111: Chapter 0111 Philin's Letter

Just then, Felina walked lightly into the room, holding a letter in her hand.

Seeing Li Size leaning over, completely focused on drawing a mechanical blueprint, she didn't make a sound to disturb him, just stood quietly aside and waited.

Her gaze fell upon the complex structure and exquisite components covering the entire drawing. The crisscrossing lines and dense annotations left her momentarily bewildered.

Although she couldn't understand it, she clearly knew—Li Size had achieved a new Breakthrough in the field of Mechanical Alchemy, a height she could never reach.

She couldn't help but sigh softly in her heart.

She struggled enough just cultivating the Necromancy System; how could she have any spare energy to delve into this Mechanical Alchemy knowledge, which was clearly much more profound and complex?

She suddenly recalled the letter she had received from her younger sister, Violet, a few days ago. The letter mentioned that Violet was about to undergo a heart transplant surgery and that her health was gradually improving under the care of various high-efficiency potions.

What comforted her even more was that Violet also mentioned that after recovering from the surgery, she longed to come to the academy where her sister was to study.

Felina's heart stirred slightly.

Perhaps...

She could let Violet follow Li Size to study Mechanical Alchemy or Potion Alchemy.

In her view, these two disciplines had far better prospects than her own Necromancy System.

Moreover, if she could receive personal guidance from Li Size, not only would Violet achieve something in the future, but perhaps she could also become his capable assistant, helping him share his burdens.

Just as Felina was thinking quietly, Li Size had finished sketching the final line of the blueprint.

Noticing the fine sweat faintly beading on his forehead, she gently handed him the letter and took out a silk handkerchief to wipe away the sweat beads for him, her movements meticulous and gentle.

Li Size unfolded the letter, and his eyebrows couldn't help but twitch when he saw the closing signature:

It was another letter from Felin!

That mysterious girl with whom he had only met once, yet had already corresponded several times, had sent news again.

Many key inspirations for the machine tool design he had just completed originated from the notes and ideas she had previously gifted him.

Seeing the letter again now naturally filled him with questions, and also added a bit more anticipation.

Dear friend Li Size:

Greetings upon reading this!

I was delighted to hear you achieved a clean sweep in the Monte Province unified examination. This is truly unprecedented in the Duchy's educational history. Other provinces are saying that the examiners in Monte Province must have eaten excrement this year.

Hehe.

I don't think so. At first, I also suspected you cheated, but the subsequent news completely refuted that guess.

This makes me even more eager to open up your head and see what exactly is inside!

I have a feeling that you might soon rise like a comet in the history of the Duchy, saving the people from dire straits during this time of national crisis.

I really look forward to witnessing that day. Then I will adapt your story into a play and circulate it nationwide, haha.

Furthermore, the news mentioned that you refined a peculiar revolver capable of fighting at the level of a Mid-tier from a Beginner-tier. As a fellow apprentice in Mechanical Alchemy, I am thrilled by this. If you could send me the blueprint, I will reciprocate with some knowledge in Mechanical Alchemy for trade.

If you happen to need anything, you can also reply and let me know. If it is feasible, I will try my best to provide it.

Finally, regarding the giant organizations mentioned last time, one has already decided to launch a commercial attack against you. It is named the De Kela Si Merchant Guild. Friend, you must be extremely careful.

Well, don't despair either. Persevere; after the storm, the rainbow will eventually appear!

Awaiting your reply!

Fellow Mechanical Alchemy Enthusiast: Felin

Li Size's heart suddenly jolted. This Felin was truly unfathomable.

His future father-in-law was the Deputy Director of the Provincial Police Department, holding high authority, yet even he said that the identities of those giants would take a few more days to investigate clearly.

Yet, Felin came to give him a warning once again, as if possessing foresight.

Recalling the previous matter concerning intellectual property rights, she had accurately known the little-known inside stories within the Review Council. This time, she provided information so accurately; her ability was truly astonishing.

What kind of identity did she possess?

Could she be a princess of the Duchy?

But Li Size quickly dismissed this thought because, as far as he knew, the Grand Duke of the Duchy only had two sons and no daughters.

Was she the Young Miss of some powerful Count or Marquis family?

Regardless, her background must be extremely profound.

But why was she helping him so wholeheartedly? Had she developed feelings for him?

After reading the contents of the letter, numerous questions instantly flooded Li Size's mind.

However, Felin was clearly helping him right now, so he shouldn't waste energy on these mysteries that were difficult to solve immediately.

As for asking Flora to check her information on the Dark Web?

Li Size felt that doing so would likely yield little accurate information, and it also seemed inappropriate to treat a friend that way.

For this girl who had made a very good impression on him from their first meeting, Li Size decided to preserve this sense of mystery. Wouldn't it be better for her to tell him the truth willingly when the time came?

Shouldn't matters of fate be allowed to develop naturally?

Although the Sorcery-based firearm blueprint mentioned in the letter involved issues of invention rights, he could simply entrust Felina to send a copy of the blueprint to Felin while applying for the invention rights on his behalf.

Moreover, he still had some unresolved doubts regarding his idea of converting the barrett sniper rifle into a sorcery artifact:

For example, how to achieve ultra-long-range target locking. Perhaps he could seek some advice from Felin on these issues.

As for the exchange reward, Li Size thought perhaps he could obtain an alloy formula with a power level reaching High-tier Zero Ring from Felin, which was exactly what he urgently needed right now.

Li Size's current physical attributes could no longer satisfy his needs in alchemy crafting. Therefore, recently, he saved up all his remaining gold coins and used them entirely to boost his attributes.

Li Size (Mid-tier Apprentice)

Strength: 5.0 (5.4), Physique 5.0, Agility 5.0 (5.6), Mental Energy 5.0.

Raising the base attributes of Strength, Physique, and Agility from 4.0 to 5.0 cost him 100 gold coins for each attribute. Raising Mental Energy from 4.0 to 5.0 cost him a full 200 gold coins.

This attribute boost nearly exhausted all his recently accumulated gold coins...

If he wanted to raise his attributes to 6.0 next, every attribute would require 200 gold coins, and raising Mental Energy would require 400 gold coins.

The profit Li Size gained from producing the little sorcerer donkey was clearly no longer keeping up with the speed at which he was spending gold coins.

Achieving 5.0 Agility brought him an additional vision range of 400 meters. This meant Li Size's normal vision range had now reached 700 meters. When using the revolver hand cannon, this vision range was naturally more than sufficient.

However, the minimum range for the sorcery-based barrett sniper rifle in Li Size's mind needed to start at 2 kilometers, and the ultimate version needed to reach 5 kilometers or more.

Li Size had tried making ordinary high-magnification telescopes himself, but the clearest vision only reached 1500 meters at most. In the Wizard World, this distance was still not safe enough.