Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 256 Second-Level Blood Plague Exemption

Li Wei made her choice without much thought.

The first point is not considered.

He would rather sell radioactive black soil, which would fetch 1000 gold coins for ten cubic meters, even though the consequences of that seem rather serious.

The second option is also unnecessary to consider, even though a silver-quality pass token can be split into two iron tokens, which can upgrade his three-star hunter card and three-star lumberjack card to four stars.

But that made his on-paper strength too inflated, which would be detrimental to completing tasks in the future.

He's still a newbie, he needs time to mature and develop, right? He lacks many basic skills. Last time he returned, he didn't even visit the Corner Alley secondhand market.

So all he needs to do next is figure out is upgrade his scout card to two or three stars.

Then there's nothing more to say, choose the third option, and enhance any two titles.

The first title to be upgraded is Tracker, but it can only be upgraded by half a level. It will still be +2 Perception, but the cost will continue to decrease. Originally, the reduction was 50%, but now it has become 75%.

Originally, 100 points of stamina and 10 points of mental energy could sustain the effect for 20 seconds, but now it can be sustained for 40 seconds.

That's quite impressive, isn't it?

As for the second title to be strengthened, Li Wei did not choose the Bear Hunter with +1 Strength, nor the Dog Slayer with +1 Agility, but instead chose to strengthen the Rat Exterminator title.

The reason was very simple: he knew nothing about the impending radiation storm.

His base isn't underground, but on the surface. Don't let his current boastful and arrogant demeanor fool you; once the level of chaotic magic radiation reaches 100, he'll have to take a blood resistance potion to lower it, or he'll be eliminated.

The radiation storm will be raging for a month. During this period, all water and food sources will have increased radiation levels. At that time, what good will combat power do?

Is that a problem that can be solved by combat power?

You always have to send people out on patrols, and if someone dies, they will be impeached.

So, he might as well go patrol himself, but what does he have to use for patrolling? What's wrong with that bitch Liang Yuzhi giving him a two-star blood resistance potion?

Therefore, the title of "Rat Exterminator" is very useful.

[Your Rat Exterminator title has been successfully upgraded by one level. When worn, it grants +50 health and immunity to level 2 Blood Plague infection. This means that as long as your internal magical radiation level does not reach 100 points, it will not increase further while wearing this title, unless the external magical radiation level exceeds the limit. After wearing the title for more than 12 hours, your internal magical radiation level will decrease to 50 points. It also provides excellent immunity to most parasites, unclean food, and sewage.]

Excellent, very good, this is exactly the level 2 Blood Plague exemption I wanted!
Li Wei smiled contentedly. Although the difficulty of the extra missions for expanding the side quests had finally reached 180%, which is four stars or more, so what?

Ok?
Suddenly, a thought struck him as he received a warning from Ah Dai: the five superhumans were rapidly approaching him. "What's this? Double-crossing? Fine, welcome to double-crossing me."

Li Wei put away the three-star dagger and turned to meet him.

A moment later, the two sides met in the woods. The five superhumans stopped at a distance, while the centaur captain stepped forward more than twenty meters and made a gesture of goodwill beforehand.

“Friend, we mean no harm. We just want to express our respect and sincerely invite you to the Frozen Underground City. The radiation storm this year may occur in two months. Really, with your strength, it would be such a pity if you were to lose your mind because of the radiation storm. I can guarantee with my life that in this post-apocalyptic world, there is no better doomsday base than the Frozen Underground City.”

"Originally, you would have needed to complete several missions and trials to join the Frozen Dungeon, but now that you've even taken down this terrifying man-eating flower, you can directly become a three-star wilderness mercenary in the Frozen Dungeon. Really, come back with us. The Frozen Duke has a bounty on this man-eating flower. If you don't go, the bounty will be wasted. Every year before the radiation storm ends, all bounties will be recalculated."

The centaur seemed quite sincere, so Li Wei thought for a moment and didn't rule out any possibility. "I have a litter of cubs hiding underground, so I can't go to the Frozen Underground City for the time being, but I might go in the future. As for the bounty on the man-eating flower, could I pass it on to you? In return, could you give me some benefits?"

Upon hearing this, the centaur swallowed hard, immediately turning to look at his four companions, then back again, his face burning with eagerness. "Although saying this makes me feel a little ashamed, it is indeed an excellent choice, my friend. I need a leaf from a man-eating plant as evidence of the kill, and I must say, this thing is actually very precious. There are specialized potion masters in the Frozen Dungeon who buy it at high prices—"

So, my friend, what do you want?

"What can you offer?" Li Wei countered. In truth, he was quite interested in taking a stroll through that so-called Frozen Underground City, but reason told him it was not advisable. He was not an adventurous mercenary, nor a wandering knight-errant; he was a lord, and protecting his own territory and continuously developing and building it up was the most important thing.

Furthermore, how can you be so sure that this Ice Duke isn't some evil big boss?

He doesn't need to take such a risk; he'd be perfectly content with just making some transactions.

“I can produce—” The centaur stopped abruptly, turning back and whispering with his fellow ability users for a while. Finally, all five ability users stepped forward. The goat-headed man spoke directly, “Friend, I am a spellcaster and can also perform preliminary appraisals of some magical materials. Let’s forget about the man-eating flower bounty. Just show me a single leaf from a man-eating flower. If it works out, we can consider it a transaction. What do you say?”

"can!"

Li Wei didn't dwell on it. This wasn't the time to worry about small gains, because through this kind of transaction, he could find out some things about the Frozen Underground City, such as whether there was a nuclear power plant there, or whether the Frozen Duke's supernatural magic had reached a certain level, and so on.

He then took out the smallest leaf. This thing was slightly soft and quite elastic, and it felt like rubber to the touch. It was bluish-green in color, more like bluish-green jade, which was quite magical.

The goat-headed man examined it carefully for a moment, his eyes finally shining, but he stammered and couldn't get a clear answer. "This is indeed a good thing. I can sense the pure magical fluctuations inside, but unfortunately I can't see much more. Boss Ma, according to your plan, our team will take the bounty, and you and the other three will split the reward. I don't want the reward; I just want half a leaf, is that right?"

"That's right, that's right. We should be kind to our friends and not treat them unfairly. Come on, everyone, bring out whatever good stuff you have."

The centaur shouted and took out a pile of food or some random stones, herbs, mushrooms, bird eggs and the like from the pack on its back.

The others did the same, and in no time they had produced quite a few. Li Wei glanced at them and felt a bit amused and exasperated. Was he destined to lose money this time?

At that moment, the goat-headed man proudly took out two things: two sealed small bottles containing two liquids, one red and one blue.

"Friend, these are healing potions and brute force potions made by the most senior potion maker in the Frozen Dungeon. They are quite expensive, and although there may be some minor side effects after taking them, they can save your life in a critical moment."

Li Wei stepped forward and took the two bottles of medicine. Almost at the same time, two pieces of information appeared in front of him.

[You have obtained two portions of preliminarily filtered and settled magic essence. This indicates that it was a dangerous substance collected from the ruins of a collapsed mage tower by a very inept potion maker. It is also a very precious magical substance, but its internal composition has become extremely disordered. Taking it rashly could have serious consequences.]

[It is recommended to have this processed by a professional scholar or potion master.]

Suggested selling price: 500 standard gold coins

Okay, not bad. Could this Frozen Dungeon be the ruins of a mage tower? It doesn't look like much, but it's really rich!

"Gentlemen, that's settled then, we're even."

Li Wei nodded, offering no further objections.

The five superhumans chuckled and quickly left, as if they had gotten a huge bargain.

Yes, there's no need for fighting and killing. What's wrong with being a little more flexible in our thinking?

Only after they had gone far away did Li Wei check the pile of exchange supplies they had left behind.

Goodness, there's a real variety!

There were eighteen one-star mushrooms, twenty-four one-star herbs, nine unknown ores with magical fluctuations, remains of what appeared to be slain mutated creatures, and even some decent quality food, such as five one-star cheeses and five pounds of one-star jerky, and a whole bunch of other things.

Okay, it's not unacceptable.

Li Wei took off his backpack and packed all the supplies away. Then he had Ah Dai follow the five superhumans for a while and found that they were indeed heading south in high spirits. However, the Ice Dungeon should not be more than two hundred miles away.

Speaking of which, back then, with twenty pioneer cards, the starting locations of each pioneer side quest were about three or four hundred miles apart. So, were there any other pioneer bases in that direction?
If only we could find it, raiding someone's house would be so satisfying.

Of course, Li Wei only thought about it briefly. The risk was too great. He wouldn't go out for the next two months. He needed to find a way to finish building the city wall next month, further reinforce the camp building, and deploy more defensive weapons.

In addition, Liang Yuzhi needs to go out to collect herbs next month to produce a large quantity of blood-resistant medicine in preparation for the upcoming radiation storm.

In addition, after the radiation storm ends, a long winter will begin, and preparations for heating, food storage, and winter clothing storage should all be put on the agenda.

In addition, we must be careful of those two bitches, Liang Yuzhi and Li Yue, causing trouble.

A long way to go!

(End of this chapter)