Our neighborhood has been transported again.

Chapter 354 Settlement of the Island's Surroundings (23)

Two days later, the fruit trees were successfully transplanted to the Qizhen Garden.

The fruit trees are located at the eastern base of the mound inside the rare and precious garden, their canopies so dense and cloud-like that they almost reach the very top of the home space.
Having grown in a cave, the tree trunk has long since bent and its branches drooped due to the constraints of its environment.

As the last bit of soil was backfilled into the pit, the tree branch swayed slightly.

It seemed to be greeting them.

Qin Ziwu, carrying a large basket of sea pears, followed his elder brother to the sacrificial entrance of the Ruins of the Sea Abyss.

Qin Ziwen took a sea pear from the basket and threw it into the offering entrance.

With a slight thud, the fruit sank to the bottom of the pool.

Before it had completely fallen into the city, it disintegrated into a wisp of white light in mid-air.

You have obtained two strands of the Law Essence.

"Only two strands?" Qin Ziwen thought to himself. "That's even less than a first-class rare item."

This is an extraordinary fruit.

However, a fruit tree can produce at least several hundred fruits at a time, and if all of them were sacrificed, there would be hundreds of strands.

If the fruit's ripening cycle could be shortened, it would be a stable source for producing the original liquid.

"You should try it too." Qin Ziwen told his younger brother to take a sea pear from the bamboo basket and throw it in as a sacrifice.

"Me?" Qin Ziwu seemed a little excited. He chuckled, picked up a fruit, and went to the altar. He leaned out, but there was no reflection in the deep water. He released the fruit, and the sea pear fruit disappeared into the water.

"How is it?" Qin Ziwen looked at his younger brother and noticed the surprise on his face.

It seems they must have received feedback.

At almost the same time, Qin Ziwen received a notification from the Ruins of the Abyss, asking him how much "tax" he should collect from the remaining sacrificers, the tax to be used for upgrading the Ruins of the Abyss.

Following the pre-arranged plan, Qin Ziwen set a general price of 50%.

[Growth Progress +1]

Current growth progress: 1/100000

One wisp of Law Essence equals one point of growth progress. To upgrade the Abyss Ruins to level two, it needs a full 100,000 points, a long and arduous journey.

This is just the upgrade from a level 1 building to a level 2 building; the growth value required for the subsequent upgrades is unimaginable.

It's no wonder the restaurant is open to the public; perhaps that mysterious restaurant has some kind of tax collection method unknown to outsiders.

Having witnessed the spectacle, Qin Ziwen subconsciously adopted the perspective of the restaurant owner.

Try to understand the hidden meaning behind his behavior patterns from the other person's perspective.

This can serve as a reference for him.

"Brother, I feel like I've gotten a little bit stronger, but it's not very noticeable."

"How much can you tell from just one fruit? You've already sacrificed the whole basket."

"You made me sacrifice them all!?" Qin Ziwu was somewhat surprised. He and his elder brother had personally packed these fruits in, and there were a total of one hundred of them inside.

"What else can we do? There's still some left in the warehouse. You can use it all first," Qin Ziwen urged his younger brother.

Then, witnessed by Qin Ziwen, Qin Ziwu offered the fruits one by one as a sacrifice. In his eyes, the fruits that his brother threw into the water melted in mid-air and then mysteriously reappeared on the rooftops of the city. Hundreds of sea pears were piled up into a small pyramid-shaped mound. These fruits, which had clearly been sacrificed, ultimately reappeared in a magical way.

Qin Ziwen found it interesting and guessed that it might be related to the growth progress of the Sea Abyss Ruins.

There's also the giant egg floating above the underwater city. Every time an offering falls, it acts like a filter, passing the offering through the opening and then spitting out the excess, like sugarcane that's been drained of its moisture.

"Brother, I feel like my strength has doubled," Qin Ziwu murmured, staring at his hands in disbelief.

"It's not just a feeling, it's doubled." Qin Ziwen narrowed his eyes. "You should familiarize yourself with it more. This kind of improvement shouldn't just be about strength, it's an all-around upgrade, including attributes like speed and stamina."

Qin Ziwu verified it and confirmed that his elder brother was right; this improvement was indeed comprehensive.

It's like a complete transformation, a fundamental improvement.

Qin Ziwu looked at the Ruins of the Sea Abyss again, a deep shock flashing in his eyes. This building is so monstrous!
Mogu, who had somehow appeared behind Qin Ziwu, witnessed Qin Ziwu's transformation firsthand and was filled with shock.

This rapid advancement, with the ability to grow indefinitely given sufficient resources, reminded it of similar buildings it had visited before.

Qin Ziwen looked at Mogu, "I'm curious, how did you do it in that restaurant? Did you provide the ingredients yourself and then let them cook it?"

“That’s right. Once you get a restaurant ticket, you can enter the restaurant to eat,” Mogu said. “You need to prepare the ingredients yourself. You can prepare the ingredients for multiple meals at once. There is no limit to the number of meals, but you must eat within two hours, and it also takes time to prepare the food.”

"I see." Qin Ziwen thought that the dining time limit was probably a rule added by the restaurant itself later.

After all, there are no restrictions on the sacrifices made from his own Abyss Ruins; he accepts all who come.

Afterwards, Qin Ziwen took 149 more fruits from the warehouse, one hundred of which were given to Mogu for sacrifice.

The other forty-nine were for his own use.

When the last fruit was cast into the abyss.

A warm current rose within my body.

[Body of Law - Level 2 (1/500)]

Qin Ziwen adjusted to his doubled physical enhancements, but wasn't particularly excited, since he wasn't a combat unit.

He is the core of his community, and his power is mainly used for self-defense; he will not resort to violence unless absolutely necessary.

The rain gradually subsided after noon today.

After the rain stopped, Qin Meng resumed his work.

The first step was to rebuild the offshore platform. However, having learned from the experience of the previous platform being destroyed by torrential rain, the newly built platform this time was designed to be simple and easy to disassemble.

Secondly, fishing boats resumed salvage operations, and ferries transported crew members to surrounding islands to collect and hunt resources.

The island map has quietly completed its fourth week of development in an orderly manner.

"You have successfully survived for four weeks in the Gobi Desert and Island maps. You are currently on day 30 in the Island map. You have collected a large amount of resources, hunted a small number of extraordinary beasts, and built a boat. Overall score: 1571"

「获得奖励：【功能卡】1级公会*1、【拓展卡】高度拓展卡（大）*1、【拓展卡】空白拓展卡（大）*1、【任务卡】家园任务生成卡*1、【资源卡】楠竹林*1、【复制卡】普通资源复制卡*5」

The rewards in the fourth week weren't much, and some even included ordinary resource cards.

The drop in rating is mainly because most of the tasks on the Hunting Ladder leaderboard have been completed, and due to the heavy rain, many tasks at the Homestead have been brought to a standstill, resulting in a significant reduction in resource acquisition compared to last week.

The reason he has over a thousand points is mainly due to hunting a lot of extraordinary beasts.

(End of this chapter)