“And why is the cost for the Realization of Sanity Value function so much higher than other functions?”
“Wasn’t this something I just set casually?”
This was the point Leaf Zhi couldn’t understand the most.
Could the fanaticism of believers really be quantified into a Sanity Value?
Leaf Zhi picked and chose on the console.
He set his sights on several skills.
One was the Game Panel Realization.
“Game Panel Realization is equivalent to directly buying out the functions of the Game Panel. 100 Divine Power Value seems expensive.”
“But as long as there are more than 100 Players in the Game, buying out this function is more cost-effective than creating panels one by one!”
Another was Inventory.
“A must-have for the Game, and it even comes with 5 space slots! A portable space—essential for Players!”
Leaf Zhi glanced at the price of the Inventory function and immediately calmed down.
“1000 Divine Power Value—no, it’s too expensive.”
Game functions are very important in the early stages, and the first function selection must be made carefully.
1000 Divine Power Value is generally enough to unlock two functions!
Using it just to unlock Inventory is too much of a loss!
The last function he fancied was the Custom Function.
The range of operations inside was much larger, so the Divine Power Value consumed might not be fixed.
Leaf Zhi wanted to customize a function.
It was to add Player Mana Value data to the Game Panel.
He wanted this function.
Mainly because he was influenced by the three Players who got kicked offline after exhausting their Mana Value.
After all, Players are not native Alteans.
To have them be as aware of the Mana Value reserves in their bodies as real magicians is asking too much.
With digitized Mana Value, this problem could be perfectly solved!
There would be no need to worry about Players collapsing from magic exhaustion because they couldn’t gauge their own physical condition!
Leaf Zhi operated in the customization column, and the function for Mana Value Realization was successfully set.
The price: 500 Mana Value.
Leaf Zhi: “…… As expected.”
The last bit of hope was shattered.
He still couldn’t afford to buy any function!
After thinking it over, Leaf Zhi finally remembered something important.
“Wasn’t I originally looking at this to solve the Player Resurrection Penalty?”
Leaf Zhi rubbed his smooth skull.
“Xiao Ming ran out in the middle, and I completely forgot!”
The incident with the red-skinned earthworm that the Players encountered during the day had reminded him.
Although the Players died, Leaf Zhi could completely remake a body for them.
But, creating a new human shell consumed Magic Materials!
Several materials in the Magic Array were particularly precious.
Given Leaf Zhi’s current status—hunted by all—it wasn’t easy to acquire them!
What’s used now is one less for later.
Who knows when it’ll run out!
Before finding new substitute materials, he had to establish the Resurrection Penalty!
Leaf Zhi first checked if he could customize the Game’s revival point.
The good news was, the console did have this function.
The bad news was, the Divine Power Value needed was a long string of zeros.
It wasn’t something Leaf Zhi, whose entire fortune was three digits, could afford.
As for the penalty required for resurrection after death—
Leaf Zhi picked up a Feather Pen and recorded on the floating Sheepskin.
“First is the Revival CD. It takes a day for the Magic Array to create a new body, which should be a penalty for Players.”
“Next is quest experience… Right, I haven’t even set a Save Point for Players!”
Leaf Zhi clutched his head in frustration.
When the Divine Power Value had just been updated, he’d thought the returns would be quick.
But only when it was actually used did he realize how quickly the funds drained.
“Let’s leave the Save Point for now. In any case, after revival, the part of the experience not saved can’t be inherited. That counts as penalty two!”
“And then… right, our Game doesn’t even have Game Currency yet! Losing money upon death will be the final penalty!”
Leaf Zhi tossed aside the Feather Pen and repeatedly checked the Player Resurrection Mechanism he’d written to make sure nothing was missing.
Penalties before death (unsaved experience), at the time of death (Revival CD), and after death (deducted currency) were all present!
When the time came, Leaf Zhi would set the deducted currency at a higher difficulty.
That would definitely make Players hesitate to die carelessly!
Leaf Zhi’s eyes shone with satisfaction:
“With Game Currency, starter equipment and quest items should also be charged for!”
Their initial supplies were limited—Players couldn’t be allowed to waste them at will.
Only things paid for would be cherished.
Leaf Zhi continued tinkering for a while longer.
He successfully used 100 Divine Power Value to mark the Resurrection Array of the Undead as a Save Point for a Player.
This way, after a Player dies, the new body created from the array would use the data from the Player’s last save!
Next was creating Game Currency, but making Game Currency required 500 Divine Power Value.
And only 10,000 units of currency could be made!
For more, Divine Power would need to be spent again.
The price made Leaf Zhi’s heart pound.
The other party could have just robbed him outright, but instead gave him a pile of chips that could only be given meaning by others!
Leaf Zhi cursed the World Laws in his heart for a long time, then suddenly had a flash of inspiration!
“No, the value of Game Currency isn’t like other functions—it definitely shouldn’t cost this much!”
Game Currency doesn’t need to detect Player’s physical status like other functions.
By comparison, it’s more like a 100 Divine Power Value item.
It just needs a special identity definition assigned to the item and some calculations.
It’s only that creating Game Currency requires manifesting an object from nothing.
“There must be a way to lower the price!” Leaf Zhi said firmly.
If it just solved the creation issue and let Divine Power assign a special identity definition to the finished product—
Wouldn’t the price become completely different?
At that thought, Leaf Zhi immediately began fiddling with the Game console again.
He researched until dawn.
At last, he found a cheaper way to create Game Currency.
—Use Alchemy to create currency and let Divine Power handle only the final anti-counterfeit certification!
No sooner thought than done!
Leaf Zhi got up and went into the church, heading to a corner where he began hammering away at Alchemical Apparatus.
Electric sparks flew.
The noise jolted Xiao Ming, who was sleeping belly-up on the God Statue, awake.
“Hm? It’s morning?”
It blinked its mung bean-sized eyes, looking at the sky outside the window as dawn broke.
Xiao Ming:
At this hour, he seriously doubted he’d slept even four hours!
Suppressing his grumpiness, he flew to the culprit and declared stiffly.
“What are you doing!”
Can’t a ball even sleep in peace!
“Alchemy,” Leaf Zhi said matter-of-factly. “What else would I be doing?”
“You know Alchemy?!”
Xiao Ming’s eyes widened.
“No, wait! Even if you know Alchemy, can’t you do it during the day?”
“Clang!”
Leaf Zhi threw down the Iron Funnel in his hand.
He fixed his hollow skull gaze on Xiao Ming, the blue soul fire in his eyes burning with cold intensity.
“If you’re so capable, why don’t you help?”
“I’m a severely injured patient who hasn’t even slept, yet I’m working hard for our future. Did I complain?”
As he spoke, Leaf Zhi brought up the System Panel.
Mainly, he displayed the Lifespan value on the panel.
[Lifespan: 8 days 20 hours 24 minutes]
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