CHAPTER 256: CHAPTER 257: WEAPONS UPGRADE, STRENGTH INCREASES AGAIN!

[You lost Stone X20]

[You gained Tire X3]

Transaction successful, after Lin Yue thanked Fei Yue, he disassembled the three tires and obtained 2 units of rubber and 2 units of alloy.

He immediately looked at the system panel and found the blueprint for the beach buggy tire.

[You obtained a beach buggy tire!]

A standard inflated tire appeared, and Lin Yue quickly installed it on the beach buggy.

Finally, the vehicle was reassembled and ready to go.

Lin Yue got back in the car, the Little Ice Lizards also found a spot under the carport to rest in the shade, and once the engine roared to life again, it marked the end of this unexpected situation.

"Seems like I underestimated Fei Yue." Lin Yue chuckled.

In this Otherworld, forming a partnership like this is quite rare.

No matter what the other side thinks, he truly feels now that his excessive vigilance before was somewhat unnecessary.

He opened the regional map and continued forward.

The smoke in the far distance gradually dissipated, and he didn’t encounter any more attacks from the Lizardmen. Before the fuel ran out, he saw the gray-white walls of his shelter.

"Finally back." Lin Yue arrived next to the small grove, giving Bai, who dutifully guarded the Ancient Secret Realm Gate, a large lamb chop, and together with it and the four Little Ice Lizards, returned to the shelter.

Little Fierce rushed over, seemingly quite happy to see the owner again, wanting to drag the owner to the basement to see the dozens of Lizardmen corpses it had taken care of, but it noticed that the owner seemed exhausted.

"Little Fierce, did something happen?" Lin Yue felt he needed to muster some energy, but after intense combat, sprinting several kilometers, and then driving for a long time, he truly had little energy left.

"Gawu." Bai pointed towards the basement, and Lin Yue roughly guessed what had happened.

Did the Lizardmen come to the shelter too?

He took out a Snickers bar, shared some lamb chops and similar foods with Little Fierce and the other Little Ice Lizards as rewards, then walked over to greenhouse No. 1 and harvested today’s fruits and vegetables from the basket on the ground.

He filled a bathtub with water, let Bai blow some ice mist into it to quickly lower the water temperature, and put watermelons inside to chill them.

He opened the transaction panel and chose specified trading.

It was time to pay back Fei Yue and the others.

Although they only agreed on one watermelon, Lin Yue still felt he needed to repay generously.

Ten chilled watermelons were sent straight over.

He immediately messaged Fei Yue.

Fei Yue was shocked beyond words when he saw the watermelon quantity.

"Lin Yue, you got the quantity wrong, we only wanted one! Quickly retract, stop joking."

Lin Yue chuckled at the screen.

Reciprocate with goodwill, repay with gratitude.

In Otherworld, there is not only deception, but also precious friendship.

"Accept it, I didn’t give it wrong; don’t take it and I won’t trade with you next time."

"Huh? Lin Yue, this..."

"Let everyone taste them, they’re chilled, good for beating the heat."

Fei Yue reluctantly accepted, but the watermelons were smoothly received, making Lin Yue feel a lot more at ease.

For some reason, he always felt like he had regained something.

Maybe it’s that precious thing originally called "understanding."

Heading to the basement, Lin Yue saw dozens of Lizardmen corpses, and the stone wall he placed there had been chiseled open, leaving the basement littered with debris.

He knew the Lizardmen must taste the blood of punishment.

Moreover, not only that.

He remembered the experiences at the mine, recalled how the Lizardmen, having acquired weapons crafted by the survivors, surrounded him there, almost capturing him, igniting a rage.

"Little Fierce, I have a task for you, take the Little Ice Lizards to the Underground Ruins, eliminate any Lizardmen encountered, and if you come across humans attacking you while mixing with Lizardmen, don’t hold back, got it?"

Lin Yue entrusted a crucial task to the spirited Little Fierce.

He doesn’t know how many Lizardmen are behind this gate, but he knows he must give the Lizardmen, and the humans colluding with them, an excruciating lesson.

The fierce Little Fierce is the perfect reaper for this mission!

Although Lin Yue wants to fight the Lizardmen, his physical condition doesn’t allow it now.

If he faints inside the Underground Ruins due to exhaustion, that would be embarrassing.

Besides, there’s something more important than going to the Underground Ruins that he must do now.

"Guoo!" Little Fierce, after a hearty meal, confidently marched into the Underground Ruins Stone Gate with ten Little Ice Lizards.

Lin Yue collected the Lizardmen corpses and stone fragments into the Storage Space, pushed open the door to the Underground Ruins, dumped the items inside, instructed the remaining ten Little Ice Lizards to guard outside the Underground Ruins Gate, then returned to the surface.

"Gawu." Bai saw Lin Yue looking exhausted and smelled the strong scent of Lizardmen on him, knew the owner must have encountered and fought a large number of Lizardmen.

It gently patted Lin Yue’s shoulder with its wide arm.

Lin Yue also patted his good companion.

He decided he wouldn’t take chances like this again in the future.

If Bai were there at the time, it wouldn’t have been so passive and perhaps dangerous.

Wouldn’t fear a siege of hundreds of Lizardmen.

Bai could have used a wide-range ice mist to extricate him or simply flown away from such an unexpected predicament.

"Who would have thought a flat tire could instantly plunge someone into an abyss?" Lin Yue recalled the encounter, couldn’t help shaking his head.

He took out the workbench and placed the M19 on it.

"Disassemble parts."

When the M19 jammed not long ago, Lin Yue knew its service life was likely up.

If used properly, it wouldn’t be so worn, but during a crisis, he couldn’t worry about that, M19 completed its mission and played a crucial role in the final battle.

Now, it’s time to give it a new life.

[M19 Pistol Blueprint: Gun body (barrel, grip, slide) Hard Aluminum Alloy X2, Plastic Block X1, Firing Mechanism, Shooting Mechanism (Firing Pin Spring, Recoil Spring, Hammer, Hammer Strut, Trigger, Magazine, Retainer) Hard Aluminum Alloy X3, Iron Block X1]

The main materials for the pistol are all alloy and plastic blocks, which Lin Yue has plenty.

"Might as well produce more at once in case the situation arises again, materials are abundant now." Thinking this, Lin Yue took enough materials from the warehouse and made a mental move.

[You obtained M19 Pistol X4!]

Four should be enough, right?

He looked towards the magazine.

Can this thing be upgraded?

Took out an alloy block, grabbed the magazine, and placed a universal upgrade blueprint on top.

[You upgraded the M19 Pistol Magazine! Obtained a blueprint!]

[After the upgrade, magazine capacity increased to 22 rounds!]

A burst of white light flashed, and in front of Lin Yue, lay a longer magazine than before!

"Goodness, can this be used?"

He inserted the new magazine into the newly crafted M19 pistol, obtaining a significantly more powerful new weapon!

Lin Yue looked towards the sniper rifle.

How many rounds can this thing’s magazine upgrade to?