Chapter 33
Xia Fei’s virtual reality helmet had already sunk into the bottom of the ocean along with the Storm Goddess, so he needed to buy a glasses-type virtual reality device. This set of glasses was much smaller than the helmet, far more convenient to carry along, with much stronger display capabilities.
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The price tag was 18,000 star coins, ten times more expensive than a virtual reality helmet. There were even more advanced virtual reality devices that could connect directly to a person’s nervous system. It was said that such devices had already achieved the level where the lines between virtual and reality were blurred, but the price was unfortunately somewhere around the price range of 800,000 star coins, thus Xia Fei decided to buy the cheaper one.
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Entering the Endaro Poetry Hobbyist website, what greeted his eyes the first was a large pink colored email that pretty much obscured all his vision.
Needless to say, it was another prank from Avril.
“Ah! Can’t even ignore it,” Xia Fei sighed as he opened the email.
All of a sudden, the entire scene before him turned monochrome, like the static display found in old-fashioned, black and white television sets.
“What’s going on?” Xia Fei took off his virtual reality device and inspected it. “Could it be that the virtual reality device I just bought is defective?”
“Unsafe?” Xu Maorong was very confused. “How is your account unsafe?”
Xia Fei was too lazy to explain and simply asked, “Do you have any new stocks in here?”
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“A few precious medical ingredients just came in two days ago, please take a look.”
The display cabinet to the west had several curious and weird things within, Phantom glanced over them once before saying, “That Aquamarine Illusory Star has some uses, everything else is not of much value.”
Xia Fei went over to take a look. The Aquamarine Illusory Star was as large as a soybean, completely sea-blue in color. It was translucent and seemed to be some sort of fluid that was slowly flowing inside it, giving the onlookers a dream-like sensation.
“There lived a square-shaped sea turtle on some distant planet, and that sea turtle not only looked strange but also possessed a life span of 10,000 years. When they die, the shell they leave behind would have 12 aquamarine crystals, and that is the Aquamarine Illusory Star.”
“The strangest thing is that only the sea turtles with a lifespan of over 10,000 years and had died a natural death would end up leaving behind the Aquamarine Illusory Star. There’s no way to get it if they were to be caught and killed manually. An Aquamarine Illusory Star can somewhat double your endurance, and is considered a fairly decent medicinal ingredient.” Phantom introduced.
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Xia Fei could reach a maximum speed of 185m/s right now, but his endurance could only sustain this full speed for 2 minutes.
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Endurance was crucial in combat, and the speed of the Speed Ability Users was not only their most effective weapon but also their best defense.
When you’re caught in a fierce battle, if you have insufficient endurance, you would have no choice but to reduce your speed, and a Speed Ability User without speed would be akin to a warrior without a weapon; it would be fatal.
The price of one Aquamarine Illusory Star was 35 million star coins. Xia Fei was gritting his teeth as he said, “I want that Aquamarine Illusory Star. Do you have any other medicinal ingredients around?”
“What a coincidence that you’ve come by at the right time. The catalog for Masterpiece Line’s Auction had just finished. I’ll send it to your inbox. Take a look and see if there’s anything you need,” Xu Maorong offered politely.
Soon, Xia Fei received the auction list, and there were plenty of items that Masterpiece Line was putting up for auction, up to several thousand assortments.
Phantom followed the list and looked from top to bottom. Suddenly, his eyes fell on a certain item.
Xia Fei followed his gaze and glanced over at the item, “The Windshade Mark IV combat suit. Is it any good?”