LRAB Chapter 137, Chapter 1: From the Night Before Liberation
Chapter 137, Chapter 1: From the Night Before Liberation
The dark red car body tore through the night, and the roar of the engine sounded particularly lonely on the boundless Gobi Desert.
There were only two of them, so they shouldn't be too attractive to the supernatural, so Xu Si wasn't too worried.
Jiang Li, who was in the passenger seat, had fallen into a deep sleep at some point, and the bumps in the vehicle seemed to have no effect on her.
The warm yellow light illuminating her profile softened her androgynous beauty.
Xu Si took out the [Time Sandbox] and looked at it again and again. This guy had spent all of his nearly 100,000 purification points and still only had one characteristic.
Xu Si grew angrier the more he thought about it, and really wanted to throw him out of the car window, but fortunately he still had some sense of reason.
In the end, he couldn't bear to throw away the Time Sandbox.
Holding the strangely textured, dark gold cube that seemed to be filled with invisible sand, Xu Si felt like crying.
That's 100,000 purification points...
And this is what I got in return?
Is it a loss?
It's hard to say; we'll just have to see what surprises this "Time Sandbox" will bring.
His gaze fell on the [Time Sandbox] again. The characteristics of the Time Cage left him completely bewildered. This was the first time he had ever seen such a strange drop with only one characteristic.
[Strange Drop Detected: Time Sandbox]
[Item Trait: Time Cage]
[Compatible with Upgrade Option 1: Timewalker Sequence Awakening Potion]
[Estimated Purification Points Consumption: 1000]
[Upgrade Option 2: Curious Item - Temporary Badge]
[Description: Where has the time gone? A temporary badge might give you the answer!]
[Estimated Purification Points Consumption: 5000]
Upgrading only cost 3700, but this thing costs 5000. It's no wonder it's a bizarre level 4 drop.
Xu Si had a premonition that this was at least a rare item worth within the thousand, and if the price was reasonable, he could barely accept it.
Xu Si gritted his teeth. It's just flowers, he'll just give them to him properly this time.
Upgrade the Time Sandbox to a Temporary Badge.
Xu Si silently recited in his heart.
[Purification Points -5000, Remaining Purification Points: 3170]
Estimated time: 45 minutes
He exhaled softly and tossed the [Time Sandbox] in his hand into the storage compartment beside him.
As for the [Time Ring] I'm wearing, I'll see if I can upgrade both of these wondrous items together later.
He mainly wanted to see what the cost of the [temporary badge] was.
If the cost is acceptable, prioritize upgrading the [Time Badge].
If the cost is similar to that of the [Ring of Time], then he has truly suffered a huge loss.
Xu Si mentally replayed everything that had happened in the mine ruins.
He was too aggressive. If it weren't for the system, he might have been dealt with by the level 4 bizarre mental interference as soon as he went down.
Wu Yue and Cui Daoxuan were clearly more cunning and shrewd.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Wu Yue retreated without hesitation. Even though he was the one who cared the most about the [Time Sandbox], he still retreated directly.
Cui Daoxuan didn't send his real body down at all; all those who did were puppets. Both of them had strong goals and a strong drive to act.
As for Wang Yanhua, he's a complete madman. He neither retreats nor stays, and he doesn't hesitate to say he'd rather die together with someone else.
Xu Si hates guys like this the most.
It's not so bad if it's bad, but it's this kind of madness, especially such complete madness.
This time he was so close to failing.
"My strength is still not enough." Xu Si gripped the steering wheel tightly, feeling unwilling.
His seemingly impressive attack that wiped out the convoy of beauties proved to be rather weak in the face of true scheming and intrigue.
He's starting to feel a bit like going back to the swamp for a spin.
He didn't care about the [Rotten Swamp Overlord] or the [Blood Mosquito] at all.
My purification points!
The car was so quiet that only the low growl of the engine and the faint wind noise could be heard.
Xu Si glanced at the [Time Sandbox] that was slowly transforming in the storage compartment, and then glanced at Jiang Li, who was curled up asleep in the passenger seat.
Her breathing was even, but her brows would occasionally furrow slightly, as if she were still uneasy in her dream.
Xu Si withdrew his gaze and focused on driving.
The distance to the guide flag is constantly decreasing; with the Conqueror's extreme speed, he can catch up in less than two days.
However, fuel may be a problem.
Even his 100-liter fuel tank couldn't withstand two days of continuous consumption, so hopefully the Conqueror could have a buffet to feast on.
The stars are sparse, and the night in the Gobi Desert is a mixture of danger and silence.
Xu Si dared not completely let his guard down.
Time passed second by second.
About half an hour later, a very faint "click" sound came from the storage compartment.
Xu Si's eyes narrowed.
The temporary badge has been upgraded.
He held the steering wheel with one hand and reached over with the other to take items out of the storage compartment.
It feels slightly heavy and cool to the touch.
It was no longer the original dark gold cube, but a matte silver-gray badge about the size of a thumbnail.
Its shape resembles an extremely simplified hourglass, with simple and unadorned lines.
[Current Oddity: Temporary Badge]
[Ranking of Oddities: 877]
【Characteristic: Brief pause】
[Description: Upon activation, it slows the flow of time for the wearer and within a 50-meter radius to one-tenth of the normal rate for 3 seconds.]
[The cost: Borrowing and repaying makes future borrowing easy—with each use, the user's "aging" rate will double within the next 24 hours.]
[Comment: It gives you three seconds, but might take you three hundred days. (Note: You're even worse than the "Nine Outs and Thirteen Returns" method!)]
Xu Si's fingers tightened slightly as he held the badge.
Ranked 877!
It truly is a rare treasure among those under a thousand!
The "Brief Stasis" ability is extremely powerful, although it requires almost a year of lifespan to gain 3 seconds.
But in critical moments, whether used to evade fatal attacks, perform precise operations, or deliver a decisive blow, it is a divine skill.
However, Xu Si felt that this price was still better than the "I have a deal with time" from the [Time Ring].
If given the choice, he would definitely choose the [temporary badge]...
However, this means that the [Temporary Badge] can only be used as a trump card. Each use will reduce his lifespan by one year, which is unbearable even for someone with a system!
The system won't extend its lifespan!
After weighing his options, he finally gripped the badge tightly in his palm.
Worth it!
As for the [Time Ring]...
Xu Si glanced at the sapphire blue, strangely shaped ring on his right index finger.
He tried issuing a command to the system in his mind: "System, upgrade the [Time Ring] and [Temporary Badge] to be compatible."
[Anomaly detected: Time Ring (ranked 752)]
[An unusual item detected: Temporary Badge (Rank 877)]
[Can be upgraded through fusion, estimated purification points required: 1500]
[Upgrade?]
Thinking of the qualitative change that might occur after the fusion, he gritted his teeth and made a decisive statement.
"Yes"
Purification Points: -1500, Remaining Purification Points: 1670
Very well, back to square one overnight.
Xu Si glanced at his remaining 1670 purification points and felt a pang of regret.
Xu Si placed both strange objects in the groove of the armrest box and then ignored them.