Zero: "Don't be confused, keep moving forward, the answer is at the end of time..."
"The answer is at the end of time...?"
Cheng Shaofeng read this sentence several times, but still felt confused.
“Time keeps moving forward, so how can it have an end?”
"Or is it... the end of my time? That is, I will know the truth before I die?"
"No, that's too stupid! The end of this time... must refer to a certain person or an object, or the time when the Scourge Base is unlocked to the end?"
He shook his head. It was hard to say which of these possibilities was correct.
But the first two sentences are still very easy to understand.
“Don’t be confused, just keep moving forward… It tells me that the path I’m on is the right one, just keep going.”
"Then... continue upgrading!"
Cheng Shaofeng simply put aside the things he didn't understand. If he couldn't figure it out, he would just let it go. After a certain period of time, he would understand it.
"Huh? This sentence sounds so familiar..."
Cheng Shaofeng didn't think much about it. He studied all the new functions of the base with Zero again. After he understood them all, he started to chat casually with Zero.
"Zero, in the knowledge base you unlocked this time, do you have any information about the background of the world? I want to hear what happened in this world."
He has been recruiting players, commanding them to fight monsters, upgrade and make equipment, and constantly expanding territory and earning crystals, but...how did the world suddenly become like this
Aliens... How did they appear
"Zombies, Zerg, Void Spirits, Mechanical Monsters... How come these fictional creatures that only exist in novels on Earth all appear in this world?"
Cheng Shaofeng feels that this world is like a patchwork monster, with various fantasy, science fiction and ghost novels stitched together into one world. When he thinks about it occasionally... he feels a strong sense of incongruity.
No wonder few players think this is the real world, it looks too much like a game!
Zero: "Master, I have some unsealed data here. The conditions for opening it will be met after you reach the fourth-level professional and the base is upgraded to level 5."
"Oh? Tell me quickly!"
Zero: "The heroic spirits are immortal, and the shrines are eternal! Only by finding the lost shrines can we help mankind unlock the true power..."
"... ..."
After being silent for a long time, Cheng Shaofeng asked with difficulty: "No more?"
Zero: “No more.”
"Damn! Who the hell built this natural disaster base? When I see it in the future, I'll give him two big bidou first. Why are you playing tricks on me? Can't you just speak in plain language?"
“Fuck!”
Although it’s a curse, most of this sentence is easy to understand.
"The lost shrine, the unlocked power... The humans in this world cannot receive the shrine's blessing like the players do. Is it because it is sealed? How is it sealed?"
"Could it be..."
Cheng Shaofeng suddenly thought of the only unique shrine ruins he had ever seen - the Colossus City Shrine.
This shrine hidden in the basement of the City Lord's Mansion was already covered in all kinds of flesh and blood when they arrived, becoming a polluted shrine. The players took a lot of effort to clean up everything around the shrine.
Then the players responsible for the cleanup, including Cheng Shaofeng himself, received an additional 1 piety point.
"I got an extra reward for purifying the shrine that was polluted by the zombie city lord. This reward was not given by the Scourge Base, but by the shrine. Is this the lost shrine that Zero mentioned?"
Zero did not answer, nor did it know the meaning of this sentence. It was just a passage that was unsealed in its own database.
"Heroic spirits are immortal, and shrines are eternal... ...Does it mean that shrines cannot be destroyed? Heroic spirits refer to... the upper echelons of humanity? Or high-end combat power? Level 5 domain masters? Or the so-called... gods?"
"It seems... I need to find time to talk to Hades."
Since Cheng Shaofeng escaped from the Netherworld Space, he has never taken the initiative to look for the Netherworld God again, because even if the Netherworld God is bound, the power that transcends space makes him very uneasy, making Cheng Shaofeng instinctively not want to have too much to do with him.
But at this moment... the guidance of the base gave him a lot of questions to ask Hades.
"Then the next goal of the base is... to find the shrines! Find all the shrines! This is also the goal of many players. Let's strengthen ourselves together!"
The bonus of the constellations will bring extremely strong power to the players. In the current state where the upgrade speed is rapidly slowing down, the power of the constellations is faster than gaining experience.
Most high-level players are stuck at level 49. It takes a huge amount of experience to reach level 50, which is more than the experience from levels 40→49 combined!
Players will have to work hard for a while before level 50 players appear.
It would be faster to find a shrine to increase your combat power.
As far as Cheng Shaofeng knew, the members of the special forces team were particularly interested in shrines. After reaching level 40 in the southern battlefield, they dispersed to various regions to look for shrines.
It seems that several shrines have been found so far, but... the members of the special forces team obviously did not report to him, nor did they communicate with other players. They seemed to be planning to hide secretly. They wandered outside and did not enter the signal coverage of the base, so their map could not be synchronized.
Cheng Shaofeng knew the reason. The authorities were afraid that the power of the shrine would affect reality and they would be unable to handle it.
"Special forces, special forces... You officials want to cover up the shrine, which goes against my current philosophy. We should give them a warning..."
From his point of view, the more shrines players obtain, the stronger their power will be, and the more things they can do to help him, whether it is protecting the base or earning crystals.
Thinking of this, he sent a message directly to Wei Long, the captain of the special forces team in the northern battlefield.
"Soldier, I need you to help me mark the locations of all the shrines that your team has found on the map. This concerns the future of the Scourge Base. Any act of hiding will be regarded as a betrayal of the Scourge Base!"
After editing, Cheng Shaofeng thought about it... and didn't send it out.
"Besides the secret service team... have other players found the location of the shrine and not reported it?"
You can't just target the special forces team, other players as well.
Announcement!
World Announcement!
If all teams detect the remains of the shrine, they must report it to the base immediately! The first soldier to report the location of the shrine will be rewarded with an epic equipment! Soldiers who fail to report will be severely punished! The highest punishment is permanent hibernation! Please tell each other among the teams!
The announcement was sent three times in a row, and players who were not within the base's signal range would receive it immediately after entering the base.
With rewards and punishments, we don't have to worry about them not reporting.
And you have to rush to report it, otherwise you will not be able to get the reward if other players get there first.
Zero: "Your decision-making wisdom is beyond my reach."
"... ..."
Cheng Shaofeng, who had just revealed a hint of pride on his lips, twitched his mouth a few times.
"Zero, if you don't act awkward, you're pretty normal..."
Zero: "Zero never lies, every word he says comes from the heart."
"Yeah~Okay!"
Cheng Shaofeng said he benefited a lot from it.
At this moment, the base signal suddenly dinged and sent a reminder.
Ding~ A new signal source was detected!
Multiple communication base stations in the central city sub-base have been linked!
Map updating...
Player tag updating...
The shrine is updating...
...
"The fiber optic cable from Central City has been connected... pretty fast."
This place was connected by borrowing a line from a surrounding city, so the project was not large and it was connected in just 5 days. For example, it would take another week to get connected on the southern battlefield.
At this time, players from the three major areas of Central City, Red City, and Northern Battlefield Base all met.
Magic Conch: "Huh? Brothers from Central City have also joined the World Channel? Hello everyone~"
Only the succubus cannot be let down: "Good duck~(^.^)Y Ya!!"
Yu Mu: "Well, there are more people to chat with. Cultivation is really... too boring."
Wu Ke: "@Wei Long, I bought the materials you mentioned last time. Should I send someone to deliver them to you or do you come to get them?"
Wei Long: "No hurry, we are going to the central city to do some business in a few days..."
Xufeng: "@Wu Ke, you are managing a store in Zhongxi City, right? Can you help me find the props to change my profession? This Barbarian profession is a bit useless and there is no upgrade. I want to switch to an Inquisitor. Inquisitors are very popular in the Soldier Base now!"
Wu Ke: "Not yet... I'll keep an eye out for you."
Xufeng: "Thanks! Let's drink together offline when we are free."
Wu Ke: “Discipline does not allow it.”
(Player 'Wu Ke' withdrew a message.)
Wu Ke: “I don’t like drinking.”
Jianqi Sect leader: "My good brothers in the central city! I heard that your place is very fun. Do you have any exciting activities? I am sick of these zombies. Their faces are swollen and oozing with pus every day. I am sick of them. Can you relax for a while?"
God rewards hard work: "Thanks for the invitation! I'm in the bar, with succubus servants and body art performances. I'm nicknamed the Little Prince of Central City's Silver Party. I'll arrange it for you when you come!"
The leader of Jianqi Sect: "Really, sir?!"
(Player '天道付勤' has been banned by the lord for 24 hours.)
The leader of Jianqi Sect: "..."
Xiao Yu'er: "Hahaha! Lord, you should teach these stupid men a lesson, humph!"
You guys force me: "666! Good ban! But I suddenly remembered that I took a mission before and had to deliver some goods to the central city. Is there anyone who wants to do the mission together?"
Ask the master to punish Fugui: "Are you going on a mission? I don't even want to expose you! Really, you can fool yourself but don't fool your brothers, but... There are two shrines in the central city that I want to order, or we can go together."
Awesome Slider: "Yeah, yeah, yeah! I'll go to the shrine too! And buy some materials for the weapon shop."
Washing Machine: "... No, are all the people in your weapon shop named like this?"
Awesome Slide: "Hehe~"
Next, the players in the central city and the players in the base here started chatting, and the news in the world channel scrolled like crazy.
Cheng Shaofeng glanced at it casually and stopped paying attention.
When the players start to talk nonsense, they can even be more nonsense than the authors on Qidian!
Next, Cheng Shaofeng considered it and released some new features for players to use.
Portable multifunctional energy tower.
If players can do it according to the normal method, then the result will be a complete version of the function, but... it is estimated that it is not easy for players to find materials such as vibranium. It is likely that biological materials will be used instead of various rare metals, but the function... it is hard to say, let the players explore it themselves.
If used properly, this is equivalent to taking a mobile defense tower to a fight, which can significantly increase the team's combat power.
In addition, Cheng Shaofeng also opened up the production of advanced integrated smart watches, spare occupancy set plug-ins, and multi-skill burning illustrations.
At the same time, tasks for collecting materials are issued to try to make new relics.
For these things, Cheng Shaofeng would charge an additional 20% of the materials as a handling fee, leaving himself enough storage for the materials.
After the announcement was released, Cheng Shaofeng and Zero began to build the most important facility of the base - a multi-structure energy shield.
This is a troublesome project.
"If we can build this, we won't have to worry about the fifth-order sudden attack..."
“These new features plus the quest to find the shrine will keep players busy for a while.”
Constructing a multi-structure energy shield requires a large amount of materials and crystals. Even if Cheng Shaofeng invested all the 11 million crystals he had just earned from the soldier inheritance and the shaman inheritance, it might not be enough.
This is a large protective shield that can defend against fifth-level domainers!
Big money eater!
But Cheng Shaofeng hardened his heart: "I have to do it! Without this, the base and I will always live in fear of the fifth-level domainer. No matter how many crystals I have, they are not mine. I can't be an idiot like my neighbor who hoards food and guns!"
Cheng Shaofeng gritted his teeth and gave all the money to Zero to spend!
At the same time, material orders were continuously placed to the caravans in the central city to transport large quantities of rare materials.
Time passed quickly as players searched for the shrine and Cheng Shaofeng built a protective shield for the base.
... ..
In the blink of an eye, a week passed.
Buzz!
A layer of azure light appeared above the Red City Base, flowing like water from the administrative center and slowly covering the entire city.
No. 0 was controlling the old fishing robot and floating outside the city. Large gun barrels were exposed on its body, filled with ammunition enchanted by Cheng Shaofeng.
Zero: "Level 4 attack and defense test!"
Boom boom boom boom!
Zero transformed into a war machine, with flames bursting out of his body!
The vast elemental energy poured onto the flowing light curtain above the Red City, and the intensity of the attack was far greater than that of a missile attack!
The cleansing attack that eliminated the zombie city lord was not as good as today!
This is the enchanted ammunition made by the fourth-level professional Cheng Shaofeng himself, and it is extremely powerful!
With an attack of this intensity, even if there was a mid-level evil spirit here, if it ran slowly, it would be blown into powder in an instant!
This is an attack that exceeds the upper limit of the old fishing robot!
Sitting in the administrative center, Cheng Shaofeng looked at the protective shield in the sky with anticipation.
Puff puff puff~~
The bullet entered the protective shield like a stone sinking into the sea, splashing only a few waves before being swallowed up.
After a full minute of ammunition being poured down, the entire protective shield remained as calm as before, with no signs of damage.
The flowing blue light curtain firmly protects the Red City Base.
"Awesome!
!”
If attacks of this magnitude were easily blocked, then it would be possible to block the attacks of a fifth-order domainer...
Cheng Shaofeng now felt truly at peace.
Zero: "Now it is a primary version of the protective shield, with only one layer. On this basis, we can also stack multiple structures, increase the buffer space, and build an energy absorption circulation system..."
"Make it! Keep making it! I just received an order from the Oath Keeper Inheritance. I'll keep making it once the money is in!"
A lot of things happened at the base during this week.
The good news is that there are more orders and more money to make.
The bad news is... players have discovered a big problem during their search for the lost shrine.