Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

Alice's smile finally changed slightly, but she quickly returned to normal.

"Of course. A Grade F tower costs 10 Crystal Coins per day, Grade E 20, Grade D 50, and so on. However, if you rent by the day, you need to pay at least 7 days' rent upfront, and there is no guarantee that you can renew the same tower after the lease expires."

Liu Nian nodded.

"Rent a Class F hotel for 7 days first."

Alice tapped a few times on the light screen.

"Okay, Tower F-376, 7 days, 70 Crystal Coins."

Liu Nian then asked, "Do you accept gold coins?"

"Um... if you're using gold coins, there will be an additional 10% handling fee."

Liu Nian: ...

Forget it, and too lazy to go to the bank to exchange it, Liu Nian directly initiated the transaction and handed over 77000 gold coins to her.

Alice put the money away and handed him a black token.

"This is your tower token. I have already bound it to your identity ID. You can enter Tower F-376 directly through any teleportation portal or by using the return-to-town function. Have a pleasant stay."

Liu Nian took the token and turned to leave.

As he walked out of the reception area, he couldn't help but sigh.

To think that he, the leader of the Dragonborn, the lord of the floating city, the mastermind behind the city of exile, the master of the Abe Bees and the trolls, the man who shoulders the hope for the future of mankind, the first thing he did upon arriving in the Land of Abyss was to rent a house!

They can only afford the cheapest rental.

If Wu Zhan and the others knew this, wouldn't they laugh themselves to death?

But then again, there's nothing we can do about it.

Most of his assets are still in the floating city. Although they are not in cash, they are various equipment, materials, blueprints, city defense constructions, etc., which are worth a lot of money.

But now he can't go back.

Well, I'll just make do with this place for now.

If all else fails, we'll have to build our own city eventually.

Following the instructions on the token, Liu Nian found Tower F-376.

It's called a tower, but it's actually just a three-story stone building. It's located in the outermost corner, right next to the city wall, and you can't see anything outside the windows.

Using the token, you enter the tower. The first floor is the largest, about 80 square meters, with four rooms. Upon entering, you'll see a table, several chairs, and a safe. There's a small teleportation array in the corner, next to a respawn point.

It's rudimentary, but it's barely enough for now.

Liu Nian sat down in the chair and began to organize his thoughts.

First, I need to find a way to make money.

He currently has 4800 crystal coins. After deducting 70 for rent, he has 4730 left. It sounds like a lot, but in this place, even a decent piece of equipment costs hundreds or thousands, not to mention the future expenses of buying towers, maintaining a guild, and training subordinates.

4730 is far from enough!

Kal'tsit said that the monsters here don't usually drop money, so we'll have to think of other ways.

Secondly, we need to find a way to improve our level and strength.

The rules of the Abyss are different from before; killing players does not grant experience, which can only be gained through quests, dungeons, and secret realms.

He's currently level 104—although combat power can't be judged solely by level, a low level does present many limitations, making it difficult to accept high-level quests.

As for stacking steel... it's too inefficient to stack steel on monsters below level 199. Before, he could kill a level 199 mythical BOSS with just one hit. So if you want to be more efficient, you need to stack steel on regional BOSSes or world BOSSes that require tens of thousands of people to gang up on.

Finally, you need to find a way to reach another main city of the system, the Savage Fortress in the Endless Wilderness, activate the teleportation array in that city, and ideally also have a place to stay in that city.

He needs to go and meet the Abe bees and trolls when they ascend to the heavens.

The problem is that he killed the sister of the Serpent Clan's Rift Scale as soon as he arrived. The Serpent People are over at the Savage Fortress, so we have to be careful.

However, he wasn't worried about that, as Liu Nian was not interested in deception.

This eternal artifact can perfectly disguise itself as any race or identity, and he has already decided on the target he wants to transform into.

You're the one, level 175 Thranduil!

Liu Nian put all his valuables in a safe, mainly because he was determined to avoid being cheated; losing that would be a huge loss.

As for other things, they are slightly inferior.

However, when Liu Nian took out two skill books that he was preparing to learn, he checked the changes in the number of skills he had after breaking through level 100.

From now on, he can activate a new skill slot every 10 levels. That is, he will activate the first one at level 110, the second one at level 120, and so on until level 190, for a total of 9 skill slots.

These nine skills consist of three passive skills, three support skills, and three active skills.

The activation order is: passive, auxiliary, active.

I'm only level 104 now, and I haven't even activated the first one yet.

"Our immediate priority is to get out of town and try to make some money!"

Liu Nian never expected that the first thing he, a city lord, would do upon arriving in the city would be to find a way to make money!

You should know that he has never had to worry about money since he started playing the game!

Adventurers' Guild.

Liu Nian, transformed into Thranduil, stood in front of the quest board, wanting to select some high-level quests.

It turned out that the highest-paying quest only earned 1000 crystals per run, but those quests were only available to level 199 players. Thranduil, after his transformation, was not only not high enough in level, but also not high enough in reputation!

As for the less common tasks, they involve collecting certain materials, collecting certain monster pelts, escorting convoys, or helping to deliver messages.

He had the feeling of just entering a game...

How long would it take to save enough money to buy a B-grade tower by grinding through missions?

In fact, buying a tower is usually something that a guild or a race pools their resources to buy, so it's rare to see someone like Liu Nian buying one on his own...

This is also because he has always been used to solving problems on his own...

He wasn't satisfied with any of the tasks, so he privately messaged Kal'tsit asking if she had any quick ways to make money.

Kal'tsit replied quickly:

"Then you can go to the Adventurers' Guild. That's where player factions post quests. The rewards are generally higher than those from the Bounty Guild. But you don't need to pay a deposit in advance. This is to protect the interests of the players who post quests. If the quest fails, the deposit will not be refunded."

However, she also reminded Liu Nian to be careful when accepting player quests, lest he fall into a trap.

Those that are obviously traps, like those that ask you to pay a deposit of crystal coins right away and go to a certain secret realm together, are definitely fake missions!

They might lure you outside the city and then kill you on the way!

Another type is the one that is obviously too difficult for the course; these are basically scams to get your deposit back.

She reminded Liu Nian that anyone who asks you to hand over a deposit to a player is a scammer!

You must deposit the deposit into the system as collateral.