Chapter 71: Clone Gameplay, Black Tide Enhancement

Origin Altar.

Qi Sheng used his consciousness to quickly flip through the list of the newly launched Trading House function.

He designed the interface of the Trading House to be very beautiful.

At the top of the interface is a row of classification labels, divided into armed props, resource materials (spiritual plants, spiritual minerals), rare Soul-Cores (level 4 and above Soul-Cores can be traded), custom weapon props, and other major categories. Under each major classification label, there are more detailed sub-categories, making it convenient for players to quickly locate the products they are interested in.

Players only need to touch the classification product column with their consciousness, and the corresponding list will expand from left to right like a scroll.

The central area of the interface is the product display area, using dynamic 3D models, which can be dragged and rotated for viewing.

On the right side of the interface is a convenient search box. Players can enter keywords to quickly find specific products, or narrow the search range through filtering conditions such as price range, durability, whether to agree to premium, etc.

At the very bottom of the interface is the scrolling broadcast of transaction records, updating the latest transaction information in real-time.

On the left side of the interface, function options such as transaction records and favorites are set, making it convenient for players to manage their transaction information and track price fluctuations of products they are interested in.

For each product in the display area, you can also see specific introductions and the seller's remarks by clicking.

But many products with random pricing and remarks that make people laugh or cry have appeared in the recently sold products, especially when sorted by the highest price, the product introductions that appear are extremely magical.

Mining Pick (Durability: 1)

Selling Player: Loli Carrying Cannon

Price: 999999 sacrificial power.

Remark Information: 0.01 new, used by a female college student, a good helper in the Dark Cave, witnessed my hard work in the dim environment, brought me the start-up capital for growth. If it weren't for the lack of money to open the Star Pulse slot, I would never sell it.

Stone (Ordinary)

Selling Player: Staying Up Late to Cultivate Immortality

Price: 999999 sacrificial power

Remark Information: That's right, this is the stone I picked up on the side of the road in Imperial Tomb Village, and it is also the first combat prop I used after entering the game. It hurts a lot to smash people, the record can be checked, it is of extraordinary significance to me, I cut love with pain, only need the price of 6 nines to take it home, poor people don't look, you can't afford this artifact even if you look.

Broken Blade (Broken)

Selling Player: Unknown (Hidden Identity)

Price: 999999 sacrificial power

Remark Information: Ancient battlefield artifact. Don't look at this as a broken short blade. In fact, it has experienced countless changes in the spring and autumn. Time has carved indelible traces on it. It was once the loyal companion of a brave warrior, witnessed the flames of the ancient battlefield, and accompanied the warrior's lonely night of watching. The tiny cracks and wear marks on it are scars left after countless clashes with enemies. Those uneven scratches record the enemies it once cut off and remember the sacrifices that could not be saved. The broken blade is everywhere, the most desolate and tragic, that is the tragic moment when it tried its best to protect its master in the last battle and finally broke due to exhaustion.

The scabbard has long been lost in the dust of history, leaving only this lonely broken blade, like an old veteran who lost his partner, quietly telling the glory and loneliness of the past. Whenever night falls and the moonlight spills on the ruins of the ancient battlefield, the broken blade will emit a faint ghostly light. That is its soul whispering, it is nostalgia for the past, and it is also expectation for the future.

Summary: Although this short blade was picked up by me on the ancient battlefield, it records a tragic war history, which is of extraordinary significance. As long as you have 6 nines, you can take it home for permanent collection.

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There are many similar "live-action" products with high prices in the Trading House.

The players who list these products never thought about being able to sell them. After all, players can't afford this price, and Qi Sheng, as the behind-the-scenes controller, doesn't have the strength to buy them. They are purely "living" in the Trading House to attract attention.

Except for the "live-action" products, the prices of mainstream products in the Trading House are all below 200 sacrificial power.

For example, the arms products sold by the Doomsday Technology Guild, their trading mode has been changed from remote trading after private chat to Trading House sales, and they can sell quite a few every day when listed in the custom product column.

Among all listed items, the product with the fiercest price increase is Iron Shell Worm Silk.

When the Trading House function was just launched, the price of each portion of Iron Shell Worm Silk was 50 sacrificial power, and today it has risen to 85 sacrificial power per portion.

Compared with the 4 points of sacrificial power fed back when first sacrificing to the Imperial Omen, the price has risen more than 20 times.

The reason for the price surge is related to a group of fishing players who have emerged in the game. Iron Shell Worm Silk is the only material choice for making fishing lines at the current stage.

The launch of the Trading House has made player growth more efficient.

Especially the purchase information column in the Trading House function has brought convenience to players in need.

A large number of players have posted demand information on it, such as cash for sacrificial power, cash for resources, cash for upgrading, etc.

No need to swipe the screen in the area channel, players can directly find the target group accurately through the purchase information column of the Trading House.

Players who want to sell services can also list service introduction information in the Trading House and wait for players in need to consult via private chat.

Online for five days, the usage rate of the Trading House among the player group is getting higher and higher.

After checking the Trading House information, Qi Sheng's gaze turned to the forum, looking through the posts on the popularity list.

The post at the top of the popularity list is the Star Pulse combination guide post.

[The latest Soul-Core Flowing Shadow is too strong. It is strong because it is strong in everything it does. It can be called an all-around Soul-Core. Let me show you the actual measurement effect display]

Poster: Night is Coming

Content:

Not much introduction, directly show the video directly (Attachment: Recorded video)

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Qi Sheng clicked on the video.

The screen shows the poster Night is Coming testing the 2nd-generation Origin characteristic "Flowing Shadow" in the test tower.

The testing process lasted for one hour.

It demonstrated four Star Pulse pairing modes for the Flowing Shadow characteristic.

The first pairing is Bone Fire + Flowing Shadow + Eagle-Head Demon + Qi Eating.

This Star Pulse pairing can be called cheating in the display. First, Night is Coming activates the Flowing Shadow characteristic, splits into three clones, each releasing the ink flame ability of Bone Fire, and then performs remote release output of main body + clones through the perception positioning of Eagle-Head Demon.

Although the physical fitness of the clones is only 30% of the main body, the output efficiency is significantly improved under the blessing of the clones.

Night is Coming named this Star Pulse combination "Clone Fireball Technique."

In the final review session, it was believed that the output efficiency of this Star Pulse combination is very high. The disadvantage is that it requires continuous consumption of mental energy in the clone activation state. Coupled with the main body and clones releasing ink flames at the same time, the mental energy consumption speed increases exponentially, and the sustainability is slightly insufficient. Even if Qi Eating is inlaid, it is difficult to fill the consumption speed of mental energy. The biggest advantage is that it can produce explosive output in a short time.

The second pairing is Light Shield + Binding + Qi Eating + Flowing Shadow, Night is Coming named it "Magic Defense Flow."

The characteristic of this Star Pulse combination is to give up output. Players who choose this school only need to activate clones, add light shields to teammates, or multiple controls of the main body plus clones, focusing on functionality, and the actual performance is excellent.

The third pairing is Gargoyle + Power Savage Axe + Resistance + Flowing Shadow, Night is Coming named it "Multiple Entanglement Flow."

This Star Pulse school also focuses on melee control, with output as a supplement.

In the demonstration screen, Night is Coming summons three clones to pounce on the demonstration enemy, holding the enemy's hands, feet, and body respectively, and then activates the petrification form after holding hands. Suddenly, the entangled target falls into an unable-to-move state, and players and clones in the petrification state cannot be killed and cannot break free.

It can be called a human-shaped prison, and a single person can complete the combat experience of multiple entanglements.

The fourth pairing, Night is Coming did not put any Soul-Core, but took out a mining pick in the test scene.

Splitting into three clones in human form to carry out mining tests.

The mining efficiency is doubled in the test, and after the Flowing Shadow Soul-Core level is improved, more clones can be split and controlled. Theoretically, one person can form a mining team.

Once the guide post was released, the number of comments climbed rapidly.

Dark Land is really fun: Brother Night, you are going to laugh me to death. What the hell is the last one? The mining team with full efficiency is too funny, but this Flowing Shadow Soul-Core is really strong. It is worthy of being a second-generation Origin. It feels like it can be paired with any Star Pulse school.

Is This a Beaver: Hahaha, I am most optimistic about the mining team among these four Star Pulse schools. The mining efficiency is full. Digging once is equal to others digging n times. Mining party players are probably going to be ecstatic. Isn't this a mining acceleration script given by the official?

Xiao Ban-Drunk Milk: The group fireball technique is too handsome. Summoning ten clones to release fireballs and activating the meteor fireball rain coverage strike, one person is a legion. Just thinking about it feels cool. The firepower value is full, but the mental energy consumption is indeed a big problem. The characteristic of the Qi Eating Soul-Core can't hold it at all. I hope to house the "Sea Stone" Soul-Core in the test tower Soul-Core library as soon as possible. This is the core Soul-Core of the magic system, and the speed of restoring mental energy with characteristic abilities is very fierce.

Xiao Ban-Hammer: The entanglement flow of Gargoyle + Flowing Shadow is too magical. It laughed me to death. It reminds me of a few friends I met when I first entered the game. They loved to play the Black Armor Snake entanglement tactic.

Explorer: Brother Night is true love for Star Pulse pairing gameplay. He studies Star Pulse combinations every day and has learned a lot of good things from you. Thanks for sharing (Tip: 3 points of sacrificial power)

Broken Will: After watching Brother Night's guide video, I thought of a Star Pulse combination pairing for the weapon flow. By summoning weapon spirits with the main body and summoning weapon spirits with clones, a weapon flow combat mode of ten thousand arrows firing at once is formed. Brother Night, come with a test video, let's see if it's feasible.

Night is Coming (OP) replied to Broken Will: Just looking at your description, I think it's not feasible. Pairing Flowing Shadow with any Soul-Core first requires considering the sustainability problem of mental energy. The melee weapon spirits you chose have weak mental energy strength, and then summoning a group of clones, and having to control a large number of weapon spirits to fight during this period, mental energy will be empty at once, and there is no way to sustain combat.

Fierce Little Monster: Such a versatile Soul-Core, but it feels so tiring to use. I still prefer the Star Pulse school "Shadow Legion" released by Brother Night at the beginning. The superposition of shadow summoning + various buff effects is too cool. The most important thing is that the shadow warriors are adapted to the intelligent AI system, which can give orders to automatically hunt and kill monsters, and can also be commanded by mental control at critical moments. If I had this Star Pulse combination, I would let four shadow warriors carry me, and the remaining shadow warriors would stack buffs and go hunting and killing monsters, while I would lie down and swipe the forum and watch the live broadcast, comfortably enjoying the evolution points and sacrificial power gains that pop up in my mind from time to time. Just thinking about it feels beautiful.

Night is Coming (OP) replied to Fierce Little Monster: Stop daydreaming. We haven't housed any of the Soul-Cores needed to pair with the Shadow Legion school (God of Wealth helpless.jpg)

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The second-generation Origin "Flowing Shadow" Soul-Core that was just housed was played out of flowers in this post.

The poster Night is Coming is already one of the players Qi Sheng focuses on.

Every time a new Soul-Core is housed, this player will go to the test tower for combination pairing tests, and every time he can play new tricks, providing other players with new ideas for Soul-Core combinations.

This kind of guide-party player has played a significant role in promoting the development of the player legion.

To this end, Qi Sheng will also let the guide open small accounts to give small amounts of sacrificial power tips to valuable posts to improve the innovation atmosphere of the forum.

After reading all the new posts on the forum in a few seconds, Qi Sheng's gaze switched to the player perspective exploring outside.

In these days of fighting against the Black Tide legion, Qi Sheng found that the strength of the Black Tide had changed.

In the initial outbreak stage of the low tide led by the Earth-Thought Evil Spirit, the strength of the evil spirit lifeforms bred in the Black Tide was generally level 1-3, and the average level counted by the guide was level 2.

For veteran players, the battle with Black Tide evil spirits was a refreshing mowing mode.

Even newbie players could fight back and forth with Black Tide evil spirits, and after the level was improved, they could easily handle it. The only threat of the Black Tide to players was the crushing of numbers.

After 6 days of development, the Black Tide swallowed the spiritual plants and monsters in the Imperial Tomb Mountain region, and its strength was significantly improved.

Especially one day ago, the Black Tide successfully occupied the domain node "Cloud Field" deep in the Gray Mist Forest, allowing the strength of the Black Tide to be significantly improved.

The energy stored in the corrosion core was swallowed by the Black Tide, allowing the average hunting level of Black Tide evil spirits to rise from level 2 to level 4.

This is also one of the most terrifying things about the Black Tide.

The world under the shining of the evil moon will breed and give birth to corrosion cores, which generally entangle in energy-rich areas, especially domain node areas.

This kind of corrosion core possesses a certain wisdom and will attack all lifeforms that dare to approach.

But the corrosion core will not resist the power of the Black Tide.

Through the feedback screen of the guide, Qi Sheng saw that the corrosion core deep in the Gray Mist Forest took the initiative to release defense after coming into contact with the Black Tide, combined with Black Tide energy, became a part of the Black Tide, and continued to provide energy support for the Black Tide.

The domain node that the player legion could only barely take down through force, the Black Tide could brush its face to certify entry and directly obtain the reserve energy of the domain node.

It can be said that the significance of the existence of the corrosion core is to become a part of the Black Tide when it descends.

This is also one of the reasons why the strength of the Black Tide can be improved rapidly.

At the current stage, the strengthened Black Tide has bred three more forms of evil spirit lifeforms.

According to the guide's analysis, Qi Sheng obtained the detailed information of these three new evil spirits.

They are:

[Corrupted Tooth Root (Black Tide Evil Spirit)]:

Hunting Level: 5

Target Introduction: Evil vine aggregate, tentacles are covered with thorns, possesses vigorous vitality, can quickly restore damaged parts, mainly entangles and binds targets by extending atomized vine tentacles, and weakens the opponent's state by releasing poisonous Black Tide spores, making them fall into a coma.

[Ghost Baby (Black Tide Evil Spirit)]

Hunting Level: 7

Target Introduction: An evil lifeform bred in the Black Tide, possessing extremely fast attack speed and movement speed. Upon death, it will produce an explosion, causing corrosive damage to surrounding enemies.

[Mist Snake (Black Tide Evil Spirit)]

Hunting Level: 5

Target Introduction: A low-level assassin unit in the Black Tide, possessing a unique body structure, capable of freely shuttling and moving in the fog, difficult to detect, can spray and release poisonous mist to entangle and attack targets, causing continuous paralysis effects on targets and slowing down the target's action efficiency.

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The three new Black Tide monsters are far stronger than the previous low-level evil spirit lifeforms such as evil maggots, dark dogs, and magic fleas.

The first batch of Black Tide evil spirits generally did not master combat skills and only attacked targets by biting, etc., and the threat to players was limited.

But the three new low-level Black Tide evil spirits all mastered aggressive skills.

Especially the level 7 hunting Ghost Baby, it is like an unstable bomb moving on the battlefield. As long as the stable state of the life structure is broken, it will self-destruct.

Many players were killed by the self-destruction of Ghost Baby because they could not dodge in time and entered the death cooldown.

From the initial mowing mode, the difficulty of players fighting the Black Tide is rising rapidly, but the gains are also increasing.

Through this round of Black Tide sweeping, Qi Sheng felt the terrifying growth speed of the Black Tide.

It is no wonder that the Black Tide can ravage and run rampant in other plane worlds, and the power systems of most worlds are difficult to compete with.

The Black Tide invading other plane worlds can be understood as a wisp of flame thrown into the forest. It will quickly spread and swallow everything along the way, turning into energy to strengthen itself, until it turns into a towering flame that burns the forest and swallows the whole world.

Unless it is extinguished before this wisp of flame burns, the difficulty of confrontation will only get higher and higher as time goes by.

And this wisp of invading flame is just a wisp of insignificant power in the huge main structure of the terrifying Black Tide, and it can mobilize more powerful power to join the battle at any time.

This leads to the fact that ordinary worlds, even if they can win a short-term victory when fighting the Black Tide, will eventually become the nourishment of the Black Tide.

Even the monster world is just one of the countless battlefields opened up by the terrifying Black Tide. When following Yan Ming to shuttle through other worlds to find challengers that can be recruited, Qi Sheng also saw a large number of world planes corroded by the terrifying Black Tide.

This is enough to see the terror of the Black Tide.

But compared to other worlds, the monster world has its own advantages.

Whether it is the strength of the world structure or the combat power system, the monster world is far stronger than those plane worlds that are easily swallowed.

The Black Tide has swept to this day, and it still cannot completely swallow the monster world, which is enough to prove the high strength of this world.

This point can also be seen from the conversation between the Evil Eye and the Earth-Thought Evil Spirit.

The Evil Eye once told the Earth-Thought Evil Spirit about an analysis intelligence shared by other nodes, stating that the Evil Eye of other nodes believed that the creator of the monster world had a transcendent strength not weaker than "My Lord."

The "My Lord" here obviously refers to the controller behind the terrifying Black Tide.

A similar view was once told to him by the guide.

It stated that if it weren't for the Imperial Omen's self-dissolution, the combined combat power of the monster world could completely compete with the terrifying Black Tide head-on.

This is also the reason why the four major dependents did not choose to give up and wanted to inherit the Imperial Omen Solid Self Origin and fight the Black Tide again.

Without thinking too much about this problem, Qi Sheng's gaze continued to jump rapidly between different players, observing their performance in the Black Tide.