Chapter 405: Chapter 346: Tell a Story - Check the Number of Pages in This Chapter_2
The laughter lasted for a full fifteen minutes before gradually coming to a halt. Lin Fengjiao squatted at the door, finally understanding why Doctor Xiao was eager to send Li Zheng away.
It was to avoid laughing in front of someone and getting beaten up...
...
Li Zheng returned to his original room, this time remembering the doctor’s advice. He did not rush to attack the mutants but instead rested for half an hour.
During this time, with nothing else to do, he took out his residence and inspected the production line.
Gong Yi and Gong Er were still diligently working, producing bottle after bottle of Genetic Potion. The finished potions had already piled up into several small hills, and grabbing a bunch to take out could easily incite a frenzy among others.
Most of the current production was Bronze Level 2+ potions. There were significantly fewer Black Iron Level potions compared to previous days, indicating that the players in Channel 879 had officially stepped into the Bronze Level in terms of physique.
Bronze Level physique, from Li Zheng’s current perspective, was indeed nothing significant; he could easily take on dozens at once.
But compared to the average physique of other channels, it was terrifying.
One must know that even now, it’s rare to find channels that can elevate the average physique to Black Iron Level 4+ standard, let alone Bronze Level.
If we exclude genetic abilities and equipment factors, simply comparing physiques, the player group in Channel 879 could sweep through most disorganized channels.
Aside from the potions, Chou Nong was also working diligently with Wu Mian.
Li Zheng developed a new Fire Ability and had long given the command to plant Flame Branches. Chou Nong was tending to the Flame Branches, trying to increase the yield.
On the other side, the Mechanical Sword Mantis processing center from ancient technology was also slowly operating. Occasionally, it would produce a Black Iron or Bronze Level Mechanical Sword Mantis, which would then be neatly placed in the corner by the household model robot.
There were now nearly fifty units in scale.
The role of these low-tier Mechanical Sword Mantises was indeed limited and had long fallen behind Li Zheng’s current exploration pace.
However, Li Zheng had a feeling that one day, these Mechanical Sword Mantises might bring him a huge surprise.
Especially after conquering Kuro and Yisi, this feeling grew stronger.
"Right! I need to find a player proficient in mechanics to learn some modification techniques and upgrade Yisi and the others by installing the driveshaft." After inspecting everything, Li Zheng casually took out two mutated Gold Level Fire Element special items and swallowed one.
If he hadn’t seen the Mechanical Sword Mantis processing center, he would have almost forgotten about this matter.
At this moment, Xiao Siyuan finally sent over the starting price for auctioning the "Xionggen" potion.
Remembering it, Li Zheng asked him, "As a doctor, you probably have quite a wide network. Could you help me contact a player skilled in mechanics and hands-on work?"
"Are you stupid?" Xiao Siyuan almost burst out with a curse in his dialect: "Isn’t Ye Kai exactly such a person?"
Ye Kai?
Li Zheng was momentarily dazed, then recalled the mecha driven by Ye Kai was handcrafted by him, indicating he must have unique insights into mechanical crafting and modifications.
The Ye siblings and Chu Xiao usually had little information exchange with Li Zheng. If not for Xiao Siyuan’s reminder, Li Zheng might have truly forgotten that Ye Kai was a player skilled in mechanical modifications.
Moreover, that mecha had been enhanced by the Blacksmith, and with such expertise from a top expert as a reference, Ye Kai’s mechanical modification skills were definitely not weak.
If Li Zheng seeks his guidance, he would indeed be a great choice.
In fact, Li Zheng had another candidate in mind for learning mechanical crafting and modification.
That was the so-called "Modern Minister of the Ministry of Justice," Handicraft Geng, also known as "Minister Geng."
Minister Geng’s skills were more grounded and relatively basic, making him more suitable for beginners to seek guidance from.
Unfortunately, Minister Geng had already been recruited by Nine Heavens and was not easily reachable, let alone available for face-to-face guidance.
"Ye Kai... it’s not impossible either." Li Zheng thought carefully. After all, he had started studying mechanical crafting and modification after entering the Matrix, enough to teach him without a doubt.
Li Zheng had no doubts about Ye Kai’s capabilities in mechanical manufacturing and modification, only worried that he might not be able to learn what Ye Kai teaches.
Li Zheng had already used the cross-channel transmission for today, so he could only wait until tomorrow to visit Ye Kai for a face-to-face consultation. He kept this matter in mind.
As soon as the half hour was up, and just as Li Zheng was getting ready to contact the team to continue challenging the mutants, Sakura brought him a surprise.
With efforts during this time, Sakura finally finished consuming the Crystal Core of the Dragon Turtle and entered the ability development process.
The little Pink Poli, which always clung to it, was pushed aside by an invisible force, dumbfoundedly calling out "Poli Poli."
An earthy-yellow sheen formed an oval light cocoon, enveloping Sakura completely and gradually transforming into a giant mottled stone egg.
The center of the "stone egg" had a circle of blood-red ripples that rhythmically expanded and contracted, like breathing.
With each expansion and contraction, the stone egg’s color shifted more towards black.
Until the stone egg turned completely jet-black, the ripples stopped moving, emitting a strange blood-red glow.
"Odd, isn’t this crystal core supposed to develop a Dragon Turtle ability?" Li Zheng was dumbfounded. The Dragon Turtle’s ability was clearly supposed to be Earth Element, so why was the development process so bizarre, tinged with a hint of blood-red aura?
[The little one is quite lucky to have acquired one of the hidden bloodline abilities of the Dragon Turtle; this is a rare opportunity.]
"Hidden bloodline ability?" Li Zheng was initially stunned, then recalled that, in the initial attributes given by Old Pu, the Dragon Turtle had two abilities listed as "?" without clear identification.