Chapter 1543 - 1088: Festival Event_2

Chapter 1543: Chapter 1088: Festival Event_2

3. Tree-cutting battle! From noon on New Year’s Eve to exactly six in the afternoon...

4. Mining battle...

5. Fishing battle...

6. Cooking battle...

7. Workshop battle...

8. Lantern release: From six in the morning on New Year’s Eve to six in the morning on New Year’s Day, random magical lanterns awaiting release will refresh at Shuiyun Lake and Conch Island. Click to check lantern release conditions. Once completed, you can make a wish upon releasing it, with a certain probability of fulfilling the wish. The more lanterns released, the richer the rewards! Click on the lantern to see reward details...

"Oh, this is great!" Jiang Yuan checked each aspect in detail, growing more excited with every glance!

First of all, farming, livestock, and workshops can all be accelerated, and as long as the raw materials are prepared in advance, production and harvesting are fully automated—no need for manual clicking.

If the time is arranged well, the four characters for "New Year’s festivities" can be obtained through shortcuts.

For tree cutting, mining, and fishing, Jiang Yuan can only dispatch clones to do the hard work. After all, system tools are limited to one set, and tools used by others do not count.

As for lantern releases, he’ll have to wait for them to refresh before checking release conditions. Based on farming game logic, the so-called conditions likely involve supplying agricultural products or workshop outputs.

With more than five hours left to prepare, Jiang Yuan opened the System Mall and began bulk-purchasing seeds.

He then stuffed the automatic sowers at Shuiyun Courtyard and Conch Island full to ensure that by six in the morning, the first agricultural produce batch would yield characters and random scratch cards.

He also used the time to organize the warehouse and Storage Bag, filling the automatic cooking machine with raw materials. He planned to make the fastest and simplest white rice at the time—cooking requirements weren’t specific, so simplicity and speed would earn rewards more easily...

[Wilderness Ascension with the morning light]

At exactly six in the morning, as the time counter hit 06:00:00, numerous fields matured in batches in the infinite farmland beneath the courtyard’s First Layer!

The automatic sower flew through low altitude, and as 999+ crops were harvested into the warehouse, a bright congratulatory message occasionally flashed in Jiang Yuan’s view — Harvested "new" character +1!

Livestock also began automatic harvesting, but given the disparity in quantities, the "spring" characters flashing by were evidently fewer than the "new" characters.

[Scratch Card obtained +1]

[Harvested "new" character +1]

......

"Urgently, it seems the livestock needs more acceleration." Jiang Yuan sighed while looking at the character disparity in the Storage Bag, realizing the Accelerator was too limited, each time speeding up only one project.

Tree cutting, mining, fishing, and cooking all start in the afternoon. He decided to mobilize eight clones for a rally race to prevent monotony from dampening enthusiasm.

Clicking to accelerate livestock, the randomly harvested characters finally started accumulating again.

From his Storage Bag, he took out a scratch card with a super festive design, scratching it open in two swipes, the card instantly vanished, and a notification popped up: Fishing buff↑: Limited to twenty-four hours, fishing speed increased by 10%; yield increased by 20%; character probability increased by 10%; same-name buffs cannot stack.

"It’s quite useful—can come in handy for afternoon fishing." Jiang Yuan rubbed his hands, taking out another scratch card.

[Privilege item exchange fragment +1!]

Excellent! Now two! But the scratch card drop rate isn’t so high.

With no cards left to scratch and livestock acceleration not requiring attention, he began strolling the courtyard to see if any lanterns to be released had refreshed.

At a glance, it looked bleak!

The courtyard, including Kunlun Divine Mountain, Turquoise Pool, Menghua Treasure Ship, and Aerial Pavilion, was decorated with lanterns everywhere. Jiang Yuan searched but couldn’t spot the system’s event lanterns.

He wondered whether they hadn’t refreshed yet, or if they were mixed with numerous colorful lanterns and thus hard to spot.

"What to do?" He paused for seconds, thinking it was his idea to host a gala, and everyone eagerly decorated so nicely, dismantling it would kill the mood.

Perhaps he should make a round at Conch Island to find a lantern just to know what it looks like.

Clicking to switch homes, he heard the cheerful chatting of mermaids.

"Such fun, where did this big lantern come from?"

"Not sure, we were rehearsing for tonight’s dance, and suddenly a big lantern appeared!"

"It looks great but seems behind a Barrier and can’t be touched."

"In broad daylight, the candles aren’t lit. If lit at night, it would surely be beautiful..."

......

Amid lively discussions, the Flowing Light Hibiscus chubby figure fidgeted anxiously, "Have you found something fun to share with me? Beautiful mermaid sisters, I beg you to show me, please!"

"Not that we don’t want to show you, we can’t touch it either." A mermaid peeked out, helplessly said: "Such a large lantern, incredibly beautiful! Hey? Look at the tree top behind you, there’s another one!"

The chubby figure turned and laughed, "Indeed, such a large, beautiful lantern, who placed it here?"

Jiang Yuan finally found the event tool, and chucklingly joined, "Of course, I placed the lantern, come, I’ll release it for you to see."

Walking to a coconut tree, he clicked to select the two-meter super big lantern, glanced at the popped-up interface with a slight smile. He guessed right!

To wish upon and release this lantern requires ten units of corn, two kiwis, and one silver ingot.

All basic materials, practically free! Clicking to auto-fill, he popped up an antique blank wish slip allowing free input. And once released, the wish could randomly come true.

"What wish to make?" With Lifespan accumulating for over ten thousand years and ample wealth, he considered crafting the Youthful Appearance Pill, maybe wish for immortality?

Since he hadn’t experienced holiday events before, Jiang Yuan worried the system might fulfill wishes straightforwardly.

Just don’t let it end up like the Yonghe Palace style wish-adjustments where every wish is fulfilled heedlessly. Then again, the wish slip wasn’t big enough for clear, logical wish expression, either.

After frowning for three seconds in thought, he clicked input: Ascend Conch Island from Level Six to Level Seven!

Ensuring no loopholes, he clicked to release!

"Bang bang bang!"

As the sound of light pops echoed, the massive luxurious lantern lighting fired up inside-out, at once the interior revolving horse lantern spun, and the lotus lantern petals unfolded. Reds, greens, purples, blues, brilliant colors mingled as the lantern leisurely rose.

"Wow! It’s flying!" The chubby figure jumped in excitement, shouting, "Everyone, look! Even daytime burning candles on this big lantern look fantastic!"

"Misty clouds, dazzling lights, it seems like it could soar into the sky." Yaoguang watched the delicately beautiful lantern rise, hands clasped, silently wishing.

The mermaids in Seashell Cave Mansion watched the lantern rise skyward, loving it, jumping in joy, with many also silently wishing.

The first lantern to be released flew swiftly, drifting farther until it was a firefly spot. As Jiang Yuan prepared to release the second, his view was filled with brilliant digital fireworks!

[New Year wish fulfilled!]

[Main Quest: Build Level Six Conch Island. Reward: Courtyard Communicator +1]

[Quest 1: Cultivate no less than fifty Level Five seabed farms, completed. Reward: Building Upgrade Card +1 issued]

[Quest 2: Construct juice bar completed. Reward: Building Duplication Card +1 issued]

[Quest 3: Construct accessory shop completed. Reward: Building Upgrade Card +1 issued]

[Quest 4: Complete at least fifty public orders, completed. Reward: Life Origin +100 issued]

[Quest 5: Upgrade all buildings to Level Six, completed. Reward: Skill Upgrade Card +1 issued]

[Main Quest: Build Level Six Conch Island completed. Reward: Courtyard Communicator +1 issued]

[A new area unlocked, officially added to the protection range]

[Main Quest: Build Level Seven Conch Island. Reward: Void Detector Upgrade Card +1]

[Quest 1: Cultivate no less than one hundred Level Six seabed farms. Reward: Mysterious Spirit Field Exclusive Seeds +10 packs]

[Conch Island has ascended to Level Seven, Happy New Year!]