Facing the Abyss as a Demon Cultivator

The Ghoul World had a danger rating as high as 7.

This meant that the strongest creatures existing in this world reached the Seventh Tier, a very rare level. Usually, the Awakening Trials were only at level 5. This meant that the resources of the Ghoul World were very likely to be far greater than ordinary worlds!

Therefore, this time, it attracted a lot of attention. Major consortiums, guilds, and governments had been holding recruitment fairs in recent days, recruiting those with high talent.

People like Ye Junlin were the ones these major forces were scrambling to offer high prices for, but ordinary Awakened could only pass through the [Skill Assessment]. Not to mention the low passing rate, the vast majority of them were only given temporary worker contracts.

After all, if the world mission was not completed, then all the investment would be wasted, so even though the major forces were wealthy, their investment in the early stages was relatively cautious.

After introducing the basic information to Chu Xiu, the registration officer opposite him said, "We still have twelve days until the cooling-off period for this session expires. I suggest that during this time, you should either team up with your classmates to run dungeons and strengthen your strength, or participate in the [Skill Assessment] and try to find powerful organizations willing to invest in you."

"This is your biggest opportunity in the early stages, so be sure to seize it."

"Yes, thank you, Senior." Chu Xiu nodded.

He actually thought the same way. He planned to run a few dungeons first and level up to the maximum before considering whether to join any organization.

With that decided, Chu Xiu got up and left the room.

When he arrived at the school gate, he found many people holding banners.

[Professional team leads dungeon runs! Five-person team with one guaranteed spot, all experienced veterans, safety guaranteed! Only 18999 once!]

["Tyrannosaurus" Studio, a 20-year-old shop, provides multi-dimensional customized services. The annual membership price for a difficult dungeon is as low as 42999!]

[A-rank Profession personally leads the team! Awakened ID A207544583238, track record verifiable! For details, contact: 138xxxxxxxx]

Awakened ones with good equipment were shouting loudly at the school gate.

[Deep Dive] had the option of [Group Deep Dive], but members who participated in [Group Deep Dive] would be randomly assigned if they didn't have a common anchor point. Moreover, the dungeon level matched would be based on the highest-ranked person in the team.

Therefore, those present were all F-rank Awakened.

Chu Xiu glanced at them and left. He had the ability to solo, and the fewer people there were, the more experience he would gain.

After returning home and having a pleasant lunch with his family, he hurried back to his room.

Chu Xiu first put all the useless equipment he had gotten from the Abyss on a dedicated consignment website.

Nearly ten pieces of [Common] and [Standard] equipment, and a [Rare] quality [Type-008 Ghoul Heavy Armor].

Although this thing, because it was heavy armor, was not as expensive as leather armor or light armor, it should not be a problem to sell it for tens of thousands.

After that, he said hello to his parents, locked the door, closed his eyes, and entered the Awakening Space.

A sense of weightlessness came. As the surrounding scenery changed, he quickly returned to the chaotic space.

The anchor from the depths of his soul was pulling him, and Chu Xiu could feel that in the depths of a certain direction was the Ghoul World.

However, he had accumulated too little energy now and couldn't go there. He had to wait until after the cooling-off period to enter.

However, the virtual dungeon didn't have this restriction.

Having an [Anchor Point] had another advantage, which was that it could generate dungeons based on the world of the anchor point. They could fight in a familiar environment, and Awakened ones with the same [Anchor Point] could team up to go.

Although there would be no additional rewards, it was stable. In the Abyss, stability was the greatest value!

There was a saying circulating among the Awakened: Powerful Awakened ones were not necessarily old, but old Awakened ones were definitely strong!

With random [Deep Dives], who knew what strange dungeons they would encounter? For example, in some weird and eerie ones, even the strongest could easily die inside!

Without thinking too much, Chu Xiu concentrated, and a panel immediately appeared in front of him.

[Current Dungeon: Blood Moon Apocalypse (Up to four people)]

[Please select the difficulty level you are going to generate: Easy, Normal, Hard, Nightmare]

"Normal."

Without too much hesitation, Chu Xiu made his choice. His cautious personality made him decide to try the Normal difficulty first.

The moment he made the decision, the surrounding scene changed again. He felt a pulling sensation, pulling him towards the depths of the chaos.

Suddenly, Chu Xiu's body felt light and he landed on the ground.

The dazzling sunlight made him squint. A dry, hot wind blew in from the window. He looked out the window and saw the familiar apocalyptic world.

"It's in the apartment building again."

Everything around him was almost exactly the same as when he first entered the Abyss.

Chu Xiu squatted down and touched the gravel on the ground. The hard touch from his fingertips made him unable to feel any difference from the real world.

"Is this the power of the Abyss? It's really amazing," he couldn't help but sigh.

However, after carefully observing the surroundings, he still found something different from the real world.

That was that the generated dungeon seemed to only have an area of about one kilometer in radius, centered on the apartment building. Beyond that, everything was shrouded in a thick black mist, just like the borders in games that developers didn't want you to cross.

At this time, a prompt sounded in Chu Xiu's ear.

[Dungeon creation complete]

[Current Dungeon: Blood Moon Apocalypse]

[Dungeon Tier: F]

[Dungeon Difficulty: Normal]

[Mission: Eliminate all ghouls in the underground parking lot (0/97)]

[Reward: 1 Karma Point]

Chu Xiu: "..."

Looking at the mission reward, he was completely speechless.

He had to kill more than a hundred ghouls, but he was only given 1 Karma Point.

No wonder on the Awakened forum, dungeon runs were called "hard labor," and no wonder those major forces were scrambling to seize complete worlds. The benefits were indeed too far apart.

"But then again, 1 Karma Point can be exchanged for seven or eight thousand yuan. Even if it's divided among four people, each person will get nearly two thousand. Entering the dungeon once a day means a monthly salary of sixty thousand. Occasionally getting some equipment is even more profitable."

"If you don't consider the high risk brought by the randomness of the dungeons, it's not a bad profession with generous rewards."

Shaking his head, Chu Xiu stopped thinking about it, got up, and walked out the door.

As soon as he turned the doorknob, a piercing "creaking" sound rang out. After the door was pushed open, Chu Xiu saw a ghoul attracted by the sound.

"Roar!"

The Black-Furred Ghoul roared and pounced at Chu Xiu, but the latter just lightly waved his bone spear and pierced its heart.

This reminded him of the time when he first entered the Abyss and was cautious even when opening a door, and he couldn't help but chuckle.

"Thud."

Casually throwing the ghoul's corpse on the ground, Chu Xiu could feel that he had gained a very small amount of experience, so little that it didn't even show up on the panel.

Moreover, because this was a simulated dungeon, the corpse on the ground was essentially just free-floating energy in the Abyss and couldn't be used as a material for refining magic weapons.

But it could be used for enhancement.

With a light wave of Chu Xiu's hand, the ghoul's corpse merged into the Bone Armor, increasing the enhancement progress by an imperceptible amount.

"The physique of a ghoul on Normal difficulty is about seventy percent of a real ghoul's."

After taking note, Chu Xiu didn't dawdle any longer. With a wave of his hand, the Elite Yin Ghost appeared beside him, and the two quickly swept downwards.

He charged into the underground parking lot almost recklessly. The huge commotion disturbed the sleeping ghouls. Countless ghouls rushed towards him, but before they could get close, they were torn to shreds by the Elite Yin Ghost.

Finally, in the deepest part of the underground parking lot, Chu Xiu saw a F-rank Level 6 Elite Ghoul. Similarly, this guy's stats were basically only seventy percent of a real one's, and he was torn to pieces by the Yin Ghost without any resistance.

[Mission complete]

[Calculating dungeon rewards]

[Calculation complete, personal contribution: 100%]

[Issuing rewards]

(End of chapter)