Zheng Zha whispered, a note of confusion in his voice, to Chu Xuan, "That's impossible. The Arno you created hasn't appeared, so why is the sister Zero Point created showing up? Don't you find that strange?" Chu Xuan replied coolly, "There's nothing strange about it. Arno died before I did, so he wasn't erased by the 'Main God.' Zero Point's sister, however, was likely erased by the 'Main God.' Therefore, when Zero Point was resurrected, his sister should have been resurrected as well."

The little girl in Zero Point's arms suddenly spun around and dashed toward Zero Point's former room. She was still wearing a pair of utterly adorable animal slippers, the pata-pata sound echoing across the plaza. The boyish little girl ran on, and when she reached that doorway, she merely glanced back at Zero Point before immediately pushing the door open and disappearing inside, looking almost impatient, as if she were quite frightened of Zheng Zha and the others.

Zero Point turned back and chuckled, "She said she's going back to read. You all looked like you startled her. So, are we heading back into the Chronicles of Gods and Ghosts world now? No matter how long we spend there, it'll be an instant here, so it shouldn't cause any trouble for the versions of them in this space."

Chu Xuan shook his head. "There are still some things to complete first. You still don't have a suitable weapon. Ba Wang, exchange for a Gauss sniper rifle, and also exchange for ten standard Gauss sniper rounds and ten spiritual-type Gauss sniper rounds. Wang Xia, take 2000 of your Reward Points to enhance Zhan Lan's mental fortitude. Additionally, Zheng Zha, exchange for a high-level internal cultivation manual."

Zheng Zha asked curiously, "Why not enhance the Vampire Marquis mutation bloodline? Compared to internal energy, the vampire energy is currently much more applicable, isn't it? Moreover, as the vampire energy increases, the number of Death God troops I can summon will grow, which will be more advantageous for future battles, right?" Chu Xuan nodded definitively. "That's right.

Vampire energy is indeed somewhat useful to you, but have you noticed? High-level internal arts are not like the previous D, C, and B-grade internal arts that could be directly exchanged for low, medium, or high-grade internal arts. Instead, their names are defined as Manuals (Xin Fa), or some kind of Technique (Gong Fa), or some Canon (Dian Ji). In other words, a high-level internal art, once exchanged, may not grant powerful internal energy immediately; it will require you to cultivate it yourself to grow stronger slowly. In fact, it’s not just internal arts. Have you looked closely? Skills, techniques, and methods rated A-grade and above are fundamentally things that require self-cultivation to be usable.

I even suspect that even those bloodlines require usage and adaptation to generate their effects.

To put it another way, compared to D, C, and B-grade enhancements:

Enhancements starting from A-grade are no longer just about exchanging for them to exert great power; they demand both talent and diligence. Do you understand now?" "Internal energy might require a long period of adaptation and practice to unleash its true power, whereas vampire enhancements likely won't take as long. Comparatively, by choosing internal cultivation enhancement now and beginning to adapt and utilize that power, when you are able to enhance the vampire bloodline later, you will be able to adapt to the balance between the two in a very short time. This is why I asked you to enhance an internal cultivation manual."

An A-grade internal cultivation manual requiring personal cultivation? Zheng Zha found it slightly unbelievable. The 'Main God' hadn't sent the relevant information to his mind, suggesting that being the team leader didn't equate to omniscience. However, upon briefly checking those internal arts, he indeed saw that these high-level internal arts were indeed only labeled as manuals, techniques, or canons. Resignedly, he began searching for the appropriate one among these manuals that suited his enhancement needs.

(It doesn't need to be one with instantly destructive power, because I already have the 'Explosion' and 'Destruction' skills. Therefore, what is needed more is long-lasting, far-reaching internal energy, preferably something that can constantly generate a large amount of internal energy, and which can also offer a degree of bodily protection. If such an internal cultivation manual exists…) "The Primordial Unity Qi Cultivation Manual! Requires 5,500 Reward Points, one A-grade side mission..." Zheng Zha quickly searched through the 'Main God.' Among all internal arts, this manual and the double A-grade Limitless Chaos Art were the most suitable for his criteria. Naturally, the double A-grade manual was out of the question. Being able to enhance an A-grade manual already excited Zheng Zha; after all, this would be the first A-grade skill for the Central Continent Team. Everything must have a beginning, so let this be the first start to the Central Continent Team's ascent to power! As soon as Zheng Zha selected this enhancement attribute, he was immediately enveloped by a pillar of light shot down by the 'Main God.' Countless specks of light continuously showered onto Zheng Zha. The density and duration of this light far surpassed any previous enhancement exchange. This state lasted for nearly ten minutes, leaving everyone outside utterly transfixed.

Zheng Zha was now completely lost in his state, with only a completely naked version of himself existing in his mind. In this state, he continuously made combat movements, and lines began to appear on his body. These were traces showing the flow of internal energy. Each thin line directed the internal energy toward the hidden meridian points within his body. Finally, after the internal energy circulation was complete, it all converged in his Dantian.

"The Primordial Unity Qi Cultivation, steals the creation of heaven and earth, draws in the external atmosphere into the body, circulates through one hundred and eight major heavenly cycles; upon achieving completion, the Great Dao Golden Core is born..." The solemn voice of the 'Main God' echoed continuously in Zheng Zha's mind. However, this voice bizarrely recited Classical Chinese, which inevitably created a sense of eerie strangeness. It was amidst this bizarre sensation that Zheng Zha opened his eyes and saw Chu Xuan and the others standing beside him, everyone watching him with nervous intensity.

Zheng Zha scratched his head and laughed heartily, "Relax, relax. This internal energy feels so strange. And according to the information the 'Main God' sent me, this Primordial Unity Qi Cultivation I've enhanced, once cultivated to its utmost completeness, might allow me to directly enter the Golden Core level of the cultivation stage. Hahaha, doesn't that sound ridiculously exaggerated?" The surrounding people exchanged strange glances. Wang Xia, however, said with a smile, "We aren't in a novel, so what's this talk of Golden Cores? But you said it takes cultivation to reach the absolute peak; roughly how long will that take?" Zheng Zha also wore a look of deep strangeness on his face, laughing as he said, "It might take over two hundred years to reach the peak! Before that, it's just about constantly increasing internal energy, hahaha..." Chu Xuan quickly asked, "Was my deduction correct? Does this high-level internal energy really require personal cultivation to grow stronger?" Zheng Zha nodded. "Yes, your deduction is perfectly correct. This high-level internal energy truly requires self-cultivation to grow stronger. However, with the exchange of various high-level internal cultivation manuals, the internal energy has undergone a qualitative change. As long as I optimize my current internal energy entirely according to the Primordial Unity Qi Cultivation, its quality will be equivalent to three to five times that of the previous high-level internal arts. By then, you will all see me soaring high—I did manage to exchange for a high-level internal cultivation manual, after all!" Everyone chuckled happily. In truth, the nearly ten-minute enhancement process had worried them deeply because Zheng Zha's expression kept shifting during the process—turning pale, then flushed, then greenish—and the enhancement took an unexpectedly long time to conclude, which naturally caused anxiety. Seeing that he was not only unharmed but also laughing happily as if he had gained an excellent attribute, everyone relaxed considerably during their conversation.

The next steps were straightforward. Chu Xuan had Wang Xia help him exchange for the necessary materials and energy systems to construct the Green Goblin Glider. According to him, only those who had unlocked their genetic locks—himself, Zheng Zha, and Zhan Lan—were most suited to pilot the Glider. Given the current Reward Points and side missions everyone possessed, making just one more Green Goblin Glider was already quite extravagant, so having two Gliders for the team was the best possible configuration for now.

Fundamentally, the team was now dirt-poor. The massive influx of Reward Points and side missions obtained after completing the previous arc's side mission had been entirely spent on resurrecting team members and undertaking the side mission within Chronicles of Gods and Ghosts. Even Zheng Zha had completely spent his last D-grade side mission to unlock the Chronicles of Gods and Ghosts world for Zhan Lan. He had exchanged one A-grade side mission for the internal cultivation manual, two C-grade side missions for resurrecting team members, and one D-grade side mission for opening the horror movie world for her. Essentially, apart from about 500 Reward Points, he had nothing left.

"Spent all the gold and it will return again. Perhaps that Golden Mask side mission will actually let us make a huge profit, who knows," Zheng Zha said with a loud laugh to the others.

Chu Xuan took only two hours to finish assembling the Green Goblin Glider. It wasn't even noon yet, and Lolita and that blonde beauty still hadn't woken up to come to the plaza. Since returning to the horror movie world meant only an instant passed in this 'Main God' space, Zero Point didn't say much more to his sister; he stood with the others, preparing to re-enter the Chronicles of Gods and Ghosts world.

"'Main God,' Chronicles of Gods and Ghosts world, exchange duration: 40 days..." Jumping to...