Chapter 121 Heart of Steel
After the battle, Wei Huan ordered the undead army to disperse and impose martial law.
The team members gathered together, waiting to open the treasure chest.
After all, it is a platinum-level treasure chest, and everyone is looking forward to it.
Nothing should happen during the celebration.
After all the undead were in place, Wei Huan thought about it, and a platinum treasure chest appeared in front of everyone.
This was the second time that Wei Huan and Mu Zhong saw the platinum treasure chest with their own eyes, while it was the first time for others.
The last time a treasure chest was opened during the third-level highway assessment, it was opened directly by the undead, and everyone just saw a notification popping up on the system screen.
Now that they saw the real appearance of the platinum treasure chest with their own eyes, everyone held their breath.
The platinum treasure chest is not very luxurious. It is not as dazzling as the gold treasure chest, nor as dreamy as the diamond treasure chest.
It looks like a big white iron box, very neat and simple.
But it has achieved the ultimate in details. It is large enough, and the corners and arcs show traces of careful carving, and its uniqueness can be seen at a glance through the fine lines.
This low-key and elegant style can be seen at a glance even if it is placed in a pile of boxes.
The treasure chest was too valuable. This time, even Liu Chengzhi didn't dare to say "little red hand". Like everyone else, he just stretched his neck to look.
Wei Huan did not give this honor to others.
He knew very well that as the leader of the team, the seizure and distribution of spoils was not only his power, but also his responsibility and means.
The leader's status in the team members' hearts is cultivated and established little by little through such a process.
But he was not the only leader in this car.
Wei Huan looked at Mu Zhong and nodded to his deputy driver.
Mu Zhong was a little surprised, but soon calmed down.
Then, he put his hand on the treasure chest.
He looked very relaxed and casual, as if he was opening a silver treasure chest, as if he didn't care what was inside.
Mu Zhong's nonchalant attitude is actually quite intimidating.
At least let everyone know that no matter whether the things in this treasure chest are good or bad, it will not affect future arrangements. Even if they open a bunch of garbage, they can still get thousands of platinum treasure chests in the future. What’s the big deal!
As Mu Zhong's fingertips landed on the treasure chest, the lid of the platinum treasure chest popped up, a dazzling light flashed, and the treasure chest disappeared.
The equipment appeared in everyone's personal system and jumped on the virtual projection screen in front of them.
[Obtain platinum-level spiritual power potion x1]
[Obtain Platinum Level Power Axe X1]
[Obtain vehicle headlight enhancement blueprint (six) x1]
[Obtain vehicle balcony enhancement blueprint (six) x1]
[Get a platinum-level complete treasure map x1]
[Get Iron Heart X1]
[Obtain Tiangang Sand X8]
【get……】
More than ten kinds of equipment popped out at once, which was dazzling.
But according to the rule that the items at the top of the treasure chest are the most valuable, everyone locked the first few messages from the beginning.
The platinum-grade spiritual power potion, if we don’t mention it, it must have been taken away by the captain and the deputy captain.
Although, from the perspective of platinum-level equipment, the attributes added by potion-type items are very useless, the first time taking a platinum-level potion, it only increases 25 points of attributes. Wei Huan and Mu Zhong practiced dual cultivation in the microscopic world, and it only took four days to obtain these spiritual powers.
But the prerequisite is that they must have a microscopic world that has been upgraded twice, and have a companion like Wei Huan who has very high spiritual power and is compatible with him, in order to achieve such an effect.
For most people, they cannot obtain the microscopic world, and even if they do obtain it, they may not be able to upgrade their points. Moreover, they may not have a suitable partner around them to do this.
Take the people in Wei Huan’s car, for example. Don’t they know that this can quickly increase their spiritual power attributes?
But can they do it, and with whom?
The process of dual cultivation is just like having sex, and even more exciting than having sex. Even if Ding Qi, the only woman in the car, wants to become stronger, she will not use such means casually.
So potions are precious at all times.
For many people who have no connections, the potions from the treasure chests are their only way to increase their attributes.
Not to mention that a platinum-level potion adds 25 points to a single attribute at a time. If it were sold outside, its value would not be lower than that of equipment of the same level.
Of course, the reason why everyone directly skipped the potion was that the captain had priority. It was obvious that this thing was what the captain needed, so they didn't need to consider whether they could get it.
His eyes dropped down, and he saw the second-ranked [Platinum-level Power Axe].
Lin Xu and Zhou Yong's eyes lit up at the sight of this equipment. This was a Farmer-level artifact! A weapon that ordinary people would struggle their entire lives to obtain was now right before their eyes, and as long as they had enough DKP, they could exchange it for it.
Lin Xu and Zhou Yong are not considered main combatants. Wei Huan does not recommend them to go to the front line until they advance to the level of Soldier King and have stronger defense capabilities.
It seemed like the Undead Army and Xu Qingqiang had a great time killing, but that was because they were them. If it were anyone else, it would be unknown whether they could come back after going.
So they are mainly rear defense personnel in the vehicle, and they also have to do logistics work when they are not marching.
But even for such an easy job, they still have DKP, and quite a lot of it.
The DKP that the two of them have accumulated since they got on the bus is enough to exchange for a piece of gold equipment.
Gold equipment! Did they ever think about it in the past? Now, they can get it just by raising their hands.
And they already have the DKP for gold equipment, so how far are they from platinum equipment?
Whoever gets this weapon first might become the main combatant, and their status in the vehicle will be different. Even getting DKP and exchanging it for better equipment is easy.
Lin Xu and Zhou Yong were feeling very excited.
But for others, the drop of this weapon is inevitably a bit disappointing.
Ding Qi wants an agility bow, the twins want a staff, and Xu Qingqiang also wants to buy himself some platinum-level agility or strength equipment.
Even Mu Zhong was thinking, it would be great if he could get a spiritual power outfit that Wei Huan could use.
As for the remaining two drawings, they are both level six drawings and cannot be used for the time being.
It’s not that the dropped blueprints are bad. If you reach a certain stage and can’t upgrade by getting blueprints, and can’t kill monsters if you can’t upgrade, and can’t get blueprints if you can’t kill monsters, and you enter a vicious cycle, you will find that any high-level blueprint is worth your life.
And the blueprints of the sixth-level vehicle.
The most advanced human car Wei Huan had seen in his previous life was a level six car. In his opinion, it was close to the top blueprint and of extraordinary value.
Finally, everyone's eyes fell on [Heart of Steel].
It’s a strange name, it seems to be some kind of core material, but it also seems not to be.
Wei Huan took it out directly.
With a flip of his wrist, a fist-sized cube-shaped object with red and blue interlaced and an outer shell made of an unknown metal material appeared in the palm of his hand.
Looking closely, this cube looks like an extremely sophisticated mechanical object of futuristic technology, covered with fine gears, bearings and chains, and it is still in operation, but the surface feels smooth and there is nothing abnormal about it.
After a long gaze, the attribute of [Heart of Steel] also appeared on Wei Huan's glasses, which made Wei Huan raise his eyebrows slightly.
Mu Zhong saw it more clearly earlier and said in surprise, "Isn't this... the one from Transformers? What's it called?"
Wei Huan couldn't remember it for a moment, and the two of them recalled in silence.
Xu Qingqiang couldn't stand it anymore, cursed, and asked, "Just read it to me. Just because you can't remember it doesn't mean others can't remember it."
Mu Zhong then chanted: "Heart of Steel..."
Heart of Steel
Description: Contains powerful power, said to be the carrier of some kind of life, able to give life to metals.
[A gift from the stars, Iron Will, He is watching over you...]
"Isn't this the Allspark Cube from Transformers?" Liu Chengzhi was the first to respond. "It's the thing in Transformers that turns metal into mechanical life. It looks very similar! How shameless of them to challenge the world to plagiarize the Transformers universe?"
Liu Chengzhi finished speaking in one breath, thinking that everyone was as indignant as he was, but what he saw were pairs of puzzled or curious eyes.
After being stunned for a few seconds, Liu Chengzhi said, "No way, you haven't seen Transformers?"
"I've heard of it... but I've been too busy with training and haven't had time to watch it." Ding Qi sighed. "I heard that before Challenge World came, everyone would go to the cinema to watch movies on weekends, and entertainment news was a way for everyone to pass the time. Now that kind of life can only live in the memories of the seniors."
The twins nodded as well: "As for Transformers, we know about it, but we haven't seen it."
Xu Qingqiang looked at him with a look of nostalgia: "I should have seen it, but it's been so long... I forgot."
Liu Chengzhi: "..."
"Tell me about it." Mu Zhong said to Liu Chengzhi, "We are people of this generation. People in the past enjoyed peace and tranquility and entertainment above all else. We also have our own way of flying and hiding, and becoming a superman has become a reality."
Liu Chengzhi was comforted and described in detail the detailed description of the "Spark Source Cube" in that series of movies.
Although there may be some differences between the creations of film and television dramas and the real things in their hands, it does give some ideas to those who are confused after reading the instructions.
"So this thing is going to be used on the refrigerator and TV?"
"I think it would be better used on guns. Unfortunately, our guns are all illusionary. If they were real, we could try it."
"How can a living being live? How can it be without the ability to think? Do we have any metal items here? Let's experiment with them and see."
"Don't mess around. What if this is a one-time thing?"
Liu Chengzhi then said, "Refrigerators and televisions are just examples. Guns are a bit too small in my opinion. Why don't you expand your thinking? For example, if we have a car, we can use the Heart of Steel."
At this point, Liu Chengzhi's eyes lit up: "Oh my god, turning a car into a Transformer, I'm so smart! This must be the correct way to use the Heart of Steel!"
Everyone can understand the phrase "turn the car into Transformers". After all, even if you have never seen Transformers, in the conversations among adults, you have at least imagined what the so-called "Transformers" look like.
"Like a mecha?" Mu Zhong finished. "Then what's the difference between this mecha and the pilot's mecha?"
Wei Huan had seen the mecha driven by the driver [Sequence Five: Mecha Technician].
The height is about 7 to 8 meters. This height seems very strong on the human side, but it is not a big advantage when encountering dark beasts on the battlefield.
But when it comes to Transformers, aren’t they all huge monsters 20 to 30 meters tall?
in addition……
Wei Huan said, "I'm not sure, but is it possible that this Iron Heart is well-suited for use by a pilot? As a mechanical item, perhaps you should research it."
Mu Zhong took the Heart of Steel that Wei Huan handed to him and nodded: "Let me try."
As for the [Platinum Level Complete Treasure Map], needless to say, it cannot be found here. They have to go to a higher level world to open the treasure.
At this point, the items and equipment dropped from the platinum treasure chest have found a place to go.
The remaining materials are placed in the warehouse. Some are needed for vehicle upgrades, and some are important materials for professional advancement. When these materials have been stored for a while and no one needs them, they can be taken outside for trading and exchanged for some funds.
As for not getting their own equipment, everyone felt regretful but not disappointed.
This is how it is when you open a treasure chest. Even if you keep asking for it, you may not get the supplies you need. However, their captain is very strong, and the team will become stronger and stronger. They will open the platinum treasure chest not just once or twice, but sooner or later they will get the items they need.
Besides, I haven’t even put on the gold equipment yet, so why am I thinking about getting platinum level?
You have to eat the rice one bite at a time.
"This axe is great! With it, our team will definitely have another main attacker."
"Two blueprints for a tier six vehicle. Even if you have money and points, you won't be able to buy this."
"I'm even more looking forward to this Iron Heart. I wonder what it will be like to use it."
"My lighter is made of metal. Would you like to try it?" Xu Qingqiang curiously handed the lighter to Mu Zhong.
Mu Zhong actually put the Heart of Steel in front of the lighter. The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and Liu Chengzhi stretched his neck waiting for the scene in the movie to reappear.
Time passes by minute by minute, but the heart is the same as the mind, and the schemes are the same as the schemes, without any change.
Mu Zhong shook his head and smiled: "Let me study it further."
Xu Qingqiang nodded: "Alright, I'll regret it if I take it. If I grow legs, how will I smoke?"
Everyone thought about that scene and started laughing.
Wei Huan was also smiling. Seeing that everyone was in a good mood, he announced that everyone could disperse, and the undead army set out again.
He drank the bottle of spiritual power potion directly.
The 25-point spiritual power potion, plus Mofidi's attribute enhancement, finally increased Wei Huan's dark power by 31 points.
These 31 points of Dark Power allow him to recruit one more Shuroma every day. If he recruits a Running Wolf, he can even form a team directly.
So it may not seem like much, but if it lasts for a long time, it will be very scary for the gravekeeper sequence.
Wei Huan then asked Mu Zhong to report his current attributes.
Name: Wei Huan (Fake Artifact +25%)
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Occupation: Gravemourner (Sequence 3)
Stamina: 2250
Strength: 412
Agility: 395
Dark power: 1750
Special state: Dark energy accelerated erosion
Number of summons: 9000+
The endurance is as high as 2250, and the dark power is 1750.
This attribute is simply amazing.
His endurance is only about 100 less than Xu Qingqiang's, but Xu Qingqiang has already been upgraded to the fourth level. Moreover, as a profession that can increase attributes by eating, Xu Qingqiang's attributes are already very terrifying.
Wei Huan can have such attributes, firstly, he is well-equipped, secondly, he drinks enough potions, and thirdly, when he is free, he will still train "real soldier combat skills". After completing a set of skills, he will more or less increase his endurance and strength by 1 or 2 points.
If it were for the lack of time, Wei Huan would have wanted to learn the gambler's "burst exercise", which would increase agility.
Wei Huan is somewhat obsessed with close combat, or perhaps, in this world full of crises and challenges, it is better to be strong and feel safer on your own than to wait for others to protect you.
As a summoner, all his enemies know his weaknesses. So if he can train his weaknesses to no longer be weaknesses, will he still be afraid of anyone or the environment?
The strong must learn to change the environment.
You must appear to be at ease in any environment.
This advantage is the result of Wei Huan's daily hard work, which allows him to always stand above his current environment.
Wei Huan was very satisfied with the current attributes, but Mu Zhong's eyes fell on the number of summons, and he looked at Wei Huan deeply again.
I've known for a long time that Wei Huan has a hidden trick up his sleeve, but every time I see him daring to hide half of his strength, I feel that Wei Huan is a very scary person.
He can be so strong even when he is half hidden, who can defeat him?
"Some of them are still in a weak state." Wei Huan said, "When you see Brother Diao's full strength, my strength will be fully restored."
Mu Zhong said, "It's only been a few days, right?"
"Well, not for a few days."
Mu Zhong could already imagine how powerful Wei Huan would be when he returned to his prime, and he was even looking forward to a big battle.
Wei Huan said, "Don't worry, just kill more."
He said what he meant and he would kill the dark beasts so fiercely that they would be terrified, and get a diamond treasure chest.
…
On March 20th of the Blue Star Calendar, the Ancient Battlefield had been open for 25 days and there were still 5 days left until its end.
The overall atmosphere on Blue Star has been very bad these days. In the international forum of Challenger APP, there are quarrels every day.
The cause was that a week ago, the area that was under joint defense by the European and African forces was wiped out by the elite troops suddenly dispatched by the Dark Beasts.
Not only did many people die in that incident, but Blue Star's casualty ratio, which originally had a slight advantage, was instantly widened significantly, and the gap between the two sides exceeded five percentage points for the first time.
In fact, it is normal to have winners and losers on the battlefield. As long as humans can unite, they can always narrow the gap little by little and finally turn the tide to win.
But as we all know, when things are going well for an alliance, everything is fine, but once things go against you, you have to face the possibility of the alliance collapsing.
Alliance members began to blame each other.
It started with the mutual blame within the Non-European Alliance, and later spread to the challenge legion of the entire Blue Star.
"With our forces, we simply couldn't hold that location. We had already discussed this in a meeting beforehand. Furthermore, we sent out a distress signal before the dark beasts attacked, but until the very end, no reinforcements showed up. This isn't our fault. We lost so many soldiers, and they have families crying for them too!"
"Before then, we had already sent the Allied Forces to help them garrison. It was their commanders' fault that they couldn't form a line of resistance earlier. I promised to bring those soldiers back safely, but what about now? Don't they have families? They deserve to die!!"
"This is truly a nightmare. Why would the Dark Beast choose our direction to break through? I thought they would go to the Azure Dragon Army in Daxia, after all, that place is in chaos right now."
"Although it's still bad there, the fact that Dark Beast would make such a choice doesn't mean that you are even worse."
"Daxia's Azure Dragon Army is no longer a weakness. Daxia has obtained the core materials for the Level 5 vehicles and now possesses a large number of Level 5 vehicles and Level 5 Challengers. It is impossible for the Dark Beast to go to their side."
"Yes, that's right! Daxia is so strong, with so many level 5 vehicles, why didn't they send troops to help us defend the city? It's their arrogance that ultimately led to our loss of this opening battle."
Yes, that's right.
Although it sounds strange from a logical point of view, there are still some people who deeply agree with this statement, and there are quite a few of them.
The strong should help the weak, and powerful countries should help weak countries. Our alliance is so weak that it was broken by the army of dark beasts. This is the result of your inaction as a powerful country.
Then, inexplicably, accusations were directed at several powerful countries, Daxia, Osam and Big Bear.
Among them, the loudest voices were accusing Daxia, all because Daxia had more level 5 vehicles, so they should have sent a lot of level 5 vehicles to help the surrounding legions.
If something goes wrong, I can take part of the responsibility, but I cannot afford such a huge mistake alone, and I must drag a powerful country into it.
Daxia naturally would not tolerate this humiliation. At least before the official side could say anything, the people had already exploded.
The war of words on international forums has never subsided, and it has also affected the closeness between alliances on the battlefield.
Smart people certainly know that now is not the time to argue. Blue Star is a whole, and they must put aside all prejudices and unite to fight the enemy.
But ultimately, protests from the lower classes will also have an impact on relations among the upper classes.
Perhaps a problem that could have been solved in three or two days would always be delayed to four or five days due to one reason or another.
In the blink of an eye, there are only a few days left before the end of the ancient battlefield.
Many generals who could never learn to remain calm sat at the conference table again, trying to plan a war that could turn the tide.
"Okay everyone, this is the situation now. We can't hold anything back anymore. We need to take out whatever we have hidden away."
The speaker was the commander-in-chief of Osam's legion, five-star General Josh Meyer.
He was in his fifties, with brown hair and gray at the temples. His face looked more like a kind person, but perhaps because he had been in a high position for a long time and was under a lot of pressure, when he looked at people, he would appear arrogant, tough, and distant.
As he spoke, he looked at the old man sitting across from him in the conference room.
The old man looked wrinkled and miserable, with dark skin like an old man who had been farming in the fields all his life.
But the old man with an honest face straightened his back and looked at him. His eyes were as deep as a well at the bottom of the altar. Looking into them would make one feel mysterious and heart-pounding.
Admiral Meyer paused and said, "Commander Dong, since it's already this late, shouldn't you open up more slots in the Battle Tower? Right now, only the Battle Tower can significantly increase combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time."
Dong Chujian nodded. "Yes, no problem. Our battle tower has enough quotas open to all countries in each round. Even if we increase the quota now, it will be no problem."
Perhaps because the offer was accepted too quickly, Admiral Meyer didn't even have time to respond. He paused before saying, "How many places are available?"
Dong Chujian said: "During the war, 100 are open every day. This is the limit of what the battle tower can train without our people going in."
Admiral Meyer was skeptical of the promise, saying, "So it's open just like that? No conditions?"
Dong Chujian shook his head. "Humanity's survival is imminent. What's the point of talking about conditions? We've already given out positions and trained some warriors from Africa and Europe. However, no matter how powerful the professional training grounds are, they only train individual professionals. On a battlefield this intense, our soldiers simply can't leave their vehicles to fight. You should know that what we lack are heavier weapons, more soldiers, and true heroes who are fearless and won't hide behind the charge."
After saying this, Dong Chujian looked at Admiral Meyer, and then at the other generals.
Every general looked at each other, their eyes flashing.
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