Global Coming: Farming with my sister-in-law in the end times

Chapter 559: Crystals of Amazing Value, Strange Crystal People! (5400)

"Wow~!"

In the blink of an eye, the encirclement built by thousands of ice walls was completely formed, and the crystal people, including Orkan's caravan, were also surrounded.

The surrounded Crystal People did not sit idly by and wait for death.

They kept waving their crystal-like arms to attack the ice wall, making crisp "ding! crack!" sounds.

However, their attacks were ineffective and only left a few white marks on the ice wall.

With Cao Xing's current mental strength, these ice walls have a durability of 70,000 to 80,000. With their attack power, it is impossible to break them in a short period of time.

Seeing that their attacks were ineffective, these crystal people even thought about jumping out directly.

After all, these temporary ice walls are only four or five meters high, and you can barely jump over them with a running start.

Cao Xing could naturally see what these crystal people were thinking.

The next moment, the effect of the suit on his body was instantly activated.

Winter is coming!

"Wow!!!"

A strong cold air swept out instantly, and the surrounding temperature dropped by 30 degrees on the spot!
The bodies of the crystal people were gradually covered with a thick layer of frost, making movement extremely difficult.

Even crystalline creatures would be affected by the absolute low temperatures.

Including the merchant Orkan and his guards, their teeth were chattering from the cold.

at the same time.

Cao Xing raised his staff, and three huge icebergs appeared above their heads.

Then, a faint voice sounded.

"Okay, just stay still."

"If you move one more step, I won't care if you're smashed to pieces."

After hearing this, the group of Crystal People stopped immediately.

They also knew that with the power of this great wizard, they no longer had any hope of escape.

Soon, they gathered together obediently.

Cao Xing also removed the special effect of the [Winter is Coming] suit.

at the same time.

Orkan and the group of mercenaries also recovered from the horrible cold.

His body still couldn't stop shaking, and his eyes were full of fear when he looked at Cao Xing.

It was not until a moment later that the merchant Orkan gradually came to his senses and looked at him with a shocked expression.

"Lord Cao Xing, you are truly a hidden talent..."

"Not only is the territory so prosperous, but its own strength is also so strong."

"I think there is no one in the entire Snowstorm Field who can be your opponent..."

There was some resentment and powerlessness in his tone.

Cao Xing smiled faintly and responded, "It's just a little magic, nothing."

"Then Mr. Orkan, I will take these crystal people away."

Hearing this, the businessman suddenly felt a toothache.

Obviously, Cao Xing saw through his tricks.

When he thought about selling this batch of crystal people for one million crowns, he couldn't help but feel heartache and pain!
This time I really lost a lot!

After returning to the Chamber of Commerce, he even had to suffer a heavy punishment because of the huge losses.

But there was no way out. It was him who plotted against Cao Xing first. Now he could only admit defeat.

"Okay... okay." Orkan said with an embarrassed look.

Cao Xing still had a smile on his face and waved.

Soon, a team of powerful warriors came out of the territory and led these crystal people over.

Then, Cao Xing chuckled and said, "Then Mr. Olkan, see you next time."

"If you have any more good slaves like this, remember to contact me again!"

After hearing this, the businessman's face became extremely ugly.

Orkan said resentfully, "Okay, Lord Cao Xing, I will definitely come to you again next time if I have a good slave."

"must!"

He emphasized the last sentence, with a hint of reluctance in his tone.

After a moment, he sighed helplessly, then led the caravan away.

The back figure looks a little lonely.

After the Giant Chamber of Commerce left.

The group of crystal people were surrounded by a group of powerful warriors and stood awkwardly in place.

They are huddled together at the moment, like walking crystals, which is quite artistic.

Cao Xing looked at the group of crystal people in front of him and asked, "Can you speak?"

At the same time, one of the elite crystal people named Sanye Shi stood out from the crowd.

She stood tall and straight, her body covered with crystals, reflecting colorful light.

The arms are like slender crystal prisms, with smooth and rigid lines.

Under her distinctive face are facial features also made of crystal.

Then he slowly said, "We can talk, lord."

The sounds of these crystal people are very distinctive, like the crisp and pleasant sound of gently tapping crystal with an iron pestle.

Then, she saluted Cao Xing, "I am very sorry, my powerful lord, we did not mean to escape."

"Please forgive us."

At the same time, other members of the Crystal People also bowed and saluted, speaking in unison.

"Please forgive us!"

The fighting power that Cao Xing had just demonstrated had already convinced this group of crystal people, so he admitted his mistake decisively at this moment.

He smiled and said, "I know that you were originally planning to act with Orkan."

"After you escape from me, the Giant Chamber of Commerce will continue to capture you back, right?"

Hearing this, all the Crystal People trembled slightly.

Sanyeshi said softly: "You are right. The Giant Chamber of Commerce has cast a positioning magic on us. No matter where we escape to, we will be caught by them again."

"We have to cooperate with him..."

Cao Xing nodded slightly. This was also within his expectations.

"Don't worry, since you have come to my territory, from now on you are my people."

"No one can take you away."

These crystal people looked at each other, and they also believed that with the strength of this lord, the Giant Chamber of Commerce would not be able to take over this territory.

At the same time, he responded: "Yes, respected lord."

Cao Xing first sent them a recruitment invitation.

[Recruitment successful! Crystal People: Trifoliate/Phosphorite/Flint... have joined your territory, and the territory population has increased by 134...]

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After the recruitment is completed, the next step is to arrange accommodation for these crystal people and test their so-called ability to produce crystals.

"Come with me."

After saying this, he walked towards the territory.

Behind him followed a group of glittering crystal people, making crisp sounds as they walked, like a unique landscape that attracted a lot of people's attention.

After crossing the city gate and returning to the territory, Cao Xing took a look at the remaining crystal resources in the territory.

【Frost White Crystal Stone】*9624
There are still nearly 10,000 copies, which may not seem like a lot, but it is also a pretty astonishing number.

After all, even repairing the legendary weapon Magdel only requires 10,000 white crystals.

This shows how precious this crystal is.

He first took out a piece of white crystal from his backpack, then turned around and asked.

"Can you eat this kind of crystal?"

On the field, the pupils of these crystal people suddenly emitted a strange light, and one could even feel their inner desires.

The crystal man named Sanyeshi said, "Yes, your Excellency."

"We haven't eaten crystals for many days, and our tribesmen are starving..."

Cao Xing glanced at their panels and found that the satiety of each Crystal Man had indeed dropped below 60, and many had dropped below 50, and they all had negative status.

A thoughtful look appeared in his eyes, and then he asked, "Do you eat crystals every day?"

The elite named Sanyeshi said again: "Your Excellency, we don't need to eat it every day. It's okay to eat some ordinary stones occasionally..."

"However, these ordinary stones can only be used to temporarily satisfy hunger."

"Long-term consumption will not only destroy the structure of our body, but in the end, our body will turn into ordinary stone and will no longer be able to produce crystals..."

Cao Xing nodded slightly.

Then, he waved his hand and took out more than 600 pieces of Frost White Crystal Stone, saying, "Eat it. Fill your stomach first."

Seeing so many white crystals, a terrifying light burst out from the crystal pupils of these crystal people!
Obviously, these crystals are extremely tempting delicacies to them.

In addition, in order to save costs, Orkan had been feeding them ordinary stones on the road, and only occasionally fed them some crystals, which made them even more eager!
The group of crystal people thanked in unison.

"Thank you, Lord."

Then, they each picked up a few pieces of Frost White Crystal and started chewing on them.

And Cao Xing was watching their actions.

He was also a little curious about how these crystal people ate stones and how they produced crystals.
Under Cao Xing's gaze, these crystal people seemed a little embarrassed.

They covered their mouths one by one and put the crystals into their mouths.

Then a mouth full of teeth was revealed.

Each tooth appears to be extremely sharp, as if made of pure diamond, and can crush the white crystal with just a slight bite.

Suddenly, the sound of "click, click" was heard continuously.

Cao Xing felt a little nauseous after hearing this, and he sighed inwardly: "Wow, these crystal people have really good teeth!"

At the same time, system prompts appeared one after another.

[Your territory member: Clover Stone ate 1 Frost White Crystal Stone, satiety +10...]

[Your territory members: Redstone uses 1 Frost White Crystal, Satiety +10...] [Your...]

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Cao Xing was delighted when he saw the system prompt.

"Eating rocks really can increase your satiety, and it seems like it increases quite a bit."

Soon, these crystal people ate up all the six frost white crystal stones given by Cao Xing in no time.

Their satiety levels also rose to over 90, and many of them even reached the full value of 100.

Then, they patted their stomachs and said with an embarrassed smile, "We are full. Thank you for the hospitality, Lord."

A series of loyalty improvement system prompts appear.

The loyalty of every crystal person has increased by about five or six points.

Cao Xing nodded slightly and calculated in his mind.

It seems that a crystal person only needs to eat three white crystals a day to be full.

There are 112 people here, which means the maximum consumption is 336 pills per day.

In other words, the number of crystals in his backpack was enough to last for about a month.

If you feed it with ordinary stones, it will be able to last for several months without any problem.

And such a long time is enough for him to find new mineral veins.

Cao Xing calmed down a little, but there was still curiosity in his eyes.

Because he only saw these crystal people swallowing the stones, but he didn't know how they digested them.

Also, how do they spit out the crystals?
After a moment, one of the crystal people, who was about 1.2 meters tall and named Xiao Hushi, suddenly covered his stomach.

Then he looked at the other Crystal People and said incoherently: "I...I want *%￥..."

"Ok?"

Before Cao Xing could react.

Then I saw this crystal man suddenly squat down and cover his mouth.

"Wow~!"

There was a sound like crystal fragments flowing, as if something was being spit out.

After a moment, the crystal man slowly stood up, looking embarrassed.

There was a hexagonal crystal in her hand, which was complete in appearance and had a dark black surface.

There was still a strange liquid left on it.

Before Cao Xing could react.

Among them, a dozen or so Crystal People seemed to have different reactions after eating their fill.

They trotted to the side and squatted down as well.

"Wow~!"

Strange noises were heard one after another, making people think of something strange.

A strange look appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

After a while, these crystal people came out from the corners one after another.

Cao Xing saw that they each held a hexagonal crystal in their hands, ranging in color from dark black to white, and about the size of a baby's fist.

Obviously, these are the crystals they produced.

And Cao Xing probably understood the principle behind it.

These crystal people have no reproductive organs or excretory organs. They have very unique ways of "eating" and "metabolism".

After being digested, the crystal stone that was eaten was affected by some force in the body, causing special changes and turning into this magical crystal.

It is then excreted again through the mouth.

At the same time, the Crystal People who were holding crystals in their hands looked at Cao Xing embarrassedly and said.

"My Lord, do you want these crystals?"

"of course."

Cao Xing didn't show any discomfort and took it directly.

[Obtain: Dark Crystal (Purple)*13]

[Obtain: Flashing Crystal (Gold)*2]

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As the system introduces, the rarer the crystal, the lower the probability of production.

Therefore, among this batch of crystals, there are only two [Shining Crystals], and as for the legendary and even rarer [Colorful Crystals], there is not even a single one.

Look at the properties.

【Dark Crystal (Purple)】

[Quality: Rare]

[Item attributes: When embedded in weapons or equipment, it can increase 2 points of charm and improve the basic attributes of the equipment by 5%]

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【Glitter Crystal (Gold)】

[Quality: Rare]

[Item attributes: When embedded in weapons or equipment, it can increase 5 points of charm and improve the basic attributes of the equipment by 10%]

(Note: After inlaying the flash crystal, the equipment's usability level will be increased by 10 levels.)
(Note 2: Each piece of equipment can be inlaid with a maximum of 1 crystal.)
……

"Wow! A dark crystal can increase the basic attributes of equipment by 5%, and a shining crystal can even increase it by 10%!"

what is this concept?

Like Liu Muxue's ancient sword, it has more than 7000 attack power and 2000 points of four-dimensional attribute bonus.

After inlaying a [Flashing Crystal], it can increase more than 700 attack power plus 200 points of four-dimensional attribute bonus.

It can be said that the improvement is huge!
No wonder this guy Orkan said that a flash crystal is worth more than millions of crowns!
This thing is definitely worth the price!
Moreover, these crystal people can spit out...even more precious colorful crystals!

This also made Cao Xing a little curious about how powerful the properties of more advanced crystals like colorful crystals were.

He first put all the crystals into his backpack, then looked at a tall crystal man in the crowd and asked.

"Sanyeshi, under what conditions can your Crystal People produce colorful crystals? And do you know what the effect of colorful crystals is?"

The elite crystal man replied respectfully: "My dear lord, the power contained in the seven-colored crystal is about twice as strong as that of the shining crystal."

"And the probability of producing this kind of crystal is completely random, so we can't control it."

After listening to the other party's explanation, Cao Xing seemed to be thinking about something.

If it’s twice… that’s a full 30% increase?
This is quite powerful!
For example, the full set of [Ode to Light Suit] worn by Liu Muxue is a level 70 equipment.

If it were all inlaid with sparkling crystals, it would be a level 100 suit!
Including those legendary equipment with a fixed level of 70, all can be upgraded to level 100.

This improvement can be said to be quite good.

Of course, the prerequisite is to have enough [Colorful Crystals].

He asked again: "Then how do you Crystal People reproduce?"

Cao Xing has been thinking about whether he can increase the number of crystal people by accelerating their reproduction.

After all, no matter how low the probability is, if the population base is large enough, the probability can be raised.

When they heard this question, the Crystal People on the field looked confused again.

Obviously, due to cultural differences, they don't know what "reproduction" means.

It was still the three-leaf stone who gave the answer.

"My Lord, the way our Crystal People reproduce is quite special. In other words, it cannot be called reproduction, but rather division."

"Split?"

Sanyeshi nodded gently, "Yes, after we, the Crystal People, eat a lot of crystals for many years, a small crystal will condense on a certain part of our body."

"As time goes by, this small crystal will continue to grow. After about three months, it will fall off our bodies and form a small crystal race."

"The little crystal man will continue to eat crystal stones and grow slowly until he becomes a big crystal man like us."

A look of realization appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

It seems that it will not be possible to expand the size of these crystal people in a short period of time.

At the same time, the crystal man named Xiao Hushi said, "Lord, here, here!"

Cao Xing looked over there.

I saw this little girl, about 1.2 meters tall, pointing at her belly, which seemed to have a slight bulge, like a little pregnant woman.

Little Amber said happily: "There is already a little crystal man in my belly!"

"In two months, this little crystal man will jump down and grow up quickly. It's amazing~"

The corners of Cao Xing's mouth twitched.

Although, what Xiao Hu Shi said was very normal.

But considering her small body, there always seems to be something weird about it.

He didn't ask any more questions, as he already knew most of what he needed to know.

"I understand. From now on, you will live in the territory."

"Are you going to live in the house, or will we arrange some other accommodation for you?"

The more than one hundred Crystal People looked at each other.

Sanyeshi spoke again: "My Lord, we can live anywhere."

"The Crystal People are generally not afraid of the cold. Of course, if possible... it would be great if you could build a few stone houses for us..."

Cao Xing looked at his backpack.

Come to think of it, he actually had the construction drawings of the [Basic Stone House], which he obtained last time in the Wild Boar Tribe, and now it came in handy.

"I understand. I'll have someone come over to build you some stone houses."

Soon, Cao Xing called the polar man Duan over.

"Duan, build some stone houses for these new members as their residences. Just build them in the second ring area of ​​the territory."

"Yes! I'll do it right away."

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(PS: I’ll catch a green snake tomorrow!)
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(End of this chapter)