Chapter 88: Chapter 85: Level 1 Managerial Authority
"Finally completed."
Lin Qi looked at the system bar at the bottom of his view, feeling a bit excited in his heart.
Right now, he’s desperately lacking players.
Under normal circumstances, he should have already taken over Red Moon Mountain and started the exploitation of the micro energy ore vein there, but the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall also needs players for long-term stationing. Once divided into two groups, 70 players simply aren’t enough, so he hasn’t taken over Red Moon Mountain yet.
Especially for the stationing work at Red Moon Mountain, such a large area—though there’s only one bridge to Red Moon Mountain, no one can guarantee that some vagabonds won’t quietly sneak over to mine, not to mention needing to fend off attacks from other gangs.
The Cyan Sparrow Gang usually dispatches one to two hundred people for long-term stationing at Red Moon Mountain. He doesn’t have that many people, but he still needs to send at least sixty to seventy players over to control Red Moon Mountain.
Now that the martial arts hall has been repaired, forty more players can be added, barely maintaining safety on both sides.
Additionally, with the completion of Level 2 preferential selection authority, his promotion speed can increase again and not be limited to five extractions per day, needing careful calculation for each enhancement.
It’s not just about enhancing the second layer of Leopard Shadow Step and Shattering Stone Fist; he also needs to allocate part of the enhancements to Liaoyuan Spear Technique and Thunder Light Palm, and can’t stop the Breathing Technique either.
As for the Contemplation Technique and Spirit Secret Technique, they are also greatly useful and are essential divine skills.
There are a total of seven areas needing enhancement, yet there are only five opportunities for extraction each day, and all five are random extractions. As his proficiency increases, the rate of improvement becomes smaller and smaller, almost negligible each day now.
"I wonder how the Level 2 hidden authority will be. Even if it increases the extraction authority by two or three times a day, my enhancement speed will increase considerably." Lin Qi immediately turned his gaze to the effects of the Level 2 hidden authority.
Level 2 preferential selection authority is the Level 2 hidden authority, granting the host the following authority.
Under the original Level 1 preferential selection authority, the host can establish a more refined assessment project, with the daily extraction limit increased by 1, allowing for the optional selection of the experience to be extracted.
"Is that it?" Lin Qi was dumbfounded looking at the Level 2 preferential selection authority.
Compared to the Level 1 preferential selection authority, the Level 2 really only adds one more to everything.
For the current Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, adding assessment projects is hardly important since he lacks people. As for extracting experience, the feature of optional selection is nice, but through filtering players, he can also somewhat choose the martial arts or training technique he wants to enhance.
"Oh well, it’s still an additional extraction opportunity." Lin Qi sighed as his gaze shifted to the newly appeared system prompt.
System: Congratulations to the host for possessing a complete martial arts hall; you now formally have Level 1 managerial authority, capable of managing the martial arts hall and online game operations to a certain extent. The maximum player management limit is 500.
System: Initiating Task One ’Build an Advanced Martial Arts Hall’, reward of two ordinary branch halls, and one player resurrection device.
System: Initiating Task Two ’Online Reservation of 500,000’, reward of player resurrection device manufacturing authority, elevated hidden permissions to Level 3.
"What is this situation?"
Lin Qi was shocked looking at the latest system prompt.
Not to mention the two seemingly random tasks set by the system, neither task, apart from increasing authority, even included the introduction of a player quota. What is the point of increasing authority like this?
However, before Lin Qi could recover, he noticed a managerial authority selection bar added to the system interface, piquing his curiosity as he clicked in.
As Lin Qi accessed the managerial authority, he found himself agape with surprise.
"I’ve played for so long, is this when the real game starts?"
Lin Qi looked at the myriad options within the managerial authority, feeling like he had been playing for days to no purpose, as though merely engaging in a game demo without unlocking the myriad important features.
There are three main functionalities displayed under the formal managerial authority.
The first allows him, through managerial authority, to directly connect with the Descent of High Martial on Blue Star, reviewing game reviews and official forums, and issuing announcements under the official name, no longer being ignorant of Blue Star’s situation, with a degree of guidance possible.
The second is building modification, a feature almost defying natural law. Any structure belonging to the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall can undergo building modification, provided it consumes energy, i.e., energy ores. One kilogram of energy ore can be converted into one unit of energy.
Currently, he can transform three types of structures, namely resting areas, basic training rooms, and basic gravity rooms.
Of these, the resting area is the most formidable, requiring a modification fee of ten thousand units of energy, transforming at least a hundred-square-meter independent room, which can increase the player import limit by ten—equivalent to requiring a thousand units of energy ores, or one ton to add one player spot, eliminating the need to gain entry quotas through tasks henceforth.
However, due to Level 1 managerial authority constraints, his current maximum player management limit is 500 people; only by upgrading to Level 2 managerial authority can the maximum management limit be increased, requiring twenty players to become martial artists and one advanced martial arts hall.
The basic conditions for an advanced martial arts hall include covering twelve thousand square meters, possessing at least three floors, a height not less than 50 meters, and at least ten basic training rooms and three basic gravity rooms.
Basic training rooms require a modification fee of five thousand energy units, transforming at least a two-hundred-square-meter independent room, providing a basic combat puppet. The puppet’s maximum strength can be set to extreme quasi-martial artist level, with a combat level capable of reaching the Micro level, mastering up to three martial arts, consuming 50 energy units per hour.
Basic gravity rooms require a modification fee of thirty thousand energy units and one energy crystal stone, transforming at least a fifty-square-meter independent room. The room must be constructed from B1-level metal, adjustable to a maximum of 20 times normal gravity. Under gravity conditions, the higher the gravity, the better the training effects rendered, consuming 50 energy units per hour.
"No wonder the main task required me to use a complete martial arts hall; these training rooms and gravity rooms are simply training artifacts." Lin Qi exclaimed with admiration as he looked at the basic training room and basic gravity room in the system bar.
The basic training room can significantly enhance players’ combat experience, especially their combat level.
As for the basic gravity room, it’s even more impressive and can be considered the best construction for body training. In the world of high martial arts, many training techniques essentially stimulate cells, and this will invariably be much easier to achieve in high gravity environments, with much quicker enhancement.
"It’s a pity the building modifications all require energy ores—if only they could be paid with Bits." Lin Qi let out a light sigh, but his gaze was filled with uncontrollable excitement.
Now with the ability to modify these three types of buildings, as long as energy ores are enough, the overall strength of Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall can soon catch up with the top ten large gangs in the wilderness.
Then Lin Qi’s gaze swept onto the last function of the managerial authority.