Bedrock Sword, Ice Sword, Ice Bow, Twilight Staff, Zombie Staff...
These were all supreme treasures!
Ryen could finally gain the opportunity to harness elemental power.
However, exploring the Twilight Forest would take an unimaginable amount of time.
The Twilight Forest was much larger than both the Nether and the End combined.
As for Ryen's next stage of tasks—
The eleven bosses of the Twilight Forest: Naga, Lich King, Minoshroom, Hydra, Knight Phantom, Alpha Yeti, Snow Queen, Troll King …
All had to be defeated twice!
Although it seemed like fewer in number compared to killing the Ender Dragon fifty times…
Each boss in the Twilight Forest was way tougher than the Ender Dragon.
The Twilight Lich's three forms, the Hydra that grows two heads for every one you cut off, the Alpha Yeti who gang-attacks with his underlings…
And the most troublesome of them all—those giant warriors living in the Highland Stronghold...
Any one of them on their own was tougher than the Ender Dragon.
And Ryen had to kill them all twice.
Which meant Ryen had to go through the whole process two full times.
After all, killing the Naga alone wouldn't trigger a respawn—only after all the bosses were slain would the map refresh and new bosses appear.
It was a mission that would drain time, effort, and spirit.
But this time, the reward from the system was truly exceptional. Ryen was still willing to call it the most generous system ever.
"Ryen?"
Ganyu curiously poked his arm.
"You've been zoning out for a while. What were you thinking about?"
Ryen came back to his senses and smiled.
"Nothing much. Where were we just now?"
"You said you wanted to make the Adepti Abode a bit livelier."
Zhongli stared intently at Ryen. Somehow, he felt that Ryen was about to bring him a monumental surprise.
"That's right!"
Ryen nodded with a grin.
"This is the second thing I wanted to talk about…"
"First of all, I can now get ten bedrock blocks per day."
Everyone was overjoyed upon hearing this.
"Is it the bedrock I'm thinking of?"
Lumine looked at Ryen with delight.
He nodded.
"That's right! True, absolute indestructibility. Totally unmineable!"
"That's amazing!"
Lumine jumped up in joy, waving her small hands excitedly as she cheered:
"This means we can finally deal with the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles once and for all!"
"That woman sealed my brother and me using some weird kind of block. This time, I'll seal her inside bedrock!"
"But Ryen, can the Heavenly Principles really not overcome bedrock blocks?"
Ryen shrugged and replied bluntly:
"What do you think? Absolutely indestructible. Absolutely! If other blocks contain some kind of conceptual rule—"
"Bedrock—the foundational cornerstone of that world—is a solidification of the very laws that govern it."
"Do you really think the Heavenly Principles are strong enough to override a world's fundamental laws?"
"If she were that powerful, would she have been gravely wounded and forced into slumber after the Khaenri'ah incident five hundred years ago?"
"In the end, she's still just an outsider."
"When bedrock falls, it severs all existing laws. Even if she commands the power of space, she cannot bypass it."
"I can't break it, and neither can she!"
Rosalyn and Tartaglia exchanged glances, the excitement in their eyes unmistakable.
If their previous cooperation with Liyue, and entry into Ryen's world, was merely the chance to kill the Heavenly Principles—
Then now, they had discovered a way to seal her.
Truth be told, no matter how much the Cryo Archon hated the Heavenly Principles, she would never recklessly attempt to kill her.
If the Heavenly Principles were to die, the world would fall into chaos.
The best outcome… was eternal suppression.
And now, finally, that opportunity had arrived.
"Ten bedrock blocks a day, huh… it's not much, but over time, the numbers will add up frighteningly fast."
Zhongli nodded, his tone turning solemn.
"You must store these bedrock blocks carefully. If mishandled, they could easily bring disaster."
"Of course," Ryen agreed without hesitation.
"The location of the bedrock block storage will be known only to me. If they fall into the wrong hands and are misused, even I won't be able to undo the damage."
Hearing this, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"So, aside from that—what's the new mod?"
Venti wasn't too bothered about bedrock or not. He was far more enthusiastic about the new mod.
After all, the last mods—Dragon Knight and Hot Weapons—had thrilled him for days.
He eagerly hoped this time would bring another great surprise.
Ryen gave a meaningful smile.
"This time's new mod… is the one you've all been dreaming of."
Zhongli's pupils shrank. His entire expression wavered as his grip tightened around his teacup, cracks forming along its surface.
"You mean…"
Ryen chuckled.
"Remember what I told you before the Rite of Parting?"
"It's etched in my memory!" Zhongli replied without hesitation.
Ryen raised his hands with a playful grin.
"Just as you guessed—one of the new mods has that functionality. And it has only that one function."
"Its name is… Totem of Undying: Enabled!"
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