nycdaug Chapter 8 Detection Function
Chapter 8 Detection Function
[Would you like to use 100 Recycling Points to check for repairable items?]
Can a repairable item be inspected at 100 recycling points?
Shi Yuan didn't understand the significance of this function.
The key point is that one test requires 100 recycling points!
It's such a waste!
On second thought, if the recycling system can repair something as bug-level as the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, it shouldn't have a useless function popping up out of nowhere.
With a try-it-out attitude, Shi Yuan decided to find out.
Besides, I earned several hundred recycling points in less than half an hour, and the area I explored was less than one-tenth of the entire garbage station, so I don't need to worry about not having enough recycling points for the time being.
Shi Yuan glanced at the items on the ground that were designated as repairable.
A discarded water purifier.
It was one of the three repairable items he collected.
"Test!"
[100 Recycling Points Consumed] → [Detection Successful]
[Discarded water purifier]
Item type: Daily necessities
Basic repair: 50% (success rate)
Points consumed: 100
Random repair: 1% (success rate)
Points consumed: 100
Note: Testing items can increase the success rate. Items that have not undergone any testing will be repaired randomly without a specified direction, resulting in a very low success rate. Use with caution.
Seeing the test report in front of him, Shi Yuan didn't know how to describe his feelings at that moment.
It turns out the recycling system wasn't magical; I only had 100 recycling points to repair at the time, and the system defaulted to random repair.
And that pitiful success rate inadvertently helped him randomly obtain a Devil Fruit from another world!
This is perhaps what time travelers often refer to as the "newbie perk."
It was also thanks to the system's favor. If it weren't for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit that helped him rise to power, and if he hadn't been so determined to uphold justice, he would probably have been tortured to death by Jones's army by now.
He once complained that the system was like an idiot.
Because other people's systems can give them overwhelming rewards just by signing in, and they can instantly become masters who can sweep across all the worlds just by drinking a drink.
When it's his turn, all he can do is pick up trash?
That's magical.
But things often turn out in a very magical way.
"The 1% random success rate is the biggest bug."
Shi Yuan thought to himself.
In his view, the system's random repair function can be fully utilized.
Wasteland may not have much else, but garbage makes up the largest proportion of it.
Every city that provides shelter has a certain size of garbage dump.
Given enough recycling points, Shi Yuan didn't believe that after multiple attempts, it wouldn't be possible to randomly repair powerful items similar to the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
"Take a break first."
After picking up trash for almost half an hour in the scorching sun, coupled with last night's patrol, Shi Yuan's body was temporarily unable to take it.
Upon arriving at the dilapidated tin shack of the garbage station manager, Shi Yuan kicked the door open.
At this moment, a notification sound appears: [Repairable item detected]
Shi Yuan: ? ? ?
He carefully observed the tin shack, which was less than 10 square meters in size.
Apart from a dilapidated table and an old wardrobe that had been used for who knows how many years, everything that needed to be moved had been moved out.
Shi Yuan walked to the table by the window and rummaged through the drawers, but couldn't find the marked repair items.
"That's right, isn't it in the drawer?"
Shi Yuan lowered his head and noticed that the soil next to the corner of the table had been renovated.
After digging out the soil, a rusty iron box was revealed.
Shi Yuan took out the iron box, which was not heavy and had a small padlock on it.
Shi Yuan frowned, found an iron bar nearby and pried open the lock. What he saw were 12 flat-topped test tubes filled with a yellow, turbid liquid.
Shi Yuan picked up a test tube and examined it closely: "What is this?"
When the specific source cannot be identified, the power of the detection function finally comes into play.
"Test!"
[Pollution-enhancing agents]
Item type: Genetically modified
Basic repair: 70% (success rate)
Points consumed: 100
Random repair: 1% (success rate)
Points consumed: 100
Upon seeing the test results, Shi Yuan's pupils contracted.
Do gene-enhancing drugs, something that only exists in novels and movies, really exist?
I thought it was already pretty good that the garbage station could earn recycling points, but I never expected that such a treasure could be dug up under an abandoned tin shack.
Currently, his city's biggest weakness is its defense; ordinary armed forces are simply unable to cope with the possibility of invasions by alien beasts and strange creatures at any time.
When they encounter a wandering army with extraordinary skills, they can only be slaughtered on one side.
Now that the enhancement potion is available, the most important part of his city planning map has finally been secured.
"repair!"
[Repair Successful] → [Enhancement Potion]
[Enhancement Potion]
Item type: Genetically modified
Unlock progress: 10%
Item Description: This is a failed product from the early research of biological geneticist Yu Pingping. After consumption, it can unlock the human gene lock, gain awakened power, and become a superhuman.
"If I take it, will I awaken a new ability?"
A hint of anticipation flashed in Shi Yuan's eyes.
Without the slightest hesitation, he tilted his head back and poured the repairing and strengthening medicine down his throat.
The medicine went down my throat, its taste spicy and pungent, and it slid down my stomach down my esophagus with a strong irritant sensation.
The next second, a violent and scorching power exploded out instantly, spreading rapidly throughout the body along the limbs and bones.
The bones emitted a faint thud, the muscle fibers were cleansed and tempered by an invisible force, and the tension and fatigue throughout the body were swept away.
Shi Yuan could clearly feel the blood surging beneath his skin.
The physical condition improved to a degree that was imperceptible to the naked eye.
When the initial thrill of improvement ended, the anticipated new abilities did not materialize.
Tokimoto was puzzled: "Could it be because of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit?"
The thought had barely crossed his mind when Shigen realized that his control over the Rumble-Rumble Fruit had improved.
At the same time, a notification popped up that belonged to the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
Rumble-Rumble Fruit
Item type: Devil Fruit
Unlock progress: 15%
Shi Yuan instantly understood.
He already possessed the power of a top-tier Logia-type Devil Fruit, and his body had long been assimilated by lightning, with his genes completely biased towards lightning elemental attributes.
This means that the gene-enhancing drugs cannot allow him to acquire new superpowers; instead, they are absorbed by the lightning power within his body.
Not a single drop of the enhancement potion's energy was wasted; it was all transformed into fertile soil, nourishing the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
Their physical constitution was also strengthened in all aspects.
In Shi Yuan's view, this unexpected gain was far more worthwhile than awakening an ability!
He slowly clenched his fist, and tiny sparks of electricity crackled from his fingertips. His control over lightning was more skillful and effortless than before.
If he were to unleash his full power, he was confident he could increase the lightning's power to 20 volts!
He looked down at the eleven test tubes remaining in the metal box, his eyes filled with anticipation.
"Using the remaining enhancement potions to train a few more superhumans will be just enough to fill the city's defensive gaps!"