Published: January 31, 2025
Compared to the comprehensive enhancement of the homogeneous enhancement technique, the enchantment technique seems somewhat unconventional.
According to the parchment scroll's description of this skill, the enchantment technique does not require materials that are identical to the enchanted items; instead, it needs enchanting materials. These materials are quite diverse, including the most common mutated plants and animals, as well as certain materials from monsters, and even potions manufactured by pharmacists.
It's worth noting that the properties of the enchanted equipment are determined by the materials used in the enchantment. For example, if you use a material that increases fire attributes to enchant a dagger, then that dagger will only exhibit fire attributes and not any others.
Additionally, the attributes that appear after enchantment are directly related to the quality of the materials used, which is one of the most important factors affecting the enchantment results. The level of the artisan is another crucial factor.
Regarding enchantment, the parchment scroll contained quite a few explanations, which Ye Zhongming had already committed to memory.
Ye Zhongming carried two pieces of mutated bark that he had peeled from a mutated willow tree; this was also a form of material. He decided to try enchanting with them and was pleasantly surprised to find that it was indeed possible. However, the prompt he received in his mind indicated that based on the qualifications of the white-grade dagger, he could only enchant it with one attribute at this time.
After paying the 'cost' of four Grade 1 Magic Crystals, the two pieces of mutated bark transformed into a pool of brown liquid before Ye Zhongming, slowly merging into the dagger.
This magical scene left Ye Zhongming somewhat dumbfounded; the intense gaming feel was many times stronger than in his past life.
Although Ye Zhongming had only been reborn for half a day, his understanding of the apocalypse had already drastically changed from his previous life. He increasingly felt a sense of humiliation, as if being toyed with by others, which intensified his desire to uncover the mysteries surrounding him.
After the white dagger was enchanted, it gained an additional property, which only appeared in Ye Zhongming's consciousness as the artisan.
"Toughness +2."
It seemed that the attributes gained after enchantment were indeed related to the properties of the materials used; the mutated bark was quite sturdy, hence the increase in the dagger's toughness.
After swinging the streamlined dagger a couple of times, Ye Zhongming felt quite satisfied. Although he couldn't represent its value with exact numbers, he sensed that the current dagger had greatly improved in weight, sharpness, and toughness, naturally increasing its power significantly.
Ye Zhongming even felt that if he had this weapon when he previously encountered a Grade 2 zombie with an iron arm, he wouldn't have needed a gun; this dagger alone could handle it. In fact, it might even be capable of severing that mutated zombie's proud iron arm!
Iron arm?
Ye Zhongming was taken aback; according to the parchment scroll's description, that also seemed like a type of material, a pretty decent Grade 2 material! It looked like he needed to go back and collect that item.
After experimenting with the enchantment technique, Ye Zhongming checked the other three occupational skills and found that he couldn't use any of them yet, at least not at that moment.
The gathering and refining technique was used while collecting materials and could improve the efficiency and success rate of material collection. The inlay technique allowed for the embedding of a gem into weapons and equipment to increase their power, but Ye Zhongming hadn't paid much attention to such gems in his past life. It seemed they were produced both in the roulette and the ruins. He had seen them in the trading market before but had not understood their purpose at the time; he had even scoffed at their prices. Now, he realized how ignorant he had been.