The Tycoon God of Online Gaming
Chapter 482 - 483: Infrastructure Mad Demon! (Part Five)

Chapter 482: Chapter 483: Infrastructure Mad Demon! (Part Five)

The positions of the three shield devices on the map formed a triangle, corresponding to the three corners of the Eastern Fortress. Essentially, Chu You and his companions had circled the entire Eastern Fortress.

During this circle, everyone grew increasingly astonished, including Jin Chuiduo herself. They felt as though Chu You possessed an endless supply of energy, which was surprising and shocking considering he was a Taoist practitioner who seemed so feeble that he could be killed with a single breath.

Watching as Chu You unwaveringly injected energy into each damaged rune, they eventually realized that this ancient fortress was truly being revived! It would truly regain its former glory! Their hometown, where they had lived for generations, was truly being restored!

Chu You’s ongoing energy injection into strategic resources led to a consistent emergence of task prompts, and by this stage, the task count had reached 23/30. He had spent a total of 1.7 million Gold Coins and a massive amount of strategic resources, which far exceeded 1.7 million Gold Coins.

The remaining seven locations were structures in the inner city and broken devices outside the fortress. The ones in the inner city were buildings while the ones outside were small teleportation devices and several defense mechanisms.

Chu You vaguely felt that the entire Eastern Fortress was actually based on a huge rune, which operated and maintained the fortress. He knew what he had to do next, because although the energized runes lit up, they weren’t immediately repaired. There must be a core device involved. Activating this core device would initiate the repair of the energized runes which, according to Chu You’s own experience, should follow a temporal progression.

"Can you tell me where you got so much rune power?" Jin Chuiduo finally couldn’t help but ask.

"Haha, before I entered this world, I made a deal with its creator."

"The creator?" Jin Chuiduo looked baffled.

"Indeed, you can’t deny the existence of the World Spirit in this world, can you?"

"The World Spirit? I see, how did you encounter it?" Jin Chuiduo understood the World Spirit to be the issuer of the Immortal’s Decree, which must be the World Spirit. She figured the World Spirit was simply the System.

"All of us have encountered it, it’s just that the opportunities and fortunes we received differed."

"I see... In the main world, you must be a significant figure, right?"

"Well, you could say that. In any case, you’re on the right track by following me. Just kidding. In this world, I need to rely on you." The relationship between Jin Chuiduo and Chu You seemed to be on the verge of a reversal.

Jin Chuiduo turned to look at the inner city area where many of the original inhabitants resided. For the first time, a look of melancholy appeared in her eyes as she softly said, "They... will not exist in the future, will they?" Jin Chuiduo was referring to the common people in the inner city, her subjects.

"They can’t escape the true catastrophe!" Chu You nodded, his tone was calm as he continued to inject strategic resources into a damaged rune.

"Despite your low cultivation level, you’ve managed to come this far. You must’ve paid a great price to the World Spirit. What’s your real goal in this world?" Jin Chuiduo was eager to hear his answer.

"You should know what a true king is. The King Snake’s food comes from its own kind. You can think of my goals in this metaphor."

"Oh? So you want to be the king of the cultivation world?"

"Not exactly, I’m not that ambitious. Put simply, I want to be a carefree king here. I won’t fight for supremacy, but my existence itself is divine! A god they fear!" Saying this, Chu You touched his nose and shook his head. A flash of doubt crossed his eyes, but quickly disappeared. "The term ’carefree king’ isn’t quite fitting. You could say, I want to be a free ’troublemaker’ king!"

After injecting energy into this rune, the task showed the count as: 30/30. By the time the task had reached this stage, Chu You had already spent 2.3 million Gold Coins.

"Commander, all the broken runes have been injected with energy." Said Chu You, preparing to proceed to the next task phase.

"I am aware. Regardless, I will protect my home, even in the face of catastrophe, I will not be afraid! I will not back down!"

"Relax, you have me too. I will guard this place alongside you." The level 45 Chu You calmly responded. However, no one present underestimated him as the potential energy he demonstrated was enigmatic and unfathomable. Having Chu You as an ally gave Jin Chuiduo and the others a powerful friend for the future.

"Alright, Night Ghost, come with me. Let’s activate the Repair Array!" As she finished speaking, Jin Chuiduo waved her sleeve, and an instant cloud appeared beneath her feet, causing her to levitate.

In response, Chu You spread his wings while the others used their respective aircraft. They then flew towards the main tower at the center of the Eastern Fortress, specifically Jin Chuiduo’s office. However, their destination was beneath the main building.

When they arrived in the underground hall, a huge rune was inscribed on the floor. Along with numerous symbols, the area was filled with intricate markings. There was also a control device nearby. Upon entering, only Jin Chuiduo, Chu You, and Long Yue’er remained, the others were left outside.

Jin Chuiduo approached the control device and said to Chu You, "Come here and activate this device. This will allow the rune core to function, and the energy you’ve injected will be activated. When that happens, they will automatically be repaired. We’ll leave the rest to time." As she finished, Jin Chuiduo gave Chu You a meaningful look.

At this point, Chu You had already arrived at the device, placing his hand on the red crystal on top of it. Threads of radiant energy began to emerge. The giant rune on the ground also lit up, its glow gradually intensifying. Chu You noticed that there was more to the hall floor than just the giant rune; there were numerous other runes and patterns. The radiant energy flowed like a liquid towards these patterns.

The patterns on the runes began to illuminate like glowing carvings due to the energy’s flow and instantaneously spread outwards along the rune tracks. Essentially, the entire underground hall was a Rune Array!

The rune patterns would transmit the rune power to the previously repaired runes, thus activating the injected energy. They would then undergo automatic repair.

At this moment, a system prompt appeared: Eastern Fortress defense device self-repair time: 365 days!

This meant that without any alternatives, they would have to wait 365 days for the Eastern Fortress to automatically repair itself. By then, it would be too late for anything. If they were going to just wait, they might as well play a mournful song for themselves!

The task had a maximum duration of 40 days. If this was exceeded, it would be deemed a task failure, and Chu You would be severely punished. The hard-won goodwill established between Jin Chuiduo and Chu You might also decrease.

Chu You knew that if this point was reached by other players, they would ask how to quickly complete the task. The answer they would receive was obvious, either Jin Chuiduo or someone else would inform them about where to get a Time Acceleration Card. Then they would have to complete an extra subtask to get the card. Should they decide to take it? Judging by the task’s displayed time, the reward would probably be a 365-day Acceleration Card.

However, who was Chu You? In his inventory, there were still 2700 days left on his Building Speed-up Card!