Universe Infinite Canteen

After a busy day and seeing off the last guest, Ma Lu drove his newly purchased ES8, carrying Old Wang, He Xiaoqian, Mr. Furball, and Shen Yue, who was part-timing. They first returned to their alma mater to pick up Han Feifei.

When they reached the school gate, he deliberately lowered the car window, put on sunglasses, and then turned up the music, which indeed drew sideways glances from the students and pedestrians passing by.

Shen Yue couldn't help but scoff, "Really, big brother, do you have to show off like this? It's almost dark."

"Owning a car without showing off cuts at least half the fun," said Ma Lu.

Ma Lu spoke, "I recently met a new friend who inspired me with her youthful spirit, so I started to reassess whether my life was too mature."

"And your assessment led you to show off your new car at the school gate?"

Ma Lu fell silent.

Just when Shen Yue thought some people still had a bit of shame and weren't that vulgar, Ma Lu slowly started speaking again.

"You reminded me, I could also drive it to the headquarters of the beauty review website… to give Yu Yitong a glimpse."

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Shen Yue slowly typed out three question marks, relieved that Ma Lu didn't actually follow through.

It wasn't because he realized how childish it was, but because Ma Lu wasn't sure about Yu Yitong's finishing time at work, given that overtime is quite common at internet companies.

Ma Lu didn't want to wait around downstairs, so after Han Feifei got in the car, they went to sing karaoke.

It wasn't until just before the dormitory locked its doors at night that Ma Lu drove Shen Yue and Han Feifei back to school, and then took He Xiaoqian home.

As for Mr. Furball, he stayed overnight with Old Wang and Ma Lu at their place.

Ma Lu slept till noon, awakened by a delivery.

This time, he impulsively ordered a new smartphone worth nearly 620,000 yuan.

He fed it all to the "Number 6," ultimately receiving 6502 new points and 28432 old points.

The old points were for repairing equipment Yan Wu would find for him later on.

The new points were used to upgrade both the Desktop Farm and the Collection Bag by one level.

The cost required to upgrade his High-Dimensional Artifact had become increasingly ridiculous after reaching Level 6.

Therefore, for a long time, Ma Lu hadn't upgraded until recently when he had more disposable income and the Desktop Farm was overflowing. Then, Ma Lu started thinking about this again.

Upon upgrading to Level 7, his Desktop Farm's farming limit increased by 2000 kilograms.

The upgrade of the Collection Bag allowed Ma Lu to bring back an extra 100 kilograms of ingredients.

After receiving the inheritance left by the man with the pointy hat, he was eagerly preparing for a big move.

Once the cooldown period for the Bug Egg was over, he again returned to his apartment in Holy Temple City.

Under the bed, he found the Blue Mini Drill, 14 Energy Storage Gems, a thermos, a small vial with unknown liquid, and a portable device resembling a radio, all from his last visit.

Ma Lu had mostly figured out the purpose of the Blue Mini Drill and its matching Energy Storage Gems.

As for the small vial with the suspicious liquid, although he had not experimented, he guessed it was most likely the PPCW Growth Liquid mentioned in the Pointy Hat's research, which promotes the growth of energized plants.

As for the device resembling a radio, Ma Lu hadn't figured out its use yet; he had pressed all its buttons once without any response.

Last was the thermos, and Ma Lu admitted he had misunderstood—it wasn't a lunch box, and it requires a code to open.

He recalled his last adventure in the Redstone Grand Canyon, reviewing the messages related to the Pointy Hat, confirming that the latter had not mentioned anything about a code.

So, he set aside the thermos, radio, and those small vials, planning to hide them outside the city along with extra Energy Storage Gems.

Everywhere in Holy Temple City was under surveillance by the Order Church, including this apartment, although he was the only one using it. Still, all it would take was a word from the Church to search it.

Since the identity of the Pointy Hat was sensitive, stashing the currently unnecessary items elsewhere was more reassuring to him.

Although Ma Lu was eager to leave the city to collect ingredients, there was another important task he had to complete today.

——The Master's promotion ceremony.

Since this ceremony required both Ma Lu and the Order of Knights' top brass to be present, it was scheduled for today after coordination.

Ma Lu left the apartment and headed straight to The Great Tower, first stopping at the Weaponry Department to collect his new armor.

After advancing to Master, his Knight's Armor had also changed.

It had gone from initially having a durability of 100 and a defensive power of 11 points to now having a durability of 200 and a defensive power of 15 points.

An emblem representing the Master rank had also been added to the left chest area.

Though not as impressive as Li Wei's set, it was already beyond that of an ordinary Knight.

After changing out his attire, Ma Lu also conveniently picked up two pieces of equipment.

With the mining site on the southern side of the Goladot Mountains back in production, the valuable Purple Gear in the Weaponry Department was almost all gone due to the impact of previous attack news, and it was still some time before next month's new arrivals.

However, this wasn't a problem for Ma Lu, as this time he was purchasing Golden Equipment.

Thanks to riding on Li Wei's coattails in defeating the Shrike, not only had Ma Lu been promoted within the Sacred Order of Knights, becoming a Master, but he had also received a substantial award of 200,000 Sin Value.

This money was sufficient for him to buy Golden Equipment.

After choosing carefully, Ma Lu bought two pieces of Golden Equipment, which were

[Sage's Earrings](Golden)

Attack Power +6

Defensive Power +3

HP Maximum +40

Sin Value Maximum +120

Additional Effect: Wearer's resistance to all attributes increased by 30%, passive skill can be released: Sage's Protection.

Sage's Protection: When attacked, it can block damage up to 40 points every 12 seconds.

[All-Seeing Eye](Golden)

Attack Power +8

Defensive Power +5

HP Maximum +60

Sin Value Maximum +50

Additional Effect: Wearer's aiming speed increases by 100%, loading speed by 50%, can release active skill: Weakness Exploit.

Weakness Exploit: For the cost of 9 Sin Points, see the target's weak points; attacking the weak points can produce extra damage.

[Sage's Earrings](Golden) is considered universal equipment, suitable for anyone. The increase in the Sin Value limit by +120 in base attributes is particularly impressive.

The higher the Sin Value a Witch has, the more skills she can release, hence the importance of Sin Value is self-evident.

Moreover, the additional effect of a 30% increase in resistance to all attributes is simple and crude yet very practical, with the 12-second trigger of the passive skill, Sage's Protection, further enhancing survivability.

As for the [All-Seeing Eye](Golden), it's clearly specialized for marksmen.

This piece of Golden Equipment has a balanced attribute enhancement; although it lacks any particularly eye-catching bonuses, it meets the average standard of Golden Equipment.

The focus is on the active skill—Weakness Exploit.

Weakness Exploit not only enhances the marksman's own output, but the collected weak point information is also very useful to the other members of the team.

Besides, aiming speed and loading speed are also crucial for a marksman.

This item is something Ma Lu plans to give to Yun Que.