Adjusting Drop Rates

Water is the source of life, and the human race's habitat is destined to be inseparable from it.

Wind Cloud City, as a historical ancient city, is surrounded by no shortage of water sources. Thirty miles to the south, there is a continuous river, named Liangshui River because of its icy water.

Many aquatic creatures inhabit the Liangshui River, the most dangerous of which is a type of crab called Aquamarine Crab.

Aquamarine Crabs are generally four-star level, and a few large Crab Kings can reach five-star level. Usually, the shells of the Aquamarine Crabs are grayish-white, but once they encounter a battle, their shells will turn aquamarine and emit a cold, freezing air that can freeze people stiff.

Without some skill, one would not dare to come to Liangshui River to fetch water.

Fortunately, Fan Lang is a person with some skill, and so is Li Yunyan.

The two arrived near the Liangshui River, the rushing river water close at hand.

"I dragged you out less than a day after you came back. You won't blame me, will you?" Fan Lang asked with a smile.

"It's okay, just treat it as sightseeing," Li Yunyan said indifferently.

"Alright, let's enjoy the scenery first, and then go kill crabs, specializing in Aquamarine Crabs, killing every one we encounter."

"Such heavy killing intent, you really hate Demon Beasts and the Demon Race to the bone."

"I'm speechless. Just assume I have a heavy killing intent."

The two chatted and walked along the riverbank, soon discovering their first target.

A large mound was clearly raised on a patch of river sand, vaguely showing the outline of a crab, a meter square, which matched the size of an Aquamarine Crab. Such a large crab, killing one would be enough to eat for several meals.

Fan Lang rushed up as if he had seen a beauty, drew the newly acquired Li Kan Sword, and attacked the Aquamarine Crab. He first slapped the ground with a palm, using Shockwave to blast open the sandy ground. With a loud bang, the Aquamarine Crab rose into the air from the sand, then fell back into the sand.

Immediately afterward, several sharp sword lights lit up, the sword paths coming from different directions, each sword merciless. With a few swishes, all of them hit, and even with its shell protection, the Aquamarine Crab was not lightly injured.

The Aquamarine Crab stimulated its wild nature, its shell instantly turning blue, and several air holes on it spewed out cold air currents, causing the surrounding temperature to drop sharply, the ground freezing with a layer of frost, and the nearby river surface also icing over.

Fan Lang shook the Li Kan Sword in his hand, and flames burst out from the sword, dispelling the surrounding chill and minimizing the impact.

The huge and sharp crab claws clamped towards Fan Lang. It was no joke to be caught by them. Fan Lang stepped on exquisite footwork, dodging the attack, and then launched a counterattack, the burning Li Kan Sword in his hand continuously thrusting out, the offensive methodical.

Li Yunyan quickly came to help, and with her assistance, it was like adding wings to a tiger.

The fate of the Aquamarine Crab was sealed from the beginning, and it soon died under the combined attack of swords.

[Congratulations to the player for killing 1 Aquamarine Crab, gaining 1000 experience points.]

[The Aquamarine Crab dropped 1 Azure Crab Shell and 1 piece of Large Crab Meat.]

[The player has collected 1 quest item Azure Crab Shell, the completion of the Crab Shell and Shield quest is 1%.]

Fan Lang obtained the first Azure Crab Shell.

"Let's go, continue grinding!"

Fan Lang was full of energy.

"Grinding?" Li Yunyan asked in confusion. She had long noticed that Fan Lang often spouted some strange words.

"It means to continue killing crabs," Fan Lang explained.

"Is that your family's dialect?"

"I guess so..."

"What else is there in your local dialect?"

"There's plenty. If you're interested, I can teach you later."

"Okay."

"Let me teach you the first phrase. If you meet a beautiful woman and want to compliment her beauty, you can say she's pleasing to the eye, meaning she's comfortable to look at." Fan Lang paused, then added, "You're quite pleasing to the eye."

Li Yunyan felt inexplicably happy after being praised.

After a while, Fan Lang encountered the second Aquamarine Crab and taught Li Yunyan the second "local dialect" phrase.

During the battle, Fan Lang went around to the back of the Aquamarine Crab and stabbed it with his sword.

"See that? This is called backdooring. It means attacking from behind, causing devastating damage to the enemy." Fan Lang taught a very saucy word.

"Backdooring... I'll try it too."

Li Yunyan earnestly learned the dialect, went around to the back of the Aquamarine Crab, and delivered two slashes, each aimed at its rear.

Puchi.

Puchi.

You could tell how painful it was just by the sound.

In the end, this unlucky Aquamarine Crab was killed by repeated backdooring, dying far more tragically than the first one.

Li Yunyan seemed to be fascinated by the feeling of backdooring. In the following battles, she often went around to the enemy's rear, hitting the mark every time, and was almost becoming a backdooring expert.

Fan Lang watched and thought, This girl has a heavy taste!

The two fought hard for several hours, killing more than a dozen Aquamarine Crabs and harvesting more than a dozen Azure Crab Shells. The harvest was not small, but Fan Lang was not satisfied with the progress.

This won't do!

If they had to fight one by one, how long would it take to collect a hundred?

This efficiency is too low.

Fan Lang had developed a habit. Whenever he encountered a problem, he would start scheming against the system.

If he wanted to collect Azure Crab Shells faster, wouldn't modifying the drop rate solve the problem?

A three-times drop rate equals three times the efficiency!

A five-times drop rate equals five times the efficiency!

Killing one Aquamarine Crab is like killing several, making collection naturally faster.

Moreover, this modification would be very helpful in the long run. Future battle gains would become greater, helping Fan Lang to grow stronger as soon as possible.

He loved this feeling of forced growth!

Sharpening the knife does not delay the work of cutting wood. In order to complete the task as soon as possible, and for the sake of the future, Fan Lang temporarily stopped and retreated to a safe area, falsely claiming that he wanted to rest, but in reality, he was about to operate on the system.

In fact, Fan Lang had thought about modifying the drop rate before, and had tried it in his spare time, but found it difficult to modify, so he had been delaying it until now. At this time, he was determined to overcome this problem.

One hour.

Two hours.

Three hours.

A full three hours passed before Fan Lang finally succeeded in modifying it!

The drop rate in the Magic Martial Era is divided into two parts: a normal drop rate and a rare drop rate.

The normal drop rate refers to the drop rate of ordinary items, while the rare drop rate refers to the drop rate of rare items. The two are calculated separately.

Taking the Aquamarine Crab as an example, the ordinary items it drops are Large Crab Meat and Azure Crab Shell, while the rare item it drops is Magnificent Crab Roe.

Large Crab Meat and Azure Crab Shell have fixed drop rates; killing an Aquamarine Crab will definitely drop one of each.

Magnificent Crab Roe is different, with a drop rate of only one percent, making it very difficult to obtain.

Fan Lang modified both of these drop rates, greatly increasing them.

He modified the normal drop rate to four times the original, so that killing an enemy would yield four times the items. The rare drop rate was modified to twenty percent, which is also a significant increase.

Sharpening the axe won't delay the work, after modifying the drop rate, it will only take a quarter of the time to collect the Azure Crab Shells.

"Enough rest! Yan'er, let's continue killing crabs!" Fan Lang said excitedly.

"Can you stop calling me Yan'er?" Every time Li Yunyan heard this name, she felt the urge to chop Fan Lang with her blade.

"No! I like this name very much."

"But I don't like it."

"I'll change it when I think of another name, otherwise I'll keep calling you that."

"Do you believe that if you call me that again, I'll stab you with my blade?"

"Hahahaha, you can't beat me anyway."

Fan Lang's laughter was infuriating.

Li Yunyan looked at the blade in her hand, wondering if she should burst Fan Lang's chrysanthemum, white blade in, red blade out.