Chapter 300 - 279: Arrival at Miracle Island
After leaving Ghost Dragon Cliff, Da Fei’s fleet headed straight for Miracle Island. Having mastered the hidden skill Disaster Prevention, Da Fei’s fleet’s ability to avert disasters rose to another level, making the entire fleet virtually impregnable, with not a single serious incident occurring.
Now, after eight days of safe sailing, Miracle Island finally loomed in the distance on the map.
Returning to this familiar place, Da Fei couldn’t help but get extremely excited. It was here that he laid the foundations of his awesomeness with a key battle on the island; this is where his career began!
Closer now, the silhouette of Miracle Island was in sight, with a structure resembling a lighthouse on the island emitting a silver-black glare that dazzled the eyes—could it be the Anemone King? Hahaha, after such a long time, the Anemone King had grown this big, huh? I wonder how many types of troops are still stocked inside? Truly something to look forward to.
Right at this moment, a cluster of red dots appeared on the edge of the radar mini-map; these must be the sea monsters besieging Miracle Island.
Da Fei’s heart clenched—no need for words, charge! With the confidence from Absolute Misfortune and the Six-headed Sea Demon Statue, if we can win we’ll fight; if not, at least we’ll make it near Miracle Island, where there’s the most likely exit from the Nether Sea!
Similar to the sights along the journey, all the sea monsters that saw Da Fei’s fleet, which seemed to carry an aura of daunting misfortune, fled cleanly at first glance.
This is the power of Absolute Misfortune! Excellent, this really saved me a lot of effort.
Getting closer and closer, Da Fei finally saw the full view of the Anemone King! At this moment, the Anemone King shone with silver light, truly worthy of being a lighthouse several stories tall. Its tentacles already covered the entire island and extended into the sea, with the island densely covered with the bones of countless undead sea monsters. Above the sky, a faint golden column of light sprinkled down, shrouding the Anemone King, no, more precisely, the entire small island.
Da Fei’s eyebrows twitched—what is this?
Anlicia was suddenly startled: "Two moons! Did you see that? There are two moons in the sky here!"
Da Fei looked up and saw that this was indeed the case! A large silver disc, the moon of the Nether Sea. And another one, hazily faint, only the size of a bowl—the pattern was undoubtedly the moon from Earth. How could another world’s moon be seen in the Nether Sea?
Selvia said solemnly, "Although I don’t know the cause, the spatial chaos here is extreme. I reckon it’s similar to Lord Samael’s Fatalon and Dragon King’s Ghost Dragon Cliff—they are all entities connected to another world!"
"That’s right! This place indeed leads to two worlds. I didn’t expect my friend to be able to return to this place from the vast Nether Sea!" Renior, who had been asleep for days, awoke once more and joined the conversation: "Our expedition team had an accident here, and then I was killed by that person. But being an immortal hero, that person feared that my resurrection would expose his plans, so he released a formidable magic power to seal and distort the space where Miracle Island was, making it impossible for me to resurrect. This is also what made Miracle Island exist simultaneously in two worlds, like two sides of a mirror."
Da Fei suddenly realized! I knew it, how could the islands in the Netherworld look exactly the same as those in the surface world? Da Fei exclaimed in surprise: "But, I didn’t see the moon from the human world last time I was here? What’s this all about?"
Renior sighed: "I’m not clear on that either, but all in all, this is a forcefully twisted space by that person. It’s inevitable for there to be many instabilities. Perhaps the mutant Anemone King you planted has been continuously absorbing energy from various space rifts, leading to further spatial tears. In any case, if things continue to develop in this trend, this place will undoubtedly become an entrance from the surface world to the Nether Sea."
Da Fei pondered: "It seems this is still a strategic transit hub. Should I perhaps develop it a bit?"
Renior laughed: "When you have the Sealing Order for a lord, you can occupy this place as your own territory. Since it’s the two sides of the mirror, taking land in the surface world means you’ll also gain partial possession of the Nether Sea. It’s a buy-one-get-one-free bargain!"
Da Fei laughed heartily: "Great! I’ll seal this deal!"
Only when players obtain a Sealing Order will the system formally recognize them as having a territory, and the territory management function will officially be activated. The fact that Da Fei cannot view the status of the Anemone King Camp when he’s too far away is a typical sign that the territory development function has not been activated.
The Sealing Order is extremely difficult to obtain; it can be acquired through kingdom titles, battlefield merit, or by killing wild overlord-type powerful bosses. However, when players reach level 50 and can enter the New World, they can get a small pioneer Sealing Order bound to their account for free from the kingdom, and this Sealing Order is likely to be the only chance most players will get.
Da Fei began to check the attributes of the Anemone King; now that he was close enough, the attributes could finally be viewed.
——Demonized Poisonous Anemone Nest: Level 13 recruitment troop building. Attack 90, Defense 270, Damage 56-205, Durability 47000, Attack Speed 3, Move Speed 0, Special Skills: Multi-Attack (18 tentacles), Poison Paralysis Attack, Bounce Attack, Self-Healing. Current recruitment capacity for Poisonous Anemone: 16/13.
——Note: Due to the lack of resources, the nest cannot be further upgraded, and additional troops cannot be recruited. The nest is currently in a dormant state.
——Poisonous Demonized Anemone: Attack 5, Defense 0, HP 11, Attack Speed 1, Move Speed 0, Damage 1-2, Command Value: 0, Special Skills: Multiple Attacks, Paralysis Poison Attack, Preemptive Attack, Transplantation.
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Da Fei couldn’t help but be deeply moved! After days apart, the Anemone Nest had reached level 13! It now had 18 tentacles blanketing the entire island! He remembered when it first appeared, there were only five tentacles. And its Blood Defense had improved so much compared to before that it truly deserved the name "building."
It seemed that to firmly hold this island amidst the siege of Sea Monsters in the Nether Sea, the key was to upgrade this Nest.
In the game, buildings could be upgraded; the higher the level of the upgrade, the higher the building’s defense, durability, and production. If a player had special Lord Skills, they could also add new special skills to the building. Does that mean I need to continue investing in Concentrated Mercury, Refined Crystal Sulfur, and Mithril for the building to keep upgrading?
But these are resources from the New World, which don’t exist in the old one, right? Do I have to wait until I’m level 50 to go there to get them? Isn’t that too far away? Would ordinary resources work? What about other resources?
Right, with so many Sea Monster bones on the island, it indicates that the current Anemone King can still hold out; maybe there’s no problem? In any case, I am currently helpless, the only thing I can do is to summon all the Anemones from the barracks. And after so much time, the fact that there are only 16 units available in the barracks shows that there are indeed no resources left to recruit more soldiers.
Right, how many units are there in the Banshee Barracks on the Flying now? With the Banshee Camp’s production of one unit per day, after these few months, there should be a stockpile of hundreds by now, right? I must check it out when I return.
Da Fei summoned all the Anemones from the barracks and surrounded the Anemone King with them for defense. Suddenly, Da Fei discovered the Anemones’ new special skill, Transplantation!
——Transplantation: Plant-type troop cannot move but can be transported through transplantation. Transplantation can only be used once every half year.
I see! It has to be this way! Not being able to move plant troops was frustrating enough; there needs to be an opportunity for players to reposition them! Good, very good! Later, when I start construction on Miracle Island or Fatalon, I’ll use these underwater Anemones for defense.
Now there’s nothing else to do; it’s time to say goodbye. Da Fei took out the Vortex Crystal, took a deep breath, and finally, it’s time to leave.
"Wait!" Renior spoke again: "Friend, if you want to fully safeguard this island, I suggest you continue to strengthen the defensive forces here. I believe it’s not that the Sea Monsters can’t take down the island, it’s that they don’t want to destroy it completely to conquer it. In short, some Nether Sea Tyrant has also taken a liking to the Anemone King’s ability to rip through space, so they want to take over the island in a mild way to gain entry to the surface world!"
Da Fei was astonished: "Is that so?" A sense of urgency immediately welled up in Da Fei’s heart: "Then how can I further strengthen it?"
Renior replied earnestly: "Leave the Necromancer Dragon stationed here. As a living being, you are not suited to leading a powerful troop like the Necromancer Dragon; it lowers morale too much!"
Da Fei was surprised: "Is that so, okay! Got it, then I’ll leave it behind—just that, the Necromancer Dragon only reduces morale by 5 points, and I have a constant 7 points of morale, so it shouldn’t matter, right?"
Renior laughed heartily: "You underestimate the level 8 troops too much. I thought the same at the beginning, but now I realize I was wrong. To be precise, the Necromancer Dragon decreases basic morale, which is the morale added by your Leadership Skill. In other words, it can completely nullify your Master Leadership Skill, thus indirectly causing the combination skills from Leadership Skill and Attack Skill to not take effect. You don’t feel it much because you haven’t learned these two skills much, but I have felt it, indeed it’s powerful!"
Da Fei suddenly realized! That’s how it is! It seems this is the same principle as the difference between luck added by the Luck Skill and luck added by artifacts!
The combination skills from Leadership Skill and Attack Skill are the most numerous, among which the most famous skill is "Holy Judgment," which provides a 5% increase in attack for every point of Morale higher than the opponent, up to a maximum of 50%! If this skill became useless, the Bright Alliance’s army would fall apart!
Truly, level 8 troops are terrifying!
Alright, nothing more to say now, leave the Necromancer Dragon behind, and the fleet returns home!
As the Vortex Crystal burst into radiant ultramarine light, intense swirls emerged around the fleet, and as if in response to the magic power of the Vortex Crystal, space above Miracle Island began to flash with thunder, stirring the winds and clouds! Indeed, a sign of spatial instability!
Then the scene changed, with a splash of water, fresh sea breeze hit the face, blue sky, ocean, white clouds, and seagulls came into view! And the Miracle Island with several coconut trees!
Brother, I’m back! Wahaha!
For a moment, the entire fleet erupted into cheers! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at qidian.com, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)