Lan Qingyou turned and slowly flew back toward the shelter.
After passing a rock, she suddenly felt the Magic Power within her settle down!
Her flying posture was still a 7, but compared to before—
She glanced down at the rock, thinking for a moment, and quickly figured out the reason.
Magic Protective Shield.
The shelter's Magic Protective Shield prevented the Mana Turbulence from reaching the inside, where it would interfere with people's Magic Power.
In other words, as long as she stayed within a certain distance of that rock, the Mana Turbulence wouldn't affect her.
Lan Qingyou finally let out a sigh of relief.
At least, for the time being.
Back at the shelter, Lan Qingyou opened her Personal Information, which she hadn't looked at in ages, to see whether her "crash" had cost her any Health.
The moment she checked, she was startled.
Individual Name: Lan Qingyou Race: Blue Star Person Level: Lv1 Strength: 2(+30) Agility: 1 Stamina: 2 Spirit: 8 (The peak stats for a Blue Star Person are 10) Health: 15 Mana: 80 Talent: Lightness Spell (E) [Magic Skills: (Gathering Art E)] [Knowledge: (Herbology E)(Alchemy E)(Semiotics E)(Drafting E)(Potions Study E)(Magic Circuitry E)] [Equipment: Moonlight Stone Dagger, Worn Herb Gathering Bag]
Why had she gained Knowledge and Equipment sections?
Unclear on what they were for, Lan Qingyou reached out and tapped them, wondering if they could be clicked like her Talent.
Sure enough, they could.
Knowledge: Unlike Magic, which cannot be upgraded, Knowledge will continue to grow and level up as you study, research, and practice.
Huh? So Magic couldn't be upgraded?
Lan Qingyou looked at her Gathering Art and thought about it, then pushed the matter out of her mind.
She would keep learning what she needed to learn and making things when she needed to make them.
So whether she knew about this or not didn't make much difference to her.
She took two Healing Potions from the Medicine Bag on the Magic Desk, one for internal use and one for external use.
The wound on her forehead healed instantly, and the 5 Health she'd lost in the crash began to slowly recover.
As her Health recovered, she glanced at the desk.
"The Sun's out! The Sun's out! Haha, I made it through!"
"I spent the whole night on edge, but I finally got through it."
"Let's hurry and go gather materials."
"Holy crap, don't go out!"
"What's wrong?"
"It looks peaceful outside, but the Mana Turbulence is still there. Magic won't work properly—I nearly died just now."
"No way!"
"What would I gain by lying to you?"
"I'm going to check."
"Me too."
"No need to check. It's true—I got hurt. If I hadn't had a Healing Potion, I might not have made it back."
"I just tried it. It's true. Once you go beyond a certain distance from the shelter, your Magic Power gets chaotic, which affects your spells."
"Damn, I'm a Magician with a whopping 70 Magic Power. Am I really going to be benched like this?"
"Look at the number of people in the channels. It's dropped by more than a thousand."
"What's the big deal? Check the World Channel. It's down by more than 2.2 billion overnight."
"Last night was terrifying, but I'm guessing most of the people who died were those who hadn't upgraded their shelters."
"Pretty much. People on the World Channel are all going on about it."
"Forget the World Channel. Just focus on your own life and get to Level 3 soon. Otherwise, who knows when another storm will come along and blow your Level 2 Shelter away?"
"You're Level 3?"
"No."
"Then shut up. What are you bragging for?"
So everyone had already tried it out...
If she hadn't grabbed her things and gone straight outside, and had checked the desk first, maybe she wouldn't have had that misfortune?
Lan Qingyou scratched her head as she read the chat messages.
Then she checked the number of people in the Regional Channel.
Sure enough, it had plunged from 9961/1000 to 8857/1000.
That meant 1,104 people had disappeared overnight.
As for the World Channel, Lan Qingyou didn't check it. It was too far removed from her; looking after herself was already enough.
From now on, before going out each day, she should check the Chat Channel carefully, like checking an almanac before leaving home, and get the latest information first. That way, she could avoid another incident like today's.
Forget it. She'd take a bath first.
As for water... why make things difficult for herself? She could just order all of it from Shang Chuan from now on.
After this "crash," Lan Qingyou had gained a clear understanding of her weaknesses.
Once she'd finished her bath, she started making Luminous Potions.
She really wanted to read and absorb knowledge to make herself stronger, but her Magic Hurricane Lamp only had a few days left. If she wanted to stay home and read for the long term, she had to make the necessary preparations first.
Although she'd found plenty of mushrooms in Albert's Basement, they were only enough to brew one batch of potions at most.
A little after six in the evening, one batch of Luminous Potions, one batch of +30 Healing Potions, and one batch of +30 Mana Potions were ready.
[Effect: Emits light continuously for 10080 minutes.] [Description: A potion that emits light so you won't have to stumble around in the dark. Can be used with a Magic Hurricane Lamp for an even better effect.]
Like the one that came with the Magic Hurricane Lamp, each potion lasted seven days.
She kept ten for herself, then sent one each to her friends Gu Xiaobei, Li Huai, and Shang Chuan. She put all the rest up on the Trading Post.
As for the Mana Potions and Healing Potions, Lan Qingyou didn't sell them. She kept them all in reserve.
"Lan Qingyou's shop has new stock."
"Luminous Potions?"
"What's Lan Qingyou making these for? She should make more Mana Potions and Healing Potions."
"Shut up, idiot. Didn't you see it says they can be used with a Hurricane Lamp? How come you didn't die with the rest of them yesterday? You're so stupid."
"Exactly. People like that are an insult to all of us in 666 Villain Valley."
"Damn!"
Luminous Potions weren't like Mana Potions or Healing Potions, which could help people in combat, but they were a huge help in everyday life.
Especially after spending the whole night without any light.
Even for people like them, who'd been forced to travel to another world, that darkness was unfamiliar.
Seventy basic units of materials per potion, and it lasted seven days. That came to an average of ten units a day. If you still thought that was expensive, then don't buy it.
There were plenty of others who would.
More than 170 potions were listed, and they were gone in no time.
Now tell her, did that not sound like a good deal?
She didn't know whether the others were happy with theirs, but Lan Qingyou had gotten what she wanted, so she began cramming knowledge from every angle.
She would read every book she could find and master them all. Developing a potion that could heal her legs as soon as possible was the greatest improvement she could make—and the most effective.
Although Healing Potions were supposed to heal, they had no effect on her legs.
So in the end, she could only pin her hopes on developing a "special medicine" herself.
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