My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 101: Consuming Crystals Must Be Enjoyable

Returned to the castle.

Despite having stayed right in the middle of the team and not partaking in any battle, he was just as dusty and weary upon returning to the territory.

There was no helping it, with Unit 2 carving a path like a bulldozer, the dust stirred up into the sky in huge clouds, and now a look in the mirror almost transformed him into a mud figure.

The experience of going out was terribly poor.

Indeed, after the apocalypse, most survivors share a similar appearance when they return from the outside world. Those able to keep their clothes intact are considered lucky, as the clothing of most survivors had been ripped into shreds during a frantic escape or in the midst of battles.

For Awakeners who often engage in outdoor combat, clothing is nothing but consumables. Even garments made from animal hides need to be replaced with new ones after some time, the apparel industry in Lindong Sanctuary is particularly booming.

However, he, Lord Tang the Great, couldn't possibly lower himself to the same level as ordinary survivors. Previously, it was due to a lack of Source Crystals, but now, he thought, he shouldn't be so hard on himself.

"Traveling still requires a Vehicle, and not just any ordinary Vehicle."

Ordinary Vehicles, such as cars, could only travel on roads and were practically useless in the wilderness. Even armored vehicles would not hold up against even slightly powerful demonized beasts.

Besides, to reach Luoxia Sanctuary and find his parents, a Vehicle was undoubtedly indispensable. Run there? With such a long distance between the two places, even if an Awakener could run at full speed, how long could they keep that up? It was completely unrealistic.

Not to mention, it was unsafe!

He needed a Vehicle that was both offensive and defensive, fast, and adaptable to various environments—and one that offered a comfortable riding experience.

"As long as I can draw out Vehicle blueprints, I believe that the Vehicles produced by the system can meet this requirement."

Tang Yu made several trips back and forth to the castle's warehouse, dumping in all the Crystal Ore Rough Stones he had collected this time.

Watching the unit value of Source Crystals rise in the panel, he knew it was finally time for an enjoyable round of using Consuming Crystals.

He quickly arrived in front of the market.

In the core buildings, only the tavern had been upgraded to level three, while the market and workshop were at level two, and the research institute was just at level one.

After the tavern was upgraded to level three, a new fusion summoning feature was added. Tang Yu speculated that perhaps upgrading the market would unlock a similar feature.

Previously, he was too short of Source Crystals to use such features recklessly.

But now...

"Ding! Market upgraded to level three."

[Added ten more commodity slots.]

[Increased the chances of refreshing high-level treasures.]

[Unlocked new feature: Allows preserving the daily free refresh opportunities of commodities. Fuse ten refresh opportunities to guarantee the next refresh includes commodities from a broad category. Fuse a hundred refresh opportunities for the next refresh to include a commodity from a specific subcategory.]

"Just as expected..."

The broad categories referred to things like Equipment, Resources, Blueprints, Items, and so on. By spending ten times the Source Crystals, the next refresh would definitely have the category of goods he wanted.

With a hundred times the Source Crystals spent, the scope can be narrowed even further. For example, within Equipment, it could be narrowed down to Weapons, Sword-type Weapons, Firearms, and so on. Blueprints can also be narrowed to those for Weapons, Armor, Vehicles, and more.

This feature sparkled in Tang Yu's eyes.

In the market, Resources were the least useful but they always occupied more than half of the commodity slots.

He had always overlooked this.

Moreover, there were some Special Items that sounded quite grand, but in reality, most of them were useless—like strange wood, strange fruits, strange rings, strange underwear... cough cough, in short, the market had plenty of 'strange' prefixed items. At first, Tang Yu had curiously bought some, only to discover they were all worthless!

Buying something cheap to get high value? Nonexistent.

You get what you pay for, and if anything changed, it meant paying two pennies for one penny's worth!

Items like blueprints and rune stones, which are precious commodities, might not appear even after hundreds of refreshes, so being able to specify refresh categories was fantastic.

He hadn't used today's refresh chance yet. Tang Yu added another four thousand five hundred Source Crystals to round up to ten.

"Refresh commodities! Specify category, Blueprint!"

Naturally, Tang Yu chose to specify the broad category. As for spending a hundred times more to specify the subcategory? That was just a waste of money.

Vehicle blueprints were what he needed the most, but he was also in need of other types of blueprints. Regardless, he had already made up his mind that he would buy whatever blueprint he could afford.

A burst of radiance enveloped all the merchandise slots.

When the light faded, Tang Yu's eyes widened as he searched for blueprints among the merchandise slots.

"Found it!"

Swift Revolver (Weapon) Blueprint, Price: 3,000 Source Crystals.

Remaining quantity: one.

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Without hesitation, in a word, he chopped off his own hand!

He glanced over the remaining merchandise and bought some other valuable items without any second thoughts.

For the first time, shopping felt so carefree; it didn't hurt at all.

Yes, it didn't hurt!

Taking a deep breath, Tang Yu once again spent five thousand Source Crystals.

In the market, the merchandise changed again.

This time, two blueprints appeared among the thirty merchandise slots.

Tang Yu walked over to the closest merchandise slot and clicked to read the description.

Cloud Roar Basic Type (War Machine: Bed Crossbow) Manufacturing Blueprint, Price: 15,000 Source Crystals.

Remaining quantity: one.

Tang Yu took a couple more breaths and bought it without hesitation.

War Machines are undoubtedly great items. They're not like in ancient societies, only used for sieges. In his view, the greatest use of War Machines is for facing off against bosses.

Especially the super-sized Demonized Beasts.

Take the giant Beetle, for example; even for an Awakener of the same level... supposing one exists, given the size of human weaponry, it's very difficult to deal fatal damage to a Demonized Beast of such size.

However, the fatal weakness of these Demonized Beasts is also their enormous size. Relying on War Machines to deal with them is the best choice.

The Energy-gathering Cannon at Lindong Sanctuary is also a kind of War Machine, but Tang Yu feels it should be classified under the money-burning series.

Just that one shot at the beginning, he guessed, must have burned tens of thousands of Source Crystals at least.

Not even the Qiankun Strike is so extravagant, and only a family like Lindong Sanctuary could afford to burn so many Source Crystals.

After putting away this blueprint, Tang Yu did not look at the other blueprint, but instead checked the other merchandise once more before finally coming to the slot that contained the blueprint.

He clicked to open it.

Tang Yu revealed a smile.

Floating Chariot (Vehicle) Manufacturing Blueprint, Price: 22,000 Source Crystals.

Remaining quantity: one.

Tang Yu took out the blueprint and looked over various parameters inside.

This kind of Floating Chariot was inscribed with multiple runes, including Acceleration Rune, Misty Rune, Solid Rune, Energy Resistance Rune, Energy Gathering Rune, and so on.

It was extremely fast, capable of floating and even low-altitude flight, and it also had a certain offensive capability. Of course, its defense was beyond question; the Defense Series Runes inscribed on it even connected to form a small Rune Array, content that he still couldn't understand.

Unfortunately, the runes on the blueprint of this Vehicle were embedded in the blueprint itself, only applicable to this Floating Chariot, and could not be separated. He also couldn't extract the blueprints for these runes.

The function of the Floating Chariot completely met his requirements. There was a drawback, though: due to its small size, it could only accommodate two to three people. But that was just a minor flaw; he could simply manufacture more when the time came.

Tang Yu looked down row by row at the data until he came to the manufacturing requirements.

"Requires a Level 3 Workshop, 200 units of Iron Material, 500 units of Source Crystals..."

He nodded his head; these were not a problem, and continued reading, "10 units of Tungsten Iron, 10 units of Black Stone, 10 units of Star Pattern Steel, 10 units of Mithril..."

And instantly, he became all wide-eyed.

What the hell are these things!