I have an Apocalypse City

Chapter 844: Chapter 845 Emerald Bamboo Leaves_1

Looking at the table full of food, Song Jian’s brows furrowed, which made Song Dapeng think Song Jian was dissatisfied, and he immediately became nervous;

After trying a few more dishes, Song Jian found that although the effects of foods that increased the same attribute could not stack, if one dish only increased strength, while another dish increased both strength and agility, the effects of these two foods could stack;

After being selective, Song Jian ate a total of thirteen dishes. With each dish adding an average of five attribute points, he gained over sixty attribute points in total, nearly equivalent to passing an A-grade first tier Combat Power assessment; moreover, both his Vitality Points and Spirit Points limits had also increased by five hundred;

This time, Song Jian’s strength had greatly improved. The increase in basic attributes determined the improvement in Combat Power. It was an all-around enhancement whether it was in attack, defense, reaction speed, or the speed of action. Now, he could even confront an early second tier Combat Power opponent head-on. One must know that to reach second tier Combat Power, one needed to be at least level fifty, and Song Jian had just reached level thirty-nine;

“Song Dapeng, you did very well, and I am very satisfied,” Song Jian said to Song Dapeng with a smile, “Tell me, what kind of reward would you like as compensation? As long as it’s not excessive, I can fulfill it!”

Hearing Song Jian say he was satisfied, Song Dapeng, whose heart had been in his throat, immediately felt it fall back to his stomach, and he waved his hands continuously, saying, “This time my cooking skill has improved to the ninth master level. Honestly, I’ve taken advantage of the City Lord. How dare I ask for compensation? No need, no need at all!”

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“That won’t do. You were the one I asked for help, and I heard that in order to prepare these dishes, you did not sleep for three days and nights, even developing a few recipes that have never existed before!” Song Jian shook his head and said, “If you have made an effort, there must be a reward!”

Even though Song Jian said this, Song Dapeng still persistently refused, and he was already sweating profusely in his anxiety;

Wang Qi glanced at Song Dapeng and whispered into Song Jian’s ear, “If the City Lord really wants to give him compensation, why not just give him the shop he is currently using to open his store?”

In the City of Hope Alliance, shops, like land within a territory, are leased and not for sale. All players who want to open a store must rent these shops;

Desiring to start a restaurant, Song Dapeng had rented more than a hundred square meters of commercial space near the square. Hearing Wang Qi’s suggestion, Song Jian nodded slightly and said to Wang Qi, “You handle that matter. I’ll just need to sign off on it when the time comes.”

The sale of land within the city must be approved with the City Lord seal by Song Jian, otherwise, no one could sell even an inch of land;

“Old Song, you really scored big this time. You should know that no shop in the city has ever been sold before. To show his thanks, the City Lord has decided to gift you the shop you’re using for your store!” Wang Qi laughed heartily and patted Song Dapeng on the shoulder.

“What, what? It’s given to me?” Song Dapeng’s face was one of disbelief, then he burst into ecstatic joy, bowing repeatedly and thanking: “Thanks, thanks, City Lord, thank you, City Lord!”

The cost of renting a shop in the City of Hope is not cheap. If Song Dapeng wasn’t very confident in his cooking skills, he wouldn’t have rashly opened a restaurant. Now being able to own a shop was like a pie falling from the sky for Song Dapeng, not only saving the monthly rent but also owning a property to call his own.

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After Song Dapeng left, Song Jian pointed at the table full of food and said to Wang Qi, “Put all these in the Alliance warehouse, let the brothers exchange them for Contribution Points!”

“Heh, those guys will be overjoyed!” Wang Qi collected all the food and then secretly calculated his own Contribution Points, realizing he could exchange for at least four dishes, immediately a joyful expression appeared on his face.

Song Jian set corresponding Contribution Points for these dishes. The more attributes a food item increased, the more Contribution Points it required. These dishes were much better than Attribute Fruits, each dish adding at least four attribute points, you couldn’t buy such items on the market at all.

“By the way, have you allocated a location for the Temple of the Goddess of Dawn?” Song Jian asked;

“I plan to set aside the location of the temple here!” Wang Qi took out a map from his bag, marked with the entirety of Doomsday City, and pointed to a spot on the very edge of the City of Hope: “This place is close to the biggest Abyssal Shadow instance in Doomsday City. If the Abyss invades us in the future, this will be the first place to be attacked, heh heh!”

After the release of the Abyssal Shadow expansion, many black pyramid-shaped buildings appeared in Doomsday City. These buildings, filled with the aura of the Abyss, are all instances. Inside, one could find plenty of high-quality equipment. And most importantly, Abyss class conversion proofs are produced from these instances. Players who aspire to become Abyssal classes attack these instances tirelessly every day.

These instances vary in size; the smallest is for solo players, while the largest, the one Wang Qi was pointing to, is a forty-man instance. So far, no alliance or team has succeeded in conquering this largest instance.

The final chapter of the Abyssal Shadow expansion is the Abyss invasion. At that time, these instances will become the bridgeheads for the Abyss to attack the human world. And this largest instance that Wang Qi pointed out might well become the biggest base from which the creatures of the Abyss launch their assault on the human world;

Placing the Temple of the Goddess of Dawn near this instance means that when the Abyss invasion occurs, the temple will be on the front lines. Wang Qi intended to use it as cannon fodder;

After looking for a while, Song Jian pressed his finger on that area and then moved it outward, saying, “Put their temple’s location here!”

Upon seeing this, Wang Qi was stunned. The spot Song Jian had pressed was not within the City of Hope’s territory at all and was less than three hundred meters away from the largest Abyssal instance;

This was practically using the Temple of the Goddess of Dawn to block a gunhole!

“My Lord, this place, this place is not within our territory of the City of Hope yet!” Wang Qi hesitated to say;

“Tell Cecilia, our city will continue to expand!” Song Jian said with a slight smile;

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Harpy Valley

Song Jian then entered Harpy Valley from the cave at Eagle Falcon Cliff. At this time, many Harpy monsters had respawned. Song Jian did not disturb them this time but went straight to the waterfall in the valley;

Arriving at the pond beneath the waterfall, Song Jian took out several strips of meat and tossed them into the water. After a long while, with no monsters leaping out, Song Jian cautiously dived to the bottom of the pond;

The bottom of the pond was silent. Song Jian approached the Vitality Jade Bamboo, and by now, it had regrown thirty emerald leaves. Each leaf was the size of a palm, appearing so thin as to be paper-like.

He carefully plucked one and observed it. The emerald leaves began to emanate a soft golden glow once they were separated from the Jade Bamboo, clearly indicating they were items of gold quality;

“Vitality Jade Bamboo Leaf, rare treasure, Effect 1: Ingredient for potion-making, can be used to create Vitality Pills; Vitality Pills immediately restore 2800 Vitality Points, cooldown 60 seconds; Effect 2: Can be consumed directly, increasing 30-100 Vitality Points, with a limit of 5 leaves per person. Overconsumption may cause poisoning, leading to a permanent loss of physical attributes; Can be taken out of the game: Yes”

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