"Chen Fan, you're a force to be reckoned with."
On the shore of the Despair Continent.
The Subordinate following behind "King Zhangba" were wondering whether they should go up on the Flying Boat to check on their leader, who had been sitting on it for a long time without moving.
Immediately afterwards.
Then they saw the leader appear at the edge of the Flying Boat's deck.
Look at them.
A strange smile played on his lips, and a faint ticking sound could be heard in his ears.
Before they could even react...
Then I felt my consciousness gradually fading away.
In the moment before their consciousness faded, they felt their mouths being forcibly twisted together by a tremendous force.
Soon.
Like a viral infection.
These people walked towards the defensive line.
The defenses were completely undefended; the City Wall were wide open, allowing these people to walk right into the defenses.
Wherever they went.
It spreads as rapidly as an acute virus.
Gradually, gradually.
The originally noisy sounds of this defensive line, the rushing around as Dusk approached, and the sounds of fires being lit in the kitchen gradually dissipated, becoming extremely quiet, with only the rustling sound of footsteps moving on the ground.
At a glance.
Hundreds of thousands of people with eerie smiles on their faces surged toward the depths of the continent like a tide.
Wherever they went.
This is true for all of them.
The Western Strange-Suppression Defense Line No. 6 "Despair Continent" has been officially declared breached.
The Eternal Night Continent, the Northbank Defense Line.
Chen Fan was currently looking at the next military branch of the "Dark Technology Tree" Military-Branch Dark Technology.
He has unlocked the Dark Technology of "Mutated Heavenly Dao Cannon". From now on, the firing cost of the Heavenly Dao Cannon can be reduced by half, and an additional Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect can be obtained.
There are also 25 Dark Technology Source Point.
Continue.
"Dark Technology Name": Psionic Cannon Alteration.
"Dark Technology Grade": None.
"Dark Technology Type": Military Boost.
"Dark Technology Effect": Greatly increases damage dealt to intangible or Strange Entities.
"Required Dark Technology Source Point": 3 points.
Hmm.
He nodded thoughtfully.
So far, he hasn't seen any "Strange Entities" that aren't actually physical; the Strange Entities he's seen have all been substantial. What does it mean to have Strange Entities that isn't actually physical? Is it a true mystery?
If it is like the "Illusory Black Tortoise," then it is completely illusory.
Wouldn't that make it easy to break through the defenses?
"Psionic Cannon."
Chen Fan murmured to himself, "I haven't even seen this cannon yet. What a waste of some Dark Technology."
This Dark Technology is no longer needed.
"It can't be wasted."
Standing behind him, Wang Kui said quietly, "Domain Lord, didn't I tell you the other day that the Building Blueprint collected from the 'Provocateur Continent' are all stored in Warehouse No. 1, waiting Domain Lord you to inspect them?"
"One of the Building Blueprint is for the 'Psionic Cannon'."
"Domain Lord, you haven't forgotten about this, have you?"
"Of course I haven't forgotten."
Chen Fan, his expression calm, leaned on his Jadeite Staff and walked towards the foot of the City Wall: "I'll go back first."
After Chen Fan.
Wang Kui watched helplessly as the Domain Lord's departing figure, then took out Message Talisman from his pocket and contacted Little Qiu: "Pavilion Master Qiu, didn't I ask you to train the Domain Lord's personal Maid, to remind the Domain Lord any unfinished tasks every day?"
"Give it more training."
"To avoid jeopardizing the Domain Lord's affairs."
Warehouse No. 1.
Chen Fan began to examine the "Building Blueprint" he had collected from the Provocateur Continent one by one, and soon found the Psionic Cannon.
A very special type of Cannon Tower.
Blue Grade.
Its grade is not low, only one level lower than Purple Grade.
The effect is simple and singular: it can only damage intangible and Strange Entities.
He returned to the Northbank Defense Line.
They quickly used 270,000 Eerie Stone to build a "Psionic Cannon" and upgraded it to level 20 in one go. Upgrading after level 10 required additional consumption of alien Soil.
"Hmm"
Chen Fan looked at the name "Psionic Cannon" on the Cannon Tower. The turret base was eggshell shaped, the barrel was extremely thin and long, and the whole thing was Silver-White, somewhat like a high-speed naval gun on an aircraft carrier.
Extremely neat and orderly.
Building Name: Psionic Cannon
Building grade: Blue Grade.
Building Level: 20.
"Architectural Effect": Can and can only deal damage to intangible and Strange Entities.
"Level-10 Max-Level Effect (High-Speed Fire): Increases Cannon Tower firing rate."
"Level-20 Max-Level Effect (Warning and Target Acquisition)": When intangible or phantom Strange Entities enter the firing range, the Cannon Tower will flash red and automatically target them. "Related Dark Technology (Psionic Cannon Alteration)": Greatly increases damage dealt to intangible and Strange Entities.
This time, the Dark Technology wasn't wasted.
It also served as a kind of insurance for him. Although he had never encountered such Strange Entities before, if he did, it would indeed be quite troublesome without this Cannon Tower.
The next moment
The Black Tortoise Cannon on the City Wall unleashed its power, and a huge, Illusory Black Tortoise slowly materialized.
Immediately afterwards.
The Vein Patterns on the Psionic Cannon barrel began to light up, preparing to activate, accompanied by the firing of Ghostly Green energy orbs that accurately struck their targets. Chen Fan saw the Illusory Black Tortoise gradually shatter.
This was the first time he had seen the Illusory Black Tortoise be hit by an attack.
Good news.
He no longer needs to worry about the enemy using the Illusory Black Tortoise to lock onto him; he can deal with it now.
Bad news.
He silently placed a batch of "Copper Pipe" in front of him, making them appear illusory, wanting to see if the Psionic Cannon could shatter the "Phantom Copper Pipe." The next moment!
The Psionic Cannon fired again!!
Silent.
This is a silent Cannon Tower, quite quiet, like watching a silent film.
The Copper Pipe are intact.
The Ghostly Green energy projectiles passed through the Phantom Copper Pipe and disappeared without a trace upon hitting the ground, causing no damage whatsoever. Chen Fan raised an eyebrow.
It seems that while both the Illusory Black Tortoise and the Phantom Copper Pipe are illusory, they differ in quality. His Phantom Copper Pipe is clearly more impressive. Not bad.
This Cannon Tower is worth the investment. It can be used as a regular Cannon Tower, and a ring of them can be placed along the defensive line to prevent intrusion by certain illusory and intangible Strange Entities. Naturally, it is worth investing a Heavenly Dao Stone in it.
"You used the 'Heavenly Dao Stone' on the Psionic Cannon, gaining three Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect. Please choose one within one hundred breaths."
"A building can only have one Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect."
"1: Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect (Reality-Void Fusion): can also cause the same damage to physical Strange Entities."
"2: Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect (Void Within Void): It will not deal any damage to illusory Strange Entities, but will deal double damage to solid Strange Entities." 3: Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect (Reality Within Reality): Deals double damage to illusory Strange Entities, but the Cannon Tower's durability is reduced by half.
"Hmm"
After pondering for a moment, Chen Fan chose the third Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect, "Reality Within Reality".
He doesn't need the Psionic Cannon to damage physical Strange Entities.
He has plenty of ways to kill physical Strange Entities.
Just take precautions against unreal, Strange Entities.
Although he hasn't seen it yet, and probably won't see it anytime soon, he must be fully prepared before heading to the "War Mire."
Since we've already used Heavenly Dao Stone on the "Psionic Cannon Heavenly Dao Cannon," let's give Heavenly Dao Stone another one as well.
"You used the 'Heavenly Dao Stone' on the Heavenly Dao Cannon, gaining three Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect. Please choose one within one hundred breaths."
"A building can only have one Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect."
"1: Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect): Requires a Central Control type of Exotic Treasure or building. Click on any faction's area on the " Map Display " to deploy the Heavenly Dao Cannon out of thin air. This deployment consumes three times the cost of a normal deployment."
"2: Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect (Doubled Consumption): The Heavenly Dao Cannon Doubled Consumption, but its power increases by Thirty Percent."
"3: Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect (Halved Consumption): The cost of using the Heavenly Dao Cannon Halved Consumption."
The Heavenly Dao Cannon already had a Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect called "Halved Consumption," which, as the name suggests, reduces the consumption of using the Heavenly Dao Cannon by half.
Chen Fan frowned slightly.
With the addition of the "Mutated Heavenly Dao Cannon" Dark Technology, a level 20 Heavenly Dao Cannon in the Mortal Domain now only requires 225 million Eerie Stone to fire. This consumption is now completely acceptable.
If it could be reduced by half again.
Naturally, that would be better.
But it's not exactly a necessity.
As for Doubled Consumption and increasing the power by Thirty Percent, it's completely unnecessary; the Heavenly Dao Cannon's power is already sufficient.
The second and third Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect are both "numerical".
Simple and unpretentious.
The first one is "mechanism-based".
Only.
It's not a particularly good mechanism. This "Rapid Deployment" can only be deployed within the territory occupied by the Mortal Domain. For example, he can now immediately deploy a Level-20 Heavenly Dao Cannon out of thin air on a Tenth-Level Defense Line in the Southern Region of the Eternal Night Continent.
But.
It doesn't sound like it's very useful.
He only had a hundred breaths to think. He didn't consult the "Strategist Pavilion." After thinking for a while, he still chose the first Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect. Rapid Deployment.
The main reason is that he doesn't really need the latter two.
It's going to be the first one.
You never know when you might need it.
Between mechanism and numbers, he prefers numbers.
In the face of absolute numerical values, any mechanism is a paper tiger, but when the numerical values are relatively average, it's better to choose a mechanism. After doing all this...
Chen Fan then looked at the remaining Building Blueprint and selected all the Building Blueprint that were not available in the Mortal Domain, preparing to upgrade them one by one. Currently, the Mortal Domain, including the Psionic Cannon, has a total of 47 Max-Level Building.
Distance to the next node.
In other words, in the "Building Compendium," the node with 50 Max-Level Building is only 3 buildings away from being completed.
The reward for this node will be substantial.
"Dark Watchtower?"
Chen Fan looked thoughtfully at the Building Blueprint in his hand. It was almost identical to the Building Blueprint for the Watchtower, except that the overall style was darker and looked somewhat eerie.
Stop talking nonsense.
Crush, inhale, forge.
In the blink of an eye.
A level 20 "Dark Watchtower" stands behind the City Wall. Its overall shape is almost identical to that of Watchtower, except that it is darker in style, with a black and red theme, and it is extremely small, less than half a meter high.
"Watchtower" is of the White Grade.
"Dark Watchtower" is of Blue Grade.
Building Name: Dark Watchtower
"Building grade": Blue Grade.
Building Level: 20.
"Architectural Effects": Can monitor the paranormal effects caused by all Strange Entities within a 10,000-meter radius.
"Level-10 Max-Level Effect": "Specters and Monsters": When a faction member located near the Watchtower quickly writes these four characters in the void, they will gain "Watchtower Vision," which allows them to see all intangible Strange Entities within range with the naked eye.
"Level-20 Max-Level Effect": "Demons and Serpents": Has a certain deterrent effect on Strange Entities, preventing them from approaching.
The "Watchtower" buildings possessed by the Mortal Domain have a Heavenly Dao Blessing Effect: "Reveal the Hidden": they can detect invisible, void-hidden, and unformed Strange Entities that are not visible within an additional field of vision.
These intangible, unseen Strange Entities should also be detectable by Watchtower.
Chen Fan remained silent in place. The continuous appearance of buildings that could prevent the appearance of intangible Strange Entities increased his unease about the "War Mire."
What was that saying again?
In this world.
If there's Hammer, there must be Nail; otherwise, there's no point in having Hammer.
The existence of these buildings implies that there must be such troublesome and Strange Entities in this world.
It has no physical form and cannot be seen with the naked eye.
The defenses couldn't stop them.
The Godslayer Cannon couldn't even detect it, let alone locate it.
They could easily cross the defenses and enter the core of the territory.
This kind of Strange Entities is an absolute dimensional reduction attack on even the First-Level Continent and the Second-Level Continent. The Weird Emperor Jiu Wu is Second-Level Race. Jiu Wu told him what kind of Strange Entities Second-Level Race can generate. There is no such Strange Entities.
In other words, these kinds of Strange Entities only exist among Third-Level Race.
Even more difficult.
They are even more difficult to deal with.
His prized Heavenly Dao Cannon was utterly ineffective against these Strange Entities.
"This world is still too dangerous."
He murmured softly.
When will we finally feel safe?
From beginning to end, what he wanted was always very simple.
Safety.
Absolutely safe.
He was a somewhat timid person, easily frightened. He didn't want to live in a world full of threats. For his future safety, he had to Eradication these threats, which is why he was forced to fight time and time again, even though he didn't like war.
He silently smashed a Heavenly Dao Stone into the building of this "Dark Watchtower".
The Heavenly Dao Stone did not shatter and emit White Light that penetrated into the building as usual; instead, it fell intact to the ground.
Furthermore, a message popped up on the Endless Night Lord Panel Depths of the Soul.
"Dark-themed buildings cannot use Heavenly Dao Stone."
Have to.
One was saved.
Continue.
After activating the "Psionic Cannon Alteration" Dark Technology, he held 22 Dark Technology Source Point and began looking towards the next unactivated Dark Technology.
"Dark Technology Name": Mysterious Heaven Propeller Mutation.
"Dark Technology Grade": None.
"Dark Technology Type": Military Boost.
"Dark Technology Effect": The power of the Mysterious Heaven Propeller is doubled.
"Required Dark Technology Source Point": 3 points.
He knows that.
That Mr. Na had told him.
After a continent is upgraded to the Second-Level Continent, there is a chance to obtain the "Mysterious Heaven Propeller," which can be placed around the continent to propel it forward, thus allowing the continent to move to the "War Mire."
However, he has not yet received the Building Blueprint.
He just looked at it.
This is not included in the Building Blueprint stored in Warehouse No. 1.
Let's light it up first.
You'll need it eventually.
Moreover, he hadn't figured out how to deal with these Undersea Tunnel when he went to the "War Mire." There would be many troublesome things that needed to be dealt with one by one.
Continue to spend.
There are also 19 Dark Technology Source Point.
Having many friends is great!
Chen Fan couldn't help but feel a little emotional. He had never imagined that he could possess so many "Dark Technology Source Point," indulging in luxury consumption. He continued to look towards the next unlit Dark Technology.
"Dark Technology Name": Continental Mutation.
"Dark Technology Grade": None.
"Dark Technology Type": Military Boost.
"Dark Technology Effect": The Continent Durability are greatly increased.
"Required Dark Technology Source Point": 10 points.
Chen Fan stood silently, expressionless. How did his energy suddenly jump from 3 points to 10 points?
Should we start with 5 or 7 pm to transition things out?
Although the increase in consumption is somewhat outrageous.
But the results were indeed quite good.
This can significantly increase the solidity of the mainland.
The Continent Core is not only a necessary condition for advancing to the Third-Level Continent, but it also increases the continent's solidity. The "Primordial Continent Fragment" that the Mortal Domain Heavenly Dao is currently absorbing can also increase the continent's solidity, making it even more solid this time.
His mainland will be rock solid.
It's ridiculously hard.
Even if it directly withstands the Heavenly Dao Cannon, it won't leave many "cracks".
Light it up.
Soon after the 10 Dark Technology Source Point were used up, only 9 remained. Just as he was about to look towards the next Dark Technology Source Point, "Chen Fan..."
The Mr. Na suddenly appeared beside her, looking somewhat dazed and confused. "I didn't go with you this time. What were you up to?" "Where did you steal so many Dark Technology Source Point from?"
"What's wrong?"
Chen Fan turned his head and looked at the Mr. Na beside him with a strange expression, saying, "How do you know I have many Dark Technology Source Point?"
The Mr. Na raised his finger and pointed to the sky.
"The Supreme Heavenly Dao has summoned me, essentially asking how the Eternal Night Continent, as Second-Level Continent, can consume such a large amount of Dark Technology Source Point."
"Does the Supreme Heavenly Dao even concern itself with this?"
"Nature."
The Mr. Na murmured, "The duty of the Supreme Heavenly Dao is to maintain the order of Heaven and Earth, or rather, the Supreme Heavenly Dao is the Heavenly Dao of the 'Primordial Continent' from long ago."
"Later, Dark Invasion, the Heavenly Dao collapsed, and the Primordial Continent shattered into fragments."
"Dark Technology Source Point are fixed."
"It won't be generated out of thin air."
If you use it more, the other continents will have to use it less.
"If you happen to find any loopholes that allow you to obtain a large number of Dark Technology Source Point, the Supreme Heavenly Dao will naturally come and take a look." "The Supreme Heavenly Dao has feelings?"
"No."
The Mr. Na scratched his head. "Well, to put it simply, our actions crossed a line, a line that a Second-Level Continent shouldn't have crossed, and the Supreme Heavenly Dao has come to question us."
"Understood."
Chen Fan nodded silently. It's just a robot, the AI Heavenly Dao.
"What did you reply?"
"I asked Wang Kui, and he said you have many friends, and it was given to you by your friends."
"What did the Supreme Heavenly Dao say?"
"They didn't say anything, and after confirming its authenticity, there was no further news."
"Chen Fan, you're someone special."
The Mr. Na couldn't help but sigh again, "To have developed to the point where even the Supreme Heavenly Dao feels your progress is a bit too fast, this is the first time I've heard of such a thing." Chen Fan asked thoughtfully, somewhat doubtfully, "Actually... it's not that difficult, is it? Don't other Second-Level Continent do this?"
"Each Second-Level Continent can theoretically possess five Dark Technology Source Point."
"Why not just gather all the Dark Technology Source Point from the surrounding Second-Level Continent?"
"That's great, just collect them all."
The Mr. Na looked at Chen Fan with a strange expression. "Then guess why they didn't gather all these continents together before?"
"Although I am not familiar with the situation in other Sea Domain."
"But at least one Second-Level Continent shouldn't be able to achieve the same level of dominance as the 'Mortal Domain,' and it's impossible for it to suppress other forces on the same Second-Level Continent and force them to obediently hand over Dark Technology Source Point."
"Like someone like you."
"They're still suppressing twelve Second-Level Continent simultaneously. In any other Sea Domain, these twelve Second-Level Continent would have been wiped out by this arrogant Mortal Domain long ago." "There's a protection period; even if they join forces, they can't destroy them."
"Yes."
The Mr. Na said again in a low voice, "You know you've only just advanced to the Second-Level Continent. When other continents first advanced, they were probably still cautiously exploring the outside world."
"By the way"
Suddenly, the Mr. Na remembered something and scratched his head. "The Supreme Heavenly Dao also asked about something else. Since there's no 'Dark Technology Island' in the Heaven-Questioning Sea, how do the Mortal Domain use the Dark Technology Source Point?"
Chen Fan stood there expressionless, gazing silently at the sea. This question had hit him where it hurt: How did he manage that?
Naturally, it's the "Endless Night Lord Panel" that comes with the transmigration.
But is this something that can be discussed publicly?
This was his most closely guarded secret.
What did you say?
I said I didn't know.
"What was the response from the Supreme Heavenly Dao?"
"I just replied with an 'oh,' without saying much else. It's not important. There must be a way to use the Dark Technology Source Point besides 'Dark Technology Island,' but such Exotic Treasure or structures are quite Rare and difficult to obtain on ordinary Second-Level Continent."
Chen Fan didn't speak again, but simply looked towards the next unlit, Dark Technology.
"Dark Technology Name":###.
"Dark Technology Grade": None.
"Dark Technology Type": Military Boost.
"Dark Technology Effect":###
"Required Dark Technology Source Point": 10 points.
"Requires advancement to the Third-Level Continent to activate."
That's the limit.
The military branch is maxed out and cannot be upgraded further. The remaining upgrades can only be completed after advancing to the Third-Level Continent.
The remaining Dark Technology Source Point can be invested in the "Economic Branch".
The next day.
The Logistics Pavilion is busy again. Last night, they gathered a lot of information about ghost stories from the "Shadow Pavilion" and began building "Dark Watchtower" in the corresponding departments.
Investigate the interior of the Eternal Night Continent to see if any Ghost Spirit are causing trouble.
Strategist Pavilion.
Chen Fan and Long Live were standing in front of the "Heaven-Deriving Formation Screen".
"Domain Lord."
The Long Live pointed to the dim "Dark Watchtower" on the Screen and explained, "So far, none of the Dark Watchtower we've installed have responded."
This means that most folk ghost stories are fabricated.
"It doesn't actually exist."
"Even if there are Intangible Strange Entities, they shouldn't be able to enter the Eternal Night Continent during its protection period."
"My main concern is whether it's something left over from before."
Chen Fan stared at the Screen and said softly.
"That."
Long Live scratched his head. "Then the Ghost Spirit left behind in the past should also be targeting people to kill, not just to scare them. The most common ghost stories in folklore involve Water Monkey, but after on-site investigation, they are basically all people who drowned while swimming in the river."
Just then
The Message Talisman in Chen Fan's arms rang.
It's King Mazi.
"Domain Lord, our Flying Boat Caravan that went to the 'Despair Continent' to sell supplies yesterday has not returned, and all members have lost contact." "But the Life Tablet are not shattered."
"The person in charge of communicating with us from the 'Despair Continent' has also completely lost contact."
"Our initial assessment is that our people and goods have been detained by the Despair Continent."
"Request to conduct an investigation."
Chen Fan's brows furrowed instantly. He sensed a growing unease. Even if someone from a First-Level Continent were out of their mind, they wouldn't dare to kidnap someone from the Second-Level Continent, would they?
Besides, what's the point of kidnapping those people? To demand ransom?
You get the money, but are you alive to spend it?
Trap?
Who set this trap for him? Was it another Second-Level Continent? Or the Strange Entity Clan?
"Etc."
Chen Fan said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Don't act rashly. Send Flying Boat to investigate. Let me think about it."
"Long Live."
"Do you think it might be people from the Despair Continent who kidnapped us?"
"I don't think so, but as the saying goes, 'test the waters,' I suggest we drop a few 'Sky-Piercing Pillar' carrying Nuclear Warhead first and see how it goes."