Sacred Souls: Genesis

Chapter 142: Chapter 141 Construction System (Fourth update! Added update for 2000 monthly tickets!)

The members of the guild began to study the stronghold system of the game.

The stronghold system gameplay was much more complex than Mo Shigui had anticipated, but the data panel was very simplistic.

“This is the current data of our stronghold.”

「Dancing Nuclear City

Affiliated Guild: Dancing Nuclear

Area: Three hundred and fifty square meters

Buildings: Stony Ancient Tree

Resources Available for Mining: Rich Magic Power Ore, Trace Black Flame Stone

Stored resources in the warehouse: Timber 200, Stone 200

Permanent Blessings: None

NPCs within the Stronghold: None

+」

Below this line of data, there was a ‘+’ sign, indicating that further detailed data might be available if clicked.

Mo Shigui did not click on this ‘+’, as he had already entered construction mode. At the same time, several core members of the Dancing Nuclear Guild had also accessed the construction mode.

“Little Feather, is your vocational class an architect?” Mo Shigui began to inquire of a guild member, Little Feather, who could be considered a high-level player in architectural class.

“Only at apprentice level. Since playing this game, I’ve always been going on raids with you, the chairman, and I have hardly progressed in my vocational class, and the architect profession is not very useful within the native maps of Spirit.”

Little Feather mentioned with a long sigh, and Jiang Qiao, who was listening by the side, scratched his head and said nothing.

The architect was likely the most persecuted profession in the game. Unlike miners and fishermen, who could gather a lot of rare materials, architects could only level up within manors and could only display their skills within these manors after leveling up.

Fundamentally, it was the same principle with Xia Shan’s Alchemy Engineer. The native map of Spirit did not allow players to DIY and construct new things.

But there was no such restriction in Biland Island.

“Are there any construction blueprints or something?” asked Lazy lazily.

As the only master Pharmacist in the guild, Lazy was well aware of the importance of blueprints to vocational classes.

Blueprints were convenient items that came along with the upgrade of the vocational class level. Players could also develop new construction blueprints on their own. The role of blueprints made mass production of items possible, truly a blessing for the lazy!

Although the usage was limited, Lazy normally concocted using the special effect HP potion blueprint when slacking off. However, for constructing something like a house… one or two uses of a blueprint were about enough.

“There are blueprints, but let’s first look at the basic part of stronghold construction,” said Little Feather, who, like the other guild members, needed to understand how the stronghold was constructed.

As Little Feather spoke, a piece of wood appeared in his hand, cubic in shape and approximately one cubic meter in size.

“Don’t tell me we need to start from the foundation? If we really have to build it that way, I’d need to bring over my master,” said Mama Has a Dog, feeling rather intimidated upon seeing the wood.

He had never thought he would have to delve into school-level subjects while playing a game. But if Spirit’s construction system really started with laying down foundations, the entire Dancing Nuclear Guild might work for months without necessarily being able to finish building it.

“It can’t be that hardcore,” said Jiang Qiao on the side.

Nonsense! If it really starts from the foundation and is that hardcore, Jiang Qiao feels that just the construction system could discourage many players.

Players come to play the game, not to literally work as construction teams, building houses for Jiang Qiao. He held this point in high regard.

Thus, the construction system must be fun. A proficient game designer must balance gameplay and realism, and this was also a way to save on Hai Lan’s Creation Energy.

The cost of each Stony Stronghold Seed was four hundred Creation Energy, and its effect was to distort various world laws within its influence radius.

For example, within the three hundred and fifty square meter range of this Stony Stronghold, the physical laws had already become the game laws of ‘Spirit’.

Its manifestation was…

“Hmm, just like what Eureka said, this game’s construction system isn’t that hardcore. Dog Call, you definitely can’t build houses like this in reality, right?”

Little Feather was speaking as he took out another piece of wood unit of 1, stacked the two wooden blocks on top of each other, and placed them on the ground.

Up until here, the scene was perfectly in accordance with the laws of physics. However, the moment Little Feather put the bottom wooden block back into the guild’s storage… a scene that would have Newton rolling in his grave occurred.

The wooden block above floated in midair.

“Is there an air wall underneath? No…” Mom Has a Dog waved his hand under the floating wooden block in disbelief.

There was nothing under the block.

“This is the Holy Spirit’s construction system; everyone could stack blocks like playing with building blocks,” confirmed Little Feather after making sure the building system was similar to that of the manor. He continued demonstrating, “But although this construction system is easy to get started with, mastering it is still quite complex.”

“What’s so complex about it? Isn’t it just stacking blocks? President, give me building permissions! I want to build the tallest tower in the Holy Spirit within our base!” Mom Has a Dog said, sounding very excited.

It wasn’t just him… the other players in the guild were also eager to try, despite having no professional building knowledge. They did not know what laying a foundation meant, nor did they understand what casting floor beams were, which are practical knowledge elements most players did not have in the game.

But in Holy Spirit, building a house didn’t need this hard-core knowledge! All you needed to do was stack the damn things like playing with building blocks! Just put one block on top of another! Even a three-year-old baby could do it!

“Uh… are you sure you won’t end up building coffins?” Jiang Qiao poked at the enthusiastic players of the Dancing Nuclear Guild next to him.

“Impossible, impossible. I’m a professional at building houses, and my aesthetics are top-notch.” Mom Has a Dog declared confidently, “I can’t say the same for the others though!”

Mo Shigui paid no attention to Mom Has a Dog, who kept jumping around in front of him to attract attention. Instead, he walked over to the pile of wooden blocks that Little Feather had been using for the demonstration.

This pile of blocks formed a large ‘T’ shape.

“Why do these two blocks only have five points of health?” Mo Shigui noticed that the health points of the wooden blocks stacked by Little Feather varied, even though they were the same material. The blocks floating on the sides of the T only had five health points, and those in the middle had 70, 80, and 90 points, increasing downwards, while the blocks firmly on the ground had 100 points.

“This is what the structural integrity compensation system is about. The Holy Spirit’s construction system, although easy to start with, is really difficult to master when it comes to using it in maps as fortresses,” Little Feather said again.

This was also Jiang Qiao’s most basic rule in game design: easy to learn, hard to master.

Like Mom Has a Dog thought, in this game, everyone could build houses with blocks, and not just with blocks. The building editor had countless shapes to choose from, like triangles, cylinders, and more.

All that was needed was placing it on top of the first material, with no glue necessary for holding the two materials firmly together.

This is the physics of the Holy Spirit.

So, as long as you’re focused on appearances, you could build however you wished.

But this was the perilous Biland Island! The island was teeming with monsters wanting to devour Fureya in one bite, and to protect their own home, Fureya had to build a fortress!

However, to ensure the overall health of a building and its defensive power were high enough, players still needed to respect Newton’s laws of physics and use sturdy structures and various reinforcements to construct their walls and buildings.

Otherwise, the things they built might have a health value as pitiful as that lonely block floating in mid-air

“Also, this is a set of architectural blueprints I got during my apprenticeship. Just feeding the materials into it allows you to build specified structures in designated places, and they even come with attribute bonuses,”

Little Feather shared the characteristics of his architectural blueprints in their chat. The blueprints were exclusive items and only a few could be traded.

The blueprint Little Feather shared was specifically for walls.

‘Eureka’s Thorn Rampart

Magic Quality · Building

Building Description: An early work of the Master Builder Eureka, the runes engraved on it have a certain chance of reflecting enemy damage.

Building Effect: Defensive Bonus +7%, 5% chance of reflecting 30% of enemy damage when attacked.

Required Materials: Iron X20, Wood X10

Optional Materials: Unlimited’

“This is a highly compatible blueprint. Required materials mean these materials are necessary to construct one side of this wall, and optional materials can be added to it, providing additional effects. However, since it’s only magic quality, you can only add one additional material,” Little Feather added, confusing everyone present.

“So, here comes the question: where do we get the iron from?” Lin Xi suddenly asked.

This question caused everyone to focus their attention on Mo Shigui, who then produced a core crystal of the Flame Roar Dragon.

“Let’s plant one of these and see,” Mo Shigui said.