The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 227 - 156 Auto Monster Brush_2

Chapter 227: Chapter 156 Auto Monster Brush_2

Zhou Yuan was shocked. Through the Eyes of Identification, he saw Jiang Wuming’s level, which had risen to 78!

How many apprentices had they killed?

Jiang Wuming explained, "We found a prison filled with monsters under the academy, where there were some mother nest creatures that could continuously produce high-level mini-monsters."

As soon as he finished speaking, he leveled up on the spot.

Zhou Yuan was dumbfounded, "What’s going on?"

"We put those mother nests that could produce mini-monsters under captivity and made a fully automated monster farming device. As soon as mini-monsters were produced, they’d be slain automatically."

"Holy crap! Is that even possible?"

Zhou Yuan was astonished, "Get me one of those right away."

"No rush, assassinate the target first."

Jiang Wuming handed over an amulet, "We’ve locked onto more than fifty participants. With this amulet, you can pinpoint their exact location. But I suggest killing only a few each day; otherwise, killing too many too quickly could cause unnecessary trouble."

Zhou Yuan calculated, "There are five days left before the academy competition, so let’s kill ten participants a day.

Where are the others?"

"They’re all leveling up in the underground of the academy. The map below is even more extensive than the one above, and because of the demonic Qi pollution, there are a lot of mutated monsters that never seem to end. It’s simply a leveling paradise.

Enough talking. I need to hurry back to level up. The amulet has a teleportation array pre-set on it. Once you’re done, activate it, and you can come straight to us."

After Jiang Wuming said this, he activated his teleportation array and disappeared on the spot, returning to the side of Huo Yan Luo and the others.

"Hmm... If there’s no one around, there’s no need to pretend. Just use the Shadow System for assassination."

Zhou Yuan put away the amulet, spread his perception, and the darkness quickly spread out. Based on the previously locked targets, he found ten participants resting on their beds.

The next second, the endless darkness engulfed them. They didn’t make a single sound and vanished right there on their beds.

LV67→LV70!

"Indeed, it has to be the assassination specialist."

Zhou Yuan clicked his tongue. If it were any other Aoneng, it would never be this swift and silent.

He deliberately waited nearly ten minutes before activating the teleportation array on the amulet.

The next second, the scene changed. He appeared in a dilapidated dungeon covered in blood and flesh.

However, the air didn’t smell of the expected rotten stench but rather of a very pleasant... hotpot aroma?

Zhou Yuan stared in shock at the boiling red oil hotpot on the table. In the swirling smoke, Huo Yan Luo and the others were eating meat and drinking large amounts of alcohol and didn’t even notice his arrival for a while...

"Didn’t you say you were going to level up? " Zhou Yuan questioned Jiang Wuming. The guy, who was stuffing a big bite of lamb roll dipped in garlic paste into his mouth, chewed like a hamster.

"Ah, this..." Jiang Wuming showed an awkward smile, "We’ll level up after eating."

"Come on, have a seat and eat something," Huo Yan Luo beckoned to Zhou Yuan to sit down, "Balancing work and rest is important. No matter how tough things get, you shouldn’t starve yourself, right? And we’ve been leveling up all afternoon; we need to rest too."

"I’m not hungry yet." Zhou Yuan asked, "Where is the automated monster farm?"

"In the cells." Jiang Wuming pointed to a few cells in the distance.

Zhou Yuan walked over to the nearest cell and saw three giant tumor-like creatures growing on the walls and ceiling, with blood and flesh like a web covering the walls and only a big mouth on each tumor.

[A disgusting creature that continuously generates mini-monsters. It doesn’t have an active attacking ability, but it has a lot of health.]

Every once in a while, these tumor creatures would spit out a small crawling monster wrapped in yellow-black foul-smelling liquid.

As soon as those monsters landed, they were instantly killed by the pre-set traps made by everyone, turning to ash, and not even forming a pile of corpses. It was very convenient.

The levels of these small crawling monsters ranged from level 55 to 65, and they were produced every 15 to 20 seconds.

Each cell had three production-use tumor mother nests, which could produce about nine monsters in a minute, or 540 per hour! Twenty-four hours a day accumulates to 12,960 monsters!

It was indeed a leveling paradise!

However, after leveling up, the experience points provided by monsters lower than the adventurers’ levels would become very limited. With the current levels of Jiang Wuming and the others, even if they were to farm on autopilot for a few days, they would at most level up three or four more times.

But it would be enough.

"We’ve reserved a cell for you. Let me know when you’re ready, and I’ll remove the flames." Huo Yan Luo said.

Zhou Yuan thought for a moment, "Just remove it now."

In the cell, the dazzling flames extinguished instantly.

Zhou Yuan quickly constructed sharp and crystalline spikes with Spiritual Energy on the ground.

As soon as those small crawling monsters landed, they would be pierced by the spiritual energy spikes and turned to ash on the spot.

Although their levels were high, their health and defensive power were as fragile as paper.

After setting up the automated monster farm, Zhou Yuan turned and asked, "What else is down below?"

"The map below consists of a dungeon, sewers, and a sealed ground. The sealed ground is at the bottom layer, sealing some terrifying and ancient things, like that boss that created poisonous fog.

We didn’t dare to go deep, only explored the outskirts of the dungeon and the sewers, and killed a dozen or so bosses, all around level sixty to seventy.

Most of those bosses were lifeforms imprisoned in the dungeon and mutated."

Jiang Wuming pointed to the end of the hallway, "There’s a boss just outside the dungeon. It was originally the dungeon’s guardian, but after being corrupted by demonic Qi, it turned into a monster and now only eats the mini-monsters produced here, to the point of becoming bloated.

Some bosses were formed by the manifestation of things after the demonic Qi pollution, like the ’Sewer Filth’ and ’Embodiment of Dungeon Resentment,’ which didn’t drop anything good."

"The good stuff is deep in the sewers."

Will chimed in, flipping through a guide as he ate, "Over the years, countless outsiders have invaded the Magic Academy, trying to reach the sealed ground and touch the forbidden power, but none succeeded. Their bones were all left there.

The guide says that there are graduation specialty weapons for the warrior, priest, and assassin professions in the sewers. If we find them, we’ll hit the jackpot.

Beyond the sewers, the things in the sealed ground are the heavyweight stuff."

Will continued, "There are three ancient fierce beasts, two extraterrestrial star beasts, and a mysterious evil outer god as a hidden boss...

We just don’t know if they’ve been corrupted by demonic Qi. If they have, the difficulty might increase even more.

To be safe, we don’t plan on exploring the sealed ground."

After clearing the sewers, they could steadily level up to ninety. There was no need to risk their lives.

Besides, by then, the academy competition would be over, and Zhou Yuan would head to Demon King Mountain. They wouldn’t have the time to keep pushing forward.

·

The academy competition was scheduled for five days later.

In these five days, Zhou Yuan trained tirelessly, making rapid progress in both Magic Pharmacy and Spiritual Energy.

Magic Pharmacy was nearing the threshold of a 5-star Magic Potion Master. The speed at which he advanced stunned Saba, who exclaimed that he had never seen such a talented student before, all while harboring a growing jealousy, seemingly preparing to cause some trouble after the competition.

In terms of Spiritual Energy, Zhou Yuan had fully mastered third-tier abilities and had begun moving towards the fourth tier.

Thanks to the automated monster farm, his game level had risen to LV79, just a third of an experience bar away from leveling up again. By now, the experience provided by the auto monster farm had become minimal; it would be impossible to meet the leveling requirements even if it ran for another ten days or half a month.

He still needed to fight bosses.

Soon, the day of the competition arrived.

In the morning.

At the academy square, spectators gathered like waves, their eyes fixed on the high platform in the center.

Under the gaze of hundreds, the participants gradually ascended the platform.

In an instant, the atmosphere turned somewhat eerie because there were so few people.

Of the originally scheduled seventy-two participants, only eight made it to the platform!

Almost all of them had been killed!