Chapter 131

Perhaps it's that two tiers evolve once?

Yue Li, who learned the situation from Qin Chuan, speculated: "From Infant Tier to Growth Tier only requires advancement; from Growth Tier to Elite Tier requires both advancement and evolution; from Elite Tier to Hall Tier only requires advancement; continuing beyond Hall Tier, perhaps another evolution is needed."

"Maybe that's it." Qin Chuan nodded, but a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

What tier comes after Hall Tier? On the very first day the Dream World descended, the Special Affairs Group, after consolidating intelligence, discovered a Hall Tier Level 37 Spirit Beast and inferred the existence of higher tiers.

But until now, there has been no discovery of higher tiers anywhere in the world.

In the Dream World, with players' strength soaring and exploration range expanding today, this is quite unusual.

Therefore, many have begun to doubt whether there is a higher tier beyond Hall Tier.

Is it possible that Hall Tier is the ultimate end?

"Don't think too much; first look at the requirements for advancing to Hall Tier." Watching Qin Chuan lost in thought, Yue Li roughly guessed what the boy was thinking, reached out and lightly pushed his shoulder, saying, "Although it's only advancement, I feel the difficulty will definitely not be low."

"Let me see…" Qin Chuan opened the advancement page, and upon seeing the situation, he was stunned.

"... It seems you were right."

Before him, the advancement formation had only five different depressions.

But the resource descriptions corresponding to those five depressions left Qin Chuan completely bewildered.

【Frost Snow Essence: Advanced Resource, obtained by defeating the Area Spirit Beast Frost Winter Snow Demon (Hall Tier Lv38) in Zone 6125, is a key material for the advancement of the Elite Tier Frost Battle Spirit.】

【Quick-Freeze Cold Crystal: Advanced Resource, obtained by defeating the Area Spirit Beast Great Quick-Freeze Bird (Hall Tier Lv36) in Zone 3273, is a key material for the advancement of the Elite Tier Frost Battle Spirit.】

【Ice-Sealed Spirit Words: Advanced Resource, obtained by defeating the Area Spirit Beast Frost Snow Spirit (Hall Tier Lv39) in Zone 2814, is a key material for the advancement of the Elite Tier Frost Battle Spirit.】

【Eternal Freeze Tear: Advanced Resource, obtained by defeating the Area Spirit Beast Ice Sea Mermaid (Hall Tier Lv37) in Zone 9454, is a key material for the advancement of the Elite Tier Frost Battle Spirit.】

【Hall Crystal: an ultra-rare Advanced Resource that exists only one at a time within the Dream World, is a key material for the advancement of all Elite Tier Spirit Beasts.】

【Note 1: Area Spirit Beasts are extremely powerful; please challenge with caution.】

【Note 2: Hall Crystals cannot be carried to Blue Star; they only refresh after use. If a player holds one for over 30 days without using it, the server will announce the current holder.】

As Yue Li said, the requirement for Elite Tier to advance to Hall Tier is very high, even higher than the combined difficulty of advancement and evolution when going from Growth Tier to Elite Tier.

The Special Affairs Group previously shared a piece of information: in the Dream World, each game zone has traces of Hall Tier Spirit Beasts, but each zone only has one, distributed extremely evenly.

Now, the content disclosed in the advancement information accurately defines these Hall Tier Spirit Beasts as—zone-guarding Spirit Beasts.

As the name suggests, one Spirit Beast guards a game zone.

Each Advanced Resource requires either defeating the zone-guarding Spirit Beast or obtaining it through Selected Advanced Resource.

If only the latter is chosen, waiting for weekly settlement to accumulate fragments needed for the Spirit Beast's advancement is safe but takes a very long time.

But the Dream World also warns to challenge cautiously; the difficulty of the former can be imagined.

It's just four ordinary Advanced Resources, that's fine. But the existence of the final resource, Hall Crystal, raises the requirement for Hall Tier Spirit Beast advancement to the extreme.

Its description is not "the key material for the advancement of Elite Tier Frost Battle Spirit", but "the key material for the advancement of all Elite Tier Spirit Beasts", meaning that every Elite Tier Spirit Beast's breakthrough requires consuming Hall Crystal.

According to the introduction and note 2, the entire Dream World has only one of this resource; only after consuming this one will a new one appear.

Qin Chuan's brows furrowed tighter and tighter, his expression becoming solemn.

"The advancement conditions… this difficult?" Yue Li beside him watched Qin Chuan's expression change, felt a thump in her heart, and asked cautiously.

"Indeed it's very difficult." Qin Chuan exhaled lightly, sharing what he saw with Yue Li.

"Is this a good thing?" After listening to Qin Chuan's explanation, Yue Li pondered for a moment, "The advancement requirements for Hall Tier are higher than we imagined, but for you this is a great advantage."

With the third sundial talent, you will surely be able to find the Hall Crystal, and even by possessing the Hall Crystal in advance, you can eliminate the chance of other players finding it and breaking through first. Yue Li looked at Qin Chuan, her eyes hinting at a hint of incomprehension, "Why do you look unhappy?"

Because I am doubtful for the first time whether there is a new tier after Hall Tier. Qin Chuan's voice grew a bit more regretful, "During the Juvenile Tier, three basic resources already made me struggle, but looking back now, basic resources are actually not rare."

During the Growth Tier, intermediate resources and starlight equipment materials are much rarer than basic resources, yet they can still be collected within a single game zone; even if they are rare resources, each zone has at least one.

But upon reaching the Elite Tier… Qin Chuan's voice paused slightly, "The achievement shop does not refresh Advanced Resources, losing a key acquisition method; the only remaining ways are the leaderboard and defeating the zone-guarding Spirit Beast."

The scarcity of Advanced Resources has shifted from being collectible within a single zone to requiring cross-zone gathering across the entire map to collect a full set.

Moreover, the search range for the Hall Crystal is also the entire map.

I can't imagine if there is a new tier after Hall Tier, how the required resources would be sought; perhaps even scouring the entire Dream World might not yield a single one.

Qin Chuan himself also finds it hard to explain the origin of that feeling of loss.

Most likely it is a future that can be seen at a glance, which suddenly makes him feel listless.

You seem to have forgotten something.

Yue Li's voice was soft, yet like a hand it pulled Qin Chuan's slowly sinking emotions upward: "In another 38 days, Blue Star will update again."

She lightly placed a hand on Qin Chuan's hand, lifted her head to gaze at him, eyes filled with certainty: "The interval between Blue Star's updates will keep growing longer, and each update's impact on Blue Star will become greater."

The last interval was ten days.

While the next interval is two months.

I haven't played many games, but I know that before a game update releases new content, there will surely be skilled players who have cleared the game's existing content.

Yue Li's gentle voice made Qin Chuan's eyes gradually brighten.

Luo, you from now on will be that skilled player.

But this is only the beginning, not the end.

(End of chapter)