Dimensional Codex System: I'm really not a cultist!

Chapter 1266: Chapter 1265: I’m Going to Be Completely Drained!

”No—————!!”

Amidst the screams, the Spider Goddess’s body completely collapsed, crashing down and turning into dead spiders scattered all over the ground. At the same time, the purple flames that originally enveloped the surroundings also slowly disappeared.

”Phew... it’s done.”

Only after confirming that the Spider Goddess’s divine power had completely vanished did Fang Zheng finally breathe a sigh of relief. Although the Spider Goddess had only descended in an incarnation, that last strike by Fang Zheng had injured her soul. Such a soul injury is not easily healed, and now the Spider Goddess probably hid in some spider hole somewhere to recover. In the short term... it shouldn’t be possible for her to come bother him again.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng waved his hand, and with his gesture, the ground beneath him that was covered in dead spiders was instantly cleared. This revealed the metallic pillar that had been buried underneath.

And also...

”This should be it.”

Looking at the blue crystal orb placed in front of the pillar, Fang Zheng furrowed his brows, then waved his hand, and soon the object swiftly flew over, landing in Fang Zheng’s hand. If Fang Zheng guessed correctly, this should be what the Dark Elf had brought back from the lake.

So, what exactly is this?

Fang Zheng held it in his hand, then activated the system, and soon a line of system prompt appeared before him.

[Information storage system detected, activate?]

”Activate.”

Seeing the information before him, Fang Zheng nodded without hesitation, and then another line of prompt quickly appeared before him.

[Please enter the password]

”Password... is this thing actually encrypted?”

Seeing this, Fang Zheng was speechless; he didn’t know the password, so how could he enter it?

”Forget it, I’ll save it and bring it back to the Goddess of Order.”

Since it was an encrypted system, Fang Zheng naturally didn’t feel like trying to open it since he couldn’t anyway. This thing could only be handled by the Goddess of Order. After all, Fang Zheng wasn’t very familiar with the civilization of the Goddess of Order, and who knows if this thing is a one-time use item. If entering the wrong password causes it to self-destruct, that would be troublesome.

Best to get on with the main task.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng clapped his hands and walked over to the metal pillar, then extended his hand out, and soon a system prompt appeared before him once more.

[Order Barrier Activation Device detected, energy at 30%]

Thankfully, it’s correct; if it wasn’t, it would be troublesome.

Although Fang Zheng was quite sure this was what he was looking for, he was a bit worried until he saw the system prompt. If it had been wrong, that would have been a hassle, but luckily, it wasn’t.

At the same time, the system displayed three options in front of Fang Zheng.

[Activate]

[Deactivate]

[Repair]

Among these three options, only [Activate] was enabled, and Fang Zheng of course wasn’t stupid enough to deactivate the Guardian Barrier. So, the only thing left was to repair it. Naturally, this was also the purpose of Fang Zheng coming here.

Without hesitation, Fang Zheng chose the third option.

”Repair.”

However, just as Fang Zheng reached out to press the [Repair] option, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, but it was too late!

—————!!

A strong suction force suddenly appeared, firmly holding Fang Zheng’s right hand, and he felt his divine power rapidly draining from his body, flowing into the metallic pillar in front of him!

”Wait! Wait!!”

[Repairing, progress 35%... 40%...]

”Can’t get out, can’t get out, I’m going to be drained dry!!!”

[Repair progress 55%... 56%...]

Finally, when the repair progress reached 70%, Fang Zheng felt the suction start to weaken, then another system prompt appeared before him.

[Divine power reserve insufficient, stopping repair]

With this system prompt, Fang Zheng finally let go, and his whole body slumped back onto the ground, gasping for air.

”Really... going to die... going to die...”

At this moment, Fang Zheng felt completely drained, not wanting to move at all. He reluctantly opened his personal information panel, and after glancing at his divine power reserves, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood!

Previously, his divine power reserves could sustain a five-figure maintenance, but now, the maintenance time of his Divine Domain was only 952 hours left!

In other words, now Fang Zheng’s divine power to maintain his Divine Domain could only last for about a month at most!

Dammit, what to do now?

Just as Fang Zheng was feeling speechless, the system seemed to anticipate his thoughts and once again popped up a brand new prompt.

[User’s divine power detected to be insufficient]

[Opening resource instance]

”Oh? Resource instance?”

Seeing this, Fang Zheng’s eyes finally lit up. Now that’s more like it; most mobile games have fodder and gold coin instances, so it makes sense for you to have a divine power instance! Except...

Fang Zheng reached out and opened the resource instance in front of him, then he saw four resource instance modes appear before him.

[Resource Instance Mode Open]

[Easy (Open)]

[Normal (Closed)]

[Hard (Closed)]

[Hell (Closed)]

”I knew it... I just knew it was this kind of setup.”

Seeing this, Fang Zheng was speechless, thinking about it, it makes sense; usually, you complete one difficulty before unlocking the next. But starting with an easy one is good; starting easy and gradually building up is beneficial. If the first one is easy, then it suggests that he can easily take it on, which is more important than anything.

But for now, he needed to rest... right, he also needed to have the Swarm build a sub-base here. This Order Guardian Device wasn’t completely repaired yet, and even if it was, Fang Zheng couldn’t just leave it there. The Dark Elves were wiped out, but all sorts of strange creatures in the Dark Region pop up unpredictably, so he couldn’t let others take this place, otherwise, he’d have to do it all over again?

Enough is enough?

Instead of running back and forth, it’s better to have the Swarm take over this place and turn it into an Alien Nest...

”Sir Paladin!”

Just as Fang Zheng was lying on the ground contemplating his next move, a sudden scream was heard, and soon those Elven maidens hurriedly came running over.

”Are you okay!”

Seeing Fang Zheng lying on the ground, the Elven maidens all looked pale. Although they had been watching Fang Zheng’s battle with the Spider Goddess, when Fang Zheng began his final attack, Kurumi quickly pulled everyone into the shadow realm, so they only came out after everything had ended, missing the earlier scene.

At this moment, seeing Fang Zheng lying on the ground, completely exhausted, the Elves naturally imagined a dramatic scenario.

Clearly, in order to battle the Spider Goddess, Fang Zheng burned his own strength. Although he repelled the Spider Goddess, the Paladin himself was gravely injured!

”Sir Paladin!!”

”I’m fine, I’m fine...”

Seeing the Elves running over to surround him, Fang Zheng hurriedly waved his hand and stood up. Of course, he wouldn’t tell them that dealing with the Spider Goddess was effortless and that it was the repair attempt that nearly drained him... he figured he’d need to be more careful in the future; after all, he wasn’t the Goddess of Order and didn’t have her immense power!

”Ow!”

”Sir Paladin, what’s wrong?”

”My back... I twisted my back...”