Chapter 67 Upgrades Part 2 (1/2)
The amount of experience required for fusing higher-leveled talents did not simply increase linearly.
An advanced talent or knowledge cost 50,000 more experience to fuse than a basic one. Moreover, fusing a basic talent with an advanced talent also caused the base cost of the basic talent itself to increase, rising from 5,000 to 10,000. If even higher leveled talents were to be used, the fusion costs would skyrocket further.
”Confirm!”
Han Xiao stared at the fusion window with bated breath.
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Fusion success!
Congratulations, you have discovered [Magnetism Armor]!
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Han Xiao jumped up with joy.
This was the blueprint that he had been aiming to get, and it was actually something that a player at Han Xiao's current level should not be able to possess. Indeed, it was a high-level piece of armor! This would help to guarantee his safety!
Of the $300,000 that Han Xiao had spent on upgrade materials, $250,000 alone went into the making this armor.
As it was an advanced blueprint, it was much more complex to craft than a basic one, so even Han Xiao, who possessed the required knowledge to craft it, needed to spend an entire hour just to fully understand the blueprint's contents. After learning it, Han Xiao lifted his head to reveal a bitter smile; by his estimations, it would take at least three days of non-stop work to craft it.
He quickly got started.
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Three days later, the doors to Han Xiao's workroom opened. Out came a tired Han Xiao with listless eyes and dark bags under his eyes. He looked as though he were in a daze, as if he didn't even know who, or even where, he was. In fact, looking at him, one might wonder if he had just woken up from a beating.
Han Xiao received a call as soon as he turned on his phone. It was Li Ya Lin, and she did not sound pleased at all.
”Han Xiao, why were you unreachable for the past few days? You have dozens of overdue orders! You'd better not take the cash and run away when I'm putting my own reputation on the line for your business! Also, don't forget that you promised to make a set of specially tailored equipment! Oh, right, we've been given a mission! We have to leave for Hesla in ten days. Leader is furious that you didn't show up for the meeting yesterday, so you'd better keep that in mind…”
Han Xiao could barely open his eyes. Ignoring her as she rambled on, he climbed into his bed and curled up under his blanket to fall asleep instantly.
”Hey, hey, hey— why are you not saying anything? Urgh, don't think I've forgotten how you took advantage of me the other day…”
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'What's the first thing you do when you get out of bed?
'Open your eyes?'
When Han Xiao finally woke up, the first thing he did was to make his way to the toilet in his dreamlike stupor. After washing his hands, he stretched, yawned, and proceeded to brush his teeth.
Afterwards, with eyes still half-closed, Han Xiao went over to the kitchen in the main workshop where he pushed Lu Qian off her seat at the dining table with his butt and helped himself to the remainder of her breakfast, all the while ignoring her feeble protests.
When he was done, he simply cast her an unapologetic glance before strolling out as though nothing had happened.
”Ah, such carefreeness reminds me of when I was young,” reminisced Old Lu aloud as he stroked his head.
”Ahhhhh! I want to change the keys…”
”Perhaps this is love,” remarked Old Lu with a profound look on his face.
”It is not!” Lu Qian yelled out in exasperation.
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Back in his workroom, Han Xiao opened up a small box. Inside were the fruits of his labor, what appeared to be numerous thin scales of metal. They looked black, but on closer observation, they were actually an extremely deep shade of blue. Although they resembled nothing like 'armor', these tiny pieces of metal were, without a doubt, the Magnetic Armor—well, unassembled, and still quite incomplete, to be exact.