Chapter 1257: Spending Money
"The items you need, sir, are rare even in the entire E27 wormhole point. First, there aren't many items that combine multiple traits, and second, such high-level items, even if they circulate on the market, are quickly bought up and rarely enter inventory." Liu Ye said, "Perhaps you could relax some requirements. Withstanding both temporal-spatial power attacks and physical defense is extremely difficult to achieve."
"However, you could select several defense items to use together. For example, these three: Jellyfish Back, Mobile Armor, and One-Half Eraser."
"Jellyfish Back is a space item that can weaken some temporal-spatial power, including materialized temporal-spatial power attacks. But this item's principle is to use space power to interfere with temporal-spatial power; it's not strictly a defensive shield. If your need is specifically against space power, it's very practical."
"Its advantage is full-body coverage, and its price is relatively cheaper than other similar items. The disadvantage is that once completely destroyed, it requires a certain amount of repair time. However, it can affect temporal-spatial power from items of the same level, and even if it can't fully block them, it can prevent fatal injuries."
"Can it block cutting-type space rays?" Xu Huo asked when she paused.
Liu Ye regretfully said, "I'm sorry, that depends on how strong the player's super evolution power is."
"But if you're more concerned about this aspect, you could purchase similar sub-class stones or jamming devices. Although jamming devices can't directly block attacks like items, they can weaken temporal-spatial power, even making it temporarily visible or perceptible. This is very advantageous in combat."
Xu Huo nodded slightly. "Does the exchange have such jamming devices?"
The smile on Liu Ye's face became a bit more genuine. She quickly tapped the small instrument like a string of beads on her wrist, and a new menu appeared before Xu Huo.
"Based on the device's size, effect range, and intensity, they are divided into four categories: A, B, C, and D. Category A has the highest specifications and better matches your needs."
Xu Huo gestured for her to show him Category A.
The first device listed was a crystal-like cylinder as thick as an arm. When used, it could automatically hover, covering a range of fifty meters and having a certain effect on temporal-spatial power within that range.
"Because temporal-spatial power controlled by players is relatively unstable compared to items, this type of device mainly targets super evolvers. It sometimes works on items too, but the effect depends on the specific situation."
Xu Huo was silent. This device, which was inconvenient to use and had a short usage time, was priced at thirty million.
It was similar in principle to the pillar Jiang Zifeng had been carrying.
He looked further down and stopped at a coin-shaped pendant.
"Good eye, sir. This device is a high-precision version. Smaller capacity, better effect. Besides covering nearly a kilometer, it can adjust its interference intensity based on power collisions, greatly weakening the strength of temporal-spatial power." As Liu Ye introduced it, she played a video. "This is a ray simulated from temporal-spatial power. Without interference, it can cut through high-level items, high-level metals, and high-level devices. But after interference..."
The video was convincing. When the jamming device activated, the ray standing straight in the air showed slight, irregular fluctuations, like small wave lines. When items were tested against it—high-level items, for example—some could still be cut, but others couldn't be fully penetrated, or they left irregular gnawing marks when they touched it, getting stuck halfway.
The effect was remarkable. For ordinary players, temporal-spatial rays were undetectable, especially when items couldn't defend against them, and they might lose their lives without even knowing it. The jamming device not only increased the perceptibility of temporal-spatial rays but also reduced their lethality. It was indeed good.
"The item is excellent, and the price is also excellent," Xu Huo said.
Liu Ye maintained a proper smile. "Technology belongs to the minority in any wormhole point or district. The manufacturer of such high-level devices is basically Star Group; we're just selling on consignment."
"Compared to the previous jamming devices, this one is very portable. It can also be made into a bracelet for free, convenient for you to wear at all times. If you want a custom engraved version, you only need to pay fifty percent of the total price as a deposit, and you'll receive your own jamming device in six hours. Engraving is free."
Xu Huo nodded. "Can the text be replaced with a pattern?"
"Of course. What pattern would you like to order, sir?"
"A wormhole flower," Xu Huo said.
Liu Ye quickly noted down his request and deducted twenty million from the deposit as a down payment.
"Would you like to look at items as well, sir?" Huai Ye, standing nearby, then said, "I've selected a few newly inventoried defense items for you."
"This A-grade item has a very beautiful name: Flower Bloom. When used, it first forms a circular flower bud around the user, and it can move freely with the user. Its original form is a mutated flower called Thousand Layers from an A-grade wormhole point. Therefore, each layer of the defense barrier consists of ten petals, totaling ten layers. Attacking one petal of a certain layer won't affect the other petals. Generally, an item needs to attack at least ten times to completely break the barrier. Until all petals are destroyed, it can maintain its defensive state, unless the user recalls it."
The ability to be used for a long time could serve as a supplement to Inviolable Domain. Of course, it wouldn't be as solid as Inviolable Domain, which was a complete space, but an A-grade defense item wouldn't be too bad either.
Xu Huo looked at a few more items and finally decided to buy Flower Bloom.
Two defense items were enough. Next, he looked at attack items.
Cake Slice, as a B-grade item, wasn't bad. For a C-grade player, it was more than sufficient. But Xu Huo's situation was different. Suddenly encountering Xue Lang here meant he would likely need high-level items in the future, so it was best to add two more attack items.
After a lengthy selection, he chose one A-grade and one B-grade item.
Indestructible: An A-grade item. An unremarkable long blade that, in collision and combat, could directly cut through some similar items.
Snow Dagger: A dagger made of paper-thin blades. Held in hand, it was a close-combat weapon. Released, it could automatically split into hundreds of small blades, indiscriminately sweeping a fifty-meter radius.
One jamming device, one A-grade defense item, one A-grade attack item, and one B-grade attack item. Total cost: one hundred forty-five million white notes.
When Xu Huo left District 014, counting the one hundred million white notes given by the Special Defense Department, he had about one hundred eighty million. He had spent nearly sixty million in District 011, leaving one hundred twenty million. After accounting for the items he had just sold, his net balance was twenty-five million.