Tower Defense Game: My Kingdom of Eternal Life

"Elite monsters with five times the attributes, which means their blood volume has reached at least 5,000 points, are probably much more difficult to deal with than gold coin monsters..."

Cheng Shen was a little anxious.

Moreover, the attack time of the third wave of monsters is nine hours later. For other survivors, it is already dawn by then. However, he used the acceleration scroll to advance the refresh time of the next wave of monsters by three hours!

Before, he was glad that he didn't have to fight at night.

Now it seems that it is too early to be happy.

He first used the two defense tower blueprints.

After building the Tiangongfang, Cheng Shen happened to have two primary energy crystals left, and the special materials needed for the Dark Abyss Tower and the Wooden Vine Tower: Abyss Stone and Wood Essence, could be exchanged for purchase through the trading platform.

Talk about it.

Although he received an S-level rating this time, he obtained the legendary talent.

But in fact, this does not give him the capital to continue to achieve an S-level rating.

In the short term.

The income generated is not as good as the gold coin scrolls rewarded in the first wave.

Tiangongfang can at least earn some resources.

However, Dameng can only produce 10 iron tools at most in an hour.

A piece of iron can earn the profit of an iron ingot.

There are five hours left.

The resources that can be earned are also quite limited.

As for legendary talents.

It doesn't even help at all.

Looking at the only ten gold coins, Cheng Shen's eyes turned red.

Poor!

Of course, he still has a lot of meat and red flowers and grass, which are life-saving resources, that he can exchange for.

But the resources he could exchange for it were just a drop in the bucket for him.

"We can't all count on Zhang Yao's return..."

Cheng Shen murmured.

His eyes unconsciously drifted to the well.

His intuition told him that the choices given by the system were both dangers and opportunities, and the key to his recovery might be hidden in that strange barrel of black water.

Energy control!

He thought silently in his heart.

A ray of golden-red divine light lit up deep in his eyes.

Suddenly, in his vision, colorful and shining light spots floated between the sky and the earth, some were red, some were green, some were purple...

There are gray ones.

Like a thick fog, this darkness fills every corner of the night, forming an airtight network that envelops the entire world, rendering the world only gray and white.

It's like a faded black and white old movie.

Cheng Shen discovered that in this state, his sight could penetrate the darkness outside the territory and see further.

He saw that the black figure standing in front of the territory had dark black mist rising from its body. Faces in the mist were biting each other, and every thin black line wrapped around its body was actually a twisted bone hand.

.

These arms kept digging at the gates and fences, making a squeaky friction sound that made Cheng Shen's heart twitch. Fortunately, even if they scratched through the fences, they could not penetrate into the protective range of the fire.

And further away.

There were also seven figures of different heights, short, fat, and thin standing in the forest with their backs to him. They were wearing ancient clothes. It was worth noting that each figure was missing a part of its body, and the missing parts were different.

It seems that it was used to piece together the invisible eighth person.

They are also approaching their territory.

Weird in more ways than one!

"Is this a reminder issued by the system?"

Cheng Shen was sweating in his heart.

He judged with the naked eye the speed at which the seven ghost figures were approaching, and it would only take three nights to reach his territory.

Although, he was looking forward to a life-and-death fight between this unknown weirdness and the Stitched Face standing in front of his territory.

But thinking about the worst, if that happens, the most likely possibility is that there will be a strange fight, and mortals will suffer, and he will be affected first and die...

Therefore, he must come up with a solution within three days, otherwise he may be dead.

Cheng Shen turned his head and looked towards the well. Thick black mist was also rising in the bucket of black water, but it was restricted by the firelight and could not spread out at the mouth of the well.

Compared to the gray that shrouds the world, this deep black mist makes people feel even more palpitating, as if it shouldn't exist in this world.

When his talent was turned on, his perception of energy seemed to increase countless times.

Can perceive some subtle reactions that are usually invisible.

For example, the heat of the fire element, the coolness of the water element, the toughness of the wood element, the sharpness of the gold element...

But he was unable to analyze the composition of this black energy.

confusion?

evil?

None.

It is more like a dead force that can wipe out all vitality.

"Is it really okay to come into contact with this kind of thing..."

Cheng Shen gritted his teeth.

That's it.

He had no room to retreat.

Of course, he was not reckless. Cheng Shen didn't even know how to control this cursed power.

However, there happened to be a cursed object on him that could be used as a reference.

Cheng Shen took out the parchment roll.

The yellowed leather showed an unusual light gold color in the gray and white world, and the black lines carved on it seemed to be printed with gold paint, forming a six-pointed star pattern.

"It seems to be some kind of formation with a sealing effect..."

Cheng Shen looked at the dark mark spreading like thick ink in the center of the pattern and thought to himself.

That dark trace should be an unknown curse power.

But he was trapped in it by the formation outlined in gold paint.

but.

Parchment has a storage limit.

Decades at most.

Cheng Shen had already seen that the edges of this parchment were damaged and wrinkled.

Once it can no longer maintain its form, this curse energy will break out sooner or later. Furthermore, if other curse energy is injected, it will also increase the damage to the parchment and release the curse power early.

No wonder, although this contract of the dead is not very effective, the system still gives such a dangerous warning.

Love is a time bomb that can explode at any time!

Cheng Shen was shocked.

etc……

Suddenly his heart moved.

Isn't the ability that energy control gives him the ability to change the material of items?

perhaps,

He could try to strengthen the parchment...

But there are certain risks.

After all, there are two completely different powers on this parchment, which could accelerate the collapse of the seal in advance.

However,

Can the situation be worse than it is now...

Just do it.

Cheng Shen did not hesitate for long.

He observed the parchment and analyzed its structure. The entire parchment was immediately divided into four parts in his eyes, the power of the seal, the power of the curse, the original substance and a part of the water element arranged in an orderly structure.

original substance,

Refers to the original material that makes up an item itself.

Cheng Shen was still unable to analyze the composition of this material. Perhaps it could be explained using the atomic and molecular theory of physics. What he could only understand was that it was this raw material that absorbed elements and gathered them together to form objects.

Elements change the form of the original matter.

for example.

When the fire element is condensed excessively, the original substance will burn and generate a flame, which is short-lived and bright. When the two elements of wood and water are condensed at the same time, the original substance will be given basic life and grow into towering giant trees or flowers and plants.

Including advanced life, such as the composition of human beings.

The same is true.

It's just that it involves higher and more complex elements, which Cheng Shen can't understand yet.

That's right.

at present.

Cheng Shen had a feeling that as he raised the level of energy control, he would definitely be able to analyze the composition of advanced life.

Even shape your life with your own hands!

So.

Cheng Shen believes that energy control is a power that only gods can master...

All this knowledge was instilled in him along with his talent.

This feeling is amazing.

It was like he was a scholar who had been studying in this industry for decades. Cheng Shen was not surprised that he had this knowledge. Everything was so natural, as if he had really studied for many years.

…

The situation was much better than he imagined.

The power of the seal and curse is attached to the original material and does not have much impact on its own elemental structure.

Cheng Shen also discovered that the key to the damage to the parchment was caused by the aging and decline of part of the water element. Elements are like cells in the human body, which also undergo the process of division, reproduction, aging and death.

The water element that makes up the parchment scrolls is about to die.

Immediately, Cheng Shen absorbed part of the new water element from the air, replacing the original structure.

During this process.

His mana began to drop at a faster rate than before.

It fell to the bottom in the blink of an eye.

But the parchment scroll in his hand strangely seemed to have gone back in time, its surface became smooth, and even the damaged edges were repaired as before.

[The quality of the contract of the dead has been improved!]

[Energy Control Proficiency 15!]

…

The prompt came suddenly, and the light in Cheng Shen's eyes gradually dissipated. Regardless of the weakness that felt like his body was being squeezed dry, he looked at the parchment in surprise.

【Contract of the Dead】

【Props】

[Level: Excellent]

[Explanation: After use, two skeleton servants can be summoned. The skeleton servants only have low intelligence, are 100% loyal to the summoner, and can execute some simple instructions. The skeleton servants can evolve by fusing curse energy]

…

The original ordinary quality parchment rolls were upgraded to fine quality.

The skeleton servant summoned by it has also changed from being unable to upgrade to being able to evolve by fusing the power of the curse.

This means,

The curse energy that the parchment can withstand has become stronger.

"I see."

Cheng Shen suddenly realized.

Does the system want him to use this parchment to absorb the cursed power in the black water and turn it into a strange thing that he can control, so as to fight against the strange existence outside the territory?

But there's something else that doesn't make sense here.

The parchment was obtained from others through the trading market after he obtained the legendary talent.

Could it be that this is also within the calculation of the system?

Cheng Shen is not sure whether the system affects his thinking ability. If it is true, it would be terrible. It means that he is not only unable to control himself, but also always living under the control of the system.

therefore,

Whether true or false.

Cheng Shen was more willing to believe the second guess.

That is, the system believes that with its existing resources, it is completely possible to create a parchment-like prop.

What could it be...?

The material of the parchment roll is not special. It is just a kind of animal skin that has been softened and dehydrated, not the parchment processed by modern industry. Therefore, Cheng Shen discovered that the element that makes up it is water element, not wood element.

If you just need a prop carrier, then the scales of the Fire Demon Lizard and the armor of the Horned Fairy should both be suitable.

The key is this golden substance used to carve the sealing circle.

Is it real gold?

Cheng Shen was thoughtful.

If it is gold, then there is only one possibility, the rare substance contained in the gold coin - star gold.

Because real gold in this world actually refers to a kind of red gold.

Even the gold ingots are similar to copper color.

Only star gold is as bright as gold.

"...The cost seems a bit high."

Cheng Shen was secretly speechless.

According to the scale of this sealing array, at least dozens of gold coins must be melted to extract it, and the cost is not high.

Moreover, Cheng Shen still doesn't know how much effect the cursed energy sealed by such an array can have on the weird things outside the territory.

"I can only take the risk and try it."