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Chapter 208: Blow Up the Instance, and the Instance Naturally Completes
Chapter 208: Blow Up the Instance, and the Instance Naturally Completes
"Is the floating city really that valuable?"
Qin Mu Ye looked at the chat channel where the lords were asking him about the floating city. He was a bit puzzled himself. Isn't this just a territory? Although he made many changes, the core point is that it can fly.
However, the original version of the floating city was indeed flawed. Based on the data on paper, it was really just floating, and it was hard to achieve the same level of mobility as Qin Mu Ye's interdimensional floating city.
One issue was the energy source, and the other was the structure.
The energy reserve absolutely couldn't match his floating city, which had reached the billion level. Having a million would be quite good.
And the structure could only be a sky city, unlike the interdimensional floating city, which was quite sturdy even without the outer layer of the exotic maze lock. Qin Mu Ye had designed it to the strength of a space fortress.
But in return, the expenses were definitely higher. His floating city required millions of units of energy to maintain every day, unlike a regular floating city, which needed at most ten thousand units.
This was a trade-off.
Otherwise, why would Qin Mu Ye start by building the energy source rather than other steps?
"These guys are all thinking of getting him to help them build one. They sure have it easy in their dreams."
Qin Mu Ye shook his head. He had no intention of helping other lords design and build floating cities. It would be a thankless task for him.
So he didn't reply in the chat channel.
"Still, I should deal with the Ancient God issue. The situation is far worse than I imagined." Qin Mu Ye's expression was serious.
Previously, he only had data on paper, which didn't give him much of an intuitive feel. But since his floating city took to the air, he had cleared many Ancient God relics.
Of course, he didn't enter the relics; instead, he remotely fired cannons, blowing up the massive voids of the Ancient God relics.
Since the various rules of the adaptation period were withdrawn, the instances were now real, so dealing with Ancient God relics didn't require going inside to complete the instance. Qin Mu Ye simply blew them up.
Surprisingly, this method worked quite well, but the aftereffects were significant. After the explosions, a large number of Ancient God minions would surge out.
Then, it was a matter of carpet bombing with cannons, turning them into a mess of goo.
The experience points were a bit low, as all the heroes in the interdimensional floating city shared the experience, and most heroes, except for Qin Mu Ye, only got a small share. But the sheer quantity made up for it.
He picked up quite a few treasure chests, most of which were bronze, and they weren't hero chests. So Qin Mu Ye didn't pay much attention. The quality of the chests depended on the level; generally, chests of the same level as oneself were silver, those from overpowered kills were gold, and lower-level ones were bronze.
Lord Era didn't encourage ganking lower-level players because the rewards were minimal.
Event points were an exception; they remained the same regardless of the method.
Qin Mu Ye's method of clearing was quite brutal, so most of his rewards were points, with no special materials or instance rewards.
How could there be instance rewards when he blew up the instances? As for special materials, he had even blown up the areas corrupted by the Ancient Gods, so there was no way there would be any output. Fortunately, the points he received were substantial, which was a fair compensation.
The areas he passed through were left in ruins, with occasional attacks from fighter jets, missile silos, and other methods. He went for the easiest and most efficient ways.
If it weren't for the high cost of other weapons, Qin Mu Ye would have tried them all.
With the points, the Black Hand started a new round of building blueprint exchanges, swapping for anything he didn't have.
These blueprints weren't limited to those from the Magic Continent server; they included blueprints from the previous five servers. Although special exchanges were removed, these referred to random instance scrolls and server transfer vouchers, not blueprints from other servers.
Mass exchanges and constructions could serve as the foundation of his territory.
Even the ship-type territory buildings from the fertile sea could be used. When Qin Mu Ye built, he referenced six servers, from the bases of the wasteland cities and the cities of the zombie nation to the fortresses of the frozen tundra, incorporating the strengths of all six servers and adapting to various environments.
Landing on the sea would activate various magical marine building enhancements.
Therefore, a large-scale exchange was necessary.
Qin Mu Ye realized that his floating city still had a lot of empty space, which could be planned and developed later.
"However, this makes commerce a bit troublesome," Qin Mu Ye also discovered the drawbacks of his floating city.
Since the floating city was constantly on the move, killing monsters and earning points, this led to an unpredictable location. A mall that changes location every day would inevitably cause problems for commerce.
There were solutions, of course. He could set up temporary stations in certain places, but it would be somewhat inconvenient.
But upon further reflection, Qin Mu Ye didn't seem to need commercial activities right now. The things he sold, such as biological weapons and military hardware, had a certain level of risk. The only luxury items he had were minor and not worth much to him.
So he was considering cutting them off.
At this stage, selling military hardware and biological weapons would only add to his troubles. He had already determined that 90% of the native extraordinary beings had entered the second stage of Ancient God corruption, the believer stage. At this point, unless someone forcibly administered the Ancient God special medicine or unknowingly consumed it, their allegiance would no longer be to the Magic Continent but to the Ancient Gods.
Initially, their allegiance might waver, but once they reached the middle stage, their thinking would become fixed, completely leaning towards the Ancient Gods. Even if they were saved at this stage, they would need psychological counseling.
By the late stage, they would be like fanatics. The Ancient God special medicine could save them, but their thinking would be so fixed that they would either need to be sent to a sanatorium or a basement. At this point, only close relatives or close friends would bother to save them; others would let them fend for themselves.
"Being a firefighter isn't feasible either. The fire is too big, though earning points is quite satisfying."
Other lords were also suppressing the revival of the Ancient Gods, but the scope was too vast.
The known areas were already gradually erupting, and there were still many unexplored regions. After the advancement, the entire Magic Continent had expanded a hundredfold. Even the True Dragon Emperor couldn't develop all the areas in such a short time.
Development wasn't just about clearing areas; unlike Qin Mu Ye's brutal methods, they had to build and dispatch personnel for development.
There were also native forces hindering progress, making it extremely difficult.
Not all lords were as independent as Qin Mu Ye, which was why his early development was slow, and he was still at the 4th stage.
On one hand, his innate talent wasn't as strong as others. For example, the Dead Noble had a ten-thousand-fold experience boost, making 1 point of experience equivalent to 10,000 points. Even with all his experience-boosting talents, Qin Mu Ye couldn't match that. Other lords' talents were even stronger.
"First, I'll send out the latest observations. This is beyond my control."
Qin Mu Ye sent the latest Ancient God power detection results and his speculations to the chat channel. When the sky falls, let the taller ones hold it up.
He wasn't the tallest; there were five taller ones above him, and he let them handle it.
If it came to a comparison of forces, Qin Mu Ye couldn't match the top five lords. These five lords' territories were extremely large, covering nearly a third of the original 6th stage server's land, which was the difference between the 6th and 4th stages.
Once Qin Mu Ye reached the 6th stage, his territory could expand to a similar size, and his floating city could be called a mini floating continent.
After the 7th stage, it would likely be even larger. How large, though, would depend on who advanced to the 7th stage first and gave him a clear picture.
Although the server was at the 7th stage, there were no 7th stage lords or deities. As for 7th stage heroes, he didn't know if they existed since heroes didn't appear on the rankings, and Qin Mu Ye didn't want to pry into other lords' secrets.
"I hope everyone can pull their weight. I don't want to switch servers."
If he were transferred to a 6th stage server, it would be manageable, as Qin Mu Ye could survive. But if he were transferred to a server above the 7th stage, it would be a problem because he might not be able to handle the native forces. Currently, the Magic Continent server was relatively united, though the lords were outwardly friendly but inwardly competitive, they were at least united against external threats.
(End of Chapter)
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