Cave Refuge-Chapter 832 - 537: Collision

Zachary did not believe that there were no tough individuals in those salvage teams who greedily consumed Dark Green Trick Nuclei to explore the effects after the upgrade.

However, the fact that Ye Liuyun was able to cut the purchase price for the second time indicates that for some reason, the other party ultimately gave up on the cultivation method using Dark Green Trick Nuclei.

In fact, Zachary did not know that there were indeed people in the salvage teams who had tried elite training and had also obtained melee and long-range weapons, testing the special nature of these two types of weapons.

But it was only when they upgraded the two weapons to the current upper limit of their level that they suddenly discovered that if they wanted to continue upgrading the weapons, they would need to upgrade the equipment of other electronic devices first.

If it had been just that, perhaps the people in the salvage teams still would have bitten the bullet and continued with the cultivation since they had already reached this level. If they gave up now, they would definitely feel like it was a loss not worth the investment.

However, after they reluctantly upgraded all the other devices attached to the Companion Spiritual Treasure, they discovered another rather embarrassing issue.

That was the fact that to upgrade certain devices, it was necessary to raise the ship’s level to provide more space within the Companion Spiritual Treasure.

And this situation plunged them into a predicament where they had to spend a considerable amount of capital to acquire Black Devil Cores.

In the most realistic terms, within their salvage team, the value of Dark Green Trick Nuclei was far lower than that of Black Devil Cores.

Remember, the best way to obtain supplies was to merge the Mysterious Ship with the vessel or Companion Spiritual Treasure. As long as one could clear the Mysterious Realm that resulted from the fusion, all the materials within the Mysterious Realm could be taken if they could be carried.

Except for the very beginning, the members of the salvage team did not hurry to clear the Mysterious Realm and leave. Instead, they carefully collected the materials from the Mysterious Realm, choosing to conquer it only at the end.

To be honest, at this point in time, members of the salvage teams entered the Mysterious Realm to collect materials. Surprisingly, the Dark Green Trick Nuclei rewarded for clearing the realm became an extra gain.

In fact, the upgrade rules for Companion Spiritual Treasure devices were not wrong; even in reality, more advanced things aren’t always better, as more advanced products require higher-level supporting facilities.

If we compare the Companion Spiritual Treasure to a person, although one can enhance their punching power through training, merely increasing strength is insufficient. Without tougher skin, the punch could tear the skin.

And if one does not enhance the toughness of their bones, it’s very likely that they could fracture their own hand while attempting to hit someone else.

Like the human body, although one can choose a direction for improvement, there is a limit,

When one function of the body is enhanced to a certain extent, other functions must be similarly improved for the originally prominent aspect to continue to be enhanced.

If it were just a large quantity of Dark Green Trick Nuclei needed, that would be fine, as for the salvage teams, Dark Green Trick Nuclei were a fixed extra gain from collecting materials.

Due to practical reasons, many either fed them directly to their Companion Spirit without a second thought or accumulated them to sell directly to the salvage team’s logistics purchase point.

Thus, for the original salvage teams, the Dark Green Trick Nuclei that could not fetch a high price were, despite the constant price drop of Black Devil Cores, a purchase whose cost was still far more than what the salvage team would pay for them.

Perhaps some may wonder, with the purchase price of Dark Green Trick Nuclei being so low within the salvage teams, compared to their much higher price outside, might some members of the salvage teams secretly sell them off?

Compared to the time before the calamity, the method to control the outflow of Dark Green Trick Nuclei is quite simple now.

The salvage team members who venture deep underwater either come back completely empty-handed, indicating they did not encounter an underwater Ghost Ship, or they return with materials and Dark Green Trick Nuclei.

After all, one can only leave the Mysterious Realm by destroying it. There might be certain items that allow one to leave the Mysterious Realm without regard for its restrictions, but such items are not something these small-time salvage teams can possess.

As for the idea of deserting over a single Dark Green Trick Nucleus, as long as those people aren’t foolish, they generally wouldn’t do such a thing.

After all, compared to the water bases directly managed by the Imperial Court, regardless of their size, members of salvage teams receive far better benefits and welfare at the same level, in addition to other aspects beyond the water base.

Because the water bases have many people, they also consume more resources every time benefits are distributed.

Most salvage teams are composed of fewer than a hundred people, and aside from some essential logistics personnel, other Martial Artists generally need to dive in order to collect materials.

Therefore, in reality, most salvage teams aren’t really short of ordinary materials. If Madeline had taken ordinary materials to trade with them last time, the transaction might have ultimately been successful, but the price would definitely have been much higher than it is now.

Besides the generally excellent welfare benefits in most salvage teams, another important point is that even if a majority of Martial Artists have Storage Equipment, the internal space of this equipment isn’t very large.