LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 736 - 736: Abyssal Beetle
Chapter 736: Chapter 736: Abyssal Beetle
This trench under the north city wall, more than two meters deep and five or six meters wide, extends hundreds of yards from the wall until it disappears in front of a tall ruinous building outside the Alliance’s territory.
The entire trench displays a crystallized state, leaving one to imagine just how high the temperature must have been when the cannon fired!
“What’s the firing speed? And, what kind of consumption does it have?” Song Jian inquired.
“It can only shoot once per minute, but it’s possible to initiate a rapid fire skill that shortens the time to ten seconds!” Wang Qi explained, “When the rapid fire skill is activated, energy consumption triples. It can only last for a minute. After that time, the railgun needs to cool down for ten minutes before it can fire again!”
“As for the energy…” Wang Qi’s expression became troubled as he continued, “It consumes a huge amount of energy. Given our storage capacity. If we take two magic crystal railguns into account – even if we only use them at normal firing rates – we’ll only be able to endure for about half an hour. If we were to activate rapid fire, I fear that the railgun wouldn’t be usable after just one round!”
Song Jian frowned. The power consumed by the magic crystal railgun was the magic crystals themselves, strategic materials that were forbidden from sale in any city.
City of Hope was only able to purchase some at a high price with the help of City of Sin to create a magic crystal railgun. The remaining magic crystals are simply not enough to support an intense battle;
This was exactly why Song Jian didn’t continue to farm for boss materials. Having the railgun alone wasn’t enough. They also needed an adequate supply of ammunition!
“Magic crystals… Are there no magic crystal mines in Doomsday City?” Song Jian asked with a furrowed brow.
Wang Qi had a bitter smile on his face. “Magic crystals are probably the most difficult resources to obtain in this game. Not only in Doomsday City, but also in big cities like City of Sin and City of Hymns, there are no magic crystal mines around!”
“At present, only three magic crystal mines have been found in the entire game, all in areas populated by level 50 or higher monsters. The nearest city is more than a hundred kilometers away…” Wang Qi shared.
He obtained all this information from City of Sin. Before, Wang Qi hadn’t even heard of magic crystals, let alone seen them. He only studied this knowledge when they needed to construct the magic crystal railgun.
Song Jian sighed internally. It seemed that these two railguns could only be used at the most critical moments and not as regular weapons!
“When will the other railgun be completed?” Song Jian asked.
“It needs another four days. It will definitely be completed before the task ends!” Wang Qi said.
“How many defense buildings do we have now, and have we reached the required level of defense?” He glanced at the war machines densely packed on the city wall and asked.
“Hehe, we’ve already reached the standard. Our city’s total defense is now one hundred and sixty-five thousand. After the magic crystal railgun is built, it can increase the defense by another thirty thousand!” Wang Qi replied with a laugh.
Initially, reaching the required defense was the most troubling part. Even if all the defense structures provided by the system were constructed, it would still only amount to sixty thousand defense points, far from the target.
But now, by the time the task ends, the defense of the City of Hope Alliance is almost set to double the task requirement!
The higher the defense, the safer the defending players, and naturally, the more willing they are to participate in the defense. Otherwise, there might be mass resignations from the City of Hope Alliance during the monster siege phase;
In this game, everyone has only one life. As long as you’re alive, there are endless possibilities. Regardless of the rewards, no one is willing to risk their life!
When he heard that the defense could reach close to two hundred thousand, Song Jian finally nodded in satisfaction. The higher the defense, the better. Even if all the buildings were destroyed at the end, as long as the core of Manor Castle’s Alliance and the players in the alliance are still alive, it is a victory!
The materials have been collected, the defense has met the requirements, two out of the four tasks have been completed, only the clean-up task and waiting for the final monster siege are left!
The clean-up task seems to be not difficult, but it is actually the most tedious part of the job. To achieve perfection, there can’t be a single system monster left in our territory!
Whether it’s on the ground or in the sewer, they were patrolled over and over again. But every time, some new monsters are always discovered. This is the most troublesome thing for Wang Qi. There are times when he truly wishes he could turn the entire ground upside to inspect!
Song Jian glanced at the loyalty of the nest, which had risen to sixty points. It seems that recent feeding activities have been successful. More than thirty thousand beetles have hatched. According to the ratio of one to ten and one to a hundred, three thousand strong beetles and three hundred elite beetles have appeared.
However, none of the more powerful abyssal beetles have yet appeared. It seemed that the chance of hatching an abyssal beetle was lower than what was indicated.
Just then, Song Jian suddenly felt a slight tremor in the ground. But the vibration was very subtle, only he, with his Spirit Points exceeding a hundred, could feel it. Wang Qi and the other players nearby were completely unaware.
“What’s going on?” Song Jian furrowed his eyebrows. He then suddenly sensed a wave of weakness emanating from the nest, accompanied by bouts of hunger.
When Song Jian opened the nest interface, he was shocked to find that the nest had actually hatched an Abyssal Beetle!
“Prepare a lot of food, send it to the sewer, quickly!” Having said that, Song Jian ran straight towards the sewer entrance.
Unlike the direct control Song Jian had over the Black Dragon and the Blood Beast, the beetles hatched by the nest were controlled through the nest. Therefore, he could only see the number of beetles hatched, not the specific attributes of each beetle from the interface.
Hatching just one abyssal beetle caused such a movement – even larger than when over thirty thousand beetles were hatched. This piqued Song Jian’s curiosity. He wondered just how powerful this abyssal beetle was!
Standing in front of the nest, Song Jian saw a pile of monster corpses. Many of them were high-ranking boss bodies, of course, most of them were contributed by Song Jian who had been actively farming level thirty or above elite bosses recently.
Although many boss bodies couldn’t make it here in time, even a small fraction was enough to significantly increase the nest’s loyalty to Song Jian.
Gazing at a beetle the size of a small car in front of him, Song Jian couldn’t help but guess in his heart that perhaps it was through devouring these high-level boss corpses that the nest could produce abyssal beetles.
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