In the game, there is an NPC called the Appraiser, who specializes in identifying all kinds of rare treasures, and there are such NPCs in every city.

After returning to the city, Zhao Shun took the black stone to the place where the appraiser lived.

The appraiser was an old man with glasses, and he looked like an old pedant.

"Hello, help me identify this thing." Zhao Shun put the black stone the size of a watermelon on the counter in front of the appraiser.

This time, Zhao Shun also had the mentality of giving it a try, he always felt that this stone was strange, it should not be an ordinary stone, and to find out what it was, the only way to find an appraiser to identify it.

"Our rule here is that no matter what the appraisal results are, whether they are true or false, good or bad, we will charge a fee of 2 silver coins."

"No problem."

Zhao Shun took out 2 silver coins and handed them to the appraiser, who accepted the money and immediately became enthusiastic.

"You want to identify this stone? It looks ordinary, but don't be discouraged too soon, the real result will not be known until the end. ”

The appraiser holds the stone in both hands, examines it carefully, and then takes out a magnifying glass to observe the surface of the stone.

After observing for a while, the appraiser suddenly exclaimed: "This material is quite rare, could it be something in the legend?" ”

Zhao Shun asked curiously, "Which thing are you talking about, what do you mean?" ”

The appraiser's face changed from relaxed to serious: "I can't be sure for the time being, I need to do an experiment first." ”

"Experiments? How? ”

"You come with me."

The appraiser picked up the stone and led Zhao Shun into the back room.

It's a spacious room, with rows of shelves on the walls lined with all sorts of oddities, such as humanoid crystal skulls, conch shells that sing beautifully, and big eyes that swim in jugs of water. As soon as Zhao Shun entered the house, this eye has been staring at him, and he feels a little hairy in his heart.

There are many strange things in the room, and I think it is a place where the appraiser collects rare treasures.

The appraiser placed the black stone in the center of a circular metal frame that stood upright, and fixed the stone with four brackets extending from the frame, allowing it to hang in the air.

Then he fished out the fist-sized eyeball, which looked like a tadpole and dragged a small flesh-colored tail, from the glass jar on the shelf.

"What is this? It looks like a living thing, and it moves. Zhao Shun asked, pointing to his big eyes.

"This is the Eye of the Deep, a creature that lives in the deep sea, and as soon as it is stimulated, it shoots decomposing rays from its eyes."

Zhao Shun probably guessed what he was going to do, and stopped the appraiser who was about to walk towards the metal frame: "You are going to destroy this stone?" ”

"If it's just an ordinary stone, it's ruined and ruined, there's no pity, but if it's not, the decomposition ray won't destroy it."

Zhao Shun felt that there was some truth in what the appraiser said, so he let go of his hand and let him do the experiment, Zhao Shun also wanted to see if this was an ordinary stone.

Walking to the metal frame and aiming the Eye of the Deep at the black stone, the appraiser stared for a moment, then tugged at the little tail of the Eye of the Depth.

"Wow!" The Eye of the Deep Sea let out a painful exhale, and a wrist-thick purple light burst out, hitting the black stone.

The light was dazzling, illuminating the entire room, and under the purple light, Zhao Shun and the appraiser were covered with a layer of purple all over their bodies. The decomposition ray hit the black stone, and with a click, a crack appeared in the stone, and blue light was transmitted from the crack, and then the second and third cracks appeared, and more and more cracks appeared.

Eventually, the stones shattered and floated into the air in large quantities of debris, they did not fall to the ground, as if they were being pulled and slowly rotated around a cyan ball of light, just as the moon and earth were in constant motion with the sun as the center.

Zhao Shun had never seen such a strange thing, and couldn't help asking, "What is this?" How could there be a ball of light in the stone? ”

The appraiser said enviously: "You are lucky, this thing is called the Gathering Star Core, it comes from outside the sky, the light ball contains extremely powerful power, and the extraordinary thing is comparable. ”

After the purple decomposition ray shattered the stone, it hit the cyan ball of light, and the ball of light stood still, without the slightest damage, but the ray was blocked, and it collapsed in the air little by little.

The rays lasted for a while, slowly disappeared, and the eyes of the deep seemed to run out of energy, and closed their eyes sleepily, and without the impact of the rays, the stone fragments that revolved around the ball of light regrouped, protecting the ball of light and returning to its original stone shape, but the cracks on it were clearly visible.

The appraiser put the Eye of the Deep back into the jug and let it rest, before removing the black stone from the metal frame and returning it to Zhao Shun.

"After the identification of this thing, it is already certain that it is the legendary Gathering Star Core."

Zhao Shun took the heavy stone, and when he stared at it, the explanatory text on the stone had changed.

Convergence Star Core (Rare Material): A strange stone from outside the sky, containing unparalleled power.

The caption looks very awesome, but Zhao Shun doesn't know what it is for, so he asks the appraiser: "What is the purpose of this thing?" ”

"The Gathering Star Core is extremely precious, and there are many people who have broken the head for it, this thing can be used to forge weapons, and the quality of the forged weapons is extraordinary, and it has the ability to open mountains and crack stones. Where did you get this baby? I've only seen such a strange thing in a book, and I didn't expect you to have one in your hand. ”

"This is what I found at the bottom of the spider cave, I thought it was an ordinary stone, but I didn't think it was a treasure."

"Spider caves? I heard that a meteorite fell from the sky ten years ago and landed on the southern outskirts of Night City, thinking that this is the piece, after ten years of changes, it has changed from a large pit to a monster lair, if you don't bring it out, I'm afraid this treasure will have to be buried deep underground. ”

Knowing that black stone is a precious and rare material, Zhao Shun guessed that the two bones at the bottom of the spider cave might have fought to snatch this treasure, and finally died together, but none of them got it, and finally cheapened Zhao Shun.

With such a treasure, the first thing Zhao Shun thought of was naturally to forge it into a weapon, if there was a high-quality weapon to help, his strength would be raised to another level.

So, leaving the appraiser's residence, Zhao Shun immediately rushed to the blacksmith shop again.

The owner of the blacksmith shop was a sturdy middle-aged man, with arms as thick as Zhao Shun's thighs and covered with large muscles.

The middle-aged man, shirtless, holding pliers in his left hand and a hammer in his right hand, struck a red-hot iron block on an anvil next to the furnace, and with each blow, sparks would splash on the iron and slowly change shape.

"Boss, help me forge a one-handed sword." Zhao Shun said straight to the point.

The owner of the blacksmith shop is called Bashir, he glanced at Zhao Shun, and continued to beat the iron: "You want to customize weapons?" ”

"Yes."

"Any requirements? For example, the shape, what the name is, or what material is used. ”

"The requirement is that the material is forged with this." Zhao Shun took out the black stone.

Bashir glanced and withdrew his gaze, but the next second his face changed drastically, and his gaze returned to the stone, unable to take his eyes off it.

"Cohesion Star Core! How do you have this thing? ”

"I picked it up, and I heard that it can be forged into weapons, so I came over."

Bashir's face was cloudy, longing, frustrated, and all kinds of emotions were mixed together, and finally he sighed: "This thing can indeed be forged into weapons, but ordinary blacksmiths can't do it, and it must be at the grandmaster level." ”

"Aren't you grandmaster-level?"

Bashir lowered his head gloomily: "I'm just an ordinary blacksmith, my ability is insufficient, the Gathering Star Core is an extremely difficult material to forge, I can't help you." ”

"Then do you know where to find a grandmaster-level blacksmith?"

"There are not many grandmaster-level blacksmiths from ancient times to the present, and in modern times, only Lorav is of this level, but he disappeared five years ago."

"Missing? So no one knows his whereabouts now? ”

"Yes."

Zhao Shun was originally quite happy to get the precious rare materials, but now that he learned that no one could forge them, his mood immediately became bad, and his face was full of disappointment.