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Brewed by devout shrine maidens as an offering to one of the beautiful suns. Its rich aroma, like a young girl's outpouring of love, captivates even the eight-headed evil god. Hence, another name for this wine is Hero's Hometown.

"Aa ...

Blaze's eyes twitched as he watched Dali Feizhuan use such sacred wine to rinse his mouth and finally spit it on the ground, feeling heartbroken.

This is such a waste.

"Damn it, the last time I was so disgusted was because I ate a bag of horse manure." Dali Feizhuan wiped his mouth hard. Although his health value did not change at all, he felt like he was half dead.

After recovering a little, Dali Feizhuan discovered that Blaze was opening his hands towards the Abyss Gecko on the ground, as if collecting something.

Blaze explained after noticing that Brick was looking at him.

"I'm collecting the souls of these Abyss Geckos to see if I can make them into disposable traps."

"Soul? Props?" Dali Feizhuan was full of questions. After all, from the current version, soul is just experience value, and only necromancy skills can use soul.

Blaze couldn't explain it clearly, so he simply proved it with his actions. He first extracted the soul of the Abyss Gecko, then merged it with the seed.

【Flytrap-Abyss Gecko】

The predator's soul and the plant it preys on are perfectly integrated, turning predation into its sole instinct. Just as a bird, upon birth, considers the first life it encounters its mother, the predator's soul, upon awakening, devours whatever it sees, even if its body is crushed to pieces.

"Then we just need to experiment a bit."

Just as Blazer was trying to find a suitable target, a flock of predatory birds flew over their heads.

Blaze tossed the seed in his hand, roughly aimed at a target and threw it over.

The moment the seed left Blaze's hand, it began to grow, transforming into a dark green abyss gecko, which disappeared into the flock of predatory birds. Then the flock of predatory birds became agitated, and a huge black shadow fell from among them.

Blaze and Dali Feizhuan both had good eyesight, so they both saw the curvy female body wriggling under the pink membrane...it was the Queen of the Birds of Prey.

The queen bird of prey was unlucky enough to be chosen as a target by the Abyss Gecko and was swallowed by it. Even more unlucky was that it triggered the Abyss Geckos in the darkness during its fall.

Pink tongues shot out from the darkness, and then the abyss geckos, like nesting dolls, kept hunting for prey on the queen bird of prey.

By the time the queen bird of prey landed on the ground, it was covered with thick layers of pink flesh, and its movements and struggles became weaker, making it look like a person trapped inside.

"This is something I didn't expect." Blaze could already imagine what the fallen elf would say after seeing this thing.

"Can this be given to others?" Dali Feizhuan looked at the queen of predatory birds lying on the ground with a burning gaze.

"Originally, I can't. This skill requires me to give orders to the soul before it will act. But the Abyss Gecko only has the instinct to hunt, so there's no need for orders."

Blaze simply made another Abyss Gecko seed and threw it to Dali Feizhuan. Dali Feizhuan was shocked at first, fearing that he would also become that kind of devilish pill swallowing state.

Fortunately, the seeds did not change at all in his hands.

"Normally, it requires consuming nutrients, but the Abyss Gecko is very small, so it only needs to consume MP." Blaze explained and made way to let Dali Feizhuan choose the target.

Dali Feizhuan looked around and threw the seeds towards the flock of birds of prey. Soon, the second loli-sized queen of birds of prey fell down and enjoyed the same treatment as the previous queen of birds of prey. She fell to the ground wrapped tightly.

Apparently, after the mature queen of the raptors was captured, the flock assumed she was dead, and the next queen was born, and then this new queen also fell. The difference was that the previous queen was just unlucky and was hit by Blaze casually, while this queen was deliberately targeted by a powerful flying brick.

Dali Feizhuan made a thinker's move in an instant. He found the hidden menu, no, the hidden shop.

This predator was extremely versatile and convenient, it could be used to capture monsters, and it could also be used against players during guild battles. He could guarantee that any player who saw this predator for the first time would be caught off guard and caught.

Although players or powerful monsters should be able to break free from it, a moment of control and harassment is enough. So, how can we get this item from Blaze?

Exchanging the [Emergency Escape Device] for copper coins was a good deal, and he believed that Blaze would also be happy to exchange the [Emergency Escape Device] for hunting items, but their [Fairy Kingdom]'s reserves of krypton gold items were not rich enough to allow wholesale.

At this moment, Dali Feizhuan had a flash of inspiration.

This was a world with a degree of freedom infinitely close to reality, and yet it was populated by simple, honest natives. So why was he so obsessed with [trading]? Why not just get it for free? Wasn't this high degree of freedom designed to allow them to get items for free?!

This is a free world, you should rely on your own abilities to get something for free!

"Blazer, can you give me this item for free?"

"Okay, how many do you want?"

"Huh?" Dali Feizhuan was taken aback. He'd assumed he'd need to play the victim and cry poor to gain sympathy. He'd already thought of the lines: his sister had been a spendthrift lately, and he'd decided to shoulder the burden and live a simple life.

"Anyway, it only requires the soul of an Abyss Gecko and ordinary plant seeds to make it. I won't take advantage of this little advantage. After all, we are all partners who saved the world together!"

Blaze gave a thumbs up to the powerful flying brick and used the fallen elf's quirk.

Even though Blaze was wearing a helmet, Dali Feizhuan could still sense the bright smile on his face. That sincere friendship transformed into twinkling little stars that pierced Dali Feizhuan's face, leaving him with a guilty conscience.

"Also, let's find a middleman. This will help promote economic development."

"Well... then let's ask Hebi to be the middleman. He can at least help her make up for the financial shortfall."

Blaze held the seeds in his hand and calculated how many he had to make to help Hebi make up for the shortfall of 700 million gold coins. Dali Feizhuan listened to him and burst into tears.

What a nice guy, he actually wants to get something for free.

Chapter 219 The Strongest Architect

"However, if we want to mass-produce this kind of item, we definitely need to establish a stable transmission route."

"But if we want to teleport across world-class distances, we have to build a teleportation tower that is at least over a hundred meters high." Blaze felt helpless about the desperate vertical hell around him.

Putting aside the materials, even the construction itself was a challenge. Whether building a teleportation tower perpendicular to the rock face or right next to it, it was no easy feat and required a skilled architect.

"It's not a difficult task technically. We have someone in our guild who is very good at this." Dali Feizhuan took a few steps back, roughly measured the size of the entire vertical hell complex with his own eyes, and nodded.

"It should be possible to use this building complex as the core bricks to build a hundred-meter-high teleportation tower perpendicular to the rock face."

"Can this be done!?" Blaze exclaimed in amazement. Considering that the world in the future would definitely be turned upside down frequently, the most suitable construction method was to build vertically against the rock wall, but this was the most difficult method.

"Because that person is a Lego builder, if we calculate it by proportion... using a fixed brick this big, he would be able to directly pull up a teleportation tower several hundred meters long."

Blazer didn't know what the profession of a Lego Master Builder was, but it was undoubtedly the pinnacle of construction in the world of strangers.

In this case, it becomes even more important to scout this vertical building complex. The monsters inside must be eliminated, and the connection with the rock wall must be determined to be firm.

As for the all-important task of transporting the materials for the teleportation tower, Blaze, the sole controller of the access route, would be tiring. Blaze figured he could simply make a few more trips and store the materials in the warehouse, but that would bring him back to the issue of the excessive consumption of the [Emergency Escape Device].

After all, a hundred-meter-high tower cannot be run across in just a few hundred lies, and every time you have to run from a long distance and climb walls for half a day to reach this vertical building complex.

This creates a vicious cycle.

If you want to save [Emergency Escape Devices], just build a 100-meter teleportation tower, but if you want to build a 100-meter teleportation tower, you will need a large number of [Emergency Escape Devices] to transport materials.

Just when Dali Feizhuan was mumbling about whether to apply for funding, things took a turn for the better. They found half a female statue in a building.

If the person who built this female statue had some artistic style that combined women with dilapidated ruins, then it can only mean one thing.

The house is built on a female statue.

Dali Feizhuan switched to a sledgehammer and smashed the ground a few times, revealing the other half of his face. The two faces combined to reveal the face of a woman with closed eyes and a kind expression.

"This statue looks a bit like the Holy Lady of the Holy Cross... Isn't this the statue of the Virgin Mary of the Holy Cross Kingdom?!" Dali Feizhuan shouted loudly, and was afraid that Blaze, who was active in the Giant Kingdom, didn't know, so he made a special gesture to protect his lower abdomen.

"Within the borders of the Holy Cross, there stands an enormous statue of a woman. Legend has it that she is the mother of the first Supreme King, an angel who fell from heaven to become a human in order to give birth to the savior of humanity."

"In order to give birth to the savior..." Blaze felt a little uncomfortable chewing on these words. He always felt that both the Virgin Mary and the Supreme King were quite pitiful. Everything had been arranged for them since they became human beings.

At the same time, he was also a little confused. After falling from heaven and becoming a human, were the angels considered angels or humans? If they were angels, then wouldn't the bloodline of the descendant of the Supreme King also be a hybrid of angels and humans?

Dali Feizhuan didn't think too much about it. After all, he just heard it when the Holy Cross was preaching, and now he was just providing Blaze with information to advance the mission.

At this point, Dali Feizhuan regretted reading more. Many of the settings in Godlock are based on real mythological historical materials. And unlike other games, NPCs aren't omniscient. Sometimes, players need to provide intelligence to NPCs to advance the quest.

If you have enough knowledge and a wide variety of knowledge, you can even skip all the pre-quests and directly find the final boss on the map. The hidden boss currently being attacked in [Fairyland] was found by a member of the team, out of play, based on some background stories from Greek mythology.

Unfortunately, the Holy Cross Theocracy involved too much background, and Dali Feizhuan didn't know much, so he could only squeeze it slowly like a tube of dried toothpaste.

"Because the Virgin Mary holds such a high status, statues of her are only built in extremely important cities. Why is there one here?"

"Because this place is where the Supreme Prince was banished in the legend. Didn't I tell you when I came here?"

Dali Feizhuan let out a "Oh~" sound, but there wasn't much of a reaction. For now, neither the Madonna statue nor the Supreme Prince was as important as Blaze's ability to mass-produce predatory items.

The High Prince might be a significant storyline, profoundly impacting the world, but the more significant the storyline, the less benefit it provides to all players. Arcadia and the Nemean Giants are exceptions; all other known guides offer a storyline that benefits everyone, while those who have worked hard to complete it receive little tangible benefit.

But Blaze's mass production of items is a real deal, providing the Fairy Kingdom with a wealth of useful items. Even though there's only one predator item now, who knows, there might be something else tomorrow.

"It seems this place must have been part of the territories of the Supreme Holy Kingdom, once occupied by the Supreme Prince. Judging by its size... the city was built atop a statue of the Virgin Mary. The magnificent statue has become the city's pillar. If the people of the Holy Cross knew about this, they would be furious."

"Maybe I would be happy to do that?" Blaze looked at the warehouse, took out a few white flowers and placed them in the hair of the Virgin Mary statue.

"Even though the people of this city have disappeared, this Virgin Mary was still their only hope for survival in this vertical hell."

"Well, that's how it's supposed to be." Dali Feizhuan pinched his chin, puzzled. "I originally thought the legendary expulsion only targeted a large area, at most just the surface cities, but now it seems like they've dug deep into the ground."

“But it’s completely invisible on the map.”

"Because it's not magic, it's the world itself turning around."

"Oh."

Dali Feizhuan maintained the same posture for a long time before looking at Blaze with a stiff expression.

"Turn, turn down?"

He takes it back, and this seems to be a super super super important main plot.

Chapter 220: A Hundred-Meter Tower? Only Two Hours

"So that's how it is. Everything has turned upside down..." Dali Feizhuan nodded as if he accepted it, but there was a forced smile on his face.

"The beings who created this world are either idiots or geniuses, but most likely a bunch of willful bastards. Did they actually calculate where the energy generated by the rotation of planetary objects goes? Don't blame it all on fantasy just because it has some fantasy elements!"

In the end, Dali Feizhuan couldn't help but curse.

The reason was simple: he could already imagine the horrific scene that would occur when the world turned upside down. Just look at this vertical hell, where the X and Z axes alternated, and everything would fall out of the world.

He could only be thankful that the world he lived in had to abide by basic physical principles, otherwise he would have to worry about falling off the planet one day due to the planet's rotation.

But at the same time, he also understood the importance of this vertical hell. This was probably the so-called second stage, a world that would only be discovered after the surface world was fully developed. And after each earth-shaking change, the five maps would change simultaneously, thus expanding the world's content almost infinitely.

It seems that the guys who can do such things are both idiots and geniuses.

Stupid ideas and genius execution.

"Well, I'm sorry anyway."

Dali Feizhuan patted Blazer's shoulder, feeling genuinely apologetic. After all, the energy required to maintain this level of computing power came from the family business's new energy projects, so he had some connection to it.

"Oh, yeah."

Blaze didn't quite understand how to respond to Dali Feizhuan's indignation, but considering that strangers often said strange things, he didn't delve into it.

"We actually found a way to solve the problem."

Blaze pointed to the statue of the Virgin Mary.

"The Faith Transmission of the Holy Cross Church."

The reason why [Hermes's Traveling Hat] suffered so much in the Holy Cross country was because of [Faith Teleportation]. Every church under the Holy Cross was actually a small teleportation tower.

Teleportation towers are built using spatial magic, while the Holy Cross Church uses prayer for teleportation. Although one is magic and the other is prayer, the principles are the same, so there are the same limitations on teleportation distance and the same solutions.

Space magic is a hundred-meter-high teleportation tower, and teleportation prayer is the core and source of faith - the statue of the Virgin Mary.

"This... isn't good." Dali Feizhuan showed an embarrassed expression.

The difference between teleporting through a teleportation tower and a church is that [Hermes's Traveling Hat] only requires money, while the Church of the Holy Cross requires both money and membership.

"Without a profession of faith specifically for the Holy Cross, you can't use the church to teleport. If you want to teleport to a world-class level, you need to teleport from another statue of the Virgin Mary. But not everyone is qualified to see the statue of the Virgin Mary."

"These are minor matters. After all, the Fairy Kingdom still has some influence. The trouble is if the Holy Cross Church discovers this place..."

Blaze understood what Dali Feizhuan was worried about.

Needless to say, with the current attitude of the Holy Cross Church in eradicating heresy, it is guaranteed that a punitive army will be formed to eliminate the Supreme Prince, the first heretic.

The punitive army is not scary, but the foreigners who like to join in the fun are scary!

Think about the horrific scene during the Battle of the Nemean Giants. At that time, all the foreigners were on their side, so they were full of heroic spirit. If you put yourself in the perspective of the Nemean Giants...

Between hell and making enemies with strangers, Blaze would choose hell without hesitation.

While his scalp was tingling because of that scene, Blaze also looked at the powerful flying brick with admiration.

It can be said that they are indeed serious foreigners, with relatively comprehensive thinking, completely different from Greenland, who has taken the wrong path.

Greenland is a typical example of a person who is not afraid of wearing shoes even if she is barefoot. She has no other options, so she will do whatever she can.

If Greenland faced this problem, it would only say this.