Doomsday Roulette

Even though Ye Zhongming was now a top-tier craftsman, creating purple equipment was not an easy task.

Even for golden equipment, the failure rate was quite high, and for purple-level items, even using the best materials, there was more than a 70% failure rate.

However, he succeeded on the first try when making this round shield, which was definitely a pleasant surprise.

Perhaps it was because his previous bad luck had been exhausted while making that purple equipment for Alamos.

Hanging the shield on his arm, Ye Zhongming walked out of the tent and immediately saw the undead fish dragon lazily sprawled on the ground.

As an undead lifeform, it did not know fatigue and did not require rest; as long as its soul power was sufficient, it was a perpetual motion machine.

Especially after receiving the true teachings of the Nine-Winged Crow, this big guy's strength had greatly improved, and its overall power was very close to the ninth level.

In the past two days, aside from exploring the surrounding forces, Ye Zhongming spent most of his time crafting equipment. However, there was one other task he undertook during that time: taking care of and observing the undead fish dragon.

This creature was undergoing a transformation that no one could fully understand.

The origin of this transformation could be traced back to when Ye Zhongming obtained the White Hole Crystals.

After receiving two hundred White Hole Crystals from Alamos, the undead fish dragon showed an extreme interest in them.

Previously, this undead lifeform only cared for soul-related items and looked down upon everything else.

Ye Zhongming was surprised but dared not act rashly.

After all, White Hole Crystals were meant for gene lifeforms; not only did Alamos know their rarity, but Ye Zhongming was also aware. He intended to return all of them to Liu Zhenghong, believing that Sister Hong could produce a batch of truly perfect gene warriors.

However, with the undead lifeform showing interest in these crystals, Ye Zhongming was unsure of what to do; if he gave them to it and something went wrong, it would not be worth the loss.

In the end, it was Red Hair who communicated with Ye Zhongming, stating that the undead fish dragon believed the White Hole Crystals would be extremely helpful to it and was willing to take on the risks. Only then did the King of Cloud Summit decide to let the undead fish dragon use the crystals.

As for how to use them, Ye Zhongming could only have Red Hair stay close by, allowing her to communicate with the undead fish dragon and let it decide for itself.

After several hours of work, Ye Zhongming had only seventy White Hole Crystals left from the initial two hundred.

Ye Zhongming was somewhat amused and exasperated by this situation.

If Alamos did not lie, then using these crystals on gene warriors would yield great development potential. With Cloud Summit's current strength, two hundred gene warriors equipped with White Hole Crystals could evolve little by little, and at least control the battle losses to within 20% by the time they reached eighth-level strength. This meant that around one hundred fifty to sixty gene powerhouses could be secured.

But now, having allowed the undead fish dragon to use over half of them, only seventy remained.

Based on his earlier expectations, out of the seventy White Hole Crystals, only about fifty could eventually become high-level gene powerhouses. This was a full one hundred less than when he had two hundred crystals.

Even if the undead fish dragon became stronger due to the White Hole Crystals, nobody knew whether it could compare to one hundred gene powerhouses. Therefore, Ye Zhongming was also unsure whether he should feel good or bad about the situation.

However, since he had made the decision, he did not regret it. All his thoughts were focused on what kind of transformation the undead fish dragon would undergo.

Since everything was proceeding according to the undead fish dragon's own will, what Ye Zhongming and Red Hair could do was to place the White Hole Crystals within its body one by one, filling its massive form with over a hundred crystals in a regular pattern throughout.