The blueprint was acquired.
Compared to blueprints he had encountered before, the ones provided by Roy were of a much finer quality.
[Beginner Magic Cannon: A camp defense device crafted from fire element crystals and obsidian, capable of being placed anywhere within the camp. It is a charging-type magical device.]
A cannon?
Chen Yu looked at the details, then raised his head in astonishment at Roy.
"This blueprint was also obtained from the bandits," Roy said with a slight smile. "You are often out adventuring, and you might be ambushed by bandits. I noticed your camp doesn't have any defensive devices, so this blueprint is perfect for you."
Holding the blueprint, Chen Yu felt a sudden surge of emotion.
"Brother-in-law!!"
"I hope we can meet again," Roy said, patting Chen Yu's shoulders firmly. With a wave of his right hand, the ice spring water and ground rat pelts on the ground were collected.
Noticing Roy's expression, Chen Yu raised an eyebrow.
"You're leaving?"
Roy smiled and nodded, looking up at the hazy sky.
"It's time to go. Actually, my cousin also sent me a message. I can't stay here any longer, so... I hope we can meet again."
Extending his hand, Roy gave Chen Yu a firm hug again.
"Let's exchange contact information."
"How do I do that?" Chen Yu asked, confused.
He genuinely didn't know how to add other people as friends.
"Extend your wrist watch."
Roy smiled and then rolled up his sleeve, revealing a wrist watch on his own arm.
The wrist watch emitted a faint light.
Chen Yu saw an 'add friend' option appear on his projection.
Confirming the addition.
On the private message page, within the contact list, Roy's name appeared below Jiang Yaqing. To Chen Yu's surprise, Ye Cheng was listed at the very bottom.
After purchasing several hundred food portions.
Ye Cheng's relationship with Chen Yu had surprisingly reached friend level.
*Ding dong.*
A notification sound chimed.
In the contact list, a small, bright red "1" appeared next to Roy's name.
Roy: Hey!
Seeing this message, Chen Yu's eyes widened in surprise.
He truly hadn't expected that
it was possible to add native dwellers of the underground world as contacts in this way.
"If we have time in the future, we can use this to communicate," Roy said, pointing to his wrist watch. "Ah Niu, I wish you and Illya achieve your happy ending soon."
"And I wish brother-in-law becomes a Black Obsidian Grand Mage soon!"
"Haha!"
Roy let out a loud laugh, looking at Chen Yu and nodding.
"I'm leaving."
*Whoosh!*
Almost as soon as the words left his mouth, Roy, who had been standing in front of Chen Yu, vanished as if by magic, turning into a wisp of smoke with a *bang*.
Chen Yu looked around blankly.
Where did he go?!
He had just been thinking about returning to the city-state with Roy.
He wanted to be dashing!
Wandering aimlessly in the underground world like a headless fly, who knew when he would reach the city-state filled with exotic charm that Black Bean had described.
With Roy, he would have a guide.
And then—
He just disappeared?
What happened?
Could it be that there are return scrolls in this underground world?
Opening the private messages.
Chen Yu: Brother-in-law, how did you get back?
To his surprise, after sending the message, a red exclamation mark appeared, indicating the send failure.
"Huh?"
What was going on?
Roy had just sent him a message.
"Naive," the little demoness Barbara whispered, clutching her trident. "Your foreign data is not compatible with the native underground data. How can you contact him?"
"But he just sent me a message," Chen Yu said, still confused.
"Yes, it was a local message," Barbara said, shrugging. "You two were in the same area, so messages could be transmitted. If you go beyond that area, it's no longer possible."
Damn it!
There was such a restriction.
This meant that Roy's city-state and the underground area Chen Yu was currently in were not in the same spatial region.
"How did he get back?"
"Return scrolls," Barbara shrugged. "You'll know when you get to the city-state. There are return scrolls and various spatial teleportation scrolls in the underground world."
Chen Yu was greatly shocked.
"That's possible?"
"This is a magical world, young one," Barbara said, sitting on Chen Yu's shoulder and swinging her legs. "There are many wonders here. Your magic cannon is quite good, and that goat treats you well."
"You mean this?"
Chen Yu held the blueprint in his hands.
"Of course, even a beginner magic cannon is something many native camps can't afford," Barbara whispered. "It's a pity it's just a beginner item, trash! Magic cannons are somewhat acceptable, but these broken things wouldn't even make it into my demon king's castle."
Barbara said with her chin held high, a look of arrogance on her face.
Involuntarily, Chen Yu recalled the scene when he first obtained the camp blueprint and the underground system had informed him that it could be used as toilet paper.
She wasn't intentionally trying to disgust him.
This little demoness genuinely looked down on that facility from the bottom of her heart.
Magic cannon.
Chen Yu muttered.
He would encounter them eventually, and at that time, he would see just how powerful magic cannons were.
For now, he would proceed steadily.
Learn the cannon.
The blueprint learning time was 12 hours.
He could learn it instantly.
"Learn."
[Underground System Reminder: Beginner Magic Cannon learned successfully.]
Opening the crafting page.
[Beginner Magic Cannon: Fire Element Crystal 0/10, Obsidian 50/50, Iron Ingot 0/50, Copper Ingot 0/20]
Chen Yu: ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ
Barbara: Hey, you stole my emote.
Chen Yu: Sorry.
The resource requirement was too steep, wasn't it?
Who could afford to make it?
Silently exiting the crafting page, Chen Yu glanced at the trading channel.
He put up 500 Bread Meal Sets for sale.
This brought in another 1500 elemental crystal fragments.
He checked his fragment reserves.
948 Water, 1023 Earth, 1002 Wind, 1052 Fire.
Without a second thought, Chen Yu directly crafted 29 furnaces.
Resource consumption: Fire Shards-290, Iron Blocks-580, Copper Blocks-580, Obsidian-29.
20 Rare, 4 Fine, 5 Perfect.
Placing all the furnaces in the smelting area, the kobolds were momentarily stunned upon seeing them, then began carrying resources and filling the furnaces.
Their work enthusiasm was extremely high.
Chen Yu, of course, did not neglect them. He took out several dozen portions of roasted meat and placed them in wooden basins as their meal.
Their loyalty surged.
After completing these tasks, Chen Yu returned to the barbecue grill to diligently roast meat.
He also took the opportunity to review the blueprints he had obtained from Roy.
There were quite a few blueprints.
Many of them held little significance for Chen Yu; they were all decorative items, which he was not interested in at the moment.
He was a pragmatist. While improving his quality of life was important,
enough was enough!
His camp was already quite luxurious and comfortable to live in. He hoped to obtain more practical items.
While browsing, Chen Yu suddenly received a voice call invitation from Jiang Yaqing.
Clicking to accept.
Before Chen Yu could speak, Jiang Yaqing's voice came through his wrist watch.
"Chen Yu, I know who Ye Cheng is!"
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Author's Notes:
Good evening, have you eaten?