Gamers Are Fierce-Chapter 754 - 752: Shattering

[Reward Settlement in Process]

[Player Overall Performance: S+, Game Coin and Experience Point gains increased to 160%]

In solo survival missions like this, player evaluations are calculated individually. Li Ang had killed two aberrations in the hotel and Danfei. He had also resolved several abnormal incidents, so an S+ evaluation was pretty normal for him.

[Mission Reward 1: 1,000 Experience Points]

[Mission Reward 2: 2,000 Game Coins]

[Mission Reward 3: For every life form eliminated in Dolphin Hotel, in any form, receive 500 Experience Points and Game Coins]

Having killed three life forms, he received an additional 1,500 Experience Points and Game Coins. With the 160% multiplier, Li Ang received a total of 4,000 Experience Points and 5,600 Game Coins.

Before this, his level was Lv18, 1,153/1,800. With the additional 4,000 Experience Points, he leveled up directly to Lv20, 1,453/2,000.

His Game Currency balance also increased from 7,627 (accounting for the cost of Ω's body modifications) to 13,227, surpassing the ten-thousand mark again.

"Here we are again, back to being a 'ten-thousandaire'," Li Ang mused, scratching his head. "Money comes fast, and it goes just as quickly. Ten thousand Game Coins might look like a lot, but they can be blown on a single piece of equipment... Luckily, I've opened a shop in the square. The small, steady flow of income helps to earn some of it back..."

This mission didn't reward any equipment or items. However, at this stage, one or two pieces of Excellent-grade equipment wouldn't significantly improve a player's strength. Rather, the increase in Experience Points was more crucial.

[Detected that Player has reached Lv20, additional System functions are now available, extra mission types unlocked, please check System notifications for details]

It's finally here.

Li Ang's eyes lit up. He had heard from Liu Wu Dai and Mule that upon reaching Lv20, the personal System would undergo a huge change.

He opened the notification bar and read through all the information carefully, summarizing it into the following points:

First, forming teams is more convenient for Lv20 players. Even if not from the same guild, they can purchase invitation tickets to invite other players to join missions.

Second, the game store shelves for Lv20 players will have double the refresh slots, greatly increasing the chances of good items appearing.

Third, inventory and skill slots are expanded by ten each. Each inventory slot also has a much larger capacity, allowing for combination—even to the point of assembling thirty inventory slots to accommodate an entire small submarine.

However, the restrictions on living things have not been completely lifted. Li Ang still needs to slowly take out his insect creations from the Automated Pet Box.

As for the fourth point, players Lv20 and above, when receiving mission scripts, will have a certain chance to encounter "Gateway" type missions. In these missions, players might meet others from alternate worlds or even directly enter the real worlds of players from other planets...

"This..." Li Ang smacked his lips. Meeting players from another world?

The Killing Game is not exactly a family-friendly social gathering. Fellow countrymen meeting fellow countrymen might still shoot each other in the back, let alone players from alien planets who differ radically in race, ethnicity, culture, language, appearance, aesthetics, and moral values—considering the insectoid and Spiritual Body players I've encountered before, I don't think the Killing Game would be like Hollywood or Japanese manga, where every alien speaks English or Japanese even better than Earth's best translators.

"I just wonder if alien civilizations have solved the world's difficult question of whether sweet or savory tofu pudding is tastier, or whether zongzi with dates or meat is the better treat," Li Ang muttered to himself. He didn't dwell on it any further, instead entering the Automated Pet Box (Chaichai was in the Holy Chaichai Office behind the Holy Temple, modifying the Chai Scriptures), took out the Alchemist's Magic Box, and entered the Alchemy Workshop.

As a Lv20 player, the item with the highest Mysterious Degree Li Ang possessed was, surprisingly, a Mirage Dragon Red Mane Coat—a garment with no offensive power.

Although wearing this coat, a cosplay of the beloved mascot Huanhuan with defensive power so strong it was off the charts, allowed Li Ang to withstand most attacks from same-level players and take them down with one or a few punches, was it really appropriate for him, a Divinity-type player specializing in summoning, to rely on brute force all the time?

We agreed I'd drown enemies in a countless horde of monsters and kite them to death with flashy footwork and long-range attacks, right?

After some serious soul-searching, Li Ang decided to use the Alchemy Workshop to exhaust all the extraordinary materials in his inventory, hoping to craft a long-range weapon.

Having reached the perfect level, the Alchemy Workshop, in addition to the Forging Furnace capable of crafting Excellent-grade items, also featured three other devices:

The All-purpose Grinder: could pulverize items and extract extraordinary elements.

The Mechanical Workbench: could analyze mechanical constructions, provide blueprints, and mass-produce mechanical items.

The Chimeric Beast Assembly Bench: could analyze and splice biological genes to create Chimera Synthetic Beasts.

Li Ang tossed the Face-Changing Mask, Bloodworm Crowbar, and Dusk Cloak—items that had accompanied him for a long time—into the All-purpose Grinder.

Along with them went the Soul Reaping Bronze Scythe, damaged in a previous battle, and the spoils of war obtained from this mission.

These included:

The shattered Naginata from the Ghost of Hidden Eye—its blade was covered in cracks after colliding with the Bronze Scythe, making it unusable.

A few Magic Artifacts from the Black Holy Son—the Soul Energy within them was depleted. Moreover, using them himself would risk attracting the attention of the Higan Organization, so it was better to just pulverize them.

Previously, after the battle, the surviving players had confiscated many spoils from both the Black Holy Son and Danfei. Unfortunately, the conditions for using those items were either too strict and mismatched the survivors' attributes, or the items had been soul-bound by the Black Holy Son at a high cost, rendering them unusable even if picked up.

Consequently, the survivors simply divided ownership of the spoils based on their contributions in battle and entrusted Bai Haozheng and Mule to sell them for Game Currency.

Li Ang, however, had his All-purpose Grinder, so he kept his share of the spoils. He threw them into the grinder along with miscellaneous items (the grinder could handle multiple items at once, but had limits on volume and mass) and opted for 300-mesh Superfine pulverization.

The grinder had four settings: breaking, pulverizing, Superfine pulverization, and Ultrafine pulverization. The higher the setting, the finer the pulverization, and the greater the chance of extracting high-quality extraordinary elements; correspondingly, the longer it took.

After paying the 1,000 Game Coins required for any setting, the grinder began to roar. Its panel showed that pulverization would be complete in 24 hours. Much faster than I expected.

No creation without destruction. Peace in pieces, Li Ang thought, listening to the sound of his equipment being cut and crushed. He pressed his hands together, hoping the extraordinary elements would be unharmed.