Monsters Are Coming-Chapter 885 - 250: Version Update, Alchemy System

It's like carrying a small-scale energy absorption enhancer.

Normally, when players carry the crystal core with them, it can also increase the speed of body refining experience acquisition under automatic cultivation mode.

Think of the crystal core as a walking spiritual energy amplifier. It doesn't absorb energy but instead enriches the energy around it, creating a beneficial cultivation (recovery) spot for players.

The target audience for the crystal core is quite broad.

It can suit lone wolf-type players, small team players, and is even suitable for group and war team use.

However, in terms of combat power, the combat strength of the crystal core is even lower than that of spiritual rhythm, infinitely close to 0.

Although the crystal core has life, it is a special life form with a silicon-based skeleton and spiritual energy fluid.

If spiritual rhythm is a plant-type life with self-awareness within the spirit plant system.

Then the crystal core can be likened to a spirit ore with self-awareness.

But having awareness doesn't mean having intelligence; the crystal core doesn't fight at all.

The meaning of combat power infinitely close to 0 is there's a possibility that an animal might accidentally bash its head against the crystal core's hard shell and die.

Yet in terms of functionality, the crystal core is not weaker than the popular Light Spirit Feather among growth-type pets.

In comparison, each has its advantages and disadvantages.

Light Spirit Feather has a single-target healing effect, whereas the crystal core has a range-sustaining amplification effect.

Light Spirit Feather's help in large-scale wars is limited, it can only provide targeted healing, but the healing effect is significant.

The crystal core amplifies the air's spiritual energy content within a range, needing to pair with Life Soul for use. Its advantage is covering an area, providing persistent stamina and recovery effects to all players within the area.

With an idea in mind, Qi Sheng did not hesitate and instantly released the latest update tips to all players.

The next second, the update tips sounded in the minds of all online players:

[Update Tips: The game is about to undergo a version update, the contents of this update are as follows]:

Update Content One: Growth-type pets.

Spiritual Rhythm (financial type): Can speed up the growth of spirit plants and improve the quality of the spirit field.

Crystal Core (group-enhancing type): Concentrates energy in the nearby air, speeding up players' recovery efficiency through energy absorption (can improve body refining experience acquisition speed in automatic cultivation mode).

Update Content Two: Alchemy Room.

Building Function Introduction: A function building designed for crafting special elixirs and potions; players can consume spiritual materials within the building to obtain special elixirs and potions (details are available in the Alchemy Room).

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With the appearance of update tips, a brand new building emerged in the South District of Imperial Tomb Village.

Players in the space all gathered toward the new functional building.

One hour later.

The figure of Dark Night Will Come appeared at the teleportation point of Imperial Tomb Village.

No matter how far travelers are from home, it only takes one hour to return home.

He returned quickly using this method.

At this time, his private messages had exploded, all waiting for him to publish a review post of the new functionalities.

Riding the vehicle, he summoned the map function.

On the map of Imperial Tomb Village's South District, there was an icon of a functional building in the shape of an Alchemy Furnace.

Before long, he arrived at the South District of Imperial Tomb Village.

The buildings here are modern high-rise buildings, the roads are wide, and along the way, players are heading to the new functional building, just like him.

Looking up toward the end of the line of sight, he saw the design of the new functional building.

This is a giant pill furnace interwoven with bronze and glazed tiles; it is tower-shaped overall, with a wide base gradually tapering upward. The furnace top extends nine flying eaves, each corner hangs colorful bells, swaying lightly without wind.

The outer wall of the pill furnace is not completely closed; through the holes, one can see the dark red spiritual fire flowing inside, intermittently bright and dark, like breathing.

Vaguely one can also see swirling medicinal mist inside, sometimes as green as jade, sometimes as purple as rosy clouds, as if countless herbs are surging within.

But it can be confirmed that this is all an illusion; there must be a completely independent usage space inside.

As the player base grows larger, if it were like a shop for all players to use together, it would probably form a long queue.

Landing in front of the building, the vehicle automatically transformed into pixel blocks, forming armor to fit the body.

Looking up, the main door of the building is a giant bronze beast mouth, with sharp fangs, a bronze plaque hangs above the door lintel, with the words "Alchemy Room" written in red, the pen-like sword sharp.

Entering through the beast's mouth, the scent of herbs wafted in.

[Challenger Tips: Do you want to consume 1 sacrificial power point to enter the Alchemy Room space, yes/no?]

"Yes."

Instantly, a strong sense of weightlessness enveloped Dark Night Will Come, and his vision twisted and changed. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

When the scene before his eyes contracted to the extreme, it suddenly expanded.

The sense of weightlessness faded, and his foot had already stepped onto a mountaintop platform paved with green jade.

Ahead, the clouds and mist are like a sea, nine immortal cranes with long necks cry out, playing and shuttling among the clouds, scattering points of spirit light as their wing tips pass.

Directly ahead, a red jade-colored pill furnace stands majestically, its body engraved with mountains, rivers, the sun, and moon, its lid sculpted into the shape of a Coiling Dragon with Pearl.

At this moment, the dragon's mouth is spurting out blue-white elixir fire, a rich medicinal aroma wafts toward him, Dark Night Will Come instinctively inhales, drawing the crisp scent into his lungs.

Behind the pill furnace, the cliff has been cut into a plane, engraved with countless unreadable texts.

Two phantom attendants are busy in front of the furnace.

One steps with Eight Diagrams Step, wielding a Peach Wood Sword to invoke thunder fire from the sky for quenching the medicine.

The other releases colorful threads from their sleeves, collecting mountain herbs to throw into the furnace.

With curiosity, Dark Night Will Come stood before the pill furnace.

As he reached out to touch the furnace, the alchemy interface appeared in his mind, listing the medicines available for crafting.