Chapter 208: Shelter Upgrade

"Ah, what a hassle, there's another thing that needs energy crystal!"

Su Hao let out a helpless sigh.

With the Death Tombstone in place, any living being killed by undead creatures, if its supernatural grade is no higher than fifth tier, has a certain chance of being turned into an undead.

Depending on the target's kind before death and its supernatural grade, both the type of undead that can be formed and its supernatural grade differ.

The stronger the undead creature was in life, the stronger its power becomes after transformation.

Furthermore, during this transformation process, there is a certain chance for the target to mutate, becoming a special undead creature—the Dark Bone Dragon, capable of using dark magic and undead magic.

However, all of this has an important prerequisite: it requires consuming the energy of energy crystals, or death energy.

If the Death Tombstone cannot be given enough energy, no matter how many enemies are slain, it is impossible to transform any undead creature.

Additionally, Su Hao feels that the distance over which the Death Tombstone can transform is limited.

Although the Death Tombstone does not explicitly state this, it does not move, so logically its range of influence is limited.

Perhaps as the power of the Goddess of Death and Night gradually recovers, the range it can affect will also grow larger, eventually covering the entire world.

As for the current specific situation, we still need to try it out to know.

Besides that, the Death Tombstone can also, by consuming energy crystals or death energy, add a layer of Dragon Soul Guard onto the soul fire of undead creatures.

When an undead creature suffers fatal damage, if the damage's supernatural grade does not exceed fifth tier, the Dragon Soul Guard can block this attack for the undead creature, which is equivalent to giving the undead creature an extra life.

Especially for the Magic Flame Pumpkin Head, this bonus is the greatest.

The Magic Flame Pumpkin Head's only means of attack is to use the self-destruct skill.

Under the self-destruct of the Magic Flame Pumpkin Head, fellow supernatural beings of the same tier basically have no hope of survival; encountering it means death.

However, after the Magic Flame Pumpkin Head self-destructs, it itself will be in a near-death state, leaving only a core.

This core must be placed into the Hellish Demon Beast Refining Device in order for the Magic Flame Pumpkin Head to be revived.

This means that a Magic Flame Pumpkin Head can only use the self-destruct skill once in a battle.

But now, with the Dragon Soul Guard, perhaps their self-destruct can go from once to twice, directly doubling their combat power.

Just thinking about transforming undead creatures and adding Dragon Soul Guard, both of which consume energy crystals, makes Su Hao feel a headache.

In his territory, there are far too many things that need energy crystals; the energy crystals he has on hand will not last long at all.

"If we could find an energy crystal mine, that would be much more comfortable."

Su Hao helplessly shook his head, but then a flash of inspiration struck his mind, and he thought of a possibility.

The Dwarf Tribe is skilled at forging and mining; if we ask the Dwarf Tribe for help, perhaps there is really hope to find an energy crystal mine.

However, this matter is not urgent for now; we'll wait until Tie Guda and his group have gathered black iron ore, copper ore, and silver ore, then we'll ask them incidentally.

What needs to be done now is to upgrade the shelter.

Now the Death Tombstone, this main building, has already been constructed; plus the Withered Ancient Tree, water purification device, fireplace, cooling ice pillar, and greenhouse. The shelter already has six buildings, meeting the upgrade conditions.

After the shelter is upgraded, its exclusive buildings, whether the Withered Ancient Tree or the Death Tombstone, have effects far surpassing other buildings.

If the shelter is raised to third tier, perhaps we can also obtain a blueprint for an exclusive building; if we then construct that exclusive building, it will definitely allow Su Hao's territory to gain a greater improvement.

However, to raise the shelter to third tier, besides basic materials like wood and stone, we also need to use a supernatural material of second tier or higher.

"Let's use this."

After a brief moment of thought, Su Hao took out a piece of Divine Light Alloy from his Storage Bag.

For Su Hao, the most important function of the shelter is its sturdiness.

Even if the territory's construction is made as perfect as possible, possessing many more supernatural buildings.

Once the shelter is destroyed by people, the Withered Ancient Tree, Death Tombstone, and other buildings constructed based on the shelter will also be destroyed accordingly.

To avoid such possible trouble, when upgrading the shelter, Su Hao prioritizes materials with sufficient hardness.

Divine Light Alloy on Su Hao is the hardest material; if using Divine Light Alloy as a special material for the upgrade, the shelter's sturdiness after upgrading will surely see a considerable increase.

After making up his mind, Su Hao no longer hesitated, and immediately placed one piece of Divine Light Alloy, twenty thousand portions of wood, twenty thousand portions of stone, and two thousand portions of iron ore onto the Construction Platform, beginning the shelter's upgrade.

The next moment.

All the materials on the Construction Platform were then enveloped by a golden light, turning into a golden light ball that enclosed the shelter, forming a huge light ball over ten meters in diameter.

Furthermore, this huge light ball continued to expand in size over time, lasting about an hour.

The golden light ball suddenly burst forth with extremely blinding light.

After the light faded, the original shelter changed little; it remained a two-story villa.

Only its volume became somewhat larger; the exterior wall material turned into blocks made of silver-white Divine Light Alloy, looking sturdier and also giving a slightly more sacred feeling.

Besides that, on both sides of the original shelter, four additional villas were added, each slightly smaller in volume but also two stories high.

"A third-tier shelter went from one building to five; if the shelter were upgraded to fourth or fifth tier, wouldn't it become a small village?"

"If in the future we could raise the shelter to eighth or ninth tier, wouldn't a single shelter be equivalent to a country?"

Su Hao stroked his chin, revealing a thoughtful expression.

Not mentioning the eighth and ninth tiers, if raising the shelter to fourth or fifth tier can truly form a small village, then for Su Hao's future establishment of a force, it could provide many conveniences.

However, these things cannot be realized in a short time; Su Hao no longer thought about them, his mind slightly moved, and he opened the shelter's information panel.

Compared to those matters, he is more curious about whether there will be any special changes after the shelter is upgraded to third tier.

(End of chapter)