Monsters Are Coming-Chapter 1060 - 287: Dimensional Reduction of Civilization—This Is Irrational! (Part 3)
[Flint (initial unit)]:
Ability Description
Gathering: Can rapidly decompose substances into pure data streams, resource extraction speed +1500%.
Construction: Can quickly construct illuminated civilization buildings, speed +5000%.
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After reading Flint’s introduction, Kong Jie was startled.
The initial unit has 15 times the extraction speed and 50 times the construction speed, what kind of divine unit is this?
"It seems this is a civilization with strong early-game presence, but the start seems overly powerful."
After clarifying the position of the Virtual Rune Civilization, Kong Jie reached out to click on the Flint unit, which resembled a flame cluster, dragged it to the nearest Magic Crystal Mine visible in the overhead view, and began to gather the resources for the civilization’s initial development.
In the overhead view, Flint’s moving speed was incredibly fast, and upon entering the nearby Level 1 Magic Crystal Mine area, the resource bar started refreshing with Magic Crystal Stone.
Sliding his hands forward, he zoomed in on the view.
Flint could be seen closely adhering to the mine’s crystal clusters extracting resources, the clusters rapidly dissolved like melting, transforming into streams of data code entering Flint’s body.
The game accelerates time passing, half an hour in reality is equivalent to a month in the game.
While allowing Flint to gather resources, Kong Jie himself observed from a God-view perspective what resources were near the randomly chosen starting location.
On the 25th day, Kong Jie let the altar consume resources to birth three Flint units, two of which were assigned to lumbering, while the remaining two continued mining Magic Crystal Ore.
In the 2nd month, a new building rose beside the altar.
The name of this building is "Data Transmission Center."
The strength of the new building was indeed oversized.
With this new building, Flint workers no longer needed to transport resources back and forth.
No matter where they are, they can transmit the gathered low-level Crystal Ore resources via data transmission to the Data Transmission Center, which then relays it to the altar.
As for lumber and high-purity Crystal Ore, they cannot be transmitted at the moment, requiring an upgrade to the building level of the Data Transmission Center.
The powerful start made him feel this civilization was way too oversized.
But thinking this is the pioneer version, it explains, perhaps after the official version is released, it will undergo balancing.
The current strength can be understood as a demo mode, accelerating civilization development speed, allowing more of the setting content to be experienced.
In the 3rd month, the first batch of combat units "Hash Hunter" was born.
The ability is to decompose, seal enemies, and extract part of the Life of defeated enemies to enhance its own Strength.
The first combat unit turned out to be a growth-type unit, Kong Jie felt surprised and also developed a strong curiosity about the future direction of this Eighth Civilization.
With such oversized settings, how would the other seven civilizations play?
In the 8th month, the guardian beast group of the second Magic Crystal Mine area was exterminated, and the Hash Hunter returned with the spoils.
The spoils included 12 bundles of Crystal Beast Horn, several pieces of high-purity Magic Crystal Core, and a new resource extraction channel.
On this day, Kong Jie commanded Flint workers to build the first smelting workshop from a God-view perspective. Crystal Beast Horns were smelted into Energy Crystals here, then transported to the altar, providing fuel for the birth of the next batch of units.
In the 11th month, the first lumberyard was also completed.
The sturdy Douglas fir harvested nearby was processed into lumber, then converted into data stream lumber, used to build defensive works.
In the evening, a reconnaissance team composed of five Hash Hunters headed toward the marked coordinate in the northwest. Kong Jie assigned them the task of exploring the map Fog Zone, searching for potential threats or resource points.
In the 20th month, the first batch of formal combat units, Rune Guard, was born.
Shaped like a headless warrior, clad in Armor encrusted with Magic Crystals, holding a War Spear capable of releasing energy blasts, more adept at direct combat than Hash Hunter.
Kong Jie did not rush to attack, choosing to consolidate his territory first.
East side: Along the river, two Rune Watchtowers were built to monitor nearby scene dynamics and prevent external forces from attacking.
South side: Began extracting on the newly discovered Open-air Magic Crystal Mine, with higher efficiency than underground veins.
West side: The lumber team ventured deep into the forest, searching for previously found Spirit Pattern Wood, which can be used to craft higher-level Rune Equipment.
The reconnaissance team continually relayed updated intelligence during this period.
In the 32nd month, under Kong Jie’s control, the Virtual Rune Civilization officially encountered the first native civilization "Forge Clan" in the game.
This was a minor civilization outside the seven major civilization systems, having established a small empire, occupying multiple resource sites.
Whether to establish a diplomatic alliance, initiate trade connections, or start a war.
Kong Jie’s thought was to continue developing, waiting until strength is sufficient then to directly start a war to plunder the Forge Civilization’s resources and territory.
Already playing for 16 consecutive hours, the famished Kong Jie chose to log off at this time.
Looking up at the optical screen, an unbelievable scene occurred to him.
Although he had logged off, the Virtual Rune Civilization in the game was still developing.
Not that continuing development is a problem.
In previous versions of Civilization War, there was also an automatic development mode, but it was limited to continuously extracting player-designated resources upon logging in. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
But the Virtual Rune Civilization on the screen was even starting to construct new buildings.
This unusual scene made Kong Jie somewhat puzzled.
"A new game mode?"
He guessed it was a new gameplay mode introduced by the game official, giving civilization development greater freedom.
When players intervene, he is the sovereign and decision-maker of the civilization.
