Free Web NovelChapter 11: Chapter 11: The Benefits of Equipping Weapons
Looking at the system’s notification, Ye Yun clenched his fists, so excited he almost jumped off the ground.
Although the probability of two consecutive failures was only 0.3364%, the first one had still cast a shadow over him.
Thankfully, the second repair attempt had succeeded. Otherwise, those two failures alone would have completely wiped out the head start he had built up over the past few days.
Even though the second attempt was a success, Ye Yun quickly calmed down.
The second success could be chalked up to probability, or you could just call it good luck.
However, it also made Ye Yun aware of a very serious problem.
’When I face situations like this in the future, I have to be more careful with my decisions.’
’I should avoid events with low success rates whenever possible. I have the Evaluation System, after all. It’s better to wait for the right moment than to take unnecessary risks.’
Still, the rewards from necessary risks were also quite handsome.
With a second construction robot, the shelter’s production efficiency would double.
「20 minutes later.」
Ye Yun completed his trade with Hammer.
Ye Yun didn’t choose the [Damaged Pickaxe (White)], which had the highest attack power.
Although that thing had higher attack power, its attack speed was the slowest, and its damage range was quite wide.
In the end, he chose two White-grade weapons with more balanced stats.
[Bent Aluminum Baseball Bat (White)]
[Attack: 3-5]
[Attack Speed: Medium]
[Attack Range: Melee]
[Required Attribute: Strength 3]
[Rusty Iron Kitchen Knife (White)]
[Attack: 3-3]
[Attack Speed: Fast]
[Attack Range: Melee]
[Required Attribute: Agility 3]
Ye Yun didn’t rush to equip No. 1 and No. 2 with the new weapons.
Instead, he opened the Evaluation System, ready to verify his hypothesis.
[Evaluation Type: Exploration]
[Assessing mission risk...]
[This is a 4-hour random exploration.]
[Assessment: 97% chance of obtaining White items, 2.93% chance of Green items, 0.07% chance of Blue items. Risk Factor: 0.13%]
Seeing the final risk factor, Ye Yun nodded to himself. ’Just as I thought. The dangers outside are gradually increasing.’
He handed the two weapons to No. 1 and No. 2 respectively and reassigned the exploration task.
[Evaluation Type: Exploration]
[Assessing mission risk...]
[This is a 4-hour random exploration.]
[Assessment: 95% chance of obtaining White items, 4.84% chance of Green items, 0.16% chance of Blue items. Risk Factor: 0.0002%]
Seeing the assessment results, Ye Yun’s eyes lit up.
’These results are even better than I expected.’
He had anticipated that equipping the bionoids with weapons would lower the risk assessment.
However, he never imagined that not only would the risk decrease, but the quality of the items obtained would also increase.
The probability of getting Green items rose from 2.93% to 4.84%, a full two-percentage-point increase.
The chance of getting Blue items also jumped from 0.07% to 0.16%, a very significant increase.
Looking at the minuscule 0.0002% risk factor, an idea struck Ye Yun, and he changed the exploration plan.
"Four hours seems a bit too short. Let’s make this exploration eight hours long."
[You have issued a new mission.]
[Evaluation Type: Exploration]
[Assessing mission risk...]
[This is an 8-hour random exploration.]
[Assessment: 84% chance of obtaining White items, 14.61% chance of Green items, 1.39% chance of Blue items. Risk Factor: 0.001%]
The risk factor increased from 0.0002% to 0.001%, but in exchange, the probability of obtaining high-grade items also jumped a tier.
’Just by exploring for eight hours straight, there’s a 14.61% chance for Green items and a 1.39% chance for Blue items. So, what if I extend the exploration time even further?’
[Evaluation Type: Exploration]
[Assessing mission risk...]
[This is a 12-hour random exploration.]
[Assessment: 74% chance of obtaining White items, 22.55% chance of Green items, 3.45% chance of Blue items. Risk Factor: 10.109%]
Honestly, when Ye Yun saw the item drop probabilities, he was extremely tempted.
But the moment he saw the risk factor jump to 10.109%, his excitement immediately cooled.
’A one-in-ten-thousand risk is still within my acceptable range, but a one-in-ten risk is just too high.’
Unlike those easily obtainable Green-grade parts, if a bionoid was accidentally destroyed during exploration, it would probably be extremely difficult to get a new one in a short amount of time.
Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Yun canceled the 12-hour exploration and reassigned the 8-hour task.
After the painful experience of his earlier failure, a higher safety margin seemed more important to him than better rewards.
After watching No. 1 and No. 2 leave the shelter, Ye Yun finally turned his attention to the chatroom.
[So miserable. My bionoid’s durability is down to 66%.]
[You think that’s miserable? One of my bionoids has had its arm missing for days.]
[You guys are lucky your bionoids are even still around. Both of mine have been missing for two days. I haven’t even gotten the water purifier and food workshop in my shelter set up. At this rate, I’ll probably just starve to death.]
[Hey, have any of you noticed that bionoids sent outside seem to be having more accidents lately?]
[Yeah, it really seems that way!]
[Didn’t you see? Even God Ye Yun has started buying up weapons.]
[Could it be that God Ye Yun has noticed something?]
[Is Boss Ye Yun here? Boss, do you know what’s going on?]
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Ye Yun had originally planned to just be a lurker, quietly observing and gathering useful information.
However, seeing so many people mentioning him, he mulled it over and decided he should probably step in and give them a word of warning, since most shelter managers were still in an exploratory phase. freewebnoveℓ.com
After pondering for a moment, Ye Yun quickly figured out how to issue a reminder without revealing his secret advantage.
[I’m sure everyone remembers the aliens warning us at the beginning that our shelters would face different dangers every 10 days. The countdown to the first 10-day mark is now at 5 days.]
[I think this is probably why the dangers outside are constantly increasing, which is leading to our bionoids getting injured or going missing during exploration.]
[This situation will likely continue to worsen as time goes on.]
[I’ve looked through the chat logs, and it seems most of the accidents are happening to people who send their bionoids out on long-duration explorations. This is just my personal observation, not based on any hard science.]
[My suggestion is for everyone to shorten their exploration times. And if possible, equip your bionoids with some weapons.]
