After responding to the system, a rectangular wooden box appeared before Wang Yi. The box was carved with ancient patterns. Opening it revealed 13 silver needles lying inside.
The silver needles were as thin as a strand of hair, about ten centimeters long, and cool to the touch.
These thirteen silver needles were the Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles. They didn't look much different from ordinary acupuncture needles.
However, after being Enhanced to +10, this item had become a product of black technology.
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Name: Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles +10
Description: Based on ancient acupuncture tools, these thirteen black-tech silver needles are crafted from a mysterious alloy and integrated with numerous advanced technologies such as bionanotechnology, human magnetic fields, potential development, and flow state control. Named the Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles, they are used to cure diseases and save lives, capable of keeping the living from passing through the Ghost Gate.
Ability: [Acupuncture Treatment] +10, Enhanced to [Acupuncture Life Support]. The Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles possess their own bio-magnetic field. When inserted into a living body, they can significantly increase its cellular activity, enabling events such as limb regeneration, viral reversal, organ reconstruction, rapid wound healing, and recovery from severe injuries.
Note 1: The more needles used, the stronger the effect of Acupuncture Life Support. The effect activates as long as the needles enter the body; no specific acupuncture techniques are required.
Note 2: Acupuncture Life Support is only effective on living, flesh-and-blood targets. If the target is completely dead and its biological cells have lost all activity, the bio-magnetic field cannot be activated, and Acupuncture Life Support will be ineffective.
Note 3: The essence of Acupuncture Life Support is to stimulate, exhaust, and overdraw a target's life potential, using self-healing to combat all ailments. While it does possess powerful healing and curative effects, it has no fundamental health-preserving benefits. It is not recommended to use the Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles on a target unless absolutely necessary.
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After carefully reading the description for the [Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles], Wang Yi muttered to himself, 'Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles, Acupuncture Life Support... does this mean as long as a target is still breathing, they can be saved? Limb regeneration, viral reversal, organ reconstruction, rapid wound healing, recovery from severe injuries... If the description isn't exaggerating, these Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles are just too incredible.'
Wang Yi was very satisfied with this blind box reward.
In his view, to be a Lord in this world, one must develop a following. 'How do I better attract and control followers? I'll need things that can take lives, but also things that can save them!'
Weapon Equipment and the like are the things that take lives. They provide deterrence. Only with the security of military power could he even begin to think about other things.
Food, medicine, and such are things that save lives.
In a way, having things that can save lives is more beneficial for attracting followers than having things that can take them.
Therefore, in Wang Yi's eyes, the life-saving Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles were a priceless treasure!
'When I get the chance, I'll show off what these thirteen needles can do. It'll definitely boost my prestige. But for now... it's time to build the thousand-square-meter Elite Armory.'
Wang Yi got up and walked out of the Chaos Warehouse's courtyard. After briefly surveying his territory, he built the Elite Armory next to the Beast Cage.
This Elite Armory was incredible. It looked like a massive, inverted iron bowl, standing over twenty meters high. Its outer walls were made entirely of smooth, gleaming Alloy Deck!
It resembled a sealed steel fortress. Even its main gate was a button-operated alloy floodgate, giving it a strong, high-tech vibe that stood in stark contrast to the crude Beast Cage next to it.
'The villagers are going to be shocked when they see this armory. Forget about it appearing in an ancient backwater like this; even in a major metropolis back in the real world, this building would look completely futuristic!'
Wang Yi sized up the Elite Armory, nodding in satisfaction.
The armory had only one entrance. To get inside, you had to press the red button in front of the door. Once pressed, the thirty-centimeter-thick alloy gate would split open vertically, granting access to the interior.
Wang Yi went inside and found the armory's interior to be vast and empty. The so-called "cold weapon Automatic Production Line" looked very similar to the one in the Gourmet Processing Plant and only occupied a small corner. The remaining empty space was presumably a display area for the weapons.
'The Sand River Giant Crab's right pincer can finally be put to use!'
Wang Yi was able to bring up the warehouse management panel from inside the armory. He quickly took out a [Sand River Giant Crab's Right Pincer] and fed it into the production line's input. Immediately, an electronic voice echoed through the facility.
"DING! Detected primary material input: Sand River Giant Crab's Right Pincer. Analyzing material properties... Generating melee weapon manufacturing plan..."
"DING! Manufacturing plan for the Sha River Overlord Spear has been approved!"
"DING! The Elite Armory will use the [Sand River Giant Crab's Right Pincer] as the primary material to automatically produce the Sha River Overlord Spear. Calculating production cost..."
"DING! Production of one Sha River Overlord Spear requires one Gold Coin!"
"DING! Please deposit production funds to ensure the production line operates smoothly!"
"DING! Current production funds: Zero. Please add funds!"
'I knew it,' Wang Yi thought.
He currently had 31 Gold Coins, 20 Silver Coins, and 88 Copper Coins. He didn't hesitate. With a grand wave of his hand, he dropped in 10 Gold Coins to start.
Once the payment was complete, the Automatic Production Line whirred to life. A minute later, Wang Yi laid eyes on the first completed Sha River Overlord Spear!
This Overlord Spear was incredibly cool. It was about 2.2 meters long. The crab pincer formed the spearhead, retaining its rugged appearance but sharpened to a fine edge. The two words "Sha River" were engraved upon it. The shaft, made of an unknown, grayish-brown metal, was highly durable yet surprisingly light.
To Wang Yi's surprise, the Sha River Overlord Spear actually had stats. It was a green-quality item and possessed an ability called [Horizontal Cut].
[Horizontal Cut: Passive effect. Has a low probability to trigger when attacking a target. When activated, the spearhead mimics a pincer, rapidly opening and closing once to inflict severing damage.]
'Anything made by the armory is guaranteed to be high-quality. Excellent! Now my future Rock Giant Scorpion cavalry has its main weapon!'
Wang Yi's spirits soared. He could already envision the future: he would be commanding a grand cavalry division of soldiers riding Rock Giant Scorpions and wielding Sha River Overlord Spears, sweeping through enemy armies, completely unstoppable.
After studying the armory's interior for a long time, Wang Yi left, shouldering a Sha River Overlord Spear. He then used 30 units of stone to build a Basic Watchtower next to the Chaos Warehouse.
After climbing the 20-meter-high Watchtower, Wang Yi gazed east and could see Stone Village and Huangni Village.
By now, the sun was peeking over the horizon, and the aroma of roasting meat drifted up from below.
"Immortal Master!"
Yang Qingxiu waved at Wang Yi from the base of the Watchtower. "The roasted pig leg and bone broth are almost ready! Please come down and eat!"
Wang Yi muttered, 'Eating something so greasy this early in the morning... is that really a good idea?'
But what he didn't know was that at this very moment, in an open field about ten li east of Huangni Village, between Pottery Village and Gourd Village, another group of people was also stewing meat in a large pot.
They held rough porcelain bowls filled with white rice, eating what they had while longingly eyeing the meat still in the pot.
Behind the crowd, a long-haired woman dressed in tight Leather Armor and a white Cloak leaned against a golden-maned lion and yawned.
This woman was clearly also a Player. Her name was Lu Hongyan. She was a 28-year-old, unmarried beauty streamer who was obsessed with "shipping" fictional couples. She had transmigrated after slipping and falling while getting a takeout delivery. Before, she weighed 198 pounds; now, she was as beautiful as a flower, having been blessed with a gorgeous body.
"Another brand new day!" Lu Hongyan stretched languidly, rising to her feet and glancing at the eastern sun. "Today's intelligence report should be here by now!" she said.
The moment she finished speaking, a flash of golden light appeared before her, and two Scrolls materialized out of thin air.
"Two of them! Nice!"
Lu Hongyan's face lit up with joy. She possessed the A-rank Talent, [Daily Intelligence], which allowed her to receive a random intelligence report from the system every morning.
Of course, although the reports were random, they were usually related to her or her territory.