After upgrading, both the duration of the status effect and the increase in movement speed, as well as the skill cooldown time, received a certain boost.
Although the increase was not significant, considering it was only a white-grade skill, such an improvement was already quite good!
The only downside was the increased mana consumption.
With Luo Chen's current 50 mana points, he could only use the Swift Travel skill 3 times.
After 3 uses, his mana would not be enough to use the skill again.
Mana recovery, without corresponding equipment or skills, was very slow.
It took 1 minute to recover 1 mana point.
Taking the Level 2 Swift Travel skill as an example, 15 mana points would require fifteen minutes to recover.
Therefore, once mana was depleted, Luo Chen would have to wait fifteen minutes before he could use the skill again.
"There should be mana recovery potions or something, right?" Luo Chen thought, looking at his pitifully low mana.
However, he was still a newcomer.
He was completely clueless about the situation in the Slaughter Land.
He had no idea what the conditions were like here.
The Slaughter Town itself was relatively safe in the early stages, with no monsters approaching the town's vicinity.
But it was hard to say what would happen later.
Therefore, upgrading the Safe House was an urgent and top priority!
Only when the Safe House's level was high could it truly provide a sufficient sense of security.
Otherwise, the initial Safe House's safety level simply couldn't make Luo Chen feel at ease.
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【Safe House】
【Level: 1】
【Defense: 10】
【Durability: 100 / 100】
【Additional Features: None】
【Upgrade requires 1000 killing coins!】
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Opening the Safe House's information, Luo Chen looked at the few lines of text, less than fifty words in total, which were indeed quite Simple.
However, the initial Safe House was like this: very simple and not secure enough.
10 Defense meant that attacks with less than 10 Strength could not deplete the Safe House's Durability.
But was 10 Strength high? Not at all.
Even Luo Chen had 5 Strength.
Some who drew talents like 'Strong as an Ox' had strength bonuses of 200%.
Assuming the opponent also had a base of 5, then after a 200% increase, they would have 15 Strength.
With a single strike, they could easily break through the Level 1 Safe House's defense.
And those 100 Durability points could only withstand 100 attacks.
Was that a lot? Not at all!
It wouldn't last long at all.
What's more, without additional features, you couldn't even escape the Safe House; you'd just be trapped inside and die!
Therefore, he had to quickly gather those 1000 killing coins to give his Safe House a good upgrade!
Even if it was just one level, it would still be good.
...
Coming out of the Safe House, Luo Chen turned and closed the door, glancing at the obelisk pattern already lit up on the doorplate.
This indicated that the Safe House was occupied.
Safe Houses that were not activated, or whose owners had died, would not have their obelisk patterns glowing on the doorplate.
Returning to the town center square, there were still a few scattered people there.
He wondered if they had never left, or if they had just arrived like him.
Luo Chen ignored the others and walked directly to the giant obelisk.
He looked up; on the Blood-colored Obelisk, names were carved one after another.
Luo Chen soon found his own name among them.
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【Luo Chen】
【Survival Time: 0 days】
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Every Slaughter Town had such a Blood-colored Obelisk, and on each Blood-colored Obelisk, the names of every resident living in that Slaughter Town, along with their survival days, were inscribed.
If a town resident died, their name would be erased from the Blood-colored Obelisk!
So, it was very simple to see if someone was still alive: just check if their name was still on the Blood-colored Obelisk.
If the name was still there, it meant they were still alive.
Once the name disappeared, it meant that person had died!
And "survival days" was exactly what it sounded like.
However, its existence was not only to show how long a person had survived in the Slaughter Land, but also as a reward for them, the participants of the Killing Game.
For example, when their survival days reached 10 days, they would receive their first reward!
What the reward was, he didn't know.
But something given for free, no matter how trashy, was better than nothing!
The second reward after 10 days would have to wait until the 30th day.
After that, for every additional 30 days of survival time, a survival reward would be received!
And when the survival time reached one year, an additional reward would be received!
This additional reward would be more generous than the basic monthly reward.
It was considered a surprise for everyone who worked hard to survive.
...
"Buddy, team up?" Luo Chen turned to look at the person who spoke to him.
He shook his head. "No, thanks."
The other person wasn't angry; he smiled at him, then turned and went to find someone else.
"Buddy, team up?" That person glanced at him, hesitated for a moment, then agreed.
Then, the other person smiled and pointed to three people standing together not far away, telling the person to go over there and get acquainted with the others, while he himself continued to invite the next person.
Situations like this were not uncommon in the square.
Although these people didn't know each other, they were now thrown into the same Slaughter Town, which was a kind of fate to some extent.
And now, no one knew what the situation outside the town was like.
Therefore, acting together in a group at this time was clearly safer than being alone.
Luo Chen wasn't ignorant of this principle.
But compared to the dangers outside the town, he trusted the people around him even less.
To put it bluntly, as someone who had transmigrated, he was completely unfamiliar with these Earthlings.
Although everyone looked similar, and their way of speaking, even their language, seemed to be no different, he still felt out of place with these people.
So, after considering the idea of teaming up, Luo Chen decided against it.
He'd try going it alone for now.
If it really didn't work out, he'd find a team then.