Chapter 15

This was also within Cheng Yang's expectations. In this cruel end-of-the-world game, who wouldn't want to quickly enhance their own strength?

Cheng Yang immediately instructed, "In a while, I'll take you all out to continue hunting the demonized creatures and try to earn as many spirit points as possible. Mr. Li, you all stay in the base to practice for now. You each have about ten spirit points, which is enough for an hour of double practice."

For cultivators, practicing is also a form of rest, and this would not affect their mental state the next day.

Next, Cheng Yang opened the archer statue and chose to upgrade the demon energy intensity. They had earned over 400 demon energy points, which was enough to upgrade one attribute for each of the four statues.

However, the other three statues still needed an hour and a half to fully cool down. Cheng Yang didn't want to wait any longer, so he took Yu Kai and the others out of the base again.

This time, although there was no summoner, Yang Tian wasn't worried about safety. The large groups of demonized creatures they had just eliminated wouldn't reappear in large numbers for a while.

After another three hours of battle, Cheng Yang and the others returned to the base, which was already past 2 a.m.

On the way back, Liu Hao complained, "Yangzi, what kind of bullshit game is this? There's not even a healer to heal us, it's so frustrating!"

Cheng Yang's lips curled, but he didn't say anything. This world did have healers, but they just hadn't appeared yet. Pang Shan, for example, was a combatant with a healer inclination.

After returning to the base, the upgrades for the mage, warrior, and summoner statues were all completed, and the enhancement ratio increased to 10%. This meant that once these attributes reached level 2, they would enjoy a 10% attribute bonus. Cheng Yang immediately chose one attribute to upgrade for each statue. The mage's life intensity, the warrior's and summoner's demon energy points.

As a result, the nearly 300 spirit points they had earned were all used up, leaving 351 spirit points remaining.

Cheng Yang was very satisfied with the current situation. Being able to gather 1,000 spirit points in one night was quite remarkable. Cheng Yang knew that this was entirely due to the large number of demonized creatures that appeared when the world was first transformed. After two or three days, the refresh rate of demonized creatures around the base would return to normal, and they would only be able to earn about 500 spirit points per day by killing monsters within a one-kilometer radius of the base. Of course, the rewards would be greater after the base was upgraded, but the consumption would also be much higher, and the spirit points earned would be like a drop in the bucket.

At that time, to earn enough spirit points, they would rely more on the donations of the residents.

At this moment, Cheng Yang's demon energy had reached 63 points, but the effect was not yet noticeable, as the additional 3 points were not enough for him to cast another magic missile.

Next, Cheng Yang began his practice for the night.

At this point, his spirit points had reached 413, which he found quite satisfactory. However, as an intermediate magic apprentice, the spirit points required for double practice were twice that of a beginner, so he needed 80 spirit points for four hours of practice. In the early stages, almost no one could bear such a consumption.

After four hours of practice, Cheng Yang's intermediate magic apprentice progress reached 3.2%, which was indeed more than twice the efficiency of the previous night.

When he opened his eyes, it was already dawn, and the four hours of practice had restored his mental state to its peak.

Cheng Yang looked around and found that everyone except the four patrolling people was lying on the ground resting.

Cheng Yang could only smile bitterly. He couldn't expect these people to be like him, needing only to practice and not sleep for the whole night. This was a habit he had cultivated after walking in the end-of-the-world game for a year.

At this moment, Yu Kai and the other three combatants were patrolling. Currently, only ranged combatants were suitable for patrolling.

When they saw Cheng Yang get up, they jumped down from the wall and quickly ran to Cheng Yang, greeting him. Cheng Yang was now the spiritual pillar of their group, and this was a genuine respect from the heart.

"Yangzi, what are we doing today?" Yu Kai asked.

Cheng Yang had already planned and said, "We'll have some breakfast and then go to the Huimin Town to the south of the base to see if we can rescue some people. We are only a little over a kilometer away, and we cleared most of the demonized creatures on the way last night. Although some will refresh in the second half of the night, the frequency won't be as high as when the disaster first struck, and the number of gathered monsters won't be many."

Yu Kai asked in surprise, "What kind of breakfast do we have here? Are you planning to roast the meat of the demonized creatures?"

Cheng Yang said, "Most of the demonized creatures' meat can be eaten, like the gray wolves we killed last night. But we won't eat that for breakfast today. Look at this."

Yu Kai followed Cheng Yang's finger and saw a large bag, which contained a bag of compressed biscuits and other dry rations. He was immediately delighted, "This is great, I'm almost starving. I didn't eat anything last night and was busy all night."

Indeed, it was very painful for a rich second generation to go hungry for a night. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so excited about the compressed biscuits.

Cheng Yang said, "Go wake up the others, and we'll eat together and then set off. This time, I'll take half of the people to Huimin Town, and the rest will stay in the base to kill the demonized creatures around."

Although Cheng Yang wanted to take everyone, if the demonized creatures around the base were not killed, it would be a huge waste for him. The best way to keep the refresh rate of demonized creatures high was to kill them as soon as they appeared. Otherwise, the refresh rate would decrease. This was a conclusion drawn by countless people in the future.

Suddenly, Liu Hao remembered something and immediately said, "Yangzi, go check what's behind the altar. It appeared in the early morning, and I couldn't figure it out no matter how long I studied it. I didn't dare to touch it at the time."

Cheng Yang was slightly stunned and immediately walked to the back of the altar.

A two-meter-high oval light screen instantly came into Cheng Yang's view, and he was very familiar with this thing.

This was the portal, or the entrance to the game instance.

What Cheng Yang couldn't understand was how the entrance to the instance ended up in the base. In the previous life, there was no such thing here.

Suddenly, Cheng Yang remembered something. Didn't he move a strange oval stone slab to the altar yesterday? He remembered it was still there after the earthquake, but now it was gone.

Could that oval stone slab be the initial state of the portal, activated on the first night of the end of the world? This possibility was very high, otherwise Cheng Yang couldn't explain how the entrance to the instance ended up in the base.

Thinking about this, Cheng Yang was instantly regretful. If he had known this earlier, the time he spent in the past two days would have been wasted. He knew that there were at least five instances of various levels around Xiangcheng City. If he could move all the initial state stone slabs of those instances to the base, it would be a huge advantage. Now, this possibility was gone, as the portal could not be moved once it was formed.

Looking at the portal in front of him, Cheng Yang instantly became more calm. Which base in this world had such an outdoor instance?

When the base was upgraded to a level 3 village, a trial hall would appear. This trial hall was essentially a place where people could accept trial tasks and enter the trial space. The trial space was also an instance, but the spirit points gained in such an instance were only one-third of the normal amount, and the base could not gain spirit points from it.

What were the benefits of an outdoor instance? First, the spirit points gained in an outdoor instance were the same as in the main world. Second, as long as the entrance to the outdoor instance was within a one-kilometer radius of the base, the base would also gain spirit points when the combatants killed demonized beasts in the instance. This had been verified in the previous life, but it was almost a year after the end of the world began. At that time, a base in the U.S. region was upgraded, and its territory included a nearby outdoor instance.

Now, Luofeng Village had such an instance from the beginning, which would greatly accelerate its upgrade speed.

Of course, the benefits of the instance were not limited to this. There were also opportunities to obtain equipment, skill books, potions, and even special items in special situations. For example, the instance in front of him.

Cheng Yang was very familiar with this instance. Its name was the Blood Church, which was the lowest-level instance. In the normal difficulty of the instance, most of the monsters were early-stage level 1, the elite monsters were mid-stage level 1, and the final boss was late-stage level 1.

If Cheng Yang remembered correctly, completing the first run of the normal difficulty of this instance would grant a treasure. This was the main reason why Cheng Yang was eager to find this instance in the past.

This treasure was the healer statue. After sacrificing the healer statue to the altar, a statue would appear in the base that could allow people to change their profession to a healer. The benefits were obvious. This first run was not just for this instance but for all Blood Church instances in the world. Only the first run had a chance to obtain the healer statue treasure.

Of course, there were other ways to obtain the healer statue, but this was considered the easiest way in the future. As long as someone discovered the instance first and had enough strength, they could smoothly complete it.

Originally, Cheng Yang planned to go to Huimin Town first, but after seeing the portal, he instantly changed his mind. Having a healer along would make the journey much safer.

If things went normally, even if Cheng Yang took all his people, they probably wouldn't be able to clear this instance, as the late-stage level 1 boss would be enough to wipe them out. However, Cheng Yang knew a non-standard way to clear it.

"What is this thing?" Yu Kai saw the changing expressions on Cheng Yang's face and immediately asked.

Cheng Yang said, "This is a good thing. You can think of it as a game instance. Go get Haozi, Old Niu, and Mr. Li, and we'll all go and clear this instance. After that, we'll go to Huimin Town."

Yu Kai had no reason to refuse and immediately turned to wake up the others in the civilian houses.