Chapter 391: Potion Making
"Activating teleportation… "
"Teleportation complete. "
Opening his eyes again, Fang Heng found himself back in a dilapidated warehouse in Edge Creek Town.
It had been three days since he left District 7.
A few game hints immediately appeared.
"Hint: as you have not participated in the raids in Edge Creek Town recently, your reputation points in the Scavenger Army have slightly decreased. "
"Hint: Roche's friendship with you has declined slightly. "
"It's a bit troublesome… " Fang Heng muttered in a low voice.
Running back and forth between the two servers, he couldn't trigger some of the Scavenger Army's quests, which directly caused their friendship value to drop.
If he delayed a week or two later, he would probably be expelled by the Scavenger Army.
Walking out of the dilapidated warehouse, Fang Heng returned to the town's central square.
There were only a few scattered Scavenger Army NPCs in the square.
Fang Heng looked around and walked straight to the exchange merchant, Yatu, at the corner of the square.
"Fang Heng, where have you been these two days? Roche has dropped by to look for you several times, but you were never here. He's very unhappy. "
"Sleeping. "
Fang Heng stretched his body muscles.
"I've been dozing off a lot recently. By the way, is it a side effect of the divine potion? "
"Are you here to cheat me, friend? " Yatu raised his eyelids and replied, "The divine potion can only make people excited and improve their physique. It's not a sleeping pill. "
"I'm just joking. " Fang Heng laughed. "Where's Roche? "
"Early in the morning, he took his men to attack the survivors' shelter. As you know, they've been very excited. Recently, the plan to attack Edge Creek Town has encountered a lot of obstacles. The survivor's shelter has always been able to make defensive arrangements ahead of us. Roche has become more and more irritable. "
"Oh. " Fang Heng helplessly spread his hands. He thought, "With Cheng Ya, the Federation's spy, in the Scavenger Army, it would be a wonder if Roche and the others could succeed so smoothly. "
"Is there any mission that I can help you with? " Fang Heng asked.
"You should ask Roche about this. "
"Isn't he coincidentally not here? " Fang Heng checked the exchange column of Yatu and said, "I have nothing to do. What materials do you need? I can think of a way to help you find them. "
Yatu replied, "I don't lack materials. I only lack survivors who can make potions. If you can help me find a suitable person, I am willing to provide you with a satisfactory reward. "
"Hint: you have triggered the mission 'Troubled Yatu' . "
Mission description: Yatu is currently worrying about making potions. Please find some potioneers and bring them to him.
Mission reward: Scavenger Army points.
"Making potions? " Fang Heng's heart skipped a beat.
He had just learned potionology by reading books on Occult.
Potionology was a branch of Occult. In the current world of Zombie Apocalypse, potioneers belonged to the branch of potion making and medical treatment.
"Could Potionology be used to make common potions? " Fang Heng wondered.
"It's always the darkest under the lamp. " Fang Heng pointed at himself. "Look, I'm a professional potioneer. "
"You? " Yatu looked confused, sizing up Fang Heng.
No matter how he looked at it, he felt that Fang Heng was talking nonsense.
"Of course. Before the zombie apocalypse, I had a professional potioneer's license. Unfortunately, after the zombie apocalypse… "
Yatu didn't believe a single word Fang Heng said.
Ignoring Fang Heng's long-windedness, Yatu turned around and took out five bottles of different colors from the small box behind him. He placed them on the ground one by one.
"Tell me what these bottles are. "
"Huh, are you testing me? "
Fang Heng appeared relaxed on the surface, but he wasn't confident in his heart.
He casually reached out his hand and picked up a pale yellow potion to observe.
As soon
he held the potion bottle, a game hint refreshed in front of him.
"Hint: you have obtained an unappraised potion. "
"Hint: detected that you currently possess the skill 'potionology foundation. ' You can choose to consume mental strength to analyze and appraise the potion. "
"Analyze, " Fang Heng thought to himself.
A gentle stream of mental strength flowed into the potion.
If Yatu were to carefully observe the potion, he would definitely notice that there were tiny bubbles forming in the liquid.
After Fang Heng used less than a third of his mental strength, game hints appeared again.
"Hint: through the skill 'basic potionology' level 1, you have analyzed the potion formula and its effects. The potion has a short-term painkilling effect. "
"Hint: you have obtained a new potion formula. Please name the potion. "
"I can get formulas just by using a little mental strength? " Fang Heng raised his eyebrows, thinking that the potionology skill was amazing.
An ordinary potioneer would have to spend money to buy the formula or work hard to get the formula.
"Painkilling potion. "
"Hint: player has successfully named the potion. Player can choose the said potion in the formula column to make it (you need to prepare the ingredients in advance) . "
A hint of surprise flashed in Yatu's eyes. "Did he really make a judgment? And just by looking at it? "
Usually, a potioneer would be extremely careful with determining unknown potions. They would need to go through various means of determination, and the final conclusion might not even be correct.
Yatu thought, "It's not possible to determine the type of potion just by observing it with the naked eye. It could also be a random guess that Fang Heng made. Maybe he just happened to use such a potion before. "
He then said, expressionlessly, "You're right. "
To increase the difficulty, Yatu pointed at a colorless potion. "Let's see. What about this one? "
Fang Heng picked up the potion and injected his mental strength again.
This time, more than half of his mental strength was consumed.
"Hint: through the skill 'basic potionology' (level 1) , you have analyzed the potion formula and its effects. You have determined that this potion is a basic-level potion. This potion has a short-term muscle response enhancement effect. It can quickly increase the player's basic agility attribute. "
"Hint: you have obtained a new potion formula. Please name the potion. "
"Short-term basic agility enhancement potion, " said Fang Heng.
"Hint: player has successfully named the potion 'short-term basic agility enhancement potion. ' Player can select the potion in the formula column to make it (you need to prepare the ingredients in advance) . "
Looking at the surprised look on Yatu's face, Fang Heng curled his lips. "Yatu, It's not that I want to say this, but isn't the effect duration of your potion a little too short? "
Yatu saw Fang Heng in a new light.
It could be passed as a fluke if the latter had guessed correctly once, but he had guessed correctly twice.
"Why aren't you saying anything? Am I wrong? "
"No, your analysis is correct. " Yatu looked at Fang Heng. "How did you do it? "
Fang Heng shrugged and said honestly, "Based on feeling. "
"Based on feeling ? ! " Yatu thought that Fang Heng simply didn't want to reveal his tricks, so he pointed at another bottle. "Try this one. "
Chapter 392: Exploitation
Fang Heng shook his head in refusal.
He also wanted to verify all the remaining potions and earn quite a few potion formulas for free from Yatu.
Unfortunately, the previous two consecutive potion analyses had already depleted most of Fang Heng's remaining mental strength.
If things continued, he would probably mess things up.
"There's no need for that, Yatu. You already know my ability. Don't waste time with these games. "
"All right. "
Yatu didn't insist and put away the bottles on the ground.
"You passed the test. Come with me. "
"Hint: your potion making ability has been approved by Yatu. "
"Hint: your friendship with Yatu has slightly improved. "
Yatu took Fang Heng out of the square and walked to a temporarily reinforced small warehouse nearby.
Five Scavenger Army NPCs were standing at the entrance, discussing something in a low voice.
A Scavenger Army officer raised his head and asked, "Yatu, who is he? "
"He is Fang Heng, a member who just joined a few days ago. He knows a little about potion making. I brought him here to help us make potions. "
Osborne looked at Fang Heng, then turned to look at Yatu.
"Boss Shang is very dissatisfied with your efficiency. There's only a week left until the delivery. You have to speed up. "
"I know. Have the medicinal ingredient reserves arrived yet? "
"They will arrive this afternoon. I will bring you in first. "
As the two of them spoke, the two NPCs on both sides of the door opened the thick iron doors of the warehouse.
Fang Heng followed Yatu and Osborne into the warehouse.
He immediately smelled a strong medicinal fragrance.
"A large portion of the medicinal ingredients stored in the warehouse are the ones we collected during the recent raid. Most of them are the basic medicinal ingredients used to make the divine potion. "
Fang Heng nodded and looked around.
The warehouse was very large. More than a dozen Scavenger Army NPCs carrying shotguns stood at the edge of the warehouse and were on alert.
There were also a few NPC survivors making potions on the console in the center of the warehouse.
Fang Heng looked at the back of the warehouse. There was an even larger warehouse behind the warehouse they were in. There were piles of small boxes stored inside.
The strong medicinal fragrance came from there.
"It's a temporary warehouse for the current special circumstances. Just use it for now. "
Yatu led Fang Heng to the inner part of the warehouse, introducing, "The Scavenger Army has plundered a lot of materials from Edge Creek Town. What we need to do is to further process the materials and then concoct warlord potion. "
"Warlord potion? " Fang Heng frowned. "Isn't it divine potion? "
"No, no. Those who have used the divine potion will become excited. All their bodily attributes will increase, and their bodies' recovery ability will be strengthened. Also, their pain perception will reduce. It is indeed a very powerful potion. However, the divine potion is very complicated to make, and the ingredients needed to make it are scarce. For battle purposes, we have come up with a modified version of it, and that's warlord potion. "
He continued, "Simply put, the warlord potion is only effective on people who have taken the divine potion. It can quickly heal the injuries suffered by the human body and relieve fatigue… "
Fang Heng was enlightened when he heard what Yatu said.
He had learned the truth about the divine potion.
The ordinary divine potion was mixed with nutrient solution for the parasitic worms. The worms then infect the human brain, simultaneously causing both players and NPCs to become sick and strengthening their bodies.From the looks of it, the warlord potion was probably a knock-off nutrient solution. It could allow the worms to accelerate the host's life recovery ability.
Putting aside the risk of being infected by the worm, the divine potion was really overpowered.
Yatu went forward and walked to one of the consoles. "The environment isn't the best, but make do with it. We only need to make the warlord potion. To warriors who have taken the divine potion, the warlord potion is omnipotent. It can solve all problems. "
"Hint: Yatu has issued you a mission 'potion making. ' "
Mission name: potion making.
Mission description: the Scavenger Army needs a large number of warlord potions as reserves. The few potioneers in the Scavenger Army are not able to make a large amount of warlord potions. Materials in the army are in short supply. Yatu hopes that you can help the army to make warlord potions.
Mission requirements: assist the Scavenger Army in producing warlord potions.
Mission reward: Scavenger Army contribution points (the reward is related to the quantity and quality of the warlord potion submitted. If the production fails, part of the reward will be deducted) .
Fang Heng quickly glanced at the game hints.
Yatu uttered, "The warlord potion requires a wide variety of medicinal ingredients, and many of them can be replaced with similar ingredients. Considering our limited resources, it is vital to play by ear and judge which ingredients to put into the mix. Try not to waste too much. "
Fang Heng did not have any potion skills in the past, but he had learned about potionology on the internet for a while.
"Using a similar substitute medicinal ingredient, the quality of the finished potion will be reduced, right? If one mixes similar ingredients instead to achieve the desired medicinal property, the impurities in the potion will also be greatly increased, affecting the quality of the finished product. "
On the side, Osborne said, "Quantity comes first, quality comes second. "
"This is the formula. " Yatu handed two pieces of paper filled with words to Fang Heng.
"Hint: you have obtained the potion blueprint for warlord potion. "
"Hint: you have learned how to make warlord potion. "
Fang Heng looked down and felt a little dizzy. He thought, "Wow, the formula for the warlord potion is really complicated. There are six kinds of main medicinal ingredients and almost twenty kinds of supplementary medicinal ingredients. The are also various ways of mixing in the supplementary medicinal ingredients. "
"Our Edge Creek Town is responsible for supplying warlord potions to the nearby areas. We have most of the required ingredients here. The headquarters will also send us a small portion of the medicinal ingredients every day. In addition, including Edge Creek Town, the medicinal ingredients plundered from the nearby regions will also be provided to our factory in the first instance. "
Fang Heng nodded and followed Yatu to the potion making console.
A potioneer was preparing the medicinal ingredients needed for the potion making.
A set of ingredients had just been prepared on the console.
"Hint: the materials have met the requirements. You can choose a suitable custom formula to try to make the warlord potion. "
"Hint: you have chosen a custom formula to make the potion. This potion will consume 36 Vitality. Player's current potionology level is 1. Success rate of making the potion is 27% , and the grade of the potion after success is C to F. "
"The success rate of making the potion seems to be a little low, " Fang Heng lowered his head and thought.
The warlord potion did not exactly belong to the category of potionology, and making the potion only consumed Vitality.
It meant that the zombie clones could also make the warlord potion.
With enough zombie clones and enough medicinal ingredients, he could possibly make unlimited potions to earn points.
Fang Heng's heart skipped a beat. He raised his head and asked, "Yatu, how many potions do we need to make? "
"Ha. " Osborne, the commander of the Scavenger Army, sneered and said, "Young man, we need as many as you can make. "
"As many as I can make? " Fang Heng ignored Osborne's tone and thought to himself, "This is great! "
There was no limit to the Vitality of the zombie clones. When the time came, he could exploit their medicinal ingredients such that none would be left at the end of it all.
Chapter 393: Find Another Way
"Of course, I understand. " Fang Heng nodded. He looked at the warehouse and asked, "But do I have to stay in this godforsaken place to make potions? "
Osborne's cold gaze swept across the potioneers in the warehouse.
"This is to ensure the safety of the potions. Of course, it's also to ensure your safety. "
Yatu was very straightforward. "There are many potioneers here who have been snatched from the outside. In order to prevent them from escaping, there are people watching them 24 hours a day. Their personal freedom is also restricted. Of course, you are not within the limits. You can leave at any time. However, every time you enter the warehouse and leave the warehouse, you need to be checked. You are not allowed to leave with the medicinal ingredients and warlord potions without permission. After making the warlord potion, of course, Osborne will give you the corresponding points as compensation. Do you have any questions? "
"No, I can work at any time. " Fang Heng massaged his shoulders, looking like he was ready to do something big.
"Good luck, young man. " Osborne waved his hand and whispered something to Yatu. The two of them left the warehouse together.
When the door of the warehouse closed again, Fang Heng looked around.
The boxes at the edge of the warehouse were lined up in a row, each filled with different medicinal ingredients.
Fang Heng took out some of the medicinal ingredients from the boxes and walked to an empty experiment table.
Soon, Fang Heng customized a set of ingredients for the warlord potion according to the instructions of the warlord potion formula.
"Hint: the prerequisite conditions for making the warlord potion have been met. The consumption of Vitality this time is 37. Current success rate: 27% . Estimated potion quality after completion is C to F. Do you want to make it? "
"Make it. "
A long channeling bar appeared above Fang Heng's head.
When the channeling bar reached its end, a red and bold hint appeared in Fang Heng's vision.
"Hint: player has failed to make the potion. Some of the ingredients have been destroyed. Player's Vitality will be deducted by 45 points. "
Fang Heng cursed in his heart.
Not far away, the other two NPC potioneers looked at Fang Heng sympathetically.
The warlord potion was one of the more difficult ones in potion making. The success rate of making it was already very low, so failure was expected.
Fang Heng was not discouraged. He prepared another set of potion ingredients and continued to make it.
"Hint: player has failed to make the potion, and part of the potion ingredients have been destroyed. "
"Hint: player has failed to make the potion… "
He failed another four times, and it was five times in a row!
"This… "
In the warehouse, the potioneers looked at Fang Heng, holding back their laughter, their expressions a little twisted. They thought, "Five times in a row? He seems experienced, but isn't his luck awfully bad? "
Fang Heng took a deep breath and patted his cheeks, thinking, "This is really weird! Did the game change the success rate? With a 27% success rate, it should be one out of five times, right? "
Fang Heng wanted to continue, but his Vitality had been exhausted, so he could not continue to concoct.
The situation could not go on.
The success rate was too low.
He had to think of a way to increase the success rate of the potion making.
Fang Heng thought about it.
Ordinary potionology and potion making skills could be used to make potions. If he learned the potion making skill, could it increase the additional success rate?
Moreover, the equipment here wasn't very good. If he changed to better equipment, he would be able to increase his success rate more or less.
Fang Heng quickly came up with an idea. He got up and left the warehouse.
"He left? " Outside the warehouse, Osborne was still talking about something at the door of Yatu. Seeing Fang Heng leave, Osborne's eyes revealed a hint of disdainWhat? is the difficulty too high? Did you give up so quickly? "
"No, I'm not giving up. I need some special tools. Do you want to check if I'm carrying any medicinal ingredients with me? "
"No need, go ahead. "
Watching Fang Heng leave, Osborne looked at Yatu. "This is the person you recommended? Did you misjudge him? Special tools? He really could have given a better excuse. I don't know what he's up to. "
"Don't worry, he's different from ordinary people. He might give you a surprise. "
Fang Heng returned to the square in the center of the town and found his minivan parked at the side. He immediately drove the minivan away from Edge Creek Town and headed to the apocalypse merchant camp.
…
Fang Heng waited in the apocalypse merchant camp for about two hours.
Ai Lei rushed over after receiving the news. "What's so urgent? "
"Good news, we've obtained the first-generation meteorite! "
"Really? Where did you find it? " Ai Lei was first surprised. Then, his face lit up as he hurriedly asked Fang Heng for details.
The first-generation meteorite of Server 7 had been destroyed. If District 8 could find the first-generation meteorite, they might be able to find some clues from the first-generation meteorite and end the apocalyptic world!
"I got it from another parallel world. "
Fang Heng told Ai Lei about what had happened in Server 5.
Hearing the news of the Dark Knights being destroyed in the parallel world of District 5, Ai Lei frowned.
After that, hearing about the invasion from the world of the vampires, Ai Lei felt his heart skip a beat.
"Well done! Well done, Fang Heng! "
After listening to the whole story, Ai Lei waved his arms excitedly.
He was also immersed in the story, and he still wanted more.
"Give me a bottle of beer and put it on his tab. " Fang Heng was so thirsty that he waved his hand and asked for a bottle of beer from the boss of the apocalypse camp.
"But Fang Heng, how did you pick up the vampire's Spirit Cane? "
Ai Lei was very curious about vampires. "Where's the vampires' Spirit Cane? Can you show it to me? "
The vampires' Spirit Cane was bound to a special backpack grid, always on Fang Heng in the various game worlds.
Even in the real world, Fang Heng could see the vampires' Spirit Cane in his backpack.
Unfortunately, while he could see it, he couldn't take it out in reality.
Fang Heng gently turned his wrist, and the Spirit Cane of the vampires appeared in his palm.
"That's it. "
"Wow! It's amazing. "
Ai Lei felt itchy in his heart. He carefully reached out his hand and took the Spirit Cane of vampires on the table.
"Eh? Didn't they say that ordinary people can't pick it up? "
"That's under the condition of not recognizing the owner. "
As Fang Heng spoke, he focused his mind.
Ai Lei immediately felt a strong force coming from the Spirit Cane in his hand, and he couldn't hold it for a moment.
Whoosh!
The Spirit Cane was suddenly sucked into Fang Heng's hand.
"Holy sh*t! This move is amazing! " Ai Lei had never seen such a supernatural thing, and he couldn't help but exclaim.
"All right, let's get back to business. " Fang Heng put the vampires' Spirit Cane back into his backpack, and his face became solemn as he said, "I need your help. "
"Tell me about it. I'll try my best. "
"I want to finish the research on the first-generation meteorite as soon as possible, so I want to get the research materials related to the first-generation meteorite in Division 7. "
Ai Lei recalled for a moment and said, "Indeed, we have a backup of the research materials in the laboratory. They have been sealed in the headquarters of the Dark Knights for all these years, so we should be able to find them. " Ai Lei hesitated for a moment. "But… "
"What? "
"Fang Heng, the other members of the Dark Knights may not believe in the time passage you mentioned. They may suspect that you have ulterior motives. In addition, I also hope to restart the investigation on the first-generation meteorite, so I have a request. " Ai Lei pleaded, "I hope that you can provide us with a small piece of the first-generation meteorite to conduct research on. "
"All right. "
"Ha! Thank you! Fang Heng, I knew I could rely on you! "
Seeing that Fang Heng agreed readily, Ai Lei was excited. He slammed the table and shouted, "Hwak, quick! Serve the beer! "
"There's no rush to drink. I still have a troublesome matter that I need you to help me think of a solution for. "
"Just say it. "
Fang Heng asked, "Do you have a skill book about potion making? "
Ai Lei nodded and said, "It's no big deal. Our Dark Knights have various skill books. If it really doesn't work, we can buy one from others at a high price… "