102: Chapter 102 The Heart of the Ocean: The Madness Revealed!
Killing a second-stage elite calamity grants 1000 points.
Although it falls far short of the high-point rewards from public events, there is more than one elite monster.
With a bit of luck, maybe I can make a big haul today!
Lin Xiao shook the frost off his arm and tallied his loot.
The Tier 3 jewelry blueprint, glowing with purple light, was particularly eye-catching.
γ Jewelry Blueprint Β· heart of the ocean γ
γ Tier: 3 γ
γ Trait - My Heart Eternal: When the wearer suffers fatal damage, this damage is negated, and damage taken is reduced by 50% for the next 8 seconds (the accessory is destroyed immediately after this effect triggers; it can be reactivated after repairs). γ
γ Trait - Deep Sea Gift: Increases Spirit attribute by 10 points while worn. γ
γ Durability: 25 / 25 γ
γ Manufacturing Cost: stardust crystal shards * 3000, Abyssal Water * 200, beryllium crystal * 30 (can consume 3224 tokens to offset materials and complete manufacturing directly). γ
3224 tokens?
Lin Xiao thought he had misread it, but after repeatedly studying the information panel, he realized this four-digit deduction amount was real.
Previous instances only required a few dozen tokens; now it was actually four digits!
Moreover, the stardust crystal shards and Abyssal Water required a one-to-one token deduction, while the beryllium crystal could be discounted by 20%.
It was certainly expensive, but the traits attached to the "heart of the ocean" were worth the price.
Negating a fatal injury.
Whether in the early or late game, this is a top-tier piece of god-level equipment!
As it happened, there were over two thousand crystal shards left in his backpack, which were extra products obtained from opening stardust ore.
He hadn't found a way to consume them before, but now they came in handy.
Lin Xiao pondered for a moment.
He planned to clear a wave of shipwreck debris first, and when the materials were insufficient, he would use the tokens to offset the cost.
At this moment, Wen Yiran swung down from the iceberg, her grappling hook tracing a beautiful arc in the air.
She landed on the deck debris, stumbled half a step, quickly steadied herself, and then hurried over to Lin Xiao in a few strides, her eyes fixed on the melting monster corpse.
"It's dead, it's dead, it's dead! Brother Lin, you're too fierce!"
She circled the puddle of transparent liquid twice, then moved closer to Lin Xiao, standing on tiptoe to look at the loot he was holding.
Jiang Wanwan also walked over, her codex already put away, the ice-blue domain quietly dissipating.
She raised a hand to tuck away the hair blown messy by the sea breeze, her gaze falling on the blueprint in Lin Xiao's hand.
"Got something good?"
Tian Xiwei carefully bypassed the puddle of liquid, stood beside Jiang Wanwan, and her gaze also fell on the blueprint.
"You could say that..."
Lin Xiao displayed the blueprint for the "heart of the ocean".
The three heads huddled together, staring at the information popping up on the blueprint, especially those two lines of traits, for quite a while.
Wen Yiran was the first to react, her eyes widening immediately: "Holy crap, am I seeing this right? Negate a fatal injury? This is too overpowered!"
"If we make a few more of these and wear them all, couldn't we negate several fatal injuries?" She grabbed Lin Xiao's arm and shook it back and forth.
Lin Xiao couldn't help but laugh.
He rubbed her chestnut-colored head: "The trait is unique."
"What does that mean?" Wen Yiran looked confused.
"It means that even if you wear these accessories all over your body, you can only trigger the trait effect once at most." Lin Xiao paused, then continued, "You can't swap them out either; that's the rule."
"There's a rule like that?" Wen Yiran was stunned, the excitement on her face instantly collapsing, "Brother Lin, how do you know that?"
Lin Xiao didn't change his expression: "I tried it before. Otherwise, why wouldn't I take two Tier 4 axes and dual-wield them? Think about how cool that would be."
Wen Yiran blinked, feeling something was wrong, but couldn't put her finger on it.
Tian Xiwei, however, nodded seriously and whispered: "Since we can't wear them on one person, we can each make one copy."
She looked up at Lin Xiao with a hint of expectation in her eyes.
Before Lin Xiao could speak, Wen Yiran jumped up: "Yes, yes, yes, Xiao Tian is right! Let's copy four of them, one for each of us!"
Tian Xiwei looked down at the jewelry blueprint, her fingertips tracing the slightly rough paper. A few seconds later, she whispered: "It requires 120 Spirit points, that's too much!"
Hearing this, the chestnut-colored head squeezed in at the side immediately wilted.
Jiang Wanwan took Wen Yiran's arm and pulled her into her embrace, her movements gentle: "Xiao Lin should just make one for himself. He charges to the front; he's in the most danger."
Wen Yiran thought about it and nodded: "That's true."
Tian Xiwei also nodded, but she firmly etched this blueprint into her memory.
Lin Xiao put the blueprint into his backpack, his gaze falling on the translucent crystal shell on the ground.
The body of the Mimic Frost Snail had turned into water, and the huge conch shell had crumbled into powder.
Only the crystal shell covering the outside retained its original shape.
Jiang Wanwan followed his gaze, pulled a spare staff from her backpack, and tapped the crystal shell.
Accompanied by a dull sound, she frowned: "This doesn't look like ice; it's like some kind of crystal."
Lin Xiao nodded: "I was wondering that too."
He checked the drops in his backpackβ15 stardust crystal shards.
This indicated that the object was not ice crystal, but a crystal shell similar to the exterior of stardust ore.
"It's fine, we'll kill two more and study them."
Lin Xiao suppressed the curiosity in his heart and looked up.
Because, at some point, the surroundings had suddenly gone quiet.
Those who had been watching from behind car windows, those standing on other debris testing the waters, those passengers who had been hesitating about whether to go into the waterβall of them were stunned.
Or rather, they were all staring in the same direction.
Staring at Lin Xiao.
The number on his leaderboard had jumped by exactly 1000 points just a moment ago.
1000.
According to the current leaderboard rules, this meant he had killed an elite monster.
And those people had seen with their own eyes that a purple light had clearly bloomed from the monster's corpse.
What did that mean?
It meant that the monster had dropped something Tier 3 or higher.
At the same time, the chat channel was also buzzing.
γ Resident of Compartment 11-05 Wang Yan: Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!!! 1000 points! Did Lin Xiao just kill an elite monster? γ
γ 13-04 Zhou Junfeng: Did you guys see the purple light? That monster dropped something good! γ
γ 14-08 Du You: Sigh, I was following right behind Lin Xiao, but that kid ran too fast, I couldn't catch up! γ
γ 06-01 Jiang Shiyun: Question, is it too late to go into the water now? γ
γ 10-02 Li Ergou: @ 06-01 Jiang Shiyun, I know you're anxious, but don't rush yet. γ
γ 06-01 Jiang Shiyun: Look, someone is moving! γ
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Tu Gang stared fixedly at the figures on the sea.
Then, he grinned.
"Not a bad opening!"
He shouted in a low voice, vaulted over the side window, and jumped onto a piece of debris closest to the train.
His six brothers followed closely behind.
They had started late, but their speed was extremely fast.
Several people leaped and shuttled between the debris as if running on flat ground, overtaking the passengers who had entered the water earlier in the blink of an eye.
"Keep up, keep up!"
"Don't let them get there first!"
"There's a chest over there!"
Seeing Tu Gang rush out, a dozen more people climbed out the windows and into the water.
Then a few dozen more.
Between the debris on the sea, dense figures began to appear.
Some were lone travelers, others were in groups of three or five.
Someone just jumped onto some debris, and the wooden board beneath their feet flipped over, causing them to fall into the sea, their bodies stained with a layer of transparent liquid.
Soon, there was an extra ice sculpture on the sea surface emitting cold air!
Someone finally got close to a wooden box, but as soon as their hand touched the lid, tentacles lunged out from under the box and dragged them into the seabed.
A string of bubbles rose to the surface, and then it returned to calm.
Screams rose one after another.
But no one stopped.
Those who were still alive had bloodshot eyes.
They stared at the distant debris, at the faintly visible chests, at the trophies others had just fished out, their eyes filled with unbridled fanaticism.
Lin Xiao stood on the edge of the debris, watching the scene unfolding behind him.
He recalled Fan Sinian's behavior earlier.
It was just as irrational, like someone who had gone hysterical.
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