Chapter 77: Chapter 74: Craftsmanship—Inspiration Explosion!
Chapter 77: Chapter 74: Craftsmanship—Inspiration Explosion!
Lu Yuan said softly, "If I were solely focused on avoiding risks, I wouldn't be able to cross the Pangu Continent and return to my homeland."
"Everyone mocks the Meida Civilization, but who isn't part of the Meida Civilization?"
Old Wolf lay casually on the ground, watching his master fall into a slight melancholy...
He was always carefree.
He was a wolf with a strong survival instinct, quite old, and only interested in attractive females.
However, if his master wanted to do something dangerous, he wouldn't oppose it much, as he didn't understand, anyway.
Lu Yuan also lay down on the ground and petted the head of the dog.
Life or a dog's life, it ultimately looks like this; you have to get used to the twists and turns of life...
No matter the circumstance, a person's fate is always in their own hands.
Thinking this way, suddenly, he felt a faint inspiration arise in his heart.
This inspiration seemed to come from nowhere, like a warm current flowing up his spine, filling his entire brain!
His mind was as if blocked by something, needing to be released in some way!
Lu Yuan took a deep breath, "Strange feeling, what happened?"
Lu Yuan rubbed his temples with his fingers and opened his eyes again to find that everything in his vision had become extraordinarily clear!
Still confused about what was going on, he urgently identified himself and discovered a new positive buff.
[Inspiration burst: Due to the pressures of life, you are currently in a state of inspiration burst, quickly craft an item! Almost 100% chance to craft a decent item!]
It was hard to describe the sensation of bursting inspiration; it was as if the nerve endings of his entire body extended outside his brain, interconnecting with everything in the universe... Everything in the world seemed to have a pulsating beat.
Lu Yuan was speechless; he recalled the talent he had acquired a few days ago, "Craftsmanship."
[Craftsmanship: Your spatial imagination greatly improves, and you become adept with any tool. Occasionally, you will burst with inspiration, finding a trace of order in the endless supernatural world.]
He had never known what "bursting with inspiration" truly meant.
Now... he finally understood!
It turns out he was a "Crash Artist," able to produce inspiration when under immense pressure!
"Am I really like this?" Lu Yuan was both shocked and delighted.
But he didn't have many good extraordinary materials on hand now; Fire Lizard Skin, Snake King shed, and Black Iron Ore, they were all low-quality natural wonders.
The Snake King shed had not yet been tanned, and the Black Iron Ore had not been smelted.
Only the Fire Lizard Skin was usable.
"Old Wolf, keep an eye on the door, call me immediately if anything happens."
"Ow?!"
He took a deep breath, lit an oil lamp, sat at the table, and focused most of his attention on the leather.
Then he took out "Daedalus's Sewing Tools."
He felt the "veins" and "heartbeats" of the leather!
This sensation was strange; most of the "veins" were chaotic, affecting and neutralizing each other.
If he wanted to stimulate the innate ability of the leather, he had to sort these things out.
And this hint of inspiration from Lu Yuan was about sorting these veins.
His fingers emitted a faint light, which was the ironing of the Extraordinary Spark and also a necessary process to reactivate abilities.
Immersed in the state of inspiration, he suddenly found those originally elusive veins traceable.
So much so that he completely forgot about the time and the risks.
Engrossed in it, he couldn't help himself.
His fingers were rough, the joints and palms calloused, yet unusually flexible. Each needle and thread wove into the "veins," doing their best not to destroy the original attributes.
This method was unachievable by traditional industry.
One night passed, and Lu Yuan sewed a pair of trousers, a leather coat, and a pair of shoes.
That indescribable burst of inspiration also completely left him as if he had fallen from the Heaven Palace back to the mortal world, and he could no longer feel those veins.
Lu Yuan came back to his senses, his boiling brain gradually calming down, feeling somewhat exhausted but extremely excited!
[Lu Yuan's Fire Lizard Suit, Inferior Grade·Artificial Extraordinary Item (+++)]
[A handcrafted artifact made by the Master Sewer, Lu Yuan, imbued with Lu Yuan's inspiration and effort. It's undeniable that substandard tanning techniques have hampered the quality of this item.]
[The equipment can resonate with your Extraordinary Spark, thereby activating its innate abilities.]
[Ability 1: High Temperature Resistance, this set of equipment can at least temporarily resist temperatures up to two thousand degrees Celsius, with excellent heat insulation.]
[Ability 2: Strong, it is much stronger than normal leather, significantly increasing its durability.]
"This is real equipment! What was all that junk before!"
Excited, he wore the new set of equipment and looked at himself in the mirror.
A sense of noble simplicity and luxury rushed towards him; its color was maroon, its pattern was beautiful, its luster gentle, and it carried a deep Eastern charm.
During the ancient era of the Great Xia Civilization, the Yellow Emperor Period, people admired tigers and leopards and would skin them to make "pullovers"; in the Xia, Shang, and Zhou Period, leather was not to be worn casually, mainly used for making armor and boots for the army.
The set Lu Yuan had just made was intended for battle, flexible yet lightweight.
He faintly activated the Extraordinary Spark, and the equipment resonated with the spark, turning dark red, and activating the abilities of high temperature resistance and strength.
The clothes and pants he used to sew resembled ugly ducklings facing beautiful swans.
The innate ability of this leather was almost exploited to its fullest.
After all, the quality of the leather was merely at the inferior grade, and surpassing its limits was extremely difficult.
Moreover, Lu Yuan's knowledge of the extraordinary was still lacking, and even if he was brimming with inspiration, knowledge remained crucial.
Just like the mathematical genius Ramanujan, who needed to study at Cambridge University to fully express his talents.
Without extensive knowledge, he could only take the equipment this far.
Lu Yuan stretched lazily, went to the bucket to wash his face, feeling like he was insane, focusing intently in such dangerous surroundings, and crafted equipment all night!
With only a pack of wolves guarding him!
But he was extremely excited, delighted to the utmost.
Like seeing a loved one, he admired his creation over and over again.
The suffix "Lu Yuan's" inexplicably filled him with pride.
Even if someone else acquired this set of equipment, upon identification, it would still bear the name "Lu Yuan's".
This was the "naming rights"!
When creating, Lu Yuan had already understood "naming rights," which seemed to be some kind of ideal rule from the universe.
At that time, he could also choose to give up the naming rights—but how many artists would abandon their own children?
The (+++) above surely represented a mark indicating a level increase.
Among inferior-grade items, it was almost the highest level.
Without the state of extraordinary inspiration, it was nearly impossible for Lu Yuan to craft another identical piece of equipment.
"It seems that the talent of 'craftsmanship' is pretty fucking awesome!"
"But, with an extra set of equipment, can I defeat the donkey-headed monster?"
"I will die, I still need more!"
"Give me strength, give me inspiration! I'm about to participate in an impossible battle." Lu Yuan mentally psyched himself up, wanting to experience another crash artist moment.
But in reality, he was overjoyed, no amount of self-suggestion brought any inspiration, and he could only awkwardly remark, "The most helpless thing in the world is chasing after what can't be caught."
"The more you grovel, the less you get."
After completing this piece of equipment, Lu Yuan was still quite satisfied with this harvest.
He slept for a few hours, then talked with humans on the other side for a few minutes, discussing the insights of making equipment.
Then he patrolled the surroundings, all while thinking about the potential battles that could occur next.
He had used up his Spider Poison Gland, leaving only a bottle of plant oil soaked in the poison gland.
This bottle of oil still retained some spider venom.
Covering his dagger with it, it served as a formidable weapon.
"But whether the venom has any effect on the donkey-headed monster is a big question. That thing's flesh is already rotten."
Additionally, he still had the Fire Lizard's fuel crystals, which could produce intense high temperatures, reaching up to three thousand degrees Celsius.
Lu Yuan looked at the set of equipment with "high temperature resistance" capabilities and fell into deep thought.
Due to the unsuitable tanning method, the leather had degraded from ordinary level to inferior level, and the "high temperature resistance" could only withstand about two thousand degrees Celsius.
Moreover, this protection was only temporary, not unlimited.
No matter how good the insulation was, the heat would eventually find its way in.
With these limitations in mind, a few simple ideas formed in his brain.
"Use fire attacks?"
Perhaps due to psychological factors, the quiet urban ruins seemed even more silent at this moment, with only the rustling sound of footsteps audible.
In the early spring season, all sorts of insects were emerging en masse, causing a bit of irritation in people's hearts.
"Ao!" Old Wolf suddenly howled, sprinting towards a corner of a collapsed building.
Leaning forward and kicking back, he made a sniffing motion in the air.
"What happened?"
Lu Yuan also stretched his neck and sniffed for a long time.
Although he was a Level 2 extraordinary creature, his sense of smell still couldn't compare to the Level 0 Old Wolf.
He directed the energy of the Extraordinary Spark to the tip of his nose, temporarily enhancing his sense of smell.
Suddenly, the world's smells seemed to burst into vivid colors.
Having too strong a sense of smell wasn't necessarily a good thing as it meant he could smell various natural odors that naturally arose from the environment.
For instance, the dog presently at the corner was quietly releasing its urine, and the amplified stench immediately made Lu Yuan's head spin; he instinctively kicked the peeing dog away.
But gradually, Lu Yuan's heart sank...
He smelled a faint scent of decay, very unique and distinct.
Other odors were fresh, while this decayed smell was like aged cured meat, intermixed within the colorful array, like a stroke of black!
With some effort, it was still detectable.