"Your city building, the Blacksmith Shop, has been upgraded. Current Shop Level: 3. Daily production capacity increased to 300 points."
"You can now unlock and produce standard Elite Grade Equipment."
"The Blacksmith Shop has added Elite Grade Equipment (Blue): Refined Iron Bow, Refined Iron Armor, Refined Iron Sword, and Refined Greatsword."
When Bai Xiaowen saw the prompt on the Lord Console, he was stunned for a moment. Then, he was pleasantly surprised.
Mass production of Blue Grade Equipment!
It turned out that Level 3 Blacksmith Shop could mass produce Blue Grade Equipment! In that case, Bai Xiaowen would occupy the middle market of Earth's hunters. Bai Xiaowen had found a new source of profit for his shop. Moreover, the profit of Blue Grade Equipment was much higher than that of White and Rough Grade Equipment.
Bai Xiaowen inquired and found that each piece of Blue Grade Equipment required a daily production capacity of 50 points, which was ten times higher than White Grade Equipment! This was normal because the value of Blue Grade Equipment was ten times higher than White Grade Equipment.
With a daily production capacity of 300 points, he could produce 6 pieces of Blue Grade Equipment or 60 pieces of White Grade Equipment. But the problem was that in view of the increasingly saturated market, the demand for low-end equipment such as Rough Gray and Ordinary White Grade Equipment was gradually shrinking. As long as the price was reasonable, Blue Grade Equipment would definitely be in short supply.
Rough and Ordinary Grade Equipment was for beginners. It was geared toward quasi-hunters and newbies who had just awakened.
Blue Grade Equipment, on the other hand, was geared toward all hunters! One must know that even luxuriously equipped hunters like Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi still had Blue Grade Equipment that they had yet to replace.
However, these mass-produced Blue Grade Equipment had relatively low attributes, generally 1 to 2 points. Since Blue Grade Equipment had no equipment requirements or level restrictions, the requirements couldn't be too high.
Cecilia was also very happy. What she valued was not the addition of Elite Grade Blue Grade Equipment, but the additional White Grade Equipment, such as Iron Bow, Greatsword, and so on.
With these equipment, Cecilia could train Strong Archers, and the White Stone City's garrison would be stronger.
Not only the Blacksmith Shop was upgraded, but also the Jewelry Shop, the Mill, and other production buildings.
What was worth mentioning was the mill. After the arrival of a beginner pastry chef, the mill had been upgraded to Level 2, and its daily production capacity had reached 100 points. Moreover, it no longer produced ordinary rye bread, but a new type of food.
[Rye Snack: Food. Restores 25 HP within 5 seconds after eating. Food can only be used once in a battle.]
Compared to the Rye Bread, the Rye Snack had an additional 10 HP recovery rate, which was almost double! Due to the limited number of times food and recovery items could be used in each battle, the value of food that could recover more HP in a single use was definitely not as simple as doubling.
It could also be seen from the production cost that every piece of rye pastry consumed 5 production points, which was five times the production cost of rye bread.
"Then, in terms of price, the rye snacks should also be appropriately raised. After all, this is a relatively high-end product. The target audience is above Intermediate and Elite hunters. These people will definitely pay a good price for the rye snacks."
Bai Xiaowen rubbed his chin. "Ten times the price of rye bread … shouldn't be too much, right? Well, if that's the case, selling it for 1000 Spiritual Points is a little too much. Might as well take off two points and sell it for 998! Heh heh heh heh … "
The upgrade of the blacksmith shop and the mill allowed Bai Xiaowen's virtual shop to have two more striking products. He felt very satisfied.
Following the arrival of various professionals, the other production buildings had also been upgraded. For example, the jewelry shop had been upgraded to level 2. It could now produce normal quality White Board jewelry. However, it was still useless. Awakened ones would not buy White Board jewelry that did not have any additional attributes and was only used for decoration.
Only after the jewelry shop had been upgraded to level 3 would the appearance of Blue Elite class rings, necklaces or accessories be able to sell for a good price.
Accompanied by Cecilia, Bai Xiaowen patrolled Baishi City. Time gradually passed.
…
The three-day deadline was up. Doctor Zombie finally sent a message to Bai Xiaowen, asking him to return to the research institute.
Inside the research institute, Bai Xiaowen saw Doctor Zombie, who had a pair of dark circles and bloodshot eyes.
"How did it go?" Bai Xiaowen asked. He muttered inwardly, wondering if he had gone too far. If Doctor Zombie were to tire himself out, there would be no one to replace him. However, when he remembered that Doctor Zombie had an undead body, Bai Xiaowen felt relieved.
"Honorable Boss, after a long period of research and verification, I have finally grasped the basics … No, I have finally completely grasped this brand-new technology! Although I am currently limited by the materials and craftsmanship and am still unable to create an identical voodoo core, I can make some minor adjustments based on the original product and make it more suitable for this Stitched Monster! Now, let me talk about a few specific parameters that I have modified … "
Bai Xiaowen waved his hand and interrupted the eloquent Doctor Zombie. "Just tell me the effects of the modifications."
Doctor Zombie choked for a moment and could only flip the pages of the experiment report in his hand. "The effects … well, the effects are to reduce the negative effects of the voodoo core and strengthen the Stitched Monster's self-awareness, allowing it to resonate with external psionic equipment to a certain extent!"
"… Speak human language."
"Well, to be honest, the Stitched Monster can wear psionic equipment and unleash the power of the equipment." Doctor Zombie lowered his head and said, "Of course, at this stage, he can only use equipment for the head, upper armor, and main and secondary weapons. But this is a good start, Boss …"
Bai Xiaowen's eyes narrowed slightly. After understanding Doctor Zombie's meaning, he widened his eyes again. "Can he really use equipment?"
"Yes … Yes!" Doctor Zombie didn't understand the reason for Bai Xiaowen's excitement.
Bai Xiaowen suppressed his excitement and sat back on the chair. "Words alone are no proof. First, fuse the voodoo core back and let Fatty revive."
After three days, Fatty, who had been in a dormant state, already had a slight rotten smell on his body. Doctor Zombie skillfully waved the scalpel and performed the operation, suturing the adjusted voodoo core back into Fatty's cranial cavity.
Bai Xiaowen held his breath and waited for the results. Whether or not Fatty would be able to wake up, and whether or not he would lose this summoned creature forever, all depended on this.
Delifa's shadow had appeared on the surface of the Black Soul Stone at some unknown time. She was also waiting for the results.
After Doctor Zombie finished suturing, he patted Fatty's head, who was lying on the experiment table. "Hey, hey! Can you hear me … Hey! "
Fatty didn't move at all.
"Master, it seems that Doctor Zombie has failed to live up to your trust. It's necessary to give him the appropriate punishment." Delifa smiled.
"… Impossible, my professionalism can't be wrong … Even if he can't reach the standard of strengthening, he should at least be able to wake up …" Doctor Zombie held his head and muttered in a low voice.
Delifa: "Stop struggling, return to the Black Soul Stone!"
"Wait, Delifa."
Bai Xiaowen suddenly stopped the banshee's movements. He closed his eyes and activated his telepathy ability, connecting to Fatty's consciousness star.
Fatty's consciousness star, which had been silent and unable to be communicated with, actually responded. It was like waking up a person who was in a deep sleep. This kind of response gradually increased from weak to strong.
"Oh?"
With a groan of confusion, Fatty slowly opened his eyes. He propped himself up with his arms, and his huge body sat up.
A ray of light flashed through Fatty's body, and this fatty who originally had a rotten aura finally recovered to full health.
"I did it! I told you, my research won't have any problems! "Doctor Zombie shouted excitedly. Finally, he didn't have to return to the little black room.
Bai Xiaowen received a notification from the Spirit Realm's rules.
[Your summoned creature: Suture Monster Fatty has evolved due to the implantation of the improved voodoo core.]
[Your summoned creature: Suture Monster Fatty has evolved into: Butcher.]
[Butcher (Elite Level 5)]
[Race: Undead/Corpse Demon Race]
[Attributes: Strength 23, Agility 13, Constitution 30, Spirit 7]
[Skill 1: Slaughterhouse: Passive, whenever an enemy target dies, Butcher's maximum HP permanently increases by 1-30 points (depending on the target's level and template). Butcher's maximum HP is increased to 200% of its initial HP. If the maximum HP is reached, this passive effect will be changed to recover current HP.]
[Skill 2: Decay: Butcher emits a rotten aura, dealing poison damage equal to 1% of its maximum HP every second. Enemies in melee range will receive the same amount of poison damage and suffer a 5% movement speed reduction effect. The number of layers of decay will increase as the skill is activated, stacking one layer every 3 seconds, up to a maximum of 5 layers.]
[Skill 3: Meat Hook: Omitted.]
Compared to before, Fatty's skin and flesh had become firmer, and it even had the outline of muscles. It reminded Bai Xiaowen of the classic Boss Butcher in the Diablo series.
In terms of attributes, Butcher didn't change much compared to when he was a Suture Monster.
However, the change in the skill was earth-shattering.
Skill 1: Slaughterhouse: Compared to the bloated body of Suture Monster and the bloated body of Voodoo Fusion, it was much stronger. This was a growth-type skill. As long as Bai Xiaowen farmed diligently, it wouldn't take long for Butcher to grow to its full form, and its maximum HP would double! Moreover, it didn't have the effect of reducing defense due to bloating.
Moreover, when the maximum HP was increased to the maximum, the effect of Slaughterhouse would change to HP recovery. This greatly increased Butcher's endurance, and when combined with the second skill, it complemented each other even more.
Skill 2: Decay: Similar to Voodoo Fusion's Decaying Blood, they were both movement-type AOE skills. The difference was that Decay was activated by itself, while Decaying Blood was activated by being attacked. Although Decaying Blood could be activated by other summoned creatures, it wasn't as flexible as Butcher activating it on its own.
Stacking one layer every 3 seconds, the stacking speed was quite fast. Once stacked five times, it would deal 30 points of poison damage per second to every enemy within melee range, and there was also a 25% movement speed reduction effect. The effect was extraordinary.
After the surrounding enemies died, Fatty could still use the first skill, Slaughterhouse, to recover HP. It was simply too shameless.
As for Meat Hook, needless to say, it was his specialty.
The strength of these three skills could already be compared to some Boss skills. The current Fatty was at least at the level of a Rare Elite.
As for the equipment column, Bai Xiaowen looked at it. Just as Zombie Doctor had said, Fatty could now wear a helmet, breastplate, and main and secondary weapons.
"Summoned creatures can also wear equipment?" Bai Xiaowen felt that it was a bit unbelievable.
Logically speaking, summoned creatures couldn't use Psionic Equipment. This was also the reason why summoned creatures of the same level and template had weaker attributes than Awakened ones or Spiritual World monsters.
For example, a Level 5 Elite Spiritual World character's total attributes were about 80-90 points (including the total attributes bonus from equipment). Elite creatures' basic attributes increased by 7 to 9 points every time they leveled up.
A Level 6 Elite Spiritual World character's total attributes could reach 105 points. Where did the extra 6 attribute points come from?
The answer was four words: equipment bonus.
If a Spiritual World character was subdued by a Summoner and became a summoned creature, it would lose its consciousness and be unable to activate Psionic Equipment (generate Psionic Particle Resonance). Of course, it wouldn't be able to use the attribute bonus of Psionic Equipment.
As for mutated beasts that were subdued and became summoned creatures, they would also be weakened equally. The reason for this was probably because wild beasts became domesticated … A domesticated dog couldn't beat a wild dog. This was common knowledge.
Of course, rather than believing that this was common knowledge, Bai Xiaowen believed that this was an automatic restriction of the Spiritual World's rules, so there was no obvious difference in attributes between summoned creatures of the same level and humanoid summoned creatures.
If the subdued summoned creature had the same attributes as wild mutated beasts, it would be equivalent to a Spiritual World character of the same level fully equipped with Psionic Equipment. Then, when a Summoner chose to summon creatures, he would choose beasts instead of humanoid summoned creatures.
However, although the attributes were weakened, the skills weren't. This was also why Commander level summoned creatures could still be used.
In summary, summoned creatures were equivalent to Spiritual World creatures of the same level without any equipment.
Of course, a Summoner's Spiritual Power could provide attribute bonuses to summoned creatures, but these attribute bonuses weren't enough to make up for the difference in the lack of equipment.
Bai Xiaowen was slightly better. Apart from the Spiritual Power bonus, his Spiritualist profession passive could increase all attributes by 20%, making up for the difference in equipment to a certain extent. This was also the reason why Bai Xiaowen's summoned creatures could fight against monsters of the same level and even defeat them repeatedly.
Now, Zombie Doctor had told Bai Xiaowen that his summoned creatures could wear equipment!
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