Published: February 7, 2025
Sorry for the delay~~
Ye Zhongming once again failed to recognize the fifth reward, which left him scratching his head. It seemed there was still too much he didn't know in this apocalypse.
Opening the exquisite small box that took up half of his palm, he found a piece of... chocolate?
But why was it red?
Once opened, Ye Zhongming could indeed smell a sweet aroma, very reminiscent of chocolate. However, he didn't believe that the roulette would make such a ridiculous joke.
Sure enough, when he picked up this red heart-shaped object, he received this prompt:
“Food: Beginner's Craftsmanship. After consumption, manufacturing-related professional skills will ignore proficiency and be upgraded to beginner level, with a permanent success rate increase of fifteen percent.”
This...
Ye Zhongming almost laughed out loud.
What was this thing equivalent to? It was equivalent to a promotion scroll, especially for someone like Ye Zhongming who had a prefix in his manufacturing profession. Since he had multiple professional skills, it was like receiving several promotion scrolls! Just this alone was enough to excite Ye Zhongming, as he was fully aware of how difficult it was to obtain promotion scrolls.
Moreover, ignoring proficiency wasn't a big deal for Ye Zhongming since he had already maxed out the proficiency of several of his glorious artisan skills. However, if he hadn't, this would mean he wouldn't need to waste so many materials and mental energy, nor would he need to spend so much time—saving him a lot of effort and magic crystals, which could be invested elsewhere.
Finally, a permanent fifteen percent increase in success rate, just like the 'Zel's Head' item. Anything that could increase success rates was excellent, especially when it raised the success rate together by fifteen percent.
Looking at this food item, no larger than his thumb, Ye Zhongming felt it was truly against the odds.
If he took it outside now, it would likely be enough to trade for a bottle of six-star evolution potion; if he waited another year, he might even be able to exchange it for a seven-star potion.
Without hesitation, Ye Zhongming ate the item. It was quite sweet.
After swallowing, Ye Zhongming immediately received a notification that he had upgraded from a junior glorious artisan to a beginner glorious artisan.
However, he noticed that all his proficiency levels reset to zero after becoming a beginner glorious artisan.
Suppressing his urge to immediately try crafting something, Ye Zhongming turned to the sixth reward.
“Life Destiny Rice Seed Maternal Body!”
Seeing the golden seed contained in a test tube, Ye Zhongming felt puzzled for the first time about this reward.
Among the previous five rewards, the most valuable ones should have been the beginner's craftsmanship and Zel's head. After all, these two were fundamental to manufacturing professions and would continuously create value in the future, far surpassing the worth of a green or even blue piece of equipment.
By this standard, the second-to-last reward should have been quite good, but Ye Zhongming couldn't see what the Life Destiny Rice Seed Maternal Body was useful for at the moment.
But after all, it was a seed, and since Ye Zhongming was still a gardener by profession, he felt a bit hopeful.
Holding the seed in his hand, Ye Zhongming received some shocking information that made him gasp.
In simple terms, this was a crop's maternal body. After planting and nurturing it, it would begin to reproduce a type of rice called Mingge Rice. Replanting this rice would yield Mingge Rice.
Mingge Rice was a food specifically for evolvers. Long-term consumption wouldn't increase physical attributes or grant any fantastical abilities like a second personality, but would instead enhance skill potency.
Including professional skills!
This astonished Ye Zhongming.
Typically, there were only two ways to increase skill potency: one was through skill upgrade scrolls, like upgrading from beginner to intermediate or from intermediate to advanced, which directly raised potency by one tier. The other was through increasing one's own evolution level, which would also enhance skill potency, though not as much as upgrade scrolls.