Chapter 14 New Apostle

The next day, Zhou Jing stayed in his rented apartment all day, sorting out the process of Star Realm Transmigration, and he gained a clear concept.

He divided the currently known process into four stages according to the sequence of events: Character Creation, Transmigration, Cooldown, and Death.

Character Creation involves creating the Star Realm Apostle to be used next. Through free inheritance slots or the consumption of Star Realm Points, he could customize the body to walk the various planes, matching various attributes.

During the Transmigration stage, his consciousness was projected into the Star Realm Apostle, and he personally walked the plane, with the assistance of cultivation acceleration, achievement rewards, and so on.

During the Cooldown stage, his consciousness returned to his main body, waiting for the transmigration cooldown to pass before the next transmigration. During this period, the Star Realm Apostle would act automatically in idle mode.

Transmigration and Cooldown stages were interspersed as the main links.

Time flowed in both the main world and the Star Realm, but due to the difference in flow rate, one side passed quickly while the other passed slowly.

Therefore, each transmigration could set the time spent by the main body, converted into the dwell time of personally controlling the Star Realm Apostle.

Because the main body was also spending time in transmigration, it was generally not set for too long. Zhou Jing felt that it could be used to replace most of his sleep time.

In this way, through the cooperation of Descending and Idle, the life of the Star Realm Apostle could be continuously extended, allowing him to be active in the plane for a longer time.

If the Star Realm Apostle died, he would enter the final Death stage, conduct a career settlement, and obtain a free inheritance slot.

Part of the apostle’s cultivation results would be freely inherited to the next apostle, and then he would return to the initial Character Creation stage and repeat the process.

“As for clearing the game, I haven’t achieved it yet, so I don’t know the form yet, I’ll have to see later… but according to the information received, it should be similar to the Death stage, but you don’t need to create a character again, you can continue to control the cleared Star Realm Apostle to act.”

Zhou Jing’s eyes flickered, and he sorted out the general situation.

He glanced at the time, it had been more than twenty-four hours, and the new Star Realm Apostle template had been generated.

He let out a breath and prepared for transmigration.

"Enter!"

…

Buzz——

His consciousness entered the Transmigration Preparation Space, still the same galaxy, with the fluorescent panel quietly suspended in the center.

Zhou Jing looked up, and the contents of the panel jumped into view.

[A new Star Realm Apostle template has been generated (No. 002)]

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[Current Template - Trait File]

[Name: Jason Moore (Changeable)]

[Race Appearance: Terran (Changeable)]

[Identity: None]

[Personality: Determined]

[Style: Martial]

[Position: Neutral]

[Pursuit: Power]

[Synchronization Difficulty Rating: Easy]

[Life Goals: 【Become a Senior Exotic Beast Hunter】, 【At Least Two Exotic Blood Enhancements】, 【Hunt High-Risk Exotic Beasts】]

[Apostle Constant Standard: 0/110]

[Current Template - Ability File]

[Attributes: Physique 5 (First Order), Resistance 4 (First Order), Perception 5 (First Order), Spirit 6 (First Order), Energy 0 (Zero Order)]

[Aptitude: Physique - [Green], Resistance - [Light Green], Swordsmanship - [Light Green]… (Expand Detailed List)]

[Talent: 【Empty Slot】x1]

[Free Allocation Points: 5]

[Extraordinary Power System: 【Empty Slot】x1]

[Skills: 【Terran Empire Language Northern Dialect Version】lv2, 【Weapon Mastery - Hunting Knife】lv1, 【Weapon Mastery - Dagger】lv1, 【Wilderness Survival】lv1]

[Auxiliary Function: 【Empty Slot】x1]

[Rarity Rating: Mediocre Person]

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[Total Template Free Reset Times: 0]

[Specified Parameter Free Reset Times: 2]

Zhou Jing’s eyes flashed, and he carefully read the template parameters.

The clearance requirements for the second template were 30 points higher than the previous one, and the completion difficulty of the life goals had obviously increased, but it seemed to still be within the acceptable range.

“Speaking of which, this template doesn’t seem to have any talent…”

Zhou Jing noticed this.

He opened the *Record Illustrated Handbook*. The Talent Illustrated Handbook currently only had "Will Woods’s" [Nimbleness], and inheriting it to the new template actually required 500 Star Realm Points.

He currently had 1477 Star Realm Points, and 500 points was not cheap, so Zhou Jing simply gave the first designated reset opportunity to Talent.

[The current template talent is being reset… The reset is complete, and the changes are as follows]

[You have gained the talent 【Tenacity】(Reduces the impact of injuries on actions)]

“It seems that this is suitable for protracted battles… If I had this talent when I was ambushed by the Earth Bone Man, I could have escaped on my own after being hit by an arrow, without Baron’s rescue.”

Zhou Jing analyzed the effect, thought about it, and then threw the second designated reset to Aptitude.

[The current template aptitude is being reset… The reset is complete, and the changes are as follows]

[Resistance [Light Green] → [Green], Swordsmanship [Light Green] → [Green], the remaining results are unchanged]

“They’re all increasing, good luck.”

Zhou Jing was overjoyed.

Physique, Resistance, Swordsmanship… Green, all green!

This time, three items were green, and the aptitude was better than the last apostle.

After using up the two free reset opportunities, Zhou Jing looked at it and found that he could continue to reset at the cost of Star Realm Points.

However, a designated reset required 200 points each time, and an overall reset required 1000 points each time, and the fees were cumulatively increasing. He currently had no intention of continuing to reset.

Now that he had Star Realm Points in stock, he could further customize the character. He prepared to try the degree of customization.

“Let me see, what is the form of spending money to create a character.”

Zhou Jing rubbed his hands excitedly.

He operated it, and the panel popped up a message:

[To improve the four parameters of the template - Attributes, Aptitude, Talent, and Skills, Star Realm Points need to be converted into Free Allocation Points, at a ratio of 100:1]

[This template has an upper limit for adding points: 0/500]

[Hint: The upper limit for adding points to the template means the upper limit of Star Realm Points that can be invested when converting Free Allocation Points in the current template]

[This limit depends on the template's Rarity (basic limit) and the Star Realm Transmigration Energy Level (multiplication bonus)… The higher both of them are, the more Star Realm energy the Star Realm Apostle generated by this template can accept for enhancement]

“So that’s how it is, Star Realm Apostles of different rarities have different limits to the enhancements they can withstand…”

Zhou Jing scratched his head.

It seemed that the template’s Rarity also had the meaning of "capacity". Once too many Star Realm Points were injected, it would be full.

The scope of this limit was only to use Star Realm Points to strengthen the four items of attributes, aptitude, talent, and skills, which was equivalent to the upper limit of adding points to a single template.

The abilities selected from the *Record Illustrated Handbook* to replace the traits and abilities of the new template were not affected by this limit and had no upper limit. It was just that each inheritance or adjustment would cumulatively increase the cost.

“The conversion limit for adding points depends on two factors. The template’s Rarity depends on luck, and this Star Realm Transmigration Energy Level…”

Zhou Jing’s heart moved, and the corresponding entry popped up on the panel:

[Star Realm Transmigration Energy Level]

[Current: lv1]

[To upgrade to the next level, you need to invest 1000 Star Realm Points, 20 Informatized Particles]

[Hint: The Star Realm Transmigration Energy Level affects the initial strength of the Star Realm Apostle template, the conversion limit of free points for the template, the level of abilities that the main body can convert, and other factors…]

“This thing…” Zhou Jing carefully read it again, and he understood the use.

If the power of Star Realm Transmigration was regarded as a super power system, then the Star Realm Transmigration Energy Level was equivalent to the "realm" of this system, equal to his degree of development of this ability.

The deeper the development, the stronger the ability. Basically, some key factors of Star Realm Transmigration were linked to this Star Realm Transmigration Energy Level, such as the initial strength of the template, the limit of adding points to the template, and so on.

Like the limit of adding points, the basic limit for this template’s Rarity was 500 points. If the Star Realm Transmigration Energy Level was raised to lv2, then the multiplier would be 2, and the actual conversion limit would become 500x2=1000.

If the Star Realm Transmigration Energy Level was lv3, lv4… or even lv10, then the multiplier for the basic limit would be even greater, and the room for adding points would be wider, and more Star Realm Points could be invested.

“Unfortunately, I haven’t even seen a strand of Informatized Particles, so I definitely can’t upgrade, so I don’t need to think about it for the time being.”

Since there was no way to do it at the moment, Zhou Jing just recorded it and threw it to the back of his mind.

He did not hesitate and directly used up the full amount of points.

[500 Star Realm Points have been converted, you have obtained 5 Free Allocation Points]

[Current Free Allocation Points: 10]

Zhou Jing had already thought about the distribution, and this time he also added all the points to the attributes.

He had tried adding points to aptitude and talent, and it took multiple points to improve them slightly, and it was estimated that the same was true for skills, so none of them were as effective as attributes.

Through his previous experience, Zhou Jing realized that when the initial strength of the template was low, increasing attributes could increase the guarantee of survival and facilitate subsequent actions.

"Will Woods" had proved that 9 points of physique was a good effect, but he eventually died from toxins and injuries, probably because of his low resistance, so he decided to allocate points equally to physique and resistance this time.

“The success rate of taking exotic blood potions seems to be related to both of them. If I add all the points to physique, although it is close to the level of the extraordinary, it is still lower than Baron’s 18 points. It is better to increase some resistance to prepare for using exotic blood potions. That is the goal…”

Zhou Jing’s mind changed, and he immediately started operating.

[Free points have been distributed]

[Physique 5 → 10, Resistance 4 → 9]

“The last item is to consider loading an auxiliary function…”

Zhou Jing pondered.

The achievement triggered by "Will Woods’s" death unlocked the auxiliary function bar, and it also came with four basic auxiliary functions. Today he had already thought about several solutions.

After re-examining the template attributes, and comparing the installation costs of each auxiliary function.

Zhou Jing hesitated for a few seconds, and finally made a decision.

[500 Star Realm Points have been consumed]

[【Follower Function】has been filled into the auxiliary function bar]

[Currently available followers: 【Unnamed (Primary)】]

The four basic auxiliary functions had different installation costs. Among them, 【Character Level System (10 level limit)】 was the most expensive, requiring 800 points. Each level gave 0.2 attribute points, which was equal to extra growth.

Zhou Jing was originally entangled in whether to choose this one, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it, mainly because of one reason.

One was that the character upgrade function could not be inherited. Even if the previous Star Realm Apostle reached the full level, the next apostle would still have to start from level one, and the extra attribute points brought by the auxiliary function could not be inherited.

Although he wanted to clear the game as soon as possible, after analysis, he felt that the second Star Realm Apostle should focus on development, accumulate enough strength, and then try to clear the game.

Because this was only the second transmigration, and he had insufficient experience, he felt that it was safer to prepare for both, and in addition to trying to clear the game, he thought more about whether he could leave more "legacy".

Therefore, choosing an auxiliary function that could not be inherited was not cost-effective… After all, 800 points was really quite expensive for him now.

He had just checked that the cost of designating the Frostwood Village for projection in the map overview mode was 100 points, which was a necessary expenditure.

So, if he combined 800 points with 【Character Level System (10 level limit)】, he would only have 77 points left, and he probably wouldn’t be able to turn on cultivation acceleration.

【Follower Function】only required 500 points, which could save 300 points to turn on cultivation acceleration.

And this function was inheritable.

【Follower Function】currently only had one empty slot, which was a primary follower template. The effect was that after entering the world, he could summon it to follow him.

It didn't matter if the follower died unfortunately, each Star Realm Apostle had one chance to resurrect the follower. If it was used up, then the next Star Realm Apostle could equip the function to reset the resurrection opportunity.

And the follower could train on its own, and the files would not be eliminated. The ability was still retained when resurrected. There was no need to start from scratch when equipped for different Star Realm Apostles. It had a certain degree of growth and was cost-effective.

What was this… it was simply the perfect cannon fodder… assistant!

The Exotic Beast World was relatively dangerous and the living environment was harsh. Compared to being a lone wolf, Zhou Jing felt that it was quite necessary to have a follower who would not complain no matter how he was used. It was better to have more people to do things.

In addition, there was a risk in using exotic blood potions, and a loyal follower would probably be very willing to try the medicine for him…

Zhou Jing coughed and looked at the template of this primary follower, which only had an ability file.

To be honest, the attributes of the primary follower were a bit miserable.

——Except for the [Energy] attribute, which was still 0, the other four items were the standard 5 points of ordinary people, but the aptitude was either gray or white, and not a bit of green could be found. There was no talent, and it was also prompted that the cultivation acceleration function could not be used.

Wasn’t this just a moron!

“It seems that this is the limitation of the follower function. Although the follower’s training results will be retained and continuously inherited, the problem is that the growth is slow…”

Zhou Jing nodded secretly.

But fortunately, his intention this time was just to have a tool person, and his requirements were not high.

Star Realm Points could be used to add points to followers, and the basic conversion limit was also 500, and it also accepted the multiplier bonus of the Star Realm Transmigration Energy Level.

However, Zhou Jing did not have extra Star Realm Points to give to the follower now. He still needed it himself.

“This thing is really not durable. I thought I had saved a lot last time. It seems that it is only the level of subsistence consumption.”

Zhou Jing muttered to himself.

The follower template's appearance and name could be customized.

Zhou Jing suppressed the desire to create an extreme face and set the appearance for the follower.

A medium build, paired with an unremarkable, common face… Stable, it was extremely soluble in the crowd!

The more inconspicuous, the easier it was to do things.

“As for the follower’s name… uh, let’s call him Ross.”

Zhou Jing thought of a popular name that was in line with the style of the Exotic Beast World and used it directly. It didn’t have any special meaning.

“That’s about it for creating a character… Excluding the 100 points to be consumed for designated area projection, there are 377 Star Realm Points left in stock, which will be used as working capital.”

Zhou Jing calmed down.

He entered the appearance adjustment interface and found that this apostle had thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a masculine and resolute appearance. The degree of handsomeness was half of his own, so he didn’t adjust it much. He just added the same bird-shaped tattoo as "Will Woods" on the inner side of his forearm.

Then, according to the plan he had thought about during the day, he changed the template name from "Jason Moore" to "Jason Woods".

[Star Realm Apostle template adjustment is over!]

[Entering the projection preparation stage!]

[Currently projecting Star Realm: 【Exotic Beast World】No. 001]

[Star Realm time flow rate difference: 4.1135.7]

[This transmigration is timed: 6 hours for the main body (default)]

“The time flow rate difference has changed slightly… well, let’s try timing it for eight hours this time.”

Zhou Jing’s heart moved,

[Change confirmed… This transmigration is timed: 8 hours for the main body]

[Map overview mode has been opened]

[Please select the projection mode, 【Random Area Projection】or 【Designated Area Projection】]

The map interface unfolded, and it was different from the all-black appearance during the first transmigration. Now, there were more areas in the Black-Shirt Forest on the map, as well as the location of Frostwood Village. The details could be zoomed in and out to observe.

Zhou Jing had already made a decision and proceeded with the operation.

[Select 【Designated Area Projection】]

[Designated location: Frostwood Village]

[This area projection requires 100 Star Realm Points… Consumption complete]

[Starting projection]

Chi la!

The familiar sound rang, and a streamer crack opened in the starry sky below.

For the second transmigration, Zhou Jing was already prepared and was directly sucked in.

After falling rapidly for an unknown amount of time, a scene of a wilderness finally appeared at the end of the crack, rapidly zooming in in his field of vision…