A certain American comic book's secondary profession master

Chapter 82 Gemology

The Black Void is a thing that can bring the dead back to life, control souls, and is basically unkillable, only able to be sealed.

Li Wei guessed that it was most likely from the Hell dimension.

Of course, other dimensions are not impossible either.

Anyway, this kind of thing is really troublesome.

Li Wei himself didn't want to get involved.

But S.H.I.E.L.D. was courting disaster, and Levi couldn't stop them, nor did he want to.

Instead of wasting time and energy, you might as well continue to improve your professional skills.

So the next day, when Tony went to the Carter Group for a meeting, Levi continued to hone his skills.

As for recruiting Bronsky and Zemo, there's no rush. Both of them are in Europe, and Levi has already arranged for Frank, who is already in Europe, to go and find them. Once they've made an appointment, Levi can be notified to send them there via teleportation.

There was no need for Li Wei to personally arrange the meeting.

Inside the workshop, with the last part installed, Levi finally completed a new engineering item: the Space Ripper (nobody knows where it will send you). Uses: 1 (repeated use requires reinstalling the Big Bomb!).
His engineering skill level has reached 265.

In the game, this device is called the Space Ripper: Everlook.

After use, it can teleport the player character to Everlook in the game. It belongs to the Goblin Engineering technology.

Correspondingly, there is a technology belonging to gnome engineering called the Safe Teleporter: Gadgetzan, which can teleport player characters to the location Gadgetzan.

Both belong to fixed-point teleportation.

But as players know, the reason for the fixed location is that both locations have a machine that looks like an "elevator".

That is actually a space positioning device that is used in conjunction with the space ripper and the safety transmitter.

In the real world, obviously no one would provide Li Wei with the corresponding equipment unless he made it himself.

Thus, the space tearer that was created became what is shown now.

Not only is the destination unknown, but it also requires reloading to be reused. The large bomb that needs to be reloaded is another engineering item and one of the main materials for the space ripper.

So this giant bomb is actually the energy source for the space ripper?

Using bombs as an energy source, that's typical goblin technology.

But where will this thing be sent after it's used?
Li Wei couldn't help but recall his experiences with "teleportation errors" when playing games in his previous life.

Tsk, why am I getting a little itchy?
Fortunately, reality is not a game, and Li Wei's rationality prevailed over his curiosity.

They didn't actually do anything reckless.

Setting that thing aside, Li Wei began working on his next engineering project—the Dwarf Engineering Alarm Robot.

These are the same as the dungeons in the game, the alarm robots in Gnomeregan.

Just thinking about those repeated "alarms, alarms" makes Li Wei shudder.

However, for the sake of game balance, this thing has been weakened in the engineering that players can create.

It can only last for a maximum of two minutes before turning into a pile of scrap metal.

However, in the real world, this limitation is gone, and instead, it can operate for 24 hours in non-alarm mode and can continue to be used after being recharged.

It also has functions such as permission entry and cruise route tracking.

This thing can patrol along a set route and scan for humanoid creatures within a 20-meter radius. If it detects someone whose identity is not registered in the system, it will issue an alarm.

It looks pretty good.

Li Wei then began to take action.

Because we had plenty of materials, and one set of materials could make two.

So Li Wei did it, making ten sets of twenty, and his Engineering skill reached 275 points.

It's quite amusing to watch the alarm robots swaying around me.

Twenty robots, with patrol routes set up, are enough to cover the entire alliance headquarters. After finishing these robots, Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief, preparing to try a different profession and have a change of pace.

So I started looking through the skill list.

The result was that, so far, it's the only skill that I haven't practiced at all.

Gemology.

He stroked his chin and immediately got to work.

Then I went to the materials room next door and started getting the materials.

Although I haven't studied jewelry science yet, I've already collected quite a few materials.

Moreover, some low-grade materials are not as expensive as Li Wei thought—he mainly didn't know before and always thought that jewelry must be expensive.

It turned out that after some investigation, I learned that ordinary jewelry raw materials are not worth much at all.

I won't go into the basic metallic materials.

Take primary gemstones as an example. Tiger's eye, which is called tiger's eye in reality, is a type of quartz gemstone. It is very cheap, with unprocessed tiger's eye costing only a dozen yuan per kilogram... after all, its main component is silicon dioxide.

Even gem-quality tiger's eye stones aren't much more expensive.

Malachite is another example. Its main component is carbonate, and it is commonly found as a by-product of copper mines. It is also very inexpensive.

Shadowstone—which is actually amethyst in real life.

Lustrous small pearls? They are actually freshwater pearls. Unless they are particularly large, they are sold by weight.

Green agate, but this isn't actually green agate; it's green chalcedony, mainly produced in Australia—just looking at its origin tells you it won't be expensive.

Secondary moonstone—also known as moonstone or feldspar—is a relatively inexpensive type of jewelry.

Jadeite – While good jadeite is priceless, lower-grade jadeite is not expensive.

Yellow quartz and green quartz are slightly more expensive than the above, but only slightly more expensive.

Li Wei purchased these "jewelry" materials by the kilogram.

It is only when it comes to gemstones of the ruby, sapphire, and cat's eye level that they become expensive, and the requirements for their quality also become higher.

Another important gem in the game, Arcane Crystal, was found to have a real-world substitute by Li Wei through system comparison – rutile, also known as titanium crystal, which is a relatively precious type of crystal.

However, with the financial backing of the Stark Group, these are not major problems.

"Mr. Lee, Mr. Stark requests entry!" Jarvis's voice rang out just as Levi began to bury himself in the jewelry.

"Let him in!" Li Wei said without looking up.

"Is the meeting over?" Li Wei asked. "How did the talks go?"

"Not good at all. S.H.I.E.L.D. is too greedy. They actually want half of the Dragonbone share. Are you kidding me!" Tony said with great dissatisfaction.

This is America. If he bought that land, it means that what's underground is also his. Why should S.H.I.E.L.D. take half of it without any explanation?
Dream on!

“That’s normal. That’s just how S.H.I.E.L.D. is. We’ll take our time talking. We’re not the ones in a rush!” Li Wei said without looking up, continuing his work.

"What are you making now? Rings? Necklaces? Which girl have you got your eye on? Wait, if I'm not mistaken, this material is copper, right? You're actually planning to use such cheap handmade items to woo a girl?" Tony was stunned when he saw the pile of necklaces and rings on Levi's table.

"...Try it on." Li Wei smiled and tossed him a tiger's eye ring.

Tony put on the ring with a puzzled look.

"Huh? I feel like I'm a little stronger. Is this the effect of this ring? Is this magical equipment?" Tony's eyes lit up.

"Yes, but they're all just low-level equipment, for practice!" Li Wei replied, casually disassembling the necklaces and rings one by one with enchantment magic.

"Then what is this?" Tony asked, noticing the space-tearing device nearby.

"Don't touch it!!!!"

(End of this chapter)