Chapter 82: Mini Terracotta Army
Rather than calling it a terracotta army, it was more like a pit…
Yes, just a pit, completely empty. If it weren't for the clear attributes displayed, Zhao Kuo would have thought it was a system bug.
[Mini Terracotta Army: Increases player damage by 15%. Player can summon terracotta warriors for battle. The number of warriors depends on the quantity produced by the player, and their strength depends on the special materials added during production.]
[Players can produce one soldier or one horse figure per day.]
But where are my terracotta warriors?
Soon, Zhao Kuo realized—oh right, he hadn't made any yet. Of course, there's just a pit.
It turns out that when people are speechless, they might laugh. Zhao Kuo chuckled in exasperation and then opened the production interface for the terracotta warriors.
[Mini Soldier Production: Requires clay x2 or iron ore x5 or steel sheet x2 or synthetic metal x1 or ???, water x2000ml. Adding other rare materials can enhance the soldier's attributes.]
[Mini Horse Production: Requires clay x2 or iron ore x5 or steel sheet x2 or synthetic metal x1 or ???, water x2000ml. Adding other rare materials can enhance the horse's attributes.]
[Soldier + Horse can be combined into a terracotta warrior, with attributes added together.]
Soldiers and horses are produced separately and need to be combined to create a terracotta warrior. Moreover, producing one soldier or horse requires a full 2 liters of water. While it doesn't have to be purified water, that's still a significant amount.
Zhao Kuo checked the bathroom to see how much water was left and found 2.3 liters—just enough.
The water collected in the bathroom tank wasn't drinkable, but it was reliable for other uses. Zhao Kuo silently praised himself for building the bathroom.
Although the bathroom hadn't been used yet, its existence was justified.
Without hesitation, Zhao Kuo added all the required materials.
For the first material, he chose steel sheets, as he had a decent stockpile. Besides, steel terracotta warriors sounded incredibly cool.
As for rare materials, Zhao Kuo hesitated for a moment before carefully adding a piece of gold ore.
Yes, gold ore. Zhao Kuo currently had only two pieces, and the market price for one was over 600 subway coins—and still rising.
But Zhao Kuo had high hopes for his first soldier figure. Besides gold ore, none of his other materials could be considered rare, which was a bit frustrating.
Rare items didn't necessarily mean rare materials.
Watching the materials fuse together and a one-hour countdown appear, Zhao Kuo breathed a sigh of relief.
Next, he began dismantling the small room in the first car and moved all the equipment to the upper-level car.
An hour later, Zhao Kuo smiled with satisfaction at the cleaner and more organized room in the upper car.
The soldier figure was also completed. Zhao Kuo retrieved the terracotta warrior, and now the pit contained a small, silver-colored figure kneeling on one knee. It looked exactly like a Qin dynasty warrior, holding a long halberd with the same metallic texture.
Zhao Kuo noticed a golden sheen on the soldier, clearly the effect of the gold ore.
He eagerly opened the soldier's attributes.
[Soldier #1]
[A soldier figure made of steel and gold, with a body as hard as steel. Due to the addition of gold, it possesses a unique talent.]
[Strength: 18]
[Constitution: 20]
[Speed: 5]
[Spirit: 10]
[Skill: Sacrifice]
[Sacrifice: Due to the addition of gold, when this soldier's health drops below 20%, it activates Sacrifice. All attributes double, and it retains 1 HP even after taking fatal damage.]
["To repay the king's favor on the golden platform, I wield the jade dragon to die for him."]
The attributes were nothing extraordinary, but thinking about it, they were only slightly weaker than Gu Shan's…
Well, Gu Shan was almost becoming a benchmark for Zhao Kuo. He rubbed his temples.
However, once Soldier #1 activated its Sacrifice skill, its attributes doubled, directly elevating it to the level of a third-tier ordinary profession—still quite impressive.
The only downside was the low speed. Zhao Kuo wondered if pairing it with a horse figure would improve that.
Moreover, the strength of the **[Mini Terracotta Army]** miracle structure lay in its ability to continuously produce terracotta warriors. When deployed in battle, the sheer number of warriors could lead to a qualitative change, making it a force to be reckoned with.
The only issue was that, even with sufficient resources, it took two days to produce one complete terracotta warrior. The progress was still too slow.
Zhao Kuo wondered if upgrade cards could be used on miracle structures. If so, perhaps he could upgrade the **[Mini Terracotta Army]** in the future.
In any case, Zhao Kuo was quite satisfied with the **[Mini Terracotta Army]**. He could imagine it becoming one of his trump cards in the future, capable of overwhelming opponents when used at critical moments.
Thinking this, Zhao Kuo smiled.
He stored the mini terracotta army and stood in the second-level car, looking down at the endless darkness outside.
What would the future hold?
His experience at Eternal Station had shown him that he would reach great heights in the future, even capable of crossing the barriers of time and space.
But even knowing this, his sense of crisis hadn't diminished.
The damaged Lucky Dice suggested that his future self had encountered some calamity, with even the dice shattered in that disaster.
Moreover, the "perfect timeline" mentioned by his future self implied that there were multiple timelines. Was his current timeline the same as that Zhao Kuo's? No one could say for sure.
So, it was best to focus on the present, improve his strength, and seize every available resource. Even if he surpassed all other players, he couldn't afford to relax.
Just then, Tang Yingying poked her head up. "Boss, I called you, but you didn't respond. Come down for dinner! I made egg fried rice today—with eggs from Brother Chicken."
Zhao Kuo snapped out of his worries about the future and caught the aroma of the fried rice.
He frowned and asked, "Wouldn't it be better to keep the eggs for hatching chicks?"
Tang Yingying rolled her eyes. "Only fertilized eggs can hatch chicks. What, do you think unfertilized eggs can magically turn into chicks?"
"You know about fertilized eggs?" Zhao Kuo was surprised. Tang Yingying was quite knowledgeable.
But Tang Yingying just grinned mischievously. "I read it in novels and comics. They've got some real stuff in them. Now come down and eat!"
"Alright," Zhao Kuo replied, watching Tang Yingying's head disappear. He muttered to himself,
"You can learn real stuff from web novels? Yeah, right."