My Misfortune Crushed Instances-Chapter 30: Comparing People Only Makes You Angry

Chapter 30: Chapter 30: Comparing People Only Makes You Angry

Seeing Wen Yan’s surprised expression, Li Rui asked, "What do you mean? Can’t reinforcement provide special effects?"

The initial four action group leaders were only trained on the content related to striking the Secret Realm, so he’s not familiar with equipment, materials, etc.

This is not the Baili Association’s people failing their duty; it’s mainly because he is too unique. Normally, a level 6 newcomer doesn’t have access to these things. After all, the Secret Realm is different from online games; monsters don’t drop equipment and materials. To obtain them, one must go through various missions.

But missions at the low-level stage generally don’t give out particularly high rarity equipment, and the quantity of materials is not much, so it’s rare for anyone at this stage to require reinforcement.

Upon hearing Li Rui’s question, Wen Yan began to explain, "Of course not. There are three ways to obtain equipment special effects: first, high rarity equipment comes with them; second, some special NPCs have the ability to bestow effects; third, Legendary Level items, special effect generation coupons."

Li Rui asked, "I guess the most common method is actually the first one?"

"Exactly."

Wen Yan gave a bitter smile, "That’s why I didn’t want you to reinforce this thing just now. I seem to have been wrong; this administrator’s coat is quite special."

Li Rui suddenly smacked his forehead, "Wait, is the same logic true for skill special effects?"

"Of course."

"....."

Li Rui remembered his big secret pocket. He previously thought it was natural for upgrades to increase special effects, but now it seems otherwise. Yet, to prevent Wen Yan from having a heart attack, he didn’t mention this.

He glanced at his inventory and asked, "Are Thunder and Ice Attributes compatible? I have other materials."

"Not particularly compatible. It depends; you can try one material first. If the reinforcement fails, it means it’s not compatible."

So, Li Rui tossed in a piece of ordinary quality Thunder Wood Fragment.

[Enhancement successful! Progress +5, current 5/100]

Wen Yan clasped her hands together excitedly and said, "Successful again! This coat’s compatibility is not bad."

Li Rui threw in the rest of a set of Thunder Wood Fragments as well.

[Equipment upgraded!]

[Administrator’s Coat.]

[Item Level: 3.]

[Quality: Unique]

[Description: Please ensure careful safekeeping by all employees.]

[Attribute: Defense +10]

[Special Effect 1: Wearing it should make your big pocket look quite cool.]

[Special Effect 2: Ice Resistance +2%]

[Special Effect 3: Lightning Resistance +3%]

[Eternal: Yes.]

"It gained another special effect!"

Wen Yan felt like there were little stars flying in front of her eyes. She had worked in the support group for several years and had never seen anything like this.

At this moment, Li Rui had a reckless idea again, "Sister Yan, you’d say Flame Attribute should clash with it, right?"

"In theory, if it’s already compatible with Ice, it shouldn’t be compatible with Flame."

At this moment, Wen Yan also learned to be clever and didn’t want to speak too definitively, lest it comes back to slap her in the face later.

Li Rui didn’t dilly-dally, tossing in a piece of Flame Attribute Scorching Powder.

[Enhancement successful! Progress +5, current 5/200]

Wen Yan started to fall silent. Her understanding was being challenged.

However, Li Rui had another new trick, "If I use Water Attribute materials at this point, how would it respond?"

He threw in a piece of Water Attribute Warm and Moist Pearl.

[Enhancement successful! Progress +4, current 9/200]

"This is impossible. How can Fire and Water Attributes be used in the same reinforcement progress? The information didn’t say that. It must be an illusion, definitely an illusion. I’m losing track....." 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

At this stage, Wen Yan started mumbling nonsense.

Li Rui believed he understood; if he guessed correctly, this administrator’s coat could ignore attribute limitations and be indefinitely reinforced. There’s no need to consider combinations like others, no need for careful planning, just throw in whatever you have!

So he directly poured all the materials from his inventory into it.

[Enhancement successful!]

[Enhancement successful!]

[Enhancement successful!]

.....

Not a single failure, all materials were used on the coat, and its panel became like this.

[Administrator’s Coat.]

[Item Level: 5.]

[Quality: Unique]

[Description: Please ensure careful safekeeping by all employees.]

[Attribute: Defense +17]

[Special Effect 1: Wearing it should make your big secret pocket look quite cool.]

[Special Effect 2: Ice Resistance +2%]

[Special Effect 3: Lightning Resistance +3%]

[Special Effect 4: Poison Resistance +2%]

[Special Tag 1: Fall Damage -1%.]

[Special Tag 2: Sharp Attack Damage -1%]

[Eternal: Yes.]

Wen Yan sat on the floor beside him with a blank stare, muttering, "The rules of reinforcement no longer exist....."

Li Rui found it funny, "Sister Yan, it’s not that serious; a single sample isn’t enough to prove an objective law."

"....."

Wen Yan kept poking her fingers together in front of her chest, "To be honest with you, I’m actually jealous. Since things are up and running, let me show you."

Saying so, she had Li Rui step aside, linked to the engravings herself, and then projected a piece of equipment.

[Solid as a Rock Assistive White Coat.]

[Item Level: 26.]

[Quality: Epic]

[Attributes: Defense +40, Reaction +3, Search +7.]

[Special Effect 1: Extra Defense +5.]

[Special Effect 2: Physical Resistance +15%]

That was it.

An Epic Level item, besides defense, added two more attributes and came with two special effects. It wasn’t bad, but compared to Li Rui’s resplendent tags, it seemed rather modest. The only advantage was in values, which was due to the difference in item levels. Once the administrator’s coat reaches level 26, it wouldn’t be worse at all.

Li Rui wanted to say a few comforting words, but after hesitating for a moment, he held back.

Any consolation at this point would just sound sarcastic.

Wen Yan turned off the equipment, patting her cheeks, "Forget it, comparing oneself to others is asking for trouble. I won’t compare with you anymore."

Li Rui chuckled, "I haven’t eaten yet. Want to grab a bite together?"

"No, thanks. There are a lot of materials from the last real world event to process. I’ve been doing overtime these days."

Compared to the action group, the support group is much busier since they don’t go on field assignments, so they have a lower risk factor.

Li Rui left the Guotong Mansion alone. Now he’s fully prepared, his inventory emptied without any waste, and there’s a pile of potions to recover status and add buffs. His stats are high too, allowing him to rampage through the 5-10 level, 6-star dungeon.

He checked the engravings and saw there were still three days left in the countdown.

"Today is the 25th, three days? Damn, isn’t that Zheng Hao’s birthday? Yikes, if I don’t go, he’ll be sulking for a month. Need to plan for that."

While pondering, a figure approached beside him.

"Hey, Brother Rui, you’re heading to Gu Xuan Town, right?"

Li Rui looked up to see it was Zhang Xiaoguang from Group One, a level 10 newly transferred Secret Realm agent.

The other guy, two years older than him, actually started with the word "brother."

"Brother Xiaoguang, what a coincidence, I heard you’re going too."

"Yes, yes, let’s collaborate more once inside; aim for a smooth clearance."