Gamers Are Fierce-Chapter 819 - 818: Cost

Spiritual Energy can compensate for the communication difficulties of the Bug Nest and the fatal shortcomings of the Bug Nest in dealing with Transcendents.

A Mentalist can send one-way, long-distance Psychic Messages to a single target,

and can also issue commands to all cognitive units within a large area.

Additionally, Spiritual Warlocks possess a multitude of combat techniques, such as Twist Reality, summoning bioelectric currents, fire, shock waves, hypnosis, charm spells...

A large group of low-level Spiritual Warlocks gathered together, releasing a collective mind impact, can even cause severe damage to high-intensity targets,

providing a countermeasure for players with high mobility, defensive power, and attack power.

After comprehensive consideration, Spiritual Energy is almost the most suitable support evolution route for the Bug Nest, aside from flesh evolution.

After briefly contemplating, Li Ang confirmed that he would purchase this [Psychic Ability Crystal Guidebook·Primary], with the only concern being the cost...

"The base price of the Spirit Power Manual is fifteen thousand Game Currency. I currently have savings of ninety-six thousand, which is more than enough to afford it.

However, the condition of 'sacrificing three Perfect Level transcendent items' is rather troublesome."

Li Ang frowned slightly and said silently, "The auction house has severe markups,

and the selling price in the game store is always higher than trading between players.

If I buy it myself, I'll lose a lot of money."

As of now, the Perfect Level items Li Ang possesses include the following:

Divine Mark, Mirage Dragon Red Mane Coat, Minor Master Ball, Alchemist's Magic Box, Origin of Life, Abyssal Magic Mirror, Blessed Spring Water*4, Evil God Handicraft Clay, Fingers Dissociation Technique.

Among these, only the Fingers Dissociation Technique is a Perfect Level skill—maybe Alchemy can be added as well.

The rest are mostly equipment and items, mainly logistics-related, and sacrificing any of them would severely impact Li Ang's overall strength.

After pondering, it seems that only that item can be sold.

[Blessed Spring Water]

Perfect Level consumable, with the special effect of healing or repairing items or life that are not exceeding the quality of Blessed Spring Water, restoring them to a conventionally perfect state.

It's equivalent to a Life Potion that can be used on people and things.

This item was acquired by Li Ang from the script mission of Twisted Fairy Tale. At the time, there were five bottles, one of which was secretly given to Wang Congshan so she wouldn't be more affected by the King of Shengnan incident.

There are currently four bottles left.

"[Blessed Water] can heal injuries, save lives, and even repair Excellent and Rare Level equipment and items, restoring them from Broken to a perfect state."

Li Ang thought, "However, with Origin of Life, Swamp God Power, and Mirage Dragon Red Mane Coat, I don't lack survival and healing abilities.

As for repairing equipment,

the funds provided by the Immaculate Furnace Shop daily are enough for me to buy Excellent Level weapons, so it's not very necessary.

The usage condition for the Psychic Ability Manual is three Perfect Level transcendent items, rather than three Perfect Level items—perhaps sacrificing the Blessed Spring Water separately might work, allowing me to keep one bottle.

If sacrificing them separately doesn't work, then I'll have to spend my remaining Game Currency in stock, losing some extra money, to acquire some relatively cheap Perfect Level equipment..."

After deciding, Li Ang took a deep breath and clicked to purchase the Psychic Ability Manual.

The currency in the player's panel instantly dropped significantly, and correspondingly, a crystal-textured heavy book appeared out of thin air in the backpack slot.

Li Ang took out the book and gently stroked the surface of the book.

This book was slightly lighter than imagined, and the texture of the book cover was smooth, not as cold and hard as expected. A line of Otherworldly text was written at the title, whose meaning was unclear.

The book's exterior was wrapped with a circle of sturdy metal chains, which could not be moved by forcefully pulling them.

All the chains ultimately converged on a very exquisitely crafted metal lock located below the title.

There was no keyhole under the lock; instead, there were three spindle-shaped crystals arranged in an equilateral triangle—indicating that the lock would open only after sacrificing three Perfect Level transcendent items.

The game store was not a suitable place to act, so Li Ang logged out from the plaza, returned to the real world, and entered the Automated Pet Box with Chaichai.

Compared to before, the environment inside the Breeding Box has changed significantly.

The trunks that used to require several people to wrap their arms around have changed from pure wood to wood mixed with a large amount of high-strength reinforced concrete (rebar concrete, bought by Li Ang from a mule), 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

which, like load-bearing pillars, support the weight of the trees, increasing the height of the trees from over a hundred meters to nearly four hundred meters, fully comparable to the skyscrapers built by modern humans.

Moreover, the crowns of these trees grew horizontally, allowing the thick wooden branches to connect with each other.

In between the wooden branches, a composite silk thread crafted by Worker Bugs was woven—this biological material was developed by Brain Worms, achieving a relatively perfect balance in terms of elastic modulus, strength, strain, and toughness, which could be used as a construction material.

Produced primarily by specialized organs—many of these "buildings" in the Bug Nest Factory were themselves organs created through mutation, lacking cognitive ability, survival ability, and reproductive ability,

completely relying on the nourishment provided by the Bug Nest Factory and maintenance by Worker Bugs,

and not considered a complete life form.

The wooden branches and composite silk threads together were woven into a large three-dimensional net suspended high up, occupying a large area of the Automated Pet Box's airspace,

with intentional gaps to allow sunlight to reach the lower layers.

There are several such nets. Each is covered with construction materials with excellent compressive and tensile strength, along with Mycelium Carpet capable of absorbing sunlight to produce biomass.

The two together formed the roadway network in high places.

Small Worker Bugs quickly crawled on the road surface, bringing the concentrated biomass balls produced by the Mycelium Carpet into the Bug Nest Factories on each level,

where the Brain Worms in the factories plan the distribution of biomass and energy, producing more Worker Bugs, Soldier Bugs, or constructing more buildings.

Previously, the Bug Clan in the Breeding Box only operated on the ground, resulting in low space utilization efficiency,

but now with aerial Bug Nests, more units can be accommodated. So far, there are 151 Brain Worms and approximately two million Bug Clan units of various levels—most being small-sized Worker Bugs,

since the volume of the Automated Pet Box is limited and cannot compare with the vast expansive ocean.

Since the Breeding Box can be carried around by Li Ang, its primary significance is as a mobile Bug Nest Base, prioritizing its logistics production capability over instant battle prowess,

and when a suitable area is found, full expansion of the Bug Nest won't be any slower than the Ocean Bug Nest.