"is this the treasure?" Wang Wei thought to himself.
Just to be certain, he looked at the treasure tracker one more time. It is still pointing towards a purplish blue colored mushroom inside the vault. He walked around that plant, but the compass is pointing at that plant.
"The Luo family spending their resources just to get this mushroom" he muttered and moved towards it to pick it up.
But just when his hands reached it, abruptly the mushroom changed the hue and a fragrant smell invaded his nostrils. Immediately Wang Wei felt the bullet wound he took before on his stomach recovering at an alarming rate. He felt an unexplainable energy filling his body, but this sensation only lasted for fifteen seconds.
Still, Wang Wei felt like the time when he took the energion pea. He can perceive that his strength had received a minor improvement.
"This is definitely a wonderful stuff" he said in a low voice, excited.
"Genesis, looks like I hit a jackpot this time" he said to Genesis
"Congratulations Mr. Wei"
He immediately went and picked the mushroom up slowly but when he touched it, purple color mist came oozing out from the mushroom head. Seeing this, Wang Wei immediately placed the plant back where it was and took a few steps back and instantly the mushroom stopped leaking that mist.
He also saw that the mushroom lost a bit of the purple color and blue color covering that spot.
"Hmm! This mushroom must be releasing that medicinal mist as a defense mechanism, and it has half purple and half blue color to it. Means this mushroom has half medicinal value and half poison" he thought to himself.
"Well, I thought of keeping it in the mirror world and using later" he said and stood three steps away from the mushroom. Somehow that mushroom sensed the danger and released the purple mist again, but not as much as before.
"Appraise" Wang Wei said hurriedly
"Appraising" he heard system's voice
"Appraising complete"
[Item : Amethyst Deceiver (54% toxic) ]
[Material : Organic ( Rare Herb) ]
[ Value : 256 ]
"What the? 250?" Wang Wei is stunned to see that the value of this mushroom is at 256. This is the first time Wang Wei received such chief value for the items he submitted.
"I can't imagine what sort of items I will receive" he thought excitedly and said
"Submit"
Instantly that mushroom before him vanished and a list of items appeared before items, but surprisingly instead of a list with ten items he only received three. Stunned, Wang Wei immediately consulted the system's customer service.
"Genesis, why there are only three items on the list? Where are the others?" he asked.
"Currently, the system is still level 2 and the value of the item you presented exceeded the level limits. So the system gave you the highest valued items it can give you at its level"
Wang Wei was dumbfounded to hear the reply from Genesis. He thought that the level limit won't apply to the items that can be borrowed. Also, Wang Wei remembered that once he submitted the item, it will not be returned. So he got even more frustrated.
"You should really consider creating a user guide for the system" Wang Wei said, gritting his teeth. But he received no reply from Genesis. So he just looked at the items he can borrow.
[ Flux Generator : A device that can generate flux out of nothing \ time limit : 20 seconds]
"What can I do with a Flux Generator? What does it use for anyway?" he said, looking at the first item on the list and skipped.
[ Advanced tier Armor plate: A very lightweight thin film armor for the whole. Can withstand a .50 caliber bullet. There will be less than 1% of the kinetic energy left on the bullets so there will be no hard impact \ time limit : 45 minutes]
"This one is fine. Thin film means it would be very light and it can also stop .50 cals" he said with zero excitement in his tone.
[Medium- high grade energion potion \ time limit : only once, Consumable ]
"A medium high?" Wang Wei thought,
"Maybe it is a good thing that you submitted that mushroom Mr. Wei" Genesis spoke suddenly
"What do you mean by that?" he asked, confused
"As you saw in the herb's description, it is fifty percent toxic. That means you can't consume it directly. You have to go and hire a pharmaceutical expert to decrease its toxicity, and by that time it will lose all its medicinal properties. Even if it is stored in the mirror world, it will degrade slowly. Only if you keep it in a specialized container or in the system storage, can we can stop the degradation and the system storage cannot be accessed right now"
Wang Wei also thought about and understood what Genesis said. If he didn't submit now, by the time he can use it, the mushroom would lose most of its properties and it will become useless. But now by submitting, he received a medium grade energion potion.
"You are right. I didn't think through this properly" Wang Wei said with a satisfied smile. He is happy that he didn't lose an opportunity to grow his strength..
With no hesitation he clicked on the Medium high grade potion and immediately a small vial with a pale yellow potion appeared in his hands but instead of consuming it, he just stared at that vial.
"Do I take it now or take it later?" he thought. Because he remembered the last time when he took a low grade energion pea, a huge vortex engulfed him and threw him out of the mirror world, at the same time Wang Wei became unconscious after that.
Even Genesis can't seem to explain why it happened. So he is worried that taking this medium high grade potion here is not a good idea.
"As it is a consumable I can take it whenever I want, right?" he asked Genesis
"Yes, Mr. Wei" she confirmed
"Okay. Then I will take it after I leave this cave" he said, because if he consumes now and again fell down without conscious. Then he will be captured by the Luo family's guards, eventually. So he decided not to take the potion.
"Genesis, have you scanned the cave complex?" he asked Genesis after placing the vial inside the mirror world.
"Yes, Mr. Wei. But there is no other route from here. We have to go back the way we came in" she said, guessing what Wang Wei might be thinking.
"Is that so? Well then, as I received a small boost in my strength, I should see how I feel" he said. Wang Wei can guess that by now the guards must have surrounded the entrance to the cave and and he should fight them.
But before he went outside the vault, he heard Genesis talking to him
"You should take the soil where that mushroom has grown. Generally, the soil supplies the most important nutrients a plant need. Though the Amethyst Deceiver is a fungus, it will also absorb nutrients from this soil. I think this soil will be worth submitting" she said.
Wang Wei also agreed with her and the soil around the place where the mushroom is going and kept it in a mirror world. After that, he instantly took off in the chamber's direction entrance. When he reached the entrance, he didn't see the blind professor.
He thought little about it and crawled through the chamber's entrance like before. After coming out he again retraced back his route but this time he didn't see the map as he remembered the way and in a few minutes he reached the cave entrance.
But instead of running outside, Wang Wei suddenly halted right at the cave's mouth. Wang Wei saw over fifty people standing outside the cave, pointing their guns towards him.
Wang Wei looked around, and a wide grin appeared on his face.
"Let's test my limit here" he said and immediately jumped towards the group