Picking Up Supreme Treasures in the Dream Realm

"Chirp!"

A White-tailed Nuthatch swiftly skimmed over a village.

The scenes within the village were captured by its tiny black eyes and transmitted through a Mind Link to a distant place.

From a bird's-eye view.

A violent incident was unfolding here.

Shapudian people in blue uniforms, wailing crowds, scattered grains, and children fallen to the ground.

"Bang! Bang!"

There were also a few gunshots serving as background noise.

Many onlooking villagers were visibly angry, yet facing firearms, they dared not do anything.

Yang Fan witnessed this scene from afar and couldn't help but frown.

He immediately saw through it; this was Shapudian authorities turning tax collection into an act of violence.

The Shapudian Kingdom was a backward, impoverished nation, with agriculture as the mainstay of its economy, naturally resulting in a high proportion of agricultural population.

In this era of frequent disasters, this economic model instead demonstrated considerable resilience.

Shapudian farmers had some stored grain in their homes, which objectively enhanced their risk resistance capabilities.

But this brought about another problem.

Due to insufficient industrial tax revenues, they were bound to recover it from elsewhere.

The Shapudian people were unwilling to hand over their staple foods, causing social contradictions to become unprecedentedly sharp.

Two minutes later.

Yang Fan descended from the sky.

His "ghastly and eerie" appearance unsurprisingly intimidated everyone present.

A man in a blue uniform was about to smash a civilian with his gunstock, but his actions halted, staring dumbfounded at the sky.

Among these violent tax collectors, this person was the most barbarous, hitting both the elderly and children without mercy.

Yang Fan gave him a cold glance, and his finger moved slightly imperceptibly.

A hair-thin Ice Needle flashed by.

A tiny red dot appeared on the man's forehead, and he fell straight to the ground.

In his own country, he had to restrain himself; after all, Great Xia had comprehensive laws that couldn't be violated recklessly.

But here in Shapudian, he could act freely, entirely according to his own will.

With that.

Commotion immediately broke out below.

Some blue uniforms turned to flee, while others even attempted to open fire.

Their guns barely raised when a small red dot appeared on their foreheads, and they collapsed silently.

Even if a post-mortem examination was conducted, the cause of death could not be determined.

Because the Ice Needle was too thin, it melted as soon as it entered the brain.

In just one second.

There were five more corpses on the ground.

A voice full of desire echoed in Yang Fan's mind: "Supreme Master, please grant me the flesh and blood."

It remembered the previous agreement: "In exchange, I am willing to assist the Master with all my strength fifteen times."

Yang Fan readily agreed: "They're all yours."

The Deceitful Artifact could help dispose of the corpses, and in return, he could get more than ten opportunities for assistance, so why not?

Moreover.

With the bodies gone, he couldn't be implicated in this matter.

This was called—dead men tell no tales.

In the next moment.

The five corpses vanished into thin air.

Some nearby onlooking villagers, as well as those who had been beaten earlier, were all terrified.

Yang Fan tapped the Deceitful Artifact, secretly commanding: "Speak!"

A hoarse voice sounded in everyone's minds from nowhere.

"I will not harm you. I just want to know where nearby there are terrifying mutated creatures."

The Deceitful Artifact's language comprehension ensured the meaning was accurately conveyed without any errors.

The main reason he came over was to gather information from the locals; punishing the thugs was just incidental.

No one spoke.

The villagers all looked at Yang Fan with fear.

Some timid villagers even ran away in small groups.

However.

This wasn't a problem.

The Deceitful Artifact's fawning voice sounded: "Supreme Master, I already know the location of the mutated creatures."

The Deceitful Artifact could read memories; when the villagers heard "where are the mutated creatures," corresponding information naturally appeared in their minds, so the artifact would know as well.

Yang Fan commanded: "Lead the way!"

The Deceitful Artifact quickly responded: "Yes, Master!"

"Chirp!"

A bird's cry sounded.

Yang Fan took to the sky, swiftly rising into the air.

Leaving behind a group of dumbfounded villagers.

Soon after.

The White-tailed Nuthatch flew over a mountain range.

The Shapudian Kingdom was a mountainous country, with over sixty percent of its territory covered by densely forested mountains.

According to the villagers' information, a terrifying monster was active in this area.

Many lives had been claimed by the monster, and no one dared to take the path through here anymore.

Yang Fan held the Space Pearl, calming his mind to sense it for a moment, then nodded lightly: "The vibrations are increasing, looks like I guessed right."

This confirmed his two hypotheses.

First, mutated creatures were more likely to emerge near a Spatial Rift.

Second, the Space Pearl could indeed sense the location of a Spatial Rift, with the sensing becoming more evident the closer it was.

Yang Fan stood in midair and immediately commanded: "Search for me!"

"Chirp! Chirp!"

The flocks of birds dispersed, starting to search for the tracks of the mutated creatures.

He gazed over the mountains, a thought crossing his mind: "For backward countries like Shapudian, the authorities have no power to eradicate the mutated creatures.

"For me, this is a good place to earn Spiritual Source Value. I might visit more impoverished nations in the future."

A few minutes passed.

Yang Fan exclaimed, "Huh? What's that?"

Through the eyes of a White tailed Nuthatch, he saw two small black dots emerging on the horizon to the west.

He speculated silently, "I guess it's the Great Xia Air Force's fighter jets."

The high command of Great Xia had urgently dispatched several divisions over, so seeing Great Xia's jets in the skies of Shapudian was quite normal.

He did not use the Spirit Concealment Superpower to hide himself; he just drifted in the sky.

After a while.

Yang Fan squinted his eyes, realizing something seemed off, "Why do I feel like those don't quite look like Great Xia's fighter jets?"

He wasn't a military enthusiast, so his knowledge of military equipment wasn't extensive, but he had seen pictures of the domestically active fighter jets.

From the outline, those jets didn't quite look like the equipment of his own country.

Yang Fan quickly came to a conclusion, "These must be foreign warplanes."

The logic was simple.

Shapudian was a country so poor it bubbled, incapable of equipping advanced fighter jets, so these had to be aircraft from a third country.

He clicked his tongue a few times, "With a spatial rift appearing in Shapudian, so many countries are joining the fun?"

*

Thirty-odd kilometers away.

Two fighter jets roared past.

The side of the jet's body was painted with the emblem of a "peacock holding a scepter".

This was precisely the flag of the Jin Kongque Kingdom.

They were the first batch of Jin Kongque Kingdom's warplanes that brazenly intruded into Shapudian airspace.

According to international rules, such unauthorized behavior was usually viewed as an "invasion".

However, with the world in chaos now, many countries struggled to maintain basic order, and the Kongque people boldly trampled the rules.

A Jin Kongque pilot glanced down at the screen and said, "Jabari, there seems to be a target ahead."

He paused for a moment, adding, "From the size, it is likely a drone."

Another pilot, Jabari, responded, "It might just be a drone from Great Xia."

Then he suggested, "Sayed, why don't we go over and take a look?"

Sayed responded, "Sure!"

If it were an advanced fighter jet from Great Xia, they would undoubtedly be cautious.

Although the Kongque people always believed their jets were no worse than those of Great Xia, the air force was keenly aware and wouldn't indulge in such arrogant thoughts.

Since it was a drone, the two pilots naturally became more daring.

"Woosh~"

The roar of the engines grew louder by a degree.

The speed of the two jets approached the speed of sound.

Very soon.

The jets neared the target.

The two pilots were shocked to see that ahead wasn't a drone as they had anticipated but the silhouette of a person.

Sayed swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "Is this a Great Xia superpower user?"

Jabari seemed to be affected too, swallowing his saliva as well, "It should be; this guy looks pretty strong."

To their knowledge, the Jin Kongque Kingdom currently didn't have any superpower users who could achieve such feats.

Sayed had an idea, "Let's report this to the top."

Jabari agreed, "Alright!"

Sayed immediately contacted the higher-ups through the radio and quickly reported this strange event.

The superiors issued an order, "Eliminate this Great Xia person!"

Sayed hesitated a bit, "Great Xia isn't just any country; wouldn't this trigger a conflict?"

The superior remained calm, "There are no Great Xia bases nearby; this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"No matter how fast a superpower user is, they can't be faster than a fighter jet. The missile's power can easily tear a superpower user to shreds.

"The opponent is very likely a strong superpower user from Great Xia. Successfully eliminating them would be very beneficial for Jin Kongque.

"As long as you act quickly, the Great Xia people won't even know.

"Besides, even if the Great Xia people come knocking, we can use accidental strike as an excuse.

"We can explain that we mistook the opponent for a mutated creature because a human can't fly in the sky."

The superiors repeated the order, "For the glory of Jin Kongque, kill this Great Xia superpower user!"

Sayed considered for a moment, ultimately accepting the order, "Understood!"

He felt that his superior was right; given the current situation, they had the upper hand, so he was willing to execute the order.

If there were Great Xia fighter jets nearby, Sayed would rather go to jail than accept the order.

Jabari followed with, "Understood!"

Sayed thought of an idea, "Jabari, let's first fly past the Great Xia person, wave at them to lower their guard, and then suddenly launch a missile."

Jabari's eyes lit up, "Great idea!"

Ten seconds later.

The two piloted their jets, whizzing past the silhouette from left to right.

They turned their heads to look at the silhouette, vigorously waving their right hands several times.

The silhouette made no movements.

Sayed's heartbeat quickened, "This Great Xia person didn't escape; they must have been fooled by us."

Jabari's tone was quite excited, "Let's loop around, turn the nose, and fire a combat missile at the Great Xia person."

Sayed agreed, "Alright!"

The two jets flew a few more kilometers ahead, then circled half a loop in the air, turning their noses around.

Jabari's fingertip brushed a button, "Fire control radar locked, ready to launch!"

Sayed performed the same action.

In the next second.

Two missiles detached from the pylons, spraying hot flames from their tails, swooping toward the target.

Jabari whistled, "This fool is done for!"

Based on his experience, at a distance of only a few kilometers and locked by fire control radar, the odds of this Great Xia superpower user surviving were zero.

*

On the other side.

When Yang Fan saw the missile's flames burst out, he didn't feel anger; instead, he was filled with bemused helplessness.

He shook his head, "Are these Jin Kongque people out of their minds?"

I didn't provoke you, yet you dared to shoot missiles at me?