Chapter 129: The Foundation of the Profound Empire

[Imperial scientist]

[Mission description: The Phantom Goddess was once the princess of the Profound Empire. She has entrusted you to kill the once strongest scientist of the Empire, Shelt. His physical body is dead, but his soul is still alive.]

[Mission Nature: only hidden]

[Mission difficulty: 5 billion]

[Mission details: Clear the secret land, the Empire’s first research institute, and kill Shelt.]

[Mission reward: ???]

[Hint: there are countless dangerous traps in the empire’s first research institute. Please, proceed with caution!]

Li Cheng was done reading the mission information. Even he could not help but be a little surprised. The difficulty of this mission was actually five billion!

One had to know that even returning to the Eight Gods Mountain, which was home to the green-skinned monster, was only eight billion in difficulty. This made Li Cheng wonder, ‘What kind of terrifying existence is in this research institute?’

Although Li Cheng did not know what the Imperial Research Institute had, he knew how difficult it was by comparing it to the Eight Gods Mountain where one had to face more than 10 green-skinned Gods of endless levels.

Thinking of this, he made a comparison. Li Cheng was still temporarily accumulating strength. What he lacked now was the accumulation of time…

It was impossible to take away the arms of the armory, but Li Cheng would not be that polite with some other things. Thinking of this, he walked toward the control center.

Seeing the direction Li Cheng was heading in, Ella hurriedly stomped her feet and followed him.

The control center was responsible for the operation of the entire armory. With guidance, Li Cheng arrived at a small room with all kinds of equipment that he had never seen before.

In the center of the room, there was a basketball-sized ball that was emitting a faint light. It was the AI of the entire arsenal.

Seeing Li Cheng’s arrival, the AI let out a mechanical voice.

“Respected descendant of the royal family, welcome to the Arsenal Control Center. AI zero-seven-nine-five, at your service!”

Hearing the AI’s voice, Li Cheng did not say anything, but Ella immediately flew into a rage. She asked the AI, “Descendant of the royal family? Whose descendant is he?”

The AI looked at Ella as if it was wondering if it should pay attention to her. Seeing this, Ella was furious. This was her dowry. If the AI turned around and refused to acknowledge her, who would not be angry?

In the end, the AI still said, “Princess Ella, according to my data, the blood of Netherworld’s sire and your husband’s is a hundred percent match.”

Hearing this, Ella immediately flew into a rage. Her angry roar instantly resounded throughout the entire control center. “I don’t have a husband!!!”

Ella was about to explode in anger. How could a person she had never even met become her husband?

Moreover, Li Cheng was the descendant of that man and was now controlling the entire armory. This was too f*cking outrageous. Ella could not accept it at the moment. Or rather, she could never accept it!

Li Cheng touched his nose and ignored Ella who was screaming loudly. He said to the AI, “I want all the blueprints.”

The AI immediately flashed with all kinds of lights and said, “It’s being processed…”

A few minutes later, the system’s voice rang in Li Cheng’s ears.

“Ding, dong, you’ve unlocked the new building, Profound storage!

“Ding, dong, you’ve unlocked the new building, Profound energy extractor!

“Ding, dong, you’ve unlocked the new building, Royal Academy of Magic!

“Ding, dong…”

As the system’s voice fell, Li Cheng checked his backpack and found that there were countless building blueprints inside. The first ones were extremely useful, the Profound storage and the Profound energy extractor. Li Cheng checked through their information in turn.

[Profound storage]

[Description: The Profound Empire has an extremely deep understanding of spatial magic. Using spatial fluorites, they can create a giant space that can hold all the resources of the entire continent. Note that this space cannot hold living things.]

[Level: 1]

[Construction cost: 10 trillion crystals, 5,000 spatial fluorites]

[Effect: storage of resources]

…

[Profound energy extractor]

[Description: The Profound Empire has a deep understanding of magic energy. Using lasers, they can instantly cut crystals to produce magic energy.]

[Level: 1]

[Construction cost: 10 trillion crystals, 5,000 laser generators]

[Effect: convert magic energy]

…

As Li Cheng saw the resources required for the two buildings, he was shocked by the numbers. It was fine if each building needed 10 trillion crystals.

As for the spatial fluorites, after the Spatial Goddess disappeared, it had become a rare item in the black market. Each one would cost several billion gold coins.

Of course, this was not a big problem for Li Cheng. As long as it was something that could be bought with money, it was not a problem in his eyes.

As for the laser generator, it was an old antique of the Profound Empire. The manufacturing technology had long been lost. Similarly, it was not a problem for Li Cheng.

Thinking of this, Li Cheng said to the AI, “zero-seven-nine-five, upload all the manufacturing blueprints.”

As soon as he said that, the AI’s mechanical voice sounded.

“Data search…

“Respected descendant of the royal family, all the manufacturing blueprints have been uploaded!”

At the same time, the system’s series of voices rang in Li Cheng’s ears.

“Ding, dong, you’ve unlocked the blueprint for the armrest of the Profound Magic Staff. Please, craft it in the production line!

“Ding, dong, you’ve unlocked the blueprint for the sword hilt of the Profound Sword. Please, craft it in the production line!”

…

“Ding, dong, you’ve unlocked the blueprint for the Mythical-grade Profound Armor. Please, make it in the production line!”

…

“Ding, dong! As you’ve unlocked a lot of blueprints, you’ve obtained the Diamond-grade title, Skilled Craftsman. You’ve triggered a ten thousand times increase and obtained the Mythical-grade title, Master Craftsman!”

After a few minutes, the system’s voice finally stopped. Li Cheng had unlocked countless blueprints in one go.

There were all kinds of equipment, materials, enchantments, and even the production method of consumables. Li Cheng took a rough look and found that there were actually more than 5,000 blueprints. It had to be said that the foundation of the Profound Empire was still very strong.

At this time, Li Cheng’s gaze was on the things that were more useful to him now…

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