Highway Survival for All: My RV's Infinite Evolution

Fragments of the God Emperor's Sword?

A hint of apprehension flashed in Albedo's eyes as she thoughtfully said:

"No wonder. Even from just a few broken fragments, the residual power within them felt like it could be purified at any moment. When this sword was intact, it was definitely a legendary item!"

The item tiers, from lowest to highest, are: Common, Rare, Perfect, Epic, Legendary, Mythical...

Epic-grade corresponds to Tier 7-9. Legendary-grade, above epic, represents demigod artifacts that touch upon the realm of "demigods"!

"Then how come such a powerful treasure is broken?" Jiang Qingyan tilted her head in confusion.

"I don't know," Lin Hui said, shrugging to indicate that he didn't know either.

At this moment, Liu Xi keenly noticed the blind spot and suddenly asked in a low voice, "So here's the question: why would that daughter of the God Emperor entrust you with such a valuable fragment of a semi-divine artifact?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Qingyan's gossip spirit instantly ignited. Her big eyes darted around Lin Hui, and she lowered her voice to say:

"Yeah, yeah! Boss, you wouldn't happen to be having an affair with that Star Shield City Lord, would you? Is this... your token of love?"

"What kind of token of love..." Lin Hui flicked Jiang Qingyan's forehead with his finger, annoyed. "What kind of nonsense are you thinking about all day long?"

"Ouch!" Jiang Qingyan covered her forehead and pouted, looking aggrieved.

Lin Hui explained, "Elena wants me to use the RV's cloaking ability to bury these three fragments at three designated coordinates!"

"Bury them?" Jiang Qingyan rubbed her forehead and chuckled, "So you're going to be doing hard labor, huh?"

In fact, when Lin Hui first learned about this task, he immediately refused.

But... Elena, that woman, understands Lin Hui too well. She knows perfectly well that there is nothing in this world that cannot be swayed by self-interest.

So she offered a deal: if the mission was completed, the Empire would pay an additional two Level 10 vehicle upgrade blueprints as a reward!

This was an irresistible temptation for Lin Hui, who urgently needed to upgrade his sub-vehicles and arm the core members of the Chamber of Commerce.

Therefore, Lin Hui immediately declared righteously, "For the safety of the empire, I, Lin, have an unshirkable duty!"

"Anyway, I don't plan to show my face for these seven days. I'll just treat it as driving you guys on a road trip in the wilderness in an invisible campervan," Lin Hui said with a smile.

In fact, when Lin Hui learned about the fragments of the God Emperor's Sword, another thought crossed his mind.

Didn't he have an agreement with the Supreme Council that he could take one treasure from the treasury for every stone statue he stole? Could he just take this fragment of the God Emperor's Sword as part of the treasure quota?

After all, this is a genuine fragment of a semi-divine artifact!

But when he made the request directly, Elena threw out a single sentence that instantly dispelled Lin Hui's idea.

Elena said, "Anyone who possesses the God Emperor's Sword for a long time, even a fragment, will be subtly influenced. They will become extremely loyal to the God Emperor, and their minds will be constantly filled with thoughts of praising him."

Upon hearing about this side effect, Lin Hui immediately backed down.

Although he was somewhat reluctant to part with this semi-divine artifact, Lin Hui did not want to become a fanatical, brainless fan who could only spread his arms and shout "Praise the God Emperor" every day!

As for why Elaine went to such lengths to have him bury those three fragments, she didn't hide it from Lin Hui.

This is a setup!

A deadly trap designed to lure out a potential "traitor" lurking within the Imperial High Council!

With this in mind, Lin Hui simultaneously sent the three coordinates given to him by Elena to Jiang Qingyan: "Qingyan, set up autopilot and proceed to these three coordinates in sequence."

"Okay, boss." Jiang Qingyan immediately got to work.

After giving his instructions, Lin Hui stood up and put the three fragments of the Divine Emperor's Sword into his alternate dimension.

"I'm going to enter another dimension."

After saying that, Lin Hui's figure vanished into thin air in the living room.

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In another dimension.

The vast, bright space was filled with all sorts of supplies and materials.

Lin Hui looked down at the fragments of the Divine Emperor's Sword.

The fragments of the Divine Emperor's Sword, which had been burning with golden flames, were extinguished instantly and fell to the ground with a few clangs, turning into three pieces of silver-white, crystal-like iron.

Seeing this, Lin Hui's lips curled up slightly.

In this alternate dimension, he is the sole ruler!

Not to mention legendary semi-divine artifact fragments, even the mythical [Brass Key] is lying obediently on the ground.

Lin Hui glanced at the brass key.

Ever since it opened the gray stone door leading to the temple in the Misty Town instance, this key has never emitted that unknown aura again.

Lin Hui would occasionally take it out to play with and study, and even try to recall how the rules of Misty Town differed from those of the outside world, but he still had no clue.

He could no longer actively use the brass key to summon the temple gate.

"Never mind that, let's get down to business!"

Lin Hui shook his head, put his mind at ease, and turned his gaze to the other side of the alternate dimension.

There, a small mountain of black metal had been piled up—6000 units of star iron!

It must be said that once the state apparatus is running at full capacity, its efficiency is terrifyingly high.

In just three days, the Empire not only mobilized its army, but also sent out a large number of players to collect 600 billion units of scrap iron from its territory!

Upgrading a Level 9 motorhome to Level 10 requires a total of 5200 units of advanced metal.

If Lin Hui only uses level 8 [Star Iron] to upgrade the RV, the current 6000 units are actually more than enough!

but......

People should always have dreams!

He wants to collect 52000 units of Star Iron, then synthesize a higher-level, level 9 rare metal, and then upgrade it!

Only in this way can the RV gain more powerful attributes after being upgraded to level 10!

However, there are also difficulties.

The scrap metal on Torres mainly comes from the countless remnants of the wars of the past century. We're currently in the early stages; the easier scrap metal has already been collected.

Even more troublesome is that there are more and more of those tentacled monsters in the wilderness these days.

Ordinary Imperial soldiers and players would be sent to their deaths if they went out to collect items. Each collection required the escort of high-level psionicists or mech squads, which greatly slowed down the collection speed.

According to Elena's estimate, it will take about 20 more days to clear out all the scrap metal with recycling value within the empire's territory.

"Twenty days? I can wait!" Lin Hui took a deep breath.

However, planning ahead is a habit of Lin Hui.

He slowly walked to the pile of 6000 units of star iron: "Although there's no rush to level up to 10, let's synthesize 1000 units of high-grade metal first and see the quality!"

The reason we didn't synthesize all 6000 units was just in case.

In case of any unforeseen circumstances while he's out these next few days, he can still keep these 5000 Star Iron units and upgrade his RV to level 10 at any time.

With that thought, Lin Hui waved his hand and directly separated 1000 units of star iron.

He gazed at the pile of star iron, which was as large as a small villa, and silently recited in his heart:

"System, synthesize!"

"Buzz!"

The next instant, the pile of star iron burst forth with a dazzling golden light!

The pile of star iron, the size of a villa, instantly disintegrated, turning into a sky full of pitch-black metallic ions with specks of starlight!

These metal ions, as if pulled by a black hole, begin to squeeze, recombine, and collapse against each other in mid-air!

[Consumable: 1000 Star Iron units!]

You have received 80 units of "Star Core Steel"!

[Critical Hit Triggered! You have obtained 20 units of Perfect-grade "Star Core Steel"!]

As the system notification sound faded, the dazzling light abruptly subsided.

Lin Hui looked closely and saw 100 pieces of deep black metal lying on the ground.

"Star Core Steel..."

Lin Hui's heart stirred, and he immediately brought up the attribute panel.

【Name: Star Core Steel】

[Type: Metal]

[Tier: Epic]

[Description 1: One of the Level 9 Rare Metals. This metal is forged from Star Iron through extreme gravity collapse and possesses a certain "mass anchoring" characteristic, making it immune to attacks from "planetary-level" antimatter annihilation weapons.]

[Introduction 2: Its physical properties (strong interaction force, hardness, toughness, density, etc.) are three times that of star iron! It possesses absolute corrosion resistance, absolute anti-toxicity, absolute radiation resistance, and absolute insulation. Its thermal conductivity is always 0, making it perfectly immune to all high-frequency oscillations and resonance attacks!]

[Additional Effect: Grants 10000 points of magic resistance!]

[Note: Perfect-grade Star Core Steel, 20000 points of magic resistance, and doubled physical attributes.]

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