Is the person you sculpt as cute as me?

"What a wonderful color... From a distance, they appear white, but up close, they reflect a dazzling array of magical energy... So complex, yet so sophisticated."

The construction site is still a bit messy, but the tower is quite spectacular.

Xiaolu took a lot of screenshots before going to the main entrance with Yu Man.

That was actually a construction magic. As long as someone with permission approached, the door would appear. If not, then this would be an inaccessible tower... unless someone cracked it with magic or carved a door with their own strength.

They entered the tower unhindered, but it had not yet been renovated and only basic facilities were installed.

But you can still see the spacious hall built with high-end building materials.

Magical mist lingers in the floor, and the one-way windows frame the island scenery.

The walls decorated with high-level magic crystals and gems have the multifunctionality of providing energy, lighting, and increasing stability.

In this way, a building structure with zero load-bearing columns and walls was achieved, thus achieving openness and spaciousness.

"Look, the one in the center of the hall is the control console that connects to the island's magic veins. You can use it to control the magic nearby." Yu Man introduced the various functions of the territory, and Xiaolu was stunned.

In addition, there are several separate rooms on the first floor, none of which have yet been assigned a purpose.

Due to the tight time schedule, only some necessary functional buildings were built.

"This - Shimlabakken also has it, the Enchanted Tower." Yu Man pointed to the small tower standing in the corner. She had upgraded it to level five using the extra building materials and it had many useful functions.

"I know. It's for gambling. It's the highest-grossing thing on our land."

Yu Man wanted to refute a few words, but this was the fact.

To be honest, Yu Man once lost money gambling. But what's even more shameful is that he will have to use this gambling content next time.

Yu Man had already planned to go back to Shimlabakken, buy all the mid-level treasure maps, and bring them back to his own territory to gamble.

As long as you win the bet, the range of the treasure map will be reset and refreshed, revealing the treasure in your own territory.

In other words, those relics of our ancestors who had failed in their challenge to the Ice Prison Dragon and sank to the seabed near the island—

It will be revealed.

It means - to salvage treasure.

……

ps

(The Hedgehog Cat's lucky bag is a bit of a scam, so be careful.

But thanks to everyone who smeared the lucky bag products on my face, but be careful when gambling, I invested thousands and only got one black monkey...)

146 Shimla Bakken

Compared to everything else, Yu Man felt that something should take priority.

She had been preparing for a long time, and now that Xiaolu was there, no one was missing, so it was time to get the most important thing done.

"Come on, little deer, I'll take you somewhere."

"Ok?"

Yu Man hooked her index finger mysteriously. Even though her whole body was white and beautiful, she looked more like a demon that had descended into other people's dreams, spreading temptation.

Of course, Xiaolu accepted the temptation out of curiosity, approached Yu Man, and followed her.

But I didn't actually walk many steps.

They stopped near a wall where a metal fence enclosed a patch of tiled ground.

Just as Xiaolu thought, Yu Man snapped his fingers—suddenly, a secret door opened, and a faint light spread out from below.

"Basement!" Xiaolu shouted immediately.

"Hehe." Yu Man took the lead and walked down.

The stone of the fifth step was specially processed to make steps against the wall.

This is a very small basement, roughly the same size as Yu Man’s bedroom when he lived in a rental house.

It doesn't have those fancy, magic-powered lamps, but instead uses kerosene lamps and candlesticks. When the wind blows, the light in the room sways, creating a very atmospheric atmosphere.

This basement is surrounded by solid stone on all sides but covered with soft pile carpet.

There was no interior decoration, just a bed placed in the corner.

"This..." Xiaolu couldn't help but laugh, as befitted her childish age. "It can't be a place with a resurrection point...right?"

"Ah."

"It really is?"

Yu Man nodded happily. "And there's enough light, so there won't be any monsters spawning. It's a pity there aren't any mineral deposits down there, and there aren't any deep mines to dig. But no matter what, this is where you and I truly live in this world."

It doesn’t mean that Man continued to speak, and the girl’s footsteps echoed in this small basement.

Her light figure dragged along the wall and rushed towards the bed.

Unlike the deer, Yu Man just walked slowly, but the distance was very close and he reached the end in just a few steps.

Yu Man sat gently on the edge of the bed. The barely adequate double bed was not spacious.

If Yu Man thought about it, if he moved his hands - or moved his little butt, he would be able to push the deer towards the wall.

"It feels... very special." The deer lay sideways, its voice floating. "The basement is very small, with no view at all. But it feels safe... And I think just a few steps up will lead me to our island, where I can be free and unfettered in the open world..."

Yu Man just nodded, and they knew that they shared the same idea without her needing to agree with her.

There is nothing here yet, and there is no need for anything luxurious or special, just ordinary things are enough.

"So, Eel, how do we set up a resurrection point?"

"It's a bit like setting up a respawn camp when you're doing a dungeon. Our default respawn point is Shimlabakken, but now... as long as you recognize it as your new base, it becomes your new home."

"So that's it, feelings again..." Xiaolu already understood the logic of "Old World" very well. It didn't have complicated systems to constrain players, but instead operated based on feelings, sensations, thoughts, and actions.

But it was easy, because she knew in her heart that this was where she lived.

There was a faint metallic creaking like wind chimes, but that was merely the travelers getting up.

"Alas, I was helpless and alone in the old world...poor and downtrodden." Suddenly, the deer began to cry out in a plaintive voice, "I was cruelly hunted and nearly digested by a snake...but it was the great eel god who saved me."

Yu Man didn't know what to say, so he just listened happily.

"Now, the Eel God has built a wizard tower and kindly left a basement for me... It's great, I finally have a place to live."

"You dislike it? Then go to the second floor, the third floor, or even build a fourth floor yourself... I'll just live in the basement."

"No, no, no, I've always longed for this kind of thing—"

The opera voice disappeared, and Xiaolu spoke sincerely and anxiously, fearing that Yu Man would really take away the basement.

"When I was a kid, I lived in a tower block. I had to take the elevator to go to eat, to get a medical checkup... Different teachers were waiting for me on different floors. Back then, I longed for things like attics and basements—they..."

"Wait, what the hell do you live in?" Yu Man was not interested in her girlish feelings at all because what she said before was a bit surreal.

"Hmm? A tower." Little Deer didn't quite understand, so he tried his best to describe it. "Ah, but it's not a luxurious high-rise or apartment building. Just a small building with about 20 floors... I sleep on the top floor. There's only a bedroom, a bathroom, a sunroom that also serves as a breakfast room, and an outdoor garden."

Yu Man blinked and rubbed his temples, seeming not to understand quite well.

Xiaolu read Yu Man's confusion and just tried his best to describe it -

"The servants and security are on the first floor, the chefs are on the second floor. The hospital has a total of six floors. The other floors have their own uses. Most of them are used by teachers who pass on knowledge to me for teaching, and then-"

"No, wait, Brother Lu...you mean..." Yu Man tried to sort out the plot and her feelings, "This twenty-story building is actually just for you...you live alone?"

"Yeah." Xiaolu thought he finally understood what was going on, so he continued with the previous topic. "I was exposed to some literary works at the time, and they contained descriptions of attics and basements. To me, they seemed so mysterious, so unfamiliar... and so longing."

"Uh."

"For example—a girl whose parents had died young and who was left homeless finally found a place to rest... on a bed of hay and linen in the attic! The dust danced in the light pouring in through the round window..."

Was the deer going to tell me about the two goats next? Fortunately, he didn't.

The deer simply continued, "Later, just as I wished, I moved to my current residence. Now I have an attic and a basement... although it's not quite what I imagined... By comparison, this basement is really great... Can I build a sheep pen outside and raise a couple of sheep?"

"One is called Little Swan and the other is called Little Bear, right..." Yu Man subconsciously picked up the topic, but quickly shook her head to stop it. "No, although it's not nice to ask this, who are you?"

"Hmm? What's the story?"

"Well... for example, I—even though it's not nice to say this, my father was a truly great poet, but he left me to his own devices... That's where I come from."

Although Yu Man felt that her son, Lao Deng, had serious flaws and was even unfit to be a father, his tremendous career achievements were undeniable. Perhaps because she inherited this quirk, Yu Man didn't resent his laissez-faire behavior.

Xiaolu understood what Yu Man meant.

She did not hide anything or be reluctant to talk, but was frank and got straight to the point.

"I am a native Cantonese." She smiled proudly and heartily.

Ha... that's right—Yu Man naturally accepted this idea and turned the page with her: "Then let's pick a floor and build a tea room first?"

"Of course!"

……

After planning for a full hour, they finally decided on the purpose of each floor of the Mage Tower.

Rather than mystery and magic, if this area is decorated according to this... this wizard tower seems to be a more suitable place to call home. But so what? Magicians are also diverse.

After handing over the decoration plan to the architect, Yu Mancai finally had some free time.

“It’s time to get back to adventure,” she said, chatting about the next step.

"Great, great! Now that I have a warm and stable home, I'll feel more motivated no matter where I go or what I chop."

Xiaolu truly understood the true meaning of an adventurer. Adventure isn't all about wandering without a fixed place to live. Steady exploration with a base is the essence of PVE.

But unfortunately, if you want to start your adventure, you have to get a ticket.

"I'll go back first—no, I'll go to Himlabakken first, bring the treasure map and everything, then try gambling and reset it to see if I can get a local treasure map."

“Local?”

"Those treasure maps are either from Shimlabakken, or require global navigation... I don't know where they are. Bring them to the island and gamble with the Enchanting Tower. It's easy to reset the local content of this island."

Then, Yu Man explained the specific situation of the island.

Throughout history, countless adventurers have perished at the hands of the Ice Prison Dragon, likely leading to the excavation of vast treasures in the surrounding seas. A system-generated treasure map would easily guide one in assessing the potential and difficulty of salvaging, a far superior method to blindly pursuing treasure.

By the way, Yu Man also wanted to see the current Shimla Bakken.

Unlike the deer's difficult journey there, the return trip was easy. The Ice Prison Dragon was happy to carry them both. Girls were such a strange existence, it seemed as if no matter how many came, they were of no importance.

Carrying the two of them, the Ice Prison Dragon left the island and soared into the distance as usual.

……

"I can see it—keep it back."

"Yes, big brother."

This wasn't the first time the Ice Prison Dragon had come. Knowing the island's inhabitants were weak, it withdrew its winter domain. Its exaggerated presence vanished, leaving only a nightmarish shadow galloping across the sky.

Unlike the sunny weather overseas, the gloomy snow in Shimla Bakken seems to never dissipate.

No – the atmosphere is different.

"So many people..." Yu Man couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

"Yeah, after the second batch of gaming equipment was released with virtually no restrictions, islands around the world saw ten times... even dozens of times... the number of players flocking to them... It was truly outrageous."

Unlike Yu Man who settled overseas, Xiao Lu personally experienced the surge in the number of players in Shimla Bakken.

Although there were already many people before, tens of thousands of people gathered in Shimla Bakken.

However, most people have real lives. Issues with time zones and work schedules further divided the player base, so it was just a lively scene back then.

But now, dozens of times that many players were crammed onto the tiny island, and the endless noise became the dominant theme, unfailing. Most of them were newcomers, noisy and curious about everything.

"Thanks to this, Yago can't handle the large number of new members applying for membership every day, and he's frantically trying to attack overseas and find a piece of territory."

"Haha, this is the meaning of territory."

Now that players have just opened the port, there will be a short period of confusion.