I Build a Floating City in the Apocalypse – Chapter 108

Chapter 108

“If there really is no way to solve it, then making spell scrolls…

My ultimate goal in making and selling spell scrolls is to gather research resources, to conduct research better and faster. It’s definitely not to buy magical beasts and keep them here to look at.

Research is the foundation, selling spell scrolls is the branch. I can’t put the cart before the horse and let selling spell scrolls affect my own research.

Since it’s already having a substantial impact, then I’ll change it, change it to limited sales!

Payment for the magical beast capture spell scrolls will also change from full payment to a deposit plus installment payment model.

The volume must be controlled to a level that I can complete within a certain timeframe without affecting my research.”

After making the decision, Fang Bai breathed a sigh of relief. As for whether this change would cause dissatisfaction among others…

Fang Bai didn’t care about that much. Anyway, the initiative was in his hands, they could buy it or not.

Spell scrolls were a unique business, and Fang Bai wasn’t worried about selling them.

Actually, the best solution was to teach others how to make spell scrolls, to train a group of mage workers specialized in making spell scrolls. This way, he could completely free himself while still ensuring the production of spell scrolls, but…

“Take it one step at a time.”

Fang Bai mused silently. Some things couldn’t be rushed.

It’s often said that a cornered person can do anything.

But they still can’t solve math problems.

If you don’t know it, you don’t know it. Being desperate is useless.

The same is true for magical knowledge. In this profession, there is no such thing as luck.

Luck exists, but it definitely doesn’t dominate. All strength, every step of growth must come from self-accumulation.

Fang Bai stood beside the monster, looking at the dying monster after repeated experiments, and without hesitation, released a bolt of lightning to kill it.

After gaining experience, Fang Bai observed the process of the spell model dissipating within the magical beast, collecting data throughout the entire process. When the elemental materials were revealed, Fang Bai took out the magical beast’s Crystal Core.

As for the other things besides the Crystal Core, he would wait for Wang Kai to return tomorrow to sort them out.

Elemental materials, claws, teeth, fur, bones, etc., would all be extracted.

Fang Bai would naturally extract every bit of value from the magical beast he bought with one hundred spell scrolls, without wasting anything.

After studying one magical beast, there were still seven more waiting for Fang Bai’s attention.

This feeling of experimenting, collecting data, researching, and analyzing made Fang Bai quite addicted.

Just as Fang Bai was about to study the second magical beast, a burst of Fireball explosions came from the direction of Yi Hao Village’s entrance. More than fifteen Fireballs exploded, and Fang Bai could even feel the ground shaking beneath his feet.

“Still not blown silly? Not giving up until they see the Yellow River, huh?”

Fang Bai was speechless. These city survivors were still not giving up after being bombed by so many factions.

However, considering that the survivors attacking different factions were from different parts of the city, with no organization or connection between them, it wasn’t entirely incomprehensible.

Fang Bai shook his head slightly.

Outside the village, the city survivors who had attacked the Novice Village were all dead, and the hearts of those who were still alive in the distance were numb.

After being bombed by Heyuan Company, Dingsheng Company, Li Tieshan’s squad, Yi Hao Village, and others, they were completely numb.

They were astonished to find that the precious, extremely low drop rate spell items were actually possessed by every faction here. Not only did they all have them, but they also had a lot of them. And not only did they have a lot of them, but these people also threw them out like they were worthless, ten or twenty at a time!

This feeling was like when they had hidden in the mountains and forests, enduring hardships to practice martial arts for thirty years, and came out ready to sweep the martial world, only to find that although their martial arts were indeed invincible, everyone outside had a gun.

Within seven steps, the gun was fast. Beyond seven steps, the gun was both accurate and fast.

No matter the distance, these people would start by throwing Fireballs. If one wasn’t enough, they’d throw ten.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Finally, after seeing this last faction also reveal Fireballs, their hearts actually calmed down.

Bomb away, bomb away, whatever.

This noisy night finally quieted down. All the city survivors who were still alive found a place to settle down in the wilderness.

They didn’t want to enter any buildings anymore.

Wait until tomorrow!

Wait until tomorrow morning, wait for the survivors to start going out, then directly grab a lone survivor and ask them, figure out everything first, where exactly did these spell items in Shen Shan Town come from?

They didn’t believe it, that even lone survivors would have a spell item each!

The night passed without incident. Fang Bai was immersed in the study of spell models. With a living subject, the function of each spell node could be tested bit by bit.

This allowed Fang Bai to not only grasp the spell model but also to guess and understand the function of many spell nodes. By comparing these functions with other spell models and verifying them several times, Fang Bai could basically be said to have mastered them.

As dawn broke, Fang Bai hadn’t finished studying the magical beasts yet. Wang Kai, who had been guarding the village entrance all night, walked into the area with the spell scrolls. When he looked at Fang Bai, he found that Fang Bai hadn’t changed much from when he left last night, still researching.

Fang Bai really didn’t rest!

Thinking of this, Wang Kai couldn’t help but feel a toothache, but then a sense of respect surged in his heart.

With Fang Bai’s strength, status, and power, he still maintained terrifying working hours. This was simply not something ordinary people could achieve.

Regardless of ability or talent, just this mentality was terrifying.

This kind of person deserved success!

In an instant, thousands of thoughts flashed through Wang Kai’s mind, then he collected himself and walked to Fang Bai’s side. However, he didn’t make a sound, but waited until Fang Bai finished his research and looked up at him before speaking.

“Village Chief, we used twenty Fireball scrolls yesterday. These are the remaining one hundred scrolls.”

Fang Bai glanced at them, took seventy or eighty, and then immersed himself in research again, casually saying,

“Keep the rest for self-defense. After all, you’re running errands for me. If you don’t even have a few spell scrolls, it would be embarrassing for me if word got out.”

“Thank you, Village Chief.”

Wang Kai immediately laughed, looking at the stack of spell scrolls in his hand, grinning.

Fang Bai differentiated Wang Kai from Bai Qing and Wang Xiong. One side was the management system, the other was the errand boy by his side, a future Mage Apprentice. Naturally, Wang Kai received more attention from Fang Bai.

In fact, Bai Qing and Wang Xiong were also aware of this, especially Wang Xiong, otherwise, Wang Xiong wouldn’t have wanted to follow along.

After seeing Fang Bai immersed in his research, Wang Kai turned and left. He didn’t go to rest but walked towards the village exit.

After witnessing Fang Bai’s hard work, Wang Kai felt…

“I’m not as rich as the Village Chief, not as strong as the Village Chief, not as talented as the Village Chief, not as powerful as the Village Chief. At this age, how can I sleep?!”

Of course, this was only one aspect. More importantly, with his current physical attributes, his stamina and energy were strong, and staying up all night had no adverse effects.

Since that was the case, it was daytime, so naturally, he should hurry up and go kill monsters to level up, increase his Mental Power to ten points, and then come back to find Fang Bai!

At this moment, dawn had just broken, and the workers who had worked overnight on the construction site in the village were still busy. It wasn’t time for the shift change yet, and they still needed to work for a while longer.

No one had come out of the village yet. It would take at least another half an hour for Yi Hao Village’s market area to become lively.

Compared to before, the market area had changed quite a bit. Apart from Fang Bai’s spell scroll shop, seven or eight other shops had appeared, belonging to different factions. They were basically grocery stores and equipment stores, using copper coins as the settlement method, where equipment and groceries could be bought and sold.

Although no other use for copper coins had been discovered besides job changes, due to their low drop rate, their monetary attribute was still recognized by the major factions, so they all accepted copper coins.

Passing through the shop area, there was a large stall area next to it. Anyone could set up a stall here after paying a small stall fee. During the day, this place would be very lively, with all kinds of things being sold. Basically, they were all kinds of materials collected by survivors outside, such as generators, cola, spicy strips, light bulbs, wires, hardware tools, walkie-talkies, antennas, and so on. Everything was available.

In addition, there were also equipment dropped from monsters, and occasionally some good items were sold.

With the job change sculpture and Fang Bai’s scroll shop attracting a large number of survivors, and with Yi Hao Village’s strong efforts to ensure safety and maintain order, this market area gradually became prosperous.

Around the market area, one could also see some tents and a few scattered container houses. That was the accommodation area and the residential area outside the village, which could provide a safe accommodation and resting environment for some survivors who had nowhere to go, supporting daily and monthly rentals, but not purchases for the time being.

These also gradually began to provide funds for the construction and development of Yi Hao Village.

Wang Kai walked through the market area, wrapping a Water Shield spell scroll around his hand as he walked. This was a little trick he had discovered.

This way, he could use it immediately in case of danger, without having to take it out. One on each hand, it might save his life in an emergency.

“Brother Wang, going out?”

“Yeah.”

After greeting the members of the Field Operations Team guarding the gate, Wang Kai walked out of Yi Hao Village and headed towards Stone City.

He hadn’t gone far before he was targeted by a group of people.

This lone wolf probably doesn’t have any spell scrolls, right?