Chapter 199: The Value of Life (6000 Words)
"Oh? Do you have sunflowers? Mu You was quite surprised.
"I don't, but I have one client." Lu Yao said.
"Customer?" Mu You was stunned when he heard this.
"I opened a second-hand store on the forum, don't you know?" Said the other side.
ββ¦β¦ I'll take a look. β
Mu You casually cut out of the forum, flipped to the homepage of "The Man Who Spread Fire" and took a look.
Sure enough, at this time, the name of her homepage has become "Fire Transmission Shop", and there are dozens of pictures listed below, all of which are all kinds of equipment and props, and the purchase price and detailed equipment introduction are marked behind each one, which looks a bit similar to the exchange interface in the Dragon Software.
"Where did you get all this equipment?" Mu You asked strangely.
"Some of them I got back at a low price, and some of them were sold by customers, and if I sold them, I would receive a part of the commission...... By the way, do you have any second-hand things that you need to sell? Lu Yao said.
"You're an idle fish......"
Mu You has found familiar advertising words on many product pages, such as "Girls use Jiujiu New", "Girlfriends vomit blood and resell" and so on.
"It's almost, but what I'm doing is not only domestic, but also international, a few days ago, an African player asked me in a private message if I could accept the sunflower, I think I can't sell it and confiscate it, I didn't expect anyone to really need it."
"Or the international version of ......"
Mu You was speechless for a while. Carefully flipped through the historical records, and found that the popularity of her store is not low, and more than a dozen pieces of equipment have been sold in the historical sales, but most of them are above the elite level, and there are very few ordinary and black iron grades.
Lu Yao said: "I'll contact that person immediately, it may take a few days to receive the goods, and you will help me keep those two pieces of equipment first!" β
"Yes."
Mu You nodded, it was the same for him to do this transaction, since the other party had channels, it was of course the most convenient and safest to find acquaintances to trade, saving him from tossing.
"By the way, how do you set the price of the equipment in this store?" Mu You asked again.
The price of the equipment in her shop is a bit confusing, and it seems to be very different from the price of the goods sold in the Star Spirit Realm store.
"The average price of my black iron-level equipment here is 5 years of life, 30 years of life for ordinary level, 250 years for fine level, 1500 years for rare level, 0 years for epic level, and about 8000 years on average...... Of course, the highest-level equipment I have received so far is the Elite level, and no one above the rare level has asked me to sell it......" Lu Yao said.
"The price of black iron and ordinary iron is so low......"
Mu You found that the price of her product was a little ruthless. It takes 30 years for a piece of black iron equipment in the Star Spirit Realm, and it has dropped 6 times directly in her place, and the 100 years of the ordinary level has been reduced to less than one-third in her place, and the 300 years of the elite level has not dropped much.
However, in the future, rare-level equipment has been in the Star Spirit Realm for about 0 years, and the epic level is about 0, but it has appreciated in her store!
"There's no way, equipment is this kind of thing, the more advanced the quantity, the less, and the easier it is to sell, there is no price in the Star Spirit Realm, I can basically get my hands on the equipment above the elite level, and the ordinary and black iron level are difficult to sell, and there are many of them that have been hung for a long time and no one cares." Lu Yao said.
Mu You also understood after listening to it. To put it bluntly, equipment is also a luxury for players, and those who can afford to buy equipment are often old players who are rich enough, and old players will not lack low-level equipment below the ordinary level, after all, this thing is rotten in the game, and the probability of breaking out of monsters and treasure chests is not low, and it has long overflowed after playing for a long time.
To put it simply, "what you need can't afford it, and what you can afford doesn't need it", which ultimately caused this relatively deformed market price.
"In that case, I want all the equipment in your store!" Mu You looked at the many pictures of equipment in the store, and after a little mental calculation, he suddenly said.
"Huh?" On the other side, Lu Yao was obviously stunned when he heard this: "Are you serious?" β
"Of course."
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Lu Yao was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Actually, those labels of "girls for their own use" are just labels, not really ......"
ββ¦β¦ Uh, I know. β
"Yes
Do you still buy it? β
"Khan, what do you think I bought it for?" Mu You's face was black, of course he bought low-level equipment to be used for synthesis, where did the other party want to go.
"I also want to know, there are a lot of ladies' special equipment in here, what are you going to do with it?" Lu Yao asked.
"You don't care about it, anyway, I have a serious use. Do you sell it or not? β
"If you really want me to sell it, I'm worried that I can't do it. I'm afraid you're just losing money. Lu Yao said.
"Then it's decided, do you take cash or something else?" Mu You asked.
"I only accept barter here at the moment, and I don't accept cash for the time being."
Lu Yao said, and added: "The price fluctuation of cash exchange life has been a bit big recently, so I have to wait and see." β
"Oh? So how is bartering a transaction? β
"At the price I said above, you can exchange for more advanced equipment or props, one ordinary equipment for six pieces of black iron, one piece of fine equipment for 50 pieces of black iron, you have other types of props or potions and the like, I can also give you an estimate on the spot."
"Pretty professional......"
Mu You nodded, glanced at the list of products again, and soon had a plan.
"Then a fine-grade mud boot, for all four pieces of normal equipment, plus 26 pieces of black iron equipment."
At present, there are only 4 ordinary pieces plus 29 pieces of black iron in the other party's store, and Mu You's sweep has basically swept all of them for her.
"Silt boots...... Isn't it one of the rewards posted in your post for Sunflower? Lu Yao was confused, he had advanced the future reward now, what would he get in exchange for Xiangyanghua at that time?
"Don't worry, the excellent equipment will definitely not be given to you less."
Mu You exhaled.
In terms of value, it is equivalent to 36 pieces of black iron, that is, 180 years of life can be exchanged for a piece of fine, and the price of the fine grade is 250 years, and each synthesis of a piece of fine is equivalent to a net profit of 70 years of life.
He bought these back, plus the four ordinary equipment he already had on his body now, which was enough to synthesize two pieces of fine-grade equipment, one of which he could exchange, and he could keep one for himself, a sure-fire deal.
"That'll do."
The two quickly finalized the deal, agreeing to deliver it tomorrow morning.
After hanging up the phone, Mu You continued to browse the Fool Forum and switched to the trading interface to take a look.
Lu Yao's sentence just now, "the recent price fluctuations of cash exchange life" made him a little concerned.
Sure enough, the trading of magic items and items has changed a lot recently.
In the past, cash was exchanged for magic items according to the ratio of 100,000:1 life, but in recent trading posts, this ratio has begun to fall wildly, from 50,000 to 1, to 30,000 to 1, and even in some posts today, the market has become a one-year life equivalent to about 10,000 cash, which is ten times lower than the beginning!
Of course, Mu You can also think of the reason: obviously because of the impact of the previous public beta announcement!
The reason why lifespan and magic items were so expensive before was because they were rare enough, but once the open beta came, plus the opening of life trading, people from all over the world could enter the game and obtain magic items and life from it, then as a large number of magic items entered the market, the value of life and magic items would of course depreciate sharply until they returned to their original value, that is, close to the price of the astral spirit world.
And the value of the life span of the Star Spirit Realm, according to what Mu You saw and heard when he met the goblin merchant before, a package of food that can be worth three months' rations is sold for about 20 days of life, of course, this only refers to the minimum standard, only a full stomach ration.
According to this value, the value of a day's life should be between 20 and 30 yuan in RMB.
According to this standard, the current exchange rate may continue to decrease, in other words, the Earth currency will continue to appreciate for some time in the future, so it is not wise to exchange cash for magic items in the near future.
It's no wonder that there are a lot fewer large cash transaction posts on the forums these days, and it seems that players still have a keen sense of smell.
After swiping through the forum posts for a while, the time gradually passed midnight.
And in the game, it finally arrives at the wine
The location of the ghost blacksmith.
Mu You cut the skin of the herb picker and entered the blacksmith shop.
The old dwarf was still so dedicated, and he didn't let him wait at night, and the interactive text popped up as soon as he arrived.
Mu You ordered a bottle of prepared Moutai from the ring.
You gave a bottle of unknown liquor to the Dwarven Blacksmith. γ
[After the blacksmith tasted it, he called "divine wine", and immediately entertained you as a distinguished guest, and warmly asked you what you needed. γ
Sure enough, the unmixed wine was deeply loved by the dwarves.
Mu You clicked on the synthesis stove in his backpack.
[You take out the cracked crafting furnace and ask the blacksmith if he can fix it.] γ
[You see the blacksmith take the synthesis furnace and observe it for a long time, his face becomes solemn, and finally he nods at you. γ
[The blacksmith said that this furnace is made of special material and can be repaired, but it needs a very special material, and without this material, even he cannot repair it.] γ
[What materials do you ask the blacksmith needs?] γ
[The blacksmith solemnly raised all the fingers of his hands at you!] γ
γTen bottles!γ The blacksmith tells you that to know the secret, you need at least ten bottles of this wine! γ
"Ten bottles ......"
Mu You's finger had already been placed on the large box that he had specially packed and sealed fifty bottles of various famous wines. Seeing this condition, he was stunned, withdrew his finger from the "give it all" option, opened the box, and counted out ten bottles.
You gave ten bottles of unknown liquor to the dwarven blacksmith. γ
[The blacksmith was overjoyed, hurriedly put away all the wine bottles, and gladly told this Xinmi. γ
[The material needed to repair the furnace, called "Cold Iron Essence", is an extremely rare living metal that can only be born and continue to grow in extremely cold places. γ
[The old blacksmith once owned a piece of cold iron essence, but it was too small to be used for refining weapons. This is also the reason why he chose to retire under the Misty Mountain after being exiled by the empire. The icy environment on the top of the Misty Mountain is an excellent environment for the growth of the Cold Iron Essence. γ
[The blacksmith sent the iron essence seedling to the top of the misty mountain when he was young, and now that hundreds of years have passed, it is said that it has grown to the size of a refining weapon. γ
[It's just that the environment on the top of the misty mountain is too extreme, and the icy wind acting on the regular level floats on the top of the snowy mountain all year round, this wind has the characteristic of "unable to keep warm", no matter how thick the clothes are worn, people will continue to lose temperature in the wind until they are frozen to death. γ
[The dwarven clan lives on the icy plateau all year round, and has a natural resistance to the cold, coupled with the strong body of the blacksmith when he was young, in order to resist the invasion of the cold wind, but now the old blacksmith, because of his perennial alcoholism, his body has long been much worse than before, and he can no longer resist the harsh environment on the top of the mountain, so he has been unable to go up the mountain to retrieve the iron essence. γ
[The blacksmith gave you a map of the location where he buried the iron essence on the top of the mountain, saying that if you have the ability to retrieve the iron essence on the top of the mountain, he will give you the iron essence and help you repair the synthesis furnace.] γ
[You have obtained the "Humble Misty Mountain Map."] γ
Mu You pointed out and took a look, and sure enough, it was a "simple" map, on which only a few strokes were used to outline the relative positions of several peaks, and then somewhere on one of the peaks, an X number was drawn.
"Can't you keep warm......
Mu You frowned, unable to keep warm, which means that he can't rely on ordinary foreign objects to resist the cold, and his body must be able to withstand this temperature of nearly 100 degrees below zero, which is indeed a bit troublesome.
The only way Mu You can think of for the time being seems to be the magic potion of "Ice Resistance Elixir".
However, this potion only lasts five minutes, and the cooldown time is as long as a day, and at such a vast snow-capped mountaintop, five minutes is obviously too late to do anything.
After thinking for a moment, Mu You still shook his head, this matter is not in a hurry, even if the furnace is broken, it can still be used, at least below the elite level can be synthesized normally, as for the highest, he doesn't have so much low-level equipment available now.
Leaving the blacksmith shop, Mu You teleported to the Elven Forest.
After having chocobos, it was much easier to travel, and after spending more than ten minutes, he found the training hall in the forest, entered it, and chose a training in "elven fighting".
This is a pure melee skill training,
Without adding any attributes and talents, Mu You doesn't know what the specific effect will be, but among the remaining training that can be exchanged, this is the one that seems to be the most useful.
[In the training of elven fighting skills, it is expected to be completed in 8 hours......]
Eight hours of training, the game is not operable.
Mu You went out to complete the task of watching, and then hurried to make up for sleep.
Early the next morning, Lu Yao called early to wake Mu You up.
When I went downstairs, I saw a sneaky little girl hovering at the door.
Mu You opened the door and let her in.
Lu Yao took out a cardboard box from his backpack, and when he opened it, it was stuffed with a full amount of equipment, all kinds of things.
Mu You also handed her the mud boots here.
After the two counted each other, the deal was concluded.
"Are you really sure you want them all? It's too late to regret it now......" Lu Yao still looked at Mu You with some suspicion.
"What is there to regret? In addition, in the future, I will cover all the normal-level and black-iron level equipment in your store. Mu You.
"Damn, do you want more?"
Lu Yao looked at Mu You in surprise, hesitated, and asked, "...... you Is there any way to synthesize equipment? β
Mu You thought for a while and nodded: "I know a blacksmith in the game who can combine low-level equipment into a high-level one, but the highest is to the elite level. β
This business will be done for a long time in the future, just like now, Lu Yao can see his purpose so easily, so he simply finds a reasonable reason for himself, saving others from guessing.
"Sure enough!"
Lu Yao's eyes lit up: "That's great!" In the future, if you want to make a good outfit, remember to find me! β
"Okay."
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Seeing Lu Yao leave, Mu You moved the box back to the room, entered the backpack space, took out the synthesis furnace, and started the experiment on the spot.
In the description of the synthesis furnace, the word "recipe" is mentioned, which means that there may be more than two combinations of actual synthesis methods.
Mu You randomly picked out six pieces of black iron-grade equipment from the box, threw them into the furnace in turn, and filled the six grids.
After closing the lid, the stove trembled slightly, and the surface gradually became hot and began to synthesize.
[Synthesis furnace: Synthesizing, expected to end in 24 hours.] The synthesis process should not be interrupted, as this could lead to unknown consequences. γ
"Unknown consequences ......"
Looking at the prompt from the omniscient crystal, Mu You thought about it, held the pocket watch, and opened the lid of the furnace.
The moment the lid was lifted, a large amount of hot gas gushed out, and at the same time, with a muffled sound, a piece of equipment in the furnace that was being formed turned into a piece of coke in the dense mist.
However, before scorching, Mu You still saw clearly, it was a bow, and the style looked a little familiar.
"In other words, what will be refined in the end is actually determined the moment the equipment is put in......"
Mu You thought about it, and immediately pressed the pocket watch and went back to before he started synthesizing.
Looking into the furnace again, sure enough, in the first compartment in the furnace at this moment, there was a black iron-level bow, which was almost the same as the appearance of the equipment after the fusion just now.
This discovery made Mu You's heart move: Could it be that the synthesized equipment is not completely random, and there is some kind of law?
Thinking of this, he immediately changed into a batch of equipment and conducted the same experiment again.
As a result, after lifting the lid this time, what was formed in the furnace was the phantom of a shield, and none of the six pieces of equipment he had just put in were shields?
"Is it just a coincidence?"
Mu You frowned, went back in time, and continued to try.
This is followed by trial and regression.
After trying dozens of times in a row and combining as much as possible the various equipment he already had at hand, Mu You finally figured out the rule: as long as three of the six pieces of equipment invested are of the same kind of equipment, such as three weapons, the final synthesis must be weapons, and at the same time, the style and shape of the weapons synthesized in the final form will be the same as the weapons in the first grid.
And if you put three items of each of the two types at the same time, such as three weapons and three breastplates, it will appear last
Half the probability of a cuirass and half of a weapon.
In other words, as long as the conditions are met, he can predict the type and shape of the final synthetic equipment in advance.
It's much easier to master this rule.
Mu You's first thought was: you can upgrade your Mithril Bow!
"Mithril Bow, Red Oak Wand, Toxin Wand, Hound Helmet, Colonizer Spaulders, Flame Necklace."
Mu You sent six pieces of normal-level equipment into the furnace in turn and closed the lid.
After the synthesis began, he turned on the stove and looked at it, and in the flash of explosive light, sure enough, what was left in the furnace was the image of the Mithril Bow, and it was also with an empty slot.
In other words, the punch slots will also be inherited after compositing!
In this way, Mu You was relieved, went back in time, re-covered the lid, and started the synthesis with peace of mind.
It would take a whole day to synthesize, Mu You placed the stove in the corner, and then took out his mobile phone and looked at it.
[Elven Fighting Skills Training has been completed.] γ
As the night passed, the training in the training hall was over.
Mu You felt that there were some more chaotic memories in his head, or instinct.
This was a very mysterious feeling, and he immediately summoned a wooden clone in the grass and tested his fists and kicks with the clone.
The conclusion was that his movements and reactions were significantly smoother than before, and his every move was orderly. Of course, this is not an increase in attribute changes, but an improvement in combat skills.
If he used to fight hand-to-hand with people, it was a wild way of fighting on the streets, but now he has a formal fighting system. The elven fighting style, which is known for its flexibility and agility, allows him to use his original strength and agility attributes in a more efficient way.
There is no change on the panel, but the actual combat ability is greatly improved.
"Not bad!"
Mu You nodded with satisfaction, these trainings exchanged by the elf clan are still very real, there is no foolishness, and you get what you pay for.
There was no arrangement for the next day, and Mu Youwo made cards at home for a whole day.
In addition to making a few copies of his newly acquired "Fire Giant" and "Annihilation", he also successfully converted the "Wooden Clone" into Dark Magic.
[Wooden clone: High-level black magic, using plant energy to create a mirror clone with the exact same appearance, and copying the mirror image of the equipment currently worn by the body (only inheriting the basic attributes of the original equipment, it will automatically disappear after breaking away from the clone.] οΌ
This clone has 100% of the main body's panel attributes, and can use all the normal magic that the main body has mastered. The doppelganger shares a vision with the main body, but the doppelganger is not conscious and needs to be controlled by the main body for two purposes. There is no limit to the duration, and there is a maximum of one clone. γ
The black magic version of the doppelganger removes the restriction that it cannot cause damage, and inherits the attributes of the main body and ordinary magic at the same time.
A doppelganger that can use magic, that's a lot more powerful!
It's trivial to fake or real, and recruiting such a clone in battle is equivalent to doubling the combat power!
The weakness is that only ordinary magic is inherited, and black magic and equipment effects cannot be inherited.
In addition, this doppelganger has no consciousness and will not move when it is not controlled, which is equivalent to a wood carving, which must be controlled by Mu You at any time.
This is a test of Mu You's dual-threaded ability, especially in the ever-changing battle, single-mindedness often means that the spirit has to switch back and forth between the ontology and the clone, and the more intense the moment, the easier it is to take care of one or the other.
There are no shortcuts to this technique, and you can only get used to it slowly by practicing it in two lines for a long time.