End of Mana Turbulence

Over the next few days, Lan Qingyou did nothing but read. She didn't even fire up her equipment to craft potions; if it weren't for Gu Xiaobei sending over meals on time every day, she might have even forgotten to eat.

At night, the gale-force winds and lightning caused by the Mana Turbulence would arrive, only to vanish again by the next morning.

After experiencing it a few times, not only did Lan Qingyou's Level 3 Shelter hold up, but even those living in Level 2 Shelters had become immune to the stress.

Whenever they had nothing to do, they would crack jokes and banter in the World Channel.

Of course, there were also the timid ones who dared not go outside; once their home food supplies ran out, they would start begging in the channel.

But District 666 had no room for tears, so no one paid any mind to such people.

Some hot-tempered individuals who found them eyesores would even start cursing them out directly, only to disappear once they had vented their frustration.

However, this housebound life over the past few days was not without its downsides.

First and foremost, naturally, was the learning process.

She had learned quite a few good things from the books, and even the seemingly extracurricular texts provided her with significant inspiration.

The other aspect concerned things that hadn't existed before the Novice Protection Period ended.

This was mainly concentrated on the monsters.

During the Novice Protection Period, aside from wolves, the forest only contained small animals like Unicorn Rabbits and Colored Feather Chickies.

Once the novice period ended, monsters began popping up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

And the species were quite diverse, too.

There were Plant Element Man-eating Flowers, Earth Element Sludge Monsters, Water Element Water-spitting Fish, Fire Element Jumping Pigs, and her old friends, the Wind Element Dire Wolves.

Don't ask how she knew their names.

It was because some people had taken the remains of these creatures to be appraised, and some had even eaten them.

Fortunately, these monsters were all E-Rank, so while they were troublesome, they hadn't caused any large-scale casualties.

At most, eight or ten people died a day.

Regarding this, Lan Qingyou only wanted to say that she was glad she hadn't gone out, though she also sincerely admired those people.

Knowing full well that the Mana Turbulence was still active, they didn't run when they saw monsters, but instead chose to fight them head-on.

How could she not feel admiration for that?

Aside from this, another piece of news was that everyone was grouping up.

This didn't just apply to the people of District 666, or rather, it wasn't limited to just them.

Right now, on the entire World Channel, aside from the internet beggars, the general discourse consisted of people looking for relatives and teams recruiting members.

There were even two factions from the same district having a heated shouting match on the World Channel.

Because there was no blocking function in this world, everyone could see it, and the insults were incredibly foul.

One had to wonder what kind of mindset these people had to be hurling abuse at each other on the World Channel.

Could it be that they were just putting on a show for everyone's amusement?

Regardless, it certainly gave Lan Qingyou a glimpse into the diversity of the species.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

One day, as Lan Qingyou was sitting on her Recliner, soaking up The Sun and reading, the Magic Desk below began to beep.

Li Huai: "When will you be selling potions?"

Lan Qingyou: ...

Floating beside the desk, Lan Qingyou stared speechlessly at the message Li Huai had sent.

In reality, this wasn't the first time someone had asked her that.

Two days ago, Shang Chuan had asked as well.

Because she had been preoccupied with reading these past few days, she hadn't brewed a single potion, so her stock of potions had long since run dry. On the black market, the +30 Mana Potion and Healing Potion had been driven up to a new high of 1:100.

They were anxious, but Lan Qingyou was anxious too.

If they ran out of mana, they could still wield weapons and rely on their footwork and agility to fight and survive, but if she ran out of mana, she would likely just be waiting for death.

That's right.

Through her intensive study over the past few days, Lan Qingyou had clearly realized just how difficult it was to develop a specialized medicine.

No, not just specialized medicine—the research and development of any new potion was a difficult task.

Beyond being filled with the unknown, the birth of most new medicines was accompanied by various accidents; one could even say they were the products of luck.

Some extracurricular books even claimed that the successful development of a new potion was purely a prank by 'God'.

A prank by God, indeed.

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The fact that they had been forcibly transported here was, in a sense, already quite the prank.

Lan Qingyou closed the chat window, then returned to the second-floor terrace to sit back on her Recliner and continue reading.

The next day, Li Huai's messages arrived again.

Li Huai: "The Mana Turbulence outside has vanished, we can go out now."

"Sigh..."

Lan Qingyou pinched the bridge of her nose and let out a sigh.

Lan Qingyou: "I know you're in a hurry, but don't be so anxious."

Although she had never met Li Huai, she guessed that this man, who seemed to be in his thirties, must have decent talent, and it was highly likely he possessed a powerful magic talent that required a massive amount of mana.

Therefore, his reliance on potions was far greater than that of others.

Li Huai: "What do you need?"

Well, since he had put it that way, it wouldn't be right for her to refuse. After all, he was a combat-capable individual, and she might need his help for something in the future.

Let's just consider it mutual aid.

It had been six or seven days since she last brewed potions, so she might as well get some activity in today.

Lan Qingyou: "100 Obsidian, 10 Mana Crystal, 10 D-Rank Devilish Creature Core."

Li Huai: "I'm not sure about the others, but I know where to find Obsidian."

Lan Qingyou: "Name your price."

Li Huai: "Two +50 Mana Potion per piece."

Lan Qingyou: "What level are you?"

Li Huai: "Level 6."

Lan Qingyou: "Are there any changes after leveling up?"

Because she had never fought monsters or leveled up, Lan Qingyou was quite curious about this.

Li Huai: "Attribute points increase, only one per level, and the distribution weight is likely based on your specialty."

Developers! Where are the developers!

Only one attribute point per level? What kind of trash game is this?

And if the distribution weight is based on specialty, does that mean if I level up, I only get points in Spirit?

Everything else can only be improved using items?

Lan Qingyou: "Understood, I'll order one hundred Obsidian."

Although the 2:1 ratio was a bit of a loss, Lan Qingyou still accepted Li Huai's offer.

It was just one batch of brewing anyway, and at least she would be able to collect all the materials for one part of the Level 4 Shelter.

Plus, she had gained a piece of intelligence, so it wasn't a total loss.

Li Huai: "Um... could you provide a portion in advance..."

Heaven knows how Li Huai managed to type that out; he was likely hanging his head, his expression unreadable.

Lan Qingyou: "I only have +30 ones right now, take them."

Li Huai: "Thank you."

Lan Qingyou sent the twenty potions she had reserved to him, then checked the chat channel.

Sure enough, everyone was talking about the disappearance of the Mana Turbulence.

Thinking about it, another week had passed; could there be some kind of cycle to this?

Lan Qingyou pondered for a while, but being uncertain, she decided not to brew potions yet and go herb-gathering instead.

Her studies over these past few days had made her realize that the variety and reserves of alchemy materials were absolutely essential.

The more types of materials she had, the less likely she would be stuck in a predicament where she lacked ingredients when a flash of inspiration for a new potion struck.

As for the Mana Potion... it wouldn't be too late to make them after she returned at noon.

As long as she got them to Li Huai within the day, she wouldn't be breaking her word.

After preparing, Lan Qingyou flew out of her room. She didn't leave immediately, but instead went to the stone that served as the boundary marker for her Level 4 Shelter's Magic Protective Shield.

She lowered her altitude and drifted forward, letting out a sigh of relief only after she had slowly floated past the stone and found everything to be fine.

Although the Mana Turbulence was indeed gone outside, she had no intention of straying too far from her shelter; she was just going to look around the vicinity.

After all, the previous incident had left her with quite a bit of psychological trauma.

To be honest, if Albert hadn't said that she should collect materials herself whenever it wasn't an emergency, she wouldn't want to leave the house at all.

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