Chapter 53
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Song Xiaozhu's shop opened a week ago.
For the entire week, she lived in constant fear, terrified that some Polluted Beast would invade, but... nothing happened.
This was probably the most peaceful day Song Xiaozhu had experienced since coming into this world.
She assembles various tools, simple meals, and medicines every day, opens her shop during the day, and counts the recyclables at night... She's quite busy, but An'an is peaceful and stable, with no unusual incidents.
If it weren't for that glaringly obvious Growth Quest 6, Song Xiaozhu would have thought that life would continue peacefully like this.
All the orders from the logging camp were handed over to Qiu Shuyu. She carried the top-of-the-line bow and arrows that Song Xiaozhu had crafted, along with a sufficient quantity of stone arrows, iron arrows, and special arrows— Song Xiaozhu had only told her about their effects, just in case.
Because Qiu Shuyu was alone, she would travel back and forth to the logging camp every day to deliver iron axes in batches and bring back suitable timber.
After saving for a week, Song Xiaozhu finally had enough Quantum Coin.
With orders from her Taobao Shop and the logging camp, she could earn about 500 Transaction Value points a day. Over the course of a week, along with the occasional increase in her Leadership Value, she finally managed to collect 40 Quantum Coin.
It wasn't easy.
Song Xiaozhu didn't plan to keep them to make Sturdy Storage Box; she used them all to unlock recipes.
There are only four unlocked recipes for the Level 2 Synthesizer: two for weapons and two for armor.
Song Xiaozhu finally unlocked the last piece of armor. These four recipes were surprisingly easy to synthesize. Hmm... the prerequisite for easy armor crafting is having a plentiful supply of animal hides!
Chapter 53
Song Xiaozhu examined the four final recipes she had unlocked. She had saved up enough Quantum Coin a few days ago and had unlocked the weapon recipes first; these two were much simpler to craft than the bow and arrow recipes.
Recipe Name: Simple Steel Knife
Recipe Level: 2
Materials required: [Raw Wood Material]*1+[Iron Raw Material]*3
Synthesis rate: 60
Recipe Name: Simple Spear
Recipe Level: 2
Materials required: [Raw Wood Material]*3+[Iron Raw Material]*1
Synthesis rate: 60
Because the Raw Material were very simple, Song Xiaozhu immediately synthesized them after unlocking the recipe and recorded the effects.
"Received 'Simple Steel Knife'*1;
Evaluation: An ordinary, unremarkable steel knife;
"Effect: Strength increased by 15%."
"Obtained 'Simple Spear'*1;
Evaluation: An ordinary, unremarkable spear;
"Effect: Increases burst damage by 15%."
These two weapons, while not capable of producing unexpected special effects using Quantum Coin like bows and arrows, have the advantage of simple [Raw Material]. As long as there is a stable supply of [Iron Raw Material], she can easily produce thousands of sets, arming a steel-bladed squad.
From this perspective, not only is animal hide scarce, but [Iron Raw Material] are also in short supply.
These days, the Old Chen has been secretly sending scrap metal to the logging camp through familiar lumberjacks, Qiu Shuyu then pick it up and take it back to Liu Family Village.
The efficiency was very low, barely enough to keep up with the logging camp's orders. The people of Liu Family Village had never seen iron tools before, let alone the steel knives and spears in front of them.
At first glance, the armor recipes seem very simple; all you need is "animal hide," and the basic Raw Material, [crude oil], can be obtained by recycling various waste products from the residents of Liu Family Village.
Song Xiaozhu unlocked something a few days ago --
Recipe Name: Leather Helmet
Recipe Level: 2
Required materials: 5 animal hides + 5 crude oil
Synthesis rate: 60
What I just unlocked today is--
Formula Name: Leather Nails
Recipe Level: 2
Required materials: 10 animal hides + 10 crude oil
Synthesis rate: 60
Helmet, armor, gloves...
I've finally completed the set.
Oh, I'm still missing a pair of shoes.
son.
Song Xiaozhu composed herself and waited intently for the upcoming Repair Quest.
Last time, the notification sound told her that the Repair Quest had been triggered after she unlocked all the level 1 recipes. It should be similar this time; she has unlocked all the level 1 recipes, so she should be able to trigger the Repair Quest.
Wait, she seems to have unlocked all the level 1 achievements last time. Will she need to upgrade all the achievements to level 2 this time?
This is much more difficult than unlocking all the recipes.
Just as her heart was pounding, a notification sounded, "All level 2 recipes have been unlocked, triggering Repair Quest. Upon completion, the Workbench will be upgraded to level 3. A level 3 Workbench will unlock modules such as ' Batch Synthesis ' and ' Employee Recipe '."
Upon hearing "Batch Synthesis," Song Xiaozhu immediately perked up. Although synthesizing them one by one was quite fast, it would be much more convenient to synthesize a hundred or a thousand at once!
Upgrade, upgrade, upgrade quickly!
Although she didn't know what the "Employee Recipe" meant, it was a level three module, so it should only be more convenient and powerful.
A notification sound indicates that a Level 3 Repair Quest has been issued.
The Repair Quest are as follows:
First, the Repair Points 200 points;
Second, unlock all current 'syntheses';
Third, Energy Stone *10.
There are still three Repair Quest, but this time there's no mention of experience points...
Well, after reaching level 2, her experience points quickly reached the maximum, so she wasn't required to farm all the crafting materials anymore, including achievements, and there seemed to be no longer any restrictions on leveling up.
Song Xiaozhu chewed on her pen, pondering. "Level one is expansion, and level two is specialization? That makes some sense."
This is similar to a wealthy family that initially enrolls their child in all sorts of extracurricular classes. Once the child has tried them all and gained a general understanding of them, they can then choose one or two to specialize in.
Of course, this was just Song Xiaozhu's imagination, after all, the notification sound wasn't her father, and she wasn't his daughter.
The level 3 Repair Quest is of moderate difficulty.
As for the Repair Points, she currently has 110. She had 5 points remaining when she was level 1, but they were mercilessly reset to zero after leveling up to level 2.