Chapter 65
◎ Level Two Territorial Sea! ◎
The sea surface slowly returned to calm.
Yu Chi put away the whale’s crystal core, let the silver wolf and the treant rest on the boat, and flew to the territory’s border to repair the barrier.
Because the territorial sea range had expanded, the barrier had also become larger. The repair time would take three hours. After submitting the required crystals, Yu Chi temporarily did not care anymore.
The barrier’s defense was not strong, but its effect was great. Without a barrier, other players could enter the territorial sea without her permission, and it could also serve as a warning when the barrier was destroyed.
Yu Chi flapped her wings and flew around in the sky above her territorial sea. The simultaneous upgrading of her small boat and her territorial sea had increased the number of things she wanted to do.
First was the newly added [Territorial Sea Map], which could view all the flora, fauna, and terrain within the territorial sea range!
Yu Chi curiously called up the map and found that the three coral reef groups were located in the northeast, southeast, and southwest of the territorial sea respectively. She decided to go to the nearest northeast reef group first.
After flying to the sky above the territorial sea marked on the map, Yu Chi transformed into a mermaid and leaped into the sea.
The seawater was crystal clear. The sunlight passed through the water surface, casting mottled light and shadow on the seabed. After swimming for about a few minutes, a colorful coral reef appeared before her eyes.
“Oho!” Yu Chi couldn’t help but exclaim in amazement. The coral here was more beautiful than she had imagined. Red, yellow, purple, in various shapes, like an underwater garden.
【Item: Rainbow Coral
Grade: Legendary
Description: Corals of different colors have different effects.】
Yu Chi picked up a section of pink staghorn coral and blew on it lightly according to the description. Bubbles immediately came out of the coral.
The pink coral could provide bubbles that allowed people to breathe underwater. You just needed to cover your head. If you blew a little bigger and covered your whole body, you could also avoid direct contact with the water.
The red coral had a very strong attack power. With a light blow, it could spray out a huge flame that could burn others even at the bottom of the sea.
The blue coral could be used as medicine and had a healing and regenerating effect.
The yellow coral could be used as a vehicle for movement, whether at the bottom of the sea or in the air.
The purple coral could be used as a defensive item and was very sturdy.
The white coral could purify the water.
The black coral could summon different weather, wind, rain, thunder, lightning, and so on.
“This is too heaven-defying,” Yu Chi was dumbfounded. She suddenly didn’t think the contamination just now was that scary. After all, just the effect of the coral was already very exaggerated.
Yu Chi temporarily suppressed her inner excitement, left the coral reef, and swam towards the undersea hot spring marked on the map. As the depth increased, a small hot spring appeared before her eyes.
This was a relatively open undersea basin, surrounded by a circle of rocks of various shapes. As she slowly approached, she could even feel the change in the surrounding water flow.
The moment Yu Chi’s fishtail touched the rock, a faint fluctuation was felt in the air. She was stunned for two seconds, then raised her hand to touch—
This was actually a separate space.
Outside the space was the hot spring and some warm seawater, but inside the space was actually the air from the outside world!
Yu Chi walked into the hot spring area and instantly transformed into her human form. That’s right, the air here was indeed the same as on the sea.
Although her human form could also breathe at the bottom of the sea, it was difficult to withstand the water pressure in the deep sea. But in this hot spring, there was no bad feeling at all.
‘This is too thoughtful,’ she thought, reaching out to test the water temperature at the edge of the hot spring. It was just right.
The hot spring was only about 50 square meters, but the temperature was clearly layered. The outermost layer was only 30 degrees. The closer to the center, the higher the temperature. The spring water at the center even had a faint blue color.
【Healing Hot Spring
Grade: Legendary
Description: Soaking can accelerate wound healing and restore stamina. Limited to 1 hour per day.】
Isn’t this a natural healing pool?
Yu Chi had originally thought it was just an ordinary hot spring, but she hadn’t expected it to have such a good effect.
“I’ll come here for a soak when I’m injured in the future,” Yu Chi was very tempted. She planned to bring the silver wolf to experience it later. Now with the pink coral bubbles, the silver wolf could completely come to the bottom of the sea.
Before she left, she noticed some glowing stones at the bottom of the hot spring and collected a few samples.
【Item: Hot Spring Crystal Stone
Grade: Rare
Description: Can maintain a constant temperature. It is an ideal material for making constant temperature equipment.】
Yu Chi nodded in satisfaction. These crystal stones could be used to upgrade the temperature control system on the boat, or to make an incubator to store food.
Next was the pearl oyster farm. This resource point was located in the southeast of the territorial sea, near the coral reef.
From a distance, Yu Chi saw neat grids arranged on the seabed. In each grid, dozens of huge pearl oysters were being raised. The shells of these mollusks had a beautiful iridescent color, and the largest one was big enough to fit several people.
【Item: Iridescent Pearl Oyster
Grade: Legendary
Description: Can produce 1-3 pearls per week, with random quality.】
Yu Chi swam closer to observe and found that some of the shells were slightly open, revealing the lustrous pearls inside. She carefully opened a shell and took out a thumb-sized pink pearl.
【Item: Pink Iridescent Pearl
Grade: Excellent
Description: Can be ground into powder to make beauty potions. Can increase charm value when worn directly.】
“Beauty potions?” Yu Chi raised an eyebrow. This was quite rare.
Since coming to this survival world, all players had been paying more attention to the improvement of their combat power, not to mention that there were no such things as beauty and skincare in this world.
However, becoming beautiful was something that people would always pursue, no matter when. It should be able to sell for a good price. Yu Chi decided to come and collect pearls regularly.
The pearls of other colors also had their own functions, but their grades ranged from common to legendary. Yu Chi casually took out two. The first was about beauty, and the second was about detoxification. Both were quite practical.
She counted and there were a total of 10 grids, which meant there were hundreds of pearl oysters. Producing 1-3 pearls a day would also be a lot.
After the territorial sea was upgraded, there were so many resource points that could make money. No wonder those alliances were so rich. Yu Chi planned to go to the shops under those alliances when she had time in the future. There should be a lot of strange things.
The second to last resource point to check was the sea farm. After surfacing, Yu Chi returned to her human form, stepped on the speedboat, and headed for the new sea farm.
This resource point was located in the central-west of the territorial sea. After getting close, she found that the farm was much larger than she had imagined, the size of a football field.
The farm was divided into three areas. There was a control console on the side. The first area could control the growth time of the plants, the second area could control the growth size of the plants, and the third area could control the growth quality of the plants.
However, if you wanted to use the functions of these areas, you had to consume a large amount of Purification Crystals. Otherwise, they would just grow normally.
Yu Chi had the [Two-Sided Mirror] space, but she couldn’t control the changes in the time, size, and quality of these crops. It seemed that this sea farm could be used to plant normal crops in the future, while the space would be used to plant more precious and not-so-easy-to-expose spirit plants.
She had the little flower fairy come out of the [Two-Sided Mirror] space, bringing a lot of seeds, and scattered them on the sea farm. Tomatoes, potatoes, rice, watermelons… Yu Chi planned to let these plants grow normally first, and then use Purification Crystals when there was a need.
Otherwise, no matter how much money she had, she couldn’t afford to consume it like this.
The crystals that had been consumed to buy land before had turned into about three hundred million after a week of development, but this money was still too little. She needed to exchange the resources she didn’t need for the time being for crystals as soon as possible, and then start climbing the wealth ranking.
This territorial sea upgrade had given her a great surprise. It was probably because the territorial sea order was of the legendary grade that every new resource point she had was of the legendary grade.
Then the mighty contamination tide, in exchange for so many useful resources, was completely worth it!
Yu Chi checked her ranking on the strength ranking. After leveling up to 30, she had already rushed to 17th place, but the reward was still of the same grade as the top hundred. Only when she rushed into the top 10 would there be a change.
Next, the difficulty of leveling up would be very great, but this also meant that she was slowly entering the ranks of the masters.
The last resource point to check was the undersea volcano, located in the deepest part of the territorial sea. Under normal circumstances, this volcano should not erupt, but thinking that this was a volcano, Yu Chi was still a little panicked.
She once again transformed into a mermaid and swam towards the deep sea. As the depth increased, the light gradually dimmed, but the water temperature abnormally rose. After diving for a few hundred meters, a dark volcano appeared before her eyes.
The crater was about fifty meters in diameter, constantly spewing out bubbles, and the surrounding seawater was distorted due to the high temperature. What surprised Yu Chi was that some strange red algae were actually growing around the volcano.
【Volcanic Red Algae
Grade: Rare
Description: Rich in minerals, it is a raw material for making fire resistance potions.】
There would usually be rich mineral resources near a volcano. If the volcano had a grade, this should also be a legendary grade volcano. The good things should not be limited to just this volcanic red algae.
Yu Chi slowly approached and suddenly found that the sea near the volcano was very unbearable. It was constantly washing over the mermaid’s tail and meridians, and an unbearable pain came over her. She immediately moved away from the volcano.
This place was very suitable for a Cinnabar Finch to cultivate. Yu Chi immediately concluded, and then quickly reacted. A Cinnabar Finch couldn’t swim…
She scratched her head in frustration. Her sharp eyes found that there seemed to be some reddish ores on the edge of the volcano. Even from such a distance, she could feel the fire-attribute power contained within.
Perhaps these ores were also useful to a Cinnabar Finch? Her eyes lit up. She endured the pain and quickly went forward to steal three or four pieces.
【Item: Holy Fire Stone
Grade: Legendary
Description: Produced by the continuous casting of a volcano, it has extremely powerful and rare fire-attribute magic power.】
As expected, after seeing the grade, Yu Chi understood. The real rare resource of this volcano was this!
…But it was really hot here. Yu Chi quickly flicked her tail and swam more than ten meters away. The seawater became cool again. She sighed. This was the environment a mermaid should be in.
All the new resource points had been observed. The mining would be done later. Yu Chi slowly swam up and returned to the boat.
Next were the newly added defensive facilities. The four purification lighthouses were located in the four corners of the territorial sea, about twenty meters high, pure white, with a soft blue light emitting from the top.
【Purification Lighthouse
Range of effect: 500-meter radius
Effect: Automatically repels contaminated creatures below level 10.】
Yu Chi tried to activate a lighthouse, and the blue light suddenly intensified, forming a hemispherical barrier. She released a small contaminated fish she had captured before. The fish panicked and fled as soon as it touched the barrier.
Although it only repelled contaminated creatures below level 10, it was still enough. For example, today’s contamination tide was all level 5 creatures, but it had also exhausted them.
And the purification tower could also be upgraded. It was just that the upgrade conditions were a bit troublesome and required a special purification tower upgrade stone.
With this purification tower, it could also prevent the low-level contaminated creatures on the edge of the barrier from causing damage to the barrier.
The four sea defense towers were distributed on the border of the territorial sea. They were shaped like small turrets, but they were much more precise than the crystal energy cannons.
【Sea Defense Tower
Attack range: 500-meter radius
Attack power: Equivalent to a full-strength attack of a level 10 player
Energy source: Contamination Crystals】
Yu Chi tested it. The defense tower’s attack was automatic. As long as a contaminated creature entered the range, it would fire. She threw the level 40 contamination crystal she had just obtained into the defense tower. It should be able to last for a long time.
“This way, the next contamination tide should be much easier,” Yu Chi let out a long sigh of relief. When she looked up, the defense tower had already started attacking.
After upgrading to a level two territorial sea, she had to start purifying the sea area again. She had purified 37 square kilometers before, and now there were still 30 square kilometers left to purify.
These few towers were good to use, but the number was too small. However, after upgrading to a level two territorial sea, both the system mall and the reputation mall had opened the territorial sea area’s shops.
These two shops would occasionally drop purification towers and defense towers. If she was lucky, she could buy them directly.
Yu Chi sat on the new sofa on the deck and stretched, opening the reputation value mall.
During this time, her reputation value had been slowly increasing every day. Although she hadn’t done anything earth-shattering, the more goods sold in the shop on the central island, the greater the recognition of her by others.
She opened the system screen. The reputation value on it showed 320,000. This was much stronger than the purchasing power of the same value of Purification Crystals.
Yu Chi scrolled through the reputation value mall. She didn’t find any defense towers or purification towers, but she did find something interesting.
【Item: Magic Upgrade Scroll
Description: Upgrades the level of a certain magic spell.】
If it were an ordinary player, they would probably find this magic upgrade scroll a bit strange. The mall had item upgrade stones and even skill upgrade stones. Why was there an extra magic upgrade scroll?
But Yu Chi bought it immediately the first time she saw it. This was a good thing for all magic-side people… speaking of which, she could also make magic scrolls herself. She would try it later.
There were too many and too complicated things to do. The idea that had just arisen in Yu Chi’s mind was quickly put aside by her.
Her current elf’s data panel was as follows:
【Name: DazedFish
Species: Elf
Level: 30
Magic: 40
Spirit: Third Stage
Magic: Fireball (First Order), Fire Wall (Second Order), Holy Light (upgraded to Third Order after merging with Healing Aura), Teleportation (Second Order), Elven Blessing (Second Order), Vine Manipulation (First Order), Nature’s Guardian (Fourth Order)】
Besides the changes in level, magic, and Spirit, the levels of the other magic spells had not changed at all. Wait, there was also a change in Nature’s Guardian, but this was a special case.
…Magic was not like magic and Spirit, which could naturally improve with the increase in strength.
It required the master to learn it separately.
For example, in magic, the danger of a fireball determined that it was only a first-order magic. Even if the level was increased, it would only increase its power. It was better to just learn the second-order magic, Fire Wall.
Yu Chi took out the magic upgrade scroll and looked at all the magic spells on the panel. Her current highest-level magic spells were Holy Light and Nature’s Guardian. The latter could not be upgraded with a scroll, but Teleportation and Elven Blessing were also very useful.
She hesitated for a while and finally used it on Holy Light. A magic that could dispel dark matter was not that simple, especially in a world full of contaminated creatures.
After upgrading [Holy Light] to level 4, Yu Chi did not use it for the time being, but set her sights on [Nature’s Guardian]. She belatedly realized that she had done something stupid.
She had actually not summoned her 4th partner before the contamination tide began… as expected, her brain was not working well when there were too many things to do.
Yu Chi let out a breath. Fortunately, the contamination tide had ended perfectly. It was not too late to summon it now.
She closed her eyes and began to form hand seals. With the chanting of the spell, the surrounding natural energy began to gather, forming an emerald green light ball.
The light ball gradually expanded, and Yu Chi could feel the life gestating inside. She increased her magic power output, and cracks began to appear on the surface of the light ball, and a dazzling light shone out from within.
“Bang!”
The moment the light ball exploded, Yu Chi subconsciously closed her eyes. When she opened them again, what she saw was not the majestic creature she had imagined, but a… palm-sized little thing?
It was a round, translucent little fairy. Its body was like it was rolled from parchment, and it was wearing a small pointed hat on its head. It floated in the air, blinking its big eyes and looking at Yu Chi curiously.
【Guardian: Scroll Fairy】
【Level: 30】
【Description: Can copy the master’s magic to make scrolls. Can make 3 a day.】
Yu Chi: “Hmm?”
This is… an unexpected surprise.
Yu Chi did not have high expectations for her fourth partner. She had a silver wolf for attack, a treant for defense, and a little flower fairy for taking care of flowers and plants, but she had not expected to be given such a big surprise.
She smiled and stretched out her hand, letting the little fairy land on her palm. Her original plan was to make magic scrolls herself and then imprint the magic on them, which would also save the time of chanting.
But in fact, this was a big project. She had a lot of things to do now: improving her own physical skills, learning magic, forging weapons, refining herbs, and now, making magic scrolls. Even if she had two shadow clones, she wouldn’t be able to handle it.
Now with this little fairy, she could just put aside the matter of making magic scrolls for now.
“Can you copy all my templates?” Yu Chi asked softly.
The scroll’s eyes nodded, blinking its super cute big eyes. It seemed that it could become good friends with the little flower fairy.
“In that case, it seems I have to learn more magic,” Yu Chi’s eyes curved. “Then you can copy three Holy Lights for me today.”
The scroll fairy tilted its head and thought for a moment, then waved its little hand. A magic book appeared in front of it, constantly flipping in the wind, and finally stopped at “Holy Light.”
It closed its eyes, opened its two hands, and soon, a light flashed. The “Holy Light” spell on the page was copied onto three blank parchment scrolls.
Yu Chi gave a thumbs up: “Awesome!”
The scroll fairy shyly twisted its body.
Yu Chi put it in the [Two-Sided Mirror] space to play with the little flower fairy, and looked up at the defense tower that was still attacking not far away.
Now, she was going to do an experiment.
As everyone knows, contaminated creatures = contaminated creatures = bodies with dark matter, and Holy Light can dispel dark matter.
She curled her lips. “Ah Shu, bring me a contaminated creature.”
The treant’s branches and leaves moved, and the next second, it appeared on the sea hundreds of meters away, and easily bound a dolphin-type contaminated creature.
“Well done,” Yu Chi praised, and then set her sights on this terrifying contaminated creature on the deck.
Compared to the cute dolphin in its original form, the contaminated dolphin was ugly and ferocious. A single glance would make you frown.
Yu Chi did not hesitate and directly released a fourth-order Holy Light at the contaminated dolphin.
A dazzling white light burst out from Yu Chi’s palm, enveloping the entire dolphin. The dolphin struggled violently, letting out a piercing shriek. Black slime continuously seeped out from its body and then evaporated into white smoke in the holy light.
About a minute later, the white light faded. Yu Chi held her breath and stared at the dolphin nervously, then was greatly disappointed.
…It was still a contaminated creature. Could it be that the effect of Holy Light’s dispelling of dark matter was not effective on these contaminated creatures?
No, wait. Yu Chi’s eyes widened. She found that the dolphin’s tail had already changed from black to a smooth, grayish-blue skin.
Holy Light was not ineffective, but a fourth-order Holy Light was of too low a level. It was far from enough to restore the entire dolphin to its original appearance!
However, it was good to know that it was effective. Yu Chi breathed a sigh of relief. This way, she didn’t have to go to other islands to find those creatures and tie them back.
She could just stay at home and use Holy Light on the contaminated creatures every day.
Yu Chi grinned happily. This contaminated dolphin was only level 8. Her current strength could continuously use 10 fourth-order magic spells.
One, two, three, four… until the 8th Holy Light hit the dolphin, all the black on the dolphin’s body had faded.
【Congratulations, player, on being the first to evolve a contaminated creature. Please keep up the good work.】
【Obtained Turntable Spin x3, Unknown Island x1】
【Obtained the honorary title “Purifier.” The reproduction speed of the creatures in the territorial sea will be increased by 20%, and there will be a 15% chance to obtain a rare resource point every month.】
【A worldwide broadcast is about to be made. Do you want to publicly display your ID?】
Yu Chi frowned in conflict. If she publicly displayed her ID, she would definitely be able to gain a large amount of reputation value this time. You see, you could buy good things like [Magic Upgrade Scroll] in the reputation value mall.
But this would undoubtedly make her a target for the whole world… other people were fine, but being targeted by those big alliances was really annoying.
Yu Chi sighed, gave up the tempting reputation value, and chose to broadcast anonymously. Not just this time, but if she wanted to sell Holy Light magic scrolls in the future, it would be best to open a shop that was completely unrelated to DazedFish.
【Player “Anonymous” has successfully purified a contaminated creature, obtaining the honorary title of “Purifier,” and…】
【Player “Anonymous” has successfully…】
…
The mechanical voice repeated three times before it stopped. Yu Chi touched her chin with a “as I expected” expression. She knew that in order to encourage other players, the system would definitely broadcast the rewards she had obtained.
It was a good thing she had chosen “anonymous”!