Walking to the shop, Baiyi felt something was off, and when he turned his head, he immediately saw the reproachful gaze of Miss Elf.
Baiyi ignored Aileen's gaze and walked towards the right side of the counter, where there was a metal door leading to his research lab, far more advanced than the assembly line area.
"Aileen, if the Quartermaster sends more items, take them to Mr. Or."
After giving a brief instruction, he pushed the door open and entered the passageway.
The right passageway was much shorter than the left, only about five meters before reaching a metal door. After checking the trigger mechanism and confirming it was intact, Baiyi took out the key and opened the door.
This room was large, the size of the three workshops combined, covering an area of 400 square meters, and this shop was given to him by the City Lord of Dongwu City when he developed the Energy Barrett.
Of course, the cost was that during that period, Baiyi only helped the City Lord make guns, which greatly enhanced Dongwu City's combat strength.
But it was worth it, such a large shop in the city center, close to the City Lord, was priceless.
The room was filled with metal equipment, storing many test tubes and several large boxes, from the gaps of which occasional golden light flickered.
On one of the boxes was a familiar shield emblem for Baiyi, and the cash register actually had a small teleportation device through which money and equipment could be directly sent to these boxes.
Baiyi checked and found a total of over five thousand gold coins.
In the Dawn Federation, gold coins were very useful because they could be exchanged for Federation Contribution Points, one gold coin equaled one contribution point.
And contribution points could be exchanged for all sorts of Extraordinary knowledge and items.
This was also why there was no shortage of food, but if commoners didn't work, they would still go hungry.
To the Transcendents, commoners were also a channel to earn wealth.
Taking a badge with a screen from the shelf that was identical to the ones found on the two Assassins, Baiyi glanced at the points amount on it [18589] and transferred the points of the other two badges to his own.
Now Baiyi's badge had a total of [20534].
Adding the five thousand gold coins and the equipment just scavenged, he would have around thirty-five thousand.
Enough to buy a set of Silver Alchemy Knowledge and still have some left over, though only enough to buy a minor branch in one of the three major branches, like Energy or Matter Science in Alchemy Technology.
But once the snowball starts rolling, money becomes no problem.
Among all professions, Mages are the poorest, followed by Alchemists, but this just means both are huge money burners.
For example, a Mage's Magic Scroll, a Golden Level one, starts at a minimum of a hundred thousand gold coins, and it's priceless, so burning money and making money aren't actually conflicting.
If these two professions were given a bank card that could display numbers, the balance left after partying would be their sign, and it would only get higher.
After putting away the Dawn Badge, Baiyi took out a bunch of small devices from the hem of his coat, went to an instrument, and put on a silver metal monocle, gradually focusing his mind.
When an Alchemist advances from Bronze Upper Tier to Silver Lower Tier, a special silver energy forms in their magic power, more special than regular magic power and a mark of being able to inscribe Silver Alchemy Inscriptions.
Whether it's potions or technology, or even modifications, Alchemy Array Patterns are the limit.
Without this special magic power, you can only build pure technology, and can't enchant it; without enchantment, a technological piece of equipment can be ignored by an Illusion Magic or Ghost-like Illusion Body.
If a Bronze Alchemist wants to create Silver Equipment, they need to pay a high price, like exchanging for this special silver energy in the Federation.
But that is a price that would make any Bronze Alchemist cringe.
Considering Baiyi's regard for gold coins… he only had a Random Teleportation Scroll from a Silver Lower Level Mage, which is a life-saving item worth ten thousand gold coins.
Hence, he needed to upgrade all his equipment, which was crucial.
Baiyi operated the machine, and as soon as the small orb clearing traces in the snow upgraded, a system prompt sounded.
[You've upgraded Bronze Level equipment to Silver Level: gained 500 experience points.]
[You created Silver Level equipment: Hive, gained 500 allocatable experience points.]
[You upgraded Hive, your Alchemy Technology Proficiency +10, skill points +1]
[You have unlocked the game appraisal feature upon your first equipment creation after obtaining boss panel.]
[Appraisal: Can view the attributes of equipment up to one tier higher than the boss.]
Baiyi set down the mechanical device resembling tweezers, a smile once again lighting his face, very reminiscent of a player panel.
With experience points, Baiyi had nothing to worry about.
He thought for a moment, stood up, and took some metal scraps and powder-like materials from a corner shelf before returning and sinking back into focus.
As some alchemy inscriptions were completed, Baiyi quickly constructed a metal sphere in his hand.
As expected, the system's voice rang again.
[You created Bronze Level item: Flame Bomb, gained 10 experience points.]
[You created Bronze Level item: Flame Bomb, Alchemy Technology Proficiency +1.]
Baiyi waited for a while, not surprised by the lack of further prompts, as with killing, creating lower-level things grants noticeably less experience points.
But this was already quite the significant cheat.
Alchemists improve by constantly acquiring new knowledge and refining their magic power, ultimately forging their magic into something more advanced.
This honing process is difficult; some Bronze Alchemists have knowledge surpassing that of Golden Alchemists, yet still can't transform their inner magic power, which is commonly referred to as a talent issue.
For knowledge-based professions, 99% effort is necessary, but that 1% talent is crucial.
So the ensured increase in experience points is the most important for Alchemists, as it removes Baiyi's development bottleneck.
With enough experience points, advancement and even tier progression is possible.
Thinking this, Baiyi focused on the skill points, a realization dawning on him.
Baiyi looked at the skill section on his personal panel, [Intermediate Alchemy Technology (2375/5000) (Expand)].
He focused on the word "Expand."
With a swipe, the panel entered a new chapter, leaving only two options.
[Energy] (Expand)
[Matter] (Expand)
After considering briefly, Baiyi decided to expand the Energy section.
Swiping again, the options multiplied densely.
[Liquid Bomb---350/500]+
[Small Energy Core---98/500]+
[Electric Energy Conversion---11/500]+
[Solar Energy Collection Core---30/500]+
[High Explosive Energy---500/500]
[Timing....]+
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