Chapter 431: The Benefits of Reaching Friendly NPC Reputation
“Miss [Coffin]!”
On the cruise ship that was sailing again, the skinny young boy, sitting on a flying insect with a giant rhino beetle swaying behind him, called out to the black-robed young girl who was about to walk into the cabin.
“Hmm? Little Insect, what is it?”
Hearing the voice from behind, Kazumi, who was about to push the door open, stopped her actions and turned to look at the person, asking with some confusion.
“It’s just… I saw Miss [Coffin] collecting these before, so we found a way to get more. I feel like it will be useful for you.”
Still scratching his head shyly, Little Insect controlled the flying insect to land. The rhino beetle behind him opened its mouth and, contrary to common sense, spat out a gaster sac larger than its own body. Wrapped inside the gaster sac were fragments of ice emitting a cold aura.
“!!!”
“Really! Thank you, Little Insect!”
A trace of light flickered in the girl’s previously lifeless eyes. The young girl quickly turned around, looking at the pile of ice fragments before her, her tone also becoming cheerful as she thanked Little Insect.
“You’re welcome, you’re welcome. You helped Uncle before, so everyone thinks you’re pretty good, and collecting some ice isn’t too much trouble.”
Seeing the girl’s satisfied expression, a smile also appeared on Little Insect’s face. Their [Spike] team was doing well in all aspects under Andre’s influence, but this also meant that as normal people, they preferred to interact with normal people.
They had cooperated with other members of the organization on previous missions, but for the group of lunatics with different personalities in [Shadow], it was certainly impossible for normal people to develop good feelings towards them. It would be considered good luck for them if they didn’t attack their own people on that mission.
Over time, the [Spike] team was also reluctant to cooperate with others in the organization. If this mission wasn’t so important and their team lacked ways to deal with psychics, Andre probably wouldn’t have been willing to let other people join the team on this mission.
In contrast, Kazumi, who had shown kindness to the team members and was a normal person except for the mysterious black cloak she wore, was easily recognized by everyone.
“Then I won’t be polite. The power contained in this ice is quite helpful to me.”
Seeing Little Insect’s attitude, Kazumi no longer felt the need to be polite. Two [Ghost Gates] appeared out of thin air, and ferocious-looking ghouls walked out of them, carrying the ice fragments bit by bit into the territory like ants transporting food.
In a way, this encounter was indeed a blessing in disguise.
Although the girl’s regret in her heart was absolutely not fake at the moment of the energy outburst, the result was ultimately good. In addition to obtaining the extremely important news that “[Coffin] can also be constrained and influenced by powerful energy,” the impact on the territory itself was also conveyed by Lei.
On the surface, the overall territory environment had changed drastically, with the lake freezing over and several large ice mountains appearing. These did not have any negative impact on the territory, which had already turned into a winter under the influence of Lei’s talent.
Instead, according to Lei, these ice crystals containing high-purity ice energy were of great help to him and the territory. Besides helping to improve his abilities, if there were enough materials, Lei could even find a way to create cores for several ice giants.
This was also the main reason why the girl, who had planned to slack off, changed her mind and went to help. The term “giant” was not to be taken lightly. Besides the standard 8-8 physique of every giant, any being that could be called a giant was terrifying.
Kazumi had previously produced high-level siege units like the [Flesh Giant] in the game. Their tall bodies, immense strength, and fearless traits made them excellent front-line units. Not to mention their inherent plague mist and corpse explosion traits, they were basically war machines capable of affecting the entire area on the battlefield.
In reality, it was even more remarkable. Just their massive size, comparable to city walls, was terrifying enough. Their non-digitalized bodies had more advantages in reality, as the physical law in reality was that bigger meant stronger.
Elemental giants also had their own advantages over biological giants. The ability to slowly recover as long as the core was not shattered was also very practical. It could be said that if Andre and the others had not allowed Kazumi to collect these ice blocks, the girl would have been willing to swallow her pride and ask for them.
The benefits were simply too tempting!
Looking at the ice fragments slowly entering the territory after the young boy left, Kazumi’s indifferent expression was almost unable to be maintained. She listened to Lei’s report with a smile.
Her unintentional action seemed to have yielded an extremely valuable return. After all, the situation at the time was aimed at restoring the ship’s route as quickly as possible, so she mostly used her abilities to break the frozen parts and then left in a hurry. Kazumi had only taken the opportunity at that time to quickly control the crocodile lord to collect the ice crystals. However, compared to the entire ship being frozen, it was at most one-third.
Originally, Kazumi was still wondering whether to take advantage of this free time to control the Corpse Crows to collect the parts still attached to the ship. She did not expect Little Insect to give her such a big surprise this time.
[With these and the previously collected parts, there are enough to make a core. It’s indeed profitable.]
[Just a small portion of human energy accumulation can achieve this level. How strong is his own ability?]
[If he can continue to be locked inside, wouldn’t that be a perpetual frost giant production machine?]
Listening to the latest news reported by Lei, Kazumi couldn’t help but think again. The energy directly injected into the territory was still the main part. The energy from these two times combined was barely enough for one energy core.
However, Kazumi at the moment did not remember to quickly build her own Frost Giant army. Having one or two as high-level hitters was enough.
The environmental changes in the territory undoubtedly met the current development needs. The existence of the ice mountain environment could breed some special undead creatures, and [Ice Wraith], [Ice Wind Knight], and [Frost Bone Dragon] all required such a prerequisite background.
Moreover, things could be used at any time when placed at home. Anyway, the troublesome part was only Lei, the mage, and he didn’t need to be paid overtime (laughs).
Looking forward to a somewhat unlikely theory of sustainable development, Kazumi was also eager to enter the territory to see the specific progress. She waved her hand, leaving a [Ghost Gate] in place, and the young girl eagerly walked towards the territory.
At this moment, across the vast sky, a blazing fiery energy shot straight down, and its landing spot was precisely the giant cruise ship on the shipping route!
