Unlucky Tang Li wakes up after many years of slumber to find humanity has entered the interstellar era and she has entered a holographic online game called "Magic Continent."
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Chapter 56 Chapter 56 Mental Power
After defeating the boss for the first time yesterday, everyone got some good equipment, and the overall strength of the team has improved to a certain extent.
So when we were clearing the dungeon today, everyone could clearly feel that it would be easier. Even the tough boss was defeated safely in the end, without giving the Hand of God a chance to use its new skills.
Throughout the night, everyone worked like crazy and cleared the dungeon twice, which refreshed the clearance time of the dungeon and dropped a lot of good things, including several night vision potion recipes and dungeon sets.
Of course, everyone's level has also been significantly improved in this process.
Tang Li, who has the lowest level, is already level 19, and almost all the others have reached level 20.
Looking at the world rankings, their gang almost swept most of the top ten spots.
"It's getting late, everyone should go back and rest." It was just getting dark when they were doing the dungeon, and after two rounds of dungeons, it was already late at night. Fortunately, with current technology, one or two hours of deep sleep can replace a full night's sleep. Seeing that everyone was exhausted, he stopped everyone and disbanded the team.
"Okay." At their level, each level up requires a huge amount of experience. Seeing that it would be impossible to level up tonight if they continued fighting, no one had the idea of fighting hard.
"Boss, remember to use Explosive Impact tomorrow!" After the team disbanded, everyone reminded Tang Li. Several people had already decided that, regardless of the battle, they could simply use their skills in the safe zone to improve their meditation speed.
"No problem." Tang Li yawned and nodded in agreement.
At the moment, she still feels fresh about learning magical skills and doesn't mind spending more time on it during the day.
"Thank you, boss." Everyone cheered and went offline.
"Go to bed early." The last one to leave waved his hand, turned around and disappeared on the spot.
After Tang Li and everyone else logged off, she stared at the empty space around her for a moment. After a while, she slowly summoned her flying broom and flew towards the town.
Although their team was disbanded, there were still some players staying up late to play the dungeon at the entrance, so they were not alone on the way back.
The stars at night are quite beautiful, and the chirping of insects is very clear and pleasant. Occasionally, the feet swinging on the broom will scratch the weeds by the roadside and wake up a group of fireflies.
Tang Li was immersed in the night scenery, and it took her a long time to realize that she could use the return talisman to return to the city directly.
"I've been misled by them. It's not like I can't afford a return-to-city talisman. Why should I ride a mount back and forth?" Tang Li slapped his forehead, feeling both amused and helpless. He decisively took out the return-to-city talisman and teleported back home.
Have a good night.
In the next few days, several team leaders who had accumulated enough experience began to lead their members to clear dungeons. In order to ensure the success rate, Tang Li and others also dispersed and joined different teams to help upgrade the gang elites and strive to improve the level of gang players as much as possible before the new expansion pack was released.
Before long, Tang Li's level reached twenty, barely placing her at the tail end of the top one hundred in the world rankings.
There are so many talented players that all kinds of miracles happen all the time. During this period, many novice villages have also discovered traces of dungeons. Although there is no news of clearance yet, many people have successfully obtained the recipe for night vision potions, opened the night monster-killing mode, and accelerated the leveling speed a lot.
Of course, more people can't wait to find their own copies of the Novice Village after their gangs have cleared the Song of Elves copy, and choose to take shortcuts to play the Song of Elves. Therefore, the Silver Camp is crowded and bustling during this period.
Players worked so hard to kill monsters day and night, but she was busy researching new potions and converting skill books during the day, and only had time to kill monsters at night. Therefore, Tang Li had no objection to her level ranking, and even felt that she was very lucky to be at the end of the top 100.
She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that the players seemed to be getting more and more competitive. It was not just in Silver Town. Sometimes when she took the time to browse the forum, she would find that there were obviously more posts discussing game skills, and the originally hottest chat gossip had become less.
Of course, as more and more players reach level 20, how to break through the level has unsurprisingly become the most concerned topic among the majority of players.
Even when there were more than a hundred players reaching level 20, the breakthrough quest still had not been triggered. Players in the forum were speculating that either the breakthrough quest was too secretive and no one had triggered it yet, or that new levels would not be unlocked until the new expansion pack was released.
Most people speculate that it should be the latter, and everyone is looking forward to the arrival of the new expansion pack.
Tang Li still didn't care much about the disturbances in the outside world. Yesterday, she went to the main city, completed the book return assessment, returned the books she borrowed last time, and also took away a few potions she made herself.
She had not forgotten how she got the library card, and with the idea of giving it a try, although she was not sure whether giving the elf potion would bring her other rewards, or whether the elf would give her potion to someone else, such as the one who gave her the library card, she still followed her inner thoughts and brought a few of the best-completed potions.
Although the elf was surprised at how quickly Tang Li returned the book, after Tang Li completed the assessment perfectly, the elf, as the library's book spirit, gained a lot of favor towards Tang Li.
The elf liked the potion given by Tang Li even more and said that he wanted to take it back and keep it carefully. At the recommendation of the enthusiastic elf, Tang Li borrowed a new set of books.
Yes, one set.
As expected, courtesy is the least annoying thing. One has to admit the wisdom of our ancestors. Tang Li's original library card could only be used to borrow one book, but with the help of the book spirit's favorability, the boundary between a set of books and a book became slightly blurred.
"I will definitely cherish this book." Tang Li held the books as if they were treasures, carefully put them into her backpack one by one, and promised the elf.
"I'll wait for you to come for the test next time." The elf sent Tang Li away with the potion.
"I will." Tang Li nodded, said goodbye to the little guy and hurried away.
After reading the previous book, Tang Li more or less knew her shortcomings, so the book she borrowed this time was not the same alchemy tool book as the previous book, but a set of dozens of super thick plant encyclopedias. The whole set of books added up almost caught up with her height.
At present, apart from clearing dungeons and converting skill books, she spends all the rest of her time on new books. It is estimated that she will not be able to finish reading this set of books in less than half a year.
After reading this set of books, she would probably have a systematic understanding of the plants in the entire magical continent.
Of course, at this stage she had no plans to read it all the way through, but instead she first looked for some knowledge that would be helpful in developing new drugs.
After reaching level 20, she spent most of her time and energy on it. However, with her current knowledge, she didn't have much idea about the potion she wanted to make.
Tang Li was not in a hurry. She hadn't finished the book yet anyway. She studied step by step every day, practiced potion cooking from time to time, and went out to fight monsters at night. Her life was quite fulfilling.
Gradually, no new potions were made, but the converted skill books on the bookshelf filled up an entire wall. Apart from the special skill books for the gang and some rare skill books that were sold at a very high price outside, most of them were ordinary skill books suitable for novices but not sold in the system store.
"These skill books are quite good," Ci Buduyi once came over and saw them. He paused and said in admiration, "Are they in preparation for the new expansion pack?"
"Yes, isn't everyone busy with this?" Since the other party had seen it, Tang Li didn't intend to deny it. The preheating of the new expansion pack was so vigorous, and Tang Li was also very confident in the quality of "Magic Continent". She believed that a large number of players would flock in after the new expansion pack was launched. It was not difficult to understand that she wanted to take the opportunity to make a fortune.
Players throughout the "Magic Continent" are working hard to improve their strength and increase their inventory. Aren't they all striving for this?
Even their gang has been quite active recently. Even if she doesn't care about the outside world, this much time is enough for her to react.
In addition to stocking up for herself, Tang Li also issued stocking instructions to the Doom Restaurant, asking everyone to stock up on steamed buns, flower rolls, dumplings and other inexpensive cooking foods suitable for novice players.
To this end, Tang Li spent a huge amount of money to expand the restaurant's warehouse again.
Currently, the restaurant's signature dishes are only made by Aunt Tiger, the Elf Brothers, and several professional chefs hired later. However, with Tang Li's selfless teaching, almost everyone in the restaurant can make simple dishes such as steamed buns and flower rolls, which are sold the most every day.
Ailan, who is in charge of the food station, is an expert among them. When Tang Li was doing research at home, many new pastries were developed under her leadership.
Tang Li plans to separate the dining station into a new store in the near future, and Ailan is the store manager she favors.
The current stockpiling plan is led by Ailan. Although the restaurant has a lot of customers every day, it is still possible to cook more and store them every day if there is an adequate supply of raw materials.
Because Tang Li knew a lot of the gang's plans, sometimes when she didn't take the initiative to understand, Li Zi and the others would highlight the key points for her. In exchange, Tang Li also told Li Zi about her recent plans to avoid conflicts with the gang's plans.
He nodded, "When we get back, ask MM to expand the gang's fields and encourage them to plant more wheat."
"We don't need this, right?" Tang Li was embarrassed. Their gang's fields had been expanded so many times. It could be said that in the entire magical continent, there were few fields as spectacular as theirs.
The first thing gang members do when they go online every day is to plant and harvest vegetables. A good fighting game has been turned into a farming game. Many gang members openly make jokes saying that they are a farming gang.
There is no need to expand the fields anymore, right?
"That's fine. We can hire a group of full-time farmers this time to improve efficiency. Aren't you running low on Sunlight Wheat and Moonlight Wheat? That'll solve the problem."
Sunlight wheat and moonlight wheat come from improved high-quality wheat seeds, and high-quality wheat seeds need to be obtained from the first batch of wheat seeds. Expanding the scale of land can be used to produce more steamed buns and flower rolls, and the high-quality wheat seeds obtained from treasure chests can also be used to improve them into sunlight wheat and moonlight wheat, which is a two-pronged approach.
"Don't worry about affecting the gang, and don't worry about stockpiling too much goods that can't be sold." Seeing that Tang Li was still about to refuse, he spoke first, "I can tell you that news has already spread that the Federation intends to officially issue a document encouraging the public to enter the Magic Continent."
The government encourages people to play games and even posts directly about it?
"Magic Continent was originally developed under the official leadership. After playing it for so long, you should be able to feel the sincerity of this game. It's not an exaggeration to call it a real-world experience. It's very suitable for encouraging people to get out of their homes and actively participate in social activities." He paused, "Of course, the Federation will directly issue a notice. The most important reason is that Magic Continent has the effect of enhancing mental strength. You should feel this most deeply."
The original purpose of "Magic Continent" was to hope that the game format would enable more people who were lying flat on their backs due to class stratification to become self-reliant and improve the stagnant social situation.
To this end, the federal government has made a lot of efforts, born out of the real background of the fallen civilization, a complete economic structure, and humane NPCs... Even the fragments of the Earth's ascension that were considered to be bragging have been confirmed to be authentic by Tang Li.
Improving mental strength is an attempt by the Federation. Initially, not many people had high hopes for it. This is why their school vaguely encourages their cadets to play the game, but does not force them if they do not want to.
But the attempt that originally had little hope actually succeeded.
Humans have developed superpowers since the Earth era. Those with superpowers must possess mental power, but having mental power does not mean that one can possess superpowers.
After thousands of years of research, and after experiencing the loss of contact with the Earth due to the Earth's ascent, interstellar humans finally discovered the direct impact of mental strength on superpowers, and also researched the uses of mental strength besides superpowers.
It can be said that everything nowadays cannot be separated from spiritual power, but how to effectively increase spiritual power? Except for a small number of families with inherited spiritual power, most ordinary people can only rely on natural growth through age or frequent use.
But now research shows that the meditation paths set up in "Magic Continent" by several scientists based on some earth classics and data from fallen civilizations can really allow players to gain spiritual growth in the game.
This post was made after the news was confirmed.
If nothing unexpected happens, the number of players entering the game this time should be at the national level, so he said that no matter how much inventory there is, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell it.
"There are so many stories here," Tang Li was shocked. She also felt that this kind of information was not something an ordinary person like her could know. She was worried that if it leaked out, she would get into trouble for not being able to express herself well. So she immediately assured him, "Don't worry, I will definitely not spread this news."
I was stunned by the inability to express myself clearly. I didn't expect that after knowing the information gap, the other party didn't think about what he could get from it, but was worried that it would be leaked and cause him trouble.
His eyes were extremely gentle, and he shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter, everyone will know sooner or later."