Monsters Are Coming

Chapter 1447 - 374: New Objective: We Will Meet Again_4

Even if the mine area collapses, the compression from the rock layers won’t cause much loss. As long as the materials are still there, they can continue to be used.This is more than enough to deal with ordinary mining zones.

Coupled with the top-quality spiritual materials of Monster World, the stone bone golems crafted are sure to have significantly improved work efficiency.

In terms of control, it only needs to be pre-programmed with commands to execute them accordingly.

Compared to Dig 66 from the Arms Merchant Guild, the biggest flaw of the stone bone golem is that it lacks a space device within to store Spirit Ore, requiring transportation for mining, leading to some inefficiency.

He conducted multiple tests and adjustments to create a usable stone bone golem.

Using bones attached with spiritual material as the base, supplemented by spiritual materials from Monster World, following the records of the "Stone Bone Puppet" secret technique, he conducted refinement.

But the initial attempts all ended in failure.

Either the fusion of spiritual materials and bones was insufficient, causing the puppet to crack as soon as it was formed, or the energy converted from spiritual power couldn’t stably drive the core runes, making it difficult for the puppet to coordinate actions and maintain production.

Through repeated adjustments, he gradually mastered the balance of material ratios.

At the same time, he optimized and enhanced the output efficiency of the runes inscribed inside the puppet, based on materials from Monster World.

The final shaped stone bone puppet was successfully put into use.

The biggest advantage is the extremely low cost, with each stone bone puppet requiring only 1300 sacrificial powers to create, with subsequent maintenance being inexpensive, though the exact price depends on the material price fluctuations in the trading house.

To this point, he successfully bypassed the continuous "exploitation" from the Arms Merchant Guild, crafting a batch of stable mining robots suitable for his own guild.

Nowadays, he would go and tally up the output earnings every week, keeping 50% for himself and distributing the rest to the guild members.

In the future, he is also considering making a batch of stone bone golems to put on the trading house for rewards.

The premise for implementing this idea is having guild members willing to shift to engineering and crafting gameplay.

For him to make stone bone golems every day himself is naturally unwilling.

This would severely impact the speed of his strength growth.

After confirming the guild members were active near the "Earth Nest Node," Ji Chen closed the guild page, summoned his vehicle, and flew directly to the location marked by his teammates.

Amidst the roar of the engine, Ji Chen’s custom flying vehicle, "Shadow Falcon," which he ordered from a forum player, sliced through the sky, plunging straight into the churning toxic fog zone ahead.

The dense, dark green mist instantly swallowed up the view, but the corrosive toxins were repelled by telekinesis before they could touch the body.

One hour later.

Guided by the map, Ji Chen passed through the densest part of the toxic fog zone, and the view ahead suddenly cleared.

This was a peculiar valley covered by giant fungi.

Towering luminescent mushrooms, as tall as a hundred meters, stood like ancient towering trees, with spore-bearing vines glowing under the caps.

The ground was covered with a fungus carpet, which oozed a pale blue toxic liquid when stepped on, with the guild members’ location marker in front of the valley.

This was a Domain Node in the decomposition known as the "Earth Nest," primarily producing a type of toxic spiritual material.

It’s also the Domain Node their guild is striving to conquer.

Compared to resource points in the wild, the guild containment Domain Node can permanently enjoy the node’s output benefits.

These plant-type resource nodes, once contained, basically grant Spirit Field rewards, offering higher returns than the mining area nodes.

The spiritual plant prices in the trading house are always higher than those of Spirit Ores.

From deep within the valley, energy explosions came in rapid succession, occasionally mixed with the shouts of guild members.

Ji Chen connected to the guild’s group channel, and immediately the intense dialogue filled his ears.

"Damn it, the poison fog is obscuring the view, Old Bird, switch to high-res mode (Eagle-Headed Demon), give me a hint!" The angry roar of Xiao Hei burst forth in the channel, accompanied by the crisp sound of axe blades hacking at shells.

"Hold on, high-res view coming up, Xiao Hei, run to your left hand side, we’re here." This was the team’s magic system and support Old Bird.

"Night Owl, hit a life connection to heal, can’t you see your daddy’s health is almost gone? Is this how you protect teammates?" This was the voice of the archer Ah Yu.

"Damn it, why hasn’t this barrier broken yet, Old Cat, come here to switch with me." Night Owl, one of the guild’s main damage takers, was angrily cursing, followed by a violent explosion.

From the guild warband channel, it was clear the battle upfront was extremely intense.

Just at this moment, a member noticed Ji Chen joining the team, immediately excitedly shouting:

"The boss is here!"

Ji Chen didn’t speak. After retracting his vehicle, his flying speed suddenly increased, with a surge of faint golden spiritual waves erupting around him.

With eyes slightly closed, formless telekinesis spread forward like tides.

He raised his hand and pressed down virtually, instantly clearing the pale green toxic fog enveloping the guild members, as if being pushed away by an invisible giant hand, revealing the fierce battle below.

Plant-type lifeforms surged like a green tide from the Earth Nest cave entrance, with the guild members’ defensive line being steadily forced back.

Ji Chen decisively joined the battle.

He aimed his five fingers at the mother fungus still spewing spores below, countless threads of transparent telekinesis bursting from his fingertips, accurately piercing into the writhing airholes.

He clenched his fist sharply.

Boom!

The massive body of the mother fungus suddenly convulsed violently, bloating from the expanded telekinesis within, bursting like an over-inflated balloon.

The splashing dark green slurry was instantly halted mid-air by Ji Chen’s telekinesis, then condensed into thousands of sharp spikes.