Obtained: Full set of Holy See Knights Order armor ×1, complete human skeleton ×1
Extracting energy...
Extraction complete. You have obtained 60% of the Life Energy from this kill, totaling 134 points.
"Dead?"
Seeing this, Ye Qian did not know what to say.
Chen Ning, on the other hand, seemed a little surprised. "What did he do to you at the end?"
"It seemed... like he transferred some Life Energy to me." Ye Qian looked strange, but did not mention her increased light resistance.
However, judging from the current situation, this was extremely dangerous.
From his memories alone, she could tell that The Holy See in this world was far from simple.
This Knight had merely been an ordinary soldier among them, yet he had still crushed everyone present despite being seriously injured.
Besides, Ye Qian was not originally a human of this world, so there was even less chance she would help them.
In fact, the information she had learned went far beyond that.
For example, The Holy See had always been creating undead. They believed that ordinary people were sinful and could not ascend to heaven after death. To spare them from falling into hell, The Church transformed the dead into undead, allowing them to fight for God in that form. That way, after the undead fell, they might still have a chance to enter heaven.
This Knight had been saved by The Holy See during a disaster that wiped out his entire family, after which he became a devout Knight. But he had accidentally obtained information revealing that the disaster had been orchestrated by The Holy See. His family had not died at all; they had been secretly turned into undead test subjects and imprisoned in a dungeon.
"So, in the end... he attacked us for no reason because he saw us commanding undead, and since he had once been hunted by The Holy See, he mistook us for enemies?" Chen Ning let out a sigh of relief, still shaken. "We almost got wiped out."
"This place is probably far from The Holy See's actual sphere of control, so we shouldn't need to worry about pursuers arriving for now. Even if they do come, there probably won't be many of them. But for safety's sake, we still need to grow stronger quickly. For example, we should synthesize more Skeletons." Ye Qian stood up from the ground and patted her slightly dirty little dress.
Honestly, she had been a little scared just now, but thankfully the outcome had been pretty good.
Originally, she had planned to land the final blow and obtain the most Life Energy possible. She had not expected that guy to willingly give his power to her instead.
"Then let's all keep developing."
"Oh, right, the chat group I mentioned opened up." Ye Qian glanced at Chen Ning. "What's this thing for?"
"You mean this? It's a place for communication. It probably divides players into different chat areas. You can choose a nickname and talk in there, and you can also trade face-to-face."
"I see."
Ye Qian understood. It was a great place to buy and sell things.
She immediately opened the chat group and took a look. Sure enough, quite a few people were talking inside.
[I Am Really Not A Loli: Big shots, my luck exploded today! I got a rare summoning card!] [Don't Eat Tofu: Holy shit, that's awesome, Loli! Does that mean you can add another ancient hero? Why don't I ever have that kind of luck?] [I Am Not A Loli: Shut up. Don't call me Loli.] [Da Da Da: The Main World is still better. If you develop well, at least you have a chance to survive safely. I really don't want to go to some crappy dungeon.] [Juice: If you develop well in the Main World and raise your strength, the dungeon's production rate can also increase. The worst off are those who never got the Main World. They've been struggling in spatial dungeons from the start. It's miserable.] [Clear Lake: Does anyone have defensive building blueprints? Is anyone willing to trade?] [Dog: I do. Take a look and see if it's what you want.] [...]
"Looks like there are really quite a lot of people."
Ye Qian gave herself a nickname: Xiao Qian.
Then she looked at Chen Ning. "Are trades between players necessary?"
"Yes. A lot of things players don't need are useful to others if sold. But most good things are expensive. We've already spent all the Copper Coins we accumulated at the start on what we needed. If we want good things, we have to buy them. There are also housing blueprints and all kinds of tools. Who knows how long it would take to get them through drops alone? Buying them is the fastest way to get them."
"Got it." Ye Qian understood. Making money was still the way to go.
Daily Development
After this incident, everyone felt a sense of crisis.
Just like when Chen Ning's whole team had been wiped out and he had no choice but to start a second round, a new spawn point was not necessarily safe either.
Therefore, it was necessary to build up the home's defenses, expand slowly, and especially add buildings capable of dealing with powerful enemies.
Of course, at their current stage, the main priority was still increasing the number of Arrow Towers.
Ye Qian picked up an axe and began chopping down trees nearby.
After discussing it, the group decided to fence off an area and capture rabbits and other wild animals from the surroundings to raise them.
"For making money, you could try using your feet to Purification the Pollution from beast meat and sell it." Chen Ning said this with a straight face.
"What the hell do you mean, use my feet? I can use my hands too, okay?" Ye Qian rolled her eyes at him. Then she saw Lan Xinyu secretly laughing nearby and immediately ran over to give her a light knock on the head.
The Purification ability was extremely effective, and it mainly worked on flesh, liquids, and certain things with special Pollution.
Ye Qian tried placing a finger on a wolf corpse. Before long, she obtained meat without Pollution.
"How much should I list it for?"
"You can check what others are charging. Completely unpolluted meat is very rare, so it sells for a high price."
So Ye Qian searched around and found that the price was roughly 20 Copper Coins per kilogram.
For a consumable like food, that was indeed rather expensive.
The wolf in her hands had around 36 kilograms of meat in total. If she wanted to sell it quickly, the best way was to lower the price slightly. They were not short on the stuff anyway, and selling it cheaply would let it move fast.
She directly posted a screenshot in the chat group, along with some text:
[Xiao Qian: Highly purified, pollution-free wolf meat. 18 Copper Coins per kilogram. DM me if you want some.]
After waiting a few seconds...
[Q Fim: Wow, completely pollution-free? Really? 18 Copper Coins?] [High Sugar Cola: Buy buy buy! I already sent a private message.] [Trust Me, I'm a newbie: Put it in the trading area. I'll go grab some.] [I Am Really Not A Pervert: Miss, can I lick you? prprpr~~~] ...
That High Sugar Cola, along with several others, sent private messages at the same time to buy some.
Ye Qian opened his message.
[High Sugar Cola: Wow, miss, your avatar is so cute. You must be super pretty in real life! Are you willing to sell to me? I can add 1 Copper Coin and buy 3 kilograms.]
"Avatar?"
She saw that his avatar was an anime-style boy with glasses, while hers was...
An anime-style girl.
"Isn't that just me?"
Did it turn their real appearance into an anime-style image and use that as an avatar?
In other words, did the avatar represent the real person behind it?
Thoughtfully, she replied with a single word. "Okay."
There was a trade option right beside her. Both sides made their payments, then clicked confirm.
Part of the meat vanished, and 95 Copper Coins clattered to the ground before her.
[High Sugar Cola: Pretty miss, can I add you as a friend?]
Seeing that her friend list was full, she replied, "Sorry, my friend list is full."
[High Sugar Cola: Ah, I'm tearing up.]
Although she did not want to say anything, her real-life appearance was far prettier than this anime version. The avatar was probably generated automatically by the system.
After trading with several others, all the meat had unexpectedly sold out.
The chat group was full of praise, with people saying it was the least polluted meat they had seen since arriving in this world.
This left Ye Qian very satisfied.
Her income of 635 Copper Coins was ultimately converted into 6 Silver Coins and 35 Copper Coins.
"You keep the money. It's your decision." Chen Ning said indifferently.
It would all be used for the territory anyway.
"Then let's buy some tools and simple equipment, and save the rest for now. Even slightly better things on the market are so expensive."
Ye Qian spent 3 Silver Coins to buy 3 [Ordinary Iron Swords], along with some arrows. Lan Xinyu was still the same as always and would not let Ye Qian climb up to load the arrows. In short, she would not let Chen Ning take advantage of her eyes.
Lastly, they placed the human soldier who had fled from The Holy See, along with the teammate who had died at the beginning, into the Skeleton Nest and cultivated two humanoid Skeletons.
The Holy See soldier was directly maxed out at LV10.
Combat Unit: Human Skeleton Warrior LV: 10 (Elite) Skills: Intermediate Rank Swordsmanship Mastery, Blade of Light (Green), Rapid Assault Slash
"Just as expected, very strong."
The other one was much worse—LV1, with no skills at all. Truly worthy of being a shut-in.
Of course, these undead did not possess the souls they had in life. They were merely Skeletons that had developed new, rudimentary wills. Though they should have been buried, everyone still decided to let their fallen teammate's bones work alongside them and help build some facilities.
After two hours of work, using the wooden walls built nearby and after replanning the area, a zone specifically for raising animals was finally completed.
Lan Xinyu began cutting down more trees, preparing to build a second ring of walls. That way, even if the outer ring was blown apart by attacking Gray Wolves, the creatures inside would not escape.
Meanwhile, Ye Qian went around looking for rabbits.
She deliberately avoided dangerous areas and took two Skeleton Wolves on a stroll. After dealing with one Gray Wolf along the way, Ye Qian returned with several rabbits.
She spent 780 Life Energy to raise herself to LV12. Her physical abilities were already nothing like before, but upon closer examination, no qualitative transformation had occurred.
She could be certain that if she wanted to become truly strong, she would likely have to cross the threshold of LV20. Or perhaps she could split into a huge number of clones later, rely on luck, and see whether any universal skills stacked onto her main body.
Everyone worked until nightfall. Using hammers, chisels, nails, and other tools bought from the chat group and trading space, they built a crude wooden cabin.
"Ah, we finally have somewhere to live." Looking at the tiny cabin, which was only three square meters, Lan Xinyu nearly teared up. Standing on the wooden floor, she happily flopped down.
Ye Qian sat beside her as well.
"Hehe, little Ye Qian, can I hug you?" Lan Xinyu suddenly sat up, her eyes shining as she asked. She even wiped away some drool.
"Uh..." Ye Qian warily backed away a few centimeters. "What are you trying to do?"
"Nothing. Just a hug. I absolutely don't have any ulterior thoughts."
Ye Qian: "Emmmm..."
At that moment, Chen Ning arrived at the doorway as well.
"Ahem, boys should stay outside." Lan Xinyu immediately changed her attitude. "I'm fine, but I'm afraid you might turn into a beast in the middle of the night and start getting handsy with cute little Ye Qian."
Chen Ning did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Fine. I'll sleep outside."
He shook his head, muttered, "Someone has to keep watch anyway," and walked out.
Dragon Loli
At night, countless stars filled the vast, boundless sky.
Ye Qian watched this unimaginably magnificent sight and slowly drifted to sleep.
Then she slept poorly the entire night.
The reason was that Lan Xinyu, beside her, had directly treated her like a doll and held her in her arms. Even in her dreams, she would occasionally pet her.
Though she did not want to admit it, compared to Lan Xinyu, she was truly tiny. Ye Qian quietly wriggled around for a long time before finally moving away from Lan Xinyu's arm and breaking free.
After that... she finally slept peacefully until the latter half of the night.
The next morning.
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