Chapter 325: Time to Watch the Fireworks. _2
"You're trampling on my dignity with those words."
He had never called him Hungry Monkey before.
But this time it was different.
If previously Hungry Monkey was the second-in-command of the Tomb Guardians, solely because he was the oldest and the first one to mingle with Miao, now his position was based entirely on strength. In this secret realm, their gains had been substantial.
If the biggest beneficiary was Miao, then the second largest had to be Hungry Monkey.
Without going into details,
just the 79 days of gaining one strength point per day, plus the attribute points added through leveling up, brought Hungry Monkey's attribute value to a terrifying number.
157 points!
To say without exaggeration, Hungry Monkey might currently have the highest strength attribute value in the whole Federation.
With an initial 10 strength attribute points, even if you level up to Lord Miao's level, 67, that would just be 77 attribute points, far from 157 points. But the reason I say 'might' is,
because there are many items and skills that can increase strength value, and who knows if some rich man might have a backpack full of items that boost strength attribute value.
So...
Hungry Monkey became Brother Hungry Monkey.
This time, the 'Dead for 79' days realm greatly enhanced the strength of all Tomb Guardian members. Although he also reaped no small gains, he, after all, didn't possess any bloodlines or the bug-like ability to gain one strength point daily.
He couldn't help but feel he couldn't compare with Hungry Monkey.
Although he acknowledged his inferiority, his long-term habit of being cheeky made him murmur under his breath, "With Brother Hungry Monkey's stable and unlimited power increase speed, in ten years, that would be over three thousand strength points."
"By then, probably even Miao won't be a match for you, Brother Hungry Monkey."
"..."
With a smile that didn't reach his eyes, Hungry Monkey slowly stood up, rubbing his fists and looking toward Zhou Shen, "I see it now, you really do want to spar with me."
Just then―
An old man suddenly came jogging over, his face anxious as he spoke, "It's no good, I'm too late, you guys have to help me!"
This old man was their former security guard at the cemetery.
As a Tomb Guardian by profession, he later joined them and had been back and forth with them ever since.
Normally, he didn't meddle in many matters, just quietly guarded the tombs. He really seemed just a quiet Tomb Guardian, easy to overlook his presence. This was their first time seeing the old man so nervous.
"What's the matter, Sir Bai?"
Hungry Monkey sat back down, tossed a cigarette to the old man, and gestured for him to talk slowly, "I've never seen you so anxious before, is there a new discovery? Don't be nervous, with Miao here, even the sky falling won't be a concern."
After spending so much time together, he knew the old man's surname was Bai.
A rather uncommon surname.
He somewhat respected Sir Bai, after all, when they were in the cemetery, it was only with Sir Bai's implicit permission that he was able to survive there. Yet he was somewhat speechless about Sir Bai's character.
"Phew!"
Sir Bai didn't stand on ceremony, lit the cigarette without taking a puff, just pinching it between his fingers, "I just found out about your plan. The boss will annihilate the opposing civilization in an instant at the start of the great war."
"That's right, isn't it?"
"My 'hidden occupation' Tomb Guardian levels up by the number of corpses, if... if we could build a tomb in a short time and surround all that blue land of the Stone Fort Civilization, then the moment they all die, they'll all count as being in the tomb I guarded!"
"The benefits that would bring me are unimaginable."
"..."
"..."
Upon hearing this, Hungry Monkey and Yuan Buping exchanged glances, seeing the realization in each other's eyes. Sir Bai had even requested Miao to bring back more corpses when going out before. If the plan went ahead, they would indeed have a massive number of corpses―quite a windfall.
"Only..."
Hungry Monkey glanced at his wristwatch, "Sir Bai, you're a bit late with this, there's not enough time. This open space is huge, and we only have twenty minutes left before the decisive battle starts. Twenty minutes isn't even enough to fly to the barrier at the junction of the two territories."
"If you had said earlier..."
"Even if you had, it wouldn't work. To build a cemetery right under their noses that could surround them all?"
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"Never mind the human and material resources needed, whether it could be completed in time. Even if we actually had enough time, don't you think those black ghosts from the Stone Fort Civilization would come to hinder us?"
"What if we wait until they're all dead and then build it?"
"There wouldn't be enough time."
Seeing the riches from heaven slipping away, Sir Bai, who was always calm and composed, spoke anxiously for the first time, "Once the great war ends, we'll all be forced to return. We won't have any time to build a cemetery then."
"There's still time."
"My occupation has a skill that allows me to create a life-bound tomb in an instant, completed immediately. I just haven't built it yet because there's only one chance for the life-bound tomb, and I've always wanted to find a real ancient battlefield to be my life-bound tomb."
"The strength of the life-bound tomb depends on how many undead are there the first time the tomb is built."
"If I can use the lives of an entire civilization's people as the foundation for my life-bound tomb, that would be the biggest opportunity for me."
"And the construction range of the life-bound tomb is determined by the range of my eyesight."
"This is an extremely vast plain with no trees or hills. I can see very far, it's just that my eyes are old and dim, and I can't see very far."