WHOOSH~
With a click, a massive, green, ethereal silhouette appeared on his high platform.
SWISH!
SWISH!
SWISH!
After storing all the Defense Towers originally placed on the high platform, Shen Fei clicked to place the Floating Island.
BOOM—!
A tremendous roar kicked up a cloud of dust and smoke. When the dust settled, an island appeared. Its outer perimeter was lined with square Wall Tower foundations, and the inner circle had neatly arranged slots for Defense Towers. In the center was a large expanse of green grassland...
[DING!]
[Use skill 'Enlarge and Reduce' to adjust the Floating City's size? YES/NO]
Shen Fei was just marveling at it. The ten-square-kilometer Floating Island had filled his entire computer screen when he placed it. He had to zoom the game's camera way out just to get a normal view. But this made the monsters spawning from the wormhole incredibly small, which he found unsettling. Just then, a system message suddenly popped up.
My new Tower Master skill, 'Enlarge and Reduce', can also be used on the Floating Island?
Seeing the system prompt, Shen Fei's eyes lit up. The Floating Island was just too big right now, which made it very difficult to control. He hadn't expected that the 'Enlarge and Reduce' skill he'd just learned could also be used on the Floating Island.
Previously, he learned the 'Enlarge and Reduce' skill so that when he faced invasions from giant bosses in the future, he could make his Defense Towers and his Black Tortoise bigger for better defense. Many giant bosses in the game were so large you could only attack their feet. After invading the real world, they had a crushing effect on smaller units. For example, Magnus, the giant boss who had killed him and caused him to be reborn, was so massive that a human was only about as tall as the top of its foot...
Shen Fei wanted to enlarge his Defense Towers to become immune to the crushing effect of such giant bosses. He never imagined that this skill could now be used on the Floating Island as well.
In that case, not only could the Floating Island be made smaller, but more importantly, it could also be made bigger! What was even more critical was that if this skill worked on the Floating Island in the game right now, then after the game abilities were inherited in the future, this ability would also work in reality. He could shrink the Floating Island to the size of his palm, which would make all sorts of stealth operations incredibly convenient.
This change completely exceeded his expectations.
Amid his excitement, Shen Fei's expression suddenly turned serious. Hm? The 'Enlarge and Reduce' skill can change the size of the Floating Island, and it can also change the size of the Tower-Carrying Beast, the Black Tortoise. And the Black Tortoise has the skills 'Mountain-Carrying' and 'City-Carrying'... This! This! This is too perfect! The Floating City's volume was originally fixed, so having the size-changing Black Tortoise carry it would have been impractical. But now, since it can also change size... they're a perfect match!
If the Black Tortoise can carry the Floating Island, not only would that solve the Floating Island's propulsion problem, saving me from spending massive amounts of Gold Coins on fuel, but more importantly, the Black Tortoise not only has a Floating Ability but also Water Manipulation! If the Black Tortoise could carry the Floating Island, the island would gain the ability to enter the ocean. In the future, many liquid-based Game Worlds will invade reality too. The Merfolk Race and the Giant Octopus Race in the oceans have some good stuff. If the Floating City can directly enter the water, it will be much more convenient to acquire many opportunities. And what if the 'Ten Thousand Linked Bonds' skill also takes effect? That would trigger an infinite chain reaction in an instant. It would make the entire system immensely more powerful...
"Let's do it!"
Without a second thought, Shen Fei immediately shrank the Floating Island to the size of the original high platform and made it take off. Then, he had the Profound Turtle change to a corresponding size. Next, he commanded the Profound Turtle's back to slowly move toward the bottom of the Floating Island.
CLANG!
CLANG!
CLANG!
The bottom of the Floating Island had an inverted cone-like structure. The Profound Turtle's rugged back repeatedly clanged against the bottom of the Floating Island. Watching impatiently as the two failed to merge smoothly, Shen Fei directly and manually activated the Black Tortoise's 'Mountain-Carrying' and 'City-Carrying' skills, trying to speed up their fusion...
[DING!]
[The Black Tortoise cannot carry the Floating City!]
[Lacking required Compatibility Item!]
After he tried a dozen more times, a system prompt suddenly popped up.
Seeing the text in the system prompt, Shen Fei grew anxious. Hm? I've already dropped my pants, and this is what you show me? It won't work? Was all my excitement for nothing?!
Hearing that the two couldn't merge, he even had the urge to call the game company directly and ask them to add a Krypton Gold option to fuse his Profound Turtle and Floating City together. He took several deep breaths in a row. Only then did he manage to calm his frantic thoughts.
According to the system prompt, as long as I get the required compatibility item, they can be fused? Shen Fei analyzed, carefully re-reading the system prompt.
WHOOSH~
Thinking of the word "Compatibility" made his eyes light up. He immediately opened the Golden Orchid Ranking and looked at the reward listed after the second-place player, Taiyi Zhenren.
[Adaptable Gemstone: Can be inlaid into equipment to enhance the compatibility of equipment and wearables, significantly increasing the corresponding Combat Power score.]
The Attributes of the Adaptable Gemstone appeared before Shen Fei.
"Fuck!"
Seeing the description in the Gemstone's Attributes that it could only be inlaid into equipment, Shen Fei realized his excitement had been for nothing. Clearly, the Adaptable Gemstone he had been hoping for couldn't solve his problem.
It's useless... Neither the Floating City nor the Black Tortoise can use the Adaptable Gemstone.
He was very familiar with the so-called [Compatibility] Attribute. It was because there were too many Elements in Tower Defense of Ten Thousand Realms. Especially with all the new features added later on, a whole host of new Elements were introduced. This inadvertently created conflicts between certain Elements, and in some cases, even paradoxes. And this [Compatibility] Attribute was created to solve these kinds of problems.
The Golden Orchid Ranking rewards were granted a Tenfold Enhancement, so even the Adaptable Gemstone belonging to the second-place Taiyi Zhenren was extremely powerful. Shen Fei had even considered contacting him. But now, it seemed there was no need. Because the item wasn't "compatible"...
"Yu!"
His hopes dashed, Shen Fei contacted Sun Yu directly. Since the system prompt said he was lacking a [Compatibility Item], then he would just have to find one. He had already become completely enamored with the image of the Black Tortoise carrying the Floating Island. He wasn't about to give up.
Compared to him, who logged on every day to quietly work on his own upgrades, Sun Yu's social network in the game was much more extensive. He planned to have Sun Yu help him post a buy request for this kind of item in the game. Recently, Sun Yu had been setting odds for bets and his Combat Power had been rising rapidly. He had also given Sun Yu a Divine Beast pet that he had acquired earlier. This guy was quite famous in the game now. He had a better chance of collecting the necessary item than Shen Fei did.
"Bro!!"
Sun Yu, who was busy rapidly synthesizing Defense Towers according to Shen Fei's instructions, replied to his message instantly. Over the past week, Shen Fei had not only helped Sun Yu top up his account with five million, but he had also taken him through many high-quality Secret Realms. Many of the rewards from the Secret Realms were useless to Shen Fei and could only be given to his steward, Sky Control. But to Sun Yu, many of those things were incredibly precious. This week, Sun Yu's Combat Power had skyrocketed.
More importantly, by "cooperating" with Shen Fei, Sun Yu had made a killing with his betting pools. For instance, today, Shen Fei had told him in the morning that his Combat Power might increase by several tens of millions, so Sun Yu had set all the odds for his betting pool accordingly. Obviously, he had struck it rich again...
Sun Yu was ecstatic. Because of Shen Fei's inside information, he had not only paid off all his debts but had also paid back all the money Shen Fei had topped up for him and lent him. As of now, he had even made an extra two million or so on top of that. So when Shen Fei sent him a private message, Sun Yu replied immediately.
Sun Yu wasn't currently playing in the same party as Shen Fei. Worried that his family might find out something, Sun Yu would contact Shen Fei once a day, but the two of them didn't play the game together.
"Yu, I need you to do something for me in the game..."
Without preamble, Shen Fei explained what he needed. Compared to the silent Shen Fei, Sun Yu was definitely more efficient when it came to acquiring things in the game...