Chapter 734: Industrial Waste
Lin Ye looked around. He had been teleported into a forest, with no one else in sight.
The spiritual energy concentration in the environment was extremely high, and in the distance, he could make out some massive shadows.
The trees around him looked like some kind of texture mapping, appearing somewhat unreal.
This area was filled with an eerie atmosphere that instinctively made one want to flee from it.
*'I can go back now.'*
Lin Ye felt he could end this exploration mission at any time and choose to return to the Shelter.
But before that, Lin Ye pulled out a bottle of Consolidation Potion and poured it into his mouth.
The surrounding spiritual energy began to converge on Lin Ye. In less than a minute, he completed this advancement, becoming a fifth-tier spiritual energy user.
The distant shadows seemed to draw a little closer. Lin Ye didn't linger any longer and directly returned to the Shelter.
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【Exploration Mission Complete】
【System Evaluation Increased】
【Exploration Chest ×1 Acquired】
【Please draw today’s card】
"My turn! Draw a card!"
The card’s face this time was an umbrella. Its bright red canopy had a three-dimensional look that seemed ready to burst out.
The card dissipated, and a finely crafted red umbrella appeared in the center of the Shelter.
Lin Ye picked up the umbrella and took a look. The canopy felt very soft to the touch, but there was no button on the handle, and he couldn't push the umbrella open either.
*'...Alright.'*
Lin Ye leaned the umbrella against the bed. The Nameless Armor had already turned a grayish-green. He took off the Nameless Armor and the Disaster Hazmat Suit, then checked the Nameless Armor's system information.
【Hybrid Armor】
【This is a piece of armor made from a mixture of many kinds of industrial waste. It has a variety of unique functions, any of which may activate automatically at any time】
【Note: If you don't want to turn your Shelter into a strange color, you'd better put it away as soon as possible】
Lin Ye hurriedly stored this Hybrid Armor into the War Machine’s storage space.
He definitely didn't want to trigger some strange function inside the Shelter.
After dealing with the Hybrid Armor, Lin Ye began organizing those minerals and spiritual energy items. Most of the ores he put into the Storage Room. Since the spiritual energy items were too high-tier, he only listed a few less dangerous ones in the trading area.
After organizing the spatial items, Lin Ye opened the exploration chest. Inside was only a single grayish-green card.
【Industrial Waste】
【Using this card will grant you all the industrial waste from a certain location】
【Note: Warning, do not use this card inside any system facility】
"Even this counts as a reward?"
"...Alright, it's not completely useless."
Lin Ye thought of the Disaster Hazmat Suit. If this card really could bring all the industrial waste from the abandoned factory world, then he could use it to annihilate an entire Plane.
Putting away the Industrial Waste card, Lin Ye submitted the Inheritance Task in the system interface. A deep purple card appeared in the center of the Shelter.
The previous Inheritance Task was:
【Defeat an opponent at least one rank higher than yourself in a single battle】
Before this, Lin Ye hadn't encountered any opponents strong enough. The Controllers from last time weren't defeated by him either, so he hadn't submitted the task.
This time, he had taken down a Controller who was a major rank above him. He should be able to get a decent inheritance reward.
【Purple Star】
【Connect to the Purple Star, allowing you to summon a Purple Star projection outside the planet】
【Note: Warning, this card carries a certain degree of mental contamination】
*'This seems like a skill card... too bad it has mental contamination. Even if I couldn't use it, I could still learn the techniques from the card through study.'*
Lin Ye put the card away. It was probably because he had crossed too many ranks that he ended up with this kind of dangerous card.
A white door appeared on the Shelter's wall. He could now take on the next Inheritance Task.
Lin Ye pushed the door open and entered the Inheritance Space. The space was unchanged, still the boundless corridor of display cases. Lin Ye walked through the cases and quickly found a fairly decent task.
【Survive for ten days in an extremely dangerous Dream World】
Inside the display case were several badges of different shapes.
*'This task is good. I happen to need to stay in that Dream World for a while.'*
After selecting the Inheritance Task, the system teleported Lin Ye back to the Shelter, and the white door on the wall vanished.
Having dealt with the Inheritance Task, Lin Ye ate something, took a shower, and then lay down on the bed, drifting off to sleep.
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Day 33 of the post-apocalyptic survival, 6:34 AM.
Lin Ye climbed out of bed. He first went to the Rule Mining Area to mine for an hour, then returned to the Shelter to tend to the plants and animals for a while before opening the Group Chat and the Music Box, and starting his breakfast.
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"Good morning, so many messages. Did I miss something?"
"It's fine, you go back to sleep."
"That's right. Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
"Bro Lin listed a batch of high-tier spiritual energy items in the trading area last night."
"Huh?"
"I'm only sixth-tier, and Bro Lin is already making high-tier spiritual energy items?"
"No shit. You think you can compare to Bro Lin? I bet Bro Lin might even be tenth-tier by now."
"Too bad you need to trade with special items; can't just grab them with red coins. I've been keeping my eye on the trading area the whole time."
"It's already pretty good. I traded for one, and I'm already trying out new combat methods now."
"Isn't that going a bit overboard?"
"If you managed to snag one of Bro Lin's high-tier spiritual energy items, you wouldn't think that way."
"Is it really that exaggerated?"
"Ten times more exaggerated than you think. This thing is way more useful than my talent ability."
"Take my advice, man. If you see someone outside holding one of those super abstract-looking artworks, run. Just run."
"I just tried it out in the red maze and almost shook myself into meat paste."
"Didn't Bro Lin put a manual on the item?"
"Killing blood-corpses wasn't satisfying enough, so I tried using it on myself..."
"Damn."
"Fuck. I'm never sleeping at night again!"
"Useless. I just went to eat dinner, and when I came back, it was gone."
"You don't check the Group Chat when you eat?"
"I was watching a videotape I got from another Plane. I already smashed the VCR last night."
"This is what they call being a slave to pleasure."
"So painful."
"Anyone want to resell? The price is negotiable."
"Only an idiot would resell."
"Right now, no one can even afford the price, right? Except for Bro Lin."
"Seriously. I've seen high-tier spiritual energy items in system events too. Those items are decent, but they can't even hold a candle to the art Bro Lin makes."
"The only downside is they're too conspicuous. As long as the enemy isn't an idiot, they'll know something's off about this thing."