Wasteland Border Inspector-Chapter 129 - 82: Promoted to United, Newcomer Civilization Collector!
However, the numbers on the progress bar moved extremely fast, and within just a moment, it had already jumped to 5%.
"So fast?"
Cheng Ye got up and grabbed a bag of Nutrient Paste to fill his stomach. By the time he finished drinking, the upgrade was complete.
The familiar function panel reappeared, with a row of update notifications in the center.
[Intern Collector, Cheng Ye, has completed level advancement]
[Current Level: Newcomer Collector]
[Please collect more civilization information to advance your level]
[Due to the Collector’s choice of the "Union" route, all functions have changed in this update]
[Basic functions have been updated:
1. Charging value maximum capacity index increased, current index: 1→2
2. Skill searchable range increased, current searchable: Level 3
3. Skill search probability changed: Level 1: 100%, Level 2: 50%, Level 3: 25%
4. Skill search energy consumption changed: Level 1: 20%, Level 2: 25%, Level 3: 60%
5. Skill search compatibility requirement changed: Level 1: 1%, Level 2: 50%, Level 3: 100%
6. Intelligence search changed: can lower search quality and probability, specify search direction
7. Item search changed: minimum energy consumption: 50%, more charging value can be invested to increase success rate and quality]
["Union" route new function added: Information Fusion] 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
[Information Fusion:
Effect: Add acquired ’skills’ for reconstruction and fusion, fusion quality is affected by skill quality and level; the higher the quality, the better the fusion effect
Consumption: Fixed consumption of 50% charging value per fusion
Input limit: 2 per fusion
Note: Cannot be canceled once fusion starts, but more charging value can be added to cause random direction mutation
Note: Only skills of the same level can be input for fusion, cross-level fusion not allowed]
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"So many changes?"
Cheng Ye carefully reviewed each change.
The doubling of charging value means the 200 units of electricity will increase to 400, but for him at this stage, this change is better than nothing.
After all, there is simply no suitable place to quickly replenish this much electricity.
Even with a fast charging station, it takes seven full hours to charge up.
But looking further down, the expected upgrade arrived as promised, and he can now search for Level 3 skills!
At the same time, there was an unexpected surprise: the search probability for Level 1 skills directly became 100%, and the energy consumption decreased.
At this ratio, 80 units of electricity can perform one search, greatly reducing the cost.
Of course, the headache of compatibility has finally decreased.
Level 1 can be completely ignored, as so far only Chu Yunfeng’s son, Chu Xuan, has shown a 0% compatibility, with everyone else having at least a minimum of 5%.
As expected, the compatibility changes for Level 2 and Level 3 were adjusted proportionally as well.
As for intelligence and item search...
He hasn’t even tried intelligence search once, so it’s hard to say if the changes are good or bad.
Item search, on the other hand, was quite surprising; if he encounters an Extraordinary, and can only rely on compatibility to search for items, it might bring unexpected gains if he maxes out the investment.
"Huh, the new function of the Union route... isn’t this skill synthesis?"
After reviewing the basic changes, Cheng Ye paused, his eyes falling on the new function.
Compared to the somewhat complex action functions, Information Fusion is easy to understand for modern people; he instantly got it.
Invest skills for synthesis, combine two into one, and generate new effects.
"My skill bar only has three slots. I was worried about not being able to equip multiple talent skills found. Now it’s fine, put them all into a pot."
Cheng Ye’s eyes lit up and immediately realized the biggest advantage of this function is that it doesn’t take up slots.
As for the mutated fusion effect, he wasn’t too concerned.
Skills don’t need to be fused because once equipped, they can be gradually internalized through learning.
For example, the rare level ’Moving Shooting’ from Master Tian can retain 30% of its effect even after being uninstalled; within a month or two, it should be fully mastered.
But talent skills are different; once uninstalled, their effects are lost immediately, and at most, three can be equipped, making choices difficult.
If fused, it might truly bring surprises.
"Wait a minute, what if I could fuse all the Lv1 talents acquired from humans together? What would the effect be?"
A bold thought suddenly entered Cheng Ye’s mind.
Both Miao Yang and Chu Yunfeng have their own Lv1 talents.
He hadn’t thought in this direction before, but now with the fusion function, he might as well try to gather all these talents and attempt a fusion to see the effect.
Just as the thought occurred, his personal page quietly popped up.
[Collector: Cheng Ye]
[Current Level: Level 2 Newcomer (0/100)]
[Life Level: 0]
[Skills: Moving Shooting, Beast Intuition, Empty]
[Not yet unlocked...]
[Evaluation: Choosing the Union route means the Collector has officially embarked on the path of tracing civilization development. Collecting and fusing more indigenous civilization information can help enhance Life Level]
"Fusion of information, enhancement of Life Level?"
Fixating on the evaluation section, Cheng Ye was slightly stunned, shortly followed by a wave of excitement surging in his heart.
That’s right, perhaps his idea was correct!
Could it be that the way to enhance Life Level is to find ways to fuse more talents and equip them?
"This is indeed a major discovery! If Life Level can be improved, perhaps more skill slots could be unlocked... at the very least, it might resist pollution!"
Finally finding a method to enhance Life Level, Cheng Ye let out a long sigh of relief.
If Extraordinary Ability is a sharp spear, enabling him to deal with direct challenges and threats.
Then the enhancement of Life Level is a solid shield, providing a means to resist the pollution from those bizarre infection sources.
