Chapter 24: Shou Shou Jili Surge

Three hours later.

Inside the cave, flames roared.

The mocking roar continued; for most players, their Shou Shou Jili had already been exhausted, unable to sustain further output.

Just as the players prepared to give up in despair, the mocking roar inside the cave gradually grew low, finally ceasing all signs of life.

Though they dared not approach, hope arose in the players' hearts.

Ten-plus minutes later, a prompt sound rang in the minds of all players who participated in the battle:

【Challenger Prompt: Defeated the second-generation Meng Yuan Chu monster "Mockery". Participants sharing the kill receive 20,000 Shou Shou Jili reward and gain free permission to open the next Star Pulse embedding slot (limited to Star Pulse levels 0-3).】

To the players, this voice sounded so melodious and pleasant.

They summoned the Star Pulse Enhancement panel from the function menu to check the newly contained Painful Painful Minghun.

【Mockery (Second-Generation Meng Yuan Chu)】

Monster Trait: Releases a mental shockwave centered on itself; targets hit experience a large volume of memory-altered plotlines based on their own memories for a short time, with the caster becoming part of the altered memory (effective only on intelligent life forms above level 1).

Guidance Tip: After releasing the ability, you cannot imagine what role you play in the target's memory Illusion; you might be the father-killing enemy or the neighbor Old Wang, but that doesn't matter... Look closely, he is already rushing at you with red eyes; block quickly!

Consumption Cost: 3,000 Shou Shou Jili.

Compared to the first-generation Painful Painful Minghun, the purchase price of the second-generation Painful Painful Minghun tripled, reaching 3,000 points of Shou Shou Jili.

The introduction information also added a line of Guidance Tip.

Although expensive, the Mockery Painful Minghun has already become the must-select second Painful Minghun in the eyes of Gargoyle players.

The combination of Petrification plus Mockery can be expected to be extremely formidable in actual combat.

Beneath Di Zhao Village.

From post-battle player exchanges, Qi Sheng collected two important pieces of information.

When players discussed the Mockery monster trait, they couldn't help but complain that the game lacked a Star Pulse embedding experience function allowing them to test ability combinations.

In Qi Sheng's view, this idea was entirely feasible.

He could use Yan Ming's spatial ability to create a simulated scene, allowing players to freely edit their own Star Pulses within the simulated scene, then use the edited abilities for simulated combat experience.

As the number of contained Meng Yuan Chu monsters increases in the future, the simulated Star Pulse function can significantly enhance players' development, combination, and application of monster ability traits.

The second important piece of information was that players felt the game needed a forum-like function to facilitate communication and even strategy mutual aid.

Qi Sheng felt this function was very necessary to add.

Compared to chat modes for regions, teams, and other channels, strategy exchanges cannot be saved.

But a forum can archive content such as strategies published by players, making it convenient for later players to consult, providing huge assistance for future development.

But before adding these two functions, he needed to prepare in advance.

With the idea formed, Qi Sheng immediately instructed Guidance to create the in-game forum function, then contacted Yan Ming to explain in detail the requirements for building the simulated space.

After Yan Ming went to get busy, Qi Sheng, sitting cross-legged on the altar, began to ponder a question.

How to extract the energy crystals from the underground palace in the Dark Cave in advance.

His original body definitely could not go, as every second the original body is outside represents a huge consumption.

Just now, while chatting with Yan Ming about the test space and mentioning the need to build a customizable simulated body for players, he suddenly got an inspiration.

Back then there was no way, but now he possesses the Challenger System forged by gathering the power of the four Servant Rules, which can fully control players' bodies to go out and explore.

As for forging a clone for himself, it is not feasible.

After fusing the Beneath Di Zhao solid self-essence, his consciousness can extend outward but cannot be cut apart, separated, or even replicated.

With the idea formed, Qi Sheng acted immediately.

Closing his eyes, the Challenger System appeared in Qi Sheng's mind.

Among the players in the death cooldown, he selected a player's Flesh and Blood Weight and consumed Shou Shou Jili to accelerate the reshaping process.

The so-called Flesh and Blood Reshaping mainly consists of three parts.

First, the Wu Cui Qu Gong function created by the Servants in the extra-dimensional realm refines all matter from the dead player; then Yan Ming's space system sends it back to Beneath Di Zhao Village, where the village's territory trait reshapes it 1:1; next, Guidance re-implants the digitized system; finally, spatial power transmits the reshaped Flesh and Blood Weight from underground to the resurrection point on the surface of Beneath Di Zhao Village.

The entire process is like an assembly line, requiring only 10 points of Shou Shou Jili to drive the reshaping process, with no extra energy loss during the period.

Even if the player's monster form reaches level 100, the price of Flesh and Blood Reshaping will not change at all.

When he opened his eyes again, his consciousness had already switched to the selected player's body.

But this was not perfect control after consciousness fusion; it was more like remote control of a marionette.

At this moment, the original body called Yan Ming, who was in the underground space, and stated the teleportation coordinates.

Immediately, a spatial teleportation array appeared beneath the player's feet; the surrounding space twisted and changed, and after a brief sensation of weightlessness, he arrived inside the palace on the fifth layer of the Dark Cave underground.

Standing ahead was the Ice Blade's remains.

Going around the Ice Blade's remains, Qi Sheng squatted before the Spirit-Gathering Array and touched the golden crystal with his palm.

Immediately, surging energy flowed continuously through the player's body as a relay station to the Shou Shou Jili pool beneath Beneath Di Zhao Village.

Above the Shou Shou Jili pool, which was originally empty, it seemed as if a dam had opened, releasing a flood; surging golden energy rushed down, purified in the air, transformed into scarlet energy, and mingled with other Shou Shou Jili energy.

The conversion process involves certain energy loss.

The reason is related to the special nature of Shou Shou Jili.

The energy crystals left by Ice Blade are very pure, but far from the purity level of Shou Shou Jili capable of transforming all things; they must be refined and purified before transforming into Shou Shou Jili.

The purification array left by Nine Yin operated at high speed at this moment.

One minute later, the golden crystal was emptied, turning transparent.

Qi Sheng also received feedback information from Guidance:

【Shou Shou Jili Pool】:

Stored Shou Shou Jili: 13,333,842.

……

Absorbing the energy crystals brought him over 13 million points of Shou Shou Jili.

This influx of wealth meant the process of recruiting players could be significantly accelerated.

Standing up, Qi Sheng walked toward the rear of the palace.

Crossing the Burial Grounds, where the ground was covered in a layer of moss resembling flesh and blood, he reached the area of the Floating Domain Node Crystal; there, a massive tumor could be seen, its black tentacles wrapping around the Domain Node Crystal.

Just then, the tumor formed by the corrosive energy of the Black Tide seemed to sense his presence, and a black tentacle shot toward him at extreme speed.

With the physical constitution of a player avatar, there was no way to react in time; Qi Sheng was immediately struck in the chest by the tentacle, his body thrown backward until he was finally pinned against a Load-Bearing pillar of the palace.

Subsequently, the tentacle rapidly spread from the player's chest to other parts of the body.

After a wave of intense nausea and dizziness, the player's body was corrupted and dissolved, while Qi Sheng's consciousness was guided back to his original body by the Challenger System.

【The player body you controlled was only Level 8 in strength; the mission to occupy the Domain Node clearly cannot be accomplished with this avatar.】

Hearing this, Qi Sheng nodded.

The Black Tide Core corrupting the Domain Node Crystal evidently possessed self-awareness and would attack nearby life; the mission to purify the node could only be completed through the combined efforts of other players.

Having brought back 13 million points of Shou Shou Jili from this outing, he was already content.

(End of Chapter)