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Chapter 30: The Source Weapon of Dreams part 1
Yun Yingzhi was somewhat surprised, completely failing to understand why Yu Feiwen was so agitated. He said, “Could you let go of my leg first?”
Yu Feiwen not only didn’t let go of Yun Yingzhi’s leg but actually hugged it even tighter, his voice trembling with excitement. “Really, trust me! That source weapon is practically tailor-made for me. I love it; I absolutely love it!”
Three passive skills, especially that third passive—it was basically a god-tier life-saving skill. No one could ever be certain they wouldn’t encounter an accident, especially since they were military students.
Moreover, even ignoring those three passive skills, the inscription for the Source Storage Pool alone was enough to make anyone’s heart race.
The concept of a Source Storage Pool was similar to an energy storage battery.
An ability user’s body was naturally a storage pool for Source energy. Different people could store different amounts of Source. Having a Source Storage Pool meant that an ability warrior could transfer the Source from their body into the pool at any time, allowing them to store significantly more energy than others.
Of course, wanting to store Source in a pool wasn’t the same as simply swapping out a battery; the user needed to maintain active control at all times, even while sleeping. However, this was never a bad thing. It was said that this kind of constant control could actually train an ability warrior’s Source manipulation skills.
Naturally, if a true “Source battery” that could be swapped like a regular battery ever appeared one day, that would be ideal. In its absence, a manually controlled Source Storage Pool was generally a source weapon that everyone sought but few could find.
Yu Feiwen had heard that the difficulty of inscribing a Source Storage Pool was quite high, and the design difficulty of passive skills was even higher. He felt that the source weapon manufacturer Yun Yingzhi knew was definitely an incredibly powerful individual.
Ji Xiaobo and Jing Haomiao watched Yu Feiwen with faces full of envy.
Yun Yingzhi said, “…Could you let go of my leg first?” As he spoke, he tried to tug his leg away, but it wouldn’t budge.
Yu Feiwen countered, “Promise me first!”
Yun Yingzhi paused, then said, “If you think it’s fine, then let’s go with what you said?”
Yu Feiwen nodded vigorously and finally agreed to let go of Yun Yingzhi’s leg.
Yun Yingzhi continued explaining the other skills of Unadorned. Aside from the two paired passive skills, there were also five primary active skills.
Among the five skills, Yun Yingzhi had plagiarized one of Elvis’s abilities for one of them: the Thunder Arc Wall—a Thunder Arc Wall that acted like a maze.
At first glance, it appeared to be a group attack skill, but it could be transformed into a single-target attack in an instant.
This was also one of the source weapon’s most powerful skills.
The moment the skill was activated, the Thunder Arc Maze would descend, trapping enemies within its range.
The Thunder Arc Wall could follow the user’s control to shift the arcs. When it reached a specific node, all the electrical currents would gather instantly, and then, they would strike the same target simultaneously.
For every skill of Unadorned that Yun Yingzhi mentioned, the commentator on the other end—who could hear his voice—didn’t even need Yu Feiwen to repeat it. She quickly organized her language and broadcasted it to the public.
The live stream chat exploded. Many people were spamming that this was practically the source weapon of their dreams.
As they learned more information, they grew increasingly expectant of the source weapon’s actual test data.
Some were already dreaming: if similar source weapons appeared in the military and could be equipped for every soldier, then based on those passive skills alone, casualties would definitely see a significant decrease.
However, this was destined to be an impossible dream.
Someone in the chat posted a long comment:
[It’s just like seven years ago.]
[Starting seven years ago, Master Alvin’s mysterious apprentice, Starlight, researched many special inscriptions.]
[Before Starlight, the inscriptions that appeared were mostly amplification types for auxiliary attack skills. But Starlight was different. While he favored independent attack-type inscriptions, he also developed many wondrous inscriptions, such as Source Storage Pools and even cooking inscriptions suitable for daily life.]
[Some simple inscriptions could instantly become a sensation on the Capital Star, but those more complex ones, like the Source Storage Pool, were a different story. To this day, only exceptionally talented source weapon manufacturers can successfully inscribe a Source Storage Pool.]
From this, one could see how difficult it would be for the many passive-skill inscriptions created by the Blazing God Rabbit to be widely distributed.
Meanwhile.
Inside a metallic base.
A massive holographic projection screen was active in the center, surrounded by soldiers in military uniforms.
One cold-faced man listened to the commentator’s explanation, his gaze fixed seriously on the Unadorned in the video projection, which looked very similar to a mass-produced weapon. The biggest difference between this weapon and the standardized ones was that lifelike and extremely cute little rabbit.
A man in a military uniform beside him said, “I wonder who this Blazing God Rabbit is.”
Yun Yinghui didn’t speak.
The man let out a soft sigh and added, “If we could have this source weapon, casualties should be reduced to the absolute minimum.”
Yun Yinghui glanced at the man beside him, then looked back at the video projection.
Compared to other legions, because of General Yun’s prejudice against source weapons, the quality of weapons supplied to the two major legions under General Yun was far inferior to that of other legions.
At the simplest level, for something like a source weapon with a Thunder Storage Pool inscription, only Alvin’s studio provided them to their legions.
But due to various reasons, the relationship between Master Alvin and General Yun was very poor.
There had once been news that, at one point in the past, Mrs. Yun told others that although Alvin held the title of Grandmaster, he could currently hardly even manufacture a Grade 10 source weapon and was unworthy of the title.
Although that rumor lacked solid evidence, it was a fact that the relationship between Alvin and the two legions led by General Yun had grown increasingly worse ever since.
Fortunately, the private friendship between Alvin and Yun Yinghui was very good. Despite such rumors, Alvin’s studio still provided high-end source weapons to the two Yun family legions, though the quantity had clearly decreased.
The soldier spoke again, “I really hope that powerful source weapon manufacturers can become more and more common.”
Another soldier remarked, “Even so, General Yun’s concept isn’t wrong. Rather than always thinking about how to borrow external force, it’s more practical to improve oneself.”
Almost the instant the man finished speaking, the commentator in the live stream had finished explaining all seven skills of Unadorned.
Next came the phase for testing the source weapon’s attack values.
According to the source weapon manufacturer, it was best for an ability warrior who was compatible with both Thunder and Wind attributes to test this weapon.
Regrettably, Warrior Wang Rong was not suitable.
To this end, the Source Weapon Association specifically swapped in a different ability warrior for the test.
Soon, an ability warrior with dual Wind and Thunder attributes appeared in the video projection. He was also a Grade 5 warrior and appeared to be around forty years old.
In order to better test the weapon’s effectiveness, before testing the skills, the commentator first requested the warrior to use his single-target attack ability against the test puppet.
The test was very fast. The puppet was set to Grade 5 mode, and the attack value was 69.
With a minimum of 1 point and a maximum of 99 points, an attack value of 69 was a standard value—not strong, but definitely not weak either.
Then, under everyone’s watchful eyes, the warrior responsible for the appraisal used the most powerful skill in the source weapon.
First was the group attack skill.
The Thunder Arc Maze descended in a range, enveloping all the test puppets.
The eighteen test puppets each registered damage values.
[-12] [-21] [-7] [-23] …
The highest value was 23 points and the lowest was 7, indicating that the group attack damage was very low.
The moment the test values appeared, many people’s first instinct was one of disdain.
In the hall, someone even said, “No way? Such a powerful-looking source weapon—even if it’s a group skill, isn’t the damage value a bit too low?”
Almost the next moment, a soldier in uniform rolled his eyes at him, and another said, “Are you stupid? Look closely—is that a one-time damage burst? The area of effect is massive, and the puppets are taking continuous damage. Right now, it’s constantly reporting output values.”
The soldier froze, blinked, and looked back at the live stream.
Sure enough, as his companion said, the eighteen puppets were constantly broadcasting damage values.
And then…
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