Obtaining poisons in the game was simply too difficult.
But in reality, there were far too many substances that were poisonous to humans—or to living organisms in general.
Some of them were very easy for the state to acquire.
For example: pesticides!
That’s right, pesticides!
Dichlorvos, paraquat, aluminum phosphide!
There were also plenty of industrial toxins.
Cyanides, heavy-metal salts, sodium nitrite, methanol!
Many chemical substances were controlled items that ordinary people could hardly obtain. Moreover, just a few grams of some of them could be fatal. They were all highly toxic.
Chu Fu wanted these substances.
Li Weizheng immediately agreed.
China had plenty of such materials, and after the apocalypse, they would become completely useless.
With the entire country mobilized to collect them, gathering them was quite easy.
For a time, national transportation networks roared into action. Pesticides, poisons, and chemical substances from all over the country were frantically shipped to Linjiang City.
…
Over the next few days, Chu Fu extracted another forty hours of deep sleep and exchanged them for the SS-rank Poisonous Person talent. She also withdrew the Giant-Mouthed Man-Eating Flower from the game.
Without exchanging for the Poisonous Person talent, Chu Fu was afraid she might poison herself to death.
At the Primordial Academy, Li Weizheng opened another highly toxic laboratory for Chu Fu and strictly prohibited any player below Level 30 from approaching it.
He was afraid they might be poisoned to death.
After obtaining the Poisonous Person talent, however, Chu Fu naturally no longer feared poison.
Inside the laboratory at the Primordial Academy, Chu Fu accelerated the growth of the Giant-Mouthed Man-Eating Flower. Using Plant Person Trait 5, she transformed into a plant person whose skirt was covered in countless giant mouths.
Chu Fu approached the toxins and opened her mouth, swallowing a cubic meter of pesticide in a single gulp.
She went on a wild eating spree!
[Your poison attack has increased by 1.]
[Your poison resistance has increased by 1.]
The giant mouth devoured one hundred bottles of dichlorvos. There was plenty to go around.
Not only was Chu Fu unharmed, she even felt herself becoming greener.
The same was even more true for the A Little Too Poisonous Staff.
Until now, the staff had remained at Silver rank. But after absorbing a massive amount of toxins, it rapidly formed new traits.
[A Little Too Poisonous Staff (Diamond Rank):
Poison Attack +500.
Spirit +200.
Trait 1: Growth Potential (Growth Requirement: Absorb 100 quadrillion points of poison to advance to Epic rank.)
Trait 2: Charm: When used on a target, forcibly charms them for 3 seconds, causing them to continuously move toward you without attacking you.
Trait 3: Shock: When used on a target, causes convulsions, suffocation, shock, nerve paralysis, and other effects. Can forcibly interrupt the target’s spellcasting. (Extracted from dichlorvos-based toxins.)
Trait 4: Degeneration: When used on a target, causes irreversible cellular damage, bleeding, decay, and organ failure, with an additional healing prohibition effect. (Extracted from paraquat-based toxins.)
Trait 5: Corrode Sight: When used on a target, forcibly blinds them, damages the nerves in the brain, and reduces their perception. (Extracted from methanol-based toxins.)]
Chu Fu had no idea how much dichlorvos she had used.
The laboratory was filled with deadly poison. It was said that a cafeteria employee had once passed by, inhaled a single breath, and collapsed from poisoning.
Yet these toxins were resources from reality—genuine resources that helped Chu Fu grow stronger.
Furthermore, as a growth-type weapon, A Little Too Poisonous had far higher spell attack power and attribute bonuses than an ordinary Diamond-rank weapon.
The Poison Bottle had also evolved to Dark Gold rank.
The real-world toxins were rated as Dark Gold rank in the game as well.
However, the antidote potion was a different story. Its rating could not meet the requirements for advancing to the next level, Diamond rank. Chu Fu would have to return to the game to find what she needed.
[Poison Bottle (Dark Gold Rank):
Off-Hand Weapon
Physical Attack: 10
Spell Attack: 200
Spirit +50
Agility +50
Mana +1,700
Additional Trait: Growth Potential. Requirement for next advancement: Collect 20 types of Dark Gold-rank poisons, 20 types of anti-poison and antidotal substances, and 100 Space Stones.
Trait 1: Toxin Fusion: Absorbs surrounding toxins and stores them inside the Poison Bottle. The toxins can be extracted as materials or used as attacks.
Trait 2: Toxin Mutation: The more toxins that are fused together, the greater the resulting mutation. There is a chance of producing toxin materials of a higher rank.]
Chu Fu had mixed together a massive amount of toxins. The Poison Bottle could mutate the toxins inside it on its own, and it had already produced three types of Dark Gold-rank toxins.
As for upgrading the Spirit Plant Pouch, there had been no progress at all. Although Li Weizheng had collected a vast number of plants, even after being mutated by Chu Fu, real-world plants ultimately could not reach Dark Gold rank.
At present, Chu Fu possessed only two Dark Gold-rank plants. One was the Enchanted Mushroom, whose quality had been raised by 3% through the Spirit Plant Pouch, and the other was the Ice Crystal Snow Lotus she had just obtained.
She would still need to return to the game and hunt high-level creatures to find more.
…
Inside the Primordial Gate.
Available Game District: 057.
This represented the fact that Valley Pass Town on Server 0178888 had entered the Town Defense Battle, and the town defense quest was now open.
Holy Healing Angel, Dream King, and Lu An had all received the quest.
Ever since reaching Level 20, they had been active in Linjiang City. After acquiring properties in Thorny Town, they could not help feeling that Valley Pass Town looked incredibly bleak by comparison.
The entire town had fewer than ten thousand players defending it.
The Universal Workshop had once consisted of a full five thousand people. Three thousand players had even carried the Universal name. Later, those two words became a notorious cyber-era embarrassment that everyone loved to hate.
Those people simply committed suicide and left the game.
The remaining two thousand also fell apart. The stronger players went to Linjiang City, while the weaker ones were relentlessly hunted down by unaffiliated players.
In the end, fewer than ten thousand people remained in the entire Valley Pass Town.
Moreover, although the Universal Workshop no longer held absolute control over Valley Pass Town and the loss of Feng Huimin had caused its promotional efforts to plummet, players soon identified the town as a dead server.
Who would go to a dead server?
When playing a game, of course you went to whichever server had the most people.
For example, Server 0308888 had become the most popular server in District 8888. Even players from other servers who died by accident would come here to squeeze in.
After all, the server had three resurrection healers.
Once they landed in Thorny Town, unless they died inside a dungeon, they were practically guaranteed a resurrection. The three healers would periodically patrol the area, ensuring that anyone who died could be revived.
Who wouldn’t love that?
As a result, the number of players entering the other servers continued to decline. The beginner villages connected to Valley Pass Town were almost devoid of newcomers.
With so few players, the Town Defense Battle was practically impossible to win.
Players above Level 20 were afraid of dying and simply refused to return to Valley Pass Town.
The Level 10-to-20 players who remained in Valley Pass Town promptly logged off to keep their accounts from being killed.
The result was an empty town.
[System Announcement: Valley Pass Town is about to face a goblin invasion. All players, please take note.]
[System Announcement: The goblin invasion has begun. The Contribution Ranking is now open. Participants: 927. Preparatory missions will also count toward the contribution rankings.]
