Chapter 278: Beginning to Harvest Faith
"Hotspots of Each Issue" was forcibly cut off, and Wu Chang left the Crimson Courtyard directly. He did not stay in Yanjing for too long and immediately took a flight back to Wanghai City.
He did not care about any changes in the Administration Bureau in the future, and he was not prepared to intervene.
He had delivered the intelligence as soon as possible, and the Order Faction in the Wilderness Administration Bureau was also in a strong position. If they could not control the situation in this situation, it could only be said that the Order Faction was a hopeless case.
It would be better to take advantage of this time to improve yourself than to be overly involved and act as a nanny for them.
Your own destiny must be in your own hands after all.
When the true self took the flight back, Wu Chang began to prepare for the next copy in the main body of Wanghai City.
Jinxiu Chamber of Commerce was very sensible. When he saw the small words on "Hotspots of Each Issue", he immediately gave him 100,000 decayed silver coins.
Wu Chang liked the straightforwardness of Jinxiu Chamber of Commerce, but he was also curious about who the boss behind this chamber of commerce was and what they wanted to do.
Jinxiu Chamber of Commerce is a high-end force. Before he promoted it to the outside world, it had always been unknown. Only a small number of players who specialize in bounty missions knew about it.
Even the Administration, with the information that Wu Chang can access at this stage, rarely mentions this force, not to mention the player forum.
No one knows who the boss of Jinxiu Chamber of Commerce is, who the members are, and how big it is.
People only know that there are many real wealthy people behind the Chamber of Commerce, with extensive connections and no shortage of money.
A small force that is not short of money, this setting seems to be fine at first glance, but it actually does not stand up to scrutiny.
The advertising fees that Jinxiu Chamber of Commerce has spent on Wu Chang have exceeded 200,000 decayed silver coins. How many antiques do they have to collect to make this advertising fee worthwhile?
They have invested so much money in him alone. If their purpose is really to collect antiques, then wouldn’t the decayed silver coins spent on collecting antiques be tens of millions?
Except for special items such as the All-Knowing Crystal, antiques that have been identified by the Abyss Game are real antiques, and have no value except for their appearance.
It is normal for rich people to spend 30,000 to 50,000 decayed silver coins to get a few pieces to play with, but the market in this field is not too big.
Judging from the current situation, Jinxiu Chamber of Commerce seems to be looking for something, but it is just under the guise of collecting antiques.
But if this is true, the four major organizations should have noticed them long ago and investigated them.
Wu Chang looked at the player name of the real me, and his eyes showed a thoughtful look. The identity of his number one brother on the list is a bit mysterious.
However, the world copy is about to come, and the wilderness and the rational world will usher in drastic changes. Under the upheaval, no matter how deep the big fish hides, they will also surface.
I believe it won’t be long before he can deal with the number one brother on the list.
Wu Chang looked at the 200,000 decayed silver coins in his account, silently thanked the sponsor in his heart, and then turned his attention to the attribute panel and chose to improve the space magic.
"Name of the skill: Advanced Space Magic"
"Level of the skill: C"
"Space Magic can be upgraded by paying decayed silver coins or absorbing space-attribute spiritual objects. The skill can be upgraded to A-level at most."
"To upgrade the skill to B-level, 120,000 decayed silver coins are required."
Unlike the Thunder Method Fragments, which can be upgraded without increasing the price by increasing the quantity through skill fusion, the original skill limit is A-level space magic, which is very expensive. Even with the resources he has obtained from perfect clearance every time, it is difficult to afford it without the support of the top brother on the list.
This is the disadvantage of lone wolf players. Even if they are lucky enough to get a powerful skill, they do not have enough resources to upgrade it.
"Upgrade the skill."
With the disappearance of 120,000 decayed silver coins, the advanced space magic is upgraded to master-level space magic.
The upgrade of the skill from C-level to B-level will produce a qualitative change. The upgrade at this stage will not directly increase the attributes, but will completely turn the skill into the player's own ability.
The upgrade of the Thunder Method Fragments from C to B allowed Wu Chang to truly obtain a practice method, and the same is true for space magic.
The space magic was upgraded to the master level, which allowed him to completely control this magic. When using magic, he was no longer restricted by skills.
In the advanced space magic period, he could only transfer space through long-distance teleportation. No matter whether he was fully loaded with ten people when using it, or how far he teleported, once it was activated, he would enter a one-hour cooling time.
In a short-distance one-on-one battle, it can only be used as a one-time trick, and cannot be used as a regular attack method.
But now, his long-distance teleportation skill has evolved into teleportation. Not only has the maximum number of people carried increased to 20, the maximum teleportation distance increased to 30 kilometers, but he can also return the cooling time through his teleportation.
For example, when he uses it himself and the single use distance does not exceed 100 meters, the cooling time of teleportation is only fifteen seconds.
In high-intensity fighting, fifteen seconds of cooling is not short, but it is also enough as a means of regular attack and evasion, greatly improving his mobility in battle.
The original skills in space magic have also changed. The increase value of "Efficient Space Utilization" has become 1000%, and the "Inner World" has become more solid, with a space blockade effect. Once you are dragged into the inner world, ordinary space escape props will lose their effect.
In addition to the improvement of old skills, master-level space magic also brings a new ability.
"Skill name: Space Folding."
"Skill Description: You have come into contact with the true meaning of space transformation. You can freely change the spatial position of objects by stretching and folding space. Usage range: one hundred meters; maximum folding space: ten meters; cooling time: depends on the degree of skill use, minimum 15 seconds."
"Note: When used in the inner world, space folding is amplified by efficient space utilization."
Relying on the understanding of master-level space magic, Wu Chang quickly figured out the use of space folding.
Space folding is an advanced ability of teleportation, which is both offensive and defensive. When used in a small range, it can not only achieve a short-distance teleportation effect, but also take effect on enemy targets and attacks from oneself.
If used properly, it can make one's own attacks unpredictable and hard to defend.
Only by mastering space folding can one be said to be able to directly affect space, rather than simply using space rules.
Although space magic is good, it is too expensive.
It takes 200,000 decayed silver coins to upgrade to the next level "Grandmaster Space Magic".
Money is something that is never enough to spend, whether in or outside the Abyss game.
In fact, if Wu Chang wanted to, he could raise a large amount of decayed silver coins in a short period of time by just selling two pieces of equipment.
He had learned about items of various levels through the display page of the trading house and the player forum.
The items in his hands were all obtained from high-difficulty dungeons that were on the verge of getting out of control. The accumulated Abyss erosion in the dungeons was more, and the effects of the items far exceeded the average level of items of the same level.
Not to mention the growth-type equipment with huge potential, such as the A-level equipment such as the Golden Throne and the False Miracle, as long as he sent them to the auction house, it would not be difficult to easily sell hundreds of thousands or even millions of decayed silver coins.
If he put up growth-type items or A-level consumables such as the Wu Qu Xingjun wood carving, millions of decayed silver coins could be easily exchanged.
But the effects of the items in his hands were different. If the decayed silver coins were gone, he could earn them again, but if these items were gone, they would really be gone.
Even for him, it is difficult to produce items with similar effects in a short period of time.
Rather than seeking temporary gains and selling items with unique effects, it is better to wait for two or three more copies and gradually accumulate wealth.
After upgrading the skills, the next step is to allocate free attribute points.
After the Song Company copy, his level increased by four levels to level 28.
There are two routes for allocating attribute points. One is to add all to the inspiration attribute and use the fastest speed to stack inspiration to 200 to meet the start-up conditions of the "virtual reality interactor".
But the risk of adding points in this way is that even if he reaches the maximum level and all free attribute points are added to inspiration, he cannot get 200 points. He must bet that he can find enough bloody wills in the next copy.
Not only must it be more, but also faster, otherwise even if it is enough, it will not be enough to complete the job transfer before the world copy.
The second route is to take a steady approach and allocate attribute points to weaknesses.
How much water a wooden barrel can hold depends on its shortcomings, not its strengths.
His current strengths are long enough, but many of his attributes are not eye-catching among full-level players, and even have disadvantages, which will drag down the overall situation.
After thinking for a while, he finally chose the second option.
The Knight of Dispute is enough in the wilderness, and the second job transfer is not imminent. Moreover, he has not deliberately added points along the way, and his inspiration and will have accumulated to the current values. Adding more points now always feels like a waste of attributes.
Finally, he converted 20 free attribute points into 1 life, 7 strength, 7 agility and 5 endurance.
Wu Chang's final attribute panel is:
Player nickname: Don't eat beef.
Player level: 28 (9810/14000)
(45810/11000) (34810/12000) (22810/13000) (9810/14000)
Title: Perfectionist, Master of Breaking, True Walker, Blasphemer, Titan.
Occupation: Knight of Dispute
Life: 75
Strength: 75
Agility: 50
Endurance: 56
Energy: 146
Inspiration: 162
Will: 226
Free Attribute Points: 0
Decadent Silver Coins: 87750
Skills: Mamba Elbow, Firearms Use (Proficient), Social Phobia, Elite Stealth, Iaido, Combat Introduction, Master Mechanical Driving, Twin Synchronization.
Skills: Thunder Magic Fragments (A), Master Space Magic (B).
Items: Dawn Hammer, Favor of the Goddess of Luck, Poison of Mortals, Soul Purification Banner, Four-Direction Year Fire Lamp, Saint's Face, False Miracle, Golden Throne, Wu Qu Xingjun Woodcarving, Unlimited Portable Live Broadcast Room, Mind Resonance, Virtual Reality Interactor, Plague Seed, Survivor's Revenge, Omniscient Crystal, Disguise Mask.
Talents: Transcendence, Evil Spirit, Transformation of Ocean Families, Miracle Guide, Condensation of the Void into Reality.
After adding points, Wu Chang's minimum agility and endurance also exceeded 50. When he entered the dungeon and cooperated with the master of breaking the situation, his attributes were no weaker than the second attributes of other full-level players.
When his shortcomings are longer than other players' strengths, his bucket number is trained.
Wu Chang turned his attention from the attribute panel back to reality, pushed the door to leave the bedroom in the other world, and looked at Irene who was sitting on the sofa watching a movie.
Since she gained complete human emotions, Irene has been fascinated by all kinds of film and television works and can't extricate herself from them.
If it weren't for her innate virtues requiring her to maintain self-discipline, she would probably become a goddess of otaku who only knows how to watch TV series lying on the sofa without supervision.
Wu Chang coughed lightly, attracting Irene's attention.
"Miss Irene, are you interested in going out with me to relax?"
Irene smiled and said, "Okay, let's go to the commercial street?"
Wu Chang shook his head and said, "That's too close. I want to take you to a place where you can move freely without fear of being discovered by others."
Irene suddenly realized, "Is it another plane?"
Wu Chang snapped his fingers, "Smart."
Perhaps Irene was thinking of the plane she used to be in, and she didn't seem to be in a good mood.
Wu Chang thought that Irene was homesick, but Irene glanced at the laptop in front of her and whispered, "Is there electricity in that plane?"
Wu Chang tutted in dissatisfaction and replied:
"Yes, and the place we are going to is full of brainless sensational dramas, spare tires, car accidents, and incurables. I guarantee that you will be satisfied in one go and immerse yourself in the experience of what it means that the world is not worth it."
Irene blinked and asked, "When do we leave?"
Wu Chang shrugged, took out a tablet and said, "Now."
He opened the video folder in the tablet, found a video called "Thank you letter from the survivors of the Star Leap" and clicked to play it.
As the video played, a system prompt appeared in front of him.
"The player is opening the fixed channel of the 75236 plane of the wasteland."
"Note that the current copy is a past copy. After the player enters the copy, the time flow rate of the past copy and the reality is 1440:1. Every day you stay in the copy, 100 decayed silver coins will be consumed. If the balance is insufficient, you will be forced to teleport out of the copy plane."
"Do you want to enter the past copy?"
The copy that Wu Chang wants to enter is the Silent Route.
Irene looked at the tablet computer and saw Li Yubin saying affectionately that he missed Wu Chang very much. She said in a faint tone:
"I feel the atmosphere you said."
Wu Chang pretended not to hear and said, "Enter."
With a flash of light, Wu Chang and Irene came to a colorful corridor. There were two doors at the end of the corridor, and the screen above the door showed a scene.
The scene on the left is the port when entering the copy, and the scene on the right is the end sea area, where Irene's kingdom of God on earth is arranged.
This time, Wu Chang entered the Silent Route copy in order to gather the power of faith required by the All-Knowing Crystal, so he chose the port as the entry point.
Pushing the door and entering, Wu Chang and Irene passed through a pure white light curtain and appeared at the port.
"It is detected that the player has a previous identity in this plane. The player can switch freely between the current identity and the previous identity."
"Currently available identity: Li Zaise."
Wu Chang raised his eyebrows. The Abyss game is quite humane. It retains the identity used by his real walker and allows him to switch freely.
Gaomu Country is a chaebol country. With Li Zaise's identity, harvesting faith can be much easier.
Since he can transform into Li Zaise, maybe starting from the sea is much more suitable than the port.
He checked the weather forecast and came at the right time. The coast of Gaomu Country is cloudy and foggy today, and there will be heavy rain in the evening.
This kind of weather is just right for him to perform.
He brought Irene to the reef below the cliff of the port, arranged a mystical ritual that can amplify the ability, and at the same time, with the help of the power of Irene's kingdom, the two cooperated to build an altar.
He stood behind the altar and activated the water mine method in the Five Thunder Method.
Among the five thunder methods, the main function of the sea mine is thunder and rain, calling the wind and rain.
The sea mine method is both a thunder method and a water method. It can enjoy the ability enhancement bonus of the transformation of the ocean family. With the enhancement of the ability of the altar, the coastal areas of Gaomu Kingdom are all covered by the sea mine method.
As Wu Chang drives his ability, the already gray sky suddenly becomes gloomy and black as ink.
The wind rises without a name, and the sea surface is turbulent.
Crack!
A huge thunder like a tree root lights up the sky, as if tearing a hole in the dark clouds, causing the rain contained in the clouds to pour down, and the raindrops connect into a water curtain.
In less than two minutes, the weather changed from slightly dim to doomsday.
The people in the port screamed and fled back to the room, looking at the outside world through the glass, trembling.
The people who stayed in the port were still like this, and the situation of the ships still sailing in the sea can be imagined.
There will be heavy rain and strong waves in the sea near the port today. For ships with weak wind and wave resistance, it is not advisable to force to dock. They should follow the safe route and go to a port farther away.
But there are always stubborn captains who don't believe in evil, thinking that the ship is fast enough to enter the port before the heavy rain, such as the Wallow.
But the weather at sea is like a child's face, changing at any time. It is still early before dark and the rain clouds have not yet formed. As a result, the heavy rain came without any signs.
Looking at the surrounding strong winds and huge waves, the old sailors have taken out the statue of the sea god and started to worship, hoping to calm the anger of the sea.
Captain Hong Youze's voice of command remained calm, and the hand holding the cigarette trembled constantly, causing the ash to fall off as soon as it was formed.
He has been at sea for 20 years, and this is the first time he has seen such a weird storm. The waves are like young people who have eaten meat, eggs and milk since childhood, which are ridiculously high. The last time he had such an exclamation was when he met a second-year junior high school child from the neighbor's house before going to sea.
The baby fat on the child's face had not yet disappeared, and he was already half a head taller than him, a monster.
Hong Youze, freed from the fear of the height difference, turned to the more frightening high waves in front of him.
Behind the ship, a wave over 15 meters high was rushing towards them. The speed of the wave was so fast that there was no time to dodge.
Oh my god, even a large cruise ship can't withstand such waves.
The trembling voice of the first mate came from the side, "Captain, what should we do now?"
Hong Youze put out the cigarette butt in his hand and said calmly: "Notify everyone and leave a last message to the relatives. Don't type it, it's too late."
The first mate nodded. The captain's decision was as reliable as ever. If it was normal, he would have praised him a few words, but now, he had to save time and leave a few more last words.
The waves were less than a hundred meters away from the ship. When the crew members were crying and cursing and leaving last words, the roaring waves seemed to be soothed by an invisible big hand and quickly calmed down.
"Sea, the sea god will appear?" The old sailor who was worshiping the sea god said in disbelief.
"Yes, it must be the sea god!"
"Record it quickly!"
"It's a miracle!"
The old sailor's statement was supported by everyone, and the crew members switched to video recording, recording the process of the huge waves calming down.
When the waves were halfway calm, the sharp-eyed first mate stared at the screen, zoomed in with two fingers, and shouted with wide eyes: "Look! Is there a person on the waves!"
The first mate's voice, everyone looked and saw a figure standing on the top of the waves. Under his feet was a simple raft, as if he was surfing on the waves.
The man was shining with golden light behind him, and the feather-like golden light could be vaguely seen. Wherever the light passed, the wind and rain stopped and the waves calmed down.
The crew held their breath and dared not speak, for fear that if they spoke, they would find that the Wallow had already sunk to the bottom of the sea, and what they saw now was just an illusion of dying.
The huge wave came to the front of the Wallow and just dissipated completely, as if its responsibility was to send the people on the waves to the station.
The raft on the waves landed smoothly on the sea surface, without even much shaking. The people on the raft shouted: "Throw down a rope!"
The commanding tone was arrogant, but the crew felt that the other party should be like this.
They threw down the rope, and the other party pulled the rope with one hand and almost ran along the hull to board the ship.
Looking at the three-door young man who jumped onto the deck, a crew member asked the old sailor: "Is there a sculpture of this size for the Sea God?"
The old sailor shook his head.
The young man in front of him did not look like the Sea God, but he looked familiar.
Captain Hong Youze trembled, and suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Are you President Li Zaise who disappeared at sea more than 20 days ago?"
Wu Chang nodded and said: "I am."
Now the crew on the ship remembered that the man in front of them was Li Zaise who saved the Star Leap with his strong management ability and finally fell into the water to save people.
Because of what he did, he was praised as the Great Gaomu Hero by the Gaomu government. At the memorial service, the president even came to give a speech for him in person.
At that time, reports about him were flying all over the sky, and as long as you were a citizen of Gaomu, you knew it.
A person survived alone in the sea for more than 20 days without dying, plus the scene of riding the waves just now, there is only one possibility.
That is, Li Zaishe was protected by the Sea God.
Plop.
The crew members knelt down instantly. The crew members believed in the Sea God the most. How could they not kowtow to him when they could see the miracle with their own eyes?
Besides, they were able to survive, most likely because of his help.
Feeling that the power of faith was flowing in a direction that it shouldn't go, Wu Chang immediately stopped the crew members from imagining and said:
"Don't get me wrong. The god who protected me so that I could survive on the sea these days and sail across the ocean on a raft back to my country was not the Sea God, but a god named Eternal Light."