Chapter 254: The Final Choice, Skill Fruit

Not long ago, in the first major battle, Kamiyu achieved a great victory against 300,000 Fruit Ability Users. Through everyone’s efforts, she won decisively, gaining tens of thousands of Enhancement Points and becoming immensely rich in one wave.

After that, she no longer lacked Enhancement Points to repair the durability of weapons, armor, Magic Cannons, and Triple-Barreled Magic Main Cannons, and she could also produce more weapons, armor, and potions.

Additionally, there were still three to four million units of materials left on the battlefield. If Kamiyu hadn’t fought too fiercely and turned some of the materials to dust, the number of materials would have reached five to six million units.

Now, apart from a few artillery groups guarding the base standing on the city walls, the other hundreds of players were continuously transporting the spoils of war from the battlefield back to the Sanctuary.

Every player, whether from the newcomer Student Legion or the veteran players’ squads, was seeing such a vast amount of materials for the first time. Each of them was beaming with joy, feeling immense happiness, taking pride in Kamiyu’s success, and feeling honored to have joined her ranks. “With such an amazing Leader Bro watching over us, we will definitely defeat the Fear Emperor in the upcoming battles.”

Dunzi had to repeatedly expand the Sanctuary’s storage. Its capacity was now as large as ten storage and logistics parks combined.

Fortunately, Kamiyu had previously used the Construction Sage’s 【Triple Attributes】 recipe to triple the area, or there really wouldn’t have been enough space.

Unlike the guilds and squads in the Main City, which could utilize folded-space designs to expand internally, the Sanctuary could only rely on actual land area. If the area was insufficient, they could only build upward or downward, constructing tall buildings or underground structures.

However, Kamiyu’s greatest gain was the Fruit Core. Ever since she obtained the Fear Emperor’s energy crystal—the Fruit Core—she had been troubled, wondering what to do with it.

The Fruit Core was condensed with extremely rich energy, containing immense vitality, making it the highest-grade material. Not only that, but the Fruit Core was also a versatile material, appearing as a raw component in the most advanced items.

It would be of tremendous help to Kamiyu’s upgrades and enhancements. With the Fruit Core—the key to turning the tide of battle—Kamiyu could confidently say that even if she couldn’t win the upcoming battles, she would at least not lose.

Additionally, in Kamiyu’s Construction Sage Interface, the Fruit Core could be used to craft Dark Gold Weapons and Armor. She realized that sometimes having too many choices wasn’t necessarily a good thing.

She browsed page after page of weapons and armor, but her interest remained low, and she couldn’t muster the spirit to build. “I don’t lack weapons or armor now. My Attack Power is already overpowered, reaching the top tier. My Defense Power is also secured with the newly forged Ancestral Legendary Armor, Ancestral Spirit’s Blessing, achieving pseudo-invincibility and pseudo-full-time Golden Body.”

“Each version has its own meta. After the fusion of the two worlds, the game rules changed. The emergence of Large Dungeons, coupled with the difficulty being maxed out, made it hard for ordinary players to improve.

Lone Wolves can still play, but the rewards have dropped to the minimum. So, in this version, it’s all about establishing power factions, building, and managing your own Legion,” Kamiyu thought to herself.

In addition to being used to craft weapons and armor, Fruit Cores can also be used to construct special additional building series for the Sanctuary. Only Beta Testers can unlock these, and when combined with the 【Triple Attributes】 recipe from her Construction Sage Talent, it’s like taking off and accelerating again and again, leaving others—even other Beta Testers—dozens of steps behind.

Thinking of this, she recalled a previous enemy who was also a Beta Tester and possessed a Sanctuary—Lei Yao.

Kamiyu thought with a hint of admiration, “Although his strength wasn’t much, his strategic vision was truly unique, far-sighted, and ahead of the game by an entire version. If I had lost to him, he would probably be the king of this version now.”

“Wait, if I were to follow his path now, picking up what he left behind and establishing my own true Power Faction, what would happen?” Kamiyu gripped the Fruit Core in her hand.

In an instant, the Fruit Core in Kamiyu’s hand was illusionarily transformed into the Behelit from Berserk.

Before Jack had even set out, Mephisto within the Dark Gold Sword in his hand sensed Kamiyu’s core and murmured, “Yes, that’s right. Use hatred to tear out more flesh and blood of hatred. Be brave and do it.”

But the next moment, Kamiyu snapped back to reality and said to herself, “Lei Yao’s thinking was wrong. He never treated people as people, viewing everyone as tools to be used and sacrificed. That’s exactly why he lost to me. He wasn’t a king at all—just a selfish clown.”

Mephisto’s eyelid twitched slightly, and he thought to himself with frustration, “Such womanly compassion. How can you become a hegemon like this?”

Kamiyu understood, yet she didn’t. The future World situation would force her to establish, expand, and consolidate her own sphere of influence, but she didn’t want to be a king like Lei Yao, who schemed and used everything, nor did she want to be a murderous Demon King like the Fear Emperor, who took pleasure in killing and harbored extreme hatred for humanity.

Her little brain beneath her pink hair couldn’t comprehend why such kings existed.

“Do you have to be cruel to your own people to qualify as a king?” she muttered to herself, feeling that this was both wrong and somewhat right.

“Wait, now isn’t the time for inner monologues or moral dilemmas. With a great enemy at hand, I must take action. Tatakae!” Kamiyu clenched her fist.

Kamiyu’s hesitation turned into clear, bright determination. She knew what she had to do. She opened the Beta Tester’s Sanctuary construction Interface Panel—【Skill Orchard】.

【The Skill Orchard is a garden capable of cultivating Skill Fruits with various professions and Talents.

Skill Fruits allow Players to temporarily acquire Skills from other professions and Talents.

The higher the Level and quality of the Skill Fruit, the longer the Skill lasts and the better its effects.】

【The Level of Skill Fruits, like professions, is divided into nine tiers: UR/SSS/SS/S/A/B/C/D/E, corresponding to durations of 7 days, 5 days, 3 days, 1 day, 12 hours, 3 hours, 1 hour, 30 minutes, and 10 minutes.】

Kamiyu’s eyes lit up. Seven days—such a familiar phrase. Wasn’t this just like the time-limited duration of premium items in Xi Ai Fu?

Kamiyu saved up her allowance for a long time as a child before she could bring herself to buy a 7-day M4A1-S.

However, it must be said that Skill Fruits are incredibly useful, whether for oneself, for allies, or for external purposes. Internally, they can strengthen oneself and manage Power Factions; externally, they can be used to earn materials.

With the sole means of production in her hands, Kamiyu instantly thought of many ways to play, ready to take off once again.