NOVEL NEXT Chapter 14
Chapter 14 New Mission
The elite BOSS Snake-Tailed Flame Chicken was among them.
The nearby level 1–3 small monsters were all spawned from this Nightmare.
By grasping the Nightmare Source, Hang Yu essentially controlled the monster spawn switch.
He could freely decide whether to continue spawning monsters nearby, and could even move the spawn area to better facilitate the planning and construction of the territory.
Moreover, the Nightmare Source served as one of the most important materials for a Lord of the Stars.
Each time it was devoured, talent points could be obtained from it.
Currently, Hang Yu possessed three Lord talents.
Aside from one hidden talent granted by the Heavenly Dao Cube, the other two were first-tier talents of a Human Lord, each requiring five talent points to activate.
These Lord talents not only had tremendous practical value, but were also one of the necessary conditions for a Lord to advance.
If Hang Yu wished to break through and become a second-tier Lord, he had to meet two conditions.
First was to raise his level to 10. Second was to light up both first-tier talents.
From this, one could see how crucial and valuable it was for a Lord to collect Abyss Nightmare Sources and gain talent points.
This "Snake-Tailed Chicken Nightmare Source" was merely a level 3 sub-dream source.
Even among sub-Nightmare Sources, it was one of the lowest tiers, so it could only provide one talent point, unable to bring much change to Hang Yu’s current situation.
After some discussion among the players, they decided to let Black-Eyed Rui Ge pick up the loot.
After all, his analysis and command had been key to this successful hunt.
【Abyssal Essence Points +500, Abyssal Magic Stone Fragment +200, Flame Chicken Feather +10, Flame Mountain Chicken Meat +10, Flame Magic Stone +1!】
The Snake-Tailed Flame Chicken truly lived up to being a level 3 elite, and with the tenfold drop rate blessing of the Heavenly Dao’s Blessing, this haul could be considered a huge harvest.
【Ding, you have leveled up to 4. HP +10, Strength +2, Agility +3, Spirit +1, Will +1!】
Black-Eyed Rui Ge successfully reached level 4.
【Flame Chicken Feather】: a tier-one premium material, containing flame energy, could be used to craft white-quality items.
【Flame Chicken Meat】: a tier-one premium food ingredient, containing flame energy, not only tasted more delicious but could also temporarily boost Spirit attributes and Fire Resistance after consumption.
【Stone of the Flame Snake-Tailed Chicken】: a tier-one rare material, a forging stone imbued with flame essence, could be used to upgrade gray or white equipment or to craft green-quality items.
“So many things dropped!” Midnight Pig Slayer was very happy.
Street Slayer, however, frowned and said, “Eh, strange, even though a lot of things dropped, why haven’t we seen any items, equipment, or skill books? Could it be that these kinds of monsters only drop materials?”
Everyone had already farmed hundreds of monsters, yet from start to finish, they had never seen any item other than materials drop.
They had no idea how this game was supposed to yield equipment.
“I think the game's drop mechanism follows logic. Dropping potions, equipment, or other items from such wild monsters doesn’t make much logical sense,” Chimera Wraith offered her opinion.
Midnight Pig Slayer nodded as well. “Makes sense. Maybe we should try finding some humanoid monsters. Maybe from them we can actually get equipment or skill books.”
Street Slayer asked, “Then what should we do with these materials?”
Black-Eyed Rui Ge immediately stated, “I already gained a ton of experience points, so I won’t participate in the distribution of the loot.”
Ye Li Meng suggested, “These materials are different from what we got before. I think we should first take them back to the Lord. Maybe they have some special use.”
“Good idea!”
“Let’s hurry back!”
“Move quickly, move quickly!”
The group immediately returned to the village to find the Lord.
Hang Yu praised them, “Your performance wasn’t bad. These materials dropped from elite-grade Abyss monsters, so they’re much rarer and more precious than ordinary materials.”
Receiving praise, the players were all very happy.
Ye Li Meng quickly asked, “Then what’s the use of these materials?”
Hang Yu replied, “Each piece of premium-grade material can be exchanged for ten pieces of ordinary-grade material. Each piece of excellent-grade material can be exchanged for ten pieces of premium-grade material. You can choose to exchange them directly for Contribution Points.”
Everyone’s hearts stirred.
The value of these materials was indeed very high.
Hang Yu continued, “Of course, you can also choose to keep them for yourselves. After all, the higher the quality of the material, the better the quality of the equipment that can be crafted.”
“What?”
“Craft equipment?”
“We can craft equipment?”
The players' eyes lit up instantly.
Could it be that the game's equipment mainly relied on self-manufacture?
If that was the case, then it would make sense that wild monsters didn’t drop equipment but only dropped various materials.
“Honorable Lord, may I ask how we can craft equipment?” Chimera Wraith hurriedly asked the question, and the others all looked expectantly, wondering if the game actually had a production system and if various sub-professions would be opened in the future.
Hang Yu explained, “I have already created a Forging Workshop within the territory. Once the Forgers recruited from the Land of the Stars arrive, this place will become your base for crafting and producing equipment in the future.”
“What?”
“Forging Workshop?”
“It’s a newly appeared building.”
“There are even specialized Forger NPCs.”
“Guessing from this, it’s probably a very important functional NPC, maybe even our sub-profession mentor.”
“Sounds reasonable!”
“Hope it updates soon.”
“There are still too few NPCs in the territory that we can interact with.”
The players had long noticed changes in the territory.
They had also seen soldiers like Zhang San patrolling inside the territory.
However, these soldiers were quite stern and did not pay much attention to the players, so there hadn’t been much meaningful interaction.
While the players discussed among themselves,
Hang Yu also fell into thought.
It had been less than 24 hours since the game server had opened.
Yet the players already displayed extraordinary enthusiasm, efficiency, and liver-hardening dedication.
Hang Yu felt that it was time to provide more guidance to allow players to play an even greater role.
First of all, quickly exploring this world was of utmost urgency.
Although Hang Yu had learned a lot about the Abyss during his time at the Lord Academy of the Stars, his understanding of this world's current situation was still very limited — hardly better than that of the players.
The Will of the Abyss would not sit idly by regarding the invasion of the Stars.
Therefore, it was necessary to investigate the situation surrounding the core Nightmare Sources as soon as possible.
Only by doing so could they prepare in advance against the looming threats.
Secondly, to prevent players from just loitering around slaughtering wild chickens and rabbits every day, it was necessary to issue guidance, pushing them to step out of their comfort zones, to dare to adventure, to confront hardships bravely, to suffer actively, and to leave corpses piled high.
Only in this way could they truly shine.
Only in this way could the territory grow rapidly.
Midnight Pig Slayer said, “Why is the Lord suddenly zoning out? Is it a bug?”
Hang Yu gave a light cough and said, “Since you have successfully defeated the Snake-Tailed Flame Chicken, it proves that you already possess the ability to survive. Now, I have two brand-new missions for you to complete.”
“What?”
“There are new missions?”
Everyone couldn’t help but reveal expressions of great joy.
Black-Eyed Rui Ge quickly said, “Lord, please feel free to command us!”
Midnight Pig Slayer exaggeratedly said, “We are willing to die a thousand deaths without regret for our great Lord!”
Good!
Hang Yu smiled!
That was exactly the spirit he wanted!