Chapter 154-2: Version Update, Pet Shop (2) |
Back in the room, Pei Yun decisively changed into his game suit and slipped into the game pod.
Before long, he logged in at the Colorful Mist Coast space.
He arrived at the Emperor’s Mound Village space through the teleportation array. The area was packed with people.
Since a large number of newbies had flooded in, the Emperor’s Mound Village space had become very congested, forming a stark contrast with the desolate scene when he first entered the game.
His gaze swept across.
Skyfeather race players spreading their wings to fly, Giant Brute race players nearly three meters tall, blue-skinned Abyssal Mermen players with thin bodies… it was as if he had instantly crossed into another world where alien races lived together.
All sorts of bizarre vehicles ran rampant, making the style of the starter village look especially abstract.
He called up the map function, and a new surface building icon had appeared in the city’s Eastern District.
He immediately summoned his unicycle motorbike and controlled it with his consciousness to drive toward the new functional building.
The Pet Shop at the end of his sight had an overall structure like a thick old tree. The entrance was hewn into the tree trunk, its surface covered with moss and vines.
The canopy was like a giant green umbrella. Lush branches and leaves extended in all directions in layered tiers, shrouding the nearby scene. The hanging fruits flickered with multicolored light like lanterns.
A patch of green lawn surrounded the ancient tree, blooming with flowers of all colors, and a faint fragrance permeated the air.
This was the newly launched functional building: the Pet Shop.
Large numbers of players gathered nearby, entering the new building one after another. The scene was extremely congested.
Putting away his vehicle, Pei Yun followed the flow of people forward until he entered the black hole in the trunk.
Spending 2 points of sacrificial power, the scene shifted.
After entering the new functional building, it was likewise a layered independent space.
When his vision cleared, what met his eyes was a cozy shop bathed in soft light.
The shop floor was paved with polished, colorful stone slabs, each slab printed with cute animal patterns. The surrounding walls were made of an unknown wood that exuded a faint woody fragrance. The walls were covered with various exquisite pet portraits, from majestic dragons to petite and delicate Chubby Peaches. Each painting was vivid, as if the pets would leap out of the frames in the next moment.
Inside the shop were rows of uniquely shaped pet cages and display stands, but it could basically be confirmed these were merely decorations. The way to obtain pets was clearly not by picking them here.
In the center of the shop stood a circular stone platform, upon which sat a huge crystal ball. Clouds swirled within the ball, rapidly switching between pet forms.
“Guide, how do I choose a pet here?”
When in doubt, ask Guide. Pei Yun immediately turned to look at the lazily floating Guide water sphere beside him.
“Touch the shop’s central crystal ball. Physical contact or consciousness contact will both let you enter the pet selection interface.”
Following Guide’s prompt, Pei Yun walked up onto the stone platform and stood before the crystal ball.
The instant his hand touched the crystal ball, a virtual interface popped up in his mind.
What first appeared in his mind was a cute, rabbit-like white cotton candy, lazily squinting as it lay on the lakeside grass basking in the sun.
[Chubby Peach (growth-type pet)]
Initial Level: 1 (0/10 sacrificial power)
Pet Type: resource class
Personality Preferences: lazy, foodie, sleeping
Pet Ability Introduction: Devours nutritional substances and produces a special resource: Peach Stone (can be listed on the Trading House or sacrificed to Emperor’s Sign).
Adoption Price: 2350 sacrificial power.
In the lower right corner of the scene demonstration, the pet’s ability could be tested.
Pei Yun tapped the demo with his consciousness, and at once a pile of spirit plants refreshed beside the Chubby Peach in the demo scene.
The cotton-candy-like Chubby Peach twitched its nose, flipped up, and gulped down the spirit plants placed beside it. Its two ears alternated like keeping time with the rhythm of eating, and time accelerated during this process.
Before long, Chubby Peach suddenly shook its body and expelled two pink condensates.
Analysis information auto-activated.
[Peach Stone]
Resource Introduction: A special resource produced by Chubby Peach. Can be used to make spiritual medicine. Direct consumption grants Body Tempering experience.
After reading the analysis introduction, Pei Yun could not help baring his teeth.
Forget the Body Tempering experience.
He called up the attributes panel. After checking the conversion ratios, Pei Yun understood this pet’s function.
At initial level, Chubby Peach can eat four meals a day. The total invested resources convert to about 3 points of sacrificial power. The ratio of each resource input to each output is 1:1.66.
In other words, at initial level, Chubby Peach can produce about 2 points of sacrificial power in profit per day.
This profit will increase as Chubby Peach’s level rises, along with growth in food intake and resource conversion speed.
Therefore this is a resource class pet, equivalent to a portable money-printing machine.
The detailed attributes panel also explained Chubby Peach’s weakness. Its combat power is weak and it has no desire to fight, so it cannot serve as a combat pet.
But given the freedom of the Monster World, if one truly wanted Chubby Peach to fight, that is clearly not a problem. However, after death it would require sacrificial power to revive, and like a player it has a one-hour cooldown wait time.
With a wave of his hand, the screen jumped to the second scene.
It was a dense forest. The trees growing here were tall, their trunks covered in moss that flickered with a ghostly glow, as if draping the trees in a magical coat. The branches twisted and curled, weaving together into natural green domes.
At this moment in the image, a creature like a squirrel was darting and leaping among the trees.
It had blue fur, a pair of large ears, and a bright orange flower atop its head. The petals unfurled layer by layer, and an exquisite tiara adorned its forehead. Its eyes were large and bright like two clear gems, brimming with curiosity and liveliness, occasionally stopping to look around.
Its small orange nose twitched constantly, as if searching for food.
Around its neck it wore a necklace composed of golden rings and blue gems.
The introduction information then surfaced in Pei Yun’s mind.
[Treasure-Seeking Squirrel]
Initial Level: 1
Pet Type: perception type
Personality Preferences: collecting, exercise, spiritual decorations, timid
Pet Introduction: Possesses an extremely keen sense of smell. It can search the nearby environment based on scents, precisely finding resources imbued with spirituality such as spirit plants, spiritual ore, and spirit essence. It has primary intelligence and can engage in simple communication. Commands can also be issued directly via consciousness. (The Treasure-Seeking Squirrel’s search coverage range is affected by pet level and can be increased by spending sacrificial power to raise the pet’s level.)
Adoption Price: 3500 points of sacrificial power.
After reading the pet introduction, Pei Yun realized this was another pet leaning toward resource output.
Compared to Chubby Peach’s stable daily sacrificial power output, the Treasure-Seeking Squirrel leans more toward luck-based output. The returns are very unstable.
It might bring high returns, or it might yield nothing for days.
He tapped the skill demo with his consciousness.
At once, the Treasure-Seeking Squirrel in the image jerked its head up. After its nose twitched repeatedly, it bounded back and forth among the treetops and landed, stopping before an ancient tree. Its forepaws dug rapidly, burrowing downward.
Before long, the Treasure-Seeking Squirrel had dug a pit several meters deep, then sprang out of it holding a glowing energy spirit stone in its mouth.
The joy of the find made the Treasure-Seeking Squirrel spin excitedly in place. Then it raised the gem over its head, pressed one eye close to examine it under the sunlight, and followed with another bout of dizzying spins.
After understanding the Treasure-Seeking Squirrel’s abilities and tendencies, Pei Yun waved his hand forward again, and the screen jumped to the demo scene of the third pet.
Before his eyes appeared a verdant valley, a clear stream winding through it. Wildflowers bloomed along the banks and the grass was lush and green.
A small bird with splendid colors darted through the forest with outstretched wings. The feathers on its back were emerald green like early summer leaves, the edges of its light blue wings were trimmed with fine gold, and each time it flapped its wings, its orange-red belly rose and fell with its breath. Its slender eyes were clear and lively.
At last, it alighted by the stream and began to clean its feathers.
It dipped its beak lightly into the water and spread the droplets evenly over its plumage.
This process was repeated many times until every feather was covered in droplets. With a shake, the droplets slid along the feather patterns, carrying away the dust and impurities clinging to its body, and the feathers regained their original luster and fluffiness.
Analysis information surfaced automatically.
[Lightfeather]
Initial Level: 1
Pet Type: functional support.
Pet Personality: brave, gentle, quiet, cleanliness.
Pet Introduction: By consuming vitality, it can gather the energy of heaven and earth and outline a healing light to connect to a target, continuously healing the target’s injuries. (The higher Lightfeather’s level, the stronger the healing effect and the faster its own health regeneration.) It has already developed primary intelligence, can carry out relatively complex exchanges, and can also receive commands issued directly via consciousness, which are automatically translated into content Lightfeather can understand.
Adoption Price: 7800 points of sacrificial power.
After reading the introduction to the third pet, Pei Yun immediately realized that this pet would surely become the first choice for a large number of players.
Lightfeather’s innate healing skill is precisely the ability that players most want at the current stage.
It is essentially a free mobile health pack.
Although expensive, over the long term it can save a large amount of potion expenses and significantly raise a squad’s overall strength.
He tapped the demo function in the scene with his consciousness.
