285: Chapter 285 Decomposing the Perpetual Motion Machine! Preparing for the Sprint to Obtain a Top-Grade Star Core!

This joy came too suddenly, catching Zhang Jian off guard.

It took a full few minutes for his emotions to calm down.

However, the variety of star cores in the room gave him a bit of a headache.

He simply called Wang Fei and the others over to help organize them.

Soon, they had sorted all the star cores by type.

They were: 4,965 two-star star cores, 4,485 three-star star cores, 448 four-star star cores, and 102 five-star star cores.

After counting the quantities, Wang Fei stared blankly at the star cores covering the floor.

"Brother Jian, am I dreaming?"

Wei Donglai also looked on in amazement.

"When we run a Dungeon, even if a team performs at its absolute best, we might only get one or two complete star cores, and those are just low-star, ordinary ones."

"Brother Jian, you just went and got hundreds, even thousands, in one go!"

Xuan Jizi's eyes lit up.

"If we were to attempt a Breakthrough to the Transcendence Realm now, wouldn't that mean no one would be short on Materials?"

Zhang Jian shook his head.

"With this method, the best we can synthesize is a five-star one."

"For our own people, we should at least use a top-quality star core for a Breakthrough, right?"

Yan Buyu gasped.

A top-quality star core? Is that something we on the Water Blue Planet can actually produce?

The Will of the Heavenly Dao also reminded him, "Zhang Jian, don't set your goals too high."

"In reality, successfully achieving a Breakthrough with an Advanced star core already makes one a fairly strong existence within the Transcendence Realm."

"A top-quality star core is just too far off!"

Zhang Jian didn't speak, merely calculating silently in his mind.

The synthesis method for [Gods Gift of Eternity] requires 10,000 star core fragments, as well as 100 three-star and 10 six-star complete star cores.

Looking at the fact that the synthesis is currently only a quarter complete, he wouldn't be short on three-star star cores.

The star core fragments have the effect of the [Heavenly Dao Reduction] affix; synthesizing once directly reduces the cost to 1,000, significantly lowering the expenditure.

The only thing lacking is six-star star cores.

And according to the ratio provided by the mysterious person at the stele, these 105 five-star star cores could only just be exchanged for 9 six-star star cores.

That's not even enough for a single synthesis.

Zhang Jian shook his head.

The revolution has yet to succeed; comrades still need to work hard!

Just as he was about to release another 1,000,000 star core fragments in the room for synthesis, a thought suddenly struck him.

He was temporarily out of two-star ones, so why not just decompose them into star core fragments and reuse them!

He held one in his hand and activated the [Star-Shattering Art].

The next moment, countless fragments appeared out of thin air.

Zhang Jian collected and counted them; exactly 150 fragments.

Not only did it offset the synthesis cost, but he even made a profit of 50 fragments!

His lips curled upward uncontrollably.

Perfect!

He continued to decompose them.

However, on the third attempt, a failure prompt appeared.

Zhang Jian paused.

It seems there is still a risk of loss.

But considering that the current [Decomposition Expert] affix was only at +2, it could still ensure he broke even if successful.

He checked, and the current affix progress was 6/100.

He simply buried his head and began to focus solely on decomposing.

Until he had decomposed a full 135 more, the affix progress maxed out and leveled up.

[Decomposition Expert] (Heavenly Dao-Grade) (+3)

When you decompose any... Current Effect: Increases decomposition quantity by an additional 100% (+150%). affix effect upgrade condition: Decompose 0/1000 items of Heavenly Dao-Grade Materials or higher.

When Zhang Jian finished decomposing another two-star star core, the number of fragments had become 175.

Even with the failure rate, he could basically guarantee a steady profit!

Zhang Jian simply started decomposing and synthesizing simultaneously.

A full eight hours later, Zhang Jian stopped and began to check his harvest.

During this time, he had decomposed and synthesized each about a thousand times.

The original two-star star cores had decreased by 1,000.

But he had newly synthesized 490 two-star, 455 three-star, 45 four-star, and 10 five-star star cores.

Not only that, but he also had over 50,000 extra star core fragments.

After tallying the data, Zhang Jian was very satisfied.

This deal was worth it!

He couldn't wait to decompose all of the remaining 3,000+ two-star star cores.

However, having fought continuously for over 30 hours, even if his physical strength could hold up, he felt some mental fatigue.

Since he had gathered exactly 110 five-star star cores, Zhang Jian handed them over to the Will of the Heavenly Dao, telling it to take them and exchange them with Yun Kai.

Incidentally, he also had it send over the extra 900+ four-star star cores to be exchanged for levels suitable for their use.

After giving these instructions, Zhang Jian's energy suddenly drained away; feeling his eyelids too heavy to keep open, he fell asleep in a second.

Yun Kai was waiting anxiously.

Ever since two days ago, when the mysterious person from the mysterious sphere side, named [Water Blue], contacted him saying they wanted to exchange five-star star cores for six-star ones, he had been on pins and needles.

On one hand, he couldn't believe that this civilization, which seemed to know nothing, could actually produce a large number of five-star star cores so quickly.

On the other hand, he held a glimmer of hope: what if the civilization on the other side was truly that powerful, but was limited by certain reasons and could only trade through his side?

In that case, wouldn't that mean he had latched onto a powerful backer?

Furthermore, deep in his heart, he had an even deeper expectation.

Judging from the exchange patterns they had used a few times, it was very likely that they had not yet birthed a Transcendence Realm existence of their own planet.

And could their demand for six-star star cores be to use the synthesis method of [Gods Gift of Eternity] to create a top-quality star core and then achieve a Breakthrough?

Just like... his own son, Yun Xin?

Hum!

Just as he was lost in his wild thoughts, the sphere he was gripping tightly in his hand transmitted a trace of heat.

"Lord Yun Kai, are you there?"

Yun Kai quickly snapped back to reality and said impatiently, "I'm here, I'm here. Are the items ready?"

After their energies connected, Yun Kai saw that the other side had provided a full 110 five-star star cores.

Every single one was full of energy and genuine!

Not only that, but there were also over 900 four-star star cores.

The other side claimed that they wanted to see if this portion of resources could be exchanged for some two-star or one-star star cores.

After Yun Kai provided the corresponding exchange ratios, the other side stated straightforwardly that it would be best to exchange them all for one-star ones.

After verifying the goods, Yun Kai took the resources and immediately set off.

Upon arriving at the planet's largest chamber of commerce, which was the branch of the main clan's Blue Bird Chamber of Commerce, he immediately had the manager exchange what he needed.

He used 100 five-star star cores to exchange for 10 six-star ones.

He used 900 four-star star cores to exchange for 45,000 one-star star cores.

As a common Cultivate material for the Transcendence Realm, one-star star cores were not very valuable.

Even in quantities of tens of thousands, they did not attract any attention, and the exchange was completed smoothly.

After counting the items, Yun Kai left in a hurry.

Returning home, he immediately contacted the other side and transmitted the items over.

Amidst the other side's profuse expressions of gratitude as they said goodbye, Yun Kai did not go out to run around and get busy as he usually did.

Instead, he held the sphere and waited silently.

What kind of surprise will you give me next time?