I have an Apocalypse City Chapter 167

Chapter 167: Chapter 167: Making a Hand Grenade

Translator: 549690339

Blood beasts nurtured in the Blood Pool were part of the manor, just like Alex from the Bloody Yin Spirit Poison Tree, and could only serve as the manor's guardian. Once they left the manor, they would lose blood continuously. The farther they were from the manor, the faster they would bleed. However, because Song Jian's demonic summoning skill had mutated into the “Blood Pool Summoning Skill,” these blood beasts had become Song Jian's summoned creatures, able to appear anywhere and assist Song Jian in battle;

At this time, the Blood Pool had just been upgraded and the blood zombies had not yet been bred, so Song Jian could not immediately check the attributes of the blood zombies. After checking the materials needed to upgrade the Blood Pool to level three, “500 units of stone, 100 units of ruby, 100 units of Dragon Bloodstone,” Song Jian memorized this silently and turned to leave the basement;

He returned to the third-floor bedroom, opened the Engineering Crafting Table, and opened the blueprint for the “T-11 High-Explosive Grenade” at the same time, comparing the materials needed for crafting on the blueprint, and began to prepare;

“Hmm, wood, sulfur, saltpeter, crushed silver ore…” Song Jian followed the blueprint for the high-explosive grenade and put the materials into the material inlet of the Engineering Crafting Table;

After all materials were inputted, Song Jian fiercely pressed the “start” button of the workbench.

Suddenly, a deep rumbling sound came from inside the workbench, followed by the sound of crushing. The entire workbench began to tremble slightly;

“Now it's crushing all these materials, then separating and purifying them. In fact, the process is not much different from that of the Pharmaceutical Workbench, both are 'idiot-proof' level operations,” Song Jian thought to himself;

However, it didn't take long for the Engineering Crafting Table to tell Song Jian with facts that it was different from the Pharmaceutical Workbench;

Boom-

A muffled sound came from the outlet of the workbench, followed by a wisp of black smoke, and the workbench quickly quieted down;

“We're not the same, not the same…”

Song Jian stood still in front of the workbench, feeling a powerful wave of disappointment wash over him. After a while, he mumbled to himself, “Is this a failure, already?”

System: You used [Engineering Crafting Table) to make “T-11 High-Explosive Grenade,” but the crafting failed and you gained 5 Crafting Experience Points;

“Isn't there a 30% crafting success rate bonus on this thing? What the hell!” Song Jian angrily kicked the wooden table under the workbench;

During this mining trip, Song Jian had gathered all the materials needed to craft the “T-11 High-Explosive Grenade,” but they were only enough to make twelve grenades. Now he had already wasted one set of materials;

He originally thought that twelve “T-11 High-Explosive Grenades” would be enough for self-defense, but now it seemed that with these twelve sets of materials, no, now it was eleven sets of materials, if he could manage to craft three to five “T-11 High-Explosive Grenades,” Song Jian would be thankful;

Following the materials list, he refilled the Crafting Table with another set of materials;

Hum- Hum- Hum-

Boom-

System: You used [Engineering Crafting Table] to make “T-11 High-Explosive Grenade,” but the crafting failed and you gained 5 Crafting Experience Points;

Song Jian remained expressionless and continued to put in another set of materials;

Hum- Hum- Hum-

Boom-

System: You used [Engineering Crafting Table] to make “T-11 High-Explosive Grenade,” but the crafting failed and you gained 5 Crafting Experience Points;

“What the hell!” Song Jian couldn't help but curse. Ten sets of materials, and yet not a single “T-11 High-Explosive Grenade” was made. This made Song Jian doubt whether the blueprint was fake;

“I accept one failure, two failures are fine, three failures, four failures, I'm just unlucky, but ten consecutive failures, you have to show me some respect to probability, right?” Song Jian's mouth twitched involuntarily;

However, after ten failures, the Crafting Experience of the “T-11 High-Explosive Grenade” had reached 50 points;

“Keep going, two more to go!” Song Jian gritted his teeth. Even if they were all wasted, at least some inventory space would be saved. At the very least, by using up the materials, out of sight, out of mind;

Hum- Hum- Hum-

The workbench started working again;

This time, it took a full ten minutes for the workbench to stop working;

A metal ball the size of a fist, with a pockmarked surface, rolled out of the workbench;

System: You used [Engineering Crafting Table] to make “T-11 High-Explosive Grenade,” crafting succeeded, you gained 20 Crafting Experience Points and 10 Engineering Experience Points;

“Phew, finally succeeded for once!” Song Jian let out a long breath, the ten consecutive failures had made him hold his breath, almost going down the rabbit hole;

Picking up the “T-11 High-Explosive Grenade,” Song Jian began to check its attributes;

“T-11 High-Explosive Grenade (Ordinary): Consumable. Use effect: Throw at a target beyond a 5-meter range to deal 300 points of explosive damage. This damage can be increased with the level of the “Throwing” skill; has a chance to cause an additional 150 points of fire damage. Use requirement: Possess the 'Throwing' skill;”

“Heh, such a powerful damage, no wonder it took me so much effort to craft you.” Song Jian held the high-explosive grenade, a satisfied smile on his face;

Although he had not yet mastered the “Throwing” skill, such basic skills could be comprehended on their own. Just casually throwing a stone at a monster three times, he could comprehend it. This would not cause any obstacles for Song Jian;

“If I can make a large number of high-explosive grenades and find a place where monsters gather, won't my level increase as fast as a rocket?” Song Jian couldn't help but think to himself;

After placing the grenade into the inventory, Song Jian took out the last set of crafting materials and put them into the workbench;

Hum, hum, hum-

The workbench began to operate;

“What a pity, this workbench is only of ordinary quality. If only it could be like the Pharmaceutical Workbench.” At this point, Song Jian realized how powerful the silver Pharmaceutical Workbench was;

Boom-

Another puff of black smoke came out of the workbench, and Song Jian's mouth twitched involuntarily;

Twelve sets of materials, only one finished product was made. With this 30% success rate, how on earth was it calculated? Wasn't it supposed to be three successes out of ten attempts?

What Song Jian didn't know was that for some people, there wasn't much difference between 1% and 99%;

After consuming all the materials, night had begun to fade, and the eastern sky was turning white;

Song Jian vaguely heard the sound of an angry roar from a distance: “Unforgivable, you deceived the great dwarf blacksmith…”

Looking at the taskbar, the test task of the Dwarf Blacksmith Aberdeen had failed, and Song Jian's relationship with the Dwarf Blacksmith Aberdeen had dropped to indifference;

“Phew, I hope that the next time we meet, he won't try to chop me with a knife. But the next time we meet, my strength will have surpassed his.” A hint of coldness appeared at the corner of Song Jian's mouth;

Chapter end