Chapter 479 - 187: "Jiangbei Mortal Realm, Chen Fan... Tops the List.

Chapter 479: Chapter 187: "Jiangbei Mortal Realm, Chen Fan... Tops the List.

[Exotic Treasure Level]: White.

[Exotic Treasure Effect]: Fires bricks.

It only costs 100 Ghost Stones and one "Giant Ghost" to build.

That’s right.

It was the new Vehicle that appeared when the Vehicle Workshop reached Level 8. This was the most outrageous construction requirement he’d ever seen—a White Level building that actually needed a "Giant Ghost."

This meant that if the Vehicle Workshop couldn’t reach Level 8, he wouldn’t be able to build this Brick Kiln.

The next moment—

A panel popped up before him.

[Brick Kiln upgraded to Level 2.]

[This building has no Upgrade Direction.]

[With each upgrade, the bricks produced will become sturdier.]

He placed the "Brick Kiln" behind Nameless Mountain.

It took up a large area.

At several thousand square meters, its footprint was much larger than the Vehicle Workshop’s.

Soon—

As the "Brick Kiln," composed of countless lines, gradually formed and rapidly solidified, a massive "Brick Kiln" came to rest behind Nameless Mountain.

It was located next to the Ghost Object Processing Base.

After upgrading the Brick Kiln to Max Level in one go,

he looked at the "Brick Kiln’s" panel and smiled.

A Brick Kiln.

As its name suggested, it was a building that could produce bricks.

And he finally understood why this building had a "Giant Ghost" restriction.

The bricks produced by a Level 10 Brick Kiln had the defensive strength of a Level 1 City Wall. This was frankly insane, far exceeding the effects of a typical White Level building.

"This effect isn’t bad at all."

Chen Fan nodded in satisfaction. The Mortal Realm had its own "brick kilns." The large bricks transported to the Mortal Realm Yellow Springs Entrance Defense Line, for example, were handmade by the realm’s inhabitants.

But the handmade ones couldn’t compare to the ones from this Brick Kiln in terms of uniformity, efficiency, or sturdiness.

The Mortal Realm’s population was now quite large.

There was an urgent need for housing that could shelter its many residents, and this new building could solve that very problem.

[Brick Kiln upgraded to Level 10.]

[Upgraded to Max Level. Cannot be upgraded further.]

[Obtained Max Level Effect ’Massive Infrastructure Development’: Buildings constructed with these bricks will resonate with the earth’s core, granting them extremely strong resistance to wind, earthquakes, and other forces.]

An extremely simple yet useful Max Level Effect.

At the same time he obtained this effect,

another panel popped up in front of him.

[You have successfully upgraded the ’Brick Kiln’ to Max Level and obtained the Max Level Effect (Massive Infrastructure Development).]

[The (Brick Kiln) illustration has been lit up in the codex.]

[Twenty Max Level Buildings have been lit up in the architectural collection. You have received a Blue Level Resource Fortune Bag.]

[Light up fifty Max Level Buildings to receive a more valuable reward.]

"Uh..."

’Still Blue Level?’

Chen Fan was slightly disappointed. He’d thought it would be a higher grade. However, this was different from the Fortune Bags he’d received before; this was a Blue Level Resource Fortune Bag.

[Fortune Bag]: Upon opening, there is a 50% chance to obtain 100 million Ghost Stones, a 30% chance to obtain 500 million Ghost Stones, a 10% chance to obtain 1 billion Ghost Stones, a 9.5% chance to obtain 2 billion Ghost Stones, and a 0.5% chance to obtain 3 billion Ghost Stones plus another Blue Level Resource Fortune Bag.

He didn’t bother waiting for an Exotic Treasure like the Yun Shao.

An Exotic Treasure like the Yun Shao was even harder to collect than Celestial Dao Stones.

He casually pulled the blue string on the Resource Fortune Bag.

The next moment.

The air seemed to freeze.

Then, countless Ghost Stones materialized in the air, like a meteor shower frozen in motion. A moment later, they rained down, CLATTERING against the ground.

"..."

Chen Fan froze. He stared blankly at the new Fortune Bag he had just pulled out of the old one. ’Is my luck really this good? I actually hit the 0.5% chance?’

Hundreds of thousands of High Level Ghost Stones rained down from the sky!

That was equivalent to 3 billion Ghost Stones.

And he’d even gotten another Resource Fortune Bag.

"Should I try again?"

He tentatively opened the new Resource Fortune Bag. Immediately, hundreds of thousands of High Level Ghost Stones appeared in the air again—another 3 billion Ghost Stones!

And in his hand was yet another Resource Fortune Bag.

"Damn!"

Chen Fan was now certain this wasn’t just luck. No matter how good his luck was, hitting a 0.5% chance twice in a row was impossible. ’This might be a bug,’ he thought.

’Let’s try again.’

He opened the Resource Fortune Bag in his hand once more.

Again, hundreds of thousands of High Level Ghost Stones appeared in the air, and another Resource Fortune Bag materialized in his hand.

However,

in a place he couldn’t see, a wisp of the golden aura swirling around him vanished each time he opened a Fortune Bag.

And this golden aura was the very same one that had been mixed within the pillar of verdant rain above his head during last year’s Celestial Dao Blessing.

...

"..."

Chen Fan stood there in stunned silence, his face expressionless as he stared at the Resource Fortune Bag in his hand. He had already opened three in a row, harvesting 9 billion Ghost Stones, and he still had one more bag.

He didn’t dare to open it again.

He had a pretty good idea of what was happening now.

No matter how lucky he was, it was impossible to hit a 0.5% probability three times in a row.

The odds were just too low.

Exploiting a bug was also out of the question.

If he wasn’t mistaken, it had to be because of the verdant rain from last year.

At the time, he had been puzzled. His torrent of verdant rain had been so massive, yet its effects—eliminating hidden ailments and extending one’s lifespan—seemed no different from what others had experienced.

Now, it seemed,

there must have been an additional effect—one he hadn’t been aware of. And that additional effect was an increase to his luck.

’It’s not time-based.’

’It’s based on the number of uses.’

’I wonder how many uses are left.’

For now, he didn’t want to waste this precious, hard-won luck entirely on Ghost Stones. If he saved it for other Fortune Bags or situations where luck was truly needed, the payoff would be much greater.