Materials generally include food, ores, herbs, leather, and crystals. Of course, there are some special alchemy and medicine refining materials that do not fall into the common categories.
Among various common materials, crystals tend to be the most expensive. Because the formation process of crystals is not easy, it is easier to carry super energy. Crystals can be divided into mineral crystals and animal crystals. Mineral crystals refer to naturally generated energy crystals, including crystals with various major attributes, and the types are ever-changing. Animal crystals refer to power crystals produced by living organisms, including dragon crystals from the dragon family. , the demon core of the demon clan, etc.
The mysterious businessman sold Zhang Mu a piece of [Level 4 Earth Core Flame Crystal], which is a typical mineral crystal. It is a rare crystal that cannot be mass-produced. It only sold for 30,000 gold coins. The price is indeed not expensive. In the outside world, the value must be higher.
In terms of energy alone, level 4 flame crystals are tens of thousands of times more powerful than level 1 ores. Ordinary level 1 magic ores are worth around twenty or thirty gold coins. Although energy is not the only criterion for measuring the value of materials, using terrain eyes for insect nests to absorb is far more cost-effective than mining a lot of low-grade ores.
Zhang Mu wasted no time and first sold the collected alien equipment, plus a dozen repaired but inactive machines, for a total of 60,000 gold coins. The amount of alien equipment provided this time was not large because the humans defeated the Terrors at the station and were short of time. There was no time to pack them up and they did not bring enough storage capsules.
Next check out the Mystery Shop.
Probably because the level of the mysterious merchant has increased, the quality of the products is much better than before. The proportion of D-level skill books and D-level magic items is almost 2-3 times that of before, and there are more types to choose from.
Zhang Mu took a fancy to a ranger skill book, an advanced scroll, and a special scroll.
[DD level skill book: Shadow Sword], a ranger exclusive skill, learning conditions: 160 points of agility, 100 points of spirit.
[D-level skill advancement scroll: Gale Escape], upgrades the E-level skill [Shunstep] to the D-level skill [Group Escape].
[Level 3 Backpack Scroll], upgrade the backpack to level 2 and gain 30 backpack space.
These three items are very expensive. The advanced scroll is relatively cheap, only 2,000 gold coins, the DD-level skill book is up to 6,500 gold coins, and the level 3 backpack scroll is 15,000 gold coins.
Zhang Mu didn't hesitate and bought it immediately. The backpack scroll can increase the backpack space. The larger the backpack space, the more items you can carry with you, which is of great benefit to survival battles. As for the skill book [Afterimage Sword], it is a very good ranger skill! The skill [Wind Escape] is a thief skill. Thieves can learn it directly from the exclusive skill book. Rangers can also have this skill, but they cannot be learned through the skill book and can only be obtained through step-by-step advancement of low-level skills.
Zhang Mu first expanded his backpack, then learned and mastered two skills, and spent more than 10,000 gold coins to buy scrolls to upgrade his skills to full level.
[Afterimage Sword LV5], a DD level skill, the highest level is LV5, is blessed by the afterimage state, attack +40%, speed +40%, with afterimage effect, consuming 5 magic points per second.
[Wind Escape LV5], a D-level skill, condenses the power of wind, gets rid of negative conditions or restraints, and causes a teleportation effect, with a maximum distance of 500 meters. The two skills, which consume 100 magic points and have a cooling time of 300 seconds, are very powerful. Among them, [Afterimage Sword] can greatly increase the damage, and can also greatly increase the attack speed and movement speed. Zhang Mu was already dissatisfied with the speed. If he added the afterimage effect, it would surely reach an appalling level.
Another skill [Wind Escape] is an excellent escape skill. Even if you are trapped by restraint skills, or suffer from paralysis or deceleration, it can be lifted instantly, and it also has a teleportation effect.
The two skills are very powerful, but they have a common flaw.
That means the magic consumption is too high.
The Afterimage Sword has no cooldown and can be activated anytime and anywhere. It consumes 5 magic points per second, which may not sound like much at first glance. In fact, it consumes 300 magic points in 1 minute. Zhang Mu is so exhausted that he can barely sustain it for more than one minute. Just a clock.
Gale Escape consumes 100 points of magic at a time. Although the effect is very strong, it cannot be used frequently.
The lack of magic is a flaw!
As a ranger, Zhang Mu's life, strength, physique, agility, and even spirit have all reached a level that is not weak. Only magic has not been improved very well. However, the flame pork balls made by the chef can temporarily make up for the lack of magic, which is more than enough. .
The mastery of these two new skills has greatly improved the strength. Now, even against the top masters of the Terror Race, the victory is much more certain.
Zhang Mu found several precious and rare D-level magic scrolls.
[D-level magic scroll, Illusion Mist], D-level scroll, when activated, will release the D-level illusion skill "Illusion!"
[D+ level magic scroll: Hand of Frost], a D+ level scroll, after being activated, will activate an ice skill "Hand of Frost!"
[D+ level magic scroll: Waterfall Technique], D+ level scroll, after being activated, a water skill "Waterfall Technique" will be activated!
D-level magic scrolls can only be dropped by lord-level monsters with a certain probability. Lord monsters are not that easy to find, so the value of D-level scrolls is extremely high in the camp, and only some large groups have very small reserves. Zhang Mu bought three at a time, and they will definitely be used during the battle.
In addition, I didn't find anything else that was particularly useful to Zhang Mu.
Lin Caiyan bought a D-level skill book [Priest's Blessing], which can increase the life limit of friendly targets by 20%. If used on Lei Ming, the life increase will be more than a thousand points, which is an easy task.
Leng Yun bought a skill book [Thunder Mastery]. This is a passive skill. As long as you learn it, the power of thunder magic will be permanently enhanced by 20%. Du Rongrong bought a D-level summoner skill book [Poison Ivy], which is a spell that summons poisonous vines within a range.
The poisonous vines can instantly wrap around the target, immobilizing it, and are highly toxic, further weakening the creature's resistance.
Lei Ming, Fatty, Sanggou, Yang Yi, and Xie each add some skills or equipment.
Zhang Mu even bought one or two good knight and gunfight skill books. Since there are no particularly strong knights and gunfighters in Huangquan, Zhang Mu planned to sell them to Huang Tian and Ye Qianqiu, so that the human race can exert stronger combat capabilities in the war. .
This time I spent hundreds of thousands of gold coins shopping in the mysterious store, selling robots and alien equipment, offsetting more than half of it, and buying the gold coins from Flame Crystal Flowers, because they are used to cultivate insect nests, and insect nests are considered a common tool of mercenary unions. , so the money can be withdrawn from the union for reimbursement.
So even though he bought a lot of things, Huang Quan's actual cost was only thirty to forty thousand gold coins.
Early the next morning, Zhang Mu returned to the Blood Light Plain.
Zhang Mu took the flame crystal and went directly to the cave to let the insect nest absorb it.
The energy of the Earth Core Flame Crystal was too strong. As soon as the insect nest swallowed the crystal into its body, its whole body began to squirm violently. Its originally red body became even brighter red, with billowing steam, as if it was about to be steamed.
The fat man and the mourning dog were guarding the door. When he saw the scene in front of him, the fat man couldn't help shouting: "Can this guy be digested? Is he roasted into a mature meat?"
Zhang Mu is also a little worried. Mineral crystals can only be used for production and cannot be tolerated by ordinary creatures. The Earth Core Flame Crystal is a very violent type of mineral crystal. but. The insect nest is not an ordinary life form. It has certain intelligence and should not be overwhelmed to death.
The body of the insect nest that was steamed red continued to emit hot air, like blowing up a balloon, and suddenly expanded by nearly 30%, and its size was already comparable to a small mountain.
The insect nest frantically absorbed energy, and its magic increased rapidly at an unprecedented rate.
In the end, it was settled at 850,000.
The magic value of a bug nest is directly proportional to the number of bugs it breeds. Currently, the bug nest can breed 850 units of bugs, which is equivalent to 850 ordinary bugs, or 170 elite bugs!
Now the insect nest has given birth to elite insects, which have reached the gold elite level. Their attributes and blood volume have been greatly enhanced, and their skills have also been greatly improved.
The strength of an elite combat bug is no less than that of an elite mercenary.
Originally a relatively useless healing bug, its healing ability has been enhanced several times. Although the healing spells are not as rich as those of human priests, healing bugs have an advantage, which is an attribute advantage that humans can never possess!
The Zergs bred from the insect nest are not summoned beasts or war beasts. They are no different from wild monsters. Therefore, their attributes are very powerful, and their life and magic are also excellent.
Healing Bugs are golden elites with a health value of 6,000. One Healing Bug is worth more than several priests combined. Moreover, as a monster, the Healing Bug has a very strong recovery ability. It only takes a few hours for all healing bugs to be recovered after their magic is exhausted.
"Very good!" Zhang Mu was very satisfied, "The effect of this crystal is far better than imagined!"
With the current strength of the Insect Hive, if the Dogmen dare to attack, they are simply seeking death! Detection bugs can be widely used in the team, making it difficult for canine thieves to succeed in sneak attacks!
Leng Yun looked at the insect nest that had grown larger and said with great emotion: "It has finally grown to a decent size. With the insect nest in hand, we have a lot more control in the war!"
Zhang Mu nodded, and then told the mercenary in charge of guarding: "The strength has become stronger, but the consumption has also become several times stronger. Let the mercenaries guard it carefully, and don't forget to feed it to prevent the insect nest's ability from deteriorating."
"yes!"
Zhang Mu let the insect nest breed a large number of Zerg, mainly reconnaissance insects. Although the combat insect is good, except for the ability to burrow into the ground, it is not much stronger than the mercenaries. Because the number of insect nests is limited, there is not a large number of them. Breeding plan.
In addition, the insect nest breeds 30 healing insects. Due to the advantage in magic value, the healing ability is not inferior to twice that of a priest, which is enough to greatly improve the survivability of the troops.
"let's go!"
The insect nest magic is consumed very quickly. The more insects are summoned, the higher the maintenance cost. Zhang Mu did not gestate all the insects at once, but only gestated some of them first.
After Zhang Mu returned to the station, he asked the mercenaries to send scout bugs to various parts of the Blood Light Plain to closely monitor the Blood Light Plain.
Two more days passed.
The mercenaries continued to challenge the secret realm as usual, or went out to hunt collectively. Their schedules were regular and orderly. The number of human beings in the Bloody Light Plains increased to about 14,000. Basically, all the mercenaries in the camp who were in the middle and upper levels of combat capabilities were mobilized.
This is a force strong enough to compete with foreign races.
On this day, Lei Ming suddenly came to Zhang Mu: "The alien race has made a new move!"
Zhang Mu was a little surprised when he heard this: "You can't sit still so soon?"