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Chapter 1156: Chapter 497: The Value of Gold
The aftermath work at Yangshan was quickly arranged.
Although Yangshan suffered some casualties in this battle, the number was not large, which surprised Liang Yuan.
According to the compiled statistics, a total of just over a hundred people were lost.
A portion of them were heavily injured and accidentally fell into the flood, where they were attacked and killed by the mutant fish within the waters.
In his heart, he couldn’t help but feel grateful that the population loss was not too severe.
However, the infrastructure of Yangshan was significantly damaged.
Not only were the ships severely damaged, but important structures like bunkers and floating bridges were also destroyed.
But as Liang Yuan said, these are external materials that can be repaired or directly rebuilt.
As long as people are still alive, everything has the possibility to start anew.
Among the three mountains, the greatest and most serious loss was not the early abandoned defenses of Meishan and Lingyun Slope, but rather Yangshan!
Because the resistance here was the strongest, and the battles were the most intense.
Conversely, Meishan and Lingyun Slope, since they didn’t expend efforts to hold firm initially, didn’t see much intense fighting.
And the people of the Earth Mother Sect, after occupying Meishan, automatically regarded it as their future territory and naturally did not engage in destruction.
This, in turn, preserved the infrastructure of Meishan to the greatest extent.
Even the sunroom in the mutated sunflower area remained intact.
The condition of Lingyun Slope was similar to Meishan.
The enemy didn’t do much damage to Lingyun Slope.
At the Yangshan Leader’s mansion, Liang Yuan invited Wang Ling’Er, Wang Yu’Er, and several members from the Spirit Jade Island to take their seats.
Jiang Ziyin met an old friend, Yang Shenmin, whose beautifully mixed-race face was full of lament and emotion.
"Director Yang, I never thought we would meet again."
Yang Shenmin gave a bitter smile and said, "Director Jiang, I never thought we would meet again in this way."
The two of them were momentarily speechless, full of words but not knowing where to begin.
Instead, over at Wang Yu’Er’s side, she circled around the leader’s mansion and exclaimed excitedly, "Sister, Brother Liang Yuan’s place is much better than ours."
"They have a lot of furniture here and even a shopping center."
Wang Ling’Er naturally noticed the various facilities in the Yangshan Shelter as she came in.
Her heart was equally full of amazement.
Although Yangshan could not move freely like her Spirit Jade Island, the material conditions on this mountain were far better than those on the island.
Liang Yuan looked at Wang Yu’Er and said with a smile, "Xiao Yu, look around, tell me if you like anything, and I’ll have someone send it to you."
Wang Yu’Er immediately showed an embarrassed look and said, "No, no, I’m just talking, I don’t mean I want anything."
Wang Ling’Er, however, straightforwardly flicked her hair and said, "Liang Yuan, can I buy it?"
Liang Yuan smiled and said, "There’s no need to buy. You helped Yangshan a great deal this time. Spirit Jade Island will be a good friend of Yangshan in the future. If you want anything, just tell Yang Mei, and you can pick it up directly from the shopping center."
Wang Ling’Er waved her hand and laughed, "Even close siblings settle accounts clearly. One thing doesn’t equate to another. If I really need something, I definitely can’t take it for free."
"As for helping out, we already had a grudge with the Water God Sect."
Liang Yuan laughed too and said, "Like you said, one thing doesn’t equate to another. You had a grudge with them, but helping us wasn’t necessary. This time you chose to help us, and I must acknowledge this favor."
"Oh, we didn’t really help much. Didn’t you single-handedly deal with those Three Great Sects people?" Wang Ling’Er covered her mouth and chuckled.
Liang Yuan shook his head and said, "Without the giant turtle, I couldn’t have returned this quickly. Let’s not talk about that. It’s a pity that the Plague Priest escaped. Keeping such a superpower user around is always troublesome."
Upon hearing this, Wang Ling’Er nodded solemnly and said, "The Plague Priest is indeed a tough opponent. His combat power may not be formidable, but his ability to manipulate people is pretty significant."
"Especially with his superpower, if he stays hidden, the consequences could be unimaginable."
Upon hearing this, Liang Yuan’s face sank slightly and he said, "Ling’Er, do you know where the Water God Sect’s stronghold, the Miyuan Rainforest, is located?"
Wang Ling’Er shook her head slightly and said, "The Miyuan Rainforest is the Water God’s base, and being a Floating Island, it doesn’t stay in one place. The last time I entered the Miyuan Rainforest was more than a month ago."
"After we raided the Miyuan Rainforest, it probably relocated."
Liang Yuan nodded slightly, showing no signs of dejection. That disciple from the Spiritual Ability Sect named Xingfeng had already been imprisoned in the Yangshan jail.
Once things at Yangshan stabilize, they could take him to Guangfu for a proper reckoning with the Three Great Sects.
Thinking of this, a flash of murderous intent flickered in Liang Yuan’s eyes.
He then turned his gaze to Wang Ling’Er and noticed her crown-like headpiece, suddenly recalling the golden armor Xingfeng wore on his head at the time.
His heart stirred, and he immediately asked, "Ling’Er, this headpiece you wear, isn’t it just for decoration?"
Wang Ling’Er touched her golden crown and laughed, "No, I’m not some nouveau riche showing off with a golden crown."
"To tell you the truth, Brother Liang Yuan, this crown is not a simple jewelry piece. Its interior is engraved with Spirit Defense Rune Arrays, and the gems on it are not ordinary ones but Spirit Attribute Superpower Stones."
"In general, it’s a superpower armor capable of withstanding attacks from Spirit Ability Users."
Even though Liang Yuan knew this answer, hearing these words still made him sigh with emotion, asking, "Are there many such armors in Guangfu?"
Wang Ling’Er nodded: "Quite a lot, now the gold price in Guangfu is surging, even more exaggerated than before the great flood."
"Why is that?" Yang Shenmin couldn’t help but inquire.
He still didn’t know the effect of gold.
Wang Ling’Er said: "Don’t you know? Gold is famous for being an inert metal, very difficult to be corroded by other elements."
"Someone in Guangfu discovered that when psychic powers penetrate gold, the resistance becomes very high, so they utilized this characteristic to design gold superpower armor, specifically to prevent spirit power from attacking the sea of consciousness."
"Of course, this is only for spirit defense, if it’s spiritual telekinesis, manipulating matter, it actually belongs to physical attacks."
"Gold combined with spirit defense runes forms extremely powerful superpower armor."
"You know, the most mysterious thing about spirit ability users is the indefensible psychic attacks."
"With this armor, many spiritual illusion techniques, spirit manipulation, and spiritual attack type skills can be resisted."
"Even if it can’t block completely, it can weaken spiritual attack, thus gold has become as precious as superpower substances."
"Unfortunately, during this time, I’ve searched many places in the city center but didn’t find the former gold shops underwater, otherwise I could have gotten a lot."
Liang Yuan’s heart stirred upon hearing this.
When he emerged from Henglong Building, he had cleaned out all the gold shops like Chow Tai Fook and Lao Fengxiang inside.
So he actually has a lot of gold in his hand!
However, he’s more concerned that in this way, the attack power of spirit ability users would be significantly weakened?
It’s known that originally, among all superpower users, spirit ability users were the top-tier existence.
Back then in Meidu Garden, Wang Ze almost unified the entire building 76 relying on spiritual illusion techniques.
In Henglong Building, that big-headed mutated monster was also a spirit mutant, with terrifying strength.
But now that everyone is wearing gold armor, wouldn’t it greatly weaken the attacks of spirit ability users?
Thinking of this, Liang Yuan couldn’t help but frown, as he’s always been concerned about improving spirit attributes.
Not only because it is the core attribute of spirit skills, but also the core of various elemental skills.
Even causal skills have a direct relation to spirit power.
Now with the emergence of gold armor, wouldn’t many pure spirit ability users be in trouble?
Wang Ling’Er glanced at Liang Yuan, seeing his furrowed brow, she naturally guessed his thoughts.
Then she laughed: "Do you think the gold armor would greatly disadvantage spirit ability users?"
"Isn’t that so?"
"Hahaha, then you’re underestimating the superpower users, if every superpower only has a single usage, then the user is incapable."
"Generally, superpower users with spirit power as their main attribute may initially rely on spiritual illusion techniques, spiritual attacks for protection."
"But as long as their spirit power continues to grow and reaches a certain level, they will realize the degree to which spirit interferes with reality."
"That’s telekinesis."
Saying this, Wang Ling’Er waved her hand and the teacup on the table floated up.
She smiled: "My ability is beast taming, but my main attribute is also spirit attribute, at first I couldn’t master something as advanced as telekinesis."
"Until I broke through to an awakened genetic species, I naturally grasped this power."
"Of course, this should be different from superpower users who originally awakened telekinesis."
"At least pure spirit ability users who awaken telekinesis, after awakening genetic species, certainly have other special abilities."
"Anyway, it’s just one sentence, there’s no useless superpower in this world, only incapable users."
Liang Yuan couldn’t help but smile, praising: "Well said."
"The strength of superpower users does not lie entirely in superpowers, those who learn to develop and utilize their abilities are the strongest."
Through his journey, Liang Yuan has seen various superpower users, and those who could become leaders inevitably deeply excavated their superpowers.
So he very much agrees with these words.
The group chatted, and Liang Yuan proposed to take them on a tour of the Yangshan Complex.
Wang Ling’Er, Wang Yu’Er, and others followed Liang Yuan to visit Yangshan Complex.
There’s no need to visit other places because many things were destroyed, which made Liang Yuan heartbroken.
The only intact buildings were inside the walls of Yangshan Complex.
Here not only are there complexes, sunrooms, but also farms and slaughterhouses.
This is luck among misfortune, Zhao Kai played a major role, defending the walls and preventing the Three Great Sects from breaking in.
Looking at the dazzling shopping center with electricity supply, Wang Ling’Er’s eyes suddenly turned red.
"You guys actually have electricity here? Where does the electricity come from?"
She anxiously asked, knowing how much she hopes Spirit Jade Island can have electricity supply.
If Spirit Jade Island could have electricity, with its limited population, it could absolutely live a bourgeois life.