"Sir, here's the coordinate."
Wang Lanlan sent the coordinate to Xu Gu.
"Let's lay low for now." Xu Gu glanced at the coordinate, a bit surprised. It was built directly in the city district—these Ascension Sect members were truly crazy and arrogant.
Instead of heading straight to the Ascension Sect's base, he took out the B-level component sent by the Demon Hunting Team.
[lv1·B-level·Type I Liquid Hydrogen Energy Power Engine Assistance System]
[The core material is the Power Core of the Hellfire Wolf, containing the technological crystals of the Mechanical Abyss, using liquid hydrogen as fuel. Its special construction makes it more efficient than a typical liquid hydrogen power assistance engine.]
The power bonus was indeed a bit stronger than a general B-level power component.
Xu Gu nodded in satisfaction.
On Blue Star, the price of components remained consistently high, regardless of the country.
C-level components can be purchased in the Genesis Mall for just twenty to thirty thousand points.
However, if you lack permissions and need to purchase non-binding C-level components in reality, it requires at least two to three hundred thousand points. That's ten times the Mall price!
Among these, seventy to eighty thousand points account for material costs, another seventy to eighty thousand are for craftsmanship, and over a hundred thousand are the profit the merchants aim to make.
B-level components were even more valuable. If buying non-binding ones externally, the minimum cost was two million points, equivalent to two billion Star Coins.
This was the main reason why, even though Wang Lanlan was a B-level Auto Man with a significant status in Xia City, she still didn't possess B-level components.
In fact, she didn't have many C-level components either.
Low permissions and no money.
Don't be fooled; even if Auto Men earn quickly and have high net worth, most are tied up in assets, and the actual cash they have isn't much. Their expenses are also high.
Regular energy liquid refills, damaged parts replacements, ammo replenishment, and component updates are all significant expenses.
This doesn't even account for rent or purchasing big-ticket items like a house. Certainly can't live in a parking lot, right?
At the same time, the components on their bodies couldn't just be one; Xu Gu had eight, and others had at least three or four.
Probably only Xu Gu was wealthy enough that he awakened with two S-level components, an A-level component, and a heap of B-level and C-level components.
"B-level components, market price of 2 million points, 2 billion Star Coins."
"However, having someone custom-made doesn't cost this much."
"The Hellfire Wolf carcass I provided, even with a B-level component already extracted, remained valued at around 800,000 points. The materials utilized perhaps only cost 600,000 points, and the crafting fee estimated at 600,000 points. It's as if the Demon Hunting Team fronted me 400,000 points."
Xu Gu slightly calculated in his mind.
Even though the Demon Hunting Team didn't mention covering the costs, he was aware.
However, the Demon Hunting Team wouldn't lose out; they took many level 30 War General Mechanical Monster carcasses.
Considering their digestion capacity, if processed well, it's not hard to profit 700,000-800,000 points.
Even after deducting the 400,000 points front, there was still profit to be made.
A day, five people, earning 300,000-400,000 points—even though all Demon Hunting Team members were A-level, while not enough to get insanely rich, it's still not a small amount.
Not to mention, he saved them.
Later, if he didn't squeeze some benefits out of them, his investment wouldn't be justified.
Xu Gu calmed his thoughts and opted to extract an enhancement.
He still spent 100,000 points to buy an entry-level enhancement.
[Enhancement: 70 times!]
"70-times enhancement," Xu Gu was somewhat satisfied.
The entry-level enhancement multiplier ranged from 10 to 100. A 70-times enhancement was considered lucky.
If he could keep up this luck, it would be comfortable.
His gaze fell upon the B-level power assistance component before him.
[Enhancement Successful!]
[lv1·B-level·Type I Liquid Hydrogen Energy Power Engine Assistance System] enhanced to [lv1·A-level·Solid Hydrogen Fuel Power Engine Assistance System]
[Using solid hydrogen as fuel, it's cleaner and more efficient.]
[Feature: Power Burst. Activates burst mode. Firepower, defensive power, and power are enhanced up to 30% at max.]
[At maximum burst, the sustain time was 10 minutes. It caused some physical damage post-use. The burst extent can be adjusted to control sustain time and physical damage.]
"A-level?" Xu Gu's eyes lit up.
He thought it hard to advance more with just a 70-times enhancement, but perhaps because it was a standout B-level component, it promoted to A-level.
A-level components were even more valuable. The Genesis Mall no longer offered such high-level components, even with permissions, it was not purchasable.
They can only be traded with others.
The price usually exceeds tens of millions of points, equivalent to over a hundred billion Star Coins!
Despite its average data within the A-level post-enhancement, the feature made it notable.
Capable of a 30% all attribute boost!
Wasn't this a divine skill?
[Same-type high-level component detected. Transfer experience? Experience loss rate: 30%.]
[Transfer Successful!]
[Your A-level component, Solid Hydrogen Power Assist Accessory, level increased to lv7!]
Xu Gu looked at the panel.
[Defensive Power: 5720]
[Loaded Accessories: 8 (1 S-level lv8, 1 S-level lv7, 2 A-level lv7, 3 C-level lv8.)]
Meanwhile, his mind came up with a grand idea.
"A 100,000-point enhancement cost, coupled with a 2-million-point B-level component, suddenly becoming worth tens of millions of points, hundreds of billions of Star Coins!"
Xu Gu beamed brightly.
As long as the A-level component was sold, he could buy B-level components, continue the enhancement, and repeat infinitely to gain the price difference endlessly.
If switched between S-level and A-level loops, the potential profit difference could be even more.
Should he wish, he could totally leverage this capability to amass immense wealth!
"However, enhancement relies on luck; the multiplier fluctuates greatly. Just enhancing B-level to A-level costs dearly.
"High-level nonbinding components, like A-level ones, are tough to acquire.
"And doing it early on might draw too much attention, resulting in being dissected like a specimen."
Xu Gu momentarily dismissed the idea of trafficking components.
He wasn't short of cash for the moment.
When his strength increased enough, and he needed more money, he could try a wave of operations.
"For now, let's focus on obtaining the S-level components from the current Xia City series' mission rewards. By then, directly investing a fortune for a thousandfold enhancement, pushing it to SSS-level!
"I wonder what kind of astonishing feature it will have!"
Xu Gu showed a hint of anticipation, glanced at the coordinate sent by Wang Lanlan, and sped off.
Completing the mission to eradicate the Ascension Sect's base not only promised extra points but also the corresponding mission rewards; the difficulty was so high that the rewards shouldn't be mediocre.
"Let's hope that Ren Dongyang helps me reel in a big catch."
PS: Due to harmony issues, the name of Ascension Sect was changed to Ascension Sect later on.