Chapter 2: The Tower of Choice and the Merchant's Shop
The time in the pixel world is now 8:19 p.m., which is the same as the world where Lu Nan is located.
The time system in this world is the same as in the real world.
But the moon is clearly different.
Pulling the camera up, you can see that the pixel moon in the sky is dark red, the light is dim, and the view on the ground is poor.
Lu Nan operated the lord and stopped at the gate of the territory.
His vision could only see a few meters in front of him, and such a vision was not only undetectable, but also dangerous.
Gotta find a way to solve the problem of darkness.
Lu Nan saw the dead branch and picked it up.
"Try to make a torch?"
He cut to the first perspective, walked up to the ignorant skeleton, left-clicked his hand, and inserted a branch into the eye socket of one of the ignorant skeletons.
After a while.
The dead branches showed no signs of burning.
It seems that the Dead Soul Fire is not really fire, but just a manifestation of the transcendent substance.
Lu Nan withdrew the branch and looked around again.
How does this solve the problem of lighting?
Is it possible to skip time? Shift the time to daylight?
As soon as Lu Nan's thought fell, a faint white light suddenly lit up around him.
On the lord unit, the soul fire became brighter.
Lu Nan was slightly surprised.
He didn't operate, and the unit actually began to light up on its own?
Something strange.
But after thinking for a moment, Lu Nan felt that some special mechanism might have been triggered.
"It's kind of interesting."
With the lighting, Lu Nan's field of vision has expanded a lot.
Moreover, the light should also have some deterrent effect on the beast at night.
Lu Nan controlled the character, went out of the territory, and began to explore.
Outside the territory is a flat field, and the ground is dark soil.
Lu Nan walked for about 1 minute, and soon saw a pixel-style grass, approached it, and took a closer look.
The height of this grass is just as high as Lu Nan's ankles, and the leaves are slender, with a total of six leaves.
Every once in a while, it emits a faint light green mist that is almost invisible.
This should be the living supernatural substance.
When Lu Nan observed it, next to it, an option popped up.
[Do you activate the talent "reincarnation"?] γ
Lu Nan chose yes.
Try converting.
In the first person, the Pixel Lord unit reached out, and a grayish-white mist enveloped the grass.
A moment later.
The grass did not change, but it released a light green supernatural element that turned gray.
It seems that this is dead air.
Lu Nan also saw that there was an additional information interface next to this "undead grass".
He dragged the mouse and clicked on the interface.
[The undead six-leaf clover, which can provide extremely weak death qi, will wither after 3 months.] γ
[Undead units do not die in the sense of life, but they also wither.] γ
Lu Nan has a lot of experience in games, and thought to himself: "It seems that we have to convert long-lived trees as much as possible, so that we can save the number of conversions." β
"I don't know if these plants will produce seeds after becoming undead."
"If you don't produce seeds, you can stock up on some normal trees to propagate and transform them at any time."
Lu Nan thought about it as he moved forward, walked for about 3 minutes, and found a lonely tree.
The vicinity of the territory seems to be affected by the aura of the undead, and the number of plants is scarce.
The pixel-style leaves look like fir trees.
Lu Nan spent 1 chance to transform the tree into an undead unit.
[Undead fir tree, which can provide a small amount of dead air, will wither after 1 year]
It's really a cedar tree.
The lifespan of fir trees, Lu Nan has heard that the long-lived fir trees can live for hundreds of years.
After transforming into an undead, it can only exist for 1 year.
Two ignorant skeletons have no lifespan limit.
Lu Nan thought about it and felt that the setting might be that plants could not produce soul fire, so their lifespan became less after transformation.
"It's okay, just plant more trees."
Lu Nan did not dwell on the lifespan of the cedar tree, but considered whether the tree could be transplanted.
In the vicinity of the territory of the undead, the plants cannot grow normally, and if you want to let these dead qi collect into the territory, transplanting is inevitable.
However, there is no [port] option in the game, and there is no backpack.
Lu Nan cut into the first-person perspective and began to dig the ground.
It's really good.
The pixel-style slag was dug out and piled up next to it, and it looked like it could be picked up.
Pick them all up.
I don't know what to do, but it's always okay to stock up.
The tree is not very tall and the root system is not very deep.
Lu Nan dug down about half a meter, and really dug down the tree.
The whole process took less than 10 minutes.
Lu Nan also has a general understanding of the attributes of the lord unit.
3 points of strength, it seems that it is already a lot stronger than a normal adult man.
The body hardness is also very high, and it is no problem to dig the pit with your bare hands.
Lu Nan changed direction and went to the back of the tree, wanting to rely on the lord to squeeze the tree and push it to the periphery of the territory.
However, as the lord approached the undead fir tree, he suddenly reached out and grabbed it on his own.
Lu Nan was slightly surprised, tried to move, and found that he could drag this undead fir tree.
The design of this game is kind of interesting.
Can you guess what the player is going to do and interact without instructions?
Lu Nan dragged the cedar tree to the side of the territory, dug a pit, and planted it.
In the process of planting trees, when Lu Nan was also thinking about how to plant them, the lord unit took action on its own.
The ignorant skeleton next to him was picking up materials.
From time to time, it cast its gaze, as if it was curious about what Lu Nan was doing.
However, when Lu Nan looked back at it, it quickly looked away and walked faster.
"If you have time, you can come to be a supervisor, which should make the labor efficiency better."
Lu Nan thought as he looked at the undead fir tree planted in front of him.
Once it was dug up, it stopped releasing dead air.
The principle of action of undead plants is the same as that of ordinary plants, they must be planted and survive normally in order to play a role.
If it can release the dead air again, then the transplant should be successful.
But for a short time, it didn't seem to be slowing down.
Lu Nan didn't wait, after all, the time after work is precious, especially working overtime for half a month, and he has to go to work tomorrow, so he has to go to bed early today.
Let's go exploring.
Lu Nan operated the lord, left the territory, and continued to the west.
After walking for about 10 minutes, the trees around him gradually increased, and it seemed that the influence of the undead supernatural elements had become less.
Occasionally, you can hear the cries of wild beasts.
There was some low grass in the distance.
Lu Nan felt that it was not wise to enter such a place at night.
Maybe there's something like a snake inhabiting it.
Some of the grasses are also very dark in color and look like they are poisonous.
Let's take a look in a different direction.
Lu Nan turned back towards the territory and glanced at the time by the way.
It's already 9 o'clock, and the garbage in Lu Nan's house has been piled up for many days, so I have to throw it away, and then I almost have to sleep.
Halfway through.
An exclamation point appears in the bottom right corner of the screen.
Lu Nan clicked and took a look.
[Your building "Warehouse" has been built, your territory has become more powerful, and all Lord's stats have been increased by 0.1.] γ
[New buildings have been unlocked, and you can now build Towers of Choice, Merchant Shops, and more graveyards.] γ
[Please go to the Lord's Cottage to check the building conditions and architectural effects of the new building.] γ
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"The new building actually increases the lord's attributes?"
Lu Nan was a little surprised, and opened the card page of the lord unit to take a look.
Sure enough, the attributes, including health, transcendence, luck, and charisma, all increased by 0.1.
3 points of strength is beyond the level of normal adults, and the bonus of 0.1 is actually not less.
Lu Nan was very satisfied.
At the same time, Lu Nan had a little more understanding: "In this game, there should be similar hidden bonuses. β
"Exploration is also an important part."
Lu Nan thought as he hurried back to the territory.
Approaching the territory, Lu Nan was pleasantly surprised to find that the transplanted [Undead Fir Tree] had begun to spit out a faint death qi.
"The transplant should have been a success."
"The plan to hoard trees works!"
"But the labor force is too small, can't this game recruit new units?"
Lu Nan thought about it and walked to the side of the warehouse.
The two ignorant skeletons were standing in front of the warehouse in a daze, and when they saw Lu Nan, they wanted to kneel down again.
Lu Nan wanted to find them some more work, so he walked to the lord's hut and clicked [View Building].
An interface pops up with two lit buildings on it.
[Tower of Choice: Death is not the end, people or things with obsessions will enter the hidden place, waiting for the opportunity to become another kind of existence.
After completing the Tower of Choice (Level 1), 3 cards will be refreshed every day at 6 AM, and you can get any of them for free.
Consume a certain amount of Transcendental Stones, and you can purchase the rest of the cards after the free opportunities are exhausted.
Consuming a certain amount of transcendent stones, you can refresh 3 cards, and the transcendent stones consumed by each refresh will increase, and they will reset at 6 a.m. the next day. γ
(Construction time: 3 hours.) οΌ
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γMerchant's Shop: Discerning merchants need a suitable place to come to your territory to do business.
After completing the Merchant Shop (Tier 1), there is a chance to trigger the random event "Visiting Merchant".
The merchant will bring 10 items and will buy some of the items they need from you, so be cautious about trading with the cunning merchants. γ
(Construction time: 1 hour)
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The first time the building seems to be protected by a novice, and it can be built directly with very few materials required.
The soul fire of the two ignorant skeletons has 35 points left each, and they can act for three and a half hours.
Lu Nan chose the Tower of Choice, let the two ignorant skeletons act, and began to build.