The Tycoon God of Online Gaming
Chapter 667 - 668 Devil Seed

Chapter 667: Chapter 668 Devil Seed

Chu You fed the holy crystallized source stones, one after another, into the mouth of his Divine Pet Emperor Ji. Hers remained an icy cold expression throughout, as if receiving food from her master’s hand was a normal thing.

Dantai Jingning was left stunned by this sight.

Once he finished feeding, Chu You smiled then headed over to another source stone. He noticed it was broken, with a glance inside revealing its uselessness, implying it was nothing more than a fragile shell.

Ha! It all makes sense now. I wondered why there was such a strict guard in my past life. As I suspected, there’s a hidden source stone mine here!

And what’s inside a source stone mine? Pets, of course!

The pets that come from a source stone mine are all high-ranking! Ninth Order, even Divine Pets, have a chance to appear!

And how large is this source stone mine? Looking around, Chu You’s conclusion was: massive!

Obviously, if it were massive, it meant there were abundant source stones.

However, as Chu You moved around, he realized that most of the source stones were damaged, with nothing left behind.

But that didn’t matter, as this was just the entrance.

Were there any monsters? Chu You strained his ears to listen, but heard nothing. This place was very quiet. If there were monsters, maybe they were deeper in?

"Meow Xiao Meng, fly up and keep watch."

"Emperor Ji, you do the same. Don’t fly too deep; just keep watch over my head and let me know immediately if anything changes."

And so, the Divine Pet Emperor Ji and the Holy Angelic Chief flew up to the skies. They moved in synchronization with Chu You but never individually. They just kept a close watch on the surroundings.

Below, Chu You and Dantai Jingning began to carefully explore the area.

Soon, Chu You found a real source stone in a pile. This source stone was indeed different from the broken ones, with a tangible quality that made it easily distinguishable.

Under the divine light of the Holy Angelic Chief’s staff, genuine and fake source stones could be easily distinguished—an unexpected bonus that pleasantly surprised Chu You.

Chu You reached out for the real source stone and soon a light began to glow between him and the stone. Looking at the progress bar, Chu You frowned, this was a bit slow. How long would it take to collect all the real source stones?

"Dantai Jingning, take the Divine Fire Candlelight and explore the surroundings for more stones like this. Use the method I taught you to gather them."

"Sure, master." Dantai Jingning pulled out the Divine Fire Candlelight from her bag.

"And don’t forget the small crystals on the ground. Don’t stray too far from me."

"I got it. I’m heading off now."

"Hmm."

After Dantai Jingning walked off, Chu You completed the extraction process.

System: You have successfully mined one source stone!

With the task complete, the source stone disappeared, moving into Chu You’s bag. He then crouched down, collecting some things from the ground-those were Holy Crystallized Source Stones ×5.

Then, Chu You ran off to find another stone, quickly discovering three more. If he wanted to include these three source stones in his bag, he would need 1 minute and 30 seconds.

At this moment, Chu You deeply felt the limitations of one’s abilities.

Simultaneously, a question emerged: a certain group from his past life had guarded this place for a long time. Chu You wasn’t sure for how long, but they were still there when he had no need for them. If they were here to mine source stones and if the mine was as large and abundant as speculated, it would be depleted within a few days.

However, they stayed for an extended period; there must be a secret here!

This thought brought a smirk to Chu You’s face. Clearly, this place was a treasure trove!

After spending one minute mining two source stones and then moving on to the third, something unexpected occurred.

The third source stone began to emit a greenish light, differing from the light produced when extracted. Despite this, Chu You continued his mining, and in an instant, the source stone fractured. Simultaneously, a point of green light shot forth, trailed by a fluorescent tail.

The green light hovered in the air momentarily, before zipping into Chu You’s body.

System: You have collected a ’Devil Seed’!

A Devil Seed?!

Can source stones give birth to Devil Seeds?

Chu You quickly realized that this place was the Demon Kingdom’s Sacred Mountain. More than 100,000 years ago, it was occupied by the Ancient Demon Race. So, it wasn’t surprising to find Devil Seeds inside the source stones of the mine here.

But, what was a Devil Seed?

Chu You opened his bag, and found a green point of light.

Devil Seed: First: By collecting a specific quantity of Devil Seeds and sacrificing them, the tier of your Divine Power Equipment can be elevated!

Second: By assembling a certain amount of Devil Seeds, all the equipment items in the player’s inventory can be enchanted, giving birth to or strengthening equipment skills!

Third: By gathering a certain number of Devil Seeds, the Daoist People can be subjected to demonization, turning them into Daoist of Demons! There is a chance that will induce them to serve you. However, their demonization attribute will not change, they will not truly become your property.

Fourth: By collecting a certain amount of Devil Seeds, you can unseal sealed beings from the Demon Kingdom, or even revive them! This can also be used to evolve, awaken or revive the sacred artifacts of the Ancient Demon Race!

Devil Seed Explanation: The Devil Seed originates from the Demon Soul. All existing Devil Seeds are from the strongest of the Ancient Demon Race. Upon suffering irreversible damage, or due to other factors, they return to their Devil Seed form, waiting for the day they will truly revive.

In this context, it could be said that at least 130,000 years ago, a Devil Seed was once a ’person’ and quite a strong one at that!

It was conceivable to Chu You that some warriors of the Demon Race, foreseeing their decline, chose to enter the source stone, hoping that they could be eternally preserved within, waiting for the day when they would be liberated by their comrades.

What they probably did not take into account was their eventual transformation into a Devil Seed within the source stone, unable to resist the ravages of time.

Returning to their true form!

And now, Chu You had retrieved his first Devil Seed.

He took it out of his bag, watching as the green point of light, trailing its luminous tail, spiraled in his hand.

It was so close to Chu You, who was carefully watching it. He could feel that this Devil Seed seemed to be conscious.

It seemed as though it was trying to communicate something to him.

At that moment, the Devil Seed moved slightly. It slowly drifted around in the air and, seeing Chu You still, paused in place, spinning slowly.

Once Chu You approached, it moved again.

At that moment, Chu You’s eyes brightened—he realized the Devil Seed was guiding him.

"Dantai Jingning, stop searching and come to me!" Chu You called out, then followed the Devil Seed deeper into the mine.