Monster collectors on the cross-platform

Huo also speculated that his professional skills would have additional enhancements to his traits, and that those with golden names were likely individuals with even higher potential.

Huo also tried it out, and sure enough, individuals with golden names could also be polished.

Therefore, when polishing, one should try to choose individuals that are golden in color.

Huo also chose a kobold with a golden name, and several materials appeared in the Book of Collections: Dark Stone, the tear glands of the buzzing bat, the roots of the swamp grass... a bunch of materials that Huo had never heard of before.

After submitting the materials to Qiqi, it only took a dozen minutes to gather them, costing Huo Huan 280 Zongwang coins.

He put the material into the book of his collection, and it shimmered with light. A few seconds later, the light disappeared, and Huo looked at the polished kobold features.

The trait name was changed to Dark Vision +1, and everything else seemed unchanged. Ho even tried replacing the original Dark Vision.

It was almost dawn, but it was still pitch black outside. After switching to Dark Vision +1, Huo felt that he could see a little more clearly, but the improvement was not significant.

It seems like honing this skill isn't very useful, and the already scarce Zongwang coins are becoming even more limited.

However, it was still an improvement. Huo looked at the three ogres he had taken in. They all had bronze-colored names, which obviously had no potential for improvement. On the other hand, the name of the other dragon-blooded kobold was golden.

Selecting the target, an even larger list of materials than the previous kobold item appeared in the Book of Collections: Black Dragon Scales, Black Dragon Blood, Earth Armored Beast Teeth...

Huo contacted Qiqi again and bought back the black dragon scales he had sold at the original price. He also provided a list of the remaining materials.

This time, Qiqi gathered materials much faster, probably because the materials were more sought after. However, popular materials are not cheap, and this time the polishing cost Huo Huan 1800 Zongwang coins, instantly deflated his newly bulging wallet.

"Don't let me down!" Huo prayed anxiously to the network after throwing down 1800 network coins worth of materials.

A moment later, the light disappeared, and Huo opened the Book of Collections and looked at the polished Dragon Vein Kobold.

Pseudo-Dragon Scale +1: Natural Armor +3, Energy Resistance +2.

Dragon Vein Breath +1: 2 times/day of acidic breath.

My innate armor and energy resistance have both increased by 1 point, and Dragon Breath has increased to twice a day, which is a significant boost. This money was well spent.

After replacing the original dragon vein kobold with a breath attack twice a day, Huo felt even more eager to unleash something new.

Chapter 12 Town

Unable to contain his excitement, Huo immediately started a Goblin dungeon. Seeing his familiar old friend charging towards him, Huo had a sudden thought and put away his shield.

Without the shield to block it, and with Ho not dodging, the goblin's wooden club successfully struck the enemy.

It didn't hurt. Looking at the spot where the wooden stick had hit him, Huo noticed that it wasn't even red.

Having withstood several attacks from the three goblins with all their might, Huo was completely defenseless against all attacks except for the one aimed at his second brother.

The experiment showed that the goblin could no longer break through its defenses with just a wooden stick. In a game, this would probably result in a bunch of -0s floating above Hogwarts' heads.

The natural armor was even more effective than Huo had imagined. Without it, being hit by a goblin would have inevitably resulted in a bruise.

After completing the experiment and personally sending the goblin to meet Mother Earth, Huo rushed back to the mountain stronghold without stopping.

Ignoring the attacks from the goblins around him, Huo stood in front of the ogre, wanting to test what kind of damage the ogre's attacks could inflict on him.

The cannibal didn't care about anything else. Seeing the little skinny monkey standing still in front of him, he immediately raised his wooden stick and cleaved it in two with all his might.

The wooden stick made a dull thud as it struck the arm.

Huo also looked at the arm that had been attacked; the area where it was hit was slightly red and swollen, and bruising was inevitable.

This defense is more than twice as strong as when I first fought the ogres.

After testing the defense, it was time to try the dragon's breath. Huo took a deep breath while facing the ogre.

On the cannibal's side, watching the skinny little monkey being beaten without fighting back, he started taking deep breaths and suddenly felt a sense of panic for some reason.

Just as he was about to deliver another blow, Huo exhaled a pungent breath.

The ogre standing in front of Huo Huan had no time to dodge and was hit squarely in the face by the dragon's breath.

The ogre, struck squarely by the acidic breath, howled in pain, its head corroded away within two seconds, and it died.

Seeing that things were not going well, the remaining goblins all tried to escape, but Huo activated his collection points to enhance their abilities and took them all out.

I tested the dragon's breath attack, and it has two modes: cone-shaped and straight-line.

The cone-shaped area is wide, roughly a 90-degree angle in front of you, and the distance is about 10 meters.

The straight-line distance is long, with the furthest point reaching approximately 20 meters.

[Dungeon clear conditions met, rewards being calculated]

The rewards you received from this dungeon run are: 50 General Coins and 100 Universal Experience.

I ran the Goblin dungeon three times in a row, and all I got was a single skill card for Unarmed Mastery.

However, Huo happened to need the skill of mastering unarmed combat, so he learned it as soon as he got it.

Unarmed Mastery: Lv1 (0/100) Mastery skill. When you perform an unarmed attack, it deals additional damage to the target.

Having been up and about since midnight, fighting tomb raiders and running dungeons, Huo is quite exhausted.

As dawn broke, Huo enjoyed a delicious breakfast at the Hope Restaurant, planning to rest for a while before heading to the town.

After a short rest, Huo changed out of his smoky outfit and into ordinary clothes, then set off with the 200+ Rolls he had plundered from the necromancer.

It had rained the night before last, making the dirt road quite muddy. Huo struggled to pull his feet out of the mud pit and shook off the mud stuck to the soles of his shoes.

The summer sun was radiating heat, and the glaring sunlight was almost unbearably hot.

I put my hand over my eyes to shield them from the sunlight, and a fairly bustling town came into view in the distance.

Seeing this, Huo Huan quickened his pace, and a dozen minutes later, a cluster of two- or three-story buildings appeared before him.

The town smelled unpleasant, with excrement everywhere in the corners. Huo then strode toward the mayor's manor.

Looking around, most of the people setting up stalls and walking around on the street were women and children, while most of the men in the town were working at the mayor's factory at this time.

Mayor Will Rosent is a nobleman, albeit only a low-ranking baron, and the town of Rosent was formerly the fiefdom of the Rosent family.

Since the rise of generators, Will Rosenthal, who was quite farsighted, immediately followed suit and built a brick factory in the town, recruiting a large number of townspeople to work in the factory.

It can be said that most of the town's residents work for the mayor, which is why the mayor made a fortune in the factory in the first few years.

Huo Huan's original body was said to be guarding the cemetery, but in reality, he was working for the town mayor's family. The central part of the cemetery was the ancestral tombstones of the town mayor's family.

A shout of "Newspapers for sale!" pulled Huo back from his reverie, and he bought a newspaper from the child selling newspapers for 1 roll.

Open the newspaper, and the headline on the first page is about engineer Diesel's invention of an internal combustion engine with a simpler mechanism and cheaper fuel, followed by a picture of the machine.

Aside from the headline news which has some value, the rest is just gossip and rumors.

Putting away the newspaper, Huo wondered if he should learn the language of this world, since the original owner of this body was illiterate and Huo always needed to rely on the crossover network to translate the text whenever he read it.

With the internal combustion engine available and electricity gradually becoming more widespread, the technology in this world is even more advanced than Huo had previously imagined. It seems that the level of extraordinary abilities in this world is probably not too high.

Despite advancements in technology, newspapers make no mention of supernatural abilities. This situation wouldn't exist if supernatural abilities weren't being suppressed in every way.

Huo originally came here to resign and find a more suitable place to live, but the necromancer he met by chance temporarily made him abandon his plan to move.

I haven't been in the online community for very long and am currently in a period of rapid growth in strength. Before I can fully understand the depth of this world's extraordinary abilities, it would be best for me to lie low for a while.

After receiving his weekly salary from the butler, Huo followed his predecessor's habit and went to a general store.

"Little Huo is here again!" a simply dressed middle-aged woman greeted with a smile.

Good afternoon, Aunt Maggie.

Aunt Maggie's family were among the few people the original owner was close to. As an orphan, the original owner was well taken care of when he was young, and Aunt Maggie's son, Lawrence, was a childhood friend of the original owner.

"I heard the mayor invited a celebrity to sing in town. Does Xiao Huo want to stay and watch?" Aunt Maggie said, muttering to herself as she helped Huo prepare his necessities.

"A celebrity? When are they coming?" Huo was still a little curious, having never seen a celebrity before in his life.

"It should be tomorrow, right? How about staying and looking around? You can sleep with Lawrence tonight; it's been a while since you two have seen each other."

“Okay, Aunt Maggie.” After hesitating for a moment, Huo finally agreed, mainly because he wanted to broaden his horizons.

There's only one new dungeon left to do today. The low-difficulty dungeons don't take much effort, so I should finish them before tonight.

Chapter 13 Training

Having found an excuse to say goodbye to Aunt Maggie, Huo also found a secluded corner, and in the next instant, he disappeared from the spot.

Looking at the bustling players around him, Huo felt a strange sense of familiarity with the trading platform. Even though he had only been there a few times, he still preferred staying here to his original world.

I opened the chat channel and joined the newly opened one as usual. After greeting the group members, I skillfully opened the strategy file in the chat group.

Dungeon Name: The Hustle and Bustle of a Silent Town (Remaining Challenge Attempts for Today: 2)

Dungeon Level: 2~6

Dungeon Difficulty: Easy

Completion Rewards: 25 Network Coins, 50 Universal Experience, Gray Quality Material (Low Probability), Gray Quality Equipment (Low Probability)

The hustle and bustle of a quiet town: This is an undead-themed dungeon with four difficulty levels. The easy dungeon is manageable, with only skeletons and ghouls as monsters.

However, starting from the normal difficulty, the dungeon monsters include ghosts and demons. Ghosts are immune to regular physical damage, while demons are surrounded by poisonous mist; those with low constitution will be poisoned if they get close.

The most difficult dungeon has even more monster types, including banshees, burning skulls, and ghosts, while the final boss is a resurrected corpse that can use magic.

Huo doesn't have many means to deal with enemies of the soul type; he only has dragon breath and the fireball spell that comes with his staff.

Of course, with the all-powerful Zongwang (a network of cryptocurrency exchanges), as long as you have enough Zongwang coins, you'll naturally have no shortage of ways to deal with things.

The simplest way is to enchant the weapon; an enchanted weapon can effectively damage spirits.

The second method is to use magic. Most spirit-type monsters have very low magic resistance, so they can often be eliminated without using powerful spells.

The third method is to upgrade the basic energy control to the maximum level. In addition to strengthening the body, the collection value can be used to directly fight enemies. However, Huo Huan's energy control level is too poor at present, and he has not yet mastered this skill.

There are many other methods, but these three are the most cost-effective options.

Huo thought about it again and decided to focus on mastering the basic energy control skill first. Although weapon enchanting was quick, it would be troublesome if the weapon was damaged or lost in battle, and he would have to master the basic skills sooner or later anyway.

Arriving at the training area again, Huo glanced at his balance of less than 1000 Zongwang coins and reluctantly activated the 100 Zongwang coins per hour training service.

The moment after paying, a figure that was a perfect replica of Huo appeared on the other side.

The copycat Huo Huan, with a cold expression, raised his hand and punched Huo Huan in the face.

Caught off guard, it hit right in the eye socket.