Make me leave the team? My beast girl and I can win easily.

Lin Yu had only heard of enhancement vouchers online before; this was the first time he had seen one in person.

In this world, enhancement tickets are actually a special type of talisman, drawn by professionals with the "talisman master" profession.

When in use, attach it to the equipment, and the energy in the talisman will penetrate into the equipment, fundamentally improving its attributes.

Weapons can be enhanced to increase attack power, armor can increase defense and health, and jewelry can increase all attributes.

These are all real, permanent improvements, unlike elixirs which have a limited duration.

But this thing is a bottomless pit.

Grade C enhancement tickets can only be used on equipment of level 20-40, and can only be enhanced up to "+10".

The higher the quality of the equipment, the more tickets are required for each enhancement.

Both standard and premium quality require one coupon per use.

Perfect quality, requires 3 coupons.

To get Epic quality, you'll need 5 tickets.

That's not even the worst part.

The real pitfall lies in increasing the probability of success.

This is exactly the same as a certain game in the world that was jokingly called "poisonous milk powder," with a frustrating failure mechanism.

Upgrading from "+0" to "+1" guarantees a 100% success rate.

Upgrading from "+1" to "+2" only has a 90% success rate.

The success rate decreases by 10% with each level advancement.

Once you upgrade from "+9" to "+10", the success rate drops to only 10%!

Even more frustrating is that once you upgrade to +5 or higher, if you fail,

The original enhancement level will not be retained; instead, it will drop directly to "+1"!

This means all previous investments have gone down the drain.

A Class C enhancement ticket typically costs 3 yuan on the market.

Sometimes, when some enthusiastic players are in a hurry to upgrade their gear, the price can be driven up to 5 to 7.

This is clearly a bottomless pit; ordinary professionals simply can't afford to play this game.

Of course, the bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish.

The higher the enhancement level, the more terrifying the additional stats.

比如一件30级史诗武器，「+1」时只提升6点双攻，但「+10」时能提升200点！

Its value increased several hundred times.

Many student teams comprised of sons from wealthy families were aiming to break the national record.

They will spare no expense to prepare a level 30 "+10" epic weapon for their main damage dealers, and then go and break records in level 25 and 30 dungeons.

This has led to ridiculously high national records for these two tiers of dungeons.

A level 30 epic weapon with a "+10" rating can fetch tens of millions at auction!

There are always some people with a little money who think they are lucky and spend all their money to improve their luck.

Trying to "take a gamble and turn a bicycle into a motorcycle".

They also researched various metaphysical theories.

For example, using ordinary weapons as "padding" and failing several times in a row before upgrading to high-quality weapons is said to increase the success rate.

But those chosen by fate are few and far between.

Even when they go bankrupt, their weaponry might still be "+1".

As for Lin Yu's thoughts, they were—

"Is the official team just out of ideas for rewards and using this to make up the numbers?"

"You want me to get worked up? No way!"

He understands this mechanism all too well.

Back when he was playing online games, he had personally witnessed a top player in his guild spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to upgrade a weapon, only to quit the game in frustration.

After exiting the instance, Lin Yu found an unused bench and sat down with the three women to rest.

Lin Ya immediately leaned closer, looking curiously at the enhancement voucher in his hand: "Master, what is this? Can I eat it?"

"No." Lin Yu tapped her head. "This is for enhancing equipment."

He briefly explained the function of the enhancement ticket and the frustrating failure mechanism.

After listening, Lin Xue frowned: "The risk is indeed very high."

Lin Shan respectfully replied, "If the Lord requires it, I am willing to try."

Lin Yu decided to try it herself first.

His best weapon right now is the "Staff of Holy Light" of perfect quality.

Epic weapons only drop in Hell difficulty dungeons, and the minimum level is 30.

The epic jewelry is still being made by Yao Fei.

"Let's test the waters with the Staff of Holy Light."

Lin Yu took out three enhancement tickets and stuck them on her magic wand.

Something amazing happened—

The moment the enhancement ticket touched the wand, it transformed into three streams of light that seeped into the wand.

Then, the wand began to emit a light that was sometimes black and sometimes gold, as if it were undergoing some kind of energy collision.

A few seconds later—

Shining with golden light!

[Staff of Holy Light +1]

The reinforcement was successful.

"That's interesting," Lin Yu chuckled.

He continued to try, and the golden light continued to shine. The "Staff of Holy Light" quickly reached "+5".

Next, from "+5" to "+6", the theoretical success rate is 50%.

After a moment's thought, Lin Yu decided to give it a try.

He took out three more coupons and stuck them on the magic wand.

Golden light!

It worked!

So, the probability of going from "+6" to "+7" is 40%, which isn't much lower.

Lin Yu took out three more enhancement tickets...

And just like that, he successfully upgraded the "Staff of Holy Light" to "+9"!

"Isn't this something I can do with my hands?" Lin Yu said, getting a little cocky.

Finally, from "+9" to "+10", the theoretical success rate is 10%.

He felt that with his luck today, he was guaranteed to succeed.

Take out three more enhancement tickets and stick them on the wand.

The light began to shift.

Gold, black...

The light switched rapidly between two colors, as if engaged in a fierce tug-of-war.

Lin Yu held her breath.

Finally, the light froze on...

black.

Enhancement failed!

[Staff of Holy Light +1]

Lin Yu looked at the magic wand in her hand, her face darkening.

This was a complete waste of 27 enhancement tickets!

Although the enhancement ticket was a reward, it didn't cost any money.

But that feeling of going from heaven to hell...

"Fine, fine, you're playing me like this, aren't you?" Lin Yu gritted her teeth.

He felt that familiar impulse.

That gambler's mentality of "try again, and you'll definitely succeed next time".

However, his habit of thrift and frugality, which he had cultivated since coming into this world, helped him restrain the urge to continue intensifying it.

He took a deep breath and told himself, "Calm down, calm down."

Although he was still itching to try it, he had actually given up "toxic milk powder" before.

I won't fall for it!

At that moment, Lin Yu, the idea king, had a flash of inspiration.

and many more...

Lin Shan's innate skill is... [Good Fortune]!

Luck +100!

Let her strengthen it; it's not some kind of mysticism, it's science!

"Lin Shan." Lin Yu turned to look at the blonde girl.

"My lord," Lin Shan replied respectfully immediately.

Lin Yu handed her the "Staff of Holy Light" and a large stack of enhancement vouchers: "Try it out."

"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. It's okay if you fail."

"If it doesn't work after three failures, we'll reschedule."

"Yes, ma'am." Lin Shan took the wand and enhancement ticket, her expression very serious.

Lin Yu didn't want to watch the strengthening process; he was afraid his heart couldn't take it.

"I'm going to buy some drinks. What would you like to drink?"

"Cola!" Lin Ya immediately raised her hand.

"Mineral water," Lin Xue said.

Lin Shan shook her head: "I don't need it."

Lin Yu walked up to the vending machine, looked at the dazzling array of drinks on the screen, and hesitated between drinking cola or iced tea.

The frustrating nature of the enhancement system reminded him of the games in his original world, games that he both loved and hated.

That feeling of knowing it's a trap, but still being unable to resist jumping in...

"Sigh." He sighed and chose iced tea.

Just as he was about to insert a coin, someone suddenly tapped him on the shoulder.

When I turned around, it was Lin Shan.

She held the faintly glowing "Staff of Holy Light" in her hand, her expression somewhat confused.

"What's wrong?" Lin Yu asked.

"My lord, I do not know why I cannot continue?"

Lin Shan affixed three enhancement tickets to her magic wand.

However, the enhancement ticket did not turn into a stream of light as before, but instead remained completely unresponsive.

"How can this have a bug?" Lin Yu was about to complain when she took the wand and glanced at it.

Then he fell silent.

[Staff of Holy Light +10]

They pushed it all the way up to the maximum level of C-grade enhancement tickets.

Both attack stats increased by 130 points! (Note: Fewer enhancement tickets are required compared to epic items, but the increase is also less.)

"You..." Lin Yu's throat was a little dry, "How many times have you failed?"

Lin Shan shook her head, a hint of confusion in her golden eyes: "I have not failed my lord's trust, I have never failed."

Lin Yu: ...

I can't believe it!

He called Lin Xue over and took the longsword from her hand—

This is a level 20 perfect quality one-handed sword called "Knight's Longsword" that dropped in a previous dungeon.

"Try this one."

Lin Shan took the longsword and the enhancement scroll and began enhancing it.

Lin Yu isn't leaving this time; he wants to see it for himself.

Golden light.

Golden light.

……

Golden light.

Not a single failure throughout the entire process!

From "+1" to "+10", it's all done in one go!

Lin Shan raised her head and looked at Lin Yu, her expression somewhat worried: "My lord, we can't continue again."

She stuck the enhancement scroll onto the longsword, but there was still no reaction.

Lin Yu: "..."

He looked at Lin Shan, then at the two +10 pieces of equipment in his hand.

Although it was so easy to upgrade both pieces of equipment to "+10"...

But why do I still feel a bit conflicted?