June 25th, Year Two of the Wasteland Calendar.
A rare Sunday.
Although the area surrounding the institute has gradually expanded, a prosperous commercial district has gradually developed.
Various shops have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, offering olive branches to this group of generous researchers. Even the little fish people have seen business opportunities and opened massage parlors in this area.
But during vacation, researchers still prefer to go to Hope Town or Fishman Town to spend money.
As more and more survivors have poured into the territory recently, the blending of cultures has naturally made business more prosperous, with new shops opening for business almost every day.
Naturally, researchers can get unprecedented novel experiences every week.
This undoubtedly greatly alleviates the pressure on them to stay in one place for a long time.
So when Sumo was prepared to be harassed by a large number of onlookers like the last time, and stepped into the research institute, the place was empty and somewhat deserted.
You can vaguely see a group of construction apprentice players gathered around the center of the research institute, pointing and seeming to be surveying and preparing for the expansion of new facilities.
Sumo walked over curiously, trying to hear what the group of people were discussing.
However, before he could get close, he saw a big, fluffy dog suddenly emerge from the crowd and rush towards him very affectionately.
Oreo?
Following the big dog, a petite figure also emerged, with a face full of surprise.
But after seeing Somo not far away, one person and one dog suddenly showed excited expressions.
"Paid feeders are set up in other places and no one patronizes them. Ordinary people are reluctant to spend money to feed them, but this group of rich researchers are different. They will definitely be willing to spend a small amount of money to raise a pet!"
As soon as the two met, Su Chan cheerfully stated the purpose of appearing here.
Sumo was immediately happy when he heard this.
Breeding farms are an industry with huge initial investment and extremely slow return on investment.
Especially after Catalina settled in and started those weird experiments, even though the town had allocated funds more than once, it still seemed to be a drop in the bucket on an increasingly larger scale.
Therefore, Su Chan established a paid feeding system a long time ago in order to reduce the cost of breeding.
It's a pity that at that time, the villagers didn't have any money left in their hands, and few of them were willing to waste money.
Paid feeder plan failed!
But now, as the territory's economy gradually recovers, Su Chan once again sees the feasibility of this plan.
"This time I did some research again and made major changes to the plan. We plan to sell pets!"
"And I have reached a cooperation with Professor Catalina. She is responsible for cultivating corresponding pets according to the needs of customers, and I am responsible for recovering the costs and making money!"
Sounds like a good plan.
Lonely and wealthy researchers may be able to spend a little money to raise a pet to relieve their boredom.
But when I think of the strange results that Catalina has researched, and the reason why she moved out of the research institute,
Soma is happy.
"Then I wish you good luck in advance."
"Wait a minute, such a good plan, aren't you going to invest a little bit?"
Su Chan seemed a little dissatisfied with this answer, and she keenly sensed something was wrong.
"invest?"
Sumo tilted his head and thought for a while, then suddenly patted his thigh and pointed to the deserted coffee shop next to him.
"Go there, maybe I can really invest in you."
Since points can upgrade the subjects, then Su Chan can also be counted as one of the subjects, right?
As soon as he sat down, Sumo couldn't wait to open the system and switch to the enhancement and upgrade panel.
Aiming at Su Chan, a faint light flickered, and sure enough, the corresponding upgrade panel appeared.
Hey, that works!
[Name: Su Chan
Position: Tianyuan Territory Central Breeding Farm: Person in Charge
Template:Handmade Enthusiast (Level: 6; not advanced)
Attributes: Physique 3/Bone Strength 3/Brain Strength 5/Talent 4/Health 6
Potential: 14+7 (Originally, he was a little transparent unknown to everyone, but after being blessed by a special creature, his potential is close to the peak of human genius!)
Number of times that can be strengthened: 2 (every 10 points of potential provides 1 strengthening opportunity)
Feature status:
Animal conversation (blue): Animal friend, able to understand the language of most animals and able to converse with them.
Favor of the Ice and Snow Goddess (Red): Favored by a special creature, your potential will be permanently increased by 50% based on the base value, and your luck will be fixedly increased by 20%.
】
"There is actually a red characteristic status?"
The flash of bright red on the panel made Somo extremely surprised.
But after seeing clearly the specific bonus and source of red, all the surprises quickly became clear.
"Oreo's blessing can actually increase potential by 50% and luck by 20%, and the bonus will change based on the base value. This red characteristic is really abnormal."
Sumo couldn't help but click his tongue.
In addition to the higher health value due to regular consumption of psionic water, the average five-dimensional attributes are indeed worthy of the evaluation of "little transparent".
However, with the addition of the two characteristic states, Su Chan immediately turned from a transparent child into a genius.
"Brother, don't worry, we only need fifty thousand. No, one hundred thousand copper coins."
"If you invest some initial capital in me, I will give you 20% of the shares. This is the original stock!"
Su Chan was still tirelessly introducing the advantages of her plan.
On the other hand, Oreo, who was squatting on the ground beside him, seemed to sense something and raised his head curiously and looked over.
【Upgrading and strengthening】
As Soma invested one hundred war points, the attribute panel began to blur.
After about five seconds, it suddenly became clear.
[Upgrade and strengthening successful!]
[The characteristic status of the leader ‘Su Chan’ is ‘Animal Talk (Blue)’ upgraded to ‘Natural Spirit (Purple)’]
[Spirit of Nature (Purple): The darling of nature, able to talk freely with all beasts and listen to their voices.
It can passively improve the surrounding natural environment and make it more suitable for biological growth.
Before making a malicious move, other creatures will not be able to take the initiative to commit malicious harm]
"You're so lucky that you upgraded from blue characteristics to purple characteristics?"
I secretly sigh at the fact that Su Chan received the Oreo blessing and gained an extra layer of luck that is invisible and intangible.
Sumo decisively invested another hundred points to upgrade.
The panel began to blur and vibrate slightly.
One second, two seconds, five seconds, ten seconds
This upgrade obviously took longer than before. It was blurry for ten seconds and still has not returned to a clear state.
And just when Sumo secretly guessed the reason, a brilliant golden light suddenly rose from the panel.
"What the hell, Golden Legend?"
Sumo's eyes suddenly shone brightly, as if they were filled with that ray of gold!
[Upgrade and strengthening successful!]
[The template ‘Handmade Lover (Normal)’ of the leader ‘Su Chan’ has been replaced by ‘Natural Resonator (Legendary)’]
[Natural Resonator (Legend): Legend template. Once a creature possesses this template, it means that it has received preliminary recognition from nature and has the qualifications to become the leader of the spirit of all things]
[The original attributes have been replaced, and the natural resonance bonus is being updated. 】
[The attributes are replaced with: Physique 5/Bone Strength 5/Brain Strength 10/Talent 10/Health 10]
[Su Chan has obtained a new template with attribute status: natural attraction (purple)]
[Natural Attraction (Purple): The darling of nature gains the ability to automatically attract creatures. Every cycle, a batch of new creatures will appear around the owner of the characteristic. 】
"Dog care!"
"It's actually a new feature state!"
Rare routes are nothing new in the New World, even some lucky small territories have them.
But the epic route further up is currently owned by the three superpowers.
As for the legendary route further up, Soma assured that the Natural Resonator was the first one he knew about.
Affected by the change of route, Su Chan, who was still bragging about her pet plan, was stunned.
The instantaneous increase in five-dimensional attributes brings an ecstatic feeling of relief.
The black mucus secreted from the skin gushed out almost instantly, exuding a strong stench.
"ah"
The screams sounded, and Sumo's heart moved, and he quickly ordered to the confused coffee shop owner:
"Close the door. You take people out first. Make a report of today's losses and go to the dungeon to get it."
"Oh, oh, okay." Taking two waiters with them, the three of them hurriedly ran out.
There is no way, the mucus released by the physical improvement brought about by this rapid upgrade is simply stinking.
For a moment, the poor coffee shop owner didn't even want the shop anymore.
"There is a bathroom here, you go and take a shower first."
"I'm sick, I'll come over later."
After giving Oreo a wink, Somo also quickly held his breath and walked outside.
It wasn't until the glass door cut off most of the smell behind that I breathed a sigh of relief.
"It seems that you need to be careful with the next upgrade. If it were outside, it might become a walking poison gas bomb."
Looking at Su Chan rushing into the bathroom, Su Mo shrank his head and walked inside the research institute.
Facts have proved that the upgrade of war points is not too abnormal.
Not only can you upgrade the route level of the upgrade target, upgrade or add new feature status, but even the route can be replaced and upgraded!
Wait, what will happen if this is used on the Blue Star natives who do not have game panels?
"What's going on? It smells so bad?"
Following a distant smell, Lu Kuan, who was sitting in the laboratory analyzing data, frowned.
But when he looked up, he found Somo rushing over in a furious manner.
"Stop, there is a fresh air and no-wash device there!"
Pointing to a small room at the entrance, Lu Kuan couldn't help but cover his nose.
It wasn't until the soma came in and out that the smell was taken away by the circulatory system, and I felt relieved.
"You guys go out first, Professor Lu and I will talk about something."
After leaving the other people in the laboratory, Sumo breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the large chair.
"What happened? You won't be attacked by a gas bomb, right?"
Lu Kuan smelled something bad.
He looked over hesitantly:
"I have to explain in advance that the recent experimental project schedule is full, and there is currently no manpower to develop new devices!"
"Of course I know that. Just stop talking and give me some time."
Without saying anything, Sumo opened the system and scanned it.
The light flickered, and after buffering for a few seconds, a slightly luxurious panel appeared in view.
[Name: Lu Kuan
Position: Tianyuan Territory Research Institute: Chief Professor; Dean
Template:Boxing Fans (Level: 10; Not advanced)
Attributes: Physique 8/Bone Strength 6/Brain Strength 10/Talent 10/Health 6 (Affected by special status, the currently displayed attributes are sojourner attributes)
Attributes of the original body: Physique 1/Bone strength 1/Brain strength 10/Talent 10/Health 1
Potential: 91-17 (an extraordinary genius who is destined to leave a mark in history and has an absolute understanding of the field of science and technology)
Number of times that can be strengthened: 7 (1 chance for strengthening is provided for every 10 points of potential)
Feature status:
Sojourn (grey): Sojourn in a special way of survival, the lifespan consumption speed is increased by 200%, and the potential is fixed -17
Longevity state (grey): Abandoning the physical way of survival, the life span is increased by 500%, and the life span consumption speed is increased by 300%
Easily fatigued (gray): Abandoning the physical way of obtaining energy, the energy consumption rate is 200%
Fear of death (grey): The length of life will affect the speed of thinking. The shorter the length, the slower the speed of thinking. Current: -14.7%
Leapfrog IQ (Blue): Has absolute mental talent, and increases thinking speed by 35%.
Aerospace Enthusiasts (Blue): When conducting research related to aircraft, the research speed will be greatly improved.
Bottleneck Wise Man (Purple): When a technical bottleneck is encountered during the research process, the IQ will increase according to the degree of the bottleneck.
Pioneer of Wisdom (Red; Locked): Born with excellent wisdom and keen insight, able to understand the nature of the world.
The learning speed is increased by 100%, the thinking link can be superimposed by +1, and the thinking speed is increased by 100%.
Affected by the sojourn status, it is currently under lockdown.
】
There are a total of eight characteristic states, three more than the lord Soma.
But there are four of them, all of which are gray characteristics.
"Gray seems to have negative bonuses?"
Soma was thoughtful.
Although Lu Kuan was reborn with the mark of the Demon Soul Clan, the way of giving up his body was not the right way after all.
Three of the four negative states are related to the way of sojourn, and one of them also reduces the potential value by a full 17 points, which is more than the full potential of Su Chan who has not been blessed!
The other four are one red, one purple and two blue.
Red's characteristic status was also affected by the sojourn, which weakened Lu Kuan's ability more than a little bit.
"However, the reduced potential of 74 points can still be upgraded seven times."
Sumo's eyes narrowed and he saw the new five consecutive upgrades appearing next to the single upgrade button.
Although it is not the tenth company, if Lu Kuan cannot reach the potential of over 100, it should be difficult for other people in the territory to reach this value.
If you click on your mind for five consecutive times, five hundred war points will be deducted.
The properties panel instantly blurred, and blue and purple began to flash alternately.
Is it a special reward for the fifth company?
Somo is a veteran gold-spending gamer, and he can tell the difference from ordinary upgrades at a glance.
Ordinary single draws have no guarantee, and you may draw gray or gold.
But there will be a minimum guarantee for the fifth company, that at least one of the five upgrade items will have a blue or purple bonus.
"I hope it won't be too ordinary."
Soma prayed silently, hoping that the newly emerged characteristics could eliminate the impact of the sojourn.
However, after waiting for about half a minute, the property panel gradually became clear.
Five upgraded rays of light jumped out one after another.
What makes people happy is that there is a purple color inside, with a little bit of scarlet, and it seems to be approaching the next level.
But when he looked back, he saw two lines of thick gray color, which immediately made Somo's heart tighten.
In addition, there is one blue and one white.
"It seems that Lu Kuan's luck is not that good."
Sumo thought to himself, and then realized that this might be the probability that ordinary people should have when upgrading.
And as far as luck is concerned, Lu Kuan, who only has one brain left, is indeed not lucky!
(End of chapter)
This chapter has been completed!