"First of all, if you discover any treasures or antiques during your exploration, you must hand them over to me, and I will then hand them over to Lord Mo Wujiang for evaluation of their value and merit. You must not keep them for yourself," Mo Wuge said.
"The equipment you received was made by Lord Pan and many peripheral members. They also need to earn extra rewards. In addition, as a reconnaissance team, we often venture into virgin lands that other scavengers have never been to, and find many antiques, treasures, and even spiritual artifacts. Some of these spiritual artifacts are quite dangerous and can easily backfire on their owners. However, if an ordinary treasure or antique is found by an individual, as long as it is not a spiritual artifact, the individual can keep and use it."
Chen Jing listened without finding anything strange; the hunting party had almost identical rules.
It's inherently difficult to demand that something discovered by one person be turned in; you can't possibly search every member upon returning to Ash City, as that would alienate everyone. Only when multiple people discover something should it be turned in and distributed, and generally, the person who discovered it receives the lion's share.
The difference is that the hunting party has no regulations regarding magical artifacts, because the hunting party in Ash City has no access to such magical items.
"Speaking of equipment," Chen Jing thought of the wooden box and porcelain bottle he had received, "Captain, what are these things?"
Chen Jingyang waved the bag in his hand.
Mo Wuge's face stiffened: "That's exactly what I was going to say."
Mo Wuge explained, "These two incense sticks, the golden one can be lit and emit a very bright light, and can also be waved to penetrate a certain distance of mist. The gray one will emit thick smoke when lit, which can be used to transmit signals and cover retreats."
"The small bottle contains a Golden Turtle Descent into the Sea Pill. This is an extremely precious pill, which takes seven days and seven nights to refine and requires many valuable medicinal materials. Of course, it does not involve spiritual energy sediment, just some precious spiritual materials. You may not know what spiritual energy sediment is... We'll talk about it later."
"The Golden Turtle Sea Pill has many uses. Simply ingesting it will form a thin barrier around the body, lasting for three to five minutes. During this time, the barrier can withstand a sword strike or gunshot, which can save a life."
"If you are injured, you can dissolve it in water to form a medicinal liquid, apply it to the wound, and it can speed up the healing process. It can even help heal injuries that are deep in the bone and internal organs." Mo Wuge looked at Chen Jing: "Didn't you suffer a very serious injury before? The reason you were able to recover so quickly is because our doctor dissolved a Golden Turtle Sea-Diving Pill in a pot of water and distributed it to you and the other wounded as a medicine."
Chen Jing was surprised, never expecting the pill to be so effective, even his nearly healed arm was thanks to its power.
That so-called thin-film barrier sounds a bit like the air armor of the Qi Realm... a super-weakened version?
Everyone else was quite surprised as well. Zhang Taoying even covered her mouth, almost exclaiming in surprise, but He Lili's expression didn't change, as if it was within her expectations.
"If you are poisoned, you can dissolve the Jin Gui Xia Hai Dan in liquid form and take it. It can also be very effective," Mo Wuge said. "However, the shelf life of Jin Gui Xia Hai Dan is only six months to one year. After six months, its efficacy will be greatly reduced, and after one year, it may have no effect at all."
"Even pills have an expiration date? Are they really that particular?" Chen Jing thought to himself, but didn't say it aloud.
At this moment, Chen Jing heard He Lili say something:
"Spiritual energy is dissipating."
“Yes.” Mo Wuge nodded: “As the spiritual energy of the pill is lost, its efficacy will decrease. Therefore, it should be stored in a specially made small bottle to slow down the loss of spiritual energy.”
"Then there's what's in the wooden box..." Mo Wuge opened the notebook-sized wooden box and showed it to everyone.
Inside the wooden box were two glass test tubes, one containing a purple liquid with sediment and the other a black liquid. There were also two types of flat glass bottles, four of each, containing a red viscous substance and a yellowish-green transparent liquid, respectively.
And two stone-like objects with dark runes on them, seemingly bound by lightning.
"The purple potion is an antidote that can help fight toxins that have penetrated deep into the body," Mo Wuge explained. "The black potion can counteract the curses and some attacks of evil spirits, but it can only reduce the impact, not eliminate it."
"The red flat bottle contains a flammable oil called 'Three Flavors Oil.' It is extremely potent; upon contact with air, it becomes sticky and burns for nearly five seconds. Handle it with care. It is more effective than grenades or other weapons against some monsters. If you accidentally get it on your skin, roll on the ground to extinguish the fire. The yellowish-green liquid is aqua regia, which can corrode metal or the human body."
“These are not magical items, but byproducts of alchemy,” Mo Wuge said. “The materials used to make them are relatively inexpensive, so you can receive them every week as supplies.”
"The stones engraved with runes are the simplest spiritual objects, called palm thunder. They can produce a huge sound, more powerful than a hand grenade, but lighter and easier to control. They explode when they come into contact with a hard object. Only those with extraordinary abilities or cultivators can use them, because spiritual power must be infused into them each time they are thrown."
"And these three small bags are grain sticks, a byproduct of alchemy. They contain the essence of grains. Eating one will keep you full all day, but it tastes terrible. This is a good thing, to prevent people from eating it as a snack."
Chen Jing heard Dao Nan mutter softly, "We're not children anymore..."
To this, Chen Jing could only scoff.
Even in the world before the time travel, soldiers often ate the issued chocolates and other military rations as snacks. Therefore, these kinds of emergency life-saving foods were usually not very tasty.
The Black Hand Gang's benefits are really good... The items they give to ordinary members include so many useful items that Chen Jing has never seen before, even including pills and spiritual objects.
He Lili then asked, "What if we need armor, guns, crossbows, bows, or swords?"
Mo Wuge smiled and said, "You can get these ordinary items directly from the city guard's quartermaster with your token, but you can't get too many or too frequently. You have to register your name and quantity each time."
Chen Jing nodded. When he was the monster lurer, his biggest expense was actually the cost of landmines and other explosives. Now that he could go to the quartermaster to get them, Chen Jing felt much more relaxed.
In the ancient Song Dynasty, due to the existence of fog and the presence of sound-attracting monsters, the bizarre scenario of using both bows and crossbows and firearms for ranged weapons emerged. On the one hand, firearms were easier to use and more powerful, and on the other hand, there was sometimes a need for silent ranged weapons.
After introducing the equipment, Mo Wuge said, "Tomorrow we will go on our first mission. Of course, it will be a very simple training mission. We will act as a reconnaissance team to explore the former territory of the slave wanderers, the Meijing City Grand Arena."
"Damn it..." A word popped into Chen Jing's mind as he recalled the terrifying scene he had witnessed while invisible through noise: fog obscuring his vision, piles of corpses, and countless fog monsters.
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