Chapter 161: Shocking! Rare Design Blueprints!
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Su Mo had never seen a design blueprint that was higher than perfect quality before.
However, upon seeing the blueprints emitting a mysterious glow in the three people’s hands, Su Mo was stunned!
What?
Since when did design blueprints of this quality become as common as cabbages that three people could have it at once?
Before Su Mo could continue speaking, the person closest to him had already dashed over. He stood by the little store window and stared at the pancakes inside, his face full of emotion.
“Almighty Su, I’ve got a perfect-quality design blueprint. Look, I don’t know how much it’s worth, but you can just give me a good estimate!”
After speaking, the man was not even wary of the fact that Su Mo might just take the design blueprint and run off as he simply handed it in, placing it on the table by the window.
Sitting at the table, Su Mo forcefully suppressed the emotions in his heart as he watched the blueprint drift in. He forced himself to control his expression and started to a.s.sess the design blueprint on his table to see what mystery it held.
[Explosives Design Blueprint (Perfect)]
[Description: This design blueprint can be used directly, or can be input into a machine tool for production. The better the materials, the better the explosives produced. The highest level limit: Perfect]
[Limitation: Level 2 shelter and above]
[Resale price: 50 Disaster Points]
“Alright! I’ll take this perfect design blueprint.” Sitting inside the shop, Su Mo picked up the fine iron electric spear beside him and smacked it hard on the table, causing a loud bang.
The man outside was also taken aback, but although his mind wanted to retreat in fear, his body was very honest. He remained standing by the window, eyes still unwaveringly fixed on the pancakes piled into a small mountain.
“For this design blueprint, I can give you 3 pancakes, as well as… Hang on.”
After saying this, Su Mo put the design blueprint down on the table and turned around. He walked out of the ruins, opened the storage s.p.a.ce of the Earth Tiger, and took out the preserved carp.
Quickly returning to the secret trading realm, he sat at the table and pulled out three large pancakes along with a two-and-a-half catty carp. He slammed it down onto the table and pushed it forward.
“F*ck me… A carp!”
“He traded a rubbish design blueprint for three pancakes and a fish. What a steal!”
“This old boy Dong Yi is much too lucky. This design blueprint was what he found in a random wasteland treasure chest. Why don’t I have this kind of luck?”
Seeing the “three large sums” as well as the carp that Su Mo had laid out, Dong Yi was also a little confused.
However, in the next second, when he saw Su Mo smile and nod, he instantly grabbed the pancakes and carp ecstatically as he moved backward, eyes vigilant.
Still, although the people around him were envious, under the deterrence of the rules, n.o.body dared to risk it all to try and s.n.a.t.c.h it.
“Two, no, one pancake for a weapon. Don’t come if you’re not in the ranks, first come first served.”
Just after he returned to the little shop and was a.s.sured of his safety, Dong Yi was also very clever and started a reselling business, managing to attract a few nearby people to go over and ask about the price.
“Almighty Su, I have a perfect quality design blueprint here too!”
The one trading this time was a girl whose face was covered in soot. She timidly pa.s.sed the blueprint inside, eyes staring closely at Su Mo’s expression.
Without changing his expression, Su Mo lowered his head and swept his gaze over the blueprint. Its properties popped out in the next moment.
[K2-Portable Anti-tank Rocket Launcher (Perfect)]
[Description: The Portable Anti-tank Rocket Launcher, commonly known as “RPG”, is a portable anti-tank weapon that primarily fires armor-piercing warheads. The design blueprint includes a complete launcher design and also contains three different rocket missile specifications for production. It is one of the must-have legendary items for traveling or staying at home.]
[Limitation 1: Needs to be input into the corresponding machine tool before it can be used. It cannot be directly added to the creation function.]
[Limitation 2: Level 3 shelter and above]
[Resale price: 80 Disaster Points]
“Rocket missiles? RPG?” Seeing the blueprint before him, Su Mo’s face did not show it, but there was a stormy sea raging in his heart.
It really was the case of someone giving him a pillow when he felt sleepy. (T/N: A saying that means that everything is going smoothly)
After repairing the machine tool, he had lost all of Magoo’s design blueprints, but now he had gained two blueprints that could be directly input into it, largely expanding the machine tool’s creation scope.
Especially equipment as convenient and powerful as the RPG. It was a legendary item of the early days. As long as he could produce a few dozen of them, never mind thousands of kobolds, even if there were ten thousand of them, Su Mo would not be afraid at all!
“I accept! I’ll accept yours as well! However, there are many limitations, so the price won’t be too high!”
Although he really wanted to accept it immediately, Su Mo decided to keep the price down and save his reserves for purchasing other things later on.
Hearing Su Mo say this, the girl was still willing and simply said, “As long as you accept it, Almighty Su, no matter what price you offer, I’ll sell it!”
Nodding his head, for this blueprint, Su Mo flawlessly bought it with the same price of three large pancakes and a three-catty carp.
Upon seeing a price that was even higher than the previous design blueprint, the girl, who had thought Su Mo would drive a very hard bargain, smiled broadly, the corners of her mouth upturned as she carried all these supplies and swiftly fled into her own little shop.
Having consecutively collected two perfect-quality blueprints, Su Mo was extremely pleased. After putting them into the storage s.p.a.ce with unusual importance, his gaze turned to the silent, golden-haired and blue-eyed boy standing at the window.
“Mr. Su Mo, you’re the most powerful in the wasteland. You’re the savior of mankind, and you have the strongest shelter in history. You are a bright light, s.h.i.+ning through the darkness of my heart… You are…”
The blond boy’s face was nervous. After a full half-minute of gus.h.i.+ng starstruck praise, he saw Su Mo’s eyebrows furrow and hastily said, “I have a rare-quality design blueprint; I hope that I can sell it for a good price!”
Having said this, the blond boy immediately handed his design blueprint over, staring openly at the supplies inside and not knowing what to say.
“If it’s rare, it’s rare. Why so mysteri… F*ck me! Rare!”
Just a moment ago, Su Mo’s thoughts had still been wandering as he considered the spectacular scene of dozens of RPGs shooting at the kobold castle.
The next second, upon hearing the word ‘rare’, Su Mo could not react initially until he saw the property panel pop out. He was utterly shocked!
Rare? What a notion!
Even though the shelter had developed to its current extent, there was only the gla.s.s on the ventilation duct that was a rare item.
Later on, rare items seemed to have become extinct, becoming even more difficult to find.
Now, suddenly seeing a rare design blueprint before his eyes, no matter how well Su Mo controlled his expression, he still revealed a trace of shock!
Eagerly, Su Mo picked up the design blueprint and carefully evaluated it.
[Mini Destroyer Blueprint (Rare)]
[Description: The destroyer is a multi-purpose wars.h.i.+p. Equipped with a variety of weapons such as anti-air, anti-submarine, and naval combat weapons, not only can it undertake the function of defense against aerial a.s.saults, but it can also take on multiple missions such as medium to long-distance journeys and maritime rescues.]
[Creation: After using the design blueprint, players can obtain a memory transmission and automatically deepen their understanding of the destroyer creation process in their nighttime slumber. At the same time, they will get the opportunity to learn basic mechanical, wars.h.i.+p, and weapon knowledge.]
[Limitation 1: If the technology and materials are insufficient, the corresponding vessel can be made by imitating the wars.h.i.+p blueprint. If the imitation exceeds 50%, a bonus special ability property can be obtained. If the imitation exceeds 70%, bonus kits containing three, five, or seven parts, can be obtained. If the imitation exceeds 90%, it can be treated as a wars.h.i.+p structure.]
[Limitation 2: Level 4 shelter and above]
[Limitation 3: Requires 1000 Disaster Points to use]
[Limitation 4: Consumes one disaster count upon use]
[Resale price: 500 Disaster Points]
“Ss… A destroyer! Heavens, can someone even make something like this?”
Looking at the image of the destroyer on the blueprint, Su Mo thought of the Type-42 destroyer—also known as the “Sheffield” destroyer—for some reason.
This type of destroyer had powerful firepower and was the representative medium-sized guided-missile destroyer. As long as such a s.h.i.+p traveled the sea, it was unbeatable!
“Basic mechanical, wars.h.i.+p, and weapon knowledge are included too. I have to buy this blueprint!”
After seeing this basic knowledge, Su Mo did not even think twice and decided to adopt the strategy of obtaining this design blueprint no matter what the cost.
Knowledge was the most important thing in the middle to later stages!
In Su Mo’s eyes, this design blueprint, even if it was a finished destroyer, was far inferior to this basic knowledge before it could be created.
As long as he could grasp this knowledge even vaguely, in the wasteland, Su Mo could use this “profound” knowledge that far surpa.s.sed regular people’s and extend his lead ahead of these people.
Having settled on this idea, Su Mo did not observe any longer. He cleared his throat and slowly said, “This design blueprint… It needs 1000 points, a level 4 shelter, one more upgrade, and it has too many limitations…”
“Also, this destroyer, in the current absence of an a.s.sembly line, the materials required must be an astronomical figure. I’m afraid that it won’t be possible to complete it before I die.”
“However, this isn’t the biggest reason. Most importantly, there’s no sea right now. Where can I go with this!”
Upon pointing out the most awkward issue now and seeing the embarra.s.sment on the golden-haired boy’s face, the corners of Su Mo’s mouth pulled into a smile.
In a trade, using poor information to good use could form this “perspective altering” effect.
Before everyone knew there would be a flood in the future, forming a sea, any idea involving a s.h.i.+p was worthless in everyone’s eyes.
This was also part of the reason why Su Mo had patiently not announced the news of the disaster!
It was all to collect this steal of a deal at this moment!
“Mr. Su Mo, I know that this design blueprint has too many limitations, so I want to sell it based on its worth of 500 Disaster Points. What do you think?”
Hearing this man’s words, Su Mo glanced at him meaningfully.
Compared to the locals’ honesty, foreigners appeared craftier. In this absolute seller’s market, he still had the courage to bargain.
“Oh? What do you want to trade it for?”
“For this design blueprint, I want to trade a small amount of food, and the rest can be traded for tools and weapons that have special abilities!”
Hearing this man’s words, Su Mo—who had been sitting in the little shop—nodded. He turned and walked into the small entrance at the back to retrieve the supplies.