Chapter 69
They never expected... that this could happen!
As Song Xiaozhu led Qiu Shuyu and Er Ying toward the next "pit," the Hunter in this "pit" finally regained their voices, waking up as if from a dream, screaming incessantly:
"Oh My God..."
"... My eyes are almost blinded by the steel blade!"
The three-meter-square pit was now filled with steel knives, some pointing downwards and some lying horizontally.
However, because the number was so large, even if only one-third of it fell vertically, it would be enough to turn the Black Pig Beast into a hornet's nest.
Even those that lay horizontally, because of their sheer number, pressed down like a mountain of steel knives, burying the Black Pig Beast alive.
The Black Pig Beast, already on the verge of death, now breathed its last.
Sadly, it died without ever understanding what had happened.
The Hunter were initially shocked, but then overjoyed.
Steel knife!
So many steel knives!
Miss Song is here to give out some perks!
They cheered and rushed into the pit, beginning to move the steel knives out, and incidentally retrieving the wild boar beast buried at the bottom...
Song Xiaozhu used her unique "combat skills" to fill all nine pits along the way.
The reason there was one missing was not because Song Xiaozhu didn't have enough stock, but because one of the pits contained two Polluted Beast.
It was all taken in one pot.
Song Xiaozhu is no longer afraid to reveal her abilities.
Firstly, she trusted Liu Family Village enough, and secondly, she had a certain amount of confidence.
If you really want to stab her in the back, you have to consider her strength.
Equipment reserves.
In times of peace and prosperity, one should conceal one's strengths; in the current situation, she must be strong enough to win people's hearts.
As for the wealthy tycoons in Ink City, Song Xiaozhu didn't have many concerns anymore.
Without the isolation zone, the Fortress walls won't last more than a few days.
They are too busy taking care of themselves.
This is the perfect opportunity for her to accelerate her development.
A notification sound plays:
"Growth Quest 6 completed, reward: 100 Quantum Coin, Repair Points: 50."
"Repair Quest completed, proceed with repair?"
Song Xiaozhu: "Yes."
The notification sound said, "Repair in progress, estimated time 100 hours."
Song Xiaozhu's eyebrows twitched; the last repair time was only 20 hours, but this time it skyrocketed to 100 hours.
This is a real rip-off! Waiting for the upgrade from level 3 to 4 will take ten days and ten nights!
Fortunately, Song Xiaozhu was experienced and calmly asked, "Use Quantum Coin to shorten the time."
Notification: "One Quantum Coin shortens the time by 5 hours; a total of 20 Quantum Coin have been consumed."
Song Xiaozhu had a good memory and immediately asked, "Didn't last time one Quantum Coin shorten the time by 10 hours?"
Prompt: "Different levels have different costs. Do you wish to consume 20 Quantum Coin to shorten the repair time?"
Song Xiaozhu's lips twitched, and she could only reply, "Yes."
Never mind, it might not be a notification sound retaliating against her.
Level 2 Synthesizer do indeed have high wear and tear, and the purchase price of Random Synthesis has also increased accordingly.
After a while, L announced:
"Repair complete. The Synthesizer's current level is 3."
Unlock new feature: Batch Synthesis.
Unlock new feature: Automatic Synthesis.
Unlock new feature: Formula Research and Development.
Unlock new feature: Employee Recipe!
Chapter 69
This series of new features made Song Xiaozhu happy.
Although I don't know exactly what's going on, hearing the words "mass production," "automatic," and "research and development" makes me feel that they are very useful.
Song Xiaozhu returned to the camp and happened to see Xiao Yunjie collecting Awakening Stone Fragment. She stopped and came over to ask, "How is it? What's the collection rate?"
Xiao Yunjie stood up and said, "Not bad, 28 Polluted Beast, 10 pieces were collected." As she spoke, she took out a small cloth bag from her waist and handed it to Song Xiaozhu.
Song Xiaozhu didn't stand on ceremony and took it, saying, "Okay, I'll take it back and study it to see the production rate." She almost misspoke and said "synthesis rate."
After all, these Awakening Stone Fragment and Awakening Stone are very close to being synthesized.
Xiao Yunjie was completely oblivious to all of this; her mind was preoccupied with, "Miss, can you really make Awakening Stone?"
This was utterly shocking and completely beyond their comprehension.
Let alone Xiao Yunjie, even the citizens inside the Fortress were completely bewildered by this.
Awakening Stone are a monopolized resource of major conglomerates, and ordinary people cannot even imagine their origin.
Based on the character "stone," some people speculated that it might be some kind of mineral. There were even organizations in the Fortress that would go down to the Garbage Mountain to conduct surveys... These are all small, civilian organizations that, relying on having a "Miner," fantasize about getting rich overnight.
Later, most of these cases simply fizzled out.
The world outside the Fortress is far from peaceful.
Even with wild beasts isolated, there are still refugees lingering at the Garbage Mountain, so hungry that they will even eat pollutants.
Song Xiaozhu had already summoned the Workbench. After it was repaired to level three, the Workbench had a more advanced style. The size was not much different, but the perforated board on top was replaced by a smooth screen, and the recipe was no longer a light "paper" but a special module.
Song Xiaozhu hadn't had time to look closely yet, only glancing at it vaguely. There were new recipes to be unlocked in the basic Raw Material section, which most likely included Energy Stone.
As for what the Raw Material are, she'll have to spend money (Quantum Coin) to unlock them.
Ultimately, it's all related to these fragments.
Song Xiaozhu nodded. "I already have some ideas, but we still need to do some experiments."
Xiao Yunjie's heart pounded. "Okay, I'll wait for your good news." She couldn't help but use honorifics.
Song Xiaozhu thought for a moment and then said, "If we have enough manpower here, let's arrange a small team to increase patrols in the village."
Xiao Yun
Jie reacted quickly. "Is Miss worried about flying Polluted Beast?"
Clearly, she had also thought about this.
This time is different from last time. The isolation zone is gone, the Earth Temple is gone, and the Fortress won't send troops to save a Xiaoxiao village of refugees. They can only save themselves, and they have to consider the worst-case scenario.