Xun Yi opened Xun Ye’s small backpack and took out the other jacket inside. He let Xun Ye put on the jacket, and transferred the other things in the backpack into his own backpack. Xun Ye’s backpack was covered in cobwebs and couldn’t be cleaned, so he had to throw it away with his clothes.
After taking care of everything, they went in and started killing zombies.
The main attacker was Yin Fuchuan. He stood in front and shielded Xun Yi behind him, intentionally or unintentionally. Xun Ye was behind Xun Yi, and Lu Di was next to Xun Ye. Although Lu Di’s level was not high, he could still play a role.
Yin Weijiang was of no help at all. He had only killed two zombies since doomsday started, so he was still at level 1. He couldn’t even fight the weakest ordinary level 1 zombies head-on.
Hence, he could only follow behind them and collect EXP, picking some scraps along the way. He took care of some zombies that were not hacked to death and could still move, and dig for magic crystals when he had time.
He didn’t want to be a burden. He also wanted to help. He knew that Mr. Yin gave him this spot because he wanted him to level up. Once he raised his level, he would naturally become stronger. He was very touched and wanted to give it his best.
Xun Yi and Yin Fuchuan discovered that although their levels had improved a lot, the level of the zombies in the Poltergeist Cave didn’t increase too much this time. The highest was only level 12, not much different from yesterday.
Therefore, Yin Fuchuan judged that the highest level of the zombies in the Poltergeist Cave should be the average of the team.
After calculating the levels of the four people yesterday, the highest level of the zombies, and comparing the numbers today, everything was in line with Yin Fuchuan’s guess.
If they didn’t bring Lu Di and Yin Weijiang today, with the levels of Xun Yi, Yin Fuchuan, and Xun Ye, the average level of the zombies would be at least 15, and the difficulty would have been greatly increased. But because of Yin Weijiang’s ultra-low level, the danger level of the Poltergeist Cave was reduced to 12.
With this realization, they could also use this method to reduce the difficulty if such dungeons or lands of peril were activated in the future.
Of course, if the overall strength of the team wasn’t high enough, the person with the lowest level would die first.
Yin Fuchuan and Xun Yi were strong enough to protect them and fight their way in without any obstruction.
Even though their strength had improved so much, the final poltergeist boss was only slightly stronger than yesterday. Without the help of Xun Ye, Lu Di, and Yin Weijiang, Xun Yi and Yin Fuchuan took care of this troublesome poltergeist.
The final EXP exploded and a big treasure chest dropped.
This time, Yin Fuchuan did not divide the treasure chest. He collected everything after checking them out.
Of course, no one raised any objections to Yin Fuchuan’s actions. Since they had decided to follow Yin Fuchuan, everything they looted should belong to him.
Even without the issue of following, they didn’t have the cheek to take anything. Yin Fuchuan was almost always leading the way this time. Even Xun Yi only played a supporting role. The team banner belonged to Yin Fuchuan too. He killed the most zombies, so he should receive the most rewards.
Yin Fuchuan didn’t take everything. He gave Xun Yi everything he could use.
Xun Yi needed those items indeed.
Several more plants were found in the treasure chest, such as Icicle Grass, Silky Grass, and Golden Lotus. He received another two Galaxy Grass and two fist-sized bloodstones, which were necessary for making a basic healing potion.
In addition, there was a scroll, and a prompt appeared when Xun Yi picked it up.
[A scroll for making basic healing potion. Do you want to learn it?]
Xun Yi glanced at Yin Fuchuan, who nodded. He said silently, “Yes.”
The scroll disappeared from his hand and turned into a pale blue light spot that merged into Xun Yi’s mind. He instantly learned how to make a basic healing potion.
This feeling was very novel. He didn’t know anything about potions before, but after using the scroll, he was instantly enlightened as if he had been making basic healing potions for decades, so familiar with the process that he could do it with his eyes closed. The tools needed in the production process also appeared clearly in his mind, all of which could be found in the alchemist toolbox.
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“What else do you need?” Yin Fuchuan asked.
“I’m still short of a Root Grass.” Xun Yi had memorized the ingredients in the formula.
“I guess you can’t find them in the Poltergeist Cave. Let’s keep a lookout when we’re out.”
They had exceeded level 20. Once they went out, they could never enter again.
“That’s all we can do now.”
They gained a lot this time. Other than the things required by an alchemist, Yin Fuchuan also looted two profession badges, and Xun Ye was right. He was very lucky to receive a driver’s badge!
The other profession badge was something ranked higher than a normal sabersman, which carried a prefix—Yinyue Saber Master.
This badge was different from the previously known gunner and driver badges. It had a prefix, but what did it mean?
This badge arrived at the perfect time. Yin Fuchuan had always been using a saber, and this badge was icing on the cake.
Yin Fuchuan was hesitant whether to use this badge.
“Even if you have the profession, you can’t display its full power without the corresponding skills. For instance, the archer under Chu Hongyi got the archer profession and also collected the bow and arrows, but he didn’t have the corresponding skills. Otherwise, his archery skills would have been better than that, and it might not be that easy for me to kill him.”
Profession, skills, and weapons had to go together. With profession and skills, one could still display a certain amount of power with ordinary weapons instead of professional weapons. However, with profession and weapons without skills, one could only ‘use’ a weapon without displaying its power.
Xun Yi took out the sabersman skill crystal card that he had been hoarding and handed it to Yin Fuchuan.
“I have no use for this, so it’s a waste to keep it with me. You should take it.” Xun Yi handed the basic sabersman skill Three Consecutive Strikes to Yin Fuchuan.
After Yin Fuchuan took it, he immediately received the prompt and understood what Xun Yi meant.
The Yinyue Saber Master badge was obviously an upgraded version of the sabersman. Since the weapon was a saber, the saber master should also be able to use the sabersman skill. In this way, the badge and skill could form a set.
Yin Fuchuan didn’t refuse. He accepted Xun Yi’s kindness and used the profession badge and the skill crystal card together. As expected, it worked. Moreover, with the help of the profession, the overall attack power of this sabersman skill also increased. Even the name of the skill changed from the simple ‘Three Consecutive Strikes’ to ‘Yinyue Three Consecutive Strikes’.
Just when Yin Fuchuan thought that his strength would improve significantly with this trick, a prompt appeared.
Yin Fuchuan couldn’t help but frown slightly after looking at it.
Xun Yi thought he couldn’t use the skill crystal card. After all, the sabersman skill was not on par with the saber master badge, but he saw with his own eyes that Yin Fuchuan used the skill crystal card. If it couldn’t be used, the skill crystal card shouldn’t disappear.
“What’s wrong? Is the badge not a match to the skill?” Xun Yi was a little worried.
“It’s a match, but I need a secondary attribute to display the full power of the Yinyue Saber Master.”
This was something Yin Fuchuan didn’t expect. Just trying to collect the matching badges and skills was difficult enough. Unexpectedly, after finally collecting them, a secondary attribute was needed.
Would it be more powerful by the time he could truly display the full profession skillset?
“What is it?” Xun Yi was taken aback too.
“Mental spirit,” Yin Fuchuan said. “My secondary attribute is precision, not mental spirit.”
Xun Yi was stunned. It suddenly occurred to him that in the scroll he had just learned, potion-making required mental spirit too. When he looked at other people’s attribute panels, he also consumed mental spirit. From the looks of it, this particular secondary attribute seemed very important.
“How do you get it? I doubt only people with the secondary attribute of mental spirit can have a profession skill.”
In all the attribute panels Xun Yi had seen so far, he was the only one with the secondary attribute of mental spirit.
“I don’t think it’s possible either,” Yin Fuchuan said. “Do you also need mental spirit to make potions?”
“Yes.” Xun Yi nodded.
Seeing Yin Fuchuan looking at him, Xun Yi already knew what he was going to ask. “My secondary attribute is mental spirit.”
A smile finally appeared on Yin Fuchuan’s face. This was the first time his expression relaxed since Xun Yi was injured.
“Since I can obtain the badge and skills, it means that I can also obtain mental spirit. If I don’t have it now, it means that the time is not ripe yet,” Yin Fuchuan said.
Xun Yi nodded. There was no rushing this.
“Which one of you wants the driver’s badge? Let me make it clear that everyone can only have one profession. Once you use it, it may not be that easy to change it again. Think about it and let me know after we clean the battlefield.”
Maybe because the things they received were more valuable, there were fewer items compared to yesterday, but the quality of the things was very good. Things such as attribute stones, equipment crystal cards, and skill crystal cards didn’t appear, and only 2 basic healing potions dropped.
“Did you get the archer badge after killing the archer?” Xun Ye asked curiously. He received his gunner badge after Yin Fuchuan killed the bald guy.
“No, his profession badge did appear after I killed him, but it disappeared instantly. I don’t think it’s feasible to kill people to get the badge. There should be a certain probability ratio behind it,” Yin Fuchuan said to Xun Ye.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for Xun Ye to get the gunner badge.
Their luck was really good in that aspect.
“So, you were the one who killed Chu Hongyi with one arrow?” Xun Ye looked at him with his head tilted.
“Of course.”
Xun Ye praised, “You’re amazing. You can use a gun, a saber, and bow and arrow, an all-rounder indeed.”
Yin Fuchuan laughed. “I know more. If you want to learn, I can teach you.”
“Of course, I want to learn. In that case, I’ll prepare the tuition fees. Xun Yi, how many attribute stones do you have?”
The topic changed so quickly that Xun Yi almost couldn’t keep up. “Five. What’s up?”
Since Xun Ye was four years old, Xun Yi stopped treating him as a child. He was so smart that he didn’t act like a child at all. Sometimes, Xun Ye could think of things that never crossed Xun Yi’s mind.
“Do you have all three attributes?” Xun Ye continued to ask. He seemed to find it too troublesome and simply said, “Give me all your attribute stones and let me examine them. You guys can dig for magic crystals while I take a break.”
Xun Yi gave him all the attribute stones he had. The others went back to dig all the magic crystals without wasting even one.
Xun Yi needed a lot of magic crystals now. He needed 100,000 magic energy to upgrade to level 4, not to mention using them. In other words, he required 10,000 common magic crystals below level 10. Not to mention killing zombies, just digging them out one by one was a nightmare.
Besides, it was worth mentioning that Xun Yi thought that the magic energy in black magic crystals was the same, but when he obtained magic crystals above level 10 from the Poltergeist Cave, whether from level 11 or level 12 zombies, the magic energy in the magic crystals was twice as high as before, which made Xun Yi wonder if the higher-level magic crystals contained more magic energy.
That was the case so far.
While others were busy digging for magic crystals, Xun Ye sat cross-legged on the floor and placed the five attribute stones in front of him. There were 2 black strength attribute stones and 2 cyan agility attribute stones, but only 1 red constitution attribute stone. While Xun Ye pondered, he took one strength, agility, and constitution attribute stone each and placed them together.
He waited for a moment but nothing happened.
After that, he used the strength attribute stone, agility, and constitution separately, until he tried all three attribute stones, but still nothing happened.
He stared at the attribute stones in deep thought. Judging from his experience playing online games since he was four years old, attribute stones had a certain chance of improving the user’s basic attribute values. He always believed that there was a huge connection between basic attributes and secondary attributes.
If he could find this connection, he might be able to solve the problem of how to obtain the mental spirit secondary attribute.
Xun Ye picked up the strength attribute stone from the floor and placed it in his palm, and a prompt appeared.
[Strength attribute stone contains a chance to increase the attribute value after use.]
Xun Ye picked up the agility attribute stone next and placed it in his palm.
[Agility attribute stone contains a chance to increase the attribute value after use.]
Finally, Xun Ye picked up the constitution attribute stone and placed it in his palm.
[Constitution attribute stone contains a chance to increase the attribute value after use.]
Xun Ye moved the separated attribute stones closer together, placing them in a row according to the order on the attribute panel, which were strength, agility, and constitution, but nothing happened.
Xun Ye changed their positions again and tried several placement orders, but there was still no prompt.
Xun Ye raised his hand and stared at the three attribute stones with a pair of green eyes as if he were mesmerized by them.
After staring at it for five minutes, Xun Ye suddenly thought that if anything were to happen if the three attribute stones were put together, they shouldn’t be placed in a row, because in this way, only the middle one could make contact with the other two, while the other two could only contact one attribute stone. This placement was simply unreasonable.
It should be… like this.
Xun Ye adjusted the placement of the three attribute stones from a row to a triangle, so that the other two attribute stones could make contact at the same time. If this guess was correct, there should be a prompt, but unfortunately, nothing.
Xun Ye’s little brows furrowed, feeling that there shouldn’t be any reaction.
If attribute stones could only be used for basic attributes, the prompt should clearly indicate that the ‘basic attribute value’ would be increased instead of the ‘attribute value’.
Since it was an attribute value, it should include basic attributes and secondary attributes.
