I can equip strange items

Chapter 83 City Cleanup Plan

Clean up a city? I swear—

Li Yuan was speechless; the conditions for fixing this entry were even more outrageous.

It's far more absurd than the solidification conditions described in the first blue entry.

The prerequisite for the first blue entry is to do one hundred good deeds, including but not limited to punishing evil and helping others.

This time, however, it's about cleaning up an entire city.

But—directly or indirectly? Does that mean someone else can do it for you?

But perhaps I have to be the one to make this happen.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan suddenly looked at Lu Jiayin and asked, "How much would it cost to hire someone to clean a city?"

"Cleaning up a city?"

Lu Jiayin asked warily, "Is it just normal cleaning or..."

"Otherwise what? What are you thinking?"

Li Yuan remained silent: "Just normal cleaning. But it should at least be clean from any angle."

"Oh, that's good. It depends on how big the city you want to clean."

Lu Jiayin felt relieved: "You've come to the right person. I've seen similar cases before. If it's just a county town, maybe tens of millions would be enough, but for a city like Donghe City, if you want to clean it from the inside out, considering manpower and resources, it's unlikely to be less than a billion."

"One billion —"

Li Yuan gasped, suddenly realizing that the 80 million he had just received was nothing at all.

"You don't necessarily have that kind of need, do you?"

Lu Jiayin asked, "It just so happens that a wealthy person is willing to pay 1 billion for your Extreme Yang Grass. If you really have such a need, perhaps you can use the Extreme Yang Grass as a transaction."

Now all sorts of strange items have appeared, and people who are afflicted by these items will do some very outrageous things.

Therefore, she wasn't surprised by Li Yuan's question, thinking that Li Yuan, or the person behind him, might have offended something strange and had to do this.

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Li Yuan strongly suspected that this woman was after his Extreme Yang Grass.

However—in a county town, one's own money might actually be enough.

Anyway, the fixed conditions for the trash can entry don't restrict what level of city you have to clean.

That county town, should it count too?

But it seems a bit of a loss to pay for it myself.

Suddenly, Li Yuan had a thought and said in a serious tone, "I have a suggestion. The organization behind me has a special one-time use item. If we can clean up a city, we might be able to trigger the item's protection mechanism, which could increase our success rate by more than 30% when dealing with the street lamp anomalies."

"A shelter mechanism?" Lu Jiayin frowned slightly, her eyes filled with thought.

"That's right. I can't tell you the name of that strange item, but its effects are very special."

Li Yuan remained unfazed and continued his fabrication: "Once the city's environment reaches a state of perfect cleanliness, a protective rule will be automatically released, covering the entire city. Under this protective rule, the safety of all personnel will be greatly enhanced, and they will also be more likely to detect any suspicious weaknesses."

He paused, then his tone became even more serious: "This time we're dealing with a being of the Abyss Domain level. You know what that means."

"Without additional safeguards, even if the organization behind me were to intervene, I wouldn't dare say I'm absolutely certain of success."

"But if you can trigger the item's protection mechanism in advance, the success rate can be increased by at least 30%."

Li Yuan's words were not entirely false.

If I could solidify the entries for myself in advance, I might be able to find a way to get another strange item or piece of equipment.

That way, we'll be more confident in dealing with strange streetlight behavior.

Lu Jiayin was silent for a moment, then asked with some doubt, "Are you sure this method will work?"

She didn't doubt the existence of those strange, one-time-use items.

Strange items must be special; no matter how bizarre their characteristics are, they are not strange.

"I can only say that this is the most effective auxiliary measure our organization can think of at the moment."

Li Yuan shrugged: "Of course, believe it or not. After all, cleaning up a city is no small task; it requires a lot of manpower and resources. But if you're willing to try, I can guarantee we'll cooperate fully."

Lu Jiayin took a deep breath and nodded: "I'll report this to the bureau. But you have to tell me, to what extent does it need to be cleaned to be considered perfectly clean?"

"There must be no litter on the streets; everything in sight must be spotless."

Li Yuan said earnestly, "All the abandoned vehicles, damaged building wreckage, and various debris need to be cleaned up. Simply put, we need to restore the entire city to its pre-disaster state, or even better."

Lu Jiayin gasped: "This is a massive undertaking."

"I know."

Li Yuan smiled slightly: "But compared to the difficulty of dealing with the eerie streetlights, this investment shouldn't be a big deal, right?"

"you're right."

Lu Jiayin nodded: "I'll ask the bureau for instructions later. You can go to the resettlement area to rest first. I'll let you know as soon as I have any news."

After saying that, she led Li Yuan to a simple prefabricated house at the very edge of the resettlement area.

This prefabricated house is surrounded by almost no other buildings, making it appear exceptionally spacious and quiet.

In the distance, there are rolling hills, and occasionally the roars of mutated creatures can be heard, but they are too far away to pose a threat for the time being.

"This is it."

Lu Jiayin pushed open the door, and inside was a room of about twenty square meters.

Although it looks very basic, it is furnished with a bed, table and chairs, and basic necessities: "The conditions are limited, so please make do with it for now. Contact me anytime if you need anything."

That's enough.

Li Yuan nodded: "I need some time to communicate with the organization, and I hope you won't let anyone disturb me."

"Don't worry, I've already given instructions, no one will bother you."

After Lu Jiayin finished speaking, she quickly turned and left.

She also needed to consult with her superiors to determine the credibility of Li Yuan's words and whether it was worthwhile to proceed.

After all, thoroughly cleaning up a city would be far more costly under the current circumstances.

Only after Lu Jiayin's figure disappeared into the distance did Li Yuan close the door.

He put the trash can on the ground, then carefully examined the surroundings and released his senses.

After confirming that there were no surveillance devices, he took the [Old Makeup Mirror] out of his equipment slot and then equipped the trash can to the ninth equipment slot.

With the successful completion of the equipment, Li Yuan suddenly had a peculiar feeling.

It was as if an invisible space was slowly unfolding deep within his consciousness.

It was a huge space of one thousand cubic meters.

It is ten meters long, ten meters wide, and ten meters high, which is equivalent to the volume of a standard apartment.

In this space, he could feel a peculiar dissolving force.

If nothing unexpected happens, then it should be a rule-level dissolution mechanism, capable of decomposing everything.

"Is this the melting plant?"

However, I don't need to break anything down for the time being; instead, I need to use this temporary space to store items.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan had a thought and put the Extreme Yang Grass flowerpot in his hand into his spatial storage.

The flowerpot vanished into thin air and reappeared in a corner of the melting plant, undamaged.

Sure enough, as long as I don't actively break it down, the things I collect won't be destroyed.

He then tried putting the three million in cash in as well, and found that the cash was also safe and sound.

Finally, he also put the old makeup mirror in, and it was unaffected in any way.

This will make carrying supplies much more convenient in the future, and I can also put any strange items I obtain here without worrying about them being detected by official equipment.

Li Yuan was overjoyed, and then began to study how to actively decompose items.

According to the information displayed on the equipment panel—

Simply focus your mind on the objects in the space, and then mobilize your energy and spirit to activate the "dissolving" ability.

But there are no experimental items available now.

He did not bring back the carapaces of those Thunder Scorpions.

The main reason was that Lu Jiayin hadn't mentioned the Thunder Scorpion's carapace at the time, and he thought that kind of thing shouldn't be worth much, so he left it at the foot of Cloud Mist Mountain.

After all, he couldn't possibly carry that many things at the time, so he couldn't just throw away the Extreme Yang Grass, could he?

It seems the only option is to test it on some mutated organisms.

Li Yuan glanced at his phone and realized it was already past four in the afternoon, with some time still before dark.

So he picked up the bamboo knife, left the resettlement area, and headed towards the distant hilly area.

This time, he traveled light, carrying only a bamboo knife resembling a lapis lazuli stick, which was indeed much more convenient.

Although bamboo knives can actually be placed inside the melting plant, they are weapons and it's best to carry them with you.

Moreover, because of the "Listen to the Blade" skill, he was actually practicing swordsmanship while holding the bamboo sword, although the effect was not as good as actively cultivating it.

On his journey, Li Yuan encountered many patrolling soldiers and staff.

Most of the patrolling soldiers were ordinary people.

However, the aura of those staff members was much stronger than that of ordinary people; they must have been martial artists.

Because of Li Yuan's demeanor, which clearly indicated he wasn't an ordinary person, these people didn't ask him any questions when they saw him emerge from the edge of the resettlement area.

He had no intention of reporting it to anyone; he was free to move around freely here.