Heroes' Prison

Chapter 140 Cui Guang

Huang Yi had slept the entire day in the real world, exercised a bit, ate something, and it wasn’t until the evening that he finally entered The Second World.

He checked the player support rates again on the forum. At this moment, his support rate had dropped significantly, down to just 62.9%. After all, there were many players who hadn’t witnessed him saving Dragon City firsthand. They could only understand what happened through video replays, which just didn’t carry the same impact, and they were naturally less impressed with him. Thus, their voting remained more normal, and that swiftly pulled down his support rate.

Huang Yi then searched for information related to Dragon City, hoping to find out what was happening with Qin Shiyu.

However, the search results surprised him. Dragon City was still surrounded by the Skeleton Army!

After Ghost Axe Black Wolf had gone after Huang Yi, these skeletons withdrew from the interior of Dragon Capital City but remained heavily encircled outside the city. They neither attacked nor retreated, simply staying put as if waiting for something.

The people of Dragon City, upon facing this situation, were at a loss. The city’s Teleportation Circle had long been destroyed. This was an inter-city transport network, as vast as a square, far larger than the temporary Teleportation Circle that Huang Yi had repaired, and players at the current stage were simply incapable of fixing it.

Logging off was not a solution either. If Dragon City were to fall to the Skeleton Army, players would find themselves appearing amidst a sea of skeletons upon logging in, facing an instantaneous instakill, unless they were willing to wait it out until the Skeleton Army left. However, there was no telling when that might happen. The Second World is not just a game; true to its name, it is humanity’s second world, equal in importance to the real world. No one was willing to leave, waiting for the Skeleton Army to withdraw. This prolonged agony was even more difficult to endure than dying and losing levels.

At present, Qin Shiyu of Dragon City had already issued orders for all combat players to regroup swiftly, the architectural class players to repair the city walls and construct defensive installations, and the life class players to scavenge all usable raw materials to squeeze out more materials for combat.

Dragon City was piecing together a fragile line of defense with its frail strength.

Huang Yi didn’t know what fate awaited Qin Shiyu. He could only wait silently, ready to set off for Dragon City once again as soon as the situation there improved.

Leaving the forum, Huang Yi stepped into the vast and fantastical Second World, reappearing in Ye Lan’s blacksmith shop.

The blacksmith shop was quiet, with Ye Lan having opened the windows to let starlight pour in and shine upon a brand-new hammer on the floor.

This hammer was about three meters long, significantly smaller than the previous Barbaric Hammer and Split Hammer, yet it looked more robust. Its head featured blood-red spikes, each reflecting a chilling light. The handle, designed with a sense of power, was adorned with a dragon-shaped engraving, finely crafted and reflecting a lustrous glow. The whole hammer was enveloped in a blood mist that was thick yet did not disperse, appearing rather mystical.

Just by looking at this hammer, one could tell it was a treasure not every ordinary player could wield.

At that moment, the starlight outside sprang through the window, glistening on the hammer. Countless tiny orange luminescent dots appeared and were absorbed by the hammer, which then emitted an orange radiance. Each time it absorbed these dots, the glow on the hammer grew slightly brighter.

"Your weapon has been forged, and now it’s undergoing the final process of Starlight Infusion," Ye Lan turned and glanced at Huang Yi.

"Starlight Infusion?" Huang Yi asked, puzzled. He had heard of poisoning weapons but never of a process called Starlight Infusion.

Ye Lan looked up at the Bright Moon and the seven huge Colored Stars surrounding it, and explained, "You see those seven vivid stars in the sky, red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple, similar to the colors of a rainbow and quite beautiful. These stars are not just decorations; they constantly provide profound energy to The Second World. Beyond their connection with the rainbow, their colors also correspond to the colors of equipment. Whiteboard Equipment is the most common and thus derives its energy from the white moonlight. Similarly, Green Gear aligns with the Green Star, Blue Gear with the Blue Star, Purple Gear with the Purple Star, Orange Gear with the Orange Star. Once a piece of equipment is crafted, it needs to undergo Starlight Infusion, soaking up the light from its corresponding star, to gain Attributes."

"What about the Yellow Star, Cyan Star, and Red Star then?" Huang Yi looked up at the seven colorful stars in the sky.

"They correspond to Legendary, Epic, and Divine Artifact," Ye Lan said nonchalantly, uttering the three terms, "Starry light is an immensely vast Energy. Without it, equipment would lack power. You’ve heard of the Ten Great Artifacts, right? The Great Divine Artifact ’Time of Georgia’ comes from that Red Star; both have a common origin. When one uses this artifact, it’s equivalent to wielding the entire Red Star, capable of manipulating that distant Red Star to precision strike any region in the world."

It was Huang Yi’s first time learning of such blacksmithing details. He had always thought the seven Colored Stars in the sky were merely decorative and was taken aback by their significant role.

"Nevertheless, Divine Artifacts are too ethereal to fret over. You might want to set your sights slightly lower and aim for some extremely Special Equipment. Some Special Equipment comes with the Borrow Light Attribute, allowing them to utilize the light from the corresponding stars in the sky during the night, incredibly powerful. However, such equipment is very rare; even among Orange Gear, only one in a thousand has a chance to possess it. Your hammer is already a top-notch item, plus you have the addition of a trace of the extremely rare World Stone, material typically used in the forging of Legendary Equipment. I wonder which master craftsman had provided it, and now with the hammer forged into Orange Gear, the probability of it having the Borrow Light Attribute should be slightly higher. But it hasn’t completed Starlight Infusion yet, so we can’t see the specific Attributes. If it does have Borrow Light, then you’ve struck it rich," Ye Lan said full of anticipation.

Huang Yi also waited quietly; his Ice Chain Armor was also Orange Gear, but it didn’t have the Borrow Light Attribute, showing that he wasn’t that one in a thousand lucky ones.

The two waited for an hour until the hammer had absorbed enough starlight and was shining brilliantly, resembling a slightly smaller Orange Star. The whole blacksmith shop seemed illuminated by its glow, and the dragon engraved on the handle flickered continuously, creating an exceptionally mystical effect.

"There we go, Starlight Infusion is complete. Quickly check its Attributes!" said Ye Lan eagerly.

Huang Yi took a deep breath and bent down to pick up the newly forged hammer.