The Fourth Calamity: People in High Martial Arts, Gods in Games

Chapter 110 Under the Crimson Moon

"No wonder the White Feather Gang has been relentlessly pursuing Red Moon Mountain, and even the Great Ape Gang was persuaded to join them."

Lin Qi stared at the recorded information on his smartwatch, unable to calm down for a long time.

He was granted the title of King and his fiefdom was divided!

This would be an irresistible temptation for any city gang.

Compared to eating the leftovers of a city, the delicacies of a small town are far, far better.

Putting aside the income a town can bring, just having exclusive access to a small energy vein is something even the large families living in the city center of the City of Light can hardly possess.

"Judging from the actions of the White Feather Gang, there shouldn't be many people who know about the existence of the small energy vein. Otherwise, even the White Feather Gang probably wouldn't get any benefits. The Azure Sparrow Gang, on the other hand, is completely unaware of the small energy vein. Otherwise, they wouldn't have agreed so readily in the first place."

Lin Qi opened the topographic map recording the small energy veins and fell into deep thought.

The small energy vein is like a time bomb for the current Obsidian Martial Arts School. If the White Feather Gang makes it public, Crimson Moon Mountain will be leveled and taken over by the major forces in the City of Light in no time.

Of course, all of this is based on the premise that the White Feather Gang really has no chance of obtaining a small energy vein. If the White Feather Gang feels there is even a slight chance, they should not spread the news of a small energy vein casually.

Conversely, this is also an opportunity for Obsidian Martial Arts School.

The reserves of the Chiyue Mountain micro-energy vein are only about 10,000 to 20,000 tons. The Obsidian Martial Arts School can only get 60%, and if they are lucky, they can get 10,000 tons of energy ore.

It can be used to summon players, and can summon as many as 10,000 people.

However, to increase the system's permissions, the martial arts school needs to be upgraded, which requires a large amount of energy ore.

Besides the energy ore needed to upgrade the martial arts school, once a player advances to the level of a martial artist, they will start consuming energy ore, and the amount of energy ore consumed every day will likely be a considerable sum.

Lin Qi estimated that the 10,000 tons of energy ore would last at least three or four months.

At that time, Obsidian Martial Arts Academy will face a shortage of energy ore. Although energy ore is available for sale in major cities, the supply of energy ore is limited for sustainable development and will not be provided in large quantities to any gang or force.

In addition, the limited sales in major cities are also intended to curb the growth and expansion of various gangs in the cities, otherwise management would become very troublesome.

Energy veins are not only essential for martial artists' cultivation, but they can also accelerate the cultivation speed of apprentices below the level of martial artists.

If the city's various gangs could truly purchase unlimited amounts of energy veins, the speed at which they could accumulate Limit Apprentices and Quasi-Martial Artists would be much faster.

When the quantitative change leads to the qualitative change, if even a few martial artists emerge from these gangs, the city's economic pie will have to be redistributed. This is a result that the high-ranking officials living in the city absolutely do not want to see.

However, the city's quota cannot prevent gangs from going to other cities' jurisdictions to buy large quantities of energy ore from gangs that own energy veins.

These urban gangs' underhanded tactics have actually been under surveillance in major cities all along. However, because the income of these gangs is not high, they can't buy much even if they can. Similarly, the gangs that sell energy ore can't sell much either.

Whether it's 10,000 tons or 100,000 tons, it won't affect the overall situation of the city.

But a small energy vein is a different story.

Lin Qi had read a lot of historical data about the City of Light. Generally, the reserves of small energy veins are over three million tons. If a force possessed this, it would be impossible to know how many martial artists it could cultivate. This is also the reason why it was able to carve out a territory and establish a king.

Three million tons of energy ore!

With so much energy ore, Lin Qi felt he could build a player town.

With just a player town and a few hundred martial arts-level players, even the higher-ups of the City of Light have to give them face.

If there are several thousand martial arts-level players, then even the high-ranking officials of the City of Light would have to think carefully about what he said.

Thinking of this, Lin Qi didn't hesitate to equip himself with the A6-level battle armor and head to the small energy vein that the White Feather Gang had discovered. As for the slightly dented helmet, he put it aside and would give it to Luo Qi to repair later.

Dressed in a silver-white battle armor that exuded a futuristic technological vibe, Lin Qi's appearance quickly caused a stir among a large number of players.

"Holy crap! Armor!"

"This armor is so cool! When did the martial arts school get it? Does the school sell it?"

"I've seen it in the data; this is an A6-level battle armor! Even a Limitless Apprentice can suppress a Limitless Quasi-Martial Artist when wearing it. If I had a set right now, I'd be absolutely invincible!"

"It's such a pity that the Guild Master isn't a woman. It would be so much better if she were a female NPC. I must suggest this to the game developers before the public beta. That way, I can borrow some blood from the Guild Master to forge my own battle armor. With my awakened golden cosmos, I'll definitely be able to sweep through all the major gangs and unify the City of Light."

"What are you thinking? This isn't a Saint Cloth. And don't let the Master hear you. If he finds out you're after his blood, he might expel you on the spot."

"I don't even dare to dream of this armor. I doubt we'll be able to buy it before the official launch. I wonder if the Master could let me touch it? 100 points per touch would be fine, just to feel the texture."

Players practicing the Divine Breathing Technique in the mine, desperately trying to improve their strength, were practically drooling as they looked at Lin Qi's armor.

Protective gear and battle armor are completely different.

Wearing protective gear makes them look like soldiers on an ancient battlefield, but when they put on armor, they become Iron Man—the streamlined design and advanced technology are simply amazing.

Players who had participated in the great battles were practically drooling with envy.

While protective gear is good, it can only protect most parts of the body. But battle armor is different; it provides true full-body protection. Even without the aid of battle armor, it can elevate combat strength to a new level.

Lin Qi, who was passing by, overheard the players' conversation but ignored it. He felt that he should find more things for these players to do in the future, otherwise they would think about strange things every day and not concentrate on playing the game.

After Lin Qi walked deeper into the mine tunnel for more than 20 minutes, he came to a collapsed tunnel.

"This should be the tunnel that leads to the small energy vein. The White Feather Gang is really careful. In order to prevent later visitors from discovering it, they blew up the entire tunnel and dug three more tunnels next to it, crisscrossing in the mountain, proving that there are no traces of energy ore in this area."

Lin Qi glanced at the several deep passages beside him and couldn't help but admire the White Feather Gang's caution.

If the Qingque Gang hadn't discovered the micro-energy vein on the mountainside and started competing with the Baiyu Gang for Chiyue Mountain, who knows how long the Baiyu Gang could have kept it a secret.

The White Feather Gang has even controlled small energy veins for quite some time, but no one knows it.

Lin Qi then unleashed a barrage of boulders at the collapsed tunnel.

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Each punch carries a shock force of nearly three thousand kilograms. Even a boulder as tall as a person would be shattered into countless fragments or even powder by the shock force generated by the second level of the Shattering Stone Fist.

With just a few dozen punches, Lin Qi cleared the collapsed tunnel, leaving him amazed by the power of the second level of the Shattering Stone Fist.

It's fair to say that using a rock-crushing fist for excavation is more efficient than using a dedicated tunnel boring machine.

After clearing the tunnel, Lin Qi spent nearly half an hour venturing deeper into the foot of Crimson Moon Mountain, until he arrived at a vast natural cave. Various energy minerals emitting a faint glow illuminated the entire cave, making it possible to see everything within it with a glimmer of light.

"Is this a small energy vein?" Lin Qi was astonished as he sensed the rich energy inside the cave.

Although I already knew that small energy veins would be beneficial for physical training.

But Lin Qi didn't expect it to be this terrifying.

Even though it was just a simple inhale and exhale, without using any breathing techniques, I could feel all the muscle cells in my body were restless, as if with just a simple command, all the muscle cells in my body would begin to devour the energy that was being squeezed in.

Even the intense energy gave Lin Qi a strange feeling.

That is, by using the Shocking Breathing Technique at this moment, one can directly break through to become a martial artist.

"No, I can't break through now!"

Lin Qi quickly suppressed the impulse in his heart.

The Shocking Breathing Technique, as a high-level martial artist training method integrated from the system, can still make one a martial artist even if the first level of proficiency is less than 100%. However, this will prevent the body from squeezing out more of its potential, making the path to becoming a martial artist smoother in the future.

The reason why martial arts training methods are divided into different levels is largely due to the different foundations they lay. The higher the level of the training method, the better the foundation it can lay. This is why many talented masters want to learn better training methods.

With a system at his disposal, his future achievements will far exceed the level of a martial artist; laying a solid foundation is the most important thing.

"Although I can't use it for breakthroughs, players can come here to improve their breakthroughs. It should be much easier to break through to become an advanced apprentice or a limit apprentice."

While exploring the cave, Lin Qi thought that having players come here to cultivate would definitely produce a batch of advanced apprentices and ultimate apprentices in a short period of time.

As for the breakthrough to the Martial Artist level, he will later warn players that they are not allowed to advance until they are 100% proficient. Advancing rashly will affect the difficulty of advancing to higher levels in the future. It is reasonable to assume that players who are not stupid will not do something that kills the goose that lays the golden eggs.

While Lin Qi was exploring the small energy vein, he soon discovered that there were still a lot of energy ore processing equipment left in the cave. There were ten sets of processing equipment, which could be used to decorate houses and turn them into cultivation rooms.

"What's going on with this cave? Why is it made entirely of metal?"

With his keen senses, Lin Qi discovered a hidden metal cave deep inside. Looking at the metal inside the cave, Lin Qi felt an overwhelming sense of familiarity.

"Why do these metals seem to be made of the same material as the mysterious metal plate?"

Upon entering the metal cave, Lin Qi tested the metal covering it. It was exactly the same as the mysterious metal plate that had fallen in Ghana. Both were silvery-white and smooth as mirrors, but incredibly hard.

Even the top-grade A6 alloy used to make armor cannot leave any marks or scratches on it.

(End of this chapter)