Global Games: Reporting the Great Ascension Stage at the Start

Meanwhile, outside Qingzhushan Market, Shen Hua was testing his natal magic weapon.

In the forest, with a thought, his natal flying sword, [Entropy Increase], suddenly left his body. Crimson flames surged, roaring out with billowing heat.

With a casual slash, the sword severed a withered tree as thick as a bowl. The broken end was charred and curled by the high temperature, emitting a burnt smell.

He then focused his attention on the flying sword, which immediately hummed and transformed into a crimson sword shadow, returning to his body and being absorbed into it.

"Hmm, not bad." Shen Hua said with his hands behind his back, a satisfied smile on his face.

He recently crafted many low-grade magic weapons of "spiritual essence" quality. In terms of power alone, the entropy increase is three points higher.

As for why you should forge a fire-type flying sword instead of other types, the reason is simple—the bosses guarding the scenes and missions are all intelligent machines.

Low-level intelligent machines are usually made of metal. Fire overcomes metal, so fire-type flying swords are the most lethal to them. The internal electronic components are easily short-circuited when exposed to high temperatures.

If it weren't for the mechanical factors, Shen Hua should have forged a wood-type flying sword, since he cultivates wood-type techniques and using a wood-type flying sword would maximize its power.

It's a pity about Jin Keming...

Wood-based entangling and poisonous attacks are completely ineffective against Omnics, so fire-based attacks are the only viable option.

……

After testing the flying sword, Shen Hua slowly returned to the market.

On the way, he checked his backpack.

The first three compartments of the backpack each contain a low-grade magic artifact, all of which are of "spiritual essence" quality.

The three magical artifacts are a shield, a spear, and a needle.

This is a fine product that he meticulously crafted.

With Shen Hua's current strength, he can only manipulate one magical artifact at a time.

But the problem is, the spiritual power in a magical artifact will eventually run out!

Shen Hua's own spiritual power was insufficient to support a magic weapon that had run out of spiritual power in combat, not even for a second. Therefore, he prepared three magic weapons as backup.

The shield is a wooden shield covered in green vines, primarily for defense;

The spear is a red fire-elemental black iron spear, primarily used for attacking targets;

The needle looks exactly like an embroidery needle, but it is a metal-type magical artifact with extremely strong piercing ability!

All three magical artifacts were specifically designed for intelligent machines.

Of course, it's also very effective against players and NPCs. Especially the golden needles, which can kill silently.

The fourth compartment of the backpack is a storage pocket.

Inside the storage bag were three mid-grade spirit stones, dozens of low-grade spirit stones, a dozen green Qi Gathering Pills, more than twenty low-level talismans, herbs, ores, and a whole bunch of other things.

This is what he has accumulated over the past month.

It can be said that Shen Hua's earnings in one month are equivalent to the accumulation of an average player's earnings over one or two years, or even several years.

But looking at the number of spirit stones in his backpack, an even bolder plan emerged in his mind.

"Should I try that?" he thought to himself.

"But..." Shen Hua hesitated again: "No one has ever done this before. Even I am like Yang Guo wearing a prosthetic leg—a complete novice. The probability of failure is very high."

"Failure will waste a lot of spirit stones, and also a lot of time."

"But it would be such a waste not to try..."

"Should we do it?"

"Forget it, I have plenty of spirit stones anyway, so I'll give it a try. Maybe it'll work! At worst, I'll just consider it as throwing away a hundred or two spirit stones, it won't hurt."

With this in mind, Shen Hua made up his mind.

After returning to his cave, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to his plan.

……

Five days later.

Five days from now, the major event of [Sect Recruitment] will be halfway through.

However, Shen Hua remained in his cave dwelling in Qingzhushan Market and did not leave.

Inside the weapon-refining room, he was intently manipulating a rudimentary puppet. In front of the puppet was a small alchemy furnace.

The puppet is a humanoid puppet made of black iron.

Shen Hua placed a low-grade spirit stone on its back, and the humanoid puppet immediately buzzed and raised its arm to hug the alchemy furnace.

However, its movements are stiff and sluggish, and its joints make a clicking sound.

Driven by the prohibition, it clumsily added spirit herb powder into the furnace with its left hand, while laboriously manipulating the [Fire Control Talisman] with its right.

But when it added the spirit herb powder, its hand trembled, and the entire packet of spirit herb powder fell into the alchemy furnace.

"Sigh, it failed as expected." Shen Hua sighed.

His "puppet alchemy plan" indeed failed.

Back when he first entered the game, Shen Hua had a very bold idea—to create a puppet that could refine medicine.

He can make medicine himself, but he's all alone, so he can't make money very quickly.

This is similar to how a top-tier chef in real life can indeed earn a lot of money, but his earning power certainly can't compare to that of a restaurant owner who has dozens of chefs under his command.

Therefore, Shen Hua thought about creating a puppet that could refine medicine, so that the puppet could refine medicine and make money for him.

The more puppets he has, the more money he earns.

In the end, he was able to break free, and even without practicing medicine, he would still have a steady stream of income.

But Shen Hua didn't dare to try.

Because this idea is truly unprecedented! There's absolutely no reference to it.

In my previous life, there were also puppets in the game, but they were all combat puppets. The competition was based on the amount of spiritual energy stored, the strength of spellcasting, and the speed of spellcasting. There was no requirement for the dexterity of the puppet's hands.

The most important aspects of his alchemy puppet are the dexterity of its hands and upper limbs, as well as its control over the timing of alchemy; this is a delicate task.

The previous Lieyang Empire had nothing to refer to, because the empire's elixirs were all mass-produced industrial products, not made by puppets.

Therefore, he wanted to create a "medicine-refining puppet," just as he put it, he was a complete novice, like Yang Guo wearing a prosthetic leg. This was a completely new field, unprecedented in history.

After five days of experimentation, Shen Hua spent dozens of spirit stones to create this black iron puppet, but as expected, it failed spectacularly.

The puppet is so clumsy that it can throw the medicine packet into the alchemy furnace even when it's just putting in some powder. How can it possibly refine any medicine?

The time to successfully refine the first batch of medicine is still far off, let alone the need for a 60% success rate to break even.

"Never mind, we can study it later." Shen Hua sighed.

He tidied up the weapon-refining room, throwing the puppet and the alchemy furnace into his storage bag.

Shen Hua is running out of time; the sect recruitment event ends in just five days.

It will take him three days to get to Jiaxian County, and he'll likely have to complete three more scenario-based missions along the way. If he doesn't leave now, it will be too late.

Therefore, he had no choice but to leave first, and he would study the "alchemy puppet" later.

……

After leaving his cave dwelling, Shen Hua walked alone on the streets of the market.

He prepared to bid farewell to Xu Lan and Ning Shi, the head of Wanzhen Pavilion, before setting off for Tan County.

Like Xu Lan, Ning Shi was already impressed by his talent for weapon crafting.

Shen Hua recently purchased refining materials and sold the refining magical artifacts at [Wanzhen Pavilion].

The Pavilion Master, Ning, was greatly amazed by his talent and gave him a lot of care, setting the highest price for recycling magical artifacts.

Therefore, before leaving, he had to say goodbye to both Xu Lan and Ning Shi to be considered to be in accordance with proper etiquette.