The Fourth Calamity: People in High Martial Arts, Gods in Games

Chapter 178 Attributes?

"Gold-grade weapons? What are you thinking? I just want you to use these treasure chests to make a batch of your electromagnetic guns. They have to be sturdy and durable."

"Can you do it in one night?"

"If you can complete this task, I will not only give you 10,000 contribution points, but I will also entrust you with all the weapon manufacturing for the Obsidian Patrol from now on."

Lin Qi looked at the unusually excited Yi Ye Fu Yun and couldn't help but roll his eyes at him. This isn't some MMO game, so where did this gold-level weapon come from?

He made it with Rem Titanium simply because he didn't have any other good ore available.

While it's possible to make them with B2-grade arrows, B6-grade Rem Titanium is more suitable for durability.

After all, the electromagnetic gun made with A6 grade alloy was destroyed after only a few shots, let alone continuous fire. Although B2 grade alloy is better, it would break after a few shots, so it's better to get it right the first time.

"No problem! I guarantee I'll complete the mission!" Yi Ye Fuyun nodded repeatedly, looking like he understood.

"Alright, I'll come pick up the gun first thing tomorrow morning." Lin Qi looked at Yi Ye Fuyun, who didn't quite understand, and stopped worrying about it. He prepared to go and see the newly renovated primary training room.

As Lin Qi left Yi Ye Fu Yun's elite disciple lounge, Yi Ye Fu Yun looked at the three gold-level treasure chests on the ground and couldn't stop smiling.

"Boss Yi Ye, what's wrong with you? Why are you so happy?"

A man in his late thirties, dressed in ordinary martial arts school attire and occasionally pushing up his nose, with slightly disheveled hair, walked into the room and looked at Yi Ye Fuyun with some curiosity.

"Purple Dragon, you have no idea what kind of quest I just accepted. You'd be shocked if you knew!" One Leaf Floating Cloud couldn't help but laugh as he looked at the approaching man. "A profession quest! And a crafting profession quest at that!"

Nine-Turn Purple Dragon is the latest batch of newbies, and he just recruited him. Unlike the others who are good at fighting, Nine-Turn Purple Dragon doesn't have any talent for mining or fighting. He was able to enter the High Martial Arts Descendant purely by luck.

Normally, no team would hire such a newcomer, but as an engineering PhD, Jiu Zhuan Zi Long is arguably the best production professional talent.

The improvement of the electromagnetic gun has now been largely handed over to Nine Revolutions Purple Dragon, who is currently focused on breaking through to the Martial Artist level.

The original purpose of calling Jiuzhuan Zilong over was to let him see the medium-sized machine tool that had just arrived. This thing is different from the second-hand small machine tool we bought before. It can cut and manufacture B-grade metal. It is an excellent item that anyone who wants to make weapons and equipment should not miss.

"No way, a crafting profession's quest? This game even has something like that?" The somewhat disheveled Nine-Turn Purple Dragon couldn't help but be surprised after hearing this.

Crafting profession quests are common in traditional MMO games, and you can even easily get them from some secondary profession guilds. The rewards for these crafting profession quests are generally average, but upon completion, they will reward you with the crafting recipes for higher-level items. These are almost mandatory quests for all players who play crafting professions, otherwise it will be difficult to advance their profession level.

"I didn't think so either. I guess it was added in a manufacturer update," said Yiye Fuyun, pointing to the three gold-grade treasure chests on the ground. "Now the Guild Master wants me to use these gold-grade treasure chests to make an electromagnetic gun. He even issued a special mission with a reward of 10,000 contribution points, and it's only for one night. No matter how you look at it, this mission is not simple. So I was thinking, could this be a professional mission to teach me how to make higher-level weapons? Otherwise, why would the reward be so generous? He even plans to give me all the weapon orders for the patrol team in the future?"

"I see, that's quite possible." Nine-Turn Purple Dragon nodded, his gaze also turning to the Gold-grade treasure chest. "I experimented with B2-grade alloy before. Even if it were made into a super electromagnetic gun, it would only be more durable. It would still be just an ordinary weapon, completely lacking the attributes of clothing. It would be a completely blank weapon. Perhaps the manufacturer released this job quest to show us how to make attribute weapons and equipment."

"This game is just like the gods said, it's hidden too deep. Like before, before the disciple outfits were released, I thought this game didn't have any attributes." Yi Ye Fu Yun said thankfully, "Luckily, my older sister rewarded me with a set of disciple outfits, which made me realize that weapons and equipment can also have attributes, otherwise I would have been stupid enough to forge these gold-level treasure chests into ordinary electromagnetic guns."

"So how do we manufacture it now?" Nine-Turn Purple Dragon asked One Leaf Floating Cloud. "Did the Master give any hints?"

"A hint?" A Floating Cloud thought for a moment, "It seems to just mean it needs to be sturdy and durable."

"Sturdy and durable?" Nine-Turn Purple Dragon asked curiously. "If we're talking about sturdy and durable, B2-grade alloy is more than enough. Even with continuous firing, there won't be any problems. Even if we used a stronger metal, there wouldn't be any change. Are there really no other clues?"

"It's really gone," said Yiye Fuyun with absolute certainty.

"Could it be one of these three gold-level treasure chests?" Nine-Turn Purple Dragon pointed to the treasure chests on the ground.

"These three treasure chests?" Yi Ye Fuyun couldn't help but open three gold-level treasure chests.

As the three gold-grade treasure chests were opened, a surge of rich energy rushed out, only to find that the three gold-grade treasure chests were completely empty.

"Empty, there's nothing there." Yi Ye Fuyun looked at the three empty treasure chests with a headache.

"No! There's something here!" Nine-Turn Purple Dragon pointed excitedly to the tiny, fingernail-sized energy crystal fragments embedded inside the treasure chest. "These energy crystals should be the key!"

"Add the energy crystals from these fragments?" Yi Ye Fuyun's eyes lit up, feeling as if a new world had opened up for him.

He used to think that the weapon crafting system in this game was too simplistic and too easy. It was all about what level of metal was used to make the weapon. The better the metal and the higher the craftsmanship, the higher the weapon level. It was just as monotonous as reality.

But now Yi Ye Fuyun realized how shallow he had been, having forgotten the existence of energy ores.

Thinking back to my past self, using so much high-grade metal to make basic weapons and equipment to sell, I feel like I was losing money hand over fist.

"No wonder the game developers suddenly raised the price of energy ore by such a large amount; it turns out they were patching it ahead of schedule." A Leaf of Clouds couldn't help but sigh and regret. "How come I didn't notice? I should have stockpiled energy ore; I could definitely be making a fortune now."

"It's not too late now," Nine-Turn Purple Dragon said excitedly. "The martial arts school doesn't sell attribute weapons right now. I went to check out the territories of the four major powers during the day, and the weapon shops there only sell basic weapons at ridiculously high prices. If our weapon shop could sell attribute weapons now, we'd definitely make a fortune!"

"Alright! Let's start figuring out how to make it!" Yi Ye Fuyun nodded and began to disassemble the gold-grade treasure chest.

Meanwhile, Lin Qi, who was on the first floor of the martial arts school, arrived at the newly renovated beginner training room.

"Is this the beginner training room?" Lin Qi looked around and was also amazed by the training room's transformation by the system.

It must be said that the renovation cost of 5,000 units was well worth it.

The room, which was over 200 square meters, was filled with rich energy, and this energy was not too mixed. Just by breathing, one could feel refreshed and invigorated, and the circulation of blood and qi in one's body seemed to be faster. Lin Qi even wished he could move to the primary training room to live from now on.

In addition to the dense energy in the room, a two-meter-tall humanoid machine stood in the center. The metal used all over its body was the same as that of the B6-class trainer aircraft. In other words, the entire primary combat puppet was made of B6-class alloy.

Simply selling the beginner-level combat golems as materials would likely fetch an astronomical price, far exceeding what a mere five tons of energy ore could buy.

"It's definitely better to use energy ore in the martial arts school."

Lin Qi examined the specific functions of the rudimentary puppet and felt a pang of heartache when he thought about how the Red Moon Merchant Guild sold 100,000 tons of energy ore for just one admission ticket.

However, he had no choice but to pay for this energy ore, since he couldn't make B-grade armor or type II potions, and type II potions were indispensable on the path of a martial artist.

Although he asked Jacques if he could make the Type II potion, Jacques said he could, but without the raw materials, it would be useless.

To make Type II potions, in addition to the blood essence of high-level monsters, several special plants are also required. These special plants cannot be planted at will, because they can only grow in large-scale energy veins and cannot survive in other places.

This is one of the reasons why major cities insist on being built on large-scale energy mines.

Since those special plants are not sold in major cities, he has no choice but to buy more Type II healing potions from the Red Moon Merchant Guild.

Even if you dig up that miniature energy vein, you still can't gather 100,000 tons of energy ore. The only way to gather that much energy ore is to mine the small energy veins deep in Crimson Moon Mountain.

However, extracting 100,000 tons of energy ore from a small energy vein is not an easy task.

A player can mine about one or two tons of energy ore in a day. Smaller energy veins have a higher density of energy ore, so although more can be mined in a day, about three tons is still enough.

If 100 players dig for a day, they can only dig 300 tons; if 200 players dig for a day, they can only dig 600 tons.

What does 100,000 tons mean?

That's equivalent to two hundred players digging for 167 days, nearly half a year.

Small energy veins are something that absolutely cannot be exposed right now. They can only be mined by players or trusted confidants among the local residents. Otherwise, if they are exposed, it would be suicide.

The major powers in the suburbs may look down on the tiny energy veins occupied by the wild gangs, but a small energy vein would definitely make them green with envy.

If he wanted to mine energy ore, he could only do so secretly. However, he couldn't wait half a year. Therefore, if he wanted to obtain 100,000 tons of energy ore faster, he could only have Meng Wei recruit people as much as possible, even if it meant being disrupted by the four major powers and other forces, or being secretly attacked.

"This beginner-level puppet is truly amazing. It can directly learn the martial arts techniques and proficiency I have mastered, and its combat level can even reach the realm of subtlety. It is simply an invincible existence below the level of a martial artist." Lin Qi couldn't help but marvel after seeing the functions of the beginner-level combat puppet.

The martial arts skills he currently possesses are all of a high level, and many of them are at the perfection stage. If a combat puppet with a body made of B6-grade metal, strength at the limit of a quasi-martial artist, and combat skills reaching the level of microscopic precision were to be mastered, even a true beginner-level martial artist would probably be beaten senseless.

"The ten spots for the Red Moon Merchant Guild are also a problem, but we can solve it through this." Lin Qi looked at the beginner combat puppet and couldn't help but smile. Without saying a word, he let the beginner combat puppet learn the three martial arts techniques he had mastered: Thunder Palm, Leopard Shadow Step, and Thunder Flash.

He was initially worried about which players to choose to participate, since there were limited spots and so many players, each with strong abilities.

However, he can solve this problem by using beginner-level combat puppets. He can have all players fight against these puppets, create a disciple strength ranking list, and add some ranking rewards. Players will definitely participate actively. Then he can simply bring the top-ranked players along.

It not only allows players to differentiate themselves and be more motivated to improve their strength, but also helps them achieve good rankings in the Red Moon Merchant Guild, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Just as Lin Qi was about to try out the three martial arts techniques after the beginner combat puppet had spent two hours learning them, a floating cloud suddenly contacted him.

"What happened on your end?" Lin Qi asked, looking at the holographic image displayed on his smartwatch.

"Master, I have prepared the weapon with the attributes you requested. Do you have time to come and inspect it?" Yi Ye Fuyun asked excitedly.

"Attribute weapons?" Lin Qi looked at the excited Yi Ye Fuyun, his heart filled with doubt.

Weapons can have attributes?

(End of this chapter)