Chapter 20 Equipment System
Black-Eyed Rui Ge logged in on time, checking his stopwatch, and first handed in the surplus materials for tasks.
Currently, he had a total of 258 Contribution Points, enough to pay for one direct resurrection.
Players from Level 1 to Level 3 needed 100 Contribution Points for direct resurrection.
Starting from Level 4, players needed 200 Contribution Points for direct resurrection.
The cost of resurrection was related to the level—the higher the level, the more Contribution Points needed or the longer the resurrection waiting time.
“Holy crap!”
“No way!”
“Did the developers really adopt my suggestion?!”
In the main hall, Black-Eyed Rui Ge discovered several new items available for exchange.
Among them was the "Essence Contract," which allowed fair distribution of experience points when teaming up!
Moreover, there was now a feature to directly exchange Abyssal Magic Stones for Contribution Points—every 10 Abyssal Magic Stone Fragments could be exchanged for 1 Contribution Point.
But wait, it had only been less than two hours since he posted the suggestion. No matter how fast the game's update speed was, it should have been impossible to complete an update in such a short time.
What on earth was going on?!
No matter what.
For players, this was excellent news!
The Essence Contract could increase efficiency and cooperation when teaming up.
The direct exchange of Abyssal Magic Stones for Contribution Points had a limit, but it could still bring in a significant amount of Contribution Points.
After all, hoarding Abyssal Magic Stones was useless—they would even drop upon death—and hiding them was troublesome.
It was better to exchange them for Contribution Points as soon as possible.
“Rui Ge!”
A chubby man with a fat head and big ears walked over.
“It’s Old Pig, huh. Where are the other buddies?” Black-Eyed Rui Ge asked.
Midnight Pig Slayer was so excited that his fat shook, his eyebrows flying with joy. “You don’t know yet, right? A new NPC Forger has been released! That Nako’s thighs are just too stunning, she’s practically a two-dimensional wife from the three-dimensional world... ahem, what I meant is, finally, we have a place to craft or enhance equipment!”
Was there really such a thing?!
Black-Eyed Rui Ge couldn't wait and rushed to the Forging Workshop, where he saw more than twenty players gathered at the entrance.
Twisted Three Kingdoms had only issued thirty game slots in total, and this was the first time so many players had gathered in one place.
“Old Ye, Slayer Bro, Blade Uncle, Little Boat, Wraith Girl, you’re all here!”
Ye Li Meng, who had the appearance of a bald, fierce man, Street Slayer with a face full of scars, as well as Mad Blade Old Wang, Lone Boat, and Chimera Wraith—all familiar faces—were gathered here, discussing among themselves, faces full of excitement and anticipation.
There were two NPC soldiers at the door maintaining order.
Inside the workshop, a red-haired fox-eared girl was busy working.
This was the Forger that Midnight Pig Slayer had mentioned.
It had to be said, the game's modeling was indeed exquisite and beautiful.
In a dark and eerie-themed game, this exotic, somewhat two-dimensional styled NPC not only didn’t feel out of place, but instead felt like there was a lot more hidden depth to explore.
Where did she come from?
Were there storyline clues?
Could she teach players secondary professions or production skills?
Black-Eyed Rui Ge had to admit, the production quality of Twisted Three Kingdoms was truly hardcore.
Unlike the ordinary stiff NPC soldiers, this fox-eared girl clearly had a more refined AI model. In the future, she might become a rather important character within the territory.
Before he could go up and ask—
Ye Li Meng, carrying a large blade, came over.
“Hahaha, just in time, come look at my broadsword!”
【Flaming Warrior’s Broadsword +2】, Tier-One equipment, White Lower Grade, Attack +8, Fire Attribute Attack +4, Strength +2, with Durability 20/20.
Black-Eyed Rui Ge said, “Awesome!”
Theoretically, players could equip up to eleven pieces of equipment.
These included six pieces of armor: "Helmet, Upper Body, Lower Body, Shoes, Cloak, Gloves," plus Necklace, Left-Hand Ring, Right-Hand Ring, and weapons or shields in the left and right hands.
At the start, players only had four pieces of equipment: Clothes, Pants, Shoes, and one weapon matching their class. Warriors had broadswords, Rangers had short swords, Warlocks had short staffs, and Monks had long staffs.
All were Tier-One.
Weapons were Gray Middle Grade.
The other equipment pieces were Gray Lower Grade.
Originally, the Warrior's Broadsword should have had the following attributes:
【Warrior’s Broadsword】, Tier-One equipment, Gray Middle Grade, Attack +2, Durability 15/15.
Ye Li Meng’s broadsword was of White quality, with a total Attack bonus reaching 12 points.
Moreover, it also provided a 2-point Strength boost.
Compared to the beginner equipment, it was like the difference between heaven and earth, enough to drastically enhance his damage output.
It was absolutely a top-tier weapon at this stage!
“How did you get this?” Black-Eyed Rui Ge asked, his eyes green with envy.
With this weapon, Ye Li Meng’s strength could easily surpass everyone else’s by a margin.
“Hahaha, I used the gem from the Snake-Tailed Flame Chicken we killed last time as the material, then spent 200 Contribution Points to carry out two enhancement upgrades, and finally got this +2 White quality equipment.”
The Forging Workshop offered three main services:
Forging, Enhancing, and Repairing.
Enhancing equipment was further divided into "Quality Enhancement" and "Attribute Enhancement."
The former required the use of specific enhancement materials to break through the existing quality of the equipment.
Ye Li Meng had a Flame Gem that dropped from hunting the Flame Snake-Tailed Chicken. He used this gem to upgrade the Gray-grade “Warrior’s Broadsword” into the White-grade “Flaming Warrior’s Broadsword,” which could now deal a certain amount of fire damage with every attack.
He then spent Contribution Points to enhance the weapon’s attributes twice.
According to the NPC Forger girl—
Gray equipment required only 10 Contribution Points per attempt for the first three enhancements.
White equipment required 100 Contribution Points per attempt for the first three enhancements.
The success rate was generally 100%. However, starting from the fourth enhancement attempt, the required Contribution Points would increase, and the success rate would decrease along with the enhancement level.
Players were not only enhancing equipment.
Some players were also forging equipment here.
Forging new equipment at the Forging Workshop required players to bring their own materials.
Depending on the type and quality of equipment they wished to forge, different amounts of Contribution Points would be charged.
Ranger Lone Boat used the feathers dropped by the Flame Snake-Tailed Chicken to craft a batch of arrows.
【Flame Feather Arrow】, Tier-One Item, White Lower Grade, Attack +1, Fire Attribute Attack +5, with a certain chance of being recovered after use.
Besides Forging, Enhancing, and Repairing—
The Forging Workshop also sold a limited amount of equipment.
【Chicken Feather Arrow】, Tier-One Item, Gray Lower Grade, Attack +1... selling for 10 Contribution Points.
【Snake Bone Longbow】, Tier-One Equipment, Gray Lower Grade, Attack +2, Durability 10/10... selling for 100 Contribution Points.
【Rat Skin Wooden Shield】, Tier-One Equipment, Gray Lower Grade, Physical Damage Mitigation +1, Independent Defense +2, Durability 10/10... selling for 100 Contribution Points.
【Rat Skin Helmet】, Tier-One Equipment, Gray Lower Grade, Physical Damage Mitigation +1, Independent Defense +1, Durability 10/10... selling for 100 Contribution Points.
【Rabbit Skin Boots】, Tier-One Equipment, Gray Lower Grade, Independent Defense +1, Movement Speed +1, Durability 10/10... selling for 100 Contribution Points.
【......】
So much equipment!
Truly awesome!
If they could equip everything—
Their strength would skyrocket!
Black-Eyed Rui Ge bought a Snake Bone Longbow and five Chicken Feather Arrows, spending a total of 150 Contribution Points.
He still had 108 Contribution Points left, which he didn’t intend to save. He immediately proceeded to enhance his weapons.
【Snake Bone Longbow +3】, Tier-One Equipment, Gray Lower Grade, Attack +5, Durability 15/15!
【Ranger’s Shortsword +4】, Tier-One Equipment, Gray Lower Grade, Attack +6, Durability 20/20!
“This feels amazing!”
Looking at the enhanced equipment, Black-Eyed Rui Ge felt his overall strength had received a significant boost. He now even had ranged attack capabilities and felt confident enough to fight a Snake-Tailed Flame Chicken alone!
Indeed!
Increasing strength—
Was not only dependent on level and skills.
Equipment was also a critical factor!
The only flaw was that Contribution Points were still too scarce!
“Brothers!”
“Let’s move!”
“We need more Contribution Points!”
“There’s no time to waste hanging around in camp!”
Ye Li Meng asked, “I heard you guys found an abandoned village. How about we go there to grind monsters?”
“No way, there’s a humanoid boss named Xu Feng inside, impossible to beat. Besides him, there are at least over a dozen Yellow Turban Headless Fiend Soldiers, each one an elite monster. Going there would just be suicide!” Salted Fish Thrust immediately shook his head.
Black-Eyed Rui Ge said, “We can also head to another good grinding spot. There are lots of Skeletal Mountain Goats and Scorpion-Tailed Wild Bulls there. Although there’s a Level 5 Elite Boss, the rest are ordinary monsters, more suitable for us at our current level.”
Midnight Pig Slayer said, “Agreed!”
Mad Blade Old Wang said, “Let’s go there!”
“Count me in!”
“Bosses, please carry me!”
“Let’s move, let’s move! Clear the wild mobs first, then go after the boss!”
“……”
Hang Yu noticed that twenty-five players had completed their oath-taking rally and immediately formed a large team to set out. It seemed they were heading toward the Skeletal Scorpion-Tailed Bulls!
He nodded in satisfaction.
Very good, very spirited.
It was worth the heavy investment into building the Forging Workshop.
It was worth hiring a resident Forger with great expense.
With the introduction of the equipment system, players’ goals and desires had been further strengthened.
Naturally, their motivation and enthusiasm had risen to a whole new level!