Chapter 118 Spiritual Fruit, Rune Stone, Large Monster Force! Time Is Running Out

Chapter 118 Spiritual Fruit, Rune Stone, Large Monster Force! Time is running out!

"Swish..."

At the hub of the settlement, a pale blue light lit up, and Lu Cheng walked out of the portal.

What caught his eye was the huge crown of the bronze tree.

The previously destroyed seal stone allowed the bronze tree seedling to gain experience and enter the upgrade state.

The bronze tree is growing very well. It is now more than five meters tall and is still growing.

At this rate, it will not take long to complete the upgrade.

By then, all functions of the settlement will also be enhanced.

However, to truly transform into a city, it has to wait until the heart of the city is condensed.

"Swish..."

Feeling Lu Cheng approaching, the bronze tree seedling was very happy and shook gently.

After shaking a few times, there was a pop above his head, and a spiritual fruit the size of an orange was shaken off, held by a small branch, and delivered to Lu Cheng.

...

[Bronze Tree Spiritual Fruit]

[The spiritual fruit produced by the bronze tree seedling can be eaten directly. ]

[Effect: After eating, gain all attributes +10, health limit +500, mana limit +500, metal life affinity +10%. ]

...

Lu Cheng took the spiritual fruit and took a bite, and the sweet juice burst in his mouth.

The taste was unexpectedly good.

After eating the spiritual fruit in two or three bites, a faint light flashed on his body, and the attributes began to rise.

In a moment, all attributes were improved by 10 points.

"Not bad."

Feeling the improvement brought by the spiritual fruit, Lu Cheng was very satisfied.

The improvement of attributes is secondary, and the more important thing is the special effect, metal life affinity!

This effect is his pass to enter the Toya Ruins.

After eating the spiritual fruit, he opened the storage space.

Now, his storage space is full, and he has to unload a wave of goods.

As the light flashed, the Flame Heart Stone and the Black Crystal piled up into two small hills and were stored in the settlement hub.

Then, the system prompt sounded.

[Ding, 443 units of Flame Heart Stone and 216 units of Black Crystal have been stored in the settlement hub! ]

After clearing the storage space, Lu Cheng glanced at the bronze tree seedling again.

After shaking off the spiritual fruit for him, the bronze tree seedling sank into the upgrade state again.

Not far from the tree roots, a spiritual seedling flickered.

…

[Bronze tree spiritual seedling: incubation, remaining time, 1 hour and 52 minutes…]

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Lu Cheng nodded slightly after scanning it.

This spiritual seedling is also about to be incubated.

Unlike spiritual liquid and spiritual fruit, the effect of spiritual seedlings is very unique, and each one is different.

I wonder what effect the bronze tree will have if it incubates this spiritual seedling for him?

After patting the bronze tree, Lu Cheng turned and walked out of the settlement.

Now, the Thorn Giant is very close to attack. If you feel it carefully, you can feel the ground shaking slightly.

"Master Lu Cheng!"

"Lu Shen, are you going to conquer the Thorn Giant? We can also help!"

On the way, many people recognized Lu Cheng, and their faces were filled with excitement.

Suddenly, the chat in the settlement became lively.

After three crises, in the eyes of these settlement members, Lu Cheng's status is like a superstar before the disaster, and his influence is huge.

"The Thorn Giant is more than 40 levels, it's not easy for you to intervene, I will handle it."

Lu Cheng spoke in his mind and explained.

In fact, the progress of settlement No. 1024 is very good.

With the blessing of a large number of attribute points, the combat power of settlement members has been greatly improved, and the upgrade speed has also been much faster.

Now it's only the third day of the disaster, and many people have reached level 6, and those with stronger talents have reached level 7.

For ordinary settlements, this is at least the progress after a week of the disaster.

But if they were to face a thorn giant above level 40, they would not be able to do it, and it would probably be difficult to break through the defense.

"Really? More than level 40?"

"No way... How can we fight with such a big level gap?"

When this information was revealed, everyone in the settlement was shocked.

After a few days, they had a general estimate of their combat power.

When the catastrophe first came, they were also at level 1, and they were completely defeated by monsters. It took several people working together to barely kill a monster.

With the continuous feedback of attribute points, their combat power increased rapidly. Now, they can fight monsters of the same level alone.

But facing monsters of a few levels higher, they are a little stretched.

If the thorn giant is really more than level 40, even hundreds of people tied together can't beat it!

But soon, someone reacted.

"Wait, Lu Shen said he would deal with it... Doesn't that mean that Lu Shen already has the ability to fight against level 40 monsters?"

As soon as this statement came out, the chat in the settlement exploded!

"Is Boss Lu Cheng... already that strong?"

"It's not impossible! Think about it, during the last monster wave, those mechanical monsters were all level 16, and Boss Lu Cheng easily dealt with them!"

"Oh my god, level 40... I'm only level 6 and a half now, how long will it take to catch up with Boss Lu Cheng..."

"What are you thinking, isn't it very efficient to divide the work like this now? Since we don't have enough combat power, we can collect resources first, which can also be considered as a contribution!"

In the chat room, everyone was overjoyed.

Lu Cheng's improved combat power is also great news for them!

However, some people were skeptical.

Although Lu Cheng is strong, that is a monster of more than level 40, and they have never seen it before!

"Boss Lu Cheng, if you encounter any danger, let us know and we will support you at any time! Even if we can't help much, we can attract some firepower!"

"I'm with him, so count me in! My talent is to save my life, and I'm good at being a human sandbag!"

Many people were worried and sent private messages to ask for battle.

"It's okay, I'm enough by myself, you just need to upgrade and collect resources."

Lu Cheng's heart moved, and he explained.

Unknowingly, the cohesion of Settlement No. 1024 has become very strong.

In the future, when these settlement members who have received a large number of attribute feedback grow up, they will also be a good force.

But now, they don't need to help deal with the thorn giant.

The biggest help is to collect enough resources for the city upgrade as soon as possible.

The current settlement is just a prototype, and it can only be regarded as a temporary safe zone.

After it is upgraded to a city, it will really stand firm, and each building will be completed and can feedback combat power.

With this in mind, Lu Cheng glanced at the city preparation tasks.

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[City preparation tasks]

[Settlement hub reaches level 3 (completed)]

[Settlement population: 18381/30,000]

[Level 1 houses: 128/1000, Level 2 houses: 0/100]

[City heart and special materials…]

…

Lu Cheng glanced over and nodded slightly.

The construction speed of the houses is still very fast. In a few hours, 28 houses were completed.

Moreover, as the level of settlement members increases, the acquisition of source stone fragments will become faster and faster. It won’t take too long to build 1,000 level 1 houses.

When the resources required for level 2 houses are found, the requirement for 100 level 2 houses is not too difficult.

On the contrary, the population is a big gap.

However, Lu Cheng is not in a hurry.

There is still more than a week before the creation ring condenses the city heart, which is enough for the settlement to develop to a scale of 30,000 people.

In comparison, the various goals at hand require more time!

The demon exile site, the Toya ruins, the second-level mission, the hub stone secret realm, and the endless passive absorption layers...

Time is running out!

As his mind turned, he kept walking and had already left the settlement for a distance.

In the distance, a cloud of dust could be seen, which was the dust raised by the thorn giants running.

Immediately, Lu Cheng urged the long boots to speed up.

In a few minutes, a row of small black dots appeared in front.

As the distance got closer, the small black dots continued to enlarge, and they were thorn giants.

And on these thorn giants, there was a faint black film covering them, which looked very strange.

"Huh?"

Lu Cheng suddenly realized it after his eyes swept across the black film.

In large monster forces, a kind of rune stone will be produced, the effect of which is to allow monsters within a certain level to leave the territory of the force and move freely.

At present, this black film is the effect of the rune stone!

However, the thorn giant force is only a medium-sized force and does not have the ability to produce rune stones.

This rune stone can only be obtained from a large monster force!

"So it seems... this raid is indeed related to another large monster force!"

Lu Cheng's eyes lit up.

Large monster forces, unlike small and medium ones, are often located in monster fields, with abundant resources and even more monsters.

If he can follow the clues and find this large monster force, it will be a considerable gain for him!

And opposite him.

The group of thorn giants also stopped, and an extremely tall thorn giant walked out from the back, holding a giant tree, and looked at them coldly.

"It was you... who destroyed the blood-eyed fish force?"