Chapter 240 - 148: A Good Sculpture of the People
’Let’s try upgrading it.’
Upgrading to Level 2 required no materials, just 300 Ghost Stones. For a Yellow Level building, the Ghost Stone cost for this upgrade really wasn’t much at all.
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[The Soul-Devouring Sculpture has been upgraded to Level 2.]
[Please select an Upgrade Direction.]
[1: The injury recovery speed of camp members within 100 meters of the sculpture will be slightly increased.]
[2: The Ghost Stone consumption of offensive camp buildings placed within 100 meters of the sculpture will be slightly reduced.]
[3: The Cultivation Speed of camp members within 100 meters of the sculpture will be slightly increased.]
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"Wait a second..."
Chen Fan paused, suddenly realizing why this seemingly Ordinary Soul-Devouring Sculpture was actually a Yellow Level building.
He had played a game in his previous life.
In it, there was a most noble class called the Priest.
Their effect was also very simple.
During battle, they would stay in the rear, applying all sorts of buffs to their teammates up front.
And this Soul-Devouring Sculpture was just like that.
’How is this a sculpture?’
’Isn’t this just an immobile Priest?’
You get one buff for every Level. If it went up to Level 10, that would be ten buffs... If he chose only the ones that enhanced the strength of the Mortal Realm Members, he could take an ordinary Mortal Realm Member and massively boost their combat power.
It was absolutely perfect for city defense.
’At the foot of the City Wall.’
’One every hundred meters.’
Without further hesitation, he immediately chose the second option: the Ghost Stone consumption of offensive buildings placed near the sculpture would be slightly reduced.
As for injury recovery and Cultivation Speed, he already had other buildings for that, so he had no need for this sculpture’s help.
...
He spent another 500 Ghost Stones to upgrade it to Level 3.
Heh.
The three Upgrade Directions were still the same, completely unchanged.
He chose the second one again.
And again...
He upgraded it to Level 4, then Level 5... and then it couldn’t be upgraded anymore.
It wasn’t that it had started to require materials.
It was because—
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[The Soul-Devouring Sculpture has reached Level 5.]
[It has reached Max Level and cannot be upgraded further.]
[Because the second option was chosen for every Upgrade Direction, you have acquired the corresponding Max Level Effect: ’Careful Calculation’.]
[The Ghost Stone consumption of offensive buildings placed within the sculpture’s range will be reduced again.]
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"..."
Chen Fan stared at the panel before him, frozen in place.
Level 5.
Max Level.
A Yellow Level building.
’These words felt so strange together.’
It was the first time he’d seen a building with such a low level cap, and a Yellow Level one at that. Even Farmland had a Max Level of 10.
And, it was so cheap...
A Max Level Soul-Devouring Sculpture only cost 2,600 Ghost Stones in total.
As for its effect.
Hmm...
The panel used vague terms like "slightly reduced" and "reduced again." He’d have to run an experiment to find out the exact numbers.
The experimental method was also very simple.
After an Arrow Tower was upgraded to Level 5, its power increased dramatically.
A Level 3 Arrow Tower only needed 1 Ghost Stone to activate its Active Skill, Arrow Rain Storm.
But a Level 5 Cannon Tower required 50 Ghost Stones to activate its Arrow Rain Storm Active Skill.
The next moment—
A Level 5 Cannon Tower on the City Wall beneath his feet suddenly lit up. Arrow Rain Storm activated, and beams of light shot into the sky in a volley, landing precisely on the distant ground.
Kicking up clouds of dust.
It had consumed 30 Ghost Stones.
"Holy crap..."
Chen Fan stared blankly at the detailed data on the panel before him. It originally cost 50 Ghost Stones, but now it only cost 30. That was a 40% reduction in Ghost Stone consumption.
This was an extremely astonishing number.
According to his plan, the 170-kilometer Jiangbei Defense Line needed a large number of cannon towers. These cannon towers weren’t just for show; they would consume Ghost Stones when activated.
And the number of Ghost Stones they consumed would not be small.
But now...
All he had to do was place a Soul-Devouring Sculpture every hundred meters within the walls of the 170-kilometer Jiangbei Defense Line, and he could drastically reduce the Ghost Stone consumption of his offensive buildings.
That would mean he only needed 1,700 of them.
In total, that would only be a little over four million Ghost Stones.
’So cheap.’
...
After a long while,
Chen Fan couldn’t help but grin. The Architect exchange conference hadn’t been for nothing. He really needed to interact more with other factions; they all had good stuff.
This Soul-Devouring Sculpture was a prime example.
Of course,
the prerequisite was choosing the second option for every upgrade to get this special Max Level Effect. He planned to try later and see what corresponding Max Level Effects he would get by choosing only the first or third options.
"A good sculpture for the people."
’What makes a product good for the people?’
’Good quality, low price.’
This sculpture perfectly fit that four-word description. A Max Level Yellow Level building for only 2,600 Ghost Stones—you couldn’t find a deal like that even if you searched with a lantern.
And after upgrading this building to Max Level,
another building lit up in the Building Atlas. With this, the Mortal Realm now possessed six types of Max Level Buildings.
He clicked his tongue in amazement and walked down from the City Wall, heading toward cave No. 2 to upgrade the Vehicle Workshop to Level 6.
The Vehicle Workshop was currently at Level 5.
Upgrading it to Level 6 required a special material. He had acquired the necessary item, a Ya Bone, a few days ago, and he was going to upgrade the Vehicle Workshop to Level 6 today.
Lately, the Mortal Realm had been acquiring small batches of Heavenly and Earthly Treasures and other special materials. As long as the price wasn’t too high, they would buy them up and store them, even if they had no immediate use.
They might come in handy later.
This stuff didn’t spoil, so they just kept it in storage.
After it was upgraded to Level 6,
another craftable Vehicle appeared in the Vehicle Workshop.
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6: Sea Ship, a medium-sized Vehicle, can carry up to thirty people. It has high movement speed and a strong carrying capacity, but a deep draft. Comes equipped with Ghost Fire and a small number of offensive buildings. Some external buildings can be added.
The hull is quite sturdy, equivalent in hardness to a Level 1 City Wall.
Long-term docking and maintenance require a supporting Port building. Crafting cost: 2,000 Ghost Stones.
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"A Sea Ship?"
Chen Fan’s eyes narrowed slightly. This seemed much more suitable for long-distance voyages than the Bone Ship. ’Maybe I can go see what’s on the other side of the Dead Sea?’
It’s just...
The journey is a bit dangerous. Who knows, the other side of the Dead Sea might be the main nest of the Ghost Objects.