Alternative to Mage Hand

Xu Nan was furious when he saw this and immediately replied, "Kid, do you still want someone to help you pay off your Ant Huabei?"

Song Cheng replied almost instantly, "Dad, I was wrong!"

If it weren't for the strong mutual sensing between Ron Sorcerer bloodlines, Xu Nan would truly suspect that Song Cheng was also one of them, and had even started a long-term quest of [Recognizing a Thief as a Father].

The level of shamelessness of this scoundrel might only be matched by Lü Junyi.

Xu Nan had pretty good connections, and many people expressed their concern, while even more gave a thumbs-up.

Even Lü Junyi, who had gone to argue with Wen Xin, replied: [Brother, do you mean you won't be acting like a human for the next twelve months?]

Xu Nan sneered inwardly.

You damn veterinarian, when you operated on me back then, did you ever treat me like a human?

He clicked on the private chat: "How's the hospital situation?"

Lü Junyi: "It's alright, the chick isn't as fierce as she was at first. I've figured it out, the water here is very deep. It's impossible to completely take back the hospital's territory, but the dead sissy and I are trying to figure out a way to get a piece of the pie."

"I need to go out and move around a bit recently, so be careful yourself. Oh, and as for your place, hide it for as long as you can. I always feel like some people are already getting desperate and red-eyed for resources."

Lü Junyi's words were quite cryptic.

But Xu Nan immediately understood that no matter what era it was, resources were extremely important, especially in chaotic times.

Modern people's emphasis on and sensitivity to resources far exceeded that of creatures in the Pro World. Xu Nan himself wanted to build a Dungeon, which actually had the intention of starting something with a few friends on his own.

This did not conflict with his joining the ThousandRadiance Society.

Smart people didn't need to go against the will of the state. Moreover, Xu Nan felt that he was a passionate and patriotic young man. As long as the ThousandRadiance Society didn't touch his core interests, everything was negotiable.

After all, his wings were not yet fully grown.

For the next half day, Zhang Yingluo took Xu Nan to several departments and went through some procedures, including re-registering his identity information, political review, and so on. Fortunately, Xu Nan had a clean background and was from a good family. The only blemish was that he had mistakenly reported his profession when he registered before.

But now, the ThousandRadiance Society was about to undergo a transformation, and no one would care about such details. Anyway, Xu Nan insisted that the professional inheritance was very chaotic at the time, and he himself couldn't figure out what his profession was, so others couldn't say much.

It was worth mentioning that Zhang Yingluo put in a lot of effort during this process. It was clear that she was a familiar face in the ThousandRadiance Society. Many people who usually had cold faces when doing business immediately sped up their actions when they saw that it was the senior sister who personally brought someone over.

Evening.

"Alright, the information has been fully reported, basically meeting the requirements for a formal member."

"Next, you just need to pass the mentor's interview, and then there's the physical examination and the new member training camp."

Zhang Yingluo smiled very gently, with a hint of excitement in her eyes: "I have other things to do, so I won't see you off, Junior Brother Xu Nan, good luck!"

Xu Nan was somewhat touched. Zhang Yingluo had accompanied him running around for free, which was a favor.

He had learned a little about the senior sister's true background from Lü Junyi. Her ancestors were related to the Jiangdong Ye Family, and her parents' families had a very deep influence in H City.

As someone with no foundation, who had inadvertently climbed into the ThousandRadiance Society, this Jianghu, it would be easy to fall into a situation of drifting with the current without some background.

Zhang Yingluo bringing him into the ThousandRadiance Society today basically put the Zhang Family's label on Xu Nan for the time being. Others who wanted to probe or make things difficult would likely have to think twice.

So Xu Nan sincerely expressed his gratitude.

Zhang Yingluo waved her hand, appearing very generous: "It's nothing, I should thank you for helping me!"

"The people above have been refusing to let me go on missions. Before, they were holding me back with ten registered Professional slots, and now they're holding me back with the method of inviting formal members. You just filled the last gap. I'm going to find them now and see what other ways they can use to stop me!"

Xu Nan was covered in black lines.

He estimated that the leaders of the ThousandRadiance Society were also having a headache, managing such a warlike and energetic official's daughter.

"If you see Lele, be sure to tell me. Her mother must be worried."

After Zhang Yingluo finished this instruction, she left in a hurry.

Xu Nan also left the sanatorium.

Bus.

He sent a private message to Qin Lele on WeChat: "What's going on with you? You go out and have fun without even notifying your family?"

Qin Lele quickly replied: "I only have one mom in my family! She usually doesn't have time to care about me."

Xu Nan felt a little embarrassed. Qin Lele had been wandering around in the Dungeon with him after all, and he felt that he had half the responsibility of a guardian.

"So where are you now?" Xu Nan asked.

"I'm going to the airport to pick up my mom! She's gone crazy and actually ran back from abroad!"

Qin Lele sent an unbelievable expression.

Xu Nan thought for a moment: "Is there anything you need my help with?"

He regretted saying this as soon as he finished. Didn't he understand the personality of his City Management Captain? What if Qin Lele took advantage of the situation and asked him to meet her mother?

Who knew that Qin Lele was uncharacteristically compliant: "No need!"

That didn't make sense.

Xu Nan was a little puzzled. The next second, Qin Lele replied:

"I'm going shopping with my mom for a day, I'll be back tomorrow!"

"I absolutely cannot let my mom see you."

"If she sees you, I'll have no hope left... I don't want to call you Dad!"

Xu Nan: "???"

He suddenly became very curious about what kind of woman Qin Lele's mother was!

He returned to the Dungeon alone.

The base was operating well, and everything was barely on the right track.

With the Greater Demon Heart as support, many buildings and functions of the Cloud Ascending Ship base had the capital to be activated.

The interview time with the mentor from the ThousandRadiance Society was set for the afternoon of the day after tomorrow. Xu Nan still had plenty of time and materials to work on some things at hand.

First was the problem of insufficient labor.

The breeding ability of the Imps was actually quite average, but they were durable. In the past few days, Xu Nan had sent some Imps to explore the mineral situation near the base. The main heavy labor in the base was still handled by the Mechanical Ghosts.

But Mechanical Ghosts were ultimately not as good as true intelligent creatures; they could only complete basic instructions.

Xu Nan wanted to try planting something in the agricultural garden of the underground base. Obviously, neither the Imps nor the Alchemy Ghosts were capable of this kind of work.

Xu Nan felt it was time to try some more advanced alchemical creatures.

After all, this was not the Pro World. If he wanted to solve the problem of insufficient cheap labor, he couldn't do it by buying slaves.

Fortunately, in the previous monthly missions, Xu Nan had almost drained the first-tier alchemy blueprints of Lost Paradise, and it was well known that Lost Paradise had almost completely copied all the alchemical inventions of the Arcane Empire.

In a roundabout way, Xu Nan had the blueprints of all first-tier Alchemists from the Arcane Empire.

"Which one should I choose?"

Xu Nan looked at the large stack of blueprints, feeling a headache. Learning alchemy required a lot of time and energy. If Xu Nan wanted to achieve quick success, he could only spend Shame Points. He had quite a few points, but not a lot, so he couldn't squander them casually.

Moreover, the materials for alchemical creations were mostly expensive. Although Xu Nan had severely ripped off the Seven Alchemy Heart, he was far from being as rich as a nation.

In terms of alchemical creations, he had to consider carefully.

After considering many types back and forth, he was ultimately not satisfied. Xu Nan's gaze locked onto the last light blue alchemy blueprint.

[Basic Inflatable Puppet]

[Product Source: Arcane Empire Experimental Alchemical Product; Supported Product of Project Cube No. 694]

[Product Description: Inflatable puppets can theoretically meet all the needs of low-level Alchemists: elasticity, strength, durability, and low cost. Some Alchemists even believe that inflatable puppets can serve as lifelong assistants and companions. Of course, we welcome Alchemists to develop more uses. Generally speaking, inflatable puppets are reusable consumables.]

[Main Function: Provide simple and cheap labor]

[Secondary Function: Substitute for Mage Hand]

Xu Nan repeatedly checked the description and found that the production cost of the Basic Inflatable Puppet seemed slightly higher than that of the Alchemy Ghost, but this type of puppet already possessed preliminary intelligence. As long as the core module was installed, it had the intelligence of a child around six years old.

And the characteristics of the inflatable puppet being flexible, versatile, and stronger were not possessed by the Mechanical Ghost.

The only drawback seemed to be that it couldn't fight.

That didn't matter. Xu Nan was developing new alchemical creatures mainly to meet internal needs first.

At least he could try planting greenhouse crops or something.

Thinking and doing were Xu Nan's style.

He opened up a dedicated alchemy workshop in the base, opened the workbench, and worked all night.

The next morning.

A brand new inflatable puppet was impressively formed. Xu Nan chose the thirteenth model, which basically had the appearance of a blonde woman.

Everything was ready, all that was left was to inflate it.