Summoning Players into My Game Chapter 764 - 386: The Fierce Gray-Robed Men (Part 3)

Should other powers in the universe learn of this, they would likely go all out to claim it for themselves.

Fang Zhen's triggering of the epic hidden task left him thoroughly stunned, since he'd never imagined gaining the chance to construct an Advanced Cultivation Tower.

The existing Intermediate Cultivation Tower holds up reasonably well for now, yet with his progress into the upper reaches of the Heavenly Human Realm, its benefits are starting to wane. It's clear that once he hits the Divine Fusion Realm, even the Fifth Floor Cultivation Room in the Intermediate Cultivation Tower would seem rather lackluster. After all, Blue Star's baseline energy conditions are far too lacking; no matter how impressive the Intermediate Cultivation Tower might be, it can't transform something ordinary into something extraordinary.

That said, constructing an Advanced Cultivation Tower would deliver solid cultivation support right up to the Divine Fusion Realm, offsetting Blue Star's key weakness.

Lin Qi sprang into motion without delay, activating Fang Zhen's surveillance feed while broadcasting an epic team resource collection mission to the hundred players stationed on Myriad Dragon Star.

Myriad Dragon Star, the top-grade resource planet.

Within a cavern tucked inside a sprawling canyon, Fang Zhen gazed in astonishment at the palm-sized, rainbow-glowing crystal stone gripped in his hand, along with the epic team resource collection mission now hovering at the bottom of his vision.

Congratulations to player Fang Zhen for activating the epic team resource collection mission 'Dragon Crystal.' Gather one thousand Dragon Crystals and deliver them to the Hall Master. Rewards grant learning access to the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s Super Tier Divine Fusion Realm Secret Skill. The greater the surplus of Dragon Crystals collected, the richer the bonus rewards.

"Old Zhen, what did you do?" Yiye Fuyun, catching sight of the newly arrived system task, couldn't help turning toward Fang Zhen, who was rummaging around in the cave's pool.

Just then, it wasn't only Yiye Fuyun—even teammates like Li Ranxing were staring at Fang Zhen from afar, their faces full of shock.

Earlier that day, they had all ventured into a public zone on Myriad Dragon Star, debating what materials to gather for their quest. Halfway along, they unexpectedly trailed a group of twenty NPCs into this cave, where Fang Zhen managed to spark an epic team task. That mission's prize—a Super Tier Divine Fusion Realm Secret Skill—doesn't even exist on Prison Dragon Star. If they could master it, breaking through to the Divine Fusion Realm later would become far smoother.

"I think I found a Dragon Crystal." Fang Zhen answered, still a bit dazed.

Moments ago, a flicker of light had drawn his eye from the murky pool, and he couldn't hold back from snatching it. Shockingly, it ignited an epic team task, leaving him bewildered even now.

"Is that a Dragon Crystal?" Yiye Fuyun stared at the multicolored crystal glowing in Fang Zhen’s grasp, exclaiming, "Old Zhen, your luck is insane—you actually found one."

"It was a lucky find." Fang Zhen chuckled in response.

"Since the task has triggered, those NPCs clearly aren't ordinary; they must tie into the mission. Let's keep tailing them." Thousand Blade Evil Spirit shot a glance at the multicolored crystal stone before pointing toward the other cave the NPCs had entered.

Players from Fang Zhen’s team and Yiye Fuyun’s squad alike nodded their approval. Though they remained unsure of the NPCs’ intentions, discovering a Dragon Crystal—the exact item needed for the task—right in this cave strongly implied more lurked deeper within.

Afterward, Fang Zhen, Yiye Fuyun, and more than a dozen others hid their auras and silently crept toward the cave the NPCs had vanished into.

The passage sloped downward without end, making Fang Zhen and the rest hike dozens of kilometers before reaching a massive cavern brimming with an eerie atmosphere. At its heart stood a camp where hundreds of beings from various races toiled away at excavating a large depression.

Rocks within that depression were tough beyond belief. Though every worker commanded the Qi and Blood of a Half-step Divine Fusion Realm and swung specialized tools with might, their strikes merely sparked, carving only tiny chips from the stone. Undeterred, these laborers pressed on relentlessly with their digging.

A mere few minutes passed before one camper extracted a multicolored crystal stone from the unyielding rock, his face bursting with thrilled excitement.

"Could this NPC camp be a Dragon Crystal vein?" Yiye Fuyun murmured, his eyes sparkling as he watched the man who had unearthed the Dragon Crystal.

Per the system mission, gathering one thousand Dragon Crystals was essential. Yet, even after thorough searches during their journey here, not a single additional Dragon Crystal had surfaced, breeding heavy doubts. Fang Zhen's found Dragon Crystal might turn out to be the final one in the cave, dooming them to scour the entire planet. A quest this grand truly merits a Super Tier Divine Fusion Realm Training Technique.

Surprisingly, right at the cave's heart, a rich Dragon Crystal vein emerged, dramatically hastening their haul to one thousand pieces. Snagging extras beyond that would unlock bonus rewards, amplifying the triumph.

"Looks like this team task is urging us to seize control of this mining camp." Fang Zhen noted, eyeing the several hundred NPCs laboring there.

"Still, this camp holds plenty of NPCs, every one at Half-step Divine Fusion Realm. Even with our full hundred players assembled, claiming it could be tough," Thousand Blade Evil Spirit assessed after a brief watch.

Over two hundred NPCs occupied the camp, the feeblest at Half-step Divine Fusion Realm, with some exuding overwhelming presence. Only a hundred players had arrived on Myriad Dragon Star, barely over fifty reaching Heavenly Human Realm. A head-on clash would spell quick doom, given the vast edge of Half-step Divine Fusion Realm. Their Qi and Blood Power outstripped non-Half-step Divine Fusion foes by 2.5 times, leaving players sorely outmatched in that vital force.

"What's there to fear?" Yiye Fuyun shrugged casually. "Worst case, we perish and respawn. Since these NPCs lack respawns, relentless assaults will grind them down eventually."

"True enough, let's test the waters first." Thousand Blade Evil Spirit pondered and saw no real issue. Post-Heavenly Human Realm breakthrough, Myriad Dragon Star offered no Secret Technique Tower for halved respawn times, but a four-hour wait was trivial—and with time acceleration, just two hours in real life.

Right after, Fang Zhen and over ten Heavenly Human Realm players stormed straight for the camp.

While Fang Zhen and his comrades rushed the camp, the more than two hundred Dragon Crystal miners spotted them instantly, gaping in shock.

"What are these grey-clothed folks up to?"

"Murderous aura like that—do these grey-clothed invaders aim to claim this spot?"

"Who the heck are they? Don't they realize this vein belongs to the Imperial Country?"