Chapter 317: Merging Like Terms (Supplemental) |
He silently agreed to the merge in his heart.
The three cards transformed into streams of light and sank into the pool at the bottom of the Fish-man Burrow.
Qin Ziwen waved, signaling the fish-men to come over.
[Level 1 Fish-man Burrow: Level 2 Dwelling Nest, Level 1 Reproduction Boost, Level 1 Stamina Recovery] (Special Effect: Offspring born within the Fish-man Burrow have an extremely low probability of ancestral reversion) (Settlement Slots: 0/2000)
"Recruit fish-men?"
"Yes."
Qin Ziwen initiated recruitment for the fish-men behind him.
This group of fish-men, who had just entered the Home and were cautiously observing their surroundings, heard the recruitment voice at the same time.
After a moment of panic, they all looked towards Luoen.
[You have successfully recruited a fish-man]
[You have successfully...]
In Qin Ziwen's ears, the Home little glowing ball's notifications completely flooded the screen.
Dense and numerous, all were messages about fish-men being recruited.
Qin Ziwen directly turned them off.
Then he waved to the fish-men, "Go into the water and see if you like the environment inside."
The group of fish-men following behind suddenly discovered, to their surprise, that they seemed to understand this human's words.
"Chieftain, do we enter the water?" Luoen looked at the deep pool.
Qin Ziwen understood Luoen's meaning. Although the other party was still speaking the Fish-man Language, there was no longer any obstacle in their communication.
It seemed this was a minor ability attached after being recruited by the Home. The benefit was that he didn't have to laboriously learn a new language.
"Yes."
Watching his older brother converse fluently with these fish-men, Qin Ziwu was somewhat surprised. When could these fish-men understand human speech?
But when the fish-men communicated among themselves, they still spoke their own language.
Qin Ziwu was puzzled. After thinking for a moment, he felt it was probably because his older brother had obtained some card again.
As Qin Ziwen waved, the fish-men entered the pool one after another.
The cool pool water was just the right temperature for them.
Diving into the bottom space, the underground area was filled with a complex ecosystem.
The fish-men were very satisfied with the surrounding environment.
They liked this place very much. In the eyes of the fish-men, the surrounding scenery was beautiful.
Some fish-men were surprised to discover three large buildings at the bottom of the cave.
Qin Ziwen also discovered these three buildings.
The leftmost one was a cluster of Stone Pillars. Inside, rows of stone pillars stood side by side, constructing a huge three-dimensional framework. In the gaps between the pillars were planted various types of sea algae, which clung to the surface of the stone pillars.
Presumably, this was the Seabed Algae Garden.
The scale of this Seabed Algae Garden was enormous, a full thirty to forty meters high, divided into seven layers in total.
It was filled with algae, growing extremely lush and abundant.
[Level 3 Seabed Algae Garden: Level 3 Algae Yield Increase, Level 2 Algae Taste Enhancement, Level 1 Pest-Repelling Scent]
Qin Ziwen cast Insight over it, his expression turning somewhat odd.
Yield increase was within his expectations. For this type of planting building, there were generally characteristics like yield increase or reduced planting time.
But taste enhancement was encountered for the first time.
Didn't that mean the algae grown in this Seabed Algae Garden would be exceptionally delicious?
Qin Ziwen was skeptical. He wanted to see just how delicious it could be!
He swam over, plucked a section of green, oily algae. He didn't recognize what variety it was, but it looked emerald green and tender, thin and soft.
Besides this type of algae, this algae garden had six other varieties. Each layer was planted with a different type of algae.
Many of the fish-men who had entered the water swam over, curiously observing the algae garden.
But without receiving orders, they dared not touch anything.
The internal hierarchy among the fish-men was strict. Many precious things within the tribe were controlled by the upper-class fish-men. Lower-class fish-men not only couldn't eat them, sometimes even touching them would get them beaten.
Qin Ziwen looked at another building.
Compared to the Seabed Algae Garden, this building looked distinctly more "fantastical."
Its surface actually had a layer of translucent, pale white water curtain.
Inside were filled with reefs, corals. The sandy beaches and rock crevices were crawling with plump sea crabs, and schools of scaled fish swam about foraging. The sandy beaches were covered with shellfish.
Within the water body of the building floated a large amount of algae.
But different from the algae in the Seabed Algae Garden, the algae here were more disorderly, their surfaces covered with krill.
[Level 3 Seabed Pasture: Level 3 Algae Growth Acceleration, Level 2 Eutrophic Water Body, Level 1 Fish Growth Acceleration]
Qin Ziwen glanced over it. The inside of this Seabed Pasture was like a small-scale ecosystem.
The most eye-catching thing was that the ecology here was extremely rich.
Its volume was also the largest among the three buildings.
It occupied almost more than half of the underwater area.
The final building was a suspended structure attached to the other side of the inner wall.
This was an arched shipyard embedded into the mountain, with a wide opening.
The dock entrance was supported by thick reinforced coral pillars. The interior space was deep, with multi-level work platforms fixed to the rock walls, along with hanging cables and tool racks.
[Level 3 Deep-sea Shipyard: Level 2 Hull Sturdiness, Level 2 Shipbuilding Speed Increase, Level 2 Material Processing]
After adding these three buildings, the bottom area seemed somewhat crowded.
Qin Ziwen took out the Building Enhancement Card: Space.
He chose to use it on the Fish-man Burrow.
A huge bright light enveloped the entire area. The fish-men covered their eyes.
When the light faded, Qin Ziwen discovered not only had the internal space become ten times larger, but the area of these three buildings had also increased significantly.
The most obvious was the Seabed Pasture. It was clear its internal volume had become more than three times its original size.
He suspected it might be related to the building merger. Because the merged buildings themselves were part of the Fish-man Burrow, so when the burrow expanded, they increased along with it.
Looking at it this way, merging did have its benefits.
Qin Ziwen took out another Advanced Building Card: Weather Altar.
This time, no Prompt came from the Home.
It seemed the connection between this building and the Fish-man Burrow wasn't very strong.
Returning to the surface, Luoen followed from the water.
Qin Ziwen found a small empty patch of land beside the Fish-man Burrow and chose to use the Weather Altar.
A hundred rays of light surged forth, then settled down in the space of a breath.
A stone altar, occupying about ten square meters, stood quietly.
It was circular overall, built from bluish-grey stones of varying shades. The stone surfaces were covered with natural vortex patterns and holes carved by water erosion.
In the center of the altar stood a pale blue crystal pillar about the height of two people.
The crystal pillar wasn't completely transparent. Inside, milky white, flocculent cloud-like energy continuously swirled and flowed.
On the back of the altar was a huge white jade wall. On the jade wall, some grey flocculent substances were distributed across its surface.
[Level 1 Atmospheric Altar: Level 2 Weather Prediction, Level 1 Temperature Difference Prediction, Level 1 Microclimate Stabilization] (Special Effect: When casting abilities that alter the atmosphere or weather phenomena on the Atmospheric Altar, it provides the caster with corresponding amplification based on the altar's level)
Luoen's eyes lit up. It gazed at the altar before it, seeming somewhat excited. "This is... an altar."