Doomsday Sequence Convoy: I can upgrade supplies

Chapter 262 Mass Forging of Sacrificial Objects, The Wonderful Use of Mental Power
Chu Sheng and the others were unaware of what had happened to the convoy following behind them.

Even if they knew, they would most likely act as if nothing had happened.

While they did want to try to seize sequence authority from them, although there were few of them, it wasn't like they couldn't find other caravans.

It's not necessary for them to attempt to seize the authority of the sequence.

Time passed in the relentless 24-hour towing convoy of vehicles in the underworld.

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, Chu Sheng and his companions did not encounter any strange attacks.

Thanks to Ah Xin's sequence ability, although the convoy could be seen by the supernatural beings with the naked eye, the convoy was very fast. In addition, although there were many supernatural beings, there were not that many in this world.

In addition, many strange phenomena still lingered in major cities, so the journey was uneventful.

During these ten days, Chu Sheng used all the Nether Iron except for the one he placed on the forging table to prevent it from being punctured when forging other materials, to make sacrificial offerings.

There were a total of fourteen sacrificial items, namely a dagger, a long sword, and a shield.

There are only three types of offerings.

Daggers were the most numerous, with nine daggers being crafted.

Two long swords and two shields.

At the same time, because crafting longswords and shields requires more Nether Iron than daggers, Chu Sheng did not use Nether Iron exclusively for the longswords and shields he crafted.

The blade of the longsword was made of dark iron, while the other parts were made of ordinary refined iron, only with higher strength.

The same was true for the shield. Chu Sheng only used dark iron to create a shallow surface on the shield, barely enough to cover the fine iron inside.

If you didn't know better, the previously crafted Ghost Iron sheet would look like a piece of dark black paper.

Chu Sheng originally intended it as an experiment, but unexpectedly it actually succeeded.

However, although the sacrificial offering was successfully crafted, the resulting longsword and shield ranked extremely low.

It's outrageously low.

They were ranked over 18,000th.

In reality, the ranking of sacrificial items made of Nether Iron is indeed relatively low. Even daggers made entirely of Nether Iron are mostly ranked only around 11,000th.

Not to mention the sacrificial offerings made by fusing a portion of the ghost iron with ordinary refined iron.

Chu Sheng was actually mentally prepared for this.

Although the offering was ranked low, it did not disappoint him in other aspects.

Fourteen offerings were made in exchange for a single iron pot, and not even a very large one. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that he needed some of the ghost iron to use as a surface for the forging table, he could have made even more offerings, easily doubling the number.

Moreover, these offerings have a special place.

Perhaps because the materials are the same, and these materials have the same properties and concepts, the sacrificial offerings created from them have almost the same abilities.

The nine daggers that were forged have similar abilities to the previous Cold Frost Dagger, which An Xi renamed the White Tiger Dagger.

Each dagger offering possesses the ability to absorb energy, but some only absorb kinetic energy while others absorb electrical energy, none of which are as powerful as Anxi's White Tiger Dagger.

Chu Sheng was completely baffled by this. The materials were exactly the same, and the amount of materials used was almost the same. The only difference was the style and appearance.

It can't be because the first offering I created was more powerful, right?
Aside from daggers, longswords and shields have similar abilities, but because they are different types, the same ability has different effects on shields.

Long swords are similar to daggers in that they can release energy from the blade, except that daggers absorb energy and then transfer it.

The longsword absorbs the user's spiritual energy, transforming it into a chilling aura that invades the enemy's body and affects their actions.

The shield also absorbs energy; it can absorb any energy attack and then rebound it back after reaching its limit.

These offerings are clearly of the same lineage, and the price for all of them is that they cannot harbor any thoughts of betraying the owner of the Heavenly Craft Sequence.

In the bedroom of the Netherworld Ship, Captain Hui looked at the fourteen sacrificial offerings on the ground and exclaimed, "Chu Sheng, we can arm the survivors now."

“All along, the survivors have only served as our tails, but now that you can create these offerings, we can arm them.”

"After encountering strange occurrences, collecting resources, and even settling in a floating city, there will be more options available."

"It can be said that your ability can change the existing situation."

At this point, Hui paused, looked at Chu Sheng, and continued, "I just don't know if others can create sacrificial offerings like this."

Upon hearing his words, Chu Sheng paused, not speaking immediately, but recalling the scene from a couple of days ago when he had An Xi and Hui Dui try to create a sacrificial offering.

He had just one last bit of Nether Iron left, enough to forge a dagger, and that's when he thought of it, so he had An Xi and Team Leader Hui try it out.

Unfortunately, no matter how he explained it, even sharing his process and feelings about creating the offering, he still couldn't create the offering.

The dagger they forged wasn't even a creation; it was just an ordinary dagger made of dark iron.

The ability to create sacrificial offerings seems to have some limitations.

But Chu Sheng could clearly sense that the forging of sacrificial offerings could be replicated.

After a moment of silence, he finally spoke: "Others can forge sacrificial objects; I can sense that."

"However, there should be limitations; only those with certain types of sequence ability can forge it."

"I estimate that the blacksmith in the Mechanical City named Yang Jing is capable of forging sacrificial offerings."

"The preparation of the sacrificial offerings is still a bit complicated. I'll think about it some more later," Chu Sheng said, not continuing the discussion on the topic.

Hui nodded but didn't say anything more.

Regarding the matter of forging sacrificial offerings, they could only listen to Chu Sheng.

However, An Xi, who was standing to the side, said, "It should be a problem with mental strength."

"After the sequence awakens, the mental power will also have some characteristics of the sequence. For example, my White Tiger sequence gives my mental power a bit of sharpness."

"Although it cannot be used for attack, I feel that as the sequence grows, the characteristics of the sequence within the mental power should be useful."

"Perhaps you are able to forge sacrificial offerings because your sequence endows your spiritual power with such abilities."

Hearing her words, Hui was somewhat surprised, and Chu Sheng was also a little confused.

Neither of them really considered the concept of mental power; after all, they were both human, and there was no such thing as different classifications of mental power.

But An Xi's words made things clear to them both.

"Anxi, why do you think that?" Hui asked in confusion, while Chu Sheng watched her without saying a word.

“Isn’t this common sense?” An Xi retorted, looking equally puzzled. “After I advance to Sequence Seven, I can intimidate others with my roar, and my roar has a certain killing power.”

"Where do you think the destructive power of my roar comes from? Isn't it from utilizing the characteristics of the White Tiger within my spiritual power?" "If I can do this, then you certainly can too."

An Xi looked at the two of them with an expression that said, "That's just how I am."

Upon hearing her words, Hui and Chu Sheng exchanged a glance, both seeing a strange emotion in each other's eyes.

What An Xi considers common sense is not the common sense they both talk about.

If it weren't for An Xi, who would have thought that mental power also contained some characteristics of sequence?

After a long silence, Hui finally spoke up: "An Xi, isn't this common sense?"

"You sensed it immediately because of your own abilities, but we didn't sense the difference in spiritual power."

"So what you consider common sense is not actually common sense, but something that is relatively easy to discover, but those who haven't discovered it can't understand."

It's like a thin sheet of paper; if you don't tear it open, you'll find it very difficult, like looking at flowers through fog, unable to see what's inside.

But once you uncover this secret, you'll realize how incredibly easy this thing is.

It's like before the end of the world, before everyone discovered how to tear graphene with tape, everyone thought that graphene could not be separated into single layers.

All attempts ended in failure.

But in the end, it was proven to be feasible in a dramatic way.

Before this, anyone who said that tape could separate graphene would be considered crazy by everyone.

But as it turns out, it is indeed possible to separate them in this way. This is the window paper; before it is broken, it is extremely difficult, but after it is broken, it is extremely simple.

This is also another kind of cognitive obstacle.

“If we’re talking about mental strength, then I know the reason,” Chu Sheng said, stroking his chin.

“I had a feeling before that the process of forging sacrificial objects could be replicated, but I didn’t quite understand which parts could be replicated, since you two both failed.”

"But now I know!"

“Mental power! Only those with sequence abilities like blacksmiths, carpenters, or those like me who can create sacrificial objects or artifacts can forge sacrificial objects.”

"Because our sequence endows us with this characteristic of spiritual power, the birth of the sacrifice itself is a process of spiritual power being integrated into it."

Chu Sheng paced back and forth excitedly, as if he had discovered a new continent. "It is precisely because it incorporates one's own spiritual power, which represents the characteristics of a certain sequence and personal will, that it can forge sacrificial objects."

"Similarly, since spiritual power is a characteristic of personal will, the sacrifices I forged come at this price."

"This is an extension of my subconscious. If I ever lose this subconsciousness, then the price I pay for the sacrificial offerings I forge will become another thing that I worry about in my subconscious."

This wasn't subconscious anymore; Chu Sheng had always been openly wary of the survivors.

Compared to those with sequence abilities, he was more wary of survivors.

He still remembers that bowl of soup.

Hui, standing to the side, then spoke up: "So, other sequence ability users who can easily create sacrificial offerings can also forge sacrificial offerings like you?"

"And the sacrifices they forged came at different costs, but they all stemmed from subconscious anxieties, right?"

“Yes.” Chu Sheng nodded.

He had nothing to hide, after all, Hui and the others had seen his wariness of the survivors, and that couldn't be concealed.

Hui, the team leader, didn't know why Chu Sheng was so wary of survivors, but wisely refrained from asking further questions.

“Since the price of the forged sacrificial offering is determined by your subconscious, why hasn’t my Black Jade Bone Spear changed?” An Xi asked curiously from the side.

The forging of the Black Jade Bone Spear was completed a few days ago. The cost of using it remains unchanged, but it now has the ability to cover energy on the spear tip and blade.

Just like the White Tiger Dagger, it can store Anxi's Geng Metal power or even Geng Metal fire, which will appear from the blade or spear tip when attacking.

This ability may seem ordinary, but for Anxi it's an epic boost.

This means she doesn't need to use more Geng metal power or Geng metal fire to cover the Black Jade Bone Spear, greatly enhancing her endurance.

After all, the power of Geng metal also requires mental energy, and the fire of Geng metal also requires mental energy to transform. It's just that one is activated directly, while the other can be stored.

"I just added some dark iron to the edge of your blade, what more do you want in return?"

"The Black Jade Bone Spear is inherently strong. Even if an identical sacrificial weapon were forged from Nether Iron, its ranking would only be around ten thousand at most. Don't you have any idea what your Black Jade Bone Spear's ranking is?"

"And what good is the price of a sacrifice?"

"You should be grateful that you have an extra ability without any additional cost."

Hearing Chu Sheng's words, An Xi smiled awkwardly, "I was just asking."

As she spoke, she glanced at Hui, then casually walked to the side to practice her shooting.

Chu Sheng understood what she meant, but Hui Dui seemed completely oblivious.

Anxi was annoyed that Hui was in the way of the car.

Indeed, it's true that the old guy seemed to be completely oblivious, staying inside the Netherworld Ship instead of going back to his own car.

It was as if they were completely unaware that they were like a bright, dazzling light bulb, just like the sun.

But Chu Sheng had promised to let him stay on the Netherworld Ship, so he couldn't just tell him to leave.

Thinking about it, he also glanced at Team Leader Hui.

This bedroom's power was created by fusing a kidney and a dog's penis.

In this bedroom, anyone's sexual desire will be greatly amplified, especially for men.

But the old man acted as if he didn't have that thing at all, showing no signs of discomfort whatsoever.

Thinking this, Chu Sheng's gaze became even more resentful.

Hui, sensing his gaze and noticing An Xi's seemingly casual glance at him earlier, asked, "What's wrong?"

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Chu Sheng: "."

"fine."

After saying that, Chu Sheng stopped talking to him and lay down on the bed to read the history book.

Seeing this, Hui scratched his head, somewhat confused about the situation.

"baffling."

(End of this chapter)