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"For Sale: 95% Efficiency Puppet Heart, Link Rune Upgrade at Low Price?"

Adonis also saw the sign and exchanged a glance with Johnson.

"95% efficiency? That's a lie, isn't it?"

"Never mind that for now, let's ask about the price."

So the two of them stepped forward, pointed to the sign, and asked, "Is it really 95% efficient?"

The little girl at the stall nodded quickly: "Of course, I'll give you a full refund if it's even 1% less. Besides being 95% more efficient, it also reduces waste by 50% and can extend the product's lifespan by at least 5 years!"

Adonis said, "It looks fake. How could such a low-level Puppet Heart achieve such high output efficiency?"

Johnson examined the Puppet Heart carefully, sensed its attributes, and said regretfully, "It looks quite efficient, but unfortunately, I don't have lightning affinity, or rather, earth affinity, so I can't use it."

As he spoke, he looked at the last line of text on the sign, "You can even upgrade the link device?"

"Of course! The upgraded link device can make the Puppet Heart at least 80% efficient. You can try it if you don't believe me."

Seeing that Johnson looked interested, Adonis quickly said, "Don't actually try it! The connection device may not be that important, but if it's tampered with, and your command output gets stuck at a crucial moment, that could be fatal!"

"Hey, you're overthinking it. If there's anything wrong with the linking device, you'll feel it when you're controlling the puppet. Unless you can hack into the core of the puppet's heart through the linking device, I don't think we need to let such a powerful puppeteer use that method against us."

As he spoke, Johnson pointed to his head and said, "I have a strong feeling that I can give it a try, and I guarantee I won't lose out."

After saying that, he summoned his puppet before Adonis could stop him.

"This puppet has been used to the second tier without any proper refinement of its puppet heart. Its efficiency was usable at the first tier, but at the second tier it's seriously hindering me. Miss, you really need to refine it properly."

"No problem, but please take out the Heart of the Puppet. If I try to take it, it will automatically counterattack."

Seeing that the business was finally about to open, Celia handed over the disassembly tools.

Johnson took the tools, removed the puppet's heart, and handed it to Celia.

With a bright smile, the girl skillfully disassembled the linking device, placed the puppet heart aside, took out a carving knife, and began to carefully modify the linking device.

As the first customer, Celia took it very seriously, using all the knowledge she had learned, and even seeking help from Ross in some places, all in order to improve efficiency and minimize losses.

Ten minutes later, the rune modification was completed. As the final stream of magic was input into the linking device, the entire rune was activated. The linking device emitted a faint, shimmering light before dimming.

Celia reattached the linking device to the Puppet Heart and handed it to Johnson: "Alright, the efficiency has increased from 45% to 99%, and the wear and tear on the Puppet Heart has been reduced by 90%. Based on your puppet's wear and tear calculations, it is expected to extend your usage time by 8 years."

"99% true or false?"

“Really, you’ll see once you try it. Since you’re the first customer, I’ll give you a 50% discount, so it’ll only cost 30 silver coins,” Celia said with a smile.

Adonis immediately shouted, "Why don't you just rob someone? 30 silver coins can buy three brand new Link Devices!"

Celia snorted: "You can't buy a link device that gives the Puppet Heart 99% of its performance for 300 silver coins, unless you are a natural Puppet Heart."

"30 silver coins is indeed a bit expensive." Johnson was starting to regret his impulsive decision.

He might not even blink an eye at spending 10 or 20 gold coins on a Puppet Heart, but he felt a pang of heartache at the prospect of spending 30 silver coins on a rune upgrade.

It's like spending 5,000 yuan on a computer, and the shop owner says they'll upgrade the system for you, then charge you 50 yuan. You'd feel that the 50 yuan isn't worth it.

Although the upgraded system can boost your CPU performance by 100%.

"30 silver coins is already a great deal. It was originally supposed to cost 60 silver coins. If you don't believe me, you can try it on the spot."

With some skepticism, Johnson put the puppet's heart back in and began to feel the changes in the puppet.

After making the puppet stretch a few times, he widened his eyes.

"So smooth?"

He quickly cast a spell, and then was even more shocked.

"The reaction time is twice as fast as before! I suspect that controlling the puppet before was like constipation for me!"

Adonis was also taken aback: "So how do you feel now?"

"It's as smooth as having diarrhea now!"

Adonis: "..."

Johnson manipulated the puppet to move around erratically, attracting the attention of many people who couldn't help but look over, thinking it was some kind of special acrobatic performance.

After being excited for a while, he generously gave Adonis 30 silver coins and grabbed his hand, saying, "Really, you're used to the original performance and don't know the benefits of such high efficiency. Moreover, with such high operating efficiency, I feel that the wear and tear on the Puppet Heart has actually decreased!"

Is it really as good as you say?

Adonis decided to give it a try.

Anyway, 30 silver coins isn't much.

When he summoned the puppet, Celia smiled.

"Since you're the first customer, I'll give you a 30."

Before long, two people and two puppets appeared next to the Puppet Heart stall, dancing wildly.

This scene immediately piqued the curiosity of countless mercenaries.

Is it really that silky smooth?

So, under the dumbfounded gaze of the shopkeeper next to her, Celia's business was booming, and even the 20-gold-coin Puppet Heart was sold!

The owner watched Celia leave until 10 p.m., his eyes reddening.

He quickly called out to the other person.

"Wait a minute, could you upgrade mine too?"

Celia stopped, turned around, and smiled: "Of course, 1 gold coin each, no bargaining."

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Chapter 143 Entering the Lost Lighthouse

Doris finished her evening shopping and returned to her temporary dormitory.

As soon as she entered, she heard a clinking sound. Looking closer, she saw Celia and Phil sitting at the table counting... silver coins?

Oh, Phil is counting copper coins.

There was a pile of coins in front of them, and they were counting them.

"Where did you get so many silver and copper coins?"

Celia ignored her, and Phil looked up and smiled: "I earned this money today by going out to dispel the pollution for the mercenaries."

"Where is Celia?" Doris asked, looking at the mountain of silver coins in front of Celia.

She roughly estimated there were four or five hundred coins. She was stacking the silver coins and wrapping them with special coin-winding coils, 100 coins per stack.

When Doris asked her a question, Celia didn't answer. Phil answered for her: "Celia is amazing. She helped someone upgrade the linking device of the Puppet Heart and earned ten times my money!"

The pile of money in front of Phil consisted mostly of copper coins, with a small amount of silver coins. It was much thicker than Celia's pile, but its value was significantly lower.

"You... took advantage of this time to make money?" Doris was surprised.

Celia looked up: "With such a bustling market, are we going to spend money instead of making money?"

As she spoke, Celia had already finished counting all the silver coins and was gritting her teeth.

"Damn it, I only got 410 silver coins. Someone shortchanged me by 10 silver coins. If I find out, I'll make them pay!"

Tonight she upgraded a total of 8 connecting devices. The first two were half price, and the rest were 60 silver coins each, so she should have earned 420 silver coins. However, after counting, she was 10 silver coins short.

Ten silver coins equal 1200 copper coins and 240 loaves of bread—a huge sum of money!

The girl is heartbroken.

Doris pouted and said, "What's so heartbreaking about 10 silver coins? Come and follow me, and I'll give you 10 gold coins a day."

Celia rolled her eyes at her, put away the silver coins, and was about to go to sleep when Benovia, who was reading a book nearby, suddenly said, "Celia, are you planning to do this to earn money throughout the trial period?"

Celia looked at the other person and nodded. "Yes, what's wrong?"

Benovia said, "Carrying so many silver coins is a bit inconvenient. If you need them, you can exchange them for gold coins with me. I'll give you a 1:10 exchange rate."

Celia's eyes lit up. "Really?"

Benovia nodded. "Of course, I also want to make some money. I'll earn 10 silver coins from you for every 1 gold coin I make."

“No problem, 20 silver coins are fine!” Celia happily agreed and immediately exchanged 3 gold coins with her.

It's said that you can earn 10 silver coins from her, based on the official exchange rate, but everyone knows that the official exchange channel is practically non-existent. No matter how early you go to wait, you'll always get the answer "the exchange is over."

The exchange rate among the general public is over 120. Benovia may have an official exchange channel, but a rate of 110 is just giving money away to her, and there's no reason for Celia to refuse.

Of course, if Benovia had said 100%, Celia would never have agreed.

Even if it's 110... it's still a bit high. If Benovia needs help in the future, it will definitely be harder for her to refuse.

However, Celia had already asked the other party for help many times, so one more time wouldn't make a difference...

After carefully putting away the 3 gold coins she received from Benovia, Celia climbed into her bed and closed her eyes, lost in daydreams about tomorrow.

Earning so much every day, when you go back, not only will your savings be back to 100 gold coins, but you'll also have a chance to gain another 50 gold coins!

The next morning, a very loud broadcast came from the school camp, penetrating all the dormitories and reaching the ears of all the sleeping students, waking them up.

Meanwhile, Celia and the others were already fully prepared to depart.

As the team leader, Doris had already gotten up before the broadcast started and woke everyone up in her capacity as team leader.

Fortunately, the candidates for sainthood were all early risers, and they had all woken up before she even called out to them—meaning Doris was the last one to wake up.

While countless students were scrambling to prepare, the five left the camp and made their way to the outside of the ruins.

Upon arriving at this point, Doris stopped, turned around, and said seriously, "Due to the special nature of this ancient ruin, our mentor cannot enter the ruin with us to explore. Everything depends on us. Once inside, I hope you will not do anything against our will. After all, we are a team!"

When faced with the ruins, she seemed like a different person, becoming extremely serious and cautious.

No one refuted her, because what she said was indeed true.

Although Celia was very unhappy with her previous smugness, she had no intention of arguing back at this moment.

"Unless Doris is deliberately targeting me inside, I will still follow her orders."

After emphasizing this, Doris briefly arranged everyone's positions. She stood at the front, followed by Celia, Phil, Anko, and Benovia. If necessary, the formation would be changed to a cross shape, with Celia on the left, Anko on the right, and Phil, as the priest, in the middle.

At this moment, the sun peeked over the horizon, and many mercenaries had already appeared around.

As the five entered the ruins, something seemed to change around them; a thick fog enveloped them from behind, obscuring their view.

Celia glanced at it only once and then stopped paying attention, continuing to follow Doris.

This is the outer area, surrounded by jungle, where many dangerous monsters lurk, but none of them pose a danger to them.

Soon, they crossed the jungle area, arrived at the fence, and then crossed the fence to officially enter the detection range of the lost lighthouse.

This is not flat terrain; the fence does not lead to the beach, but rather to the area behind it.

"There is a small hill in front of us. It is very easy to spot from the top, so we need to go through a narrow gap at the foot of the hill to reach the beach area."

"From here on, the journey will become extremely dangerous. The special pollution from the ancient ruins will condense into monsters that will attack anyone who passes by."

Roar!

As soon as Doris finished speaking, a roar came from the side.

Then, a tiger-like monster with black eyes emerged from the bushes and lunged at Celia in the middle with its gaping maw.

Just as Celia was about to make her move, a fiery red figure appeared beside her, wielding a greatsword engulfed in flames, which had already struck the tiger's sturdy skull.

Boom!

With a loud bang, flames burst forth from the tiger's body, while Doris's puppet was knocked back several steps by the force of the impact.

As the burning tiger appeared, several pairs of black eyes slowly emerged around it.

"wind!"

Doris gave a soft shout, bestowing upon everyone and the puppet a swift wind-elemental blessing.

"Run straight towards the beach! Don't stop, gather the charging monsters together and eliminate them once you reach the beach!"

After saying that, she ran towards the crevice, with Celia and the others following closely behind.

The opened eyes revealed their forms as they emerged from their hiding place and charged toward the five running men.