The Southernmost Land of the New Dust Realm.
In a dark forest shrouded by night and auroras, Antonios and Ruan Ruan walked from afar.
Antonios suddenly saw something and flew up to a tree, grabbing a few pieces of bronze-colored metal fragments.
These metal fragments emitted faint spatial fluctuations, appearing both tangible and phantom-like, effortlessly floating in mid-air.
"Indeed, it's Void Gold again!" Antonios's eyes sparkled with joy.
Ruan Ruan looked at the bronze-colored Void Gold in Antonios's hand, equally excited.
"It looks like we were right! This is just the forest's periphery; deeper inside, there must be the silver Void Gold our master wants!"
According to the data from Elder Wei of the Miracle Workshop, Void Gold typically existed in extreme and special regions.
Over the past month, Antonios and Ruan Ruan had searched the core of volcanoes, arid deserts, and even the depths of the deep sea in the New Dust Realm…
And now, they were closer to the southernmost edge of the New Dust Realm!
This entire area never had daylight. However, the sky was adorned with gorgeous blue auroras, sprinkled with bright stars, making it feel like a dream.
Seemingly due to the auroras' influence, even the Primordial Spirit Projection Barrier couldn't be used in this area.
Previously, Antonios and Ruan Ruan had found some scattered Void Gold at the forest outskirts, so they followed this direction to the forest.
And now, not long after entering, they had discovered some more Void Gold.
At this moment, Antonios gazed into the forest's dark depths. Even without going deeper, he could faintly sense many powerful auras.
Antonios pondered for a while and then said to Ruan Ruan, "There seem to be many formidable presences inside. How about I go in alone to search? You stay clear of this area and wait outside for the boss's next use of the Primordial Spirit Projection Barrier to contact you?"
"No, let's go together!" Ruan Ruan shook her head. "Since there are strong presences, we stand a better chance of obtaining Void Gold together."
After a brief thought, Antonios smiled and nodded, producing a silver knife. "Alright, let's go together."
Even Antonios had to admit, this peculiar Shining Star Level Slime had formidable strength…
The two concealed their presence and headed deeper into the forest under the aurora's illumination.
A few days later, Su Yuan was cultivating at the camp.
Suddenly, he sensed something and immediately opened his eyes, flying up and expanding his All-Knowing Vision, looking far into the distance.
Off in the distance, he saw countless Earth Qi slowly gathering from the underground in one direction, even altering the flow of Star Power.
This wasn't a localized Earth Qi change. All the Earth Qi visible was gradually converging somewhere.
As for the source, Su Yuan's All-Knowing Vision couldn't see it at this moment.
"A change of Earth Qi on this scale, could it be…" Su Yuan's eyes narrowed.
In fact, Su Yuan wasn't the only one who observed this.
Across more than half the New Dust Realm, Earth Qi migration and Star Power flow were occurring. Even the land, mountains, and rivers were subtly shifting.
The Earth Qi migration converged towards three directions: the north, south, and west…
Within two days, at Central Base 1 of the Sky Patrol Department in the southeast corner of the New Dust Realm.
Besides Li Ba and Shen Die stationed at Base 1, Su Yuan and two others had arrived.
Additionally, Xu Fan and Zhang Qianyi had rushed over from Blue Sea Star!
All seven Star Lords of the Sky Patrol Department were present!
Shen Die said, "I believe everyone has some knowledge of the commotion outside."
Xia Xuan said, "It seems the Tiger Vein is about to appear. However, such a significant gathering of Earth Qi seems to take longer."
Wu Qi also spoke, "Moreover, there are actually three Tiger Veins!"
"It's not three entirely; it's still one," Shen Die explained to the crowd. "Based on my investigation and combined with the department's analysis, it looks like three Tiger Veins due to the New Dust Realm's self-protection mechanism."
Shen Die explained, "Once the Tiger Vein successfully forms, its stability far surpasses that of the Wolf Vein.
Even with superior level extraction beads capable of drawing Tiger Veins, it's almost impossible for someone of our Shining Star Level to extract it.
To extract the Tiger Vein, it must be done during a specific period before its successful formation.
Too early, and the Tiger Vein formation will fail.
Too late, and it can't be extracted anymore.
Thus, the New Dust Realm's self-protection mechanism created two fake veins to confuse and increase the chance of the real Tiger Vein condensing."
Su Yuan and the others understood.
The world had a spirit, and the New Dust Realm's consciousness naturally sought self-preservation.
Xu Fan continued, "That's not all. Besides the two fake veins, the world itself harbors some extremely powerful natives.
Under the world's consciousness's blessing, they might all gather to defend the birth of the Tiger Vein."
Su Yuan and the others nodded.
Take Mo Fei, the Ink Qilin, for instance. He possessed the strength of a First Level Special Envoy of the Sky Patrol Department.
And Mo Fei was only around two hundred years old, already possessing such strength at a young age.
What about those who were not only high-level species but had existed for a very long time, like Star Beasts?
After accumulating time, there would certainly be existences stronger than Mo Fei!