Chapter 298 - 158: This Meat Was Found by the Mortal Realm, Only the Mortal Realm Can Eat It

Chapter 298: Chapter 158: This Meat Was Found by the Mortal Realm, Only the Mortal Realm Can Eat It

"Understood!"

Lame Monkey nodded and quickly called over the Monkey King, who was directing his monkey subjects nearby. After the man and the monkey muttered and gestured to each other for a long while, Lame Monkey walked up to Chen Fan with a strange expression to report.

"Young Master."

"The Monkey King says they don’t need to sleep. They restore their stamina by eating. They haven’t slept a wink since they were born. The only time they sleep is the eternal rest after death."

"And they don’t get tired."

"As long as they’re full, their stamina recovers. In the past, they had so much excess energy that they spent most of it planting trees."

"..."

After a long, expressionless silence, the corner of Chen Fan’s mouth twitched.

He didn’t know the names of these Exotic Beasts.

And he hadn’t noticed any special abilities.

But...

Now he knew what their ability was.

’Perfect laborers.’

’They don’t even need to sleep.’

What else could he say? These monkeys didn’t get tired; it’s not like he could force them to sleep. He turned and walked toward the Warehouse, but before he left, he glanced at the Monkey King, who was standing to the side, squeaking and flailing its arms around as it directed the others.

He was a little curious how this Monkey King had been chosen.

It was only slightly larger and a little faster than the other monkeys, but its strength didn’t seem much greater.

It was also a coward.

When Hey Hey had charged out, this Monkey King was the first to run.

While its monkey subjects were all busy working, the Monkey King didn’t lift a finger, only giving orders.

It directed them while gnawing on a chicken leg.

It looked quite carefree.

...

Chen Fan walked into the Warehouse at New Continent Base One. He took out the Ya Bone and Sea Embryo brought by the Commerce Pavilion and went over to the Level 1 Vehicle Workshop.

Time to upgrade.

He needed to find a fast land vehicle for the Commerce Pavilion.

He would see if the Vehicle Workshop would produce one after being upgraded.

If not, he’d have to rely on the Skeleton Horses, but that would slow down exploration considerably.

After several upgrades.

A panel suddenly popped up before him.

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[Vehicle Workshop upgraded to Level 4.]

[Please select an Upgrade Direction.]

[1: Slightly reduce Vehicle manufacturing time.]

[2: Slightly reduce Vehicle manufacturing cost.]

[3: Slightly reduce Vehicle energy consumption.]

[New craftable Vehicle: Stilts. Can be operated by a single person on land and are effective for crossing some complex terrain. Crafting requires 100 Ghost Stones.]

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This was the second Vehicle Workshop he had built.

When his last Vehicle Workshop reached Level 4, the craftable Vehicle had undergone a qualitative change into the Nine-Five Dragon Carriage. Because of that, he never knew what the normal craftable Vehicle would be.

Now he knew.

Stilts.

A seemingly useless Vehicle that would only be useful in very specific situations or on extremely particular terrain.

He didn’t dwell on it.

After casually picking the first Upgrade Direction,

He continued upgrading the Vehicle Workshop.

It cost ten thousand Ghost Stones to reach Level 5, which unlocked the craftable Vehicle: Giant Turtle.

It cost twenty thousand Ghost Stones and one Ya Bone to reach Level 6, which unlocked the craftable Vehicle: Sea Ship.

It cost fifty thousand Ghost Stones and one Sea Embryo to reach Level 7, which unlocked...

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[New craftable Vehicle: Submarine Ship. Can travel at depths of up to one thousand meters underwater. Comes with Ghost Fire and a simple turret. The hull has a defensive strength equivalent to a Level 2 City Wall. Crafting requires 10,000 Ghost Stones.]

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"..."

Chen Fan’s eyes narrowed slightly. After the Vehicle Workshop reached Level 7, it unlocked the Submarine Ship, which was basically a submarine that could travel on the seabed.

This enriched the variety of Vehicles in the Mortal Realm and greatly expanded the scope of exploration.

A thousand meters deep.

That was a depth almost impossible to reach by human power alone.

Perhaps he could find many Heavenly and Earthly Treasures on the seafloor. It wasn’t the deep sea; even the Jiangbei Coastal Area wasn’t a thousand meters deep.

However...

It was useless for now.

What he needed right now was a land vehicle faster than a Skeleton Horse.

He wasn’t expecting it to be as fast as his High-speed Rail, but it had to be faster than a Skeleton Horse. It would be great if it could match the speed of the Nine-Five Dragon Carriage, which was three times faster than a Skeleton Horse.

He looked at the upgrade requirements.

[Note: Upgrading to Level 8 requires one hundred thousand Ghost Stones and two Sea Embryos.]

"..."

The corner of Chen Fan’s mouth twitched. He had painstakingly saved up eleven Sea Embryos, thinking they would last a long time, but... just to get to Level 8, he needed two.

Although it pained him, he didn’t hesitate.

He had saved the Sea Embryos precisely for critical moments like this.

He continued the upgrade.

As one hundred thousand Ghost Stones dissolved into a milky fluid and flowed into the Vehicle Workshop, he also tossed the two Sea Embryos from the salt jar into the structure.

Soon,

a panel popped up before him.

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[New craftable Vehicle: Flying Ship. Length: 70 meters, Width: 20 meters. Comes with Ghost Fire and customizable turrets. The hull has a defensive strength equivalent to a Level 3 City Wall. Crafting requires 100,000 Ghost Stones.]

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"..."

Chen Fan stood there stunned for a moment, then a wide grin spread across his face!

’This is it.’

This was the Vehicle he wanted, the perfect one for the Commerce Pavilion’s explorations. He looked at the Vehicle’s detailed information: its speed was five times that of a Skeleton Horse.

’Excellent.’

This speed was already faster than the Nine-Five Dragon Carriage.

In fact, it was nearly on par with the High-speed Rail, especially since it was a flying Vehicle that could soar through the air and ignore terrain.