After clarifying their thoughts, everyone once again entered the Peach Garden.

This time, under the efforts of Shang Siteng and Han Zhan, they conducted a large-scale transformation of the entire Peach Garden.

The transformation method was simple: dig a circle of "moat" underneath each Flat Peach Tree.

The water filling the "moat" was taken from the upper layer of the stream, those parts that were "non-Jasper Pool Water".

These non-Jasper Pool Waters would be separated through an irrigation system and flow into the "moat".

After doing all this, everyone began to wait quietly, waiting for the first worm to emerge from the peach.

Time passed second by second.

Finally, on the surface of a fully ripe peach, a worm emerged, and unsurprisingly, it fell straight down.

Just when it was about to catch the wind and transform into a giant green caterpillar,

suddenly, it fell into a small puddle.

The worm seemed to have suffered a great trauma, struggling frantically in the puddle, wanting to escape from it.

But eventually, it failed.

Floating on the water’s surface was a small white worm, utterly lifeless, dead as a doornail.

"The guess was indeed correct."

"These worms, like the Flat Peaches, ’grow’ on the Flat Peach Trees, so the things they fear are the same as the Peach Trees."

"As long as they are soaked in non-Jasper Pool Water, they will be ’drowned’ in it!"

Having confirmed that this method was effective, everyone heaved a sigh of relief.

What they needed to do next was to widen the "moats" to encompass more Flat Peaches.

With the emergence of that one worm,

as before, more and more worms began to pop out of the peaches.

Soon a rain of worms fell from the sky.

This time, however, no more terrifying giant green caterpillars appeared, leaving only a thick layer of worm corpses floating above the puddles.

This process continued until dusk, and only after sunset did no more worms appear on the peaches.

This made Han Zhan and the others feel relieved.

Thankfully, they didn’t choose a head-to-head confrontation to deal with these worms.

If they had not discovered the restraining effect of ordinary stream water and chose to fight them head-on, they might not have had a chance of winning.

Night fell.

The once lively Peach Garden suddenly quieted down again.

With the aid of upgraded high-tech devices, the process of detecting intruders in the darkness became much easier,

throughout the whole night, even the sound of Queen Mother of the West’s "humming" was much reduced.

The second night passed safely without any surprises!

On the third day, at dawn, the rhombic crystal at the entrance refreshed again.

Han Zhan and the others activated the crystal at the first chance, successfully advancing their Realm to Tier Six.

"If we continue like this, we’ll soon be able to restore our original Realm."

According to the current pattern, activating the crystal once a day would advance their Realm once.

They needed to tend to the Peach Garden for five days in total, so by the fifth day, their Realm could be fully unlocked, restoring them to Tier Eight.

This was indeed a delightful piece of good news.

"But don’t get too happy just yet, let’s not forget that there are still two rules left unraveled." Han Zhan reminded.

The last two rules of the Flat Peach Garden Fruit Tree Care Rules were as follows:

4. Do not believe any sounds you hear at night, absolutely not!

5. Do not eat the Flat Peach, absolutely do not!!

From the current situation, apart from the worms, there seems to be no other danger during the day in the Peach Garden,

the rule that says "do not believe any sounds you hear at night" is a straightforward clue.

The danger will come at night.

"Moreover, we must understand one more thing."

"The Kunlun Twin Fruit World is a world that needs exploration, exploration means the solution will not be revealed immediately, nor can it instantly wipe someone out, thus preventing finding the answer." Han Zhan emphasized.

The Contracted Spirit Girls seemed to be in a cloud of confusion upon hearing this, not understanding at once.

"Take, for instance, a game I’ve designed, I wouldn’t let a novice character directly challenge the final boss, because it’s not logical."

"I would provide this character with more and more abilities, magical treasures, and items, allowing him to grow to the point of having a chance to defeat the boss."

"But now there’s a problem, the Kunlun Twin World, it has given too much."

"Haven’t you noticed? Everyone entering the Kunlun Twin Fruit World has three chances to start over, the so-called three lives!"

Having three lives, and if calculated altogether, that’s twenty-one lives.

A full twenty-one chances to reset the world!

For the sharp-minded Han Zhan, this is definitely not something to celebrate and feel secretly delighted about.

Because this means, according to the self-rules of the Kunlun Twin Fruit World, these "explorers" are very likely to use up these twenty-one chances!

Judging from their repeated performance of dying and resetting, this is no fairy tale.

"Besides that, there is the rhombic crystal."

"The rhombic crystal represents the Crystal Area, it’s an entity that aids in exploration and memory resurrection anchors, and also unlocks our sealed Realm."

The rhombic crystal appears so frequently, and the Realm advances so quickly,

is this truly a good thing?

Han Zhan was never the type to be easily blinded by success; quite the opposite, he remained calm.

Even if luck favored him, leading him to win, he would first ponder the potential risks behind the great prize.

Upon hearing Han Zhan’s words, the Contracted Spirit Girls, who had grown complacent due to the successful passing of two consecutive nights, snapped back to attention.

They composed themselves, their expressions turned solemn, and they stood ready.

——The third day.

During the day, it was still the worms crawling out of the peaches, but compared to yesterday, the number had greatly increased.

It seemed that as the Flat Peaches ripened, the number of worms inside increased as well. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

But because they found a restraining method, no matter how much the number multiplied, it wasn’t hard to deal with.

During this time, Shang Siteng upgraded the technology again, Jiang Lingling covered the entire Peach Garden with countless dense sealing traps, and everyone else kept their spirits up, fully alert.

Amidst such full readiness,

the third night fell.

The Flat Peaches in the Peach Garden were nearly ripe, and the entire Peach Garden was suffused with a faint fruit fragrance.

The aroma wafted gently out of the Peach Garden,

in the originally pitch-black night, suddenly many twisted shadows appeared.

These twisted shadows were about the size of humans but were mere shadows, without any human features.

Their entire bodies were distorted, with liquid lines, as if floating in the air.

Accompanied by a somber, low murmur.

"Such a sweet scent... hehehe... such a sweet scent..."