The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 267 - 183: Endless Long Night

Chapter 267: Chapter 183: Endless Long Night

350,000 star coins, plus prior savings.

Current star coin balance: 452,000

450,000!

Zhou Yuan exhaled and opened the game store to start shopping.

First was the follow-up skill to Shadow Devourer, "Black Sun." As an epic-quality skill, it came with a staggering price tag of 280,000.

[Skill Name: Black Sun]

[Quality: Epic]

[Special Effect: Shadow Scorcher. Releases a devastating shadow sun that rotates continuously, exerting powerful gravity to draw in surrounding objects. It grows by consuming matter, and when it reaches its limit, it explodes automatically, unleashing a terrifying shadow storm.]

[Skill Cost: 3000 points of spirituality]

[Cooldown Time: None]

[Remark: One day, an unexpected solar eclipse occurred in the Zephyr civilization’s world. Everything fell into darkness, and everyone was busy filming short videos, not noticing that this eclipse lasted longer than usual. By the time people realized the black sun was growing larger, it was too late.]

After purchasing this item, the balance dropped to 170,000.

Zhou Yuan sighed helplessly; money came quickly and went just as fast. Several hundred thousand star coins spent on a few items and it was all gone.

Next, he spent 100,000 star coins to buy a perfect-quality skill called "Replication."

[Skill Name: Replication]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Special Effect: Copy. Replicates a selected target skill.]

[Skill Cost: 1000 points of spirituality]

[Cooldown Time: None]

[Remark: If your opponent’s summoned creature is his wife, congratulations, you can replicate a wife exactly like his—if your tastes align, that is.]

This skill allowed the replication of a selected target skill into two copies, with no upper limit.

One becomes two, two become four, four become eight... as long as the spirituality points suffice, you could achieve massive explosive output with minimal cost!

After making his purchases, Zhou Yuan was left with 72,000 star coins, with nothing more to buy for now, so he decided to save the rest.

He calculated the time; the system’s mission dispatch should arrive soon, and he had to complete the final elementalization.

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One hour later.

Chengla!

Zhou Yuan cheered as he finished the elementalization of his brain smoothly.

At the moment of complete elementalization, he felt a leap in his life’s dimensions, rising swiftly, becoming transcendent. He gradually saw a new, distinct world.

His body, through this sublimation, shed the shackles of flesh and blood, no longer as fragile as before. His physique evolved, constantly transforming, significantly improving— a qualitative change.

Zhou Yuan was enveloped in a mysterious dark aura; without using any abilities, just standing there would automatically form a shadow, making him less noticeable. Once noticed, people would be deeply attracted by his mysterious night-like charm.

Normal elemental extraordinary persons only entered the fourth tier after successfully elementalizing an organ, yet he had completed elementalization without reaching the fourth tier... Hmm... A player’s real combat power couldn’t be judged solely by level. After acquiring a divine fragment, in a certain sense, he was also a demigod, albeit the weakest kind...

Zhou Yuan stretched his body, feeling the power coursing through his limbs and bones, far surpassing before.

At that moment, the system’s mission notification sounded in his ears.

[Mission Delivered]

[Mission Name: Endless Night]

[Stage One Mission Objective: Enter a pitch-black, lightless room alone before midnight and wait for the teleportation]

[Mission Reward: To be revealed after teleportation]

[Accept the mission?]

[Yes/No]

A new mission arrived.

Zhou Yuan felt a surge in his heart. After pondering over the mission briefing for a moment, he rubbed his chin and muttered to himself: "A pitch-black, lightless room, an endless night... It seems the instance may be a place without light and perpetually dark. For someone like me, a shadow-system extraordinary person, this is a perfect fit..."

He called Fang Qing to consult, considering that spectral spiritual beings also thrive in dark environments.

Afterward, he took out his phone and contacted the intelligence broker who went by "It Seems There Are Ants Crawling on Sakurajima."

"Help me find some abnormal planes or events characterized by darkness, absence of light, and long periods of night."

A minute later, Ants replied, "Please wait a moment, sir. This will take some time."

With more than half a day left until midnight, Zhou Yuan wasn’t in a hurry.

After closing the chat window, Zhou Yuan called Ye Wan and mobilized the Holy Crow Church’s information channels to find locations meeting the criteria.

Zhou Yuan himself didn’t stay idle either. After having a meal, he started a live broadcast, harvesting faith power to replenish the consumed Night Divine Power.

As he continued broadcasting into the afternoon, Ants’ message came through, packaging the gathered abnormal event information that met his requirements.

Zhou Yuan quickly ended the broadcast, paid for and received the decompression password, then began reviewing the intelligence.

The first was a Level 3 abnormal event in South America; an entire town had inexplicably fallen into perpetual night. Examination of photos taken in the daytime showed an invisible wall surrounding the town. On one side of the wall was night; on the other side was day, distinctly separated.

This event hadn’t caused any casualties, and the townspeople had long been evacuated. South America’s Control Bureau investigators were probing the incident but found no key clues.

"Doesn’t seem too difficult; probably not the one."

Zhou Yuan proceeded to the second report.

This one involved an abnormal event in the Atlantic Ocean. An area of sea had been blocked by anomalous forces, trapping a passenger cruise ship caught within it. From that point, it lost all contact with the outside world.

The Control Bureau managed to peek inside the anomalous area using some method and discovered that the sea, engulfed by massive waves, had fallen into eternal night. Hundreds of passengers appeared affected by these forces, engaging in an exceedingly bloody survival game on the ship.

However, this brutality inexplicably reset periodically, with the ship and passengers reverting to their initial states.

Fang Qing nodded slightly beside him, "This one seems likely, though the intel is limited.

Should you buy some anti-reset items in advance?

They could come in handy even if it’s not for this instance."

"Makes sense."

Zhou Yuan agreed, opening the game store and filtering to find a suitable item.

[Name: Unalterable Notebook]

[Quality: Rare]

[Special Effect: Immune to external modifications and resets.]

[Remark: A warrior managed to escape an endless cycle of death with this notebook, which bears his blood. Despite the passage of time, the blood remains fresh as if just spilled.]

[Price: 10,000 star coins]