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Chapter 224: Sacred Artifact - End of All Things, Sacred Artifact - New World
Chapter 224: Sacred Artifact - End of All Things, Sacred Artifact - New World
Three months had passed, and Qin Muye had finally finished organizing all the resources and information from the Iron Blood Civilization, preparing to leave.
As for the original Doomsday Bell event, it had naturally come to an end, and he had obtained the two special sacred artifacts.
End of All Things
Rank: Sacred Artifact
Attributes:
- Elemental Concentration in Territory Increased (Territory Rank × 100%)
- All Heroes and Units in Territory Gain a 100% Attribute Boost When Encountering Enemies (Territory Rank × 100%)
- Enemies Entering the Territory Suffer (Territory Rank × 1000) Damage Per Second
- Enemies Entering the Territory Randomly Gain One Negative Status Every Minute, Lasting 5 Minutes, Stackable
- Territory Defense Measures Increased by (Territory Rank × 100%)
Named "End of All Things," all its effects were defensive. It could be stored in the resource warehouse without needing to be equipped to take effect. As long as enemies entered his floating city in the other dimension, they would suffer the maximum disadvantage of fighting away from their base.
More importantly, the attribute that increased territory defense measures was a god-tier enhancement for Qin Muye. The Alien Maze was also a defensive measure, crafted by Hell, and this directly enhanced it by 400%, indirectly boosting Qin Muye as well.
As for the other sacred artifact, "New World," its effects were equally surprising to Qin Muye.
New World
Rank: Sacred Artifact
Attributes:
- Territory Size Increased by (Territory Rank) Times
Even with just one attribute, it was still incredibly powerful. His territory was currently at Rank 4, and after obtaining the "New World" sacred artifact, his territory suddenly expanded by four times its original size. The Alien Maze also expanded, likely being considered part of the territory.
Currently, it's a 4x increase, and at Rank 5, it would be a 5x increase.
From the information Qin Muye had obtained, every lord's territory size increased consistently with each rank, unless they had special talents, professions, or unique territory abilities. Otherwise, even a True Dragon Emperor couldn't gain an extra square meter.
Qin Muye had long understood that area equaled authority, and the territory was the external manifestation of a lord.
With the "New World," Qin Muye could gain a much broader territory, at least solving the problem of insufficient area in the Iron Blood Civilization this time.
He could only say that these were indeed sacred artifacts and then store them in the resource warehouse to gather dust.
These two sacred artifacts didn't need to be equipped; like the Horn of Plenty, they took effect just by being stored.
Through these two sacred artifacts, Qin Muye could glimpse the dangers of the Magic Continent after the awakening of the ancient gods.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be that surviving alone would earn you a sacred artifact. Normally, you'd have to at least be in the top three to get one. Otherwise, starting from fourth place, the best you could get was a high-level treasure of your choice.
This time, they gave two sacred artifacts, and it was estimated that even a True Dragon Emperor wouldn't last seven days.
Although the event had ended, Qin Muye guessed that the calamity on the Magic Continent wouldn't end unless a hero came to kill the Mother of Races. Otherwise, even an 8th Rank lord would struggle to fare well.
Fortunately, Qin Muye had long abandoned the option of returning.
Returning offered no benefits, and with no more events, going back would be courting death, not just fighting monsters.
"Territory, I still need two special buildings to upgrade, and this is quite a challenge. It looks like I'll have to go through another dungeon," he thought. Fortunately, the Doomsday Bell event's seven-day activity had given him three special building blueprints, or he would have had to go through several more dungeons to obtain them.
He hadn't opened the Golden Chest of the ancient god's offspring, but he had exchanged for a random dungeon scroll in the limited-time special exchange. He just needed to get an SS-grade evaluation when the time came.
His own rank upgrade was also stuck on the territory rank.
Mission Requirements:
- 50 Hero Units (326/50)
- 10 Hero Units with Rare Professions (326/10)
- 1 Rare-Level Profession (1/1)
- Territory Upgraded to Rank 5 (4/5)
- 200,000 Elite Units (362,730/200,000)
- 500,000 Regular Units (0/500,000)
- One SS-Grade or Higher Dungeon Evaluation (0/1)
【Task Rewards: Talent Ascension × 1, Additional 2 Profession Slots, Selectable Profession Talent × 1, Selectable Lord Talent × 1】
Aside from the territory rank and the SS-grade dungeon evaluation, the other requirements were manageable. As for the need to have 500,000 regular units, this wasn't a significant challenge. Currently, the count was 0, which was normal because all the regular units had been converted into elite units.
Qin Muye naturally preferred to use the better units, even though the daily food consumption would be higher, the benefits would be greater.
Given his current situation, achieving an SS-grade evaluation wasn't a difficult task.
Unless he encountered a plot-driven world, as long as he didn't have to play roles like the Dragon King of the Flower Capital or the Asura War God, which would be quite a challenge for him.
He was truly not adept at face-slapping; if someone dared to offend him, he wouldn't need to lift a finger—his numerous elite units would tie the offender up and hang them.
"How is the collection plan for the Iron Blood Mother Planet progressing?" Qin Muye asked the Black Hand, as he was preparing to leave.
The Black Hand looked quite worn out. The workload had been immense, as this was the legacy of a star civilization. Not only did they need to collect, but they also needed to inventory and store everything. Even with 360,000 elite units working together, it wasn't an easy task.
"The collection is complete, but the resources have not been extracted yet. If you leave now, there will be significant losses," the Black Hand said, presenting a survey report and transmitting the estimated resource gains through the magic network to Qin Muye.
Qin Muye glanced at the report. According to the Black Hand's report, they would need to completely drain the Iron Blood Mother Planet, a process that could be described as draining the pond to catch all the fish.
However, Qin Muye didn't have much to say about this. The main issue was time. To extract all the resources listed in the report would take at least a year, which was unacceptable to him.
Their extraction methods were still quite primitive compared to other star civilizations.
"The extraction time is too long. Go to the resource warehouse and find the Lamp Spirit. See how much reserve magic power is needed to help us complete a one-time extraction of the Iron Blood Mother Planet using the Wish Spell," Qin Muye said.
Having the Lamp Spirit use the Wish Spell to extract the resources would be much less resource-intensive than creating them out of thin air.
However, the consumption would still be significant, given the size of the Iron Blood Mother Planet.
The Black Hand's expression changed. "Yes, Lord!"
Qin Muye had always forbidden the elite units from overusing the Lamp Spirit, limiting its use to attribute enhancement. For tasks they could handle themselves, he didn't want them to be lazy.
The elite units had no complaints about this, as using the Lamp Spirit's Wish Spell fundamentally required reserve magic power from the floating city, not something conjured out of thin air.
For Qin Muye, these reserve magic points were a mere fraction of his resources. He simply didn't want to overly rely on the Lamp Spirit, just as he rarely depended on Lord of the Ages for his own strength, preferring to use external items like treasures and artifacts.
Tools should be used when needed; refusing to use them at all would be counterproductive.
However, the Lamp Spirit was a bit special. He was concerned that over-reliance might lead to problems in the future. Therefore, Qin Muye always tried to do things himself and only asked the Lamp Spirit for wishes that were either impossible or too costly to be worth it.
Moreover, he felt that using the Lamp Spirit as a wish-granting machine was a waste. He had plans to explore the origins of the Lamp Spirit once he collected the knowledge from the Pioneer Empire and the Engineer Civilization, and he would visit the witch goddess Hecate in the fairy tale world to discuss it.
His territory didn't tolerate idlers. Currently, the Lamp Spirit was only useful for granting minor wishes and managing the resource warehouse, where it could help find anything needed.
With a large and prosperous estate, the resource warehouse was filled with items, making it akin to a treasure trove. Even with organized sections and the assistance of the magic network, it was impossible to be perfect. In such cases, the Lamp Spirit's Wish Spell was extremely useful.
If others knew that Qin Muye used the Wish Spell for warehouse management, they might spit out three liters of blood. It was a complete waste of talent, but the Lamp Spirit seemed to enjoy the job, as it was truly an easy task.
(End of Chapter)
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