Chapter 3: The Ring of Life

What worries Xiao Lingtian the most is the reward for completing that task - opening the Ring of Life. Xiao Lingtian didn't know anything about what the Life Ring was, but judging from the name alone, it looked very awesome.

Xiao Lingtian shifted his consciousness to the Life Ring, and immediately, he found that a very beautiful-looking dark gold ring appeared on the middle finger of his left hand, which was originally empty. I don't know what material the ring is made of, and it is engraved with intricate and exquisite patterns, and the overall look has a very simple feeling.

Xiao Lingtian raised his middle finger at the sky, and when he put his spirit into the Life Ring, he suddenly felt a strong suction force coming from the Life Ring, and after a brief feeling of weightlessness, Xiao Lingtian found himself on a vast grassland.

It's just that in this vast grassland, there is nothing but endless weeds. Just as Xiao Lingtian was turning his head to look around, suddenly a kind voice sounded from behind him: "Welcome, holder of the Ring of Life!" ”

"Holy!" Xiao Lingtian was taken aback, and after habitually bursting out with a foul word, he immediately turned around and saw a silver-haired and silver-bearded old man who looked very much like a wise man in Western society standing behind him with a smile on his face.

"Dead old man! Did you know that people are scary and scared to death? Xiao Lingtian didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, and there was a burst of complaining at the exit, and the fingers of this product almost poked the old man's nose.

"I don't know! And I'm not human! The old man didn't know whether he was stupid or deliberate, but he smiled gently.

It's just that Xiao Lingtian thinks that this old man is deliberate, especially the gentle smile on the old man's face, which makes him feel angry no matter how he looks at it!

Gritting his teeth and grinding his teeth for a while, Xiao Lingtian still resisted the urge to punch the old man in the face.

"I don't beat the old man, I don't beat the old man, I don't beat the old man......" Xiao Lingtian recited dozens of articles to himself before he put down his hand pointing at the old man.

"What are you not human?" Listening to the old man's angry answer, Xiao Lingtian asked angrily.

"I am the steward of the Ring of Life! Well, you can understand me as a machine spirit, although I'm not that low-level thing! The old man replied with a leisurely smile.

The old man waved his hand, and an elegant coffee table appeared between the two of them out of thin air. The old man waved his hand again, and an elegant chair of unknown material appeared under his own buttocks.

I don't know if the old man did it on purpose, he waved his hand slowly, and a group of very elegant tea sets appeared on the coffee table in turn, as well as a can of fragrant tea made of rattan, but he waved and waved, Xiao Lingtian's eyes were sour, and he didn't see his old man waving a chair for him.

"Holy! Isn't it playing Lao Tzu! This time, Xiao Lingtian learned to be obedient, and this sentence was scolded in his heart!

After waiting for a long time, the old man waved a chair for Xiao Lingtian as if he had suddenly realized, but it looked like the kind of wooden chair in the park that had decayed due to time, and it had no beauty at all, but was ugly and abnormal.

"The strong dragon doesn't suppress the head snake, the strong dragon doesn't press the head snake......" Xiao Lingtian was sure that this thing must be deliberately angry with himself, and he muttered dozens of words "The strong dragon does not press the head snake" before he barely held back his anger.

It's just that after Xiao Lingtian sat down, he found that the chair under his buttocks had become the same elegant and beautiful wedge as the old man, and said with a smile: "Okay, just kidding, if you have any questions, just ask!" ”

"First of all, old man, what's your name?" Xiao Lingtian finally squeezed out a smile that was more ugly than crying, and asked in a deep voice.

"A name or something, it's just a mark, if you like it, call me old man!" The old man could see it, and directly regarded "old man" as his name.

"Well, old man, then let me ask you, what is the Ring of Life?" It seemed that calling the old man "old man" made Xiao Lingtian's anger disappear a lot, and he asked calmly.

"The Ring of Life, it's an amazing thing! As long as you can provide the template and energy, you can create almost any form of life. Of course, non-living things are not a problem. Speaking of the Ring of Life, the old man seemed to be in spirit, and his voice was a little excited.

"Life in all its forms? Could it be that I misunderstood, this is not a system similar to Heroes of Might and Magic IV? Xiao Lingtian thought to himself.

"Can Transformers be made?" Xiao Lingtian stared at the old man's eyes and asked domineeringly.

"Yes!" The old man replied without hesitation.

"Then make me one right away!" Xiao Lingtian was excited now, he was a fan of transforming gold and steel!

"Please provide a template!" The old man's answer was simple and straightforward!

"Holy! Where can I find a deformed steel for you to use as a template! That's a character from a movie! Xiao Lingtian couldn't hold back any longer, and a foul word broke out directly.

"Okay, I won't ask, tell me yourself, what can the Ring of Life be made now?" Xiao Lingtian said weakly.

The old man didn't answer directly, he then waved, and a long screen similar to a list of items appeared in front of Xiao Lingtian.

The things listed above are densely packed, and Xiao Lingtian roughly estimated that there are at least nearly a thousand pieces. However, then, Xiao Lingtian sadly found that among these dense items, only three icons were bright, and the others were all dead gray.

If you think about it with your ass, those gray things must be impossible to make at the moment. Xiao Lingtian didn't care about them, he first focused his attention on the three icons that lit up.

One of the icons is exactly the same as the image of a farmer in Hero Invincible IV that Xiao Lingtian has played, and it is also the appearance of a farmer holding a pitchfork.

Xiao Lingtian set his eyes on the peasant's icon, and as expected, a detailed description of the peasant appeared in front of him.

Peasants: From the template in the Heroes of Might and Magic IV game, honest farmers are the cornerstone of the human empire, and their hard work is able to provide you with a large ocean of taxes every day.

It is explained that before the construction of the Farmer's Cottage, the Life Ring cost 40 merit points for each adult farmer (who can freely choose their gender); After building a peasant hut, it is possible to create a peasant for only 4 merit points.

"Holy! The difference between building a farmer's hut and not building a farmer's hut is also too great! The classic national scolding in Xiao Lingtian's mouth was exported again.

There are two lit up icons left, one of which is a pitchfork in the farmer's hand. In fact, it is precisely the option to produce the farmer's weapon, the pitchfork. On the other hand, it is a peasant thatched hut that can greatly reduce the merit value required to make a farmer.

It's just that building a peasant thatched hut actually requires as much as 4,000 merit points! Note that merit is not merit.

Now, Xiao Lingtian doesn't have to say 4,000 points, even 4 points of merit he can't pay.

"Old man, how can I get merit points?" Xiao Lingtian asked weakly.

"Whether merit is worth it or not, it is naturally obtained by doing meritorious deeds. To put it simply, it is to save people and do good deeds! The old man took a sip of fragrant tea and said leisurely.

"How much merit can be gained by saving a person." His current merit value is zero, which is a major matter related to his future survival, Xiao Lingtian asked with concern.

"Well, it depends on who is saved. It also depends on how grateful the person is to you. To put it simply, if you save a person who is worth 100 merits for what you humans can do, and he is very grateful to you and sees you as his god of recreation, then you will receive 100 merits. And so on, if he doesn't appreciate you that much, the merit points he can get will be reduced! ”

The old man patiently explained: "As for this specific value, the Ring of Life will make an evaluation, you don't have to worry about this." ”

"What about doing good deeds? Does helping the old lady cross the road counts? "Saving people's lives, after all, is not something that can be encountered every day, so let's ask about the way to do good deeds first.

"Count!" The old man's answer was short and forceful.

"How much merit can be obtained by that support." Xiao Lingtian asked.

"It depends on the need for support and how grateful the old lady is for helping, and you can get about 0.1 to 0.5 merit points." It was about the future development of the Ring of Life holder, and the old man's answer was very detailed.

"Also, let me remind you that if you can get a person to believe in you, then you can get a steady stream of merit points for your faith!" The old man added.

"Faith or something, let's talk about it later, at the moment I don't know much about the situation outside, so let's think about how to survive first." Xiao Lingtian thought weakly.

"Judging from the list you provided me, it seems that all the creatures, warriors, buildings, items, and other things in the Heroes of Might and Magic IV game can be crafted, so how do I light up these gray icons?" Xiao Lingtian asked another crucial question.

"This is the template that the Ring of Life has obtained, and as long as you reach a certain level, you can build the corresponding buildings or directly create the corresponding items and creatures." The old man explained.

"Permissions? What permissions? How do I elevate my permissions? Xiao Lingtian blurted out a few questions in a row.

"Authority is your merit level. You already know the privileges of the third-class soldier, and you can only make peasants, the weapons used by peasants, and the peasant huts that reduce the merit points required to make peasants. ”

The old man patiently continued to explain, "The privileges of the privates will unlock new templates, including the creature templates for the Demon Sons and Skeletons in Heroes of Might and Magic IV, as well as the weapons they use and the buildings that recruit them. ”

"As for the first-class soldier, when you raise your authority to a second-class soldier, you will naturally know." Speaking of this, the old man sold a pass.