Chapter 333 - 252: Spellbreaker (2)

Chapter 333: Chapter 252: Spellbreaker (2)

"Yeah, of course. Go have Wu Haitao cut it for you..." Lin Fan had thought it was some serious issue, but it turned out she was just trying to fleece him. He casually agreed, then lightly tapped her on the forehead. "I explained the principle to Ye Qingzhou last time. I can tell you weren’t paying attention at all."

"Hehe..." Chu Zhaozhao giggled foolishly. Hoisting the double-headed Flying Shuttle, she hurried back toward Wu Haitao and the others, who were packing up their equipment. "Brother Wu, wait up!" she shouted as she ran. "Don’t unplug anything... I’ve got a big job for you!"

...

Listening to the SCREECHING of the cutting machine, Lin Fan sat cross-legged on the massive raw frame and took stock of the materials in his inventory.

After farming over a thousand zombies in one go yesterday, his low-level supplies and materials had gotten an epic restock. But faced with the "mythical-grade" black hole he was sitting on, it still felt like he was cutting it close.

’1,106 Scrap Metal, 418 Blades, 261 Rare Metal...’

Lin Fan mentally ran the numbers.

These were the three main materials required to forge this overpowered weapon.

If he forged it to the maximum one-ton limit using only Scrap Metal, he would need a thousand units. But then it would definitely be overweight, and the hardness of the blade edge and those... whatchamacallit... nozzles wouldn’t be sufficient.

The combustion chamber would rupture in no time.

But if he used Rare Metal for the two massive nozzles and the blade edges, his stock of just over two hundred units might not be enough.

Besides, Lin Fan’s own weapon might need repairs, and he had to set aside materials for the "freebies" Chu Zhaozhao was milking from him. With all that, his inventory was definitely stretched too thin.

Moreover, if he started forging and ran out of materials halfway through, he’d be forced to make do with substitutes or lower the weapon’s specs. The trade-off wouldn’t be worth it.

’Guess I have to get back to grinding.’

Lin Fan’s heart ached for his little stash of materials for a moment. Just then, he saw Chu Zhaozhao shuffling over, holding a black object...

In her hand, the once-imposing, double-headed Flying Shuttle, sharp and streamlined at both ends, was now just a bare handle less than twenty centimeters long.

The cuts on the bladed ends were smooth and clean. Brother Wu’s handiwork was impressive; the cuts were incredibly precise.

"You cut off the blades and just brought me back the handle!" Lin Fan rubbed his forehead as he looked at the handle she was gingerly holding out. His heart was bleeding. "Are you here to stock up on new weapons?"

"Huh? Can’t it be repaired? Did I break it?"

Seeing Lin Fan’s expression, Chu Zhaozhao’s face fell. She pouted, her big eyes instantly welling with dismay as she stood there, at a loss with the bare handle in her hand.

"It can be repaired..." Lin Fan sighed helplessly as he looked at its [18/100] durability, gritting his teeth as he confirmed the repair.

After consuming 6 Blades and 2 Scrap Metal, the handle flashed with a blue halo. In the blink of an eye, the Flying Shuttle was as good as new.

"Wow!" Chu Zhaozhao’s eyes widened at the magical sight. She happily took the weapon. "It’s really fixed! And it’s just like new!"

She reached out and felt it, her eyes suddenly lighting up as if she’d had a brilliant idea.

"Then I’ll go cut two more!"

"...You get back here! Don’t just focus on cutting them up!"

Lin Fan grabbed her by the back of the collar. Staring at his now even smaller inventory, he ordered through gritted teeth,

"You can go cut them, but as soon as you’re done, you’re coming with me to kill monsters!"

"I know, I know! I’ll kill zombies to earn back the cost!"

Chu Zhaozhao stuck out her tongue, wriggled free from Lin Fan’s grasp, and darted toward the cutting machine like a happy little bird.

Watching her retreating figure, Lin Fan shook his head helplessly.

Although the cost of the materials stung, he had to admit that Chu Zhaozhao’s Superpower, combined with the high-sharpness Flying Shuttles, made her a merciless reaping machine.

A craftsman is only as good as his tools.

The investment of a few dozen basic materials could be earned back, with interest, in minutes, as long as he pushed her to clear out a horde of zombies.

’It’s an investment. It’s for productivity...’

Lin Fan comforted himself with these thoughts as he stared at his inventory.

After she had cut off two more blade tips and gotten her main weapon repaired again, she hung everything on a steel wire Lin Fan had provided for her waist. On one side hung the four severed blade tips, while she held the double-headed Flying Shuttle in one hand. As she ran, the blades would occasionally knock against each other, sounding like a wind chime.

"Let’s go!"

Seeing that his mobile turret was ready, Lin Fan immediately pulled her along, heading north in the direction Su Qing’s search parties had been exploring.

Although the zombie density at the broken bridge was high, they were mostly ordinary zombies that relied on sheer numbers. For Lin Fan, who was in desperate need of Rare Metal, the rate of return was a bit low.

Besides, he wasn’t gaining any experience himself. It felt like grinding goblins in the starter village, where all the drops were useless, common-grade items.

And the ’squishy’ feeling of killing them was unsatisfying. Deeply unsatisfying.

In contrast, heading north offered more benefits. Not only could they search for a bridge leading to the east bank of the boundary river, but the density of Mutated Zombies in the residential buildings, office towers, and malls was also higher than in the horde across the bridge.

And if they got "lucky" and ran into a small horde of a few hundred zombies, farming them on city streets with more vertical terrain would be much easier than on the open bridge...

The large urban area to the north was an entire auto district. Dealerships for various brands stood row after row, so there weren’t many tall buildings in the whole block.

The two of them traveled on, bursting into any showroom or building where they spotted zombies. Chu Zhaozhao would slaughter them all cleanly before they moved on to the next location.

Along the way, they flushed out several Mutated Zombies hiding in reception rooms and lounges. Of course, they all ended up as warm crystals.