Chapter 113 – Generous Rewards for the Hidden Mission

“Agreed!” Xiao Wuwang agreed without a second thought.

In the future, under normal market prices, one unit of Level 6 material could not be exchanged for ten units of Level 5 material.

Moreover, he would soon begin producing Level 5 Terminators, which would increase his demand for Level 5 materials.

Thinking this, Xiao Wuwang straightforwardly said, “Your Excellency Adia, since your treasury has a larger stockpile of Level 5 materials, and Level 6 materials are likely more important to you, aside from 20 units of Feather-Glint Gold and 20 units of Phantom Light Iron, could I exchange all other Level 6 materials for Level 5 materials?”

Adia’s face lit up with joy: “Haha! That would be excellent. Brother Wuwang, your reasonableness truly moves me. I won’t let you suffer a loss either—how about exchanging each unit of Level 6 material for 12 units of Level 5 material?”

Xiao Wuwang glanced at the two Elders behind Adia and saw no displeasure on their faces. He guessed that Level 6 materials were indeed of great importance to them, and even a 1:12 exchange wouldn’t put them at a disadvantage. Thus, he no longer refused: “Then let’s proceed as Your Excellency Adia suggested!”

After tallying, Xiao Wuwang obtained: Level 6 Feather-Glint Gold20, Level 6 Phantom Light Iron20, Level 5 Mithril1100, Level 5 Crimson Alloy Copper4250.

These materials were all essential for producing Terminators.

Among them, Level 6 Feather-Glint Gold and Level 6 Phantom Light Iron were prepared for producing Level 6 Aurora Phantom Mechs. He wasn’t sure if 20 units would be enough, but even if it wasn’t, there was no more available here.

Level 5 Mithril and Level 5 Crimson Alloy Copper were intended for producing Level 5 TX-Extreme Blade War God Mechs.

Each person only needed one pure Liquid Metal Terminator. The TX series, with its ultra-high attack power, was the focus for mass production.

Therefore, Xiao Wuwang prioritized stockpiling materials for the Level 5 TX-Extreme Blade War God Mech.

Although both Crimson Alloy Copper and Mithril were Level 5 materials, Crimson Alloy Copper was far rarer and more expensive than Mithril. Thus, Xiao Wuwang first exhausted the dwarves’ treasury of all 4250 units of Crimson Alloy Copper before exchanging the remaining quantity for Mithril.

Xiao Wuwang never expected that this Hidden Mission in the Platform World would reward him with so many precious Level 5 and Level 6 metal materials.

To be honest, he now regretted upgrading Han Xing to Level 6 so hastily that morning.

After all, producing a Level 5 Terminator Mech required far fewer material costs than producing a Level 6 Terminator Mech!

This was because he had somewhat underestimated the Terminator’s formidable strength. Thinking that challenging a Level 6 Platform while being one level lower, and with the added difficulty of a three-person team, would be tough, he had focused on boosting his strength without considering production costs and upgraded Han Xing.

Still, it wasn’t a major issue. In actual team battles, the more attack-focused TX series would dominate. From now on, resource gathering would primarily focus on materials for producing the Level 5 TX-Extreme Blade War God Mech.

With the Hidden Mission rewards collected, the tasks in this Platform World were essentially complete.

However, only two hours had passed, leaving them six more hours to explore this Platform World.

Xiao Wuwang turned to Adia and asked, “Your Excellency Adia, are there any resources near Kantel City?”

Adia replied, “To the east of Kantel City lies a large mineral vein that produces various precious metals and ores. In fact, Kantel City was established here precisely because of that large mineral vein. However, in recent years, ogre activity has become increasingly frequent and threatening, so we halted mining operations there long ago. Now that the ogre horde has suffered heavy losses, we will definitely return to the mining area in the future. I see you have a keen interest in high-grade metals, so why not go there and take a look? You might dig up quite a few rare minerals.”

Having obtained the information he wanted, Xiao Wuwang said, “Thank you for informing us, Your Excellency Adia. Since we still have some time, we might as well go and check it out.”

“Haha!” Adia laughed heartily. “That’s wonderful! There might still be some ogres there, but they pose no threat to you. If you go, you’ll surely clear out the ogres, making it easier for us to resume mining.”

“Hehe!” Xiao Wuwang chuckled. “Don’t worry, any ogres we encounter will be slain without exception. Since we’re helping you out, shouldn’t there be some kind of reward?”

“Of course!” Adia didn’t hesitate. “Since you’re going mining, how about I gift you a few pickaxes?”

A slight smile curled at the corner of Xiao Wuwang’s lips. “That would be greatly appreciated! There are six of us in total, so how about six pickaxes?”

Adia didn’t haggle over this.

Soon, six pickaxes were delivered, all uniformly Level 5 pickaxes!

Item Name: Profound Iron Mountain Pickaxe

Level: 5

Quality: Fine

Durability: 640/640

Traits: Sturdy +6, Tough +3, Sharp +3, Self-Healing +2

Description: Forged from heavy Profound Iron, the pickaxe is weighty and sturdy. Each swing feels like a mountain collapsing, delivering powerful impact to hard ores and increasing mining efficiency by 50%.

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All of them had the Self-Healing trait, meaning they could slowly recover as long as they weren’t completely destroyed—truly excellent items!

Moreover, the Quality of these six pickaxes was quite good: three Fine, two Superior, and one was actually Perfect!

Dwarven craftsmanship truly never disappoints.

There’s great potential for future upgrades!

As the three of them walked out of the dwarven treasury, Meng Ruoyun couldn’t help but ask, “Does this count as uncovering another Hidden Mission?”

Xiao Wuwang nodded. “Yes! To uncover Hidden Missions, you need to interact more with key ‘NPCs.’ Sometimes, missions are hidden in seemingly casual conversations.”

Yun Feifei seemed to have a realization. “I’ve noticed that the rewards for Hidden Missions are incredibly generous! Far more than what you get from Platform Missions. For example, these high-grade ores are invaluable at this stage and can’t be measured in Infinite Coins. And now, just by helping to eliminate the ogres, we’ve also obtained six Level 5 pickaxes.”

Meng Ruoyun added, “Actually, when you think about it, completing Hidden Missions isn’t easy. Consider this: if we didn’t have Han Xing, Han Ling, or the powerful train-mounted weapons on the city walls, could we have so easily slain the ogre horde? Furthermore, if Big Brother Wuwang hadn’t built a good relationship with Adia, the second Hidden Mission definitely wouldn’t have fallen into our hands.”

Yun Feifei nodded in deep agreement.

As the three chatted, they returned to the square.

Before setting out to mine, Xiao Wuwang decided to have Yun Feifei use her Talent to Copy Tie Yi.

After this battle, Xiao Wuwang realized that with Han Xing and Han Ling as two level 6 combat forces, his obsession over whether Tie Yi’s copy would directly advance to level 6 had significantly diminished.

Moreover, Xiao Wuwang’s current Base Attributes now allowed him to upgrade to a level 6 Terminator, so there was no longer any need to wait for Meng Ruoyun’s Divine Grace to cool down.