Chapter 118: Item Merge and Upgrade
"Brother Xu, why did you let him go?" Yuan Yao couldn't help asking on the way back. "I really don't think that guy is a good person. He might even harm others in the future."
Huang Junjie glanced at Xu Huo. "People like Wang Chaoqing—you can't say they're guilty of heinous crimes, but they're definitely not good people either."
They weren't the kind of ruthless players who killed everyone they saw. Xu Huo's decision not to deal with Wang Chaoqing might have been for this reason.
"Leave professional matters to professionals. The Special Affairs Bureau must be short on people," Xu Huo said, closing his eyes. But he wasn't resting—he was looking at his game panel.
Lin Pei's profession was Hunter. His trait was the tracking ability to identify footprints. His potion slot was empty, likely all used to boost his evolution rate. He also had 1,500 White Notes, one ticket, and two items.
One of them was the bow and arrow he had used before.
[Bow and Arrow That Hate Each Other: The bow doesn't like being casually drawn taut, and the arrow doesn't like flying without a target. But when the holder picks them up, their likes and dislikes no longer matter. As items, they can't hate the player, so they can only resent each other. Only one in ten shots might hit the target.]
[Fortunately, they can work separately. Within a complete space, such as a room or a box, the arrow can perform a sneak attack on a selected target, provided the holder has touched the target and any one item within the target's space.]
[When the bow spins and stops under any circumstances, it will always point north-south. Though it might seem like it's shirking its duties, it's an indispensable convenience tool for wilderness travel.]
Simply put, it was a pair of bow and arrow with no accuracy. But separately, the bow could be used as a compass, and the arrow could be used as a tracking hidden weapon.
Leaving the bow aside, the flying arrow was a powerful and practical item, requiring only two conditions: touching the target and any item within the target's space.
Lin Pei had used it first in Master Nisai's house, and then inside the wall. Although the house and wall were different in form, both could be considered a single space. He only needed to make contact with the target in advance and select the location.
And within that space, the player could freely control the flying arrow to attack the target.
If Xu Huo hadn't obtained a Super Item beforehand, he might have really fallen to this item.
It was Lin Pei who set the trap to kill him, but in the end, it gave Xu Huo a chance to turn back time. And because he survived, Lin Pei ended up being the one to die.
The reversal of fortune made Xu Huo sigh with the thought that every cause has its effect.
The second item was a torch that could stay burning for half an hour even when soaked.
After checking the spoils, he moved on to look at his personal panel.
[Congratulations to player Passerby A for successfully clearing "Decibel Town." Based on your performance in this instance, you will receive one item upgrade opportunity. All ordinary items in your item slot are eligible for upgrade. Please choose carefully.]
[The following data has been updated.]
[Player Nickname: Passerby A]
[Profession: Passerby A]
[Note: As someone forever on the road, his chance of becoming the protagonist is only one in ten thousand.]
[Player Level: E]
[ID: 556688]
[Evolution Rate: 20%]
[Assets: 69,050 White Notes]
[Primary Traits: ① Legs That Never Tire (Extended Trait: Rampaging Wild Bull); ② Insider's Perspective (Extended Trait: Super Memory); ③ A Sad Thing (Extended Trait: Good Friends Come to Rate).]
[Item Categories:]
[Ordinary Items: ① Arsonist's Tool ② Super Running Shoes ③ Rain-or-Shine Belt ④ Floating Balloon ⑤ Omnipresent Strings ⑥ Two-Color Cube ⑦ Sealed Box ⑧ Fish Skin Protective Suit ⑨ Bull Shield ⑩ Token Without Sword ⑪ Bow and Arrow That Hate Each Other ⑫ Torch That Defies Wind and Snow]
[Special Items: ① Twisted Mask ② Gentleman's Poise Medal ③ Crimson Sword ④ Lady's Folding Fan ⑤ Anthropomorphic Doll ⑥ Stingy Suitcase]
[Note: Unlike easily damaged ordinary items, special items are all crafted by master-level Artificers, possessing effects far surpassing ordinary items. Due to their uniqueness, each special item has stricter usage restrictions than ordinary items.]
[Super Items: ① Three Seconds of Life]
[Note: The highest-level item from dimensional rifts, possessing super traits that transcend time and space, and cross life and matter. It has both dynamic and static states. This Super Item is a static item.]
[Potions: 9 bottles of P0 Evolution Potion; 10 bottles of P1 Evolution Potion; 2 bottles of D-grade Self-Healing Agent; 3 bottles of E-grade Muscle Growth Agent; 1 bottle of D-grade Hair Removal Agent; 1 bottle of D-grade Lie Potion; 1 bottle of E-grade Dream Come True Potion.]
[Gifts: One Yongxing Restaurant Membership Card, One 10% Discount Coupon]
[Ticket Holder: Block Fairy Tale City Station (E), Clown City Station (E), Garden Castle Station (D), Deep Blue Laboratory (D), Plasticine Station (D), Hundred People Art Museum (E)]
[Next Game Countdown: 25 Days]
Although this game didn't reward new items, the one item upgrade opportunity was exactly what Xu Huo wanted.
Items, like potions, had grades of quality. In the slaughterhouse instance, the D-grade player Peng Fengnian's "Sealed Box" used to hold his paper phone was an ordinary item, but the paper phone itself was a B-grade item.
He already had enough ordinary items on hand; what he lacked were more powerful items.
The "Fish Skin Protective Suit" and "Bull Shield," obtained from the Holy Sword Society's cannibal player Ma Yu, which could resist knife slashes, were defensive items. "Arsonist's Tool," "Bow and Arrow That Hate Each Other," and "Crimson Sword" were offensive items, but all had strict limitations and couldn't be used freely.
"Crimson Sword" was a special item and wasn't within the upgrade range. Among the first two, "Arsonist's Tool" was clearly more practical.
[Does the player confirm upgrading the item "Arsonist's Tool"?]
Xu Huo selected Yes.
[Based on the player's item information, your "Torch That Defies Wind and Snow" can be merged with "Arsonist's Tool" for an upgrade, replacing them with one D-grade item. Proceed with upgrade?]
He raised an eyebrow. A single upgrade would likely still yield an E-grade item, but merging two compatible items could exchange for a D-grade item. Of course, he would go for it.
After selecting Yes, the two items turned gray, indicating they were being upgraded.
It seemed it wouldn't be completed right away, so Xu Huo turned back to look at the potions.
He hadn't added the P0T and P1A injections obtained from Decibel Town, but these injections were upgraded versions of Evolution Potions, at least D-grade potions, and should be much more effective than the simple E-grade P0 potion.
But he didn't need the Evolution Potions the game gave him right now, so he planned to give most of them away.
The Plasticine Station ticket was a D-grade ticket obtained from the Holy Sword Society's Eagle. He still needed to complete two E-grade instances before he could level up to D-grade, so there was no need to be overconfident and jump straight to a D-grade instance. His next instance would be chosen from the three E-grade ones.
The Hundred People Art Museum seemed like a closed instance. He shifted his gaze to Block Fairy Tale City and Clown City.
[Ding!]
A new message suddenly popped up on the panel.