Earth's Best Gamer - Chapter 280

Chapter 280: Radiation Hot Spring and Strange Powers
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Absolutely nothing was growing on the black land.
In the dilapidated buildings that were no better than ruins, traces of human beings could be seen after careful observation!
This area was adjacent to the Snake Monkeys’ settlement. It explained why the Snake Monkeys were aware of the human beings’ vitals.
It was obvious that the human settlement on this island had been destroyed by the Snake Monkeys.
But they didn’t expect their karma would get to them so quickly. Their settlement was destroyed by another human force that they couldn’t resist.
“Huh. Have you sensed anything?”
“I don’t feel comfortable at all after entering this settlement. It feels like an invisible power keeps corroding my body.”
Qin Yueyu, whose short hair had grown into a black ponytail, was slightly confused.
“It’s radiation. The substances in this entire area carry a lot of radiations!”
On the goggles that Guo Wei was wearing, the red “radiation alarm” was popping up nonstop.
“Seriously? Did the Snake Monkeys already have nuclear bombs?”
Mister Bug was quite shocked.
“How is it possible? If they had invented nuclear bombs, we couldn’t have taken them down so easily.”
Qin Yueyu rolled her eyes at him.
“Then what’s the reason?”
Mister Bug scratched his head.
“It’s because of the setting of this settlement!”
An Quan suddenly opened his mouth in excitement.
“If my guess is correct, this settlement must be set in Land of Radiation, a post-apocalyptic role-playing survival game…”
Then, he quickly climbed to the top of the residue of the highest building and looked around.
“It’s indeed up ahead! Come with me!”
After he saw something, An Quan suddenly jumped off the building and rushed on the desolate land while he shouted!
Very soon, the few core players of the Twin Dragon Island came to the core of the destroyed settlement, which was a hot spring where hot steam was still popping up.
[Radiation Hot Spring]
[Level: Special]
[Rarity: Superior (Rare)]
[Description: This hot spring contains abundant radiation power and comes from a destroyed human settlement. One’s body will mutate to some degree and may receive extraordinary abilities after soaking in the hot spring for a long time!]
“This resource of the human settlement wasn’t destroyed by the Snake Monkeys?”
Everybody was slightly surprised to see the stats of the hot spring except An Quan.
“There’s much more radiation in the water than on the ground!”
Ji Ye pulled his finger back from the hot spring. The white light of “Healing” flashed and restored the slight mutation of his finger caused by the radiation.
“This Radiation Hot Spring was the initial place in the game. It’s set to be a place where players receive Extraordinary powers through the hot spring!”
An Quan looked at the steaming hot spring and spoke with great excitement.
“Extraordinary powers? What powers are we talking about?”
Mister Bug’s eyes glittered after hearing that.
“Well, in the beginning, only some fundamental powers are available, such as Iron Skin, Wings, Morphing, Stealth, Limb Regeneration… But after you level up, or if you do in-game purchase, you may receive rare ‘Kinetic Bomb’, ‘Vision Blockage’, ‘Atomic Dismemberment’, ‘Bullet Speed’, ‘Gravity Manipulation’, and other unusual powers.”
What An Quan said made everybody change their expression.
The regular powers weren’t surprising, but the powers behind were clearly in the level of Transcendent. They were some sort of “super-abilities”!
“You can get super abilities by taking a spa? That’s an unreasonable setting… In a post-apocalyptic world after a nuclear explosion, clean water should be as precious as any money…”
Guo Wei shook his head and expressed his concern about the setting of the Radiant Hot Spring.
“Well, I was a new graduate back then and wasn’t too mature yet. The setting was indeed not perfect!” An Quan said with sweat on his face.
“The things in many game-related settlements are indeed unreasonable. For example, a robot can be sucked blood from, a blind champion can be blinded, and the fiery champion can be ignited… Huh, wait a moment, did you design this game?”
Mister Bug nodded in agreement.
Then he realized something and looked at An Quan in a stun.
“It’s a famous product that my company released to the overseas market. Technically speaking, I only took part in a small part. I happened to be the one who proposed the hot spring bath.
“When I logged off earlier, my colleagues told me that a settlement set in that game appeared on the Land of Inheritance. I didn’t expect to run into it. But it’s a shame that it’s been destroyed…” An Quan looked at the ruins all over the ground and remarked regretfully.
It was indeed a shame. After all, even though there were a million settlements on the Land of Inheritance at the beginning, human beings had created numerous works in the long passage of time. A regular game could probably be represented by only one settlement on the Land of Inheritance.
If they missed it, they might never be able to see relevant characters or objects.
“The first settlement we meet during the “Strive for the Best” quest is related to a core player from our settlement? Is it a coincidence, or is it an unspoken rule in the current phase?”
Ji Ye, on the other hand, thought carefully at this moment.
“I’m afraid that the latter has higher odds.”
After all, when the new players entered the Land of Inheritance, they usually arrived at settlements where their relatives were at.
Then, it was not entirely impossible that the things they ran into in the new phase were in a way connected to the people or the background of their own settlement!
“The Radiation Hot Spring grants powers and allows someone to become Extraordinary directly. This wasteland settlement is as valuable as the Dragon-Urine Wine and the Fire Oil!”
After that, Ji Ye refocused his attention on the Land of Radiation.
In terms of resources, this human settlement had even more than the Metal Men and the Mirage Monsters did.
That was because all the substances that carried the power of radiation were listed as Extraordinary resources on the Land of Inheritance.
Once the news came out, a lot of new players would definitely come to the hot spring despite the hazardous radiations.
After all, rich guys could rely on their money, while poor guys could only count on mutations. Since there weren’t enough resources, the unusual powers were more attractive than martial arts and magic were. If they were lucky and awakened such powers, they would soar to fame.
But it wasn’t so attractive to Ji Ye.
Essentially speaking, those unusual powers were no different from other Extraordinary powers.
For example, he could control the water currents with the Flood Dragon Bloodline like the water powers. He could even strengthen his body and give himself the intimidation of dragon-blood creatures!
But after all, it was much easier to obtain powers by bathing in the hot spring than through bloodline.
The only problem was that the mutation caused by the radiation was as uncontrollable as the Black Serpent Blood, and the powers that it gave were uncertain!
More importantly, the mutation caused by the radiation could be very dangerous and might continually destroy one’s body.
Probably for the same reason, this human settlement didn’t win the competition even though they had such an Extraordinary resource but was destroyed by the Snake Monkeys who were also inclined to technology.
“However, it couldn’t have been long since this human settlement was destroyed, so highly-concentrated radiation power still lingers in the hot spring. It hasn’t been transformed into the power of providence by the Snake Monkeys yet.
“We can absorb the settlement cores of the Snake Monkeys and the lizards and then boost the Land of Radiation with the power of providence so that the radiation in this area will get stronger and more people with unusual powers can be raised!”
Furthermore, the power of providence had another usage.
The settlement of a species or civilization could transform the unowned areas with its own power of providence into an environment that was suitable for its members’ survival!
That was also very important.
Otherwise, the creatures like the Mirage Monsters couldn’t earn much even though it won the war and occupied the entire Twin Dragon Island. However, it wouldn’t be a problem if they could transform the whole Twin Dragon Island into a sea with the power of providence of their settlement.
However, because the Snake Monkeys and the lizards were gravely short of the power of providence, they were never able to transform the environment. At this moment, the Twin Dragon Island had enough resources to do that.