Dream Travel

Chapter 424 The Largest Number of Extraordinary Individuals

"I can repair the weapon, but in order to ensure that the missing components can be used with the weapon, the weapon needs to be adjusted. This is not a bad thing, but it is not a good thing for you either!"

The craftsman looked at Mine with a serious expression, making the pink-haired girl with pigtails appear quite nervous.

"What is the reason?"

"Don't be so nervous. The so-called negative impact is just that the conditions for using the weapon have increased. If it were him, I wouldn't have given him any warning."

Mine's tense expression immediately turned into displeasure; she understood what the craftsman meant.

It's just that compared to the White Curtain, she's weaker, which makes it easier for her to misuse the Imperial Arms with increased usage conditions.

"I will make up for this shortcoming!"

"That's your own business. If you agree, I'll start now. If you don't agree, then we'll put up a deep maintenance and repair order of 50,000."

Mine replied without hesitation, "Of course I agree!"

She came here specifically to make her Imperial Arms stronger and better, didn't she?
"That's fine then. Just to clarify, the material I used is hell metal, so it will affect the color of your Imperial Arms."

"Hmm...it's alright." Mine thought of Akame and the others' new weapon.

Bai Mu said that the weapon was made of hell metal, and the dark red knife looks pretty good too?

As for her gun becoming like that, as long as it doesn't affect her feel for it, she won't find it unacceptable.

"Okay, come back in a week to pick up the goods. Remember to bring the money then." The order was placed, and the craftsman immediately sent him away.

"Is that all there is to him?" Mine, who had been kicked out, was somewhat stunned.

"They have a serious work attitude, so let's wait and see."

On the way, Mine looked conflicted: "Two million, do I have enough money with me?"

If she were in her world, in her new country, she could easily afford this money.

But here, the girl with pink pigtails felt uncertain.

She brought a lot of valuables, but it would be awkward if she didn't have enough money.

“I’ll lend it to you; I still have quite a bit of wealth here.”

Aren't you afraid I won't pay you back?

"It's alright, I'll repay you with my body later." Mine glared at the white curtain: "Aren't you going to fight demons? Tell me, how much will you repay by killing one demon?"

"Hahaha, the demons I need to deal with, if you can take down one, that's enough."

Bai Mu laughed.

Ordinary local demons are worthless; what's valuable are the troublesome native demons.

Especially those primal demons who have clashed with him; if they were to be wanted, each one would be worth millions.

If Mine could really kill one, she wouldn't need to pay off her debts; someone would even give her a bounty.

However, trouble will follow her after she does that.

Beings capable of eliminating primordial demons will be targeted by other evil dream beings.

"What? The money here isn't worth that much either."

Mine breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. Just killing a demon, and she could get two million? It didn't seem that difficult.

"Actually, the money here is still quite valuable." Bai Mu shook his head. The valuables that Mine brought could be roughly worth more if you put them together.

Precious metals are always inexpensive, and jewelry, unless it's diamonds or other natural gemstones, is also not cheap.

Diamonds are worthless in this world. The reserves of diamonds are enormous, just like silver. Because of their abundance, they appear cheap.

As for how beautiful a cut diamond looks... there are plenty of beautiful things.

When Bai Mu was reading in the library before, there were some books on the study of dreams.

Although those books didn't delve into profound issues, they did touch on some things.

Take diamonds, for example. The authors of the book have specifically raised a question: why are diamonds so expensive in some dream worlds when there is such a large supply of diamonds?

If diamonds possess special energy, it's normal for them to be expensive, but that thing doesn't have any special energy or power.

The book's author then provided a follow-up answer... the power of marketing.

Diamonds in this world have not seen their prices skyrocket due to so-called marketing.

However, items like gemstones are priced "normally" because they require specific knowledge.

For example, the life alchemy used by Beatrice occasionally involves the use of gemstones.

"Once I get the weapons, we'll go and take care of the demons!"

"What's the rush? If you keep doing this, you'll get caught by the demon and be tortured. Get used to this world first."

After returning home, Bai Mu took out the combination knife from the weapon case and gave it to Mine to play with: "This is also made of hell metal, you can try it first."

"..." Mine looked at the combination sword, which was even larger than a greatsword, and gripped the hilt with both hands.

She's quite a tough woman in this respect; despite her gentle appearance, she's actually quite strong.

She used to be someone who ran around carrying weapon cases containing Imperial Arms, so while she couldn't be said to wield the combination swords with great skill, she could still handle them normally.

Don't expect her to fight normally with weapons.

Thinking of this, Bai Mu took out a card: "This is a card I got in Rota City, for a gym related to the Superhuman Club."

The White Curtain gave this place a very good review, but his strength has grown too fast, and the gym in the Extraordinary Club is no longer usable.

So this card was somewhat wasted, but now it can be used again.

"Superhumans?" "That's where strong people like me go." Bai Mu clenched his fists, his sleeves billowing out from his bulging muscles.

Mine's eye twitched slightly as she thought of Brand.

"I am just an ordinary human being."

"Oh, that's no problem. It's quite easy for you to get the power." Bai Mu has several options here.

Even the VIP black card from Nightow Mining can be used.

Enhanced warriors? The people of this world have done a lot of research on that. With so many alternate dreams, they can easily find some technology by simply exploring them.

Even many illegal organizations are using the enhancement technology within the game to do business.

Take, for example, that alternate dream that hunts down parallel individuals and transfers energy.

If that method weren't so inhumane, Bai Mu himself would want to try it.

In terms of becoming stronger, the conditions in that world were perfect; all you had to do was kill all the parallel individuals except yourself.

This allows one to concentrate the energy of those parallel individuals onto oneself, thus transforming oneself into a mini-superman in every aspect.

Besides, methods such as virus enhancement are also ways to become stronger. Mine used a custom virus prepared by Evefeya.

It not only enhances the body's recovery ability, but also significantly extends lifespan.

However, the virus did not significantly enhance strength.

Besides, the White Curtain knows about the greatsword modification, demon enhancement, and other methods.

Atris can operate in both ways, especially the demon enhancement.

She has already achieved very good results with Laphana's body.

Ordinary people can also try it and become 'demon' with demonic powers.

However, ordinary people do not possess the awakening qualities of a greatsword, so even if they obtain the power of a demon, they cannot undergo a second transformation like a greatsword...

In terms of potential, it may not be much worse, but compared to the body of a greatsword, it is equivalent to lacking a stronger burst state.

"Both methods are fine, and you can use them together. If you have any ideas, I can recommend some to you."

"..." Mine glared at Bai Mu: "Is this the attitude you have when it comes to human modification?"

What Bai Mu said reminded her of many dark secrets of the empire.

"I am a pragmatist—the truth is this: the organization that researched the greatsword was wiped out, and the research on demons was because it was about demons, and I am not a demon."

The reason Bai Mu mentioned these two technologies is ultimately because they are relatively mature and not as harmful.

As for the cost, how could there be no cost to gaining growth potential in a short period of time?

One is that their physical constitution changes, making them resemble a monster; well, Claymore's case is more like a half-demon.

Another type of change can be attributed to a physical transformation. Based on pure demon blood, one acquires a portion of a demon's constitution, thus becoming a half-demon.

Both methods come at a price, but the advantage is that the power gained can continue to grow normally, rather than having its power ceiling basically fixed after the modification is completed.

"Isn't there any other way?"

"Yes, you can learn magic, but I'm not good at it. Another option is to work hard to improve your physical fitness, just like I do!"

"Have you really been trying?" Mine wanted to roll her eyes. "You can only train with Leone, right? So noisy!"

"Who says I haven't worked hard? Just look at the cards I've signed up for, and you'll know how hard I've worked," Bai Mu retorted loudly.

He really worked hard; one part effort and nine parts talent!

What can he do if he's so talented?
"Come on, I'll take you to the gym."

Anyway, there's nothing to do now, and a man and a woman alone together always need to find something to do.

Mine was also quite curious about the gym for superhumans that Bai Mu had mentioned.

"Wait for me a moment." She said as she returned to her temporary room and took out a set of clothes more suitable for combat.

After arriving at the gym that Bai Mu had mentioned, Mine understood why it was basically only open to people with superhuman abilities.

The people exercising here are all the same 'Brand' in her memory.

When Brand uses the Imperial Arms "Demon Possession," he is at a disadvantage compared to the people here. However, without using that Imperial Arms, Brand is essentially waiting in line for equipment here.

Although there is no need to queue here.

"Are all superhumans like this?" Mine watched as a superhuman lifted a barbell.

She felt that thing weighed at least ten times her weight, but the other person didn't seem to have much trouble lifting it.

"Hmm... I'd say it's average. I could probably give him ten times the number," Bai Mu said carefully, trying to make his description sound as modest as possible.

Most of the superhumans who come here are those who have undergone physical enhancement.

People like the "lawyer" don't need to come to this kind of place, nor do they need to strain their bodies; they just need to maintain good health.

Improving physical fitness is a waste of time and effort; it's better to spend that time improving superhuman strength.

The extraordinary individuals here have their superhuman abilities tied to their bodies, and this is the only way to improve them.

There's a big difference between warriors and mages, but this isn't a game where you can just choose any class.

Those with enhanced physical abilities constitute the largest number of superhumans.

But extraordinary individuals are extraordinary individuals, and just because they are numerous does not mean that ordinary people do not consider them extraordinary.

(End of this chapter)