69novels Chapter 290 - 237: Eco-Core, Battle Tree
Chapter 290 - 237: Eco-Core, Battle Tree
Wang Yi was heading to the second level of the underground territory, the Wukong Dojo. He had decided to transform the Heart of Chaos first.
Jelena, Pei Xue, Yuan Yao, and Liu Qin were still with him.
As secretary-general, Pei Xue listened to his instructions along the way, diligently jotting down notes in her small notebook.
Jelena continued to report to Wang Yi.
Eggshell Village now had countless administrative tasks to handle: student recruitment for the Hundred Skills Academy, worker hiring for the various factories, construction of the Ecological Houses, city planning, wall construction, work scheduling, trade with caravans, settlement of Refugees, and preparations for the Beruna Undead Weaving Factory... The list went on and on, a tangled mess of details.
Jelena couldn’t possibly cover all the details in such a short amount of time.
Wang Yi’s head throbbed just listening to it all. ’Thankfully, I have someone as talented in administration as Jelena to oversee the big picture,’ he thought. ’Otherwise, if all these tasks were piled on me, I’d never get anything done.’
Upon arriving at the underground Wukong Dojo, Wang Yi used the A-Class Secret Treasure, the [Heart of Ecology], and immediately received a system notification.
"Ding! Fusing the Heart of Chaos with the Heart of Ecology will cause an irreversible change. Do you wish to continue?"
"Continue!"
"Ding! Consuming Heart of Ecology. Your Heart of Chaos will be transformed into an Eco-Core. Calculating..."
"Ding! Core Skill [Floating Mountain] has been removed!"
"Ding! Core Skill [Chaos Energy] has been removed!"
"Ding! Civilization Achievement [Four Great Inventions] has been retained."
"Ding! Transformation complete! The essence of ecology is symbiosis, circulation, evolution, and balance. The abilities of the Eco-Core have been generated accordingly!"
"Ding! Current Eco-Core is A-Class. Reconstructing Core Skills."
"Ding! Congratulations, your Eco-Core has gained the Core Skill [Evolutionary Judgment]!"
"Ding! Congratulations, your Eco-Core has gained the Core Skill [Nirvana Protocol]!"
After the system notifications ended, an information panel automatically popped up in front of Wang Yi.
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Name: Eco-Core
Class: A
Durability: 800/800
Core Skill One: [Evolutionary Judgment] — When the territory’s ecosystem evolves, an Evolutionary Judgment is automatically initiated. This judgment primarily targets the Eco-Dominator, allowing for operations such as resetting, rolling back, or approving the evolution. Executing an Evolutionary Judgment consumes Chaos Energy.
Core Skill Two: [Nirvana Protocol] — When beings within the territory, including the Eco-Dominator and the Lord Player, die, their souls are gathered into the Eco-Core and will not enter the World of Suffering. Within the ecological cycle, this can naturally trigger Nirvana Rebirth, reincarnation, resurrection, and other similar effects. The [Nirvana Protocol] can also affect certain buildings. Further details must be discovered through exploration.
Basic Abilities: [Town Recall Scroll]
Civilization Achievement: [Four Great Inventions]
Equipment Slots: [Empty], [Empty], [Empty]
Note 1: The current Eco-Core can be equipped with three pieces of core equipment...
Note 2: Each time the Eco-Core is upgraded, its Durability doubles, an additional equipment slot is added, and it will randomly gain a new Core Skill or Civilization Achievement. Upgrading to S-Class requires one hundred million Chaos Energy.
Note 3...
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’Evolutionary Judgment? Nirvana Protocol?’
Wang Yi pondered this silently. As he understood it, [Evolutionary Judgment] could be used on the Eco-Dominator, which was essentially a form of manual intervention. In other words, if he was unsatisfied with an Eco-Dominator’s evolution, he could force a rollback or a complete reset!
With [Evolutionary Judgment], as long as he had enough Chaos Energy, he could reset the Eco-Dominator’s evolution an infinite number of times until he was satisfied. This effectively allowed him to meticulously guide the Eco-Dominator’s development.
The [Nirvana Protocol] was also extremely powerful. This ability could be used to create the "Fourth Celestial Calamity."
Once Players could resurrect infinitely without worrying about becoming Sufferers, they would be able to unleash immense destructive and creative power. They wouldn’t be far from becoming the Fourth Celestial Calamity.
However, Wang Yi would have to experience the specific effects of the Nirvana Protocol for himself before he could make a proper judgment.
Wang Yi thought for a moment, then took out the Construction Drawings for the [Soul Altar], the [Burial Ground], and the [White Bone Array].
’I’ll just build these structures here for now,’ he thought. ’Once the surface territory expands, I can move them out...’
Having decided, Wang Yi used the Construction Drawings one after another.
Instantly, nine great mountains erupted from the ground.
They were nine White Bone Mountains. Outwardly, there was nothing special about them, and they stood about a thousand meters tall.
Although the Wukong Dojo was an underground territory, it was also an independent dimension, so even at a thousand meters tall, the White Bone Mountains didn’t reach its ceiling.
The nine White Bone Mountains were arranged in a ring, leaving a large clearing at their center. Wang Yi built the Burial Ground and the Soul Altar in this open space.
"Ding! Please be aware: The White Bone Mountains possess an extremely dense yin energy. Creatures of flesh and blood who draw near will be assaulted by it."
"Ding! Influenced by the [Nirvana Protocol], the Soul Altar will no longer charge Gold Coins to resurrect Players, and the 24-hour time limit has been removed!"
"Ding! Influenced by the [White Bone Array], summoned skeletons will be automatically interred in the Burial Ground and converted into Undead units. These Undead units will guard the Burial Ground and the White Bone Mountains. Under the influence of the White Bone Array, their sentience will develop more quickly!"
"Ding! Influenced by the [Nirvana Protocol], when a resident of the territory dies, there is a small chance their soul will be captured by the White Bone Array and reborn as an Undead creature in the Burial Ground. This rebirth will not affect a Player’s class or skills. By practicing Cultivation in the Burial Ground and White Bone Mountains, they can regain a physical body!"
Wang Yi was stunned by the system notifications. ’So there’s a chain reaction,’ he thought.
’Free resurrections... that’s another step closer to the Fourth Celestial Calamity! The White Bone Mountains and the Burial Ground combined are basically a barracks that automatically spawns troops. I’ll just let it sit here and slowly build up an army!’
Wang Yi surveyed the nine great bone mountains. ’The White Bone Array has a chance to summon a Saint Bone or a Venerable Bone,’ he mused. ’Who knows, maybe one day a resurrected Saint or Venerable will walk right out of them.’