Chapter 73

The entire stone appeared green, with some strange patterns carved on it. Although it was just a stone, it gave a special feeling.

By observing Chen Kai's expression, one could tell that this thing must be very precious; otherwise, he wouldn't have shown such a pained look.

"What is it?"

"Stone of Vitality, it can... cough, greatly enhance a person's physical constitution." Chen Kai almost revealed its properties and coughed lightly, quickly changing his words. Initially, many things in this world were undetermined after being obtained... well, of course, items like pots, pans, and even ordinary swords, knives, and cleavers were fine.

Although these undetermined items were called undetermined, their effects still existed; it's just that one didn't know them. They could be improved through gradual exploration, which players called self-identification. The benefit of doing this was that one could name the undetermined items. Once the effects were fully explored, others who obtained similar items would see the same name until the true name was obtained from the natives.

The reward for identification was only effective for the first person.

Another way was to seek help from knowledgeable natives, but there would be no reward for self-identification.

Recently, the proportion of undetermined items had decreased significantly. It seemed that apart from the part that players had explored, the rest had been improved and supplemented by the system.

[Stone of Vitality: Increases physical constitution by one point, limited to ten points of constitution.]

For example, the stone he obtained initially could improve the physical constitution to a certain extent, but after three days, it became like this.

It seemed that the system had undergone a hidden update. Regardless, this was better. Compared to vague values, specific numerical comparisons were much better, allowing for maximum improvement!

Within ten points of constitution, Chen Kai was quite glad he hadn't used it directly but kept it. Otherwise, it would have been a huge loss. To put it this way, after a few months, players had also noticed some subtle situations regarding attributes.

Even with the same attributes, there were differences in the actual performance of the attributes!

For example, two players with the same five points of strength had different performances! Without using techniques, just by comparing strength, each attribute point represented a certain amount of attribute power. For example, the difference between five points of strength and six points of strength was about a 50% increase.

As long as the increase didn't exceed this range, the attribute power remained the same. Once this boundary was broken, the strength value would naturally increase by one point.

Attribute points were like the level-up coupons in traditional games. After using them, the experience bar, whether at 99% or 1%, would directly level up, and the experience bar would reset to zero. The latter would benefit greatly, while the former... well, it was just a waste of effort.

Because of this, many players regretted using their attribute points directly. If they had first trained and then used the attribute points, they could have saved two or three points! In other words, they would have more attributes than normal players!

In just a few months, with low attribute values, more training could effectively improve them. Even a slight increase in attributes meant preserving more attribute points!

What truly frustrated players was that the attribute power gained from attribute points was not the highest but the lowest... bad review!

The fact that attribute points could only accumulate up to three was also a bad review!

After training to the lowest breaking point of a certain attribute, using attribute points could maximize the benefits. Thinking about the efficiency of using attribute points in the past... it was simply a waste!

Now, most players understood the significance of training to improve attributes in the 'game.' To become stronger, simply leveling up was not enough; extra effort was required.

Chen Kai was like this. He planned to use the stone that could increase his constitution when his constitution broke through to the next point, maximizing the benefits.

After touching the green stone, Zheng Chen raised his eyebrows slightly. To put it bluntly, this was the first truly attributed item he had seen. He had encountered many things before, even an ordinary iron sword was undetermined...

He had to improve them himself to get rid of the undetermined status. The descriptions were basically the same as his understanding, just more standardized. After that, when encountering similar items, the descriptions would be similar, with differences related to the quality of the weapon.

This situation seemed to be related to his incomplete attribute panel.

However, this time... there were specific attributes... was it because this thing came from a player?

A direct increase in constitution, Zheng Chen knew that players gained only one miserable attribute point per level. With this item, they would have one more attribute point than other players at the same level. Why wouldn't they use such a good thing?

His constitution had already reached ten points?

"Why did you take this out?" Zheng Chen asked, never forgetting to test the player.

"Uh... well, it's about the benefits." To get Zheng Chen to help, Chen Kai didn't hide much. Although the situations of players and natives were different, there were many similarities, so he just slightly modified the content.

To maximize benefits?

Even with many modifications in Chen Kai's explanation, Zheng Chen, combining it with the player's situation, could guess about 70-80% of it. He couldn't help but shake his head. Players... they were truly a group with internal cheats. Maximizing the benefits of training and attribute points was no different from having a golden finger.

This was also why Chen Kai had kept the stone until now. Without saying, if this thing were taken out, not only would players fight over it, but natives wouldn't miss it either.

Similarly, the green stone also reacted to the patterns, but Zheng Chen couldn't use pattern refinement or storage. No matter which, the patterns would spit out powder, and this thing wasn't metal or liquid.

Using this stone to help them get through the tornado wasn't a bad deal. More importantly, Zheng Chen currently needed this thing!

The side effects of the strong suppressant and the erosion by black particles were constantly weakening his constitution. If his constitution were strong enough, the weakening side effects would naturally decrease. This was also why Zheng Chen wanted to return to Linxi Village as soon as possible.

Xina's medical skills and Ping Shizhi's were not in the same system. They could complement each other, but each had its own advantages. Xina didn't have a way to restore Zheng Chen's constitution, but Ping Shizhi might.

He had to find Ping Shizhi before his body deteriorated completely. Even if he couldn't be restored, any relief would be good. Therefore, Zheng Chen particularly didn't want to waste time here.

"I will do my best to ensure you can get through the tornado, but I need this thing first."

"This..." Chen Kai hesitated. It was still a matter of trust.

Zheng Chen didn't say much. If Chen Kai disagreed, he wouldn't force it. He would just tell them the location of the Sky City and leave with what he needed.

At this moment, Chen Kai's communicator rang. After apologizing to Zheng Chen, he walked a bit away and answered it. Wang Xiaohu's voice came hurriedly, "President! The main character was taken away by the military!"

"Damn, what's going on? Weren't they watching him well?"

Chen Kai was helpless. It would be better for Hida to fall into the hands of any other party than the military of this continent. There was a military base nearby, and Hida would definitely be taken there. It would be difficult for players to attack, and they would have to use infiltration methods... all of which would waste time.

Waste time? Wait! Thinking about this, Chen Kai's eyes lit up. It seemed to be a good thing for them!

Whether it would succeed or fail depended on this!

"Alright, forget about this. Quickly gather people, we're preparing to act. Remember, only trustworthy brothers!" Chen Kai emphasized. Wang Xiaohu was initially a bit puzzled but then understood!

"President, you... found it?" Wang Xiaohu's voice gradually became softer. After getting Chen Kai's confirmation, he didn't hesitate and prepared to gather people. Let the fools fight over it! We'll directly reap the benefits...

He was just a bit puzzled why Chen Kai specifically required strengthening the aircraft, even if it wasted time, and preparing a large amount of insulating equipment?

What was he preparing to face?

Chen Kai's meeting with Zheng Chen was known only to him and a few trusted guild core members. Now, he was even being mysterious with them? Tsk tsk! Well, let's see what the president is planning.

To prevent others from noticing anything wrong, they wasted a lot of time preparing these things. On Zheng Chen's side, after Chen Kai made up his mind, he took out the Stone of Vitality again.

"How do you use it?"

"I don't know." Chen Kai pulled at the corners of his mouth, somewhat helplessly. Although he knew that using it would increase attributes, he didn't know the specific method.

It wasn't like a game where you sit in front of a computer and click the mouse to use consumables...

"Should we try eating it?" After saying this, Chen Kai immediately closed his mouth. The stone was quite large, about the size of a palm. Who had a mouth big enough to eat it? Crush it? Whether crushing it would work was uncertain, and besides, the thing was very hard.