I have an Apocalypse City

Chapter 268 - 268 Follower

Chapter 268: Chapter 268 Follower

Translator: 549690339

Song Jian looked at the embarrassed state of Dr. Ebsiting and suddenly had an idea. He said to him, “Doctor, 1 am already on the wanted list for the 101 Gathering Area, and now they think you and 1 are in the same band. What do you plan to do next? Return to Fifth Avenue, where level-ten elite bosses are all over the place?”

“I can’t go back there, it’s too risky… I’ve been exposed,” Dr. Ebsiting answered, looking lost. As a researcher with no fighting abilities, he couldn’t survive in the monster-filled Doomsday City. His existence had already been hard even before, now the search for food and water is becoming more and more difficult.

“Why not stay with me? I can set up a laboratory for you. What do you think?” Song Jian said with a smile. “At least here, you won’t need to worry about safety, what do you say?”

Dr. Ebsiting fell silent. Although he was quirky, he wasn’t stupid. In this city, probably only Song Jian was willing to shelter him.

“Fine, I’ll have to rely on you from now on,” Dr. Ebsiting sighed, a little depressed. He didn’t want to lose his freedom but if he had decided to ally with a powerful force before the apocalypse broke out, he could have left the city with other big shots.

System: You have agreed to shelter the plot character Dr. Ebsiting. As he was concerned about his safety, Dr. Ebsiting agreed to stay and became your Follower!

System: When you enter and stay in the game, Dr. Ebsiting will continually consume Doomsday Coins as his salary. This stops when you leave the game. The stronger the Follower’s level, the more Doomsday Coins consumed.

System: Your Follower is a Researcher type, possessing substantial knowledge reserves. You can select the direction of his research skill tree to develop more research skills. If he dies, all his skills will return to their initial state when he was recruited, and loyalty will randomly drop 10-30 points.

System: If a Follower dies, you can find a Resurrection Altar to resurrect the Follower at a certain cost. However, if the Follower’s loyalty drops to the betrayal standard after death, they cannot be resurrected.

System: Dr. Ebsiting’s current loyalty is 70. If it falls below 60, he will start to slack off. If it falls below 50, he may desert.

System: You can view Follower Dr. Ebsiting’s attributes and initial skills, and can choose the direction of his research.

Song Jian knew that Dr. Ebsiting was a researcher, so it was obvious that the latter’s research skill tree had already climbed to a very high level. If he changed the research direction now, it would mean a huge loss, so Song Jian decided to stick with Dr. Ebsiting’s current research skill base and continue to improve.

Opening his follower’s personal attribute interface, Song Jian started to study it closely.

Unlike Qi Yun, Dr. Ebsiting was Song Jian’s Follower, who had certain freedom and privileges. Even if Song Jian wanted to view Dr. Ebsiting’s attributes and skills, he needed Dr. Ebsiting’s permission.

Soon, the attribute interface previously full of question marks was unrestrainedly revealed to Song Jian.

“Dr. Ebsiting (Song Jian’s Follower): This is a rare research-type Follower in the game, with a discovery rate of one in a thousand and a recruitment rate of one in ten thousand. Current level 15, experience points 3,351/8,000. After leveling up, his physical properties will also improve, and he can spend skill points to upgrade his research skills.”

Following were a series of physical attributes and mastered skills. For the sake of not flooding this with too much information, Song Jian didn’t list them all. If he did, this chapter could end here.

“Expert Level Nine Engineering Manufacturing?” Song Jian’s eyes lit up as he looked at Dr. Ebsiting like he was looking at a sparkling diamond.

As everyone knows, the level of life professions can’t be enhanced using skill points, they must be accumulated through proficiency. Initially, all life skills start at level one, then gradually improved to level two, three, and so forth up to level five. After reaching level nine, then only one could be a novice, further splitting into nine levels. After breaching level nine, there would be an improvement to intermediate, after intermediate level nine is senior.

After senior level nine, then it’s expert. After expert level nine, it’s master, grandmaster, great grandmaster, and after great grandmaster it’s divine level.

All of Song Jian’s life skills are still below novice. He didn’t know when he would be promoted to novice. Hence, one could imagine how high Dr. Ebsiting’s Expert Level Nine standing was.

“Dr. Ebsiting, can you craft the T-11 High-explosive Grenade now?” Song Jian asked expectantly.

Dr. Ebsiting gave Song Jian a look and said somewhat irritably: “The T-11 High-explosive Grenade was devised by me. What do you think, can I make it? And recently, I have developed a T-X High-explosive Grenade which is five times more potent than the T-11. However, to use this kind of grenade, you need to have a Throwing Skill of at least level 10!”

“Level 10 Throwing Skill?” Song Jian couldn’t help but gasp. The only skill he had at level 10 was his innate skill “Thick-skinned”, which required a lot of skill points.

The Throwing Skill was a basic passive skill, and he could learn it just by throwing a few stones, but Song Jian hadn’t put much effort into exercising this ability, so his Throwing Skill was only at level one.

“High-explosive grenades are consumable and not considered weapons, so they won’t be subject to the 80% power reduction limit. If I could get a large batch of these grenades, my leveling speed would definitely soar!” Song Jian thought to himself.

“Here’s the list of materials needed to craft the T-X High-explosive Grenade. As long as you can collect all these materials, 1 can make it for you. In this city, it’s the best for leveling.” Dr. Ebsiting directly handed a list to Song Jian.

Song Jian looked it over. Compared with the T-11 High-explosive Grenade, there were only two or three more materials, so he nodded and put the material list in his bag.

“Doctor, what about other weapons besides high-explosive grenades? Such as firearms, rocket launchers, missiles, etc. Can you make nuclear bombs?” Song Jian asked, his eyes shining.

“I’m a Ph.D. in Physics and Materials, not in Weapon Manufacturing or Weapon Research, I am ignorant in the field of weapon development. 1 know the principle of making nuclear bombs, but to expect me to produce a nuclear bomb by myself is a pipe dream, humph!” Dr. Ebsiting looked a bit unhappy, gave Song Jian a penetrating look and said.

“Hehe, well okay, doctor, 1 apologize…” Song Jian said sheepishly, shrugging his shoulders.

Seeing Song Jian’s good attitude, Dr. Ebsiting’s face relaxed a lot. After hesitating a little, he said, “Actually, I have also done some research on space science, like spatial equipment, for instance. If there are materials, 1 can make them.”