147: What's the title of this chapter? x2

In the villa next door,

Cheng Zhen sat on the second floor, watching the civil engineering senior use his skills to repair his house, while also watching someone laboriously write an eight-thousand-character self-reflection.

Wu Daxing hadn't been writing for long before he looked utterly miserable and started slacking off, chatting with Cheng Zhen.

"Would you mind telling me about your two experiments? I've never heard of skill users being able to craft items by hand like that. I'm a bit curious," Cheng Zhen inquired.

"Eh? Aren't you a new student at the Liberal Arts College?"

Wu Daxing was stunned.

Those who could enjoy a detached villa were all geniuses among the new students. He saw that Cheng Zhen wasn't the burly type, so he assumed Cheng Zhen was a new student at the Liberal Arts College.

Cheng Zhen shook his head. He could attend classes at the Liberal Arts College, but Director Tang had snatched him up for the Martial Arts College.

"I wouldn't have guessed, brother, impressive!"

Wu Daxing gave a thumbs-up. The individual combat strength of those from the Martial Arts College could be summed up in one word: fierce!

Seeing that Cheng Zhen was unfamiliar with these things, he began to explain.

"Besides analyzing and researching items, the Liberal Arts College also creates some 'artificial items,' like this balloon."

"Artificial items refer to weapons or tools with offensive or functional capabilities created through the combination of skills between skill users."

"However, because these 'artificial items' have invisible attributes, unless observed with detection-type skills or items, people find it hard to trust them for transactions. So, basically, only we creators use them ourselves."

Wu Daxing sighed, a hint of helplessness in his voice. If they could trade their experimental results, they would have become rich long ago.

And speaking of self-made items, it was natural to talk about their skills.

"My skill is to imbue objects with explosive power, but there are some limitations."

All skill users had their data recorded in the campus database for convenient team formation, so Wu Daxing saw no need to hide anything and told him truthfully—

[Skill: Art is Patrick Star!]

[Effect: After a personal creation is imbued with artistic quality, the object will possess explosive capabilities.]

[Note: Even if π and Wu look alike, they shouldn't be confused!]

If it weren't for the previous restriction, Wu Daxing would probably have been handed over to the state when he awakened his skill.

The power of the explosion was indeed impressive, which is why he was designated a Fourth-Tier Skill User.

However, the 'handmade art piece' requirement still bothered him a bit.

He couldn't possibly switch to studying art and then become a failed art student, could he?

Moreover, the strength of his skill was also related to the size of the object; the larger the object, the stronger the explosion. But the weight and density of large objects would consume a lot of his mental energy when releasing the skill.

To achieve maximum power with minimum consumption, he needed to find something both large and light.

Later, on the advice of a teacher, Wu Daxing and other skill users tried to collaborate on creating 'artificial items.'

After multiple collaborations, he found that the balloon bombs he and Qi Qiugu created had a decent effect.

Qi Qiugu's [Balloon Immortal] skill allowed her to shape balloons into various forms, manipulate them, and imbue them with corresponding attributes.

Originally, her skill could only manipulate balloon dogs for things like reconnaissance, but with Wu Daxing's involvement, things developed differently.

Wu Daxing was responsible for blowing the balloons; as long as he blew them, they were considered his personal creations. The artistic quality didn't have to be imbued by him, so Qi Qiugu handled that part.

Those balloon dogs immediately transformed into self-detonating soldiers on the battlefield, rushing towards and surrounding enemies.

The tire balloons solved the flaw of balloons being too light and difficult to throw; even if they missed, they could still track and roll under Qi Qiugu's control.

There were also large hot air balloons that flew into the sky and directly blew the target into pieces, making it impossible to collect them all.

To create various items with different attributes, the two experimented with various materials, but occasionally, minor accidents would occur.

For example, just now, they accidentally blew up the house next door…

"Accidents in experiments are quite normal. For example, that guy in the class next to ours almost burned off the teacher's hair with a fire…"

Wu Daxing recounted many interesting anecdotes, which Cheng Zhen listened to with great interest.

Although artificial items didn't seem as powerful as normal items, their advantage lay in their continuous supply.

As long as a target was determined, they could be produced steadily.

"Brother, if you're interested in 'artificial items,' let's add each other as friends, and I'll send you a look at the items from other classes."

Wu Daxing opened his wristband. "Because 'artificial items' are inconvenient to check for attributes, you must find someone you know or ask a teacher to vouch for them when trading."

"I'm also very sorry for blowing up your house. How about this, if you like any of them, I'll get you some samples, free of charge!"

"I know you guys from the Martial Arts College are all very strong in combat, but having more items isn't a bad thing, right?"

Cheng Zhen nodded. He was indeed a bit curious, so he added the other party's ID.

Wu Daxing casually tapped, but the next second, he suddenly froze.

He stretched his neck, carefully looking at the light screen on his wristband, then rubbed his eyes.

Then he fell off his stool.

"Are you okay?"

Cheng Zhen hadn't expected such a reaction from the other party and reached out to help him up.

Wu Daxing wouldn't dare let him help. He jumped up and looked at Cheng Zhen, his face full of disbelief.

"You, you're 'advertising space for rent' big shot?!"

Cheng Zhen: "…"

He inexplicably felt a sense of embarrassment at being called his online name to his face.

"Yes, it's me." Cheng Zhen stopped him from using his online name. "Just call me Cheng Zhen."

Wu Daxing: "…………"

Damn it, I blew up the house of the current number two and future number one expert…

The little minnow ranked 46 trembled.

"What types of 'artificial items' are there?" Cheng Zhen inquired.

"They're all here, all here!" Wu Daxing quickly sent over a bunch of forms.

As Cheng Zhen flipped through them, Wu Daxing slowly regained his composure.

Wu Daxing: As expected of a big shot, such magnanimity, such breadth of mind, a prime minister's stomach can hold a boat!

Cheng Zhen: Anyway, it's your fine that's paying for the house repairs, I'm not paying anything…

"This item…"

Seeing that Cheng Zhen was interested in two particular items, Wu Daxing nodded repeatedly, promising to go get samples from those classmates tomorrow.

Wu Daxing contacted those classmates and casually asked, "Brother Cheng, why aren't you in the New Talent Rankings group?"

As soon as he asked, he regretted it.

It must be because the big shot is noble and independent, unwilling to be tainted by a noisy environment! Why did he have to ask that extra question?

" ? "

Cheng Zhen typed out a question mark: "What group?"

Wu Daxing saw that his confusion didn't seem fake. "It's… the New Talent Rankings group for this year. Everyone in the top hundred of the rankings is in there."

"Are there any special intelligence, item trades, or anything like that in the group?" Cheng Zhen inquired.

Wu Daxing shook his head: "Not really, everyone just chats pretty normally."

"Oh." Cheng Zhen immediately lost interest.

"Occasionally there are flame wars. Well, it really isn't much fun to join," Wu Daxing added.

Cheng Zhen: "!"

"Is Jing Zhiyuan in there too?"

Cheng Zhen smiled in a very 'nuclear' way.

"Yes, the one from the Jing Ci Guild? He's in there, but he hasn't spoken for a few days, so he's probably in a dungeon."

Wu Daxing looked at the group, and a few seconds later, he exclaimed in surprise: "Hey, he's online! He is!"

At the same time, the rankings refreshed.

"Yes, I see him."

Cheng Zhen glanced at the rankings, snorted, and then handed the QR code to Wu Daxing.

"Add me," Cheng Zhen said concisely.

After joining the group, he looked at a certain person's avatar and the flashing messages, letting out a cold laugh.

This was how people from Zaun greeted each other!