I Am Your Natural Enemy

Wen Yan put away the bamboo scroll. With time still on his hands, he continued to explore Warehouse No. 1.

It wasn’t just a random search, but to get a feel for what might be useful to him here.

Many things here, even the Scorching Sun Department didn’t know their specific uses.

Just like this bamboo scroll, when it was dug up, the other scrolls looked like dehydrated, carbonized thin wood strips. Anyone unfamiliar wouldn’t recognize these dark pieces as bamboo scrolls at all.

But this one stood out, still preserved as it once was; even a fool could tell this wasn’t normal.

However, while it could be identified as a wondrous item, its specific effects were unknown.

There were countless similar items.

Considering the unknown risks, they could only be stored in the warehouse, waiting for someone destined to find them.

The only thing the Scorching Sun Department could control was ensuring the items would end up in the hands of someone they approved of.

Wen Yan wandered around, noticing that many items were like this, only describing their origins without any mention of their effects, and their appearance didn’t necessarily relate to their effects.

Precision Appraisal could only estimate the price, generally ensuring that the items with higher estimates were rarer and more precious, but not necessarily particularly good or suitable.

After a tour and getting an impression, Wen Yan left Warehouse No. 1 and headed to Warehouse No. 2.

Warehouse No. 1 seemed more like a relic repository, while Warehouse No. 2 appeared more chaotic, filled with items resembling raw materials and ores. The Scorching Sun Jade Wen Yan wanted was here.

The Scorching Sun Jade here was of extremely high purity, large in size, and uncut or uncarved.

Wen Yan roughly calculated that from the start of his cultivation to his current progress, with the massive consumption of various events, this piece of Scorching Sun Jade was at least four to five times the capacity of all the Warm Jade, Blood Warm Jade, and Scorching Sun Jade he had used.

He only glanced at it, not selecting it, as he wanted to find something similar to the bamboo scroll. Unfortunately, there was no such resonating item in Warehouse No. 2.

Wen Yan could only use Precision Appraisal to screen items, eventually selecting three: a piece of high-purity Scorching Sun Jade raw stone, a fossil that remained warm for years, and a wooden talisman.

The fossil wasn’t cut; descriptions indicate that it is an egg fossil with a semi-formed embryo that turned into a fossil.

The wooden talisman’s description is that the material itself matches features of early angiosperm evolution, and a sample taken for research showed that its wood structure differs from existing plants, being resistant to microbial decomposition.

This wooden talisman, which doesn’t rot or decay, isn’t necessarily a wondrous item per se.

Its greatest value lies in its structure and material, and once fully researched on a microscopic level, its only remaining value is that of a wondrous item.

As a wondrous item, current experiments only show that it can add a buff to the wearer, enhancing sturdiness and resilience, slightly improving their ability to withstand impacts. However, for an ordinary person, the enhancement isn’t enough to withstand a standard pistol within ten meters.

The amount of improvement is directly related to the person’s physical condition.

Thus, this wooden talisman, which theoretically enhances by percentage, was tossed into the warehouse.

After much consideration, Wen Yan opted for the wooden talisman, even if its proportion of enhancement wasn’t large. In theory, the stronger one’s physical condition, the more precious an item with such percentage-based enhancement becomes.

Wen Yan’s current weight was over 170 pounds, yet he still looked somewhat slim; he didn’t appear overweight or even particularly robust.

His Xin Dao cultivation progress was steadily advancing—not exceptionally fast, but without stagnation.

The Tiger Stone Sculpture produced Tiger Bone monthly, and aside from the portion used as medicine, there was also some Strengthening Bone Pill for his daily cultivation to strengthen his muscles and bones.

Furthermore, the Exorcised Black Mountain Stone Sculpture yielded Mountain Essence, which could improve vision and inner strength.

His bone density was significantly higher than that of ordinary people, and his body was constantly solidified, looking not at all robust while not being lightweight either.

It could be anticipated that his systematic cultivation would continually strengthen his basic physical condition.

Thus, this wooden talisman would be of great value.

It could temporarily elevate his foundational condition, surpassing normal limits.

Even if not used for combat, it would be beneficial for aiding cultivation.

Having chosen the second piece, Wen Yan moved onto the third warehouse, not expecting to find anything particularly suitable, feeling that the bamboo scroll was already sufficient.

Upon arriving at the third warehouse, it resembled a grocery store, where Wen Yan even saw a cabinet over two meters tall and more than three meters wide, also a wondrous item.

An old slogan was written on the cabinet.

”No unjustified beating or scolding of customers.”

Wen Yan looked at the label beside it, stating that it was a cabinet from decades ago, once the best-selling counter in a supply and marketing cooperative, used for selling groceries.

Later, it was discovered that the reason for the cabinet’s successful business was its nature as a wondrous item, greatly enhancing people’s consumption desire.

When customers were indecisive about purchasing, they would inevitably end up buying.

Wen Yan was astonished, wondering why the Scorching Sun Department didn’t use such a great item and just kept it in the warehouse?

While it might not serve any purpose in tricking ordinary people, it could certainly be used in other ways.