freeallnovels Chapter 32: Frost Gem, Unit Gem Function!
Chapter 32: Frost Gem, Unit Gem Function!
Shen Xing put the [Inferior Demon's Nest] into his backpack, leaving only two blueprints and a gem unchecked.
One of them was an unexpected find that Hellscream discovered while searching the basement of Blighttown.
Large Animal Trap Blueprint
[Quality: Blue]
[Effect: Creates large bear traps that inflict piercing damage and cripple enemies that step on them.]
[Crafting Requirements: 3 Black Iron, 1 Soul Stone]
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"This blueprint is good, and it doesn't require many materials, so it can be mass-produced."
Shen Xing immediately clicked to learn.
Next, he took out the most precious golden blueprint.
[Hero Altar Blueprint]
[Quality: Gold]
[Area: 32 square meters]
[Building Effect: Allows the construction of a Hero Altar within the territory, resurrecting fallen combat units.]
(Note: Only those with potential reaching 'Boss Level ★' or higher can be resurrected at the altar. The stronger the target, the more materials are required.)
【建造所需材料：魂石*3000、维纳尔银币*3000、黑水晶*1000、秘银*100、璀璨宝石*1】
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"As expected, it's an altar that can revive territory units."
"However, this altar also has limitations. Only troops of the leader level or above are eligible to be resurrected, and it also requires a considerable amount of materials."
For Shen Xing, who possesses the [Sacrifice Evolution] talent, upgrading his troops to the boss level is not difficult.
However, the materials required to build this altar were too extravagant; he had never even heard of many of them, and he simply couldn't gather them in a short time.
But it doesn't matter, since we have the blueprints in hand, the construction will be the same later.
After reviewing the two blueprints, there was still one last gem to examine.
Shen Xing opened his right hand, and with a flash of blue light, a strong burst of cold air gushed out.
Immediately afterwards, a gem the size of a pigeon egg, seemingly carved from pure crystal, appeared in the palm of your hand.
Frosty Gem
[Quality: Purple (Rare)]
[Effect: When placed in a troop nest, it increases the ice attack power and ice resistance of all troops of the same type by 10%.]
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"Huh? It's a gem placed in a unit's lair. I thought it was embedded in equipment!"
Shen Xing's heart stirred slightly, and he immediately realized the value of this gem.
After all, this is a treasure that can increase the attributes of all units of the same type!
If it is the main force in the territory, it is equivalent to greatly improving the overall strength.
He finally understood the game's gem system after checking the forums.
Once a unit's lair is upgraded to Elite★, one gem slot will be unlocked.
After advancing to Boss ★, the second gem slot will be unlocked, and so on.
Players can enhance their units by embedding different gems.
For example, Shen Xing's orc barracks can search for "Power Gems" and "Rock Gems" to enhance burst damage and defense.
Xu Jiayi's archer barracks can also improve accuracy and rate of fire by embedding 'Sharp Gems' and 'Swift Gems'.
Just like equipment, gems also increase in color from green, blue, purple to gold.
The higher the quality, the greater the attribute increase.
Of course, novice lords don't need to worry about these things for now.
After all, they have difficulty even training a single elite★ unit, let alone upgrading their lair to elite level.
"Slap! Slap!"
After taking stock of his spoils, Shen Xing clapped his hands and then pushed his wheelchair toward the edge of the territory.
Then, he spent 60 Soul Stones and 60 Silver Coins to build 6 Arrow Towers in his territory.
[Under construction, estimated time: 07:24...]
There are now eight arrow towers in the territory, two each in the east, south, west, and north.
There's nothing we can do. Now that the territory has no walls to shield it, it's like a girl tied to a table to the monsters—they can come from whichever direction they want.
Uh… this refers to an attack.
But the cost of building the city wall was too high.
A level 3 campfire has a maximum illumination diameter of 80 meters and a circumference of 250 meters, which is equivalent to building 50 sections of city wall to encircle the city.
In total, it will consume at least six hundred soul stones.
Even if you hollow out the territory, you still can't build it.
Therefore, we can only build a few arrow towers first to serve as outposts.
"Sigh, resources are still not enough, I'm still too poor."
"I need to make money, earn more Soul Stones, otherwise how can I achieve my goal of becoming a beast-eared girl lord?"
Just as Shen Xing was sighing inwardly, his cell phone vibrated slightly in his pocket.
Without even looking, I knew it was a group chat message from the discussion group.
After all, Shen Xing didn't have any other friends who would take the initiative to contact her.
Cilantro Lover: "Shen Xing, Jia Yi, did you receive the text message?"
Spark: "What text message?"
Love to play with coriander: "Zhou Zheng sent this message saying that the 'Misty Sky Realm' project at Mingyue Bay Park has changed, and we need to go to the Times Building in Jiangcheng City Center first thing tomorrow morning."
Shen Xing and Xu Jiayi were both a little surprised. They each checked their phone inboxes and found that they had indeed received messages.
I kept eating and said, "The plan has changed? Are they going to back out of the promised spot?"
A few days ago, when they encountered that abomination in the mall, Zhou Zheng promised to take them to the Misty Sky Realm.
However, the other party was just saying it casually at the time, and the three of them didn't pay any attention to it.
But after searching on the forums, I realized that this "Misty Sky Realm" was indeed quite important.
Moreover, because Jiangcheng is a low-level secret realm, there are many resources inside that are extremely rare and hard to come by for novice lords.
In addition to the advancement materials that allow units to break through to the second-tier transcendent level, there are also Legion Treasures, special unit recruitment scrolls, building blueprints, and so on.
Although Shen Xing and his group haven't reached the first-tier maximum level yet, they still need to prepare for what's to come.
When Hellroar or Gorehowl reach the maximum level, and then directly break through to the second-tier transcendent, wouldn't that be incredibly awesome?
Love to play with coriander: "I don't know either, but when I was browsing the local forum... gathering information, I did see some related discussions."
"It seems like there are a lot of players participating in 'Misty Sky' this time, and the spots are limited."
"But it's unlikely they'd actually give it to us, since Zhou Zheng promised in person. There might be some unforeseen circumstances."
Xu and Shen remained silent for a moment.
Shen Xing replied, "Then let's go take a look together tomorrow."
Xu Jiayi replied with a rabbit nodding emoji.
Cilantro Lover: "Okay, the usual way, I'll drive over to pick you up."
After ending the chat, Shen Xing pushed her wheelchair to the window, her eyes filled with thoughtfulness.
"Times Building...this place seems to be the activity center for the pioneers of Jiangcheng."
"That means we might encounter other players tomorrow..."
"What did Zhou Zheng ask us to do there?"
It was already late at night.
A crescent moon hung high in the sky, its soft light cascading like mercury.
The city lights twinkled in the night, while police cars and fire trucks sped along the roads.
"I don't want to think about it too much. I'll find out tomorrow."
Shen Xing pulled himself out of his thoughts, then stretched out his right hand, and thick mist emerged from the Mist Flower.
As the fog dissipated, a fruit that was entirely blood-red and had blood-like veins on its surface was revealed.
It is the Blood Fruit that can enhance recovery abilities.
These past few days, he has been conjuring up a fruit from the game and eating it.
Besides the Blood Fruit, there were also the Brain Fruit that increased mental strength, the Bone Fruit that increased bone hardness, and the Flesh Fruit that increased physical constitution... He ate them all.
With the added level increase, the effect is quite noticeable.
Shen Xing could clearly feel that his physical strength was better than before, and his thinking was also more agile.
"Click."
After eating the blood fruit, Shen Xing first went to the mirror and looked at himself.
His complexion seemed much better than before, and his upper body had noticeably grown larger.
"But... why is it only the upper body?"
"If this continues, will I turn into a big, muscular guy with a strong upper body and a weak lower body?"
Shen Xing imagined the scene and found it rather cringeworthy.
Then his gaze turned to the wall, where a pair of canes leaned against the wall, covered in dust.
"Why don't you try standing up?"
He hadn't used this thing for many years.
After all, only the upper body can exert force, so it cannot support the body at all.
With a hint of anticipation, Shen Xing pushed his wheelchair to the wall.
Then place the cane under your armpits and grasp the handrails with both hands.
"rise!"
With a exertion of the body, the arm muscles suddenly tensed up!
With brute strength far exceeding that of ordinary people, he managed to stand up from his wheelchair.
"It's standing up!"
At this moment, Shen Xing propped himself up, his face full of excitement.
Although he was using his upper body strength, his legs were still completely numb, but this was a good sign.
Just as he was about to move his crutches and walk around the room a couple of times, his body suddenly went limp, his crutches lost their balance, and he fell to the ground sideways.
"Damn it."
Shen Xing lay on the ground, but fortunately, his physique had improved, so he was not seriously injured.
"As expected, the upgrades in the game can only improve physical fitness, but cannot completely repair the damaged nerves."
"But it's okay, at least it's a good start."
"One day, I will definitely stand up again!"
He clenched his fist, a hopeful glint in his eyes.
Then, with ease, I propped myself up on my arms and returned to bed.
The night was as still as water, flowing gently.
But in the land of mist, undercurrents are surging.
Not far from the territory, the brown-haired youth was holding a monocular telescope, peering through layers of mist at the territory ahead.
The mirror reflected a roaring campfire and the busy figures of a group of orcs.
"hehe……"
The brown-haired youth's lips curled into a slight smile: "Found it."
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The next day, the morning sunlight streamed through the window, and the temperature in the rented room rose rapidly.
"The Northeast is my hometown!"
The ringing of the cell phone woke Shen Xing up. Still half asleep, she answered the call and heard Qin Lang's voice in her ear.
He had already picked up Xu Jiayi and was on his way.
I checked the time; it was only 8:30 in the morning. I thought to myself, "This guy is really early."
Shen Xing hung up the phone, went to the bathroom to wash up quickly, and then pushed her wheelchair downstairs.
On the roadside, Qin Lang, wearing a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, and Xu Jiayi, wearing pink bunny pajamas, stood by the green belt waiting.
After exchanging greetings, Qin Lang placed the wheelchair in the passenger seat and then moved Shen Xing to the trunk.
The silver Lexus sped along the road, the scenery rushing past the window.
The three listened to music while chatting about what had happened in the game and what had happened in the past few days.
Soon, they arrived in the city center of Jiangcheng and parked their car in an open-air parking lot.
What appears before you now is a magnificent building, nearly two hundred meters tall.
I walked through the security booth by the roadside and registered my identity.
Qin Lang pushed Shen Xing and Xu Jiayi together to the entrance of the building.
However, there were no reception staff here, only a closed glass door.
At this moment, a message automatically pops up on the door frame, prompting that facial verification is required.
"Beep! Your identity information has been verified. Welcome!"
Before they could even react, the facial recognition verification had already been completed.
The glass doors opened automatically, revealing a spacious hall.
"What the hell? When was my information registered?" Qin Lang was completely dumbfounded.
"That's normal. Players like us who have been exposed to that game are the official focus of attention."
Shen Xing said calmly, "Our information has probably already been sent up."
"That's true. In this era of big data, individuals don't really have much privacy to speak of."
Qin Lang nodded in realization, then suddenly remembered something: "It seems I need to put some of my study materials in a secure space when I get back. I don't want anyone to know what I'm studying."
The three chatted as they walked into the hall.
The moment they stepped inside, they were stunned by the sight before them.