Starting from the folklore forum, making up town objects

Chapter 388 Adds New Exchange: Enhancement of Town-Suppressing Items

Regarding the choice of the second location for the Underworld, Chen Xin's idea was simple: it was the Yin-Yang region corresponding to the 'door' in the photo he held, which was the ancient town with a large number of faceless women and oil-paper umbrellas.

The reason for choosing this ancient town is that it is very large and has many buildings.

Although the Yinming region where Sanshan is located has a larger overall area than the ancient town, the only usable area is the area of ​​Sanshan Village.

And that ancient town, the entire area is a usable area!

Having learned from the experience of the Sanshan base, Chen Xin also took into account the number of houses when choosing a base.

As for the ghosts in the town, that's not a problem for Chen Xin now. The only problem is that the Bureau of Investigation actually knows the Yin-Yang region where the ancient town is located.

Therefore, if that ancient town is chosen as the second base, it will be inevitable that the Bureau of Investigation will discover it later.

But this was also on Chen Xin's mind.

The 'cooperation' between the underworld and the Bureau of Investigation will continue for a long time. Rather than letting the Bureau of Investigation suppress their curiosity, it's better to satisfy their curiosity directly!

Chen Xin could even provide some of the people in the Bureau of Investigation who meet the requirements of the Underworld with the right to rent a residence in the Underworld!
After all, the Bureau of Polling has limited manpower, and they cannot protect the families of all Bureau of Polling agents.

The qualification to reside in the underworld is definitely an attractive option for the agents of the Bureau of Investigation.

Chen Xin even believed that once this news was announced, he could directly turn a group of agents from the Bureau of Public Opinion Investigations to work for the Underworld!

After all, a major reason they joined the Bureau of Polling was for the benefits offered to the families of the Bureau's protection officers.

Compared to the protection offered by the Bureau of Investigation, the protection offered by the Underworld is clearly more secure!
After finalizing his plan, Chen Xin sent Yun Longtian, who had obtained the status of Inspector, back to his hometown.

"I wonder what the Bureau of Investigation will do after learning Yun Longtian's identity?"

Chen Xin smiled.

After wandering around for a while, Chen Xin went to the Three Mountains Garrison's quest board and exchange board.

Soon, two new redemption items appeared in the redemption section.

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[Strengthen the Statue]

Required merit: 100
Redemption conditions:

#1: Participated in the 'Netherworld Area Cleanup Mission' and gained more than 500 points of Yin Virtue during the mission.

#2: Two items are required.

Exchange Details: You can combine two protective items to create a new protective item. The new protective item has a chance to fuse the abilities of the two protective items, resulting in an ability that possesses the abilities of both protective items simultaneously. There is also a chance to reduce the effectiveness of the protective items' abilities.

This enhancement method is most effective for items of the Yin-Ji level. The effect is unstable for items above the Yin-Ji level. Please choose your items carefully before enhancing to avoid wasting your Yin-Ji merit.

Note: The enhancement effect is unknown, please use with caution!

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[Clear enhancement effects]

Required merit: 100
Exchange Details: Removes the enhancement effect of the talisman, restoring it to its original state after enhancement.

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Chen Xin did not intend to rearrange and combine the stitching effects of all the remaining untested talismans; he would leave that to the underworld officials.

The reason for doing this is that Chen Xin doesn't have many materials to make the talismans. Instead of issuing tasks to collect the materials, it's better to skip this step and let the underworld messengers make the talismans themselves before 'opening the blind boxes'.

Chen Xin only needs to provide the seam print during this process and then record the effect of the talisman after seaming.

As for why the option to remove the enhancement effect is provided, it's simply to leave the underworld messengers a way out.

It's conceivable that some of the underworld officials would be disbelieving in evil and would use the underworld general's protective charms to strengthen themselves.

If they had a lot of Yin Shuai Zhen items, that would be fine, but if they only had one or two, and the effect after stitching them together was worse, wouldn't they be doomed?

So Chen Xin offered a 'regret' option, but the 'regret medicine' wasn't free.

After adding the exchange items, Chen Xin turned his attention to the underworld officials who were completing the task of 'cleaning up the underworld area'.

The exchange program was in place, but it would be too slow to just wait for the underworld officials to discover it on their own. Therefore, Chen Xin had to facilitate this process.

After his consciousness flowed through many underworld messengers, Chen Xin finally settled on a few acquaintances.

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In a dark and shadowy area of ​​an old residential community, Bai Yongnian and Ji Mo were lying in wait inside room 103 of building number three.

At this moment, on the floor of room 103, not only were there four Yin General-level Candle Night Stone Towns, but thick smoke filled the air, making it impossible to see one's hand in front of one's face.

Only by lying on the ground and wearing gas masks could they avoid being exposed to the smoke.

The two had been in this position for five minutes.

Just as the two were getting anxious, the half-open door to room 103 was kicked open from the outside, and a flock of crows flew in and disappeared into the smoke.

Upon seeing the crow, both of them tensed up.

Immediately afterwards, they saw the hideous head outside the door with blood-red eyes and a mouthful of fangs.

The large head hesitated noticeably when it saw the smoke in the room, but soon its gaze fell on Bai Yongnian and the other person lying on the ground.

Immediately, the head, like putty, squeezed into the room from outside the door.

After the head entered the room, thick smoke swirled around it, slowly and steadily burning it.

But clearly, this speed is too slow.

Before the smoke could cause any real damage to the head, the head opened its huge mouth.

Immediately, all the thick smoke in the room rushed towards that head and into its mouth, and the smoke in the room visibly began to thin out.

At the same time, all the doors in Building 3 related to Room 4 were opened, and a faint smell of smoke drifted out of the rooms.

That human head actually directed the smoke into other rooms!
But Bai Yongnian and Ye Chang were not in a hurry. It seemed that they already knew what was going to happen. As they stood up from their prone position, four roosters rushed past them and headed straight for the head.

The first one went straight for the head's mouth, throwing itself entirely into that huge mouth.

Immediately, the suction disappeared, and the rooster blocked the big head's mouth.

The remaining three roosters rushed forward and tore at Big Head from the top, left, and right!
Just as Big Head was about to be killed by the four roosters and the smoke, Bai Yongnian and Ye Chang slammed the ashes in their hands into the other three walls of the room, except for the wall where the door was.

Before the ash bundle even reached the wall, the large head that was originally located at the doorway leaned back and disappeared the moment it touched the wall.

The four roosters' attack missed.

At the same time, a wounded, large head suddenly burst out from the left wall and headed straight for the four stone sculptures of the Candle Night Stone Town placed in the middle of the room.

But as soon as it appeared, it was hit by an ash bag that had been thrown at the wall beforehand, and then one ash bag after another came crashing down on it.

The ashes of the Yin-Hero-level Prosperity Basin seeped into the damaged area on the big head and were quickly burned away, but its momentum continued to surge forward.

Just as the giant head was less than two meters away from the four stone sculptures, two ropes suddenly sprang up from the ground where it had passed, tightly binding it to the spot.

Seconds later, his head was burned to ashes, turning into wisps of smoke that disappeared into the room's smoke.

Bai Yongnian and Ji Mo breathed a sigh of relief, but they didn't relax. They held the ash bag in their hands and stared at the four walls of the room.

Soon, their target appeared.

Two more large, intact heads!

As the ash bag was thrown, the two transformed into crows and took flight, each grabbing two reeds and tossing them at the two heads.

Just as the two heads were bound by reeds and the four roosters split into two groups to attack them, two more heads burst out from the other two walls.

In an instant, just four heads occupied a quarter of the room's hall!

Just then, the smoke that filled the room suddenly began to churn violently.

In the blink of an eye, a fiery crow tornado formed in the room!

The first two of the four large heads to appear were repeatedly struck by the fire crow tornado and instantly turned into fireballs and burned.

The other two large heads tried to retreat towards the back wall after seeing the Fire Crow Tornado appear, but they were quickly blocked by four roosters carrying ropes.

After those two heads were destroyed in the fire crow tornado, the fire crows in the room grabbed all the talismans in the room and rushed toward the door of room 103.

Just as the fire crow withdrew from the room, eight heads appeared on the four walls and charged menacingly toward the door.

There was only one door, and with eight heads vying for it, once they were outside, there wasn't a trace of crows left. Ten minutes later.

A flock of crows flew over the 'wall' on one side of the Sanshan encampment and landed on the ground.

After Bai Yongnian, Ji Mo, Ye Chang, and Nan Yuke appeared, they exchanged glances and smiled.

"Haha, finally took care of all five heads without any losses! Awesome!"

At the end of the season, he shouted.

No wonder he was excited. He had been on the "Cleanse the Underworld Area" mission for almost a week. He had made great progress on the first day, but after that, he, Bai Yongnian, and Ye Chang got stuck on those big heads.

If it were just a big head, that would be easy to solve.

The problem is that those heads seem to be communicating with each other via radio.

If the extermination isn't done fast enough, it will turn from one to two, four, or eight!
Their best performance was when the three of them killed three heads and withstood the attack of four heads, but were forced to reveal their stickers by the eight heads that followed.

One big head can earn 100 merits, three heads would be 300, but a sticker also costs 100... After all that, I didn't gain any merits and even lost a few Yin-level reeds!
Not worth the candle!

It wasn't until the three of them returned to the mortal world and practiced a few more reeds and candlestones near the Yin-Yang Rifts where ghosts and spirits gathered that they finally prepared to set off again.

In order to conquer that dark and mysterious area, Ye Chang also brought Nan Yuke into their team.

Although Nan Yu Ke only had a Yin Shuai-level reed, he was capable of many things with his Raven Feather Raincoat. So, after making some plans, the four of them went to that old neighborhood.

After nearly a day of adjustment, we finally managed to capture all five big heads!

Although 500 merits is not much, it means that they can follow this pattern in the future, accumulating 500 merits each time, which shows that the future is promising!
Of course, this is on the premise that no other changes occur in that old neighborhood.

"Let's go grab a drink after we collect our mission rewards. It's on me today, and there's plenty of high-quality Tusu wine at the Yin Marshal level!"

Ji Mo waved his hand and said.

The other three just smiled and headed towards the quest log together.

Just as Ji Mo received the 500 merits for this operation on behalf of the four-person team, he was taken aback.

"What do you think this is?"

The group crowded around and saw the line of text below the task description.

"The team has eliminated ten ferocious demons in the Yinming area. The reward is one [Suppressing Item Enhancement]. Please go to the redemption section to claim the reward."

"A protective charm? I've never seen this before."

As Ji Mo spoke, he and the others headed towards the exchange area, where they saw the option for "Enhancing Talismans".

"Huh, is there really one?"

Ji Mo exclaimed in surprise.

Bai Yongnian thought for a moment and said, "It seems that we have met the requirements, which is why this exchange option has appeared."

"Why don't you give it a try?"

After finishing his explanation at the end of the season, he discovered something.

The exchange could only be done once, but there were four of them.

After exchanging glances, Bai Yongnian said, "Let Nan Yuke make the exchange. With his improved strength, the four of us should be able to kill the evil spirits more quickly."

"Besides, it's only 100 units of Yin virtue. If it works well, we can give it a try."

Hearing Bai Yongnian say this, Ye Chang nodded and gestured for Nan Yuke to go up and exchange the item.

Nan Yu Ke looked embarrassed: "Then I'll shamelessly accept it for now. If I gain good karma later, I'll treat you to drinks!"

After saying that, Nan Yu Ke redeemed the [Item Enhancement].

Immediately afterwards, the text on the redemption panel changed.

"Please place the items you wish to enhance into the exchange window and specify the desired combination."

What does "combination method" mean?

Nan Yu Ke looked at the others, but the other three shook their heads.

"I don't know."

"Let's try it first."

Nan Yu Ke nodded, and then made a choice among the items on his body used to ward off evil spirits.

"Are they all from the underworld?"

Ye Chang glanced at the previous exchange description.

"It's safer to use a Yin Messenger of the Yin rank, but... you can choose a Yin Messenger who is about to be promoted."

Nan Yu Ke checked his protective artifacts. They were two Yin General-level artifacts: a reed and a candlestone. The candlestone was upgraded after he came to the Yin Netherworld.

The remaining items are reeds and a net sieve, which are used to ward off evil spirits.

But is it correct to put the reeds and the sieve in together?

Nan Yuke asked for other people's opinions.

Ji Mo suddenly spoke up: "It didn't say that we can't put the same kind of talisman in. Put two reeds in."

"Hmm? That's true!"

As he spoke, Nan Yu Ke picked out two reeds that had killed evil spirits and placed them into the exchange window.

"How long will this take?"

"I don't know. When playing games, you just press a button to upgrade equipment. It should be slower to upgrade items. I'll exchange for a jar of wine first."

As Ji Mo was about to head towards the exchange window, he saw a reed that had been thrown on the counter.

"Uh, this is... all enhanced?"

While Ji Mo was still in a daze, Nan Yu Ke had already obtained the reed.

"It seems to have gotten longer?"

Nan Yuke roughly measured it; it was nearly five meters long, as if two reeds had been joined together.

"Let's go give it a try. There are still some little devils in the river outside the camp. The camp doesn't allow us to exterminate them on a large scale, but we should be able to kill one or two without any problem."

As they spoke, the four of them went outside the camp together.

Soon, they found a vengeful ghost through the net.

Looking at the vengeful ghost, Nan Yuke threw the reeds away.

Although she had tried to dodge the ball many times before, Nan Yuke still failed this time.

The distance between the reeds and the vengeful ghost was more than half a meter.

Just as Nan Yu Ke was about to retrieve the reed, he saw the reed's head turn, break free from his grasp, and shoot towards the vengeful ghost.

In the blink of an eye, the vengeful ghost was bound by the reeds.

"what?"

Before the crowd's gasps of surprise had even subsided, they saw that the vengeful ghost, which had been bound for only five seconds, was gone!

Before this, when Yin-Yang level Wei Jiao dealt with a vengeful ghost, it would take at least ten seconds to bind it!

This change stirred something within all four of them.

Adding to the fact that it had actively sought out enemies from a distance of only half a meter, this enhanced Yin-type reed far exceeded their expectations.

Looking at the five-meter-long reed, Bai Yongnian and the other two exchanged glances and then made their move.

Ji Mo turned around first and headed straight for the exchange window, followed closely by Bai Yongnian and Ye Chang.

Nan Yu Ke happily put away the reeds before following the others.

Only 100 points of Yin Virtue are needed for one enhancement, and he still has plenty of reeds on him!
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P.S.: It's almost the end of the month, time to use up all my monthly votes!
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