Chapter 79: Chapter 79: Pendant

Translator: 549690339

Song Jian could naturally see the properties of these two items. The remarkable item given to him by Li Ke’er was called “Reality Pouch Extension Slot,” which could expand the pouch column to carry an additional item into the real world;

And the item Li Ke’er chose was a blue-quality hat. This hat, fashioned like an owl, came with an “Eagle Eye Skill” that offered a “+10 vision” effect;

Li Ke’er must have liked the design of this hat, as she hesitated for a while before choosing it;

Of the other remaining green-quality materials, Song Jian only chose the ones useful for making medicine, giving the rest to Li Ke’er;

After splitting the loot, the two shared a smile and continued to gather Yin Soul Ghost Trees;

Song Jian immediately used the “Reality Pouch Extension Slot”. His pouch originally had just one gold-bordered slot. Now, there were two, meaning that Song Jian could bring two items from the game into the real world each time he exited the game;

Song Jian was unsure whether further Yin Soul Ghost Trees would appear after these ones had been gathered. While ordinary trees used to grow back the day after they were chopped down, some special trees, like the pine tree that emitted a golden light, would not reappear;

“Heave-ho, heave-ho…”

Just as Song Jian was gathering the Yin Soul Ghost Trees, he glanced at Li Ke’er and saw her wielding a small pickaxe, hammering at a stele;

Song Jian was shocked and hurriedly asked, “Ke’er, what are you doing?”

Li Ke’er turned her head and smiled, “Little Cheap Brother, I’m gathering stone materials. It’s easier to extract than tree materials.”

These steles could also be gathered? Song Jian was taken aback. After all, these steles had perhaps been around for hundreds of years, and the inscriptions on them might have been written by someone famous. Each one was a historical relic.

Looking at the shattered steles that Li Ke’er struck apart, Song Jian was left speechless;

“Alright then, it’s just a game after all,” Song Jian thought to himself;

Time flew by quickly. Hours later, Song Jian had completely gathered all the Yin Soul Ghost Trees around him, leaving behind nothing but low stumps. By now, he had more than a hundred thousand units of wood in his inventory, including thirteen Yin Soul Woods;

Glancing at the sky, he noticed that quite some time remained before sunset.

Song Jian looked at Li Ke’er then began walking toward a stele;

Thump, thump, thump-

After three hits, the stele shattered, and a white light flew into Song Jian’s inventory;

“Three hundred and sixty-eight units of stone materials. How can there be so many?” Song Jian was startled.

Looking at the steles, there were several hundred. This made Song Jian excited, “Seems like I can gather all the resources for my safe house construction today.

Haha!”

System: Your Mining Skill has upgraded to Level 2; The efficiency of mining rocks increased by 10%

System: Your Mining Skill has upgraded to Level 3; The efficiency of mining rocks increased by 15%

System: Your Mining Skill has upgraded to Level 4; The efficiency of mining rocks increased by 20%

In just a few hours, Song Jian gathered hundreds of steles. Perhaps because these steles have a higher level than the usual stones, Song Jian’s Mining Skill improved rapidly. In a matter of hours, it had already upgraded to Level 4;

“Little Cheap Brother, it’s getting dark. Should we leave?” Li Ke’er checked the sky. It was about six or seven in the evening, half an hour more till nightfall.

Glancing at his inventory, his stone materials were nearly a hundred thousand units. Ahead were around thirty to fifty steles. After some hesitation, Song Jian gritted his teeth and said, “Let’s gather all these steles before we go.”

Monsters regained their original properties and doubled their strength at night. Ordinary players couldn’t compete with them. Only Song Jian dared to venture out in the night;

The world gradually grew darker and quieter. Li Ke’er was no longer gathering stones but stayed close to Song Jian instead. From time to time, she looked fearfully into the pitch darkness;

“There’s one last stele. We’ll go back after gathering it,” Song Jian rubbed Li Ke’er’s head comfortingly;

“Alright, alright. It feels scary here at night,” Li Ke’er nodded;

Song Jian swung his fists at the last stele;

Clang-

“Phew-It’s so hard!” Song Jian felt as though he had hit an alloy of steel. The stele did not budge, and the recoil made it feel as if his hand bones would snap;

Just then, a silver gleam from the crescent moon in the sky fell on the stele, which immediately absorbed it, plunging the surroundings back into darkness;

Song Jian blinked. What had just happened was momentary and felt like an illusion. He turned to look at Li Ke’er, who was staring with her mouth agape and a surprised look on her face;

“This stele seems different from the others…” Song Jian mumbled, stroking his chin;

“Has this stele become spirit-possessed?” Li Ke’er suddenly suggested;

“I hope not…” Song Jian frowned. The moonlight being absorbed earlier by the stele was very reminiscent of the shadow he saw on the roof. This made him start to have second thoughts;

After waiting for a long time without anything unusual happening, Song Jian threw a punch out of curiosity. “Crack,” a crack on the stele’s surface appeared, running from top to bottom;

Crack, crack-

“Watch,” in shock, the stele emitted a series of cracking sounds. And in just a short while, the entire meter-high stele shattered before Song Jian’s eyes;

Song Jian glanced at his fist. The pain from the first punch had just subsided and the second one had managed to shatter the entire stele. It felt a bit unrealistic;

System: You have gathered 3000 units of stone materials;

System: Your Mining Skill has upgraded to Level 5; Mining Skill: Passive, Level 5, Efficiency of mining rocks increased by 30%, and chances of obtaining rare stones increased by 10%;

The three thousand units of stone materials were five to six times more than what he got from the other steles. Furthermore, Song Jian had only recently reached Level 4 in his Mining Skill. There was still a long way to go before reaching Level 5. But now, it had unexpectedly maxed out;

“Is this what sudden happiness feels like?” Song Jian felt like a giant pie had hit him in the head, leaving him feeling slightly dizzy and hypoxic;

The last stele had disintegrated into a pile of rubble, leaving behind a three-inch-high stump. On the smooth surface of the stump was a pendant-like item that appeared out of nowhere and was gleaming;

This pendant-like item looked like a hollow Hexagram Array and was made of a peculiar metal;

Whoosh-

The moment the pendant appeared, before Song Jian could react, it flew toward him as if it had a mind of its own, disappeared into his body;

Suddenly, Song Jian felt a burning sensation in his chest. When he lifted his armor, he saw a pattern identical to the pendant on his chest. The pattern was slightly raised, as if it had grown out from his muscle;