From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 248: Improving Strength and Acquiring Inscription Materials (Please Subscribe)
During the return transmission process, all I saw before me was a void of darkness.

Lu Heng took advantage of the return process to check the attribute data.

【Name: Lu Heng】

[Level: Level 33]

[Qi and blood: 820/820]

[Source energy: 830/830]

【属性：力量82、敏捷105、体质82、精神83、感知82】

[Talent: Agile as a Dragon, Divine Evolution, Demon Hunter]

[Combat Class: Shadow Swordsman (Second Job)]

[Unfused Source: Void Blade (Third Turn)]

[Source Abilities: Shadow Walk, Rift Slash, Void Flash]

[Number of skill slots: 6]

[Skills: Thunder Prison, Divine Incarnation, Wind Walker, Bullet Time, Damage Retracement, Mind Control]

[Martial Arts: Swordsmanship (artistic level), Fighting (proficient level), Body Movement (artistic level)]

[Secondary occupation: Senior Quencher, Forging Assistant]

In this abyss battlefield, the level increased rapidly, the agility attribute exceeded 100, and the combat power soared to a higher level.

By choosing the second world quest reward, I obtained a C-level [Mind Control], and the number of skill slots increased from 5 to 6.

Recalling when I first awakened, I only had 3 skill slots, but now the number has doubled.

……

The transmission was completed and light gradually returned to my eyes.

Lu Heng moved his limbs to adapt to his physical condition after the teleportation, then opened his eyes and saw that Su Muyu and Lin Zeyu had also woken up.

Su Muyu rubbed his face, patted it, and released the Chongming bird out of the window for routine reconnaissance.

She has become accustomed to keeping the Chongming Bird on reconnaissance duty at all times, which not only ensures the safety of the surrounding area but also allows her to improve her proficiency.

Since the Double-headed Bird is already an A-level skill, the difficulty of practicing proficiency has increased a lot. Sometimes, even a whole day of scouting may not lead to an improvement in proficiency.

On the contrary, proficiency increases faster during combat.

After all, the Chongming bird is no longer the small reconnaissance eagle it once was. Its main task has changed from reconnaissance to combat.

"What did you choose for the world quest reward?" Lin Zeyu asked excitedly after opening his eyes. It was obvious that his reward was very good.

"I drew a skill." Lu Heng replied casually.

Lin Zeyu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Drawing skills to replace the original skills? That would be useless to you..."

Lu Heng's original skill set consisted of at least B-level skills, and they were all powerful skills suitable for him.

If the reward for world quests is to draw skills to replace the original skills, then it is really useless. If you want to draw a skill above level B, or a skill that suits you, the probability of this is too small.

Lu Heng denied it, "It's not a replacement, it's an additional skill."

Lin Zeyu suddenly glared: "You also added a skill? I thought my reward was the best."

He looked at Su Muyu again and asked, "What about you? What is the reward for Miss Su's world quest?"

Su Muyu shrugged and replied, "Increase the skill slot."

Lin Zeyu's eyes widened: "In the end, my reward is still the lowest! This is so unfair, why are your rewards always so good?"

Lu Heng didn't expect Su Muyu to get the best reward, so he asked, "Then you don't have seven skill slots?"

Su Muyu smiled and nodded, "Yes, seven skill slots. However, the skills are still six for now."

Generally speaking, increasing skill slots is the best reward among the world quest reward options.

Of course, if you are the chosen one and choose to draw skills, you can draw an A-level skill, which is a powerful skill suitable for yourself. It is equivalent to increasing the skill slot and giving away an A-level powerful crystal core.

However, such low-probability events cannot be used to evaluate the quality of rewards.

The best reward is still to increase the skill slot.

Once you have a skill slot, and then find a powerful skill crystal core through other channels to absorb, the improvement in combat power will be very obvious.

Lin Zeyu cupped his hands and said sarcastically, "You're still awesome, master with seven skills."

Lu Heng saw his smug expression just now and guessed that he must have drawn a good skill, so he asked curiously:

"What about you? What skills did you draw?"

Lin Zeyu started to show off again, flicking his hair and said proudly, "I was extremely lucky this time. The three random skills were all pretty good. In the end, I chose the B-level [Chameleon Ghillie Suit]."

A ghillie suit is a thatched-like garment worn by a sniper. It is difficult for ordinary people to discover a sniper while he lies in the grass wearing a ghillie suit.

Su Muyu was a little curious and asked, "Can the skill level of the ghillie suit also reach B level?"

Generally speaking, the level and effect of a skill are linked.

High-level skills usually have good effects.

Ghillie suits are a type of clothing that can be made by humans and are not too difficult to manufacture.

Of course, the color of the ghillie suit needs to be selected according to the concealed location.

Just by listening to the name of the skill, it feels like this skill cannot reach level B.

After all, Su Muyu's [Large Invisible Curtain·Escape Shadow] is only C-level.

However, after a fusion, although the skill level of her Invisibility Curtain skill is C-level, the skill effect is actually between C-level and B-level.

Recently, Su Muyu felt that the effect of the Invisibility Curtain skill was not enough.

She has already mastered this skill to its full proficiency, but it has not been upgraded because she has used up all her divine energy.

Lin Zeyu stood up, walked to the wall, and said, "I'm not sure how strong the effect is, let's try it now."

As he spoke, he activated the [Chameleon Ghillie Suit] skill, a layer of source energy covered his body, and then he blended into the environment.

In the eyes of Lu Heng and the others, he was completely invisible, and his color blended with the wall behind him.

Su Muyu raised his eyebrows, called back the Chongming Bird, and conducted a reconnaissance of Lin Zeyu's location, with a surprised expression on his face:

"This is not an invisibility effect."

The invisibility effect is to make the target become transparent through optical effects.

Under the detection of a sensory psychic, the effect of invisibility is not very good.

On the contrary, camouflage is sometimes more effective.

For example, Lu Heng used the Shapeshifting Orb to disguise himself as a blood demon and enter Blackrock City.

If you use the invisible state, it is almost impossible to sneak into Blackrock City.

After all, there must be sentient blood demons guarding key entrances such as the city gates.

The effect of [Chameleon Ghillie Suit] is not to make you invisible, but to disguise the body surface color to the color of the surrounding environment.

Therefore, under the perception of the perceiver, what is seen is a mass that blends into the environment.

Su Muyu commented: "I can see that there is a mass standing there, but I can't tell the difference in color. It blends into the wall. If you are lying in the grass, it is really hard to tell."

Lin Zeyu came out of his disguise, snapped his fingers, and said proudly, "Even Miss Su said she couldn't detect me, who else in the world can? I really did not choose the wrong skill. And it says on the skill that it blocks thermal imaging induction and also blocks smell."

"Move a little and see." Lu Heng reminded.

Lin Zeyu walked a few steps to the side.

In the eyes of the two, they could see a mass of thing moving. Although it was the same color as the surrounding environment, the color of the surrounding environment would change as it moved, and his skills needed to change accordingly. There would be a slight delay in this process of change.

"I see. This skill cannot be used while moving. If you move, you will be discovered. However, if you lie down, you cannot be discovered. It is actually very powerful." Su Muyu gave a relatively pertinent evaluation.

"As a sniper, you have to learn to lie down and not move. I think there's no problem with that." Lin Zeyu was not disappointed with the effect of the skill.

Moreover, he had a bolder idea and asked, "If this skill is upgraded, do you think it can be made so that it cannot be detected even when running?"

Lu Heng rolled his eyes and said, "Wait until you have mastered it to a certain level, then we'll talk about it in half a year."

"Wait, I will definitely practice this skill." Lin Zeyu came out of the ghillie suit camouflage state, clenched his fists, and was full of confidence.

Su Muyu smiled and said, "You practice slowly, I will upgrade my skills first. My proficiency in the invisibility curtain was full last month. I didn't have divine energy before, but now I can upgrade it."

"Close your eyes." Lu Heng held her palm and helped her unlock the skill lock of [Large Invisible Curtain·Shadow Escape].

Su Muyu has experienced several skill upgrades and is familiar with the steps. He introduces divine energy to start the upgrade.

After a few minutes, 600 points of divine energy were consumed and the skill was upgraded successfully.

Su Muyu pinched her chin and looked at the upgraded skill attributes while saying, "It seems a little different."

Lu Heng couldn't guess what this skill would upgrade to, so he asked, "What's the name of the skill?"

"Invisible force field."

Su Muyu said the name of the skill and then described the effect of the skill.

【Invisible Force Field】

[Skill level: B level]

[Skill consumption: 10 energy points/minute (Dragon Eye Gem Bracelet can reduce consumption by 10%)]

[Skill range: 30 meters in diameter]

[Skill Effect 1: Release source energy to create an invisible force field. Objects within the coverage of the invisible force field gain an invisible effect, isolating odors and electromagnetic signals.]

[Skill Effect 2: Perception Confrontation. When encountering a perception skill reconnaissance, a perception confrontation is conducted, and the information obtained by the opponent is determined by the perception attribute.]

Lu Heng knew something about this skill, because it was one of the three great skills among the B-level stealth skills.

Especially the effect of perception confrontation. If the perception attribute is high, you can directly crush the opponent.

This skill is one of the three magical skills among the B-level stealth skills, but it also has a drawback, that is, it is linked to the perception attribute.

In other words, the effectiveness of this skill when used by assassin-type psychics is relatively average.

Assassin skills generally have higher agility attributes, and their perception attributes are definitely not as good as those of perception-type psychics.

If an assassin-type psychic uses this skill, it will be difficult for him to defeat the perceiver in a perception confrontation.

Therefore, this skill is basically exclusive to auxiliary perceivers.

There are actually several types of auxiliary ability users.

In addition to perception-based assistance, there is also mental assistance.

Therefore, this skill is not suitable for all auxiliary systems.

Of course, even if this skill is used with the assistance of the psychic system, the effect is actually not bad, but the advantage is not that great when it comes to perception confrontation.

……

In this battle of Blackrock City, Su Muyu's source energy level has increased several levels and has reached level 32.

戴上【龙睛宝石手链】之后，她的五维属性达到了：力量75、敏捷77、体质77、精神91、感知83。

Among the 91 spiritual attributes, 9 points are added by the [Dragon Eye Gem Bracelet].

This bracelet is now priceless. After all, at this point in time, the Dragon Eye Gem should be the only one on Blue Star.

Su Muyu twisted the bracelet on her wrist with her fingers, feeling the circuit of the inscriptions on the dragon-eye gem, and could even match them one by one with the inscription illustrations she had memorized in her mind.

When Lin Zeyu saw the bracelet on Su Muyu's wrist, he jumped up and said, "I almost forgot. No, I have to go. I can't miss the opportunity to make a lot of money. I have to go back to buy inscription materials."

He opened the door and ran out, took out his cell phone and called the company's top executives. While waiting for the elevator, he shouted:
"Buy inscription materials. Don't worry about the price. Buy them all. As long as they are inscription materials, no matter the attributes or quality, I want them all. Buy them all. Buy them all."

From quenching materials to forging materials, we have made two big profits.

However, in recent months, the profits from collecting materials are not as great as before.

After all, other consortiums were not stupid. After the price of quenching materials soared, many consortiums also participated in the buying spree of forging materials.

The competition for inscription materials will only be more intense this time.

Especially now that all major consortiums are keeping an eye on the developments of Fire Emblem, basically whenever Fire Emblem makes any move, those consortiums will follow up immediately.

In order to avoid the attention of these consortiums, Lin Zeyu began to secretly look for people to purchase materials.

Even so, in less than three days, the price of inscription materials began to soar, basically changing every day.

……

After returning, Lu Heng and Su Muyu went home to spend two days with their parents. The two families lived close to each other and had dinner together.

In his spare time, Su Muyu would take the inscription pen and do some carving. At first, he carved stones.

She discovered that carving stones could also earn her the professional experience of an Apprentice Inscriber, but the progression was much slower.

The next night.

Lu Heng took her to Quenching Castle to practice her inscription skills, and asked Lin Zeyu to deliver the first batch of inscription materials he received.

Lin Zeyu came over with two suitcases and complained, "You don't know, the compradors are like crazy now. They take whatever I take, and they add a price to it, just like animals."

He opened two boxes and said, "I received a batch of inscription materials, but the price is not low. I estimate that the price of this material will increase."

Hearing what he said, Lu Heng smiled and said, "If someone follows suit and collects things without thinking, I can cut them to the point of insanity."

Lin Zeyu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "That's right. These chaebols buy whatever I buy. I buy a batch at a low price, and then sell it to these guys at a high price. But what do I use to harvest these beasts?"

"There are many things that can be used, such as batteries from the cyber world and black iron ore from the abyss world. You can get any of these." Lu Heng mentioned two things.

The batteries of the cyber world, if placed on the wasteland planet of the Sykes civilization, would be hard currency, a high-value item that could be used directly as currency.

There are also many batteries from the cyber world on Blue Planet.

After all, these batteries store a lot of energy and have high power efficiency, which is much better than batteries produced by humans.

The cyber battery, which is made of a brick, has a total energy storage capacity higher than the entire battery of Bluestar's current new energy vehicles.

Therefore, many people with special abilities have developed cyber batteries to transform existing new energy vehicles.

Judging from the use value of cyber batteries alone, it is very good, so there is a good market for it.

Since cyber batteries can only be obtained from the Abyss Battlefield at present, their prices are relatively high.

Lin Zeyu asked curiously: "The price of cyber batteries is quite high now. Can we use this to cut off those financial groups? Moreover, will the price of this thing really not skyrocket in the future?"

Lu Heng reminded: "The scientific and technological information we gave to the Academy of Sciences includes battery technology. Moreover, this is one of the most practical technologies available to humans and is a key project supported by the state.

“Therefore, our battery technology level will improve rapidly. There will definitely be a gap compared to cyber batteries, but the gap will continue to narrow, and the speed will be very fast.

"There is one more thing you should know. Everything that Daxia can produce, even the jewels in the crown of industry, will become dirt cheap, and those who can only produce jewels will become autistic."

Lin Zeyu gave a thumbs up and said, "I understand. Cyber ​​Battery will definitely drop in value in the future. I will start acquiring Cyber ​​Battery when I return and severely cut off those financial groups, making them keep an eye on me every day."

After a few casual chats, the two had already come up with a "vicious plan" to reap the benefits of the consortium.

While the two were discussing the "evil plan", Su Muyu was concentrating on sorting the inscription materials.

All these inscription materials were piled together without being classified by attributes or quality, so it was very troublesome to find them when they were needed.

She sorted them all and put them in small boxes.

Seeing that he had almost finished sorting, Lu Heng said, "All these materials are for you to upgrade your secondary profession skills. Use them as much as possible. You can try to sell the gems that come out of the inscriptions. It's best if you can break even. It doesn't matter if you lose money. First upgrade your secondary profession, and the income will increase later."

Inscriptionists and tempering masters are quite different.

The quenching engineer can accept business orders and ask customers to provide materials.

Inscription masters basically spend money to collect materials, and then consume the materials to upgrade their skills.

Therefore, the inscription master is more expensive in the early stage.

"Okay, I'll try my best to keep the income and expenditure balanced." Su Muyu was very persistent in this regard.

She is used to being frugal, so she always feels painful when she is asked to spend money to improve her skills.

So, in her free time these two days, she has been thinking about how to upgrade the inscription master's skills in the most economical way.

Among the group of psychics, offensive weapons, equipment, skills, and gems are always the most expensive.

It doesn’t matter whether the actual combat effect is good or not. In short, attack-type products are expensive, unreasonably expensive.

So Su Muyu has been practicing engraving inscriptions to increase the power of fire, lightning, shadow and other attributes these days.

After she sorted the materials, she held them up and said, "Then I'll go find a place to work."

"Go ahead. I also need to go talk to Master Guru about forging weapons."

Lu Heng stood up and took the Purgatory Dragon Horn and other forging materials to find Master Gollum to discuss the three forging plans for the Aurora Blade.

(End of this chapter)