Chapter 176
Su Jing laid 10 light green heat-resistant fragments flat on the temperature-controlled table in the villa's operating room. As soon as the fragments touched the table, they automatically assembled into a circle, emitting a soft, energy glow.
A pale blue aura emanated from her fingertips, which she gently covered the circular surface formed by the fragments. The communicator screen instantly lit up with a pale green notification: [Complete heat-resistant fragment set detected. Do you wish to fuse and unlock the heat-resistant aura?]
After fusion, it can increase heat resistance by 50%, making it resistant to temperatures up to 60°C, and can be used to control special abilities with compatible ores.
"Su Jing! The fragments are glowing! I smell a 'cool' scent, a scent that can block out heat!"
Little Jin squatted beside the temperature control table, its little paws gently touching the edge of the fragments. The voice in its mind was full of excitement, "After you fuse, will you not be afraid of the heat outside anymore? I just touched the exterior wall of the villa, and it burned my paws!"
Su Jing nodded and clicked "Confirm Integration" on the communicator.
The fragments instantly transformed into a pale green energy stream, flowing into her body through her fingertips. A cool sensation spread from her palms throughout her body, instantly restoring her skin, which had been slightly warm due to the 58°C temperature, and the stuffiness inside her heat-insulating suit vanished without a trace.
She walked to the high-temperature testing area in the corner of the control room, placed her hand on the metal plate marked "60℃", and felt no heat at all. The communicator popped up: [Heat resistance ability activated. Current heat resistance limit is 65℃. It can be further improved by absorbing heat resistance demon cores].
"I'm really not afraid of the heat anymore!" Su Jing clenched her fist in surprise, and the heat dissipation patterns on the mecha arm even shut down automatically—previously, she needed to rely on the patterns for heat dissipation, but now she can resist high temperatures with just her heat resistance ability.
She turned to Robot No. 1 and ordered: "No. 1, modify the captured energy jammer into a space protection device and connect it to the villa's space transmission system in reverse to prevent anyone from spying on the interior of the space again."
Robot No. 1 immediately removed the jammer, and the robotic arm disassembled the outer shell to connect the internal circuitry to the space transmission port.
In less than half an hour, the modification was completed, and the communicator displayed: "[Space protection device activated. It can block space spying signals within 100 meters and prevent external interference with space transmission]."
Xiao Jin leaned closer and sniffed, the voice in his mind reassuring him: "The jammer's 'cold smell' has turned into a 'protective smell'! Now no one can smell the minerals in the space anymore!"
After dealing with her superpowers and protection, Su Jing opened the backend of the system shop "Number One Store in the World"—the heat-resistant potions stored in her space were ready. The light green liquid was in specially made insulated bottles, each labeled [Tier 3 Heat-Resistant Potion: Takes effect 20 seconds after drinking, increases heat resistance limit to 55℃, effective for 72 hours, suitable for ordinary survivors].
"On the 5th, put the heat-resistant medicine on the 'cooperative base exclusive shelf' and set the exchange rules: 1 second-tier demon core can be exchanged for 5 bottles, 1 third-tier demon core can be exchanged for 20 bottles, and each person is limited to 10 bottles. First-tier demon cores and supplies are not accepted for exchange."
Simultaneously, a notification was sent to the dedicated channels of all partner bases, reminding them to redeem their items in time. Su Jing clicked the "List" button, and the product icon lit up instantly, visible only to eight partners, including the Northern Base and Chen Yang's Outpost.
No sooner had the notification been sent out than orders poured in from the partner bases—"Northern Base: Submit 1 Tier 3 Demon Core in exchange for 20 bottles of heat-resistant potions. Urgent support needed!"
"Chen Yang's base: Submit 2 second-tier demon cores to exchange for 10 bottles. Thank you, 'God of Wealth'!" Su Jing instructed Robot No. 5 to prioritize the urgent order. In less than 10 minutes, the first batch of 50 bottles of potion was delivered to various bases via spatial transmission.
"Su Jing! The chat area is exploding! People from the cooperative base are posting pictures of potions!"
Xiao Jin ran to the communicator, his dark eyes fixed on the scrolling system chat area—a message from "Northern Base - Lao Li" with a photo: "Just received the 'God of Wealth's' heat-resistant potion! After drinking it, I stood in the 55℃ sun for 10 minutes and didn't feel hot at all! It's so effective!"
The post was followed by dozens of likes, with people from the partner bases posting photos of the potion, while those from non-partner bases expressed their envy: "Please make it available for purchase! We need the heat-resistant potion too!"
"When can we become a cooperative base? We want to cooperate with the 'God of Wealth'!"
Even some retail investors who had previously complained about the "unfairness" sent apology messages: "@IamGodofWealth, I shouldn't have said you were unfair before. Now I know that the cooperative bases all exchange demon cores for resources, it's not that you're treating people differently! I'm asking for a cooperation opportunity, we can also provide second-tier demon cores!"
Su Jing glanced at the message but didn't reply immediately—the cooperative base needed a long-term, stable supply of demon cores, which individual investors couldn't meet for the time being, but a "retail investor exchange channel" could be opened later. However, the current priority was to support the cooperative partners.
She added an order into the communicator: "On the 5th, post an announcement on the homepage of the mall: The 'Retail Player Heat Resistance Potion Exchange Channel' will be opened later. Proof of killing a Tier 2 monster within the past 3 days is required. One Tier 2 monster core can be exchanged for 3 bottles. Limited to single purchases, and hoarding is strictly prohibited."
As soon as the announcement was released, the complaints in the chat area disappeared instantly, and more people began to actively hunt second-tier beasts, hoping to collect demon cores to exchange for potions.
As the sun set, Su Jing sat by the temperature control table in the operating room, her fingertips tracing the order records on the communicator—120 bottles of heat-resistant medicine had been redeemed, and there were still 880 bottles left in the space inventory, enough to meet future needs.
She touched the mining blade at her waist, then glanced at the 58°C heat outside the window. She knew that heat resistance and potions were only the first step in dealing with the high temperatures. Next, she needed to raise the limit of her abilities to cope with the possible extreme heat of 65°C. The support from the cooperative base would also allow them to better cooperate with her to resist the subsequent monster crisis.
Little Jin lay on her lap, her inner voice filled with satisfaction: "I'm so happy today! You unlocked a new ability, the people at the base got the potion, and no one will say you're being unfair anymore!"
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