Chapter 353: Homestead Quest: The Golden Fisherman (3/3) |
Qin Ziwen, as usual, took out the Function Card and used it directly.
[Function Activated: Level 4 Guild]
[Authority has been upgraded, current authority: Level-4 Authority (11/16)]
[Level 3 Guild: You can choose Home Masters to form alliances, current maximum number of alliances: 40. After forming an alliance, the following functions are unlocked: Goodwill Alliance, Shared Building (2), Alliance Commerce House, Auction House]
A new Auction House function had appeared.
After checking it out, Qin Ziwen confirmed the purpose of the Auction House. The effect of the Auction House was that the Guild Leader and internal members of the alliance could list goods for trade on the auction house.
This function seemed to conflict with the Alliance Commerce House at first glance.
But in reality, the Auction House had two unique features.
One, Auction House Tickets. For each auction, corresponding tickets could be generated. The number of tickets was related to the quality of that particular auction; the higher the quality, the more tickets that could be generated. Tickets could be given to Home Masters who were not guild members, granting them the qualification to enter the auction house.
Two, Consignment Sales. Non-guild members could consign resources for sale at the auction house, but they needed to possess a ticket and pay a certain amount of commission.
If the Alliance Commerce House was for internal resource exchange within the guild, then the Auction House was a new function for acquiring resources externally and expanding the guild's influence.
However, it was pretty useless for the time being.
The Function Card was used, next was the Height Expansion Card.
He had obtained a Height Expansion Card (Medium) before, which could expand the space height by 10 meters.
But this Height Expansion Card (Large) could expand the space height by a full 50 meters.
Qin Ziwen took out the card, crushed it, and used it.
The entire sky of the Home was enveloped in a layer of white light.
Then it rose section by section, expanding layer upon layer.
When the light dissipated, the sky above the entire Home had been "lifted" a significant distance upwards.
He estimated, if he hadn't miscalculated, the internal space height of his Home should now be about 65 meters.
In a modern city, that was equivalent to the height of a twenty-story building.
This height could already meet the requirements for the vast majority of building sites.
As for the Blank Expansion Card (Large), with the (Giant) Blank Expansion Card setting the precedent, the expectations for this one were just average.
Still, ten thousand square meters wasn't bad either; one never complained about the Home area being too small.
He crushed and used it, expanding the new space to another blank area, located to the side of the Yanwu Military Arsenal.
After using the expansion cards, his gaze fell on the [Task Card] Home Task Generation Card. This was the second time he had obtained this type of card.
The Task Card was overall bronze-colored, with an amber-colored border around the edge, and a pitch-black question mark on the front.
[Task Card] Home Task Generation Card (After activation, will generate random tasks based on the current Home state. Rewards are obtained upon completion)
He thought about it. He had two cards; he could use one to test the waters and see the difficulty of Home tasks.
He crushed the card. The bronze-colored card turned into specks of light and melted away.
The Home little glowing ball popped out.
[Generating task...]
[Home Task (Golden Fisherman): Within the following period of time, please catch and harvest a total of over 100 tons of seafood.]
[Task Reward: Level 4 Rare Treasure (Golden Fish-Man Statue)]
After reading the task, his brows relaxed. This task wasn't difficult.
It was just a cumulative task. Aside from being time-consuming, the difficulty wasn't high.
One hundred tons of seafood, with some effort, there was still a chance to complete it.
However, Qin Ziwen still assigned the task to Jia Liangcai.
For the remaining time, the Home needed to hunt more, striving to complete the task before the map ended.
This was a Level 4 Rare Treasure; it would be a waste to miss it.
Afterwards, he headed to the Moso Bamboo Forest.
The bamboo forest located in the southern part of the Home was sparse, with only some slender young bamboo shoots remaining inside.
The mature bamboo had been cut down in large swathes.
Next to it was the Dewdrop Fruit grove. The fruits in the grove had all been picked, and a new batch of fruits had just begun to sprout.
Besides this harvest, there were also the previously accumulated Common Resource Duplication Cards.
Added together, there were eight in total.
Qin Ziwen first duplicated, then synthesized, and upgraded.
Finally, he raised the Moso Bamboo Forest to Level 4.
[Level 4 Moso Bamboo Forest: Level 3 Bamboo Body Hardness, Level 2 Bamboo Body Toughness, Level 1 Bamboo Body Weight Reduction]
Resource Upgrade Card, use.
The Moso Bamboo Forest before his eyes was instantly enveloped in light.
When the light dispersed, the originally sparse bamboo forest, which had only young plants left, became dense and tall again.
Bamboo stalks as thick as large bowls, with faint golden speckles dotting their dark green surfaces, stood straight and tall.
Each one was over thirty meters high.
[Advanced Resource·Level 3 Starlight Speckle Bamboo Forest: Level 4 Bamboo Body Hardness, Level 4 Impervious to Water and Fire, Level 3 Super Toughness] (Trait: Spirit Affinity: Starlight Speckle Bamboo possesses super affinity for Superhuman power)
"Impervious to water and fire... super toughness." Qin Ziwen looked at this Starlight Speckle Bamboo forest.
"Xiao Wu, later have people cut down a few stalks and see how hard this bamboo is. Also, Li Yue and the others are trying to improve the Crossbow Carriage, right? Have them test this new material."
"Okay!" Qin Ziwu excitedly shouted.
Just as Qin Ziwen was progressing with development on this side.
On the other side, Xie Ya received a report from her subordinate.
"What? The node channel has never been opened?"
The expression on her face kept changing. She had thought of many possibilities, but she never expected that after completing one transaction with her, the other party would simply hide from her and disappear?
What was this.
A one-time fling?
Xie Ya lowered her head and let out a cold laugh: "It seems he just wanted to make a single deal and leave. Forget it. That kid doesn't know what opportunity he's missing. Can't blame me for that."
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"You've finished the new model this quickly?"
Qin Ziwen stood on the open ground of the Yanwu Military Arsenal workshop, looking at a modified heavy crossbow mounted before him, emanating an imposing, formidable aura.
This crossbow carriage's base was fitted with specially made wide tires. Over a dozen craftsmen and apprentices were gathered around it. Li Yue and several core craftsmen were huddled around the vehicle body, making adjustments.
Li Yue patted the carriage frame, his voice carrying obvious excitement: "Brother Qin, this is the first prototype vehicle modified with the new material. Just the crossbow arm strength and arrow body counterweight are a notch above the old model. Our preliminary calculations show the penetration power and destructive range are at least double that of before."
Hearing this, Qin Ziwen took a few steps closer, his gaze sweeping over several key load-bearing parts of the crossbow carriage.
Especially the connection point between the bow arm and the base. Within the wooden grain texture there, some extremely faint golden speckles were faintly distributed.
This reminded him of the new advanced resource point he had just obtained not long ago, the Starlight Speckle Bamboo.
"Let's go," he withdrew his gaze, "set up a target, test fire."
With a wave of Li Yue's hand, several craftsmen quickly used a pushcart to jointly move a solid piece of granite, placing it steadily two hundred paces away.
Everyone retreated behind the crossbow carriage.
Following Li Yue's command.
"Thoom!"
A deep, muffled roar shook the air, the crossbow bolt transforming into a blurry black shadow as it shot out.
Two hundred paces away, a metallic clashing explosion sounded.
In the distance, the front end of the crossbow bolt was deeply embedded in the granite. Under the powerful impact, the arrow shaft had split into four pieces, trembling uncontrollably.
Li Yue said: "Right now, we're limited by the material for the arrow shaft. Ordinary materials can't withstand such a fierce impact force. If there was a sufficiently hard material to serve as the arrow shaft, the killing power should be able to improve another notch."