I Build a Floating City in the Apocalypse – Chapter 77

Chapter 77

“Sell the scrolls! Sell them immediately!”

At this moment, Fang Bai was very straightforward and decisive. He immediately started to permanently fix the Activation Spell, Encryption Spell, and Locking Spell onto the magic scrolls.

The Activation Spell and the Encryption Spell, rather than being spells, were more like spell structures.

With just a few spell nodes, they achieved the function of activating upon deployment, replacing the need for Fang Bai’s Mental Power to activate them.

The Encryption Spell was even more outrageous. It had numerous spell nodes, but there was no difficulty in constructing it. Apart from one structure, the rest of the spell nodes were almost isolated.

It directly added many nodes and elemental channels to the spell model, preventing reverse engineering of the spell model. At the same time, these isolated nodes unexpectedly formed a background hexagram on the magic scroll!

Fang Bai even had a feeling that the encryption effect of the Encryption Spell was just a bonus. Its real purpose was to add a background to the magic scroll, enhance its appearance, and thereby sell it for a higher price!

Among the three, only the Locking Spell was somewhat interesting and caught Fang Bai’s attention.

Mages could lock onto enemies through Mental Power when casting spells, but ordinary people using magic scrolls could not.

The Locking Spell was meant to replace the locking function of Mental Power. It was equivalent to the guidance system in a missile. It could lock onto a target using methods such as scent or gaze and then release the spell.

This locking function made Fang Bai feel very curious. Although the Locking Spell didn’t have many spell nodes, its principle seemed somewhat complicated. Fang Bai couldn’t understand it for the time being, so he could only copy it and fix it onto the scrolls.

Soon, the eight Fireball scrolls and four Water Shield scrolls in Fang Bai’s hands were all packaged and became finished magic scrolls ready for sale.

However, Fang Bai did not package the remaining two Blood-red Shield scrolls.

The Blood-red Shield spell model was very complex, and it was also very troublesome to permanently fix it. Fang Bai had tried more than ten times and only succeeded twice.

With as many as 48 spell nodes, Fang Bai suspected that this was already a higher-level spell model, so he didn’t plan to sell it to the public and decided to keep it for himself.

After finishing this, a smile appeared on Fang Bai’s face. He looked up out the window and saw that the sun had risen high in the sky at some point.

“It’s the afternoon of the seventh day,” Fang Bai said softly.

“This way of continuously researching knowledge and then converting knowledge into personal wealth and power is truly fascinating.”

At this moment, the戾qi （killing intent） that Fang Bai had accumulated over the past seven days from killing zombies, monsters, and even humans seemed to dissipate silently.

At this moment, Fang Bai stabilized his heart and unexpectedly chose to make a break from the past.

“I am Mage Fang Bai,” Fang Bai said softly. Quietly, Fang Bai’s temperament underwent some changes.

Although Fang Bai was still wearing armor, he looked like a scholar who had donned armor.

Fang Bai also noticed his own change, smiled slightly, and his heart relaxed. He no longer had the戾qi （killing intent） from the apocalypse.

Looking forward, the path was suddenly clear!

Projection Spell!

A projection of himself formed in front of Fang Bai. This was himself projected using the Projection Spell.

However, Fang Bai didn’t know why, but he always felt that projecting himself was smoother, more natural, and easier to control than projecting a magic scroll.

Moreover, this projection actually had a certain degree of substance. It could be touched and could even pick up things!

“Why do I feel that this spell is mainly for projecting people, and projecting spell models is actually just a side effect?”

Fang Bai felt very strange, but after adapting for a moment, he controlled the projection to walk out, while his main body stayed in the room to continue meditating.

Although Fang Bai couldn’t completely achieve一心两用 （multitasking without interference） yet, if he only used a small part of his attention for meditation and the vast majority of his Mental Power to control the projection, it was still no problem.

However, because Fang Bai’s current Mental Power range could only extend less than 100 meters in a single direction, the projection could only move within 100 meters of Fang Bai’s main body. But if it was just to handle some trivial matters within the village, it was completely sufficient.

The projection that went out directly instructed Bai Qing to set up a shop in the market area.

In the planning of the Novice Village, the Job Change Plaza was the front plaza of the entire village, and the commercial area was around the plaza. However, it hadn’t been built yet and was just a simple enclosed area.

Bai Qing directly brought over a shipping container. After the container was hoisted into place, Fang Bai brought over a large wooden sign.

Fang Bai’s actions immediately attracted the attention of many people. A group of people gathered around, wanting to see what Fang Bai was going to do.

Fang Bai glanced around. There were people from all the major factions. Each faction in Shen Shan Town had people stationed in this plaza to sell some daily necessities, food, and other things.

Of course, these things were not in short supply at the moment. They were everywhere in the city, town, and village, and not many people were buying them. Their main purpose was to keep an eye on the situation at the Job Change Sculpture.

They even kept track of how many job changers there were. Of course, although the current survivors had improved their combat strength and dared to fight, the zombies were also at least at the Strong Zombie level, and Large Zombies were not uncommon. So it was actually more difficult for them to level up now than before.

Most of the survivors coming and going were just watching the excitement, or they had reached level 10 but didn’t dare to change jobs because they were being watched by a group of people. So they had to wait a long time for a job changer to appear.

This directly resulted in these people from different factions eating, drinking, and chatting together every day. Even Fang Bai’s side had someone among them, smiling cheerfully.

Of course, whenever a job changer appeared, they would swarm forward, offering olive branches and inviting them to join their respective factions.

Only at this time would they occasionally argue until their faces were red, but once the matter was over, they would immediately gather together to eat and drink, as if there had been no conflict at all.

Work is work, and after work, everyone is friends.

This was actually the current situation in Shen Shan Town. Resources were abundant, the territory was vast, there were many monsters and few people, and the major factions were all focused on developing themselves. They didn’t have time to fight, so there wasn’t much animosity between them.

Perhaps, just like Old CEO Qin said, the apocalypse has arrived, but have the rules changed?

No, nothing has changed.

The people who are alive are still working.

Perhaps the only change was that the apocalypse brought about a reshuffling of the social classes, nothing more.

And at this moment, as employees of different companies, they were chatting and laughing while curiously watching Fang Bai.

“Boss, let me help you. Is it to be erected here?”

The young man from Fang Bai’s side saw Fang Bai start working and immediately came over to take the wooden board and set it upright on the ground.

Eh, sensible.

“Yes, put it here.”

Fang Bai nodded and asked while standing aside, “Your name is Qi Kun, right?”

“Yes, yes, Boss, do you know me?”

“Yes, I’ve heard people mention you. Yes, just put it here.”

Fang Bai nodded, and Qi Kun chuckled.

“Boss, what are you planning to sell in this shop?

And you’re personally opening the shop? Wouldn’t it be enough to just give an order and have someone come?”

“Selling some magic scrolls, collecting some things. I’m afraid others won’t be able to handle it, so I came myself.

It’s not a big deal anyway.”

Fang Bai said casually. Qi Kun was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

“Magic scrolls? Magic scrolls are good, now… huh? Magic scrolls?

Boss, what are magic scrolls?”

When Qi Kun was puzzled, the others also fell silent, looking at Fang Bai with some apprehension.

What did Fang Bai just say?

Magic scrolls?

“Yes, magic scrolls.”

Fang Bai nodded, turned around to look at the people from the major factions, and grinned slightly.

“Fireball scrolls, Water Shield scrolls, limited quantities, first come, first served.”