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Chapter 2583 Punishment
Buried deep within the passage, Fang Heng carefully read through the series of game hints that had popped up.
Wow...
Overall, most of his mission lines had been completed and settled.
Aside from a significant decrease in his favorability with Empress Persephone's subordinates, the biggest penalty was a drop of five levels in his God of the Underworld skill.
That was still somewhat acceptable.
Additionally, he had acquired a new mission to help restore Empress Persephone's imperial glory.
It seemed he was expected to rebuild her faction.
Fang Heng wondered if this mission might eventually require him to sacrifice himself as the Empress's vessel.
It was hard to say.
He decided to wait and see.
After all, there was a benefit to this mission: it was set in the death realm, which would at least provide some safety from being hunted by the Holy Court.
[Hint: The core of the ice crystal will in the player's sea of consciousness is weakening.]
[Hint: Under the current conditions, the ice crystal will core of Empress Persephone's faction will gradually weaken until it completely disappears. If the ice crystal disappears, the player's current mission-Recreate the Glory of Empress Persephone will fail, and the player's God of the Underworld skill will be converted to an equal-level transcendent necromancy.]
Fang Heng furrowed his brow slightly and sensed the ice crystal in his sea of consciousness.
Alright, the task of rebuilding the Empress's faction had a time limit.
"First, I need to find a way out of this cursed place..."
Fang Heng closed the game hints.
He was unsure about the extent of the death storm outside, and he didn't dare to dig upward just yet. With so many members of the undead council watching him, he also felt it wasn't wise to use any special abilities to log out.
Well, for now, he decided to log off for a bit.
After resting for a day and night, Fang Heng estimated he would be ready to leave. The continuous battles had taken a toll on his spirit and will.
As he prepared to rest in place, the stone slab in his hand began to warm slightly.
The undead council was reaching out.
Fang Heng opened the stone slab and saw the message appearing on its surface, stirring something within him.
The undead hoped he could first set up a teleportation magic array to link to the outside?
Then, a design for the magic array materialized on the stone slab.
That worked.
He could have his zombie clones clear out a space and set up the magic array.
The magic array was not too difficult; half a day would be enough.
Although it was just a basic magic array, allowing only external projections to enter this place, the broken death realm space wasn't sufficient for him to escape.
In any case, he would take it step by step and begin setting up the magic array!
The zombie clones stumbled over, starting to clear a spacious area around them.
...
"Looks like Fang Heng is confident in completing the magic array's construction."
In the upper echelons of the undead council, the members watched as the zombies cleared a section of the domain. Fang Heng was busy setting up a magic array, and quiet discussions began among them.
"Building a complete magic array for the passage will require more preparation time. As for the first batch of candidates to enter the death realm..." Georgi paused for a moment, then looked up at the group. "Anyone who wants to participate can step forward."
The remaining capable instructors raised their hands eagerly.
Before long, a team of three was selected.
Given the basic nature of the magic array, three was already the limit, and it would require an enormous amount of energy to operate.
Moreover, even if the magic array was successfully set up, the initial connection would take at least a day to complete.
The undead council couldn't afford to wait.
Once the passage was ready, they would immediately begin the connection process to enter the death realm as quickly as possible.
"Report, Chairman," an assistant approached Georgi, handing him a document. "This contains recent translations regarding Empress Persephone's records. Some of these passages may be useful to us—one details the Empress's insights into harnessing strength and condensing her ice crystal will, while another discusses her battles against invading forces..."
Breakthrough to god-level!
Georgi's pupils constricted at the implication and he exclaimed, "Distribute this information immediately!"
...
Fang Heng had waited in the cavern for two full days.
The zombie clones had been steadily digging the passage, working non-stop for twenty-four hours and estimating that they had excavated about five kilometers.
However, the undead council had decided to proceed with caution, given that they were facing an unprecedented disaster-level storm.
The undead storm's duration was prolonged and its reach extensive.
For safety's sake, they instructed Fang Heng to remain patient and wait until the undead instructors confirmed it was safe to act.
Fang Heng figured he had already waited this long, so an extra day or two didn't matter much.
Meanwhile, the undead council had been conducting tests on the magic array for the death realm passage for two days, and finally, the magic array began to take effect. With a flash of black light from the center of the rapidly rotating array, three necromancy instructors emerged.
"Instructors!"
Fang Heng greeted the three undead instructors with a fist salute.
"Fang Heng, it's good to see you. Now that you're alright, we can relax a bit. You did a fantastic job this time..."
After exchanging pleasantries, the group quickly shared the troubles they were currently facing.
Since the magic array on this side was not yet fully completed, creating a space passage from the other end required a substantial amount of energy, and the artifact could not remain activated for long.
Therefore, they needed to wait until Fang Heng left the underground passage. Once in the death realm, they planned to set up another magic array on the surface. After that, they would have to find materials in the death realm to reinforce the magic array, aiming to upgrade the level of the teleportation passage.
The difficulty wasn't particularly high, but it would take some time.
Fang Heng quickly agreed, stating that it would be no problem.
Abe Akaya's magic array also required a large area for summoning, and the temporary passage they had dug out was inadequate for that purpose.
He needed to go to the surface.
"Come with me," Fang Heng said, leading his instructors to the deepest part of the passage.
The zombie clones continued to dig forward, their relentless efforts a sight to behold.
Although the instructors had seen footage of this several times in the undead council hall, witnessing it firsthand was still astonishing.
Controlling summoned creatures to work was not difficult, but managing so many at once and having them skillfully handle tools was unheard of.
One instructor stood in the passage, hands raised before him as he formed a mark, his eyes closed as he sensed the external conditions. He then looked up and said, "The storm concentration above is now minimal. We can confirm that we've passed through the outer death storm."
At this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Good, Fang Heng. Let's begin."
"Of course!"
Fang Heng responded, immediately directing the zombie clones to begin digging upward at an angle.
After more than half an hour, a chilling aura flowed into the passage from outside.
Finally, the underground passage was opened.
Fang Heng stepped out into the rotting ground and let out a heavy sigh of relief.