Chapter 319: Longer Than a Bank Card Number

Wait!

That's 100 units of wood!

Cheng Shuili doesn't know how many pieces per unit, but she knows the carriage absolutely can't hold it!

Cheng Shuili immediately grabbed the Taotie Furnace, with a thought she entered her territory.

Ailin and Zhou Zhuxing's office is at the territory gate, seeing the sudden appearance of a person they hadn't had time to greet, they were blocked by the sudden scene.

Only see Cheng Shuili who just appeared, the bronze small furnace in her hand suddenly burst intense light.

Next moment! Boom!

Suddenly a miniature wood mountain appeared out of thin air before their eyes!

Exactly 200 standard units of wood! Each piece shows fresh-cut light yellow wood color, clear grain, emitting refreshing natural wood fragrance.

So abruptly, neatly, instantly stacked in the open space before Cheng Shuili!

They stacked extremely high yet unusually stable; the top few logs even slightly bounced, emitting a solid "thud thud" sound.

No smoke, no debris, only the unique clean scent of wood spread, quickly filling the area.

Sunlight fell on the newly appeared wood pile, giving those smooth wood surfaces a warm luster, each appearing so standard and perfect.

Ailin slightly opened her mouth, keeping the greeting pose, but her expression was completely stunned.

Zhou Zhuxing's usual cold expression rarely cracked; she furrowed her brows, carefully looked at the pile of wood that suddenly appeared, thinking it was Cheng Shuili's doing, she inexplicably felt relieved.

And the culprit of all this, Cheng Shuili herself was stunned.

She looked at the wood mountain almost two persons high before her, then lowered her head to look at the Taotie Furnace in her hand, now calm and even somewhat cold.

Oh no... this time really got a good thing.

It's this luck... won't it all be used up here?

Cheng Shuili isn't a worrier; thinking of this is just because her thoughts happened to reach there.

She raised her head, looking at the two dumbfounded companions, her face breaking into an extremely excited, even slightly silly brilliant smile, voice trembling with excitement: "How is it? Is this magic amazing?"

That's truly amazing.

The wood stays in the territory, Cheng Shuili flashed back to the vehicle.

This way the remaining supplies are easy to handle, but the multi-function artisan workshop blueprint requires four materials; the Taotie Furnace is good, but it can only be used three times a day.

Today it's definitely impossible to make it.

If so, rather than waste the opportunity on this, it's better to produce the Abyssal Stone and Shadow Essence.

And of these two, the priority for Shadow Essence is naturally higher.

This is harder to obtain, and if Shadow Essence cannot be produced by the Taotie Furnace, Cheng Shuili would have to transmute three Abyssal Stones.

Theoretically, the Taotie Furnace can transmute anything.

But reality isn't theory; if we truly needed an amount of materials as numerous as a bank card number, where could Cheng Shuili gather enough?

She shook her head, steeling herself mentally.

Shadow Essence is obviously not a basic material like wood; Cheng Shuili prepared for possibly needing many things, but she still wanted to see, if using iron nails for transmutation, how many iron nails would be needed.

She set up the panel, selected confirm, and the next second a number appeared.

Cheng Shuili: "......"

She glanced at it briefly, said nothing else, and it was definitely longer than a bank card number.

She decisively gave up.

This means even things of roughly equal value to iron nails cannot be used.

To say what items are very expensive, Cheng Shuili still has many...

That's naturally the Designated Player Duel Card!

Cheng Shuili chose to use the Designated Player Duel Card for transmutation, and a new number appeared.

It had several fewer digits than before, but it's still completely unacceptable!

Cheng Shuili frowned, and in one go selected several more materials: energy stones, vehicle cards, and some captured weapons and equipment.

The resulting number was still huge, several digits.

Cheng Shuili fell silent. She chose to first attempt transmuting Shadow Essence precisely because she feared this situation, and indeed it happened.

Cheng Shuili's concern certainly didn't come out of nowhere.

The monster merchant said this thing needs to be planted in soil rich with shadow energy and wait for it to bear fruit; during this period the seed absorbs energy, all of which must be supplied by the Taotie Furnace, so the material consumption naturally increases.

Though reasonable, Cheng Shuili still felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her head; the hot blood that had boiled from the wood mountain was instantly drained, leaving only a cold clarity.

She slowly exhaled a turbid breath, her fingertips unconsciously rubbing the cool bronze furnace wall.

Indeed.

How could it be that simple?

If Shadow Essence, which requires a special environment and special energy to nurture, could be mass-produced easily with a pile of iron nails or a few cards, wouldn't the world's rules become a joke?

The greatness of the Taotie Furnace lies in "transmutation," not true "creation from nothing."

It is more like an extremely efficient equivalent exchange device that can cross material categories.

By taking a large amount of low-value or equal-value items, undergoing some mysterious alchemical process, they are transmuted into another designated item.

The energy level contained in Shadow Essence is too high, so the required cost is naturally an astronomical figure.

Those piles of basic materials stacked like mountains in her warehouse, in the face of such demand, instantly appear as a drop in the bucket, even somewhat laughable.

Cheng Shuili rubbed her brow, not feeling too disappointed, but rather a sense of "as expected" steadiness.

The unknown seemingly omnipotent surprise is what unsettles people most; once boundaries and rules are clear, she can instead plan and utilize with peace of mind.

She closed the Shadow Essence transmutation interface, her gaze sweeping over the remaining two uses.

Abyssal Stone?

She thought, switching the target product to Abyssal Stone.

The panel refreshed, and the number that popped up was still huge, but compared to the long string of numbers for Shadow Essence that made one dizzy, it had already been shortened by more than a little.

Although she still needed to invest valuable resources, at least it was within what she could accept.

"One unit of Shadow Essence… is equivalent to more than thirty units of Abyssal Stone?"

Cheng Shuili muttered to herself, quickly calculating in her mind, "Moreover, it seems that using high-grade items as fuel yields higher efficiency than using vast amounts of low-grade items..."

Another limitation of the Taotie Furnace also became apparent: it seems to prefer higher-quality inputs.

Using high-grade materials can significantly reduce the required quantity.

But high-grade materials, Cheng Shuili herself also lacks them.

Cheng Shuili sighed, and for the time being also gave up the idea of instantly converting Abyssal Stone.

She also received the Instance Activation Card; rather than waste so many resources, it would be better to make this trip.