He patted his chest and let out a long breath.
Goodness, that was really frightening!
But fortunately, there wasn't any problem with the system, otherwise Lin Yi would have gone mad.
After calming his mind, Lin Yi suddenly had a flash of insight, thinking about the system's response, instantly he had a new idea. But he didn't know if it was workable or not.
So, Lin Yi directly reached out and grabbed a broken porcelain piece nearby, then called upon the system in his mind:
"System, system, can you help me see which dynasty this item is from?"
With Lin Yi's question, the system's voice immediately echoed in his mind:
[System detecting… Detection complete. According to the system's analysis, the decomposable item currently provided by the owner is: A fragment from a 19 cm high discarded white porcelain vase with double ears, produced in Jingdezhen on October 15, 2020, one twenty-sixth piece. Does the owner want to proceed with immediate decomposition and reconstruction?]
"Uh... didn't you say this porcelain piece wasn't fake? How did this turn out to be a porcelain piece that hasn't even passed its 'expiration date'?? Damn…"
Although the system's analysis left Lin Yi speechless, it confirmed one thing: the system could now be used to identify items!
This means he could be considered a real identification master now!
"Haha, isn't this a pleasant surprise! Now I've got an additional skill in identification!"
[Would the owner like to proceed with immediate decomposition and reconstruction?]
Just as Lin Yi was lost in his excitement, the system's prompt sounded in his head again, pulling his thoughts back. He quickly said in his mind not to proceed with decomposition and reconstruction.
Are you kidding me? Even if this is decomposed and reconstructed, at most a piece of modern porcelain would come out. Even if it's a pretty thing, it would top out at around 18,000 dollars.
How could I possibly waste a chance to decompose and reconstruct something modern?
Nevertheless, to make his assumption more accurate, Lin Yi didn't rush to decompose and reconstruct but started continually testing the stability of this system capability.
[System detecting… Detection complete. According to the system's analysis, the decomposable item currently provided by the owner is: A fragment from a small bowl with broken branch lotus pattern, produced in Jingdezhen on June 1, 2018, one-ninth piece. Does the owner want to proceed with immediate decomposition and reconstruction?]
[System detecting… Detection complete. According to the system's analysis, the decomposable item currently provided by the owner is: A fragment from an open-mouth large bowl, produced in the Guangdong kiln on January 3, Republic of China Year 13, one-eighteenth piece. Does the owner want to proceed with immediate decomposition and reconstruction?]
[System detecting… Detection complete. According to the system's analysis, the decomposable item currently provided by the owner is: A ballpoint pen, produced by Qinhuangdao xx Stationery Factory on March 1, 2020. Does the owner want to proceed with immediate decomposition and reconstruction?]
...
One by one, items were identified. In the end, Lin Yi even grabbed the ballpoint pen from the table and had the system check it.
No matter what Lin Yi provided, the system always gave detailed information.
After over an hour of detection, when Lin Yi looked at the pieces of porcelain on the table, they were now grouped into dozens of small piles.
Moreover, on top of each pile, there was a note written by Lin Yi, clearly stating the production year of each pile of porcelain pieces.
"Oh yeah! Awesome!"
Lin Yi's mood now was beyond comparison, he was almost jumping for joy.
However, after the excitement passed, looking at the desk again, Lin Yi wore a bitter smile more pained than crying:
"This is a bit shitty. So many pieces and not one is from before the Ming Dynasty?"
The best small pile of four pieces is only from the late Ming period, and they are too small, the largest being only the size of a peanut, with no value in recovery and reconstruction.
This realization shattered his hope of creating a Yuan Dynasty blue-and-white porcelain.
That being the case, looks like tonight isn't the night for decomposition and reconstruction. Maybe I'll have to wait till tomorrow to wander around the Antique City.
Now that I have the system's outstanding identification ability, getting some great porcelain shards should be a breeze, right?
Thinking this, Lin Yi decided to get some sleep first, but just as he stood up, his eyes caught his dad's tea cup on the desk.
Moreover, earlier, to have his dad help him select shards, he also brought in his dad's big tea canister.
Suddenly, Lin Yi had an interesting thought.
"Hey, wonder if dad's tea leaves could be decomposed and reconstructed into some top-grade tea?"
Yesterday at Boss Zhuang's, he tasted some pretty good tea, although he's not used to drinking it, his dad loves it.
Tonight, Sun Zhi also brought some good tea for his dad, but his dad didn't accept it.
If these tea leaves are decomposed and reconstructed into top-grade tea, wouldn't that be great to let his dad enjoy?
After all, barring anything unexpected, this system is going to be with me for life, there's a long road ahead, so making money isn't a rush for today.
Especially seeing how worried his parents are about him, Lin Yi's urge only grew stronger.
So, he picked up his dad's box of tea leaves, worth over four hundred bucks, and started communicating with the system:
"My dear little system, quickly come out and see if these tea leaves can be decomposed and reconstructed into some top-grade tea?"
Indeed, Lin Yi picked up the tea box. To be fair, his dad's tea box couldn't be called a tea box, it's more fitting to call it a tea canister.
The size of this tea box is almost like a baby formula canister since it contains a full three kilograms of tea leaves.
[System detecting… Detection complete. According to the system's analysis, the decomposable item currently provided by the owner is: Normal pre-Qingming Longjing tea produced in June 2020. Does the owner want to proceed with immediate decomposition and reconstruction?]
"Reconstruct, reconstruct! Preferably give me some good tea leaves!"
Lin Yi's personality has always been one to follow through once he decides on something, with no habit of procrastination, so upon hearing the system's response, he immediately said so without any hesitation.
[Recycling owner's normal pre-Qingming Longjing tea, two jin, nine liang, and three qian; system decomposing, decomposition complete; system filtering and optimizing molecules, filtering and optimizing complete; reconstruction in progress, reconstruction complete; congratulations to the owner for obtaining...
[To be continued...]
ps: Special thanks to '0o Midnight' for the continuous rewards, my brother is about to take the college entrance exam, wishing you a grand slam just like Lin Yi!
Also, happy International Women's Day to the ladies at our place!