Chapter 12 Preparation Before the Abyss (Please Recommend~)

Nian Qi Cannon!

Zhao Mingwei's right palm gathered a white-glowing Nian Qi. He thrust his right hand forward, releasing the Nian Qi, which formed a destructive ball of light that shot towards the distant rebellion leader.

The Nian Qi Cannon hit the rebellion leader, marking a -142 damage above his head, and blue electric arcs appeared on his body.

Electric Shock State! The enemy's light attribute damage is increased by 1.2 times!

It was now ten in the morning. Zhao Mingwei was in Lin Xi's Gun Master transfer instance, with the objective of eliminating the rebellion leader before him.

The rebellion leader's health was down to the last sliver under the attacks from Zhao Mingwei and Jiang Qiao's fire spirit and water spirit.

Once again, Zhao Mingwei gathered pale blue Nian Qi in his hand. His right hand gathered thunder, and with the sound of roaring thunder, another Nian Qi wave shot out, directly exploding on the rebellion leader's body.

-152 damage floated above the rebellion leader's head as he collapsed to the ground, his revolver dropping onto the dusty sandy ground, his face filled with unwillingness as he died.

"He's down!"

Jiang Qiao watched as the instance environment quickly disintegrated. Transfer instances were mostly illusions. Regaining his senses, he found himself back in the Gunner Guild.

Zhao Mingwei didn't respond to Jiang Qiao; instead, he stared blankly at his hands.

The feeling of releasing the Nian Qi Cannon was indescribably exhilarating, entirely different from pressing a button to release a skill with a game controller in a VR game.

He could feel the Nian Qi accumulating inside him as it guided out through his hands, causing destructive effects!

'It's ten thirty in the morning, it's time for your training,' Lin Xi sent a private message to Zhao Mingwei.

A reminder that his fun time was over for the day. Lin Xi also seemed a bit reluctant. He had just completed his transfer quest and hadn't even had time to check his new skills before needing to log out.

"Master, we have to go to work. Let's log off for today," Zhao Mingwei relayed the message to Jiang Qiao.

"See you tomorrow."

Jiang Qiao waved as the two professional players disappeared from his sight. He glanced at the time; it was nearly ten thirty.

At that moment, Jiang Qiao opened a portal with a wave of his hand and stepped into the high tower at the top of Lionheart City's castle—the Star Observation platform.

"Great God…"

Four elderly NPC Stargazers had been waiting for Jiang Qiao for a long time. This NPC was designed to monitor the nearby invading dimension and also knew Jiang Qiao's identity.

"You may leave."

Jiang Qiao walked to the center of the platform, where there was an altar-like creation. Jiang Qiao placed the "Book of the System" on the altar.

The surface of the "Book of the System" emitted a scorching light, projecting various light balls inside the platform.

"The Demon Star is coming," an NPC Stargazer, who had retreated, exclaimed fearfully, looking at the star map in mid-air.

"Hai Lan, can you mute the nearby NPCs?"

The NPCs Jiang Qiao created were semi-intelligent. They operated based on pre-set programs but occasionally made special judgments. Jiang Qiao had also given them the potential to evolve.

This meant these NPCs could develop emotions over time, but it would take a long period before that happened.

Hai Lan waved her hand, and the NPCs around her fell like robots whose power had run out. She then landed beside Jiang Qiao, looking up at the star map.

"The invading dimension will reach the main world in about four hours. Are you ready?" Hai Lan magnified the star map showing Blue Star.

The pitch-black orb near the Blue Star was so close that its light was gradually being swallowed and torn apart by the black orb.

"Should I say are we ready? What do you think we should offer as rewards for this Abyssal hunt?" Jiang Qiao asked.

"Rewards? Just give those players equipment. Haven't humans always craved powerful items?"

Hai Lan said as she conjured a large array of virtual equipment, all created by Jiang Qiao, the creator.

The equipment ranged in quality from gray, worn-out quality, white normal quality, blue magic quality, purple rare quality, orange epic quality, to dark gold legendary quality.

The equipment Hai Lan showed to Jiang Qiao mostly consisted of blue, magic quality items, with occasionally a rare purple item.

Currently, level twenty-five players mainly had magic equipment, with rare equipment already being scarce, and epic items being extremely rare.

"Given the current leveling pace, twenty-five is just an interim level. Even good level twenty-five gear has limited appeal. Let me think... mounts."

Jiang Qiao entered a search state and found thousands of mount types he had created in his memory.

Players hadn't yet unlocked the mount system. Jiang Qiao chose four typical mounts, such as the Chocobo and warhorse for standard mounts, and ghost dragon and griffin for flying mounts.

Summoning items for the mounts appeared on the observation platform, including bridles, feathers, and whistles...

"Equipment is still necessary. Level twenty-five interim gear isn't very attractive. Let's create a growth equipment system."

Jiang Qiao opened the equipment editor and began crafting.

"What is growth equipment?" Hai Lan floated behind Jiang Qiao, watching him add attributes to a ring.

"Equipment that grows with the player, a special red quality item, usable from level zero to max level."

In less than half an hour, Jiang Qiao finished crafting the ring.

Soul-absorbing Ring

Quality: Special growth equipment.

Level: 0

Description: This ring can absorb souls to enhance itself, releasing three different skills when certain soul thresholds are reached.

Equipment attributes: None.

Currently collected soul count: 0.

Jiang Qiao spent another two hours creating a bunch of weird growth equipment. Some were nearly useless, fitting for April Fool's Day jokes, while others in a skilled player's hands would be top-tier items.

"Done." Jiang Qiao created an item called the "Unbreakable Storage Bag," stuffing it with some created equipment, including level twenty-five rare and epic equipment, as well as mount bridles.

Jiang Qiao had created about thirty pieces of special equipment, each consuming between fifty and three hundred points of energy. The total consumption reached nearly one thousand five hundred points.

With four thousand six hundred points available, this was a significant expenditure. Thankfully, once these items were created, copying them would only require one-fiftieth of the initial energy consumption.

Creating special equipment consumed the most energy, followed by orange and dark gold items. Higher-level equipment required more energy, with negligible consumption for blue and white items. Creating epic and legendary equipment in the future would be extremely costly.

This session made Jiang Qiao keenly aware of his vast need for creation energy and the importance of raising the player level cap.

Currently, the player level cap was fifty. Raising it further required more than Hai Lan devouring world fragments.

"Next, it's up to you, Hai Lan." Jiang Qiao secured the storage bag, filled with various items, and handed it to Hai Lan.

"Up to me for what?" Hai Lan eyed the storage bag, taller than herself, with unease.

"Have you heard of Santa Claus? I haven't figured out how to place items inside invading dimension monsters yet, so during the Abyssal hunt, you'll distribute the looted gear, Hai Lan."

"You want me to fly around with this massive bag?"

Hai Lan realized Jiang Qiao's plan.

"Is there a problem?" Jiang Qiao smiled at Hai Lan. Though she wanted to argue, Jiang Qiao's creator mode scared her into grudging compliance, "I understand, I'll do it."

"The Abyss Rift will open in two hours. Hai Lan, killing those monsters gives both players and us experience, correct?"

Jiang Qiao pointed to his remaining energy of about three thousand points, not a small amount but not much either. His biggest issue was the lack of means to recharge, with hunting other dimension creatures as his only option.

"Creatures from other dimensions, once they leave their worlds, become detached from their world's cycle. Players killing them absorb their power to strengthen... me," Hai Lan said, placing a hand on her chest.

"That's good."

Jiang Qiao watched the black invading dimension tearing the spatial barrier of Blue Star.

"The celebration... begins. Hopefully, in the future, we'll invade them instead of waiting to be attacked," Jiang Qiao murmured, glancing at his dwindling energy reserves.