Beginning with the Ubume Bird-Chapter 354 - 1 Expensive Potion

Chapter 354: Chapter 1 Expensive Potion

Chapter 354: Chapter 1 Expensive Potion

“The worship of so-called heroes and pragmatists stems from people’s hatred for their own cowardice and incompetence. Those bystanders always look down on morality, but in fact, that’s the most effective means of restraint constructed by sages through the ages, targeted specifically at people like me.”

The sounds of typing on keyboards and pens scraping on paper almost overflowed, the spacious living room abuzz with activity.

They were a group of men and women in white coats, busily recording the reports in their hands or observing data on their laptop screens.

In the midst of these people sat a man in his thirties, wearing gold-rimmed glasses. He too was dressed in a white coat and was pouring instant coffee granules into a glass with a spoon.

“As for the one or two scattered so-called paragons of the age, they really can’t stir up my spirit to deal with them.”

An assistant beside him, without lifting his head, said, “Liang Zhengyong is very useful, and the ‘Spirit-responsive Tanggula’ is also gone.”

The man with gold-rimmed glasses spread his hands, “I’m not too keen on making a big fuss over this kind of thing. That Gu Huo Bird has a bright future; he even reminds me of Cao Yuanchao’s rise. As for the trial version of the ‘Spirit-responsive Tanggula’, if we have it, good; if not, let it be. It’s not something too rare. Besides, didn’t he take on my Yan Fu case?”

In his words, he seemed to hold little regard for the fifth-order potion.

People from the three great powers all covet the highest fifth-order potions; Black Star’s war machine is even willing to pay any price to seize Yak’s genes, but when you think about it, Ramu Jue was able to develop a fifth-order potion earlier than the three great powers by relying on the Yak gene samples and research data from before the Winter, from the former Soviet Union. But who was the one who single-handedly pushed the so-called ‘Endless Yak’ research plan led by Li Senke?

Of course, it was Su Ling.

As the final victor reaping the fruits, the benefits Su Ling grasped were beyond many people’s imaginations at the time.

…

“You have completed this Yan Fu event, and an additional special Yan Fu event. However, it will not be included in the total count. Your current completed Yan Fu events total: 10.”

“The evaluation for this Yan Fu event is: Moderate (fixed value after reaping fruits).”

“The items you will take with you are: Fifth-order Genetically Modified Potion: Spirit-responsive Tanggula, Autumn Yak gene sample, Thunder Yak gene sample, Super Sensitive Yak’s Little Finger.”

Settlement begins!

Vera, the bombshell with dual guns, fired at Li Yan head-on!

Red radiation clouds press down on the earth, a tangled swarm of mutated beasts in the sky, desolate structures in the wasteland collapsing nonstop, and uniquely shaped, angular black fighter jets dropping bombs.

The black Buddha’s paint spread over the flamethrowing forklift, the fierce-looking ragtag army charged fearlessly toward the vast army clad in black uniforms under the setting sun, which stretched as far as the eye could see.

In the end, a golden mushroom cloud burst forth between the mountaintops capped with white against the black range.

“The fruit’s name… Ah, it’s difficult to choose, let’s call it Luo Bu.”

Li Yan finally had a stroke of inspiration and came up with such a name.

The settlement report is as follows:

Moderate evaluation points: 200 points (base only).

Purchase power quota: 150% (fixed value after reaping fruits).

There are no rewards drawn for this Yan Fu event.

You have obtained the following in this event:

One, human category

None

Two, item category

[Crazy Shocker]

[Barrett M82A1 Special Purpose Sniper Rifle]

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Three. Secret category

Mining rights: [Yan Fu Secret: Mage Tool]!

After each return, one “Mage Tool” will be randomly refreshed in the purchase authority, containing one of the following: Longevity Seed, Xinghua Long-life Noodles, Longjing Copper Talisman, Golden Steed Iron Horse, White Lake Holy Spring, Heavenly Consort’s Eyebrow Pencil (low probability), Taoist Priest’s Kerchief (low probability).

This will continue for 5 Yan Fu events.

The refreshed Mage Tool for this time is: White Lake Holy Spring.

White Lake Holy Spring: Consumable, increases lifespan by eighty years after use and enhances Awakening Degree by 50%.

4 Yan Fu points spent.

Li Yan began to check the purchase options only after buying the White Lake Holy Spring.

The buying options in Winter World are brutally simple, with just two types: a variety of weapons, ammunition, medical equipment, large constructions, and combat machinery, and, as expected, genetically modified agents!

Let’s talk about the weapons and ammunition first, from small arms like pistols and army knives to large ones like man-portable missiles and armored tanks, everything is included and, to Li Yan’s surprise, they are much cheaper than he expected.

An ordinary armored explosion-proof vehicle sells for only eight hundred points. Including additional weapons and vehicle missiles, the total comes to a bit over one thousand.

A shoulder-fired rocket launcher, including ammunition, is only three hundred points.

Initially, Li Yan spent a full eleven hundred Yan Fu points on a ghost-banishing tattoo.

The price of technological weapons in Yan Fu is remarkably cheap.

However, there is a limit to these weapons. Li Yan estimated that combined, they would be enough to arm about sixty soldiers for thirty minutes of intense combat.

The medical and industrial equipment is relatively more expensive and in less quantity.

Li Yan scanned the dazzling list and looked at his remaining eighteen hundred-odd Yan Fu points, feeling somewhat troubled.

Li Yan, by now, is no longer the lone wolf he once was. The weaponry is not very useful to him, but their power should not be underestimated. He wanted to buy these mechanical equipments and transfer them to the Red Flag Gang on Lantau Island in the South Seas through his storage space. However, after careful consideration, there are quite a few problems.

The trickiest issue is that Yan Fu can provide Li Yan with the basic specialized knowledge needed to operate vehicles like armored cars, but it can’t extend this convenience to those outside of Yan Fu walkers. Moreover, the specialized skills acquired through purchase cannot be taught to others in the same way as to those who have truly labored to learn them.

Including some Black Star combat vehicles and heavy industrial machinery that are a touch more advanced than modern technology, the pirates of the Red Flag Gang would have nowhere to learn the operation and maintenance techniques for these things.

If Li Yan wants to arm the Red Flag Gang with technological achievements from the real world or other fruits, there’s too much involved. The investment is large, the effects slow to materialize, and the most immediate problem is that Li Yan’s personal Seal Space is only twenty cubic meters, nowhere near enough to play with plenty of such extravagances.

So, for the time being, apart from buying a few powerful wild yak firearms or several special rocket launchers to give the brothers of the Red Flag Gang something new to experience, Li Yan has no other ideas.

And the genetically modified agents are surprisingly expensive!

First and second-order agents, which grant a user a certain special ability occupying an extended skill slot, are reasonably priced, ranging from five hundred to two thousand points.

Starting from third-order, however, the prices skyrocket to levels that leave Li Yan’s jaw dropped!

[Third-Order Genetic Modification Potion: Steel Skull] (Greatly enhances the physical strength of a Yan Fu walker and multiplies it with the inheritance!)

Price: 6000 Yan Fu points

[Third-Order Genetic Modification Potion: Wandering Deity] (Greatly enhances the nerve reaction speed and agility of a Yan Fu walker and multiplies it with the inheritance!)

Price: 5500 Yan Fu points

[Third-Order Genetic Modification Potion: Hell’s Vanguard] (Greatly enhances the dynamic vision, cell vitality, and precision control over objects of a Yan Fu walker and multiplies it with the inheritance!)

Price: 7000 Yan Fu points

[…]

The above potions are used strictly according to the results of a detection chart, guaranteeing 100% efficacy.

The list contains about a dozen third-order agents. Fourth-order agents are not available to the public.

Li Yan truly went through Winter World, and to put it bluntly, a Wilderness Hunter like Song Zuo only needs to go on two or three missions, and in a month could earn enough for a third-order potion,

Most Yan Fu events aren’t difficult and the profits aren’t high. Don’t be fooled by Li Yan’s thousands of Yan Fu points per event; the total earnings from a single event for a normal Nine Luminaries walker might not even reach two thousand.

As stated earlier, the quota for this purchase is fixed, meaning the content and prices are all set by the Ghost Master, Su Ling.

The reason for the exorbitant cost of the Winter World potions, in addition to the tenfold strength enhancement that Li Yan was already well aware of, is more importantly because the fruit extracted by the Ghost Master had long ceased to open Yan Fu events to the public. Only those specially authorized by the Ghost Master could enter this fruit to venture or undertake Yan Fu events.

In terms of online gaming jargon, this is a unique hidden instance.

Monopolies inevitably lead to exorbitant profits, and considering the special demand for potions among Yan Fu walkers, such prices are not outrageous. It’s just Li Yan’s expectations that are too high.

The first and second-order agents are not worth buying, and for the third-order agents, Li Yan doesn’t have enough points.

Therefore, Li Yan’s choices are not many.

At the end of the buying options, there is one last line.

[As a privately harvested fruit, a Yan Fu walker can offer the fruit owner rare genetic samples obtained from Winter World in exchange for desired rewards.]