Fate Reignites: My Rampage in a World Where Time Stops-Chapter 147: Regional Barriers, New Ideas (April Bonus - for 2350 Monthly Tickets)

"Projections..."

Qin Chuan was stunned by Yue Li's guess, and a whirlwind of connections sprang to his mind.

If the massive Rapid Freeze Bird before them was just a projection of another real Rapid Freeze Bird, who was projecting it, and where was the real Rapid Freeze Bird?

The thought was terrifying.

Qin Chuan's mind became somewhat chaotic.

He had thought that as his strength continued to increase, he would get closer to the truth of the Dream World. He hadn't expected that the more powerful he became, the thicker the fog before his eyes would be.

Shaking his head, he temporarily put aside these guesses, which still seemed far-fetched to him at the moment, and looked at Yue Li, "Matsusaka Shigeki has left zone 3273; we don't have to worry about him targeting us for now."

"Next, we need to acquire Advanced Resources as quickly as possible and become stronger."

"It's time to set off for the game sector where the next target town's Spiritual Beast resides."

"Okay," Yue Li nodded. She took out the route map planned in advance, "The next target, zone 2967's town Spiritual Beast, the Hall Rank Lv37 Gale Wolf King."

The four Spiritual Beasts required to defeat a town's Spiritual Beast were different, and their distribution on the map was completely random. Yue Li's planning only considered the shortest route; which resources corresponded to which Spiritual Beast was not within her considerations.

"Squeak—"

Xiao Qing let out an excited cry.

Because defeating the Gale Wolf King would bring it the Advanced Resources.

"Let me look at the route." Yue Li opened the overall server map and zoomed in for a glance. She quickly arranged their itinerary, "This place is not far from the major barrier. Let's head to zone 3272 first, then transfer to zone 3172. We can reach zone 3171 today."

The route for the past days had also always been planned by Yue Li, and it had proven to be the most efficient.

This also eased Qin Chuan's mind a great deal.

"Let's go."

Qin Chuan swung up to sit on Water Flower's back, with Snow Cone following close behind.

Yue Li, holding Little Red, sat on Xiao Qing's back.

The two set off immediately, and half an hour later, a pure white semi-translucent membrane appeared in front of them, piercing the sky from the ground, dividing everything.

That was the major area barrier. Once they crossed it, their Player Names would disappear from the Ranking List of zone 3273 and show up in the adjacent zone 3272 instead.

Although this wasn't the first time for them crossing the major area barrier, Qin Chuan suddenly thought of something, "Tomorrow is the weekly settlement, isn't it?"

"That's right." Yue Li answered while they already passed through the light membrane at a very high speed, "What about it?"

Qin Chuan shared his idea, "I was thinking, we could arrive at a major area barrier before the weekly settlement starts tomorrow, and stand on either side of the barrier." He continued, "This way, we could get more rewards during the settlement."

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Similar tactics had emerged in the first week when the Ranking List appeared.

If a certain zone was too competitive, players unable to secure first place there would consider transferring to an adjacent, less competitive zone to get more rewards in the Ranking List settlement.

Qin Chuan and Yue Li had not done so before because they traveled together; their Talents complemented each other perfectly, and they couldn't part ways. Plus, standing on either side of the major area barrier during the weekly settlement was not really beneficial from a rewards perspective.

The top spot on the Spiritual Beast List received a choice resource, while places 2-10 received random ones. With Prayer, random equaled choice; why go out of the way to take a detour?

Now was different, though. Elite Rank Spiritual Beast List rewards were not Resources, but Advanced Resource Fragments. Separating zones for settlement, Yue Li could get two extra Advanced Resource Fragments every week.

Two Advanced Resource Fragments wasn't a huge number, but at a critical moment, that might be all you lacked.

More Importantly, they were crossing zones constantly now anyway, so splitting for the weekly settlement was convenient and not a hassle.

"Alright," Yue Li instantly realized and smiled, "I can finally refresh the Achievement Store at a seventy percent discount."

Only the top-ranked on the Achievement Leaderboard gets a seventy percent discount at the Achievement Store, starting from the second rank it's fifty percent off.

Qin Chuan had previously suggested they take turns holding the first place, but Yue Li didn't want to take advantage of that arrangement, so for three consecutive weekly settlements, she accessed the Achievement Store at a fifty percent discount. If it weren't for Prayer being able to acquire more suitable resources during daily resource exploration, her progression speed would hardly catch up to Qin Chuan's.

The gap in Achievement Points between the two wasn't significant; as long as she wasn't in the same district as Qin Chuan, claiming the top spot on the Achievement Leaderboard would be a piece of cake for Yue Li.

Although the resources available in the Achievement Store weren't of much use for Small Blue and Red, who were about to break through to Elite Rank, it was entirely feasible to stock up resources in advance for the third Spiritual Beast.

"Actually, you could have done that earlier," Qin Chuan said resignedly, glancing at the stubborn girl.

She seemed to have a particular aversion to being taken care of.

Yue Li pressed her lips together in silence as Small Blue, gliding low and fast, and Water Flower, sprinting at high speed, moved side by side, with the scenery rapidly receding around them.

Two hours later, they crossed District 3272 and entered the territory of District 3172.

They needed to rest and adjust here before ultimately entering District 3171 just as the Dream World's entrance was about to close.

The two found a resource-rich forest and stopped by a stream in the woods, where Water Flower and Red took on the tasks of hunting, collecting edible fruits, and cooking, soon disappearing from the spot.

As Qin Chuan awaited their return, he recalled Ji Huai's words before entering the Dream World, stood up from the ground, broke off a tree branch to use as a long sword, and approached Ice Cream.

"Ice Cream, starting today, I'm going to teach you a sword skill!"

"Meep?"

Ice Cream looked at Qin Chuan with a mix of surprise and confusion. It had often seen Qin Chuan coaching Water Flower, but guidance towards it had been scant, causing feelings of envy towards Water Flower to arise in its heart.

Did this mean it was now going to receive guidance from Qin Chuan as well?

But...

To teach a sword skill, would a mere tree branch suffice?

Ice Cream was somewhat skeptical but cooperated nicely by nodding its head, expressing eagerness.

Yue Li, sitting under the shade of a nearby tree resting her head on her hands, watched with interest.

"Now, follow my lead," Qin Chuan instructed, taking a deep breath. He gripped the thicker end of the branch with both hands, recalled the images Ji Huai had shown him, then lifted the branch high and chopped down forcefully.

"This is Chopping Blade..."

On the clearing by the stream, Ice Cream controlled the long sword, straining to grasp the basics of the sword skill under Qin Chuan's guidance, while Yue Li watched the large and small figures intently, her gaze flickering and slightly mesmerized.

Beside her, Small Blue folded its wings, observing carefully and thoughtfully.

Its Instant Wind Slash could, perhaps, take cues from the sword skill and become even more powerful.

Suddenly, Small Blue's gaze sharpened, sensing something, and swiftly looked towards the nearby lawn.

All that met its eyes were soft, tender green grass blades.

But through the shadows cast upon the grass blades, Small Blue saw a clear cluster of energy.

After evolving into the Wind-breaking Falcon, Small Blue had lost its original special Energy Vision, but the transformation of its Passive Skill, Eagle Eyes, into Star·Eagle Eyes had fortuitously added the Energy Vision effect.

Something was hiding in the grass, but it couldn't escape its sight.