Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 881: Chapter 336: Cultivation, Enlightenment Lotus Platform, Major Building Upgrades

[Unopened Building 2: Small Wooden Desk, Rough Iron Chain]

Xia Hong didn’t rush to upgrade the other seven already opened buildings but instead focused on the last two unopened buildings.

[Small Wooden Desk, Opening Conditions: 10,000 Iron, 3,000 Silver]

His mind stirred slightly, and the system resources immediately decreased. Just like the first time opening a building, a white light appeared before him.

After a long time, the white light disappeared, and a black four-cornered desk appeared out of thin air in front of him.

Small Wooden Desk (Level 1): Cultivation Auxiliary Tool

Special Function: Doubles the user’s cultivation speed

Consumption: 20 Silver per day

Upgrade Conditions: 100,000 Iron, 20,000 Silver

Seeing the simple description of the Small Wooden Desk, Xia Hong was momentarily stunned. Then, recalling the descriptions of the other eight buildings when they were first unlocked, he immediately reacted and without hesitation, proceeded with consecutive upgrades.

The Small Wooden Desk was enveloped by three bursts of white light, finally transforming into a five-meter-tall silver twelve-petal lotus platform in front of him.

Enlightenment Lotus Platform (Level 4): Cultivation Auxiliary Tool

Special Function 1: Can increase the user’s cultivation speed by five times

Consumption: 50 Silver per day

Special Function 2: Can enter an epiphany state, greatly enhancing comprehension, limited to once a month, requiring 50,000 Silver resources

Special Function 3: Can enter the Lotus Platform space to extrapolate cultivation techniques and martial arts, costing 5,000 Silver each time, no usage limit.

Special Function 4: Can perform skill enhancement, limited to once a year, requiring 100,000 Silver, with a maximum success rate of twenty percent based on the user’s skill level.

Upgrade Consumption: 150,000 Silver, 8,000 Gold

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After reading the description of the Enlightenment Lotus Platform, Xia Hong took a deep breath, his eyes full of joy and emotion.

Even though he didn’t quite understand the fourth function, and the terrifying consumption of 100,000 Silver could only yield a twenty percent success rate, it nearly discouraged him from using this function in the short term.

However, the first three function descriptions made his heart race with excitement.

Fivefold cultivation speed; a monthly epiphany; and entering the Lotus Platform space to extrapolate cultivation techniques and martial arts. These three functions perfectly compensated for all his cultivation issues, arriving at just the right moment.

"Small Wooden Desk, I had guessed it had something to do with cultivation and education. As expected, according to the pattern that the greater the resources consumed, the stronger the function, the most powerful function of the Enlightenment Lotus Platform should be the fourth one, skill enhancement. Could it really be what I’m thinking?"

Evidently, Xia Hong’s mind had connected some dots, and a trace of emotion flickered in his eyes. But seeing the terrifying consumption of 100,000 Silver per use and the subsequent twenty percent success rate, he quickly calmed himself down.

"No, no, it’s not feasible to be so wasteful for now, at least not until the Silver Mine has been mined for a while. Just wait a bit longer..."

[Resources: 197.24 million Wood, 127.62 million Coal, 12.5 million Iron, 27,000 Silver]

From the Level 1 Small Wooden Desk to the Level 4 Enlightenment Lotus Platform, a total of 173,000 Silver and an astonishing 1.71 million Iron were consumed.

Fortunately, the remaining seven buildings, except for the Black Soil Wall and Yellow Earth, require little Silver to upgrade from Level 3 to Level 4.

However, Xia Hong didn’t rush to upgrade; instead, he turned to Xia Chuan and solemnly instructed, "I need Silver, a lot of Silver. Lead the Cloud Jiao Army back to the Silver Mine, and along with the Long Wu and Tulong armies, continue full-scale mining for a month. After a month, resume normal mining levels."

"Understood, big brother!"

Seeing Xia Hong’s serious expression, Xia Chuan nodded heavily immediately.

"Oh, by the way, the people from Songyang Ridge have agreed to merge in. I heard there are a total of 110,000 people over there. Isn’t Xia City already running out of space?"

Xia Hong, upon checking the system earlier, noticed that the population had already reached a staggering 510,000 and asked immediately.

Upon hearing this, Xia Chuan nodded and replied, "The Outer City Four Districts are already full. We can only increase land prices to minimize land use, encouraging more people to reside together. But even this method is ineffective; once the 110,000 from Songyang Ridge merge in, there might not even be enough temporary log houses."

"We need another round of expansion, and the city walls also need replacing. I have a plan, but you should go attend to your affairs first!"

"Yes, sir!"

Xia Chuan bowed and departed, leaving Xia Hong standing alone in the Political Hall, his gaze gradually heating up as he looked at the Medicine Workshop, Artifact Refining Workshop, and Martial Arts Academy behind the main building.