Li Wei's face was dark.
"Down the six C-level bloodcore formations, and surprisingly less than one-third of the tenth page was filled? Could it be that the tenth page's unlock requires more than twenty C-level bloodcore formations? What a joke!"
He really wanted to curse, the leap was a bit too large!
But what else could he do? He could only reluctantly put away the Book of Ten Thousand Laws, then lie down on the bed, feeling quite depressed.
I'm afraid that the more the Book of Ten Thousand Laws is upgraded in the future, the more energy and life sources it will require. If he wants to maintain a relatively fast rate of strength improvement, he must take more initiatives.
Unlocking the pages of the book becomes increasingly difficult. If his ability to keep up lags behind, he may experience long-term stagnation of his own strength. That would further make it difficult to keep up with the energy gap of the Book of Ten Thousand Laws, leading to an even longer period of stagnation...久而久之, this will create a vicious cycle.
Of course, as his strength continues to increase, encountering bottlenecks is a normal thing and it doesn't mean there is really nothing he can do.
All he needs to do is to keep fighting.
After lying down for a while, he sat up from the bed.
He glanced up at the clock, noticing it was just after two in the afternoon. At this time, if he wished, he could still go out and hunt some cybernetic monsters to earn some hunting points.
However, he still did not plan to go out for the remaining half of the day. Today, he decided not to be so tense. He intended to continue using the "Steel Heart" training method to gradually hone his foundation during the afternoon.
In the meantime, he could also make some bullets. In recent days, although he would spend some time making new bullets when he returned at night, he always felt it was not enough to keep up with the consumption.
Apart from the necessary rest time, he could make at most a dozen or twenty bullets in an evening. That was only enough for two to three magazines, which was not a sufficient amount for use in combat.
His stock had almost run out, and it just happened that he had some time today, so he decided to make more bullets.
Lifting out the tools and materials, Li Wei let out another sigh.
Even with his exceptional success rate, the remaining materials were only enough for him to make another hundred bullets. To make more, he would need to buy more supplies.
Moreover, the lifespan of the tools he had purchased earlier was not long. He had already worn out three or four energy cables, and the energy converter and the magic pattern engraving knife he bought were of average quality; they would probably also need to be replaced after using them for a while.
All these would cost money.
No wonder the market price of pattern-engraved bullets was so expensive. Although it was his homemade bullets and an inferior piercing bullet, the pattern bullets with almost the lowest cost, Li Wei already had a hard time bearing it mentally. If he were to rely purely on purchasing them…
He really couldn't afford to buy them.
After arriving at the Clover branch, almost all of the points he earned from assignments were exchanged for various items that could enhance his strength, such as flesh and blood cores, gene liquids, and the like. He did not receive any cash for any of the assignments.
This is not very common for hunters, after all, hunters also need to eat, drink, and live a normal life.
The norm for most hunters is to exchange at least two-thirds of their assignment rewards for money to support their life and enjoyment. Those who can allocate a third of their income to improve their strength are already considered very hardworking and promising. Like Li Wei, who can exchange all his income for resources to enhance strength, is indeed a rarity.
Li Wei can do this by relying on the money he looted from Zhang Xi's old nest. Five purple crystals, not too much or too little, should be enough to sustain a normal life for a while, but who let him spend so much.
The money has now almost run out.
Li Wei did not want money issues to affect the speed of his own strength enhancement, as it would be too uneconomical. He really needed to think of some ways to get money.
After going out and exchanging the last bit of money for some materials, Li Wei devoted himself to the great undertaking of making bullets until dinner time, without taking a single break.
An afternoon's work resulted in about thirty inscription bullets, which was his achievement.
After dinner, he went to the training room to practice "Steel Heart" for a while, then returned to his room, which doubles as a workshop, to continue making bullets until late at night.
Here again, the value of "Steel Heart" is demonstrated.
Making bullets is a very tiring task, requiring constant control and precise output of energy, which consumes stamina. According to common的说法, this stamina originates from one's mental level and belongs to the level of the will chain and hub chain.
Indeed, the Heart of Steel doesn't enhance the Will Chain, nor does it enable Levi to control external energies with greater precision or on a larger scale. However, the improvement of the Hub Chain and the subsequent increase in stamina have still brought him significant benefits.
In the past, Levi assessed his own limits, estimating that if he continuously produced Secondary Penetration Bullets without stop, he could create at most thirty to forty bullets in one go before becoming completely exhausted, which would prevent him from making more bullets.
Now, his limit stands at seventy bullets.
Late at night, after completing the production of the 70th bullet, he was too weak even to wash up and just went to bed and fell asleep.
...
The next day, he was awakened by a series of knocks on the door.
Cai Yutong was outside the door.
She said: "You've been acting a bit strange these past two days, haven't you?"
"Strange in what way?"
"The other day, you were running around like crazy in the Clover Community, constantly hunting and killing monsters. But yesterday, you didn't go out at all, and today you didn't wake up until now, and it's already nine o'clock!"
Cai Yutong seems to be right, and Li Wei himself can feel it.
"I'm fine," Li Wei comforted, "It's just the continuous high-intensity hunting action that made me a bit tired. My supplies are also running low, so I plan to rest for a while and make some bullets or something these two days, and improve my strength. You don't have to worry about me too much."
"That's good," Cai Yutong was indeed much more relieved, "In fact, this is the normal state, you scared me a bit in the previous few days."
Li Wei knew what she was referring to. After learning of the death of Yasha, his emotions indeed became a bit strange for a while, and there was a wicked fire in his heart that urgently wanted to vent out.
However, it has improved a lot now.
Cai Yutong asked, "So, do you plan on going out today?"
"Go ahead, but if there are no particularly valuable targets, let's come back early."
"Okay."