Purgatory Artist
Chapter 536: Expeditionary Force Sequence

Chapter 536: Expeditionary Force Sequence

In front of the campfire.

Everyone else had entered their tents to rest.

Delia was keeping watch today.

She sat opposite the campfire, holding a book, flipping through a few pages from time to time.

Liu Ping sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, silently pondering.

— — I’m now a Virtualized realm cultivator.

With the total amount of spirit energy in this realm, I can use [Tremor Slash] three times in battle before running out of energy.

[Tremor Slash] is such a powerful Secret Technique that both my spirit energy and stamina would reach a point of exhaustion, unable to fight anymore.

Only the Frost Halo — —

Because it was used together with the rabbit to activate the Sealing Curse, it didn’t consume much energy.

For some reason, Aland’s smiling expression appeared in Liu Ping’s mind.

He looked so handsome and valiant, but he had the title of "Demon of Flesh and Blood". He killed his teammates without hesitation.

His strength ... should be the strongest among this group of people.

No.

Delia isn’t any weaker than him.

The two of them are the strongest in this group.

I’m a Virtualized realm cultivator, but he was recruited as a newcomer, which means that his strength far surpasses that of a Virtualized realm cultivator.

He only looks at [Tremor Slash] differently.

Then ...

Seems like I have to further increase my strength.

To be honest, if I can use the skills in the settings to fight, I’m of course invincible.

With so many generations of combat skills and techniques, I can easily kill them all.

But — —

Right now, I have to completely abandon the Nightmare settings.

So.

Whether it’s creating skills or cultivation realm, I have to quickly increase them.

Liu Ping calmed himself down, formed a hand seal and began to circulate his spirit energy.

Lines of burning text suddenly popped up:

[You’re currently cultivating a Cultivation-type ability]

[The cultivation technique you’re using comes from the Samsara world, as the Samsara world doesn’t belong to the settings, you can use it without worry]

[With your talent, comprehension, and experience, you’ll quickly increase your cultivation realm]

Liu Ping finished reading and continued to cultivate.

— — -from the looks of it, the Samsara world has never been attacked by the nightmare monsters before.

Suddenly, Delia’s voice sounded in his ears:

"As a cultivator, you should actually join the Samsara world."

"Samsara world? What’s that? "Liu Ping opened his eyes and asked.

"It’s the most mysterious world. Even we don’t have any records of it." Delia sighed.

"You didn’t attack the Six Paths of Reincarnation?" Liu Ping asked.

"No, that’s not allowed. No one dares to provoke the World of Six Paths of Reincarnation. Some of the existences there are too terrifying." Delia said.

"With my current strength, I can’t think too much — no matter what, I should cultivate first." Liu Ping said.

He closed his eyes again and began to guide the spiritual energy to strengthen his soul and dantian.

Time passed in a flash.

Two hours passed quickly.

When everyone came out of the tent, Liu Ping also opened his eyes.

Aland stepped on a rock and shouted, "Alright! Rest time is over, and a new day has begun. Let’s call for a new member to join us —"

He threw out a card.

The card floated in the air, making sounds from time to time. It seemed to be some kind of summoning card.

Several breaths later.

Bursts of light erupted from the card and shot into the sky.

A stream of light appeared from the depths of the sky and flew towards the camp at an extremely fast speed.

Dong!

A fully-armored masked man appeared in front of everyone.

"Backup member of the advance squad: Shadow Assassin, Eagle, reporting for duty!"

He bowed to Aland and said.

"Very well, the previous Assassin was too trash, so she returned to the conversion pool last night. I hope you’ll be able to get enough Merit today." Aland returned the bow.

"Yes," the Assassin named Eagle replied.

Aland stopped looking at him and loudly said: "We still have a backup member today. He’s a reservist, so his Merit won’t be counted and he’ll only be fighting alongside us."

Everyone looked at Liu Ping.

A line of burning text suddenly appeared in front of Liu Ping’s eyes:

[The expeditionary army’s combat mission sequence wants to be added to your body, do you agree?]

[This sequence belongs to a certain nightmare organization]

[This sequence has no effect on this Heroic Spirit’s UI, because this UI hasn’t been of much use until now]

[I suggest adding it to make it easier for you to infiltrate them]

While Liu Ping was reading, Aland had already smiled at him: "Liu Ping, add the mission sequence. After you become a regular soldier, you’ll always use this sequence."

"Ah, yes." Liu Ping replied.

He looked at the void of space and said, "I agree to add it."

In an instant, a brand new interface appeared next to the Heroic Spirit’s UI.

The entire interface was made up of floating glowing frames.

A line of small text appeared in the frame:

’[Available mission: Light in the Darkness (Large-scale Epic Mission)]’

Liu Ping was stunned.

"Once you accept the mission, you can join us." Delia reminded him.

Liu Ping read: "Accept mission"

The line of small text instantly opened and turned into a mission description:

’[You’ve accepted the Large-scale Epic Mission: Light in the Darkness]’

’[You’ve joined the expeditionary army’s scout team]’

’[The current world is a divine pillar forever shrouded in darkness. Countless monsters sleep on this divine pillar, and humans can only become food for the monsters in this world.’

’[Your mission is to collect intelligence, build a camp, build a large-scale ultra-long-range teleportation circle, maintain its normal operation, and do the preliminary work for the expeditionary army’s arrival]’

’[— For the continuation of humanity, please do your best!]’

Liu Ping was stunned.

The next second.

A line of burning text appeared on the Heroic Spirit’s UI:

[You’ve become a probationary scout]

[As a probationary member, you don’t have to accept the daily Merit assessment, this treatment will last for three days]

[Please work hard to accumulate Merit, it can be exchanged for anything from the Nightmare organization!]

Liu Ping silently nodded.

The Heroic Spirit’s UI is encouraging me to obtain benefits from the Nightmare organization.

That’s right, they’ve conquered countless worlds and enslaved all living beings, so they’ve naturally accumulated countless treasures.

— — Not to mention, I also need to quickly increase my strength.

Liu Ping smiled and said to Aland, "I have already joined."

Aland replied: "Hm, I saw your avatar in the squad — — very well, now that everyone is here, I’ll announce today’s mission."

Everyone turned to the void of space in front of them.

Liu Ping was no exception, he saw a few new notifications on the UI:

’[The group mission has been issued]’

’[Choose one of two:]’

’[Mission 1: Clear the monsters around the camp, ensure that the camp will become safer in the near future without any danger of monster invasion]’

’[Mission 2: The captain has obtained some information from the Green Dragon, follow the captain to explore an unknown area]’

While everyone was reading the mission description, Aland loudly declared: "Choose, no matter which mission you choose, I hope you won’t slack off. You need to know that the hope of the entire humanity is on us, do you hear me?"

Everyone replied in unison: "Yes, Boss!"

Liu Ping silently looked around and saw that everyone’s spirits had been lifted.

— — -It was supposed to be an invasion and destruction of other worlds.

But the result was more like a rescue mission.

Everyone was clueless.

Tch ...

He reached his hand out and tapped on the second option.

Almost in an instant, the interface changed.

’[You’ve joined Mission 2]’

’[Current members: Aland, Delia, Egle, Xie Liuming, Liu Ping]’

Liu Ping saw the avatars of the five people, as well as their corresponding health bars.

"Enough! There are already five people! Don’t choose Mission 2 anymore. The remaining four people will choose Mission 1, "Aland said loudly.

"Yes, Boss," the remaining four said in unison, their nervous expressions relaxing.

Aland suddenly sneered: "Don’t think that the camp is easy to guard. When you come back at night to settle your Merits, you will naturally see the results."

The remaining four people became nervous again.

Aland waved: "Let’s go, let’s head south."

"I’ll be in front."

The assassin named Egle said, and his body suddenly soared into the air, turned into a bird, and flew forward.

"We’ll follow."

"Yes!"

The few of them quickly left the camp and ran into the depths of the darkness.

The remaining four watched them leave.

One of them suddenly said: "It’s too dangerous here, I don’t know if they can come back alive."

"Those who die will naturally have zero Merits, and it won’t be our turn to enter the conversion pool at night," another person said.

The few of them looked at each other and understood each other’s thoughts.

"But we still have to have the basic Merits. Otherwise, when Aland comes back at night and sees that we didn’t even get 100 Merits today, he will definitely kill us," the third person said.

"Let’s begin. The four of us will start patrolling in four directions. It’s up to us how many monsters we want to kill," the fourth person said.

"Of course, this is how it should be."

...

Eagle led the way in front.

Aland was on the left side of the team.

Delia was on the right.

Sniper Xie Liuming was at the back of the team.

Liu Ping was only a trainee, so he was protected in the middle.

This was the entire formation.

"How did you deal with the dragon yesterday?" Delia asked as she ran.

"I read its memory and temporarily imprisoned it, just in case it’s still useful," Aland said casually.

"Where are we going?"

"To a place in the green dragon’s memory, there should be dragons there."

"Looks like it’s going to be another tough battle."

"Hey, Liu Ping, remember to protect yourself. This time, you should focus on familiarizing yourself with combat cooperation. Don’t worry about anything else for the time being."

"Is that so, Captain?"

Liu Ping said with a nervous look on his face as he pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword.

He didn’t have a trace of killing intent, so the people around him didn’t feel what he was thinking.

These people actually underestimated the natives of the current world.

It was actually very dangerous to let a bladesman be so close to them.

— Especially one like Liu Ping.

Three Trembling Slashes could kill three people.

There was only one person left.

If he activated the "Dark Prison Realm" with the rabbit, he could at least save his life.

This way, the green dragon would be saved.

But ...

Did he really have to do this?

This expeditionary army sequence had already been placed on him, it would definitely sense that he had killed his companions.

Moreover, if he killed them, more human powerhouses would be sent over.

... It was completely meaningless to kill a few people.

Liu Ping’s mind flashed, and he figured out this matter in just a few breaths.

"Of course, if you suddenly encounter an enemy, you just have to remember to protect yourself," Delia said.

"Delia is right, but it’s your first time following the team on a mission, it’s inevitable that you’re nervous," Aland said with a smile as he ran.

Liu Ping’s face showed a look of relief, and he said softly, "I’ll be careful."

His hand left the hilt of his sword.

Under the dark sky, the team continued to run towards the depths of the wilderness.