Lily waited for nearly ten minutes before the character setting modification progress bar went from 0% to 100%.
As the clear and pleasant notification sound rang out, she distinctly felt her body had changed somewhat from before, followed by a series of game prompts.
With anticipation, she began to scroll through the changes to herself after this modification, one by one.
[Modification 1: Hair color changed to silver-white]
This modification didn't have much practical effect, but for Lily, it was definitely good news.
Using lies and superb acting to create a persona, using this false persona to impress players, and with the players' support, the false persona was finally acknowledged by the developers and became a real setting...
This path really is viable!
In an instant, Lily had infinite aspirations for her future.
She suppressed the excitement in her heart and continued to look at the other modifications.
[Modification 2: Template modified, [Blood of Evolution] template modified to [Blood of Evolution (Perfect)]]
[Blood of Evolution (Perfect)]: Special template, Strength +4, Agility +4, Constitution +7, Spirit +2, Inspiration +5, Constitution-HP conversion rate increased by 100%, Extra-dimensional Erosion resistance +50%, unlocks special skill [Spiritual Energy Boiling].
Lily glanced at it. The effect of Spiritual Energy Boiling was still the same as before, but the perfect Blood of Evolution provided her with 11 more attribute points than the Ordinary Blood of Evolution. Under normal circumstances, she would need to level up almost 2 times to get this many attribute points. This bonus was not insignificant.
Next was Modification 3.
[Passive skill [Extra-dimensional Erosion] modified to exclusive talent [Extra-dimensional Erosion]]
When she first obtained the Extra-dimensional Erosion skill, the skill description already indicated that it could be converted into an exclusive talent.
Lily originally thought this was just a simple change in positioning, but only after carefully reading the talent description did she realize she had underestimated the problem.
The passive skill version of [Extra-dimensional Erosion] would only deal damage to the target itself when detonated, but the exclusive talent version of [Extra-dimensional Erosion] would deal damage within a 2-meter radius centered on the target.
Single-target damage instantly became an AOE skill. If used in conjunction with Chain Reaction at this point, it would be like suddenly throwing three psionic bombs into a crowd during a fight.
"Things are looking up!"
Lily was overjoyed.
She had been worried about her lack of AOE skills, and this was truly a case of someone bringing a pillow when you're sleepy.
[Modification 4: Unlocked talent [Spiritual Energy Affinity]]
[Spiritual Energy Affinity]: Your Spiritual Energy Affinity is unusual, Inspiration-Psionic Energy conversion rate increased by 100%, Psionic Energy recovery speed +2/minute.
Under the blessing of Spiritual Energy Affinity, Lily's maximum psionic energy almost doubled, which was a huge boost to her strength.
More psionic energy meant she could last longer in battle, and it also meant her one bar of psionic energy could create more Prayer Cards.
"Whether it's looking at my HP or my MP, my current stats aren't worse than a BOSS of the same level, right?"
Lily clicked on the next prompt.
Coincidentally, this new prompt was about the modification of her strength positioning.
[Modification 5: Character strength positioning modified from [Elite Monster] to [Regional BOSS (Goli Desert)]]
"Finally..."
Lily took a deep breath.
It had been over three months since she arrived in this world, and she had finally shed her role as a passerby, becoming a glorious Newbie Planet Regional BOSS!
The modification of her positioning was an acknowledgment of her strength and her efforts, something worth celebrating properly.
To Lily's surprise, there were still 4 modification prompts afterwards, but these 4 prompts did not modify her strength.
[Modification 6: [Silent Garden] faction management interface has been opened]
Lily quickly opened the faction panel and was pleasantly surprised to find that her faction panel had a new management interface. In the management interface, she could not only assign positions to NPCs and players but also issue faction quests to players through the management interface, including but not limited to [Daily Quests], [Challenge Quests], and [Faction Quests].
The quest experience reward amount was tied to the faction's reputation, development, and influence. At this stage, Silent Garden's three data points were very low, so the daily quest experience reward amount was also very low.
This didn't stump Lily at all. She had already introduced Delegation (commission) quests through her cooperation with the Gao Family, and these commission quests alone were enough to satisfy the players.
[Modification 7: Anya modified to [Silent Garden] [Quartermaster] [Newbie Guide]]
After this modification, Anya's identity, just like her own transformation from a passerby to an important participant in a hidden storyline, received official recognition.
It was a pity that the official did not directly strengthen Anya's abilities, but Lily was not too disappointed.
It was quite dangerous to follow her around causing trouble, so it was good for Anya to be responsible for managing the new players anyway, as Anya had already gained the players' recognition.
[Modification 8: Goli Desert 11th Shelter will be set as a Novice Village (Newbie Village) in Version 1.1 [Darkmoon Tide]]
[Modification 9: Goli Desert regional main quest [Watchers Elegy] will be unlocked in Version 1.1 [Darkmoon Tide]]
These two modifications were very interesting.
"The 11th Shelter actually became a Newbie Village!"
For Lily, this was fantastic news, as it would make it easier for her to recruit more players to work for her.
The newly unlocked regional main quest [Watchers Elegy] was originally supposed to be a hidden quest in the Goli Desert area, but with the 11th Shelter becoming a Newbie Village, it was upgraded from a hidden quest to a regional main quest.
Lily took a rough look. This main quest connected the rise and fall of the Watcher Camp established by Old Nissen and then transitioned to sweeping the Goli Desert in the new era, fulfilling Old Nissen's unfinished business. If completed entirely, the content would be far richer than the main quest of the Abandoned Cooling Plant.
Interesting.
Lily felt she had grasped the key to the problem.
Increase popularity + increase plot exploration = strengthen!
In fact, this model was very reasonable. To improve one's character positioning, one had to actively strive for it.
Even if she was originally just an unknown nobody, if she did better than the protagonist, and her influence was greater than the protagonist's, who could say she wasn't the true protagonist, and who could say what she did wasn't the true main storyline?
The elevation of [Watchers Elegy] from a hidden quest to a regional main quest proved her idea was correct.
This game world was dynamic, and the official encouraged players to actively change the game's plot and create their own unique gaming experience.
"It feels like competing for 'qi luck' in a Xianxia world."
Lily felt her whole body boiling with excitement.
She invested experience points, raising Apprentice Psionic Painter from Lv10 to Lv11, and put all the extra 3 attribute points into Inspiration.
Her Constitution was already very high now, so there was no need to continue adding to it in the short term.
After leveling up, Lily's attributes became—
[HP]: 1730 / 1730
[Psionic Energy]: 600 / 600
[Attributes]: Strength 20, Agility 21, Constitution 75, Intelligence 16, Spirit 24, Inspiration 57
Across the entire Goli Desert, it was estimated that no NPC stronger than her could be found. Only those large, thick-skinned sand worms with their own infection abilities could pose a fatal threat to her.
It didn't matter, no matter how strong those sand worms were, they would eventually die at the hands of players.
Lily closed her personal panel.
She should be able to defeat Graham now, but it would still be safer to bring players along.
There was still some time before Version 1.1 [Darkmoon Tide] officially opened, so she could take this opportunity to prepare for the arrival of more players.
The next day, she left the hotel early in the morning.
Since Red Sand Camp was annihilated by her and the players, the 11th Shelter had changed. The usually quiet streets gradually became lively. Even in the early morning, two children could be seen chasing and playing in the street. This would have been impossible in the past, because everyone was afraid that Wanderer from Red Sand Camp would suddenly come looking for trouble.
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