Doomsday Sequence Convoy: I can upgrade supplies

Chapter 133 The Essence of Survival Points! The Datafication of Mental Power!
The following day, at 8:00 AM, there was still an hour before the convoy was scheduled to depart again.

But by this time the sun was already high in the sky, and the outdoor temperature had exceeded forty degrees Celsius.

The temperature will continue to rise as the sun rises higher.

During this time, Chu Sheng and the others had learned about the patterns of high-temperature climates.

The temperature is lowest in the early morning, but it still reaches over 30 degrees Celsius. During the day, even in the early morning, the temperature will soar to 40 degrees Celsius, and then gradually rise to 50 degrees Celsius. By 1 or 2 pm, the temperature will reach over 55 degrees Celsius.

A normal person can faint from heatstroke in just one day.

In other words, their caravan had two great philanthropists, An Xi and Ah Xin, who would give their remaining clean water to the survivors. Otherwise, apart from a few people, the rest would probably all be dead.

"Chu Sheng, I've come to see you again." An Xi opened the passenger door and climbed in.

He was also holding a small tower in his hand.

As she spoke, she pulled a finger-length wooden stick from the pocket of her work pants, the stick emanating a strange aura.

Just like when Ah Xin uses her ability, he can sense that aura that dispels anger.

"What's this?" Chu Sheng raised an eyebrow as he looked at the small tower and stick in her hand.

"Help me fuse this together. The reward is outside—the half-meter-sized piece of glass I got before."

"Okay." Chu Sheng nodded; he naturally wouldn't refuse a business opportunity.

"Is this small tower the main body?" Chu Sheng asked, taking the two materials from her hands. "I have a new ability now; I can freely change the appearance of this thing."

Do you need this service?

"It only requires one extraordinary material, and I will not cheat anyone, young or old."

"However, considering our relationship, I'll give you a discount. If you want this additional service, I'll charge you half a piece of extraordinary material."

Chu Sheng tried his best to promote himself.

"You've had your Black Jade Bone Spear for a while now, how about we upgrade it for you?"

"Now that I've upgraded, I can control the enhancement area. You can tell me where to enhance, and I'll enhance that area. However, targeted enhancement consumes more mental energy, but the reward is two items."

Hearing Chu Sheng's string of words, An Xi looked extremely tense.

"You've become obsessed with money, haven't you?"

"They're always using extraordinary materials."

"This thing isn't so easy to get."

"Fusing a sacrificial offering requires one extraordinary material, upgrading requires two extraordinary materials, and changing the appearance also requires one extraordinary material."

"You say that offerings only require one extraordinary material, so why should I spend two extraordinary materials to upgrade?"

"With this material, why don't I make another sacrificial offering?"

An Xi questioned.

Chu Sheng shook his head, having anticipated this, and said, "That's something you just don't understand."

Do you know how many concepts are involved in the Ghost Chariot?

An Xi was taken aback. "A concept?!"

“Yes! It’s a concept!” Chu Sheng explained, “Once the ranking of the sacrificial offerings reaches a certain threshold, conceptual abilities will emerge.”

"It's just that this concept varies in strength, but without exception, they are all concepts."

As Chu Sheng spoke, he patted the steering wheel of the Netherworld Chariot, "The Netherworld Chariot has the concept of never overturning, and also the concept of never falling apart."

"This means that no matter how I drive, even if I drive off a cliff, I don't know if the people inside the car will die, but the Netherworld Chariot will definitely have its tires on the ground and be safe."

“Not only my Netherworld Chariot is like this, the captain also has a conceptual offering, but the concept of his offering is not strong and can be broken.”

"If your Black Jade Bone Spear is upgraded a few times and its ranking improves, it might gain conceptual abilities such as ignoring defense and killing with a single shot."

"Now you're saying I'll upgrade you, but is it too expensive to ask for two extraordinary materials?"

After listening to Chu Sheng's explanation, An Xi remained silent for a moment, then shook her head, completely fooled by him.

"Not expensive."

If we can really acquire the abilities Chu Sheng mentioned, the price isn't expensive at all.

Seeing An Xi's appearance, Chu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, realizing he had been fooled.

Upgrading can certainly improve the ranking of the offering, but fusing it with other extraordinary materials can do the same.

After all, his Netherworld Chariot was created by combining and fusing different extraordinary materials.

This car has the capability to outlive many people.

He did want to lower the price of the upgrade, but this ability did indeed drain his mental energy.

(I made some changes to the upgrade. It was originally written that survival points were not needed, but I thought it couldn't be like that. So survival points are still there, but there is an additional option to upgrade using mental energy. Survival points can be used to replace mental energy upgrades.)
Yesterday, he used his mental energy to upgrade the Butcher, but it only strengthened the blade. As a result, his mental energy was completely exhausted, and he almost became a vegetable.

After undergoing multiple upgrades with extraordinary materials, the Butcher is no longer the same novice he once was.

When you could level up with just 100 survival points, now you need at least 400,000 survival points to fully upgrade the killer.

Upgrading the blade also requires more than 70,000 survival points.

Based on the conversion of survival points, his current mental strength is equivalent to more than 70,000 survival points.

However, every cloud has a silver lining, and every silver lining has a harbinger of misfortune. As a result, he gained an additional value on his panel. He modified the panel, which was formed from his sequence ability, so that it could automatically record his personal information.

The panel now looks like this.

Name: Chu Sheng

[Sequence: The Craftsman]

[Sequence Level: 8]

[Mental Strength: 72130↑]

Survival Points: 154600

[Possesses the following sacrificial items: Butcher, Netherworld Chariot (Unified), Red and White Bone Bow, and Purifying Water Gourd!]

[Abilities: Upgrade, Fusion, Shaping, Black Flame!]

[Upgrade: Consume mental energy to upgrade all things in the world, improving their basic attributes! Upgrades can be done by harvesting monsters and using survival points!]

[Fusion: Combine items containing extraordinary properties with other items to create new sacrificial offerings!]

[Shaping: Change the original appearance of items through fire during upgrades and fusion!]

[Black Flame: A flame born under the scorching sun, belonging to the Celestial Craftsmanship sequence!]

Simple, straightforward, and easy to understand.

Every bit of survival points equals a bit of mental strength.

It was through upgrading the Butcher skill that Chu Sheng learned what the Survival Point actually was.

It's purely about harvesting and storing the spiritual energy that escapes from the supernatural beings during battles.

Then, the stored, eerie mental energy is used to upgrade items in place of one's own mental energy.

This is why survival points are obtained by harvesting monsters, rather than by simply surviving.

After all, surviving wouldn't grant any other spiritual power.

While upgrading the Butcher's blade yesterday exhausted its mental energy, the Butcher also benefited.

Since the essence of upgrading is enhancement, the Butcher's abilities did not change much, but the power of its five controlled slashes increased by 20% out of thin air.

The mental energy consumed in each upgrade depends on the item being upgraded, making it difficult to quantify.

However, the other three abilities can be quantified.

According to Chu Sheng's estimation, using the fusion ability once would consume about 5,000 points of mental energy, using the shaping ability once would consume about 3,000 points of mental energy, and using a black flame would consume about 7,000 points of mental energy.

If the black flames are to be maintained, then it depends on their size and strength.

This is also Chu Sheng's summary and data-driven understanding of his own abilities.

Of course, when we talk about datafication, it's really just about recording my consumption and summarizing my abilities.

Reality is not a game; its interface is merely a manifestation of the sequence.

However, it is precisely because of the digitization of mental energy that he can see his own changes intuitively.

Yesterday, I fell into a deep sleep due to excessive mental exertion, but after one night, not only was my mental energy replenished, but it also increased by more than 500.

In addition, mental strength increases slightly every hour, but the increase is so slight that it is generally imperceptible.

This also aligns with the improvement methods that Chu Sheng knew.

Using sequence abilities will allow you to level up your sequence faster; essentially, it's about training your mental strength through the process of consuming and recovering it.

However, by occasionally increasing one's mental strength, the sequence itself will slowly improve. Even if nothing is done, the sequence level will still increase, albeit at a slower pace.

"So, would you like to experience the power of the upgrade?" Chu Sheng looked at An Xi with a smile.

Hearing his words, An Xi was silent for a moment, then said, "So you're letting me get it for free?"

"Huh?!" Chu Sheng was immediately puzzled.

"Don't talk to me if you don't have money."

"Two materials, neither can be missing!"

"You!" An Xi's face flushed red with anger, and she shouted, "Do you think I'm that kind of person?"

"I mean, we don't have any more extraordinary materials! I'll upgrade if you don't accept payment!"

Chu Sheng felt a little embarrassed upon hearing this, coughed lightly, and waved his hand: "Don't talk to me about these things, you poor wretch."

"Not a penny less in compensation." Chu Sheng's heart was as cold and hard as the stone on Mount Everest.

"Hmph!" An Xi didn't say anything, she just rubbed her legs.

She hadn't originally intended to, but after Chu Sheng mentioned it, she started to consider it.

"Sigh!" An Xi sighed; life was tough.

I don't know when I'll be able to see Chu Sheng again.

Unconsciously, she began to question her own appearance.

Am I not good-looking?
Isn't it better to be a pure Jew?
Why is there a charge?

(End of this chapter)