131: [Machine Graveyard]

After looking at his harvest, Xu Shian followed Ink Shadow's guidance to the side of the Tidal Priest's corpse.

Although this Tidal Priest's attributes and strength were superior to Ben Boer Ba's,

the problem was that the return to silence card album was unique!

Only one person from each race could be recorded in the album!

Since this creature and Ben Boer Ba were both from the Murloc Race race, Xu Shian had no choice.

After all, his soul sand grains didn't just blow in with the wind.

And since he still had many other races he wanted to capture, he didn't plan on wasting time repeatedly on the Murloc Race race.

soul sand grains were precious; it was better to try and capture intelligent races.

For example... Gnome... Xu Shian used immense willpower to restrain his urge to replace Ben Boer Ba.

Xu Shian sat back down to continue Fishing.

As the sky grew dark, Xu Shian's own Fishing skill had risen to 82 points.

With 82 points in Fishing, plus 50 points from the fishing rod, 95 points from the fishing rod Enchanting, and 50 points from his hat's Enchanting,

Xu Shian's total Fishing skill came to 277 points.

Xu Shian decided not to wait any longer.

When a game becomes life, grinding late into the night is basically unpaid overtime.

If the oxen won't grind and the horses won't grind, the workhorses will just have to grind themselves!

Let's do this!

[Skill Two: Fisherman Never Misses]

He cast his line!

[Congratulations, you have obtained: Small Gold Coin Bag x1]

This... Xu Shian opened it to find 500 gold coins... Giving out cash directly, really?

This move completely threw Xu Shian for a loop!

He dithered for a moment before casting his line again!

[Congratulations, you have obtained: Sealed Letter!]

Xu Shian held the item, somewhat speechless, not knowing what it was.

Not planning to check it now, Xu Shian continued with his final Fishing attempt of the day.

[Congratulations, you have obtained: Alchemy Recipe: Short-term Invincibility Potion]

...On the way back to Cloud-Peace Pavilion, Xu Shian happened to look up and saw the interdimensional hotel chain, 'You Jian Inn', once again.

Thinking about it, he didn't seem to have anything to pack at Cloud-Peace Pavilion... He turned and entered 'You Jian Inn' directly, booking a Human-tier room for a month!

Xu Shian's current status was:

[satiety: 175/310]

[stamina: 205/310]

Indeed, if one's stamina was completely depleted, resting in a Human-tier room for one night wouldn't be enough to restore it to full.

The problem was, he couldn't even use up his current stamina!

During that period, in order to get ahead of the version update and level up as much as possible before the extra lifespan was heavily nerfed,

Xu Shian had been grinding day and night, racing against time.

At a time like this, who would be bored enough to spend their nights dealing with wild monsters instead of enjoying a good life?

Did they think their lives were too easy?

In any case, Xu Shian didn't have such extra thoughts; he would eat and sleep as he should!

Regarding these values, Xu Shian had also consulted the NPCs in the Summoner Association.

Their understanding was that when your strength reaches a certain level, your physical functions will be significantly enhanced.

You can store a large amount of energy in your body for later use; when needed, you can go without sleep for three days and three nights... The stronger the power, the more obvious the ability becomes.

This theory left Xu Shian completely stunned.

There was another reason why Xu Shian chose 'You Jian Inn'.

It was located in a busy downtown commercial area, very close to both the Machinery Workshop and the Alchemy Laboratory.

And Xu Shian was determined to visit these two places frequently.

Entering the Machinery Workshop, the shopkeeper, Zeng Zhaoshui, was at the counter fiddling with an abacus.

"Shopkeeper Zeng, not resting yet?"

Seeing Xu Shian come in at this hour, the other man was also quite surprised.

"Mr. Shi Chuan is here? I'm just taking inventory; I'll be closing in a bit."

"I'm staying at the 'You Jian Inn' next door. After checking in, I thought I'd look around; I didn't expect you to still be up!"

Shopkeeper Zeng smiled.

"Just checking the stock and giving the master craftsmen some time off. In a few days, when a large number of players enter the main city, I doubt we'll have this much leisure!"

Xu Shian smiled.

After chatting for a few more moments, Xu Shian felt increasingly amazed.

Sometimes, when talking to these NPCs, you can clearly feel that they are living people, and they know everything!

They distinguish very clearly between 'you' and 'us'... While Xu Shian was still lost in thought, Shopkeeper Zeng asked a question!

"Is there something you need, coming by so late? This old man will tell you everything he knows..."

"There is indeed something. I wanted to ask if there are any teleportation-type items in our Engineering?"

Shopkeeper Zeng frowned and thought for a moment.

"There is the [Wormhole Generator]! However, that item is quite high-end, and the blueprints are especially hard to come by. A small shop like ours doesn't have them; you'd have to go to the [Qianji Pavilion] in the Imperial Capital. That's the only place where there's a chance to obtain it!"

"Does it not drop from Dungeons?"

"This old man isn't sure about that..."

"What about others? For example... something I could get near Xixia City, preferably something I could make with my current abilities if I worked hard enough..."

Zeng Zhaoshui paused; Xu Shian had already come to the Machinery Workshop earlier that day to register.

He also knew Xu Shian's current capabilities.

"Within your current reach... there is one, but it's unsafe! And we don't have the blueprints for it here."

Xu Shian's spirits rose; so there was one, and it could be found nearby?

Sensing Xu Shian's burning gaze, Shopkeeper Zeng didn't keep him in suspense.

"Within the territory of Iron Spine Fortress, there is a Vast Mountain. There lies an abandoned underground capital of the Gnome, which has now become the Dungeon [Mechanical Graveyard]! One of the drops from the fourth boss is the [Schematic: Unstable Partner Summoner]. That thing can pull people back and forth... though just as its name suggests, it's not very stable..."

Unstable?

To put it bluntly, people will die for no apparent reason?

Was that a problem?

It was indeed a problem here. Dying once would immediately cost half of one's extra lifespan... with a maximum deduction of 50 years and a minimum of 5 years.

For instance, if Xu Shian died now, he would immediately lose 41 years of extra lifespan.

So, this item was indeed hard to describe here in the main city; no one dared to use it!

But the problem was, dying in the Novice Village didn't cost any lifespan... you could die as much as you wanted!

If pulling someone didn't work the first time, try a second; if not the second, try a third. What's wrong with it being unstable?

If you haven't died a few times, you'd be too embarrassed to call yourself the Fourth Calamity!

"Shopkeeper Zeng, I'd like to ask another favor... can we buy [Inferior Energy Cores] here?"

"You can, but you'll have to wait!"

Shopkeeper Zeng glanced at him with shrewd eyes, looked Xu Shian up and down, and then added another sentence.

"However, this item also drops in the [Mechanical Graveyard]. The final boss on Elite difficulty has a certain probability of dropping it!"

"What about [Copper Chains]?"

...

After giving many thanks, Xu Shian finally prepared to head back and rest, satisfied.

An Engineering apprentice in the shop grumbled with some dissatisfaction.

"Shopkeeper, he's not here to support our business, so why did you waste so much breath on him?"

Shopkeeper Zeng glanced at the talkative apprentice and shook his head.

"What do you know? What he asked wasn't some industry secret; even if you didn't tell him, he could find out elsewhere!"

"Then let him go find out elsewhere. He comes to our [Machinery Workshop] only to buy things we don't have..."

"Spend your time practicing your skills instead of wagging your tongue all day. He managed to reach the main city in half a month; his future potential is immense! Be careful, or your mouth will get you into trouble!"

Shopkeeper Zeng scolded the apprentice and closed the shop to go home.