Chapter 1287

Yuzhu's eyes were filled with smiles. "Captain, you finished reading so quickly. Your soul realm is truly… enviable."

"If it were me, it would take at least ten days to finish."

"Looking at your expression, Captain, you must have found the information you needed."

Lin Moyu read very quickly, finishing in less than half a day.

From Yuzhu's perspective, it would take at least ten days; the gap in their soul realms was enormous.

Lin Moyu took a sip of tea. "I did find it. It confirmed one of my guesses."

"If I take the mission, I will tell you whatever needs to be said if anything comes up."

Yuzhu frowned. "Captain, are you really going to take this mission?"

"Not necessarily. I still need some more information."

Amidst Yuzhu's worry, Lin Moyu left the Trading Center and headed to the Military Merit Office.

The 320 million point transaction could be exchanged for 32,000 military merit, pushing his military rank directly to Second-Rank Lieutenant.

At the Military Merit Office, Lin Moyu ran into an old acquaintance, Meng Gang.

Years had passed, and Meng Gang was still managing the Military Merit Office, though his rank had risen from Second-Rank Sergeant to Third-Rank Sergeant.

Even after so many years, Meng Gang still addressed Lin Moyu as Captain.

From Meng Gang, Lin Moyu learned why he did not need to perform a rank promotion mission.

Promoting from Sergeant to Lieutenant did not require everyone to perform a rank promotion mission.

The rank promotion mission for Lieutenant primarily assessed combat power; as long as combat power met the requirements, the promotion could be fulfilled.

Generally speaking, as long as combat power reached God King Rank 7, it was sufficient for promotion.

Even if there were mission assessments, they were conducted within the Human Emperor Network, and the evaluation was provided by the Human Emperor Network.

This could exclude factors related to one's own strength and prevent the use of magical treasures to fake combat power.

However, Lin Moyu did not need this at all; the Human Emperor Network's evaluation of Lin Moyu's comprehensive strength had already reached the Lesser God Venerable level, which was more than enough to be promoted to Lieutenant.

If Lin Moyu wanted to go further and reach the General level, he would need to possess strength in the God Venerable Realm, which would be much harder.

After exchanging for military merit, Lin Moyu left the Military Merit Office and sent a message to Zhu Qiwu.

Although Fortress No. 10 and the Human Emperor Network were very, very far apart, he knew Zhu Qiwu would definitely be able to receive the message.

Although Zhu Qiwu was not at Fortress No. 1, he seemed to always maintain a mysterious connection with the Human Emperor Network.

Sure enough, just two minutes after the message was sent, Lin Moyu received a response from Zhu Qiwu.

The reply had only five words: "Come to Fortress No. 10."

Lin Moyu stepped into the teleportation array and headed to Fortress No. 10.

Not everyone was qualified to go to Fortress No. 10; authorization was required to enter.

Clearly, Lin Moyu had obtained authorization from Zhu Qiwu and successfully started the teleportation array.

Traveling from Fortress No. 1 to Fortress No. 10 required several transfers, passing through Fortress No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4.

Then, jumping from Fortress No. 4 to Fortress No. 6, and then passing through Fortress No. 8, he would finally reach Fortress No. 10.

The entire teleportation process exceeded 100,000 light-years and was extremely long.

This teleportation was the longest one in Lin Moyu's cultivation career.

When he appeared at Fortress No. 10, before he even left the teleportation array, his body trembled slightly.

An invisible force descended from all directions of the fortress and landed on him.

The feeling was somewhat similar to the pressure in the Wondrous Land.

"This fortress is different!"

The first reaction in Lin Moyu's heart told him that Fortress No. 10 was unlike the other fortresses.

Then he saw Fortress No. 10; although it also had a heavy military style, it was essentially different from the other fortresses.

Every building here was inscribed with arrays. Lin Moyu felt that once these arrays were activated, the entire fortress could transform into a terrifying combat weapon.

Immediately after, a beam of light descended from the sky and landed in front of Lin Moyu, forming a guiding beacon.

Zhu Qiwu's voice rang in Lin Moyu's ears, "Follow the beacon and come over."

Flying along the beacon, he left Fortress No. 10.

Halfway through the flight, Lin Moyu felt himself pass through an invisible membrane.

"An array!"

Looking down, Fortress No. 10 in his vision became somewhat blurry.

Only then did he realize that the arrays of Fortress No. 10 were always in operation.

But the operation of the arrays required constant consumption of vast amounts of energy. Where did this energy come from?

Like Fortress No. 1 through No. 9, when there was no war, the arrays within the fortresses were always in a deactivated state.

Lin Moyu looked at the shrinking Fortress No. 10 beneath his feet and felt a sense of familiarity with it.

A flash of inspiration struck his mind, and Lin Moyu knew what Fortress No. 10 was.

It was the War God Fortress. Not a replica, but the real War God Fortress.

If a replica of the War God Fortress had strength in the God Venerable Realm, then how strong would the real War God Fortress be?

Placing the War God Fortress here meant that this place was indeed very dangerous, and it also meant that this place was indeed very important.

Zhu Qiwu sat there like a sculpture, motionless.

As far as Lin Moyu knew, Zhu Qiwu had been sitting there for thousands of years without changing his position.

But that didn't mean he really didn't move; it was just his original body that was motionless, while his avatars would occasionally go out.

The ones who had met with Lin Moyu before were all Zhu Qiwu's avatars, not his original body.

It was just that Zhu Qiwu had said that his avatars were somewhat unique and different from others.

Avatars could also be regarded as the original body; there wouldn't be much difference.

Seeing the original body for the first time, Lin Moyu felt that the original body was more serious and majestic.

A strange aura lingered on Zhu Qiwu; this was the aura of the Other Shore.

Lin Moyu bowed to Zhu Qiwu. "Greetings, Senior."

"What is it?"

Zhu Qiwu's voice was slightly low, as if suppressing something.

Lin Moyu still felt the difference between the avatar and the original body; the avatar was more easygoing, while the original body seemed a bit too serious.

Lin Moyu said, "I wanted to ask for some information from you, Senior."

Zhu Qiwu glanced at Lin Moyu, the meaning of which was: Just for this?

Lin Moyu continued, "Junior wants information on Area 9-58."

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhu Qiwu's expression changed slightly. "You want to take this mission?"

Lin Moyu saw something unusual in Zhu Qiwu's changing expression; his expression was somewhat complex, and clearly, this mission was not simple.

Lin Moyu said, "I haven't decided to take it yet, I'm just considering it."

Zhu Qiwu thought for a moment and threw a jade plaque to Lin Moyu—the same jade plaque that held the battlefield information, which he had let Lin Moyu see last time.

"I'll give you one minute," Zhu Qiwu said very bluntly.

The value of the information in this jade plaque was immeasurable. Being able to let Lin Moyu see it meant he already valued Lin Moyu highly.

The information about Area 9-58 would not be too much; one minute was enough. Lin Moyu immediately began to check it.

The information was indeed not much. After just half a minute, Lin Moyu had finished reading and returned the jade plaque to Zhu Qiwu.

The information mastered by Zhu Qiwu was indeed much richer than the Yu Family's, and Lin Moyu saw some important information.

"This area contains the power of a Curse."

"Most people didn't trigger the Curse, so they didn't complete the mission."

"Some people triggered the Curse and died inside."

"Three people came back alive, but they were still plagued by the Curse. Within less than half a year after leaving, they died one after another."

Chapter 1442: The Natural Advantage of Ignoring Curses

So that was how it was.

After reading the information, Lin Moyu couldn't help but feel shocked.

He also possessed Curse-type spells, and he had four of them.

There were three soul-type Curses: [Soul Burning], which directly attacked the soul; [Soul Curse], which reduced the enemy's various functions; and [Soul Poison], which caused continuous damage to the soul. There was also the [Time Curse], which was fused from the three spells.

However, he rarely used the basic Curse spells alone, most commonly using the fused [Time Curse].

The key lay in the time acceleration ability of the [Time Curse], which released the damage that [Soul Poison] was supposed to inflict slowly and continuously in an instant, and combined with the effect of [Soul Burning], its power greatly exceeded the two.

The only pity was that the [Time Curse] failed to inherit the debuffing ability against targets from the [Soul Curse].

Also, because most of the time he faced enemies whose realms were far higher than his own, the effect of [Soul Curse] in reducing various attribute functions was negligible to begin with.

However, if facing an enemy of the same realm, there was no need to use [Soul Curse] at all, as he had countless ways to kill the enemy in seconds.

All in all, [Soul Curse] seemed a bit like a chicken rib.

But Lin Moyu had always felt that there were no useless spells, only a question of when they were needed.

It was precisely because he possessed Curse-type spells that, after reading the information on Area 9-58, Lin Moyu became even more interested.

Seeing the change in Lin Moyu's eyes, Zhu Qiwu already knew his decision.

A serious voice slowly rang out, "Listen carefully to what I'm about to say."

Lin Moyu sat up straight and pricked up his ears.

Zhu Qiwu's voice became increasingly low. "In addition to the surface information recorded in the data, there is also some information passed down by word of mouth."

"The three people who returned from Area 9-58 back then seemed normal, but in reality, they were already deeply damaged by the Curse, and their souls were already in disorder."

"Others thought they refused to say anything, but in fact, they couldn't say anything."

"Later, they were taken into custody by the military. We tried various methods, but were unable to lift the Curse."

"Area 9-58 has restrictions on realms; those in the God Venerable Realm cannot enter."

"Once you enter, we won't be able to intervene. I can't get in, and those people can't get in either. Your life-saving stone will lose its effect."

"If you go in, you must think it through. Your life or death will be entirely up to you."

"Everyone has their own path. Your road needs you to walk it yourself, so I won't stop you."

"Whether to go or not, you decide for yourself."

Lin Moyu bowed respectfully to Zhu Qiwu. "Thank you for your guidance, Senior. Junior understands."

Zhu Qiwu grunted, waved his hand, "You may go."

He closed his eyes. Lin Moyu did not linger and turned to leave.

Returning to Fortress No. 10, when passing through the array, his battlefield tablet glowed slightly, verifying his identity.

On the way back to Fortress No. 1 via the teleportation array, Lin Moyu pondered the relevant information and Zhu Qiwu's words.

The two corroborated each other, allowing him to analyze quite a few situations.

"First, the mission in Area 9-58 can basically be determined to be an exploration-oriented mission."

"Second, as long as the Curse is not triggered inside, although the mission cannot be completed, there will be no danger. And for this type of mission, there is no penalty if it fails."

"Once the Curse is triggered inside, that is to say, the key point of the mission has been found, but the Curse is very dangerous, and outsiders have no way to resolve it."