Dota: Becoming a God Starting with Dragon Knight

Li Ming pointed to the inside of the hood and said, "Look here."

Elon leaned closer to look at it from left to right, and asked in confusion, "Everything is fine. The inscriptions are not broken, and the structure is intact."

Li Ming pointed to the middle and said, "No, I meant that."

In his eyes, a white, blurry figure was swaying back and forth inside the hood.

The ghostly image looked exactly like a phantom, like one with a cloth bag over its head. The two black holes at the top were its eyes, and its pointed lower body was tightly wrapped around a large piece of equipment in the center of the front of the car.

Elon still didn't understand. "What? There's nothing wrong with this equipment. What are you talking about?"

Lina then walked over and chimed in, "There's a faint magical fluctuation. What kind of magic circle did you use for this car?"

Airon became interested. "My cousin is interested in our self-developed Feng Shui element conversion array?"

Lina shook her head. "It looks alright, but the structure could be simplified and the efficiency could be improved. You can show it to me when you're done."

"With my cousin's help, she can definitely help us optimize this. Why don't you take a look now? There's something I've been thinking about here, could you simplify it a bit more?"

"Hmm... It's a standard spell circuit, but Grandmaster Roland recently developed a new energy transfer circuit that can increase efficiency by 30%."

......

Seeing the two of them discussing the improvement of the magic array as if no one else was around, Li Ming blinked, looked at the ghost in the hood, and thought that this world was indeed very magical.

"Can't they see the ghost?"

"Why am I the only one who can see this ghost?"

"Am I hallucinating?"

Li Ming sensed no danger from the ghost, meaning it wasn't powerful at all. Logically, others should have been able to see it too.

He wasn't quite sure who was at fault, but he couldn't say it outright, since he was a person with a system, and it wouldn't be good if the system was exposed.

He opened his senses and watched the goblins adjust the water car, eventually discovering the problem.

Water cars are made by altering the local temperature through magic arrays and using some magical means to transform water elements into gas elements. The accumulated gas elements then propel the vehicle through air pressure.

Once the air element reaches the rear of the vehicle, it will be transformed back into water element through a magic array.

Green and pollution-free, environmentally friendly and energy-saving.

The ghost, whom no one but him could see, prevented the transformation of water into air, thus preventing the entire process from taking place from the very beginning.

However, he didn't have any good ways to get rid of the ghosts, as it was obvious that these things were immune to physical damage.

You can't just burn it to death with a single burst of [Flame Aura], otherwise the car would be ruined too.

While he was thinking, he walked to the place where energy crystals were stored, where an elven guard stared at him sternly.

"May I take a look at this crystal?"

The guard did not answer, but instead turned his gaze to Cyril.

Cyril nodded.

The guard stepped aside to make way.

Li Ming picked up an energy crystal and gently rubbed it.

[High-energy crystal detected. Will it absorb?]

The system notification sound arrived as scheduled.

Li Ming was overjoyed, finally finding a way to increase gold coins besides killing monsters.

"The skull crystals of the skeleton soldiers we absorbed before were many times smaller than these crystals."

"If I absorb this crystal, I wonder how many more gold coins I'll gain?"

Thinking of this, Li Ming looked up and asked, "Brother Cyril, could you give me this energy crystal?"

Cyril thought for a moment. Although Moon Spring Crystal was a specialty of Moon Spring, it was an important commodity of the Elf Forest. Human nations and other races had bought a lot of it, so it was valuable, but it wasn't exactly a secret.

However, Li Ming seems to have a close relationship with Princess Lina, so giving her one wouldn't be a problem.

"Okay, consider it a personal gift from me to you."

"Hey~ I'm so sorry." Li Ming smiled and put the crystal into his pocket, letting the system absorb it.

Gold Coins +100

"Hmm? That's a bit little!" Li Ming muttered to himself.

This crystal is dozens of times larger than the silver skull crystal, yet the actual increase in gold coins after absorption is only 10 times.

He suspected the system was taking kickbacks, but he had no evidence.

"However, this crystal is worth 100 gold coins, which is not bad."

Although I was somewhat disappointed, the overall result was still very good.

His eyes lit up as he looked at the boxes of crystals.

According to Elon, each box contains a hundred crystals, and it would take about ten boxes to travel from this border reception to the royal court.

"How many gold coins would I get if I absorbed all of that?"

"100 times 100, then multiplied by 10, that's 100,000 gold coins! How much equipment can you buy with that?!"

He couldn't help but swallow hard, gazing at the image of himself wielding a level 5 red staff in each hand, instantly killing silver skeletons with a flick of his wrist; or turning golden skeletons into lambs, then wielding a holy sword in his left hand and a cannon in his right, slicing them to pieces with ease.

"Hey, hey~ I can only give you one, this thing is really expensive, one costs as much as my monthly salary!"

Seeing that Li Ming was still not satisfied with just one crystal and was greedily drooling over the box containing the crystal, Cyril quickly spoke up.

"Hehe, Brother Cyril, I won't let you send any more. Besides, you might not have even had to pay for the one you sent before."

He came up with a way to solve the car problem and make a fortune at the same time.

When they reached the water-powered car, Lina and Elon were still discussing technical issues. The two goblin engineers were busy around the car, still troubleshooting the problem.

"Hmm, you two, have you found the problem with the car?"

"Who?" The discussion was interrupted, and Airon was a little annoyed, but seeing it was Li Ming, he ultimately held back. "Little brother Li Ming, still haven't found him? What, can't wait any longer?"

"No, I just thought of a way that might help solve the problem."

"How do you solve this? Do you know what the problem is?" Airon grabbed Li Ming's shoulder with shining eyes.

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!!!"

"Sorry, I got a little carried away." Airon quickly released his grip. "Do you know what the problem is?"

"I wouldn't say I know, but I have some ideas." Li Ming thought for a moment but decided not to mention that he could see ghosts in computer cases.

"Let me make it clear first, I'm not sure if I can solve the problem, I just want to give it a try."

"Okay, you can try it. How do you do it? I can help you."

Seeing his unwavering confidence, Elon stepped aside with some skepticism, allowing Li Ming to stand beside the car.

Li Ming rubbed his hands together and said, "Um... I need to do some preparation."

"What preparations?"

"I have a tool that might help the car run properly, but it requires some energy, and I don't have enough here."

"If you could provide some energy crystals..."

"You want an energy crystal? One of those crystals that charge cars?" Airon looked at Li Ming as if he were a conman.

"right!"

How much do you want?

"About 30."

"Hiss—not that much." Elon breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that even if he was a conman, he was just a small-time conman, not very bold, and not much of a threat.

For my cousin's sake, spending a little money is no big deal. If it can help her see this person's true character, then it won't be a loss.