Chapter 1 When Li Ang Logged Back In

When Li Ang logged back into the plaza and arrived outside the Immaculate Furnace, quite a few players were still gathered in front of the shop.

The moment Li Ang appeared, wearing a dragon head and a white coat, he attracted everyone's attention.

Players in bizarre disguises surrounded him, asking all sorts of questions about the shop's fees.

Li Ang activated the game plaza's virtualization function, ignored the players blocking his path, passed through the crowd, and reached the shop entrance, reaching out to press the outer wall.

Alchemy activated, and a faint blue arc drew a circular magic array.

A quaint, vertical wooden sign immediately appeared on the outer wall of the shop, engraved with the shop's product list and price list.

After finishing the sign, Li Ang pushed open the shop door, blocked the other players outside, walked into the store, placed bottles of potions on the shelves, and submitted prices to the system.

If customers wanted to buy potions later, they could simply pay, take their goods, and leave, without bothering the shopkeeper.

Afterward, Li Ang used alchemy to make a customer information registration form.

If a customer wanted to purchase equipment forging or medical services but someone else was already ahead of them, they could leave their personal information on the registration form to make an appointment.

When Li Ang was free, he would notify them to come in for surgery.

Once he was ready, Li Ang sat in the recliner inside the checkout counter, had the system remove the restrictions, and opened the shop door.

Players who had been waiting outside for a long time flooded into the shop. Before they could even speak, Li Ang pointed to the notice hanging on the wall.

[Customer Notice 1: This store has a small profit margin, no bargaining allowed! No commercial cooperation invitations from other organizations or individuals! Do not harass the cashier, or you will be expelled from the store]

[Customer Notice 2: Series A potions, buy them if you want, restocking is random, if you really want them, please make an appointment on the customer registration form]

[Customer Notice 3: The forging time for Series B forging services is related to the material level. Full payment is required before forging, and the store will not refund materials or forging fees if the forging fails]

[Customer Notice 4: This store currently has only one doctor and one operating room. Series C medical services, Series D enhancement services, and Series E modification services are all performed in the store's operating room and do not accept any requests for house calls or flying daggers (referring to quick and dirty procedures)]

[Customer Notice 5: The number of surgeries that can be performed in this store each day is limited. Any medical services require an appointment, and the specific surgery time will be notified by the staff.]

[Customer Notice 6: Use your brain and think about it, can you become stronger without paying? Huh?]

[Current Forging Service: Not occupied]

[Current Operating Room: Occupied]

The group of players stared at the notice for a few seconds.

Other guild organizations, no matter how large, had shops that were all well-behaved,

Like stores in the real world, they treated customers like gods.

They had never seen such an arrogant and overbearing shop.

It is said that large stores bully customers, why is your small store so cocky?

Just as everyone was feeling displeased, a player wearing an L-shaped pipe mask reacted and hurriedly said to Li Ang, "The forging service is open now, right? I want to apply."

Li Ang glanced at him and nodded silently.

The pipe mask excitedly took out a heavy cloth bag from his backpack. Li Ang opened the bag and glanced inside. It contained some dried human bones, a red hat, a pair of white gloves, and a blue overall work uniform.

Huh?

Buddy, did you kill an Italian plumber who was going to rescue a princess in a castle? Carrying a pile of dead people's bones to someone else's shop in broad daylight to request forging, you really have a big heart.

Li Ang silently complained in his heart, but his face remained calm as he nodded calmly, picked up the cloth bag, walked into the shop's partition, and poured the contents of the bag into the forging furnace.

Extraordinary material compatibility... 99%?

Okay, these things are definitely from some plumber.

Li Ang walked back to the checkout counter, told the pipe mask that forging was possible, and the latter simply transferred 1500 game coins to Li Ang, preparing to come back in 12 hours to pick it up.

Seeing this, the other players in the store hurriedly snatched the customer information registration form to make appointments for equipment forging or medical treatment.

Before long, the first few pages of the registration form were filled, a large portion of the goods on the shelves were gone, and the number of customers in the store returned to normal.

Ding-dong—

The store door was pushed open again, activating the bell below the door frame.

Mule, wearing a horse head mask, walked in and showed Li Ang her player name.

"You're here."

Li Ang took his feet off the table, "Why so late?"

"Sorry, it took a little time on the way."

Mule said in a hoarse voice, "Are you free now? My client wants to have surgery as soon as possible."

The client Mule was referring to was naturally her adopted sister, Laura.

At this time, Laura was hiding in a tall polar bear mascot costume. In order not to expose her height in the real world, the mascot costume was as tall as 1.8 meters, making it very difficult to move around.

Seemingly noticing Li Ang's probing gaze, Laura, wearing the polar bear mascot costume, nodded respectfully and remained silent.

Since it was someone Mule brought, they should be considered reliable.

Li Ang stood up from behind the checkout counter, "Follow me."

He led the two into the operating room, turned on the lights, placed a few blood bag orbs on the table, and handed the product list to the mascot costume, "Which surgical services would you like to purchase?"

Laura looked at the scarlet blood bags and the cold operating table, subconsciously swallowed, suppressed her fear, and calmly checked a few items on the product list according to Mule's previous instructions, "This one, this one, and this one."

"Let me see..."

Li Ang glanced at the list, "Requesting to increase the Strength, Agility, and Constitution attributes from 6 to 9, strengthen muscles and bones, install a Hydra heart...

I'll charge you the cost price of 3000."

He squatted on the ground and used alchemy to create a single swimming pool covered with beige tiles by sinking the ground, pouring blood bags into it.

The room was immediately filled with a strong bloody smell. Li Ang pressed a button on the wall to turn on the clean air conditioner, turned his head, and said to Laura, "Okay, take off your coat and lie in the pool."

"Ah?"

Laura took half a step back, looked at the smelly and thick blood pool in fear, and subconsciously glanced at Mule out of the corner of her eye.

Mule couldn't help but ask, "Um... aren't you supposed to have surgery on the operating table?"

"Who said we needed an operating table?"

Li Ang looked puzzled, "That thing is just like the red comet with three times the speed, it's just a decoration in the room,

It's for me to lie down and rest on when I'm tired from surgery."

Ordinary medical surgery, Li Ang could complete in one minute,

But this kind of large-scale body modification was more efficient if the patient was lying in the pool.

"This blood pool looks bloody, but its main components are actually water, minerals, urea, uric acid, creatinine, vernix caseosa, and stem cells. It's not much different from mammalian amniotic fluid."

Li Ang seemed to notice Laura's hesitation and fear and comforted her, "Of course, the urea content in it may be a little high, so there will be a slightly subtle special smell,

But I guarantee with my personality that this thing smells bad, but tastes good,

Slightly sour and spicy, mellow and refreshing, refreshing and nutritious,

It's not soup, but it's better than soup.

If you get tired of surgery, you can take a sip or two and taste what it's like to stew yourself in a big pot."