Qu Shilin has two homes, one is a research institute and the other is a small villa she bought herself.

The "home" she said was the second home, but that location was far away, and now it was late, so Wang Tao didn't go.

"Okay...... But let's say yes, you must go back! I've collected a lot of weird stones, and maybe there are mutant eggs! ”

Qu Shilin thinks that she has collected so many stones, there must always be one or two luck, right?

"Yes."

Wang Tao nodded.

Looking at the big snakes playing together in the distance, Qu Shilin's eyes were full of envy.

"You really don't sell? Or rent me one......"

"It's not negotiable." Wang Tao shook his head, and then explained, "These snakes are equivalent to being bound to us, and they only listen to us. If you want to study them and I'm not around, you might be backlashed. I don't think you can defeat a fourth-order monster. ”

"Uh......"

Hearing Wang Tao say this, Qu Shilin was a little scared. After all, she only has a third-order, and she is still a weak chicken of the third-order......

"Are they lords or elites?"

Qu Shilin asked again.

She hadn't seen too many living monsters, so she wasn't too good to judge. In her eyes, the momentum of the fourth-order elite and the lord was terrifying, but it had little impact on her. After all, even if she rewatered, she was still a genuine third-order ability.

"Fourth-Order Elite."

Wang Tao had some regrets.

Those snake eggs said that they could hatch snakes above the fourth-order elite, but it turned out that these five snake eggs hatched were all elites...... I don't know if they have a chance to be promoted to a fourth-order lord.

"That's strong, too! We don't have a few fourth-order bases so far! ”

Qu Shilin's eyes are still a little inseparable from these black snakes, she really wants such a pet.

"Then can you tell me about the catastrophic snake you encountered before - by the way, you black snakes shouldn't be the eggs of that catastrophic snake, right?"

Qu Shilin originally wanted to ask about the disaster-level snake, but when it came to this big snake, Qu Shilin suddenly associated the disaster-level snake with these black snakes. After all, they are all snakes, and they are all encountered by Wang Tao.

As for this matter, Wang Tao did not intend to hide it.

"This is indeed the egg of that catastrophic serpent. These eggs were in its body, which I accidentally found when I dissected it......"

Wang Tao naturally couldn't say that these eggs were obtained in the snake cave, otherwise it might make Cheng Yiyi and them unbalanced, and even think that Wang Tao was deliberately calculating them.

Although Wang Tao doesn't care much about other people's opinions, there is no need to take the blame. After all, it was only after Cheng Yiyi and the others left that he learned from Jiang Shixue that there were these good things in the cave.

Of course, Wang Tao doesn't have to deliberately dissociate the snake egg from the catastrophic snake, it's not good to hide it. So Wang Tao directly said that this snake egg was in the stomach of a catastrophic snake.

Anyway, at that time, they had already negotiated, the corpse of the catastrophic snake belonged to Wang Tao, and anything in the corpse belonged to Wang Tao, and no one had any objections.

"Really!"

Qu Shilin was a little surprised.

"As for the catastrophic serpent......"

Wang Tao and Qu Shilin talked about the situation at that time, after all, it was the first disaster-level monster, and it was of great research value.

"As for its body...... At that time, a giant eagle appeared and ate its carcass. ”

Wang Tao said nonsense.

Regarding the matter of the Awakening Fruit, Wang Tao himself has not yet studied it, and it will definitely not be exposed for the time being.

"That's a shame......"

Qu Shilin was suddenly a little disappointed, she originally thought that if she had the opportunity in the future, she would study the catastrophic snake that was unapproachable even if she died, but the body was gone.

However, Qu Shilin was also just before, it turned out that the giant eagle that the search team she hired before saw turned out to be a fifth-order lord with the awakening of [Giant]!

This is important news related to the safety of the Changhe base! She's going to have to report it.

And when Wang Tao talked about the catastrophic snake, he suddenly said:

"By the way, I'll give you the mushrooms."

One of Wang Tao's tasks this time was to agree to Qu Shilin picking mushrooms. She only needs 100 power mushrooms, and the rest is Wang Tao's.

However, Wang Tao has gained a lot this time, in addition to the power mushroom, there are also a lot of defensive mushrooms and spiritual mushrooms.

Wang Tao was not stingy, and took out 100 of everything to Qu Shilin.

"Huh? There are other mushrooms! ”

Qu Shilin was a little surprised.

"It's all from the cave, I'll keep some of it, and I'll give it all to you."

Wang Tao explained.

"Thank you!"

Qu Shilin was not polite, and happily accepted these mushrooms. She also explains:

"The energy in this mushroom is amazing, but it has side effects. I've been working on how I can extract its energy lately. When I succeed in researching, I'll be the first one to give you a try! ”

“……”

How does Wang Tao feel that Qu Shilin is treating him as a guinea pig?

Looking at Qu Shilin, who was a little excited, Wang Tao thought about it, took out a few bottles of medicine from his pocket and handed them to her.

"Huh? It's ......"

"If you're referring to extracting the power from this 'power mushroom' and making it into a potion with no side effects, then you might need this ......"

Wang Tao briefly explained the functions of these elixirs.

“？？？”

After Qu Shilin listened, she looked at Wang Tao with question marks on her head.

"Don't ask me where these potions come from, I'm the one who picked them up. After all, you don't think I'm a person capable of making such things......"

Wang Tao shrugged.

Hearing Wang Tao's words, Qu Shilin didn't ask any more.

She really felt that Wang Tao couldn't make this kind of thing, after all, people's energy is limited, and it was impossible for Wang Tao to take care of scientific research while fighting outside, right? Even if Wang Tao is a genius, he has no use for any equipment, so he can't make it out of thin air, right?

Qu Shilin didn't bother with the origin of this potion anymore, she said to Wang Tao excitedly:

"If these potions are as magical as you say, then maybe I'll copy them! Then you have definitely made a great contribution to our base! ”

"Perhaps. Anyway, as long as I can help people. ”

Wang Tao doesn't care much about these reputational things.

"By the way, how is Xiang Hongbin?"

Wang Tao almost forgot about Xiang Hongbin.

"His prosthetic leg is still being made, and it may take half a month. But don't worry, we will definitely let him return to you in good health before the Chinese New Year! ”

“…… Yes! ”

Wang Tao estimated that Xiang Hongbin's taste at this time must not be very comfortable. But as long as you can make him a set of prosthetics that can fight, it's all worth it.

Qu Shilin didn't plan to stay with Wang Tao for long, she was going to go back to the research institute to study the medicine given by Wang Tao, and tell me about the giant eagle.

Before leaving, Qu Shilin removed something from her car.

"This is for you, this is your reward for picking mushrooms!"

What Qu Shilin gave was an instrument about the size of an ordinary washing machine.

"What is this?"

Wang Tao was a little curious.

"This is the latest crystal nucleus synthesizer, and the previous synthesis extractor has been renamed the crystal nucleus extractor......"

The Hope Institute has long produced an instrument called the Crystal Nucleus Synthesis Extractor.

Its function is to extract the side effects in the crystal nucleus, and by consuming more crystal nuclei, a crystal nucleus without side effects is synthesized. Many forces in the base have this kind of instrument, which can be regarded as popular. The instrument is not expensive, but it consumes a lot of crystal nuclei, so it is not available to ordinary people.

And now the synthesizer that Qu Shilin said is powerful, it is literally synthesizing multiple crystal nuclei into one, but what is synthesized is not a normal colored crystal nucleus, but a gray inferior crystal nucleus!

"You mean to say that this instrument can turn a low-quality crystal nucleus into a white crystal nucleus?"

Wang Tao was a little shocked.

It didn't know what the gray crystal nuclei burst out of these ordinary zombies were for, after all, the attributes were too spicy.

But Qu Shilin told him that the gray crystal nucleus can be synthesized into a white crystal nucleus?

"That's right! Do you have a crystal nucleus in your hand? I'll give you a test, you need 10 gray crystal nuclei, at present, this instrument can only synthesize fourth-order and below, after all, we haven't seen fifth-order crystal nuclei yet, and there is no way to set them accordingly......"

Qu Shilin's expression was a little proud, because she also participated in the development of this crystal nucleus synthesizer.

"Yes!"

Wang Tao immediately took out 10 fourth-order gray crystal nuclei from his pocket, which were obtained by killing those ordinary zombies when the giant zombies attacked before. He had a large pile of these crystal nuclei in his hand, piled up like garbage in his space backpack.

【Fourth-Order Crystal Nucleus】

[Quality: Inferior (2%)]

[Purity: 3.5% (side effects: none)]

Qu Shilin took these crystal nuclei and put them into the instrument in turn, and then explained to Wang Tao:

"After our research, the gray crystal nucleus is different from other crystal nuclei, it is like a puzzle piece, and these puzzle pieces can be fused with each other! The crystal nucleus above white is a whole, and there is no way to carry out this kind of fusion...... So, 10 gray nuclei can be combined into 1 white nucleus! But there is a cost - it consumes power, and we are working on more energy-efficient instruments......"

If the gray crystal nucleus can turn into a white crystal nucleus, it will definitely be no problem to consume some electricity.

At the moment, it seems that the gray crystal nucleus does not seem to have any effect. And the white crystal nucleus, even if it has no special abilities, can be used. For example, powering power armor and bullets for crystal guns......

Buzz –

While the two were talking, Qu Shilin plugged in the machine, and after a shock, a white crystal nucleus appeared.

【Fourth-Order Crystal Nucleus】

[Quality: Ordinary (20%)]

[Purity: 35% (Side effects: None)]

"Shhhh

Seeing that this was indeed a genuine fourth-order white crystal nucleus, Wang Tao was a little shocked.

"Doesn't that mean that the gray crystal nucleus is worth a fortune?"

Before Wang Tao left the base, many people in the base had gray crystal nuclei, but they were not valuable, and many of them even made some jewelry to play with......

"Yes, the gray crystal nucleus is worth a fortune! Ever since our institute announced this, the value of the Grey Nucleus has risen - oh yes, the committee took the opportunity to reprice the coin. Now 1 coin is equal to 10 first-order gray nuclei......"

After Qu Shilin's explanation, Wang Tao understood the current price of crystal nucleus.

Before he left, because of the appearance of the non-anomaly crystal nucleus, the exchange ratio of crystal nuclei and crystal coins had been changing, and it was difficult to stabilize.

Now due to the appearance of a large number of gray crystal nuclei, the committee has intervened, and the exchange ratio of crystal nuclei and crystal coins has finally been fixed-

1 first-order gray nucleus is equal to 0.1 crystals, 1 first-order white nucleus is equal to 1 crystal, 1 first-order blue nucleus is equal to 2 crystals, 1 first-order purple nucleus is equal to 3 crystals, 1 first-order red nucleus is equal to 4 crystals, and 1 first-order orange nucleus is equal to 5 crystals.

This is the exchange of first-order crystal nuclei, and the situation above the second order is-

1 second-order gray nucleus equals 1 crystal; 1 second-order white nucleus equals 10 coins; 1 second-order blue crystal nucleus is equal to 20 crystals...... 1 third-order gray crystal nucleus is equal to 10 crystal coins; 1 third-order white crystal nucleus is equal to 100 crystals...... 1 fourth-order gray crystal nucleus is equal to 100 crystal coins; 1 fourth-order white crystal nucleus is equal to 1000 crystals...... 1 fourth-order orange crystal nucleus is equal to 5,000 crystal coins!

Of course, the above crystal nuclei are all crystal nuclei without special abilities, and the value of crystal nuclei with special abilities is calculated separately, the lowest will not be lower than this price, and the highest is hard to say, such as the promotion of crystal nuclei, which are priceless in the market.

"The bank has purchased a batch of this kind of crystal nucleus synthesizer. However, because there are too many gray crystal nuclei, you have to make an appointment and queue up if you want to synthesize. Even on the black market, you need 11 or 12 gray crystal nuclei to exchange for 1 white crystal nucleus of the same level...... Now that you have this instrument, you can synthesize crystal nuclei at home! It's very convenient! ”

Qu Shilin explained with a smile.

"Black market?"

It was the first time Wang Tao had heard this word.

"Haven't you been? The black market claims to be a place where everything can be bought and traded...... Of course, that's all you need to hear. Many people on the black market are anonymous and there are many scammers...... It's still okay to buy some gadgets though, and a lot of my collectibles were bought on the black market, including the Daredevil Heart before. Hehe, the last time I announced the effect of the Daredevil Heart on the black market, it made a lot of people regret dying......"

Qu Shilin saw that Wang Tao had never been to the black market, so she explained to him.

To put it simply, the black market is a mixed market where transactions can be made anonymously, but any transactions in the black market are not protected by the city's laws.

As for whether you can buy good things and make some suitable deals, of course you can, but this is not something that ordinary people can handle. Mostly in the black market...... It's all leeks.

"The town hall would allow such a place to exist?"

Wang Tao didn't quite understand.

Isn't this a challenge to the authority of the town hall in a way?

Qu Shilin immediately leaned over and whispered in Wang Tao's ear:

"It is said that the black market has something to do with several committee members, so I just turned a blind eye......

“……”

Well, then that makes sense.

Wang Tao is going to go back to the black market to have a look, in case there are some good materials or something, maybe he can pick up a leak.

Qu Shilin saw that Wang Tao seemed to be a little interested, so he immediately said:

"The black market is not a fixed place, and when it will open, you need to wait for notice, and only members can wait for notice. And this membership is invite-based, and if you are invited by a high-level member, your initial level will be higher. The black market will be open every week, and when it opens next time, I'll take you there, my level is okay......"

"Okay."

Wang Tao nodded.

It just so happened that he was not going to go out anymore during this time, and he had time to go to this so-called black market to have a look.

"Then I'll go first, so I won't disturb your rest!"

Qu Shilin couldn't wait to go back to the research institute to study these potions that Wang Tao gave him.

After Qu Shilin left, Wang Tao looked at the crystal nucleus in his hand again.

If only the crystal nuclei without abnormal energy are counted, Wang Tao has more than 100 fourth-order crystal nuclei of various colors, more than 300 third-order crystal nuclei of various colors, more than 1,000 third-order gray crystal nuclei, more than 600 fourth-order gray crystal nuclei, and several first- and second-order crystal nuclei......

According to the latest exchange rate of the base, it should be roughly estimated that there should be about 600,000 crystals. This is a little more than he had estimated before, mainly because these gray crystal nuclei are also worth a lot of money.

But when it came to the gray crystal nucleus, Wang Tao suddenly thought of something.

Since the institute can research instruments that can synthesize gray crystal nuclei, can he synthesize gray crystal nuclei?

Wang Tao immediately looked at his space backpack and found the gray crystal nucleus, and then he found ...... It's really synthetic!

“……”

Wang Tao had always treated the gray crystal nucleus as garbage before, so he subconsciously ignored his ability to synthesize crystal nuclei, and he threw the crystal nucleus into the space backpack and left it alone......

Now he tried it, and just like instrument synthesis, 10 gray crystal nuclei can be synthesized into one white crystal nucleus of the same order, and he can synthesize up to 10 crystal nuclei.

It's just that he doesn't consume electricity to synthesize it himself, and he can synthesize it in batches, which is much faster than using instruments.

So Wang Tao found out the gray crystal nucleus in his space backpack, and with a move of his mind, all the gray crystal nuclei of the same type began to be synthesized.

In the blink of an eye, these crystal nuclei all turned into white non-anomaly crystal nuclei of the same order.

The gray crystal nucleus looks very unpleasant, but the white crystal nucleus is much more pleasing to the eye.

Then Wang Tao looked at his capital account again, his previous total assets were 300,000, of which 100,000 pocket money was sent to everyone, and he kept 200,000 for himself.

After coming back this time, Cheng Yiyi transferred him 250,000 yuan, which was the money he used to buy [Strange Poison Sac]. As for the money shared by [Strange Snake Beads], Wang Tao asked her to exchange it for meteorites, and she will send it when she comes back.

The value of the crystal nucleus and the crystal coin is directly bound, and the crystal nucleus is equivalent to cash. The sum of his crystal coins and crystal nuclei is about 1 million.

"So, I'm a millionaire now?"

Wang Tao smiled and shook his head, he didn't attach so much importance to the aspect of crystal coins. And the valuable things in his hand are far from being comparable to these crystal coins.

It was already dark by this time, and no one should be coming back at this time. So Wang Tao found Jiang Shixue, Lightning and Black Snake. He's ready to test the Awakening Fruit!

(End of chapter)