CHAPTER 492: CHAPTER 225 HEAVY ARMOR EXPANSION SYSTEM · BLUEPRINT_2

This is the favorite place for treasure hunters to stroll, and even outsiders, trade stewards, and a group of clever Explorers are stationed here every day, patrolling for any overlooked fine items.

There’s always that kind of foolish kid who sells rare items dropped as discarded goods. And there’s always someone who hits the jackpot, dropping something strange and peculiar that they don’t need, and the market doesn’t have. They simply can’t find the price, so they sell it cheaply.

Lin Rui strolled around and found several fine items among them, but their effects only apply to individual targets, making them somewhat redundant for him as a Lord.

He was about to leave when a blueprint suddenly caught his attention!

[Heavy Armor Expansion System·Design Blueprint: Even when wearing heavy power armor, warriors can get injured in grandiose wars. During battle, power armor users need to manage their injuries at any time and maintain good status. This technology aims to provide the power armor with a five-slot storage space for storing potions. The storage of potions can greatly enhance the user’s survival ability.]

This blueprint is indeed unnecessary for Explorers.

All Explorers come with a built-in storage space of 100 units, and don’t need to store five items in their armor.

But this technology is highly useful for elite close-combat soldiers wearing power armor in the territories, allowing their power armor to directly open five storage slots to equip various emergency Life Potions, Recovery Potions, and even Blessing Scrolls.

They can be directly injected into the body or activated when needed, allowing soldiers to recover many statuses and provide extra blessings.

And if a bit stronger, each soldier can be equipped with a storage item [Stone Horned Beast Hide Pouch], which contains more potions and food, so during expeditions, when the potions run out, they can extract more from the pouch to replenish consumption.

The Explorer selling this blueprint is a lad of eighteen or nineteen, with pimples still on his face, named [Peak Summoner No. 007].

Yet Lin Rui thought he seemed like a Mad Summoner!

This blueprint he was selling for only 2000 Realm Coins before, but after Lin Rui stood in front of his counter for two seconds, he immediately added a long string of zeros after the price.

Lin Rui looked at him speechlessly and said: "Is it appropriate to change the price like this? And directly in front of me too!"

Madman No. 7 chuckled and said: "Lord, for you, this is just pocket change! This is only... let me count, only 20 billion Realm Coins. Seems... seems a bit much, wait a moment while I remove a few zeros."

Lin Rui nearly wanted to bash him. He has stopped concealing his exploitation!

"Do you believe I won’t throw you into jail?" Lin Rui glared at him: "20 million Realm Coins. You really dare to ask for that much!"

"No, no, Lord. You have to be reasonable." Madman No. 7 immediately softened.

"Reason is you’re disrupting the market! Reason is I have the right to hang any territory resident I believe is guilty! Is that enough?"

"Enough! Enough! Absolutely enough!" Madman No. 7 immediately handed the blueprint over to Lin Rui, hurriedly saying: "Lord, I wasn’t just trying to sell this blueprint to you at a high price."

"Hmm, I believe you." Lin Rui said expressionlessly.

But Madman No. 7 said earnestly: "I can swear to the Goddess."

The Goddess? Goddess of Fortune?

Don’t bother swearing.

Lin Rui felt that these Explorers taking oaths with the Goddess was practically blaspheming faith.

Madman No. 7 quickly said: "Lord, from the moment you started looking at this blueprint, I had already decided to give it to you?"

"Oh? I didn’t know you had such loyalty to me. Explorers even offer gifts to Lords?"

"Hehe, it can’t be considered a gift. I just want to ask if I can be included in the quota when you participate in the Plane War."

Hmm?

Looking at this guy with a flattering smile, Lin Rui was truly surprised and asked: "On the civilization channel, people cry every day, fearing the Plane War like a tiger. Yet you want to volunteer to participate?"

"Yes!" Madman No. 7 immediately said: "Not only I want, countless Explorers in the territory want it too. This is a rare opportunity, only the elites on the rankings can participate. Who wouldn’t want to take a stroll in the Otherworld?"

Lin Rui glanced at him and said: "Curb your overflowing adventure spirit. This is war, not a sightseeing tour!"

Madman No. 7 quickly said: "Lord, precisely because it’s war, we want to go. Think about it, why is there a Plane War? Isn’t it for expansion and plunder? Such a war, surely there’s a large group of Explorers and trade caravans following behind the army."

"I’m telling you, if you bring us along, your gains will be unimaginable. With the main army fighting, you’ll definitely need a large number of Explorers to help you find local resources, wealth, and hidden treasures. You wouldn’t go to a Plane War just for the sake of war, right? You definitely want to bring back something, like Miracle Buildings, epic statues, or even divine items."

Lin Rui’s eyes narrowed. You wouldn’t go to a Plane War just for the sake of war, right?

He immediately recalled the main quest for the Plane War that Wutong mentioned.

If there’s a main quest, is there a side quest too?

Perhaps entering the Plane War really is about retrieving something, completing a task.

Who else is more suitable than Explorers for such things?

Moreover, Explorers are also part of the territory’s people, bringing them along is just a casual gesture, not a bother at all.

If they want to go, Lin Rui has no strong opposition, so he said: "Okay. You can tally the number of people in the territory who want to participate in the Plane War and report it to the Civil Servant Soro. Gather in the plaza before the Plane War, and I’ll bring you along."

These people are completely free labor, as Lin Rui’s army conducts military operations, they can scatter to find clues for the main quest of the Plane War for the territory.

Madman No. 7 immediately said excitedly: "I’ll immediately run a wave of free ads for you in the regional channel, Lord. Maybe it’ll even increase the territory’s population greatly."

Lin Rui looked at him and said irritably: "You’re quite the born merchant! Posting on the regional channel is free already, isn’t it? You’re speaking as if you’re sacrificing greatly to help!"

"Hehe, light on the gift, heavy on the sentiment, Lord. After all, we Explorers without a territory live far below your wealth as a Lord."

Lin Rui was too lazy to argue further with this guy, tossed him a Fine-level Longsword, and collected the blueprint.

Would I, a Lord topping the territory wealth leaderboard, covet someone’s blueprint?

Just as Lin Rui left the counter, Lu Weite came up alongside, with an admiring look: "Oh, Lord Lin Rui, you truly are the kindest Lord I’ve ever seen. A merchant like this, if encountered by other territory Lords, would definitely be hanged on a roadside gallows. Yet you actually rewarded him with a Fine-level Longsword."

What you described also happens on Blue Star, though it seems to include a cold eye and an evil smile as well.

However, Lin Rui had no interest in discussing whether this character trait is normal with him; he went straight to the point: "Lu Weite, chairman, I happen to have some matters to discuss with you too."

Lu Weite laughed and said: "That’s great. I came to discuss matters with Lord Lin Rui too. Why don’t you come to our shop on the second floor for a brief meeting so we can talk in detail?"

"Alright."

Walking up to the second floor, Lin Rui noticed significant changes. The most notable change was that it had become much more bustling and lively. When it was first built, there weren’t many merchants on the second floor, but now it’s completely filled with shops.

And the address of the Lusen Chamber of Commerce was in the widest shop in the center.