Free Web NovelChapter 44: Chapter 44: Wreckage Repair (Part 1)
After alerting everyone in the private chat room to his discovery, Ye Yun paid no mind to their complaints about being broke. The fact that he’d warned them at all was already generous.
Suddenly, the chat window flashed. Ye Yun assumed it was some spam from the person he’d just added, but when he opened it, he saw a message from Lei Hu.
Of everyone in the private chat room, Lei Hu had left the deepest impression on him.
The guy almost never showed up or made small talk in the chat room, but whenever he did post something, it was always a bombshell.
Lei Hu:
[Bro, I want to upgrade my two bionics, but I’m short on resources. I’m not asking for a handout. Can I trade you something for them?]
[[Bionic Wreckage[Green]. I found it in another shelter.]
[I saw your trade message just now mentioned a [Severely Damaged Construction Robot (Green)]. I figure you might need this, too.]
’Damn, that’s Lei Hu for you,’ Ye Yun thought. ’Always full of surprises.’
When the first crisis ended, some of the shelter managers had received the coordinates to an abandoned shelter.
Ye Yun hadn’t been in a hurry to explore it. After all, the abandoned shelter was quite far from his own location. Forcing a journey over such a long distance to explore would be extremely risky.
He never expected that Lei Hu had already completed the exploration and brought back the spoils.
His strength was truly impressive.
Ye Yun quickly opened the item details.
[Bionic Wreckage (Green)]
[Description: A bionic that is inoperable due to excessive damage. Only the basic core remains. With the right schematics and components, it might be possible to repair.]
The description was very similar to that of the construction robot wreckage.
Anyone else without the relevant schematics would have no way to repair it.
But he was different. With the help of his appraisal system, he could figure out the required components himself, as long as he had enough time.
He knew that he would likely find a similar item once he got around to exploring the abandoned shelter himself.
But in his opinion, you could never have too many bionics.
They could work 24/7 with just a simple charge. Back in the day, this kind of thing would have made every capitalist drool.
Half an hour ago, he might have been hesitant, worried that the bionics had too little potential.
But after upgrading Number 1 and Number 2, that worry had completely vanished.
He now knew for a fact that as long as he had enough resources, the upgrade potential for bionics was huge. If nothing else, the card slot function gained from the very first upgrade alone could dramatically improve their combat capabilities.
So, if the price was right, he was more than willing to take the [Bionic Wreckage (Green)] off Lei Hu’s hands.
Ye Yun:
[Brother Hu, I’m not gonna lie, I’ve got my eye on that thing. Name your price. If it’s fair, I’ll take it.]
Lei Hu:
[Just a heads-up, without the right schematics, you probably can’t fix this thing anytime soon. I actually had two of these wreckages, but I tried to get lucky and repair one of them. It ended up getting scrapped and just disappeared.]
Reading his message, the corner of Ye Yun’s mouth twitched.
’That’s Lei Laohu for you,’ he thought. ’Impulsive as ever.’
However, Ye Yun didn’t look down on him for it. It’s hard for people to change their personalities, and in fact, this straightforwardness made Ye Yun think more highly of the man.
The man hadn’t tried to hide the item’s flaws just because Ye Yun wanted it. On the contrary, he had specifically pointed them out.
He didn’t have to mention that at all, yet he did. This genuinely surprised Ye Yun.
Ye Yun:
[I actually got my hands on the schematics by chance a while back, so don’t worry, Brother Hu.]
Lei Hu:
[Oh, I see. You’ve got some pretty good luck.]
[How about this? I haven’t seen anything like it on the exchange, so it’s hard to price. But I’m sure it’s extremely rare.]
[How about 6 random green components?]
Six green components. Based on the conversion rate, that was equivalent to 600 white components.
Honestly, the price wasn’t too high. After all, as long as nothing went wrong, a bionic could generate a continuous return.
So Ye Yun didn’t hesitate and agreed immediately.
Ye Yun: [No problem. Six green components it is.]
With the price settled, the two happily completed the trade.
Ye Yun:
[If you get any more good stuff like this, Brother Hu, make sure I’m the first one you call!]
Lei Hu:
[Absolutely!]
After they ended their chat, Ye Yun turned his attention to the new item in his hands.
To be honest, calling it "wreckage" was being generous. At best, it was just a frame, and a severely damaged one at that.
[Bionic Wreckage (Green)]
[Description: A bionic that is inoperable due to excessive damage. Only the basic core remains. With the right schematics and components, it might be possible to repair.]
[Repair using components without schematics?]
Drawing on his past experience, Ye Yun casually picked up a white component.
[Appraisal Type: Item Repair]
[Assessing repair risk...]
[Item for repair: [Bionic Wreckage (Green)]]
[Appraisal: 100% chance of obtaining a Green item. Risk: 99.99%]
Ye Yun: ...
Staring at the terrifying risk level, the corner of Ye Yun’s mouth twitched. fгeewebnovёl.com
’Looks like this is going to be another long battle,’ he thought.
Ye Yun immediately opened the exchange and started buying up white components that he didn’t have in his warehouse.
[Appraisal Type: Item Repair]
[Assessing repair risk...]
[Item for repair: [Bionic Wreckage (Green)]]
[Appraisal: 100% chance of obtaining a Green item. Risk: 94.1%]
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[Appraisal Type: Item Repair]
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[Appraisal Type: Item Repair]
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[Appraisal: 100% chance of obtaining a Green item. Risk: 55.8%]
After several hundred attempts, the risk level stalled at 55.8%.
Ye Yun knew it was time to start using green components for his trial-and-error process.
If failure didn’t cause the item to disappear completely, attempting the repair with the current recipe would actually be the most cost-effective option.
It only required around thirty white components, so the repair cost was almost negligible.
However, considering the rarity of the wreckage and the fact that he’d paid six green components for it, attempting a repair with more than a 50% chance of failure didn’t seem worth it.
After a moment’s hesitation, Ye Yun suppressed the impulse.
With his appraisal system, there was no need to take such a risk. Playing it safe was the most sensible approach.
