"Simulation ended. Please make your choice as soon as possible."
"One, randomly acquire three skills and specialties obtained during your transmigration."
"Two, randomly draw three items obtained during your transmigration."
There was no suspense in this choice. There weren't many good things in Pirate King, and Devil Fruit was definitely not an option this time. Zhou Ning unhesitatingly chose the first option.
"You have chosen option one."
"You have gained the specialty: Intermediate Endurance."
"You have gained the skill: Esperanto Specialization (Expert)."
"You have gained the skill: Armament Haki (Beginner)."
A large amount of knowledge flooded his mind, making his head feel like it was about to explode. It took a while for him to recover. Zhou Ning rubbed his temples and opened his panel.
On the panel, sure enough, there were two new skills and one specialty.
"Intermediate Endurance": An advanced version of the specialty "Basic Endurance." Stamina growth coefficient +0.2, Willpower +2. The influence of negative debuffs like hunger, thirst, and cold is greatly reduced.
"Armament Haki (Beginner)": A skill that can increase one's attack and defense. It can be applied to one's body or attached to objects.
"Because you have mastered a new professional language, your Linguist level has increased!"
Upgrading Linguist gave him a point in Spirit and a free attribute point. Zhou Ning still chose to keep the free attribute point without allocating it.
Choosing to use Armament Haki, a thin black film suddenly appeared on Zhou Ning's hand, followed by a faint ripple.
As expected, Armament Haki could be stacked with Ripple.
This way, his offense and defense, especially his attack power, would increase by another level.
Looking at it this way, Zhou Ning was quite satisfied with this transmigration. Although he died a bit early, he gained a powerful skill and a powerful specialty, which was pretty good.
Intermediate Endurance was a rare specialty that added to the growth coefficient, and "Armament Haki (Beginner)," besides being able to stack with Ripple, could also be considered a buff skill. This way, two buff skills were now complete, and Zhou Ning was one step closer to creating a new profession...
Early the next morning, Zhou Ning still went to the Alchemy Building at the school for work as usual. Although he had plans to resign, he still had to finish his last shift. The specifics of resigning would be discussed after school started.
This morning, making low-level potions and organizing materials gave him a total of 1000 experience points. It wasn't until noon, when Rosie came to take over, that he noticed she was in an unexpectedly good mood, even humming a song as she entered, her voice sounding as if she had a piece of candy in her mouth.
"What? Did you find money?" Zhou Ning asked with a smile.
"No, not really." Rosie shook her head, subtly puffed out her cheeks, and habitually explained seriously, "Professor Weasley is going to increase my allowance. Starting this month, it will be raised to 6 vikta per month."
"That's great." Zhou Ning gave her a thumbs up. "You're the first person to get the stingy Professor Weasley to agree to an allowance increase."
This clearly resonated with Rosie. Compared to his good temper, Professor Weasley's stinginess was notorious at Vik University. She also curled her lips into a smile, laughing for a while before stopping:
"Oh, right, Professor Weasley asked me to remind you not to forget the freshman orientation the day after tomorrow morning."
"Got it." Zhou Ning's smile faded, and he nodded. He wondered what Sherlock was thinking, not calling it off even knowing there was danger. Was he really that confident?
"I should be there the day after tomorrow too. Do you need my help then?" Rosie asked somewhat shyly when she saw Zhou Ning fall silent.
"I won't be polite if I need anything," Zhou Ning said with a smile.
The two chatted and laughed, and after finishing Rosie's red bean pie, it was already 1 PM.
After leaving school, Zhou Ning went to the Trade District, purchasing iron ingots, iron plates, bolts, gunpowder, and various Alchemy materials from different herb shops, Alchemy shops, and engineering supply stores. Most of the materials for making the Mini Mechanical Warrior could be bought from ordinary shops, but they weren't concentrated, requiring visits to many stores to gather everything.
For this, Zhou Ning paid another 23 vikta. The 160 vikta he had just received yesterday, not even warm in his hands, instantly evaporated. Money came quickly and went quickly.
At 2 PM, after returning to the Alchemy Laboratory, he didn't rest but immediately began clearing the Alchemy table, placing the purchased materials one by one, and started manufacturing behind closed doors.
Opening the panel, making the Mini Mechanical Warrior required thirty-three iron ingots, twenty-one refined iron bolts, twenty-nine gunpowder, and he already had the firearms... Zhou Ning silently recited the recipe.
The earlier part was actually just making ordinary mechanical puppets. With Tony Stark's talent bonus and expert-level Precision Mechanical Manufacturing (Expert), Zhou Ning found making this quite simple.
After some effort, Zhou Ning exhaled and put down his hammer.
The panel popped up a notification:
"[Mini Mechanical Warrior: Mechanical puppet, can equip any small firearm, usable for combat, defense, or display.]"
The lucky person in his previous life who obtained "Puppet Alchemy" did not have this recipe. His initial recipe was the relatively simple pet Mechanical Squirrel, so Zhou Ning guessed that the initial recipe was also determined by the innate life skills.
Zhou Ning's "Mini Mechanical Warrior" should be the initial recipe resulting from the fusion of Puppet Alchemy and his expert-level Precision Mechanical Manufacturing (Expert).
Now, making the Mini Mechanical Warrior was just the first step. Next, Zhou Ning still needed to refine it through an Alchemy array and seal it into a parchment card.
The following steps required mixing and preparing Pure Water Orbs, Dragon's Blood Grass, Ice Mint, etc., into a spiritual powder, which was the material used for drawing the Alchemy array.
Two Pure Water Orbs, 7 grams of Dragon's Blood Grass, 5 grams of Ice Mint... Zhou Ning followed the steps meticulously.
Half an hour later, the Alchemy array was drawn.
Zhou Ning held his breath and placed the Mini Mechanical Warrior and a parchment card together into the Alchemy array.
After preparation, he poured in an Alchemy catalyst, a mixture of some special herbs.
Sizzle!
A burst of mist instantly erupted, filling the Alchemy Laboratory with a haze.
A moment later, the mist dispersed, and a mechanical warrior card engraved with intricate patterns lay quietly on top.
"[You have created the card 'Mini Mechanical Warrior.' You have gained 7000 experience!]"
"[Mini Mechanical Warrior: Click to use to summon a Mini Mechanical Warrior that can assist in combat. Duration: half an hour. Cooldown: half an hour.]"
"Yahoo!" Zhou Ning rejoiced in his heart.
This was a small step for Alchemy, but a giant leap for yu-gi-oh!
Zhou Ning clicked the card, chose to use it, and a burst of mist instantly emerged. After the mist dissipated, a half-human-tall mechanical warrior appeared before him, holding the m1 garand rifle that Zhou Ning had specially equipped it with.
Perfect! Zhou Ning snapped his fingers.
In the following time, besides his usual morning shift at the Alchemy Laboratory, Zhou Ning devoted himself entirely to his own Alchemy Laboratory.
After the first batch of herbs arrived from the Golden Oak Herb Shop, making special bullets was naturally not difficult for Zhou Ning. The success rate for the second batch of special bullets reached 79%. Fifty bullets were completed that afternoon, and along with nine guns, they were sent to the Xilin General Store in the west of the city... What came back were over 180 vikta and orders for more firearms and bullets.
According to Sherlock, the firearms Zhou Ning drew from the prize pool were quite popular with the Sun Keepers team, and even the agents next door were inquiring about where these guns came from.
Zhou Ning even suspected that Sherlock was buying so many guns to resell them.
And the Golden Oak Herb Shop was quite reliable. With Richard's influence, the materials never ran out. Batches of herbs were delivered to Zhou Ning's laboratory on time. For two consecutive days, Zhou Ning was even a bit overwhelmed, producing nearly two hundred special bullets daily, gaining a considerable amount of experience, and his wallet swelled up again.