107: Chapter 107 Rule-Level Divine Skill!

For one entire day.

Before the eyes of two hundred thousand green-eyed Red Wolf Guild players, the phrase "digging three feet into the ground" was demonstrated to its absolute limit.

The towering black Steel Fortress that had once spanned the center of the sea-crossing highway had completely disappeared.

Looking out, the asphalt road was empty; it was so clean that not even a single screw or a scrap of iron wire could be found!

The demolition crew returned fully loaded!

Beside the Red Wolf Tank, Yun Xiao's small face was flushed with excitement. An electronic notebook was displayed in front of her as she gave Lu Yuan the final report on their spoils of war.

"Boss! The inventory is complete!"

Yun Xiao swallowed hard, her voice trembling slightly from extreme exhilaration.

"We dismantled a total of 3.5 million units of Super Alloy metal blocks!"

"400,000 circuit boards of various models!"

"And we even dug up a strategic fuel reserve deep underground, extracting a full 5 million liters of military-grade crude oil!"

Hearing this string of exaggerated numbers, Lu Yuan couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.

In this post-apocalyptic world where people would kill and bleed for just a few liters of gasoline...

The Red Wolf Guild, with this single haul, was now thoroughly as wealthy as a nation!

But the explosion of material wealth was only secondary.

The most surprising thing was that after experiencing last night's unprecedented 100-wave monster siege...

With such a massive base population, the members of the Red Wolf Guild underwent an incredibly exaggerated mass evolution.

Tens of thousands of players broke through their level bottlenecks, and over a thousand people successfully awakened their own exclusive talents!

As night gradually fell and a cold evening wind began to blow across the wilderness...

Huge bonfires were lit along the highway of the Endless Bloody Wilderness.

Two hundred thousand people gathered together, holding a grand bonfire carnival party.

Lu Yuan ate and drank his fill. Holding a can of chilled 'Happy Water,' he lay comfortably on the armor of the Red Wolf Tank, looking up at the stars twinkling in the night sky.

Just as he was enjoying this rare moment of peace...

"Boss, I'm not disturbing your rest, am I?"

Lin Zihao climbed onto the tank with a face full of smiles, followed by two civilian players who looked a bit weathered but honest and simple.

Lu Yuan sat up and took a sip of Happy Water: "What's up?"

"Hehe, Boss, with this full-member upgrade, our guild has produced quite a few top-tier talents."

Lin Zihao pointed at the two people behind him, his eyes flashing with a merchant's shrewdness.

"The abilities of these few will definitely be of nuclear-explosion level help to our guild's future development!"

Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow, his gaze falling on the two individuals.

The one on the left had a wild, unruly ponytail and wore overalls stained with machine oil.

The ID above his head consisted of three words: Shougong Geng.

Lu Yuan looked him up and down: "Tell me, what talent did you awaken?"

Shougong Geng scratched his head a bit shyly and spoke with a thick rural accent.

"Hello, Boss. Before I crossed over, I was a welder back home. I usually just like to mess around with little inventions."

"Thanks to the Boss for defeating the BOSS, I activated an S-rank talent..."

Shougong Geng honestly brought up his talent panel.

[Useless Edison - S-Rank]

[Effect: Every item you personally modify or manufacture will definitely be forcibly judged by the system as 'Junk'!]

Lu Yuan stared at those words, stunned for a full three seconds.

Then he looked up and glanced at Shougong Geng: "That's it?"

Shougong Geng nodded honestly: "That's it."

Lu Yuan: "..."

He turned his face, speechless, to look at Lin Zihao.

"No, are you sure this is an S-rank talent?!"

"Whatever he makes becomes junk; isn't this talent just a joke?"

Facing Lu Yuan's criticism, Lin Zihao raised an eyebrow and chuckled.

"Boss, don't be in a hurry!"

"His ability looks useless, but this is a rare [Rule-Type] ability!"

"What is Rule-Type?"

"It means that as long as he works on it, even if he uses a gold brick to make something, the system has to hold its nose and admit it's junk!"

Lin Zihao gave a mysterious wave and pulled the bearded middle-aged man on the right to the front.

"Take a look at this brother's talent."

The bearded man smiled honestly. His ID was: Old Liu.

[Turn Waste into Treasure - S-Rank]

[Effect: All items judged by the system as [Junk], after being repaired by you, will be completely reborn and have a chance to undergo beneficial mutations!]

[Note: The newer the condition of the junk, the stronger the ability after repair, and the fewer repair materials required!]

Looking at these lines of talent description for Old Liu...

A row of giant question marks slowly appeared over Lu Yuan's forehead.

????

He looked at Shougong Geng, then at Old Liu. He seemed to understand something, but he also felt the situation was just too ridiculous.

"You two..."

The corners of Lu Yuan's mouth twitched wildly.

"One is responsible for creating [brand new] junk out of thin air."

"And the other is responsible for [repairing] that fresh junk into treasures at a low cost?"

The 'Crouching Dragon and Fledgling Phoenix' duo heard this, looked at Lu Yuan, and simultaneously let out a wretchedly knowing chuckle.

"Talk is cheap."

Lin Zihao patted Shougong Geng's shoulder. "Geng-ge, show the Boss what you've got!"

Shougong Geng gave an affirmative grunt and pulled a bizarre, weirdly shaped lump of iron from his pocket.

It was a finger-stall welded from thick steel plates, connected to a compression spring.

"Boss, this is a little toy I just invented today, the Brain-Flicker God-Tool!"

Shougong Geng introduced it with a serious face.

"Using this to flick someone's forehead, I guarantee they won't make a sound."

As he spoke, to demonstrate its power, he walked over to the tank and, aiming at a piece of hard granite larger than a watermelon, lightly released the spring.

BOOM—!!!

A muffled thud.

That hard piece of granite actually shattered instantly under the impact of this "brain-flicker," sending stone fragments flying everywhere!

Lu Yuan's eyelids jumped wildly as he witnessed this absurd power.

You freaking call this a 'Brain-Flicker God-Tool'?!

Whose brain-flicker can shatter a rock into powder?!

He instinctively tossed a system appraisal at the item.

[Brain-Flicker Auxiliary Device - Junk]

[Item Evaluation: A moronic torture device invented purely for the assassination of beloved friends and family.]

[If you use this to flick a good friend's forehead, your friend won't even have time to scream before they peacefully go to see their great-grandmother.]

Looking at this hilarious yet lethal system evaluation, Lu Yuan was simply at a loss for words.

Just then.

Shougong Geng casually handed the Brain-Flicker God-Tool, which had been judged as "junk" by the system, to Old Liu beside him.

Old Liu took the iron lump with both hands.

"Turn Waste into Treasure, activate!"

Buzz—!

Consumption: metal block x10.

A dazzling purple light screen instantly lit up in Old Liu's hands.

Accompanied by a strange sound of metal restructuring, the crude and simple spring-iron lump rapidly decomposed and reshaped within the light.

After only three seconds.

The light faded.

A semi-covered mechanical claw, its design full of sci-fi curves and its surface flowing with eerie blue energy luster, lay quietly in Old Liu's hand.

Lu Yuan focused his gaze, and his jaw nearly dropped directly onto the tank's tracks.

[Power Exoskeleton · Star-Shattering Claw - Purple Rare Equipment]

[Effect: Kinetic Energy Charge!]

[The wearer can concentrate their entire body's strength into their fingertips, unleashing 300% armor-piercing physical damage!]

[Note: A true artifact for physical transcendence; Mom never has to worry about my melee output again!]

Looking at this purple gear with attributes so insane they were ridiculous...

And then looking at these two "bug-exploiting masters" in front of him—one making junk and one repairing it.

Lu Yuan took a deep breath and gulped down a large mouthful of chilled Happy Water to calm his nerves.

"Incredible..."

He silently patted Lin Zihao's arm.

"You guys... you've really freaking stripped the damn system's underwear bare!"