Chapter 26 Ice and Fire Attachment

[Ice and Fire Attachment

Tier: Platinum Level

Type: Elemental Manipulation

Lv.1

0/100

Active Effect: When activated, can attach Ice and Fire Ability on the surface of objects or weapons/ammunition.

Passive Effect: Immune to Cold and Heat.

Consumption: Fluctuates with the size of the attachment, basic consumption value is 1.]

"This effect description is so simplistic and convenient, isn't it?"

Li Zheng frowned.

Such a simplistic description, it doesn't even label the power and other values, too unintuitive.

"Let's give it a try."

Instinctively wanting to take a gun from the capsule residence, ended up with nothing.

"Oh, I just threw the capsule residence out..."

Scratching his head.

Li Zheng realized that earlier, to give Xiao Sakura a space to hide, the capsule residence hadn't been on him.

Once the capsule residence is placed outside, the player cannot directly retrieve items from inside, only by entering it, one can rummage through.

Standing up to take a look, discovered he had used too much force earlier, unexpectedly throwing the capsule residence to the edge of the room, directly blocking a metal door.

"Yingying!"

As the door opened, Xiao Sakura rushed out, fluttering around Li Zheng to check if he was hurt.

Seeing him unharmed, the little one finally relaxed completely, leapt into Li Zheng's arms, rubbing its face against him vigorously.

Clearly, during the time Li Zheng awakened his genetic ability, the little one was worried sick.

"Haha, see, I'm fine?"

Li Zheng held it in his palm, laughing to reassure it.

"Yingyingying!"

Xiao Sakura suddenly got angry, pointing at Li Zheng loudly, seemingly accusing Li Zheng of twice putting himself in danger, making it worry.

Also warning him not to do that again in the future.

"Alright, alright, I'll listen to you."

Li Zheng nodded perfunctorily, as he took Xiao Sakura into the capsule residence, saying, "But Xiao Sakura also needs to grow up quickly, maybe then you will have the ability to protect me."

"Ying!"

Xiao Sakura sat on Li Zheng's hand, nodded seriously.

"Oh?"

Scanning around the residence, found a filament spider gland tossed at the doorway, missing a chunk now, with tiny tooth marks on it.

Li Zheng couldn't help but laugh, "Looks like you've already started thinking that way."

"Ying."

Xiao Sakura shyly tilted its little head.

Not trying to protect you, I merely want to grow up quickly.

"But!"

Li Zheng put on a stern face, pretending to be serious, "From now on, you're not allowed to eat such meat-like things raw, got it?"

"Ying?"

Xiao Sakura looked puzzled.

The floral thing it ate earlier was raw and smelled delightful, wasn't it?

"How can that be the same? Luoshen Flower is a plant, you can treat it like a vegetable or fruit, it's okay to eat raw.

But this gland clearly comes from an animal, do you know if there are any parasites or bacteria inside?

What if you get sick?

What if you get infected with parasites?"

"Ying?"

Parasites?

Xiao Sakura showed a disdainful expression.

Sounding like weak little bugs, I'm not afraid!

Seeing its indifferent attitude, Li Zheng tried to scare it, "Being infected with parasites could make you ugly."

"Ying?"

Ugly?

"Yingyingying!"

I don't want to be ugly!

I won't eat raw anymore!

Sure enough, Xiao Sakura was scared straight, shaking its head and chirping non-stop.

"Still a 'child', easy to coax."

Seeing his tactic worked, Li Zheng bent down to pick up the filament spider gland, "Perfect, use this thing to test the awakened ability."

As soon as he thought of it, Li Zheng immediately activated "Ice and Fire Attachment", choosing the Fire Element ability.

The next moment, a burst of flame rose in his hand, quickly enveloping the entire filament spider gland.

"Eeee!"

Little Sakura was startled by the sudden burst of flames and shouted to remind Li Zheng to put it out quickly.

The high temperature of the flame pillar earlier had left it uneasy.

"It's okay, this is my ability, just like you can fly in the sky, it won't hurt me."

Li Zheng reassured the agitated little guy, his eyes tightly fixated on the flame-wrapped dangling spider gland.

"Zzzz, zzzz."

Oils seeped from the gland, dripping onto the ground, its surface slowly turning yellowish.

"This thing... smells quite good after roasting."

Glanced at the newly appeared Genetic Force number.

78/100

"Almost one point of Genetic Force consumed every second?"

This cost-performance ratio isn't great.

With a hundred points of Genetic Force fully consumed, it could only last less than two minutes in total.

"Although the temperature is indeed quite high."

Li Zheng held the hanging spider gland in his hand, though both were wrapped in flames, Li Zheng didn't feel any burning sensation, just a warmth.

"Not afraid of heat? It seems the 'Immune to Cold and Heat' passive effect is at work."

"Let's see if I can regulate the temperature..."

As soon as this thought emerged, Li Zheng realized he could control the size and shape of the flames.

The flame overall became smaller, and the consumption would correspondingly decrease.

Conversely, the consumption would speed up.

It could drain all Genetic Force in an instant, but currently, it's just experimentation, no need to go that far.

"If I maintain a small flame like a lighter, the consumption... emmm is quite low anyway."

Li Zheng waited for a minute, maintaining a flame like an ordinary lighter, and found that his Genetic Force didn't decrease but increased by one.

Glanced at the time, from ignition till now, a minute had passed.

"Genetic Force recovers one point per minute, if fully used, it would take nearly two hours to recover to full value."

"This is after I consumed the Platinum Level item, perhaps the upper limit of Genetic Force developed by it is more, or maybe my recovery speed is faster than others."

As for those players who awaken Genetic Ability using Low Level items, if they encounter a tough opponent in a room and drain their Genetic Force.

Finally, even if they kill the enemy, to ensure they are in peak condition in the next room, they surely need to rest until the Genetic Force recovers fully.

"So even if others develop Genetic Ability, exploring ten rooms a day won't be too fast..."

Li Zheng thought of a certain Phoenix surname guy in the water area chatting all the time.

"How white is Phoenix Mountain's face to have developed an ability with a Silver Level Flame Flower to clear today's ten rooms before ten o'clock?"

No wonder I bully him so many times, he silently endured, even considered as "humble".

Turns out he owed me a favor.

"Such a shame I cannot expose the daily random Treasure Chest System, otherwise having Phoenix Mountain help in opening chests, given his level of luck, might ensure crits from every chest."

Li Zheng couldn't help but complain: "Damn lucky guy!"

Having tested the fire element enough, Li Zheng adjusted the heat, and traded a small bottle of salt grains at the price of two Luoshen Flowers in the trading hall, to make a "salt-roasted pig stomach" for Little Sakura.

Although this "pig stomach" is actually a hanging spider gland, specifically made for pets.

But it didn't stop Li Zheng from drooling at the aroma.

After roasting, checking the item information, ensuring no effect changes, Li Zheng tore off a small piece and handed it to Little Sakura.

The rest was transformed using Ice Ability, directly freezing it into an ice lump.

This was to extend the storage time, otherwise, after two more days, the roasted gland would spoil, affecting its effect.

"Quite convenient, saving the need for a fridge in the short term."

Seeing less than twenty points of Genetic Force left, Li Zheng pulled out the Desert Eagle and fired a few shots in the open area outside.

During the process, he tried attaching flames, and the Desert Eagle no longer shot Energy Bombs, but bullets as red and molten-like.

They struck the metal ground, directly blasting a basin-sized pit.

When attached with ice, what was fired was a blue Ice Crystal Bullet, shattering on impact, creating a small pit area.

Interestingly, when Li Zheng tried using two attribute attachments simultaneously, the bullet became bicolor, yet its power was between the two.

But the consumption doubled.

Conclusion: Single-type attachment shooting consumes one point of Genetic Force per shot.

An unexpected event occurred when switching the Desert Eagle to special shooting mode.

In this mode, if Li Zheng attached Fire Element ability during shooting, apart from the recoil and gun sound reducing, power and shooting effect remained the same as in normal shooting mode.

Because the Snake Grass Needle burned to ash the moment it left the muzzle.

However, attaching Ice Element ability had no such problem and was even more powerful than firing Snake Grass Needle alone before.

For instance, upon hitting the target, it could cause frost and toxin effects, incredibly strong,

After testing all effects, Li Zheng pulled out two fiber balls from his ears, twirled the Desert Eagle around on his fingers, showing off.

Then while tucking it into his back waist, Li Zheng felt something was amiss.

He looked down.

"..."

"Damn it, where did my clothes go?"

Now, Li Zheng has clothes -1 set, and the 160 units of fiber previously tucked in clothes in the last room were all gone.