Chapter 229: A Bountiful Harvest, Returning Fully Loaded

【Ding, obtained 100 Enhancement Points. Total Enhancement Points: 889.】 Kamiyu heard the pleasant notification sound, which meant she could enhance nearly a hundred more cannons.

Jack urged everyone to quickly clean up the battlefield and gather all the Magic Crystal Ore and other materials.

With that, Jack led by example, dismounting from his Flying Horse and being the first to start collecting materials.

Only Kamiyu had the largest backpack space here. If they had to transport everything themselves, they would need to form a transport team to haul the items back. Therefore, waiting here for some time to gather the massive amount of spoils was the right choice.

“Hurry, hurry, move quickly! Everyone, pitch in and collect all the materials and Magic Crystal Ore!” the Captain shouted loudly.

The First-Line Team Members charged into the square like wolves and tigers, using their High-Level Weapons to cut apart the Aberrant Beasts’ corpses.

“Prioritize sorting out the Magic Crystal Ore, as well as the support materials for building the Sanctuary,” the Captain remembered all the material names.

“Move quickly, time waits for no one. If your Student Legion’s weapons aren’t suitable for cutting, just pick up the Legendary Weapons on the ground to slice the corpses. Lady Kamiyu still needs to rush to the next Mine Dungeon,” the Captain said.

“Yes.”

Under the pressure of life and death, and with Kamiyu acting like an armory director—capable of providing everyone with high-powered weapons and armor all by herself—there was no need for anyone to hoard materials secretly. So, in less than five minutes, they had organized all the spoils scattered across the square.

“Oh, not bad, not bad. You’re quite efficient, even cutting up the materials from the Spider Aberrant Beast corpses,” Kamiyu said, looking at the piles of Magic Crystal Ore, Black Iron Ore, Clay, and Ash Stone—materials used for building and reinforcing Sanctuary walls—scattered all over the ground.

“Apologies, Lady Kamiyu. Time didn’t allow us to arrange things neatly,” the Captain said.

Kamiyu waved her hand dismissively. “We’re at war now; no need to fuss over such details. You’ve already done quite well.

I’ll only take the materials. You can use the remaining weapons and armor. Don’t worry about conserving their Durability; if they break, just go back and replace them.”

With a grand sweep of her hand, Kamiyu collected all the materials on the ground: 1,402 kilograms of Magic Crystal Ore, various construction materials, and materials for crafting weapons, armor, and potions.

The Captain’s eyes lit up. Lady Kamiyu could carry so much—these items might not even fit in the backpack space of a hundred people combined.

She thought joyfully, “We only used 4 Magic Bullets in total, and the returns are nearly ten thousandfold. This feels amazing. If it weren’t for the army pressing in and the need to return to oversee the overall situation, build, and reinforce the Sanctuary, I’d love to stay in the Instance Dungeon until my backpack space is completely filled.”

“Ooh, aah,” the members of the Student Legion all showed looks of pleasant surprise.

The Captain expressed gratitude, saying, “Thank you for your help, Lady Kamiyu. We will work hard to farm materials and also form a transport team. When everyone’s backpacks are full, we’ll transport the materials back to the Sanctuary.”

Kamiyu nodded. “We’re counting on you. Jack and I will head to the next Mine Dungeon now. We look forward to your performance.”

On the Royal Pegasus, Jack held the reins as the two of them hurried toward the next Mine Dungeon. Jack remarked, “You’re becoming more and more like a mature manager.”

“How so?”

“Neither subservient nor arrogant, no empty promises, leading by example, providing tools according to effort, never stingy with benefits—unlike those so-called bosses from vampire companies,” Jack said.

“It seems you’ve been bullied by those damn bosses before too.” Kamiyu recalled distant, almost unreal memories of working for others.

There were a total of five Mine Dungeons. The first Mine Dungeon had three “disciples”—Chu Feng, Dunzi, and Ji Yue—leading the teams. The remaining four Mine Dungeons followed the same script: set to the highest difficulty, Kamiyu unleashed her Ultimate Skill to instantly wipe out all enemies, everyone leveled up together, and they gained Experience.

Kamiyu only wanted materials, while everyone else needed Levels and combat experience. It was a mutually beneficial win-win.

After making the rounds of all five Mine Dungeons, Kamiyu’s harvest was undeniably abundant: Magic Crystal Ore for crafting Magic Bullets and Artillery Shells, totaling a staggering 5,321 kilograms; Black Iron Ore, Clay, and Ash Stone for building Sanctuary walls, amounting to 300 units—enough to construct another outermost perimeter wall.

Most importantly, the materials for Resistance Potions—Strangler Vine, Red Corrosion Grass, Poison-Resistant Vine, Radaman Grass, and Withered Shadow Grass—were even more exaggerated, exceeding 30,000 units. In other words, using her Material Saving Recipe, Kamiyu could produce over 300,000 bottles of Various Potions. Distributed among fewer than 1,000 people, each person could receive over 300, or even 400, Potions.

This was unimaginable in Crimson Earth. Even a Veteran Player would have at most a few dozen bottles, and even Guild Leaders or Squad Captains would only have around a hundred bottles or so.

And this was just the result of one round.

“A bountiful harvest. Time to head back and get to work,” Kamiyu said happily, looking at her nearly overflowing backpack space, packed to the brim.

Fortunately, the weight of items in the backpack space didn’t count toward personal load capacity; otherwise, even a Flying Horse couldn’t carry so many items.

Upon returning to the Sanctuary, she found that Dunzi and Ji Yue had already returned from their rotation. Their spirits had been completely renewed, no longer showing the confusion and uncertainty typical of new Players. Instead, they appeared calm and natural.

The current construction of the Sanctuary required the return of these two Players, who could alter terrain.

The walls of the Black Sphere Room had been opened up, with the entire floor now dedicated to it. The Black Sphere’s display was “split” into dozens of screens via Transmission Lines, transmitting to different monitors.

Xiao Zhong truly lived up to being the pinnacle of technical expertise, underutilized at Longming Technical College. He had handcrafted a Black Sphere Operating System, allowing everyone to easily and simply operate the Black Sphere in an intelligent, “you ask, the Black Sphere answers” manner.

The room was filled with non-combat personnel, communicating with various frontline squads, teams, transport units, supply units, and monitoring teams. The entire operation was meticulously planned and organized by Li Changde and his team.

One responsible for technology, the other for command—Xiao Zhong and Li Changde supported Kamiyu in different ways, making the Sanctuary even stronger.

As she crafted potions and Magic Cannons on her Interface Panel, she asked, “With the materials I currently have on hand, I can build 300 cannons and tens of thousands of Magic Cannons.”

“Judging by the scale of a small war, these Artillery Shells are still a bit insufficient,” Jack assessed.

“As everyone’s Levels gradually increase, the rate of acquiring materials will speed up. I’m having them accelerate the process now,” Li Changde said.

“Have you detected any Ability Users monitoring me? I’ve used my Skill a total of 10 times—they’ve probably ‘figured out’ my ability by now,” Kamiyu asked.

She knew there would definitely be Ability Users secretly watching her, so she intentionally revealed incomplete skills to deceive them. Now she wanted to see if they had taken the bait.