The information about "Aura Value" in Castle of Black Iron. Compared to the previous two pieces of information about "Merit Value" and "Basic Energy", the information about "Aura Value" helped Zhang Tie understand this world a lot better.
— — Plants construct the interdependent bridge between the material world and living beings. Aura originates from the release of life potential energy produced by the combination of plants and materials. This is the foundation for all living beings to survive and evolve. The law of the harmonious coexistence between the universe and nature is reflected here. The more aura there is, the faster plants can grow, the more active other living beings can be, and the further they can evolve.
Like the previous two pieces of information, Zhang Tie was shocked by this exposition about aura once again. After reading it over ten times, Zhang Tie finally understood why everybody liked green. Green was the color of plants, which represented aura, food, water, and everything else that was needed for survival. The more green there was, the more plants there were, and the more living beings lived there. Between a barren desert and a verdant forest, which was more suitable for human survival and reproduction, of course the latter would be the latter, because the latter represented more living resources and more aura, or, according to the explanation above, more life potential energy.
If a small seed was buried in the soil, it would grow into a towering tree in a few years. Wasn't it a marvelous thing? Without soil, the seed was still a small seed; with soil, the life form of the seed would undergo an earth-shaking change. The combination of the two would result in the release of life potential energy. Plants would transform the substances and energies that could not be directly absorbed and used by humans and animals into visible food. Fresh air and invisible aura would nourish all the living beings and build a bridge between substances and living beings. In Zhang Tie's eyes, the law of the harmonious coexistence between the universe and nature was a benign interaction between plants and all the living beings in the material world. Plants constantly provided aura to all the living beings, while all the living beings had to ensure that the process of providing aura to plants would not be destroyed and create a suitable environment for plants. He remembered that the teacher in school once said that the reason why the human world fell and eventually collapsed before the Great Cataclysm was essentially the result of humans constantly destroying the laws of nature and the universe. At that time, humans were so arrogant and arrogant that they regarded everything in nature and the universe as resources and objects that could be plundered and destroyed at will, instead of the homes and companions that they depended on for survival. Humans kept taking without knowing how to give back, which resulted in a series of serious problems. This was why the Catastrophe and the arrival of the Star of God were regarded as disasters for humans in the orthodox school education system. However, in reality, many extreme sects regarded the Catastrophe and the arrival of the Star of God as the beginning of the rebirth of humans. In the eyes of the latter, the Catastrophe and the arrival of the Star of God represented the end of humans' wrong pattern and the beginning of humans' rebirth.
After reading the first message, Zhang Tie pondered for a while before turning his eyes to the next one.
— — On the evening of May 13, 889th year of the Black Iron Calendar (Friday), potato seeds started to germinate in the Castle of Black Iron, causing the aura value in the Castle of Black Iron to slowly increase. Handsome and Magnificent Castle Lord, the increasing speed of the aura value in the Castle of Black Iron is directly proportional to the quantity, variety, and quality of the plants in the Castle of Black Iron. The more plants there are, the more high-level plants there are, and the more plants there are of different levels of life potential energy required by a complete ecological system, thus providing more aura value in the Castle of Black Iron per unit of time.
This was the second message in the "Aura Value" log. After reading it, Zhang Tie felt that he had solved another secret about this mysterious space and was very happy. Several sprouted potatoes could provide 0.3 units of aura value for the Castle of Black Iron in one night. What about other plants, such as the Purple Leaf Paulownia on the street outside his home? Although Zhang Tie had not learned too much about plant taxonomy, he instinctively felt that a tree should provide more aura value than a few potatoes. Of course, it was not something that Zhang Tie could answer at this moment. However, it didn't matter. Zhang Tie glanced over the empty space and muttered inside, "No matter what, there are plenty of places for me to do it. As long as they can grow, I don't care what they are." Thinking this way, Zhang Tie started to have some strange ideas. As he was still in the Castle of Black Iron and had many secrets to explore, Zhang Tie had to put them aside for the time being.
After closing the Basic Attributes of the Castle of Black Iron, Zhang Tie casually clicked on another branch of the menu tree and opened the "Space and Terrain Creation" function of the Castle of Black Iron. When he clicked on this function last time, the system reminded him that "Because the three storage values of the Castle of Black Iron are 0, the Space and Terrain Creation function cannot be used". Zhang Tie wanted to see what surprises this "Space and Terrain Creation" function could bring him now that the three storage values of the Castle of Black Iron were no longer zero.
Sure enough, there was a surprise. After clicking on the "Space and Terrain Creation" button, Zhang Tie saw three subcategories of menus, namely:
— — Ground Layer Option
— — Crypt Layer Option
— — Underwater Layer Option
Based on his experience, Zhang Tie knew that these two options were not available at the moment. Therefore, Zhang Tie pressed the button of "Underground Layer Option" and "Underwater Layer Option". Zhang Tie then pressed the button of "Underground Layer Option" and "Underwater Layer Option". Based on his experience, Zhang Tie knew that these two options were not available at the moment. Therefore, Zhang Tie pressed the button of "Underground Layer Option" and "Underwater Layer Option". Zhang Tie then pressed the button of "Underground Layer Option" and "Underwater Layer Option". Based on his experience, Zhang Tie knew that these two options were not available at the moment. Therefore, Zhang Tie pressed the button of "Underground Layer Option" and "Underwater Layer Option". After carefully identifying it, Zhang Tie found that everything in this 3D image was a miniature version of the space map of the Castle of Black Iron. The entire image was vivid, even showing the steel bar that Zhang Tie had inserted into the ground. Feeling that this image could be rotated for the convenience of his observation, Zhang Tie tried to rotate it. Unexpectedly, the 3D image really rotated according to the direction of Zhang Tie's hand, presenting the original look of the Castle of Black Iron from another angle. Zhang Tie became very excited as he constantly rotated the 3D image 360 degrees in front of him to observe the Castle of Black Iron from different spatial angles. Additionally, Zhang Tie found that any part in this 3D image could be enlarged or shrunk. When he pressed his hands on the map and separated them like pulling open the door curtain, the map would expand. When he pressed his hands on the map and started to close the window, the map would shrink.
'That's so fun!' This was Zhang Tie's feeling at this moment. Not to mention anything else, operating this 3D map was like playing with a Rubik's cube or toy, which was very interesting. Zhang Tie kept moving his hands in the air, zooming in and out of the 3D map. After playing with it for more than ten minutes, he finally stopped and started to study other details carefully. Now that it was the so-called "space and terrain creation", it was definitely not just for his eyes to satisfy his craving.
There were no other function buttons on the 3D map. When Zhang Tie was wondering how to "create", a line of words appeared in front of him.
— — Handsome and Magnificent Castle Lord, all creations follow the rule of "what you see is what you get". As long as you project any terrain image that you can imagine and visualize into the map, the Castle of Black Iron will create it for you.
"Ka, it's so easy." Zhang Tie decided to have a try. After adjusting the map to a 90-degree vertical perspective, Zhang Tie gazed at a location in the upper left corner of the map and imagined a pool of more than ten square meters in size. Gradually, a light blue shadow of more than ten square meters in size appeared in the upper left corner of the 3D map. Although the shadow was a bit blurry, its shape and outline were exactly the same as that of the pool in Zhang Tie's mind.
Visualization was very exhausting. Based on Zhang Tie's current ability, he could not perfectly visualize all the details of a pool of more than ten square meters in his mind. Therefore, the light blue shadow of the pool was also a bit blurry.
While Zhang Tie was "working" in his mind, he still could not completely visualize all the details of a pool of more than ten square meters in his mind. Therefore, the light blue shadow of the pool was also a bit blurry.
— — Handsome and Magnificent Castle Lord, the details of the terrain you've visualized are less than 5%. Do you allow the system to use the random natural creation rule to make up for the other missing parts? After the system started the natural law of creation, the Handsome and Magnificent Castle Lord could adjust it manually!
— — Agree … Disagree
What else could he say? He could only say "Agree". When Zhang Tie pressed the "Agree" button, the light blue virtual pool image on the map was finally fixed. It was completely the same as what Zhang Tie had imagined. It was even more natural and vivid than the one in Zhang Tie's "imagination". Seeing this shadow, Zhang Tie let out a long sigh. Although it hurt his self-esteem, he had to admit that the system was much more reliable than him. After practicing the "Mental Arithmetic by Punishment" these days, Zhang Tie had to visualize an abacus. With his current ability, he could barely visualize an abacus, but he could not visualize a pond.
After roughly creating the terrain, the so-called "manual" adjustment was much simpler. Like kneading dough, Zhang Tie could roughly adjust the "size", "width", "contour", and "position" of the light blue shadow on the map. As for the other smaller details, he could not "manually" adjust them. Even so, the interest and convenience of the "space and terrain creation" function of the Castle of Black Iron had completely exceeded Zhang Tie's imagination by dozens of times. In Zhang Tie's eyes, this function completely turned the entire Castle of Black Iron into a super interesting big toy. It was really f * cking interesting.
Zhang Tie was so excited that he almost jumped up again. However, before his smile reached his ears, a line of words appeared on the light blue shadow of the pool instantly poured a basin of cold water over Zhang Tie's head.
— — This terrain creation requires the following resources:
Basic Energy Storage — 56879; Aura Value — 6878; Merit Value — 912 — Do you want to create it?
— — Yes … No …
What the f * ck! Looking at the basic energy storage, aura value, and merit value on the basic attribute column of the Castle of Black Iron, Zhang Tie almost burst into tears. According to the current progress, even if he finished all the work at home, such as cooking, sweeping, washing, and packing, he would only get about 3 merit value points. If he wanted to accumulate 912 merit value points, he would have to work at home for at least two years. The aura value was still okay. The sprouted potatoes gave Zhang Tie a bit of hope. Later on, if he planted more things in the Castle of Black Iron, he would not have to worry about the aura value. As long as there were plants, the Castle of Black Iron would steadily grow. However, the basic energy storage was really shocking — — 56879. If he threw almost 1 kg of pyrite into the Pool of Chaos, he would only get 0.2 units of basic energy storage. If 56879 units of basic energy storage were thrown into the Pool of Chaos, he would need at least 280,000 kg, or 28 tons of pyrite.
The ruthless "reality" made Zhang Tie realize that the "space and terrain creation" function of the Castle of Black Iron was not something that he could afford. The system in the Castle of Black Iron seemed to abide by a strict "equivalent exchange" rule. If he could not save enough resources, the system would not care about him at all. Everything in the Castle of Black Iron could only be obtained at the cost of various resources and great efforts. There was no free lunch in the world. Even if he was the "Handsome and Magnificent Castle Lord", he could not do it. "This big toy is really not easy to deal with!
Forget it, I'd better see if there are any other functions that are most suitable for me. "
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