Equipment Upgrade

"Alright, I was too young," seeing rows of numbers, Anthony felt that the road to becoming wealthy was still quite far.

He sighed and glanced at the rows of equipment. Anthony directly said, "Upgrade all devices except for the Level 4 Base."

"Ding! Do you want to spend 120,000 energy points to upgrade the devices?" the mechanical voice reminded.

"Upgrade!" Anthony replied without hesitation.

"Ding! Deducting 120,000 energy points, device upgrade successful."

"Congratulations, host, on obtaining a Level 2 Mall: There is a chance to obtain Level 4 products and a high probability of obtaining Level 2 and Level 3 products (Note: After the upgrade, the goods section will refresh automatically once and add an additional item slot)."

"Level 3 Operating Room: (Inside the operating room, patient surgery success rate increased by 70%), equipped with Level 1 Medical Storage (quantity * 2) (can automatically scan and detect patients, can treat most external injuries, most internal injuries can be cured, critically ill patients placed in the medical storage can delay death by 10 minutes, each use consumes 40 energy points); equipped with Primary Medical Robot Assistant (quantity * 1) (assists doctors in surgical work, consumes 1 energy point per day); Intermediate Medical Robot Assistant (quantity * 1) (performs small-scale medical surgeries independently, consumes 5 energy points per day)."

"Level 3 Backyard: Area expanded to 200 square meters, automatically emits spiritual energy, can simulate natural environments automatically, increases martial arts practice speed by 20%, consumes 20 energy points daily."

"Level 4 Cultivation Room: Area of 20 acres, consumes 50 energy points daily, can automatically cultivate crops, crops mature every two months, can be automatically harvested after maturity, consumes 2 cubic spirit pools per acre, cultivated crops can be eaten three times a day, each time enhancing 1 attribute point (strength, agility, spirit), requires a three-hour interval between uses."

"Level 4 Spirit Pool: Consumes 8 energy points to convert 8 cubic meters of spirit pool, drinking once can enhance body attributes by 2, can be used twice daily, with the effect halved for the second use. Watering plants can increase body attributes by 0.5, can be done once daily, has a 4% chance of awakening dormant superhuman genes in the human body, becoming an Awakened One, and can increase spiritual cultivation speed by 30%."

"Level 4 Gym: Consumes 5 energy points per hour of use, increases 2 body attributes (strength or agility) each time, can be used twice daily, the effect is halved for the second use, with special-grade combat skills attached, basic martial arts teaching attached, beginner-level spiritual power training (can be trained with a spiritual power of 20 points)."

"Level 4 Storage Space: Total area of 20,000 cubic meters, time stops within the storage space, stored food is attached with medium-level spirit enhancement once, consumption of the food can automatically increase 0.5 (strength, agility) attributes, can be strengthened twice daily, with the effect halved for the second time, consumes 5 energy points daily."

"Level 4 Energy Conversion Room: Along with all the waste of the house, it automatically absorbs external scattered energy and converts it into energy points, increasing the conversion rate by 0.3 times, obtains 100 energy points daily from the outside."

"Level 4 Cryogenic Chamber: Consumes 5 energy points per entry, resting for six hours can restore body attributes and repair all external injuries, can delay virus outbreak time, and each sleep increases the spirit attribute by 0.3."

"Remaining energy points: 82086.3." Looking at the upgraded projects, Anthony felt that the overall increase in items wasn't that much, similar to before. The main focus was still on enhancing attribute points.

After upgrading the base, Anthony looked at the Bioweapon Research Lab and directly selected the Level 1 Genetic Enhancement Potion, saying, "Decrypt the Level 1 Genetic Enhancement Potion!"

"This decryption requires 20,000 energy points, with a duration of 4 days. After decryption, it will be automatically classified into the permanent goods section. Do you want to proceed with this decryption?"

"Decrypt!" Anthony said. He had his own purpose. Firstly, the items exchanged from the base's mall could be used by anyone. The Level 1 Genetic Enhancement Potion he exchanged could be used directly by the base personnel, or he could take it out to trade with Ross, killing two birds with one stone.

"Ding! Level 1 Genetic Enhancement Potion decryption in progress. Remaining time: 95:59:59."

"Got it!" Exiting the enhancement interface, Anthony immediately said, "Open the Base Mall!"

"Level 2 Base Shop is open!"

"Permanent Items:

Level 1 Apocalypse Pistol Ammunition (20 energy points/round) [Can penetrate first-order mutants.]

Level 1 Sniper Rifle Ammunition (50 energy points/round)

Level 1 Genetic Enhancement Potion (100 energy points): Increases all attributes by 1 point and provides some virus resistance.

Shop Items:

Level 2 Tang Sword (1000 energy points): [Has toughness comparable to second-order mutants, cuts through iron like mud.]

Level 2 Apocalypse Warrior (5000 energy points): [Strength comparable to second-order awakened individuals, thoughtless, loyalty 100%, only requires 100 energy points per day to maintain life.]

Level 2 Apocalypse Martial Arts Treasure Chest (5000 energy points): [Upon exchange, can randomly open a second-level martial skill inheritance crystal, the crystal can only be used by oneself and cannot be transferred to others.]

Level 2 Apocalypse Laser Gun (2000 energy points): [Can penetrate second-order mutants. Level 2 laser gun energy cube (500 energy points/cube), each functional cube can fire 10 times.]

Level 2 Venom Armor (8000 energy points): [Like venom, transparent overall, adheres to the host's body surface imperceptibly to ordinary people, can withstand part of the physical damage from second-order mutants, cannot be broken by normal zombies.]

Level 2 Apocalypse Supernatural Ability Treasure Chest (50000 energy points): [Upon use, automatically obtain a supernatural ability.]

Level 3 Genetic Enhancement Potion (10000 energy points): [Increases all attributes by 10 points upon use, provides some virus resistance, and increases awakening degree by 40%.]

Refresh Time: 23:59:58

Glancing at the shopping list, it had to be said that the items in the Level 2 Base Shop were even more diverse, with a higher frequency of second-level items. Moreover, every item made him feel tempted.

But now there were only over 80,000 energy points left. Anthony suppressed the urge to empty his shopping cart, thought for a moment, and said, "Purchase Level 2 Tang Sword, Level 2 Apocalypse Martial Arts Treasure Chest, Level 2 Venom Armor, Level 3 Genetic Enhancement Potion."

"Ding! Deducting 24,000 energy points, purchase successful. The items will be dispensed within a two-meter radius of the host, please pay attention."

With the sound fading, a white light flashed before Anthony's eyes. Soon, several items appeared right in front of him. First was the Level 2 Tang Sword, completely black like ink. At a glance, the chilling sensation emanating from the blade made him shudder unexpectedly. Anthony grabbed the hilt and drew the sword.

The blade featured a wave-like fish scale pattern, and as for the edge, Anthony reached out his finger to touch it. Suddenly, thin, crystal-like threads extended from his fingertip, wrapping around the blade. But in the next moment, a humming sound emanated from the blade. In the blink of an eye, the crystal threads that had wrapped around the edge automatically detached.

"Great sword!" Anthony couldn't help but exclaim, his eyes filled with appreciation. Soon, he sheathed the sword and picked up the Level 2 Venom Armor next to it. It was still a transparent box, containing a slimy, transparent substance resembling slime.

Upon opening the box, the slimy threads inside immediately crawled out. They attempted to attach to Anthony's arm, and in an instant, the Level 1 Venom Armor's threads extended to block the advance of the unknown creature. However, upon contact with the Level 2 Venom Armor, the threads from the Level 1 Venom Armor were instantly enveloped and consumed by the Level 2 Venom Armor. It was as if they had been devoured. In less than a second, the Level 1 Venom Armor on Anthony's body was completely consumed and replaced by the Level 2 Venom Armor.

"Quite interesting." Anthony looked at this magical phenomenon and sighed. He then turned his attention to the remaining Level 2 Apocalypse Martial Arts Treasure Chest. He really had no idea what kind of martial skill it might yield.

Anticipation!