Chapter 356: Chapter 206: The Hut’s Fourth Update

「One hour earlier.」

As midnight arrived, Cheng Zongyang entered the Wilderness World from his private chamber.

Immediately, familiar notification boxes appeared one by one.

Cheng Zongyang closed them one by one. They were mostly just notifications for Points gained from the Collection Hunting Team’s kills.

Finally, he saw the last notification:

[Marketplace Hut update complete. Current Level: Level 4. Update details are as follows:]

Seeing this notification box, Cheng Zongyang couldn’t help but feel excited.

The seven-day update was finally over!

At the same time, he also noticed that the Marketplace Hut itself had undergone some changes.

Its area had increased, and the furniture and decorations were more beautiful and luxurious.

’This place must be fifty square meters now, right?’

Unable to contain his curiosity, he quickly looked at the detailed update contents.

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①: A new independent space has been added to the Marketplace Hut: the Third Level. The host and Soul Slaves can create rooms on the Third Level, set their own room layouts, and automatically generate furniture and items with no limit on quantity or area. Each room will incur a monthly rent of 10 Points.

②: A space for High Tier Soul Slave Cultivation has been added to the Cultivation Room. Point consumption is equivalent to the host’s.

③: Added Teleport Anchor Points. You can spend Points to set an anchor point at any previously visited location in the Wilderness World (100 Points/anchor, with the Marketplace Hut as the fixed home anchor). You can then teleport between anchor points, with each teleport consuming a certain amount of Points (10 Points/trip/person, authorization possible).

④: The fixed departure point restriction has been removed. You can now leave the Wilderness World from any location, no longer restricted to the Marketplace Hut.

⑤: Consignment and purchase request fees have been reduced to 14%. One consignment slot has been added (0/4). Added the ability to consign items from the outside world; the fee remains unchanged.

⑥: The item shop refresh time has been changed to once every seven days. All else remains the same.

⑦: Modified the method for entering the Wilderness World. You can now choose to enter with your physical body or spiritually. When entering spiritually, your body remains in the outside world and an alert function is added (10 Points/hour, rounded up to the nearest hour). If someone in the outside world calls for you, you will be notified.

⑧: The interior area of the Marketplace Hut has been expanded to fifty square meters. The functions of the treatment bed and Recovery Chair remain unchanged.

⑨: Points turnover required for next Level: 0/150,000

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’Th-th-this... As expected, the Marketplace Hut has been earning Points too. Every update is better and more powerful than the last.’

Cheng Zongyang read through the list item by item, his eyes widening with each one. After reading it the first time, he read it over several more times, as if the update couldn’t possibly be real.

’The contents of this update are simply incredible!’

Cheng Zongyang was very happy. Although the item shop’s refresh time had been changed to seven days, it wasn’t a major issue.

At least there were many more good, new features.

First, the rooms. They at least solved the housing problem for the Soul Slaves, so they wouldn’t need to build any more houses. Although, each room would cost 10 Points per month.

There were currently 116 Soul Slaves. If they all moved in, it would cost 1,160 Points every month!

Cheng Zongyang shook his head. If he didn’t want to build houses, the number of Points he would have to spend would only increase in the future.

’This Ring Spirit is getting smarter and smarter! It has more and more ways of making me spend Points!’

As for the second point, Soul Slave Cultivation, there was no need for that at the moment. He didn’t even have enough Points for himself.

The third point, the Teleport Anchor Points, would be a huge convenience for future long-distance expeditions. It would also be extremely convenient for the Collection Hunting Team, as they would no longer have to waste time traveling. Otherwise, they couldn’t go very far.

The fourth point was similar to the third. In the future, when he explored the Wilderness World, he would no longer have to run back to the Marketplace Hut or use a Town Recall Talisman to leave. Consequently, the Town Recall Talismans he’d never even used were now basically useless.

The fifth point, the ability to consign items from the outside world, would also make it much more convenient to deal with the surplus of things he couldn’t sell. He could even consign some slow-moving goods. It was another source of Points for him.

For Cheng Zongyang, the seventh point was one of the most important new features.

As soon as he entered the Wilderness World, he was completely unaware of what was happening in the outside world.

In the future, by entering spiritually and leaving his body behind, if anything happened—if someone touched his body or called out to him—he would get a notification.

If someone were to break in one day, it wouldn’t be as if he had just vanished. You could say this update greatly improved his connection to the outside world.

’Not bad, not bad at all!’ Cheng Zongyang was very satisfied.

He made a note of these new functions, then left the Wilderness World to try entering spiritually while leaving his body behind.

Seeing that everything was normal and there was no difference from entering with his physical body, Cheng Zongyang finally felt at ease. He had originally thought he would be moving around the Wilderness World in a soul-like state.

Ten Points per hour wasn’t much, since he didn’t spend that much time in the Wilderness World anyway.

But for future explorations of the Wilderness World, it would be 240 Points per day at most, which wasn’t a lot. If he needed to stay in the Wilderness World for an extended period, he could just enter with his physical body.

He then summoned Luo Dingran.

After informing him of the new functions, he said, "I need you to start arranging these matters. With the ability to consign items from the outside world, we’ll have many more sources for earning Points. I’ll start sending some things over later, and you can test out their Point prices one by one."

"Yes," Luo Dingran replied.

With so many new functions added, he was also happy, as it made arranging certain matters more convenient. More Points also meant certain benefits for him; at the very least, he might get a chance to use the Cultivation Room.

"Also, don’t set the anchor points randomly. Tell the Collection Hunting Team to set them at fixed intervals to avoid waste. At the same time, it would be best to establish a supply station or something similar at each anchor point. Otherwise, each teleport costs 10 Points per person, which adds up quickly. We’re short on Points right now, so be frugal."

Luo Dingran smiled. "Yes, I understand. I will use the map to carefully plan out a series of logical anchor points and do my best to avoid any waste."

Cheng Zongyang nodded.

Afterward, he went to the Third Level to try creating a room for himself.

He didn’t have much need for a room, however, as he basically never stayed here.

But he still wanted to see if he could recreate a modern-style room from his past life.

Upon entering the Third Level, pushing open the door revealed a void. This was because he hadn’t set up his room yet; otherwise, opening the door would have led directly into his own private room.

A new information box with the operating rules appeared before him.

Cheng Zongyang read through it carefully and understood how it worked.

It was similar to creating a room and then setting its area. An empty, independent room would then appear.

After that, he could change the layout with his thoughts and freely generate any furniture, items, and so on that he wanted.

So, he generated a small manor for himself, complete with flowers, trees, a rockery, water features, and a swimming pool. The rooms included a study, a bedroom, and a bathroom. Then he generated various pieces of classical furniture and modern furnishings.

However, according to the rules, he couldn’t generate living beings, so when he tried to create a robot for himself, that didn’t work either.

In other words, everything generated in this independent space was real and usable. But things like robots or maids were impossible. He could only generate inanimate objects here—things without intelligence or the Ability to think.

But Cheng Zongyang didn’t care. He was very satisfied. For 10 Points a month, anyone would be more than willing to live in a place like this.

After briefly experiencing the luxurious manor life he had never had in his past life, Cheng Zongyang didn’t stay long.

With his current status and strength, it wouldn’t be difficult to live an even more luxurious life. If he wanted to, he could even live a life of wild debauchery, with pools of wine and nightly revelries, but he simply had no desire for it.

He left the Third Level. Luo Dingran would be in charge of managing these rooms.

It would cost 1,160 Points per month, so it was naturally impossible for all of them to move in.

Therefore, most of them would continue to live in the existing houses outside. They could reconsider once they had more Points in the future.

Arriving on the first floor, he saw Luo Dingran staring blankly at the item shop display at the counter, so he walked over and asked:

"What did the shop refresh with this time?"

Hearing Cheng Zongyang’s voice, Luo Dingran quickly cupped his hands in respect. "Sir. The items in the shop this time are a bit different from usual. Please take a look."

At his words, Cheng Zongyang looked over.