Chapter 406: The Great Operation to Seal the Door

【Scroll of the Penitent (Purple)】

【Spell Strength +25 / Skill Healing Effect +50%】

【Spirituality / Qi Strength Recovery Speed +20%】

【Active Skill: Repentance】

【Designate one friendly unit to perform repentance; the designated 【Target】 gains +10 Stress, and the user gains -30 Stress.】

【Active Skill: Atonement】

【Designate one friendly unit to engage in intimate contact; the user and 【Target】 gain +15 【Desire】, Damage Modifier +35%, Critical Hit +10%.】

【"Ah... Great Goddess of Radiance Linfulei, I repent to you with all my heart. I should have destroyed that Profane painting, yet I found myself involuntarily drawn to its contents. I love your radiance, I love every inch of your body, I, I..." 【Indistinct, suppressed panting.】】

Yun Mu really couldn't hold it together anymore.

It must be said that this equipment is worthy of being associated with that God of Greed and Lust, having been upgraded all the way from the green-quality Immoral Notebook to the current purple-quality Scroll of the Penitent.

Every upgrade really does bring some new tricks.

"This equipment of yours truly pleases me..." Yun Mu took the upgraded Profane scroll from Guleiya; after the upgrade, the equipment had transformed from the appearance of a book into a piece of parchment.

The parchment was entirely stained with black dye, and the Bishop's "Repentance" was written upon it in bright red blood.

Hmm, it was indeed a repentance; at the very least, one could find no fault with the content on the scroll or the words the Bishop spoke while repenting.

The only problem was that the process of "repentance" was just a little bit wrong.

"So weird, let me look again..." "For the next blue equipment to upgrade, I'll choose the Tough Mushroom Hat, Silver Wrist, Reversing Pocket Watch, Unemployed Certificate, and..." Yun Mu paused, looking at the inventory: "Blood Shackles."

That's right, she eventually fell for it after all.

Equipment like Blood Shackles that can increase the probability of Stun is still very useful.

As for the fact that the +35% value isn't quite enough, that is also easy to solve.

Wouldn't upgrading the equipment stats by one level solve the issue of insufficient values?

She really couldn't understand what she had been thinking before, actually wanting to feed the 【Blood Shackles】 to Chester as material.

"Are we upgrading five more pieces of equipment?" Guleiya was somewhat surprised after hearing Yun Mu's words.

"Of course." Yun Mu had originally felt it was a bit extravagant, but when she saw the remaining balance of 160,000 Gold Coins in her backpack, she immediately felt that it didn't matter anymore.

Upgrading a piece of blue equipment to purple quality only costs 5,000 Gold Coins.

Five pieces of equipment would be 25,000.

She could still afford it! 【Gold Coin -25,000】

"O-okay." Guleiya took the equipment from Yun Mu, her face slightly flushed.

It seems she was in quite a good mood to be able to upgrade so many pieces of equipment.

"Let's start with this piece of equipment first!"

Guleiya placed the Tough Mushroom Hat onto the anvil and took out three materials from the room, laying them out in front of Yun Mu.

【1. Jungle Spore: A mysterious spore from the Di Xia Cong Lin, filled with rich magical energy; it emits a pale green radiance and is very conspicuous.】

【2. Chlorophyte Bar: Not a metal, but a plant stem harder than metal; it is said to be related to that Queen in the depths of the Di Xia Cong Lin.】

【3. Magic Plant: Seed of the Big-Mouth Flower: A special plant cultivated by Elf mages, capable of using magical power to swallow enemies into an extradimensional space filled with acid.】

Jungle Spore, Chlorophyte Bar, and a magic plant?

Clearly, the Jungle Spore focuses on magic-oriented enhancement, while the Chlorophyte Bar is related to defense.

As for the final magic plant, the seed of the Big-Mouth Flower?

What is this thing supposed to do?

Yun Mu inexplicably imagined the scene of Lucy wearing the Tough Mushroom Hat, with a Big-Mouth Flower growing on it, swallowing an enemy whole upon seeing them.

Ugh... better not.

"Let's use this one."

Yun Mu picked up the Chlorophyte Bar, feeling that the texture was very similar to metal, both equally cold and hard.

But the material description said that this thing is not a metal, but belongs to a type of plant.

And she could also feel the rich life force hidden within the Chlorophyte Bar.

【Tough Mushroom Hat (Blue)】 → 【Chlorophyte Helmet (Purple)】

【Chlorophyte Helmet (Purple)】

【Defense +15 / Toughness +4】

【Corrosion, Poisoning, Paralysis Resistance +60%】

【Healing Effect Received +25%】

【Passive Skill: Photosynthesis】

【Restores 8 HP to the wearer every turn.】

【Passive Skill: Rooting】

【Immune to one 【Control】 effect; can only be triggered once per turn.】

【A head protector made from Chlorophyte Bar, very hard, capable of protecting the wearer's head well. Besides this, the abundant life force within the armor will also heal its owner.】

"Not bad."

Yun Mu took the helmet from Guleiya with satisfaction; after so many upgrades, this piece of equipment finally started to look good.

The bright green metallic texture combined with the sharp, angular forged appearance made it impossible for anyone to guess that the predecessor of this equipment was a piece of junk mushroom cap snatched from a mushroom monster.

The stat bonuses were quite good, especially the 25% increase in healing effects received.

Without a doubt, this effect could synergize with the equipment's passive skill 【Photosynthesis】.

Yun Mu was looking forward to its effect.

Now then, the next piece of equipment.

Silver Wrist.

It is a blue piece of equipment that Yun Mu obtained a long time ago.

Although the skill effect is not bad, it is basically never used; most of the reason Yun Mu carries it is because of the high attribute values it adds.

And for this piece of equipment, the materials provided by Guleiya are as follows.

【1. Divine Alloy: A steel ingot with a hard texture, made after being soaked in high-concentration Holy Water and then prayed over by devout believers for one year; it has extremely high lethality against enemies with tags like 【Evil】 and 【Undead】.】

【2. Undead Curse Book: A Curse Book written by a lich from a certain Half-Plane; engraving its text onto equipment or items can distort their original attributes.】

【3. Diluted Titan Blood: Legend has it that giants nearly a hundred meters tall once walked the earth; their power was like that of gods, and with a wave of their hands, they could trigger landslides and ground fissures. However, that was a long time ago; as dragons disappeared without a trace, sightings and accounts of Titans have become increasingly rare, and now no one knows.】 The Divine Alloy is the first to be ruled out.

Now that her tag is already Evil God, continuing to strengthen the Divine attribute of this equipment is completely a thankless task.

Looking at it this way, the 【Undead Curse Book】 seems like a good choice.

The premise is, if there were no third material.

"Titan's blood?" A look of interest appeared on Yun Mu's face.

Although she has not heard the name of Titans in this world yet, before she transmigrated, the title of Titan was not something just anything could have.

In most film and television works, the so-called Titans are existences that can rival or even surpass dragons.

What would it be like in this world? And since the material to be used for strengthening now is Diluted Titan Blood, doesn't that mean the next strengthening could choose undiluted blood?

This actually aligns with what Guleiya said earlier about having a clear strengthening path.

Yun Mu asked for the opinions of Guleiya, Lucy, and Brenna again, and all received affirmative replies.

Among them, Lucy also roughly explained the concept of Titans to her.

It is about the same as what is written in the material introduction, so I will not go into too much detail here.

【Silver Wrist (Blue)】 → 【Titan Wristguard (Purple)】

【Titan Wristguard (Purple)】

【Attack Power +15 / Spell Strength +15 / Defense +15】

【Passive Skill: Titan Blood】

【Your melee skill attack speed increases by 30%, and critical hit rate increases by +10%. When you land a critical hit with this attack, you can repeat the currently cast skill; this effect can be triggered at most once per turn.】

【Active Skill: Titan Grip】

【Range 2】

【Base Accuracy 250 / Damage Modifier +40% / Spell Bonus 30%】

【120% chance to cause the enemy to be 【Imprisonment】 for one turn.】

【A powerful Titan piece of equipment! It is the dream lover of all melee professions. If I could obtain this equipment, even if it meant breaking up with my wife, I would be willing!】

Breaking up with one's wife is really unnecessary, Yun Mu looked at the last note on the Equipment Panel, speechless, and retorted.

Using Titan Grip for self-comfort after breaking up with one's wife?

It really does fit the title of "dream lover," but I don't know if, after wearing this equipment, one might accidentally, with one burst of force... cough cough, better not keep thinking about it.

Yun Mu withdrew the thoughts from her mind and began to strengthen the next piece of equipment.

Reversing Pocket Watch! A magical piece of equipment with an incredibly heaven-defying active skill, but only of blue quality.

As long as you press the button on the top of the pocket watch, it will record the current physical state, and within the next five minutes, no matter what happens, as long as you press the button on the pocket watch again, you can reset the body to its previous state.

Even death is fine! Of course, the premise is that after you die, and within five minutes of pressing the pocket watch, you press the button on the pocket watch again.

Yun Mu was looking forward to what kind of boost she would get after strengthening this piece of equipment again.

"What an amazing structure; the craftsman who made this pocket watch must be a true Master," Guleiya said with a tone of wonder after taking the pocket watch from Yun Mu's hand.

"Then, please choose the materials."

【1. Rift Crystal: A special crystal that can only be mined at entrances where space is extremely unstable or about to rupture; after processing, it can output stable spatial energy.】

【2. Ram-Ram Bug: This is a Ram-Ram Bug; it is said that as long as they are not disturbed by any outside forces, their lives are infinite. Whenever their lifespan is exhausted, the Ram-Ram Bug will revert to an embryonic state and hatch while retaining its memories. However, the Scholar who proposed this concept has not found a real Ram-Ram Bug to this day.】

【3. A Special Photograph: This is an old black-and-white photograph taken on an afternoon in the year 4210 of the Heral Calendar. According to that photographer, he fell into some kind of loop that day in a bizarre way, and only managed to escape after continuously taking the same photograph for a whole year. The Scholars at the time were very interested in what he said, but unfortunately, after research, no matter what, the photograph in the photographer's hand was just an ordinary photograph, with nothing special about it.】

These three materials are all very interesting.

Yun Mu rubbed her chin and began to ponder.

The Rift Crystal seems to be the simplest; it is just a type of crystal that appears in places of spatial turbulence.

This material seems to have nothing to do with time, but rather more to do with space; I wonder what will happen if I choose this.

Then what about the second material, the Ram-Ram Bug?

It reverts to an embryonic state whenever its lifespan is exhausted and can be reborn while retaining memories?

It sounds like it matches the effect of the 【Reversing Pocket Watch】 very well.

As for the last material, that special photograph... it seems to be related to loops. The introduction says that the photographer looped back and forth in the same period of time for a whole year before getting out, but the Scholars studied the photograph and found nothing? Is there a possibility that what was special was not the photograph, but the photographer? But since this photograph can serve as a strengthening material, it means the photograph must have some special aspects.

It is just that the Scholars couldn't discover them.

After thinking about it, Yun Mu still chose option three, that special old photograph.

Actually, she had originally intended to choose that Ram-Ram Bug, but after seeing the big white bug slowly wriggling on the tray Guleiya took out, she finally gave up.

Ugly, reject; better to choose the photograph.

【Reversing Pocket Watch (Blue)】 → 【Reversal Compass (Purple)】

【Spell Strength +10 / Focus +2】

【Passive Skill: Timing】

【When you carry this item with you, you can accurately perceive the current time, and the error will not exceed 0.3 microseconds at most.】

【Active Skill: Stop】

【Press the button on the top of the pocket watch to record the current physical state of the wearer. Pressing the pocket watch again or after the time exceeds five minutes, the wearer will return to the state they were in when the pocket watch was pressed.】

【Active Skill: Loop】

【Press the button on top of the pocket watch twice in succession to record time within a ten-meter radius centered on the wearer. Press the button twice again within ten minutes, and time will rewind to the recorded moment.】

【Note: This skill can be used at most once per day.】

【Let time reverse!】

Huh? What kind of save-scumming superhero is this? Yun Mu looked at the skill effects of the Reversal Compass in great surprise.

Not to mention the timing, it's no different from before.

The key points are Stop and Loop.

Compared to before, when she had to press the pocket watch again within five minutes to restore her state, Yun Mu will now recover even if she doesn't press the button after five minutes have passed.

And the newly added active skill, Loop, is even more monstrous.

Pressing the button on the pocket watch twice in succession can actually record the time in the surrounding area? Although the ten-meter radius is a bit small, if used reasonably, it still has quite a lot of potential.

This is like a save-game skill; although there are quite a few restrictions and it might be discovered by the parties involved afterward, it doesn't matter.

These minor side effects don't affect the fact that this is a god-tier skill at all.

(End of chapter)