The weapon refiner is not doing her job properly

Chapter 267 Blood Sun (14)

Fearing that Su Ninglong might renege on her promise, Yin Leng wrote two IOUs as proof of the transaction.

This is the same idea Su Ninglong had.

The two IOUs each had a tally mark on them. Each stroke of the tally mark represented ten purification crystals. Every time he gave Su Ninglong fifty purification crystals, a tally mark would be written on the two IOUs.

The amount of money offset depends on how many positive numbers you accumulate.

Yin Leng carefully touched the IOU, then secretly put it in a pocket he was absolutely certain he would never lose.

Lao Gu and Shen Zhaoming watched expressionlessly as the purification crystal returned to Su Ninglong's pocket.

"Is a spatial ring worth six million?" Shen Zhaoming could hear the envy in Lao Gu's tone.

Shen Zhaoming said, "The current value of a purification crystal is three thousand star coins. This is the only way to settle accounts outside. Would you prefer to trade with purification crystals or star coins?"

Old Gu looked down at the boots he was wearing and felt the same way.

If these boots were worth three million star coins, he would never spend three million star coins to buy them; he wouldn't earn them back even if he risked his life.

But if the other party says that it only costs a thousand purification crystals to buy, he will work himself to death to save the purification crystals starting today.

In terms of resources alone, purification crystals are the most abundant and actually the least valuable. They only become rare because people need them to fight against erosion.

Yin Leng received a purification and erosion service from Suninglong, which was even more effective than purification crystals. It directly reduced his health to zero, which was incredibly satisfying. He indirectly earned three purification crystals.

Yin Leng now sees the monsters outside as having a faint green glow, as if the monsters' heads are shining with dazzling gems.

Old Gu's expression turned strange again as he looked at the top of Yin Leng's head.

"Is there something on my head?" I felt uneasy being stared at.

"No, you have a lot of hair." Old Gu thought to himself, "I mainly want to see how much I can fleece you."
Shen Zhaoming chuckled, imagining a large, fat sheep standing up, holding its own wool, willingly kneeling down and handing it over to Su Ninglong.

If Yin Leng knew that joining the competition team would grant him free equipment assistance, would he fight Su Ninglong to the death?

Su Ninglong adopted an air of composure and accepted the fifty purification crystals, secretly overjoyed.

Hehehe, although the entire spiritual vein belongs to her, it's difficult to reclaim the crystals from others, so of course she'll take as many as she can.

With the spiritual veins in place, the future summoning techniques for divine beasts will be much clearer.

Watching Su Ninglong's object-disappearing technique again, Yin Leng became increasingly anxious and itchy, drooling like Charlie eating fried chicken.

Su Ninglong didn't have any extra space rings, so no matter how pitiful he acted, she could only pretend not to see it.

Everyone was tired, but still in good spirits. Yin Leng continued the conversation that hadn't been finished.

"After that man got the role of the lab's behind-the-scenes boss, he didn't leave alone as instructed. At that time, we..."

When Yin Leng tells stories, his voice is steady and moving, and even an ordinary story carries a touch of ancient mystery.

After entering Blood Day, the man went against the grain, forming teams with many people, and each failed mission brought disaster to his teammates.

But he still chose to keep it a secret, hiding in the crowd, not daring to reveal his special status.

When he reached level 10 or so, his mission failed again, and he was the only one left after the entire army was wiped out.

The man, covered in wounds, fled to the entrance of the cave where Yin Leng was, to meet the equally timid and cowardly hunter.

He took out the purification crystal he had picked up and told the story to the hunter who shared his "misery." The story was long and tedious, like an old woman's foot binding cloth.

If it weren't for accepting the purification crystal, Yin Leng would have slapped him twice. He was stupid and wicked, dragging so many people into this mess.

Shen Zhaoming: "After you and him entered the game, you didn't team up?"

In front of ordinary people, Yin Leng automatically exudes a sinister and cold aura, just like his name suggests, and it's impossible for him to team up with such a coward.

Of course, the men didn't want to be on the same team as Yin Leng either.

Yin Leng: "He's a complete weakling, cowardly and afraid of trouble, with poor action ability, no sense of responsibility as a teammate, and always shrinking back. I'm not a masochist."

Su Ninglong nodded knowingly. A weakling is not scary; a weakling who harbors treachery is scary.

The honest man of the past has probably become twisted in his mind.

Su Ninglong asked, "He must have some extraordinary abilities to have lived so long. Do you know what they are?"

"He can repair mechanical parts. Old guns can be modified into more powerful ones in his hands. I don't know exactly how he does it, but his skills have definitely helped their team a lot." Yin Leng remembered it vividly. The man's expression and demeanor were all wrong at the time.

“He sat there quietly. On the surface, he seemed normal, but I could sense that beneath that composed exterior, something was wrong with him. He would stare blankly into empty space while talking, his speech would become incoherent, and he seemed on the verge of a breakdown.”

Perhaps out of pity, or perhaps due to a sense of sainthood, Yin Leng did not tell anyone the man's story at the time.

Su Ninglong turned her gaze to the window, wondering why the repairman uncle would tell Yin Leng about this, if she switched roles.

After mentally rehearsing the scenario once, she roughly understood what the other person was thinking: "Since you can tell that he has mental problems, or even is abnormal, is it possible that he told you this story not because he wanted to find someone to confide in?"

Yin Leng was stunned. "Huh? If he has mental problems, what else could it be for if not to vent and express himself?"

Su Ninglong: "He wants to be famous!"

"What?" Old Gu was also taken aback by the nonsensical answer.

Su Ninglong pointed out: "He was of average appearance and height, and although he achieved some success in the game, no one remembered him. This person was usually self-pitying and lacked the courage to take the first step. Why would he seek out well-known players to confide in after his mental breakdown?"

“Yin Leng has access to many people. He thinks Yin Leng will look down on him and then spread his deeds everywhere, at which point everyone will hate him.” Su Ninglong pursed her lips. “Maybe I’m just making a malicious guess.”

After calming down and thinking it over, Yin realized it was quite possible. "I think you're right. When he suddenly came to me, he even deliberately gave me two extra purification crystals. It's impossible that he just wanted to find someone to confide in."

Hmm, it seems that the man's thoughts are quite similar to Su Ninglong's approach.

Did Su Ninglong come to find me with premeditation?

Yin Leng couldn't help but feel puzzled.

Su Ninglong suddenly felt a chill on her back and quickly said that she was tired and needed to rest.

Old Gu told her to go and rest. She had just fought and was the most hardworking and tired, because she had to take care of the three of them.

While Su Ninglong lay on her side on the portable bed, Lao Gu sighed over the story of the repairman, realizing that he was just an ordinary person and could empathize with it deeply.

An ordinary person who was once insecure became a psychopath, and his courage increased dramatically. Naturally, he hoped to achieve something remarkable, something that would at least make him memorable. However, his approach as an ordinary person was ultimately conservative. He firmly believed that Yin Leng also looked down on him and would, like everyone else, expose his crimes to the world.

They underestimated people's character and overestimated their own strategies.

Old Gu chuckled softly, unsure whether he was laughing at himself or at the ordinary man who had lived an ordinary life.

During the break, a new wave of monsters finally spawned.

Su Ninglong obtained several special items, including the materials she needed.

Surprisingly, pulse guns can actually spawn here.

"The monsters that spawn here are all the same, but the items they drop are all different. Why doesn't anyone come here to try their luck? Some of these items are worth a lot of star coins outside."

"Because we don't know if we can take them out," Old Gu said. "We can't bring things from outside in, and conversely, we can't take things from here out either."

Shen Zhaoming was busy with something, constantly waving his fingers at the air.

He hadn't expected them to be so energetic and still have the mind to talk about these things.

He spent a lot of time studying Blood Sun and had a deeper understanding of the game, so he could answer: "It's not that we didn't bring anything in, but that it was confiscated. The character needs to be penniless, and Blood Sun took away all the items that didn't belong to us, so naturally, it made us think that we couldn't bring in items from outside."

That's a very novel way of putting it.

This was the first time Lao Gu and Yin Leng had heard of it.
"how do you know?"

Yin Leng glanced at Shen Zhaoming's bow and guessed whether Shen Zhaoming's superpower was related to wind and thunder. It could automatically track the core and seemed to have an endurance. Was it Su Ninglong's work?

He was tempted, but after counting the number of purification crystals in his hand, he decided to just keep going, since he couldn't even scrape together fifty.

Shen Zhaoming had other things to do and couldn't explain in detail, so he only said, "My special ability allows me to see into the game's data. I'll work a little longer. You guys should rest more, as we'll have to deal with some troublesome things later."

"It's all very mysterious," Yin Leng muttered.

Shen Zhaoming ignored him, constantly flipping through the data stream that others couldn't see, grasping a string of strange symbols, and after a moment's thought, began to create several formulas and programs, typing away, his fingers constantly tapping in the air.

Yin Leng grew increasingly curious as he watched, wondering what purpose lay behind his seemingly eccentric actions.

However, after two rounds of fighting, Yin Leng and Lao Gu's eyelids grew heavy. Shen Zhaoming's repeated postures had a slight hypnotic effect. After their eyes closed, they did not notice that a few items were missing from the room, and then a few more sofas appeared.

After a nap, the moment they opened their eyes, they thought they had been teleported.

Old Gu rubbed his eyes. The dilapidated walls looked as if they had been freshly dusted, milky white and free of dirt.

The cramped space has become much more spacious, and there are now more comfortable sofas of different styles, some for single people and others that are spacious enough to lie on your side.

Turning to look out the window, the blood-red sun and the fields remained unchanged. "What happened?"

Su Ninglong woke up to a surprised sound. She mumbled, "You can change the game environment now?" Her voice was soft, each syllable trailing off lazily. Without turning around, it was clear that she was still half asleep.

"It's done. I've modified a lot of things at once. In some places, as long as you don't leave them untouched, they won't attract monsters." Shen Zhaoming summarized the patterns based on his previous experience.

“Items like sofas, walls, and lamps that cannot be used as rewards can be retrieved from the data at will. There are no penalties for expanding or changing the space. And I also discovered that what’s underground here is quite interesting.”

Shen Zhaoming said, "I'm going to build a passage to the underground later, which will trigger a monster riot. You'll have to kill another wave of monsters..."

Everyone: "..."

Old Gu raised his hand, his arm muscles trembling unconsciously, not from fear, but from exhaustion. He was practically developing Parkinson's disease from the trembling.

After wave of battles, they had only rested for three hours.

"No, the strange thing is that he can build channels and modify data in the game, so can he create an exit button?"

Yin Leng has a very strong thought process; she thinks things that ordinary people wouldn't dare to think of.

"I'm afraid that as soon as we start moving, all the monsters in the contaminated area will go on a rampage." Su Ninglong's fists can fight off a thousand monsters, not ten million. If she's that arrogant, she'll get killed.

"Blood Sun" is said to be a game, but it's actually a contaminated area, overseen by a powerful mysterious spirit.

"Alright!" Yin Leng shrugged, realizing that creating an exit button directly was indeed impractical. "Is Mr. Shen able to take on this behind-the-scenes boss role because of the special nature of his superpower?"

Good question! Shen Zhaoming couldn't answer it either.

……

Meanwhile, Lei Qingya and Tong Zi also entered the game, and their experiences were similar to those of Su Ninglong and Shen Zhaoming, as they encountered each other in the newbie zone.

They only reunited after each of them had dealt with the monsters.

The two realized that with Su Ninglong's efficiency, she would probably be able to get out of the newbie zone in less than two minutes, so they found an exit and left early.

Strangely, after asking many people and going to several places, I still couldn't find any trace of Suninglong.

“Su Ninglong can’t control her primordial power at all, so she should be able to cause some trouble.” Lei Qingya guessed based on his understanding of Su Ninglong.

"There's only one reason why she's not famous yet: Su Ninglong isn't even in this area." Tong Zi jumped out of the window and climbed onto the roof using both hands and feet.

“Don’t worry about Su Ninglong, she can take down anything she wants. When I went out just now, I found out about Lena. She’s been captured and is being held captive.”

Their temporary camp for resting was on a high-rise building. The stairs had been destroyed by them, and the elevator had long been out of service. They took turns keeping watch at night, which allowed them a period of peace.

Lei Qingya wiped the sweat from his face. This game world was simply insane.

Monsters spawn randomly, anytime, anywhere, and there's also a persistent and difficult-to-remove corruption.

Fortunately, it was her and Tong Zi who entered the game. Tong Zi had Star Eclipse to absorb and share the erosion, and Lei Qingya could also decompose the erosion. However, in terms of speed, they were slower than Su Ninglong. They had to rest for several hours after leveling up.

While Su Ninglong and her group advanced to level 20, they were still hovering around level 10.

The air here was exceptionally stuffy and hot. Tong Zi casually picked up a piece of paper, folded it up, and used it as a fan.

Seeing this, Lei Qingya rummaged through his spatial ring.

Before long, they actually found her a small handheld fan. The air was compressed and released internally, carrying a slight coolness.

"This place is too big." Lei Qingya asked with concern, "Did Teacher Lena offend someone by being locked up?"

"No, don't worry too much about her. She's probably locked up on purpose." Tong Zi and Lena were hunters of the same generation and knew each other's backgrounds. Lena wouldn't easily put herself in danger.

"What worries me is another thing that was discovered during the investigation: the Star Alliance has sent hunters to snipe at Su Ninglong."