At the darkest hour of night, in the Federation, any time after "sunset" counted as the darkest hour of night.
There were still several hours until sunset, so Xu Zhi planned to make the higher-level Lanterns first.
Just like last time, the main materials for the Lanterns were still Little Aberration's branches and cores. Since the Lanterns were of a higher grade, they naturally required more "fuel," so Xu Zhi forged several ten-in-one [Moth] Attribute Cores and [Lamp] Attribute Cores.
Under the narrator's guidance, however, she also made a few [Cup]-attribute ones.
According to the narrator, [Cup] light did her no good. Using [Cup] light at Midnight would even worsen Midnight's erosion of her. But when entering or leaving the rifts, it was best to use [Cup]-attribute light to confuse others.
After all, there was no need to think about it—there would definitely be [Cup]-attribute people lying in wait at the entrances.
As a precaution, she also made several ten-to-one refined cores of other attributes. After obtaining Little Aberration's branches, the materials list still required Xiao Zhen's feathers, Doggie's teeth, spiderwebs, Xu Zhi's blood, and several other extraordinary materials Xu Zhi did not possess.
"But why do you need my blood? What does it do?"
[The higher the grade of an extraordinary item, the harder it is to control. Adding your blood during forging will increase your affinity with the item.]
[Your mental strength will then affect the Lantern's abilities. If it is merely a Lantern unrelated to you, it is simply a dead object with fixed effects. But after adding your blood, your own abilities will also affect the Lantern's effects.]
"...That's not very scientific."
As usual, Xu Zhi planned to trouble Zhong Lingfan for the extraordinary materials she lacked. She did not even know what extraordinary materials were