Cave Refuge-Chapter 831 - 536 Major Upgrade_2

But Dong Tianyu believed that among those salvage teams, there must also be some clever people who would attempt to let their Companion Spiritual Treasures consume a large amount of Dark Green Trick Nucleus, thereby reaching a situation similar to that of Dong Tianyu.

However, judging from Ye Liuyun’s second doubling in obtaining the Dark Green Trick Nucleus, those salvage teams obviously chose to forego this option, and there must be some aspects that Dong Tianyu was not aware of.

Unable to comprehend the situation, Dong Tianyu stopped mulling over it, looked at the remaining two thousand plus Mysterious Cores, and, according to Dong Tianyu’s original plan, proceeded to fully upgrade the propulsion module of the Companion Spiritual Treasure.

Simply by upgrading all the devices within the propulsion module to their current limit levels, Dong Tianyu had used up nearly half of the Mysterious Cores, but with effort came reward, and after expending so many Mysterious Cores, he successfully doubled the navigation speed of the Companion Spiritual Treasure from twenty-five to fifty.

Although this speed would still only match that of a small electric scooter on land, it’s important to note that this was water transport, a speed which, even before the disaster, would have been considered mid-level among civilian boats.

Next, without a doubt, Dong Tianyu prioritized upgrading the Attack Module.

As Dong Tianyu’s remaining upgrade opportunities dropped to zero, the original Giant Crossbow astonishingly upgraded into a rapid-fire mode, and according to the information transmitted from the Sea of Consciousness, as long as Dong Tianyu provided enough Dark Green Trick Nucleus, this Giant Crossbow could fire up to ten times continuously.

You read that right, to fire continuously, one must provide enough Dark Green Trick Nucleus.

The current price was actually not expensive, one Dark Green Trick Nucleus could be exchanged for one Giant Bolt.

Thinking of the Ammunition used in the Attack Module being replenished with Dark Green Trick Nucleus, even Giant Bolts needed one Nucleus each, and who knows how many Mysterious Cores it would cost to upgrade to a Missile Cannon later.

As the old saying goes: when the cannon fires, gold flows like water. The saying that fighting a war is all about logistics really hits the mark.

However, Dong Tianyu was somewhat puzzled as to what use the upgraded Attack Module of the Companion Spiritual Treasure could serve now.

If facing opponents who were also human, relying solely on Companion Spiritual Treasures to fight each other would just be like chickens pecking at each other.

And now, most Companion Spiritual Treasures, if battling against ships built before the disaster, could likely be easily defeated by most ships merely through the impact of their steel hulls, provided they were not those completely undefended pleasure boats.

Although any module on the Companion Spiritual Treasure can be infinitely upgraded, theoretically upgrading the power module to nuclear power and the Attack Module to nuclear warheads isn’t an issue.

But theory is just theory, based on the current situation, let alone upgrading to nuclear power, even increasing the cruising speed to over one hundred kilometers per hour is a challenging task.

Just like how consuming low-level Mysterious Cores when at a high level only yields minimal improvement, raising the level of equipment by consuming Dark Green Trick Nucleus later on will definitely also be a challenging task.

No wonder those salvage teams would prefer to store the obtained Mysterious Cores in their warehouses rather than concentrate resources to train one appropriate person.

Looking at it, it likely wasn’t because they hadn’t found people to try training, but rather that after upgrading to this level, they felt that the cost-effectiveness was somewhat unbalanced and chose not to continue the training.

Indeed, if Dong Tianyu were not an individual but a group, it would also be difficult to, like now, invest all resources into one person, unreservedly pushing for maximal training.

Being content with one’s wealth, once all the Mysterious Cores were used up, Dong Tianyu naturally stopped fretting, but having just acquired the Attack Module and raised it to the current upper limit of its level, Dong Tianyu was very eager to find a target to practice on.

Although firing a few shots at an empty piece of land could somewhat satisfy his craving, each of those Giant Bolts was equivalent to one Dark Green Trick Nucleus and wasn’t cheap to produce, so firing them into nothing still felt a bit painful.

Just then, a Ghost Ship nearby seemed to have detected Dong Tianyu and was heading straight toward him.

Seeing the Ghost Ship gradually approaching from a distance, Dong Tianyu instinctively used aimed shooting.

As soon as the bolt had been shot out from the giant crossbow, Zachary instantly regretted it, because based on past experiences, whether it was a physical attack or a magic attack, none could cause any damage to those ghost ships on the water.

Although all attacks seemed to hit their target directly, they were like hitting phantoms, unable to cause any damage.

Just when Zachary was comforting himself, treating it as practice aiming, the giant bolt he had just fired pierced directly through the deck of the ghost ship.

Seeing the situation on the opposite side, Zachary, somewhat skeptical, fired another giant bolt.

Like the previous one, this giant bolt lodged itself into the side of the ghost ship.

Excited by this outcome, Zachary, as if possessed, switched from single fire mode to burst mode, following through with his third attack.

The equipped giant crossbow, instantly emptied the remaining giant bolts, firing eight in succession which directly blew up the ghost ship that had not yet approached.

Seeing the effect of the burst mode, Zachary couldn’t help but feel some regret and heartache.

After all, Zachary had seen very clearly that when the fifth giant bolt hit the ghost ship, the ship was already on the verge of collapse.

With the sixth giant bolt hitting, the ghost ship was already dissipating, and the remaining four bolts wastefully plunged into the water.

Looking at those wastefully spent four giant bolts, Zachary couldn’t help but admonish himself to never let momentary exhilaration cause him to spend so much again.

Although with Ye Liuyun’s help, Zachary was able to purchase a batch of Mysterious Cores at a low price from the salvage team, even the so-called low price was not cheap at all, at least many times more expensive than the equivalent Black Devil Cores.

Considering this, Zachary suddenly remembered something, he had blasted a Mysterious Ship not far away with his crossbow bolts, he should at least secure one Black Devil Core as income.

Though each giant bolt was much more expensive than a Black Devil Core, what belonged to him was his gain, given the great cost he had incurred, he couldn’t just walk away with nothing.

As this thought emerged in Zachary’s mind, he instantly felt information transmitted from his Companion Spiritual Treasure.

Although it’s said that a Mysterious Ship upon contacting any ship, could use that ship as a blueprint to transform into a Mysterious Realm, no matter if it’s a common ship built before the catastrophe or a Companion Spiritual Treasure obtained afterward, until now, basically all ships were treated without distinction.

But as long as a Companion Spiritual Treasure devours a Dark Green Trick Nucleus to obtain a weapon, like Zachary’s ram and giant crossbow acquired from devouring a Mysterious Core, these weapons can be used to directly attack the Mysterious Ship.

Only weapons obtained by devouring a Dark Green Trick Nucleus can directly cause damage to the Mysterious Ship.

Moreover, besides being able to directly damage the Mysterious Ship, if the Mysterious Ship is harmed by melee weapons, then other ships upon contact with the ghost ship will not be dragged into a Mysterious Realm.

Melee weapons possess the effect of suppressing the Mysterious Ship from transforming into a Mysterious Realm.

Regarding this ability, Zachary felt that certainly some people in the salvage teams must have acquired the attack module, but why, even though people knew about this, the information hadn’t become widespread.

After all, not to mention anything else, melee weapons, which can suppress the Mysterious Ship from transforming into a Mysterious Realm, is an important function.

After all, compared to those bizarrely rule-bending Mysterious Realms, a combat style that can break through with force is much more popular with the public.

It’s just that, as long as one possesses enough Dark Green Trick Nuclei, everyone could not only obtain melee weapons but also the corresponding ranged weapons.