Preparing for a Major Build

"Go to war? With whom?" Feng Xue's first thought was that Hundred Tales planned to go to war with all the Weird Tale organizations, but then she thought that was unlikely.

Ultimately, although the Hundred Tales has a large number of members and many high-level combatants, they simply cannot afford to die. The reason why the organizations in the four major Landfill Area are able to maintain restraint is simply because they do not want to be at the forefront. Although most of them can be resurrected, unless they are particularly weak or have a particularly high Weird Tale, the resurrection time will take at least three to five years. Now, we are in the midst of a change that has not been seen in decades. If we miss this opportunity, it is really hard to say what will happen when we are resurrected.

However, if Hundred Tales really puts all its effort into starting a war, then in the end, it will definitely be Hundred Tales that can't take it anymore.

After Hundred Tales's current monopoly over Infinite City is based on a massive amount of Weird Tale. Once too many people are lost, a large number of lower-level Landfill Area will break free of control, inevitably leading to a large number of wild gates going out of control, which in turn will generate more Weird Tale impacting Infinite City.

This vicious cycle will eventually cause the empire of Hundred Tales to gradually crumble as new Weird Tale emerge one by one. When the number of new Weird Tale exceeds a critical point, or when the dead ghost Weird Tale are resurrected, the empire that Hundred Tales has spent decades building will finally collapse completely.

Hom clearly didn't think as much as Feng Xue did; he simply answered her question matter-of-factly after hearing Feng Xue question:

"And the Real Worlder!"

"The real world?" Feng Xue was somewhat surprised by this answer, but it also seemed reasonable. After all, judging from his [The First Kamen Rider] Weird Tale, something unpleasant had probably happened in the real world for Hundred Tales.

"Well, I'm not entirely clear on the specifics. I only know that around the beginning of last year, it seems that humans in the Eastern Kingdom of the present world developed some kind of special weapon that can fight against ordinary Weird Tale. The Hundred Tales almost mobilized its entire force at the time, and even so, the Midsummer Night Festival almost failed to be held."

Hom wasn't exactly Weird Tale, and the information about it seemed quite distorted. However, Feng Xue didn't pay much attention to it; he only needed to understand the general situation.

What is certain now is that Hundred Tales is currently operating on two fronts, which puts him somewhat at ease.

However, Feng Xue's silence worried Hom, who seemed to think that her limited information wasn't worth the intelligence fee, so he took the initiative to speak:

"Although it's called war, according to the seniors in the organization, the resistance from the Eastern Country isn't actually that strong. This battle is most likely a trap set by Hundred Tales. Also, their executive named 'Ken' hasn't used his ability yet this year, so everyone is still being cautious."

"Item?" Upon hearing this familiar word, Feng Xue immediately became serious. Hom, upon hearing this, immediately replied:

"That's a core member of the Hundred Tales. He's said to have the ability to influence the fate of his enemies, but he can only use it once a year. It's incredibly powerful. Last year, he destroyed a door with his ability, but I'm not entirely sure how he did it."

"It's alright, this information is valuable enough." Feng Xue frowned in thought, then asked some questions about the situation in Infinite City before turning around and heading to several familiar garbage collection points to buy some materials.

Firstly, I wanted to prepare relics for the next opening of the gate; secondly, I wanted to try out Xuanjun's [Masterful Creation] power; and of course, I also had the idea of building a few large-scale projects to test my luck.

Yes, he was prepared to take Old Li's advice and, until he was confident in his own safety, refrain from gambling on whether Hundred Tales might be lying in ambush on him.

"This batch of goods doesn't seem to be up to par!" In the Black Market warehouse, Feng Xue rummaged through a pile of "junk" in front of her, frowning and muttering to herself. The shopkeeper next to her, hearing this, also showed a helpless smile.

"What you're saying is ridiculous. These days, anyone with a bit of ability is going to the Landfill Area. Lately, those going up the Garbage Mountain are mostly low-level people who aren't good enough for anything. What good stuff do you expect them to find?"

"Is the impact that big?" Feng Xue sighed inwardly, casually glancing over the pile of scrap metal. As the text flashed before her eyes, Feng Xue's gaze suddenly sharpened.

He noticed a very interesting element --

[Lucky]

"Interesting."

Suddenly, an idea popped into Feng Xue's mind. She immediately picked up the horseshoe with the "luck" element along with several other items, then grabbed a few other things that looked like they could be used as a base before paying the bill.

The shop owner, who was recently troubled by poor business, was pleasantly surprised by Feng Xue's straightforwardness and immediately settled the payment and completed the transaction.

However, after packing the items, Feng Xue did not leave immediately, but casually said:

Do you sell any True Thing here?

"Yes, yes, you've come at the perfect time! If no one else came, I'm afraid I'd have to eat them!"

Unmoved by the shop owner's Play the Victim, Feng Xue followed him to the warehouse where the True Thing were displayed. Compared to the haphazardly piled-up trash, the True Thing were very well maintained; almost every piece had undergone considerable care and had its own shelf.

Of course, this is mainly because there are no means of authenticating True Thing. It basically depends entirely on feel and knowledge. The same True Thing can have vastly different prices depending on its function.

To give the most extreme example, a bottle of expired yogurt from the Sea Tiger World is just True Thing that can replenish [consciousness] for an ordinary person. However, if one can determine the world it belongs to by looking at the text, Tag, manufacturer, production date, and other information on the yogurt bottle, then for a Weird Tale being who has the Residence Right the Tower of Babel and knows that True Thing can lock onto the world that opens the door, this yogurt becomes priceless.

Of course, Feng Xue himself wasn't that extreme; he just wanted to find a True Thing with a bit of a technological feel.

In the previous world, he discovered that the imagination of those people in the martial arts world was truly lacking. Even if you wore your resurrection on your face, they would only think that you had profound cultivation and could enter a state of feigned death and tortoise-like breathing, and would not actually believe that you were Undying Nature.

So this time he plans to find a more advanced world, preferably Game World, since resurrection is common knowledge in Game World.

However, this was clearly not easy. Feng Xue spent a long time browsing through the True Thing warehouse, and in the end, only a hair dryer looked somewhat high-tech.

After buying everything that caught her eye, Feng Xue visited several garbage dumps.

As evening fell in Infinite City, Feng Xue finally returned to his mansion with his day's haul. He laid out the True Thing and False Thing before him and began his grand construction spree.

So, after writing novels for a long time, you can see all sorts of outrageous statements.

How could someone say something like, "Knowing someone's name doesn't mean they're famous"?

Goodness, by your definition, I have no idea how many people in this world are truly famous. I won't even tell you to look up the word "famous" in the dictionary; here are a few examples.

Einstein is arguably one of the most famous scientists in the world, right? I believe most people have only heard of the theory of relativity, so according to some people's logic, isn't Einstein famous?

Schrödinger, on the other hand, is a heavyweight. Most people's impression of him is probably limited to that cat, so he's not exactly famous?

Most people only know that the Sherlock Holmes stories exist, so is this world-famous detective novel series not considered well-known?

On a larger scale, Amitabha is a name that every monk chants, but beyond that name, how many people know the scriptures about Amitabha, his definition, status, and legends within Buddhism? Therefore, is Amitabha not considered famous?

If a noun can represent a personality trait, a person, a phenomenon, or even become a catchphrase, then it has already integrated into the language system. How can you possibly say it's not well-known?

You don't know it yourself, so you're not famous. When people say that, you insist that you don't want to know. Is that why you're not famous?

Ignorance isn't scary, but being ignorant and Tough Talk is. Don't blame me for saying this; what's the difference between you and a slacker saying their grades are bad because they don't want to study? If you don't want to study, then don't go to school!