CHAPTER 532: CHAPTER 444: THE 4TH CLOSE COMBAT MASTERY (4000)_2

When Mirel reaches adulthood, perhaps even the Enchanting Demon Queen will be overshadowed by her.

Those so-called top female stars, to put it mildly, aren’t even worthy of being background scenery in front of her!

"Another bowl!" Mirel finally swallowed the food in her mouth, raised her empty bowl, and shouted exuberantly.

Li Zheng saw that the spicy boiled fish was running out, so he waved his hand to bring over the other freshly made dishes from the stove.

Mirel ate while shouting, "Another bowl!"

In the end, Li Zheng himself didn’t eat much of this dinner, as it was all polished off by Mirel and Little Sakura.

Little Sakura ate until she was full and was carried to the second floor to rest by the Red Polis.

Mirel sat in her place, holding her stuffed little stomach with one hand, her face showing a mixture of pain and happiness.

Li Zheng called a household robot to clear away the dishes and jokingly teased her, "Feeling homesick?"

Mirel answered without hesitation, "There are no such delicious meals in the Abyss, so besides my mother, I miss no one!"

"Hahaha!" Li Zheng laughed heartily, "A true abyss version of ’glad to be away from home,’ the power of Dragon Country cuisine is truly unmatched by other races."

After a while, Li Zheng sent Mirel off to take a bath, and he himself took a tour around his residence.

The potion-making station was working tirelessly; the quantity of potions promised to Kunlun and Nine Heavens for the auction day was so large that it would likely take several more days of round-the-clock efforts to complete the trade.

The planting area was well maintained by the Ugly Farmer, with dozens of cultivation dishes lush and thriving.

The next batch of Flame Flowers wasn’t mature yet, but an Arctic Cattail Fruit had ripened. Li Zheng picked it as a post-meal fruit.

"This Ice Element Shaping ability doesn’t seem to be very useful."

Li Zheng looked at his ability panel, hesitating whether to remove ’Shaping’. Keeping it around not only took up an ability slot, but he also hadn’t figured out what exactly this ability was useful for.

He had tried using it once before, but the results were not satisfactory.

Li Zheng thought unless he went back to Earth to become an ice sculptor in Ice City, this ability seemed quite wasted on him.

Thinking of this, Li Zheng saved the last two bites of the Cattail Fruit and put them in the cold storage.

As long as the Cattail Fruit isn’t finished, it’s not considered completely used; the desired effects will remain as long as the rest is consumed before expiration.

Li Zheng closed the cold storage door, unknowingly exploiting a small bug in the Matrix again.

Seeing that it was near ten o’clock, with nothing better to do, Li Zheng called for his Sheathed Sword and spent two hours outside practicing mastery.

During this time, Mirel finished her bath and came out to watch for a while before soon returning to her dwelling for rest.

At midnight, the familiar synthetic electronic voice rang in Li Zheng’s ear.

[Delayed extraction has expired, today’s Treasure Chest quality: Diamond!]

[Please extract promptly.]

It’s here!

Li Zheng put away his Sheathed Sword, didn’t rush to extract, but instead went into the bathroom, showered, and changed his clothes before sending a message to Phoenix Mountain.

"Little Phoenix, give me a few more words of making wishes come true?"

[The recipient is resting, please try again later.]

Darn, they’re already asleep. Li Zheng had hoped to borrow a bit of good fortune, aiming to draw a ’Memory Release Device’ today.

Now, without borrowing luck, it all depended on whether his luck was good or bad.

After washing his hands and face again, Li Zheng silently chanted: Extract!

Thud!

The Treasure Chest appeared, landing beside the bathtub.

Li Zheng opened the lid of the chest and reached in to retrieve the contents.

[Obtained: Feed Compressor Blueprint +1]

[Obtained: Overturning Grassland Specialty Pasture Seed +10]

[Obtained: Vibranium 1000g]

[Obtained: Sirius Electromagnetic Rifle Blueprint +1]

[Obtained: Aquatic Bird Wings Blueprint +1]

[Obtained: Power Core Type VI +1]

[Obtained: Memory Release Device (Shooter) +1]

After taking everything out, the empty Treasure Chest disappeared.

Li Zheng raised his hand, summoning the items from the Treasure Chest into the bathroom, inspecting each one.

"Feed Compressor, non-grade one-time blueprint, the produced feed is mainly used with the Beast Cage, the required materials aren’t much, and I have them all."

Since no creatures have been stationed in the modified Beast Cage yet, this blueprint for the Feed Compressor can be temporarily ignored.

"Overturning Grassland Specialty Pasture? A fast-growing pasture that can be repeatedly harvested and used for making feed for herbivorous creatures."

Altogether ten seeds, and once planted, they grow like chives, harvested one batch after another, with each harvest yielding a considerable amount, mainly depending on whether the Ugly Farmer has any special methods to increase output.

Like the Feed Compressor, there’s no rush to plant these ten seeds,

but pastures are not prone to rotting, so Li Zheng readily sent them to the planting area for the Ugly Farmer, and he crafted ten new cultivation dishes specifically for growing pasture.

Unlike the ’Feed Compressor,’ the cultivation dishes consume Gold Level materials, which in his view are equivalent to "worthless," so planting pasture ahead of time lets him stockpile some.

"Sirius Electromagnetic Rifle, a Diamond Level electromagnetic weapon; even if I made a finished product, it wouldn’t be of much use to me. However... it would be perfect for equipping the legion. I’ll hold onto it, and when morning comes, I’ll ask Liu Qi and the others. Maybe I can make a trade."

Li Zheng is currently best at close combat, with the ’Explosion’ and ’Ice and Fire Attachment’ abilities, he isn’t short on powerful ranged attacks.

A mere Diamond Level electromagnetic rifle is dispensable to him.

"Aquatic Bird Wings, described as a flying tool similar to the ’Hover Propulsion Device.’ Both being Diamond Level blueprints, this is much more valuable than Sirius. Unfortunately, I still don’t need it, but it’s suitable for equipping the legion."

Compared to wings, the ’Demon Thunder Wings’ he developed are much faster.

Moreover, after these days of practice, the weakness of ’Demon Thunder Wings’ being difficult to control is no longer an issue, so why would he need any flying tools?

The last item is the much-anticipated ’Memory Release Device’ that Li Zheng desired.

Unfortunately, the suffix isn’t ’Blank’, nor ’Warrior’, but ’Shooter’.

"Shooter-type Memory Release Device, randomly grants a long-range mastery upon use?" Li Zheng casually turned up the water temperature, holding the helmet-like ’Memory Release Device’ in one hand.

"Warrior is for melee abilities, so it’s no doubt meant to have a ranged ability type. Only..." Li Zheng frowned and thought; in his entire gaming career, the types of ranged weapons were only a few.

The most popular were ’firearms,’ followed by ’bows’ and ’crossbows.’

If you also count ’hidden weapons’ among them, there are only four types of mastery.

"Maybe mastering all four types could lead to ’Warrior’ or ’Shooter’?"

Li Zheng calculated that he presently mastered three types: Spear Mastery, Swordsmanship Mastery, and Swordsmanship Specialization.

Besides that, with a little effort, he could also achieve Staff Mastery and Dagger Mastery.

Zhan Zhouzhou had advised him multiple times to focus on perfecting one mastery.

But Li Zheng knew that his martial arts talent wasn’t as great as others. Except for Swordsmanship Mastery, which he painstakingly trained, the other two were acquired through the ’Memory Release Device.’

To train them himself might take an eternity.

Progress on gaining Staff Mastery has been stuck at 63%, sometimes not improving even after hours of hard training.

"I still need to find a way to acquire another mastery or keep waiting for a Memory Release Device?"

Li Zheng pondered for a moment, shaking his head to dismiss the idea.

First, the Treasure Chest quality, being random every day, made it impossible to rely on Diamond Level chests frequently offering Memory Release Devices.

Even if he got a Diamond Level chest every day, could he really get the corresponding Memory Release Device?

One must be aware of one’s limitations.

Especially for those with persistently bad luck, one should know their own limits.

The chance of drawing a miracle is akin to winning a lottery jackpot.

One shouldn’t always pin hopes on fate.

If Staff Mastery and Dagger Mastery are so slow, why not... train a new one?" Li Zheng had an idea.

Why did he practice Swordsmanship Mastery faster than other masteries back then?

It was because Zhan Zhouzhou, his teacher, often provided guidance, wasn’t it?

Now, he has a mentor who has mastered melee combat by his side, why not utilize it?