Entering the palace James felt the changes in his surrounding. Outside the palace tree there was nothing to feel except for the emptiness of the cavity, but as soon as James entered he was able to feel a very slight difference in the airflow and temperature.
Observing the interiors of the palace tree displayed a shocking screen in front of him, he was standing in a huge circular hall with a second-floor mezzanine. Walking through the mezzanine balcony James was able to feel the grandness of the hall. On the outer side of the balcony were a few private open areas which were currently empty.
When he saw this area he had a basic idea of converting this into some dining halls or waiting rooms for the guests in the future.
Climbing up the spiral stairs James was presented with various different rooms and open spaces with different designs.
Overall the current structure of the palace tree is similar to a mansion cum residential building complex. And at the highest floor was a single master room. The room had an ancient eastern castle-like decoration giving it a royal charm. This room though not according to his taste was still liked by James since it has a huge area, good height making it possible for him to look after the entire area, and most importantly he liked this royal feeling a bit. This was also one of the few rooms which was fully furnished.
After climbing a few floors James came to the open-air balconies situated in the tree canopy.
When James came here he was instantly impressed by the scenery. The leaves and the branches of the palace tree have created a natural scenic spot with proper lighting from above resulting in an amazing spot for relaxing.
There were many small and big open platforms here that can be used for many purposes such as enjoying tea, practicing martial arts, and so on.
At the highest point, there was a huge platform with five joint small platforms extended from its edges from where one can observe the entire cavity space. And at the center of the huge platform, there was a water fountain with continuous gurgling water.
The sound of the water gave these places a tranquil atmosphere and the air here also contained a certain amount of moisture.
Coming to one of those five platforms James observed the surrounding with a sense of satisfaction, slowly a new ambition can be seen brewing in his eyes.
Even though for now this place was like an empty shell that can be easily punctured by any of the smaller families with some advanced weapons in the federation, he was confident to convert it into a true safe house with the passage of time.
After enjoying the feeling for some time James closed his eyes and focused his attention on a symbol in his mind.
In the system panel, there was the symbol representing the safe house. He opened the panel and was presented with various data and options with complicated explanations.
All this data was the help provided by the system for James to plan the future development of the safe house.
When he was going through this data he found many hidden features of the safe house. Such as the water in the fountain on the platform was none other than the yin water from the ice cave. This was a surprise for James too as he found that due to a prolonged period of time a small Yin crystal was formed in the cave which was absorbed and used by the system.
This will allow the safe house to have an almost inexhaustible water resource for at least a hundred people.
The second surprise was that the palace tree has absorbed all the life from the titan thus converting it into a vessel.
This might seem like a wastage for now but James was considering its future usage such as, since the whale is not a complete living body he can easily attach all the types of equipment from the game panel on the whale body converting it into a spaceship easily. Secondly, he doesn't need to worry about the food and feeling of the titan whale. One should know how much huge the titan whale is and the amount of food it will require every day.
Along with this James also got to know that since the whale is connected with the safe house core it can be upgraded as per the game rules.
Along with this, there were also many small things that need some time for James to go through and understand.
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In the outside world,
While James was happy after gaining a powerful safe house, the situation of other players was not so optimistic.
Today was the day of the first disaster. No one knows how many of them will be eliminated today, some might die, some might quit and few might survive. But even so, one thing everyone was sure about was that survival will become more difficult for them after the change brought by the disaster.
This is the test set by the star space to select the most elites among the race. Every disaster will eliminate the weak ones and force the others to work hard to become stronger.
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On an unknown mountain tip which was covered by Fogg if someone observes carefully a shocking scene can be seen.
The tip of this mountain is flat with a large area and a lake in the center. What was shocking was the expanse of white tents spread around the lake. These are the most advanced outdoor camp houses. From the tent itself, one can know that this tent belongs to someone rich.