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Chapter 354 - 326: The Stubborn Stone

Chapter 354: Chapter 326: The Stubborn Stone

After a series of complex tests, Li Cheng discovered several hidden attributes of the [Ape-man Degeneration Gun].

First, it has a wide range of applications.

The targets for degeneration include, but are not limited to, weapons, books, natural phenomena, electronic products, TV programs, medicines, living beings, and even physiological phenomena.

That’s right, even physiological phenomena can degenerate!

If it hits a diseased kidney, it will directly progress to uremia.

If it hits a liver infected with the Hepatitis B virus, it will directly progress to late-stage liver cancer.

If it hits a normally shaped skull, it will make the head become pointy.

Second, it has a certain randomness.

Firing at an 8K LCD TV might turn it into a 4K 144Hz screen, or it could become a 2K 240Hz screen.

Each time, the outcome is different.

Third, consecutive shots shorten the recovery time.

Shooting at a dog will degenerate it into a cat, which will revert back in 14 minutes.

Shooting again will degenerate it into a mouse, which will revert back to a dog in 7 minutes.

If you shoot at creatures with stronger life force, like tigers or elephants, the degeneration duration will be even shorter.

Fourth, the bullet speed is 370 meters per second, only slightly faster than the speed of sound.

In combat with high-level targets possessing extraordinary powers, you need to close the distance to increase the chances of hitting.

Finally, the fifth point, although it’s not very useful, Li Cheng still tested whether the [Ape-man Degeneration Gun] could work on itself.

The result... it actually can!

Firing the gun into the sky and waiting for the bullet to hit the gun body resulted in the system description of the gun revealing increased special effect consumption and the addition of a cooling time setting,

even the final remark changed to a pointless description of [This is a Degeneration Gun].

"I degenerate myself, how honest of me."

Li Cheng scratched his head and put away the Degeneration Gun—this thing is quite rare, a concept-level weapon.

Even without considering its gimmicks, firing it coldly at an enemy during combat, causing them to lose focus for a couple of seconds, is valuable enough.

With the equipment unboxed, it’s time for the next reward.

[Task Reward 3: Random Skill Scroll*1, quality depends on clearance evaluation]

"Let’s reverse the situation, open!"

Li Cheng shouted, clicking on the treasure chest.

Another flash of white light and when the light dissipated, a sheepskin scroll lay quietly in the last slot of his backpack.

[Skill Scroll Name: Rooting in Stone Technique]

[Attribute: Learning Type (one-time use only)]

[Type: Universal]

[Usage: Active]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Special Effect: Root in the broken rock. Must touch the ground with both feet to use, quickly harden the body, greatly increasing defensive power, and recover from wounds rapidly. Cannot move, attack, or use skills during this period. Lasts up to 30 seconds, can end early actively. Passive disengagement from the ground ends the effect early as well]

[Consumption: 200 Spiritual Power Value]

[Cooling Time: 5 hours]

[Use Conditions: Level 18 or above, Constitution Attribute 12 or above]

[Remark: Mother Earth is protecting you]

"Hmm..."

Li Cheng looked at the skill description, inexplicably recalling his teammate Little Red Riding Hood from the previous task [Damn! I am Surrounded by Beauties].

At that time, Little Red Riding Hood had a title skill called [Head-hugging Crouching Defense],

After crouching and hugging the head, the whole body would be treated as a single unit, calculating the damage taken based on the part with the highest defensive power, lasting for 5 seconds.

Used properly, it could directly ignore machine gun fire, or the close-range explosion of grenades and artillery shells.

And the [Rooting in Stone Technique] is equivalent to an enhanced, upgraded plus version of [Head-hugging Crouching Defense], with longer duration, stronger effect, and self-healing ability—somewhat replacing the Life Potion.

This skill is simple yet powerful. After scanning through it, Li Cheng added all the free attribute points he gained from leveling up twice into constitution, directly learning and mastering the skill.

[Task Reward 4: Free Attribute Points*1]

The final free attribute point awarded, Li Cheng did not rush to use it; instead, he examined the other, more important gains from this task.

The remaining corpse of Doctor Noah.

As the target deceived by a supernatural entity, a super scientist in the eyes of the world, and the main culprit more fitting of the title "World Destroyer" than Oppenheimer,

Doctor Noah’s body was severely deformed, with only the skull remaining relatively intact, making it impossible to recognize his former human appearance.

"To cause the extinction of human civilization and bring Earth to the brink of destruction, this achievement stands hard-core even in the vast multiverse. Let’s light an incense before leaving."

Li Cheng lit an incense stick for Doctor Noah, then threw the remaining deformed body into the crushing room of the Toy Factory for crushing and refining.

The chimney of the factory spewed rolling white smoke, and the machines made loud clattering noises as they operated.

Li Cheng sat at the door of the crushing room, sipping hot coffee while watching the huge roller inside slowly turn through the glass, feeling a strange sense of satisfaction.

By the time he finished his pot of coffee, the refining process was complete, yielding a total of fifty thousand Special Points and ten concepts.

They were S+ grade Sin, S grade Wisdom, A grade Repentance, S grade Science, A grade Technology, A grade Destruction, C grade Deformation, C grade Notorious, B grade Deception, A grade Advanced.

"My god, S+ grade concept!"

Li Cheng nearly burned himself with the coffee, initially thinking S grade was the upper limit; he didn’t expect there to be a higher grade.

This requires careful planning, he thought for a moment, then called in the factory’s spherical intelligent core, "Can an S+ grade concept be used to create an Epic Quality item?"

"If [Epic Quality item] refers to items of the same grade as the knife-shaped object you carry, it can be done."

The intelligent core said, "However, I do not recommend you start production now."

Li Cheng raised an eyebrow, "Hmm? Why?"

"The current level of the Reforging Room is zero, making it likely to fail or downgrade high-level item production, causing wastage."

The intelligent core said, "Due to the rarity of the S+ grade concept, I recommend spending ten thousand Special Points to upgrade the Reforging Room to Level One before producing."

If you want to further increase the production success rate, you can spend more Special Points to upgrade the entire factory to Level One, unlocking the Level Two Reforging Room."

"Alright."

Li Cheng calculated a bit; upgrading the factory overall to Level One meant raising the Analysis Room, Design Room, Reforging Room, and Defense System to Level One, excluding the Refining Room and Collection Room.

The fifty thousand Special Points he had were not enough.

Given that, Li Cheng stored the S+ grade Sin and several other A and C grade concepts in the factory’s Collection Room.

Then he went to the slum, spending extravagantly, purchasing many historically significant precious items.

Such as original parts of the Wright Brothers’ airplane, vacuum tubes and crystal diodes from the world’s first general-purpose computer ENIAC, components of the 816 Nuclear Factory project, etc.

Combining the concepts contained in these items with the extracts from Doctor Noah.