Now everyone is happy!

The journey is long, and after a day's travel, they surprisingly didn't encounter any opponents.

After entering Longyuan, all competitors wisely distanced themselves from each other, and in a full broadcast of the desert and wasteland competition, no one dared to stir up trouble anymore.

Those who did were long dead in Huang Province and Kunwu.

All was calm, and nothing happened for a day.

Looking at the satellite map, Ji Jue calculated his race time and found he was now ahead by over nine hours, so he decided not to rush.

As night fell, he simply stopped the car and chose to camp.

"Ji Jue, come look, come look!!!"

An Ning rolled over from the other side of the dune, still holding a dark tail in her hand. With her movements, a gray giant wolf twice her size was dragged over, lying lifelessly as if playing dead.

Even the wolf packs, predators of the wasteland, didn't dare approach, peeping from afar. Noticing An Ning's gaze, they backed off immediately with tails between their legs.

"Look, look, so fluffy!"

An Ning, like a lion dancer, held the giant wolf under its armpits and lifted its upper body, shaking it.

"..."

Ji Jue sighed quietly, "Stop mistreating animals."

"Where's that happening!"

An Ning retorted loudly, tugging the huge wolf's head and rubbing it a couple of times: "See, it loves me so much!"

No, the wolf's expression looked like it's about to burst into tears from fear?

Shivering with fright.

But soon, An Ning found a new game, pulled out a rope, and tied it to the wolf. Then, waving a small whip, she forced it to pull the sled she'd just built, and went speeding off.

"Whoo-hoo, lift-off~"

"Yippee!"

"Whoa ---"

Under the threat of death, the giant wolf ran in terror, froth nearly coming out of its mouth, afraid to stop, going faster and faster, pulling her through the sands, drifting, and racing back and forth.

The Little Ox followed like a dope, chasing behind her and lighting the way.

"..."

Ji Jue shook his head and chose to stay far away.

Lest this troublesome kid ties him up too...

The phone slightly vibrated, and a distant message came:

Isis: [Phase one of equipment procurement has been completed, installation will be finished within five days. Considering recent fluctuations in Mountain Copper and Mercury prices, it's suggested to wait, and make the following adjustments in the initial stage configuration ---]

Ji Jue read it and replied: [Alright, thank you for your hard work.]

Isis: [Rest assured, I will cherish the wealth you exchanged by selling your body :-)]

[???]

Ji Jue felt a question mark had been floating above his head all day without stopping.

What's this about selling the body? This is called risking life, okay? And what's with this emoji? The sarcasm is practically spilling over, isn't it!

[No need to thank, it's what I should do.]

Isis calmly replied: [Finally, I wish you a pleasant journey.]

"..."

Ji Jue looked up at the night sky.

The stars shimmered brightly, so clear and close as if they were within reach.

Yet, they seemed to silently gaze down.

Among countless starlight, it's hard to distinguish which one is Isis's eye.

Feels like being monitored...

Ji Jue sighed silently.

Go ahead, look as much as you want! After it's over, when the satellite permission expires, I wonder what you'll use to see!

No, she seems to be checking the phone...

Oh, that's fine then.

Ji Jue withdrew his gaze and continued working on his materials, racing against time.

Many of the materials, even under solid alchemy's blockade, continue to slowly diminish and decay. If left unattended, many might have to be scrapped upon returning to Cliff City.

Take the Dust Crystal, revealed on Yue Chen's remains after his death.

The Ruins are the gathering of all matter, the closer to the Ruins, the clearer the traits of soul and spirit become. Even in death, a crumbling body leaves behind essence manifested in material form, not to mention having already crossed into transcendence before dying.

Ji Jue's hand holds a grain of amber-like dust gradually stabilizing its shape.

Tiny as a grain, yet heavy as a boulder. Before being activated by spiritual quality, it's extremely stable, like a piece of sand. However, if used well, even a single grain can cause the carrying capacity and properties of a whole piece of blessed work to leap forward in quality, maxing out all physical indexes including rigidity, toughness, hardness, strength....

With such precious material, Ji Jue's mercury jar is already more than half full, even after numerous purifications and filtering out many unstable and imperfect impurities.

No wonder such treasures cover the Chosen One from head to toe.

Apart from Dust Crystal, thanks to Ji Jue's immediate collection, he also snatched up two superior blessings from the Ruins — [Solid Rock] and [Human-Tian Connection].

With the activation of Solid Rock's blessing, the defensive capabilities of the target and the user will cover the whole body, regarded as a whole, whether it's the most fragile eyelids or the least noticeable toes.

Any impact experienced by any part would be dispersed throughout and shared.

No dead ends nor weak spots.

All together as one.

The drawback is... self-harm is harm overall.

Strength comes from within, blessings can ensure no weaknesses, but if one's defense is already falling apart, how is that different from having weak points all over?

Whereas [Human-Tian Connection] perfectly solves this problem.

Its effect is simpler; it melds the user or creation, through spiritual flow, with surrounding matter into an inseparable and immovable entity.

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