Chapter 146

At this rate, obtaining 10 Energy Stone is no longer a problem; what's holding her back this time is more about Repair Points.

She currently has 110 points, which will bring her to exactly 200 points after completing two Growth Quest.

The latest Growth Quest is not difficult; she just needs to follow the procedure to complete the order.

The only hurdle is killing the Polluted Beast... Where am I supposed to find Polluted Beast? Does she have to wait for the isolation zone to break before she can complete the quest and level up to level 3?

With that thought in mind, Song Xiaozhu dared not hope for the Synthesizer to be upgraded.

Fortunately, the level 2 Synthesizer is sufficient, containing medicine, weapons, armor, and even a small box with a huge capacity.

She needed to hurry and make another small box.

Putting everything else aside, just taking a small box to store supplies would be enough for everyone to hide away and have plenty to eat and drink.

No matter how efficient Liu Xuangang and Qiu Shuyu were, it still took them a full four hours to get back. As soon as Xiao Yunjie saw her husband, she told him what Song Xiaozhu had said.

Liu Xuangang: "A steel knife for 3 yuan?!"

He was Awe and Respect for Song Xiaozhu's character just from hearing the price!

Xiao Yunjie then brought up the iron ore order.

Liu Xuangang gasped, "This... this... is equivalent to..."

Xiao Yunjie sighed softly, "Miss Song is so righteous!"

Even though Song Xiaozhu was far away in the underground temple, she knew that Liu Xuangang had returned.

The reason was simple: she received a notification sound remotely.

Liu Xuangang, a Level 3 ' Hunter,' Awe and Respect of you, unlocking the Level 2 ' Hunter ' achievement and rewarding you with 10 Quantum Coin;

"Level 3 ' Hunter ' Liu Xuangang holds you in the Revered Like the Big Dipper. Level 3 ' Hunter ' achievement unlocked, reward: 20 Quantum Coin."

Song Xiaozhu happily accepted the 30 Quantum Coin, and her appreciation for the Awakened couple from Liu Family Village grew even stronger.

How wonderful, the wife leads and the husband follows.

Moved by Xiao Yunjie's actions, Liu Xuangang immediately followed suit.

The timber was delivered in batches. Actually, Song Xiaozhu could have gone up to synthesize it; she currently had over a thousand [Iron Raw Material] in her storage box, which was more than enough.

But after thinking about it, Song Xiaozhu still had them bring the timber down.

Try to keep a low profile; the storage space in this small box is excessively large.

With the Raw Wood Material in place, Song Xiaozhu began synthesizing steel knives again.

She paused slightly as she retrieved the [Iron Raw Material]. She hadn't noticed it before, but now she realized the anomaly: the Awakening Stone had actually been stacked?

The previous simple little box contained Awakening Stone and tools that couldn't be stacked; each one took up a slot, which was a huge waste of space.

Can tools and weapons be stacked?!

In the blink of an eye, Song Xiaozhu synthesized two steel knives and quickly put them into the small box. To her great disappointment, the two steel knives took up two slots.

Can't tools still be stacked?

Wrong!

Although the two steel knives were not stacked, the number "1" was found below their notches.

It's important to know that for basic boxes that cannot be stacked, there are no numbers displayed below the groove.

Therefore, sturdy small boxes can be stacked, but there are certain limitations.

After a moment's thought, Song Xiaozhu found the reason.

These two steel knives are of different qualities; the first one provides a 20% strength bonus, while the second one provides a 30% bonus.

Song Xiaozhu quickly crafted a few more steel knives. Although they were made of iron, these weapons were all of the "simple" type, with their effectiveness bonuses generally remaining at 15%, 20%, and 30%.

After making several in a row and achieving the desired effect from repeated use, Song Xiaozhu tried stacking them...

It's done!

Song Xiaozhu quickly started making steel knives. She wanted to see how many she could stack. If it was also 100, then it would be truly amazing—like the Dragon King moving house—leaving the sea!

She was enthusiastically working on the synthesis, while the onlookers fell into a collective silence.

Liu Xuangang looked at his wife with concern, and Xiao Yunjie also...

He couldn't help but frown.

Qiu Shuyu wanted to say something, but bit her lower lip and remained silent.

They couldn't see the Workbench or the small box; all they could see were the constantly consuming iron ore and wood, and the white mist— the Force— constantly emanating from Song Xiaozhu's palm.

It was obvious that Song Xiaozhu was making steel knives, just like before, with ease, skill, and speed. But the problem was... she had used up a lot of materials, yet she hadn't made a single finished product.

Where's the steel knife?

Is the failure rate really that high for this production?

Time ticked by, and the three grew increasingly tense. Liu Xuangang was the first to lose his composure. "Shouldn't we take a break?"

As Awakened, they all have times when they are not in good condition.

Especially when Force is nearing depletion, unless there is a tremendous mental shock, such as being in a dangerous situation or wanting to save someone, it is difficult to unleash one's potential, and more often than not, one cannot achieve a good result.

Characters like the "Hunter" will experience a significant reduction in their hunting abilities, the "Digger" will find it difficult to lift their arms, and the "Physician" will even be unable to conjure syringes...

If this were applied to Song Xiaozhu, the "Engineer," it would likely translate to this astonishingly high failure rate.

Xiao Yunjie stared at Song Xiaozhu for a while before saying, "Let's wait a bit longer. She doesn't seem to be running out of Force."

Liu Xuangang also looked over intently, pondering, "Indeed... although the failure rate is astonishingly high, the purity of the Force is very high, and it's not superficial."

Qiu Shuyu said in a deep voice, "Wait a little longer, trust her."

Liu Xuangang and Xiao Yunjie nodded and said nothing more, but all three of them stared intently at Song Xiaozhu, unable to look away.

Song Xiaozhu had no idea what they were thinking. She was focused on testing the stacking value, but the production rate of the steel knife was out of control, sometimes 15%, sometimes 20%, sometimes 30%, and occasionally a ridiculously low 10%.

Song Xiaozhu sorted and piled them up, and saw that 30 of the 15% category had been stacked, 60 of the 20% category had been stacked, 30 of the 30% category had been stacked, and oh, and 9 of the 10% category had also been stacked.

This distribution shows that there are relatively few good and bad cases, with the median value being the most frequent. As for the 10% bonus, it's probably a privilege reserved for those with Unlucky Player.