Chapter 66
Su Jing sat at the solid wood desk in the study on the second floor of the villa, her fingertips lightly tapping the system panel to bring up the "Resource Recycling" interface—
On the light blue recycling panel, the three options, "Recycling of Supplies," "Recycling of Elixirs," and "Recycling of Equipment," are clearly arranged. She clicks on "Recycling of Elixirs," and the panel refreshes instantly, displaying the types of elixirs that can be recycled and their unit price: Qi Gathering Elixir 15 points/elixir, Healing Elixir 15 points/elixir, Body Strengthening Elixir 20 points/elixir. There is no limit to the number of elixirs that can be recycled, and batch selection is supported.
She opened the backup inventory panel of the "Cultivation Resource Zone" in her space: 800 Qi Gathering Pills, 600 Healing Pills, and 300 Body Strengthening Pills, totaling 1,700 pills. She was still 300 pills short of the planned 2,000 pills.
Without hesitation, Su Jing transferred 300 Qi Gathering Pills from the retail inventory (there were 1,656 remaining in the retail inventory, which would not affect subsequent sales), bringing the total to 2,000 pills: 1,100 Qi Gathering Pills, 600 Healing Pills, and 300 Body Strengthening Pills.
"Confirm the recycling of 2000 low-level pills? You will receive 30,000 points upon recycling. The pills will be permanently deducted from your inventory and cannot be withdrawn."
A confirmation prompt popped up, and Su Jing clicked "Confirm"—the panel flashed a pale green light effect, and the 2000 pills in the space disappeared as a data stream. At the same time, the score number in the corner of the panel jumped rapidly from 146400 to 176400.
The system notification sounded clearly: [Pill recycling complete! Successfully recycled 1100 Qi Gathering Pills, 600 Healing Pills, and 300 Body Strengthening Pills, gaining 30000 points. Current total points: 176400, which can be used for purchases in the system shop].
Looking at her points, Su Jing considered her next purchase plan: "170,000 points are enough to buy 3 spiritual energy absorption acceleration cards, and I can also stock up on some high-level technology parts, such as the enhanced energy core for laser guns."
She opened the "Technology Supplies" section of the system shop and sure enough, she saw the "Enhanced Energy Bullet Core" that had been marked as "New" before—priced at 500 points each, with the description "Compatible with all low-level laser guns, power increased by 30%, effective range increased by 50 meters."
She hasn't placed an order yet, thinking she'll wait until she's tested the combination of the laser gun and the cultivation technique before making a purchase based on her needs.
Just as I closed the shop interface, a notification popped up on the system panel: "Global Channel New Messages 99+". Emily, the golden "Nightingale (EU)," had her message at the top of the trending list, her tone filled with obvious helplessness: "Our EU wants to build an 'emergency elixir bank' to deal with the treatment of the wounded and the improvement of physical condition in the apocalypse, but the elixir from 'Number One Shop Under Heaven' is too expensive for users outside of China—30 grams of gold per Qi Gathering Pill and 50 grams of gold per Healing Pill. Our budget is limited, and we can only buy 500 for emergency use, which is simply not enough!"
Less than 10 seconds after the message was sent, Chen Yang, the dark gray "Sharp Blade (China)," replied with undisguised mockery: "Emily, who can you blame? Before, when China issued a doomsday recall order to bring overseas citizens back home, your EU even questioned us for 'creating panic.' Now you realize how important the elixir is? If you had cooperated with us earlier, you might have been able to get a preferential price!"
The channel instantly buzzed with activity, as representatives from the light blue China logo, the dark blue Russia logo, and the red United States logo spoke in succession:
- Light blue “China User 087”: “We can buy it with points for only 100 points per piece, which is less than 1 gram of gold. You didn’t stand with us before, so you deserve it now that it’s expensive.”
- Ivan, the dark blue "Black Bear (Russian Bear Country)": "I once traded frozen meat for a laser gun. If you are sincere, the shop owner may give you a discount. You EU people always put on airs, so it is normal for your prices to be high."
- Jack the Red "Hunter (USA)": "Exactly! I spent 25,000 grams of gold to buy 500 healing pills, which is more expensive than yours! 'I am the God of Wealth' is biased towards China!"
- Gold "EU User 121": "We're not being arrogant, we just didn't realize how important the pills were! Now that the end of the world is coming, could we talk to the shop owner about lowering the price?"
Su Jing quickly scrolled through the messages without replying—the pricing difference served as both a screening of cooperation attitudes and a guarantee for users in China. The EU's previous skepticism did not meet the conditions for preferential cooperation.
She turned off the channel, got up and walked towards the entrance of the space, wanting to check the growth of the spiritual herbs she had planted.
As her consciousness sank into the "planting area," Su Jing was immediately captivated by the scene before her: on 20 cubic meters of planting land, 100 spiritual herbs had fully matured—
The spirit herb has grown to 30 centimeters tall, with narrow leaves that shimmer with a white-blue light and are adorned with tiny golden patterns along their edges. Each leaf is slowly releasing a rich spiritual energy. The system notification reads: [100 spirit herbs have matured, releasing 30 points of spiritual energy daily (0.3 points per herb). Current spiritual energy concentration in the space: 1.2. After harvesting, it can be replanted. It will mature in 7 days after planting. Cyclic planting is supported.]
She manipulated the space with her mind—an "automatic harvesting robot" (a newly added device after the expansion)—
A silver-white robot slowly emerged from the corner of the planting area. The cutting blade on its robotic arm gleamed with a pale blue light as it precisely cut 1 centimeter from the root of the medicinal herb, avoiding damage to the root system (the system message read, "Preserving the root system can shorten the next maturation time to 5 days").
The harvested spiritual herbs were automatically transported to the "drying rack" next to them for dehydration (after dehydration, they can be stored for a long time and used to refine pills or be consumed directly). The whole process was orderly, and the harvesting of 100 spiritual herbs was completed in less than 10 minutes.
"Immediately after harvesting, sow new spiritual herb seeds to maintain a continuous supply of spiritual energy."
Su Jing gave instructions to the robot, watching as the new spirit herb seeds were evenly scattered in the soil, and the automatic sprinkler sprayed out a fine mist of water to moisten the soil. She felt much more at ease.
Spiritual herbs are a stable source of spiritual energy. Circulating cultivation can ensure sufficient spiritual energy during cultivation and also reserve raw materials for refining high-level pills later.
After processing the spiritual herbs, Su Jing exited the spatial dimension and went downstairs to the shooting range in the courtyard.
That was the makeshift testing ground she had previously erected using sandbags and steel plates to test the power of firearms. She took out a laser gun from her spatial storage (one of the 40 remaining after the previous transaction) and inspected it: the energy indicator was lit up green (fully charged), the anti-slip texture on the stock was intact, and the laser emitter at the muzzle showed no wear.
Su Jing took a deep breath and focused her mind on the indigo spiritual energy in her Qihai acupoint. The spiritual energy flowed along the meridians of her arm to her right hand, enveloping her wrist and arm like an invisible membrane. The slight tremors that might have occurred disappeared instantly, and her arm holding the gun became as steady as a rock.
She raised the laser gun, aimed it at the steel plate target 50 meters away, and pulled the trigger—the red laser beam shot out instantly, hitting the target precisely and leaving a 1-centimeter-diameter charred hole in the steel plate!
She fired 10 shots in a row, hitting the bullseye every time without a single deviation. Before she started training, she would miss the target after firing 5 shots in a row due to slight tremors in her arm. Now, with spiritual energy stabilizing her arm, her shooting accuracy and stability have improved by at least 40%.
"Spiritual energy can not only improve physical fitness, but also enhance the effectiveness of firearms." Su Jing was overjoyed. A notification popped up on the system panel: [Detected that spiritual energy is being used in conjunction with technological equipment, increasing shooting stability by 42% and accuracy by 38%. You can try to condense spiritual energy to cover the firearms to further enhance their power.]
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