the buildings within the city began appearing one after another, such as military camps and infirmaries.

Starrealm City descended as though from the starry sky itself, magnificent beyond compare.

【Ding! Starrealm City has been established. Blue Star civilization buff applied! Conquest Points +10!】