I materialized a sci-fi fortress in a magical world.

Chapter 104 The Mastermind's Efforts Are Striking Again

Although Royo was somewhat interested in these "low-cost-performance" blessings, he did not try them himself.

[Spirituality] is hard to come by, and there is no data analysis environment like Hugo's training ground here. Going out to blast rocks with blessings, you can't experience anything.

I continued to cultivate diligently until it was time to sleep, at which point I briefly estimated my progress.

"Hiss~ Even if I cultivate for 10 hours a day, it would take me a year to reach the fourth rank?"

This result left Royo somewhat bewildered.

You should know that you have twice the cultivation speed and twice the comprehension, plus 100% enhanced memory, and you can meditate for 10 hours a day. How could it take a year?

How long would it take without the help of these external things?

He wasn't too satisfied with the speed. He was in a hurry to upgrade to unlock new features on his phone. If it took this long to reach level four, what about the even more difficult level five?

But then I suddenly thought of Austin. I remember when I first met him, he was already at level three, but years have passed and he's still only at level three.

Luo Yue suddenly realized why so many people chose to give up at the third level. The difficulty of cultivation after the third level was really too much for many people to bear.

No wonder Hugo, despite being only a fourth-tier rank, is so highly respected in Maple Leaf City.

His speed is already much faster than that of an average person.

But then Luo Yue thought of her terrifyingly beautiful female teacher, who had gone from beginner to level five in just three years—

"Is the gap between people really that big? Just because I didn't know calculus at fourteen? So I can't even compete with them because of external factors?"

"Even a beautiful young teacher with such talent only reached the fifth level at 19, and then it took her until she was 89 to reach the eighth level. How difficult must the road ahead have been?"

"The seventh and eighth tiers are crucial, but these aren't the limits. There are still 12 tiers to come—"

Luo Yue felt a chill run down his spine when he thought about this.

It's unlikely that you can reach a high position by simply staying at home; you should consider other methods of self-cultivation found in textbooks.

In other words, it involves exploring, clearing secret realms, and encountering unexpected events.

In some secret realms, special monsters will appear. After defeating them, you can absorb magic power from them, just like fighting monsters to gain experience.

Some of them are particularly dangerous and dangerous; catching one is equivalent to several months of arduous training.

However, such "experience monsters" are not common and are difficult to deal with; they are something that can only be encountered by chance.

In addition, the [Secret Realm Core] is also a huge experience pack; capturing and absorbing it can quickly increase your magic power level.

There are also some secret realms or unique areas in the real world that can greatly improve meditation efficiency or produce unique treasures, which can also speed up the process.

Among these treasures, the [Secret] is the most effective and important, which is the puzzle in Royo's mind.

This should have been a very strong book of experience, but I don't know if it's because Celishina and the others didn't work hard enough, or if these puzzle pieces came too easily to them, but they still haven't been able to decipher them effectively. It's like feeding them food but not being able to swallow it.

"I'm clearly not strong enough to go on an adventure, so I'm not very confident. Besides, I've never been good at relying on luck."

Luo Yue wasn't very confident in her luck, after all, she had gotten such bad luck with the pity system when she played pay-to-win mobile games.

"So we still have to make use of the puzzle in our minds, but these things are very valuable outside, and we can't just give them away to everyone we meet. We need to think of a better way to use them."

After a period of random thoughts, Luo Yue gradually drifted off to sleep.

He thought that it would take a lot of effort to further accelerate his practice, but unexpectedly, things took a turn for the better the next morning when he started meditating.

It's obvious that the top-ranked auntie has struck again.

She offered three sacred objects to Royo in one go, along with some miscellaneous valuables.

This is them bringing out all their most treasured secrets—

Apart from some necessary magical artifacts and equipment, and a holy relic in the archbishop's possession as a backup, almost everything else was given away, and it was all gathered overnight, which can be considered as placing a heavy bet on Royo.

The final total contribution points reached 2, and I claimed all the stage rewards for contribution points in one go.

This made Luo Yue extremely happy. He quickly crafted three legendary-level equipment pieces, along with a copy of the 004 puzzle in his mind, several elixirs, and all those superficial decorative rewards, and stuffed them all into Hai Mo's hands.

There should only be two legendary items; the extra one was a gift from Roy.

This kind of "player-controlled" game requires a guaranteed user experience.

In addition to these readily available opportunities, opportunities like "Enlightenment" and "Blessing" also leave a promise that can be drawn upon at any time if needed.

He even praised Haimo in the tone of a consul, saying, "You did a great job!"

Just that one sentence made Haimo so happy she almost fainted on the spot.

But she forced herself to calm down and boldly asked, "Please forgive my presumption, my lord, may I distribute these rewards to others? After all, they are the property of our entire faction."

"certainly."

"That's wonderful! Please allow me to praise your generosity and kindness!"

After receiving the rewards, Haimo showered the recipients with compliments until Luo Yue, using noticeably dimmed gold lettering, interjected, "I sense the Governor's joy. Did you do something?"

"Huh? It's Lord Favorite. I didn't do anything, just a trivial little thing."

"Hehe~ If you did more of these little things, you might become a follower too."

Luo Yue said very seriously.

He felt that Feng Haimo was perfectly capable of being a chosen one, and if things continued this way, she could be considered when creating earthly angels later on.

These words startled Haimo, who hurriedly said in a trembling voice, "?! Um—Lord Favored One, I had absolutely no intention of offending or provoking you! This is truly just a small token of our respect for the Governor!"

Uh—this guy must have misunderstood, right? He thinks I'm jealous of her competing for attention?

Luo Yue smiled and quickly offered words of comfort, dispelling Hai Mo's absurd concerns.

Then he ended the exchange and eagerly took out his phone to absorb the [divinity] from the sacred object.

This time, the sacred object was a rusted broken sword, reduced to a short, unrecognizable piece.

As that wisp of golden [divinity] flew out from the broken sword, Luo Yue suddenly turned his head and looked towards the distant horizon.

He could sense that the monsters were gathering again and would soon launch an invasion.

It seems they were drawn here by divinity?