Chapter 46 Upgradable Equipment
John's hand just gripped the necklace when some information about this necklace appeared in his mind.
"Novice Meditation Oasis (Upgradable): Natural mental recovery speed +25%. Novice Meditation Exchange (Upgradable): Absorb magic crystals to replenish mental power, exchange rate 1 unit of mental power = 5 basic units of magic crystal."
Seeing the attributes of this necklace, John was ecstatic; it was as if Lady Luck had smiled upon him. Just a few hours ago, John had depleted his mental power and had not recovered even a quarter of it. Both professions were unable to use skills, and he was afraid of mismanaging his mental power again, affecting his physical condition.
Now, with this necklace, restoring his mental power would be much easier. Not only could it increase the recovery speed, but it could also absorb magic crystals for replenishment.
In other words, as long as he had magic crystals in hand, he wouldn't have to worry about the depletion of mental power!
This thing shouldn't just be white-level equipment, no matter how you look at it, right?!
In William's memory, equipment that could possess two skills were epic-grade treasures! They were items emitting golden or purple light. He had never heard of common-level equipment having two skills.
In his past life, the green-level sniper rifle William owned only had two attributes, not even a single skill! Nevertheless, that rifle had made many members of the combat team envious.
As soon as doubt arose, William calmed down and quickly noticed some anomalies.
How could the attributes of this necklace appear so precisely in his mind?
A complete quantification situation was called complete quantification, usually only mastered by professionals with very high levels of craftsmanship. Apart from that, certain exploration skills could also be used to achieve this.
However, William did not meet either of these conditions. He neither had exploration skills nor a high craftsman level. Logically speaking, such clear data should not appear.
Yet, reality had presented itself. This puzzled him greatly. After some thought, he could only explain it by considering this necklace as particularly special.
However, John increasingly felt that the reason this necklace could possess two skills might be related to the three words 'upgradable.'
He had heard some legends about upgradable equipment. Unlike career advancement, equipment upgrades required a potion called Unsealing Liquid. Some people said that these upgradable pieces of equipment were actually sealed items. To fully unleash their power, they needed to be unsealed with Unsealing Liquid.
Unsealing Liquid was very rare and precious. Even the most common type was only found in level five or higher roulette spins. In the past, they were basically priceless; even if some occasionally appeared, they were not something ordinary people could obtain. Most of them were manufactured by professionals like apothecaries and alchemists, with varying quality. Whether the equipment could be unsealed depended on the buyer's luck.
Of course, besides Unsealing Liquid, there was a scroll specifically for upgrading equipment levels, but that was even harder to obtain than Unsealing Liquid.
It seemed that this equipment fell into the category of upgradable equipment. To upgrade them, he needed precious Unsealing Liquid or equipment upgrade scrolls. The upgrade difficulty was very high, which was why they were classified as white-level equipment.
William estimated that if this equipment were upgraded to the highest level, it would definitely be epic or even legendary-grade equipment!
As for now, although this equipment was good, it didn't provide as much help to the wearer as imagined.
The Novice Meditation Oasis was a passive skill that, combined with his mental recovery speed, increased by twenty-five percent, which wasn't much. After completely depleting his mental power, it would take about twenty hours to fully recover naturally. With this passive skill, it would reduce by five hours, which was neither a lot nor a little.
As for the other active skill, Novice Meditation Exchange, after testing it, William was somewhat disappointed.
William still had six first-level magic crystals in hand. He tried to use these crystals to exchange for some mental power using the Novice Meditation Exchange. What he confirmed was that a first-level magic crystal was indeed a basic unit of magic crystal, and its value was fixed. One first-level magic crystals were equal to one unit of basic magic crystal.
In other words, five basic units of magic crystal equaled five First-level Magic Crystals, which could restore one point of mental power.
And how much total mental power did John have now? Based on his experience, he estimated it to be around two hundred points. To restore his mental power from zero to full, he would need a whopping one thousand First-level Magic Crystals!
How many magic crystals did he and the three women, Candice, Natalie, and Lucy, manage to obtain with great effort?! Just around seven hundred! Even if they used all these magic crystals, it wouldn't be enough to replenish his depleted mental power to full capacity.
However, the benefits brought by these seven hundred magic crystals in another way were three bottles of One-Star Evolution Potions, five bottles of immunity potions, a metal shield, and this emerald green necklace.
Compared to the items obtained from the roulette, choosing to use magic crystals to restore mental power was evidently very inefficient, with a low cost-benefit ratio.
No wonder this equipment, which possessed one passive and one active skill, was only white-level. The two skills were somewhat useless, especially the active skill, where the cost and benefits were not proportional.
Nevertheless, William had lived through the apocalypse once before. Although he currently considered this equipment merely decent, if it were truly upgraded to a higher level and his secondary profession also made significant progress, then exchanging magic crystals for mental power and applying it to craftsman manufacturing might still be profitable.
He put on the necklace, letting it automatically restore his mental power. Even though the recovery was minimal, it was still useful. Fortunately, the design of the necklace was quite neutral, making it easier for William to accept.
This time, they had obtained quite a lot of good things from the roulette, which could be considered a big harvest. Although they were just elementary immunity potions and One-Star Evolution Potions, in the early stages of the apocalypse, the value of these items was extremely high. Not to mention anything else, just the immunity potions alone were worth a considerable sum, and many people were willing to pay a hefty price for them.
The three women stared at William intently, making him feel like they were cute little dogs waiting for their master to feed them. Ironically, the real dog, Pill, showed no interest in these potions and had already run off to find something to eat in another part of the supermarket.
Each person received a bottle of immunity potion first, which was then injected into the body to develop antibodies. As long as the situation wasn't extremely dire, they were basically not afraid of being scratched or bitten by zombies, ensuring a basic level of protection.
No one wanted to turn into those dirty, bloodthirsty monsters, especially women who were very concerned about their appearance. After injecting the immunity potion into the three women, even Lucy, who had never liked William, cast a grateful look at him.
The remaining bottle of immunity potion was naturally taken by John for later use in exchange for other useful items.
However, after injecting the immunity potion, a problem arose. How to divide the three bottles of One-Star Evolution Potions?
