Chapter 760: Threads
*Rumble!*
The machine for sharpening things worked at full speed and every now and then made very unpleasant sounds.
Su Xiao stood and waited. Two minutes seemed incredibly long to him.
*Crackle!*
A clear click came from the phone.
— Oh, he's out of luck, I love hearing that sound!
The contractors behind Su Xiao shook their heads and sighed. Some of them started gloating.
— Don't be discouraged, failure is also part of progress, " the bearded old man said, wanting to console him. Although he wanted to comfort him, the smile on his face made the people around him feel uneasy, but the shards of something in his hands negated this strange feeling.
*F-f-f-f-f~*
The compartment opened again and everyone saw intact threads and fragments of some kind of stone.
[Border disconnector +10 ... Critical failure! Thanks to the "Luck Stone", the item will not be destroyed and its sharpening level will remain at the same level. «+9»!]
Su Xiao lit a cigarette in silence. Although he was depressed, he didn't show it.
The luck Stone was valuable, of course, but it existed solely for the sake of this moment — to prevent the item from being destroyed if it was not properly sharpened, so there was no point in grieving over such a loss.
In addition, it was only dark purple, and because of its quality, it could not help with sharpening after+12, which made it basically useless for high-level contractors.
— It is better to stop there. Although upgrading to+10 will result in a qualitative change in these strands, the risk isn't worth it, " the bearded old man advised again. Su Xiao silently handed him a cigarette, and he took it with a smile, but didn't light it. Accepting a cigarette was an act of courtesy, and not lighting it was common prudence.
— I am a person who is either lucky or unlucky. I will either reach the top or die at the bottom of it.
Su Xiao decided to continue!
So what if these threads disappear? In life, you always had to bet. If a person won, they were successful. If he lost, he learned from it.
This was not recklessness, but fearlessness. Su Xiao had already accepted that one day he would die in battle in one of the derived worlds, not to mention that his belongings would eventually fall into disrepair.
The phone started working again, and a smile appeared on Su Xiao's face. Without the luck Stone, this attempt at sharpening felt very different.
There was a very fine line between success and failure, and when a person was successful, their joy and excitement couldn't be expressed in words.
White steam billowed out, and the machine's compartment poked out.
[Border disconnector +10... The border disconnector now has a sharpener in the form +10!]
The threads in the compartment gave off such an alluring light...
— These threads can make even second-rank bosses feel helpless, right?
The surrounding contractors wanted to see the characteristics of the threads, but unfortunately, only Su Xiao had the right to do so.
After picking up the threads under the envious gazes of the contractors, Su Xiao checked their stats.
[Border Disconnector +10.
Origin: Akame Assassin.
Quality: Dark purple.
Type: Accessory for equipment (can be installed in gloves, armbands, shoulder protection and other similar equipment).
Condition: 230/230(+40).
Length: 200 meters.
Endurance: 34(+20).
Sharpness: 12(+5).
Attribute for sharpening +5: Sharpness +1.
Attribute for sharpening +8: Stealth +10.
Attribute for sharpening +10: State +50.
Rating: 260+.
Description: If you have enough strength, you can use it to catch dragon-eyed whales from the Void River. Don't worry, the threads won't break. At least, only if after your hand.
Price: 52.000 Paradise Coins.]
Su Xiao wrapped the threads around his left hand, and in his right hand, he took the spool with the threads wrapped around it, and gradually began to exert his strength.
*K-k-k-k-k~*
The contractors nearby had their lips twitching when they heard the sound.
Su Xiao gradually exerted more strength, but even when he used more than half of his strength, the threads didn't change at all.
Realizing that there was no need to be too afraid, he exerted all his strength.
The muscles on Su Xiao's arms bulged. He used all his strength, but the threads just got taut and that was it.
When he was in the world of Destiny: Beginnings, Hughes had no trouble cutting through its old threads. If he'd had those threads at the time, Hughes certainly wouldn't have been able to do anything to him.
Although the sharpness of the threads wasn't low, these threads couldn't be compared to the Dragon's Flash.
The strength of these threads lay in their strength.
Right now, these threads had a total of 280 points of "condition" and 34 points of "strength". Not to mention Hughes, even some rank three creatures would be in a quandary if they were entangled by these threads.
Moreover, due to the sharpening to "+8", the threads received an additional 10 points of stealth, which made it difficult to detect the threads and made them even more suitable for setting some kind of trap.
After sharpening it, Su Xiao only had 8,000 Paradise coins left.
After putting the threads in his inventory, he left the hall.
After removing the armband from his left hand, Su Xiao secured the threads together with the spool near his palm, just below his wrist.
Although this coil was inferior to threads, it was mainly needed to collect these threads in one place. When Su Xiao attacks someone with these threads, he will basically hold them down personally or else these threads will be set up somewhere, so basically, this coil won't take any direct part in the fight. His palm was now protected by a crimson-red armband, a piece of pale gold quality, so these threads wouldn't be able to harm him in any case.
After securing the reel and the small lock on its end, Su Xiao stretched out his left hand.
*Ding~*
Threads abruptly flew out from under Su Xiao's wrist, and the coil spun at a high speed. When the threads covered about ten meters, the coil began to spin in the opposite direction and in a second all the threads returned.
— Well.
Although Su Xiao only had 8,000 Paradise coins left, all the coins he spent were converted to strength.
Su Xiao walked along the edge of the shopping plaza, wanting to return to his exclusive space, but when he passed by a certain stall, his steps immediately slowed down.
The stall owner was sitting on a chair with his head lowered, his eyes were a little dim, and there was something hanging on his waist that bulged quite a bit. Given the shape, it was probably a pistol.
— Wow, this is...
— Ah!
As soon as Su Xiao opened his mouth, the stall owner immediately 'woke up', subconsciously covered his face with his hands, and quickly looked around as if he was afraid of something.
He was clearly on edge.
From his panicked reaction and his extremely unstable state, Su Xiao could tell that this guy had been to no more than two derived worlds. Most likely, he was a novice who had just passed his first derived world and was able to survive by chance.
— What is it? the counter owner quickly realized his mistake. He was momentarily caught up in the nightmare he had been through in the derived world. The monsters that were originally just pictures on the monitors suddenly got out of them and wanted to tear him apart...
About 70% of newbies couldn't survive in their first derived world. Many of the newcomers didn't have time to realize that they were no longer living in a relatively peaceful world, but were living in a cruel Paradise for Reincarnators. Only after they understood the difference did their survival rate increase dramatically.
— Not bad, " Su Xiao said and picked up an item from the counter.
— No bidding, I almost died because of these things!
Su Xiao didn't even have time to put forward his suggestion. This was a common problem among most newbies, who treated all the things they found in the derived world like real treasures.
This time, however, the counter owner was partly right. There was indeed quite a good item on his counter.
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