As the prompt sounded, a brand new power surged into Chu Xiu's body, making him squint comfortably.

The slight injuries on his body gradually healed; the bruises disappeared, and those small wounds scabbed over.

Once the power was fully absorbed, Chu Xiu opened his eyes, kicked off with both legs, and the concrete ground beneath his feet immediately cracked, while he leapt up and easily crossed a distance of nearly a hundred meters.

Upon landing, the smile on his face grew even wider.

"After this upgrade, my constitution has exceeded 50!"

"This makes even pure close combat powerful enough without relying on the Celestial Demon Hand!"

What Chu Xiu lacked most now were basic attributes, each point of increase was very precious.

"This value should be about the same as an A Grade close combat profession of the same tier, or maybe a bit less."

"I can only hope that the next inheritance unlocks brings with it a body refining technique to enhance my constitution."

And this was already very close. Although now killing low-level monsters gave basically no experience, he couldn't resist the sheer number of monsters. This enormous lair was devoured by him alone, and the experience gained not only upgraded him to Level 3, but it was also not far from Level 4.

Chu Xiu stopped thinking and began checking other harvests.

First, he finally exploded with a piece of perfect quality equipment.

[Mutated Poisonous Longbow (Perfect)]

Chu Xiu checked it and found that the longbow's attributes were quite good. Once fully drawn, the range could exceed a thousand meters, like a sniper rifle, and as long as it hit, it brought with it a large amount of poisonous damage, nicely compensating for Chu Xiu's lack of long-range attack capability.

After all, the power of the Yin Wind Banner decreased so fast that beyond a hundred meters, not even half of its power remained.

Of course, accuracy still depended on practice, but with Chu Xiu's current constitution and mental attribute, he would pick it up quickly. Next, he planned to shoot some Corpse Demons to try it out.

Besides the final boss, other small monsters also exploded with many items.

But basically, these were equipment and artifacts below the [Treasure] quality, and occasionally a [Treasure] would appear, like the Blood Demon's Touch, useful but not much.

For instance, he once got a [Mutated Ovary], although its quality reached [Treasure], the effect was that after a period of cultivation, it would hatch a Mortal Tier Level 9 mutated Corpse Ghost as a henchman, which made Chu Xiu laugh and cry.

To say it was completely useless would not be right, but it was like the chicken ribs.

All this equipment and artifacts were stuffed by Chu Xiu into the storage space, planning to sell them for money when he returned, or see if he could find some rich second generations to exchange for Cause and Effect Points.

"The biggest gain is still the Cause and Effect Points!"

This is the key. Compared to equipment and artifacts, Chu Xiu's demand for Cause and Effect Points is greater!

Whether it's unlocking skills in the future or upgrading existing skills, a large amount of Cause and Effect Points is needed.

And having wiped out so many Corpse Demons in one go, the income of Cause and Effect Points was astonishing!

"Just this one lair gave over one thousand five hundred Cause and Effect Points!"

Adding in previous monster kills and challenge task rewards, Chu Xiu now had nearly five thousand Cause and Effect Points in hand!

And this was just his harvest of less than a day!

"No wonder completing a whole world brings in high income, no wonder those major forces are willing to pay such a huge price to tackle world tasks!"

"Not to mention, unlike others, I only grow stronger like a snowball the more I fight!"

Chu Xiu showed a genuine smile on his face, waved his hand, and the ground full of corpses began to refine, with countless Life Souls wailing and struggling, but unable to resist as they were absorbed into the Evil Soul Banner!

This battle cost Chu Xiu a total of twenty-one Yin Ghosts.

But it didn't matter; this large amount of high-quality Life Souls would become nourishment for the Evil Soul Banner!

One by one, Yin Ghosts were born, and many Yin Ghosts began to advance to become Fierce Ghosts!

After all the Life Souls were refined, Chu Xiu gained five more Fierce Ghosts and fifteen Yin Ghosts! Moreover, the Evil Soul Banner leveled up!

With the Evil Soul Banner's level increased, not only was its capacity expanded, but it also helped Yin Ghosts advance better, reducing energy loss when devouring Divine Souls.

"Now I have a total of eleven Fierce Ghosts and thirty-nine Yin Ghosts!"

When other forces are racking their brains to recruit a Warrior Tier combatant, Chu Xiu already has eleven…

This would pop the eyes out of other Summoning Professions if they saw it!

Adding the remaining Yin Ghosts, the ghostly legion alone could crush a force.

However, Chu Xiu still did not feel secure!

"I absolutely must not become arrogant and complacent just because I'm slightly ahead in power; others will also hunt Corpse Demons to level up and strengthen themselves! And I have many areas that need improvement!"

"More importantly, the real opponent I need to consider is the Corpse King!"

This city's area danger level is three, even with an optimistic estimate, the Corpse King is at least a Fierce Tier elite, possibly even a Fierce Tier leader!

Not to mention, the name says it all, Corpse King, surely has many Corpse Demons as subordinates.

To ensure that I can capture the Core Anchor Point, I must have the strength to fend off the Corpse King and other forces simultaneously, leaving no room for failure!

"Eleven Warrior Tiers? Too few, still too few!"

"Let's set a small goal, a hundred Fierce Ghosts!!!"

Waving his hand, collecting all the ghosts, Chu Xiu did not rest at all; he proceeded straight to the next lair without pause.

Keep grinding!

...

At the same time, as Chu Xiu headed for the next lair, in a gathering point, Song Zhiwen was organizing the latest intelligence by moonlight.

His talent and profession were average, but his intelligence was high, consistently ranking at the top of his class at school, and after passing seven rounds of government interviews, he was successfully selected as a government-appointed analyst.

His duty was to integrate information, coordinate planning and actions with other strongholds, and devise the most suitable combat strategies.

So while everyone else was already resting, conserving energy for the battles of tomorrow, Song Zhiwen was burning the midnight oil, optimizing the action plan for the next day, minimizing the losses in the lair annihilation.

After optimizing the last minor issue, Song Zhiwen stretched lazily, a self-satisfied smile on his face.

"I'm really a genius."

"If I were born in ancient times, I'd at least be a strategist like Guo Jia!"

He was very pleased with the actions he devised; for the hundred Awakened at the stronghold and the dozens of combat group members, each person was assigned the most suitable task.

Song Zhiwen was confident that as long as nothing unexpected happened, he could keep the casualty rate of the lair annihilation below ten percent!

However, just as he was about to go to bed, someone suddenly rushed in, flustered!

"Brother Song! Something bad has happened! Something big has happened to the nest!"

"What's the rush? Speak slowly," Song Zhiwen calmly took a sip of water. "Have the nearby Corpse Demons gathered, or has another Mutated Corpse Ghost been born? Don't panic, I have already prepared plans for these scenarios in advance."

After saying that, Song Zhiwen smiled to himself once again.

Ordinary people don't understand— for those of us who use our brains for a living, we consider things at depths and breadths unimaginable to ordinary people. Many events that seem catastrophic to the common person are merely anticipated steps in our plans.

"Neither, the nest is gone!"

Song Zhiwen's smile froze on his face.

He stuttered, "Gone, gone? What do you mean by gone?"

"Just as it sounds," the person swallowed hard. "Five minutes ago, the agent in charge of monitoring the nest found that a strange horde of corpses had emerged from nowhere and wiped out all the Corpse Demons inside the nest! Not a single one left!"

The news left Song Zhiwen completely stunned, even doubting his own ears.

Gone? A nest that big is just gone like that?

Is this some kind of joke on him?

Song Zhiwen's mind was utterly refusing to accept this fact, constantly searching for other possibilities.

But reason told him, these intelligence officers were elite and trustworthy; they wouldn't make such a dull joke at a time like this.

The Abyss is indeed full of unexpected changes.

After a long pause, he slowly put down the glass of water in his hand and said word by word, "You mean half of the work I did tonight is wasted?"

The intelligence officer gave him a sympathetic look, patting his shoulder, "It's okay, Brother Song. You won't lose any money, just see it as getting the government's wool for free."

Song Zhiwen understood, but he still felt a pent-up frustration in his heart.

After several deep breaths, he barely calmed himself, rubbed his forehead, and said, "You're right; plans never catch up with changes. Many schemes are meant to be discarded anyway."

"What I need to do now is consider this sudden new 'variable.'"

"Tell me all the information you received in detail."

"Yes!"

The intelligence officer recounted everything the monitoring agent had reported. They were afraid of being discovered by the horde of corpses, so they kept a distance and could only vaguely see a few scenes, but what was certain was that these suddenly appearing "new type of Corpse Ghosts" were very strong, exceptionally strong! Against ordinary Corpse Demons, they were a one-sided massacre!

This reminded Song Zhiwen of a similar report he received at dusk, after which he immediately dispatched an advanced squad for reconnaissance, but found nothing unusual—not even a single ordinary Corpse Demon, let alone a new type of Corpse Ghost horde.

So, he treated it as an exaggerated remark made under shock.

But now it seems, the horde of corpses that attacked the nest was likely the same as the one encountered by the squad at dusk!

"But where did this horde of corpses come from? Why can't we track them?"

"Could it be similar to a 'Blood Moon Ceremony' like the one we experienced last time entering the Abyss?"

Song Zhiwen frowned deeply.

At this moment, the intelligence officer seemed to think of something and said, "By the way, there's another thing, but the observing agent at that time didn't see it clearly, so he's not sure."

"What is it?"

"It seemed like there was a person standing among that group of new type of Corpse Ghosts!"

"A person?"

Song Zhiwen's eyebrows knitted tighter.

He certainly wouldn't foolishly think someone could appear unharmed among the horde of corpses.

A horde that could destroy an entire nest couldn't possibly allow anyone to survive within it.

More likely, it was a human-shaped Corpse Ghost!

According to reports, this group of new type of Corpse Ghosts obviously displayed a high level of discipline and coordination. Does this mean that their leader possesses intelligence far surpassing that of ordinary Corpse Demons?

"If that's the case, then it's trouble..." Song Zhiwen muttered.

His face was more solemn than ever: "Xiao Sun, immediately wake up all the commanders! Tell them to come here for a meeting! I need to rework all the action plans!"

"This suddenly appearing horde of corpses could pose an immense variable, greatly increasing the risk of our actions! If necessary, I'll request support from other bases, possibly even postpone operations!"

"We've lost one nest already; we absolutely can't have anything go wrong with the remaining one!"

"Yes!" The intelligence officer got ready to leave immediately, but at this moment, another person rushed in.

"Brother Song! Something bad happened!"

"Something happened again?!" Song Zhiwen's expression tightened.

"The nest, the nest is gone!" The newcomer gasped for breath as he spoke.

Song Zhiwen let out a long breath, relaxing: "I already know about that; Xiao Sun just reported it to me."

"No, Brother Song," the newcomer had a bitter expression, "It's the second one, the second nest is also gone!"

Song Zhiwen: "..."

"Clatter!"

He collapsed onto his seat, with only the calls of the two intelligence officers ringing in his ears.

"Brother Song! Brother Song, pull yourself together!"

"Look on the bright side, you might become the only analyst with a zero death rate, right!"

...

At the same time, in the underground nest, Chu Xiu looked on with a smile at the large mutated Corpse Ghost in front of him, now a bloody mess, barely hanging on.

As the Frenzied Celestial Demon Hand mercilessly struck down again, a pleasing notification sounded next to his ear.

[Professional Experience +413]

[Level Up!]

[Current Level: Warrior Tier Level 4]

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