Chapter 59: Chapter 59: Earth Dragon Migration
Chen Fan climbed onto the ruins of the City Wall. He looked at the busy crowd in the camp, his hands resting on the battlements as he gazed silently at the calm horizon.
He named this migration plan "Earth Dragon Migration."
For some reason,
he really liked naming the things he did. It didn’t have much meaning; it was simply to help him remember the event. That way, if he were to face death one day, he wouldn’t feel like his life had been for nothing.
Including him, there were nine people in the camp.
And besides him,
everyone was very busy.
Big Fish, one of Wang Mazi’s former subordinates, wasn’t out gathering resources with Zhou Mo like he was yesterday. Instead, he had joined the dissection crew, quickly digging Ghost Stones out of the Ghost Corpses.
Qi Chong, along with his pig-farming brother, Ah Le, was sorting through the intact resources in the camp’s Warehouse. They were also transplanting the Meat Ghost Mother and Child Species from the Farmland that hadn’t been destroyed last night, preparing to take them to the new base.
Lame Monkey went into the ruins of the Wooden Houses in the city to stuff pots, pans, bowls, clothes, and other items into ceramic vats.
The bodies of the Mourning Ghosts left after they split contained no Ghost Stones.
But the corpses themselves were still useful.
There were over a thousand Mourning Ghost corpses. They definitely couldn’t take all of them. They could only bring a portion to use as fertilizer for the Farmland, while the rest would all be used for sacrifice.
"Haaa..."
Chen Fan let out a soft breath and wasted no more time. He walked toward the Sacrificial Tower in the center of the ruined camp. The tower was still intact, and Wang Mazi’s former men were rapidly moving the corpses, now stripped of their Ghost Stones, to its side.
The entire camp was a hive of activity, bustling under the gloomy, rainy sky.
Moving the corpses was an exhausting process.
There were over a thousand corpses here, and moving them would take a significant amount of time. He glanced down at the Ghost Map in his hand, estimating the travel time to the Natural Ghost Fire Zone to the north.
Moving was no easy task.
Especially when there was such a large battlefield to clean up.
...
「Two hours later.」
「Around noon.」
Everyone had worked almost without a break, not stopping to eat or rest.
This was where being a Level 2 Cultivator proved its worth. Zhou Mo’s stamina was clearly a cut above the rest. Fortunately, they had all consumed the physique-enhancing Monkey Head Mushrooms a few days prior, so they weren’t on the verge of collapsing from exhaustion.
"..."
Chen Fan gazed at the seven-story, miniature Sacrificial Tower next to the Wooden House ruins. It stood about a meter tall and was made of bluestone.
Sacrifice Ghost Corpses to obtain special resources.
The stronger and more numerous the Ghost Corpses, the higher the value of the special resources obtained.
Most of the Ghost Corpses from the creatures he had killed these past few days had been skinned, bled out, and then offered to this Sacrificial Tower, but he hadn’t received any special resources yet.
There was a progress bar on the tower’s panel.
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198/500 Sacrificial Points.
Upon completion of the current sacrifice, you will receive one Green Level special resource.
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The first time he had sacrificed, the progress bar required 100 Sacrificial Points. He had thrown in 100 Ordinary Ghost Corpses, quickly filling the bar. If he had chosen to complete the sacrifice then, he would have received one White Level special resource.
But he had stopped.
He had suddenly realized that reaching 500 Sacrificial Points wasn’t that difficult, and doing so would grant him a Green Level item.
The corpse of a Qiu Kui had contributed 20 Sacrificial Points.
His original plan had been to save up 500 Sacrificial Points before completing the sacrifice.
But...
Now, they had to move, and the Sacrificial Tower couldn’t be taken with them. Naturally, the unfinished sacrificial progress couldn’t be carried over either, so he planned to complete the sacrifice before leaving.
As one Ghost Corpse after another was thrown before the Sacrificial Tower,
the bodies began to melt rapidly. Like they were hit by the self-destructing attack of a Meat Worm Ghost, they turned into an odorless, viscous liquid that was absorbed by the tower. The Sacrificial Tower, originally made entirely of bluestone, slowly began to change.
The first layer of the tower quickly turned a milky white.
And as the progress bar rose, the second layer was gradually covered in an eerie green.
Soon!
The 500 Sacrificial Points milestone was reached.
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500/2000 Sacrificial Points.
Upon completion of the current sacrifice, you will receive one Yellow Level special resource.
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"A Yellow Level..."
Chen Fan was slightly stunned. This was the first time he had ever seen anything of the Yellow Level. If he completed the sacrifice now, he could get a Green Level special resource. If he did this several more times, he could get several Green Level special resources.
Green was already a high Level.
He didn’t have many Green Level Exotic Treasures on hand at the moment.
But Yellow...
He had truly never seen one, and he desperately wanted it.
He was still short 1,500 Sacrificial Points, which meant he needed 1,500 Ordinary Ghost Corpses. He definitely didn’t have enough. Lame Monkey and the others had already tallied the exact number of Ghost Corpses, even counting the ones from the Farmland that hadn’t fully decomposed yet.
They only had 1,320 Ghost Corpses in total.
He was still short 180 Sacrificial Points.
He could either interrupt the sacrifice now and leave with a Green Level Exotic Treasure, or leave now and come back to this site later to complete it.
"Bring me the corpse of that Mourning Ghost leader," Chen Fan ordered Lame Monkey, who was standing beside him.
’Even though I can’t see a Ghost Object’s specific Level,’ he thought, ’it was one of the Ghost King’s four great leaders. Maybe it’s worth 180 Sacrificial Points?’
Soon, the Mourning Ghost leader’s corpse was brought over.
He tossed it in front of the Sacrificial Tower.
The sacrifice was completed.
He received 50 Sacrificial Points.
...
Chen Fan laughed out loud.
He suddenly found the splitting-type Mourning Ghosts to be utterly adorable. It would be great if he could run into more of them in the future. One leader’s corpse was worth 50 Sacrificial Points, and he had 15 more such Mourning Ghost leader corpses.
All of them had split off from that one Mourning Ghost leader.
’Let’s continue the sacrifice!’
Soon, all the Ghost Corpses had been thrown before the Sacrificial Tower. The sacrificial progress quickly reached 1850 points. After tossing in another 3 Mourning Ghost leader corpses, the progress bar landed precisely, no more and no less, at 2000 Sacrificial Points.
The third layer of the Sacrificial Tower also turned a pale yellow.
He completed the sacrifice.
The three colors on the tower’s exterior quickly faded, returning it to its original bluestone appearance. The sound of whirring mechanisms came from within, and a box popped out of the top. Resting on it was a... Building Blueprint, as thin as a cicada’s wing.
"..."
Chen Fan picked up the Yellow Level Building Blueprint. A flash of shock crossed his eyes, but he couldn’t suppress his excitement and broke into a wide grin.
All the buildings in his current camp were White Level.
He didn’t even have any Green Level buildings.
And now!
He had directly obtained a Yellow Level Building Blueprint.
Special resources came in many types, such as Ghost Stones, Exotic Treasures, Ghost Materials, and Building Blueprints. Among all special resources, Building Blueprints were without a doubt the most valuable. His luck was excellent. With this blueprint, he could better develop his rear base in the north.
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Exotic Treasure Name: Vehicle Workshop
Exotic Treasure Level: Yellow
Exotic Treasure Effect: A Building Blueprint that can be used to construct various Vehicles.
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The description was extremely simple, yet it contained a wealth of information.
He crushed the Building Blueprint. Soon after, he saw a new constructible building appear on his Lord panel.
Vehicle Workshop.
