My Apocalypse Territory
Chapter 633 - 561: The Forgotten Enhancement Feature

Teleportation issues.

Before establishing a Sub-territory, the Transmission Array could only teleport in one direction, with no return functionality.

As a result, the first trip to an unknown world was not without its risks.

Despite this, Lord Tang did not believe that any random world or Life Planet could birth a Domain Level powerhouse, and the likelihood of landing in an extremely dangerous area during teleportation was likewise minuscule.

Such bad luck would mean being cursed with worse than an F-.

Lord Tang did not consider himself to be jinxed.

But if,

if he encountered dangers that he could not resist, it would be too late.

Even if he could quickly establish a Sub-territory and construct a Transmission Array with a mere thought, it still required time.

One or two seconds, in high-end combat, was already a long duration.

Last time he explored the Aino continent, he reduced the risk by using Puppets to scout continuously before he went there in person.

It was troublesome,

and very time-consuming.

Not nearly as convenient or quick as a Return City Scroll, pity...

Before the collapse of the Aino world, if not for the help of the system's power to migrate the "World Tree" and take everyone away, Lord Tang would have had to honestly use a Return City Scroll, return to a certain Sub-territory in the Aino continent, and then use the Transmission Array to return to Green Shadow.

Luo Zhe, Eileen, and others also did not approve of this method where the Lord personally explored and put himself in danger.

However, the authority to establish a Sub-territory was the core of the core, and only a Lord could do it.

And the followers in an Otherworld or on an Alien Planet could not transmit even a bit of information due to the vast distance.

This had troubled him for a while.

Until one day, Lord Tang recalled a rather useless feature of the "workshop".

- "Enhancement," a feature unlocked when "workshop" was upgraded to level four.

It seemed remarkable; a B1 tier weapon, once enhanced to "+3," could match a B3 tier weapon, and enhanced to "+6," it could match an A1 tier weapon, enhanced to "+9"... cough cough, a B tier weapon was limited by its material, +6 was already the limit.

Enhancing a B tier weapon to A tier seemed quite impressive.

If it was an A tier weapon, enhancing it to "+9" to match a Transcendent Divine Weapon was not impossible.

However,

one had to consider the cost.

Every enhancement consumed a significant number of Source Crystals, and the rarer the item and higher the enhancement level, the more Source Crystals it required.

Not to mention the chance of failure, which could result in the loss of enhancement levels!

An absolute gold-swallowing beast!

When the "Enhancement" feature was first released, the seemingly wealthy Lord Tang even infused quite a few Source Crystals, boosting all his equipment to "+6" and planned to put some enhanced equipment on the market.

But he soon realized,

Enhancing a B1 tier weapon to "+6," matching an A1 tier weapon? It was less of a hassle to directly craft an A1 tier weapon, and it was even cheaper!

Tasteless to consume, yet regrettable to discard.

Only some of the top-tier equipment, which were hard to improve upon, were worth enhancing.

But,

Lord Tang placed the Transcendent Longsword into the enhancement slot.

[Third Tier Transcendent Longsword (Unnamed)]

[Enhancement +1]: Success rate 35%, Source Crystals consumption: 1M

[Enhancement +2 (based on +1)]: Success rate 25%, Source Crystals consumption: 2M

[Enhancement +3...]

Were his Source Crystals worth nothing?

The success rate at higher levels of enhancement was virtually non-existent!

Even monetized games don't play you like this!

Until...

"Ding! Would you like to integrate 'Energy value,' to activate 'Super Enhancement' functionality?"

This was a notification that popped up one time when he was enhancing using the Energy value.

If not for this, Lord Tang wouldn't even have known the "Enhancement" function could be upgraded.

The system didn't even provide a hint...

"Super Enhancement" could break through the original enhancement limits, and it was not limited to equipment, items... From what Lord Tang understood now, "Super Enhancement" seemed to involve Laws, and quite complex ones at that.

He pulled up the system panel.

Having set up the "Space Belt" to help people like Eileen break through, the Energy value consumed was not insignificant, but it recovered every day, still maintaining around thirty million.

He had the capital to explore the "Super Enhancement" feature.

[Third Tier Transcendent Divine Weapon (Unnamed)]

[Super Enhancement +1]: Success rate 80%, consumption: 1M Source Crystals + 500K Energy value

[Super Enhancement+2]: Success rate 75%, Cost: 200 million Source Crystals + 100 million Energy Value

…

He didn't choose to enhance.

Even though the success rate wasn't low, and he could afford the fee… What did he, a Lord of all people, need combat power for? He just needed to keep a low profile… ahem, remain safely in the back.

He then focused his thoughts on a certain combat skill he possessed.

There wasn't any item in the enhancement slot, but the interface still lit up.

He could also manipulate it through the system panel.

"Instant Step," this Body Battle Technique appeared on the panel, and Tang Yu's mastery of "Instant Step" had already reached a perfect level. He could cross several kilometers in an instant and make his figure shift continuously in a short period of time.

"Instant Step" was already at its peak, and in the future, the distance it could cross might increase, but not due to more proficient use of the skill, but rather because of a breakthrough in his own strength.

At the Transcendent Tier, a casual fireball could explode with tens to hundreds of times the power of an ordinary Awakener.

And "Super Enhancement" could enhance combat skills, magic... To put it simply, it could evolve ordinary skills into advanced skills and turn advanced skills into top-level skills…

The most critical aspect was that this enhancement involved the most fundamental improvement—even if the enhancement failed, there would be no risk of level degradation.

It's just that,

the success rate was a bit low.

Tang Yu looked back at the panel.

[Instant Step]:

[Super Enhancement+1]: Success rate 30%, Cost: 100 million Source Crystals + 150 million Energy Value

[Super Enhancement+2]: Success rate 25%, Cost: 200 million Source Crystals + 300 million Energy Value

[Super Enhancement+3]: …

Tang Yu eyed it greedily, wondering what kind of changes would "Instant Step" undergo after enhancement?

But he hadn't forgotten his initial purpose. If he enhanced "Instant Step" and then ran out of Energy Value, what would he do?

Better to first solve the problem of exploring Otherworlds.

"Choice, enhance 'Follower Contract'!"

If the followers could contact him across worlds through the contract, he wouldn't have to personally take part in pioneering every time.

Soon,

the information about enhancing the 'Follower Contract' appeared on the panel.

[Super Enhancement+1]: Success rate 10%, Cost 1000 million Source Crystals + 2000 million Energy Value

Tang Yu: "???"

What did he see?

A big, fat broke guy!

Enhancements were out of the question. He was never going to be able to enhance the contract in this lifetime!

The 'Follower Contract' was already top-tier; it was bound to be expensive!

No panic.

"Then, enhance 'Return City Scroll Blueprint'."

A new line of data reemerged.

[Return City Scroll Blueprint]:

[Super Enhancement+1]: Success rate 20%, Cost: 500 million Source Crystals + 1000 million Energy Value Part of a series hosted by My Virtual Library Empire (NovelFire).

Tang Yu: "..."

Goodbye!

Time to flip the table (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻!

After calming down for a few seconds, Tang Yu pondered—and pondered some more.

What to do if enhancing the blueprint was a no-go?

Then… don't enhance the blueprint.

[Return City Scroll]:

[Super Enhancement+1]: Success rate 80%, Cost: 10 million Source Crystals + 5 million Energy Value

[Super Enhancement+2]: Success rate 75%, Cost: 20 million Source Crystals + 10 million Energy Value

[Super Enhancement+3]: …

Seeing this, Tang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, "Good, it can be enhanced."

Every three levels of enhancement was a hurdle. According to his prediction, a "Return City Scroll" with Super Enhancement "+3" might well achieve cross-world return.

Originally, he planned on enhancing the blueprint to facilitate mass production, but now, he would have to start by enhancing a batch of Return City Scrolls and use them sparingly.

Don't look at the low cost of each enhancement; a "+3" level Super Enhancement would roughly consume one million Source Crystals and five hundred thousand Energy Value.

How much was his Energy Value now?

How much did he earn every day?

Tang Yu faintly saw poverty waving at him.