Chapter 35: First Synthesis and the Secret of the System

"Xiao Da, did you buy the fish?"

Zhai Da carried a fish, and there were faint bloodstains in the milky white bag.

"Bought it."

"Why so long? Did you run to the internet cafe?"

"This fish has strong vitality and is hard to kill."

Today is Sunday, Zhai Da's only day off, and also the day Lu Wei comes for dinner.

Last night, 【Old Man】 and 【Girl】 combined their swords, and the learning efficiency was extremely high. Unknowingly, he studied until after one o'clock.

As soon as he got up this morning, he was sent by Ms. Yu to buy fish.

The vegetable market is not far, just one intersection away, but walking into the old vegetable market, he suddenly felt that he might be able to try to find "special items," so he strolled around inside three times, delaying some time.

Didn't expect to really have a harvest.

This harvest is currently wrapped in a black plastic bag, hidden in his pocket.

Zhai Da entered the kitchen and handed the fish to Yu Xiaoli: "Sea bass, picked the biggest one."

Yu Xiaoli nodded and prepared to take it, but at this moment, the fish, which had been dead all the way and should have had Meng Po soup in its mouth, suddenly jumped violently. The force was so great that the plastic bag made a tearing sound.

"Ah!"

"Holy crap!!"

Zhai Da was so scared that he threw the fish away.

Brother, are you for real? I was just joking!

The internal organs were all watched by the boss being taken out! Fish scaring people really scares people to death!

Yu Xiaoli immediately squatted down, hand up and knife down, the kitchen knife directly chopped down through the bag. The damage of the zombie sea bass completely overflowed, and it began to count down again.

Yu Xiaoli had lingering fears: "Scared me to death!"

Zhai Da looked at his mom's squatting and chopping action, thinking to himself that you are also quite scary.

After all, it was only ten centimeters away from his toes.

"Alright, go out, don't add chaos. Xiao Lu should arrive at 12 o'clock, you go to the entrance of the residential area to pick her up in a while."

Zhai Da nodded and returned to his room first.

Closing the door, he took out the black plastic bag in his pocket.

Because it was a bit dirty, he wrapped it very tightly. After opening it layer by layer, inside was a... iron lump.

"Congratulations to the host, discovered white special item 【Tin Core Weight】: Relying on it, Old Wang earned three houses in the county..."

"Ownership status: Owned, Activated."

"Equipment effect: When holding this item, reduce the probability of lies and small actions being exposed."

"Remark: A weight cannot weigh the human heart, but cast iron can wrap a black heart."

Zhai Da weighed the weight in his hand. The black cast iron shell had rust, and the weight was very heavy. It was difficult for ordinary people to feel the difference, but he later tested it with a fair scale in the market. It was marked as one kilogram, but it was actually only 700 grams...

According to the system, the core inside is "tin."

When Zhai Da proposed to buy this weight, the vegetable vendor was quite vigilant, and he spent nearly half an hour grinding his lips.

However, now that everyone in the market has switched to electronic scales, the other party obviously has new tools for committing crimes, and the weight hasn't been used for more than a year. Zhai Da said he liked to collect old objects, and finally bought it for 50 yuan.

And silently blocked the other party's vegetable stall.

If he hadn't learned in the conversation that the market fair officer was the other party's uncle, he would have reported it high or low.

And compared to this 【Equipment】 that seemed to have no great use, another thing was more important to Zhai Da.

Because the number of equipment is currently small, on the way back, he tried to synthesize with all existing items, and actually one got a success prompt.

But because it was the first synthesis, Zhai Da was more cautious and didn't do it rashly on the road, but waited until this time.

In his own room, Zhai Da confirmed that the door was locked again, and then pulled the curtains.

Closed his eyes and opened the system interface.

The content inside is very concise. Except for being able to view past message records, there is only an 【Equipment List】.

But when he called out in his heart, he could open a "synthesis interface."

"Please drag the 【Equipment】 you want to synthesize into the interface."

Light blue text appeared on the interface.

Zhai Da operated the formula he had tried just now again.

【Tin Core Weight】 and... 【Clown Love Letter】.

"Detecting synthesis path... path exists, synthesize?"

Straightforward text, straightforward content.

He had always had a question, that is, in what form will "equipment synthesis" appear and be reflected?

You know, every piece of equipment exists in reality, not an icon and a piece of data in the game. How can two items become one? How does the system interfere with reality?

It was precisely because of the unknown that Zhai Da didn't dare to click confirm on the road.

Looked around, Zhai Da confirmed that his room was absolutely "private," and then took a deep breath and clicked confirm.

"Preparing for synthesis... please place all material equipment in a real space without observers..."

Zhai Da was stunned... no observers? Does it mean no one sees it?

There is no one else in this room... let alone a camera.

But more than ten seconds passed, and the system prompt still repeated the same content. Zhai Da reacted...

Wouldn't he also be an observer?

He vaguely remembered some scientific concepts from his past life... or sci-fi concepts, but after all, he was just a lucky copywriter, and he had only heard a few fragments of this aspect.

Mixed among countless short videos of young ladies.

So Zhai Da pondered for a moment, and placed the 【Clown Love Letter】, which was folded into the shape of an amulet, together with the 【Tin-wrapped Weight】 on the table.

And then got up and left his room.

The moment the door closed, the system prompt indeed appeared with new content.

"Detected that the environment meets the requirements... synthesis is about to proceed, please do not destroy the environment or observe without authorization..."

"Shielding fluctuations, collapsing reality... cleaning up traces..."

"Synthesis complete."

The whole process was extremely fast, only one or two seconds, so fast that Zhai Da felt that this was not the time spent on "synthesis," but the time he spent reading the text...

Collapse... sure enough, it was very similar to some things he had heard in his past life, but he couldn't say exactly what it was.

This system, how is it a bit different from the "nothingness" and "completely idealistic" in imagination... with a bit of a technological flavor?

Zhai Da couldn't describe it.

Quantum technology changes reality?

No sound, no special effects, let alone any brilliant light... the first synthesis ended so plainly.

Zhai Da carried doubts and pushed open the door.

Everything seemed to have no change...

Except on the table, a... special deck of cards appeared...

Zhai Da stood a few meters away, looking at the new equipment... a fold line extended from it, pointing to a text box that only existed in Zhai Da's eyes.

And that line... was green.

Zhai Da widened his eyes... wouldn't that mean...

"Congratulations to the host, synthesized green equipment 【Clown Poker】: Made of tin alloy, tough and elastic."

"Ownership: Owned, Activated (Partial)."

"Equipment effect 1: When held, slightly increase sense of humor."

"Equipment effect 2: When held, lies, magic, tricks, and love words are not easily exposed."

"Special effect → Spotlight (Unsealed): Clowns always have a strong sense of presence and can attract people's attention, allowing you to perform some small actions."

"High-level equipment needs to complete unsealing tasks to obtain full effects."

"Unsealing task: Perform ten close-up magic tricks without being exposed."

"Remark: Flexible fingers can maximize its effect."

Zhai Da picked up the clown poker, it was heavy in his hand...

To be precise... about 700 grams...

Far exceeding the weight a deck of cards should have.

This was Zhai Da's first synthesis of equipment. From the process to the result, it surprised him very much...

Before, he was curious about what a paper love letter and an iron lump would become when synthesized... it actually turned into metal playing cards?

And the system had follow-ups.

"Detected that the host synthesized equipment for the first time, unlocked positioning function."

"The host can now view the location of the equipment in the 【Equipment List】."

Zhai Da was stunned, opened the list, and sure enough, there was a distance display after every piece of equipment in the list.

For example, the distance of 【Clown Poker】 is 0, because it is in his hand.

【Sturdy Permanent 28-inch Bicycle】 shows a distance of 21 meters, parked in the shed downstairs.

If you "click" with your mind, a map-like interface will appear, showing the specific location.

Zhai Da nodded secretly, this function is quite practical, at least not afraid of losing things. ===== CHAPTER 36 =====