Moments later, Richard and White Bear returned to the courtyard. But the courtyard was empty, and where the old man had once sit, there was now only a handful of gray-white ashes.

Richard was stunned, his hand trembled imperceptibly, and the water in the cup almost spilled.

Richard has always had an intuition that he knew this old man, but for some reason, he had the gift of wisdom and could almost remember the past Richard, and now he can't remember who this old man is. Richard felt that it was still a distortion of the rules at work, covering up the truth in chaos.

But now, the old man is gone! He may be the only one who knows where the quicksand is!

Richard's gaze fell on the gray-white ashes, and then he realized that this might be the only trace left by the old man. It seems that waiting for three thousand years in the dark region has exhausted all the strength of the old man. When he finally waited for Richard and relayed the information that needed to be transmitted, he could no longer maintain his existence and was annihilated.

Even in the dark region, if you don't drink or eat for thousands of years, even the most outstanding powerhouse will wither and annihilate.

Richard sighed and asked, "White Bear, do you know his name?"

Bai Xiong thought for a while, showed a helpless wry smile, and said, "He never talked about it. He was already here when I came to the city. At first, I actually wanted to take his house by force. But I didn't expect him to sit in that position all the time. Later we lived here together, and he told me that I wanted to find someone, a young foreigner like you. I saw you today, so I brought you here. ”

Richard took a deep breath, then spit out heavily, turned to the white bear and said, "Thank you!"

The white bear was extremely surprised and said, "This is too precious, I can't accept it!"

In the Dark Regions, anything you eat and drink means physical strength, fighting spirit, and magic power, which also means combat power and a chance to live. The glass of water in Richard's hand was enough to cause a bloody case.

"I don't need it anymore. ”

The white bear carefully took the clear water, his face complicated. He knew that this was Richard rewarding himself, but White Bear wasn't sure if he should accept it. Accepting this glass of water means that Richard and him do not owe each other, and they can be regarded as repaying this favor. Water is precious, but the white bear is hesitating whether it is more precious to follow Richard.

In the end, the immediate interests prevailed. Seeing the white bear pour the water into the water bag and carefully put it away, Richard smiled and walked out of the yard.

Richard did not go anywhere else, but went out of the city, into the wilderness. It took him a whole day to find a specific soul tree, then he dug a deep pit under the tree, watching as a little black oily liquid oozed from the bottom of the pit.

It is a liquid with mystical powers, a favorite of creatures native to the Dark Regions.

This is a special place marked on the map by the old man.

Richard sat down on the edge of the pit and waited patiently. Suddenly, a strong wind blew through the wasteland, and a strange monster loomed in the wind. It's like a puddle of ooze covered in garbage, unspeakably ugly and disgusting. But as soon as such a monster appeared, it was surrounded by an alluring aroma.

As soon as the monster appeared, it couldn't wait to pounce on the pit. But it had just pounced halfway through when suddenly there was a sharp stop, and it let out a short, high-pitched howl!

Richard quietly appeared beside it, and the moonlight fell silently. When the moonlight falls, the monster is already an emergency stop, and if it is replaced by another person, even if it is uncertain, this knife will most likely fail. However, Richard's perception rules of the dark region were almost analyzed to the extreme, and he was not affected by the distorted rules at all, and the moonlight still passed through the monster's body!

The monster let out a long scream, exploded with a thud, and turned into countless lumps of mud, and all kinds of garbage flew in all directions.

As soon as Richard stretched out his hand, he grabbed a lump of jet-black oil. That was the main purpose of his trip.

This oil block is the fuel necessary to light the beacon of time. With it, the fire of time can be ignited smoothly, thus dispelling the twisted rules and returning the earth to the embrace of order. This oil block can be found in the wasteland, but it is best obtained from native creatures.

It's just that the creatures of the Dark Region are extremely rare and extremely powerful. If you change to a white bear, or other legendary powerhouses, then it is impossible to hide yourself in front of this monster, and within a round, it will be killed by the monster and become the nourishment for its growth. The various garbage in the monster's body is actually all kinds of debris that has not been digested. There are people, and there are equipped ones.

Richard carefully placed the lump of oil into a specially treated leather bag and tied the mouth of the bag tightly. These inconspicuous blocks of oil are actually equivalent to the plane origin of the Dark Regions. Needless to say, its value is precious.

In the information transmitted by Divine Grace, there are very standard procedures and materials for building the Time Lighthouse. The main materials needed are the materials for the construction of the lighthouse tower and the lamp room, the brazier for the time lamp, the fuel for the time lamp to burn, and the fire for ignition. The oil block in Richard's hand is the oil that burns in the lights of time. In the construction of the lighthouse of time, the importance is second only to the fire.

Some of the materials may seem simple, but don't forget that in the warped environment of the Dark Realm, even the simplest actions can become extremely dangerous. And most of the strong people were deprived of their fighting spirit and magic power, and they really became ordinary people. The weakened defenses of their bodies alone put them in danger all the time.

Richard knew the other three types of materials and knew where to start. Only the tinder is still clueless, which is also the core secret of the beacon of time. How to find the spark is the core knowledge that only the gods can grasp.

Richard put away the oil blocks, and then searched the ground for something usable among the rubbish wreckage. This is the reality of the Dark Regions, and the value of any material that can be used will increase thousands of times.

This monster resembles the Norland Ooze Monster and is known as the Butcher in the Dark Realm. It is said that the people who saw them never came back alive. Now Richard himself knows that the process of killing the butcher just now seems easy, but in fact it is extremely dangerous. If that knife didn't kill the butcher, then the next danger would be Richard.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Richard reined in his breath and disappeared into the void. It wasn't long before another butcher quietly emerged from the void. It pours straight out of an inconspicuous black spot the size of a fingernail in the air. As soon as it crawled out, the moonlight cut its body in half.

In this way, Richard relied on the sharpness of the moonlight, as well as his own concealment and recovery skills, and killed seven or eight butchers in a row, and the black oil blocks collected barely reached the minimum level needed.

Just as Richard was about to clean up the battlefield, an exclamation suddenly came from the side: "This is a butcher?!

Not far from Richard, seven or eight people suddenly appeared, and even Richard didn't notice how they got here. As soon as these people appeared, their eyes were fixed on the wreckage all over the ground, and they could no longer take their eyes off.

At this time, a fierce man who seemed to be the leader glanced at Richard, and suddenly shouted, "Boy, where is the butcher's core black liquid?"

Richard said coldly, "What does this have to do with you?"

A beautiful but vicious woman walked out behind the big man, sneered and said, "We have killed so many butchers, why, you want to snatch our core black liquor and leave?

At this time, the rest of the group dispersed and surrounded Richard with bad intentions.

The other thin guy ran under the soul tree, glanced at the deep pit, and immediately exclaimed in surprise: "The core black liquid has been dug up here!

As soon as these words came out, many people could no longer care about Richard, and one by one they ran to the side of the pit and looked inside. The bottom of the pit was still oozing out a little bit of grease-like black liquid, and now it had accumulated a small handful, almost catching up with the amount of core black liquid carried by a butcher.

It's no wonder they're so excited, the core black liquid like black oil is priceless in the dark region. Its greatest function is to improve the adaptability of living beings to dark regions. In other words, it is a substance that naturally increases the ability to control the warp rules.

There has never been a place like the Dark Realm, where the control of twisted rules is directly reflected in combat power and survivability.

Only the strong man and the woman did not move, still staring at Richard, and their faces gradually became solemn.

The woman suddenly said, "This kid is very useful, or else"

The big man shook his head and said, "No! ”

The woman understood, smiled, and said, "Then kill and eat meat!" She suddenly pulled out a pair of bloody short knives with serrated teeth, and approached Richard step by step.

Richard's gaze swept over these people one by one, and countless numbers kept emerging, revealing their secrets little by little. When Richard is halfway through his analysis of the warp rules, the various abilities of the real talent can be used again. Some of Richard's small abilities, such as numerical parsing, that Richard hadn't used for a long time, were extremely useful and important in places like the Dark Regions.

Finally, Richard figured out why they were able to suddenly appear nearby. It was an inconspicuous belt wrapped around everyone's wrist. It looks like a small ornament, but it actually twists the rules around it from time to time.

To outsiders, these people hiding behind twisted rules are as invisible as they are. And this kind of concealment is still hidden along with the breath, and the effect is even more powerful than the most powerful stealth technique.

Richard's interpretation of the rules of distortion is also incomplete, and occasionally affected. It was just when the warped rules came into effect, and Richard was completely unaware of the arrival of these people.

As soon as he thought about this, Richard suddenly looked up, and the light in his eyes had become as cold as ice. (To be continued)