Chapter 847: Deep Well Substance Absorption and Purification Device

847. Deep Well Substance Absorption and Purification Device

"This is?"

Lin Ye walked through the passageway, and on the other side was a supermarket that looked completely normal.

There was even a clean, tidy parking lot and a few glowing streetlights outside the supermarket.

But this supermarket was the only building in the vicinity, and everywhere else was wasteland overgrown with weeds.

"...This is the cult's base? Is this some kind of disguise?"

Eve couldn't understand why the cult would design their base to look like a supermarket.

"Maybe it's a disguise. I'll go in and take a look first."

Lin Ye approached the supermarket and pushed open the large door.

There was no cashier at the front counter, and due to environmental influences, Lin Ye couldn't sense what was inside the supermarket.

"Welcome."

A woman's voice sounded from beneath the counter. It was a voice Lin Ye felt he had heard recently.

"Why are you here? Is this the business you were talking about?"

Lin Ye jumped onto the countertop and asked.

"This isn't exactly my business, but I can come here and work part-time."

A young woman dressed in a black long dress walked out from the back room of the supermarket. She didn't look like an employee at all, more like a noble young lady heading to a ball.

"How did you know I'd be here? You could even recognize me in this form?"

Lin Ye never expected to run into a friend he'd just met yesterday in this place.

"Of course I didn't know you'd come here, but I figured you're not the type to just take a hit without fighting back. It only made sense for you to show up here, so I came. Worst case scenario, I made a wasted trip. It's not a big deal."

It just so happened that Scarlatti wasn't that type of person either. The cult had played her dirty, so of course she was going to pay them back.

"A reasonable deduction. You haven't already taken care of the cult members here, have you?"

Lin Ye didn't think Scarlatti would just sit there doing nothing.

"Unfortunately, I can't directly make a move against the cult right now. Just like how the cult only gave me a few Black Cards, I can only go that far. It's a matter of position.

Once you get a bit stronger, maybe we can talk."

Scarlatti sat down behind the counter and patted the flesh ball in front of her.

"Alright, so what can you do?"

Lin Ye hadn't planned on asking Scarlatti for help anyway.

"This is a supermarket. You can buy and sell some items here."

Scarlatti didn't say much more. She didn't think Lin Ye needed her to spell it out.

"I want to purchase the technology for collecting Deep Well Substance. How many Trade points would that cost?"

If he could collect a large amount of Deep Well Substance, Lin Ye could accomplish a lot of things.

"This is the cult's territory, after all. How could Trade points possibly be used for transactions here? You don't have the cult's currency, so it can only be barter. As your friend, I can waive the transaction fees."

Scarlatti answered with a smile.

"Then what do I need to offer in order to trade for the technology to collect Deep Well Substance?"

Lin Ye didn't have anything particularly valuable on him, but his mind held plenty of highly valuable technologies. Trading technology for technology meant neither side came out at a loss.

"As the temporary shop owner, I can give you this technology first. All you need to do is hand me an item of equivalent value before you leave this place."

Scarlatti pulled out a Mind Crystal from beneath the counter.

"Thank you, shop owner. I'll come back soon to submit an item of equal value."

Lin Ye didn't take the Mind Crystal. Instead, he jumped outside the supermarket and activated his Special Ability.

A base covered in spiderwebs didn't appear nearby, but Lin Ye could sense invisible silk strands slowly extending through this world.

Lin Ye returned to the supermarket and used the Mind Crystal.

The Mind Crystal contained a large amount of spiritual imprint, but for Lin Ye, the complexity of this information was only average.

It only took about ten-odd seconds for Lin Ye to read through all that spiritual imprint.

'A Deep Well Substance absorption and purification device... this isn't the cult's technology, is it?'

Lin Ye felt that the format of the information inside was somewhat similar to the files he'd found in that Laboratory at the bottom of the Black Sea.

"Would you like something to eat? He'll be the one paying later anyway."

Scarlatti said to Eve, who was standing nearby.

"...You two know each other?"

Eve was indeed hungry, but she didn't plan on eating anything from this place.

"Mhm, he's no ordinary person. A lot of people know him, but unlike those people, he and I share a very close relationship."

Scarlatti leaned back against the chair, revealing an ambiguous smile.

"Our relationship is pretty close too, even though I've only known him for a day... What about you? Don't tell me it's only been two days?"

Eve stared at Scarlatti, trying to read some information from Scarlatti's expression.

"Let's just say it's more than one day. As for how long exactly, you can go ask him."

Scarlatti straightened up slightly in her seat.

"I need some high-tier spiritual energy materials and high-tier spiritual energy crystals. You know what I'm making."

After studying all that spiritual imprint, Lin Ye was ready to start building the Deep Well Substance absorption and purification device.

"I've got everything prepared. It's in the back room of the supermarket. I'll take you there."

Scarlatti led Lin Ye into the back room of the supermarket.

There was a Storage Room there, and the materials Lin Ye needed were neatly arranged in the corner.

"Great, this makes things a lot more convenient. At least I don't have to start from preparing the materials."

Lin Ye walked over to those materials and began constructing the Deep Well Substance absorption and purification device.

As long as he had sufficient spiritual energy, he could use various runes to rapidly hand-craft precision components with complex structures.

It took twenty minutes, and Lin Ye assembled the first Deep Well Substance absorption and purification device. He moved the device outside the supermarket and pressed the startup switch.

Powered by spiritual energy crystals, the device started up smoothly, and large amounts of Deep Well Substance were drawn into the device's interior.

"Do we still need to go to deeper places?"

Eve didn't understand why Lin Ye was collecting so much Deep Well Substance.

"No, I'm going to use the Deep Well Substance to build a base and convert the Deep Well Substance into other substances."

Lin Ye had previously obtained a conversion Rule Fragment specifically designed to process Deep Well Substance from that man. He wanted to test whether he could convert Deep Well Substance into other things of value.

If he could convert out some valuable items, then he might be able to recover a portion of the funds the cult owed him right here.

"Convert it into other substances? You know a technique like that too?"

Scarlatti didn't know that Lin Ye had a conversion Rule Fragment specifically for Deep Well Substance.

"It's not a technique. It's a Rule Fragment."

Lin Ye activated the conversion Rule Fragment. He actually didn't know the operational rules of this Rule Fragment, after all, he basically couldn't understand most of the knowledge related to Deep Well Substance conversion rules. However, that didn't stop him from utilizing the rule power of the Rule Fragment.

The initially purified Deep Well Substance was stored inside a container. Lin Ye swapped in a backup container and began using rule power to convert the Deep Well Substance inside the container.