"Finally reached level 15."
"It's probably evening outside by now, right?"
In the ruins of Jianghai City.
At the ruins of the northern city gate, Qin Feng rode the Ghostly Night Wolf, slowly emerging from the ruins.
Behind him lay the vast expanse of the Jianghai City ruins, stretching over hundreds of kilometers.
The size of these ruins was almost as large as the real Jianghai City...
And before him was an endless, gray wilderness!
"It's time to prepare for the journey to Magic City."
"But before that, I need to get the 'Book of Divine Bestowal.'"
The Book of Divine Bestowal was something theoretically needed by everyone after the Abandoned Gods Game descended!
Qin Feng, having been reborn, knew well that an apocalypse was coming, and that future life order would change drastically...
But why didn't he stockpile essential supplies like food and water in advance?
That was because...
Of the existence of the 'Book of Divine Bestowal'!
On the Forsaken Gods Continent, outside every abandoned city, there was a 'Tower of Divine Authority,' and within each tower, an NPC was stationed.
By completing challenges, one could exchange lifespan with this NPC for different types of 'Books of Divine Bestowal.'
The simplest understanding of the Book of Divine Bestowal is that it's like a '3D printer.'
Input lifespan.
Output supplies.
Different types of Books of Divine Bestowal have different lists of output supplies, including food, daily necessities, materials, medicine, and so on!
But all categories of supplies are those that already exist on Blue Star.
As long as the supplies originally exist on Blue Star, they can be 'printed' out through the Book of Divine Bestowal.
The prerequisite is the consumption of lifespan.
For Qin Feng, the most important are the Books of Divine Bestowal for food and daily necessities.
He can't always eat instant noodles, right? And eating outside food isn't safe.
Moreover, when extracting the Land of Purification hideout into reality, he also needs the Book of Divine Bestowal to output generators, lights, tables, chairs, beds, and other daily necessities.
"The Book of Divine Bestowal..."
Qin Feng looked at the boundless wilderness ahead, somewhat silent.
This thing consumes the player's lifespan.
Yet it's crucial for players.
In the nine years of the previous life, countless people speculated that the existence of the Book of Divine Bestowal was merely a means for some gods to harvest or consume players' lifespans.
"Using lifespan as material to produce the various supplies we humans need."
"This is indeed a method only gods could possess."
Qin Feng shook his head, not thinking too much about it.
He opened his friends list, preparing to gather people for the challenge at the Tower of Divine Authority.
Of course, the reason for gathering people wasn't because he couldn't handle it alone.
But because...
The NPC guarding the Tower of Divine Authority outside the Jianghai City ruins was very cunning and sly.
"If the challenge is too easy, the price for purchasing the Book of Divine Bestowal from him will be very high!"
"But if it's too difficult, the categories of Books of Divine Bestowal available for purchase will decrease..."
"You must perform moderately to buy the most categories of Books of Divine Bestowal at the best price."
Qin Feng recalled.
In the previous life, he didn't bring Qin Xiaoyou to challenge the Tower of Divine Authority.
Because that NPC, while cunning, was also extremely perverted. As long as there was a female player among the challengers, the difficulty of the challenge would skyrocket!
"The Six-Fingered Warlock, Vickery."
According to some players' research on this NPC in the previous life, Qin Feng had a slight understanding of this guy's situation.
In the world where Vickery lived, having six fingers was considered an ominous sign. This NPC was discriminated against by everyone around him from a young age, especially by women, who saw him as a monster!
After being publicly rejected by the woman he admired, this guy became psychologically twisted...
What happened afterward, no one knew.
And now, this NPC named 'Vickery' harbored extreme hatred towards women.
As the NPC guarding the Tower of Divine Authority, Vickery's hatred for women made him greatly enjoy witnessing women being brutally killed.
Thus, if a woman participated in the challenge, the difficulty would more than double!
Even if the challenge was passed, female players would have to pay a high price to purchase the Book of Divine Bestowal from him.
So in the previous life, the vast majority of female players in Jianghai City went to the Towers of Divine Authority outside other city ruins to challenge and obtain the Book of Divine Bestowal!
Therefore, Qin Feng couldn't go alone to challenge the Tower of Divine Authority, or the price for purchasing the Book of Divine Bestowal later would be extremely high.
At the same time, he wouldn't bring any female players along.
Qin Feng opened a private chat with Wang Meng: "Wang Meng, are you free? I'll take you to get something good. Besides you, arrange for four other male players to come over. I'll be waiting at the northern city gate ruins."
Wang Meng immediately replied: "If the boss calls, of course, I'm free! But can't Captain An, Xiao Hei, and Snowy Day come?"
Qin Feng replied: "Yes, only males, no females."
This special request left Wang Meng a bit puzzled.
What...
What's going on?
But he was still obedient: "Alright, boss, wait a bit. I'll ask Director Dai for two people. It'll take about twenty minutes to get there... Haha, it's a bit far, sorry, sorry."
"No problem."
After saying that, Qin Feng closed the chat window.
Riding the Ghostly Night Wolf, he began to move around the charred land nearby.
Since the others needed twenty minutes to arrive, Qin Feng certainly wouldn't waste this time and naturally wanted to find some monsters around to kill.
Meanwhile, after reaching level 15, Qin Feng could finally equip the Emerald-tier necklace that had dropped from the Purifier Faisal!
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[Heart of Faisal (Emerald): Assassin accessory. All attributes +25, Lightning resistance +180, Cooldown speed +50%. Equipment requirement: Level 15]
[Blade of Purification (Unique Effect): Any of your attacks will drain 125 mana from the target and add the same amount of extra attack.]
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The attributes of this necklace were quite decent.
The best part was the 50% cooldown speed, which was quite beneficial for Qin Feng.
As for the unique effect 'Blade of Purification,' it wasn't very useful at the moment, as it was a PVP effect, and currently, in PVP, Qin Feng could instantly kill anyone he encountered, so draining mana wasn't much use.
Of course, for other players, having an additional 125 attack points with every attack would be a significant boost.
But for Qin Feng, 125 base attack wasn't very high.
After all, his skill bonus attacks were in the seven to eight hundred range, even reaching over a thousand!
"Time to swap out the Deceiver Pendant..."
"Losing 1 level of invisibility."
"But it's fine, I have this skill book to learn."
Qin Feng looked at a new skill in his skill bar:
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[Depths of Darkness (Emerald-tier): Assassin passive skill. When you enter stealth mode, gain +1 stealth level, and every 5 seconds, increase stealth level by 1. This skill provides up to +3 stealth levels. Requirement: Level 14]
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This was a passive skill, also dropped by 'Purifier Faisal' for Qin Feng.
Qin Feng had reached level 15 before returning to the Land of Purification to retrieve and learn it.
"Let's evolve it."
"I wonder how much the stealth level can be increased?"
Qin Feng looked at the remaining 188 Evolution Points on his attribute panel and began evolving this Emerald-tier passive skill!