Chapter 43: Chapter 43: Android Upgrade
After completing the transaction, Ye Yun immediately posted a purchase request in the public chatroom:
[WTB [Data Chip (White)], 120 parts each. DM me if you have any.]
[Also, long-term buyer for [Severely Damaged Construction Robot (Green)].]
Seeing Ye Yun’s purchase request, the discussion in the public chatroom instantly heated up.
[Brother Ye hasn’t been around for a while!]
[A [Data Chip (White)] can actually sell for 120 white parts? I got totally ripped off! I sold one this morning for 100 white parts!]
[Holy crap, this thing can actually increase a bionoid’s stats?]
[Wasting resources to strengthen a bionoid is something only a pro like Master Ye would do.]
[Brother Ye, I have one. Can you open up your friend requests?]
[120 white parts? Isn’t that price a bit too low?]
...
Ye Yun ignored the people who were just stirring things up.
He re-enabled his friend request function. He usually kept it turned off to prevent bored people from adding him.
Perhaps because he hadn’t shown his face in a while, some people had found their own lucky breaks.
This time, noticeably fewer people added him as a friend compared to before.
He accepted all the requests in one go.
The moment he accepted, someone immediately sent him a trade request.
Ten minutes later, Ye Yun closed the last trade request, having successfully obtained 14 [Data Chip (White)]s.
The acquisition went even more smoothly than he had imagined. Although he hadn’t seen any [Data Chip (White)]s on the exchange before, it seemed now that people just weren’t putting them up for sale.
Looking at the 14 [Data Chip (White)]s in his hand, Ye Yun didn’t wait for the exploration timer to end. Instead, he used his communication wristband to have the other three return to the shelter directly.
Without any incidents, the three returned safely to the shelter.
Ye Yun told Bena to go rest first, then he took out a [Data Chip (White)].
The next moment, a system prompt popped up.
[Use [Data Chip (White)] on No. 1?]
[Yes]
Upon confirmation, a panel on No. 1’s chest slowly opened like flower petals, revealing the core inside.
[Please insert the data chip]
The evaluation system didn’t appear, which meant the success rate was one hundred percent.
Ye Yun carefully aligned a [Data Chip (White)] with the core interface in bionoid No. 1’s chest and slowly pushed it in.
As the chip was fully inserted, the panel on No. 1’s chest closed again like petals, tightly enveloping the core.
Bionoid No. 1’s eyes lit up with a faint blue glow, and a humming sound, like an overworked radiator fan, emanated from its body.
[Use of [Data Chip (White)] successful. Strength attribute increased, 3 > 4]
Ye Yun immediately repeated the action.
[Use of [Data Chip (White)] successful. Intelligence attribute increased, 3 > 4]
...
[Use of [Data Chip (White)] successful. Agility attribute increased, 3 > 4]
He used seven data chips on No. 1 in succession, raising all seven of its attributes from 3 to 4.
After finishing No. 1’s upgrade, Ye Yun took out another data chip, preparing to upgrade No. 2.
However, the next moment, a new system prompt popped up.
[All bionoid attributes have reached 4. Special upgrade condition triggered.]
’????’
’What is this???’
’There’s a special event for getting a bionoid’s stats to 4?’
As the system prompt appeared, bionoid No. 1’s body was suddenly enveloped in a faint white light.
No. 1’s physique became more proportioned, its muscle lines more fluid, and even its facial expression grew more natural.
[Bionoid special upgrade complete.]
[New card slot acquired.]
[Intelligence enhanced.]
[This is the first bionoid to complete this upgrade.]
[Reward: [Skill Card: Overclock (Green)]]
Ye Yun immediately opened No. 1’s panel.
Name: No. 1 [+1]
Strength: 4
Perception: 4
Endurance: 4
Charisma: 4
Intelligence: 4
Agility: 4
Luck: 4
Durability: 100% [Repairable]
Power: 100%
Available Card Slots: 1
Aside from some changes to its appearance and the new "Available Card Slots: 1" on the panel, Ye Yun didn’t notice any other major changes to the bionoid after the special upgrade.
He looked at the reward card.
[Skill Card: Overclock (Green)]
[Description: After installing this skill card, the bionoid will gain the Overclock skill.]
[Skill Effect: All stats +1, duration 60 minutes.]
[Cooldown: 24 hours.]
Ye Yun read the skill card’s description carefully, a flash of pleasant surprise in his eyes.
Although it wasn’t a powerful offensive skill, a +1 boost to all stats was quite useful in the early stages. Plus, the duration was a full 60 minutes, making the effect pretty solid.
Without hesitation, Ye Yun immediately installed the skill card on No. 1.
Name: No. 1 [+1]
Strength: 4
Perception: 4
Endurance: 4
Charisma: 4
Intelligence: 4
Agility: 4
Luck: 4
Durability: 100% [Repairable]
Power: 100%
Available Card Slots: 0
Skill: Overclock (Green) [Removable]
Good, the skill card could be removed at any time.
This meant he didn’t have to worry about installing a low-quality skill card early on and having it negatively affect the bionoid’s combat power later.
As long as he found a better skill card, he could simply swap it out.
Ye Yun didn’t waste any time and proceeded to upgrade No. 2 as well.
However, since No. 2 was the second bionoid to complete the upgrade, it didn’t receive any reward.
Ye Yun didn’t keep the information he had just learned to himself.
He opened his private chatroom directly.
Ye Yun:
[I just used [Data Chip (White)]s to upgrade my bionoid. After all its stats break the 4-point threshold, the bionoid gets a skill card slot. You can install skill cards to further enhance its power. If you have some resources to spare, you can do what I did and buy some data chips to upgrade your bionoids.]
Ye Yun’s message caused a stir in the private chatroom.
Many people began to realize that they might have underestimated the potential of bionoids and the value of [Data Chip (White)]s.
[Upgrading a bionoid can give it skills?]
[Holy cow, I used two of them before and didn’t see much of a change, so I stopped upgrading. I had no idea you had to raise all the stats to 4.]
[Thanks, Brother Ye, for sharing such valuable info.]
[One [Data Chip (White)] costs 120 white parts. Seven of them would be 840 white parts. Even if I wanted to upgrade, who knows how long it would take to earn that much.]
[I only have 300 white parts right now. I can’t upgrade even if I want to.]
