Golden Shovel Survival: One Lucky Star and One Colorful Hex

Chapter 217 repairs the Ascension Platform, triggering the Ten Lucky Stars effect [Power of Lucky Stars]!
"Give it to Tahm Kench."

After much deliberation, Mo Lang decided to keep it and wait until he had collected ten divine crystals before giving it to Tam to try.

After all, the Tame Barracks cannot be upgraded, while the other five-cost barracks can still be upgraded.

Furthermore, the Shurima Empire has an Ascension Platform. I'll ask Azir about it later. If it allows my low-cost units to ascend directly, it will save me a lot of gold.

That evening, Mo Lang personally cooked a grilled fish.

Xia Chuchu and Xiao Xiao ate with gusto, their mouths greasy and praising how delicious it was.

After they finished eating, it was already past ten o'clock, and Mo Lang's chess pieces returned one by one with piles of loot orbs.

To Mo Lang's surprise, Tamm led his demigod-level pieces to wipe out all the demigod-level and royal-level monsters on Shadow Isles in District 6.

This gave Mo Lang another divine crystal.

This made Mo Lang's eyes light up. There were a total of 60 districts. If he could sweep through all the Shadow Isles in all the other districts, wouldn't he be able to collect 60 Divine Crystals!
This made Mo Lang even more eager for the next regional war, but there were still 7 days until the next regional war, which made Mo Lang feel a little uncomfortable.

"It seems I'll have to find a new map, otherwise it'll be too difficult to collect ten divine crystals." Mo Lang felt he still needed to go to the Shurima Desert tomorrow to ask Nasus where there were powerful monsters.

"Boss, what are your orders?"

Alz heard Mo Lang's summons and came to Mo Lang's room, asking respectfully.

"I just wanted to ask you about the Ascension Platform."

“I don’t know anything about the Ascension Platform right now, but Nasus certainly does, since he’s spent most of his time in the Shurima Empire over the past thousand years, apart from traveling all over the continent.”

Azir said somewhat embarrassedly, "If I hadn't been chosen by the gods, I might still be drifting in the void, not knowing when I would be able to return."

"alright."

"Boss, do you want to repair the Ascension Platform and use it to upgrade low-cost pieces to four-star, five-cost pieces, which is the strength of a demigod?"

Seeing the disappointment in Mo Lang's eyes, Azir immediately guessed what Mo Lang was thinking.

“That’s right.” Mo Lang nodded.

"Boss, the Ascension Platform is not as simple as people imagine."

Azir explained, “People only know that the Ascension Platform can make people ascend to godhood and possess the power of demigods, but the dangers involved have not been known.”

"Danger? Could it be that it will fail?" Mo Lang asked curiously.

“That’s right. Failure could even result in death. Otherwise, how could the Shurima Empire, which has an Ascension Platform, only have a dozen or so Ascended?”

Azir nodded and said, "Those who can ascend to the Ascension Platform are already renowned heroes and warriors of the Shurima Empire. For example, Aatrox, whom you have met, was once one of the warriors at the very top of the Shurima pyramid."

"For example, the brothers Renekton and Nasus, who were previously known as the Shurima Twins."

"They already possessed great strength and physique, which is why they were able to inherit the abilities bestowed upon them by the Ascension Platform!"

"Some people who are physically weak and not strong to begin with are not qualified to go up to the Ascension Platform at all, because their bodies and willpower simply cannot withstand the infusion of that vast energy, and they will only explode and die."

"You mean some low-cost pieces simply can't withstand the power granted by the Ascension Platform?"

Mo Lang clearly understood Azir's meaning and asked, "Then what level of strength is required to have a chance to step onto the Ascension Platform?"

“From what I understand, the minimum requirement is four stars and four costs. Any lower and you simply can’t inherit the power poured into the Sun Disk,” Azir said after thinking for a while.

"Then a three-star, five-cost unit should also work, right?" Mo Lang suddenly thought of something. "Of course, and the success rate of a three-star, five-cost unit is even higher than that of a four-star, four-cost unit." Azir nodded.

"grass!"

Mo Lang suddenly slammed his fist hard on the sofa next to him.

If the Ascension Platform could instantly upgrade a 3-star 5-cost unit to a 4-star 5-cost unit, wouldn't all those thousands of gold coins I spent upgrading my 3-star 5-cost unit be wasted?
Damn it, why didn't I think of this sooner?

It's all because too many things have happened lately, causing me to lose so many gold coins for nothing!
"Fortunately, my magic orb hasn't been activated yet today, so I can save it for now." Mo Lang became happy again.

Since what's done is done, there's no use in regretting it; it will only add to your troubles.

People are happy when they are content.

As for whether or not to use a four-star, four-cost unit, Mo Lang felt it wasn't necessary yet. He already had enough four-star, five-cost units, and he would only have more after ascending to the Ascension Platform.

There's no rush now.

Based on future development trends, demigods will definitely be as numerous as dogs, but as for whether gods will be everywhere, Mo Lang doesn't know.

However, quite a few god-level beings have already appeared, especially in the Land of Fortune and the Void Plane shrouded in black mist, where there are more god-level beings than one can imagine.

Of course, this is just my own guess.

"Boss, shall I head back to the barracks first? So those bastards won't accuse me of using this as an excuse to avoid drinking."

Azir said with a resentful look, "Especially that bastard Tahm Kench, if we talk to you alone for a while, he looks like he could eat us alive."

"Hahaha, okay."

Mo Lang burst into laughter, then remembered something and called Azir back, whispering a few words in his ear.

"Don't worry, boss, leave this to me," Azir assured him, patting his chest.

"Alright, go drink with them."

After Azir took his leave, he had just reached the barracks when Tahm Kench glanced at him sideways and said abruptly, "You've been gone for so long, you wouldn't be thinking of taking my place in my master's heart, would you?"

Azir: "..."

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After Azir left, Mo Lang opened all the orbs for the day, and his gold coins reached a terrifying number again: 5858!

After all, Tahm Kench swept through the Shadow Isles in District 6 with his own pieces, and he didn't need to assemble any four-star low-cost units, so Mo Lang naturally had more gold.

As for the equipment, Mo Lang gave it all to Xiao Xiao and Xia Chuchu. They kept the useful ones for themselves and posted the useless ones in the chat group for members who had contributed to the Lang Alliance.

Of course, most of these equipment were exchanged for by Zhang Sheng and his group using alliance points, since they often led some lower-level players to kill monsters.

"Ding! The Ten Lucky Stars effect has been triggered. Today's effect: [Lucky Star Power]!"

"Ding! Congratulations on triggering the power of good fortune! You will randomly select a 3-star 5-cost or 4-star 5-cost piece to upgrade it by one star!"

Just as Mo Lang was about to go to sleep, it was exactly midnight on the 27th day, and two system notifications appeared in front of him.

(End of this chapter)