CHAPTER 152: CHAPTER 60 STILL, THE EXPLORERS ARE BRAVE!

Obviously, no normal person wants to stay in the Glacial Abyss, this ghostly place, for long.

Lu Weite explained to Lin Rui: "There will be omens when they come."

"What kind of omens?"

"The shadows in the ice mountain will be filled with chaotic phantoms. That’s when the plane wall is at its weakest, so trading expeditions from another realm will arrive. Let’s rest for now, Lord Lin Rui, we need to return after the trade. Hopefully, the return journey will be as smooth."

Around them, the camp had already been set up, and Lin Rui planned to return to his tent to train for a while. He was halfway there when he noticed Audrey was already standing before a smooth ice mountain wall, peering at the mirror-like icy surface.

This kind of strange and peculiar affair clearly intrigued her the most.

Lin Rui walked over, grabbed her wrist, and pulled her away: "Stop looking. When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. This broken place, don’t recklessly experiment."

"But the shadows are clearly inside, that little ghost even greeted me."

"You saw a little ghost?"

"Yes. He told me I’d be abandoned by Lord today, alone to die miserably." Audrey tilted her head, raised her fair hand, and looked at the brightly colored slender wrist cord: "Lord, mine is still tied. Is yours?"

"What do you think?" Lin Rui replied helplessly.

"Haha, I knew I couldn’t trust the ghost’s words. Both our cords are tied; we won’t be separated. I’ll definitely not lose you, Lord."

You are even less reliable than the little ghost’s words!

Lin Rui did not crush her strange confidence but said: "Don’t run around, disperse your undead army to guard the camp. Everyone else needs to train."

"Can I ride Xiaoxiao through the skies?"

"You want to soar and touch the sky beside the sun?"

"Everyone’s training, I’m so bored, I want to go play."

"No! This place is too bizarre, stay in the camp, we’ll return once the trade is done."

"Alright, I’ll go find Silver Moon to play."

"Don’t run off secretly."

"Am I that kind of person? Lord, you’re doubting me!"

"..." Lin Rui looked at her silently.

"Okay, sometimes I might. But I won’t this time, I promise!"

Only then did Lin Rui feel assured and returned to the tent to begin meditation. Although Audrey was quite unreliable, she valued everyone’s feelings around her, and if she promised her companions something, she’d surely fulfill it.

The max limit of Meditation lv1 is to increase 200 Spiritual Energy Value, and Lin Rui persevered and practiced for so long that he finally broke through the limit and successfully upgraded.

Now the skill became [Meditation lv2: Will +1, Spiritual Energy +200. Spiritual Recovery Speed in meditation + (1+0.87)*60% (Boosted by Will Attribute)].

This upgrade added 1 point to Lin Rui’s Will, making him very satisfied, as this was the most solid boost to strength.

However, when Lin Rui opened his eyes, he found a pale white face close to him, a complexion far beyond what a normal person would have.

The next moment, the face turned ghastly: "Ah~ The phantasms in the abyss have awakened, I’m going to devour you~ Face your inner fear!"

Lin Rui sighed and silently watched the scene before him.

"Ah, so frustrating. Lord, why aren’t you scared? I’ve been posing here for over two hours just waiting to shock you when you opened your eyes!"

Lin Rui was silent for a moment, then said: "...I am scared, but I can’t scream like you girls."

Audrey finally smiled happily, triumphantly chuckling: "Haha, I said I could scare Lord; Silver Moon was skeptical. Hehehe, I’m going to report my battle results now!"

"Don’t show off yet, is there anything happening around the camp?"

"Not in the camp, but I do. My skeletons are falling one by one, it seems something suddenly consumes their Soul Fire. The entire team maintained by the Little Skeleton Mage is nearly wiped out. If you hadn’t stopped me from going out, I’d have pinpointed the creature hiding in the shadows by now."

You really do have a bewildering self-confidence about your intelligence.

Lin Rui decisively stepped out of the tent, found Lu Weite, and asked: "Director Lu Weite, my undead are falling one after another, do you know what’s happening?"

Lu Weite was shocked and hurriedly replied: "I have no idea, there were no undead in previous expeditions, never encountered such situations before."

Lin Rui furrowed his brow, said: "I must lead the retreat from the Glacial Abyss, I’ve fulfilled my escort duties."

Lu Weite was uneasy. Although there was traditionally no danger upon reaching the Glacial Abyss, it was evident the presence of undead triggered some unknown change.

But before he could open his mouth to discuss, Audrey suddenly raised her head and said seriously: "Lord, we can’t leave, at the entrance of the abyss, the undead are under massive attack, falling rapidly."

The ones sent out for vigilance were merely low-quality cannon fodder maintained by Necromancers, only possessing Tier Two Ordinary Level strength, with Tier Two Excellence Level being scarce, unable to enjoy the Commander Bonus, their combat power slightly inferior compared to regular Tier Two human units. Hence, under surprise attack, they couldn’t hold the defenses.

Lin Rui immediately instructed: "Contract your forces, gather all your over seventy Elite-level units, prepare to face the enemy."