This Dump Really Has Everything!

A violent roar stirred up the air currents. Even from a hundred meters away, Feng Xue felt the strong airflow. Sand and dust churned in the gale struck the Scavenger Set, making soft sounds. Feng Xue raised his arm to shield his face, carefully observing the direction of the roar while moving away from the danger zone.

About a hundred and fifty meters from Feng Xue, a young man was laughing wildly. A strange mechanical sleeve was on his right hand, and he exuded an air of arrogance.

"Hahahaha... it's the Thor v3 Impact Arm! I don't have to look at anyone's face anymore!"

He shouted arrogantly as he strode directly towards the wall of the Garbage Dump. Arcs of electricity wrapped around his arm, splitting into fine currents that flowed over his body, making him look like the God of Thunder.

"What the heck?" Feng Xue stared at the youth, who looked like he'd found a divine weapon, his mind a bit foggy. This Garbage Dump really had everything!

However, he didn't think the youth could change the dynamics of the Landfill Area with just a mechanical arm. After all, no matter how powerful it was, it was just a False Thing. Whether it was powered by a nuclear furnace or a perpetual motion machine, it could only be activated by burning [Knowledge] unless it became a Phantom.

And a Weapon of this power was not something the youth could afford.

Listening to the roar from the distance gradually weaken, Feng Xue shook his head and continued picking up trash. Along the way, he had truly opened his eyes and gained a deeper understanding of this "Trash Dump of All Worlds."

To put it simply, just moments ago, he had even seen half of an EVA's Entry Plug.

Time slowly passed, and Feng Xue's backpack grew heavier. He found a hourglass with the [Time] Element, a nebulizer with the [Mist] Element, and even a silver fork from a Western fantasy world with the [Restrain Undead] Element.

However, feeling the weight on his back, Feng Xue began to worry. He suddenly realized that his net worth might not be enough to buy all these items.

In fact, if he had directly activated his Golden Finger to smelt items with special [Elements] within the Garbage Dump, he could have saved a lot of money. But the place was crowded with people, and there were almost no shelters to hide in. Using his Golden Finger might attract unwanted attention.

After much deliberation, Feng Xue reluctantly categorized the items in his backpack into "Must Take," "Can Discard," and "Can Try to Take Under Certain Conditions." Only then did he turn towards the exit.

He was a bit of a hoarder; if he stayed any longer, he was afraid he wouldn't be able to resist.

"There will be other opportunities!" Feng Xue told himself, looking back repeatedly as he walked towards the distant wall. It was worth noting that he seemed to see the youth who had looked like the God of Thunder being beaten up by a group of onlookers?

It was just past 12 o'clock, only three hours after the Garbage Dump officially opened. Most people were still desperately searching for more valuable items, so most appraisal windows were idle.

In Feng Xue's Tag vision, every appraiser at the appraisal window possessed the [Appraiser] profession, but only one or two had condensed the [Appraiser] Tag.

Feng Xue chose a middle-aged appraiser without a Tag and quickly walked up, dumping all the items from his backpack onto the appraisal counter.

The main reason he chose someone without a Tag was to avoid them being too professional and discerning something from the items Feng Xue had picked. After all, this [Appraiser] Tag, as Old Li had once mentioned, was a special Tag that could "see Elements."

The middle-aged man sitting at the appraisal counter saw that he had a customer. He lightly moved his fingers and began picking up the trash Feng Xue had collected, one by one. He then announced prices, while a subordinate next to him affixed price Tags to each item.

Their movements were not fast, but they were meticulous and skilled. After the last item, a Ghillie Suit folded and pressed to the bottom of the backpack, was quoted at 50 Tower Coins, the subordinate finished his calculations—

"Total value 84,700 Tower Coins, redeemable for 8,470 Tower Coins. You can also pay 1.5 times the quoted price in [Knowledge] to purchase the corresponding items."

"It's indeed more than I expected." Feng Xue looked at his savings of 20,000 Tower Coins. Following his pre-determined priority, he first selected the hourglass, the nebulizer, and the Ghillie Suit. Then he picked a few Weapons with low quotes.

"You've selected items totaling 13,200 Tower Coins. With a 1.5x premium, after deducting the price of your remaining items, you need to pay an additional 12,650 Tower Coins," the subordinate said, tapping his calculator and stating a number. Feng Xue nodded, took out his work ID, and placed a 10,000 denomination bill, two 2,000 denomination bills, and six 100 denomination coins, along with one 50 denomination coin, on the table.

Seeing Feng Xue take out his work ID, the previously vigilant staff relaxed. After counting the Tower Coins and confirming they were correct, they handed back the items Feng Xue had chosen along with a small receipt, and then sent the remaining items to the warehouse.

Carrying a bag of miscellaneous items through the heavily armed cordon, Feng Xue finally stepped out of the Garbage Dump. He breathed a sigh of relief. At least the "framing for theft and being arrested and executed" that he had worried about didn't happen.

Of course, it might have been him overthinking. After all, items worth a mere ten thousand-plus Tower Coins might represent half a year's lifespan for an ordinary commoner, but for the administrators, it wasn't a number worth paying much attention to.

But regardless of what others thought, Feng Xue was like a child who had finally received their new game console. Without even changing his clothes, he stuffed the Assassin Set into his backpack and, still wearing the Scavenger Set, ran all the way home. He dumped his haul onto the table and, according to his prior plan, began pairing up the items.

The first things he took out were an hourglass and a street sign with a prohibition symbol drawn on it.

With a mischievous smile, Feng Xue brought up the Golden Finger panel and clicked the smelt button.

"This smelting requires 5 Tower Coins. Confirm?"

As the confirmation command was issued, the hourglass rapidly decomposed and disappeared. A line of text then appeared—

[Smelting successful. Acquired Element [Time] from this smelting.]

"Hooray!" Feng Xue, who had been holding his breath, suddenly relaxed, filled with joy. Although he hadn't smelted out [Knowledge], in the face of the [Time] Element, nothing else mattered!

"Strike while the iron is hot! Next!"

[Smelting successful. Acquired Element [Stop] from this smelting.]

"Wuhahahahaahahahaha..."

Regarding Element Weapons, firstly, although False Things have Elements, they cannot exert special abilities unless the target is a Phantom, Supernatural Tale, or Omen.

For example, a False Thing spear with the [Ignore Defense] Element cannot pierce an ordinary shield, but it can penetrate a Phantom shield.

However, this principle is that Phantoms have the characteristic of "being pierced by [Ignore Defense]," not that the [Ignore Defense] Element has completed the penetration.

In simple terms, False Things and True Things still follow normal physical laws. Only when Phantoms are involved does the judgment of Elements come into play.