Mysterious sea chart, the treasure of the goddess of wealth!

During these six years in the dream, Braum was persistent; whenever he heard news of a ghost ship appearing, he would quickly take his crew and rush there.

During this time, he came close to touching the ghost ship several times, but it always accelerated and escaped again.

It even sent out some eerie creatures to intercept his ship.

Although Braum failed time and time again, he also constantly grew through his failures.

The ship's configuration became increasingly better, and the strength of the crew grew day by day, including Captain Braum, who also broke through to the Legendary level.

However, on that very day.

Braum saw cracks appearing in the sky above, and he had the same premonition as Sarah.

He knew the dream was coming to an end.

Braum also became anxious; he knew he had to hurry.

So, without hesitation, he took out a large amount of treasure accumulated on the ship.

He offered a reward to other ships in the sea area, and even pirates, to help him find news of the ghost ship's whereabouts.

After several more months of searching and the help of various intelligence reports.

Finally, in an unknown sea area, Braum's ship encountered that ghost ship again!

At this moment, Braum pushed his ship's speed to the limit without the slightest hesitation!

He approached the ghost ship with unprecedented speed.

And fired a large number of grappling hooks, firmly catching the ghost ship!

For the first time in years, Braum was this close to his goal.

Then, he jumped onto its deck without hesitation, a look of determination flashing in his eyes!

On the ghost ship, he encountered the obstruction of countless rotting sailors.

However, they were either sent flying by Braum's great shield or smashed off the deck by his warhammer.

Just like that, Braum, single-handedly, fought his way into the captain's quarters.

In his heart, there was only one goal: to seize control of this ghost ship and bring it back to reality!

However, inside the captain's quarters, there was another powerful captain.

He sat on a rotting large chair, his eyes flashing with a ghostly green light.

He told Braum that if he wanted to control this ghost ship, he must stay here forever, accept the curse himself, and transform into a ghost.

When this big guy heard that, how could he be willing?

He directly chose to seize it by force and then engaged in a fierce battle with this rotting captain!

During the battle, Braum encountered the same situation as Sarah had back then.

The cracks in the sky were becoming more numerous, and he was gradually regaining his strength.

After becoming a Legendary Shield Guard, he relied on his powerful attributes to completely crush the ghost captain.

And just as he was about to slay the ghost captain.

The opponent let out a roar of unwillingness and decided to go down with Braum!

Thus, he chose to offer his own soul to a certain evil god in the deep sea!

In an instant, the entire ghost ship began to shake violently, as if some power maintaining its existence had been completely cut off. This ghost ship, which had traveled the seas for who knows how many years and left behind countless legends, began to disintegrate rapidly.

The hull was torn apart as if by an invisible giant hand; the deck, masts, and cabins all shattered, turning into countless fragments that sank to the bottom of the sea.

The deck beneath Braum's feet also collapsed in an instant, and in the blink of an eye, he sank into the icy seawater.

At the last moment, Braum only had time to swim to the center of the captain's quarters and grab one last thing.

Then, the entire dream world began to collapse.

Braum felt a wave of intense dizziness, and then he woke up from the dream.

After listening to his account, a thoughtful look appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

Braum's experience could be considered quite full of ups and downs.

In just a few short sentences, it condensed the twenty-plus years he spent drifting on the sea.

Cao Xing raised his head and asked with a hint of curiosity in his tone: "Do you mean that you ended up bringing back that parchment nautical chart?"

Braum had a dejected look on his face and said in a low voice: "Yes, my Lord."

"I am too useless; I failed to bring back that ghost ship—"

His tone was full of self-reproach, as if he felt he had failed Cao Xing's expectations.

However, Cao Xing smiled and comforted him in a gentle tone: "No need to be dejected, you have already done very well. The ghost ship is something from legend; whether it can be brought back to reality is still unknown."

"It is already very good that you were able to bring back the nautical chart from it."

After a pause, Cao Xing continued: "Now, first let me see that nautical chart."

Hearing the lord's comfort, a look of being moved appeared on the big guy's face.

"Yes, my Lord."

Braum carefully took out the parchment map from the backpack at his waist.

The map seemed to have existed for a long time; it still retained the smell of seawater, as if it had just been salvaged from the deep sea.

[Obtained: Mysterious Nautical Chart of the Eternal Frozen Sea]

The moment he saw the name of this nautical chart, a look of surprise appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

"This is—the nautical chart of the Eternal Frozen Sea?"

"That is to say, the sea area where Braum was in the dream is the Eternal Frozen Sea?"

Cao Xing was a bit confused.

He originally thought that the dream worlds in the Dream Library were all illusory and did not truly exist.

But now, the things brought back from the dream were connected to this world, which truly subverted his cognition.

"Could it be—that the things that happened in the dream are all real?" Cao Xing couldn't help but make this association.

"But according to Braum, the Eternal Frozen Sea has already been completely frozen, and the timeline doesn't match either."

With a look of confusion, Cao Xing unfolded the nautical chart and then looked at its attributes.

[Mysterious Nautical Chart of the Eternal Frozen Sea]

[Quality: Unknown]

[Chart Description: It records the sailing trajectory of the 'Fool's Queen' in the Eternal Frozen Sea, as well as the location of a treasure.]

[Treasure Coordinates: ??? (Not lit up)]

(Note: The captain of the 'Fool's Queen', after stealing the treasure of the Goddess of Wealth back then, fled into the Eternal Frozen Sea, which is a region under the jurisdiction of the Sea God.

The Goddess of Wealth could not intervene directly, so she cast an eternal curse upon the 'Fool's Queen'.

All the crew members became eternal prisoners, repeating their suffering day after day, and the 'Fool's Queen' sank day by day.

Before the 'Fool's Queen' sank completely, the captain hid the treasure he had stolen somewhere in the sea.

And the secret of the treasure is hidden in this nautical chart.

(Note 2: Only the Eye of the Soul that pierces through everything can glimpse the true treasure.)

After reading the attributes of this nautical chart, a look of shock gradually appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

"Good heavens! This nautical chart actually hides the location of the treasure they stole!"

"And, this treasure is related to the Goddess of Wealth!"

Who is the Goddess of Wealth? That is a true deity!

Moreover, to be able to make this goddess angry and cast an eternal curse on the 'Fool's Queen'.

Obviously, the treasure stolen by these bold guys is definitely not ordinary.

And the secret of this treasure is hidden in this nautical chart!

Cao Xing immediately unfolded the nautical chart and began to examine it carefully.

A moment later, his brows furrowed slightly.

The nautical chart depicted complex shipping routes and markings, and among them were some special symbols.

Besides some symbols for islands, some sea areas also had a whirlpool drawn, and next to the whirlpool was a huge skull.

Obviously, such places represented that they contained some kind of danger.

Besides that, there were also markings of icebergs.

And in the upper area of the nautical chart, there were also twinkling stars drawn, as if they were stars in the night sky.

Although Cao Xing knew these markings might have some connection.

"The location of the treasure should be hidden somewhere on this nautical chart."

"However—because there are too few clues, there is simply no way to infer it."

Cao Xing's brows were tightly knitted; he remembered a hint left on the nautical chart: "Only the Eye of the Soul that pierces through everything can glimpse the true treasure—"

"What does this Eye of the Soul mean?"

After thinking carefully for a while, he still had no clue.

Cao Xing shook his head and said: "Forget it, let's wait until later to call everyone over to study this nautical chart together."

"With my own strength alone, I probably won't be able to unlock the secrets on it."

Thinking of this, he put the ancient parchment nautical chart into his backpack.

Then he looked at Braum beside him and chuckled: "Braum, your choice was quite reasonable."

"The nautical chart you brought back from the dream might not be less valuable than that entire ghost ship."

Hearing this, Braum raised his head, and a look of hope also appeared in his eyes.

"Really? My Lord?"

Then, he asked with some suspicion: "You aren't just saying that to comfort Braum, are you?"

"Of course not. What I said is true."

Cao Xing chuckled: "When we go to the Eternal Frozen Sea in the future, we might be able to realize the value of this sea chart."

Upon hearing this, Braum immediately said happily: "That's great! My hometown is right there."

"If you go to the Eternal Frozen Sea in the future, Braum can lead the way for you!"

Cao Xing smiled: "I understand. You should go back and rest for now."

"Tomorrow, you might need to head out with me again."

"Yes, Lord!"

The big guy replied respectfully and then left the place happily.

After he left, Cao Xing stood there alone, thinking to himself: "The effects of this Dream Library are truly powerful!"

"The things brought back both times were unimaginably powerful."

"Although it costs 100 Divine Power points to enter the dream once, and it requires seven days to wake up."

"But that price is completely negligible compared to the harvest!"

Looking at the ancient building before him, Cao Xing was very satisfied.

A moment later, he thought: "So, who should be the next person to enter the dream?"

This question required careful consideration.

Because next, after work began on the Giant City, Cao Xing planned to head to that ancient ruin to explore.

At that time, he would definitely need to take a large group of his experts with him.

This included core combat personnel who were still at the Master or Hero stage; basically, they all had to be brought along.

"However, I don't need to take that many Legendary experts. I need to leave one or two behind to guard the house."

"Therefore, the next slot for entering the dream should be chosen from these Legendary experts—"

Thinking of this, he began to select candidates in his mind.

At this moment, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck Cao Xing, and an idea popped up.

"After these indigenous people enter the dream, they enter a world woven by the dream."

"This dream seems to exist for real and has some connection to this world?"

"Then, if we Survivors from Blue Star enter the dream, what would happen?"

This also aroused a strong sense of curiosity in Cao Xing's heart.

A moment later, he made his decision.

That was to make Liu Muxue the next subject to enter the dream.

Anyway, she had a pile of status skills, so even if she didn't need to fight, she could quickly level up.

Therefore, Cao Xing pressed his communication device and called Liu Muxue over.

A few minutes later, this powerful Aurora Holy Envoy arrived by his side and asked softly.

"A-Xing, I'm here. Is there something the matter?"

Cao Xing turned around, a gentle smile on his face.

Then, as usual, he explained the functions of the Dream Library.

After listening, Liu Muxue's reaction was the same as Sarah and the others, with a look of surprise appearing in her eyes.

"A dream world? And you can bring an item out from inside? What an incredible ability!"

Cao Xing nodded: "Yes, so I decided to let you try it too, to see what you can bring back."

Liu Muxue replied softly: "I have no problem with that."

"However—if I enter the dream now, it will take seven days to wake up."

"In that case, I won't be able to go explore the ruins with you. Is that okay?"

Since Cao Xing had already explained his upcoming action plan to her, Liu Muxue knew about the few things the territory needed to do next.

Cao Xing pondered for a moment, then said: "No problem. Your status skills have already been applied to all of us."

"According to the combat power I plan to take out this time, dealing with Demigod-level experts won't be a problem."

"By the time we return, you should be just about waking up from the dream."

Liu Muxue nodded slightly, her tone gentle: "Alright A-Xing, I'll listen to you."

A smile also appeared on Cao Xing's face; this woman had always been very obedient.

After he made a decision, Liu Muxue would unconditionally execute it, occasionally offering her own opinions; the way the two of them got along could be said to be quite harmonious.

Cao Xing said: "Then I will open the library now and let you go in."

Liu Muxue was just about to nod. At this moment, as if she remembered something, she turned her head again and asked.

"By the way, A-Xing—what do you think about my suggestion from last time?"

"Hmm? What suggestion?" Cao Xing was a bit puzzled.

"It's about—the matter of me wanting Bai Zhi to join our territory."

Hearing this, Cao Xing also remembered this point.

After pondering for a moment, he replied: "The matter of letting Bai Zhi join the territory still needs more consideration."

"As the leader of the second-ranked legion in the four major regions, managing hundreds of lords and tens of thousands of territory residents, it can be said that her scale is massive."

"And our side has even more people. If the two sides were to merge, it would involve too many things."

"Moreover, my legion population has reached its limit, and there is no way to recruit more people."

"We can only wait until the Giant City is built later to see the situation."

Liu Muxue nodded slightly; she also knew that such things could not be forced.

At this moment, Cao Xing changed the subject and said: "However—if we are going to the ancient ruins this time, we could actually bring her along."

"At that time, we'll see if we can find a way for her to break through to Hero, as compensation for her taking you to the Angel Ruins back then."

Upon hearing this, a smile also appeared on Liu Muxue's face.

"Alright A-Xing, I'll go tell little sister Bai Zhi first."

She seemed to like Bai Zhi a lot, and hearing that Cao Xing was going to take Bai Zhi to the ancient ruins as well, she appeared very happy.

Then, she dialed Bai Zhi's communication and went to discuss the matter with her.

A few minutes later, Liu Muxue hung up the communication.

She said softly: "A-Xing, Bai Zhi has agreed. She said she is heading to the Eternal Frost Main City right now to wait for you."

Cao Xing nodded slightly: "I understand. I will contact her tomorrow."

"Now, you should also go into the Dream Library."

"Alright." Liu Muxue nodded obediently.

Meanwhile, Cao Xing took out 10 Divine Power Shards from his backpack and placed them in his hand.

As he clicked "Confirm," these Divine Power Shards turned into dots of light and dissipated once again.

He glanced at his backpack; there were only about 150-plus Divine Power Shards left.

Since the end of the Blood Chaos expansion pack, he had no way to obtain Divine Power Shards.

Over the past half month, he had spent quite a few.

Cao Xing sighed in his heart: "These Divine Power Shards are being consumed too quickly. I need to find a way to replenish them as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, I won't have gathered the Divine Power Shards needed to break through to Demigod-level before I run out."

At this moment, Cao Xing thought of another matter.

"According to what the old King said back then, high-tier Legendary experts possess the ability to collect Divine Power and craft it into shards."

"The Legendary experts under my command will soon all be able to reach level 140 or higher."

"Calculating based on the production efficiency of seven high-tier Legendary experts."

"They can collectively recover 35 points of Divine Power per day."

"And in the process of converting Divine Power into Divine Power Shards, there will be some loss; it takes about 20 to 30 Divine Power points to craft one."

"That is to say, if seven high-tier Legendary experts fully convert Divine Power into shards, they can stably produce 1-2 shards for me per day."

"This efficiency is not bad, but if I want to gather enough Divine Power Shards to break through to Demigod-level, it's still a bit slow."

"But at least it can cover the consumption of starting the Dream Library."

Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction.

Meanwhile, as he invested the Divine Power Shards, the gates of the library opened, seemingly waiting for the next dreamer.

Then, Liu Muxue walked in gracefully.

After her figure completely disappeared, the gates closed with a "clang."

A layer of bubbles then appeared, enveloping the entire library.

"Next, I'll just wait for Muxue to wake up in seven days."

Cao Xing clapped his hands, then thought: "Now, I will start preparing for the construction of the Giant City."

The food problem is now basically solved.

The next step is the first one—recruiting enough workers!

Regarding this matter, Cao Xing had already thought of a solution earlier.