301: Shocking BUG

Arriving at the bathroom, Xiao Yun once again took out the family heirloom military dagger.

Then, without another word, he directly merged the 16 damaged golden Rolexes he had just acquired into it for an upgrade.

[military dagger

Type: family heirloom

Level: 80

Damage: 100 (Maxed)

Movement Speed Bonus: 80% (Maxed)

Attack Speed: Fast

Attack Range: Short

Special Skill: Armor Penetration

Upgrade Requires: 16 Pure Gold Bars]

At this point, the military dagger's level had reached 80, and in addition to the damage attribute which was already maxed, the movement speed bonus had also reached its limit.

"Does this mean that the other attributes haven't reached their upgrade limits yet?"

Looking at the two attributes that displayed "Maxed," Xiao Yun immediately guessed.

Since the other attributes didn't say they were maxed, didn't that mean they hadn't reached their limits yet?

Looking at the other attributes, first was attack speed. Normally, if Xiao Yun held a common dagger, he could swing it about three or four times in an empty swing per second. But now, holding the military dagger, he felt his strength increase, and swinging it became even more effortless, as if the dagger and his right hand had become one. He could swing it a full 6 times in one second.

As for attack range, initially, the military dagger's blade was extremely short, similar to a common fruit knife. But through so many rounds of upgrades, its length had unknowingly doubled many times over. Xiao Yun estimated that the dagger's blade now definitely exceeded 18 centimeters. As for why he estimated 18 and not 20...

Besides that, Xiao Yun was most concerned about the dagger's special skill.

[Armor Penetration: Ignores armor level, penetrates all armor]

He remembered that the last time the military dagger was upgraded to level 50, it unlocked the ability of Armor Penetration.

The skill's description was also very simple: Armor Penetration, meaning it could penetrate all armor.

And according to Xiao Yun's practical tests, this Armor Penetration ability was not merely about ignoring the enemy's equipment and armor levels; it was an incredibly powerful conceptual divine ability!

How exactly to use it depended on how Xiao Yun defined what constituted armor.

A tank's armor is armor, right? A mecha is also armor, right? Logically speaking, as long as an object has defensive properties, this military dagger could easily pierce through it.

And now, after two rounds of upgrades, the military dagger's special skill section still didn't show it had reached its limit. Xiao Yun also estimated that once it upgraded to level 100, it might unlock a new ability.

"But these gold bars... they're not easy to get."

Looking at the next required upgrade material, Xiao Yun's brows furrowed slightly.

Although Pure Gold Bars also belonged to the red category of collectibles, this item was different from handicrafts like pocket watches and Rolexes. It was made of pure gold and was strongly related to real-world gold prices.

No matter how old this item became, as long as its weight remained the same, its price would not fall.

Even if a Pure Gold Bar broke in half, the remaining half, just sold by gold weight, would still be worth several million.

After all, a whole gold bar weighs 4.25 kg, so half of it would still be more than two kilograms.

And Xiao Yun needed a full 16 gold bars to upgrade his family heirloom dagger. If he were to buy them at their original price, calculating at 800 yuan per gram of gold, one gold bar is 4250g, so sixteen gold bars would be 54.4 million yuan!

Although Xiao Yun could afford over 50 million yuan right now, as he still had over 200 million in cash in his bank account, it was best to save where he could. After all, Xiao Yun wasn't just upgrading this one time; the materials for later upgrades would likely cost even more.

Even though Boss Shi had just promised to cover the future upgrade materials for free, if he asked him for 16 gold bars, he probably wouldn't agree.

"Oh, by the way, System, the upgrade materials don't have to be complete, right?"

Xiao Yun thought back to the previous two upgrades and suddenly came up with a way to exploit a bug, so he asked the system.

[Prompt: As long as it is the corresponding material produced in the restricted area, it can be used for upgrading regardless of its condition.]

"Understood."

As Xiao Yun spoke, his mind moved, and he then took out a gold bar from the safe.

[Material: Pure Gold Bar

Quality: Red

Price: 333903

Appraisal: A full 4.25 kilograms, yet only sells for three hundred thousand. The purity is not high.]

At this moment, Xiao Yun's safe contained a full 5 gold bars. Although not enough for the 16 required for the upgrade, according to Xiao Yun's method, he probably wouldn't need that many; one gold bar would be sufficient.

Since the upgrade materials didn't require the integrity of the item, and broken, half-remaining pocket watches and Rolexes could be used before, couldn't he just divide one gold bar into 16 portions?

He didn't even need to divide it into sixteen portions; could he just scrape a little gold dust off it and use that for upgrading?

Thinking of this, Xiao Yun was like Columbus discovering the heliocentric theory. He held the gold bar in his left hand, picked up the military dagger with his right, and then carefully scraped some gold dust from it.

The next second, Xiao Yun, without a word, gently sprinkled the scraped gold dust onto the family heirloom military dagger. With a crisp system notification sound, his attempt succeeded!

[Ding! Upgrade successful!]

Looking at the military dagger's panel now, it had indeed been upgraded to level 81!

"Am I a genius?"

Xiao Yun immediately became smug, not expecting there was such a method for upgrading family heirlooms.

The system should have told him earlier! If it had told him earlier, he wouldn't have gone through so much trouble collecting so many materials. He could have just gotten one upgrade material, divided it into 16 portions, and wouldn't the family heirloom military dagger have been fully upgraded long ago?

Forget about this one family heirloom military dagger; if Xiao Yun had known earlier that he could operate like this, upgrading a family heirloom a day wouldn't have been a problem!

This system, it didn't remind him about such a crucial matter earlier. He had to figure it out himself. Isn't this just purely bullying honest people?!

However, just as Xiao Yun was feeling smug and continued to scrape a little gold dust from the gold bar, preparing to merge it into the military dagger for another upgrade, an unexpected system notification sounded.

[Prompt: This material has already been used. Please select other materials for upgrading.]

"?"

Xiao Yun's heart was immediately filled with doubt.

This material has already been used... So, what it means is that even if the same material is divided into 16 portions, it's useless? One material can only be used for one upgrade?

"Damn it! Why make it so complicated? Just let me fully upgrade it properly!"

Xiao Yun was quite helpless. He originally thought he had found a shocking bug, but he didn't expect there were still certain restrictions.

However, this was indeed reasonable. If one material could be divided into 16 portions, then collecting just one red material would be enough to complete the upgrade.

And now, although one material wasn't enough, Xiao Yun had found a way to upgrade without consuming the material itself.

He only needed to gather 16 of the required upgrade materials, and then he could upgrade the family heirloom without consuming the materials.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yun quickly dealt with the remaining four gold bars, then returned to the counter.

He looked around, scanning left and right, and indeed saw three large rows of Pure Gold Bars on a counter.

"Boss Xiao... you don't mean you want gold bars, do you?"

Seeing Xiao Yun's gaze drawn to the gold bar counter, Shi Erzhu couldn't help but wipe a bead of cold sweat.