Chapter 389: Chapter 386: Nightmare Forest

Led by the Dwarf Guard.

Li Ke finally met Master Alren, a Tier Ten Barbarian Hammer Tribe Dwarf Artisan.

To Lin You’s surprise, Master Alren actually knew him as well.

After greeting him, he took Li Ke aside to talk, probably about crafting equipment.

Lin You wasn’t interested in this, so he sat aside eating fruit and waiting.

After a dozen minutes, Li Ke emerged from the forge room, beaming, holding a number plate.

"Was the deal made?"

Lin You clapped his hands and stood up from his seat.

"Yes, it was agreed, thanks to Brother You for the help this time, thanks." Li Ke said happily.

It seems a significant effort was made to get Master Alren to agree to help him craft equipment.

"It’s a small matter." Lin You said with a slight smile, "Since it’s done, let’s go, no need to trouble them here."

After saying that, he walked straight outside.

This time helping Li Ke was a way to repay the favor from the last time he borrowed money, making him feel relieved.

As for those 400 million Magic Energy, they were traded to Li Ke on the way in, paying off all the debt.

Now they were finally settled.

"Brother You, I’m curious, how did you meet the Dwarf Race?"

Li Ke followed him outside and finally voiced his doubt.

Lin You glanced at him and shrugged, "Just a chance encounter, don’t spread it around."

"Of course, I’m known for keeping secrets." Li Ke swore solemnly.

"..."

Lin You had a speechless expression.

Keeping secrets? I think the least reliable person is you.

Just outside the camp, you were causing a commotion.

"By the way, Brother You."

While thinking, Li Ke suddenly changed the subject.

"Are you planning to explore the Demon Plane over here?"

"I do plan to, any issues?"

Lin You paused, looking at him.

"It’s nothing, just heard that the Demon Plane isn’t very peaceful lately."

"Apparently, led by the Eternal Realm and Demon Origin Realm, the Realm Alliance started a massive hunt against Lords of other realms."

"You need to be careful, especially beyond the Mechanical Empire area."

"Realm Alliance?" Lin You frowned slightly.

He had heard earlier that the Eternal Realm and Demon Origin Realm were making moves, forming alliances with neighboring realms.

Unexpectedly, in just over a month, it had developed to this extent.

They even joined forces to kill Lords of other realms.

This made him have to take it seriously.

Especially since he planned to explore deeper areas later.

If he encountered a Tier Nine Lord, there might be battles, and he needed to prepare in advance.

Thinking about this, he nodded, "I’ll be cautious."

Then.

The two continued chatting about recent events.

They parted ways outside the Dwarf Camp.

Then Lin You directly rode the Demon Emperor Dragon, flying toward the Floating Islands.

Once his silhouette disappeared, the guard beside Li Ke finally spoke.

"Your Highness, this Lin You seems to be quite extraordinary."

His voice was low, only audible to the two of them.

Li Ke’s playful demeanor gradually faded upon hearing, revealing a rare serious expression.

"Indeed, even forming close ties with the Dwarf Race, my judgment was right."

Speaking, he looked silently at the direction where Lin You disappeared, wondering what he was thinking.

Meanwhile.

Lin You was already riding the Demon Emperor Dragon back to the Floating Islands.

After roaming around the platform, realizing it was getting dark, he directly teleported back to his territory.

"Everyone, there are lots of Lord Hunters appearing in the Demon Plane, be cautious when exploring."

As he settled, a sudden message popped up on the Duchy channel, pulling his attention.

Opening it, he found it was sent by a well-known Tier Nine Lord.

Lin You was surprised, the news reached the Duchy so quickly, it seems the Demon Plane has indeed been unstable these days.

Scrolling through the chat interface, all discussions were about this matter.

Lords reacted differently.

Some were fearful, others worried, and some were intrigued.

The whole Duchy channel was like a boiling pot, constant messages popping up, a chaotic mess.

He both checked and gathered information, preparing for subsequent plane explorations under the World Tree.

...

Silent night.

Next morning, Lin You got up early.

After a quick patrol outside his territory, he immediately teleported into the Holy Sanctuary.

There’s still a month and a half until the next Battlefield of Ten Thousand Realms.

The emergence of many Lord Hunters didn’t dampen the Lords’ flame for exploring the Demon Plane.

The Floating Islands were still bustling with people, bustling with activity.

Some even formed small teams, planning to take advantage of the ticket cost refresh to go through the Secret Realm several more times.

Lin You took a look at the Eight Tier leaderboard of Secret Realm ratings, finding many new clearance records.

The top row indeed had all reached SSS-level ratings.

Indeed, the comprehensive strength of Tier Eight is much higher than Tier Seven.

Even so.

No one has managed to clear the eighth-tier highest difficulty with a score of 2000.

After all, with the highest difficulty score, Lord-level creatures appear, specifically, ninth-tier Lord Demons.

Lin You, who has personally fought against ninth-tier Lord Demons, naturally knows the horror of this level, which is absolutely not something ordinary eighth-tier Lords can handle.

Not even he can.

Unless he gathers four more top-notch eighth-tier Lords, and with all their might, there’s only a slight possibility.

But if he does that, his species would definitely suffer heavy losses, and there could be a risk of losing the Royal Family, making it not worth the cost.

"Forget it, I’ll try again when I have time."

Anyway, there’s still more than half a month before the Secret Realm refreshes, so he’s not in a hurry to try again.

The primary task now is to expand the Origin Space to the maximum, and accumulate Power of Faith in the process, to enhance his strength as much as possible.

Only then will he have enough capital to ascend to Tier Nine.

With that thought, Lin You left the crowd and headed towards the plane entrance.

After several rounds of teleportation, he finally arrived inside the Mechanical Empire again.

After days of repair.

At this moment, the Mechanical Empire has completely transformed.

The streets were bustling with people and vehicles, air trains rushed by, lights flashing, and the entire Mechanical City was operational again.

Lin You even saw several Lords who teleported with him happily getting into hovercars by the street and driving away.

Some were even riding mechanical motorcycles, roaring through the streets.

To be honest.

It really looks like a Mechanical City now.

I guess services like Big Sword, massages, and bars might have started operating as well, cough cough...

Curious, Lin You also went to the street and sat in a hovercar.

"Welcome to the Phantom UV-74 model, the intelligent system is at your service."

As soon as he sat down, a synthesized mechanical voice suddenly rang out from the unmanned car.

Meanwhile, the interior of the car immediately lit up with instrumental lights and a series of digital panels, it was incredibly advanced.

Gotta say, whoever built this Mechanical Empire is really a genius.

Lin You’s fingers quickly tapped, sliding across the destination selection interface before him, and was soon attracted by an unfamiliar name.

[Destination: Nightmare Forest]

[Distance: 2500 kilometers]

[Time: 1 hour]

[Cost: 10,000 Magic Energy]

[Introduction: The fifth-largest area of the Demon Plane, covered with forest terrain, containing numerous Plant Type and a few other types of Demons, known as the Jade Nightmare.]

Good heavens.

This is already the center of the Mechanical Empire, yet it’s still more than two thousand kilometers away.

If he’s not mistaken, this should be the next area of the Mechanical Empire.

And since it’s Lin You’s own Plant Type, he just has to go.

"Alright, let’s go there."

Lin You lightly tapped his finger to directly choose Nightmare Forest as his destination.

It’s just a mere 10,000 Magic Energy for the fare, completely not worth worrying about.

The most important part is that a distance of over two thousand kilometers only takes 1 hour, faster than his Demon Emperor Dragon.

He really wants to see how this magnetic levitation car achieves that.

And the moment his finger landed.

The sound of an engine starting suddenly roared to life. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

The car that was parked by the street began to slowly lift into the air, and then with a "whoosh," it turned into an illusion and shot out.

True to its name.

Before Lin You could think much further.

The hovercar’s speed increased again, soaring into the sky and diving into a passageway formed of data.

"Is this...a transmission acceleration channel?"

Through the car window, Lin You watched in shock as the twisted space outside rushed past.

It was actually a transmission channel made from digital information!

Now he finally understands why the hover train itself isn’t fast, yet can reach two thousand kilometers away in such a short amount of time.

This is nothing short of black technology.

It’s making him tempted to set one up in his own territory.

But as he was in shock.

The hovercar has already exited the channel again, appearing deep inside the Mechanical Empire, continuing to race towards even deeper areas.

Outside the window, he could see cars speeding past each other in the air, crisscrossing, seemingly all Lords from other realms.

It seems a mutual agreement has been reached not to engage within the Mechanical Empire.

Until more than half an hour later.

A giant steel city wall finally came into view.

And beyond the city wall stood towering trees reaching the sky, forming a magnificent and spectacular dense forest.

From time to time, the roar of beasts could be heard.

"Esteemed passenger, you have arrived at your destination ’Nightmare Forest,’ please disembark safely by the roadside."

Accompanied by a mechanical prompt, the hovercar slowly docked at a roadside near the steel city gate.

Lin You hurriedly got off the car, surveying his surroundings as he made his way towards the outside of the gate.

Probably because he arrived quite early.

At the moment, the streets were full of robots and unmanned vehicles coming and going, and he didn’t encounter any Lords.

Or perhaps they took other exits, differing from his path.

But that’s good too, at least it saves a lot of trouble.

Soon, he passed through the steel city gate and entered the forest area outside, while a prompt sounded in his mind.

[Zone Transition, Current Zone: Nightmare Forest]

[This area contains many Demons, please be very cautious.]