Chapter 45: Chapter 45: Equipment Update
Ye Yun first tried a trial-and-error approach using the Green parts in his own warehouse.
After confirming these parts couldn’t increase the success rate, he opened the Exchange to trade for other Green parts.
[Evaluation Type: Repair Item]
[Assessing Repair Risk]
[Item for Repair: [Bionic Wreck (Green)]]
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[Evaluation Type: Repair Item]
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[Evaluation Type: Repair Item]
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[Evaluation: 100% Probability of Obtaining Green Item, Risk: 0%]
The cost of the repair was higher than Ye Yun had imagined: 3 Green parts and 34 White parts.
Including the 6 Green parts spent to buy the wreck, the total cost for one bionic came to nearly 10 Green parts.
It was a good thing he had just defeated a boss not long ago. Otherwise, relying solely on his previous savings, his warehouse would have been completely emptied.
He hit confirm, and the construction bots got to work, fusing the White parts into the bionic’s skeleton one by one.
Time ticked by, and the once-damaged skeleton was gradually repaired.
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[Repair Successful]
[You have obtained [Bionic (Green)]]
Name: Unnamed
Strength: 3
Perception: 3
Endurance: 3
Charisma: 3
Intelligence: 3
Agility: 3
Luck: 3
Durability: 100% [Repairable]
Power: 100%
The moment the bionic’s repairs were complete, its tightly shut eyes snapped open.
A faint blue light flickered in the bionic’s eyes before stabilizing, as if it were performing some kind of self-diagnostic.
The bionic, marked with the number 3 on its forehead, slowly focused its pupils and turned its head to look at Ye Yun, who was standing in front of it.
The stiff expression on its face began to soften.
"Hello, Manager."
"Hello," Ye Yun said. "It’s good to meet you. From now on, your name will be No. 3."
"Understood. Name designation complete," No. 3 replied.
Shelter
Used Space: 8
Vacant Space: 0 [+]
Food Reserves: 40/100 [+]
Fresh Water Reserves: 40/100 [+]
Power Reserves: 400/400 [+]
Medicine: 2/100 [+]
Construction Bots: 2
Advanced Bionics: 1
Bionics: 3
Normal Humans: 2
Shelter Members: 6
Seeing a new member added to the shelter, Ye Yun nodded in satisfaction.
’Good. Even though it’s just a basic-level bionic, it’s still a considerable boost to the shelter’s overall combat strength.’
He glanced at his warehouse.
Warehouse
White Parts: 98
Green Parts: 7
Blue Parts: 1
Purple Parts: 1
After a round of upgrades and purchases, his count of Green parts had plummeted from 34 to just 7.
The number of White parts had even dropped below triple digits.
’Damn, one wrong move and I’m back to square one.’
Looking at the pitiful state of his warehouse supplies, Ye Yun suppressed the urge to acquire more data chips to upgrade No. 3. ’The resources are too low right now. I’ll wait until the warehouse is better stocked before upgrading him.’
As he looked at the three bionics and two wasteland residents in the shelter, an idea popped into Ye Yun’s head.
’Even a guy like Lei Hu can go to the abandoned shelter coordinates and get good stuff.’
’I have a total of five combat-ready members. Why can’t I?’
He immediately issued a new mission.
[Evaluation Type: Ruin Exploration]
[Assessing Mission Risk]
[Exploration Type: Designated Location]
[Evaluation: 35% Probability of White Items, 53.15% Probability of Green Items, 11.75% Probability of Blue Items, 0.05% Probability of Purple Items, Risk: 4.13%]
Ye Yun was a little surprised to see the risk was only 4.13%.
When he first obtained the coordinates for the abandoned shelter, he had used the system to evaluate the exploration risk.
The risk level back then had been quite high, which was why he had given up on the idea of exploring it immediately.
He hadn’t expected the risk to drop so much in just a few short days.
Still, Ye Yun wasn’t too shocked by this.
The exploration team had grown from four members to five. Both No. 1 and No. 2 had been upgraded, with all their stats breaking through to 4, which significantly boosted their combat effectiveness.
Bena’s gear had been swapped out, from White armor and a White weapon to Green armor and a Green weapon.
The stats on Green gear were in a different league compared to White gear.
No. 1 and No. 2 had been equipped with protective vests, but because their stats were too low, they were still using the same old BB guns.
Thinking of stats, Ye Yun slapped his forehead. ’That’s right! I just upgraded No. 1 and No. 2. Their stats have broken through from 3 to 4.’
He hurriedly opened the Exchange.
Ye Yun quickly browsed the list of Green equipment on the Exchange, his goal being to find gear suitable for his shelter members.
His eyes scanned past item after item.
[Bone-Shattering Iron Hammer (Green)]
[Attribute Requirement: Strength 7]
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[Rusted Thorned Whip (Green)]
[Attribute Requirement: Agility 6]
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Ye Yun dismissed one piece of equipment after another.
The attribute requirements for these Green items were too high; they weren’t what he was looking for.
After flipping through more than ten pages, just as Ye Yun was getting disappointed and thinking he wouldn’t find anything, his gaze fell upon a certain Green weapon.
[Stable Iron Shortsword (Green)]
[Attack: 10-10]
[Attack Speed: Fast]
[Attack Range: Close]
[Attribute Requirements: Strength 4, Agility 4, Endurance 4, Perception 4]
Price: 180 White Parts.
Ye Yun’s eyes lit up when he saw this Green weapon.
Although the stats of this Green weapon were rather average—its 10 attack power was just the bare minimum for a Green weapon.
You could say that any random Green weapon had higher attack power. A normal manager wouldn’t even glance at this piece of junk.
However, 10 attack power was also far higher than the damage of any White weapon.
Likewise, its attribute requirements weren’t high either. It only required Strength, Agility, Endurance, and Perception to be at 4 points.
However, these seemingly low attribute requirements were actually quite high.
Without being upgraded with data chips, a bionic’s stats are all 3s. This meant that no un-upgraded bionic could wield this weapon.
And because its attack power was too low, if someone really wanted to equip a wasteland resident with Green gear, they could easily buy something better. Therefore, this weapon was in a very awkward position.
The owner of this weapon seemed to understand this, which was why its price was cheaper than other Green weapons.
Ye Yun didn’t hesitate and bought it decisively.
He immediately pressed his advantage and bought another similar piece of equipment from the Exchange.
[Custom-Made Iron Pickaxe (Green)]
[Attack: 10-11]
[Attack Speed: Medium]
[Attack Range: Close]
[Attribute Requirements: Strength 4, Agility 4, Endurance 4]
Ye Yun immediately equipped No. 1 and No. 2 with the two Green weapons. Now, they were also decked out in a full set of Green gear.
