Eclipsecrawler menolehkan kepalanya ke samping, menatap manusia itu, lalu menatap buah Gabana yang ia duduki. Bahkan di Primordial Garden, buah Gabana bukanlah hal sepele. Nyatanya, ia bisa menghitung setiap buah Gabana yang pernah matang di dalam realm-nya, dan ia bahkan tahu bagaimana buah itu digunakan.
Hanya butuh sesaat baginya untuk memikirkan buah yang mana ini, dan apa yang terjadi padanya. Seingatnya, buah itu dibeli darinya oleh salah satu anak Ventura.
Yah, ia menyebut mereka anak-anak, padahal sebenarnya mereka sudah tetua di hierarki organisasi itu. Tidak masalah. Karena sudah ia jual, ia tak peduli apa yang terjadi padanya. Tapi... ia benar-benar tidak menyangka anak-anak itu membelinya supaya anak lain, yang bahkan lebih muda, bisa mendudukinya.
Tentu saja, kalau saja Eclipsecrawler tidak menonaktifkan kesadarannya, ia akan langsung tahu apa yang sebenarnya terjadi pada buah itu. Ia akan merasakan aura Wu Kong dan, berdasarkan apa yang ia ketahui tentangnya, ia akan bisa menyimpulkan apa yang sebenarnya terjadi. Sayangnya, ia tidak membuka segel kesadarannya, jadi ia tak bisa tahu.
Semakin ia menatap manusia itu, semakin ia menganggapnya jenius. Kenapa ia tak pernah terpikir untuk menduduki buah Gabana?
Hmm, mungkin karena tubuh araknidanya tidak memungkinkannya untuk menduduki buah itu dengan mudah. Tapi meski begitu, manusia itu menemukan kegunaan baru untuk buah Gabana! Menarik sekali!
Lex, sementara itu, terus memanfaatkan waktunya sebaik mungkin. Sebenarnya, butuh hampir dua hari sebelum serangan berikutnya, jadi akhirnya ia bisa meluangkan waktu sejenak untuk berbagai notifikasi yang dikirim Inn kepadanya.
Ia langsung mengabaikan yang soal Dao Lord. Karena perbedaan aliran waktu, segala sesuatu berjalan jauh lebih cepat di Midnight Realm, tapi karena Primordial Garden bukan alam Matang penuh, aliran waktunya tidak tiga kali lebih cepat. Meski begitu, selama Lex menjalani tribulasinya, empat Dao Lord berbeda datang menemui Wu Kong.
Itu masalah tersendiri yang akan Lex tangani nanti. Untuk sekarang, ia mengalihkan perhatiannya ke tempat lain.
Notifikasi Baru: Energi Primordial terdeteksi! Mengaktifkan Skala Energi Primordial!
Lex menatap Skala Energi itu. Pada dasarnya itu hanya bilah persentase untuk jumlah energi Primordial yang dibutuhkan sistem untuk membuka fitur-fitur tersembunyinya sesuai quest yang ia dapat sebelumnya. Itu juga quest yang tidak ingin Lex selesaikan mengingat peringatan menyeramkan di catatan sistem itu sendiri.
Untungnya, setelah sekian lama, skala itu bahkan belum mencapai 1%, jadi ia masih punya banyak waktu. Ia lebih berharap bisa menghubungkan Inn ke Primordial Garden dan membuka kacamata Innkeeper. Untuk itu ia cepat-cepat membeli tiket dan merobeknya. Selama ia menghabiskan cukup waktu di Garden, itu akan terhubung ke Inn.
Lex lanjut membaca.
Notifikasi Baru: Anomali waktu terdeteksi! Fitur baru terbuka: Time Vault!
Time Vault
Menyimpan energi waktu anomali untuk digunakan nanti. Saat ini dapat digunakan di: tidak ada! Saldo saat ini: 14.442 tahun.
Notifikasi Baru: Peningkatan alam Tuan Rumah terdeteksi! Fitur yang ada ditingkatkan!
Quest Baru: Kau telah bertemu Heavens Puppet. Sayap seperti angel, lengan seperti iblis, dan halo seperti santo. Makhluk yang sangat langka ini, sering dianggap wadah kosong, adalah pelayan hidup Surga. Terima Heavens Puppet sebagai tamu di Midnight Inn.
Hadiah Quest: 1 peningkatan permanen Butterfly Knife
Batas waktu Quest: 361 hari
Catatan: Bahkan sebelum sejarah tercatat, ia masih tetap menyaksikan. Pakaianmu yang terbakar habis saat tribulasi disaksikan sekaligus dicatat.
Lex terdiam. Peningkatan permanen Butterfly Knife. Semakin kuat ia, semakin kecil daya tariknya, tapi ia tak bisa mengabaikan fakta bahwa serangan yang mampu melumpuhkan Demi-Dao Lord itu sangat melegakan. Kalau ia bisa meningkatkan Butterfly Knife-nya secara alami sampai titik itu...
Lex menarik napas panjang dan menyingkirkan pikiran itu. Jangankan Lex tidak tahu bagaimana menghubungi dan mengundang Heavens puppet ke inn-nya, meski ia tahu, ia tidak akan fokus pada itu sekarang. Ini urusan nanti. Ia perlu melihat apakah sistem punya sesuatu yang bisa membantunya dalam kesulitan saat ini.
Sayangnya, tak peduli bagaimana ia mencari di antara notifikasi, ia tak melihat apa pun yang bisa langsung membantunya. Sebaliknya, ia melihat quest lain yang sangat merepotkan—satu yang perlu ia perhatikan jauh lebih serius.
Quest berantai dimulai!
Latar Belakang Quest: Alam semesta sedang menghadapi masa sulit karena tak terhitung Realm War yang telah dimulai. Nasib triliunan berubah setiap saat, dan harapan tak bisa memberi tempat berlindung maupun kehangatan. Midnight Inn, bagaimanapun, bisa memberi keduanya!
Quest 1: Aktifkan kembali kemampuan teleportasi seluruh alam semesta!
Batas waktu Quest: 26 hari.
Hukuman gagal Quest: Mematikan fitur sistem non-kritis selama 1 tahun, 300.000 MT.
Hadiah Quest: Peningkatan kontrol Tavern!
Catatan: Kau bisa lari, tapi karena kau punya kebiasaan membakar pakaianmu, itu akan memperlihatkan pantatmu pada semua orang!
Lex meringis. Sistem selalu mengganggunya dengan catatannya, tapi justru quest-nya yang selalu membuatnya pusing. Mengaktifkan teleportasi seluruh alam semesta kemungkinan besar akan menyebabkan gelombang besar pengungsi masuk ke Inn-nya, membuatnya memancing permusuhan dari tak terhitung kekuatan.
Masalahnya, meski hukuman gagal quest terdengar buruk, ia merasa ada yang tidak sesederhana itu. Ia merasa kemampuan teleportasi itu mungkin akan dipaksa aktif bahkan jika ia tetap menguncinya.
Sakit kepala itu, bersama para Dao Lord yang terus berdatangan... Lex meringis. Sepertinya ia perlu mengeluarkan Innkeeper dari pengasingannya dan menipu beberapa orang, atau jabatannya sebagai Heaven Immortal akan sangat singkat.
Catatan: Baca Bab 1534 untuk mengingat kembali quest dan detail terkait!
The Eclipsecrawler turned her head sideways as she looked at the human, and then at the Gabana fruit he was sitting on. Even in the Primordial Garden, a Gabana fruit was not insignificant. In fact, she could count every single Gabana fruit that had ever matured within her realm, and she even knew how they were used.
It took her merely a moment’s consideration to figure out which one of the fruits this was, and what had happened to it. From what she recalled, it had been purchased from her by one of the Ventura kids.
Well, she called them kids but they were actually elders among the organization’s hierarchy. It didn’t matter. Since she had sold it, she didn’t care what happened to it, but... she really hadn’t anticipated that those kids were buying it so that another, even younger kid could sit on it.
Of course, if the Eclipsecrawler had not disabled her awareness, she would instantly be able to tell what really happened to the fruit. She would sense Wu Kong’s aura and, based on what she knew about him, would be able to devise what actually happened. Too bad that she didn’t unseal her awareness, so she couldn’t tell.
The more she looked at the human, the more she thought he was a genius. Why had she never thought of sitting on a Gabana fruit?
Hmm, probably because her arachnid body did not allow her to sit on the fruit so easily probably. But even so, the human had discovered a brand new use for the Gabana fruit! How interesting!
Lex, meanwhile, continued to make the best use of his time. In truth, it would take nearly two days before the next attack, so he could finally spare a moment to the various notifications the Inn had been sending him.
He directly ignored the ones about Dao Lords. Due to the difference in the flow of time, things were going by much quicker in the Midnight Realm, but since the Primordial Garden was not a full fledged Mature realm, the flow of time was not 3 times faster. Even so, during the time that Lex had been undergoing his tribulation, four different Dao Lords had come and met with Wu Kong.
That was a whole other issue which Lex would deal with later on. For now, he turned his attention elsewhere.
New Notification: Primordial energy detected! Activating Primordial Energy Scale!
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Fortunately, after all this time, the scale had not even reached 1% so he had a lot of time. He was instead hoping to connect the Inn to the Primordial Garden and unlock the Innkeepers glasses. For that he quickly bought a ticket and tore it. As long as he spent enough time in the Garden, it would be connected to the Inn.
Lex read on.
New Notification: Time anomaly detected! New feature unlocked: Time Vault !
Time Vault
Stores anomalous time energy for later use. Can currently be used in: none! Current balance: 14,442 years.
New Notification: Host realm increase detected! Existing features upgraded!
New Quest: You have encountered a Heavens Puppet. Wings like angels, arms like the devil and a halo like a saint. These incredibly rare beings, often considered empty vessels, are living servants of Heaven. Accept a Heavens Puppet as a guest at the Midnight Inn.
Quest Reward: 1 permanent Butter Knife upgrade
Quest timelimit: 361 days
Remarks: Even before history was recorded, it was still being witnessed. Your clothes being burned off during your tribulation were both witnessed and recorded .
Lex paused. A permanent Butter Knife upgrade. The stronger he got, the less that was tempting, but he could not ignore that an attack capable of crippling a Demi-Dao Lord was incredibly reassuring. If he could naturally upgrade his Butter Knife to such a point...
Lex took in a deep breath and put that thought aside. Let alone the fact that Lex had no idea how to contact and invite a Heavens puppet to his inn, even if he did, he would not focus on that right now. These were matters for later. He needed to see if the system had something that could help him in his current predicament.
Unfortunately, no matter how he searched through the notifications, he saw nothing that could help him out immediately. Instead, he saw another, very troublesome quest - one that he needed to pay a whole lot more attention to.
Chain quest initiated!
Quest Background: The universe is facing troubled times as countless Realm Wars have been initiated. The fate of trillions changes every moment, and hope can provide neither shelter nor warmth. The Midnight Inn, however, can provide both!
Quest 1: Re-enable universewide teleportation capabilities!
Quest time limit: 26 days.
Quest failure punishment: Shutdown of non-critical system features for 1 year, 300,000 MT.
Quest Reward: Tavern control upgrade!
Remarks: You can run, but since you have a habit of burning your clothes, that will show everyone your butt!
Lex grimaced. The system was always annoying him with its remarks, but it was actually the quests which would always get to him. Enabling universe wide teleportation would, most likely, end up causing a massive flood of refugees into his Inn, causing him to provoke countless forces.
The problem was, while the punishment for failing the quest sounded bad, he had a feeling that things weren’t so simple. He felt like the teleportation abilities might be forcibly enabled even if he kept them locked.
That headache, alongside the constant Dao Lords... Lex grimaced. It seemed like he would need to bring the Innkeeper out of his seclusion and trick some people, or else his tenure as a Heaven Immortal might be really short.
<annotations style="display: none;">You can read Chapter 1534 to be reminded of the associated quests and details!</annotations>
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