Chapter 195: Version Update, Everyone Cultivates (Requesting Monthly Tickets)

He put the paper in his hand into the spatial bag.

A Lan continued to flip through the other papers scattered messily on the control console.

Each paper recorded many plans by the Machine Guard race for future development directions.

From these left-behind records, it can be seen that the Machine Guard race had lofty goals, and all members of the race were united, moving forward toward those goals.

In the eyes of the Machine Guard race, the Monster World was both a battlefield full of risks and a blessed land bringing hope.

The risk existed because the Monster World contained numerous powerful races that the Machine Guard race could not withstand; their living space was limited to a corner, and they could be destroyed by external strong enemies at any time.

It was a blessed land because, before the Machine Guard race descended into the Monster World, the resources in their small world had been nearly exhausted.

They could no longer sustain the Machine Guard race climbing the technology tree.

This was completely different from the situation the Moon Eclipsers faced back then.

The dilemma the Moon Eclipsers faced in their development was mainly the shackle of lifespan, but they had already researched a reasonable disposal plan for the recycling of resources.

Resource depletion, over-exploitation, ecological pressure... various problems led the Machine Guard race to choose to leave the small world and head for a broader sky.

Upon arriving in the Monster World, the development of the Machine Guard race achieved unimaginable growth according to the records.

Materials regarded as precious spiritual substances in the small world were merely roadside weeds easily obtained in the Monster World; even the most ordinary ores were more valuable than the rare ores in the eyes of the Machine Guard race.

It was precisely the shock brought by the Monster World that gave the Machine Guard race grand ambitions.

The Tower of Eternity, Mechanical Ascension, Mechanical Main City, Energy Cube... a series of future plans were also launched during the development process in the Monster World.

Extreme external pressure made the Machine Guard race dare not rest for even a moment in their development.

But it can be confirmed that the Machine Guard race's understanding of the Monster World was still too little.

Precisely because the understanding was incomplete, they possessed infinite motivation to pursue their dreams, believing that effort could bring success.

In fact, as soon as they encountered the Battle Insect Race or the terrifying Black Tide, and stood before powers at the top of the Monster World's food chain, their dreams would shatter into an abyss of despair.

The Machine Guard race would suddenly realize that countless Gaoshan stood in the way on the road to pursuing their dreams.

Compared to those powerful races standing at the peak, they seemed like ants at the bottom of a well; the huge gap was like an uncrossable chasm.

They would discover that the truth was far more cruel than imagined.

Their Moon Eclipsers had experienced something similar.

Before encountering high-dimensional life forms, they always believed that perhaps one day in the future, the Black Tide would descend again.

For this reason, they actively prepared for war, established the Earth Alliance, and shared development technologies.

Naively and optimistically, they believed that when that day truly arrived, the Moon Eclipsers would have the ability to solve the problem.

But upon learning from the information provided by the high-dimensional life forms that the Black Tide, which they viewed as nearly invincible, was merely an insignificant drop in the ocean of the Black Tide, only at that moment did they feel true despair and fear.

They realized that the Black Tide, which they had regarded as an insurmountable mountain, was merely the tip of the iceberg.

That despair penetrated deep into the bones, making it impossible to generate even a shred of motivation.

The shift in mindset stemmed from optimism about the unknown and pessimism about the known.

The gap brought not only a sense of disparity in strength, but also a profound realization of their own insignificance and powerlessness.

Having seen the vastness of the world, one then feels one's own smallness.

No wonder the Star Network said that extreme pressure only brings despair, so the game played by the high-dimensional life forms required optimistic players who did not know the truth.

Flipping through the documents in his hand, A Lan's thoughts surged.

From a preliminary understanding, he positioned the Machine Guard race as inferior to the Moon Eclipsers.

Many technical blueprints were still just concepts and had not been realized.

However, in their development, the Machine Guard race had unlocked many technological fields that the Moon Eclipsers had never touched.

Among them was a technology in the field of biological computers, using DNA, proteins, and living cells for calculation; the envisioned biological computer possessed ultra-high parallel processing capabilities and extremely low energy consumption.

Wasn't this the consciousness carrier currently used by the Star Network, yet on the blueprint it was merely a concept?

The most outrageous setting was the "Matter Reconstructor"; if this technology were truly realized, it might become a rule.

The theoretical concept was similar to a weakened version of the Black Tide's devouring evolution, capable of recombining devoured matter into specific energy.

After flipping through for a long time, A Lan put all the document files into the spatial bag.

Although the Moon Eclipsers would follow the Star Vein growth path in the future, the technical data left by the Machine Guard race might be useful on some future day.

"A Lan, what do we say next?" Tu Bai's voice sounded in the chat channel.

"Continue exploring."

A Lan's gaze looked toward the depths of the tunnel shrouded in darkness.

Through the recorded data, he already knew there were three more mechanical cores nearby.

The value of each core was 72,000 Shou Shou Jili; sacrificing these three would yield a return of 216,000 Shou Shou Jili, which could significantly accelerate the team's growth speed.

But his ultimate goal was the Tower of Eternity at the center of the mechanical ruins.

He wanted to investigate the relevant content of the Tower of Eternity in detail and judge whether this Tower of Eternity could become the carrier for the Star Network in the game.

If possible, he and his people would help the Star Network rebuild this mechanical ruin.

Let the Star Network become the new master of this mechanical city.

The armory inside would also restart after the Star Network moved in.

The only problem was that reconstruction might require a huge consumption of Shou Shou Jili.

Earning Shou Shou Jili was urgent.

"Set off." Saying this, A Lan gripped the Li Man Axe, walked out of the control room, and headed straight for the mechanical spider with the red light on.

Meng Yuan Chu Altar.

Information produced by players constantly flashed through Qi Sheng's mind.

The Monster World server had been open for nearly 7 months, and in these days, two Meng Yuan Chu monsters had been successfully Wu Bei Cheng Gong.

The first monster was a second-generation Meng Yuan Chu named "Accumulation," contained by veteran player "Harmony with Light and Dust" in Space 102 of the Di Ku Shi Jie.

This is a Painful Painful Minghun extremely well-suited for Stone Statue Style players.

Its trait effect allows it to absorb a portion of energy while taking damage, which can be released at any moment as a physical attack.

The value of damage accumulated is influenced by the player's own Qi and blood strength, as well as the strength of their Painful Painful Minghun.

The emergence of this new Painful Painful Minghun has given damage-tanking players an additional countermeasure against damage output.

Compared to the Blood Return Painful Painful Minghun, the Accumulation trait does not require precise timing, demanding little technical skill.

Theoretically, when Stone Statue Style players have accumulated enough damage, they can instantly kill a target with a single strike, possessing extremely high burst damage output.

But this is limited to theory; the specific situation depends on how much energy the body's strength can accumulate.

The higher the tankiness, the more energy can be accumulated, and the higher the burst damage.

Besides Stone Statue Style players, the forum has yet to discover any other styles compatible with the Accumulation Painful Painful Minghun.

Even melee players cannot adapt to it without sufficient damage-tanking capability.

The Star Pulse style combination with the highest forum popularity is: Gargoyle, Qi, Resistance, Rock Shield, Unyielding, Accumulation.

All six are Painful Minghuns that can enhance damage-tanking capability, maximizing defense.

The second Meng Yuan Chu monster was a first-generation Meng Yuan Chu named "Blood Chain Pull," contained by veteran player "Signature Lemon Tea" in the North Cang Star Sea off the coast of Colorful Mist Coast.

Upon its debut, Blood Chain Pull sparked high discussion on the forum.

Although it is a first-generation Meng Yuan Chu, the effect of Blood Chain Pull is extremely well-suited to player needs.

Its trait effect is: release Qi and blood to form a Qi and blood chain that forcibly drags any contacted target toward oneself; the specific effect is influenced by the Painful Painful Minghun's level and one's own Qi and blood strength.

Based on the trait effect of Blood Chain Pull, strategy-focused players on the forum have devised three powerful Star Pulse combinations.

These are respectively suited for Stone Statue Style, melee damage output style, and support style.

Among them, after support style players embed "Blood Chain Pull," they gain an additional control method on top of the binding trait.

These two Painful Painful Minghun traits can also be used in combination.

Under normal circumstances, during the dragging phase after Blood Chain Pull hits a target, the target will inevitably resist.

However, with the binding buff, the efficiency of dragging is greatly improved.

After containing these two new Painful Minghuns, the total number of contained Meng Yuan Chu monsters has reached 46.

Players' Star Pulse opening speed far cannot keep up with the speed of Painful Painful Minghun containment, so they can only select a portion for combination and matching.

Just as Qi Sheng wanted to check today's revenue data, the guide's feedback surfaced in his mind.

It indicated that Super Dimension and Nine Yin had successfully tested the "Cultivation Function" and successfully connected to the Challenger System.

This means a new function can be launched.

After all, the Monster World is not a real game; advance announcements of expansion packs and other content are beneficial for players' updates; he intended to launch it directly for players to choose to use.

Shortly after, a full-channel notification rang in the players' minds.

【Challenger Notification (Full Channel): The game is about to undergo a version update. This update launches a new function: Cultivation Tower.】

Cultivation Tower Introduction: A functional building for storing cultivation combat techniques, internally recording three hundred cultivation combat techniques used by different races; players can embed specific combat techniques within the Cultivation Tower and activate the free cultivation mode by pairing it with the "Qi Eating" Painful Painful Minghun.

Tip 1: Before embedding a specific combat technique, one must embed the "Qi Eating" Painful Painful Minghun.

Tip 2: The effects of all cultivation combat techniques are influenced by the environment; the higher the spiritual energy content, the better the cultivation effect.

Tip 3: Different cultivation combat techniques can grant players different special talents.

One hour later.

The figure of "Night Is Coming" appeared at the teleportation point of Di Zong Village.

To return as quickly as possible to test the new function, he, who was at Colorful Mist Coast, chose the fastest way home.

According to the newly added icon on the map, he arrived before the Cultivation Tower.

Before his eyes stood a Gao Ta one hundred meters tall, spiraling upward from the ground like a spiral giant sword piercing the clouds, its surface covered with flowing jade-like spiritual patterns.

The base was broad and solid, estimated to be over forty meters in diameter, constructed from jade-like stone.

Standing along the edge of the tower base were eighteen skeletons in a lifting posture; each skeleton's brow bore a spiritual pattern imprint of a different design.

Upon entering the Gao Ta, after consuming one point of Shou Shou Jili, a strong sense of Intense Weightlessness surged.

In the span of a single breath, "Night Is Coming" found himself before a solemn building surrounded by bamboo forests.

As analysis swept over it, the building's information surfaced.

【Cultivation Pavilion】:

Functional Building Introduction: Houses three hundred cultivation system combat techniques for players to select and comprehend.

The Cultivation Pavilion is rectangular overall, with layers of blue-gray bricks and tiles stacked upon one another; having endured wind and rain erosion, it is covered in mottled marks.

The eaves curve slightly upward, like a dark bird spreading its wings to fly; small bronze bells hang at the corners, swaying gently without wind and emitting a crisp, pleasant sound.

"Night Is Coming" took two steps forward and pushed open the two heavy wooden doors ahead.

He walked into the hall.

An old scent of books and ink rushed to meet him; the light inside was not bright, with a few rays of sunlight filtering through narrow carved lattice windows, forming patches of golden light spots in the room.

In the very center, an ancient incense burner sent up curling green smoke; against the surrounding walls stood neatly arranged Gao Da bookshelves.

They were filled with a dazzling array of books.

At the far end, a staircase led upward to the second floor.

At this moment, a cultivation combat technique interface popped up before his eyes, titled: Fan Pin Combat Technique Floor.

Below were the embeddable combat technique types, listed within the cultivation interface.

"Night Is Coming's" gaze swept to the first combat technique; the technique was not in the shape of a book, but a faint blue transparent figure sitting cross-legged in meditation, with faint light flickering at its acupoints.

The most conspicuous feature was the figure's lungs, wrapped in a ball of orange-yellow flame.

His gaze focused on the phantom figure, and a flood of information poured into his mind.

【Common-Grade Combat Technique: Great Flame】

Combat Technique Introduction: A cultivation method from the Great Flame Clan. Once embedded, it grants the cultivation organ "Great Flame Lung," which assists the Qi-Devouring Painful Painful Minghun in converting spiritual energy into Great Flame energy.

Spiritual Energy Absorption Efficiency: 1.1 (Absorbed spiritual energy can be converted into Body Tempering experience)

Body Tempering Enhancement Efficiency: 2.6 (Calculated based on the current spiritual energy content of Emperor Tomb Village, granting 2.6 Body Tempering experience per hour. No player cultivation required; once embedded, it can autonomously enter cultivation state and can be turned off)

Combat Technique Attached Trait: Great Flame Body lv0 (0/10000)

Introduction: A combat technique talent obtained alongside cultivation. Upon reaching Great Flame Body level 1, all fire-attribute trait effects gain bonus damage, and resistance to fire-attribute damage is enhanced (limited to non-rule-based fire-attribute damage; special physiques obtained through cultivation cannot exempt rule-based damage. Specific effects are influenced by combat technique level).

Autonomous Cultivation Mode Cost: 1.5 per hour (idle cultivation).

Price: 10000 Shou Shou Jili.

Note: Players may only embed one combat technique. To replace one, the technique can be decomposed, returning 95% of the Shou Shou Jili cost; combat technique levels cannot be refunded.

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After reading the introduction, Hei Ye Jiang Zhi dragged the phantom figure sitting cross-legged from the list onto the simulation panel.

Once embedded, he immediately felt a ball of flame burning fiercely within his body, and his phantom figure appeared on the interface.

He saw his lungs wrapped in a ball of orange-yellow flame.

With the cultivation organ's enhancement, the white mist inhaled by the Qi-Devouring Painful Painful Minghun carried a kind of orange-yellow energy, which flowed through 127 acupoints in his body before returning to his lungs.

His consciousness tapped the acceleration on the simulation interface, activating 100x acceleration mode.

Instantly, the airflow inhaled by the Qi-Devouring Painful Painful Minghun slithered through his body like a spirit serpent, with the attached orange-yellow energy seeping into his body strand by strand.

When the energy passed through his lungs, a tingling numbness instantly spread throughout his entire body.

As the energy continued to flow through the 127 acupoints, each acupoint was awakened, like parched land receiving sweet rain, greedily absorbing the Great Flame energy.

An indescribable sense of comfort erupted within his body. His limbs and bones felt infused with vibrant vitality, his muscles gradually tensing and becoming full of resilience, and his bones let out faint "crack crack" sounds.

His physique was gradually transformed through the cultivation process.

An endlessly cycling cultivation loop formed within his body, and the Body Tempering experience and Combat Technique experience in the upper right corner increased at a visible rate.

When Great Flame Body reached lv1, the interface showed he had obtained the combat technique talent: Great Flame Body.

His understanding of combat technique talents was that they were special settings similar to racial talents.

For example, players of the Gillfish Clan, Abyss Fish Clan, Sky Feather Clan, and others all had specific racial talents, crafted with reference to real-world abilities.

And during the process of cultivating combat techniques, it seemed that organs within the body were replaced with cultivation organs, and upon reaching a certain level, a racial talent could also be obtained.

What surprised him was that the combat technique didn't require active cultivation, but instead grew through idle play.

The player's only two operations were: on and off.

This meant that even doing nothing, just lying in Emperor Tomb Village, Body Tempering experience could still increase.

The only drawback was the idle play fee.

Just like subscription-based games, deducting time fees.

"Another Shou Shou Jili expense."

Without a doubt, cultivating combat techniques would become a new feature every player must embed.

Improving Body Tempering level was already difficult, requiring the consumption of Shou Shou Jili to purchase various "supplements" for enhancement, with the ratio basically maintained at around 1:1 Shou Shou Jili.

At the current stage, the best acquisition method was swallowing Gene Seeds, but the cost was something most players couldn't bear.

With the introduction of cultivation combat techniques, this problem would be significantly improved.

In the future, one could abandon directly consuming spiritual plants to improve Body Tempering level, only needing to embed one cultivation combat technique. Although there was investment in the early stage, the gradually accumulated returns would quickly cover the expenditure.

He initialized the content on the simulation panel, and Hei Ye Jiang Zhi began browsing other cultivation combat techniques.

His gaze focused on the second Common-Grade cultivation combat technique.

This was a pale-white transparent figure sitting cross-legged, shrouded in frost, as if placed within Bing Bing Xue Shi Jie. The most striking feature was the kidney area of the phantom figure, wrapped in a layer of crystalline ice. He could even feel the bone-piercing cold emanating from the phantom figure through the screen.

A flood of information poured into his mind:

【Common-Grade Combat Technique: Mystic Ice Soul Condensation】

Combat Technique Introduction: An ancient cultivation method from the Far North Ice Plain. Once embedded, it grants the cultivation organ "Mystic Ice Kidney," capable of converting spiritual energy into extreme cold energy to temper the flesh.

Spiritual Energy Absorption Efficiency: 1.2

Body Tempering Enhancement Efficiency: 3.1 (per hour)

Combat Technique Attached Traits:

Mystic Ice Body Protection lv0: When attacked, generates ice armor to offset part of the damage (can offset physical and elemental damage, cannot offset spiritual impact-type damage).

Cold Soul Power: All ice-attribute traits gain bonus damage, grants resistance to ice-attribute damage. Specific effects are influenced by combat technique talent level.

Autonomous Cultivation Mode Cost: 1.6 per hour.

Price: 13500 Shou Shou Jili.

Note: Cultivators in extremely cold environments (regions with high ice-attribute spiritual energy content) gain significantly enhanced cultivation efficiency.

He dragged this combat technique into the cultivation technique slot.

The moment embedding was complete, he felt a cold aura slowly rising from his kidney area, spreading throughout his body.

On the simulation interface, his kidney area was enveloped in an icy-blue halo, with the light flowing slowly along the meridians within his body.

With the cultivation organ's assistance, the spiritual energy absorbed by the Qi-Devouring Painful Painful Minghun transformed into icy-blue threads, slithering through 156 acupoints in his body, nourishing his physique.

He activated 100x cultivation acceleration mode once again.

In an instant, the absorbed spiritual energy surged into his body like a raging flood.

The icy-blue threads wove and shuttled within his body, rendering everything they passed through icy blue. Each time they traversed a meridian, his physique was tempered as if ground once.

This gave Hei Ye Jiang Zhi an idea.

It seemed that players' bodies were very pure, and embedding any cultivation combat technique could generate racial talent abilities.

Just like a pool of clear water, whatever color is dropped in, it becomes that color.

As for why different cultivation combat techniques cannot be inlaid simultaneously, it is likely a setting in the Monster World game for the sake of rationality; different combat techniques, when paired with the Shou Shou Jili, might cause elemental conflicts and other situations.

Continuing to flip through the subsequent combat techniques, Hei Ye Jiang Zhi clicked on the panel: Spirit Grade Combat Technique Layer.

After his vision blurred briefly, he appeared in the second layer of space.

The cultivatable combat techniques available for selection on the interface changed, and they were all Spirit Grade combat techniques.

Through the interface, it could be discovered that cultivation combat techniques are divided into five grades.

They are Fan Pin, Spirit Grade, Dao Grade, Venerable Grade, and Divine Grade.

His gaze swept toward the first Spirit Grade combat technique; the technique's icon was a standing figure, surrounded by countless tiny earth-yellow light points, as if merging with the earth.

The spleen of the phantom was wrapped in a thick earth-yellow halo.

Focusing his gaze on the phantom, the combat technique information floated into view.

【Spirit Grade Combat Technique: Earth Vein】

Technique Introduction: A cultivation method from the Earth Vein Clan; after inlaying, one obtains the cultivation organ "Earth Vein Spleen," which can assist the Shou Shou Jili in transforming spiritual energy into Earth Vein energy.

Spiritual Energy Absorption Efficiency: 1.5

Body Tempering Improvement Efficiency: 5.2

Technique Inherent Trait: Earth Vein Body Lv0 (0/10000)

Introduction: Gain the technique talent through cultivation; upon obtaining Lv1 Earth Vein Body, physical attributes receive a comprehensive extra boost (blood qi strength, bone strength, organ operation efficiency).

Autonomous Cultivation Mode Consumption: 2.5 per hour (AFK cultivation).

Price: 35,000 points of Shou Shou Jili.

The introduction information of the first Spirit Grade combat technique made Hei Ye Jiang Zhi's eyes light up.

The talent effect bestowed by the technique is a comprehensive boost to extra attributes.

It means that during the autonomous AFK cultivation process, while the body tempering level rises, one can additionally enjoy the physical attribute boosts brought by cultivation.

This combat technique is simply tailor-made for tank-style players.

Dragging the combat technique phantom into the cultivation slot, after inlaying was complete, he immediately felt a heavy energy settling within his limbs and bones, as if his entire being was connected to the earth.

The interface displayed his physical condition.

He saw his spleen wrapped in an earth-yellow halo; faintly, the sound of an earthquake echoed within his body, as if a giant beast slept within, roaring low.

"Sss."

Opening his mouth to breathe, assisted by the Shou Shou Jili, the white mist inhaled carried a wisp of earth-yellow energy, flowing through 243 acupoints in his body via the spleen.

Acceleration mode activated; the airflow inhaled was like an earth dragon wandering within the body, and the attached earth-yellow energy seeped into every inch of flesh and blood like a trickling stream.

When the energy passed through the spleen, a sense of heaviness instantly spread through the whole body, as if the body bore heavy shackles, feet rooted in the earth, drawing upon endless Earth Vein power.

An unprecedented sense of power brewed within the body, as if every part of the body had turned into the earth, ready at any moment to unleash the might of collapsing mountains and splitting the ground.

Under the nourishment of this energy, the muscles became tough and powerful.

The blood qi, tempered by the energy, emitted a low "rumble," undergoing a transformation akin to shedding the old and being reborn.

The test ended; Hei Ye Jiang Zhi nodded in satisfaction.

Subsequently, he continued testing other cultivation combat techniques.

But what struck him as strange was that the number of combat techniques in the cultivation tower differed from the settings in the normal game.

Logically, the number of low-grade techniques should be the highest, and the higher one goes up the layers, the fewer powerful techniques there are.

But the combat technique settings in the cultivation tower were an inverted triangle.

There were only 13 Fan Pin combat techniques.

Upon reaching the second layer, the number of Spirit Grade combat techniques increased to 23.

The number of Dao Grade combat techniques on the third layer increased by two times even more, reaching 56.

Arriving at the fifth layer, the number of Divine Grade combat techniques was actually: 120.

The workload for testing was a bit large; he decided to first test the first few combat techniques of each layer, then publish a preliminary review guide on the forum, and return to continue testing.

Three hours later, Hei Ye Jiang Zhi arrived at the fifth layer: Divine Grade Combat Technique Layer.

He began testing the combat techniques here.

But seeing the cost of shaping the cultivation organs after purchasing each combat technique, he couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

Divine Grade combat techniques were clearly an unattainable goal for players at the current stage.

Taking the third Divine Grade combat technique as an example.

【Divine Combat Technique: Wind Breath's Ultimate】

Technique Introduction: A top-tier cultivation method from the ancient powerful race "Wind Breath Clan" in the Monster World; after inlaying, one obtains a full set of cultivation organs: Wind Breath Liver, Wind Breath Heart, Wind Breath Stomach, Wind Breath Lungs... The cultivation organs can assist the Shou Shou Jili in transforming spiritual energy into Wind Breath energy.

Spiritual Energy Absorption Efficiency: 308.7

Body Tempering Improvement Efficiency: 1032

Technique Inherent Trait: Wind Breath Ultimate Lv0 (0/10000)

Introduction: As the cultivation level rises, one obtains the technique talent "Wind Breath Ultimate"; each time wind-element damage is taken, wind-element resistance points are gained. The specific acquisition cap is affected by the technique talent level; Lv1 Wind Breath Ultimate can gain up to 800 points of wind-element resistance (wind-element damage below 800 points is directly exempted; rule-based wind-element damage cannot be exempted).

Autonomous Cultivation Mode Consumption: 390 per hour (AFK cultivation).

Price: 2.1 million points of Shou Shou Jili.

The price to craft the full set of cultivation organs actually reached 2.1 million.

It was simply robbery!

But the strength of this combat technique was extremely high.

After the inlay was completed, he could feel a light current of Qi flowing through his limbs and bones, as if his entire body had become weightless.

With every breath, he could faintly hear the sound of wind echoing within his body.

After activating the hundredfold cultivation acceleration, a cool sensation surged through his whole body, as if he were standing at the peak of Gaoshan, breathing in the pure essence of heaven and earth with every inhale.

An unprecedented sense of freedom rose within him, as if every part of his body had turned into wind, ready to ride the gale and soar straight upward.

This was a Wind-Riding Art; he discovered this after entering the test scenario for practical verification.

After obtaining the "Wind Breath Ultimate" talent, he could ride the wind like Qidi for defense, improve movement efficiency, and even effortlessly fly by riding the wind.

This made Brother Heiye Brother Heiye Jiangzhi feel extremely curious; he instinctively looked at the Guide floating beside him and asked:

"Brother Guide, what exactly is the difference between the Wind Breath Ultimate combat technique and the Wind-Riding Painful Painful Minghun?"

Facing the question, the Guide half-opened his eyelids:

【The difference is huge. It can be explained as "Origin" versus "Manifestation." The Wind-Riding Painful Painful Minghun is the materialization of the wind's rules in heaven and earth, while the Wind Breath Ultimate is a technique that utilizes the power of wind. To use a more vivid metaphor: Wind-Riding is like a god who controls the source of wind, whereas the Wind Breath Ultimate is more like the skill of a mortal sailing with a wind sail.】

【The Wind Breath Ultimate is essentially a method to transform the body into a constitution suitable for mastering wind power, actively adapting to the wind element and then mastering it.】

【But Wind-Riding requires no troublesome process; controlling the wind is merely a command.】

Seeing Brother Heiye Brother Heiye Jiangzhi fall into deep thought, the Guide extended his hand and pointed forward, generating a light screen in front of him.

In the light screen's image, Qidi stood atop a mountain peak, feathers trembling in the wind, surrounded by countless tiny wind vortices.

With Qidi's breathing, the surrounding air currents flowed rapidly, gradually forming an invisible wind wall.

Without needing specific hand gestures to draw wind elements from heaven and earth, the wind naturally obeyed Qidi's will to flow. When Qidi opened his eyes, a violent gale erupted, the sky and earth changed color, and a hurricane tore through the thick clouds before sweeping across the land.

【This is Wind-Riding. No complex actions are needed; to make the wind do something, one only needs a thought.】

At this moment, the light screen image switched, and a humanoid figure holding a strange device appeared atop the mountain peak.

He chanted incantations, and a swirling mass of air condensed at the tip of the device. As he waved it, the air current transformed into a wind blade, rushing swiftly toward the sea of clouds ahead.

After subsequent displays of abilities, the humanoid figure relied on the lift of wind power to fly, relied on the carving of wind blades to attack, and relied on the construction of wind walls to defend.

Although the humanoid figure could master the wind, he always maintained a sense of distance from it.

After watching the demonstration, Brother Heiye Brother Heiye Jiangzhi nodded in sudden realization:

"I understand. The Wind-Riding Painful Painful Minghun is the source of the wind. After inlaying the Wind-Riding Painful Painful Minghun, one merges with the wind; the wind is me, and I am the wind."

"If it is a special constitution obtained through the Wind Breath Ultimate, the abilities used are merely the manifestation of the wind, borrowing the wind's power, making one more like a follower of the wind."

【Correct.】

"That doesn't make sense. Inlaying a fourth-generation Painful Painful Minghun costs only 12,000 Shou Shou Jili. Why does this Divine-grade combat technique, which is far inferior to the Wind-Riding Painful Painful Minghun, sell for 2.1 million Shou Shou Jili?"

【Because inlaying Wind-Riding cannot be cultivated autonomously. The 2.1 million Shou Shou Jili is mainly consumed in the construction of the cultivation organ. The time, effort, and resource consumption required for the Wind Breath Clan to create such a compatible organ are many times greater than 2.1 million.】

【Secondly, the true value of the Wind-Riding Painful Painful Minghun is far beyond comparison with these Divine-grade combat techniques. Any cultivation technique is merely a tool to assist growth, but even a first-generation Painful Painful Minghun represents the power of rules. The cost to create a rule far exceeds your imagination; the Shou Shou Jili consumed can be described as astronomical.】

"Is there a difference between rules and non-rules?" Brother Heiye Brother Heiye Jiangzhi continued to ask.

【Before explaining this question, let me ask you one: having fought the Combat Insect Clan so many times, have you noticed an unusual problem?】

Hearing this, Brother Heiye Brother Heiye Jiangzhi fell into deep thought.

Shortly after, he realized where the problem lay:

"The Insect Clan cannot use pheromone collection to immunize against the Painful Painful Minghun trait damage of us players."

【Yes, that is the problem. A rule represents a power that directly touches the source of the world; it can influence the laws of the world's operation. This power is not simple energy manipulation; the energy consumed is merely the medium to drive this rule. Using a rule can break conventions and even redefine the two words "common sense."】

【Take the Combat Insect Clan as an example: the wind blade damage dealt by the Wind Breath Ultimate constitution can be gradually adapted to by the Insect Clan warriors. Through positive physical modification, they can reduce the damage caused by wind blades.】

【For instance, generating a special texture on the body surface that guides wind elements to slide along specific directions over the body, reducing the direct impact of wind blades on the body, just like the special shape of an airplane wing guides airflow to reduce air resistance... Of course, this is just an example; the Insect Clan's evolution is far more complex than simple structural modification.】

【Whereas the damage caused by the Wind-Riding Painful Painful Minghun trait is a damage command, definable as being decomposed by wind. For example, if I consume 1 point of spiritual energy to drive 1 unit of wind rule power, then no matter how hard the Insect Clan's shell becomes or what structure it evolves, it cannot resist this power that directly alters its essence of existence.】

"If it causes predetermined damage directly, why can't we players break the defense of some creatures?"

【You misunderstood. The damage I refer to is not the concept of true damage in the game. Suppose the target's defense is 100; then even 99 points of wind element rule damage cannot break the defense, but these 99 points of damage will not be affected by other factors.】

【The wind element damage controlled by the Wind Breath Ultimate is affected by the Insect Clan's evolution ability. Similarly starting at 99, it becomes 95 on the next attack, then 92 on the one after, continuously adapting to reduce the damage value until it finally reaches zero.】

"I understand." Brother Heiye Brother Heiye Jiangzhi nodded humbly, then continued to ask:

"So, cultivation techniques are merely auxiliary, and their importance is far less than Painful Painful Minghun traits."

【From a future perspective, that is indeed true. But for players lacking methods to acquire body-forging experience, cultivation techniques are a very valuable system. They can strengthen the speed of acquiring body-forging experience and reduce the Shou Shou Jili consumption required for increasing body-forging levels. Although Painful Painful Minghun traits are rules, they lack the function of assisting growth, so cultivation techniques are also very important. However, judging purely by value, even a Divine-grade combat technique cannot equal a single first-generation Painful Painful Minghun trait.】

After listening to the Guide's explanation, Brother Heiye Brother Heiye Jiangzhi completely understood the positioning of cultivation techniques.

One can view Painful Painful Minghun traits as a powerful machine; the more electricity the player inputs, the greater the effect it exerts.

The positioning of cultivation techniques is to assist player growth and increase the electricity output.

Painful Painful Minghun traits are the ceiling; cultivation techniques improve the player's foundation.

In the Monster World, the racial factions that master rules constitute an extremely small minority in terms of comprehensive numbers.

However, almost every race has mastered methods to improve the body's foundation; the difference lies in the strength of the growth methods.

Current players are like those who possess a pile of superweapons (the Painful Painful Minghun Library) but uniquely lack the basic stats to drive these superweapons.

After understanding the details, Brother Heiye Brother Heiye Jiangzhi continued to test two more Divine-grade Gong Fa.

After the preliminary testing ended, he was not in a hurry to leave the cultivation space; he summoned the forum interface and began writing guide content.

After spending two hours writing, half an hour revising, and repeatedly checking to confirm there were no issues,

he published the cultivation tower's update content on the player forum.

The post's popularity rose at rocket speed, with many tourists clicking to read it.

The guide post mainly explained the positioning of different Gong Fa grades and recommended which type of Gong Fa players should choose at the current stage.

He divided the recommendations into three tiers.

The first tier is for new players.

His advice was not to inlay any cultivation Gong Fa, but to first raise a Fat Peach to increase Shou Shou Jili production.

Then use the revenue produced by the Fat Peach to cover the expenses of Fan Pin cultivation techniques.

Using the cheapest cultivation combat technique "Great Flame" for the calculation, AFK training consumes 1.5 Shou Shou Jili per hour, which comes to 36 points of Shou Shou Jili over 24 hours.

Newbie players only need to raise Fatty Peach to level 13; the daily Shou Shou Jili output will be enough to cover the cultivation cost of "Great Flame," letting them freeload Body Tempering experience.

The second tier is veteran players.

His recommendation is to directly slot in a Fan Pin cultivation combat technique, which can significantly speed up the acquisition of Body Tempering experience.

Veteran players generally have multiple Star Vein slots opened; the attribute boost from increased Body Tempering experience, along with the Painful Painful Minghun attribute inheritance effect, can significantly raise combat power.

The third tier is top-tier players.

His recommendation is, provided the daily Shou Shou Jili gained from hunting is enough to cover the Gong Fa expenditure, to slot in a Spirit-grade cultivation combat technique.

He used the Guide's explanation to him and provided a more detailed interpretation for the forum players.

He indicated that cultivation combat techniques are the foundational item; only with a more solid foundation can the released Painful Painful Minghun characteristic's power be greater.

The number of comments beneath the post skyrocketed during this period.

Signature Lemon Tea: Thanks, big shot Black Night, the guide is very detailed. After reading it, I've decided to first raise a Fatty Peach, regularly collect my retirement fund, and then consider equipping a cultivation combat technique. Being able to toggle it on and off at any time is convenient — when I don't need it, I just turn it off. I had just finished reading the update and was still worried that once a cultivation combat technique was equipped, it might not be possible to turn it off.

What Tier Playing the Same Game as Me: What the heck is a Divine-grade Gong Fa, the price is way too expensive. I'll consider it once I can earn hundreds of thousands of Shou Shou Jili a day in the late game. For now, I'll just get the cheapest one. Body Tempering levels up too fast, my Star Vein level can't keep up.

Green-Skin Big Shot: After reading, everything suddenly became clear. A very detailed explanation of the positioning of cultivation combat techniques. AFK training should feel pretty great. From now on, the Food Qi Painful Painful Minghun will become a must-have for every player. After all, it's completely tied to the new function — to have a cultivation combat technique, you must slot in Food Qi. Let's congratulate Food Qi on returning to the top of the Painful Painful Minghun popularity chart.

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Regarding the new function, players sparked a heated discussion on the forum.

The guides posted by strategy-oriented players generally recommended low-grade cultivation Gong Fa.

In the eyes of the vast majority of players, although Body Tempering level can bring attribute boosts, it still needs to follow the Star Vein level.

Open one Star Vein slot, slot in a new Painful Painful Minghun — only then would they consider the Painful Painful Minghun attribute inheritance brought by Body Tempering level.

Given players' current-stage strength, without considering expenditure, slotting in a Divine-grade Gong Fa would quickly cause Body Tempering level to surpass Star Vein level.

The standard for judging what quality of cultivation combat technique to slot in is only one thing: whether the player's daily income can cover the AFK cultivation expenditure.

In the post, Black Night Is Coming ranked the priority order of the existing series of enhancement settings.

Judging from a newbie player's perspective, from highest to lowest, they are:

Painful Painful Minghun level, growth-type pet (Fatty Peach financial plan), Body Tempering level (cultivation combat technique), armed vehicle (as long as you have one multi-function vehicle, practical is enough; no need to consider high-priced vehicles), Star Vein level (open 2 slots), Guide upgrade.

From a veteran player's perspective: Painful Painful Minghun level, Star Vein level, growth-type pet, Body Tempering level (cultivation combat technique), Guide upgrade, armed vehicle.

Since the game's launch, Painful Painful Minghun level has always been listed in first place.

Mainstream players think this way, and monster-stream players think this way too.

Even niche arms dealers and alchemist guilds place the improvement of auxiliary Painful Painful Minghun such as Brain Overclock at the top of their growth systems.

As for the second priority, however, the ordering has shifted many times — veteran players and newbies have different needs.

After veteran players grew familiar with the game settings and discovered that characteristic effects could be strengthened through the attribute boost brought by raising Painful Painful Minghun level, the originally second-priority Body Tempering level was replaced by Star Vein level.

The later the stage, the more important Star Vein level becomes.

But in the eyes of newbie players, raising Body Tempering level is more meaningful than Star Vein level.

Only by reaching Body Tempering level 1 can one inherit attributes and fight in main form.

(End of this chapter)