Chapter 87 – Mass Production Crafting Station

Blueprint Derivation successful, and the Artisan Workbench could now produce Crafting Stations. Moreover, he had obtained an additional Blueprint. As long as this Blueprint was loaded into a Level 4 or higher Crafting Station, that station would also be able to produce Level 4 Crafting Stations!

At present, Xiao Wuwang’s train lacked neither offensive nor defensive capabilities. It was the perfect moment to focus entirely on enhancing production capacity.

Thus, Xiao Wuwang directly set the Artisan Workbench to produce Level 4 Crafting Stations.

One Level 4 Crafting Station required: Wood2000, Wood Pith100, Iron1000, Refined Iron100, Copper500, Rare Metal200, Mechanical Parts100, Electronic Components50, Gold100, Silver200, Intelligent Chip*1.

“Hiss~~”

After seeing the materials required to craft a Level 4 Crafting Station, Xiao Wuwang couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath.

The cost was certainly not trivial!

One Crafting Station required a considerable amount of rare materials and precious metals, and, more crucially, an Intelligent Chip.

Counting everything he had, Xiao Wuwang only possessed 13 Intelligent Chips, which were primarily intended for producing Terminators.

Furthermore, among the rare materials, Wood Pith and Refined Iron were also needed. Producing too many Crafting Stations would inevitably slow down the progress toward Level 5.

Xiao Wuwang pondered for a moment. Since he needed to produce at least one more Crafting Station anyway, he decided to schedule the production of one first.

Producing one Level 4 Crafting Station required 2 hours.

The time wasn’t excessively long, and he could take advantage of this period to upgrade those two Level 4 Player Supply Crates. Opening them afterward would likely replenish some of the urgently needed rare materials.

As for that Common Quality Crafting Station, Xiao Wuwang directly set it to produce Alloy Axles.

Alloy Axles had no Quality distinctions; any Quality Crafting Station could produce them.

Alloy Axles were core materials for upgrading from Level 3 to Level 4, and their future demand went without saying.

Producing one Alloy Axle required: Iron200, Copper50, Rare Metal20, Mechanical Parts10.

He had a plentiful surplus of these materials. The production time for one Alloy Axle was half an hour. He scheduled the production of 48 at once, which would finish just after tomorrow’s Platform challenge.

However, after arranging the production tasks, Xiao Wuwang realized that his reserves of Iron, Copper, and Silver no longer met the requirements for the upcoming upgrades.

Silver, being a precious metal, could only be obtained in small quantities from opening crates unless he happened to encounter a silver mine along the way. Still, as long as he offered a high enough price, someone would be willing to sell.

Iron and Copper were simpler; they were always available for sale on the Trading House.

Once the Alloy Axles were produced, he could sell them at a high price later. Acquiring basic materials would then be effortless.

In the blink of an eye, two hours passed, and the first Crafting Station produced by the Artisan Workbench was completed.

Xiao Wuwang appraised it. His luck was fairly good; the 15% probability was Triggered. This was a Level 4 Superior Quality Crafting Station.

For a Level 4 Superior Quality Crafting Station, the probabilities for producing items of various Qualities were as follows: Common 30%, Excellent 40%, Fine 20%, Superior 10%.

The Blueprints he currently possessed were: Level 2 Alloy Heavy Pickaxe Blueprint*1, Level 3 Plasma Gun Blueprint, Refining Station Blueprint, Level 4 Crafting Station Blueprint, and a complete set of Level 1-4 melee weapon Blueprints.

After some thought, Xiao Wuwang decided to produce the Level 3 Plasma Gun first.

Producing a Level 3 offensive weapon now would absolutely guarantee sales, allowing for quick monetization.

To produce one Level 3 Plasma Gun requires the following materials: Iron200, Copper50, Rare Metal10, Glass5, Mechanical Parts5, Electronic Components5.

Producing one Level 3 Plasma Gun takes half an hour. Xiao Wuwang was directly producing 44 of them, which would also be completed just after tomorrow’s Platform challenge ended.

After arranging this batch of Plasma Gun production, his Iron inventory was left with only 590 units, and he now owed 1215 units of Copper. If materials weren’t replenished in time, production would automatically stop due to lack of raw materials.

Xiao Wuwang opened the Trading House, planning to directly purchase with Infinite Coins.

After the Novice Protection Period ended, the market conditions in the trading market had undergone significant changes.

On average now, 1 Infinite Coin could buy 8 units of Copper.

Xiao Wuwang directly purchased 200 Infinite Coins worth, obtaining a total of 1620 units of Copper.

Finally, Xiao Wuwang looked at the Artisan Workbench. After thinking for a moment, he decided to first open those two Player Supply Crates to see what materials he obtained, then decide how to arrange the Artisan Workbench.

He had already upgraded one Player Supply Crate earlier, and now his Fatigue Points had basically recovered to full, allowing him to continue upgrading the other Player Supply Crate.

Xiao Wuwang consumed 70 Fatigue Points and successfully upgraded this Supply Crate to Level 5.

Subsequently, without further hesitation, Xiao Wuwang opened both Player Supply Crates one after another.

There were many items in the Supply Crates. After sorting through them, Xiao Wuwang obtained a total of: Infinite Coins420, Wood35000, Wood Pith1850, Iron26000, Refined Iron1200, Copper800, Rare Metal600, Mechanical Parts1200, Electronic Components500, Silver3500, Gold400, Glass2500, Plastic2400, Basic Acceleration Card3, Intermediate Acceleration Card1, Basic Quality Enhancement Card1, Train Upgrade Card2, Train Upgrade Shard35, Fire-Attribute Crystal Stone12, Intelligent Chip3, Precision Gear Set1, Molten Fire Crystal Mother Crystal1.

There were many items, but the vast majority were materials, though there were also some high-value items.

The most valuable among them was undoubtedly the Molten Fire Crystal Mother Crystal. With it, he could continuously obtain Fire-Attribute Crystal Stones, ensuring he would never lack Fire-Attribute Crystal Stones for the Mad Dragon-X Ice-Fire Launcher in the future.

The Precision Gear Set was a key material for upgrading to Level 5 and extremely difficult to obtain. Although he already had one, this one could be used for trading later.

Intelligent Chips and Train Upgrade Shards were always needed.

Looking at the numerous materials, the stock of rare materials and precious metals was also substantial. These two were indeed veteran Level 4 players; they must have reached the critical stage of upgrading to Level 5, otherwise they wouldn’t have produced so many materials. And now, these resources had basically all fallen into his hands.

Adding his original resources, after calculating, Xiao Wuwang discovered that he had actually already gathered all the resources needed to upgrade to Level 5!

However, now was not the time to upgrade.

Because this was no longer the Novice Protection Period, which could provide him with an absolutely safe upgrade environment.

He needed to make thorough preparations before upgrading.

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Wuwang decided to produce two more Crafting Stations.

After arranging this, he spent another 200 Infinite Coins to purchase 1600 units of Copper in the Trading House, ensuring he could initiate the upgrade at any time.

The next step was to wait for Fatigue Points to recover, then level up both the Terminator controlled by Lao Tie (named Tie Yi by Xiao Wuwang) and Han Xing to level 5!

Han Xing’s ability to reach level 5 was thanks to the Primary Quality Enhancement Card obtained from opening the Supply Crate.

In truth, even without the Primary Quality Enhancement Card from the crate, Xiao Wuwang would have purchased one from the Trading House.

Primary Quality Enhancement Cards were of little use to others and held low value, making them easy to acquire at any time. Moreover, such cards would only become cheaper in the future, so Xiao Wuwang felt no urgency to stockpile them.

An hour later, Xiao Wuwang’s Fatigue Points had fully recovered.

Xiao Wuwang called Tie Yi over and Triggered his Talent.