115: Strengthen the heart of the stone vein! Bet on a century of lifespan!

"Good heavens! Your Pure Yang True Fire Bomb and Big Eater ability are truly amazing!"

Su Lie's eyes lit up after seeing it.

He was delighted not only by the new Skill and Talent acquired by the Blazing Flame Divine Chicken.

Most importantly, the Blazing Flame Divine Chicken had leveled up.

An experience bar had appeared.

He judged that the Blazing Flame Divine Chicken's level had increased during the last Mist Survival Battle when it devoured the insects.

Immediately after.

He looked at Su Dabao and asked, "Dabao! Have you calculated how many insects you need to eat to gain one experience point?"

"1,000 insects?... That doesn't seem right! Sorry, Father! I was too happy eating at the time, so I didn't keep a specific count!"

Su Dabao lowered his head in shame.

Su Lie nodded, "Alright! This is already very good! Next time there's a similar battle situation, I'll need you to take action!"

"Don't worry, Father! Dabao will take the lead and ensure those insects never return!"

Su Dabao said excitedly.

Su Lie exchanged a few more words with Su Dabao, instructing him not to bully the Snowflake Pig, before taking Su Liya and Su Keqing back to the Shelter.

The Treasure-Swallowing Golden Toad stayed in the Pigsty and chatted with the Blazing Flame Divine Chicken.

Xuxu, meanwhile, went up to the third floor to carry out her Tailor work.

After returning to the Shelter.

Su Lie entered the basement.

He saw that the basement was already filled with Stone and elemental stone.

There was even Stone inside the mine tunnel.

The moment Su Lie stood there.

Rewards from the mist rule continuously surged forth.

[Congratulations on successfully collecting 10,000 units of Stone. Reward: 100 Mist Points!]

[Congratulations on successfully collecting 10,000 units of Stone. Reward: 100 Mist Points!]

... [Congratulations on successfully collecting 10,000 units of elemental stone. Reward: 100 Mist Points!]

"This feels great!"

Su Lie started laughing.

He received a total of 110 rewards, gaining 11,000 Mist Points.

His total Mist Points reached 7,349,450 points.

Of these, 90 were for Stone and 20 were for elemental stone.

In other words.

After this period of mining.

The Little Skeletons had mined a total of 900,000 units of Stone and 200,000 units of elemental stone.

Seeing this, Su Lie asked Su Liya, who was in charge of the mine tunnel, "Have you seen the heart of the ore vein?"

"Yes! It's a piece of Stone shaped like a heart, five meters long and wide, and it releases a mysterious power every second."

Su Liya nodded, and she led Su Lie into the depths of the mine tunnel.

In the deepest part.

Su Lie saw the heart of the ore vein, which was shaped like a heart.

This heart of the ore vein was constantly releasing Mist Energy.

This energy does not affect life in any way.

But it can transform soil into Stone.

This conversion rate is 1,000 units of ordinary Stone per day.

After the Little Skeletons dug up the heart of the ore vein, they started excavating horizontally along the mine tunnel.

Su Lie focused his gaze on the heart of the ore vein.

[heart of the ore vein: Red God-level Quality; capable of converting 1,000 units of ordinary Stone daily.

Special Effect—Source of Petrification: Absorbs the Mist power of heaven and earth and uses it as the conversion source for the heart of the ore vein. It can absorb 10,000 units of Mist power daily. Storage: 100,000 units/infinite.

Special Effect—Swallowing and Spitting: The heart of the ore vein spits out the Source of Petrification into the surrounding soil at a rate of 1,000 units per day, instantly converting the soil into Stone.]

"So this is the heart of the ore vein? It looks like it needs to be Strengthened!"

Su Lie used his Enhancement Talent on the heart of the ore vein.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

In the blink of an eye.

The heart of the ore vein changed from emitting a faint red light to a deep red light that was as hot as fire.

It also started beating like a heart.

Su Lie's eyes lit up upon seeing this.

He looked at the heart of the ore vein again.

He saw that.

The heart of the ore vein's conversion speed was 1 million units of Stone per day.

The absorption speed of the Special Effect—Source of Petrification had increased to 10 million units per day.

The spitting speed of the Special Effect—Swallowing and Spitting had become 1 million units per day.

Furthermore.

The heart of the ore vein had gained three additional special effects.

[Special Effect—Stone Jade: For every 5,000 units of Stone the heart of the ore vein converts, 1 unit of Stone Jade will be created. Stone Jade is blue rare quality Stone.]

[Special Effect—Stone Marrow: For every 10,000 units of Stone Jade the heart of the ore vein converts, 1 unit of Stone Marrow will be created. Stone Marrow is purple epic quality Stone.]

[Special Effect—Stone Fruit: For every 100,000 units of Stone Marrow the heart of the ore vein converts, 1 unit of Stone Fruit will be created. Stone Fruit is golden legend quality Stone.]

"Hiss! From this, I can judge that the upper limit of ordinary Stone is high-quality Stone! After that, it is no longer 'Stone' but Stone Jade, Stone Marrow, and Stone Fruit!"

Su Lie's eyes brightened, and he made a judgment in his heart.

Calculating based on this.

If he wanted to obtain Stone Jade, he only needed to wait a little while.

This heart of the ore vein can convert 200 units of Stone Jade daily.

Stone Marrow would take at least 50 days to convert just one unit.

And to get Stone Fruit, he would have to wait 5 million days!

This already exceeded a normal person's Lifespan.

Even Su Lie would not live until then.

"There must be another way to accelerate its growth!"

Su Lie muttered softly.

He didn't pay attention to these things.

Instead, he stored all the Stone and elemental stone from the outer mine tunnel into his storage pouch.

Only then did he reactivate another heart of the ore vein and let the Little Skeletons mine a new ore vein.

This nearly exhausted ore vein needed to rest for a day before being mined again.

Currently, he had a total of 1,034,030 units of Stone and 260,000 units of elemental stone.

"This is enough to meet the requirements for upgrading the Shelter!"

Su Lie said excitedly.

However.

He did not upgrade the Shelter immediately; instead, he took out the mist legion chessboard.

He hadn't started today's chessboard battle yet.

This was his first battle after becoming a Level 1 Amateur Chess Player.

Afterward.

Su Lie summoned the Chess Piece Squad led by No. 8 Little Skeleton, and he gave them instructions: "In this battle, prioritize exploring the local terrain! Then quickly resolve the war..."

After finishing his instructions.

Su Lie entered the chessboard.

He didn't check other information and directly selected the 5V5 Squad Battle.

Buzz!

The next second.

He entered the "God's Eye View" of the Squad Battle.

"Hmm? This opponent is the same as the last one I fought—a ball of light!"

Su Lie couldn't see any information about his opponent: "This is good! Safety is guaranteed!"

He only glanced at it before seriously looking at the chessboard below.

The chessboard was still in the three-lane MOBA map style.

What was different this time was that.

The map's weather had changed from yesterday's spring climate to a winter climate.

Su Lie's opponent's pieces were five winged gargoyles, holding repeating crossbows.

As the countdown ended.

The Little Skeletons and the gargoyles began to move according to their respective tactics.

The gargoyles' tactic was simple and direct: the squad of five gargoyles chose the middle lane for tiered advancement.

Their formation looked very much like an aerial squadron executing a mission array.

No. 8 Little Skeleton, leading the other Little Skeletons, immediately entered the Invisibility state via the passive Skill of the night demon armor, Night Stealth.

They quickly entered the bushes and were currently exploring an area according to Su Lie's requirements.

Since the gargoyles couldn't find the Little Skeletons, they adopted the wild goose formation and activated a sonic detection Skill aimed at the bushes on the left.

At this time, the Little Skeletons were exploring the area on the right.

By the time the gargoyles finished scanning the left area and rushed toward the right area.

The Little Skeletons had already completed the exploration of the target area.

Using the Invisibility state, they quickly entered the snow forest area on the left.

Su Lie then heard a scornful laugh: "Tch! A bunch of trash that only knows how to run! What a waste of time!"

"It seems you are very confident!"

Su Lie couldn't help but retort.

The ball of light sneered, "Hey, kid! I can tell from your chess pieces that you aren't rich! I bet you don't have many Mist Points either!"

"How about this! I won't bully you! I'm willing to bet 10 years of Lifespan against you! Do you dare?"

The arrogant voice echoed throughout the chess piece observation space.

"Tch! Do you really think you're a local tycoon? How stingy! I'm willing to bet 100 years of Lifespan! Do you dare?"

Su Lie rolled his eyes and mocked him, feigning dissatisfaction.

The ball of light fell silent for a moment. He noticed that the Little Skeletons were only focused on exploring the jungle and showed no desire to attack, which relieved him greatly, assuming Su Lie was just trying to provoke him.

Immediately after.

The ball of light immediately paid 100 Mist Points and offered a 100-year Lifespan wager.

"Whoever doesn't dare is a grandson!"

The ball of light said proudly, trying to goad him.

Su Lie did not hesitate, paying 100 Mist Points and offering 100 years of Lifespan as well.

At that very moment.

A prompt from the mist rule appeared in the chessboard space.

[Buzz!]

[The wager is established!]

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