Chapter 100 Strange face-turning and strange rewards(2/2)
Of course we didn't say anything, nodding in agreement.
The Mother of Earth nodded and began to say, "The first thing we need to tell you is that the kind of thing you have fought for before has a very special ability."
"Special ability?"
"Don't talk." The Mother of Earth glanced at me and then said: "This kind of crystal nucleus is usually very ordinary, but once a superior god appears around these things, these things will absorb the power of the law from us. The law is the foundation of our superior god and everything about us. Once our laws are absorbed, it means that our strength will begin to decline, and even in serious cases it can threaten life.
Although the Mother of Earth said that we would ask again after listening to it, I still couldn't help but ask: "Is your consciousness the kind of crystal nucleus that can kill the superior god?"
The Mother of Earth did not teach me a lesson this time, but said directly: "It is the case in theory. As long as the number of this crystal nucleus is large enough and we have been with us for a long time, we can kill us. However, this is only theoretically. To achieve that effect, at least two hundred such crystal nucleus is required. Even if there are two hundred, it cannot be effective immediately. It takes us a long time to get close to us, such as one month, or longer, to kill us. If it is only a few seconds, it is actually not a big problem. However, this is something that can harm us after all, so I must be careful. In addition, the ability of this crystal nucleus to absorb our laws is also related to whether we cast spells. We still start to use our abilities, and the energy loss rate of absorbed will begin to accelerate, which means that as long as this thing is present, we cannot take action, otherwise it will be absorbed faster."
"What do we do now? Destroy these things?" Christina asked.
"The treatment method is actually very simple." Mother Earth said, then took out a scroll from her body and handed over a small crystal stone.
I looked at the thing in my hand in surprise and asked, "What is this for?"
"Although the crystal nucleus is a huge harm to our superior gods, this harm itself is not so urgent. Therefore, we attach importance to it and do not need to be so careful. Therefore, for your help this time, I decided to give you some benefits." After the Mother of Earth said, "The scroll I just gave you is a map, and the crystal stone is a token. The crystal nucleus in your hands has absorbed some of my divine power, so it is very difficult to destroy it. However, these crystal nucleus may not necessarily need to be destroyed. You can transform and integrate it into your equipment, which will bring you unexpected benefits."
"What are the specific benefits?" Christina couldn't help asking.
Mother of Earth smiled and said, "You will know then."
When I heard this, I really wanted to take out the crystal nuclei collected by Ling and the others and absorb it, but the Mother of Earth has clearly stated that this thing is a harm to her, so I cannot do this now, otherwise it will affect the Mother of Earth's perception of me.
The Mother of Earth seemed to have guessed my thoughts and suddenly said, "You don't have the only two crystal cores that absorbed my divine power in your hands, right?"
I nodded and admitted. Anyway, there is no need to hide this from the Mother of the Earth.
The Mother of Earth nodded and said, "If you still have one, I will teach you a way. In fact, this kind of crystal core does not necessarily require the power of the upper gods. You can bring it close to the lower gods, and their abilities can also be absorbed, so using this thing can also absorb the power of the lower gods to strengthen themselves. At that time, after all your crystals have absorbed enough energy, you can follow the map I gave you and find a person living there. He will help you talk about the fusion of the crystal core and equipment. Then you can get some unexpected abilities."
"Sounds good. That's great news."
Of course, we are willing to accept this kind of thing, and I have already figured out where to recharge these things in the future. The Yaki Orochi is the best target. As long as we find a way to use this thing to absorb the power of the Yaki Orochi, we can get high-end equipment and enhance materials. We can also weaken the Yaki Orochi. Why not do it?
After we understood the reason, we said goodbye to the Mother of Earth and left the Gate of Earth. The cleaning work outside was quite smooth. Soon we found all the colorful magic crystals, and we also found some other good equipment in this ruins. Although these things are not what should be given to us in the transaction. But since the other party is dead, we will certainly not be foolish about not taking these things.
After getting all the things, we began to explore the hot springs of the dead on a larger scale, but the subsequent exploration found that the place was actually a huge barracks. The surrounding lake full of corpses was actually the reserve of soldiers here. As long as there is dark power, the bones can be quickly resurrected and become new members of the dark forces. The strangest thing about this place is that it has no leader.
Of course we would not let go of such places. After meeting the high-level undead here, we briefly talked about the situation we entered here, and then expressed our tactful expressions of hope that we could hire them. As a result, these guys were just like the standard little brother templates in the novel. I heard that I wanted to recruit people, but although I didn’t accept the head, I gave a very, very simple level.
They asked to compete with me, and they were separately contested. Each undead group here has a leader. Then as long as I fight with these leaders and win, this group will agree to join our Frost Rose Alliance. In my opinion, this is a free benefit. The facts are the same as I thought. If these guys tied up together, they may have some impact on me, but if they are separated, they are not opponents at all, okay?
After simply dealing with these guys, the entire city became the territory of our Frost Rose Alliance. After regaining this place, we left the Dead's Hot Spring to complete the remaining tasks, which is the protection task of the mine that should have been completed at the beginning.
This task is much simpler. Because we received the help of the undead, we were not a few of us when we went there in the end, but a whole army was driven out. After the entire undead army arrived at the mining area, we immediately cleaned up the place. Then soon we received a prompt saying that the task was completed. After the task was completed, we also received a mission reward, but this reward made us a little confused.
Based on the things we chose before entering the task, we thought that 80% of the rewards we received were high-level equipment or attributes, and Shui knew that the final reward was actually the task level we completed.
Many people may wonder, how to reward this task level? Yes, this thing is indeed not easy to reward, but it is much simpler under abnormal circumstances.
The hot spring of the deceased that we recovered was actually a special city, and its core was actually a stone. As long as the stone was placed in the hands of any force, the city belonged to the force. After I got the recognition of all the undead here, I got this stone. So after the mission was over, we took this stone out, and the hot spring of the deceased was still the hot spring of the deceased.
In fact, the Dead's Hot Springs are, in a sense, special editions of the Isinger Mobile Fortress.
As a mobile fortress, Aisinger Mobile Fortress can fly in the sky. So it is called a mobile fortress. This hot spring of the deceased is actually a mobile fortress, but the majestic and domineering way of the moving of the Aisinger Mobile Fortress is that the moving method of the hot spring of the deceased belongs to the mysterious system.
The way the dead hot spring moves is not by flying, but by teleportation. It can jump directly to the target area according to the owner's intention, and then replace this area to make it part of the area itself. For a simple example, suppose the open space in front of Aisinger is the jumping position of the hot spring of the dead, then as long as the position is set and determined, the hot spring of the dead will appear directly on the open space directly in front of Aisinger, and the original earth and stones on the open space will be teleported to the location where the dead hot spring is before.
The characteristic of this transmission is that it can perfectly match most environmental landforms. It is incalculable speed. It is completely instantaneous movement. Although it is a city, the teleportation preparation time is only five seconds, which is faster than the player's teleportation scroll. Also, the teleportation mode of the Dead's hot spring is different from that of the Aisinger Mobile Fortress. The Aisinger Mobile Fortress can usually use one of the three types of flight mode, ground mode, and water surface mode. Only in a hurry, will the transmission be considered. The reason for this is that the transmission of the Aisinger Mobile Fortress requires a lot of energy to consume, and the energy is provided by the Magic Crystal, which costs money. This becomes that the Aisinger Mobile Fortress will cost money every time it moves, and the cost is quite high. This is why we did not let the Aisinger Mobile Fortress jump around every day.
However, there is no such problem with the Dead's Hot Spring. Its teleportation is completely free, and no matter how far the jump distance is, it doesn't cost money.
Of course, for balance, the system will not let such things that can jump around everywhere appear, so the system has imposed certain restrictions on the hot springs of the deceased.
First of all, although the jumping of the deceased's hot spring is not expensive, it still requires energy consumption, and what's bad is that this energy cannot be artificially replenished. In other words, once the deceased's hot spring jumps to a certain position, it must stop there and wait for it to replenish its energy. Once the energy is replenished, the deceased's hot spring can leave again immediately.
Fortunately, this form of energy replenishment is not a single form, but two forms. The first form is natural absorption. If we do nothing, the deceased's hot spring will absorb energy at 5% of the speed per day, which means it can jump again after twenty days. Although this speed is not too slow, it is really not fast. However, we have a second option, which is to consume life.
After all, the hot spring of the Dead is a dark city, which means it belongs to the evil side. If we want to replenish it, we can rely on soul energy to replenish it. To put it simply, the dead can replenish energy. Whether it is the enemy and us, or NPC or monster. Anyway, as long as a creature with soul dies within a radius of 100 kilometers near the hot spring of the Dead, it will automatically replenish energy for the hot spring of the Dead. However, the amount of energy replenished depends on the mental strength of the dead creature. Generally speaking, if a player dies, he can replenish about one hundred thousand of the energy, and the replenishment effect of the monsters is worse. Anyway, if tens of millions of people die, this energy will definitely not be able to be replenished. Of course, we do not only replenish energy in this way, so if the two are combined, the replenishment speed should still be very fast.
If you think about it carefully, you will understand. We will definitely not let the deceased's hot springs jump everywhere. If the deceased's hot springs move, it will definitely be a war. Therefore, after the jump is completed, it will inevitably be a big battle. According to the scale of the war in the game, players plus NPCs and various combat creatures, it is entirely possible to kill tens of millions of people in a siege-level battle. In other words, after the jump is completed, as long as the battle is completed, the energy of the deceased's hot springs is actually fully charged. In this way, after each movement of the deceased's hot springs is completed, you can actually jump next time as long as you wait for two or three days.
In fact, compared to jumping to other people's territory to fight, what is really annoying is returning to your own territory. Because it is definitely not a war, there is no way to rely on soul energy to replenish energy. In this way, the hot springs of the deceased can only jump back and forth between the battlefields. Otherwise, once you return to a place where there is no battle to fight, you will probably be trapped there for twenty days, otherwise there will be no way to make the next jump.
Although the jumping mode of the deceased's hot spring is a bit fucked, I have to say that this thing is indeed a weapon of war. First of all, this thing is actually a super-large paratrooper delivery tool. Of course, what I mean is not to throw the soldiers on the enemy's head, but to appear near the enemy in an instant.
The jump of the hot spring of the deceased is not affected by the number of internal personnel. That is to say, as long as it can be installed, we can prepare a large number of troops in the city, and then teleport it to the enemy in an instant to catch them off guard. In addition, because the hot spring of the deceased itself is a city, we can arrange fixed weapons such as turrets inside it in advance. After the jump is completed, the hot spring of the deceased can become a fire support platform for the offensive troops. Although it cannot move after the jump is completed, this is not as good as the fortress of Aisinger, but relying on the city-level firepower arrangement, it can at least reduce our combat losses by half.
Of course, in addition to the energy limit, there is another annoying limit for the deceased's hot springs, which is the jump point intelligent life limit.
Wherever the hot spring of the deceased jumps, there cannot be smart creatures in that place, which means there is no problem with monsters or something, but there cannot be players or NPCs. If there is such an existence within this jump range, the jump cannot be carried out.
This setting determines that it is impossible for us to let the deceased's hot springs jump to the edge of the enemy's city, because the city is crowded with people nearby and there is definitely no way to teleport. This may also be a system restrictive measure.
Chapter completed!