Chapter 170
Su Jing held three deep purple, third-tier demon cores in her palm—
One of them came from a giant rock beast that had been killed previously, and the other two were obtained from the northern base through a system trade last week. At this moment, they were emitting a faint glow of energy and gently trembling on the temperature-controlled platform in the control room.
A pale blue aura emanated from her fingertips, and an even more intense light enveloped the demon core. Suddenly, a pale purple notification appeared on the communicator screen.
The silence in the control room was broken: [Multiple Tier 3 demon cores' energy superposition detected. The ore control ability has broken through the level limit, advancing from "Intermediate" to "Advanced", unlocking the characteristic "Atomic-level Precision Control", which can achieve integrated casting of complex mechanical structures, and the ability strength is increased by 40%] .
"Su Jing! Your hands are glowing! Much brighter than before!" Little Jin squatted beside the temperature control table, its short golden fur tinged with pale blue by the faint light of its supernatural power, its little paws gripping the edge of the table.
The voice in my mind was filled with surprise, "The energy of the demon core is flowing into your hands! I can smell the 'advancement scent,' the scent of your abilities becoming stronger!"
Su Jing did not respond immediately, but instead felt the surge of supernatural power within her body. Previously, when casting armor-piercing bullets, it was necessary to complete the combination of the bullet core and the bullet casing in three steps. Now, with a thought, she could clearly "see" the atomic arrangement inside the metal.
She took out a half-meter-long piece of manganese crystal ore and a section of carbide steel rod from her spatial storage and placed them next to the miniature furnace: "Number 1, adjust the furnace temperature to 2200℃. I need to build an ore mecha arm. It requires the hardness of manganese crystal and the toughness of carbide steel. It must be cast in one piece without any seams."
Robot No. 1 immediately began the operation, and pale blue flames lit up inside the furnace. Manganese crystals and carbide steel gradually melted at high temperatures, forming a mixed molten metal.
Su Jing's supernatural ability was fully activated; her control over advanced ore made the molten metal float in the air as if it were alive, slowly stretching and shaping it.
First, there's the curved arm guard that fits snugly against the arm, then the palm nails that cover the back of the hand, and finally, a movable joint is cast at the elbow, with tiny energy conduction patterns embedded in the joint.
In less than half an hour, a pair of gleaming mineral mech arms was completed. The communicator popped up: "[Mineral Mech Arm (Advanced): Material: Manganese crystal + carbide steel + supernatural energy. Can withstand the frontal impact of a Tier 3 monster. Strength increased by 150%. Compatible with mineral control supernatural abilities. Can release energy shocks]".
Su Jing slipped the mecha arm onto her right hand, and with a thought, her elbow joint bent flexibly, and three manganese crystal blades shot out from her palm, with pale blue energy flowing along the lines.
She threw a punch at the abandoned metal frame in the control room. With a "bang," the metal frame was deformed by the energy impact, but it did not damage the mecha arm in the slightest.
"That's amazing! This arm could probably pierce through the shell of an iron-shelled beetle, right?" Little Jin came over and touched the mecha arm with its little nose, its voice filled with excitement.
Just then, Xiao Jin suddenly pricked up his ears, his dark eyes fixed on the surveillance camera on the north side of the villa. The voice in his mind instantly turned serious: "Su Jing! There's a pack of beasts 5 kilometers to the north! It's a mix of iron-shelled beetles and stone-patterned beetles! I can sense their 'emotions'—"
It's very agitated and moving this way; it'll be within the detection range of the vibration sensor in 3 minutes!
Su Jing immediately zoomed in on the north-side surveillance camera—there was still no sign of the herd of animals in the image, but 15 seconds later, the vibration sensor screen displayed a message: "Herd of animals detected, 1000 meters away," 2 minutes and 45 seconds later than Xiao Jin's warning.
"Your warning is 3 minutes faster than the equipment! Now you can accurately sense the time?" Su Jing asked in surprise, patting Xiao Jin's head.
Xiao Jin nodded, the voice in his mind filled with certainty: "Yes! Their 'movement scent' and 'emotional scent' change with distance. I can calculate the approximate time. I just calculated it to be 3 minutes, not a bit off!"
Just as Su Jing was about to order the patrol robots to strengthen the guard on the north side, a system message suddenly popped up on her communicator from "China - County Stronghold," with urgent text: "@I am the God of Wealth! A Tier 3 'Poisonous Scorpion' has appeared in the county town. It is highly venomous and will cause suffocation within 5 minutes of being stung! We bought antidotes from the system shop, but we don't have enough. Do you have any extras? You can exchange them for demon cores!"
The accompanying picture shows a half-meter-long scorpion raising its stinger, with a survivor lying motionless on the ground, his face pale.
Su Jing opened the antidote inventory in the system shop—the spiritual herbs in her space were enough to refine thousands of bottles. She replied into the communicator: "Antidotes are available for exchange. One second-tier demon core can be exchanged for 5 bottles, and two first-tier demon cores can be exchanged for 3 bottles. Submit the demon cores through the system's transaction channel, and the delivery will be automatically matched. No bargaining is accepted."
At the same time, he ordered Robot No. 1: "No. 1, prepare the herb refining equipment, take 100 hemostatic herbs and 50 antidote herbs from the space, and refine 200 bottles of antidote for later use."
As the sun set, Su Jing's ore mech arm was fully debugged, and Xiao Jin was staring at the monitoring screen, monitoring the movements of the beast herd to the north in real time (which had been driven back by the deterrent fire of the patrol robots).
Inside the refining equipment in the control room, the first bottle of pale green antidote had just been formed, and the communicator showed that three outposts had already submitted orders to exchange demon cores for antidote.
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