Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster.

Chapter 811 New Version: The Lighthouse on the Other Shore

After temporarily resolving the trouble caused by the eccentric player.

Rogge finally focused his energy on the most important things at hand.

Promote the Spirit Candle to a higher rank.

Previously, although most of the top players on Candlefire Island had reached the "Burning Point" level and were quite powerful with their own unique characteristics, their strength was still not enough at certain times.

Therefore, it is still very necessary to improve the overall strength of players as soon as possible.

As for wax oil, Rogge already had enough, but he had not yet collected the "Time-Stacking Core" needed to upgrade the Spirit Candle.

Since it involves extracting samples from certain special areas, it is indeed a lengthy process, and there's no use in rushing it.

Fortunately, after this period of accumulation, plus the Time-Stacking Cores collected at the Evil God's Gathering Place, the materials needed for the upgrade have finally been fully gathered.

[Spirit Candle]

[Rank: Burning Spirit (Upgrade Requirements: 5000 million Wax Oil, 3 Time-Stealing Cores)]

[Remaining wax oil: 10 million+]

[Spirit Candle Buildings: Spiritfire Harbor (Tier 4), Sin Furnace (Tier 5), Demon-Infused Hut (Tier 3), Spirit Candle Tree (High Tier)]

[Anchored area: ...]

[Number of Candle Spirits: 57+]

The recruitment of players for Candle Island has never stopped, so the number of players has naturally increased significantly. Moreover, the stickiness of Candle Island players is as high as ever, and most of them are active players, serving as top-notch laborers and porters.

After reviewing the situation, Rogge proceeded with the promotion without hesitation, this time without kicking the players offline.

After all, as his control and understanding of the spirit candles deepened, the uncontrollable effects that might occur during the advancement process had been largely eliminated.

[Item Rank Consumption: 5000 million Wax Oil, 3 Time-Stealing Cores]

[Consumed successfully, Spirit Candle ignition level increasing...]

[Spirit Candle Ignition Level Upgrade Complete.]

The power of the spirit candle has undergone a qualitative change.

[New Spirit Candle buildings have been unlocked: Other Shore Spiritfire Harbor (Tier 5), Demon-Containing Hut (Tier 4), and Mother Tree of All Spirits (Tier 1)]

[Spirit Candle]

[Rank: Scorching Furnace (Upgrade Requirements: 3 million Wax Oil, 9 Time-Stealing Cores)]

[Remaining wax oil: 9 million+]

[Spirit Candle Buildings: Spiritfire Harbor (Tier 4, Upgradeable), Sin Furnace (Tier 5), Demon-Containing Hut (Tier 3, Upgradeable), Spirit Candle Tree (High-Tier, Upgradeable)]

[Anchored area: ...]

[Number of Candle Spirits: 57+]

The wax oil needed for the next upgrade is still not a problem; the missing material is still the [Time-Stacking Core].

However, now is not the time to worry about these things.

Rogge slowly opened his eyes. After the Spirit Candle was upgraded, he was naturally aware of the major changes that had occurred.

First, there are the changes brought about by this qualitative change in the spiritual candle.

This further enhanced Rogge's control over overlapping space, while reducing his energy consumption.

More importantly, he can now create some independent special areas.

That is, a place like a gathering place for evil gods.

However, this requires consuming some Broken Cores, and it is currently not very stable and cannot be completely controlled. It is estimated that there will be significant loopholes in some rules.

This made Roger shake his head slightly.

Given that this ability is not yet fully developed, he does not intend to let the players use it rashly.

Therefore, this is of little significance to Candlelight Island.

But Roger felt that the Candle's mastery of this ability might have a deeper meaning.

"Creating a region with complete rules..."

"Could it be that the Spirit Candle is truly the destined Lord of Fire?"

Roger frowned, suddenly feeling a long-lost sense of irritation; he really hated this kind of predetermined fate.

Even a vague feeling is annoying.

But even if he was frustrated, it was no use. He quickly suppressed his emotions and focused his energy on the other enhancements brought by the spirit candle.

The focus this time is naturally on the two spirit candle buildings, even their names have been changed.

After carefully examining its effects, Rogge compiled its text.

【Other Shore Spiritfire Harbor (Tier 5): A lighthouse rises in the harbor burning with spirit fire, guiding fearless explorers toward the distant other shore...】

Firstly, the upgrade of Spiritfire Port naturally brings with it the much-anticipated upgrade of Spiritfire aircraft.

However, we'll leave the specifics of the upgrade surprises to the players.

Rogge is now more focused on another ability of the Spiritfire Harbor...

【The Lighthouse on the Other Shore】

[Note: If a Spiritfire Harbor building already exists within your anchored area, you can consume wax to raise the "Beacon of the Other Shore," which will guide the Candle Spirit to the Other Shore that was once closely connected to this area.]

The function of the lighthouse on the other side is very simple.

It guides players to areas that were once part of their starting point.

But this function is also undeniably important.

Before this, the towing operations carried out at Spiritfire Port were like searching for a needle in a haystack, towing whichever one was pulled to, without any discernible method or strategy.

This naturally leads to an awkward situation. For example, if you are a player who has just finished exploring the Exile Island and is interested in the story of the Gruard Empire and its followers, and want to continue to find out what happened next, you will find that... you can't find it at all.

Because the traction at Spiritfire Harbor is random.

This was naturally a headache for Rogge as well. As the leader and planner of Candlelight Island, he naturally wanted to give players a better experience so that they could quickly become stronger. This intermittent situation was not a good thing for him.

However, as the saying goes, many things don't go as planned.

The world is shattered; to attempt a continuous exploration is nothing but a pipe dream.

Fortunately, with the appearance of this lighthouse on the other side, this "dream" can be considered to have come true.

That is why Rogge attaches such importance to the function of this Spiritfire Port.

Then there's the top-tier Candle Spirit Tree.

The name has now been changed.

【Mother Tree of All Spirits (Top-Tier): There is no absolute fairness in this world, but that doesn't stop some divine gifts from having a price tag attached...】

Currently, the talents that the Candle Spirit can change and advance at the Mother Tree of All Spirits have reached the highest level of the Scorching Furnace.

But in fact, Rogge could clearly sense that the Mother Tree of All Spirits should be able to grant players the ability to possess the "Eternal Flame" level talent.

However, the current quality of the spirit candle is not high enough, and it has not yet completed some complex integration of bloodline and spirit, so it is not stable.

Clearly, this will be unlocked with the next upgrade of the Spirit Candle.

Of course, these are just the basic functions that come with the upgrade. As a Spirit Candle building that has changed its name just like the Spiritfire Harbor of the Other Shore, the functions brought by the upgrade are naturally not limited to this.

It can be absorbed and analyzed more easily, allowing it to be perfectly integrated with the body of the Candle Spirit.

This is another important ability of the Mother Tree of All Spirits.

The first sentence is easy to understand, but the second sentence means... Rogue can now create other bloodlines more easily and conveniently!

In the past, fusing the Candle Spirit's body with other bloodlines to provide players with more "classes" required Rogue to try again and again, find the points of fusion between the Candle Spirit's body and them, and make constant changes until it was stable before it could be used by players.

Throughout this process, Rogge himself was the one who worked the hardest, and it was all for naught.

Because Rogge had been trying other bloodlines, such as dragons and demi-humans, but he rarely succeeded. Either he didn't understand them enough, or he created something that was useless and not as good as human bloodlines.

To be honest... the Frogman bloodline actually has a bit of the flavor of the failed product he created back then, but it is surprisingly usable, it's just not as good as I imagined.

But now, the problem is solved.

The Mother Tree of All Spirits will autonomously absorb and experiment through both players and Rogue, ultimately providing him with the most stable and suitable path.

He no longer has to struggle and try things slowly.

Furthermore, there is extremely important good news... the bloodline talent that the Blood of Long Sleep brings to players can also be absorbed and fused by the Mother Tree of All Spirits.

How much bloodline talent is contained in the blood of the long sleep?

All we can say is that, so far, players are still constantly discovering new talents granted by the Blood of the Sleeping One.

Through his communication with the Queen of the Long Night, Rogge also learned that the Sleeping Soul was no ordinary person, and might even be related to the "source matter" of the Burning World.

Closer to home.

With this function of the Mother Tree of All Spirits, Rogge can naturally derive many bloodlines.

However, after a moment's thought, Rogge quickly shook his head, rejecting the idea of ​​releasing a bunch of bloodlines for players to play all at once.

The reason is simple: it consumes too many resources and is not worth the effort.

After all, in the "programming" that Rogue gave to the Spirit Candle, each type of player has an independent "line" to provide resurrection-related logistics, so as to facilitate unified management and save resources.

Building such a "route" is no easy task and is very costly.

In this way, if Rogge were to cram all the bloodlines into the game at once, the players would have a great time, but the rewards on Candlefire Island might not necessarily increase.

Moreover... such a thing might not make all players happy...

However, after a moment's thought, Roger came up with some ideas about the problem.

"call……"

After understanding the whole situation, Roger breathed a sigh of relief and then began to edit and update the announcement.

"And the advancement of the Fire Seed... I hope the Mother Tree of All Spirits can also help me in this regard..."

Roger muttered to himself as he worked.

……

Time slips away unnoticed, and before we know it, another morning in the real world has arrived.

The update announcement for Spirit Candle arrived at this time, while most players were still online.

[Major Update Announcement for Spirit Candle 1.3 Test Version: The New Version "Beacon of the Other Shore" is Coming Soon!]

[Announcement: Respected Candle Spirit Warriors, your valiant efforts have shattered the gathering place of the evil gods, defeated the wicked demons, and shone brightly in every place and direction, making the candlelight ever brighter!]

The unfolding of significant events has brought about another major transformation for Candlelight Island!

【Fire Saints, grow stronger! Sail the endless seas of darkness in even larger ships!】

Gazing...at the lighthouse of candlelight!

[Details of the update and a brand-new CG short film will be released later, so please stay tuned.]

……

It's still the same familiar update method and downtime update period.

The only difference is that this major update to the Spirit Candle comes a long time after the last one.

Some players have even forgotten how frequently the Spirit Candle updates were in the midst of constant battles and exploration.

"Wow, this game has a major update?"

"A major update for the Spirit Candle version? Quick, go tell my grandpa! His favorite game has finally been updated! (Tears welling up)"

"Quick, quick, get ready to grab a spot! Every major update to Spirit Candle releases tons of them!"

"Wow, I have to say, the update announcements for Spirit Candle are really something. I remember the last major update announcement said it would be a 'long journey,' but nobody paid attention then. Now it seems it really is quite a long one... (wiping sweat)"

"Wow! There are new ways to play and new things to do! This is awesome! Yay!"

The players were naturally extremely excited, and their tone was mostly teasing.

But to be honest, even though Lingzhu hasn't had a major update in so long, they still have a lot of fun playing it, after all, the game has just so much content.

In terms of dungeons alone, no player dares to say they've played through every single one.

Moreover, most of the Spirit Candle instances have various different branches.

If you add dynamic storylines and large-scale battles that appear from time to time, it can actually give players quite a bit of surprise.

Of course, an update is definitely a good thing.

……

"Yo, the spirit candles have been updated?"

Li Miao stretched after emerging from the dungeon.

"Okay, I guess I can get some rest today."

"...What nonsense are you talking about? You're resting right now." Shang An was speechless; they were sleeping.

Li Miao rolled her eyes: "Mental exhaustion, you know? You saw that news a while ago about someone who got a mental breakdown from playing games and ended up cutting off someone's scalp in the street."

"Come on," he said irritably as he went ashore. "You don't even know what that guy was playing. It's a forbidden game, designed to torture the mind and spirit. He even had to buy a smuggled helmet. He deserves to go crazy."

“That’s true.” Li Miao smiled. “I suddenly feel that the Spirit Candle is actually quite good to us, only occasionally involving some blood and gore or scatological stuff.”

"Well said, here's a dung heap for you."

"..."

The two chatted idly while organizing and tidying up their weapons and equipment, putting the items they didn't need from the dungeon into the milestone candles before logging off.

After washing up, eating, and playing for a while...

Li Miao then noticed new activity on the Lingzhu official website in the Lingzhu Forum.

[CG Animation: The Lighthouse on the Other Shore]

Li Miao was eating snacks at the time. Upon seeing this, she quickly freed her hand and clicked on the link without hesitation.

This CG animation is relatively short, lasting less than three minutes.

The opening was still all black, but the barrage was full of colorful comments, all of which were excited cheers and scrambling to be the first to comment from Lingzhu players.

Then, the familiar azure light shone through the darkness...

(End of this chapter)