Chapter 7

As the evil spirits were all eliminated, just as Liu Siyi was thinking about how to absorb their power, he suddenly noticed that light orbs of light and dark green were floating out from the corpses. The evil spirits emitted light orbs of light green, while the cave giants emitted dark green ones. In a moment, over fifty light orbs quickly drifted towards Liu Siyi and instantly merged into his body.

As soon as the green light orbs entered his body, Liu Siyi immediately felt a huge warm current entering his body, making him feel as if he were soaking in a hot spring sauna, which made him involuntarily shudder with comfort. However, this comfortable feeling disappeared as soon as all the light orbs entered his body, and a wave of pain followed. Not only did he feel aches and tingles all over his body, causing him to uncontrollably scratch himself, but his brain also felt swollen. His mental and magical power gradually filled up, but the continuous influx caused an expansion that made him think his head would burst like a ripe watermelon at any moment.

I'm about to level up. It seems that when I first came to this world, the laws of this world recognized me as a low-level first-tier unit, and it would be impossible to level up otherwise. No matter how painful it was, Liu Siyi persisted in maintaining his consciousness, determined to be clear and aware of everything that happened.

The speed of leveling up was very fast. As the process progressed, Liu Siyi's body emitted a dense, milky white glow. With the appearance of this glow, he felt his entire body filled with strength, feeling refreshed and invigorated. Not only did his physical strength increase, but his mental and magical power also grew significantly.

From the memories of the absorbed souls, a first-tier unit evolves with white evolutionary power, a second-tier with blue, a third-tier with green, a fourth-tier with yellow, a fifth-tier with orange, a sixth-tier with red, and a seventh-tier with purple. After that, whether it's an eighth-tier, ninth-tier, or higher, the color will be the attribute color of the law they master.

The effects of different levels of evolution also vary. For example, a low-level first-tier unit can level up to a high-level first-tier unit either by self-cultivation or by killing and absorbing the power of others. Each method has its pros and cons, and it's not simply a matter of which is better. The most significant advantage of self-cultivation is the improvement in all aspects of ability, while killing to level up enhances combat power. However, in general, the effects of both methods are similar, as the world's laws do not allow obvious loopholes to be exploited.

Therefore, the native creatures of this world, as long as they have cultivation methods, will cultivate on their own and then level up through killing at the appropriate time. Generally, one must kill a hundred units of the same level to accumulate enough power to level up.

This is the law of this world, showing how difficult it is for high-level units to level up.

To evolve, a unit must kill 100 units of the same level. If 99 units are killed, reaching the threshold of evolution, imagine suddenly killing a large number of high-level units. Wouldn't this result in obtaining far more power than needed?

Each level-up increases both physical and soul power. Under normal circumstances, the increase is within a normal range. However, if the situation described above occurs, the excess evolutionary power would greatly enhance physical and soul power or directly upgrade existing skills.

It's worth noting that Liu Siyi is different. He comes from another time and space, another world, and is set as a low-level first-tier unit in this game world. Therefore, he only needs to kill 100 units of the same level to level up. However, he killed over fifty third-tier units, absorbing far more power than needed. What excited him even more was that these evolutionary powers fused into a new skill: Advanced Reconnaissance.

Advanced Reconnaissance: Reconnoiter enemy conditions, able to view the abilities of heroes.

Reconnaissance range increased threefold. (Each level of reconnaissance increases the range by one fold.)

This is a very practical skill. Knowing the abilities of the opposing hero in advance allows for the arrangement of appropriate tactics. The increased reconnaissance range also greatly expanded Liu Siyi's field of vision.

Although the skill obtained from leveling up was reconnaissance rather than a powerful attack or defense skill, he already had the Lightning Rune. Given the current situation, the reconnaissance skill was actually more advantageous.

Ha ha, to think the skill would be upgraded to advanced level right away. This is a very rare occurrence.

Under normal circumstances, leveling up involves absorbing the full amount of evolutionary power, which is never exactly the right amount. There is always some excess. This excess, though not much, can sometimes fuse into a new basic skill. In Liu Siyi's case, he was just a low-level first-tier unit, but he killed over fifty third-tier units, absorbing a significant amount of evolutionary power. It was normal for this much evolutionary power to fuse into an advanced skill.

Sigh~ I'm just a low-level cannon fodder unit.

Liu Siyi said this with his mouth, but he was actually overjoyed inside.

The benefits of leveling up, which increases abilities each time, are naturally greater the lower the level. Many games have a reset level feature, where the level is reduced to one, and all base ability values are maxed out, resulting in higher abilities after leveling up.

This level-up not only granted him a very practical advanced skill but also doubled his mental and magical power.

Doubling one's strength with a single level-up is something that never happens in memory. Regardless of the level of the unit, even when advancing to the next tier, the maximum increase is only one-fold.

Some might ask, if the twenty lightning bolts were not enhanced by the Lightning Rune, wouldn't he only be able to release two lightning bolts? How could he open a fifth-tier dimensional gate to enter the game world with such abilities?

It's worth noting that the Lightning Rune reduces the magical power required for each spell to one-tenth of the original. However, the mental power required to control the spells is significant. The mental power required to continuously release twenty lightning bolts is not small. The ratio of magical power to mental power varies due to various factors. With adequate preparation, a fully charged mental power is the key to briefly opening a spatial passage.

The increase in mental power not only enhances magical damage but also increases the attack range.

In memory, not far to the south of the evil spirits was a group of first-tier goblin units of the orc race.

Although there were over a hundred goblins, they were easily killed. Goblins were much weaker than evil spirits, and a single lightning bolt could take out a dozen of them. In no time, the ground was covered with charred bodies, with over a hundred goblin corpses scattered everywhere.

The goblins were only low-level first-tier units and could not make Liu Siyi evolve again. However, this battle gave him a more comprehensive understanding of second-tier Lightning Bolts and third-tier Thunderball.

The power of a Lightning Bolt is sufficient to kill a regular third-tier unit in one hit and can severely injure a fourth-tier unit. The casting speed of this spell is very fast, allowing two casts per second. The effective attack range is also very far, covering about 500 meters.

Additionally, Liu Siyi tested the group attack spell Thunderball. The effective attack range of Thunderball is similar to that of Lightning Bolt. It forms a soccer-sized ball of lightning in front of the caster, which explodes in a 100-meter radius, killing all goblins within that range.

Through testing, Liu Siyi concluded that although Thunderball is a third-tier spell, it has both advantages and disadvantages. Thunderball consumes about one and a half times the mental and magical power of a Lightning Bolt, and its single-target attack strength is slightly lower. However, it is very convenient for attacking a large number of low-tier units, as evidenced by the goblins' bodies not being completely charred. Additionally, the biggest drawback of Thunderball is that it is visible, allowing the enemy to know the attacker's position. Unlike Lightning Bolt, which forms directly in the sky, making it difficult for units with insufficient magical perception to determine the attacker's location.

This understanding allows for more effective use of these two spells.

The fire pit guarded by the goblins, Liu Siyi knew, was a resource. He squatted down, reached out, and grabbed a torch. As soon as he touched the torch, the fire pit emitted a dazzling golden light. Soon, the golden light dissipated, and the fire pit disappeared, leaving behind a pile of golden coins and four logs as long as an adult's arm.

Wow~ So many gold coins. Although Liu Siyi had no worries about food and drink, and his bank account had several zeros, he had never seen so many gold coins piled together. The allure of the gold coins made him momentarily lose control.

"Five hundred gold coins, if only these could be taken to the real world." It took a long time for Liu Siyi to count the pile of gold coins, but he then faced a dilemma: The images carved on the gold coins were very intricate, with an angel on one side and a demon on the other. If he took these coins back, would he have to use them as religious tools? Otherwise, people would think he was crazy, spending money on such things.

This fire pit gave him a total of 500 gold coins and four logs. The gold coins were easy to carry, fitting into his backpack. However, the logs, as thick and long as an adult's arm, were a problem. Should he carry them?

Moreover, it was unclear why such a log was considered a unit of resources. It seemed that the game world did not follow normal logic.

Looking at the sun, which was already setting, Liu Siyi realized he had spent a considerable amount of time in the game world. It was time to return. Knowing the situation in this world would greatly benefit his development. Although traveling between the real world and the game world was troublesome, it saved him a lot of trouble.

Hmm? Why can't I open the spatial passage? After several failed attempts, Liu Siyi was greatly alarmed. He then realized that the laws of the real world and the game world were different.

In the real world, as long as one has the ability and the necessary strength, they can perform actions, such as opening a spatial passage to enter the game world, but they cannot cast spells outside the lightning element. However, in the game world, under the constraints of the laws, Liu Siyi's basic Wisdom Spell can only use up to third-tier spells. To cast higher-level spells, he would need magic scrolls, spell books, or other treasures. Opening a spatial passage requires at least a fifth-tier spell, so he could only continue to survive in the game world until he upgraded his Wisdom Spell to advanced or obtained a treasure that could cast a fifth-tier spell.

Damn! It's all my fault. I was so focused on becoming a god that I didn't think about these things, which led to me being trapped here.

However, thinking about it, unless I don't enter the game world, this problem will always exist. Can I level up in the real world? Apart from becoming a thunder god, it's clearly impossible.

Most importantly, in the real world, I have no family and am alone. It's better to take a chance in this game world, where there's at least a chance of becoming a god. The only unknown is the time flow ratio between the two worlds. If I return after a few days and find that two years have passed in the real world, that would be a big problem.

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