Star Odyssey

Chapter 1020: Upgraded Items

When he saw the two light screens, Lu Yin immediately threw the giant, mechanical right arm onto it.

This item’s rune lines were already comparable to an Enlighter, and in some ways, it was similar to the bracer that he had worn on his right arm before.

That bracer had been limited by its composite materials, and even though Lu Yin had upgraded it to the absolute limit, it had only been able to increase his physical strength to the point where he could match up to an Enlighter with a power level of about 300,000. However, this massive mechanical arm was different.

Lu Yin continuously threw out piles of star essence, and the giant arm was upgraded once, twice, thrice, and until it passed through the screens six times before no longer being able to be upgraded. This was the limit of the arm’s materials, and six was the maximum number of times that it could be upgraded.

As Lu Yin observed the giant arm that had been upgraded six times, he sucked in a breath of cold air. At this moment, the giant arm’s number of rune lines were tremendous, and they surpassed every Enlighter that Lu Yin had ever seen, including even Yu Mu from Shamrock Enterprises and other such absolute experts. This arm should be infinitely close to the level of an Envoy! action

Lu Yin took in another breath of cold air as he touched the giant right arm. The Outerverse had been isolated from the Innerverse for more than six years. Back then, he had been able to upgrade items to the level where they could threaten Enlighters, but now, his items were nearly reaching the level of an Envoy. Lu Yin himself was also improving.

No, it was due to his wealth.

Actually, that was not really true either. With his previous abilities, even if he had possessed more money, he would have been restricted by the intrinsic materials of the item that he wanted to upgrade. At best, they would have been able to threaten Enlighters.

There was still a difference in levels.

Lu Yin reflected on his situation for a while, but then he stored the massive right arm away and took out the Sealed Cannon. This little toy was incredibly effective in ambushes, as it was extremely minuscule. It would not attract any attention, but it was impressively powerful despite its small size.

The power of the Sealed Cannon already approached that of an attack from a Cruiser with only a power level of 50,000, but that was not bad for the Outerverse. After all, this thing had been stored in one of the Hall of Honor’s primary border warfront warehouses. Still, that level of power was really not of much help to Lu Yin.

He placed all of the Sealed Cannons on the top light screen and then began to frantically upgrade them all at once.

After upgrading them nine times, they had reached the maximum level once again, restricted by their base materials.

After nine upgrades, the Sealed Cannons’ number of rune lines neared those of an Enlighter with a power level of just over 200,000.

This was not bad. Although the power level was nothing impressive, there were quite a few of these tiny bombs. Besides, Lu Yin was only a Cruiser himself while these Sealed Cannons were able to threaten an Enlighter. They were about as powerful as the gun that he had first upgraded, so this was actually pretty decent.

Upgrading the giant right arm had consumed 1.3 million star essence, and upgrading the more than twenty Sealed Cannons nine times had depleted 1.4 million. Thus, all in all, the two upgrades had already cost Lu Yin 2.7 million star essence.

If not for him having gained a fortune recently, there was no way he would have had enough resources to upgrade everything that he wanted.

As he thought about this, Lu Yin took out the mirror, as this was the next on his list of items to upgrade.

This little thing was able to forcibly absorb all of the star energy within a certain range, and if used well, it would disrupt an opponent’s battle techniques, arts, or even their innate gift.

The mirror’s rune lines were already at a similar level as the Sealed Cannons, and they could barely match up to those of a Cruiser with a power level of 50,000. However, this mirror was made of much higher quality materials than the Sealed Cannons; after all, this was a power vessel.

Lu Yin repeatedly upgraded it until he reached the limit of thirteen upgrades.

Thirteen upgrades had cost him 1.18 million star essence, but as a result, the mirror’s runes were so impressive that they had surpassed the rune lines of someone at Yu Mu’s level.

These rune lines might even surpass those of an expert whose power level was greater than 400,000!

Upgrading just three items had already depleted nearly four million star essence. This level of expenditure was too extravagant, and the further Lu Yin progressed and the higher he climbed, the more valuable the items he would come into contact with. This meant that he would constantly require more and more money to fully upgrade his items.

It turned out that he was still poor.

Lu Yin glanced down at his cosmic ring. He still had more than twenty million star essence in his ring, so he still had enough for the moment.

Actually, to Lu Yin, the most important item was still a set of universal armor, or rather, a holistic set of defensive equipment. The giant arm could barely count as a defensive item, as its large size meant that it could protect his entire body if used well. Still, he needed another piece of equipment that was similar to a set of universal armor.

His current armor could, at best, defend against attacks from Enlighters whose power levels were at about 200,000. This was enough for him to roam about the Outerverse unimpeded, but in the Innerverse, especially if Lu Yin was going to face off against the Daynight clan, this armor was clearly lacking.

He hoped Ban Jiu would be able to find some powerful new materials soon.

Lu Yin suddenly slapped himself hard. He had already given the scraps of that strange mechanical monster that had attacked Bro Hui Kong to Ban Jiu. Even if the captain of the Twelfth Squadron was able to determine what materials the machine monster was made out of, he did not have the ability to refine anything. Despite how weak the mechanical creature had appeared to be after being instantly torn apart by Bro Hui Kong, that was because it was Bro Hui Kong, who was an ancient monster with a power level of at least 1,000,000.

This kind of mechanical monster must have been on the level of an Envoy at the very least.

After his thoughts reached this point, Lu Yin left the secure room and headed straight towards the research facility.

At this time, Ban Jiu was feeling quite stressed in the underground research lab that lay beneath the Twelfth Squadron. Vice Captain Shalosh stood next to the captain, and they were both staring at the scraps of the mechanical monster that currently occupied the entire underground space.

“Captain, His Highness gave this to you?” Shalosh asked.

Ban Jiu nodded.

Shalosh reluctantly said, “With our current technology, we have no way of removing any of these pieces from the rest, and even a randomly selected component can’t be refined. Just where did His Highness find such a thing?”

Ban Jiu stared at the fragments of the mechanical creature and touched some of the components. “This thing is from the Technocracy.”

The other nearby researchers were overwhelmed. The Technocracy! That civilization was not something humanity was able to come into contact with. Although they were constantly at war with them, when the Technocracy was seriously discussed, no one had any real understanding of the Technocracy, as nobody had ever managed to force their way very far past the border.

“His Highness was actually able to bring back such a huge thing from the Technocracy. How astounding,” a senior researcher marveled.

“What can His Highness not do? We’re the ones who are too weak, and there’s no way for us to catch up to him.”

“With the ability of our Technology Department, there’s nothing that we can do with this thing at all. It’s possible that even Morrow Weave, the most technologically advanced weave in the Outerverse, wouldn’t be able to do anything either.”

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Ban Jiu grew jittery as he listened to the ongoing discussions. “Alright, you guys can head out first. I’ll think of something.”

Before long, most of the people left until only Ban Jiu and Shalosh remained behind.

“Captain,” Shalosh spoke. Next to him, the void suddenly split open as Lu Yin stepped out.

Seeing Lu Yin suddenly appear, Shalosh’s face went pale. “Greetings, Your Highness.”

Back during the trial on Earth, Shalosh had tried to help Sicar’s son, Raas, take care of Lu Yin. Although this matter had occurred several years ago, every time Shalosh saw Lu Yin, he could not help but feel fearful, as he was terrified that Lu Yin would get revenge.

But Lu Yin simply did not care about Shalosh at all.

When Ban Jiu saw Lu Yin appear, he bowed. “Greetings, Your Highness.”

Lu Yin looked over towards the fragments of the mechanical monster. “How is it? Do you have any ideas?”

Ban Jiu sent Shalosh out, and then answered with a serene expression, “Your Highness, we are unable to break down such a mechanical organism, and we can’t even analyze these materials’ properties.”

Lu Yin was not surprised. “If I can break this machine down, then will you be able to make use of the resulting materials?”

Ban Jiu’s eyes lit up. “We could make use of some of them, but most of the materials would have to be fused to something else. We simply don’t have a strong enough heat source.”

Lu Yin replied, “I have the heat source you need. I need a brand new set of armor made from the best possible materials, and I’ll support you completely in this endeavor. Send me any metals that you need melted.”

Ban Jiu nodded. “Understood. Your subject will certainly construct the best armor.”

Lu Yin gathered up the fragments of the mechanical creature and left. He went straight to an uninhabited planet, caused his die to appear, and then tapped it. Once again, he rolled one pip: Pilfer.

No rush. Again.

The die spun before slowly coming to a stop. This time, it finally landed on four pips: Timestop. It was time to enter the Timestop Space.

After entering the Timestop Space, Lu Yin was in even less of a hurry. This space rendered three of the rolls useless: Pilfer, Gift Copy, and Possession. However, Blackhole Disassembly and Enhance were both still useful.

Perhaps all of his luck had vanished after rolling three pips: Enhance, but Lu Yin ended up spending almost half a month in the Timestop Space before he finally rolled two pips: Blackhole Disassembly.

Blackhole Disassembly could be used to break items down into their component materials, but the deconstructing blackhole would only last for five minutes. However, that time could be extended by spending star crystals.

Lu Yin quickly dragged the scraps of the mechanical monster over to the blackhole, and all sorts of strange metals fell out. He picked them up and continued to disassemble them. He knew that these metals were alloys, and since Ban Jiu’s techniques would likely be unable to refine any of them, Lu Yin decided to just break everything down all the way!

As the scenery changed before Lu Yin’s eyes, he returned to the uninhabited planet. Without wasting any time, he stepped out to return to the underground Technology Department back on Zenyu Star.

He passed the countless different strange materials that had been obtained from the Blackhole Disassembly over to Ban Jiu. As Ban Jiu stared at them in astonishment, Lu Yin left the underground lab.

Ban Jiu planned on manufacturing the new equipment that had been requested, but he first needed to study all of the various materials, which would require time. Lu Yin intended to use this time to cultivate and explore the Daynight clan’s stone of inheritance.

In the secure room within King Zishan’s palace, Lu Yin had a complicated expression on his face as he took out the Daynight clan stone of inheritance which had sixteen faces.

Back during the trial on Earth, Lu Yin, Xia Luo, and Lulu Mavis had all managed to obtain battle techniques from this stone of inheritance. Logically, only the people from the Daynight clan should have been able to do so, but Lu Yin had not thought much about the strangeness of the situation back then. Now that he had become much more experienced, Lulu was from the Mavis family, so it was not surprising for her to have mysterious methods. But what status did Xia Luo have?

None of the primeval surname holders were simple, and those who dared to openly travel across the universe with a primeval surname were an even more extreme case.

Also, Lulu was from the Mavis family, so why had she gone to Earth? In the past, Lu Yin had assumed that she had been there for the Undying Manual, but he now realized that that assumption might not have been correct.

Earth hid many unknown secrets. In fact, her presence might have even been related to the Hidden Earth Society. He needed to visit Jupiter again in the future, but he would wait until he broke through to the Hunter realm.

Lu Yin held up the stone of inheritance and sensed the vast changes of time that it had gone through. He then raised his hand, causing the ancient stone to float up before cutting open a small wound on his finger and dripping fresh blood onto the stone. In an instant, Lu Yin’s vision shifted, All he could see was a dark space, and the colors black and white suddenly interchanged to form a giant fist that fell towards him. This was the exact same scene that he had seen when he had entered the stone of inheritance last time.

This had caused Zhou Shan, Wu Sheng, Jenny Auna, and the others to all fail when they attempted to access the stone of inheritance. None of them had even been able to enter the corridor of inheritance.

In the past, Lu Yin had relied on the Cosmic Art to enter the corridor. This time, his body slightly trembled before the Daynight Punch simply vanished and his body fell outside the corridor.

At the same time, in the Daynight clan’s ancestral grounds, beneath a towering stone plaque, countless Daynight members were looking up. Some of them were excited, some of them looked expectant, and others showed blatant disdain on their faces.

This stone plaque revealed the degree of comprehension that all of the Daynight members had attained within the stone of inheritance. The higher their comprehension, the higher their image would climb up the stone plaque.

Nightking Zhenwu unquestionably held the top position on the plaque, and the one second to him was Zhanlong Daynight.

The images on this stone plaque did not take one’s cultivation realm into consideration. Rather, it only factored in the level of their battle technique comprehension and what sort of inheritances they had received.

At this moment, there were quite a few Daynight members who were competing in climbing up the stone plaque. Among them were Tiankong Daynight, who had studied in the Astral Combat Academy, Chilian Daynight, Rou Daynight, Nightqueen Yanqing, Nightking Gu, and more.