Chapter 2 The so-called "original soup transforms the original food" - "We need more mutations..."
"hiss--"
Du Yu was tackled by Tian Yinuo and rolled twice inside the car. His head hit a protrusion that looked like a seat, and his vision went black. He was frozen for several seconds before he pulled his thoughts out of the flood of messages sent by Butler 166.
Clang!
The mutated cockroaches seemed to be attacking the wreckage of the vehicle. Du Yu lost her balance and slammed her head hard against the car seat. But she couldn't care less about anything else and asked incredulously in her mind, "Is your fusion game completely useless now?"
That's not quite right.
The ghostly thing even sounded a little embarrassed. [Although there are only three trial synthesis opportunities right now, as long as enough energy is provided to unlock the core building [Altar], more exciting content will be available in the game!]
Du Yu took a deep breath, ordered 166 not to make empty promises, picked up a long stick and propped it on the ground, exerting his core strength to barely maintain his balance as the vehicle swayed.
The icy liquid slid down his cheeks, making his pale lips appear even more bloodless. Du Yu calmly surveyed his surroundings, analyzing the battle situation.
The original owner lived in the safe Upper City and had never fought against mutated creatures. But from the encounter just now, it was clear that this mutated cockroach, nearly as tall as a person, possessed fighting power as terrifying as its appearance.
Although Du Yu had over thirty years of experience surviving and fighting in the wasteland, he was given a weak and untrained body, and was accompanied by a rookie whose combat strength was only slightly higher than the original owner.
Not to mention the "rope binding" debuff he was under. Du Yu scanned the carriage and sadly discovered that, apart from the long stick that the cockroach had just taken, the only weapon he had was the long stick he used as a cane...
The sadness lasted only a moment before vanishing. Du Yu casually wiped the blood from his face, constantly pondering a way out of the predicament. He had only changed bodies; the current situation didn't even rank in the top ten of the dangerous events Du Yu had experienced. It was far from time to give up.
There are also three free trial attempts for combining items, even though the game is unreliable!
Du Yu's purple eyes brightened slightly. Following her earlier feeling, she summoned the panel and looked at the only option that was lit up on the interface—
[Normal Synthesis]: Consumes three units of materials with the same attributes to obtain one unit of normal synthesis. This synthesis will randomly possess a higher-level element of a certain element in the attributes of the basic material.
(Used 3/3)
(Unlock condition for normal synthesis: Possess the core building [Altar - Unremarkable])
This description sounds impressive, but to put it simply, it means that by consuming three similar items, you can obtain a composite item with a randomly increased attribute.
"Tian Yinuo, help me hold it off for a while."
Du Yu tossed the "crutch" to Tian Yinuo, lost his balance, and fell to the ground. He grabbed the rope that was deeply embedded in his flesh and almost reached his bones, and shouted in his mind, "Ordinary synthesis!"
[Ding! 4.6 units of microfiber elastic rope detected. Do you want to use all materials for a normal synthesis?]
[Friendly reminder: The game needs players' love and support! Feeding excess materials to the altar will have a chance to increase the grade of synthesized items!]
The system broadcast a provocative message, and a circular altar-shaped building appeared in the center of the screen. To the left of the altar was a pile of ropes, and to the right was a constantly rotating question mark. All the images were composed of colored pixels.
With insufficient materials left for the next synthesis, Du Yu nonchalantly selected "Yes" under the "Synthesis?" option that appeared in the center of the altar.
Du Yu's legs loosened, and the ropes that were deeply embedded in his flesh seemed to be wiped by some pixels, disappearing into pixels at a speed that was difficult for the naked eye to perceive.
Du Yu heard a "beep" sound, and a rope gleaming with a faint golden light fell into his hand. Du Yu breathed a sigh of relief, rubbing his sore and numb muscles with one hand, and tentatively tapping the golden rope with the other, obtaining information from it.
【Crafting Name: Mom, I Got Gold! Rope (Name Change 1/1)】
[Note: One shot, one kill! An unlucky player stumbled upon a high-level rope they crafted]
[Rank: C (A mediocre high-level rope with a golden camouflage; only the poor and unlucky would consider it a valuable item)]
[Instructions for Use: For enemies of C rank and below, shout "Hey!" and throw the rope. It will guarantee a hit on the locked target. If the user's mental strength is greater than the enemy's, the enemy will be stunned for at least 10 seconds. If the user's mental strength is less than the enemy's, the enemy will be stunned for 3 seconds and will also receive a taunt buff (duration: 30 minutes)].
Usage count: 10/10
Ignore the malicious sarcasm in the parentheses; if used well, this can be the key to victory!
Du Yu wrapped one end of the golden rope around his hand, about to help Tian Yinuo, who was playing hide-and-seek with the mutated cockroach, when he saw the antennae on the head of the cockroach that had crawled into the car window twitch and then retreat.
Just as Du Yu helped Tian Yinuo up, a loud crash rang in his ears, and the entire vehicle shook. A bad feeling washed over Du Yu. He tentatively peeked through the cracked window and his expression changed drastically. "Jump out!"
"But the cockroaches are still outside..."
"It's too late! It's trying to push us off and kill us!"
Du Yu grabbed Tian Yinuo by the collar with one hand, put one foot on the car seat, and used the recoil to jump out of the car window from the other side!
"Boom!"
The wreckage of the hovercar, already teetering on the brink of collapse from the impact of the mutated cockroaches, was now pushed from a great height, finally shattering into pieces in free fall.
Before Du Yu could even feel the shock, a dark shadow appeared rapidly before her eyes, its wings rustling as it approached at high speed. The mutated cockroach had discovered their presence!
Now there was no sturdy vehicle to shield them from this terrible impact. Du Yu's pupils constricted sharply. Without thinking of anything else, he swung the golden rope with all his might: "Hey!"
At that moment, the world seemed to stand still, so still that Du Yu could hear the rapid, pounding heartbeat of the person next to him. A golden cross appeared on the mutated cockroach's head. Following the sudden realization, Du Yu's eyes narrowed, and the golden rope pierced through the cross like an arrow, striking the mutated cockroach's head with a "thud."
[Target detected. Mental strength stat being checked. (Seriously? Surely no one has a mental strength lower than a cockroach???)]
[Test Result: 99/1, a resounding success!]
[Stun effect assessment: 60 seconds (Lucky unlucky one, use this time to run for your life!)]
The synthesis game hadn't lied to her; the golden rope was indeed effective. The mutated cockroach seemed to have been struck by a needle, plummeting straight down from the sky, its compound eyes dull and lifeless, and it didn't even react when one of its legs snapped off.
However, she didn't intend to listen to the game's advice. It wasn't a matter of face; it was because the garbage dump they were in was completely exposed, and there were no vehicles around. How far could they run in sixty seconds?
The golden rope has a limited number of uses. Faced with a mutated cockroach that can fly, running away is useless. They must get rid of this mutated cockroach. Only by fighting can they have a chance to survive!
"Miss, aren't we going to run?"
Tian Yinuo seemed to have just escaped the terror of near death, shrinking her neck and staring at the mutated cockroach in surprise and doubt, her voice trembling.
"The item has a limited number of uses, so running away is useless; we have to take it down."
Although Tian Yinuo was timid, she obeyed Du Yu's every word. Seeing that Du Yu neither moved nor ran away, she stared at the mutated cockroach for a long time before suddenly asking, "Miss, can I hit it?"
The attack wouldn't break the stun effect, Du Yu nodded casually, still pondering how to obtain a weapon. Although there was trash everywhere now, her synthesis attempts were limited, and she had to ensure that the synthesized material was hard enough to pry open the mutated cockroach's hard skull.
Metal? No, the mutated cockroach's head is clearly harder than the hovercar, and the hovercar uses advanced alloys; bones from some unknown source, unknown, her synthesis attempts are limited...
"You think you can chase after girls? You think you can chase after me?! I'll beat you to death, beat you to death—Oops! The cockroach is alive!"
The paralysis effect had three seconds left. The mutated cockroach's body was still unable to move, but the antennae on its head had already begun to tremble. Tian Yinuo, who was easily frightened, dropped the stone in her hand.
Seeing this, Du Yu waved his hand and whipped the cockroach again, creating a 45-second stun. Zhou Yinuo, seeing that the cockroach was no longer moving, regained his courage, looked around, and casually picked up a suitable-shaped stick to hit the mutated cockroach.
She used all her strength, and with a "crunch," she scratched a long white mark on the mutated cockroach's shell, which was harder than metal.
Du Yu was startled by the noise and was about to tell Tian Yinuo to stop making noise when he caught a glimpse of the scratches on the mutated cockroach's carapace and the stick-like object in Tian Yinuo's hand. His eyes lit up, and he took the object from her.
"Xiaotian, you're a true genius!"
"Oh, really..."
I have received praise from the young lady!
Tian Yinuo was so happy she looked like she was drunk. Just as she was about to scratch her head, she was startled by what she was holding. She then realized that she had just picked up something in a fit of anger: the leg of a mutated cockroach!
"Miss, how could you take such dirty things..."
"Xiaotian, you did a great job! Quick, we need more cockroach legs!"
The young lady beamed a radiant smile, a hint of life returning to her pale face. Tian Yinuo, flattered by the young lady's praise, followed her instructions and used her newly acquired "weapon" to knock off the cockroaches' legs one by one. Only then did she belatedly ask:
"How scary! Miss, what do you need all this filthy stuff for?"
Including the ones Tian Yinuo had, Du Yu collected all 27 cockroach legs, becoming increasingly satisfied with them. The synthesized legs were even harder than the shells of mutated cockroaches; why bother trying when he already had them right in front of him?
After a moment's thought, Du Yu separated three cockroach legs, pointed them at the remaining ones, and mentally activated the light screen: "Normal synthesis!"
The screen seemed to pause for a few seconds before unfolding, and the familiar, cold, mechanical voice returned, though for some reason, Du Yu detected a hint of something unsettling in it:
[Ding, uh, ding-dong... 24 units of mutated cockroach legs detected. Perform a normal synthesis?]
"yes."
Having already synthesized it once, Du Yu clicked "confirm" with practiced ease. Watching the mutated cockroach legs disappear, the pixelated jar seemed to pause reluctantly before spitting out a stick-shaped object at Du Yu's feet.
The stick-shaped object was about 1.5 meters long, with a slightly curved end. It was completely black and had a metallic sheen. Du Yu rubbed his hands together and picked it up. His eyes lit up immediately: a weapon that could break through the defenses of mutated cockroaches!
A note from the author:
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Since the cockroaches don't want it, here's a freshly fallen cockroach leg for everyone (enthusiastic gesture).
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P.S.: When I was writing this chapter, I had just written about Dudu killing cockroaches when a black bug suddenly scurried onto the computer screen, scaring me so much that I thought it was the cockroach's revenge.
Thankfully, it wasn't a cockroach after testing.
P.S.: I've started using comment sections, everyone's welcome to join in!
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