Chapter 41

The Adventurer Base.

Here, a large number of adventurers gathered, including ancient warriors in elemental battle suits and gene warriors in gene battle armor.

Ten huge screens rolled with subtitles, all recruitment needs, some requiring adventurer badge levels, others specifying team roles, and even more detailed to gender and age. It was similar to the recruitment calls around the town, just more convenient.

Lin Feng walked in, surrounded by a sea of people, with too many things to see.

Besides teaming up, the base also had a badge exchange service, managed by dedicated staff. However, the base was more of a leisure and relaxation area, where adventurers ate meat and drank alcohol in large quantities, behaving boldly and unrestrained, often bursting into hearty laughter and boasting.

"Look at this scar, I got it while escaping from an elite elemental beast!"

"Really? Old Ma, don't exaggerate. Encountering an elite elemental beast in the wilderness is rarer than encountering a beast general!"

...

"Have you heard that a rare earth element vein was found in the C02 ruins?"

"How could that be? Rare earth element veins are rare even in the wilderness. This is just a rumor."

...

Various sounds reached Lin Feng's ears, all small talk and gossip.

Though not all of it could be trusted, he still gained a lot of information. For Lin Feng, who had zero adventurer experience, it was quite beneficial to combine what he had read with reality.

As the old saying goes, reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles.

"An elite elemental beast should be an elemental beast with an elemental heart as its core," Lin Feng thought.

Elemental beasts can be divided into two types: one with an elemental crystal as its core, and the other with an elemental heart. After the Great Extinction, the birth of spiritual energy nourished not only humans and beasts but also plants, trees, and most of all, various metal ores.

Metal ores condensed spiritual energy, and the elements within would form elemental crystals. When condensed to the extreme, they would form an elemental heart.

In simple terms, it's like a common iron ore, where iron elements might make up 1%. Condensing this 1% of iron elements would form an iron crystal. Further refining this 1% to the essence, even a thousandth or ten-thousandth, would form an elemental heart composed of perfect elements.

Beasts, like humans, absorb spiritual energy and undergo changes.

Fusing elemental crystals or elemental hearts, like human gene warriors, would gradually make them stronger. Especially elemental beasts with elemental hearts as cores, not only do they train faster than ordinary elemental beasts, but they can also develop human-like intelligence, making them 'elite elemental beasts.'

Ordinary elemental beasts' cores are not valuable.

But for elite elemental beasts, not just their cores, but even their fur, tails, horns, and bones are quite expensive.

"Encountering an elite elemental beast in the wilderness?" Lin Feng smiled.

It's almost impossible to find an elemental heart in the wilderness. To encounter an elite elemental beast...

Unless you have extremely good luck.

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Badge Exchange Window.

"Done." The staff member, expressionless, handed over the badge and the martial crystal.

Lin Feng reached out to take it. The martial crystal he received from the Ancient Martial Alliance recorded his information, including the most basic E-level elemental battle suit. The badge was light gray with no stars, representing a new adventurer.

Snap! Lin Feng placed the badge on his chest, and it instantly merged with the elemental battle suit.

Identity confirmed.

"Finally, I've become a free adventurer." Lin Feng smiled.

He had always been fascinated by the outside world, only hearing about it from his older brother. Now, he himself had become an adventurer, able to explore this vast, unknown land. The feeling was quite magical, as if a long-cherished dream had finally come true.

"First, I need to buy some essentials." Lin Feng walked out.

Although he didn't have much money, he couldn't afford capsule alloy houses or military tents, but he could easily buy some water and compressed biscuits.

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Elemental Mall.

One of the two landmark buildings in the adventurer town, the five-story mall had everything. Whether for sale or purchase, as long as it was useful, it could be found in the Elemental Mall. The crowd here was no less than at the adventurer base, and the daily transaction volume was enormous.

"The Elemental Chamber is as rich as a country," Lin Feng thought as he entered the mall. Although he didn't know much about the Elemental Chamber, he had a general idea.

It was a true giant, constantly recruiting gene warriors and ancient martial artists, offering substantial salaries. As far as he knew, some students from the初级 gene academy would choose to join the Elemental Chamber after graduation, not only for good benefits but also to receive a free E9 elemental heart.

An E9 elemental heart was worth 100 silver coins, or 1 gold coin.

The police district couldn't offer such good treatment.

"Ordinary gene liquid, 10 silver coins."

"Basic gene liquid, 30 silver coins."

...

"E9 elemental battle suit, 20 silver coins."

"D9 gene battle boots, 1 gold coin."

...

Walking through the vast array of goods, Lin Feng could only look.

His pocket was empty, and the exclusive benefits of the battle academy were good, but there was no monetary reward. Items like basic gene liquid and elemental hearts were prohibited from being sold. The money he had was only enough to buy a month's worth of water and compressed biscuits, which would quickly run out.

"A month, that's about right..."

"I wonder if I can earn 80 silver coins."

Lin Feng pondered as he slowly walked out.

His sister's medical expenses were not cheap, including hospitalization fees, totaling 80 silver coins, which were paid by Mentor Yue Meng. No matter what, Lin Feng didn't want to owe anyone money, especially when he had the ability to repay.

"An intermediate ancient martial artist can earn an average of 30 silver coins a month."

"An advanced ancient martial artist can earn an average of 100 silver coins a month."

...

Lin Feng nodded slightly.

His current strength was between the two. Earning 80 silver coins a month was indeed a bit challenging, but...

It was not an impossible goal.

"Afeng?" A surprised voice came from ahead, and Lin Feng was also puzzled, looking over.

The voice was somewhat familiar.

"Ha, it really is you, Afeng!" It was a flat-headed man in an elemental battle suit, waving and smiling at him.

"Brother Li." Lin Feng smiled and nodded, walking over. He was his neighbor, Li Min, an intermediate ancient martial artist who had always been nice to him.

"I thought you looked familiar, it's really you, Afeng. Two years haven't seen you... wow, you've grown taller!" Li Min laughed heartily, suddenly noticing Lin Feng's badge on his chest, and exclaimed, "I heard you got into the battle academy, I haven't had the chance to congratulate you yet. What are you doing here now?"

Lin Feng smiled, "I want to hone my skills and earn some money."

"Oh." Li Min nodded, knowing a bit about Lin Feng's family situation, and frowned, "But you're a new adventurer, it's very dangerous..."

Suddenly, Li Min turned to the two men and one woman behind him, "Brother Lei, Sister Jin, Rat, let me introduce you to Lin Feng, a gene warrior who just got into the battle academy this year. He's quite strong, but he's new and lacks experience. Can you take him along?"

Lei Bao frowned, hesitating.

"No!" Sister Jin's face turned cold, "Taking a new adventurer will slow us down."

"Exactly." Rat glanced at Lin Feng's badge and raised an eyebrow, "Brother Li, we're a three-star adventurer team. If he were a two-star adventurer, we might consider it, but..." He pointed at Lin Feng's chest, clearly implying—

He's too weak.

"Brother Lei!" Li Min's face turned grim, looking at the team leader Lei Bao, "Please help, Brother Lei."

Lei Bao frowned, "Brother Li, bringing an extra person will affect our team's coordination."

"Brother Lei!" Li Min gritted his teeth, "I'll take half the profit this time."

Upon hearing this, Sister Jin and Rat's eyes lit up.

"Is that so..." Lei Bao hesitated, nodding slightly, frowning.

"No need." Lin Feng suddenly interrupted, smiling at Li Min, "Thank you for your kindness, Brother Li, but I want to try on my own." He then nodded to Lei Bao and the others and walked out.

He never intended to join any team.

More people mean more trouble, and this was true for Lei Bao and the others, as well as for Lin Feng. Not to mention, he didn't want Brother Li to cut his share of the profit.

It was completely unnecessary.

...

"That kid has some guts," Rat smiled, but his smile was mocking.

"Arrogant and conceited," Sister Jin sneered, "Just out of the academy, he doesn't know his place. He thinks the wilderness is a playground where he can earn money easily. Ha, he'll have a hard time!"

Li Min's face was grim, extremely displeased.

"Don't be like that, Brother Li." Lei Bao was comforting Li Min when his crystal watch suddenly beeped. Lei Bao opened it, his eyes flickering.

"What's wrong?" Sister Jin asked.

Lei Bao looked up, his gaze following the direction Lin Feng had left, frowning, "A message from Manager Hu, asking us to look out for an 18-year-old, named 'Lin Feng,' a beginner ancient martial artist and a free martial artist. If found, report to the martial hall immediately. If confirmed, a reward of 10 gold coins will be given."

Sssss~

Everyone sucked in a cold breath.

10 gold coins!

They couldn't earn that much in a year.

"It can't be him. Brother Li just said... he's from the battle academy and is a gene warrior," Rat said.

"There are many people with the same name. 'Lin Feng' is a common name in Sunset City, with at least hundreds of them," Sister Jin sneered, "Besides, he doesn't look like a strong person."

Lei Bao nodded, also smiling wryly.

Right, how could it be so coincidental.

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(Today I spent time playing with my daughter, just got back and finished the first chapter.)

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