Chapter 178: Stats?
“Gold-grade weapons? What are you thinking? I just want you to use these treasure chests to make a batch of your superconducting electromagnetic guns. They must be solid and durable.”
“Can you get it done in one night?”
“As long as you can complete this task, not only will I give you ten thousand contribution, but all future weapon manufacturing for the Obsidian patrol team will be handed over to you.”
Lin Qi looked at the unusually excited Yi Ye Fu Yun and could not help rolling his eyes at him. This was not some MMO game; where would gold-grade weapons come from?
Using Rem titanium gold was only because he simply did not have any other good ore on hand.
Although he could also use those B2-grade arrows to make them, considering durability, B6-grade Rem titanium gold was more suitable.
After all, the superconducting electromagnetic guns made with A6-grade alloy had broken after just a few shots, let alone continuous fire. Although B2-grade alloy was better, if it broke after a few rapid shots, it was better to do it right in one go.
“No problem! I guarantee I will complete the task!” Yi Ye Fu Yun nodded repeatedly with an expression of “I get it.”
“Fine, I’ll come for the guns early tomorrow morning.” Seeing that Yi Ye Fu Yun did not really understand, Lin Qi did not dwell on it and prepared to go check out the primary training room that the system had just finished remodeling.
As Lin Qi left Yi Ye Fu Yun’s elite disciple lounge, Yi Ye Fu Yun looked at the three gold-grade treasure chests on the floor, grinning so wide he could not close his mouth.
“Boss Yi Ye, what’s going on with you, why are you so happy?”
A man in ordinary martial arts hall clothing, who kept wanting to push up the bridge of his nose, around thirty, with somewhat messy hair, walked into the room, looking at Yi Ye Fu Yun in some puzzlement.
“Purple Dragon, you have no idea what task I just took. You’d be shocked if you knew.” Yi Ye Fu Yun looked at the man coming over and could not help laughing. “A professional task! And it’s a production profession’s professional task!”
Nine Revolutions Purple Dragon was from the newest batch of newbies, and had only just been recruited by him. Unlike others who were good at combat, Nine Revolutions Purple Dragon had no mining or combat talent at all; getting into High Martial Arts Descend was pure luck.
Under normal circumstances, no team would take in such a newcomer, but as a PhD in engineering, Nine Revolutions Purple Dragon could be called top-tier production profession talent.
Now, the improvements to the superconducting electromagnetic gun were basically all entrusted by Yi Ye Fu Yun to Nine Revolutions Purple Dragon, while he himself focused wholeheartedly on breaking through to martial artist.
He had originally called Nine Revolutions Purple Dragon over just to have him look at the newly delivered medium machine tool. This was different from the second-hand small machine tool bought before; it could cut and work B-grade metal, an absolute must-have for anyone who wanted to manufacture weapons and equipment.
“No way, a production profession’s professional task? This game even has that?” The somewhat scruffy Nine Revolutions Purple Dragon was also surprised when he heard it.
Production profession’s tasks were very common in traditional MMO games. Some side profession associations even let you take them casually. The rewards for these production profession’s tasks were generally average, but upon completion, they always granted formulas for making more advanced items. They were almost mandatory for all players who played production professions; otherwise, it was very hard to raise professional level.
“I also thought there was none before. I guess the developer added it in an update.” Yi Ye Fu Yun pointed at the three gold-grade treasure chests on the floor. “Now the hall master wants me to use these gold-grade treasure chests to make superconducting electromagnetic guns and even specially issued a task for it, with a reward as high as ten thousand contribution, and the time limit is only one night. No matter how you look at it, this task is not simple, so I’m thinking, could this be a professional task that teaches me how to make higher-grade weapons? Otherwise why would the reward be so generous, even planning to hand over all future patrol team weapon orders to me?”
“I see, that is indeed very possible.” Nine Revolutions Purple Dragon nodded and turned his gaze to the gold-grade treasure chests. “I previously experimented with B2-grade alloy. Even if we really make superconducting electromagnetic guns with it, they are just more durable. They still only count as ordinary weapons, completely unable to have extra attributes like clothes, pure whiteboard weapons. Maybe this time the developer released this professional task to tell us the method for manufacturing attribute weapons and equipment.”
“This game is just like the gods said, it’s too deeply hidden. Like before, without disciple outfits, I thought this game had no attributes at all.” Yi Ye Fu Yun said with relief, “Fortunately my sister rewarded me with a set of disciple outfit, so I learned that weapons and equipment can also have attributes. Otherwise I really would have foolishly forged these gold-grade treasure chests into ordinary superconducting electromagnetic guns.”
“So how are we going to manufacture them now?” Nine Revolutions Purple Dragon looked to Yi Ye Fu Yun and asked. “Did the hall master give any hints?”
“Hints?” Yi Ye Fu Yun thought for a moment. “Seems like it was just ‘solid and durable.’”
“Solid and durable?” Nine Revolutions Purple Dragon said in puzzlement. “If it’s just solid and durable, B2-grade alloy is already enough. There’s no problem even under continuous fire. Using stronger metal would not change much. Was there really no other hint?”
“Really nothing else.” Yi Ye Fu Yun said with absolute certainty.
“Could it be these three gold-grade treasure chests?” Nine Revolutions Purple Dragon pointed at the chests on the floor.
“These three chests?” Yi Ye Fu Yun could not help opening the three gold-grade treasure chests.
As the three gold-grade treasure chests opened, a dense surge of energy rushed out. The three gold-grade treasure chests were completely empty, with nothing inside.
“Empty, nothing at all.” Yi Ye Fu Yun looked at the three empty chests, feeling a headache.
“No! There is something!” Nine Revolutions Purple Dragon pointed excitedly at the nail-sized fragment energy crystals embedded inside the treasure chests. “These energy crystals should be the key!”
“Add these fragment energy crystals?” Yi Ye Fu Yun’s eyes also lit up, feeling like a new world had opened.
Before, he always felt that weapon manufacturing in this game was too simplified and too easy. It was entirely about the grade of metal you used: the better the metal and the higher the craftsmanship, the higher the weapon grade, just as monotonous as reality.
But now Yi Ye Fu Yun realized how shallow he had been. He had actually forgotten about the existence of energy ore.
Thinking of his past self using so much advanced metal to make whiteboard weapons and equipment to sell, he felt it was a colossal loss.
“No wonder the game developer suddenly raised the price of energy ore, and by so much. Turns out they were patching in advance.” Yi Ye Fu Yun could not help feeling both rueful and regretful. “How did I not realize it? If I had known, I should have stocked up on energy ore. I would be making a killing now.”
“It’s not too late.” Nine Revolutions Purple Dragon said excitedly. “Right now, the martial arts hall does not sell attribute weapons. I checked the territories of the four major powers during the day; the weapons sold in those weapon shops are also whiteboard, and absurdly expensive. If our weapon shop can start selling attribute weapons now, we will definitely make a killing!”
“Good! Let’s start researching how to make them!” Yi Ye Fu Yun nodded and began dismantling the gold-grade treasure chests.
Meanwhile, on the first floor of the martial arts hall, Lin Qi had also arrived at the remodeled primary training room.
“So this is the beginner-level training room?” Lin Qi glanced around and was shocked by the training room remodeled by the system.
He had to admit the five thousand units of remodeling cost were worth it.
The more-than-two-hundred-square-meter room was filled with dense energy, and this energy was not that mixed. Just by breathing, he felt refreshed and clear-headed. His qi and blood circulation seemed to speed up, making him want to move into the primary training room permanently.
Besides the dense energy in the room, a two-meter-tall humanoid machine stood in the center. All the metal used in its body was the same as the B6-grade coach machine, which meant the entire primary combat puppet was made of B6-grade alloy.
If he sold the beginner-level combat puppet as materials alone, it would probably fetch an astronomical price, far beyond what a mere five tons of energy ore could buy.
“Sure enough, it feels much better to use energy ore on the martial arts hall.”
Lin Qi examined the specific functions of the primary puppet, and when he thought of how the Red Moon Merchant Guild sold just a ticket for one hundred thousand tons of energy ore, his heart ached.
But he had no choice but to pay that energy ore. He could not manufacture B-grade battle armor, nor could he make Type II potions, and a martial artist’s path simply could not do without Type II potions.
Although he had asked Yaklo whether he could make Type II potions, Yaklo said he could, but without raw materials, knowing how was useless.
To make Type II potions, besides needing blood essence from advanced-level or higher monsters, they also required several special plants. These special plants could not just be grown anywhere, because they could only survive in large or above energy veins and simply could not live elsewhere.
This was one of the reasons why major cities had to be built on large or above energy veins.
Since none of the major cities sold those special plants, if he wanted more Type II healing potions, he could only buy them from the Red Moon Merchant Guild.
As for one hundred thousand tons of energy ore, even if he completely mined out that miniature energy vein, it still would not be enough. To gather that much energy ore, he would have to mine the small energy vein deep in Crimson Moon Mountain.
However, extracting one hundred thousand tons of energy ore from a small energy vein was not an easy task.
A player could mine only about one to two tons of energy ore per day. The ore density in a small energy vein was higher, so you could get more in a day, but roughly three tons at most.
One hundred players mining for a day would yield only three hundred tons. Two hundred players mining for a day would be six hundred tons.
What did one hundred thousand tons mean?
It meant two hundred players mining for 167 days, nearly half a year.
And the small energy vein absolutely could not be exposed right now. Only players could be sent to mine it, or absolutely trusted confidants among the local residents. Otherwise, once exposed, it would be courting death.
The major factions in the suburbs might not care about those miniature energy veins occupied by wilderness gangs, but a single small energy vein was enough to make all the major suburban factions green with envy.
If he wanted to mine energy ore, he could only do it quietly. But half a year was too long for him to wait, so if he wanted to obtain one hundred thousand tons of energy ore faster, he had to let Meng Wei recruit as many people as possible. Even if the four major powers and other factions sabotaged them or launched covert attacks, it would be worth the risk.
“This primary puppet is really powerful. It can directly learn the martial skills I have mastered and their proficiency, and its combat level can even reach the microscopic realm. It is practically invincible below martial artist.” After reading through the functions of the primary combat puppet, Lin Qi could not help clicking his tongue in amazement.
The martial skills he currently mastered were all of high level, and many had reached the perfection realm. If a combat puppet with a body made of B6-grade metal, strength at the level of a limit quasi-martial artist, and combat level reaching the microscopic realm were to master them, even a real beginner martial artist would probably be beaten senseless.
“The Red Moon Merchant Guild’s ten quotas are also a problem. Now I can solve it with this.” Looking at the primary combat puppet, Lin Qi smiled, and without another word had the beginner-level combat puppet learn the three martial skills he had mastered: Lightning Palm, Leopard Shadow Steps, and Thunder Flash.
He had originally been troubled over which players to choose to participate, since the quotas were limited, yet there were so many players and many of them were strong.
But now he could use the primary combat puppet to solve it. Let all the players fight against the primary combat puppet, create a disciple strength ranking list, and attach some ranking rewards. The players would definitely participate enthusiastically. When the time came, he would just bring the players ranked at the top.
This would both sort out their relative strength and motivate them to improve further, while also securing good results at the Red Moon Merchant Guild. It was killing two birds with one stone.
Just as the primary combat puppet finished spending two hours learning the three martial skills and Lin Qi was about to try it out, Yi Ye Fu Yun suddenly contacted him.
“Did something happen on your end?” Lin Qi asked, looking at the holographic image displayed on the smart watch.
“Hall master, I have already finished the attribute weapons you requested. Do you have time to come and inspect them now?” Yi Ye Fu Yun asked excitedly.
“Attribute weapons?” Lin Qi looked at the excited Yi Ye Fu Yun, full of doubt.
Weapons could have attributes?
