Disaster Strikes - Chapter 16:

Chapter 16: Plaza Stall

Name: Traveler

Level: Starving Ghost

Talent: Stone Skin

HP: 150

Defense: 11

Speed: 9

Strength: 10

Constitution: 15

Spirit: 23

Energy: 12

Basic Boxing: Lv3

Basic Palm Technique: Lv1

Basic Chopping: Lv1

Basic Footwork: Lv4

Basic Jumping: Lv2

Basic Body Technique: Lv4

Basic Blocking: Lv7

Basic Psychic Power: Lv7

Equipment: None

Skill: 1. Psychic Bullet

From the attribute panel, it’s not difficult to see that in the past two months, Chen Mo’s speed and strength have both improved, reaching 9 points and 10 points respectively, finally reaching the average level. This undoubtedly resulted from the full development of his physical potential, not in vain of his diligent training in the past three months.

Of course, the growth of basic attributes relies on this training method, which will become increasingly difficult as it approaches the level of an adult. Completing professional practice and transforming through various special potions and technologies in different worlds is the real long-term growth method.

As for his basic skills, both basic blocking and basic psychic power have made amazing progress in the past two months, which is undoubtedly related to the careful guidance of instructor Qing Hong. Furthermore, Chen Mo has also made considerable progress in basic footwork, basic jumping, and basic body technique.

Especially after the battle with the Gui Tu, Chen Mo began to pay attention to basic body technique. Usually, he often undergoes professional training, and instructor Qing Hong occasionally gives some guidance. Unfortunately, it only stayed at Lv4 and did not reach Lv5.

As for the improvement of Basic Boxing Lv3, it is the result of Chen Mo’s occasional practice in his spare time. After all, having a certain foundation in boxing is not a bad thing to increase his close combat strength.

After the pain in his neck eased, Chen Mo sighed in relief.

“No wonder each natural disaster only masters four skills in this way, even with the enlightenment stone, only two more can be added. The assistance of the brain data chip is ultimately only in the enlightenment stage, and the future still depends on oneself.”

After understanding this, Chen Mo immediately launched a Psychic Bullet skill.

Swish.

A sparkling light flickered and disappeared.

The damage of Psychic Bullet is: skill base damage + spirit coefficient * 0.5 + basic psychic power level + weapon damage * 0.2 + skill proficiency level.

That is: 20 + 11.5 + 7 + 0 + 1 = 39.5 points of damage.

And Chen Mo’s ordinary attack released through psychic power is: spirit coefficient + basic psychic power level + weapon damage.

That is 23 + 7 + 0 = 30 points of damage.

Thanks to the perfect quality of Psychic Bullet, as well as Chen Mo’s high spirit and basic psychic power proficiency, his attack strength at this moment is quite amazing even without a weapon.

If combined with his 150 HP and amazing 11 defense, overall, Chen Mo’s strength in the class is approaching that of those adult Starving Ghosts.

Of course, this is when the other party is not wearing equipment.

There are still a few days left before the trial.

Chen Mo decided to further enhance his strength in the next few days and fully utilize the 76 points of disaster points he has accumulated!

76 points may not be a lot.

But for a destitute Starving Ghost, it is undoubtedly a huge sum of money.

Chen Mo must maximize the conversion of these points into strength, which requires him to understand the prices of the disaster world as much as possible to make the most reasonable use of these points.

Thinking of the hard work over the past few days, not knowing how many times he drooled in the cafeteria, Chen Mo became more determined to maximize the conversion of these points into strength.

The next day.

Instructor Qing Hong arrived on time at the classroom, looked around, and announced on the spot: “Starting today, for the next few days, you will be free to move within the gathering place and can use any means to deal with the upcoming Starving Ghost trial tasks.”

Then she took out a map of the Gathered River gathering place.

“The Gathered River gathering place is divided into twelve areas. The central area is the plaza area, the core of the gathering place, where the mission teleportation gate stands. Therefore, a large number of natural disasters gather here year-round to trade with each other through daily stalls.”

Then, instructor Qing Hong pointed to the surrounding areas of the plaza on the map.

“Surrounding the plaza are the medical area, the law enforcement area, the enhancement area, the cultivation area, and the chambers of commerce area. You can also go and check them out. As for the outermost areas, they are the apartment area, the residential area, the private area, the arena area, and the academy area where we are now. Some places explicitly prohibit outsiders from entering, and some places have requirements for the level of natural disasters, so be careful.”

After a brief introduction, instructor Qing Hong ended today’s class early.

The next few days are also her rare rest time, and she can finally relax a bit.

As for the issue of her teaching income for the past three months, it is related to the number of Starving Ghosts in the class who complete the trial. Hopefully, this time will not be too bad.

“What are your plans?”

Mu Tan looked at Chen Mo, Du Fangyan, and Han Xue and asked.

“I’m going to continue training, excuse me.”

Han Xue’s voice was cold, and she left the classroom straight away.

She can indeed be regarded as the most hardworking person in the class, even at such times, she still needs to seize the time to enhance her strength.

“What else can we plan? Just take a rest. Except for the Traveler, we don’t have any points to spend.”

Du Fangyan looked at Chen Mo with some envy and seemed a little regretful.

Chen Mo’s work in the library is no longer a secret in the class, and everyone knows it. Over these three months, Chen Mo’s progress has been almost obvious, while he has been slowly sinking.

At this point, it’s impossible to say that he doesn’t regret it.

“I plan to go to the plaza and see if I can buy two pieces of white-quality equipment.”

Chen Mo had nothing to hide.

Mu Tan also looked at Chen Mo with some envy, but as a natural disater, most people here do not have a sense of work. Everything is based on strength and looting, and he is no exception.

“Um…”

MuTan’s eyes spun around as he tentatively asked, “How many points do you have? Can you lend me some?”

Chen Mo rolled his eyes. “I only have about twenty-something points. I’m not sure if it’s enough to buy a piece of white equipment. Sorry.”

This guy!

“You just said you were going to see if you could buy two pieces of equipment, and now you’re saying you only have twenty-something points? Are you kidding me? Let me calculate for you. You’ve been working in the library for about three months, and these days at the academy, I’ve hardly seen you spend on anything…”

Chen Mo sighed inwardly. Keeping a low profile with money was indeed the right thing to do.

Although he had annoyed the other party, Chen Mo would not lend him any contribution points.

Not to mention the other party’s behaviour, which Chen Mo found disdainful, but even in these three months, he had experienced countless times drooling in the cafeteria. He would not allow himself to easily lend his hard-earned points to others.

“Goodbye.”

Since they couldn’t see eye to eye, there was no point in saying more. Chen Mo turned and left.

He first went to Professor Loulan’s office and returned the key to the library.

“Professor, the trial of the starving ghosts is about to begin. I’m afraid I won’t have time to continue working in the next few days.”

Loulan was not surprised.

She took the key Chen Mo handed over, pushed her black-framed glasses, and sighed, “I know. Fortunately, you’ve been here these days, which has saved me a lot of trouble.”

The two only had a simple employer-employee relationship, so there was no need for more words.

After a slight courtesy, Chen Mo bid farewell and left.

He walked towards the gate of the academy.

After more than three months, Chen Mo finally stood outside the academy again, looking at the bloody words ‘Misery River Disaster Academy’ on the gate. The experience of coming here in a Land Rover three months ago seemed to be still vivid.

The flat bluestone pavement stretched all the way to the end of the field of vision.

People coming and going on the street, some walking alone, some in groups of three or two, some departing by vehicles, and some riding various strange creatures as mounts. Chen Mo even saw someone flying on a broomstick.

Dong dong, dong dong.

A natural disaster rode a white giant rhinoceros about one person tall, slowly passing by not far from Chen Mo, causing the ground to tremble. He quickly moved away.

The most commonly used building materials for natural disasterss, besides the ubiquitous dark green stones, were various kinds of bones, which were probably the remains of creatures that had died in wars.

Following the map provided by Qing Hong, Chen Mo came to the plaza area.

Sure enough, as Qing Hong had said, there were many people gathered here. The patrolling officers nearby would stop anyone riding a mount and only allow them to enter on foot.

In addition to the sellers who could be seen everywhere, there were several or a dozen items such as equipment, materials, props, potions, and skill scrolls displayed in front of them. The rest were people like Chen Mo, who were wandering around, trying to find suitable items and seize the opportunity.

There were also some people passing by in a hurry, with clear goals, heading straight for the central area of the square.

In the central area of the square stood a towering monument, nearly a hundred meters high.

Below it was a mysterious vortex shining with blue light, which should be the mission teleportation gate. It was the most important area of each gathering place, with people constantly entering and leaving. Many of those who came out were injured and tired-looking, heading towards the medical area, while a few looked excited, seemingly full of gains.

Of course.

Such an important area naturally had patrolling officers monitoring any possible illegal activities by natural disasters.

Although Chen Mo was extremely curious about the high-quality equipment, materials, props, and potions sold in the square, he was very tactful and did not linger too long.

After all, the sellers of these items were not easy to deal with.

They were obviously not willing to waste too much time on a little guy like Chen Mo, and would not give him a face. If he annoyed them with questions, with the brutal nature of the natural disasterss, he might get into trouble.

Fortunately, not all items sold by everyone made Chen Mo hesitate.

For example, this scroll, which turned out to be an E-rank skill scroll, “Mind Bullet.” In addition to this, there were also two white-quality equipment pieces, a gem, and a potion in front of the female natural disaster, who was just like Chen Mo, browsing and selecting her items.

This was obviously a low-level natural disaster.

Chen Mo stopped.

The seller was a female natural disaster who didn’t seem difficult to communicate with. After she discovered Chen Mo’s 0-level starving ghost identity through the brain data chip, she didn’t show any impatience and let Chen Mo choose her items freely.

Among natural disasters, high-level natural disasters could query the levels of low-level natural disasters through permissions.

Chen Mo picked up the “Mind Bullet” skill scroll.

Prompt: Mind Bullet

Rank: E

Learning requirements: Spirit Power 15 points, Basic Psychic power Lv5.

Skill attributes: Consumes energy to launch a telekinetic bullet, causing 16 points of basic damage, cooldown time 8 seconds, consumes 1 point of energy.

Skill introduction: This is one of the most basic applications of psychic power.

Compared with the “Psychic Bullet” skill scroll given to Chen Mo by Qing Hong, it was not difficult to see that this “Mind Bullet” skill scroll had raised the learning requirements from 13 points to 15 points in spirit power, raised the basic psychic power proficiency from Lv1 to Lv5, and reduced the basic damage of the skill from 20 points to 16 points. The cooldown time was also increased from 5 seconds to 8 seconds.

The difference was quite significant, and the advantages and disadvantages were clear at a glance.

“This ‘Mind Bullet’ scroll has a basic damage of 16 points, which is already above the passing line of 15 points. If you’re interested, I’ll sell it to you for 30 points.”

The seller deliberately did not mention the disadvantages in cooldown time and learning requirements.

Seeing Chen Mo put down the skill scroll, the female natural disasters raised an eyebrow.

“If you really want it, I’ll sell it for 25 points. This is the lowest price.”

Chen Mo still shook his head and picked up the nearby gem.

Seeing this, the female natural disasters continued to persuade, “This is definitely the lowest price on the square. If you don’t believe me, look around. Similar E-rank skill scrolls are definitely priced above 30 points. If it were any lower, I might as well just throw it to the teleportation gate for recycling, saving myself the trouble.”

Prompt: Energy Stone

Quality: White

Usage requirements: Deeply eroded by disaster energy, cooldown time 1 hour.

Item attributes: 10 points of energy value.

Item introduction: Can consume energy to quickly restore energy value, or passively increase energy recovery speed by 1%.

“Market price is 10 points, no bargaining.”

The female natural disaster said indifferently.

(End of chapter 16)