Start a mysterious island

"Tap, step, step..."

A sound of footsteps sounded in the corridor, and a figure carrying a black plastic bag came to the door of a room.

"Two hundred and seven, this is it."

Lin Li came to the Psychic Research Institute and consulted the staff here. Under the guidance of the other party, he came to the door of the room in front of him.

"Dong dong dong..." He raised his hand and knocked on the door, and a vicissitudes of sound came from the room.

"Please come in."

Lin Li reached out and pushed open the door, then walked in. What he saw was an old man with gray hair sitting behind the desk.

The other party was holding a thick book in his hand. When he saw Lin Li walking into the room, he put down the book he was holding and said with a smile, "Young man, are you here to appraise the items?"

"Yes." Lin Li nodded.

"Sit here." The gray-haired old man pointed to the chair in front of him.

Lin Li pulled up his chair and sat down. At this time, he heard the other party say, "Take out the things you want to identify!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Li placed the black plastic bag he was carrying on the other party's table.

The gray-haired old man opened the plastic bag and saw that the thing contained in the plastic bag was an unattractive gray stone, only the size of a fist.

Seeing such identification items, the expression on his face did not change at all, but he took the gray stone out of the plastic bag.

"Where did you get this?" The gray-haired old man asked Lin Li before appraising it.

Um, why is this appraiser asking this... Lin Li wants to quickly go to the spirit world to hunt strange beasts and harvest ripe magical fruits to reach the third level, so he reminds the appraiser to hurry up and help him complete the appraisal.

"I picked it up while camping in the suburbs. Old gentleman, please hurry up and help me identify it. I have other things to do and I'm in a hurry!"

Hearing this, the gray-haired old man stopped asking any more questions and immediately mobilized the spiritual energy in his Dantian and injected it into the gray stone in his hand.

The gray stone originally exuded weak spiritual energy fluctuations. After being injected with spiritual energy, a pale golden spiritual light immediately appeared on the surface.

Immediately afterwards, another energy wave that was different from the spiritual energy wave emanated from the gray stone.

Huh? Why is this thing emitting a strange energy wave... Lin Li didn't try to inject spiritual energy into the gray stone yesterday, so now when he was appraised by the appraiser, he discovered that the gray stone emits energy wave that he has never seen before.

"Space fluctuation?!!!" As an appraiser, the gray-haired old man sensed the energy fluctuations emitted by the gray stone and immediately recognized it as a space fluctuation.

“It turns out that this kind of energy fluctuation is a spatial fluctuation, I’ve learned a lot about it.

Why is this appraiser so surprised? Could it be that this gray stone is very valuable? " Lin Li heard what the appraiser said and noticed the change in the expression on the other person's face, and thought to himself.

"call……"

The gray-haired old man took a breath to calm down the surprise in his heart, and then he crushed the fist-sized gray stone in his hand in front of Lin Li.

"Eh?!!!" Lin Li was very confused by the appraiser's behavior, wondering why this person damaged the appraisal items without his consent... To pay for it, the other party must pay.

Just when he was about to speak and ask the appraiser why he damaged the appraisal items without his consent, the other party's next move made him swallow the words he was about to say again.

The gray-haired old man crushed the gray stone and poured the pieces on the table. He reached out and rummaged around and found a small gray crystal only the size of a fingernail among the pieces.

The surface of the small gray crystal bloomed with a pale golden aura, and spatial fluctuations spread outward from its body.

Lin Li looked at the gray crystal lying on the palm of the appraiser's hand, and instantly understood why the appraiser did what he did just now.

It turns out that most of the fist-sized gray stones are useless. The only thing of value is the gray crystal hidden inside.

"As expected, there are space crystals hidden in the stone..." The gray-haired old man looked at the gray crystal lying on the palm of his hand and said with a smile.

"Old sir, is this really a space crystal?!!!" Lin Li was very surprised when he heard this. He had heard an expert who made spiritual weapons mention a space crystal on a news program before. Scarce psychic materials are not unknown.

"I'm pretty sure it's a space crystal." The gray-haired old man said firmly.

"I have seen an expert in making spiritual weapons mention it on TV before, saying that it is a necessary material for making spiritual weapons for storage, right?" Lin Li asked.

"That's right, a variety of materials are needed to make a spiritual storage device, among which the most critical and precious material is the space crystal." The gray-haired old man said.

I didn’t expect that! This seemingly inconspicuous gray stone actually brought me such a big surprise... Lin Li's face was filled with joy after receiving a positive reply.

The gray-haired old man was very confused at this time. As a researcher with decades of work experience, he knew that the existing space crystals on Blue Star were all brought back from the spirit world.

But the young man in front of me just said that he picked it up while camping in the suburbs.

"It seems that this young man didn't tell me the truth!"

Although the gray-haired old man had guessed that Lin Li had not told him the truth, he was not dissatisfied with it. After all, everyone had secrets that they did not want to reveal to outsiders.

"Old sir, thank you for helping me do the appraisal." Lin Li happily thanked the appraiser in front of him.

"You're welcome. Please pay the appraisal fee." The gray-haired old man said.

"Yes." Lin Li nodded, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, scanned the payment code on the desktop, and paid the 1,500 yuan appraisal fee.

Then, he took the space crystal the size of a fingernail from the other person's hand, put it back into his pocket, stood up, and was about to leave.

At this moment, the gray-haired old man called out to Lin Li.

"Young man, wait."

Lin Li stopped and looked at the gray-haired old man in confusion, "Old sir, do you have anything else to do?"

The gray-haired old man had finished the appraisal just now, thinking that after Lin Li knew that his item was a space crystal, he would definitely ask about making a storage spiritual device. In the end, the other party did not ask at all, and took back the space crystal and left.

"Ahem..." The gray-haired old man coughed lightly, wondering why this young man didn't follow the script?

This old man is quite old and has long passed the retirement age. Since he is not feeling well, he should go home and take care of himself... Lin Li muttered to himself when he saw the gray-haired old man coughing.

The gray-haired old man pretended to cough a few times to hide his inner embarrassment, and then spoke to Lin Li.

"Young man, the space crystal in your hand is a necessary material for making a spiritual storage device. Don't you plan to use it to make a spiritual storage device?"

Lin Li wanted to store items and put them directly into the mysterious island. He didn't need to store spiritual weapons. After hearing the question from the gray-haired old man, he immediately shook his head and said, "I have no such plan for the time being."

"Uh..." Lin Li's unexpected answer caught the gray-haired old man off guard. Seeing that Lin Li's attitude didn't look like he was cheating, he had no choice but to give up and speak to Lin Li.

“The technology for making storage spiritual weapons is currently only mastered by our Psychic Research Institute.

If you plan to use space crystals to make storage objects in the future, you can come to the Psychic Research Institute and ask us to help you make them. "

After hearing these words, Lin Li said in surprise, "Don't the Spiritual Energy Research Institute have regulations that prohibit making spiritual weapons for outsiders?"

The gray-haired old man smiled and explained, “There used to be such a rule, but it was changed at the beginning of this year.

As long as you are willing to pay the production fee and have enough patience to wait, we will help make the spiritual weapon after we finish the work at hand..."

"It turns out that the regulations were changed at the beginning of this year! I didn't know about that." Lin Li nodded after hearing the explanation, and then said, "Okay, if I want to use space crystals to make storage spiritual objects in the future, I will come to you." Those who can study in the institute.”

After saying that, Lin Li thought of another question and immediately said, "Old sir, I want to ask you a question."

"what is the problem?"

"This small space crystal of mine can be used to make several storage artifacts."

Lin Li said, and took out the space crystal that was only the size of a fingernail from his pocket.

"Such a small space crystal can only make a storage device." The gray-haired old man replied.

"Then if I ask the Psychic Research Institute to make a storage device, how much will it cost?" Lin Li continued to ask.

“The exact costs vary from year to year.”

"Why is it different every year?"

“Because in addition to space crystals, making storage magic tools also requires a variety of other materials, and the market conditions for those materials are changing every moment.

Of course, if you prepare the materials yourself, you only need to pay for the crafting fee. I remember that the crafting fee seems to be 50 million. "The gray-haired old man explained with a smile.

"Fifty million?" Lin Li's eyes widened in shock when he heard that the labor cost was fifty million.

You know, he only has more than 60 million in cash in his bank account now. To make a storage magic weapon, the manual cost alone will cost 50 million. This does not include the cost of other materials. It can only be said to be storage. Spiritual weapons are really not cheap.

"Do you have any other questions?" The gray-haired old man said with a smile when he saw the shocked expression on the face of the young man in front of him.

"No, thank you, old man, for clarifying my doubts..." Lin Li thanked the old man in front of him.

"You're welcome." The gray-haired old man said with a smile, and then picked up the water glass on the table.

Afterwards, Lin Li left the room.

Shortly after he left, a girl walked into the room and spoke with a respectful tone to the senior researcher who had retired for many years and was now hired back as an appraiser.

"Mr. Chen, Researcher Zhao invites you to come to his laboratory..."

"Um."

The gray-haired old man nodded, then put down the water glass in his hand, stood up, and headed to Zhao Tianfu's laboratory accompanied by the girl.

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In the quiet laboratory, Zhao Tianfu was sitting on an office chair, playing with an ordinary jade card in his hand.

Just now, he used the most advanced instruments in the Psychic Research Institute to test the ordinary jade tablet in his hand, but he still found nothing, which made him very disappointed.

At this time, he happened to hear that an old senior had returned from vacation and was at work. He quickly asked his assistant to invite him over.

"Dong dong dong..."

There was a knock on the door, and Zhao Tianfu, who was playing with the jade cards, immediately said, "Please come in."

The electronic door of the laboratory opened, and Zhao Tianfu's assistant led the gray-haired old man into the laboratory.

"Mr. Chen." When Zhao Tianfu saw Mr. Chen arriving, he quickly stood up and greeted him.

"Xiao Zhao, why did you invite me here?" The gray-haired old man sat down on the chair in front of Zhao Tianfu's desk and asked.

"Mr. Chen, it's like this. I would like to ask you to help me take a look at this jade plaque." Zhao Tianfu gestured to his assistant to pour the tea and handed the jade plaque in his hand to him.

The gray-haired old man took the jade token that Zhao Tianfu handed to him. He looked at it carefully, and then mobilized the spiritual energy in his body to inject it into the jade token.

The activated jade card immediately bloomed with light golden light, and then a message appeared in his mind.

"This is a spiritual weapon that can control the weather. It's nothing to see."

After Zhao Tianfu placed the poured tea on the table, his assistant asked him to leave the laboratory first.

"Huh?" The gray-haired old man was very confused when he saw Zhao Tianfu's behavior.

After Zhao Tianfu's assistant left, he immediately told some abnormalities about the jade tablet.

"You said that this spiritual weapon would activate on its own after you get off work, and more than once?" The gray-haired old man was very surprised when he heard this.

"Yes." Zhao Tianfu nodded.

"It's rare for a spiritual weapon to activate automatically. You should have done some research on it. Have you found anything special?" the gray-haired old man asked.

Hearing this, Zhao Tianfu suddenly showed a helpless expression on his face, "I have conducted several studies on it, and today I also used the most advanced instruments in the hospital to test it, but there is still nothing special found."

"It shouldn't be! There must be some problems with a spiritual weapon that can automatically activate like this." The experienced gray-haired old man was very confused by Zhao Tianfu's answer.

"Yes! I also know that there must be some problems with automatically activated spiritual weapons like this.

But I have tried all kinds of methods, but still found nothing, so I would like to ask you, Mr. Chen, to use your powers to help me look at this thing..." Zhao Tianfu said.

"Okay, I'll take a look for you right now." After hearing what Zhao Tianfu said, the gray-haired old man also became interested in the jade tablet.

Then, he looked at the jade token in his hand, mobilized the spiritual energy in his Dantian, and used his awakened superpower to test it.

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