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Chapter 291: Self-destructing Robot

Chapter 291: Chapter 291: Self-destructing Robot

Translator: 549690339

The Auction House, an addition from this game update, was designed exclusively for players.

Before players, also known as God’s chosen ones as per the game’s NPCs, appeared, there were no auction houses in rhe entire game world.

The Auction House is a convenient place where players can post items they no longer need. All players in Doomsday City can see these items; this is much more convenient than previous street vending.

However, selling items in the Auction House incurs a 5% listing fee, so the prices of the items listed are generally quite high.

Upon hearing the term “Auction House)” Song Jian became greatly interested. He could sell items to NPCs in various locations via the radio station, but this was highly inconvenient as it incurs hefty postage fees. It wasn’t nearly as convenient as the Auction House.

With this in mind, Song Jian couldn’t sit still. He immediately stood up, got on his motorbike, and sped off toward the Auction House.

Arriving at the Auction House, Song Jian found it to be a place similar to a “Doomsday Supermarket.” The surrounding area was quite empty, no monsters dared to approach this place, the area within a five-hundred-meter radius was devoid of danger.

Inside the Auction House, Song Jian realized many items were listed by “anonymous¹¹ sellers. It seemed many didn’t want others to know what items they had put up for sale.

The Doomsday City game had been opened for some time now, and players had accumulated a lot of Doomsday Coins. Some war leagues had even collected a considerable amount of funds. Through the Auction House, the prices of everything were gradually returning to normal instead of being undervalued like before.

if players were to vend like before, not only would the customer base be narrow, but they would also easily attract unwanted attention. This led to many players keeping high-quality equipment, they couldn’t use, in their storage instead of selling them.

After browsing the items available in the Auction House (none of which were cheap), Song Jian’s original plan to buy low and sell high through the radio station was shattered.

Song Jian listed all the items he didn’t need in his storage and then began searching for the items he did need. He was on the lookout for new equipment and skills.

Soon enough, Song Jian found a diagram for engineering machinery. The starting price was 300 Doomsday Coins and had risen to 370. The buyout price was just 500 coins, and without hesitation, Song Jian bought it at this price.

“Engineering Blueprint: Self-destructing Robot; Use this to learn how to create the Self-destructing Robot. Usage requirement: Engineering Level 1. Self-destructing Robot: Once a target is locked, the robot will automatically initiate a suicidal attack, causing 250 points of explosion damage. The robot’s defense rate is 100 points, and it will automatically explode once it reaches zero!”

After directly buying the blueprint, it immediately appeared in Song Jian’s inventory. As he was about to put it to use, he remembered Dr. Ebsiting. Maybe he needed this blueprint more, and anything that needed to be crafted in the future could just be handed to him.

“As a leader, 1 should focus more on other things. I can delegate things like siege machinery and medicine production to my followers!” Song Jian thought to himself.

However, he soon realized that skills like the Medicine Gathering Skill and Mining Skill still needed to be leveled up to ensure he could gather materials efficiently when needed.

He kept the two lists Dr. Ebsiting needed in his inventory, so that he would be able to collect the items as soon as he came across them.

He put the blueprint back into his inventory and continued searching in the Auction House.

Soon, Song Jian found two swordsmanship manuals. Both were low-grade quality and extremely overpriced, with only a few bidding on them.

“Sweeping Sword Style (Active), level 1. Skill effect: Causes 110% basic physical damage to the target after use. This skill can be released three times in a row, with damage to the target increased by 10% each time. Cooldown: 60 seconds; Equipment requirement: Sword.”

“Sword Shadow Step (Active), level 1. Skill effect: After use, users transform into a shadow, with a 30% increase in movement speed and a 50% chance to dodge ranged damage. Duration: 7 seconds; Cooldown: 3 minutes; Skill consumption: 10 Spirit Points. Equipment requirement: Sword.¹¹

These two skills were both applicable to his Main Quest, and were fortuitous finds for Song Jian.

Song Jian’s Main Quest was currently 90% complete as he already had nine swordmanship skills, and he only needed one more to complete the Main Quest.

However, after the update, whether he completed the Main Quest or not, he could freely exit the game, and the in-game time passed at a certain ratio to real-world time. Eight hours in the real world equated to one month in the game world. Only eleven days had passed in the game, and there was still plenty of time left for Song Jian to find the last swordmanship skill.

And with these two new skills mastered, Song Jian’s strength had increased, making it easier to deal with level fifteen monsters.

After spending more than an hour in the Auction House without finding any more needs, Song Jian shook his head and returned to his Manor Castle.

He pushed open the door to the Sub-castle and quickly walked into Dr.

Eb siting’s laboratory. The doctor was conducting an experiment that Song Jian couldn’t understand and looked very focused.

After a long time, there was a soft shattering sound from the experiment table. Dr. Ebsiting took a deep breath, grabbed a few biscuits from near the table, stuffed them into his mouth, and lay down on a chair, resting with closed eyes.

It seemed the experiment had failed and Dr. Ebsiting wasn’t in a good mood.

“Doctor, I’d like to give you a present. 1 hope you will like it!” Song Jian carefully walked up to the doctor, took out the machinery blueprint and handed it to him.

Dr. Ebsiting managed to swallow the biscuits with difficulty and glanced at the blueprint in Song Jian’s hand.

“Self-destructing Robot? 1 lost interest in this primitive toy when I was nine…’¹ Dr. Ebsiting commented coldly, then closed his eyes to rest and cogitate again. Song Jian’s hand holding the blueprint froze instantly. He hadn’t expected this outcome.

“How silly of me! He’s a Master Level character, how could he be interested in such a basic blueprint?” Song Jian chastised himself.

“But does this mean he won’t make any low-level items for me in the future?” A thought suddenly popped into Song Jian’s mind.

“With his abilities now, the materials he requires for crafting will surely be of high-grade just like those two lists he gave me, still untouched in my inventory. But he refuses to craft the easy-to-collect low-grade goods. So, what’s his use to me currently?” Song Jian scowled at Dr. Ebsiting, his face turning grim.