Only I can make them stronger

While receiving the above contents, Xia Ye did not forget his "original intention" of coming here - to obtain E-grade ore raw stones.

Although the sample exhibition venue was destroyed and the samples were taken away by Dilven and are now mostly buried under the rubble, he was very smart enough to put the last small piece of the blue crystal into his backpack at the critical moment when the mine collapsed just now.

Even Jinniel could see that this pale crystal had lost its original power, but no matter what, it was at least a piece of raw ore, right?

No matter how much power it loses, it shouldn't be lower than E-level.

But just in case, Xia Ye simply took out the crowbar and the pale crystal from his backpack, intending to strengthen the +3 crowbar again on the spot.

"Strengthen the current item. The probability of strengthening is 98%. Regardless of success or failure, the number of times you can strengthen it will be reduced by one. You need to consume E-level or higher ore. Do you want to continue?"

"Yes!"

"Enhancement material detected: Pale crystal fragments. This material is A-grade ore raw stone. It meets the material requirements, but it greatly exceeds the basic needs. Do you want to continue?"

"Shit, it's actually grade A!?" The system's prompt made Xia Ye's heart jump. He didn't expect the system to have such a high judgment on this piece of ore whose "soul" he had absorbed.

Although he didn't know much about the ore grading standards of Hill Continent, it was not difficult to infer from the few words of Luo Qi and Kareya that ore raw stones above Grade B were already quite rare and important strategic resources.

Judging from the current situation, the existence of the blue crystal is probably not known to most people, so he was lucky enough to get a piece.

"I feel that the difficulty of this quest line for the blue crystal will not be easy..." Xia Ye could tell with his toes that sooner or later there would be a fierce conflict over the competition for the blue crystal.

But that was a story for the future. Right now, this fragment seemed to be of no use to him. And considering that he would have to continue looking for blue crystals in the future anyway, this thing would not be a unique piece, so he was not too worried about wasting it.

What's more, he now has to take one step at a time. The life-and-death battle with Dilven has made him strongly feel the weakness of his own side, and enemies of Dilven's level will probably be everywhere in his future.

If it weren't for the +3 crowbar, it would be hard to say who would win or lose in the final close combat between him and his opponent.

If you can’t even survive, what’s the point of talking about the future?

Thinking of this, Xia Ye still firmly chose "yes".

In an instant, white flames enveloped both the crowbar and the pale crystal.

Xia Ye could see that under the tempering of the flame, the crowbar gradually became more transparent, and the pale crystal fragments slowly melted into a liquid-like state and flowed into it along the flame.

Soon, the flames dissipated, and the brand new +4 crowbar quietly came into being.

Compared with before, there is not much difference in appearance, but if you look closely, you will find that the color has changed from the previous jet black to a grayish look, and at the same time, it has a bit of inexplicably beautiful light transmittance.

"Physical Holy Sword +4: Based on +3, the overall strengthening effect is improved. When hitting the target, it can ignore 10% of the target's defense."

"Additional attribute from the [Pale Crystal Fragment]: The host can inject mental power into the Physical Holy Sword +4, providing it with stronger physical destructive power and a larger attack range. Please explore the specific usage by yourself."

"Are there any material special effects?" The effect of the new version of the crowbar made Xia Ye's mind active again.

If this is the case, then his idea of not being afraid of waste and directly using grade A ore to increase the +4 was actually a good idea.

Although the minimum requirement of the system is E grade, it is obvious that the strengthening effect brought by A grade ore is definitely much better than that of E grade.

As the success rate of enhancement gradually decreases, the enhancement of this weapon will eventually stop at a bottleneck. In other words, he needs to carefully select the materials used for each enhancement thereafter.

"It has to be at least a B-grade ore..." The crowbar is his "expensive" weapon, and because of his "mysophobia", Xia Ye has no vague ideas about it.

Not to mention the strength, he would feel uncomfortable just by having a low-level ore sandwiched between a bunch of high-level ore enhancements.

After determining the direction, Xia Ye gripped the crowbar tightly, clearly feeling that there was some kind of channel-like connection between his spirit and it.

However, he didn't have much mental power left at this time, so he symbolically injected 2 points into it to try.

I saw a lustrous white light seeming to emerge from the inside of the gray-black crowbar, which made the originally plain crowbar look more "special effects" and actually had the momentum to develop into a "holy sword".

"Pretty handsome..." Xia Ye stopped infusing his mental power, and about five seconds later, the crowbar returned to its original appearance.

He was very satisfied with the changes in appearance, but he would have to wait and see the specific actual combat effect in the future.

Overall, this trip to the Livica Mine ended relatively perfectly with the crowbar's +4, and I can now set off back to the Shia city-state with peace of mind.

While Xia Ye put the crowbar back into his belt, he went to check on Leah and Shana.

Due to the influence of Dillwyn's coldness and physical exhaustion, they are still in a coma.

However, he had already used the Fire of Origin to heal their physical injuries, so they shouldn't be serious. He just had to wait for them to wake up.

"Let's take care of them as we go. With my current strength, as long as I recover my mental strength, I shouldn't encounter any danger in this area." While thinking, he carried Shana and Leah and prepared to head west to find Careya.

But at this moment, another existence made him stop again.

The crystal purple petal-shaped head was slightly tilted, as if looking at him curiously.

[Eliminater No. 9], how should it be dealt with?

110. Under the Beast Eyes

After all, it is still a monster.

"You are free now, go to the wilderness, that's where you belong... try your best to survive." Xia Ye felt uncomfortable when he said this.

Artificial monsters are just created killing tools. Logically, there is no place for them in this world.

But the one in front of me is quite special. It seems to have thoughts and can even communicate with me through inspiration. Logically speaking, it is already a real creature.

So where should it be classified? And where should it go?

This seemed to have risen to the level of philosophy, but Xia Ye didn't have the brain to think about it right now.

[Exterminator No. 9] seemed to understand what Xia Ye meant. He took two steps forward a little anxiously, but then stopped quickly in panic, keeping a certain distance from Xia Ye.

"Request...together..." Xia Ye could hear the clear earnestness in the message from the other party.

"You want to go back with me?" he asked with a sigh.

Before, in the mine, when he cried out for help but no one answered, this artificial monster was able to appear beside him in time and solved his urgent problem. It was impossible to say that he had no thoughts about it.

But the first problem is that the existence of [Exterminator No. 9] itself has many doubts, especially the information he learned in the blue crystal cave, which made him begin to hesitate whether to continue to investigate the origins behind it.

Xia Ye was indeed a little scared.

The continent's hostility towards this "unique existence" is slowly showing its fangs.

The second one is more intuitive - the Shia city-state will not allow a living monster to enter.

"Request...together..." the other party repeated the message again, and at the same time, its main body cooperated very well and sat on the ground obediently, looking no different from an ordinary pet.

"I want to ask why? Because actually I am no different from those people who controlled you before... Do you understand what this sentence means?" Xia Ye thought about it and decided to throw the question to the other party first.

But the answer from [Eliminate No. 9] made the question even more complicated.

"I like...Xia Ye..."

"what?"

"what!?"

He had heard the same words from the mouths of his beloved wives, and perhaps from the mouths of members of his prospective harem, but he never expected to hear them from the "mouth" of an artificial monster.

"Is this... a little too strong?" Xia Ye touched his face, and hurriedly took out a dagger from Sana's bag to use as a mirror and looked left and right for a long time.

"Is my brother so handsome?"

Then, with infinite doubts in his heart, he looked at [Exterminator No. 9] again——

The smooth lines of the limbs are dotted with flower-like lines, which together with the blue-purple crystals on the body surface outline an abstract dark painting; the petal-shaped crystals around the neck are arranged in an orderly manner, like a blooming tulip of different colors.

Maybe in the world of beasts, it is very good-looking, but in Xia Ye's eyes, it is still completely unacceptable!

Could it be that "SEEK" really produced such perverted content?

In an instant, countless horrifying images flashed through his mind, making him subconsciously move a little further away from [Eliminater No. 9].

"Xia Ye... Master... Raise me..." The pleading message came again, and besides scaring him, it also made him understand a little bit.

"Okay...it should just be...pure love from the master's perspective..." Xia Ye stroked his chest lightly, and he needed to relax for a few seconds.

"No need... to eat... Very little energy... to survive..."

"Type 3... can grow... help... fight..."

At this time, [Exterminator No. 9] is like a young wife in the old society who desperately sells herself for a place under the roof, trying hard to explain her "cheapness" and "value".

Coupled with the emotions that kept coming from him, Xia Ye really couldn't bear to just throw it aside.

"Forget it...it's because I'm so charming..." Xia Ye took a deep breath and exhaled heavily. He walked forward, squatted down and took a closer look at [Eliminate No. 9]. He decided to take it with him first so that he would have an aid on the way back.

"I hope things will work out for you when the time comes... But calling you [Exterminator No. 9] is too troublesome, so I'll just call you Little Nine from now on. Do you understand?"

"Xiaojiu...likes..."

"Okay, stop, stop talking! As long as you can understand me, that's fine!" Xia Ye quickly stopped the other party's intention of "revealing his feelings" and unceremoniously hung all the bags on Xiao Jiu's body.

"Let's go. You can be my porter on the way and also be the bodyguard of my two beloved wives."

"Received the order...Execute immediately..."

After receiving a positive answer, Xia Ye stood up and walked away with confidence.

And behind him, where he couldn't see, Xiaojiu's eyes flashed twice at an extremely imperceptible speed.

It looks like the shutter of a camera.

…………

In a dark room without lights at Shadow Claw headquarters, a figure whose entire body except for his head was covered in a chemical protective suit was squatting on a sofa, holding his stomach and laughing. The sound was like a silver bell, clear and pleasant to the ear, but the emotion contained in it was madness with a hint of mockery.

"Hahaha……"

"Xia Ye! His name is Xia Ye, a very unique name. He seems like he is from some faraway place."

“‘Is he really that handsome?’ Hahaha… So cute!”

The owner of the voice had short wavy dark purple hair and heterochromatic eyes, one pink and one silver. He had a pretty face, but the weird and crazy smile on his face greatly destroyed the beauty of his face.

On the chest of the chemical protective suit, there is a name tag with "Joey" written on it.

This person is the mysterious researcher whom Dilvyn hates so much.

But Dillwen probably couldn't have imagined that hidden under the chemical protective suit was actually an extremely lively young girl.

At this moment, scenes were flashing back rapidly in Joey's silver eyes.

The protagonist of the picture is Xia Ye, who is squatting in front of [Exterminator No. 9] and is struggling.

The main perspective looks very short, and there is a purple-blue halo around it.

"But if you look closely, she does look pretty good, and...she's pretty wild. I like it!"

While muttering to himself, the images in his silver eyes quickly rewound like a tape, and in the blink of an eye he arrived at a white space.

There were three fainted women lying in the space, and Xia Ye was doing piston movements on the air.

It is not actually appropriate to call it air, because in the picture in the silver eyes, if you look closely you can still see a vague white shadow in front of Xia Ye, but because the shadow is too faint, it looks like Xia Ye is alone in the air.

"If it were me..." Joey's eyes were empty, as if he was appreciating this absurd scene. One hand slowly touched the inside of the protective suit and shook it back and forth.

111. Apology

"Those idiots of Shadow Claw didn't even notice that there were a few little guys among the artificial monsters that their controllers couldn't cover..."

"Only you...Xiao Xiaye...well...you discovered me and...brutally established a mental link with me...Do you know how deadly this feeling is to me?"

Joey moaned and muttered, the movements in the protective suit became more and more vigorous, and Xia Ye's thrusting in the screen became gradually more intense.

"I've never been touched before...what would it feel like?"

"Hmm... I feel it. Even No. 9 can smell the joy and intoxication in that thing... Hmm... Xia Ye... What a surprising person."

The silver bell-like voice is sometimes sad, sometimes obsessed, like crying and laughing, changing constantly.

"Ugh…mmmm!"

And when the scene progressed to the part where Xia Ye was firing, Joey's emotions seemed to have reached a certain peak. His eyes rolled up slightly, his body arched back, and he began to twitch tensely.

After a while, she sat back on the sofa weakly, and a large amount of crystal liquid seemed to flow out from the hem of her protective suit.

Joey put his hand into his mouth with a silly smile on his face, fiddled with his pearly teeth and pink lips, and said angrily

"I just changed my clothes... and they got wet again..."

"It's all your fault, Xia Ye..."

"Ding Dong!" At this moment, the doorbell suddenly rang, and a man's voice suddenly came from the communicator next to the door:

"Researcher Joey, the information from the western troops has been integrated. The boss asked me to send the information to you."