Chapter 367 - 5: New Skill: Genesis

Chapter 367: Chapter 5: New Skill: Genesis

Of these, the most numerous were the Treasure Chests of the God of Wealth and Exploration Chests.

’I’m not even asking for an Epic Tier Red Calamity Treasure Chest. Just give me a few Legendary Tier golden chests!!!’

Lin Yu prayed silently, then began to open the chests.

Three thousand chests might sound like a lot, but it was just 300 ten-pulls. In the mobile games of his past life, that was only 75 of the most expensive top-up packs—less than 50,000 in total.

DING, DING, DING, DING, DING~~

As Lin Yu waved his hands, the Lord’s Mansion was filled with the sound of treasure chests opening.

One by one, the "Random Chests" transformed into other chests of various shapes and colors as he opened them.

Bathed in the multicolored glow of the treasure chests, Lin Yu finished his work and stopped.

The floor was covered with chests, mostly green and blue, with a few white and purple ones, and... three golden chests.

His luck had indeed improved a little. The scarcity of white chests proved it, but it still wasn’t enough...

’My baseline is higher, but my ceiling hasn’t budged.’

’Let’s see what kind of chests I got.’

Lin Yu’s consciousness swept over them, getting a clear look at the chests he had obtained.

The three golden chests were: a Golden Arena Chest, a Legendary Lord’s Treasure Chest (Gold), and a Legendary Territory Treasure Chest (Gold).

Lin Yu opened these three Legendary Tier chests first.

Amidst a dazzling golden light, he obtained the most valuable items from this opening session:

Hero Tier Enhancement Crystal (Gold) x1.

Super Recharging Crystal x1.

Lord Random Skill Crystal x1.

Territory Trait Upgrade Point x1.

"Hahaha, my luck isn’t bad after all! I got four items from three golden chests!"

’The Hero Tier Enhancement Crystal (Gold) can raise a hero’s tier to Legendary. Besides being useless for a Lord like me, it has no downsides. I’ll just put this in the military service repository and let the people compete for it.’

He’d normally use a Super Recharging Crystal the moment he got one, but this time he held back. The territory didn’t seem to need any urgent changes at the moment, and he wanted to save it in case an emergency arose where he needed to use "Enlightenment" but had no charges left.

This stage had raised the Lord level cap to 10, so he would definitely have a chance to level up. Once he reached level 10, he would get seven more uses of his "Enlightenment" talent. It wouldn’t be too late to use "Enlightenment" then.

As for the Lord Random Skill Crystal, Lin Yu used it immediately. No one else in the territory could use it anyway, and it would be foolishly extravagant to sell it.

His consciousness enveloped the Lord Random Skill Crystal, and a ray of light entered his soul. The light quickly merged with his soul, causing his now vast and sacred soul to emit a radiant glow.

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[Name]: Genesis

[Quality]: Prismatic Mythic

[Effect]: Use energy to create a world. This world will possess complete fundamental laws. After its creation, the world will provide feedback, comprehensively strengthening your body and soul. You will gain control over this world.

Note: You do not possess the corresponding ability to manipulate worlds. Even with control over the world, you cannot interfere with its affairs.

(This is similar to the modern distinction between right of occupancy and right of ownership for a house.)

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"HAHAHAHAHA—"

"HAHAHAHAHA—"

"HAHAHAHAHA—"

A stream of laughter escaped Lin Yu’s lips. He never expected to awaken such a skill. Logically, the tournament should not be able to grant a skill like this.

If it could grant the ability of world creation, the main Cosmos wouldn’t need to hold a Lord tournament. The whole point was to use the spiritual essence of all living beings to carve new worlds out of chaos, then draw them back into the main Cosmos to strengthen it.

Therefore, this Lord Random Skill Crystal was likely just a catalyst, used to draw out a Lord’s own potential.

Through his fusion with the World Tree, he was, in essence, a juvenile World Tree, albeit one without any of its abilities (a brain-dead World Tree). This Lord Random Skill Crystal had simply served to draw out a tiny fraction of the abilities he was supposed to have.

(The inherent abilities of the World Tree, aside from the aura-type abilities that buffed the territory, had not yet manifested.)

’If I could just get a few more [Lord Random Skill Crystals]... Once I draw out all the World Tree’s abilities, why would I even bother being a Lord anymore?’

After a fit of crazed laughter, Lin Yu turned his attention back to the Territory Trait Upgrade Point. He had already obtained one before, so with this new one, he now had two.

’I only need to save one for emergencies. I might as well use the other one now.’

After reviewing the World Tree’s territory traits, Lin Yu chose to use it on "Rapid Growth."

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[Rapid Growth II]: Affects all plants within the territory, increasing their growth speed to 10 times the original rate. Plant-type buildings can benefit from this buff, reducing their construction time to one-tenth of the original. (Passive)

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The upgraded "Rapid Growth" had changed from an active skill to a passive one, which was extremely beneficial for the World Tree Territory.

This was exactly what Lin Yu had hoped for. Before upgrading, he had been thinking that he either wanted to improve its effect or reduce its cost.

Going from active to passive effectively reduced its usage cost by 100%, which left Lin Yu very satisfied.

That took care of the three Legendary Tier treasure chests.

Lin Yu then turned to the ordinary chests.

These Epic, Exceptional, Superior, and Common chests included: Parcel Chests, Treasure Chests of the God of Wealth, and Exploration Chests.

There were 500 Parcel Chests, which yielded parcels of land. Each parcel increased the territory’s area by one square kilometer.

’For me, these are the most useless things at the moment.’

There were 1,500 Treasure Chests of the God of Wealth. They could contain Gold Coins, points, and universal building fragments, with a very low chance of yielding other miscellaneous items of any tier.

’It’s a total gamble. This chest shouldn’t be called the Treasure Chest of the God of Wealth; it should be the Gambling God’s Treasure Chest.’

There were 1,000 Exploration Chests. They could yield resources and Gold Coins, with a small chance of dropping random building blueprints, random items, random troops, or random heroes...

Similar to the Treasure Chest of the God of Wealth, it was all about luck, and they even gave fewer resources.

First, he opened the Parcel Chests. As expected, he got 499 standard parcels and 1 large parcel—which added 100 square meters.

It counted as a rare item, but it was useless, so Lin Yu tossed it onto the exchange.

The 1,500 Treasure Chests of the God of Wealth yielded a pile of resources, Gold Coins, points, and universal building fragments.

This included a total of 100 million units of various resource packs, 10 million Gold Coins, 1 million points, and 200,000 universal building fragments.

The number of universal building fragments was a pleasant surprise. He wasn’t sure if it counted as hitting the jackpot, but 200,000 building fragments were enough to duplicate two of the territory’s Legendary Buildings, or upgrade two Epic Buildings to Legendary Tier.

Perhaps he had used up all his luck for the moment, because the 1,000 Exploration Chests didn’t yield anything good. He got 10 million units of various resources, plus over a hundred random Superior and Exceptional Hero Scrolls, and over a hundred Superior and Exceptional Soldier Recruitment Scrolls.

(Soldier Recruitment Scroll: Randomly recruits 100 soldiers of the corresponding tier.)

Aside from the resources, the Hero Scrolls and Soldier Recruitment Scrolls were useless to Lin Yu. The territory wasn’t short on heroes and soldiers of these tiers, and they would only be level 1 when recruited, which wasn’t very helpful.

Besides, since they were completely random, he might recruit heroes or troops that were unsuitable for his territory.

So, Lin Yu tossed them onto the exchange as well.

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