Chapter 147: The Thunder Empire and the Hydra

The Frost and Snow Coast on the eastern coast of the Thunder Empire is a sparsely populated area with blizzards all year round.

  Rosen looked at the blue whale flying away into the void, feeling a little reluctant.

  The devil died, and the Blue Whale Kingdom chose to go home.

  He could continue to stay in the Blue Whale Kingdom and grow to Sequence 5 with the resources of the Blue Whale Kingdom.

  However, he still chose to stay because he had seized the divine power of the devil.

  If the mastermind behind the plot against the Demon God were to find him, it would be inconvenient for him to escape if he continued to stay in the Blue Whale Kingdom.

  So after considering it, he chose to stay in the Thunder Empire.

  Of course, he also made some backup plans for the Blue Whale Kingdom, leaving a few subjects there to run some shops.

  He still owed Susan a spiritual painting, which he would have to return sooner or later.

  Rosen watched the Void Blue Whale disappear in the ashes that filled the sky and earth, then turned and walked towards the frosty coast covered by ashes.

  It snows all year round and the population is sparse, but the coastal snow-capped mountains of the Frost Coast are dotted with various minerals.

  Many lords of the divine realm come here to mine, and by the way, hunt ash lives here to earn some merit.

  Rosen released his Quetzalcoatl mechanical mount and prepared to cross the snow-capped mountains.

  Quetzalcoatl's metal wings transform into front wheels, and its abdomen transforms into a hidden riding cockpit.

  Rosen got into the cockpit. Because it was a combat mount, the cockpit space was not large.

  Through the light curtain around the driver's seat, he can see the real scene in all directions outside.

  After the automatic driving was spiritually activated in the blink of an eye, the three-meter-long four-wheeled chariot, like a giant snake lying on the ground, burst out with powerful power and began to disappear into the shadows in the wind and snow at supersonic speed.

  If you don't drive in the shadows, avalanches will surely form wherever you pass.

  Only when he actually entered the snowy mountains did Rosen understand what an empire was.

  Also, why is the Scarlet Shadow Principality located on just an island, while the Thunder Empire is located on land?

  Because the area of ​​this snow-capped mountain alone is dozens of times larger than that of the Red Shadow Principality.

  There was a blizzard and ashes outside, and visibility was not even more than ten meters.

  The mechanical mount's built-in perception radar can project everything within a radius of dozens of miles onto the light screen in front of it, but nothing can be seen except a vast expanse of white, so Rosen fell asleep while watching.

  After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Rosen was awakened by a mechanical mount.

  He rubbed his eyes and looked at the surrounding light curtains, and found that the mechanical mount was located in a valley surrounded by mountains.

  There is a river here that runs across the snow-capped mountains, and on both sides of the river there are many divine territories that have expanded and integrated into reality gathered together.

  These divine territories seemed to be engaged in a territorial war, so that the surrounding space was blocked.

  The mechanical mount suddenly stopped to give a warning, mainly because the ongoing Shadow Escape was dispelled by some force.

  Rosen was just about to command the mechanical mount to bypass the valley when suddenly the mechanical mount began to automatically transform into its most essential Quetzalcoatl form.

  The Holy Shield was automatically activated, and the golden sacred barrier completely enveloped the mechanical mount.

  At this moment, the lightning and storms that fell from the sky were all blocked by the Holy Shield, leaving no one harmed.

  Rosen realized that he was attacked and might have been mistaken for enemy reinforcements by some of the lords of the divine realm.

  He shook his head and ordered his mechanical mount to transform into a Quetzalcoatl fighter, ready to avoid this unexpected disaster and continue on his way.

  However, the mechanical mount that had transformed into a fighter plane and soared into the sky was suddenly locked by gravity and fell vertically.

  Rosen suddenly became serious. Just because he didn't want to cause trouble didn't mean he was afraid of trouble.

  "I just happened to be passing by, what do you mean?"

  Rosen's spiritual perception spread wantonly to the divine territory of the valley.

  However, he received no answer, only continued attacks against him.

  Rosen was completely enraged at this moment, and activated the Aura of Piety and Divine Judgment at the same time.

  The former increases defense by three times, and the latter increases damage by three times.

  At the same time, because of riding, Rosen and the mechanical mount share attributes and abilities with each other.

  The God-Slaying Crossbow was integrated into the head of the mechanical mount. The moment Quetzalcoatl opened its mouth, a five-meter-long gun barrel extended out. The Mind Canvas projected the four-phase bullet of dark elements into the artist's magazine. The moment the giant bullet was loaded, the God-Hunter's Demon Eye locked onto the target.

  Rosen activated the Death Blow, and the four-phase dark element bullet instantly accelerated out of the barrel.

  The bullet, which traveled at over ten times the speed of sound, crossed thousands of meters and hit the outer space barrier of the nearest divine territory.

  The spatial barrier of the divine territory does not have strong defensive power, and its greatest effect is to hide the divine territory as much as possible.

  However, weak defense does not mean that there is no defense at all.

  However, the four-phase bullet of dark element did not have any resistance to penetrating the space barrier.

  The four-phase bomb of dark elements that passed through the space barrier disappeared silently and lost its perception ability.

  Rosen was wondering what was going on, and even suspected that he had made a wrong judgment. These divine territories in the valley were not Sequence 6 but Sequence 5?

  As a result, in the blink of an eye, at least a dozen divine territories in the valley suddenly disappeared without a trace.

  It was as if everything I just saw was fake, just an illusion like a mirage.

  But the mechanical mount just activated Divine Shield, so the damage it suffered must be real.

  Moreover, if there were no divine territories in the valley, the ashes covering the valley would not have dissipated.

  Rosen was puzzled and looked around to find that ashes were gradually covering the valley.

  Over the next few hours, Rosen turned the valley upside down.

  In the end, he found nothing and could only helplessly drive the mechanical mount to continue on his journey.

  This time he had no intention of sleeping, and the screen of the Lord God's computer appeared on his retinas.

  Open the main god network and enter the main god temple. Rosen searched for the Thunder Empire and soon a large amount of information appeared. These were all information uploaded by members of the main god temple. You can open the opening part with the most readers and view it for free.

  Rosen quickly finished reading the free information and found out that the Thunder Empire was also very special when looking at the whole world.

  First, magnetic fields can record sounds and images, and second, lightning can generate strong magnetic fields.

  The most common natural phenomenon in the Thunder Empire is thunder, and the people here have a natural reverence for thunder.

  Human thinking can produce faith, and human awe can also produce faith.

  Therefore, before the establishment of the World Government, there was a God of Thunder in the Thunder Empire. This was a conceptual god born from the combination of natural phenomena and human beliefs. Although he possessed the power of a god, he was actually controlled by the human church at the time.

  Later, when the World Government was established, the Thunder Church of the Thunder Empire was determined not to join the World Government.

  The result is obvious. Both the Thunder Church and the Thunder God were wiped out by the World Government.

  Even the God of Thunder who had reached Sequence 0 was eaten alive by the World Government and eventually made into the Sequence 0 extraordinary artifact Thunder Horn. However, it was a Sequence 0 after all, and it struggled for a while before its death.

  Finally, part of the Thunder God's power was dispersed and integrated into the entire Thunder Empire before his death.

  This caused changes in the lightning and magnetic fields of the Thunder Empire. Not only would lightning elemental life be born frequently, but the magnetic field containing divinity would also cause a recording effect similar to that of the spiritual world, recording past events and then reproducing them when the conditions were met.

  In that valley just now, there must have been a territorial war between two groups of God's Domain lords.

  Then it was recorded by the spiritual magnetic field and reappeared in the valley just now.

  Due to spiritual reasons, everything in the valley is just a documentary played by the spiritual magnetic field.

  It was still able to have an impact on reality and attacked a mechanical mount that happened to be passing by.

  This kind of thing is not common in the Thunder Empire, but it is definitely not rare.

  The Thunder Empire is very suitable for the growth of photographers, so 30% of the nobles here choose to become photographers.

  This is a very terrifying ratio, dozens of times higher than the normal ratio.

  Realizing that it was just an accident, Rosen prepared to continue sleeping for a while.

  The gluttonous stomach was still digesting the extraordinary source, and the Eye of Time skill was stolen by the Greedy Hand. Then the core photography ability was absorbed and integrated by the God Hunter's Eye and the Void Pupil Technique, but there was still some left that had not been digested.

  People tend to fall asleep easily after eating. Rosen enjoyed lying flat on the driver's seat and fell into a sweet dream.

  When I was awakened by the mechanical mount again, I could see a city near the snow-capped mountains in front of me.

  The city is not big, only a few thousand meters in radius, and its population does not exceed 100,000.

  The entire city is almost entirely built of ice and snow, and masterpieces of architects and sculptors can be seen everywhere. There is even a giant snowman and a giant bear ice sculpture outside the city. Rosen has no doubt that these two behemoths can come to life.

  As he passed by, Rosen took a closer look.

  The snowman should be the masterpiece of the art designer, and the giant bear ice sculpture is the masterpiece of the sculptor.

  Both have reached Sequence 6 and guard this small town in the wind and snow all year round.

  Such a small city has two Sequence 6s, which shows how deep the Thunder Empire's foundation is.

  Rosen didn't have a specific destination, so he planned to stay in the small town for a while.

  Experience different customs and cultures, and while collecting folk songs, check to see if there are any specialty resources he needs.

  The small town is surrounded by a wall of ice and snow, and almost all those entering and leaving the city gate are extraordinary humans.

  Rosen showed his noble emblem, registered his identity and received a temporary ID card.

  When the closed cockpit was opened, he instinctively shivered from the cold.

  The ambient temperature is actually only about ten degrees below zero. The key point is that this cold is not ordinary cold, but a spiritual cold that can be transmitted to the soul. Living in such a place is not a pleasant thing.

  So Rosen discovered that there were very few ordinary people in the city, and most of them were extraordinary humans.

  It can support so many extraordinary beings. It seems that there are abundant resources nearby.

  Seeing a cafe on the side of the road, Rosen left the cockpit, put away his mechanical mount and prepared to go in and sit down.  

  Have a warm cup of coffee and learn about the local situation.

  When Rosen walked into the cafe, he discovered that this didn't seem to be an ordinary cafe where one simply drank coffee.

  Because when you order coffee, there are special services here.

  These services are actually divided into real people and dummies. Real people are normal living people, and dummies are drawn by painters or carved by sculptors. Rosen was dazzled by the dazzling array of options.

  In the end, we ordered three cups of coffee, a private room, and two companions for a serious chat.

  "What's your name?"

  Rosen asked casually as he took a sip of his coffee.

  "Nata, I know everything about the Frost Coast."

  "Erin, I know more about the situation in the Thunder Empire..."

  The two shop assistants sat down and spoke directly.

  "You knew I needed to know this?"

  Rosen asked unexpectedly.

  "I can see that you are definitely not from here, sir."

  Nata smiled and said, "The wind and snow on the Frost and Snow Coast contain a faint chill that reaches the spiritual level. Local customers who come to the cafe rarely ask for company. The news that the Blue Whale Kingdom docked at the Frost and Snow Coast has spread on the Internet these days."

  "I see. Tell me about the Frost Coast and the Thunder Empire."

  Rosen took out 200 spiritual crystals and placed them on the coffee table.

  Over the next few hours, Rosen gained a basic understanding of the Thunder Kingdom's situation.

  The small city where he lives, Frost City, is the only city on the Frost Coast.

  Most of the people in the city are extraordinary people from outside. They come here to explore the resources hidden in the countless snow-capped mountains of the Frost Coast.

  If you are lucky, you can easily find a mineral vein buried deep in the ice and snow and make a fortune. If you are unlucky, you may not get any harvest for several years.

  Moreover, if you are not the lord of the divine realm, you will not be able to defend the mineral veins you find, making it difficult to mine.

  Because deep in the ice and snow there are several kinds of extraordinary life forms with amazing fertility, and these things will attack all outsiders who break into the snow-capped mountains.

  Every year, the lord of Frost City would hire people to spread bait in the snowy mountains.

  Eventually, he took the initiative to trigger a beast tide to attack Frost City and killed those extraordinary lives outside the city.

  Otherwise, if those extraordinary lives are allowed to reproduce freely in the snow-capped mountains, a real tide of beasts will eventually form. A small city like Frost Snow City will not be able to stop the tide of beasts formed by the extraordinary lives, which also makes this small city very prosperous.

  Unlike other countries, there are many extraordinary lives in the Thunder Empire.

  Because the immortal thunder will disperse the ashes covering the Thunder Empire to a certain extent, the concentration of ashes here is very low, and the extraordinary life will not be contaminated in large quantities and turned into ash life. More importantly, the Thunder Empire has a magic circle covering the entire empire.

  This magic circle can continuously gather the spirituality of all things in the waters near the Thunder Empire.

  This makes the spiritual concentration in the Thunder Empire very high, and the natural environment is very suitable for the growth of extraordinary life.

  Human beings do not need to enter the spiritual world. They can live well by hunting extraordinary lives in reality.

  Or from another perspective, the spiritual world of the Thunder Empire is not suitable for human beings to obtain resources.

  Due to the fall of the God of Thunder, his kingdom collapsed in the spirit world. Therefore, the dangers of entering the spirit world here far outweigh the benefits. Basically, it is too dangerous to enter the spirit world without the strength of Sequence 5.

  However, while the surface of the Thunder Empire's spiritual world is dangerous, the chances of producing soul gems here are also a bit higher.

  At the Sequence 7 stage, Rosen no longer lacks skills in the three sequences he has mastered.

  However, the divine buildings of the noble sequence are greatly lacking in the reinforcement of soul gems.

  Rosen left the Blue Whale Kingdom and came to the Thunder Empire, mainly because he heard that the probability of soul gems appearing here was higher. Unexpectedly, it was because the kingdom of the God of Thunder collapsed in the spiritual world that led to the high output of soul gems.

  After leaving the cafe, Rosen stayed in the hotel.

  He planned to make good preparations in Frost City, and then enter the spirit world here to try to hunt spirit life.

  By the way, he was also very interested in the mineral resources in the mountains of the Frost Coast. Whether it was the gray rat or the crypt demon, they were all good at burrowing underground and good at finding mineral resources buried underground. If they really made a discovery, they might be able to make a fortune.

  While in the dungeon, Rosen didn't have much time to master the art of trap making.

  After leaving the dungeon, he was almost caught up in the demon's storm again.

  Now that he had finally settled down, Rosen spent every day either studying trap-making techniques in the trap space, or setting traps in the Void Gallery and the outskirts of the Divine Territory. In his spare time, he even painted a Poor Man's Rose.

  During this period, two months passed and the gray mouse and the crypt demon did not bring back any good news.

  The mineral veins they discovered these days were not of great value. Those mineral veins that were easy to find had already been mined out over the past 20,000 years. It was already very difficult for the gray rat to discover some mineral veins of low value.

  Rosen originally planned to ask the gray mouse to come back, but the gray mouse suggested looking deeper underground.

  Because of these days of prospecting, Gray Rat finally recovered from Sequence 8 to Sequence 7.

  In addition to the core bloodthirsty attack, the gray rat also mastered three skills: fear gaze, divine regeneration and treasure hunting.

  The Gray Rat was able to become a demigod by combining the pupil technique of short-sightedness with the treasure-hunting technique. It was the combination of these two abilities that allowed him to find treasures that others could not find. The Gray Rat had an instinctive obsession with finding treasures.

  After two months of study, Rosen's elemental trap making skills can be upgraded to level 3 at any time.

  This is a critical level and requires consideration in advance of what reinforcement materials to incorporate.

  The best material is one without any attributes, or it can be said to be an extraordinary material with all attributes.

  However, finding good materials is not an easy task.

  Rosen took out the virtual glasses he had bought these days, which looked just like ordinary myopia glasses.

  After putting the virtual glasses on his nose, he immediately saw the interface displayed on his retina.

  This thing is equivalent to a portable computer, and it is also a portable login device for logging into the Thunder Empire virtual world.

  The virtual world of Thunder Empire is huge. It can not only simulate reality but also transcend reality.

  Therefore, many ordinary people are addicted to the virtual world. Through the virtual world, they can freely travel around tourist attractions in the Thunder Empire and even other countries, taste delicious food at will, and even experience the feeling of being extraordinary in the game.

  If there were no strict restrictions on daily login time, many ordinary people would rather live in the virtual world for their entire lives.

  Through the virtual world, the Thunder Empire government can also continuously absorb the spirituality of hundreds of billions of people in the country.

  Rosen logged into the virtual world instantly. If he were an ordinary person, he would fall into a deep sleep in reality at this time, but the extraordinary person only needed to put a little spirituality into the virtual world, so that he could stay awake in reality and let his spiritual consciousness roam the virtual world.

  After some research, Rosen quickly found the extraordinary materials with all attributes he needed.

  The official store had stock, but after learning more about it he decided to hunt it himself.

  After leaving the hotel, Rosen came to a wizard tower in Frost City.

  With the help of the wizard tower's teleportation array, he was teleported to the Natural Sky City of the Thunder Empire in the blink of an eye.

  The entire city is suspended in the sky, bathed in thunder and lightning. Below the city is the largest natural rain forest in the Thunder Empire.

  Rosen came to the Hunter Guild in Natural Sky City and hired a five-man Sequence 7 extraordinary team.

  After signing the employment contract, Rosen and his group of six left Natural Sky City on the Alchemy Dragon.

  The alchemical dragon fell vertically into the natural rainforest. Rosen stood on the terrace of the Crown Mini Castle and looked at the giant rainforest trees that blocked out the sun.

  The natural rainforest is so huge, covering an area of ​​almost six million kilometers.

  The Thunder Empire is bathed in thunder all year round, which has a lot to do with the abundant water resources and frequent heavy rains here.

  No one knew why, but the ashes here were thinner than elsewhere.

  Therefore, in natural rainforests, ash life is actually a rare species. However, the more difficult it is for ash life to be born, the more dangerous it is once it appears. There are even many demigod lives in the core areas of natural rainforests.

  Of course, he would not go to the core this time, and at most hunt in the periphery near the middle area.

  Even so, we cannot be careless. Ashes will interfere with perception, heavy rain will interfere with perception, special magnetic fields will interfere with perception, and endless plants will also interfere with perception. Here, we must be careful at all times to avoid being ambushed by any existence outside the team.

  Rosen initially thought about whether he should just search for prey from the sky.

  However, after learning more about it, I immediately realized that this was an act of seeking death.

  Because it is easy to be struck by lightning in the sky, and it is also easy to be attacked by the storm thunderbirds unique to the Thunder Empire.

  What's even more troublesome is that when facing the attack of the Storm Thunderbird, you can only take the beating and cannot fight back.

  Because the Storm Thunderbird is an extraordinary mount that is unique to the Thunder Empire and can be easily tamed, it cannot be kept in captivity and can only be roamed in nature. Not to mention hunting the Storm Thunderbird, even taming it requires special permission.

  "Boss, can you tell me what we are going to do this time?"

  Bushwhacker Terry walked over to Rosen and looked at the heavy rain outside on the terrace.

  "I need to hunt the Hydra mutants."

  Rosen stated his purpose.

  Terry's pupils shrank slightly. There was only one place in the natural forest where the nine-headed monster would appear.

  That place is not a good place, no wonder they hired their team at a high price.

  It's a bit dangerous, but the price is worth the risk.

  Terry turned back to the living room and informed his teammates of this mission. At the same time, they discussed which route to take to reach the muddy swamp where the Hydra was active. Half an hour had passed by the time they had decided on this hunting route.

  Then he sought Rosen's opinion and made revisions. It took another half an hour before he was ready to set off.

  After leaving the mini castle, Terry and others immediately used various perception skills.

  The Shadow Assassin created several shadow clones to wander around, the Jungle Hunter used special plant perception to detect nearby dangers, and the Paladin holding a tower shield protected the doctor in the team and was ready to deal with sneak attacks at any time.

  Finally, the elemental wizard put elemental shields on everyone, and then moved towards the muddy swamp in the heavy rain.

  Rosen walked in the middle, in the safest position with the doctor.

  Although he didn't need to be on guard, he still released the God-Hunting Demon Eye to wander around, and at the same time launched the scanning ability of the Void Pupil Technique to explore the nearby environment and terrain. Finally, he was ready to activate the Eye of Time stolen by the Greedy Hand at any time.

  (End of this chapter)