Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 645 - 568: Clearing and Promotion to Gold

As the first ray of morning sunlight streamed in from the window, Kane, who had already washed up, looked outside from beside the window.

He felt the early morning, something he hadn't experienced for a long time.

At this moment, Lilulu knocked on the door from outside.

"Kane, hurry up, Kreya and the others have already started working. You're such a lazy bug, always sleeping in so late."

Kane, standing by the window, stretched lazily and opened the door to leave.

Unlike Kane, Longbei had flown out of the palace early, taking with him the people Kane assigned him yesterday as well as other officials related to agriculture, beginning explorations of the land surrounding the capital.

After flying a large loop with them, Longbei gained a general understanding of the climate and surrounding environment.

He then took them to sit down on a small slope in a forest.

He opened the Golden Pocket Kreya handed to him in the morning and began searching among the glass spheres inside, wrapped like bubbles.

He looked for plants that could be cultivated in such an environment, while holding a book in the other hand.

The title of the book featured two Minotaur heads, acquired from the two Druids.

After all, only they had the planting information for these plants, and without relying on any authority, they managed to keep most suitable plants alive within the World Ring using their knowledge of plants and a little magic.

After cross-referencing the book, Longbei searched for a long time before finally finding all the plants he needed.

Looking at the heap of various glass spheres piled next to Longbei, the Giant Wood Elder carefully wound a vine around one and observed it closely.

"These plants are so vigorous, intertwining with magic energy. They're all new life forms I've never seen before."

Hearing the Giant Wood Elder, Longbei commented, "These all come from other worlds, where many plants and animals are rare delicacies."

"Other worlds, huh? How fascinating!" Zawa said enviously from the side.

Hearing Zawa's words, Longbei seemed to recall something.

"No need to envy; perhaps someday you all might, too."

Longbei suddenly remembered that once the dungeons had fully merged into the World Ring and dissipated, the life forms from those dungeons could become part of the Mist World and could become Explorers as well.

He wasn't sure about permanent dungeons, but the logic should be similar.

After all, those who controlled permanent dungeons were exceedingly rare. The only one he had seen was Boris, and Boris's dungeon didn't have intelligent life.

"Alright, these are the plants; let's start planting."

With that, Longbei used a certain Authority of Creation to level a large area of land around them.

First, he took out a pile of seeds from a sphere: "The plants grown from these seeds might just become your staple food in the future."

Thus, Longbei began teaching everyone how to plant these seeds into the ground and what conditions they required.

"This plant is very easy to grow, just needs quite a lot of water. I'll have Kane modify the river a bit later to channel it around the planting area, then you can irrigate directly with aqueducts."

Saying this, he used the Authority of Life on the already planted land to initiate the first batch of rapid growth of the seeds.

During the growth process, he used the Authority of Life for subtle modifications, enabling them to adapt to the dungeon's environment and its different air magic.

The plants had a huge, tail-like part resembling foxtail grass after growing.

On each thin hair hung a large grain.

"In the future, the seeds for these plants will come from these grains, but only the grains in the bottom circle can be used as seeds; the rest can be eaten as food."

"Whether raw or cooked, they are a rare delicacy."

After doing so, Longbei began cultivating large tracts of land and introduced and planted all the plants one by one.

He also needed to release some animals adapted to this place, but their numbers were quite small.

They couldn't be used as food and needed careful breeding; this was the main task, requiring a bit more time.

Most of Longbei's future efforts needed to focus here.

Meanwhile, Kreya had already brought her Soul Guard Army to the Soul Return Place.

All of Kreya's over a thousand, nearly two thousand, Soul Guard Army members were willing to become operators of the Soul Return Place.

However, Kreya did not currently need so many people; she could only promise to prioritize the remaining Soul Guard Army for resource expansion in the future, finally selecting only 500 as the first operating members.

First, Kreya used the power of death to transform this group into a half-alive, half-dead state, though only their essence changed, not their outward appearance.

Now, these Soul Guards possessed the power of death and could travel extremely fast in the Ghost Form across the whole world.

They used the soul line network connecting worlds to reach the required locations.

They could also use Kreya's black and white flames for offense and defense.

After all, this world involved magic, and many people didn't want to face death once they died.

Through their willpower and strength, they forced themselves to become ghost-like beings, stubbornly existing.

Without bodily protection, souls easily became frenzied and incomprehensible due to various magical energy invasions.

In a world needing to return to order, this wouldn't do. So, the Soul Guard Army was needed to capture them and bring them to the Soul Return Place, re-entering the cycle of reincarnation.

More Soul Guards were needed to maintain order and operate the functions of the Soul Return Place.

After all, naturally dying souls arriving here were the major workload.

However, now the total population is only a hundred thousand or so, and it's not certain that even one person will die in a day, so we're still in the stage of mastering the business and our own abilities.

At this moment, Kane had already entered Divine Form, appearing with a Crown at the foot of a mountain peak.

This was the highest peak of the entire mountain range and this continent, accompanied by Lilu Lilu, who had also entered Divine Human State.

The reason Kane came here was because of Lilu Lilu's whisper yesterday.

Looking at this place, Kane turned and asked, "How about this location? Does it meet the requirements?"

Kane and the others had visited many specific spots on this continent in search of a place that met Lilu Lilu's requirements.

Lilu Lilu observed this place, thoroughly examining it for a good while before finally nodding in satisfaction.

"Here it is. This place is good, very suitable."

Upon hearing Lilu Lilu's words, Kane finally breathed a sigh of relief, nodding and saying, "Let's begin then."

Traversing for most of the day to countless places, they finally found a spot that satisfied Lilu Lilu.

As he spoke, the metal Light Wheel behind Kane began to disperse and expand, transforming into a giant circle, standing vertically and fitting into the air in front.

The external circle continued to undergo mechanical structural changes, while energy began to twist in the center.

Lilu Lilu's platinum-colored glow from her eyes also shone brightly, and her platinum-colored close-fitting robe transformed into an elegant fairy tale dress.

A splendid and beautiful Crown adorned her head.

She took up the Magic Wand in her hand and waved it, turning the energy in the center of the circle into a kaleidoscope of colors.

"I can feel it, it's connecting. Make sure to maintain energy stability, Meizike, it's up to you next."

It turned out Meizike had been accompanying Kane and the others the entire time, though he was forcibly dragged here by Lilu Lilu halfway through.

Upon hearing Kane's words, he extended his hands to pour concord energy into the circle, while another pair of hands meticulously wove threads of concord energy at the side.

The center of the frantically swirling circle gradually began to calm down.

Lilu Lilu and Kane's serious expressions gradually relaxed, and their tense bodies slowly unwound.

The group's actions were finally completed, and the energy focused in the center of the mechanical circle turned into a beam of light shooting towards the mountain behind.

This light beam didn't directly hit the mountain but remained at the mountain's outer layer, then spread out around.

An invisible colorful film enveloped the entire mountain peak and the surrounding area.

Once the film was completely successfully formed, it couldn't be seen anymore, with nothing visibly different from outside.

Kane and company then returned to their original form, passing through the film in front and entering.

Upon crossing the film, the scene unfolded before their eyes; the entire mountain peak and its surroundings had long been filled with assimilated elements and colors.

Various creatures unique to fairy tale worlds appeared here, along with other fairy tale elemental beings continuously emerging.

This region had merged to some extent with Lilu Lilu's fairy tale world, achieving a certain level of integration with this Dungeon.

However, this integration was reversible to some extent and not unchangeable.

The reason for this setup was to let Lilu Lilu's fairy tale world transcend the Dungeon.

The two could complement each other, with the energy of the fairy tale world rapidly inducing positive changes in this world.

While these rules were sparse, they were still complete.

These rules would be quickly mimicked and learned by the fairy tale world, allowing it to grow at a faster pace.

Furthermore, the fairy tale world could ride the wave of time acceleration along with the Dungeon.

A win-win situation, why wouldn't we promote it with enthusiasm, and of course, Lilu Lilu had a share in this Dungeon, so this matter was certainly pursued positively.

......

Two weeks later, everyone finally sorted out all the tasks and commands that needed to be issued.

Using the Authority of Creation as well, many buildings for convenient living and development were constructed.

This included but was not limited to water accumulation dams, irrigation lines, and a circle of Magic Power Trains connecting various territories.

Now it's time to leave this Dungeon; the next entrance to this Dungeon is undetermined.

Of course, this is the actual sensory experience for the inhabitants of this world; for Kane and the others, it might only be a matter of days or weeks.

Looking at the pile of people in front who came from the Platinum Palace to see them off.

Kane smiled and said, "Alright, that's it, we're leaving. Remember, you can't enter the Guild Hall during this time; we'll meet again later."

With that, the five instantly vanished from the hall of the Platinum Palace.

And this Dungeon, once named [Ever Falling into the Dark Platinum Country],

Now had been officially completed by Kane and his group.

As Kane and the others left the Dungeon, they appeared in the same place they were previously, within a Primitive Forest.

At the moment of emergence, they felt the surge of power infused into their bodies.

A massive quantity of Silver energy in their bodies conglomerated, undergoing a qualitative change, resulting in a flash of Golden brilliance.

Promotion successful.