Eternal Night

Chapter 55 Choice and Information

"Level 3 Shelter!"

"Yes, a level three shelter. My incident shelter has also been upgraded to level three."

Wu Xianxiao, Yamade, and Xu Shilan sat in the magnificent lobby, watching a group of eunuchs and palace maids constantly carrying silk, cloth, gold, silver, fruits, calligraphy and paintings into the house...

The three of them have yet to recover from yesterday's experience. Actually, it was only from noon to dusk, less than twelve hours, but the rich experience made them feel as if several days had passed.

Wu Xianxiao drank tea and held the fruit in his hand and asked, "Has Chu Minghao always been so arrogant?"

Xu Shilan said with a complicated expression: "Yes, he has been so... awesome since he was a child. Bah, bah, bah, he has been so brilliant since he was a child."

Yamade also said, “And it’s amazing!”

Xu Shilan's expression was still complicated as she said, "Yes, they are very powerful, but... too powerful. Both he and 'he' are too powerful, so much so that we are not even the same kind of life as them..."

Wu Xianxiao knew that Xu Shilan and Chu Minghao must have had some story, but it was someone else's private matter and he was not interested in knowing the gossip, so he asked, "So, have you decided what to choose?"

Yamade and Xu Shilan both nodded.

After Chu Minghao left yesterday, the Song Emperor Zhao Ji immediately appointed the three of them as state teachers, sons of immortals, and granted them mansions, a hundred palace maids and eunuchs each, and countless gold, silver, and cloth. He also made it known throughout the world and recorded in the history books that Zhao Ji, the official of the Song Dynasty, and his ministers met the real immortal in the sixth year of Xuanhe, and made a five-year agreement with the real immortal, which was an oath between immortals and mortals.

Because of this historical record, Wu Xianxiao's incident shelter was upgraded to level three, and Yamade and Xu Shilan also established their own level three special shelters.

However, their special shelter is different from the one established by Wu Xianxiao in the late Qing Dynasty. They only achieved the two items of architecture and historical events, but did not achieve the shelter goal of forming a force. Therefore, the rewards they received are also different from the special shelter of Wu Xianxiao that achieved all three items.

There are two types of special shelter rewards for Wu Xianxiao. Either you get the regular rewards of an ordinary shelter, or you choose to keep a regular reward and then get a shelter reward that is one level higher.

From then on, every time the shelter level is upgraded, the next level reward can be obtained in advance. At that time, Wu Xianxiao chose the latter, so he was able to obtain the personal information digitization interface when he was in the second-level special shelter.

However, Yamade and Xu Shilan's special third-level shelter no longer has the option to retain an ordinary reward.

In other words, they can either get all the normal rewards of the third-level shelter, or choose not to get any of the first three levels of rewards but can get the fourth-level shelter rewards in advance.

“There’s really no choice.”

Xu Shilan said: "If this wasn't our first shelter, we should have chosen the special reward. The option of getting the reward one level in advance is really amazing. At level three, we get the level four reward, at level four, we get the name draw, at level five, we get the authority to talk to the dead... Unfortunately, this is our first shelter. If we lose the rewards for the first three levels, it would be a real loss for us. So, I chose to give up the special reward and get all the regular rewards for a level three shelter."

Yamade said while eating fruits: "I feel the same way."

Wu Xianxiao nodded.

This is indeed the most reasonable choice.

The reward for the first-level shelter is a random draw of items from the dream world. Due to the interference of the main brain during the first draw, you will basically get a complete and extraordinary set of skills, which are the most important things for survival.

The reward for the second-level shelter is to choose any personal attribute to improve, and even the title of the main brain can be improved.

These two rewards alone are the key to a new maintainer's survival. Xu Shilan and Yamade both decisively chose to keep the original rewards instead of being jealous of the rewards for getting the fourth-level shelter in advance.

"wise."

Wu Xianxiao sighed in his heart, and asked at the same time: "Then I advise you to draw the rewards now. The rewards from the main brain do not have to be used after returning to Gaia. They can be used in the dream world. It's just that in the past dream world, there were many crises. First, there was no time to think about how to plan the rewards. Second, only on Gaia will the main brain provide a semi-digital interface, so you have to return to Gaia to draw the rewards, but you don't have to."

The reward for a level three shelter is that the world where you live will display a personal information digitization interface, and you can also designate another world to display a personal information digitization interface.

At the same time, they have obtained legal official identities in this world. Not to mention anything else, there are fifty imperial guards guarding the outer courtyard of this mansion alone. Regardless of whether it is surveillance or real guarding, at least the regular security is guaranteed.

As for when the nightmare comes, there is no need to be afraid, because this is Bianliang.

When Chu Minghao left, he stuffed some information into their minds, which was basically some exploration information about this world. No one knew how Chu Minghao discovered it.

This baseline reality 0.7 world has a power called the National Fortune Golden Dragon. This National Fortune Golden Dragon has no effect on physical power, but it has a huge suppressive effect on non-physical ghosts, weirdness, horror, nightmares, hallucinations and other powers. As long as you are in Bianliang, the closer you are to the palace, the less likely you are to be attacked by nightmares. Their mansion is next to the palace, which is the most valuable area in the entire Bianliang. Yamade laughed happily and said, "I have already drawn the reward when I got up in the morning, and just now I have upgraded the reward to the entry level."

"So fast!?" Wu Xianxiao and Xu Shilan asked in surprise.

Yamade put down the fruit and looked up. Then the virtual screen displayed by the main brain appeared directly, and even Wu Xianxiao and Xu Shilan could see it clearly.

The other information remained the same as before, but something new appeared in the column of exercises.

"Iron Smelting Record: Entering the Hall."

Wu Xianxiao and Xu Shilan both looked at the name of the technique carefully. Wu Xianxiao asked, "What kind of technique is it? Are there any special effects?"

Yamade stretched out his hand, and in front of Wu Xianxiao and Xu Shilan, a ball of silver-white fluid emerged from his sleeve and then gathered into a ball on his palm.

"That's right." Yamade said, "I can control metal. At the fifth stage of the technique, when I first enter the threshold, I can control about 50 grams of metal. At the same time, one ten-thousandth of my flesh can be replaced by metal."

"When I reach the highest level, I can control about 300 grams of metal, and 50,000% of my body can be replaced by metal. When I reach the highest level, I can control 10,000 kilograms of metal, which is 10 tons. 70% of my body can be replaced by metal, and this replacement will not affect the original organ function."

Wu Xianxiao and Xu Shilan both fell into deep thought. After a few seconds, Wu Xianxiao asked, "Can metal be separated from the body? In other words, can it be controlled remotely?"

Yamade shook her head and said, "No, the metal must come into contact with my flesh. Of course, it may also be that my skill level is still low."

Wu Xianxiao suddenly felt a little regretful. He thought he could have an extra teammate like Magneto.

Xu Shilan also asked: "Besides controlling metal, does this technique have any other effects? For example, increasing your strength? Improving your physical fitness?"

Yamade laughed and said, "Of course! Now I am at the entry level. Depending on the type of metal I absorb, my physical fitness and strength can be greatly improved. I lifted the tripod in the hallway before, and now my arms are about 1.5 tons strong. I have to go back to Gaia for specific tests. As for other physical qualities, they haven't improved much, but there is one key improvement that makes me very happy!"

Without waiting for the two to ask, Yamade said directly: "Copper skin and iron bones! My physical defense has been greatly improved. Now, as long as the blade is not very sharp, it can't even cut my skin. According to the description in the technique, when my technique is advanced to the pinnacle, then my body can be called copper skin. When it reaches the pinnacle, it will be copper skin and iron bones, invulnerable to swords and guns. The most important thing is..."

"The techniques are all about iron, gold, copper, etc. It's too backward. I can completely absorb all kinds of alloys on Gaia. The strength is probably much stronger than what is described in the techniques!"

Wu Xianxiao and Xu Shilan were stunned when they heard this, and then they were overjoyed.

According to this description, Yamade will definitely become the undefeated meat shield in the team!
Yamade continued, "This doesn't even include some of the side abilities of this technique. For example, I can decompose the individual metals in the alloy, separate the impurities in some metals, fuse alloys without high temperatures, forge certain parts, and rub modern weapons by hand. Unfortunately... the lower the baseline reality level, the more distorted and less powerful the technological weapons will be."

This is also a message Chu Minghao left for them. The lower the baseline reality level, the lower the power of technological weapons will be, and they may even be distorted or self-destruct.

Seeing that Yamade was getting more and more proud, Xu Shilan interrupted him and said, "Okay, I'll draw the reward now."

Wu Xianxiao and Yamade both looked at her and saw her closing her eyes, both of them were expecting something.

A few seconds later, Xu Shilan opened her eyes. She looked a little confused for a moment. Wu Xianxiao and Yamadei thought she didn't draw the technique. They were both very anxious. Yamadei shouted directly, "Old woman, didn't you draw the technique?!"

Xu Shilan immediately glared at him, but then she suddenly smiled and blew a breath at Yamadea. While Yamadea was still confused, he suddenly realized that he was looking at people from the wrong position. Why was his head touching the ground but his body was upside down?
Only Wu Xianxian saw it clearly. He saw with his own eyes that Yamadea had a dazed look in her eyes, and then she turned over with her head on the ground and her feet facing the sky.

Xu Shilan didn't say anything either. She called the main brain as usual and then released her personal information data interface.

“Shadow Play: Getting Started.”

After both of them had read the name of the technique, Xu Shilan immediately said seriously, "This technique not only records how to practice, but also describes the names and brief introductions of several other techniques that are as famous as this one. I think one of them is related to Guo Jing!"

The two were stunned and looked at Xu Shilan seriously at the same time.

Xu Shilan said: "The shadow play technique is known as one of the three evils in the world. The other two are witchcraft and..."

"The method of cutting and collecting life!"

(End of this chapter)