The whole nation is trying to survive on the cable car; I'm choosing one of three options at ea

[The Ice Staff has been installed. Consuming a Mystic Crystal will activate the "Frozen Passive"... When attacked, there is a 15% chance to freeze the target for 1.5 seconds.]

[The Staff of Fire is installed. Consuming a Mystic Crystal activates the "Burning Passive"... When attacked, there is a 20% chance to inflict the Burning status on the target, causing them to lose 10% of their cable car armor value as damage per second for 3 seconds.]

He then took out the scarlet vine branch... the yellow strange object... and examined it in his hand for a moment.

[Upon use, a vine domain with a radius of 1 kilometer will be generated centered on the user. The vines within the domain will automatically attack all hostile mobs for 30 minutes.]

[Energy replenishment method: Place in the soil to absorb nutrients naturally; one use is restored after 7 days. Consuming Mystic Stones, high-grade nutrients, and other resources can quickly replenish energy.]

Su Mu carefully buried the strange yellow object in a makeshift trough, watered it, and sprinkled some high-grade nutrients around it. The moment the vines touched the soil, they seemed to come alive, trembling almost imperceptibly before falling silent.

"The biggest gap right now is the Mysterious Crystal." Su Mu exited the crafting panel and glanced at the exchange.

There are no Mysterious Crystals for sale on the exchange.

But he noticed the "acquisition" function... He could post a purchase request and buy the Mysterious Crystal for 1,000 World Coins each.

Su Mu thought for a moment and posted a purchase request: Seeking to buy Ghost Crystals, 1,000 World Coins per crystal, price negotiable for large quantities.

The moment the post was published, his private chat lit up. Someone messaged him... not to discuss a deal, but to ask directly: "Hey bro, are you really offering 1000 World Coins per coin?"

"real."

"Then I'll sell you three."

The transaction was completed quickly. Three Ghost Crystals arrived in his account, and three thousand World Coins were deducted. Immediately afterward, several more people came to him, some selling one, some two, and one person selling five at once. In less than half an hour, Su Mu had received nineteen Ghost Crystals. Adding these to the twenty-two he already possessed, he now had a total of forty-one.

"Still not enough." He glanced at the thirty Ghost Crystals required for the missile blueprints, then considered the activation costs of the cable car weapons; nineteen were merely a drop in the bucket. Moreover, he knew that he wasn't the only one lacking Ghost Crystals; the entire cableway system was in dire need. The exchange only bought and didn't sell, meaning all World Coins flowed to those living in the Great Wind World.

Su Mu leaned against the wall, closed his eyes, and thought for a few seconds.

Ghost Crystals can be obtained from monsters at night or in dungeons. He glanced at the time... less than an hour until midnight. New features were coming soon: the Ash City dungeon, the guild system, and the personal arena. Those things would definitely include ways to obtain Ghost Crystals.

He opened his eyes, his gaze falling on the endless cable outside the window, and only one thought in his mind:

"After leveling up, take care of that costumed monster first. It should have a lot of monster crystals on it."

Su Mu leaned against the cable car wall, closed his eyes, and let his breathing slowly settle down.

He had only intended to close his eyes and rest for a moment... After three days and three nights of non-stop work in Ash City, although his body had been transformed by the golden bloodline to be far superior to that of an ordinary person, the mental fatigue could not be offset by his attributes. But he didn't expect that he would actually fall asleep. When he opened his eyes again, more than an hour had passed on the time display.

A system notification popped up.

[Medicinal wine brewing complete: "Blood Ginseng Golden Jade Liquid Wine (Lower Grade)"]

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Su Mu stood up and walked to the two bottles of wine placed side by side in the corner.

The color of the wine in which the blood ginseng was soaking had changed from clear to a pale gold... not a murky yellow, but a clear, bright gold, like diluted amber. At the bottom of the bottle was a small section of blood ginseng root that had turned white from soaking; the root's color was noticeably lighter, as if most of its nutrients had been drawn away by the wine.

He unscrewed the bottle cap, and an extremely refreshing aroma wafted out. It wasn't the strong scent of alcohol, but rather a sweet, rooty fragrance, mixed with something he couldn't quite describe, like the smell of earth after rain. Just smelling this aroma made him feel much more invigorated.

Su Mu opened the attribute panel and read through all the information about the medicinal wine.

[Golden Yuye Liquor (low grade·Blood Ginseng)]

[Type: Consumable/Special Potion]

[Effect 1: Immediately restores a large amount of lost Qi and blood after taking it, and has a significant therapeutic effect on severe injuries.]

[Effect 2: After consuming it, creatures with golden bloodlines can slowly recover the bloodline power lost after becoming golden.]

[Effect 3: When taken under normal conditions, it can assist in the purification and evolution of the golden bloodline.]

[Note: Low quality. Best results on first use, with effects decreasing with subsequent use. Recommended for use when bloodline power is at its lowest to maximize benefits.]

Su Mu only glanced at the first two effects. The third effect... assisting in the purification and evolution of the golden bloodline... was what he truly cared about. His golden bloodline had already evolved from "slightly evolved juvenile" to "mature," but he didn't know its upper limit or how far it could grow in the future. If he could use medicinal wine to assist in purification, then this path would be clear.

Without hesitation, he brought the bottle to his lips and took a big gulp.

The moment the medicinal wine entered my throat, a warm current rose from my stomach. It wasn't the light, airy warmth I felt when drinking ginseng root infusion before, but a deeper, thicker, more tangible heat... like a compressed mass of warm water, flowing down my esophagus, spreading out in my stomach, and then flowing through my blood vessels to my limbs.

Su Mu closed his eyes and activated his internal vision ability.

He "saw" what was happening inside his body... Dark red blood vessels, like an intricate network, unfolded in his consciousness. The blood flowing in the vessels was originally bright red, but at this moment, he saw a very faint, almost imperceptible golden halo slowly emerging in the blood.

It wasn't a single, continuous area, but rather tiny, scattered golden specks of light, like stardust blown by the wind. They mingled in the blood, spreading throughout the body with the rhythm of the blood flow. Wherever those golden specks passed, the blood vessel walls felt a slight stimulation, contracting and dilating slightly.