Similar to the weapons, the techniques were also drawn from a wheel. There were a total of ten skill books.
[Magma Alchemy Array (Extraordinary)]: Ability to create a magma alchemy array with fire elemental power. Can be used to attack enemies, forge magic equipment, or create magic elixirs.
[Alchemy Puppet Control Technique (Extraordinary)]: Can be used to control alchemy puppets.
[Magic Elixir Maniac (Extraordinary)]: This allows the user to consume multiple magic elixirs at once.
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"Start the draw!" Xia Chengfeng activated the wheel and shouted for it to stop a few seconds later.
The name of a technique appeared behind the needle. It was the [Alchemy Puppet Control Technique (Extraordinary)].
"Puppet control technique... Perfect!" This particular technique Xia Chengfeng got suited him very well.
There were too many threats in the Crypt World, and it was simply impossible for him to avoid danger in this world all the time.
His survival rate would increase immensely if he could use his puppets to scout ahead when he explored dangerous caves or even make them do battle for him!
Now that he had this technique, all he lacked was a design for an alchemy puppet.
As Xia Chengfeng was still reveling in his rewards he obtained for ranking first on the scoreboard, an announcement was once again made an areawide.
System notification: The scoreboard ranking of area 2222 has ended.
: Attention, all players. Two-Star caves may begin to appear in 24 hours.
"What? Two-Star caves are about to spawn? The monsters in these caves must be over Lv10. There's no way we'll be able to defeat them!" It caught the players off guard, as they did not think that the difficulty level of the Crypt World would rise so quickly.
That was not the end of the system notification.
: Mystery caves might also spawn in 24 hours. Mystery caves include special caves such as treasure caves, relics, and ore caves. You can obtain more resources if you explore a mystery cave, but you will also encounter greater risk.
"Mystery caves! I love those!" Xia Chengfeng loved to challenge mystery caves during the closed beta period. He often found good items from those caves.
However, the danger levels in these caves were high. Going in without having an adequate strength level was asking for death!
System Notification: Survivor segregation will be removed in 24 hours. Survivors from the same area might encounter each other. Survivors can choose to cooperate, compete, or even kill each other! (The more survivors gather, the higher their probability of encountering high-level monsters).
The survivors erupted in commotion when the notification was announced.
"Oh f***! Can we finally meet each other?"
"I've been so deprived!"
"If that is the case, wouldn't the players who have joined teams become even more powerful? They can join forces to scout caves?"
"Can I stay in someone else's space bubble?"
"Didn't they say it already? The more people gathered in a group, the higher the probability of them encountering high-level monsters. A group of newbies would probably be annihilated!"
"A chaotic era is about to descend upon us!" Xia Chengfeng muttered and knew that soon the area would no longer be this peaceful.
Having experienced incidents of life and death, the rules of the previous world have collapsed. There would be a cleansing of blood and tears before new rules emerged!
There was a final system notification.
: The area 2222 prosperity scoreboard will be activated in 24 hours. The size of a player's territory, their residents, resources, buildings, and other factors will determine a player's prosperity score. The scoreboard will last a month.
: The players whose prosperity scores are amongst the top 50 will receive corresponding rewards once the scoreboard is consolidated.
: 11th to 50th: Reward [Sand Soldier Guard Lv10] x5, [Seed of the Tree of Life Lv10] x1, [One-Star Teleportation Array Design] x1, [One-Star Any-Path Superb Individual Training Room Design] x1, [Magic Crystal Coin] x100.
: 4th to 10th: Reward [Sand Soldier Guard Lv15] x5, [Seed of the Tree of Life Lv15] x1, [One-Star Teleportation Array Design] x1, [One-Star Any-Path Superb Individual Training Room Design] x1, [Magic Crystal Coin] x1000."
[Sand Soldier Guard] is a magic puppet that can be activated to block off monsters when they encounter a monster invasion.
[Seed of the Tree of Life] can be used to plant the tree of life. Plants would grow faster in a specific area around the tree of life.
The players knew that a superb individual training room allowed a superb individual to improve their power and practice their techniques. It also boosted the training speed of the user.
But the things that attracted the most attention were naturally the rewards for the top three players.
: 3rd: Reward [Sand Soldier Guard Lv16] x5, [Seed of the Tree of Life Lv16] x1, [One-Star Teleportation Array Design] x1, [One-Star Any-Path Superb Individual Training Room Design] x1, [Magic Crystal Coin] x3000, [One-Star Leader Flag (Special Item)] x1, [One-Star Leader Abode Design] x1."
[One-Star Leader Flag (Special Item)]: This flag can only be obtained by exceptional leaders. A leader will experience an increase in physical attributes within its radius. Inhabitants of the territory will also receive an aura that increases their strength, power, elemental perception ability, and wisdom. Living creatures in the territory will receive a boost in status.
[One-Star Leader Abode]: The living quarters of a leader that is protected by a defensive magic array. It can strengthen the durability of the territory's space bubble.
: 2nd: Reward [Sand Soldier Guard Lv18] x8, [Seed of the Tree of Life Lv18] x1, [One-Star Teleportation Array Design] x1, [One-Star Any-Path Superb Individual Training Room Design] x1, [Magic Crystal Coin] x5000, [One-Star Leader Flag (Special Item)] x1, [One-Star Leader Manor Design] x1.
: 1st: Reward [Sand Soldier Guard Lv20] x10, [Seed of the Tree of Life Lv20] x1, [One-Star Teleportation Array Design] x1, [One-Star Any-Path Superb Individual Training Room Design] x1, [Magic Crystal Coin] x10000, [One-Star Leader Flag (Special Item)] x1, [One-Star Leader Castle Design] x1.
"The rewards this time are all targeted toward strengthening a player's territory, and that goes for my space bubble too!" Xia Chengfeng had an idea after he read through the notification.
The appearance of the Two-Star caves and mystery caves undoubtedly meant that the danger level of this world had risen again.
Without sturdy defenses and a robust retaliatory mechanism, it would be hard for players to fend off large-scale monster invasions on their territories.
Xia Chengfeng had experienced this in the past. The tauren elder easily destroyed the traps that he had set.
"My goal this time is still to be number one! I want everything. The sand soldiers, teleportation formation, training room, leader flag, leader castle... Everything!" Xia Chengfeng swore to himself.
"The rewards on the prosperity scoreboard have been set up for our team!" Wu Rui cried, elated when he saw the rewards. He instantly left a message in the group: Have you guys seen that? If we get enough rewards and set up teleportation arrays within our space bubbles, we will become the top association of survivors in area 2222 in every sense of the word!
Yu Pengfei also rallied the players in the Sector 2222 Mutual Assistance Association with this text: Players, we might have failed on the scoreboard, but everyone has an opportunity on the glory scoreboard. We will increase our prosperity level as long as we build up our territories. Work hard, all of you!
Yang Yong rallied his members in the group chat: The leader castle that is awarded to the player ranked first belongs to us, Xingyuan! We will lord over Area 2222!
: We can now form parties. We will toss those players who have fought independently in the past behind us!
He was referring to Breeze, of course. He still held a grudge over how he had been overtaken on the scoreboard. He thought his victory was assured until he was overtaken by Breeze right at the end. It made him feel very humiliated.
There was a constant stream of discussion in the area forum. Some players had already realized that the dangers would not only come from monsters, but also other players.
Without the rule of law, who knew what the other players would do when they encountered them? There have been many negative examples throughout human history.
: I want to join a team! Can I register now?
: I hope everyone can be more harmonious and not kill each other!
: Why are Two-Star caves appearing so soon? I can't even beat One Star caves!
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"24 hours? It's time to make my preparations!" Xia Chengfeng said to himself, then started to build his territory. His space bubble had become a mess after his previous tauren hunt.