My Misfortune Crushed Instances-Chapter 43: Upper Realm Spells and Ascension?
Myth.
In terms of skills, equipment, consumables, or anything else, it’s hard to find even one in a province. The exact number is kept secret by each country, as they are vital weapons not disclosed publicly at critical moments.
A task related to mythological skills has emerged; it’s a major event. After Wang Ba disclosed some information over the phone, Wu Mengying did not dare delay, set aside everything at hand, and headed to Guotong Mansion personally.
Xiaoli had not paid much attention at first, but upon seeing Wu Mengying and several vice presidents arrive within an hour, he realized it was fortunate he didn’t voice this matter in the Dungeon.
In the meeting room, Wang Ba, Wen Yan, Xiaoli, along with all heads and vice heads of Huangliang branch were present, the atmosphere even a bit tense.
Wu Mengying possessed higher authority than the team leader Wang Ba, and she found more information in the Superpower Division’s internal database. After checking, she projected the screen onto the wall.
[Secret Realm World - Eastern Continent - Skills - Spell - Five Thunders Proper Skill: A mysterious and ancient spell composed of five forms of Thunder Skill.]
The simple introduction matched closely with Shen Bu’s description, and at the end was the source of information.
[Cangyun Association Juhe Province Branch Report: (Former) President Xiao Qianning discovered a mural in the Decade-Old Secret Realm Great Wilderness Emperor’s Tomb · Divine Palace depicting this spell originating from True Immortals in the Upper Realm, scattered across mortal lands, with bearers of Five Thunders ascending to the Thunder Division, attaining celestial status.]
[Entry Annotation: Upper Realm, a high heaven realm circulated within the Secret Realm World, its existence unconfirmed; Thunder Division, an Upper Realm divine agency, its existence unconfirmed.]
"Ascension?"
Xiaoli inquired, "What is that?"
Wu Mengying could only shake her head: "I don’t know, in the Secret Realm worldview, the Upper Realm is just a legend. No one has seen it, including those world NPCs, but based on current information, they all yearn for ascension to the Upper Realm upon reaching the end of cultivation."
A vice president asked, "If I recall correctly, Xiaoli has already acquired one of the Five Thunders, Divine Thunder, right?"
"Yes." Xiaoli replied earnestly; it was serious now, and he was also very concerned about this Five Thunders Skill.
"I remember it was directly imparted by Chongxuzi from Shenxiao Palace." Another vice president added.
"Anyway, at least he has a good starting point, completing one fifth of the goal early."
Wu Mengying said, "Please go back and find ways to gather more information; this is a task, effective long-term."
"Understood."
"Additionally." She supplemented, "Strictly forbid leaking any related circumstances, keep the news inside this meeting room, at least temporarily. I need to request guidance from higher-levels."
Vice presidents and others left, leaving only Xiaoli, Wang Ba, and Wu Mengying in the meeting room.
Currently, the president was contacting Song Yao, who was attending an important provincial meeting just now, hence unable to be reached.
After a brief report, the instructions were promptly issued from the other side.
"Standby on location, I’ll request instructions from the Council."
Xiaoli really didn’t expect things to escalate so much, initially thinking it was just a powerful skill, surprisingly it could even alarm the Council.
What he didn’t expect was, after Song Yao’s news was received by the Council, it was reported directly to the Superpower Division, and shortly afterwards, instructions were relayed step by step to Huangliang City’s Guotong Mansion.
Wu Mengying’s feelings were also quite complicated, she didn’t anticipate that a month ago, a routine recruitment prophecy would unexpectedly turn their little city-level branch into a focal unit in the eyes of headquarters.
"The Division gave three points: One, lock down the news, forbid external transmission, continuous follow-up. Two, the map of Dragon Thunder clues in Golden Scale Marsh includes twenty-three Secret Realms, two undeveloped. Three, Community Thunder clues are in the Ancient Liang Court area, with thirty-two Secret Realms."
She herself added another sentence: "The above are Secret Realms that have already been entered by someone; it doesn’t rule out the system providing new Secret Realms that have not yet appeared, the list will be provided to you handwritten at the time."
Xiaoli noticed in the real world, he also received a task update prompt.
[Details: Community Thunder clues exist in Ancient Liang Court.]
The clue to Community Thunder was not in the internal database, yet the Superpower Division provided it within an hour, indicating that it surely exists inside a certain expert’s mind, and also showing that the division has indeed been investigating the Five Thunders Proper Skill clues.
At this moment, Wang Ba raised a question: "In such an important matter, doesn’t the division have any intention of transferring Xiaoli to headquarters?"
Wu Mengying gently shook her head, "Indeed quite odd, but no intention so far."
She did not rush to let them leave, rather sat silent in place, seemingly thinking.
Wang Ba seeing this dared not say anything, only waited, while Xiaoli started pondering about the Five Thunders Proper Skill, more concerned about that ascension thing.
"Don’t want to ascend as a cyberhuman and unable to return!"
As he was thinking, Wu Mengying concluded her contemplation: "You need security assurance gear."
She summoned the secretary, then personally signed a retrieval slip for the inventory and handed it to Xiaoli.
"Take this to find Wen Yan, you may freely take two pieces of equipment from Huangliang branch’s inventory. One is a reward for perfectly completing the task at Gu Xuan Town, the other is a measure being taken as a key protection object."
Xiaoli was glad about getting an extra piece of equipment but more interested in the other word: "Freely?"
"Yes, I have school matters; you can fetch it yourself." Wu Mengying showed immense trust.
After he left, Xiaoli sneakily inquired: "Is it okay if I go to the equipment department and pick seventy-level legendary gear?"
Wang Ba chuckled: "Of course."
Xiaoli’s eyes lit up, high-grade, high rarity gear surely is harder to come by, also valued much higher.
But then he heard a following sentence.
"But unfortunately, we are merely a city-level branch; the warehouse’s highest is level 50, only two items, neither are legendary."
"So skimpy?" Xiaoli replied dejectedly.
Wang Ba laughed: "Your expectations are too high; legendary items are inherently scarce, requiring eternity, and non-soulbound ones are hard to come by. Moreover, think about it, how did those non-soulbound equipment come into being?"
"Isn’t it through reality overlap?"
"Certainly some are, but reality overlap yields primarily materials, equipment rarely."
Wang Ba said, "You forgot, didn’t you? When Secret Realm agents die in reality, items’ soul bind is lifted; we can scan and recover them in a digital manner within 24 hours using Demon Crystal-driven devices."
"Besides the two methods I just mentioned, there’s no other way to preserve non-bound items in reality."
Xiaoli thought back then; no wonder this place’s gear level tops out at 50, since the city-level branch’s governor is a Secret Realm agent peaking around level 50. After death, recovered equipment barely exceeds this level.
"Let’s go, I’ll take a look at the options first."
"I’ll go with you."
Wang Ba took the valuable group member to the logistics team, Wen Yan checked Wu Mengying signed document, confirmed it was correct, and then led the way to the equipment department, arriving before a device, its design quite peculiar, a metal sphere with a matte texture.
When Wen Yan started the device with a Demon Crystal, something even more bizarre happened; it floated up, quietly hanging mid-air, its belly caved inwards, revealing scanning engraving grooves.
"Here you go, all dataized equipment are here, you may freely pick two pieces."
