Preparations Before Heading to Another World
"It's so satisfying to burn with this pure [consciousness]!" Feng Xue, who was playing games in the courtyard, threw a "Crystal Dice" into his mouth, crushed it with a crunch, and the pure [consciousness] turned into a thin stream, flowing into his Supernatural Tale Fire.
In reality, from Feng Xue's personal perspective, there's no difference in burning efficiency between ordinary [Knowledge] and pure [Knowledge]. It neither increases the daily digestion limit nor enhances the Supernatural Tale Fire more than ordinary [Knowledge]. If there's anything to say, it's that there's a sense of superiority when consuming it, since without Residence Right, the Black Market price is ten thousand to one!
However, upon closer reflection, this is not surprising. Ultimately, the so-called "consciousness" is human cognition. Since it can be gathered into oneself, it is naturally in a form that suits oneself. Compared to the pure "consciousness" that is universally applicable in all Weird Tale, this kind of exclusive "consciousness" is probably more suitable.
Shaking her head to put those things aside, Feng Xue casually pulled out a bottle of Happy Water and gulped down a few mouthfuls. Compared to True Thing food, the biggest advantage of Phantom Object food, besides its special effects, is that it doesn't spoil.
Take this bottle of Happy Water, for example. As long as Feng Xue hasn't finished it, whenever she opens it, it will be as bubbly as if it had just been made. If it's labeled as iced cola, then it will be ice-cold no matter when you drink it—even if it's been boiled in a boiler for days and nights.
He spent all 200 million Tower Coins in just half a month, while in return, his pocket contained thousands of large and small Wrapping Cloth.
These Tag Wrapping Cloth contained all sorts of rare items that could only be obtained from the department stores of Infinite City. Even in a primitive era, Feng Xue was confident that she could live a comfortable life with them.
Taking out her pocket watch, Feng Xue watched the second hand tick away and a slight smile appeared on her lips. Today was the last day of the challenge month, and once it was past midnight, her Residence Right would be finalized.
During this month, he was not without challenges, but under the dual test of the Disassembly Madonna and Abe no Hirakiri Ya, very few could withstand Feng Xue's transformation.
However, perhaps because this year's challengers were of higher quality, even those who failed mostly had ways to revive or survive. After a month, the only person Feng Xue actually killed was a mentally challenged person who relied on his indestructible body to take bullets.
"The user manual provided by Infinite City doesn't mention anything about doors, so I don't know if there are any other trigger mechanisms."
Feng Xue was wondering whether she should call Old Li right now, but her employee ID rang first.
"Roadside..."
"Hello?"
While wondering if Old Li had some kind of strange "speak of the devil and he appears" Trait, Feng Xue quickly connected the call. Old Li, seemingly surprised by Feng Xue's quick response, paused for a moment before replying in a somewhat teasing tone:
"Libra, there are only a few minutes left in the Challenge Month. Have you gotten your Residence Right yet?"
"Got it."
"Hey, don't be discouraged, you've only been Weird Tale for a short time... Wait, what did you say?"
Hearing Old Li's incredulous voice coming from the employee ID card, Feng Xue's lips curled up:
"Got it. It's on the sixth floor, a villa with a garden in the Yan style. I'll be right at the entrance."
"Okay, I'll be right there!"
After finishing his sentence, Old Li immediately hung up the phone, his tone as if he had just heard that a long-lost friend had made it onto the rich list and was rushing over to confirm it with his own eyes.
It has to be said that Old Li's speed was really quite fast; Feng Xue even suspected that he had been purchasing various goods at the Tower of Babylon beforehand.
After seeing Feng Xue and the obviously newly built villa, Old Li finally confirmed that he wasn't dreaming and that Feng Xue wasn't exaggerating. However, after scanning the room, he still asked with some confusion:
"How did you defeat that Iron Knight?"
"What Iron Knight?" Feng Xue raised an eyebrow. Could it be that busty girl...?
"I know all fifty owners of the six-story house, and now only one Iron Knight is missing. You should be fighting... uh, no, the location of that Vampire Hunter's villa has changed... This is even more outrageous, okay?!"
Old Li looked Feng Xue up and down as if she were a monster, but then he remembered that this fellow had just killed the almost physically immune Sea Monk, and couldn't help but shake his head:
"Alas, times have changed!"
"Enough with the chit-chat, how exactly do you open the door to another world?" Feng Xue interrupted Old Li's sentimental musings and went straight to the point.
Old Li raised his hand to look at his watch, as if counting silently, and only when the time finally reached midnight on January 1st did he nod and say:
"Let's go inside and talk."
"Alright, I'll show you your bedroom then." Feng Xue didn't refuse and led Old Li into the house. Although it was decorated in the style of Suzhou-style Garden, it had all the high-tech equipment you could need. She led Old Li to the guest room on the first floor and, after activating his temporary stay privileges through the house management panel provided by the Tower of Babel, Old Li seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief and said to Feng Xue:
"Your house renovation isn't good. First, find a concealed fastener hidden in the paneling and install one on every door."
"Invisible restraints?" Feng Xue frowned slightly, but still listened to advice and searched in the management panel, immediately understanding the function of this thing.
According to the description, this device can fix the door to the wall the moment it is opened, and it will not close automatically until the homeowner manually closes it.
Having seen several doors before, Feng Xue naturally understood the function of this thing.
If the doors inside the Tower of Babel have the same rules as the doors in the real world, then it means that the "door opener" can only make one round trip.
However, this rule is based on the door's "one-time opening and closing." In other words, as long as the door is not closed again after being opened, it doesn't matter how many times it is opened and closed.
But...
"If that's the case, wouldn't people from other worlds be able to come here freely?"
Hearing Feng Xue's question, Old Li simply smiled and said, "What are you thinking? This is the Tower of Babel, your private residence. How could someone without Passage Right possibly enter? Of course, if you have authorization, it's fine to just move around in your home."
Hearing what Old Li said, Feng Xue realized she had made a foolish mistake and immediately allocated 30,000 units to install a fastener on each door that wouldn't affect the appearance.
Once everything was finished, he turned his gaze back to Old Li, squinting as he said:
"So, getting back to the main point, how do we open the door to another world?"
"Wait." Old Li shrugged, uttering a word that made Feng Xue want to flip the table, then continued before Feng Xue could ask a question:
"Like the doors on the outside, the doors inside the Tower of Babel open completely randomly. The only certainty is that each villa will have at least one door open every year. The number of doors that can be kept open at the same time varies depending on the floor level. Floors 1-10 can have at most one open door, floors 11-20 can have at most two, and so on. This is why I requested to stay for at least a year when I signed the contract."
"Tsk..." Feng Xue let out a soft click of dissatisfaction. Old Li, being the shrewd man he was, naturally noticed it and added:
"While I can't do anything about opening the door, I do have some tricks for influencing the world connected to the other side!"
Regarding the Supernatural Tale Fire, think of it as real fire, and [consciousness] as the corresponding fuel. However, the [consciousness] obtained from humans by Supernatural Tale Entry is fuel that can only be used by that individual, while pure [consciousness] is universal fuel.
Once it becomes Weird Tale, it has this spark. The intensity of the fire determines the output of the Weird Tale's power. To make the fire burn brighter, more fuel needs to be added, but too much at once will easily extinguish the fire.
As you add fuel little by little, the flames will burn brighter and brighter, but to maintain the fire, you'll have to add even more fuel.
If you run out of fuel, the fire will shrink until the fuel you provide and the firepower are balanced.
In conclusion, the daily income from "Knowledge" in normal Weird Tale is usually divided into three parts --
1. Maintain basic firepower (as firepower increases, so does the maintenance cost).
2. Overinvest to increase firepower (there is a daily consumption limit, but the limit varies depending on the type of fuel; however, the daily income of most Weird Tale does not actually reach this limit).
3. Set aside a portion for daily expenses (how much to set aside depends on personal preference, but it should not encroach on the share needed to maintain basic firepower, otherwise it will lead to a decline in strength).
To put it bluntly, the Weird Tale genre is like a system where leveling up is like losing weight, and losing level is like gaining weight. As long as you don't invest enough [knowledge] for even a day, your strength will decline.
So, when people asked why Hundred Tales controlled all the Landfill Area, besides suppressing newcomers, one of the reasons was to make money.
Because of the supplies provided by the Landfill Area, they are able to fill their daily digestion limit.