The Fourth Disaster: People become gods through high martial arts and gaming

Chapter 204 I'll reward you with a big watermelon (combined chapters)

Obsidian Martial Arts School, the master's lounge.

After washing up, Lin Qi checked the time on his smartwatch and found that it was already nine o'clock in the morning. He then opened the system bar at the bottom of his vision and selected to draw from the martial arts roulette.

"You're the first one I'll draw this morning!"

Lin Qi looked at the spinning wheel in his mind and saw the fleeting purple light, and immediately called for a stop.

System: Congratulations, host, you have received a two-star reward of a large sausage.

"This is all you give me for a two-star reward?"

Lin Qi looked at the green prizes in the system's storage and didn't know what to say.

It's one thing to give fruit as a one-star reward, but to give a big sausage as a two-star green reward? Does he look like someone who's lacking meat?
His previous escort mission to the front lines not only yielded five large boxes of blood essence, but also the corpses of five golden unicorn snakes. Each of these golden unicorn snakes was over thirty meters long, enough to fill a large transport vehicle, and weighed as much as seventy or eighty tons, totaling nearly four hundred tons for the five of them.

If this giant sausage were here when he first came to this world, he would definitely be overjoyed. After all, synthetic food doesn't taste very good, but it would be good enough to have something like this to eat.

Want to eat meat?
For a homeless person who isn't even an apprentice, it's simply a pipe dream.

But now, the flesh and blood of these golden unicorn snakes have filled even the newly built cold storage warehouse, which was recently constructed due to the expansion of the martial arts school. Even if tens of thousands of martial arts school disciples were to exchange for them at will, it would take an unknown amount of time.

Moreover, a significant portion of the flesh and blood of the Golden-winged One-horned Serpent was used by Jacques to experiment with creating berserker potions.

A large sausage now means absolutely nothing to him.

But out of curiosity, Lin Qi still took it out of the system's storage to take a look.

Magical Giant Sausage: Eating all of them will trigger a burst of inspiration and a significant increase in experience gain, lasting for twelve hours.

"A cheat-like artifact?" Lin Qi was also surprised when he saw the attribute description.

It has to be said that a two-star reward is a two-star reward; even though it's just a big sausage, it shouldn't be underestimated.

"This thing should be of great help to Luo Qi. It might even help her make a breakthrough as a mechanic and create second-tier weapons and equipment using the materials from the Golden-Winged Unicorn Serpent." Lin Qi looked at the large sausage in his hand and thought it would be very suitable for Luo Qi.

He gave the flesh and blood of the Golden-Winged Unicorn Serpent to Jacques for research on potions, while the serpent's bones, teeth, and skin were given to Rocchi for research on new weapons and equipment.

As a top-tier monster, the Golden-Winged Unicorn has skin and bones that are nearly as hard as B5 and B6 grade alloys. Its sharpest teeth even surpass those of B6 grade alloy, making them perfectly suitable for crafting second-tier weapons and equipment.

However, this kind of processing and manufacturing technology requires large machine tools, which ordinary mechanics cannot do. Luo Qi has a good talent as a mechanic, but he lacks opportunities. Each of the four major forces has a set of large machine tools in its headquarters. Normally, he can make a large number of B-grade weapons himself, which is much cheaper than buying them directly from weapon shops. Now they are all his.

Of the four large machine tools, two were given to Luo Qi and two to Yi Ye Fuyun. Yi Ye Fuyun was so happy that he didn't sleep all night, focusing all his energy on learning how to use and operate the large machine tools. As for Luo Qi, as a mechanic, he was already very skilled at operating these large machine tools and was already researching how to make the most of the material properties of the Unicorn Golden Wing Serpent to create the most suitable weapons and equipment.

The Magic Sausage is undoubtedly a good fit for this kind of research on the material properties of the Golden Winged Unicorn.

Lin Qi then smoked six more times in one go, to see if he could get another one.

"As expected, two-star rewards aren't so easy to obtain." Lin Qi sighed as he looked at the five Vitality Pears and one Health Watermelon that were six consecutive one-star white rewards.

The chance of drawing a two-star reward is one in ten. In the past, it was considered lucky to get it on the first try. It was more common to not get it after six tries.

Dangdang Dangdang!
Just as Lin Qi was putting away the newly drawn reward, there was a knock on the door.

"Enter."

After Lin Qi spoke, Lin Xinyao and Li Tianxing, who were already over two meters tall, walked in, each carrying a large storage box on their backs.

The two stood together, like two guardian deities, completely blocking the door to the lounge.

"What do you want?" Lin Qi glanced at the two and noticed that they were increasingly developing into the Hulk. Not only were they getting taller and taller, but their bodies were also becoming stronger and stronger, or rather, their body density was increasing, and their skin had an indescribable firmness.

"Master, let's turn in the mission. This is the Molten Crystal." Lin Xinyao put down the storage box and directly showed the Molten Crystal inside to Lin Qi.

Li Tianxing also opened the storage box and let Lin Qi check it.

System: A large amount of molten crystals has been detected. Should we absorb them now?

"Absorb." Lin Qi didn't hesitate and chose to absorb it all.

In an instant, Lin Xinyao and Li Tianxing saw a black hole appear in Lin Qi's palm, and both boxes of Molten Crystals were sucked into it.

If anyone else had seen this, they would probably have been stunned, but Lin Xinyao and Li Tianxing didn't seem to care at all.

It's perfectly normal for NPCs to carry a fourth-dimensional space when they collect items.

System: Congratulations, host, for completing the mission 'Molten Crystal'. You are rewarded with the basic Meditation Room construction permission. You currently have 17215 Molten Crystals.

System: The host currently possesses 17215 units of Molten Crystals, which meets the construction requirement of 15000 units of Molten Crystals for a beginner meditation room. Do you wish to convert the room in the martial arts hall into a beginner meditation room now?
"Renovate." Seeing that it could be renovated immediately, Lin Qi did not hesitate to choose to renovate, and even converted the newly expanded third-floor training room of the martial arts school into a beginner meditation room.

During this period, the martial arts school recruited over a thousand construction workers to expand the school. These construction workers, whether stimulated by the players or having some other plans, worked extremely hard.

The martial arts gym expansion project, which was originally expected to take a month, is now almost complete. The third floor of the gym has been built, and three training rooms on the first floor, made entirely of B2-grade alloy refined from ancient bronze ore, have also been completed.

Because many people applied for VIP status at the martial arts school, he earned a total of fourteen energy crystals from these three rooms. The renovation of the beginner gravity room started yesterday and will be completed tomorrow. All ten beginner training rooms will be completed today.

Now, the only thing missing from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy is the expansion courtyard. Once that's done, the entire Obsidian Martial Arts Academy will be able to reach the advanced level required by the system.

System: The renovation of the basic meditation room will be completed in three days. Please wait patiently.

"Good! Now the martial arts school finally looks like a martial arts school." Lin Qi looked at the system notification and felt very gratified.

The first floor houses the beginner training room and the beginner gravity room, the second floor is mainly a rest room, and the third floor is the beginner meditation room. The entire martial arts hall is now fully functional. From now on, not only players can train well, but local residents can also train normally without having to risk their lives like players do.

"Master, have we completed our mission?" Lin Xinyao asked softly, looking at Lin Qi who hadn't spoken for a long time.

When Lin Xinyao spoke, Lin Qicai realized that there were two other players waiting.

"It's done, and even exceeded expectations." Lin Qi nodded with a smile. "So in addition to your original rewards, I will give you an extra reward."

"An extra reward?" Lin Xinyao looked at Lin Qi excitedly, curious about what good things Lin Qi would give as an extra reward.

Because this mission was accepted after the system update, there was no difficulty level displayed, but she was certain that the mission level was not low, after all, it was an extremely high-level map, and the mechanical man was too powerful, his level was always one level higher than theirs, and his combat level was even more subtle.

If it weren't for Lu Fanchen creating the Heaven-Shaking Fist, they wouldn't have been able to complete this mission at all. Even if Luo Wushang and other martial artists came, it would have been useless; they would still have been easily defeated by the mechanical man.

They completed such a task, but the reward was actually quite meager.

Hearing about the extra reward made Lin Xinyao somewhat excited.

"Here, this is your extra reward." Lin Qi then handed a large watermelon that had been sitting on the table for a while to Lin Xinyao.

"Is the extra reward a big watermelon?" Lin Xinyao was dumbfounded as she looked at the big green watermelon in her hand, which looked exactly like the one on Earth.

In order to complete their mission, they have probably died more than a hundred times each in the past few days, and each death costs 648.

On Earth, 648 yuan could buy countless watermelons, yet they spent hundreds of thousands in the game "High Martial Arts Descends" just to buy the feeling of eating watermelons in the game.

"Master, can we change to other rewards?" Li Tianxing couldn't help but look at Lin Qi.

While watching the drama unfold in a virtual 100% game is a decent experience, he'd much rather log off and experience it directly. "The reward can't be changed," Lin Qi shook his head, giving Li Tianxing a sidelong glance. "This mission was given to you guys because you did exceptionally well. Did you think this was just an ordinary watermelon? This is a watermelon with attributes!"

"A watermelon with attributes?" Upon hearing this, Li Tianxing couldn't help but look at the watermelon in Lin Xinyao's hand, completely astonished.

"It really is! This melon has attributes." After careful observation, Lin Xinyao discovered that this thing really does have attributes.

Qi and Blood Watermelon: Eating one-eighth of it increases the maximum Qi and Blood by 30% for six hours.

"If you don't want it, you can give it back to me." Lin Qi couldn't help but reach out to take it.

The watermelon that was the reward was drawn last time. He was worried it would spoil after sitting for several days, so he decided to give it to the players as a reward.

The Qi and Blood Limit is increased by 30%, which is a divine item for local residents to break through, especially for older martial artists whose Qi and Blood are declining. These martial artists have no problem in terms of skill level, and the only reason they cannot break through is because of insufficient Qi and Blood. With this Qi and Blood Watermelon, they can easily complete the breakthrough.

Lin Xinyao reacted quickly, immediately taking a step back and running out the door, giving Lin Qi no chance to touch her again.

"Master, I was just joking. I love eating watermelons the most," Li Tianxing quickly explained as he saw Lin Qi trying to take back the watermelon.

The maximum Qi and Blood limit is increased by 30%. For those who have reached 100% proficiency in the first level of the Shocking Breathing Technique, this is a great help to break through.

If Lin Qi really takes them back, who knows how long it will take them to change jobs.

Meanwhile, the players on the training field were stunned to see Lin Xinyao rushing out of the gym owner's lounge carrying a large watermelon, her face beaming with joy.

"What's going on? Why are they so excited? Did they steal a melon from the owner's lounge?"

"Stealing melons is impossible. What kind of NPC is the curator? He's someone who can permanently log us off. Even if you gave them a hundred lives, they wouldn't dare to steal the curator's melons."

"I just saw the two of them carrying two large storage boxes inside; I guess they're mission rewards."

"The reward for the quest is just a melon? Are veteran players really that badly off these days?"

The newbie players present looked at Lin Xinyao, who was hugging a big watermelon and whose mouth was almost splitting open. They suddenly felt that grinding too fast in this game was not a good thing. The fact that a big watermelon as a reward for a task could make these veteran players so happy meant that their brains had been grinding too much.

Lin Xinyao ran up to the second floor and arrived at Lu Fanchen's lounge.

Lu Fanchen, who had just been revived in the rest room, was organizing his insights on the Heaven-Shaking Fist at the table, preparing to submit it to the martial arts school to earn mentor points and upgrade the school's mentor level.

Currently, players only have two ways to quickly earn contribution points. The first way is to hunt monsters in the wild. A low-level monster earns 500 contribution points, a mid-level monster earns 1,500 contribution points, and a high-level monster earns 5,000 contribution points.

As for the second path, that is to teach NPCs. A one-star instructor can earn 2,000 martial arts school points and 100 contribution points for a two-hour class. Although 100 contribution points for two hours is not much, it is stable.

If you teach for twelve hours a day, that's a steady 600 contribution points. Although that's less than the contribution from killing a mid-level monster, it's still more than killing a low-level monster alone.

Nowadays, it's almost impossible to find low-level monsters in the wild. Or rather, low-level monsters have become food for mid-level monsters. Encountering a low-level monster is a matter of luck; most of the time, you'll encounter mid-level monsters.

However, mid-level monsters are not something ordinary martial arts players can kill, especially since these mid-level monsters come in groups. Even for experts with level one wilderness exploration privileges, it is not easy to kill one in one night, unless they use a super electromagnetic cannon like the Desert Eagle to make a precise attack within 100 meters, which can quickly eliminate mid-level monsters. However, the Desert Eagle consumes too many energy crystals and is not a good way to quickly become a core disciple by accumulating contribution points.

Although martial arts players can also manually wield railguns and engage in close combat with mid-level monsters, the result is often mutual destruction. A single shot kills the mid-level monster, but a single claw strike from the mid-level monster can also kill the martial arts player, even if they are wearing B2-level armor.

If it were just a simple matter of mutual destruction, that would be fine. The key issue is that the monster's corpse will quickly become food for other monsters. In the end, you won't catch anything and you'll even lose your life. Not to mention that mid-level monsters usually move in groups of three to five, making it too difficult to find a lone one.

That's why many expert players are now focusing their energy on improving their mentor level.

A one-star mentor earns 100 contribution points per lesson, a two-star mentor earns 200, a three-star mentor earns 400, and a four-star mentor earns 800. As long as you are willing to teach, you can steadily earn 4800 contribution points a day, which is much faster than hunting outside when you are a beginner martial artist.

In addition to teaching NPCs, mentors can also earn mentor points by advancing their level and submitting complete manuals of their self-created martial arts techniques. Submitting a fifth-level martial arts technique rewards 50 points, a sixth-level technique rewards 200 points, a seventh-level technique rewards 500 points, and an eighth-level technique rewards 1,500 points.

A one-star mentor is promoted to a two-star mentor, which requires one hundred mentor points.

Upgrading from two stars to three stars requires 400 mentor points.

Upgrading from three stars to four stars requires 1,000 mentor points.

Upgrading from four stars to five stars requires 3,000 mentor points.

It can be said that as long as you create one eighth-level martial art or two seventh-level martial arts, you can immediately become a four-star mentor and earn contribution points very quickly.

"Xinyao, how did it go? Did you complete the mission?" Lu Fanchen looked at Lin Xinyao, who had entered the room with a happy expression. He was also curious about whether the mission had been completed, since he had no idea how many Molten Crystals were in ten thousand units.

If you can't get enough in one go, you'll have to try several more times.

"It's done, and even exceeded expectations. The curator gave an extra reward." Lin Xinyao nodded.

"An extra reward? What kind of reward?" Lu Fanchen asked with some anticipation.

"This is it." Lin Xinyao pulled out a large green watermelon, several times bigger than a basketball, from her back.

"Shall I reward you with a big watermelon?" Lu Fanchen stared in astonishment at the big watermelon in Lin Xinyao's hand.

"No! This isn't just any watermelon, it's a watermelon with attributes." Lin Xinyao repeated Lin Qi's words excitedly. "Just by eating one-eighth of it, our blood energy limit will increase by 30% for six hours. We're already at 100% proficient in the first level of our breathing technique. With this watermelon, we might be able to break through and become martial artists today."

The three of them had already obtained the second level of training method for job advancement, and they were extremely familiar with the energy stimulation of the second level of training method. Now they were just one step away from completing the full-body energy stimulation.

"Become a martial artist today?" Lu Fanchen's eyes lit up with excitement upon hearing this.

Once the three of them become martial artists, then their Mythical Paradise will have caught up with the might of Heaven.

Lu Fanchen and the other two then cut the watermelon, each taking two slices back to their rest room to begin their ascent to the Martial Artist level. The remaining two extra slices were carefully stored in a specially refrigerated storage box to be awarded to other meritorious members of the guild later.

While Lu Fanchen and others were attacking the martial artists.

On the other side, more than 60 kilometers away from Chiyue Mountain, Xiaoyuan and Fang Zhen were digging holes all over the mountain, each holding a shovel made of B2 grade alloy.

"Just as you said, Xiao Yuan, this metal vein should be a B3 grade mithril ore. I never expected you could find it." Fang Zhen looked at the silver-gray ore that he couldn't break with a B2 grade alloy shovel, his eyes filled with ecstasy.

B3 grade primordial ore, with the addition of some materials, can be used to make alloys of B4 grade or higher, which are priceless.

“Some of my offline friends who are very knowledgeable about geography have done research on this area. I sent them the geographical data of this region and they felt that there was a high probability that there were mineral veins here. When I came over and dug, I never expected that it would be a B3-level mithril mine.” Xiao Yuan said with a crazy laugh, “How about it? It’s not a bad deal to cooperate with me, right?”

"It's not just not a loss, it's a huge profit." Fang Zhen looked at the huge mountain and nodded repeatedly.

Xiao Yuan was also crazy because she was acting alone. Although she had taught a few newcomers and they usually acted together, it was impossible for her to take over such a large mine. That's why she came to cooperate with him. Once they became core disciples, they would join forces to take over the mine. At that time, they could make a fortune just by selling mithril ore in the High Martial World and wouldn't have to worry about cultivation resources anymore.

Just as the two were talking, the sound of a transport truck suddenly reached their ears.

"Someone's coming!" Fang Zhen looked directly in the direction the voice came from.

In the distance below the mountain, large transport vehicles slowly drove towards the mithril mine. The vehicles were marked with the logo of Wanxing City, indicating that these people were from Wanxing City and not from some wild gang.

"What are the people from Wanxing City doing here?" Xiao Yuan stared in astonishment at the approaching large transport trucks. There were definitely more than forty of them, making it a large convoy.

As soon as these large transport trucks stopped at the foot of the mountain, and a large number of people dressed in miners' clothes got off the trucks, Xiao Yuan and Fang Zhen's expressions changed drastically.

"Holy crap! They're trying to steal our mine!"

(End of this chapter)