Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

As long as he can learn the "magic technology" of this demon baron, the many problems that have been bothering Jiang Ran can be effectively solved.

His trip to explore the ruins of the Wacono volcano was truly fruitful!

"Okay, Tiedan, I'm going to go out for a while. I'll close the hidden stone door after I go out."

"As ordered."

Carrying a whole bag of "accessories for the magic levitation sphere" and "design drawings", Jiang Ran left the Wakeno volcano ruins and set out on the road back to Yanji City.

There, two master craftsmen, "Flame" and "Ice", were waiting to discuss the new equipment with Jiang Ran.

9.123 - Updates

The unexpected episode caused by the "Wakno Sensing Gate Stone" came to an end for the time being as Jiang Ran returned to Yanji City.

Jiang Ran carefully put away the precious door-sensing stone, because next time he visited the underground palace, he would need this thing to open the door.

After returning to Yanji City, Jiang Ran went straight to the two equipment stores, and took away "Weapon Master·Flame" and "Armor Master·Ice" without saying anything.

The reason he did this was, firstly, because he had wasted too much time in the Wakno volcanic ruins that morning, and secondly, the equipment plan for weapons and armor would share the same set of materials, so it would be more efficient to call the two of them together to discuss.

However, the relationship between Master Flame and Master Ice is as incompatible as their names. As soon as the two were put together, they immediately started bickering and then it evolved into a quarrel.

Fortunately, before the two men came to blows, Jiang Ran successfully used his precious magic cores and materials to make the two men reach a temporary ceasefire agreement.

For these two craftsmen, rather than the grudge between them, they did not want to see the precious materials fall into the hands of craftsmen outside Yanji City. This would be a great insult to their Yanji City's equipment industry.

Thus, under Jiang Ran's mediation, a heated discussion on the maintenance and upgrading of old equipment and the design of new equipment began.

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Judging from the date alone, today is just an ordinary day for the residents of Yanji City.

However, many residents of Yanji City were surprised because the two most famous equipment stores, "Flame" and "Ice", had temporarily closed down at the same time.

The residents speculated that the two master craftsmen were finally settling their scores. Perhaps, tonight, they would hear that they had already duelled somewhere.

However, the facts were exactly the opposite of what the residents had guessed. Not only were the two master craftsmen not dueling, but they were also sitting together peacefully and amicably to discuss important matters.

The person who brought about this result was actually an unknown teenager.

At this moment, in a remote and quiet little house in Yanji City, the young man Jiang Ran was having two masters study the "design drawings" he brought out from the underground palace, hoping to hear some useful analysis and understanding from the professionals.

Unfortunately, after careful study, the two craftsmen still said they couldn't understand it. Even though Jiang Ran had translated all the demon language on the design drawings, the craftsmen still couldn't understand it.

"No, young man, there are too many unfamiliar 'terms' in your blueprint. It doesn't seem like something from our Prison Star world... Where on earth did you get this thing from?" Master Han Bing asked with a frown.

"It was found in a ruin. It's okay. Since we can't analyze it, forget it. Today, we should discuss the equipment design plan!"

Jiang Ran brought up the topic of design drawings lightly and naturally, and with just one sentence he focused the attention of the two craftsmen on the next topic.

The "magic technology" in the underground palace is certainly important to Jiang Ran, but it is a long-term thing after all. The "upgrade of old equipment" and the "design and production of new equipment" are Jiang Ran's real and urgent matters at the moment.

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In order to facilitate the discussion, Jiang Ran placed all the materials that could be used this time on the table.

At a glance, those were all the adventures he had taken along the way.

Since Jiang Ran follows the lone wolf style, he only seeks quality rather than quantity for his materials, so most of them are monsters' magic cores.

Among all the magic cores, there are three third-level magic cores, which come from "Corruption-Detoxifying Poison Rat King Ge Rui", "Sand-Devouring Mad Scorpion", and "Goblin Fearless Warrior" respectively;

There are four fourth-tier magic cores in total, from the Frost Wolf Frozahn, the Skeleton Shadow Archmage, the Diamond Monolith, and the Lava Monolith.

A fifth-level magic core, taken from the Fluorite Fairy Queen, Laerte;

A sixth-level magic core, originating from the Three-Eyed Raven King, Nameless;

In addition to these precious magic cores, there are also a pair of eyeballs of the Frost Wolf Frozahn and three evil eyes of the Three-Eyed Raven King Nameless on the table.

The above are all the processing materials that the two craftsmen can use this time.

Then, Jiang Ran displayed all his equipment one by one. He hoped that the two master craftsmen could use these equipment as raw materials to allow these partners who had accompanied them along the way to continue to shine.

On another long table, Jiang Ran displayed:

"Yanma Knight Sword: Lanzel"

『Fir Dragon Bow』;

"Skull Dagger: Chasing Misfortune"

"Beast Horn Greatsword Komono"

『Magic Amplification Bracelet』;

『Large Black Jade Necklace』;

"Black Jade Ring: The Resident in the Shadow"

And 『Shadow Dragon Boots: Ghost』;

It can be said that Jiang Ran displayed all his equipment except for two magical weapons.

During the last communication, Jiang Ran did not show these weapons and equipment to the two craftsmen, so at this moment, when they saw that Jiang Ran actually had so many high-quality equipment, they all widened their eyes and opened their mouths.

The two master craftsmen tacitly thought that this young man was definitely either rich or noble, at least a member of the royal family.

Otherwise, how could such a young guy possess so many precious materials and weapons and equipment?

However, the two experienced masters are familiar with the rules of the industry. Unless the guests are willing to tell them, they cannot ask a single word about the guests' identity and background, and they cannot tell others about any sensitive things they see or hear.

It was precisely because the two masters were able to keep their mouths shut that they were able to become leading figures in the fields of "weapons" and "protective gear" in Yanji City.

Jiang Ran used mind reading to monitor the inner thoughts of the two masters and was quite satisfied. He felt that he had indeed chosen the right people in his last inspection.

So, he no longer held back and told them all his ideas about weapons and equipment, and then saw how the two craftsmen would optimize and improve them.

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Jiang Ran's core idea this time is "system". He wants to transform these current "scattered" equipment into an equipment system that can help each other.

The reason for this idea is that Jiang Ran always felt that his equipment, especially weapons, did not cooperate with each other during the battles during this period.

These equipment are all very powerful when taken individually, but when put together, it is difficult for the sum of one to be greater than two. At most, it is equal to two.

Considering that he would use the "Shadow Clone" as the core of the battle, Jiang Ran keenly realized that "systematically optimizing a wave of equipment" would benefit him greatly.

So, now that the big ideas are discussed, what remains are the details and practical actions.

Jiang Ran didn't expect that he would end up discussing with the two craftsmen until the evening and even forget to eat dinner.

However, none of this matters, because after the plan was finalized, Jiang Ran felt that all the hard work was worth it.

The prototype of his "Shadow Clone Army" will be born along with the completion of this new set of equipment...!

9.124 - Unexpected Intruder

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October 187, 9

〖8:27 pm〗

[Confession death countdown remaining: 18 days]

"Death Future Remaining: 1 Days"

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After finishing the meeting with the two master craftsmen, Jiang Ran walked out of the house, looked at the dark sky, touched his empty stomach, and decisively went to find a favorite restaurant to eat a full meal.

As the main city of the Feiqi family, Yanji City has a higher food standard than ordinary small and medium-sized towns. In addition, Jiang Ran has been living a life of hardship and poverty for some time, so it is no exaggeration to say that he has really jumped from the Stone Age of eating raw meat and drinking blood to the modern life of fine wine and delicacies.

After eating, Jiang Ran returned to the hotel with satisfaction. He had consumed a lot of magic power today and needed to go to bed early to replenish his magic power. In addition, he also needed some quiet time alone to digest the huge amount of information he had received today.

Jiang Ran went up to the second floor with ease and came to the door of his room number three. However, after taking a look at the door lock and door handle, Jiang Ran's hands suddenly stopped and he immediately took a step back.

(…Someone entered my room?)

Jiang Ran keenly noticed that the door handle he had deliberately adjusted had changed. If it wasn't a passerby who turned his door handle out of boredom, then someone had entered and exited his room while he was out today.

In this Prison Star world, even in hotels in a city of the same level as Yanji City, there would be no cleaning staff to clean the rooms every day. Therefore, the current situation is undoubtedly a dangerous situation for Jiang Ran, and he needs to enter a state of alert immediately.

(Although the Feiqi family knows I live here, they currently have no reason to harm me... So... who could be looking to cause trouble for me?)

Jiang Ran continued to retreat while thinking. Each step he took was extremely light and made no sound at all.

At the same time, he made full use of the ability of the skill "Shadow Behind" to generate a shadow clone within a range of thirty meters. He directly generated a shadow clone on the roof, let it climb down from the outer wall of the hotel, and quietly confirm what was happening in his room.

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Next, Jiang Ran will make his next move based on the actual situation in the room. If he "advances", he can team up with his shadow clone to subdue the enemy if the intruder is still in the room; if he "retreats", he can immediately use skills such as Shadow Escape Step to escape and never give the enemy a chance to catch him.

Now, time passed by minute by minute. Jiang Ran waited at the stairs in the corridor with bated breath, and pricked up his ears to listen attentively to the movement coming from the direction of his room.

What he most hoped to hear was silence, because that meant that the shadow clone had successfully completed its reconnaissance mission and was about to come over to report the situation in the room to him.

Unfortunately, just as Jiang Ran was expecting this, a chaotic sound of collision suddenly came from his room, which meant that the black shadow clone had a head-on conflict with "someone" or "some people" in the room.

(It was discovered so quickly?)

At this moment, Jiang Ran was already about 60 to 70 percent ready to run away. The opponent who could discover the black shadow clone so quickly must be very powerful.

When facing a well-prepared enemy, the best approach is to avoid their attack first, and then wait until the situation is at least balanced or in your favor before engaging in battle.

However, Jiang Ran didn't want to leave "empty-handed". It wasn't that there were any valuables in his room that he needed to take away, but he wanted to get some intelligence about the enemy before leaving.

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With this thought in mind, Jiang Ran put on the "Black Jade Ring·Resident in the Shadow" and began to move towards his room along the shadows of the second-floor corridor.

Under the effect of the "Shadow Resident" of the black jade ring, Jiang Ran would not be discovered as long as the enemy this time was not level seven or higher.

Then, while sneaking over, Jiang Ran summoned another shadow clone, letting it open the door and rush in, trying to team up with his own shadow clone in the room to suppress the enemy.

One thing that needs to be specially mentioned is that Jiang Ran did not equip the two shadow clones with any equipment this time, because once the situation develops into a situation that requires evacuation, the equipment in the hands of the shadow clones will be difficult to recover, which will become a burden to Jiang Ran.

After all, for Jiang Ran now, every piece of equipment is indispensable to him.

At this moment, under Jiang Ran's command, the black shadow clone decisively broke into the room, but the next second after it broke in, this guy immediately jumped out with a backward step for some reason, followed by a scarlet silver sword flying out and chasing after it!

(Hmm? This sword...isn't it Viviana's sword?)

Jiang Ran was stunned. Why did Viviana's scarlet silver rapier appear here?

Then, just when Jiang Ran realized what was happening, he saw the girl with silver hair and red eyes waving a scarlet silver sword and forcing the black shadow clone that had been conducting reconnaissance in advance out of the room.

Swords and knives have no eyes. In order to avoid unnecessary injuries, Jiang Ran hurriedly emerged from the shadows, interrupted the invisibility effect of the black jade ring, and ordered the two shadow clones to retreat and terminate the mission.

"Viviana, it's me...!"

Jiang Ran originally thought that as long as he showed up, he would be able to mediate the situation immediately, but what he didn't expect was that Viviana was in a state of stress due to being frightened at this time and had not yet regained her sanity.

As soon as Viviana realized that another "enemy" appeared nearby, she immediately controlled the scarlet silver rapier to fly over and attack, and she also stabbed Jiang Ran with the scarlet silver long sword!

(Ah…this…)

Jiang Ran was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized that Viviana was in a state where she couldn't distinguish between friend and foe.

(Hashrate improvement and overclocking.)

He continued to shout "I am Banning, Viviana!" while calmly dodging Viviana's continuous and torrential attacks.

After four or five moves, Jiang Ran seized the opportunity and knocked the scarlet silver sword out of Viviana's hand with the hilt of the Yama Knight Sword. Then he forcibly hugged Viviana in his arms without any explanation, and used his strength advantage to suppress her resistance until her stiff body finally relaxed and she collapsed in Jiang Ran's arms.

"Huh...Calm down now, Viviana? I'm Banning."

Jiang Ran breathed a sigh of relief and "let" Viviana out of his arms. Only then did he see that Viviana was like a child who had just woken up. Not only did she have a confused look on her face, but her hair was also messy, giving her a childish cuteness.

"Ban... Ning...? Why are you here? Why am I here too?"

Viviana tilted her head to look at Jiang Ran, then looked around, closed her eyes and tried hard to recall. After thinking for several minutes, she finally figured out what was going on.

"Ah, so I fell asleep in your bed...!"

Viviana said as if she had just woken up from a dream.

Jiang Ran didn't understand how her conclusion had anything to do with the current situation.