Yue Zhao was completely stunned.
Back when he had experienced the game within the Celestial Divine Palace, he already had a disorienting feeling of not knowing day from night.
And now, a Mission Hall had appeared out of nowhere.
Yue Zhao pinched himself hard. For a moment, he even wondered if he had not transmigrated at all, but had instead been dropped into some fully immersive virtual game.
"Mission Center?"
"Is it something like the Task Hall?"
"Could be."
"Sect Master said we should go out and gain more experience, perhaps this is what she meant."
The disciples all spoke at once.
Yun Jin, however, was already studying the description of this Mission Center.
[Mission Center: Randomly generates tasks across the Qingxiao map. Completing tasks will grant system rewards. Note: Emotional Value can be spent to expand the map.
Currently: Level One Mission Hall. At this level, the highest task available is B-rank.
Upgrade the Mission Hall to unlock higher-rank tasks.]
If it were before, Yun Jin might have hesitated. But now?
She was a super tycoon!
If the Emotional Value she earned was not spent, how could it ever be transformed into true power?
Yun Jin first opened the map inside the Mission Hall.
Right now, only the Qingxiao region was fully visible. All other areas were locked by small padlocks. She found the area where the Kunlun Sword Sect was located and tried clicking on the lock.
[Unlock Kunlun Sword Sect map area: Requires 50 billion Emotional Value.]
Just to unlock a map area?
Fifty billion?!
Yun Jin could not help being shocked. "System, we've known each other for a long time. What are you playing at? Killing the familiar? Even though I'm flush with Emotional Value right now, you can't just treat me like some fat sheep to be slaughtered!"
In response to her grievance, the system calmly replied:
[Unlocking maps is absolutely worth the cost. In time, the host will understand.]
Absolutely worth it?
Yun Jin's eyes flickered. The system might be voracious with Emotional Value, but it had never failed her before. She decided to trust it this once.
Spending fifty billion Emotional Value, Yun Jin unlocked the Kunlun Sword Sect's map.
Since she had already started, she did not stop there. She also unlocked the Xuandan Gate and the Beastmaster Sect regions.
Glancing over the map again, she saw many more locked areas, each requiring different amounts of Emotional Value.
She spent ten billion to unlock the Spirit Beast Forest.
Another ten billion to unlock the Ice Plain.
Another ten billion to open the map of the Fierce Beast Mountain Range.
After a wave of unlocking, Yun Jin had already poured out two hundred billion Emotional Value just on maps.
But it still was not over.
Her gaze moved to the largest area on the map.
The Boundless Sea.
To unlock this region alone required two hundred billion Emotional Value, equal to all she had just spent combined.
South of the Fierce Beast Mountain Range was another region: the Southern Lan Continent.
Unlocking that required one hundred billion.
Yun Jin winced in pain at the numbers.
She hesitated. And then noticed several areas shrouded in gray fog.
"What are these gray areas? Why can't they be unlocked?" she asked.
The system answered:
[These areas require special conditions to access. For example, this one.]
A foggy region lit up.
[This area lies in the heart of the Northern Ice Plains, where the small world's spatial barrier is thinnest. The will of the world has been guarding this point. To open this map, you must gain the permission of the world's will.]
Oh?
The weakest part of the spatial barrier?
Yun Jin's eyes gleamed.
If Yang Yun tried to break the barrier, this would likely be the place he chose. As for gaining the permission of the world's will, Yun Jin believed it would not be a problem. Once she established contact with the Heavenly Dao's will, this map should open naturally.
"What about the areas beyond this map?" Yun Jin asked again.
The system replied:
[There are three thousand small worlds. Regions beyond this map represent other small worlds.]
Yun Jin's eyes lit up even more. "So if the conditions are met, even maps of other worlds can be unlocked?"
[Yes,] the system confirmed.
Yun Jin's expression changed completely. Unlocking the map meant tasks from those regions could be issued. With tasks came pathways to travel. Suppose she managed to unlock the map of the outer-realm Demon World.
If the Mission Hall issued a quest there, would that not grant her a method to reach it?
The system suddenly added:
[When accepting a system-issued mission, a passage will be provided, instantly transporting the host to the vicinity of the target area.]
Yun Jin: "!!!!"
Good. Excellent. Perfect!
Unlock, unlock, unlock them all!
As long as a map was unlocked, she could instantly arrive at any region through tasks. If she could one day unlock the outer-realm Demon World, even other small worlds, she could bring the disciples of the Wushuang Sect to venture into other realms!
In some ways, this was even more powerful than the Trial Tower.
The Mission Hall could directly bypass spatial boundaries.
A thought flickered in Yun Jin's mind.
The Trial Tower contained methods to control the flow of time.
The Mission Hall contained methods to bypass the limits of space.
These two divine artifacts… could they already be touching upon the deepest applications of the laws of time and space?
If she fully unraveled their mysteries, perhaps one day she too could master time and space, becoming the first throughout all ages.
A flash of immense ambition lit Yun Jin's eyes before she quickly regained her calm. Without hesitation, she unlocked both the Boundless Sea and Nanlan Continent.
Then, spending a bit more Emotional Value on peripheral areas, she had essentially unlocked the full map of this small world.
From now on, Wushuang Sect disciples would truly be omnipresent.
Having completed this round of map unlocking, Yun Jin did feel a pang of heartache.
But spending was not over yet.
The Mission Hall was still only at Level One. Yun Jin tapped twice.
It rose straight to Level Three, the current maximum.
Though its size and exterior remained almost unchanged, the hall could now issue tasks up to the highest SSS-rank.
Tasks of that level were enough to grant even Yun Jin some benefit.
Next, she turned her attention to the not-yet-maxed-out Disciple Dormitory and Sect Master's Residence.
With a few taps, she upgraded both to their highest level.
Just as she finished, a thunderous sound erupted.
Startled, Yun Jin glanced toward its source.
It came from the direction of the Disciple Dormitory.
There, out of nowhere, a towering mountain had appeared.