After returning to the Shelter, Lin Ye didn’t receive any system notifications.

But that only meant the white substance wouldn’t harm him, not that it wouldn’t have some kind of effect on him.

‘Guess I’ll just have to wait until a problem shows up.’

Since even the system couldn’t find anything wrong with the white substance, Lin Ye could only rely on his daily self-checks to deal with this situation.

Lin Ye grabbed the octopus clinging to him, tossed it onto the bed, then went into the basement alone and found the Blessing of the Lord of Emerald Capital.

“Now I have the plane coordinates, but how do I get there?”

Lin Ye had to physically bring the branch in his hand to the target plane, which meant he needed to go there with his true body, not just project his mental energy via a spiritual coordinate.

Otherwise, he could’ve fully projected his mental power into that plane through the simulation base. The young girl should’ve been able to help him create a dinosaur host.

Lin Ye thought things over as he replied to the messages he’d received earlier. When he first saw the Lord of Emerald Capital’s message, he’d simply closed the system interface.

Victoria’s tenth-tier chat group and Wei Bai’s Deep Sea trading group could both be joined with just a click. Neither group had any messages, since both had very few members.

The tenth-tier chat group only had fourteen members, and the Deep Sea trading group had just eight.

Lin Ye didn’t speak in either group either, because every time he posted a message, he had to spend one Trade point.

If anyone else wanted to private message him, they’d also have to spend Trade points, but he could read the group messages for free.

Not that there were any messages to read anyway.

Lin Ye didn’t pay much attention to those two groups. He opened the Lord of Emerald Capital’s message interface, thought for a moment, then sent a message.

Lin Ye: I’ll get there as soon as I can.

The Lord of Emerald Capital didn’t send a new reply. Lin Ye closed the system interface and pulled out a material used to make spiritual energy cards.

Soon, Lin Ye crafted a spiritual energy card infused with spatial and spiritual coordinates. He inserted the card into the card reading device.

【Do not insert invalid cards】

Seeing the system notification in front of him, Lin Ye helplessly pulled the card back out.

With his current level of skill, he couldn’t fake a system card.

“Looks like I’ll have to find another way.”

Lin Ye put the Blessing of the Lord of Emerald Capital back in the basement, then opened the Shelter’s large door and left.

This time, he planned to grab a bite at a restaurant in the city. According to the guides posted by group members, it was probably the easiest place in the city to get an Exploration Mission Card. As long as you had enough red coins, there shouldn’t be any major problems.

After those few troublesome missions, Lin Ye wasn’t too keen on going to overly dangerous places anymore. The restaurant seemed like a solid choice.

Since many group members were posting guides, there were quite a few pedestrians on the streets. Still, most Survivors walked quickly to save on red coins.

Lin Ye took a public transport creature to the restaurant stop. There were plenty of restaurants near the stop, and one that looked like a food court already had a few customers inside.

That restaurant was the cheapest one on the street. Lin Ye didn’t bother joining the crowd and instead picked a noodle shop that looked decent.

“Welcome.”

The attendant held the door open for Lin Ye. He stepped inside, ordered the simplest bowl of pulled noodles, which only cost ten red coins.

Whenever he visited a new shop, he usually ordered something he liked to test the place’s quality.

Soon, the attendant placed the pulled noodles in front of him.

Lin Ye added the seasonings and took a bite.

“Not bad.”

For Lin Ye, this was a decent bowl of pulled noodles.

He finished the noodles quickly, paid, left the restaurant, and returned to the Shelter.

Back at the Shelter, Lin Ye only got one Exploration Mission Card. This might’ve been related to what he did during his outing.

Lin Ye first carved the spatial coordinates onto the Exploration Mission Card before inserting it into the card reading device.

He wanted to try if he could use this method to go to the designated plane.

【Identity Card--Blank detected. Import random identity?】

“Yes.”

【Adding a title can influence the exploration mission and initial identity. Add a title?】

“Add title… Veteran Driver.”

【Special Ability obtained: Dreamrealm】

【You can create a dream world (1/1)】

【Note: Everyone dreams, and octopuses are no different】

【Exploration Mission being drawn...】

【Exploration Mission drawn. Importing...】

【Import complete】

Lin Ye’s vision went dark, and he completely lost consciousness.

…………………

‘What kind of Special Ability is this?’

Lin Ye opened his eyes. He was now sitting in the Driver’s Seat of a heavy-duty truck. Nothing on him was missing, and his loot space was functioning normally.

Surrounding him was a ruined neighborhood. The truck’s bed was piled high with various damaged items, seemingly all dug out from this rubble.

‘The title didn’t mess up this time, but I have no idea what’s going on yet.’

Lin Ye drove the truck forward, not doing anything beyond his job description, since he still didn’t know enough about this place.

It seemed his was the only truck on the road. There wasn’t a single person around.

Some dangerous Mutation Creatures were moving through the ruins, but they stayed off the road and didn’t attack the truck.

Lin Ye kept the truck at its previous speed. Soon, he spotted a portal at the end of the road.

‘Am I supposed to drive through this?’

The portal was large enough for the truck to pass through. Lin Ye had no idea what was on the other side, but he didn’t slow down and drove straight through.

On the other side of the portal was an open space. Standing to one side was a squad of high-level spiritual energy users. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

After seeing that Lin Ye was only a fourth-tier spiritual energy user, those spiritual energy users visibly relaxed a bit.

“Please put the cargo on the open ground.”

One of the Team Members spoke up.

Lin Ye stopped the truck and unloaded it. He had a rough idea of what this exploration mission was about now.

After Lin Ye finished unloading, one of the team members stepped forward and handed him an item.

【Received 20 Trade points】

“That’s it? Are you serious?”

Lin Ye felt these people were being a bit excessive.

“Either take the Trade points and leave, or die here. We can shut down the portal. We’ve already gotten enough items.”

The captain raised his spiritual energy firearm, aiming at Lin Ye’s head. In the distance, several more spiritual energy squads were approaching.

“…Are you serious?”

Lin Ye hadn’t expected to run into this kind of situation right after arriving. He didn’t really care about the Trade points, but he didn’t like these people’s attitude.

Bang!

The captain fired directly at Lin Ye. The bullet hit hard, but it couldn’t pierce through Lin Ye’s spiritual energy shield.