In the end, Dimo insisted vehemently,
that he should share this Coco Fruit with Chu Chen, half for each.
However, Chu Chen was worried that eating this Coco Fruit would be completely useless for him and would be a waste.
Therefore, after a heated argument with Dimo,
he only accepted a small piece of fruit the size of a fingertip to taste its flavor.
The simple-minded Dimo, of course, could not go against Chu Chen and could only reluctantly compromise.
"Hmm, it tastes pretty good."
"It's similar to peach, maybe even better."
"As for the effects... I can't say there are none, but it's negligible."
"Seems like this fruit is only suitable for elves after all."
Chu Chen swallowed the small piece of fruit he received, chewed it for a moment, and expressed his opinion.
Although this fruit was for enhancing the strength of elves.
But unlike the magic holy fruit, which is specifically for increasing a person's magical power,
this fruit can be eaten by humans as well.
It wouldn't cause any adverse effects.
And after eating it, there would be extremely subtle effects.
However, compared to the benefits elves receive after eating it,
for humans, it's a huge waste!
Seeing Chu Chen swallow the piece of fruit, Dimo no longer hesitated,
and began to hug the fruit and happily gnaw on it.
This was the first time in his life that he had tasted such delicious food.
The sweet juice of the fruit flowing in his mouth made him feel very happy.
Soon, Dimo finished the rest of the Coco Fruit.
A satisfied expression appeared on his face.
"How do you feel?"
"Do you feel stronger?" Chu Chen looked at Dimo and asked with a smile.
"Dimo! (Yes!)"
"Dimo Dimo! (I feel I can now handle more than ten monsters.)"
Dimo thought for a moment and then expressed his feeling.
"Uh... that means you have enhanced your strength by about 10%?"
"The effect is decent."
Chu Chen nodded, quite satisfied with the effect of the Coco Fruit.
After all, it was only a Coco Fruit worth 100 Locke Gems. Chu Chen didn't expect it to have any incredible effects.
It was already good enough to enhance Dimo's strength by 10%.
When Dimo's strength becomes stronger, the effect of this Coco Fruit will probably become negligible.
"Now that we're full, let's figure out how to make some money!"
They had eaten, but they didn't have anything to drink.
Chu Chen began to think about how to earn Locke Gems.
If it were before,
he would have chosen to find a safe place,
dedicatedly train for a month or two, increase his strength as much as possible,
and then go find the Star Core.
But now,
because of the mall's recycling function,
training hard is impossible,
it's impossible in this life!
Only earning money and spending it on things can barely sustain life.
Compared to spending money, training hard is obviously not promising.
The strength he gains from training for a month is far less than the strength gained from eating a magic holy fruit sold in the system mall.
Even that was the result of him having the Creation Meditation Method.
The Creation Meditation Method is the strongest meditation method derived from the book of law, the Magic Holy Scripture,
it's a meditation method that can continue to be used until one becomes the God of Creation and Punishment.
Therefore, its meditation efficiency is naturally unmatched by any other meditation method.
But even so, it's not even a fraction of spending money.
In the Locke Omnipotent Mall, there is currently only one type of fruit that can enhance a person's magic power.
It's the Magic Holy Fruit that came in the previous Newbie Gift Pack.
It costs 10,000 Locke Gems per fruit.
It can greatly enhance the user's magic power.
Before, it was because of eating this Magic Holy Fruit that Chu Chen was able to have the strength to fight against hundreds of Void Soldiers in a short time.
Before eating the fruit, Chu Chen was just a novice mage.
If we were to use the specific realm divisions provided by Lulu, he was a one-star novice mage.
Normally, a mage at this level can only deal with about ten Void Soldiers, at most.
As for fighting against hundreds of Void Soldiers?
That's pure suicide.
But after Chu Chen ate the Magic Holy Fruit,
his realm jumped from one-star novice mage to one-star pet mage.
He crossed an entire realm.
Of course, the reason for such a big increase was that Chu Chen was simply too weak at the moment.
The magic power contained in the Magic Holy Fruit was undeniably powerful for him now.
When he becomes stronger in the future, the increase in strength from this Magic Holy Fruit will naturally decrease accordingly.
Normally, if it weren't for that holy fruit, it would take Chu Chen about half a year to become a one-star pet mage.
This is based on Chu Chen having the strongest meditation method.
If it were someone else, who didn't have such a powerful meditation method as Chu Chen, even if that person were a magic genius, it would still take at least a year and a half to become a one-star pet mage.
So, if you want to quickly improve your strength, spending money is the only way.
"It seems that the only way to make money is to kill Rift creatures and sell their loot."
"With my and Dimo's current strength, we can kill about 200 to 300 Rift creatures together."
"Of course, there's a prerequisite, there can't be too many elite monsters inside."
"Otherwise, if we are chased by two hundred Whirlwinders, Dimo and I will probably be shot into a beehive by their wind arrows..."
Chu Chen carefully considered their strength,
and formulated a preliminary plan.
He plans to start by doing guerilla warfare near the Rift.
Each time, he would lure between one hundred and two hundred Rift creatures to chase them.
Once they are far away from the Rift, they would start killing these Rift creatures.
After killing this batch, they would rest for a while, and then go back to lure the next batch.
They would develop like this for a while.
Once they have accumulated enough Locke Gems, they can improve their strength.
Then the efficiency of killing monsters will naturally increase significantly.
This will create a virtuous cycle.
"Alright, that's the plan!"
"Dimo, let's go, towards the Rift!"
Do as you say!
Taking advantage of the momentum of just having killed a batch of Rift creatures,
Chu Chen decided to strike while the iron was hot,
and kill a few more batches.
So, Chu Chen brought Dimo and rushed towards the Rift.
.....
Still on the ice mountain above the Rift.
Chu Chen and Dimo carefully poked their heads out,
and began to observe the changes in the Rift below.
"Good heavens."
"In just a short while, there are thousands more Rift creatures down there?!"
"Are you guys mass-producing soldiers here?"
"No wonder most of the planets where the Star Core descends are destroyed."
"With this rate of soldier production, except for civilizations protected by the Star God, how many can withstand it with their own strength?"
"Not to mention, this Rift, as time goes on, will gradually erode more places."
"The Rift creatures inside will also slowly become stronger."
Looking at the densely packed Rift creatures below,
Chu Chen had to say, he was truly eye-opening.
He had only left for less than half an hour in total, but so many Rift creatures had appeared down there.
And this was just a seemingly small Rift.
He couldn't imagine how many Rift creatures would be running out of a large Rift.