Chapter 155
Other races that favor fire elements had no reason to migrate to the depths of the sea for a bit of unstable fire energy. There was nothing here, just desolation, and the living conditions were far from what they preferred.
However, Zhang Fusheng's skills allowed her to directly create a livable space underwater, generating an environment with suitable air, temperature, humidity, and pressure for the people of Blue Star. Even magma entering her skill domain would instantly transform.
Without a doubt, this little Zhang would need to follow Bao Que Shen to Ze Lan, so she could quickly find the target location to use her skills after they landed.
Yu Xunge quickly glanced at the three layers beneath the storage box, where the cockroaches were lined up neatly like cars in a parking lot, arranged in row after row.
In this critical moment, she quickly estimated Little Zhang's size, which was half a head shorter than her own—roughly 185 cm to 158 cm—well-proportioned—around 58 kg!
As Zhao Shuying dragged her away, holding her arm and bringing her just a meter away from Little Zhang, Yu Xunge shouted, “I’m willing to donate 300 jin of dragon dung! 300 jin!!”
With that, she slammed down two large boxes of dragon dung onto the ground, which then transformed into a two-month-old kitten, weighing no more than two pounds.
Zhao Shuying looked at the kitten she was holding: “…” She really wanted to just squish it.
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The rows of cockroach cars in the jewelry box and the players still lingering behind, not yet in line, all turned to Yu Xunge, gazing at her with mournful eyes.
Thanks to the dragon dung, Yu Xunge successfully dodged a disaster.
Let’s just say, what was meant to happen almost did…
Two minutes later.
Yu Xunge crouched on Little Zhang's shoulder, watching a particular cockroach in the jewelry box, feeling quite pleased. Occasionally, she would swat at the box with her little paw to scare the cockroach.
Zhao Shuying: .
She planned to include this incident in her promotion application at the end of the year, to demonstrate her strong stress resistance, hard work, calm demeanor… and her ability to not sweat the small stuff…
Once the players had all turned into cockroaches, the Gun King extended his right hand, allowing Zhang Fusheng to place her hand on his wrist, while she cradled a whole box of players.
Yu Xunge then jumped from Zhang Fusheng's shoulder to the Gun King's, her claws gripping the raised shoulder armor—this way of moving felt much safer when close to the skill user.
Once everything was ready, the Gun King pulled out a photo, the background showing a vast expanse of deep sea, with a faint outline of a mountain that took up nearly one-fifth of the photo.
Logically, the deep sea should be pitch black, but the seabed of Ze Lan was filled with glowing marine creatures that illuminated the picture.
Yu Xunge braced herself for the water pressure that would soon start draining her health, something both the Gun King and Zhang Fusheng had warned her about.
“Everyone, take a deep breath and hold it!”
With that, the Gun King pointed to a clear spot in the photo, and in the next second, Yu Xunge felt as if she had been thrown into a washing machine.
She clung tightly to Bao Que Shen's shoulder armor, spinning and tumbling for what felt like an eternity, until she suddenly plunged into the water, feeling as if her lungs were being crushed, unable to breathe. Her health began to drop steadily, losing 3 to 5 points every second.
Squinting, she noticed that both Zhang Fusheng and the Gun King were also losing health, but at an alarming rate, nearly 5% every second.
【Chapter 200: The Potion Invented by Hufflepuff】
Yu Xunge immediately began to adjust her health in real-time, using a reference point—the cockroach that Zhao Shuying had turned into.
She kept her health percentage just slightly above that of her counterpart.
In those brief seconds, the underwater group was still involuntarily floating upwards. Zhang Fusheng quickly pulled out an anchor from her bag and tossed it to the seabed, then she swiftly descended along the iron chain, finally pressing down with her palm.
A circle of golden light rapidly expanded outward, centered around the three of them.
The seawater was instantly expelled, the pressure returned to normal, the bone-chilling temperature began to warm, and the health loss phenomenon ceased.
Yu Xunge's feet landed on solid ground. She tugged at her soaked clothes and summoned a 【Fountain of Light】 to heal everyone.
The space wasn’t large; after all, Zhang Fusheng was only level 5. Even with specially equipped gear to boost her attributes, it was hard for everyone to move freely in this area.
Meanwhile, Zhang Fusheng was methodically transforming the key players back from cockroaches, pulling out the first and second layers of the jewelry storage drawers, turning the dozen or so cockroaches back into players.
Instantly, the once silent and dark seabed became lively, players pulling out cups to drink well water for healing, while the cockroaches scurried around, drinking the flowing well water to recover.
The remaining players spread out, some checking for nearby dangers, others carving out new spaces like treehouse bases in the reefs, creating light, inscribing teleportation arrays, crafting underwater vehicles, or using their talents to conceal the area…
Yu Xunge quietly approached Zhao Shuying: “What can I do?”
Zhao Shuying, who was directing the operations, paused for a moment: “What can you do?”
Am I the dead weight here?!
Yu Xunge walked over and opened her backpack, hoping to find something useful…
Then she noticed something in the far corner of her bag was glowing?
【Compass】 (E-rank): It can help you locate unclaimed treasures within a kilometer and guide you to them.
When she first bought this, she had high hopes, but it had never glowed before.
Yu Xunge didn’t rush to treasure hunt; she tucked the compass away and continued rummaging through her bag and Hufflepuff's potion kit. She realized that the Special Affairs Bureau had thought of everything, and there really wasn’t much she could contribute.
The only thing she could offer was probably the potions.
When Zhao Shuying handed her the teleportation crystal linking this place, Yu Xunge produced two types of potions and handed ten bottles of each to Zhao Shuying.
Zhao Shuying waved her hand, saying they didn’t need them; they had already prepared everything they could before coming here.
During the internal testing phase, the Special Affairs Bureau had concentrated resources to train a thousand players in each specialty. Although they couldn’t find mentors to learn recipes at a low cost after the testing ended, they had collected the recipes from the dungeons and rewarded them to these players.
The herbs collected from the dungeons were also sent to these thousand alchemists, and now 37 of them had reached advanced alchemy levels, but they were stuck there.
While the Special Affairs Bureau could find ways to obtain advanced alchemy recipes, the success rate for crafting those high-level potions was extremely low.
Currently, everyone was relying on modern technology to experiment and explore slowly, or sending people to Ze Lan to gather lost information. Sometimes, with a bit of luck, they could buy some basic knowledge from the dungeons.
That said, even if these alchemists wouldn’t learn or craft every obscure potion like Yu Xunge, the Special Affairs Bureau had already prepared the potions that might be needed before coming here.
Yu Xunge firmly shoved the potions into Zhao Shuying's hands.
Zhao Shuying smiled slightly, about to speak, when she caught sight of the potion names—【Damage Delay】 and 【Sixth Sense】.
Just from the names, Zhao Shuying could vaguely guess the effects of these two potions, and she instinctively tightened her grip on the potion bottles.
Even though the Special Affairs Bureau had pooled most of the money from their players during the internal testing phase to prioritize teaching those learning professional skills, many recipes still couldn’t be purchased.
But even if they hadn’t learned them, the Bureau had a directory of recipes!
Not only did she have the directory of recipes that could be learned for money from the Ze Lan mentors, but the Bureau also collected professional recipes produced in various dungeons.
Zhao Shuying had memorized them all—not just alchemy, but also sewing, forging, engineering, jewelry-making, enchanting, and so on. She had nearly all the professional recipes stored in her mind.
She even remembered 98% of the skill crystals, skill books, and special items within the Bureau, able to recite their information at any time. The 2% she couldn’t remember was simply because the internal documents were constantly being updated.
Her ability to be reused was not just because of her good relationship with Yu Xunge; her work capability was the key. In fact, her ability to maintain such a good relationship with Yu Xunge was also a reflection of her competence.
Now, the two potions Yu Xunge had given her were ones she hadn’t seen in the directory.
She looked at their effects.
【Damage Delay】: For 24 hours after drinking this potion, if your health drops below 10%, the next three instances of damage you receive will be delayed for 2 hours before they take effect.
【Sixth Sense】: After drinking this potion, you will develop a peculiar intuition about everything, which can slightly guide your subsequent actions. In times of crisis, it can help you find a way out, and in calm situations, it can lead to unexpected surprises.
The former could save a life, while the latter would be immensely helpful for establishing an underwater base and exploring the surrounding environment.
Zhao Shuying solemnly thanked Yu Xunge, then asked, “Did these come from the dungeon?”
Yu Xunge replied, “No, I got them from Ze Lan.” They were potions invented by Hufflepuff.
In Ze Lan, if a master does not voluntarily disclose their invented recipes, even if they teach their apprentices, the apprentices cannot pass them on to others—this applies to all professions.
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