What Do You Call a Nouveau Riche?!
Asymmetrical furniture with an obsessive-compulsive style, underwater villas built inside giant water tanks, a burial ground style entirely constructed of skeletons, bizarre structures formed from aggregated fleshy tentacles...
Among the various oddly shaped and uniquely styled villa samples, less than a third conformed to normal human aesthetics. After glancing at those strange styles to broaden her horizons, Feng Xue finally chose a Suzhou-style Garden villa.
After the general template was finalized, the next thing to pop up was a selection of various furniture items, from wardrobes and beds to Electrical Appliance and even bathtubs and toilets. The sheer volume of items made Feng Xue's decision-making anxiety kick in.
Fortunately, there was an option to automatically match furniture to the villa, so it didn't give him too much of a headache.
However, the real headache came after that.
What books should I put on the bookshelf? How should I set up the practice room? What consoles should I install in the game room? What games should I play?
Feng Xue put a lot of thought into these things that directly affected her quality of life, and by the time she finished, it was already noon.
Looking at the villas rising from the ground, the trees and lawns growing wildly as if time had accelerated, and the koi carp swimming in the pond, Feng Xue felt an indescribable sense of comfort. Meanwhile, the Infinite City Residence Right guide sent another message—
[Personal belongings can be freely added and stored inside the villa. If you lose your Residence Right, the villa and your personal belongings will be packed up by Infinite City. You can freely retrieve them, or you can unfold them directly when you regain the Residence Right in the future.]
"This thing is quite user-friendly. This way, we don't have to spend time organizing our personal belongings." Feng Xue nodded, but didn't immediately call Old Li over. After all, it was only the first day of the challenge month, and who knows if she would be challenged in the next thirty days.
Although she thought there probably weren't many people who could withstand a punch from Kamen Rider form, Feng Xue decided it was best to be cautious, considering that there are always some strange and unusual abilities in the world.
Take the hilarious narration of the vampire big-breasted girl, for example. Although it's a bit of Mental Pollution, it's undoubtedly an extremely powerful Phantom Object. The Time Stop Commentary exposes the enemy's dynamics and psychological activities. Unless the gap is so large that you're completely crushed, there's always a chance to turn the tide. In fact, if it weren't for the overwhelming mental pressure brought by the Gynomorphic Filter, Feng Xue had no doubt that the vampire big-breasted girl could have used her Undying Nature and the power of the narration to drag things out until the Kamen Rider transformation ended.
Therefore, he set the challenge space to a foggy night, and the location was temporarily set to an empty arena with a hard floor and barriers around and above.
Having secured the location, Feng Xue didn't rush to sleep in her new home. Instead, she turned around and headed towards the various functional buildings within the community.
Previously, he only had the Passage Right, so he could only look at facilities such as vending machines and department stores but not use them. Now that he had the opportunity, he naturally wanted to see them for himself.
Feng Xue bought a bottle of "Happy Water" from a roadside vending machine, which was meant to lift her spirits, and drank it as she walked to the clinic.
Although it's called a clinic, there are no doctors or nurses inside. In a sense, it can be seen as an architectural Phantom Object whose function is to heal the injuries and illnesses of those who enter.
As long as it can be categorized as an injury or illness, even if all that's left is a head, the person can be saved. The only good thing is that effects like curses and blessings don't count as injuries or illnesses.
Realizing she couldn't remove the Troublemaker Halo that the damn gem had placed on her, Feng Xue reluctantly left the hospital and then went to the library, school, restaurant, and tavern in that order.
The library is filled with books that can accelerate learning efficiency, the school has virtual teachers who can give lectures for a fee, the restaurant offers a variety of dishes that provide buffs, and the tavern even allows you to obtain some information that may or may not be useful by paying the bartender a considerable tip.
After touring the entire community, Feng Xue discovered that it truly met the standard template of a Real World community. He even found a kindergarten in one of the corners.
Yes, a kindergarten. Apparently, if the homeowner has children, they can receive various basic educations at the kindergarten. The only problem is...
"What child could beat a guard? If they could, would they even be considered a child? If they couldn't beat a guard, why would they come to kindergarten?"
Feng Xue kept refreshing the salt in his hand. If it weren't for the fact that the old salt would disappear after being refreshed, Feng Xue felt that this kindergarten alone would be enough for him to fill the entire sixth floor!
In contrast, department stores are more interesting.
This place sells not only various blank slates Phantom Object, but also False Thing.
However, the False Thing here have a very special characteristic: they "do not contain any elements." This is simply unbelievable in a world composed of elements, but considering that one can even exchange [knowledge] without any impurities in the bank, Feng Xue felt that it was somewhat plausible.
These False Thing, devoid of any essential elements, are an absolute treasure trove for Manufacturing Type professions. The blank canvas allows them to fill in and seal as they please. But for Feng Xue, the only benefit of these items is that they require more [knowledge] during the Reforge process; they offer virtually no positive value.
After criticizing the False Thing, Feng Xue carried three large carts of food and daily necessities —Phantom Object— to the self-checkout counter. Then he discovered a very embarrassing problem—
He didn't have enough money.
It's not that we lack knowledge, but rather that we lack sufficient Tower Coins.
Although the banks in Infinite City allow the exchange of [Knowledge] and Tower Coins without any threshold or handling fees, it is very awkward that Tower Coins must be used for consumption.
Feng Xue left her shopping cart in a corner of the department store and sheepishly walked out, heading straight to the bank.
Unlike [Yan Country People Know Martial Arts - Source], which has almost zero net profit, the two Supernatural Tale Entry [Libra - Oath Keeper] and [Martial Transmitter - Mo Ju] can be said to be top-tier producers of knowledge, providing Feng Xue with tens of millions of towers of surplus every day.
For most Weird Tale, this surplus is used as fuel, thrown into the Supernatural Tale Fire, as nourishment to increase the power of the Trait (it cannot exceed the set limit, but can only approach it as much as possible).
However, for Feng Xue, the current intensity of his Supernatural Tale Fire was simply insufficient to digest such a massive amount of [knowledge].
Ultimately, the burning of the Supernatural Tale Fire is no different from a real campfire. Although adding fuel can make the fire burn brighter, adding too much at once may extinguish the flames.
This is precisely why, even if Feng Xue pushes his daily digestion limit to the limit, he still has a huge surplus. And now, he finally has a place to use up this surplus—
"Give me 200 million Tower Coins, and another 100 million pure [Consciousness]!"
We're finally going to other worlds, but they won't be mirror images of reality. What kind of worlds would you like to see? Write them down and I'll make a list, then we'll roll the dice to decide. Anything is fine: martial arts, fantasy, Cyberpunk, xuanhuan, xianhuan... Of course, this bookmark is an original content contract, so worlds from anime, games, etc., are not allowed, but borrowing worldviews is fine, like a Final Century overrun by cyberpunk infectious diseases or something (laughs).