Forbidden Nightmare

Chapter 143 Special Exchange, Alchemy Blind Box

【Ordinary exchange list】

【…】

[Accessory: Listener Butterfly Badge, Cost -400]

[Accessory: Monocle of the Father of Dolls, cost -300]

【…】

[Summoned creature: Housekeeping type mechanical doll, cost -75]

[Summon: Guard-type mechanical puppet, cost -150]

【…】

【Listener Butterfly Brooch】

【Type: Accessory/Chest】

[Quality: Rare]

[Rating: 68/100]

[Details: A chest ornament unique to the listener, in the shape of a butterfly-shaped blue brooch. Wearing it on the chest can unleash the unique ability of the ornament - listening to whispers.]

[Listen to Whisper: You will consume a certain amount of mental energy to condense an ego butterfly, which will follow the designated friendly target or ordinary target, sense the situation near the target, and communicate with the target through the butterfly regardless of distance.]

[Note: Ego Butterfly does not have the ability to hide and cannot follow hostile targets.]

[Note: It turns out that I am that drunk butterfly~]

Li Nanke is now very wealthy, and when he saw that the 'Listener Butterfly Brooch' had very good functionality and could be called a youthful version of Sophia, he exchanged it without hesitation.

He put the butterfly brooch on the chest of his shirt and tried to use the 'whisper listening' function.

A deep blue butterfly appeared out of nowhere, leaving a star-like flight trail as it flapped its wings. It looked quite eye-catching. No wonder it was said that it was unable to follow the hostile target.

He controlled the butterfly and made it land on Pinocchio's shoulder. When the butterfly stayed still, it was difficult to detect.

"Pinocchio, can you hear me?"

Li Nanke kept his mouth tightly shut and said nothing. The slight whisper came from his self-like Su Butterfly.

The puppet boy couldn't help but widen his eyes. This was the ability of Sophia the Listener!
Even though Li Nanke had already explained to him the magic of the Great Other Shore, he still couldn't help but marvel at it after seeing it with his own eyes.

Li Nanke closed his eyes and concentrated...

Suddenly, his vision changed. Although his eyes were closed, he could clearly see the surrounding scenes.

This does not come from one's own visual perception, but from observing everything from the perspective of the ego butterfly.

After Pinocchio moved away from him, Li Nanke could still observe him, as if he was using a surveillance satellite to track and monitor him regardless of distance, and he could also communicate with the target at any time.

"It works well."

After careful consideration, Li Nanke then exchanged for the 'Monocle of the Puppet Father'.

【Monocle of the Doll Father】

【Type: Accessories/Eyes】

【Quality: Excellent+】

[Rating: 59/100]

[Details: This is a unique alchemical item from the puppet father, Geppetto. Wearing this pair of glasses when you have the main substance of 'alchemical' can help you increase the success rate of making alchemical items. ]

[Note: You are now a mature Amon, it is time to learn how to wear your monocle by yourself. ]

There were still 150 points of exchange fees and 563 self-element crystals left. He did not continue to exchange the normal list, nor did he use the exchange fees to strengthen his weapons. Instead, he saved the money to open the special list.

I think the three special exchange privileges can get me a lot of good things.

【Special Exchange List】

[Weapon: Phantom of the Night Scythe]

[Weapon: Thunder Judgment Greatsword]

[Weapon: Blood Sword]

[Props: Ego Infusion Device]

[Features: Petrification]

[Trait: Rage]

[Trait: Thunder]

【Main quality: tracking】

[Summon: Violence-Suppression Doll - Guardian]

[Summoned Creature: Supervisor Doll - King's Flame]

[Summon: Puppet King - Romeo]

[Vehicle: Super Giant Doll - War Machine]

[Trait: Listening (cannot be exchanged if relevant conditions are not met)]

[Trait: Mind Reading (Cannot be redeemed if relevant conditions are not met)]

[Trait: Wish (cannot be exchanged if relevant conditions are not met)]

[Trait: Ego Tide (cannot be exchanged if relevant conditions are not met)]

[Main material: Stars (cannot be exchanged if relevant conditions are not met)]

[Summoned Item: Nameless Doll (Cannot be exchanged if relevant conditions are not met)]

[Summoned creature: Ancient higher life form (cannot be exchanged if relevant conditions are not met)]

【…】

There are so many good things in the special list, including weapons, accessories, traits, summons, and vehicles.

Many high-value redemption items have been unlocked, such as Romeo the King of Puppetry and the Super Giant Puppet War Machine.

However, several summons in the list are not permanent summons, but temporary summons. They do not have growth potential and cannot be resurrected after death.

The super giant puppet war machine is a vehicle. Items like vehicles are similar to permanent summons. Even if it is completely damaged in the forbidden dream, it can be repaired and reassembled by spending a certain amount of exchange points.

Li Nanke carefully browsed through the several traits that could be exchanged.

Petrification and rage are both bestial traits. The former is a first-level trait, with emerald green crystals growing all over the body to increase defense capabilities. The latter is a second-level trait, which can be roughly understood as becoming like the champion Victor, with muscles all over the body swelling wildly and becoming a muscular monster similar to the Hulk.

Thunder is a second-level human trait and the ability of the Complete One Laxia. It is equivalent to an enhanced version of Breath of Fire. It can drive the self-element to transform into golden thunder, and it can exert a more powerful power when combined with the Thunder Judgment Greatsword.

After obtaining the 'Thunder' trait, you can use the 'Thunder Judgment Greatsword' normally.

Li Nanke is quite fond of this weapon, not only because of the cool appearance of the giant sword, but also because it can be transformed into a spear with a longer attack range, which has very strong functionality.

Although the bloody hammer is fierce, when dealing with some large enemies, the blunt weapon is not as lethal as the sharp weapon.

The remaining 'tracking' is a first-order main substance, belonging to the professional school of trackers, which is very lame...

He chose 'Thunder' and 'Thunder Judgment Greatsword'.

[Trait: Thunder]

[Subordinate: Humanity]

[Rank: 2th rank]

[Level: 0/10]

[Details: This trait can add a lightning effect to your melee weapon, making it more lethal.]

[As the level of this trait increases, the lethality of thunder will continue to increase. When the trait reaches the maximum level, using the trait in open terrain will consume a lot of mental energy, allowing the weapon to gain the blessing of thunder from the sky, and possess extremely terrifying lethality.] [Note: At this moment... the time of annihilation!]

The last exchange quota is between the vehicle "War Machine" and the item "Ego Infusion Device".

The 'Ego Infusion Device' is a smaller and weaker version of the device on top of the round tower on the Alchemy Island. It is a one-time consumable item that can dramatically increase the user's overall strength in a short period of time. It is an important item that can save lives at critical moments.

After careful consideration, Li Nanke gave up the war machine.

This vehicle is too large to adapt to many indoor combat terrains.

The War Machine is still quite capable now, but this vehicle will probably not be able to keep up with the growth of Li Nanke and Pinocchio, and it will probably be eliminated soon.

【Ego element infusion device】

[Type: Props/Consumables]

[Quality: precious]

[Rating: 37/100]

[Details: A unique device made with alchemy, which contains a large amount of free ego element. When the item is used, the ego element can be injected into the user's body, rapidly enhancing the user's abilities, allowing the user to gain a great improvement in strength in a short period of time.]

[Note: When the self-strengthening state disappears, the user will enter a 'weak' state for two hours, and all abilities will be weakened by 50%]

"Unfortunately, the main substance 'Star' and the summoned object 'Ancient Higher Life Form' will probably have to complete another hidden node before they can be unlocked..."

After completing the exchange options, Li Nanke still had some exchange fees and a lot of self-element crystals left.

These things are reserved for the main substance 'alchemy', and he wants to try to make alchemical items himself.

Acquiring the 'alchemical' essence not only raised the upper limit of his mental power, but also gave him the ability to analyze the properties of alchemical materials.

In terms of talent and ability, he has become an alchemy apprentice, but in reality he is not.

Because alchemy is a complex and profound science from another world, it requires a lot of knowledge as a foundation.

It's like having the strength to move bricks, but without the knowledge and skills to build a house, it's impossible to build a tall building.

The Alchemist's Cube solves this problem very well. It can randomly generate house building blueprints and consume its own crystals to generate relevant concrete, steel bars, cement, bricks and other building materials according to the blueprints. Finally, it can be synthesized with one click, skipping the house building steps and directly building a high-rise building from the ground.

"Think about it from another angle. If I don't have the cube, then the alchemical substance won't work. I only have the title of alchemist, but I don't have any relevant knowledge. It's impossible for me to create alchemical items."

Now that Pinocchio has inherited some of Carlo's memories and knows a lot of alchemy knowledge, Li Nanke can learn from his own summoned creature.

But he felt that since the essence could be defined as a profession or a school, he should be able to become a true alchemist relying solely on the essence itself.

Li Nanke tried to inject source energy into the alchemical substance.

【Main substance: Alchemy】

[Level: Level 0 → Level 2 (23%)]

由于李南柯未获得0阶与1阶人性主质，导致二阶的炼金主质等级上限提升为30级，前二十级相当于是为0阶与1阶人性主质补票。

This also means that the source energy consumed to upgrade the main essence to the next level is extremely small. Li Nanke has been carefully controlling the injection, thinking of upgrading it to the next level first to see how it goes, but he still injected too much in a flash.

At the moment when the main substance alchemy was upgraded, a knowledge memory poured into my mind out of thin air...

[The cornerstone of alchemy is the theory of the four elements. All things in the world are composed of four basic element particles: earth, water, fire, and air, in different proportions.]

[Each element has unique properties. Earth: stable, heavy, cold and dry, representing the substance and foundation of matter. Water: flowing, moist, cold and soft, symbolizing emotions and subconsciousness. Fire: active, hot and dry, representing vitality and passion. Air: light, hot and moist, symbolizing spirit and thought...]

[Through the balance and harmony of these elements, all things in the world can be created. However, there is also a universal life energy in the universe, called 'prana' or 'spiritual force', which runs through all living things and is the key link for all things to connect with each other and be used for alchemical reorganization...]

【…】

The basic alchemical knowledge was forcibly poured into his mind, filling it with cramming. Moreover, the memory was so deeply engraved that it was difficult to forget, as if he had read and recited it thousands of times.

"Sure enough."

Li Nanke's judgment was correct. By upgrading the main substance of 'alchemy', he could acquire a large amount of theoretical knowledge about alchemy and become a true alchemist.

There is not much basic knowledge available nowadays. It seems that because the main substance of alchemy is divided into thirty levels, the related knowledge is also divided into thirty parts with different proportions. By upgrading from the shallower to the deeper step by step, you can become an alchemy master like Geppetto and Simon.

“Human nature’s subordination…seems to be reduced to skill and knowledge.”

Whether it was the previous armament, breath of fire, waterfall of fire or frenzy, or the thunder obtained now, they all seemed to belong to extraordinary skills, and the main substance alchemy belonged to an entire system of extraordinary knowledge, which of course also included extraordinary skills, such as analyzing the composition of elemental particles.

After obtaining the alchemical substance, Li Nanke's understanding of the subordination of human nature became more profound.

He pulled out the alchemist's cube and began experimenting with creating alchemical items.

The three functions of prayer are synthesis, creation and acquisition. The first thing to do is to obtain the third blueprint.

Alchemical substances can help him acquire theoretical knowledge, but the actual manufacturing of items requires continuous experimentation based on existing knowledge. It is difficult to research any advanced stuff by one person alone. The cube omits this step for him, and he can directly open the blind box to obtain the blueprint.

The acquisition is divided into different stages, which require the consumption of self-element crystals, namely one hundred, two hundred, five hundred, one thousand, and the final unlimited injection.

"Lottery... I'm familiar with this."

If Li Nanke exchanged all the exchange points for self-element crystals, he would have 700 pieces to consume.

He put a hundred azure crystals into the cube and started the lottery.

In an instant, the self-crystal stone turned into a dazzling blue light, enveloping the entire cube.

When the light faded, a strange secret recipe called "Stimulus Potion" came into his mind.

[Stimulant Recipe]

【Type: Secret recipe】

[Quality: Ordinary+]

[Rating: 55/100]

[Details: It can make the user excited within two hours, continuously congest the key organs, and slightly improve physical strength and endurance. ]

[Specific formula: precious gold powder - 1 gram, dragon blood tree resin - 5 grams, amethyst powder - 3 grams, silver leaf extract - 5 milliliters, moonstone powder - 1 gram, distilled water - 100 milliliters. ]

【Manufacturing process: ……】

[Note: You may not need it, but many people need it! ]

"..." Li Nanke was speechless.

The materials required to make stimulant potions are all on the exchange list, and the prices are very cheap. The cost of making the potion is less than ten points, and there is almost no possibility of manufacturing failure.

But he doesn't need this Viagra potion from the alchemy world...

"Come again!"

Another hundred self-element crystals went down, and a blue light flashed slightly.

Li Nanke got the secret recipe for the "Fireball Scroll". After tearing open the scroll, he can release a small fireball with weak lethality to the enemy...

It's also useless garbage.

Pinocchio, who was standing by, had a complicated look on his face, and couldn't help but advise, "Boss, why don't you try putting some more Ego Crystals in there?"

Pinocchio is now familiar with the theoretical knowledge of alchemy, as well as some common sense of alchemy, so of course he recognizes the cube.

The cube is the treasure of ancient alchemists. Legend has it that there are many precious drawings sealed inside it. The more you invest, the greater the probability of getting a precious drawing in return.

Betting 100 billion like Li Nanke is just gambling on his good character.

But it turned out that the boss's luck was not very good.

As he was speaking, Li Nanke threw in another hundred crystals.

Pinocchio opened his mouth and then closed it again.

He thought the boss would be expressionless like he had been the previous two times and draw something worthless, but the cube vibrated and shook a few times, and suddenly burst into a dazzling light.

Li Nanke raised his eyebrows and blurted out:
"It's shipped!"

(End of this chapter)