Chapter 142 - 138: The Defense Battle

Hang Yu’s alchemy experiment continued.Failure, failure, failure, over a dozen attempts, all ended in failure.

Though they say failure is the mother of success, how do you deal with a mother who’s having a difficult birth?

Slime Energy Mucus lost fifty to sixty portions, Corpse Mushroom also lost over thirty portions... the material loss is too great, this doesn’t bode well if it continues.

Hang Yu decided to continue.

First, refine the crystals and powders.

Finally, blend the two together in refining.

Though the dozen failures didn’t yield anything concrete, gradually trial and error, gradually correction, the feel was getting better.

This attempt was noticeably smoother than previous attempts, the two materials did not reject each other during the refining process, they were gradually heading towards perfect fusion, could it succeed this time?

Just as this thought emerged.

The crystal started shaking, cracking open several fissures.

A large amount of smoke poured out from the fissures, the shaking grew more violent, the cracks increased in number.

Hang Yu’s expression changed, he quickly waved his hand, deftly threw it out, with a bang like a detonator, releasing a massive amount of smoke and flame, the acrid smell made people cough uncontrollably.

The eleventh alchemy experiment was still a failure!

Oh well, failure is failure, but at least it exploded, so that’s progress.

Hang Yu hadn’t had time to summarize the failure’s lessons, when he suddenly noticed three figures at the door.

Under three flamboyant mohawk hairstyles, faces covered in grime almost beyond recognition, blackened from head to toe by the smoke.

Hang Yu, utterly bewildered, asked, "Who are you, why are you at my house, I don’t remember knowing any African friends?"

"You’re the African friend here!"

A resentful voice rang out, slightly effeminate, sounded very familiar, wasn’t it the university class leader, Cao Rui?

"Classmate Hang’s way of welcoming guests is really quite thrilling." Su Yunbing put glasses, turned into sunglasses, into her pocket, she wasn’t angry, just looked around, "Are you... conducting an experiment?"

"I got an alchemy Skill Stone, and I’m researching alchemy, didn’t expect it to be quite challenging." Hang Yu stepped out of the room: "But speaking of which, although Teacher Su is visiting me, which is quite an honor, next time it’s best to make an appointment first, entering here can be very dangerous."

Speaks.

He lightly waved his hand.

Tree One and Tree Two relaxed their combat stances.

Su Yunbing increasingly couldn’t see through this guy.

He already had Medicine Refining and Collection, so why start playing with alchemy!

Skills are not the more, the better, after all, improving skills requires Spiritual Qi, greed would lead to biting off more than one can chew.

Su Yunbing noticed two big trees in the yard, she had already deduced, these two trees were monsters, and extremely powerful monsters at that!

Both Tree One and Tree Two had reached level 5.

Under Monkey’s care, they not only thrived but were already evolving towards Silver Elite.

What kind of concept are two level 5 Silver Elites? Even Hang Yu wouldn’t dare say he could defeat them!

Despite Su Yunbing’s impressive power, she was only at Old Zhao’s level, she was a Spiritual Professional, and Spiritual Professionals mostly possess Support Skills, combat power couldn’t compare to Xu Tianhua’s.

Moreover, Spiritual Professionals have strong perceptive abilities, so Su Yunbing already sensed the formidable strength of these two tree spirits, even if it were a one-on-one duel, she was no match.

This guy is becoming more and more inscrutable.

Just how many secrets does he hold?

The husky he raised can manage a team, the two trees he planted possess terrifying strength.

Hang Yu’s personal strength was also formidable, of this Su Yunbing had no doubt.

He obviously has substantial capital accumulated, he could easily make a name for himself in Jiang City, yet he kept a low profile, always keeping a low profile amidst all sorts of open and secret battles from various forces elsewhere, always quietly staying in his small alley, keeping an unimaginably low profile... truly a curious person!

He led the three flamboyant mohawks inside to sit down.

Hang Yu brewing them tea was considered an apology.

Goblin Green Tea had become Su Yunbing’s recent favorite drink.

She found the tea Hang Yu brewed was better than what was prepared at tea restaurants, the issue likely lay in the water.

Su Yunbing took two sips of tea, knowing Hang Yu’s personality, she got straight to the point: "I came here to invite you to participate in the Jiang City Defense Battle."

So it’s for this matter.

Although I already planned to participate.

But he wouldn’t easily agree to Su Yunbing’s invitation.

"Defending Jiang City is everyone’s responsibility, but why collaborate? There must be a reason, right?"

Su Yunbing had anticipated Hang Yu would ask this: "This time the monster siege, the scale is considerable though not massive, overall still manageable before us, the danger level shouldn’t be too high, it represents a huge opportunity for us."

Hang Yu questioned, "Opportunity?"

"I got word that the Jiang City government and Celestial Net Organization have established a citizens’ battle merit reward system." Su Yunbing explained with a voice full of magnetism: "The Jiang City Defense Battle is the best opportunity to gain battle merit, the utility of battle merit is vast, it can be exchanged for benefits, privileges... of course, it can also be directly traded for fresh materials."

To think there’s such a thing?

But the policy seems good!

In the future, battle merit can be directly used to exchange for needed materials and other goods.

The Jiang City Defense Battle will face a grand monster horde, diverse species, high levels, surpassing those inside the city.

Once this wave of monster sieges is over, the Jiang City government’s material warehouse will surely be packed, among them useful materials will emerge, if battle merit can be exchanged for them, future production and manufacturing will be greatly facilitated.

Though Hang Yu is aiming for Spiritual Qi.

But if there are additional advantages, he certainly won’t refuse.

"That does sound pretty good." Hang Yu switched his tone, "But Teacher Su hasn’t explained why I must collaborate with you, the Jiang City government and Celestial Net of Jiang City are both urging citizens to participate, I can sign up directly to enter the battlefield, there’s no necessity for collaboration."

Lin Lan seemed bewildered.

Classmate Hang sure is strange, would Teacher Su eat her or what?

Could this guy secretly be an iron-clad gay like Cao Rui?

"Classmate Hang might not be aware, ordinary citizens are highly likely to be assigned to less challenging peripheral defenses, or the second or third lines of defense, unable to enter frontline combat, hence the battle merits gained will be extremely limited, considering your capabilities, you wouldn’t be content with that, right?"

Su Yunbing endured the explanation patiently: "I will be leading the Spirit Relief Association team in battle, having already communicated with Celestial Net higher-ups, I can enter directly into a core defense area, if you’re willing to collaborate with me, there’ll be ample combat opportunities, hence it’s easier to accumulate battle merits, do you find this reason enough?"

In fact, this opportunity wasn’t easily obtained.

If she could enlist Hang Yu, her confidence would significantly increase.

It’s just, regarding whether Hang Yu would join, Su Yunbing felt uncertain.

However, just when Su Yunbing was preparing herself mentally, Hang Yu suddenly went against the grain and said, "Alright, Teacher Su trusts me so much, then I’m willing to bring a few people over to assist Teacher Su."

"No other conditions?"

Su Yunbing, instead, felt a bit skeptical.

Hang Yu couldn’t help but retort, "Does Teacher Su see me, Hang Yu, as a profit-seeking merchant who won’t get up early for profit? I also have patriotic sentiments, okay, I have feelings for Jiang City, alright."

Su Yunbing’s expression turned quirky.

The disbelief, these two words, were plastered across her face.

Hang Yu continued, "Last time Teacher Su provided me with the internal monster intel of the Spirit Relief Association for free, I haven’t had the chance to properly thank you, let’s use this opportunity to return the favor."

"Alright, with you saying this, I’m completely relieved."

Her objective for this trip was smoothly achieved, her mood suddenly lightened considerably.

Su Yunbing casually brought up other things, like expressing the hope to purchase some Spirit Plant Seeds or to co-invest in opening a store on Cyan Dragon Street.

Buying seeds was certainly declined.

Currently, the seeds are limited, barely sufficient for community use.

As for co-investing to open a store on Cyan Dragon Street, Hang Yu didn’t refuse after all.

Dragon Street is a relatively long commercial street, relying solely on Pang Dahai and Er Gouzi would struggle to develop it fully, but if they could introduce a competent partner, the brand of Dragon Street would surely become renowned sooner.

The two talked until noon.

Then went to Fatty’s restaurant for a meal.

Su Yunbing immediately started preparations for the defense battle.

Hang Yu also went back to make some arrangements, preparing to set out tomorrow early in the morning, heading towards the defense line Su Yunbing mentioned.

(PS: Chapter 139 got blocked just because there was a bit about the military... frustrated... currently in contact with the editor for unblocking)