[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t":3,"chapter-global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-chapter-98":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Global Survival: The Tower Witch with an E-Rank Talent",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1374393,1818,"Chapter 98: Upgrading to a Level Four Shelter","global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-chapter-98",98,"\u003Cp>The Hierophant: \"Not yet. The main issue at present is still the opening. Although the magic shield has an area of effect, if I open up a gap directly facing the sea in my shelter, there are always fish that slip through the net and jump in to startle this old man. Especially those amphibious monsters; they're simply impossible to defend against effectively.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The High Priestess: \"Is there a problem with the engraving of your magic circuits?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empress: \"I previously tried engraving an opening in the magic circuits along the fences of my farm. As a result, a curved-tooth wild boar slipped in and ruined half an acre of my pumpkin patch...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Magician: \"I feel that the key to engraving an opening circuit lies in its connection points. After all, the kind of open-and-shut mechanism you guys are seeking will directly cause the entire magic shield's circuits to be interrupted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching this chat, Lan Qingyou was completely dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good heavens, what in the world was she reading?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What were every single one of them talking about? Why was she unable to keep up with the rhythm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Engraving magic shield circuits? Drawing circuits for an opening?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn't this just the concept of a damn door?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hierophant: \"There are things you don't understand yet. What you're talking about is the original factory-furnished state. What we're currently discussing is the issue of drawing it ourselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The High Priestess: \"Haha, it's normal since The Tower just joined the group and can't quite keep up yet. You should first take a look at some of the foundational papers we've published on the manor's forum.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A forum?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prompted by The High Priestess, Vivian, Lan Qingyou frowned and scrolled down the function menu on the left. Unsurprisingly, she genuinely spotted a forum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With curiosity in her heart, she tapped and entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Magic Conduction Mechanism of Dark Clouds and Lightning: A Study Based on Cross-Latitudinal Energy Fields— by The Magician\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mana Conversion and the Rapid Growth of Crops Under the Natural Order— by The Empress\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the Perfect Adaptability of Blue Star Battery Theory and Magic Crystals— by The High Priestess\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Real-Time Observation of Static Magic Fields: Mana Encoding Based on Visual Symbols— by The Magician\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mana and Steel: A Feasibility Plan for the Construction of a Doomsday Chariot— by The Chariot\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just a single glance, Lan Qingyou felt her own CPU was about to explode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No way!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Have you guys already advanced to such a forward-thinking stage?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There's energy fields, battery theory, and even a doomsday chariot...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, thinking about how this was a research-focused organization, having these papers seemed quite normal?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright, it seemed her future nights wouldn't be lonely anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should she also follow these lines of thought and write a paper herself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though she had never written this sort of thing before, doing so seemingly felt extremely beneficial for organizing her train of thought!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Petting Steel Wool with one hand while reading papers with the other—how beautiful an affair that was!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qingyou sighed in admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, she remembered she still had unfinished business. She hurriedly contacted Shang Chuan and Li Huai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tarot Manor, eh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing his chat with Lan Qingyou, Shang Chuan leaned against the wall, deep in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An organization where everyone is primarily focused on research. From the looks of it, it should be a pretty decent choice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just earlier, he had been ready to 'close shop' and knock off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, Lan Qingyou sought him out and informed him of this 'major incident'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it felt a bit sudden, from Lan Qingyou's mouth, he had also learned of Tarot Manor's nature and the reason for his invitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a single glance, Shang Chuan immediately spotted the 'monetary prospects'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a joke! Whether it was golden rice, crops, magic machinery, or magic crystals—these things were absolute bestsellers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the fact that he was selected was exactly to aid them with material circulation and pricing help!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tsk, tsk... pricing power!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To think there would come a day when Old Shang also possessed a share of pricing power. This feeling was exceptionally wonderful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like soaring into the heavens, as if he were currently soaring among the clouds, making him so comfortable he couldn't stop the corners of his mouth from curling up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Lan Qingyou's end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing her meal and processing all of today's potions, she handed the 100 elementary mana potions she had promised earlier to The High Priestess. In return, she obtained ten hexagonal magic crystals that seemed to possess flowing gilded liquid within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Magic Crystal (D-)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Energy: 800\u002F800]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Function: Shelter upgrade, mana recharging.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Introduction: Can recharge all magic items that require energy. Naturally, where there are natural ones, there are artificial ones. And this one is very obviously artificially made, slightly lacking in quality.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lacking?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was there to lack? They were all going to be used to upgrade her shelter anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Lan Qingyou was quite satisfied with the point that it could recharge any magic item requiring energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she had the magic broom in her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for now, it was better to upgrade first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this thought in mind, Lan Qingyou immediately deposited the magic crystals into the magic desk's upgrade conditions and commenced the shelter upgrade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She naturally opted to add a Fourth Floor area, seeing as her shelter was called 'The High Tower'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Level Four Shelter Facilities]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Bedroom: Wood1000, Furs50, Sand * 20]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Living Room: Wood1000, Stone500, Furs70, Sand50]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Water-Circulating Magic Storage Room: Wood1000, Flowing Water Source1]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Stove: Wood120, Stone200]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Fireplace: Stone600, Sand200, Water * 40]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[First Floor Exterior Platform: ...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Third Floor \u002F Fourth Floor Balcony: ...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Third Floor \u002F Fourth Floor Terrace: ...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Bathroom (Expansion): Wood1000, Stone200. Note: Selecting expansion will bundle the purchase of a 100L capacity water tank: Wood200 (water tank not calculated as a facility), and an automatic heating system: E-rank monster crystal core40 (automatic heating system not calculated as a facility).]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Elementary Alchemy Workshop (Expansion): Wood1000, Stone1000, Iron Ore600, Sand200. Note: Selecting expansion will bundle the purchase of a 200L capacity water tank: Wood * 2000 (water tank not calculated as a facility).]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Elemental Herb Field: Soil1000, Wood500, Stone500, Obsidian100, Magic Crystals50. Note: Selecting construction will bundle the purchase of irrigation canals: Stone2000 (canals not calculated as a facility).]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Up to three facilities can be selected for modification during each shelter upgrade. Please choose carefully according to your needs.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mm, it was still the same original formula and familiar taste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cost had outright doubled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she saw the Elemental Herb Field, Lan Qingyou knew her previous tinkering stringing together her medicinal fields had taken effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last time, the option for an alchemy workshop had appeared because she had an alchemy array acting as practice inside her shelter. Thus, she had specifically organized her herb fields prior to upgrading to Level Four.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To put it simply, they were the shelter's 'hidden facilities'. If you had the prerequisites, they would be unlocked for you; if not, act as if they didn't exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Qingyou thought about it. Although she really wanted to install a fireplace, she already had a kerosene stove, so she wouldn't freeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, she chose the Water-Circulating Magic Storage Room, the Alchemy Workshop, and the Elemental Herb Field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, these were the things that would provide the greatest boost to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, in order to upgrade the herb field, Lan Qingyou directly went into debt to The High Priestess for 1,000 mana potions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She originally wanted to use healing potions for the exchange, but she was rejected because the other party needed to consume mana to hand-rub the crystals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magic desk's trading house warehouse was also upgraded from 30 grids to 40 grids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the construction raged furiously by her side, Lan Qingyou checked the upgrade requirements for a Level Five Shelter.\u003C\u002Fp>",1312,"2026-06-05T21:58:31.955Z",1,"novelbin.me","172afb66c5e8487017c095a22fc1062d08c72c4894b44acedba90df311d60ebd","global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-chapter-99","global-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-chapter-97",965,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fglobal-survival-the-tower-witch-with-an-e-rank-t-cover.jpg"]