The Eighth Chapter: Update Contents

Seven days later, Xiao Fan finally logged back into the game.

After logging in this time, he didn't go directly to the Zone 18 of the Novice Village, but instead appeared in the white, misty place where he first logged into the game during the college entrance examination.

"Dear player, the update for <Cloud Sea> is now complete. Would you like to view the update details?"

"Yes."

As soon as Xiao Fan made his choice, a large amount of text appeared in front of him.

"Wow, no wonder there's so much content after seven days of updates."

<Cloud Sea> Version 1.1.2 Update Content.

Xiao Fan read it carefully.

"Hmm?" After reading the first update, Xiao Fan couldn't help but frown.

1: The game has added Trading House feature, allowing new players in the Novice Zone to trade across servers.

He understands how the Trading House works, but the question is, what are the players trading?

In the game <Cloud Sea>, monsters only drop Core Power; skills and equipment can only be created by the player.

Currently, the only tradable items in the game are the rare Heavenly Spirit Treasure that emerge from the world of <Cloud Sea>.

But this thing is not only precious, it's also extremely rare.

He could understand going to an auction house, but Trading House was completely unnecessary.

Furthermore, when Trading House, the seller is required to pay a 10% tax on the item.

"That's really dark!" Xiao Fan's face instantly darkened.

A 10% tax rate—that's a huge amount! You have to pay 100,000 in tax on something worth a million!

You think that's bad enough?

Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!

In the Novice Zone, sellers have to pay a 20% tax on transactions!

"Hehe, an update that has nothing to do with me."

Xiao Fan had barely finished speaking when he was slapped in the face the next second.

2: <A new skill book creation feature has been added. Players who have reached level 10 can select to create skill books on the skill page. Please see the in-game instructions for details. Skill books can be listed on the trading market.>

Xiao Fan:!!!!

Hehe, I've been targeted for poverty alleviation by the system!

This new gameplay was like a godsend for Xiao Fan!

Does he lack skills? He can come up with a hundred or eighty just by thinking about it.

What he lacks is money! He lacks Core Power!

With this gameplay, Xiao Fan could easily make a fortune selling skill books; as long as he had Core Power, leveling up would be Rocket.

"This is a great way to play!" Xiao Fan nodded in satisfaction.

Keep reading.

3: <A new skill book learning feature has been added to the system. Players can use skill books to directly learn skills. Please see the in-game instructions for details.>

"This gameplay synergizes with the creation skill book update." Xiao Fan nodded and continued reading.

4: <A new guild system has been added. Players who have reached level 20 can accept guild quests on the newly added guild page. After completing the quests, players can create a guild and join one. For details, please see the in-game instructions.>

Xiao Fan: "Classic gameplay, that's great, but it'll have to be outside the Novice Village."

Resurrection Art: <A new resurrection spell has been added to the Secret Realm. Players with the resurrection skill can revive deceased teammates within the Secret Realm. There is currently no skill book available for this skill. Note: The creation conditions for the resurrection skill are extremely demanding; please create it with caution.>

Xiao Fan:!!!!

Resurrection Art! It really is Resurrection Art!

This is a skill that Xiao Fan never dared to even dream of before!

Even though it can only be used in secret realms, it's enough to drive people crazy.

Xiao Fan couldn't even imagine how many players, including himself, would rush to create resurrection skills after this update!

It took Xiao Fan a long time to recover from his shock.

The sheer power of the resurrection skill makes its creation extremely difficult; the system even warns of stringent creation conditions, indicating that the chance of successfully creating this skill is incredibly low.

Xiao Fan needs to think carefully; he needs to create the conditions for the resurrection skill.

He doesn't have as much room for trial and error now.

6: <A new building feature has been added to the system. Players can create buildings on the building page, but it requires paying nuclear energy and building materials to generate. Please see the in-game instructions for details.>

Xiao Fan: Thank you, I finally don't have to live in a thatched hut anymore.

"It's said that the buildings in other Novice Zone were constructed using materials found in the game itself. I wonder if they'll be happy to see this update."

7: The system of purchasing attribute points with Core Power has been removed. Players can no longer use Core Power to purchase attribute points, and purchased attribute points will not be recycled. Attributes can now only be increased through leveling up and using Heavenly Spirit Treasure. A separate system for attribute points will be introduced later.

Xiao Fan:... No, not at all.

I didn't buy enough!! Can I have the version from one day ago instead?!

It would be a lie to say he doesn't regret it, but what's done is done, and he can only look forward.

In fact, Xiao Fan had already purchased a considerable number of attribute points. Most ordinary players wouldn't choose to buy attributes; only top-tier players would.

However, the system says there will be other gameplay features to increase attribute points later, so we can look forward to it.

That's all for the main updates; the rest are just optimizations. Xiao Fanzai carefully read through them before entering the game.

The next second, Xiao Fan appeared in his thatched hut.

Looking at the familiar surroundings of the room, Xiao Fan felt a surge of warmth and comfort.

To be honest, this thatched hut gave him a greater sense of belonging than his home.

Pity...

The house will be a nice place soon!

Xiao Fan isn't the type to put up with hardship; why wouldn't he spend some money to make himself comfortable?

Outside the thatched hut, you could hear the voices of Fatty and his friends, all talking about the recent game update.

After greeting them, Xiao Fan went out and returned to his room to study the updated game content.

He clicked the skill icon at the bottom of the game. This time, in addition to creating skills, there were two more options: create skill books and learn skill books.

Xiao Fan decisively chose to create the skill book.

Please select the category of the skill book you wish to create.

1: No attribute or trait requirements (Note: This option has strict requirements for skill book creation, please use it with caution)

2: No attribute requirements

3: No special requirements

4: Attributes and characteristics are required.

"1"

Even a fool knows that skill books with no attribute or trait requirements sell best. Although creating them is difficult, they're worth the investment.

"Please write a skills manual."

"What skill should we create?"

Xiao Fan suddenly remembered the Glacier Secret Realm that Zhou He and the others were going to attack.

"If I created a book on breaking free from control techniques, Your Excellency would be very happy to buy it."

With this in mind, Xiao Fan began to write the skills.

Since the product was intended for sale to the state and the requirements for its creation were strict, Xiao Fan tried his best to describe the skills in detail before clicking "OK".

"Skill book creation complete, now entering the review phase. Requires 5,000 Core Power. Skill creation failure is non-refundable. Do you wish to pay?"

"A skill book costs only 5,000 Core Power; that price is perfectly acceptable."

Xiao Fan chose "Yes" without hesitation.

"System review in progress, estimated time is five minutes, please wait."

While the system was reviewing the update, Xiao Fan began to study the other updates.

As he expected, the Trading House was empty and there was nothing to see.

The Guild Gameplay level is not high enough; the icon is grayed out.

Xiao Fan opened the Construction Gameplay.

"Imagine the building you want to create."

Xiao Fan: This idea is very friendly to him.

In no time, a building appeared in front of Xiao Fan, exactly as he had imagined.

"Do you want to extract this building?"

"Yes."

"Extracting this building requires 50,000 Core Power, 300 units of wood, and 200 units of Stone Material. Do you wish to pay?"

Xiao Fan:... Suddenly, I don't think that thatched hut is so bad after all.

Just kidding, he just didn't have wood or Stone Material.

"I'll come back and collect your money after I make some from selling skill books!"

Xiao Fan checked the time and closed the building page. The next second, he received a system notification.

"Skill book does not meet system requirements; creation failed."