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◎First Release◎
"Have you heard? That idiot Brody actually found a distant relative a few days ago and even went to Master Fabian to get her an ID from our Mechanical City."
"Tsk tsk, if you ask me, Master Fabian is just too pampering Brody. Their family's younger generation doesn't even have anyone with SS-level talent or above. It would be better to hand over the SSS-level mechanical core as soon as possible and distribute it directly to other families."
"By the way, what level of talent does his distant relative have? Brody wouldn't deliberately find someone with high talent to protect the core, right?"
"I heard he's an SS-rank equipment designer. If you're curious, you can go to the commercial street in District 7 and see where he's opened a new equipment store."
"Tsk, let's go meet them. That loser Brody can't even get a full complement of S-rank gear. How could he possibly have a relative who's a formidable SS-rank equipment designer? He's definitely playing it safe. Maybe the entire shop is filled with subpar A-rank or lower gear."
"Yeah, Brody still needs to ask Master Fabian for identification. He must be a stowaway from the lower-tier district. I heard the players there are so inexperienced and poor that they treasure even a piece of A-rank equipment. The equipment store is probably full of junk below A-rank."
Several mechanical people had shining eyes as they hurried to the commercial street, their faces full of anticipation for a good show.
As a result, when they were only two or three hundred meters away from a store called "Blue Star Fourth Equipment Store", they were shocked by the huge crowds inside and outside the store.
Brody, who had always been despised by them, was busy walking back and forth to maintain order in the store.
The "distant relative" who looked 30% like him was holding a cup of hot cocoa, drinking it while paying the bill, occasionally ordering Brody to do some work, and looked extremely leisurely.
In order to make things easier, Yan Yu deliberately used a camouflage ring to change her appearance before opening the store. Of course, her face was adjusted according to Brody. After all, the two were relatives in name.
In fact, Yan Yu was quite curious about the reproduction method of the mechanical people, but he did not ask Brody, after all, it would be a bit rude.
"Oh my god, what's going on?" Several people were confused.
What good could there possibly be in a shop run by someone who looked like a stowaway? Why did everyone act like they'd found a treasure? Several of the mechanicals even nearly came to blows.
And wasn't it too natural for her to order Brody around? As if he weren't some high-ranking relative from the Mechanical City she'd married to, but an insignificant younger brother?
The key point is that the loser looks like he doesn't want money and is eager to serve others. It's really disgusting.
When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong.
A few of them looked at each other and barely squeezed into the first floor of the small western-style building. Once they saw the equipment on the shelves, they couldn't stop talking.
Looking around, the shelves are full of S-level and SS-level equipment, and the key is that the attributes of these equipment are very powerful.
Even equipment of the same level can have very different attributes, which is closely related to the blacksmith's talent level, mental strength, and proficiency in forging.
Equipment masters above SS level are rare, and equipment masters who can forge the attributes of high-level equipment to the extreme are even rarer.
For example, for the same equipment blueprint, the attack power is 1200-1800 points, and the defense power is 1300-1900 points. The worst equipment engineer can only forge a basic attribute value of 1200+1300=2500 points.
However, the most powerful equipment maker can forge a basic attribute value of 1800+1900=3700 points.
The difference in basic attributes between the two is as much as 1,200 points, not to mention the additional attributes and special effects. The gap is like a chasm.
Therefore, good blacksmiths above SS level are almost all controlled by major organizations and are not circulated in the market at all.
Only blacksmiths of S rank or below, with below-average blacksmithing skills, who cannot find a large force to rely on, will go it alone and open equipment shops.
Therefore, the attributes of the equipment that ordinary players can buy on the market are relatively average.
However, the attributes of all the equipment in this equipment store that just opened today are enough to make people's eyes shine. They are even better than the equipment of the members of the top ten forces and the Supervisory Center. They are almost the most powerful equipment of the same level and type!
In fact, many players in the floating world are very dissatisfied with the behavior of the big forces monopolizing high-level blacksmiths. However, they are powerless and cannot fight against them. They can only survive in the cracks or unite to establish a new organization and keep each other warm.
The Explorers' Guild, for example, was formed step by step in this way. The various factions in the New City District also gradually rose over the past few hundred years to counter the ten major factions in the Central City.
The constant struggles among the various organizations led to the emergence of the Supervisory Center, which claimed to be absolutely fair.
Back to Yan Yu’s equipment store, when it first opened, many players were too lazy to come in and didn’t have any expectations for the equipment inside.
If Brody hadn't been persistent in attracting customers, and if customers hadn't come in and called their friends with surprise, the store wouldn't have caused a sensation in the entire area in just 15 minutes.
By the time the few people who were at odds with Brody finally squeezed to the front of the shelf, the last piece of S-level equipment had been snatched away.
At this moment, Brody received Yan Yu's gaze and shouted, "Today's merchandise is sold out. Everyone should get up early tomorrow."
Several people broke through the defense in an instant and almost cried out in pain.
After hearing Brody's words, many people surrounded him and asked about the opening hours of the equipment store and the number of items sold every day.
Many people know that equipment engineers like Yan Yu will probably be poached by other major organizations within a day or two, and the chance to pick up a bargain may only be today.
Everyone was reluctant to leave, so Brody had to follow Yan Yu's instructions and patiently explained, "The equipment store opens at 9:00 AM every day and sells 100 pieces of S-level equipment and 10 pieces of SS-level equipment. It closes once all are sold."
After saying this, he drove everyone out one by one, regardless of their reluctance.
A cyborg with red hair suddenly ran up to Brody with a licking face, put aside his former arrogance, put his arm around the shoulders of Brody, whom he despised the most, and showed an expression of brotherhood.
This person was one of the people who came to watch the show.
"Brody, the owner of this shop is your relative. Can you help me by asking her to sell me a few pieces of SS-level equipment? The price and everything else are negotiable."
Their Mechanical City is about to hold a large-scale challenge competition. The winner will not only receive very rich rewards, but will also receive an SSS-level mechanical core, which will be baptized by the Holy Father himself, allowing the winner to regain a higher level of talent.
The cyborg's name is Grant, and all members of his family are cyborgs. As long as they can get an SSS-level mechanical core, they can upgrade from cyborgs to an intelligent family. They have been coveting the mechanical core of the Brody family for a long time.
If the Brody family had not been protected by Lord Fabian, the Grant family would have succeeded long ago.
Seeing that he could not get the Brody family's mechanical core for the time being, Grant had to turn his attention to the challenge competition.
He was born with SS-level combat talent. The clan leader mobilized the entire family to help him get 8 pieces of SS-level equipment and 2 pieces of S-level equipment, but he was still not satisfied.
Grant found out that the players from the seven major families in the Mechanical Clan were all fully equipped with SS-level equipment, and some even had several pieces of SSS-level equipment.
Compared to them, he was already losing at the starting line. That was why he placed greater emphasis on the SS-level equipment with extremely high attributes sold in Yanyu Equipment Shop.
"I was wrong before. Could you please forgive me and help me this time? I promise to treat you like my own brother, no, my own father, from now on!"
Brody: "...I can't make the decision."
It was the first time Brody saw Grant, who always looked down on him, actually showing him a flattering expression. He was secretly very happy, but he couldn't let go.
The shop belongs to his family boss, he can't interfere in the business.
Brody continued to drive people away, and finally only Grant was left in the store, holding the doorpost and refusing to leave. Brody was so angry that he almost laughed.
Grant knew Brody was just a small fry, so he stopped paying attention to him and looked at Yan Yu eagerly: "Shopkeeper, please, save the kid. Can you sell me a few SS-level equipment in advance? Will you still accept me as your little brother? I'm definitely more useful than that Brody!"
"Grant, are you sick?" Brody jumped up in anger, and suddenly a mechanical arm swung out from behind him and slapped Grant in the face.
Grant dodged swiftly, not bothering to pay attention to Brody. He stared at Yan Yu expectantly, "My Lord, you see, Brody is a hot-tempered and irritable man. He dared to attack you openly in your store. I am different. I will never act impulsively like him."
"You!" Brody's entire mechanical face was about to smoke with anger.
In the end, Yan Yu stood up and spoke for him: "I don't accept any younger brothers, and I won't sell SS-level equipment in advance. If you want it, come early tomorrow to queue up."
After saying this, he was about to kick Grant out.
Grant clung to the door frame tightly as an idea suddenly occurred to him: "Wait, sir, I have a blueprint for S-level equipment. I can use it to exchange for three, no, two, pieces of SS-level equipment!"
Generally, the selling price of an equipment blueprint is at least twenty times that of the equipment of the same level.
In the floating world, S-level equipment blueprints usually cost between 10 and 100 orange crystals, while SS-level equipment costs between 5 and 50 orange crystals.
It has to be said that Grant did grasp Yan Yu's interest at once, and was eventually invited to the second floor by the reluctant Brody.
Although Brody had disagreements with Grant, he would not do anything unnecessary in front of Yan Yu, because he knew how important equipment blueprints, especially high-level equipment blueprints, were to equipment engineers.
Sitting on the sofa in the living room, Yan Yu said straight to the point: "Bring it here and let me see it."
Grant immediately handed over the equipment drawings.
[S-level equipment blueprint: Golden Spirit Necklace]
Description: Can create S-level equipment, the Golden Spirit Necklace, with attack points increased by 500-900, defense points increased by 300-400, and attribute points increased by 700-1000. After the special effect is cast, a gold group attack space can be formed within a 3*3 square meter area, with -160 health points per second, a duration of 40 seconds, and a cooldown of 2 hours.
Materials: S-level Spiritual Gold Stone*2
Usage conditions: Those with S-level or higher forging talent, S-level or higher forging skills
It has a group attack skill. One cast can knock out 6400 health points of all creatures in the attack space. The attribute is pretty good.
Yan Yu nodded: "Okay, I have 10 pieces of SS-level equipment here, you can choose any two to take away."
She still has 25 pieces of SS-level equipment, but she doesn't want to reveal them to outsiders.
After hearing Yan Yu's words, Grant excitedly picked up the SS-level Dark Shield and SS-level Sealing Ring, and finally left happily.
Yan Yu was playing with the new equipment blueprint in her hand. Noticing Brody's downcast look, she asked, "Why, are you unhappy?"
Anyone who is not a fool can see the grudge between him and Grant.
"No, how could that be?"
"Okay, there's no need to hide it from me." Yan Yu had sharp senses, so naturally he heard many mechanical people around him discussing the upcoming challenge competition. He knew that this was the grandest and hottest event in the Mechanical City in the near future.
Grant was in a hurry to buy equipment from her, most likely to participate in the challenge.
Thinking of this, Yan Yu chuckled: "If you want to participate in the challenge, I can provide you with higher-level equipment, and even help you get into the top three."
Having said that, her eyes moved around Brody's extremely excited face and she paused for two seconds on purpose.
"The prerequisite is that you help me get more S-level and above forging materials and equipment blueprints."
Although I don’t know what the rewards of the challenge are, since it has attracted so many mechanical people, the rewards must be very, very rich.
Brody is her recognized younger brother, and she doesn't mind helping him.
But there is a big premise, that is, he is completely used by her and becomes her loyal spokesperson in the Mechanical City.
Brody stood up excitedly, several mechanical arms dancing around like weeds in the wind. "Don't worry, sir. Leave the forging materials and equipment drawings to me. I'll definitely satisfy you!"
“Don’t let me down.”
After seeing Brody off, Yan Yu took stock of his income. He had sold 182 pieces of S-level equipment and 22 pieces of SS-level equipment, with a total profit of 464.6 orange crystals + 1 S-level equipment blueprint.
Yan Yu glanced at his shop system. To upgrade from level 4 to level 5, he needed to earn 10 million gold coins, which was equivalent to about 1,000 orange crystals. He could collect all of them in one more day.
I have to say, it’s easier to make money in the floating world.
Although prices are high, the selling price of equipment has also skyrocketed. The higher the level, the higher the price will be. The price will increase by dozens of times. For Yan Yu, the profit is even more amazing.
S-level materials usually cost between 1 and 5 blue crystals, and the profit of forging them into S-level equipment is about 1 to 3 times; if they are forged into SS-level equipment, the profit becomes nearly a hundred times; if they are directly upgraded by two levels and become SSS-level equipment, the profit will definitely be several thousand times higher.
Ordinary people simply cannot imagine it.
Yan Yu found out that there is only one SSS-level equipment engineer in the floating world, but the probability of him upgrading the equipment level by one level is 0.3%, and the probability of upgrading the equipment level by two levels is 0.1%, and the speed is much slower.
Compared to Yan Yu's talent as a divine creator, it is far inferior.
It seems that even if they both have SSS-level talents, in front of Yan Yu, the other party can only be regarded as a younger brother.
Even so, he is the object of competition among major forces and is considered the man most wanted by everyone in the floating world.
After setting up the fourth equipment store on Blue Star as system-hosted, Yan Yu teleported back to the Jinyu Equipment Store at No. 100 in Player City through the teleportation array. It was now renamed the third equipment store on Blue Star.
After being teleported back, Yan Yu felt a strong sense of rejection.
After a little thought, she guessed the source of the rejection.
Her current level has reached the ninth level of the Soul Condensation Realm, a major leap. In the "lower-level area" where she is, all the players are in the entry-level stage. Once someone is about to break through to the Soul Condensation Realm, they will face the so-called "ascension" assessment.
If you pass the assessment, you will enter the floating world; if you fail the assessment, your game will erase you.
From this point, we can see that the "lower level area" has a tolerance limit. Once the player level exceeds its tolerance limit, they will be excluded.
Yan Yu felt fine while staying inside the store, but as soon as she walked out of the store, the overwhelming feeling of rejection began to crush her internal organs and impact her sea of consciousness.
There was no other choice, so Yan Yu had to spend 50,000 gold coins to upgrade the equipment store for the second time.
A flash of white light passed by, and the third equipment store, which was originally not very large, immediately expanded three or four times. A spiral upward staircase appeared next to the small warehouse.
Yan Yu climbed up the stairs and came to the second floor that had expanded out of thin air, which was also her temporary resting place.
There were only two rooms on the second floor: a bedroom and a living room. The bedroom was used for rest, training, and forging, while the living room was used to summon Song Fa and others for meetings.
The time difference between the floating world and each lower-level area is different. I wonder what the ratio is with them here, and whether the flow rate is fast or slow?
“Bang, bang, bang!”
Not long after Yan Yucai returned here, there was a sudden burst of rapid knocks on the door outside the store, with an indescribable sense of anxiety.
【Author’s words】
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