Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

The work of grinding herbs was not only tiring but also boring. Zhou Ning couldn't help but miss the tool man B who had left.

Unlike the cheap potions before, the materials for this star preparation were very expensive. According to Zhou Ning's estimation, one portion would cost about 50-60 Viktoria. If he failed once, Zhou Ning felt that he might suffer from insomnia at night.

After being promoted to expert level in alchemy, Zhou Ning's alchemy movements are now accurate and beautiful, without any unnecessary movements, and are so perfect as if they have been tempered thousands of times.

Moonstone and dragon scale grass were only part of the Starburst preparation. In fact, as a relatively expensive catalyst in alchemical potions, its formula was very complex and the refining method was extremely complicated.

Zhou Ning calmed himself down, put auxiliary materials used to stabilize the medicinal properties into the beaker, and then poured in distilled water. Immediately, a large amount of powder spread out in it.

Then, Zhou Ning took out the moonstone powder and carefully put it into the beaker. In an instant, the liquid in the beaker was dyed with a layer of star-like black.

Zhou Ning didn't delay and threw the dragon scale grass in as well.

puff!

A burst of bubbles spread out in the beaker.

Zhou Ning held his breath, added buffer, and began to heat slowly.

After a few minutes, the liquid in the beaker was shimmering with starlight and was about to take shape.

Just at this moment, a prompt suddenly came to my ears.

[Important Note: The first closed beta test of Apocalypse has concluded successfully. Please check the forum for relevant updates. Thank you for your participation. The game's closed beta test will officially begin in a month. Please pay attention to the game forum announcement.]

[Important Note: The fourth episode of the "Apocalypse" series has been released simultaneously on the forum and various platforms. This series is automatically generated by the optical computer. Players interested in learning more about the game's background are encouraged to watch it here.]

The prompt sounded right next to his ear, and it was extremely loud. Zhou Ning was startled and his hand trembled. A burnt smell came from the beaker.

[You completed an alchemical blend with a quality of 9. The blend failed. You gained 276 experience points and 9 proficiency point.]

Zhou Ning: ...

I was struck by lightning and couldn't help but want to beat this stupid intelligent computer to death.

Don't be distracted for now. Wait until you're done with your work before dealing with anything else.

Zhou Ning took a deep breath and began the second preparation. This time, Zhou Ning was even more alert and his movements were precise without any deviation. A few minutes later, a prompt came from the panel.

[You completed an alchemical blend with a quality of 95. You gained 2025 experience points and 12 proficiency points.]

It's done! Zhou Ning breathed a sigh of relief. The experience points he gained were quite high, 2000 just from one bottle of medicine.

At this time, there was a tube of star-like black liquid in the beaker. After it cooled completely, Zhou Ning poured it into the test tube.

When you focus on the test tube, the panel gives a prompt:

[Starburst Preparation (Excellent): One of the catalysts used to make super-powered mixtures. Drinking it alone has a very small chance of activating special abilities in the human body.]

Zhou Ning didn't stop. He inserted the test tube containing the star preparation into the test tube rack next to him and began to prepare the herbs according to the method of making artificial devil fruits.

There are about fifteen kinds of herbs needed to make devil fruits, and the mixing order cannot be wrong. Zhou Ning spent a while putting the herbs into the crucible in order, then poured in the star preparation, covered the crucible with a lid, began to heat it, and waited for the coagulation reaction.

He opened his pocket watch and started the timer with a click. Five minutes later, Zhou Ning opened the crucible and found a red fruit with spiral patterns lying quietly inside.

[You created an [Artificial Devil Fruit (Zoo)], and you gained 3000 experience points!]

What surprised him was that there was not a single herbal residue around the crucible.

As expected of a simulator-produced skill, it's always so unscientific, Zhou Ning thought.

When you cast your gaze on the red fruit, a prompt pops up on the panel:

[Artificial Devil Fruit (Zoo): Unknown species, can give the eater powerful abilities, but the side effect is the inability to swim, which does not conflict with Psychic abilities.]

Including the failed attempt, this fruit cost about 230 Viktoria. A whopping price!

Its practical value is completely worth the price. Even if the fruit power may be a little weak, it can be combined with psychic abilities! No matter what, it can improve a lot of physical fitness.

Zhou Ning picked up the devil fruit and put it into the inventory. Considering the huge cost, he would just make this one devil fruit for now and wait and see how the sales of the others would perform.

Next, Zhou Ning spent another 10 minutes to make the Fuling potion. A bottle of Fuling potion cost less than 10 Victors. He did it without any pressure and was very familiar with it.

[You completed an alchemical blend with a quality of 87. You gained 1500 experience points and 11 proficiency points.]

【Fuling Potion】

Quality: Excellent

Type: Consumables

Usage: It can make everything go smoothly for the user, lasting for 2 minutes. However, overdose can cause dizziness and incoherent speech.

Note: Drink it!

In the previous game, the Fuling Potion always ranked first in the sales list of alchemical potions. Many players believed that taking it would bring good luck, but luck is a very metaphysical thing after all, and Zhou Ning was one of those who didn't really believe in it.

But now is the time to test the effect, and Zhou Ning drank the Fuling potion without hesitation.

After opening the simulator, there were 56 time-travel coins left, with about 10 left as reserves. The rest were enough for 5 ten-draw combos. Zhou Ning opened the prize pool of "Lost in Fog City", but unexpectedly found that the pool of "Infinite War" had been unlocked, but the lottery price was the same as the time-travel price, both 5 time-travel coins.

It was a scam in one word. Zhou Ning really wanted the Price Bureau to come and supervise it.

After hesitating for a while, I chose the first prize pool and clicked the draw, hoping to empty the first prize pool first.

……

The Fuling potion turned out to be useless. There was no surprise in the first ten-shot combo. In total, I got 6 spears, 2 pistols and 2 useless items.

Zhou Ning then clicked the second ten-shot burst.

The result was still no surprise. There were only 5 guns, and the other 5 were all useless junk.

The third shot was also standard. Zhou Ning gritted his teeth and fired the fourth shot ten times in a row.

[You have obtained a rare item, the Springfield rifle, which comes with some 7.62mm caliber bullets.]

[You have obtained a rare item: Roosevelt's double-barreled shotgun, with some 7.62mm caliber bullets.]

……

[You have obtained an epic item: Arrow.]

[You have obtained the achievement: Collector of Famous Guns. This achievement will lead to a new quest.]

[Your Hall of Wonders has a new collection. Please click to view it.]

"Is this a bomb? This is absolutely a bomb, right?"

Zhou Ning had been feeling a bit hopeless, but when he saw the end, he was shocked and hurriedly clicked on the Hall of Wonders. Sure enough, on the first shelf in "Lost in Fog City" was a new item, an arrow, with the words "Available" written on the back.

Click to receive and you will get 6 Time Travel Coins as a reward.

In the last item bond, a new bond name also appeared: [Stand User's Cry: Arrow + ??? + ??? 】

There are three items in this bond, and since they are not complete yet, there is no bond attribute yet.

Close the Hall of Wonders and click on the arrow you just drew in the item bar.

Panel pop-up prompt:

[Arrow: Part of the ancient weapon "Bow and Arrow". If shot with an arrow alone, the main character may die. If not, the substitute will be awakened.]

Zhou Ning: ...

Why is the feeling of low-quality mobile games becoming more and more obvious?