Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 1171 - 528: Methods for Collecting Cheating During Truancy, The City of Luoyi
The Western Bo, which produced the Stone Treasure Molybdenum Gold, was an ancient place name; now, it is called Luoyi. The Stone Treasure Trench, where it is located, lies within the mountains south of Luoyi, a fact recorded in the Vermillion Geography Records, though the recorded directions are quite vague.
And Luoyi happens to be Lin Xun’s next destination.
Another clue leads to the Mysterious Sea Ice Crystal Essence, which originates from the ’Mysterious Sea Dragon Palace’ deep at the bottom of the Eastern Mysterious Sea. This item was essential for the ancient oceanic Demon Clan’s cultivation, and killing a demon of significant spiritual power in the sea would likely yield this material.
Now, with the destruction of the Demon Clan, demons near the Vermillion waters have long since vanished, making it difficult to acquire the Mysterious Sea Ice Crystal Essence.
As for the locations producing the other three auxiliary materials—’Heavenly Dragon Stone Cave,’ ’Yang’an Earth Meridian’, and ’Yongdong Longji Mountain’—there are absolutely no clues. Lin Xun had repeatedly consulted the Vermillion Geography Records, but couldn’t find a single trace.
He squinted his eyes, and countless characters flashed through them.
Known locations like Luoyi and the Eastern Mysterious Sea were both on the route eastward towards Penglai. From this, Lin Xun inferred that the remaining three auxiliary materials might also be placed along the preset route of the Underworld Game.
But even knowing this, gathering all five auxiliary materials was not an easy task.
Take the Stone Treasure Trench in West Bo, for example; the Stone Treasure Molybdenum Gold was not produced inside the city of Luoyi but in the vast mountains south of the prefecture. Without specific information and precise clues about the location of the Stone Treasure Trench, Lin Xun would likely miss this material even if he passed through Luoyi.
"This could be a bit troublesome..."
After much thought, he came up with two methods.
One was to return to Kunlun and inquire with Lu Wu.
Lu Wu, having lived countless years and formerly a loyal subordinate of an old dragon, might know the exact locations of the five materials.
The other method was akin to cheating.
This method could not be implemented by Apostle players alone; it required cooperation from another Apostle because the Underworld Game blocks all items related to the Chapter from the Library when Apostles are strategizing.
Within the official organization, when an Apostle is stuck at a barrier due to a lack of certain materials, they collaborate with other Apostles using this method to bypass the game’s restrictions.
With this thought, Lin Xun decided to use both approaches.
...
On the private beach of the seaside hotel, the warm and moist sea breeze fluttered the pure white drapes under the sunshade.
A man lay shirtless on the massage bed, his eyes slightly closed, enjoying the afternoon’s luxury as essential oils were spread across his back and soft hands massaged him.
Suddenly, the shrill ring of a phone broke the silence.
Amos took the phone, glanced at the caller ID, and immediately got up to dismiss the serving ladies.
"Little Ya, what are you busy with?"
Amos looked at the empty golden beach, with the waves gently cresting ashore, and replied respectfully, "Lord Cain, I am currently in the pastoral regions of Qiongya Province."
"The disciples from the previous term left quite a few subordinates here; the new agents are finding it somewhat challenging to cope, so I’m here with the Arsonist to ensure that the lambs in the pastoral region settle down completely."
"Whatever commands you have, please tell me," he added.
"Do as I tell you..."
As Lord Cain’s voice came through the phone, Amos’s heart chilled. He immediately opened the game and, following his lord’s instructions, began searching in the Book of Trade for items.
After a search, he couldn’t find the materials his lord needed.
"Lord, the Book of Trade doesn’t have these materials."
"Go to the Craftsman’s Manual, under the guise of crafting personalized equipment, and try using the Craftsman’s Manual selling system to see if it can generate the materials."
Amos did as instructed at once.
Once an Apostle player crafted a complete set of personalized equipment through the Craftsman’s Manual, their crafting privileges were greatly enhanced.
Even if they didn’t have the specified materials, they could enter the material names and order the Craftsman’s Manual to generate blueprints.
Apostles had a small chance of obtaining blueprint items by killing NPC blacksmiths during the Chapter; although the exploded blueprint items usually involved equipment with rare Special Skills, most were incomplete. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
At this point, one could input the materials recorded on the incomplete blueprints into the Craftsman’s Manual, which had a good chance of restoring the blueprints.
The more complete the acquired blueprints were, the greater the likelihood of the Craftsman’s Manual restoring them correctly became. If the blueprints were too fragmentary and only the main materials were searched, although the equipment blueprints could still be generated, they would significantly differ from the original equipment’s characteristics.
A not-quite-bug appeared on the scene.
Because the materials missing from the blueprints could be generated and bought at full price from the Craftsman’s Manual.
Therefore, as long as the Apostle’s crafting privileges were enhanced, any material used for crafting equipment could be purchased in this way at a considerable cost of Spirituality.
Following Lord Cain’s instructions, Amos searched for a few materials in the Craftsman’s Manual and tried to generate blueprints.
The Craftsman’s Manual indicated that three of the five materials could be used to generate crafting blueprints, namely ’Mysterious Sea Ice Crystal Essence,’ ’Colorful Glazed Gold,’ and ’Vajra Desert Sandstone.’
After generating the blueprints, Amos clicked on the Craftsman’s Manual’s material purchase option and almost exclaimed "fuck" when he saw the prices.
[Mysterious Sea Ice Crystal Essence (Material) Spiritual Value: 20,000,000 points]
[Colorful Glazed Gold (Material) Spiritual Value: 15,000,000 points]
[Vajra Desert Sandstone (Material) Spiritual Value: 18,000,000 points]
Creating a high-grade piece of equipment usually required over a dozen materials, yet these three materials needed by Lord Cain alone totaled a whopping fifty-three million.
