Chapter 1991 - 1984: Supreme Crystal
"Oh my, could this man and woman really be them?" After reading this message, Zhang Menglong was almost 90% sure that Ying Zheng was talking about his parents.
It seems not just his parents, but many ancestors are playing in that Supreme World.
"I ought to see for myself what’s so fun here." Since Zhang Menglong’s parents could complete this task and enter the Supreme World in a short time, it shouldn’t be too hard for Zhang Menglong either.
As for why they want him to collect more Supreme Crystals, Zhang Menglong doesn’t quite understand, but following orders is never wrong.
"Brother Ying Zheng, could you explain it to me again in detail!" Zhang Menglong still wanted to gather more information about this world.
"Sure," Ying Zheng nodded, "actually, there are many ways to earn Supreme Coins. Not only can killing Warcraft drop them, but you can also receive various tasks, obtaining rewards based on the difficulty of the tasks."
"After killing Warcraft, there’s also a very low probability of obtaining materials from the Warcraft’s body, which sometimes can be exchanged for quite a lot of Supreme Coins."
"Where can I get tasks?" Zhang Menglong asked again, since within these high walls, there seems to be only this one NPC-like character.
"Many," Ying Zheng said, "we call these characters Rule Characters, and outside these high walls, there are many such Rule Characters. Some are in fixed locations, some are elusive, and sometimes you can get tasks from them."
"Their tasks often come with very generous rewards," Ying Zheng added, "for example, I once received a task to collect a Warcraft’s unicorn. It took me half a year and killing over 2000 of those Warcrafts to finally drop one unicorn, but I received 100,000 Supreme Coins all at once!"
"It really is just like a game," Zhang Menglong marveled.
"Isn’t it?" Ying Zheng laughed, "and there’s even more amazing stuff. Sometimes after you complete tasks, those Rule Characters will give you special rewards, like weapons or Martial Arts Techniques. What they provide is far more powerful than the Martial Arts Techniques we cultivate."
"This sounds like skill quests and hidden class quests in games." Zhang Menglong, who used to love playing games, now had a preliminary understanding of this world after hearing Ying Zheng’s explanation.
He even dared to say that what Ying Zheng and others understood about this world was very superficial, and there was much worth exploring in this world, not surprising that his parents told him to enjoy it.
"By the way, Brother Ying Zheng, Supreme Coins can be considered the circulating currency here, so what are Supreme Crystals?" Zhang Menglong’s parents had specifically emphasized the importance of Supreme Crystals to him.
"To be honest, I don’t know what they are," Ying Zheng said, "they can only be obtained with a very small chance, either when killing Warcraft or completing tasks."
"No idea what they do?" Zhang Menglong was stunned, "how mysterious!"
"I only know they’re very valuable. One Supreme Crystal can be exchanged for 10 million Supreme Coins," Ying Zheng glanced at Zhang Menglong’s expression, "it’s strange, right? Clearly, only needing 100 million Supreme Coins or 100 Supreme Crystals, with only a 100,000 times difference."
"Yeah." Zhang Menglong nodded, was it a bug in this world’s rules, or were the creators of this world just bad at math?
"Actually, it’s not strange because you can exchange one Supreme Crystal for 10 million Supreme Coins, but you can’t exchange 10 million Supreme Coins for one Supreme Crystal. The exchange is not reversible."
"In this case, this thing is indeed very valuable." Zhang Menglong pondered, "it seems these Supreme Crystals are useless here but might have some use in that Supreme World."
"That’s my guess too," Ying Zheng said, "so I’m also trying to collect them, but so far, I’ve gathered 42 million Supreme Coins and have only gotten two Supreme Crystals."
"Can I take a look?" Zhang Menglong asked.
"Of course," Ying Zheng wasn’t worried that Zhang Menglong would run off with his stuff, and it was obvious that Zhang Menglong was just curious.
The Supreme Crystal was very small, only the size of a soybean, with a shape resembling a meticulously cut diamond. Yet its weight was immense; just this small piece weighed several tons.
The shell of the Supreme Crystal seemed to act as a barrier, through the thin shell, Zhang Menglong felt as if he could see a starry sky stored inside.
"Gou Dan, can you analyze the composition and use of this Supreme Crystal?" Zhang Menglong asked.
[The shell’s composition is complex and very strong, hard to destroy below the level of the Ultimate Life Form, but it has no other special qualities. As for the inside, it seems to be solidified Laws.]
"Solid Laws?" Zhang Menglong knew Laws were omnipresent and intangible, only perceptible, so what were these solidified Laws?
[I don’t really know either, these Laws have been stored in solid form by some power; it’s not something ordinary power can achieve, so that Supreme World seems quite interesting.]
"You’ve said a bit, but not much," Zhang Menglong pouted, but clearly, the function of the Supreme Crystal he still needed to explore for himself.
"My stomach’s a little hungry," suddenly Zhang Menglong’s stomach started to growl, and he wanted to take out some food from his storage space, but as soon as he had it in hand, it turned to dust and disappeared.
"This..." Zhang Menglong was at a loss.
"In this place, anything outside of the rules is forbidden to be used, including the elixirs you make yourself, unless you buy medicines with Supreme Coins to refine, but all the Alchemy equipment you also must buy here!"
"In other words, people coming here can really bring nothing but the clothes on their back?"
"Hahaha," Ying Zheng laughed, "you’re too naive, even the clothes were decomposed by the rule power the moment you entered this world, and what you’re wearing is merely generated by this world’s rules."
"Oh my gosh!" Zhang Menglong was speechless, this place was even more ridiculous than the Endless Land, was he not just a penniless pauper now?
"Hungry?" Ying Zheng tossed over some food, "you just arrived here today; consider this a meal on me. Starting tomorrow, you’ll have to fend for yourself!"
"Thank you, Brother Ying Zheng!" Zhang Menglong hadn’t felt hunger in a long time, and it was a bit strange to him.
The thing Ying Zheng tossed over seemed to be some sort of meat, probably something he ate when he was an Emperor on Earth; the taste was alright and it filled the stomach.
"Generally, an ordinary Dao Realm Martial Artist needs 20-30 Supreme Coins a day to buy enough food to be full," Ying Zheng said, "which means you’d need to kill two or three Dao Realm Warcrafts just to barely get enough to eat, just surviving here is really difficult."
"Gou Dan? Any cheats?" Zhang Menglong asked.
[Principal, did you forget one of the skills you learned? Isn’t Management Studies the technique you dominate with here?]