The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 197 - 141: The Westward Journey to Collect Scriptures Team

Chapter 197: Chapter 141: The Westward Journey to Collect Scriptures Team

Zhou Yuan gasped again.

——Bai Lang!

A True Dragon!

The descendant of the Fire God, a green-skinned beastman mastering the power of Thought, a True Dragon, plus Jiang Wuming, the cursed one...

This four-man team was incredibly powerful!

The Fire God was one of the current true gods, holding supreme authority over realms like fire, forging, and destruction. As His direct descendant, she must be a godly person with scorching Divine Blood flowing in her veins!

The power of Thought was a kind of idealistic force, similar to Spiritual Energy. It could influence reality to a certain extent, ignoring physical laws. In other words, if the beastman believed in something, that thing could become real, making it a juvenile version of Reality Distortion Ability.

This ability only appeared among the beastmen, and those who mastered it were extremely rare.

True Dragon... needless to say more.

As for Jiang Wuming, although he had recently advanced to Tier 3, his strength was nothing compared to these monsters. But his main role was to act as insurance—just protect him, and no one within a certain range would die.

Everyone liked to team up with such a teammate.

"You’ve got a god-level team, do you still need me?"

"If I’m not mistaken, you should have some ability to acquire information out of thin air, right?"

Jiang Wuming had seen "Wang Zhen’s" methods back at the Joyful Castle and could easily guess a rough idea. He said seriously, "In this game world where many things are in an unknown state, useful information is more valuable than any treasure. Your ability can definitely come in handy."

"Provided you really have such an ability," added the mature elder sister with big red waves of hair.

[Huo Yan Luo, also known as "Fire Yama," 35 years old, Tier 7 extraordinary person, direct descendant of the Fire God, godly person. Like all descendants of the Fire God, she had an explosive temper and a straightforward personality, but at the same time, she was also sexy and intellectual. She liked Shiba Inu and enjoyed eating yogurt-flavored ice cream. She had been married once but divorced because her husband cheated on her with a gentle and tender sea god family member.]

Ah, that’s a lot of information... Zhou Yuan thought. If he said it out loud, he would probably get punched, so he looked at the green-skinned beastman.

[Will Mont, Tier 4 green-skinned beastman. Unlike his combative fellow clansmen, he liked knowledge and learning, often locking himself in his room to read books for weeks. This unexpected habit allowed him to master the "Power of Thought," but also led to rejection from his clan, often being mocked as a simple-minded coward.

He had a girlfriend, an elf belonging to the Control Bureau’s research department.]

Zhou Yuan then looked at Bai Lang.

[Bai Lang, Tier 6 True Dragon, skilled in magic and divine skills in the fields of ice, water, wind, and thunder. His physical power was formidable. Chairman of the Longgong Resort and Longgong Aquatic Products, environmental protector, and member of the Ocean Protection Association.]

He had a gentle personality, enjoyed appreciating beautiful things, loved watching fashion lingerie shows, married eight wives, had over ten children, and was preparing to marry his ninth wife.]

Zhou Yuan thought for a moment and pointed at the green-skinned beastman Will: "Your girlfriend is an elf from the Control Bureau’s research department."

Will’s eyes widened in shock, as no one knew about this; they hadn’t announced their relationship yet!

"Oh? Can you really see that?" Huo Yan Luo became interested. "What about me?"

"You like Shiba Inu and yogurt-flavored ice cream." Zhou Yuan dared not mention the divorce.

"That’s it? Nothing more useful?"

The Eyes of Identification suddenly updated:

[Aoneng Power: Flame. Elemental Substance: Glorious Flame, Illusory Spirit Fire, Heavenly Tribulation Divine Flame.

Glorious Flame: ...]

The Eyes of Identification not only specified the elemental substances Huo Yan Luo absorbed but also detailed each of their abilities.

Zhou Yuan was amazed upon seeing this; three elemental substances, and they all seemed powerful. As expected of a descendant of the Fire God, she easily achieved what ordinary extraordinary beings couldn’t.

He then chuckled lightly, "Of course, it’s not just that. I also know you’ve absorbed three elemental substances..."

He listed the names and abilities of the three elemental substances.

A startled expression appeared on Huo Yan Luo’s mature and charming face.

She had been famous for a long time, and her abilities had been thoroughly investigated. But Heavenly Tribulation Divine Flame was an elemental substance she had secretly absorbed recently, and no one else knew about it!

"Interesting," Huo Yan Luo squinted her eyes and laughed softly. A less than Tier 3 extraordinary person could actually see through her cultivation. This ability to acquire information out of thin air was indeed powerful.

"Since no one has any objections, our team is officially formed."

Jiang Wuming clapped his hands, "No time to waste, let’s head out immediately and start leveling up!"

After saying this, he finally realized something he had overlooked earlier. He quickly turned to Zhou Yuan:

"Why is your cultivation still intact?"

Even Huo Yan Luo, a Tier 7 divine being, and Bai Lang, a Tier 6 True Dragon, had their abilities sealed by an abnormal force, starting from level 1.

Yet Zhou Yuan still retained his cultivation!

"I previously obtained an abnormal item. After entering, it suddenly exploded, but my cultivation remained intact..." Zhou Yuan lied nonchalantly, making up a story while shrugging, indicating he didn’t know either.

"I see." Jiang Wuming and the others didn’t pursue further. After all, who didn’t have some peculiar ability from an abnormal item?

"With you around, leveling up will be much more convenient."

Beastman Will adjusted his glasses, "We’ve been out hunting monsters for the past three days, and our levels have risen to 7-10. With your cultivation unsealed, your level should be around 28 or 29.

The game has a reward mechanism for defeating higher-level monsters. If you let us deliver the final blow to monsters of the same level, we’ll gain a lot of experience and quickly reach the twenties.

Once our levels are up, we can team up to hunt higher-level monsters. By the middle of the journey, we should all reach level 60.

Then we can start hunting seasoned kings and forbidden creatures, aiming to hit level 100 by the end, or at least everyone over level 95."

It was clear he had already planned their leveling route in his mind.

"Uh... do we have to fight monsters ourselves? Don’t you have some large-scale destruction weapon bound to you? If not, just handcraft a few nuclear bombs, and our experience will skyrocket," Zhou Yuan suggested.

Beastman Will shook his head: "First of all, none of us have the ability to handcraft nuclear bombs. Secondly, someone has already tried using nuclear bombs for monster hunting. It does allow quick leveling but can only go up to level 40.

After level 40, the experience gained from killing small monsters becomes extremely scarce. Only elite and BOSS monsters will yield enough experience to level up.

And after level 40, even elite monsters have the strength to withstand a nuclear bomb."

"Level 40 corresponds to a Tier 4 extraordinary person... can they withstand a nuclear bomb?" Zhou Yuan doubted.

"Monster levels aren’t calculated that way."

Beastman Will shook his head again, "The game monsters’ strength is comprehensively enhanced. Their level 40 isn’t the same as a level 40 adventurer. It might take ten level 40 adventurers working together to kill one monster of the same level."

"Damn, the balance is terrible; did the designers make this game with their feet?" Zhou Yuan was speechless. If level 40 monsters could withstand nuclear bombs, how powerful would the max-level BOSS be?

"Honestly, you can’t blame the designers for this; it’s the interference of abnormal forces," Beastman Will shrugged.

•

The team didn’t waste any more time and immediately set out on their monster-hunting and leveling journey.

In the skies above, a majestic white figure stirred the clouds, soaring through the Sky Boundless Space.

With antlers like a deer, a head like a camel, eyes like a rabbit, a neck like a snake, a belly like a clam, scales like a fish, claws like an eagle, paws like a tiger, and ears like an ox.

It was the little white dragon in the waves!

Zhou Yuan and the other three sat on Bai Lang in his original form. The mountains and lands below shrank infinitely, turning into a 3D map model that swiftly retreated behind them.

"Wuhuu!" Zhou Yuan finally fulfilled his wish of riding a True Dragon, issuing an excited scream.

At the same time, he switched his "Dragon Knight" title back to "Chosen One" to avoid suddenly connecting with Bai Lang’s thoughts.

"Destination, Demon King Mountain!"

Beside him, Jiang Wuming cheered against the strong wind, "Star Expeditionary Army, attack!"

"Don’t say that, Jiang. That team only had three survivors in the end," Huo Yan Luo casually reminded while sipping red wine.

"Ah..." Jiang Wuming thought about it and felt she had a point. So he corrected himself, "Westward Journey Team, attack!"

"Our destination is north, so it should be a Northern Expedition. Also, who do you plan to cast as Pigsy?" Zhou Yuan teased.

"Ah, don’t worry about the details," Jiang Wuming pulled out his phone to start recording. This was a precious moment of riding a dragon; how many people in the world had ridden a True Dragon?

Only Bai Lang, with his good temper and the unique situation, would allow someone to ride him.

"We’ll be there soon," Beastman Will was excited but restrained, continuously checking the game strategy.

In the distance, a menacing dark forest shrouded in demonic qi and thin mist became visible. That was their first stop—the Demon Forest.

It was home to several level 20 BOSS monsters.

One of the beginner dungeons in the early game.

More importantly, it held a hidden plotline that would affect the game’s ending.

To achieve one of the two good endings, they had to trigger the hidden plotline and complete it. Otherwise, they would only get one neutral ending or two bad endings.

"I sense a killing intent. We can’t fly directly in; let’s land outside," Bai Lang said.

The game strategy mentioned a level 24 black bird in Demon Forest with a strong territorial instinct, attacking anything that flew over its domain.

Leaving Zhou Yuan aside, if they attracted a high-level BOSS attack now, they would likely be wiped out.

[Event detected, generating mission...]

[Mission name: "Demon Forest"]

[Mission objective: Complete all dungeon collections]

[Mission reward 1: Experience Points *1200]

[Mission reward 2: Star Coins *5000]

Wow... a mission! This place is considered a dungeon?

Zhou Yuan was delighted. That was great; there were countless places along the journey that could be classified as mission dungeons. Maybe on this Northern Expedition alone, he could level up to LV40 or even higher!