Chapter 596 - 230: The Man Who Goes Against the Version

WHOOSH.

While Shen Fei and Vanas spoke, the tears of joy shed by countless members of the Sea Race slowly gathered, coalescing into an incomparably brilliant, pearl-like orb of water.

The pearl slowly floated to the Black Tortoise, which then flicked its small tail and absorbed it directly into its body.

Shen Fei glanced over and saw that although the Black Tortoise appeared calm and composed on the surface, its health had, in fact, increased by a full twenty percent the moment it absorbed the orb. Furthermore, Shen Fei noticed a new "Clan" option had appeared on the Black Tortoise’s Attributes panel.

Does this mean the Sea Race has truly acknowledged the Black Tortoise as its master?

After hearing from Vanas what the Sea Race had endured over the past few days, and then seeing the change to the Black Tortoise’s Attributes, Shen Fei was now certain of their allegiance.

He himself had a Clan member he had yet to inherit from the game—the Butler Heroic Sky Control. He also had Clan members currently by his side—No. 0 and Xiaohong. But he never expected that even his pet, the Black Tortoise, now had a Clan of its own. What’s more, this Clan was officially recognized by the world’s rules. Shen Fei could only marvel at the Black Tortoise’s power.

"Divine Lord!"

"This is it!"

As Shen Fei was marveling at the Black Tortoise’s power to acquire new followers, Vanas, who had just finished his report, promptly produced a collection of items.

[Special Building Fragment ×481: A special item for upgrading buildings. No restrictions!]

"These dropped from the [Dragon Palace]?" Shen Fei asked, inspecting the properties of the nearly five hundred special items Vanas was handing him.

"Yes! These are the fragments from the [Dragon Palace] that the NPCs and bosses shattered. We collected all of them!" Vanas reported promptly.

"Good!"

Shen Fei did not refuse the fragments Vanas offered. Six days ago, he had secretly bombarded the Dragon Palace and obtained one such fragment. Back then, he had only gotten a single piece, and his plan was to use it on the "Floating City," which he had not yet inherited. He never expected to obtain nearly five hundred of them this time.

Shen Fei didn’t understand the origin of the massive [Dragon Palace], which remained standing even after losing so many fragments. But he knew that with nearly five hundred building upgrade materials, his [Floating City] would receive a massive boost once he finally inherited it.

"By the way, do you know that these NPCs and bosses will start slaughtering humanity in the next version?" Shen Fei asked, having accepted the items.

Then, Vanas’s reply made Shen Fei’s eyes go wide.

"Reporting to the Divine Lord, I do know! The NPCs and bosses you speak of will begin a great slaughter event in this world’s version 4.9! Their strength will be drastically increased! Furthermore, all of them who die will be resurrected!!!"

Knowing the ultimate goal of the NPCs and bosses, Shen Fei had wanted to confirm it with the Sea Race. After all, this race had previously been one of three major powers, alongside the NPCs and bosses. But what he hadn’t expected was for Vanas to say that the dead NPCs and bosses could be resurrected.

"What??"

Shen Fei was stunned by this news.

If they can keep resurrecting indefinitely, then what’s the point of fighting? And if they can always be resurrected, couldn’t I just camp their resurrection point and mindlessly farm them for levels?