ATPnovel Chapter 118 One Shot Explodes... Eye
Chapter 118 One Shot Explodes... Eye
Chapter 118 One Shot Explodes... Eye
With "Holy Water" and "Magic Powder," plus nearly 5,000 basic materials, you can upgrade the "Potion Stand" to level 2.
"I really don't understand how something the size of a table can require enough materials to build a house just to upgrade it."
While operating the control panel, Yu Wang couldn't help but complain. No wonder only large guilds with thousands of members who rely on selling potions as their main source of income would choose to upgrade their potion station.
For most lone wolves and small teams, a basic, passable level 1 potion station is often the ultimate setup.
[Ding! The potion station has been successfully upgraded!]
[Pharmacy Counter]
[Type: Processing/Production Equipment]
[Rank: Lv.2]
[Description: The highest-grade home medicine station that can be privately owned. It can mix more than 90% of the known formulas of various primary and intermediate medicines with a significantly reduced failure rate and a small chance of improving the quality.]
What? You want an even more advanced, fully automated Level 3 potion station? Turn left and head to the Witch Alliance headquarters to apply, or—consider kidnapping a witch to work for you?
The new medicine station is a size larger overall, with many more precision instruments on the stone slab surface, and even the table legs in the blind spots have decorative patterns.
Seeing that another portion of the ship's cabin space had been taken up, Yu Wang felt a sense of urgency to upgrade. He had already put the 13 empty core fragments needed to upgrade to level 4 on the trading market.
In exchange, the items are practical consumables such as [basic antidote] and [portable high-pressure oxygen cylinder].
As for the more precious Blood Coral Set, there are only four sets in total. He wore out one set himself, leaving only three sets.
He planned to keep this in case he entered the second raid instance in the future.
His gaze swept across the ship's storage compartments, where he spotted several packs of "soft Zhonghua" cigarettes that had barely been touched.
Yu Wang, as if possessed, opened his friends list and found "Survival Expert Lao Wang".
You're in for a ton of luck: "Old Wang, do you have any spare empty nuclear fragments? I can trade you a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes, plus an oxygen tank, an antidote, or information on how to acquire materials."
Not long after the message was sent, Old Wang's reply popped up with excitement:
Survival expert Lao Wang: "Holy crap! Soft Zhonghua cigarettes?! And a whole carton?! Where did you get this stuff?! I've only ever found a few loose ones in bronze treasure chests! They were gone after a couple of sucks! How did you get this?"
You're going to hit the jackpot: "You found it in a gold resource chest."
Survival expert Lao Wang: "—Gold chest? Never mind then. Okay, let's get down to business."
Survival expert Lao Wang: "I have 54 empty core fragments. But I need to keep at least 50 to upgrade my ship to level 3, so I can only spare 4 for trading. Do you know how to get whale bones and amber gold? I'm just missing those two things."
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Yu Wang recalled for a moment and found relevant information about these two uncommon materials: "You can dig for fossils in the 'Whale Fall Valley' dungeon, and search for bones in the 'Underwater Graveyard' dungeon. Follow the Vamitan Dragons and observe which areas they stay in for a long time. You can also get them by fishing."
Both of the dungeons I'm referring to are multiplayer dungeons. You can try asking in the chat channel to see if there are any teams with available slots.
As for Amber Gold, it has a chance to drop from treasure chests on land cliffs.
He only provided a general direction, not precise coordinates, but this was already invaluable to Lao Wang, who urgently needed specific materials to upgrade his key ships.
Therefore, as soon as the message was sent, a transaction notification popped up:
[Survival expert Lao Wang] is transferring the following items to you: 4 Empty Core Fragments.
Yu Wang paused for a moment, not wanting to take advantage of the other party, and sent over the remaining pack of Zhonghua cigarettes, along with 5 portable high-pressure oxygen cylinders, 5 bottles of antidote, and a pot of lemon duck egg fried rice made by Chef Duck.
You're in for a ton of luck: "The Underwater Graveyard instance is located 200 to 300 meters underwater. At that depth, the bubble helmet can only be used for three to five minutes. Wearing an oxygen tank is much more convenient."
Survival expert Lao Wang: "Haha! Thanks a lot, brother! Let me know anytime if you need anything good or any help!"
The transaction was completed, and the four faintly glowing empty core fragments fell into Wang's hands.
"I'm still nine coins short—should I join a raid group?"
He weighed the fragments in his hand, his brow furrowing slightly, realizing that conventional collection methods seemed to have hit a bottleneck.
Razorback mackerel are now rampant in the Sea of Beginnings. Even wearing the Blood Coral Suit and carrying an oxygen tank to search for metal supply boxes has become extremely risky; going down is easy, but coming back up is difficult.
A sure path to wealth has been temporarily blocked.
"The only remaining options seem to be trying our luck in dungeons or relying on the trading market."
Yu Wang pondered, "I'd better wait until I'm fully healed. Maybe I'll wake up tomorrow and someone will be knocking on my door with a bag full of empty core fragments?"
Having just experienced a deep sleep that was almost comatose, Yu Wang was unusually clear-headed and not sleepy at all. He simply began to take stock of the most important consumables at hand.
After several days of intense exploration, combat, and dungeon runs, the substantial rewards from the "Pac-Man Ship" dungeon have visibly shrunk.
[Muscle Beans] have completed their mission and have been completely consumed.
[Healing Beans] Only 16 remain, to be used only as emergency treatments. [Mental Beans] 20, [Stamina Beans] more, totaling 166. The rest are various resistance beans that have hardly been used.
In addition, there were hundreds of ordinary beans in the compartment that had been bitten and rendered ineffective, but Yu Wang couldn't bear to throw them away. He had the chef duck collect them, planning to see if they could be processed into by-products such as soy milk and bean curd sheets in the future, which would at least have some value in filling their stomachs.
Yu Wang frowned slightly: "We need to be more careful with our resources—at this rate of consumption, these useful supplies will probably be almost gone by the time we enter the next dungeon."
This is the reserve of the top player in the game. If it were an ordinary player, they would probably run out of beans after two or three days of high-intensity activities.
Just then, the hatch was gently pushed open, and Zhang Xinlan, who was supposed to be outside practicing shooting at night, poked her head in, her face full of curiosity: "Yu Wang, you're up? There was a very bright white light flashing in the cabin just now, what was that?"
"It's a special effect from the upgraded potion station," Yu Wang said, pointing to the brand-new workbench that took up a considerable amount of space in the cabin. "Since you're here, I'll teach you how to prepare the upgraded monster essence. We'll use the upgraded version from now on; it's much more effective."
"Alright!" Zhang Xinlan's eyes lit up, her enthusiasm for learning instantly ignited. She was always exceptionally proactive when it came to things that could improve the team's survival skills.
While she was outside, she was thinking that if she were stronger, could she also be selected by the 444 section administrator to participate in the boss battle?
So now she doesn't let any opportunity to become stronger slip by.
The upgraded Monster Essence is essentially a secondary product developed by the survivors themselves, not a potion in the strict sense. Therefore, after learning the basic steps, Zhang Xinlan could operate it independently. This was crucial for freeing up Yu Wang's energy.
Despite the lingering discomfort in his body, Yu Wang barely managed to demonstrate the process to Zhang Xinlan, while verbally explaining the detailed steps and precautions to her for her to record.
Zhang Xinlan studied very diligently, asking questions from time to time, and quickly grasped the essentials.
But the other "night vision potion" that I got in exchange for "surviving is victory" didn't work.
However, all the materials needed for this potion are available this time, so there's no need to do anything yourself; you can just sit back and wait for it to be ready-made.
While preparing the potion, Yu Wang casually mentioned the earlier gunshots, and Zhang Xinlan immediately perked up: "I saw a monster that looked like a frog and a fish, covered in scales, approaching. That monster had a huge mouth and bulging eyes that reflected the moonlight. I didn't waste any pearl coins; I was practicing my marksmanship anyway, so I aimed for its eyes and fired!"
A hint of smugness appeared on her face: "Three shots blew out its eyeballs! After that, the monster plunged into the water and never dared to show its face again. Until I came in, the sea was quite calm, and no other monsters came near."
After listening, Yu Wang felt that the monster Zhang Xinlan was talking about was the Deep One.
Although it is only the lowest larval stage, this is not a good sign.
You can imagine what the outside world looked like just now.
The Deep Ones followed the scent and, to test the waters, sent a scout. But as soon as the scout surfaced, his eyes were blown off as a target due to the glare!
The flintlock pistol "Rose Oath" used by the little cockroach, although its actual stats are hidden by the miniature figure, still has a special passive ability that provides a special bonus against monsters!
Specifically, the wound becomes more painful and harder to heal after being hit!
It seems that the little cockroach unintentionally and temporarily deterred the Deep One's first attempt.
Yu Wang analyzed the situation in his mind, but he didn't feel relaxed. "But this is just the beginning. If it really is a Deep One race, they will not let it go after suffering losses. Tomorrow, or the day after, when more Deep Ones have gathered, their numbers will give them courage, reconnaissance will turn into a full-scale attack, and it will be time for them to launch a major offensive."
He quickly assessed his team's current defensive capabilities:
The Little Yellow Duck only has two water cannons. The bow cannon is powerful enough to inflict fatal damage on Deepdivers, but it has a long interval between attacks. The stern cannon is fast, but not powerful enough. Against E-class Deepdivers, it may only have a temporary effect of forcing them back.
The cannons on the Ghost Pirate were powerful enough, and their cooldown time was also moderate.
The problem is that the Ghost Pirate itself has pitifully low durability. Faced with the continuous onslaught of Deepseas surging up from all directions and underwater, its cannons can barely protect a small area of its own, making it difficult to provide effective crossfire cover for the Little Yellow Duck.
A quick analysis revealed that the situation was not optimistic.
If the number of deep-sea divers reaches a certain scale, and they adopt tactics such as dispersal, multiple waves, or even cleverly avoiding the range of cannon fire and attacking the bottom of the ship directly from underwater, the pressure on the existing defenses will be enormous.
"The Little Yellow Duck is still in the waters of the Yuzu Islands. I can go ashore tonight, but the game has warned me that I can't stay here for long. In two days at most, I'll have to return to the open sea, and then there will be nowhere to hide. How am I going to get through this?"
The little figurine had confessed to him that human ships could perfectly conceal all his traces, and as long as the statue didn't disembark, there wouldn't be any problems.
This wave of Deepdivers was attracted by the aura leaked inside the Lion Ant Dynasty instance after they disembarked.
Because it was so faint, it only attracted a small tribe of Deepdivers.
Aside from ordinary soldiers, there might not even be a priest inside.
Eliminate them to prevent future troubles.
Just then, the first bottle of "basic night vision potion" was finished. Yu Wang drank it down in one gulp, and immediately felt a cool sensation in his eyes.
A few seconds later, the medicine took full effect. A small status icon appeared at the edge of the field of vision:
Night Vision LV1 (lasts 01:59:58)
He left the cabin and looked out at the sea.
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