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Chapter 677 The Crystal of Light is also a Spatial Coordinate
Kakakaka~
Upon hearing the clanging of Cheng Tian's teeth, the shrewish bird abruptly turned its head, its intelligent eyes fixed intently on Cheng Tian, ​​and involuntarily tightened its grip on the Ether Crystal.

It can be said that the reason why the Slug is able to become a tempered individual is entirely due to its egg-laying instinct and the absorption of energy from the Aether Crystal. In other words, once the crystal leaves its body, its physical strength will rapidly deteriorate and revert to its original state.

Therefore, the importance of this thing that is constantly playing the chocobo song to the shrew is self-evident.

Eating eggs is important, but holding the crystal is even more important—that's the answer given by the bird's instincts.

However, perhaps because the three dragon eggs that Cheng Tian had provided earlier had an effect, and Cheng Tian's own requirements did not exceed the limits that Sao Niao could bear, after obvious hesitation and struggle, Sao Niao loosened its embrace a little, lowered its body, and maintained its position in place, watching Cheng's every move.

Seeing the bird's actions, Cheng Tian knew it had compromised slightly. So he approached slowly without provoking a strong reaction and gently placed one hand on the bottom of the Ether Crystal.

A strange warm current flowed from the palm of Cheng's hand, which was touching the Etheric Crystal, and quickly spread throughout his body, followed by a spatial notification popping up.

You have touched something from another world—the Crystal of Aetheric Light.

[Your mental energy scanning range has been temporarily doubled.]

Your spatial teleportation skills now consume half the cost and have their maximum teleportation distance doubled.

You will be temporarily unaffected by any negative effects.

【Crystal of Aether Light: Story-limited item, special item, cannot be carried. A crystallized representation of aether energy from the world of Final Fantasy, involving fundamental energies such as magic, teleportation, and life force, and is the most basic substance constituting the world.】

When an individual possesses one of the following non-opposing attributes—high mental, high strength, spatial, or special talents—touches the Aether Crystal, they will receive different types of ability enhancements. These enhancements will only take effect while continuously touching the Aether Crystal; when multiple attributes are present, multiple enhancements may occur; stopping touching will immediately result in the loss of the relevant enhancement.

The Crystal of Etherlight will temporarily protect the holder from any negative effects.

When a living being touches the Crystal of Aether Light, it is considered to have been triggered and will continuously radiate energy as a special spatial coordinate, guiding certain special individuals who can perceive spatial coordinates.

When the Aether Crystal is triggered and then relinquished by a living being, there is a very high probability that it will become energy unstable, potentially causing spatial tearing and forming an unstable spatial rift portal.

[Additional comment: This thing is a hot potato; you can't pick it up or not, and once you do, don't expect to get rid of it in a normal way.]

"hiss--"

Cheng, who was still in the position of touching the crystal, gasped in shock, a kind of shock mixed with the aura of the crystal of light.

His expression visibly contorted, because the information this thing was conveying was clearly beyond his comprehension.

Cheng Tian was already mentally prepared that the Aether Crystal was a quest item that couldn't be taken away, and the fact that it could also enhance him wasn't unexpected.

However, the fact that this thing is also a spatial coordinate made Cheng Tian click his tongue. The Crystal Bird represents an official collaboration with FF14, but it is not the only collaboration.

To be more precise, if it weren't for Cheng Tian, ​​this humanoid sassy bird, the Crystal Sassy Bird would never have become a temporary friendly unit. In the end, it would almost certainly have ended up ruling over its own territory or being hunted down by hunters or other high-level dragon beasts.

Being enhanced by crystals doesn't mean the bird is invincible; it can still die.

Once it dies, the bird will inevitably let go. Once it is abandoned, the Crystal of Light will likely experience violent energy fluctuations, which will then affect spatial coordinates, spatial barriers, and a series of other space-related things.

Fundamentally, most of the IP collaborations in the Monster Hunter world are actually achieved in the form of "otherworld travel".

Geralt, Akuma, and others were transported to the current Monster Hunter world due to some unforeseen accident. Their appearances primarily represent themselves and bring some traits related to them. Otherwise, they are mainly focused on the Monster Hunter world and will not be as deeply integrated into the current world as the soul sacrifice in this case.

However, in most cases, such time travel only involves a few individual cases and has a very small impact.

However, this is different from the collaboration with FF14.

The Crystal of Ether is extremely versatile, especially in teleportation magic, which causes it to form a very clear spatial coordinate once it is triggered, providing direct guidance to those units that can perceive the coordinates.

And you can't stop it at all!
With the Crystal Bird having already triggered the Crystal of Light, its role as a spatial guiding coordinate is now a foregone conclusion. It is only a matter of time before it inevitably guides some special beings here.

However, if you put down or try to destroy the crystal, it will cause the originally stable spatial coordinates to crack into an unstable portal. At that time, it will be completely unpredictable what kind of monsters and demons will appear.

However, even setting aside the multi-IP collaboration aspect of Linked Light, and focusing solely on Final Fantasy, the entities that might be drawn to it are likely to be quite troublesome.

Having thought of this, Cheng Tian no longer hesitated. Instead, he immediately called over an unlucky fellow who had been injured by the deer-headed spirit and placed his hand on the crystal under the extremely wary gaze of the sassy bird.

In an instant, a tingling, electric-like sensation spread throughout his body, and correspondingly, the "sacrifice mark" on the unlucky guy's body was blocked.

The basic effect of the touch enhancement brought by the Crystal of Light is "not affected by negative effects", rather than purification and removal. But Cheng Tian thought that was enough. As long as it could be shielded so that the Deer-Headed Spirit could not perceive the mark, that would be enough!

The Crystal Bird, which only wanted to communicate with Cheng Tian, ​​the little golden-crowned bird, began to back down because of the additional touch, but when Cheng Tian pulled out two more fire dragon eggs from behind its rear, its body froze—

Then, the sassy bird, having accepted Cheng Tian's second bribe of dragon eggs, allowed the other three unlucky fellows to also place their hands on the Crystal of Light.

In an instant, the stag-headed spirit at the center of the battle suddenly shuddered, for all the spell totems and sacrificial marks it sensed had vanished in that instant!
"Everyone! Focus fire!"

(End of this chapter)