I gain permanent defense when attacked; even gods and demons can't hurt me.

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Gu Zhi nodded and made a note on the blueprint: "This is simple. I'll melt down your old equipment into a core and then nest it inside."

Lin Yuan continued, "Secondly, my shield has an active effect called [Thorn Counterattack]."

"Although I have a talent for true damage, it's a passive ability."

"I want to have a proactive way to deal damage using my high armor."

Koji nodded: "No problem. Although it's a bit difficult to forge, it's no challenge for me."

Lin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and raised the last, and most troublesome, question:

"The third is agility."

"As you can see, my agility attribute is pitifully low."

"Although I don't care about dodging, the movement speed is just too slow."

Koji pondered for a moment: "Movement speed, that is indeed a problem, a common weakness of heavy tanks."

"However, it's not a big problem."

"When the time comes, I'll add some high-level wind-attribute magic cores to the boots, or I'll enchant them with a [Thruster]-type skill so you can burst into a sprint in a short time."

A sly glint flashed in Gu Zhi's eyes: "If there are enough materials, I can even give your combat boots the ability to fly at low altitudes or perform gravity jumps!"

"That would be perfect!" Lin Yuan exclaimed with delight.

We finished discussing the equipment concept.

Lin Yuan suddenly recalled his experience in the dungeon and asked with some confusion:

"Right, ancient."

"I have another question."

"My [King's Force Field] works very well in dungeons."

"However, it was completely ineffective when facing the abyss monsters during the college entrance examination."

Why is that?

Although the omniscient and omnipotent had told him the reason, he also wanted to hear the divine craftsman's thoughts.

Upon hearing the word "abyss," Koji's smile faded slightly.

He put down his pen, his expression becoming somewhat serious: "Hehe, that's natural."

"Kid, you'd better remember this."

"The abyssal monsters are completely different from the projection monsters you usually fight in dungeons."

Gu Zhi explained, "The monsters in the dungeon, to put it simply, are data evolved from the rules, and they're there for you to level up."

"Their hate mechanism is rigid and they are easily ridiculed."

"But the Abyss, that is another real plane that has descended upon our world."

"Abyssal monsters are real beings with independent souls and wills!"

"Their life level and soul strength are far superior to those of dungeon monsters."

"Your [Ant Queen Set] is actually just a pseudo-gold-level set, it evolved from the bronze level all the way up."

"Its quality is still too low when facing those abyssal monsters from higher dimensions, especially those with high-level bloodlines."

"It's perfectly normal that your [King's Field] doesn't work, just like your [King's Field] doesn't work on us humans."

"As for why dungeons appeared after the era of universal job change arrived, and whether they are related to the Abyss," Gu Zhi shook his head, "the National Research Institute has not yet found a definite answer."

Some say it's the world's self-salvation, while others say it's a bigger conspiracy.

"These are too profound matters to concern us with right now."

"Oh, right."

Lin Yuan suddenly remembered.

Since Abyss materials are so important, it seems I have two good items in my inventory.

"Ancient, speaking of the abyss attribute."

"I have two more things here, I don't know if you'll need them."

talking.

Lin Yuan then pulled out two more items emanating an aura of the abyss from his storage space.

A heart as black as ink, exuding an aura of death.

A core that flickered with dark red lightning, seemingly containing violent energy.

Holy crap!!

Gu Zhi's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

He lunged forward, grabbing one in each hand, his beard trembling with excitement: "These are treasures!!"

"The color! The purity!!"

"This Necromancer's Heart is actually the heart of an Abyssal Bone Dragon! Its quality isn't much worse than the Heart of the Undead Lord you just took out!"

"And this power core—with it, the 'propulsion' and 'flight' functions I just mentioned will finally be available!!"

Gu Zhi chuckled and put the two items away: "You little rascal, you've been hiding so much stuff on you!"

"Now I'm even more confident!"

Seeing Gu Zhi's excited expression, Lin Yuan smiled as well.

Maximizing material utilization is the result he wants.

"Oh, right."

Gu Zhi carefully put away the materials, then suddenly a question occurred to him: "If you leave this [Ant King Set] with me to repair and upgrade its durability, how are you going to run dungeons next?"

Lin Yuan shook his head helplessly: "Then naturally we'll buy a set of gold-grade equipment as a backup."

"I just asked outside, and apparently a complete set of gold-grade equipment, excluding accessories, costs nearly 100 million."

Lin Yuan calculated his secret stash of money:

"Fortunately, the reward I received for being the top scorer in the college entrance examination, plus the money I earned from my trip to Azure Island and from running dungeons, is quite substantial."

Koji paused for a moment.

"etc."

"Don't rush to waste that money."

"Even a top-tier set of gold-grade equipment would be useless against your damage reflection talent in dungeons."

"Normal dungeons are fine; you can run them a few more times."

"But what if it's a raid, or you encounter a high-strength boss?"

"I estimate it will only happen once."

"After one use, it will have to be scrapped again."

"For others, spending tens of thousands of points or hundreds of millions of gold coins to buy gold equipment is called an investment, and it can be used for several years."

"But for you, equipment without automatic durability regeneration is just a consumable!"

"You're wasting so much money and points!"

You need to save your points!

"You can use it to enhance your divine equipment later, or as an undead material if you need it later."

"Spend money wisely, understand?"

Lin Yuan paused for a moment: "What does 'ancient' mean?"

"Wait."

Gu Zhi turned around and rummaged through the messy pile of junk for a while.

Finally, from a dusty box, they pulled out a set of armor that looked very heavy and was tan in color.

[Wearing Level: lv25]

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