Chapter 64: The Almighty Stone and the Last Words
The Garlic Tribe was very cautious in their exploration of Mingyue Island.
They knew that salt could control crazy lemmings, but they still did not go deep into the island. The little people circled the periphery, gradually completing the map of the outermost circle of the island.
The fishing company, which has always advocated active exploration, also repeatedly reminded them on the paddle boat.
“Safety first.”
"Don't be reckless."
"Rats can gnaw at the ship at any time. Everyone must remain alert."
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Lu Yao decided to help the little people this time.
He asked Isabel to transfer four striped lynxes from the Western Continent. This was also the first time that Lu Yao activated forest elemental creatures.
Before taking action, Lu Yao also sought Isabel's opinion.
——Can the lynx handle the crazy lemmings? "Sir, the spotted lynx cannot eat so many mice. But they are natural hunters and killers, and it is very easy for them to deal with mice. They are very good helpers in the large-scale eradication of rats on the island."
So, the striped lynx of the rat extermination special forces was sent to Mingyue Island by a paddle boat.
As soon as the four furry felines landed on the island, it was time to hunt.
Lu Yao overlooks the island.
On the screen, four big yellow cats were running around, killing the crazy lemmings one by one with their claws and one by their mouths. Wherever the lynx went, there were dead rats everywhere.
There are no combat scenes in this hunt.
Lu Yao was sure that the crazy lemmings were indeed ordinary animals, but they were mutated by the magic potion. Therefore, the level display could not be seen.
Level 10 spotted lynxes have the abilities of [Stealth], [Bleeding], and [Quick Attack]. When they encounter the rats here, they are dealt a one-sided dimensionality reduction blow.
The crazy lemmings are very strong in front of the timid Mingyue tribe, but they are powerless to resist when they encounter real monsters.
The rats were killed and their corpses were scattered all over the ground, and they eventually fled into the sea and the mountains.
The lynx hunt continues.
But their initial mission was accomplished. A large area on the island was cleared, enough for the little people to land safely.
Isabel walked all the way to the central area of the island. It was also very desolate, with no vegetation to be seen, only stones and soil on the ground.
In the middle area there is a striking flat-topped mountain with some dilapidated ruins on it and a crooked stone tablet next to the ruins.
Lu Yao clicked on the ruins.
The screen shows: [This is a ruin. ]
Lu Yao thought that this was most likely the site of a statue of a deity.
He asked Isabel to explore the ruins and see if she could find anything.
Not long after, Isabel actually made a discovery.
"My Lord, I found the [Almighty Stone]."
Four glittering stones flew into the upper left corner of the screen.
At the same time, a new item [Almighty Stone] appeared on the game interface, and the display bar automatically shrank. Lu Yao had to click it to see the details.
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[Almighty Stone]: Basic material for forging treasures, a rare mineral.
Using the Fire of Faith to heat it, there is a certain probability that a treasure can be cast. Continue to refine it with the Almighty Stone, and there is a certain probability that the treasure can be strengthened and upgraded. The higher the level of the treasure, the more difficult it is to strengthen the Almighty Stone.
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Lu Yao finally came to his senses.
The player Ming Shen's [Broken Potion Crucible] seems to be made of [Almighty Stone].
No wonder the crucible feels much weaker than other treasures. It is a defective product made by a novice.
Wait.
There are four [Almighty Stones] here. Where did they come from? The player has been dead for so long. Is this the equipment dropped by the statue?
Or is it that this place itself has the Omnipotent Stone?
Lu Yao stared at the screen, his eyes focused on the surroundings of the temple.
His fingers turned on piano mode.
——Dig around here and see if there are other Omni-Stones.
——Mobilize others to dig together!
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Lu Yao kept a close eye on the island, waiting for feedback from the little people.
In a few minutes, Isabel and her men dug a huge pit under the temple ruins.
The top of the pit was covered by many huge rocks, and a passage leading to the underground had been dug out long ago. The inside of the cave was glittering, and there were some dried rat corpses inside.
Isabel entered the mine alone and found several more [Almighty Stones] inside, but she was not sure what was at the bottom.
Lu Yao took a sip of cold water and sorted out his thoughts.
The temple is surrounded by a mine of omnipotent stone, and Mingshen is sitting on a treasure mountain that is enough to make many players envious.
So Ming Shen has been trying to secretly make props. He uses faith as fuel to create treasure embryos, and then smelts them bit by bit to obtain the finished treasure.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
After calming down a little, Lu Yao put himself in Mingshen's perspective and further understood the reason behind the other party's behavior.
The power of the god player comes from population and faith.
The population cannot be increased rapidly in a short period of time and usually requires long-term development.
To achieve explosive growth, they either had to annex other human groups or have a baby boom. But the human base in the tribal era was not large, so even if they annexed other tribes or had a baby boom, the growth in numbers was limited.
Relatively speaking, the acquisition of faith is more intuitive.
Compared with the slow increase in faith brought about by population growth, the fixed returns from props and treasures are visible to the naked eye.
Take Lu Yao himself as an example.
Including the [Ghost White Horse], he now holds 8 items, and gains 264 points of faith every day.
This is much faster than cultivating tribal villains to gain faith.
Since they control the almighty stone mine, the focus of the Mingshen is naturally on mining. The sooner the finished props are made, the more considerable the subsequent faith growth will be.
As for the little believers, as long as they are not starving to death, they will be left alone.
However, Mingshen probably didn't expect that the Mingyue Tribe couldn't even deal with the [Weed Monster]. This forced him to do it himself, performing miracle attacks and making potions with a crucible.
He created crazy lemmings to restrain the weed monsters, but it also caused a subsequent chain reaction.
One wrong step leads to another. The crazy lemmings that destroyed the weed monster turned into a large-scale disaster that was even more difficult to deal with. The weak Mingyue tribe was even more unable to resist. By the time Mingshen reacted, it was too late.
The snowball pressing down on Mingyue Island was getting bigger and bigger, and without special countermeasures, it was impossible to stop it.
Lu Yao said silently.
You can go with peace of mind. I have already avenged you. It is our duty to restore the glory of the gods.
After a while, Lu Yao turned his attention to the stone tablet.
There is no hint on the stone tablet.
But there are some vague traces on the ground under the stone tablet, which seem to follow some specific pattern.
Lu Yao took some time to identify it and found that the cracks on the ground formed some crooked Chinese characters: I F**K you XX rat!
He agreed in his heart.
Good at scolding.
but.
Although the rat did deserve to die.
Although your luck is not very good...
But man, you are a real disgrace to all gamers. You are so bad that you were defeated by a bunch of rats and your account was cancelled.
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Lu Yao changed his mood and started tinkering with the [Almighty Stone].
Open world games cannot be without the reinforcement and manufacturing aspects, just like the West cannot be without Jerusalem and it cannot be without tasting.
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(End of this chapter)