Universe Infinite Canteen

The Universe Infinite Canteen had been open for two weeks, and Ma Lu's account balance had already surpassed the significant milestone of one million.

Unfortunately, this beautiful number only lasted for a day before Ma Lu spent 500,000 of it in one go.

With this 500,000, he purchased a large batch of mobile phones online and exchanged them all for new credits with Number 6.

Taking advantage of the "Double Twelve" sales event, Ma Lu not only upgraded the Traveler's Bracelet from Level 3 to Level 6, but also directly upgraded the Desktop Farm to Level 6.

The attributes of these two high-dimensional artifacts had become—

[Traveler's Bracelet]

Level: Level 6

Function: A versatile assistant for Different Dimension travel, it extends the stay in a Different Dimension by 5 hours and adds a marking interaction function.

[Desktop Farm]

Level: Level 6

Function: An automatic farm with a small footprint and fast production speed, easy for even novice farmers to use.

Offers complete ingredient planting and breeding ecosystems; current planting and breeding limits are 12,000 pounds each.

Looking at his upgraded equipment, Ma Lu fell into deep thought.

According to the old rule, when a high-dimensional artifact reaches Level 6, besides the usual numerical enhancement, a new feature is also unlocked.

The Traveler's Bracelet unlocked the marking interaction feature, and the Desktop Farm had its name changed to simply Desktop Farm.

And upon inspecting the function description, Ma Lu found that it was indeed a proper farm.

Aside from breeding, it now also offered planting functionality, and the planting feature didn't encroach on the weight limit of the breeding; instead, it had its own 12,000-pound limit, just like the breeding feature. Find adventures on empire

This also meant that in the future he could try capturing some energized plants and bring them back for planting... well, probably.

As for the new function of the Traveler's Bracelet, it was a bit harder to evaluate.

Marking interaction, what is that?

Ma Lu wanted to check it out, but the Traveler's Bracelet immediately popped up a notification.

—No marked points detected nearby!

Then, there was nothing else.

Ma Lu also consulted Old Wang later, but unfortunately, he had no memory of this part.

Therefore, Ma Lu had no choice but to explore this function on his own.

Fortunately, even without considering this inexplicable new feature, this round of upgrades had brought him no small improvement.

Especially in terms of action time, he could now stay in a Different Dimension for 17 hours every time he went out to gather resources.

This allowed him to enhance his strength more comfortably, collect ingredients, and face challenges from another dimension.

For his next outing, Ma Lu had also planned to significantly boost the team's strength.

Back at his apartment in Holy Temple City, as usual, he first checked the ongoing serialization of "Skylark Diary".

He caught up with the recent events in Holy Temple City, mainly what had happened at Witch's Home.

And as expected, Yun Que did not disappoint him.

This time her diary was filled with concern.

Mainly because right after completing a mission, Ma Lu was taken away to the Tribunal, and afterwards, Yun Que and others were also pulled in for questioning.

But perhaps because the Knight, Ma Lu, had passed through smoothly, his Witches weren't subjected to harsh interrogation.

However, according to Yun Que, quite a few people were still taken away that week, and it seemed that two Knights and eleven Witches had been executed in the city afterward.

Before, Ma Lu was puzzled about where that little card, which had been carelessly dropped into his apartment, had come from—and what the Witch Alliance wanted with him. Now he understood that the thing wasn't from the people of the Witch Alliance at all.

Otherwise, it made no sense for the range to be so wide; it was probably the Church's own doing, to catch a mole from within.

By conducting a loyalty test, they aimed to root out the traitors lurking in the organization.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Realizing this, Ma Lu could only marvel at his good fortune for having narrowly escaped that peril.

If he had looked at the content on the paper, he might have actually accepted the scouting mission, and then it would have been a mess to explain things to the Church.

And the Church, staging such a large operation this time, was likely because they sensed some kind of threat.

No, it was too dangerous being caught between two major powers, Ma Lu realized that the Witch Alliance might still be planning a major move and the likelihood of a large-scale conflict breaking out with the Church was rapidly increasing.

Although he now had the identity of a Knight, and the Ouroboros Serpent, if nothing went wrong, should also have deep ties with the Witch Alliance, their squad should be regarded as "one of their own" by both parties.

But as the conflict escalated, nobody could remain unscathed. Only those with enough strength could have the chance to control their own destiny.

He had to make use of this precious time before the great war to develop as much as possible.

Having thought this through, Ma Lu immediately sprang into action.

The rewards from his last mission, totaling 101,842 Holy Silver Coins and 11,651 Atonement Points, had already been deposited into his account.

Whether it was him or the Witches under his command, they all had quite a few secrets, and now was a rather sensitive time, Ma Lu thought for a moment and decided not to recruit new Witches through donations for the time being.

Instead, he headed straight to the Weaponry Department to update the equipment for the Witches under his command.

He had previously purchased weapons for Yun Que, Hellhound, and even Ouroboros Serpent, who had joined last, but he had overlooked Bliss Bird.

Although the literary girl had never complained, it would be a bit much to overlook her again this time.

As the saying goes, most team wipes originate from insufficient healing.

[Energy Bracelet] (Purple)

Attack Power +4

Health Points +60

Sin Value limit +60

Additional Effect: When releasing a Skill, the rate at which Sin Value increases is reduced by 20%, healing Skill effects are increased by 15%, and the duration of buff Skills is extended by 10 seconds.

Ma Lu had his eye on this piece of equipment for a while; both the attributes it increased, and the additional effects were a good match for Bliss Bird.

The only downside was that it was a bit pricey, with a sale price of 3,900 Atonement Points.

Ma Lu couldn't afford it last time, but with his recent bonus, he arranged it for Bliss Bird.

Then came another piece of equipment for Yun Que.

[Thunder Kiss Sniper Rifle] (Purple)

Attack Power +14

Attack Attribute: Electric

Attack Speed: Slow

Additional Effect: The fired bullet carries a lightning chain that automatically links to the seven closest enemy units to the target, inflicting 70% of the main target's damage. If there are no additional enemy units nearby, it turns into a 40% damage increase. Hit rate increases by 50%, and reload speed increases by 10%.

The Chameleon Double-Barrel Shotgun was useful, and its own effect wasn't bad, but it was only a blue weapon after all, its basic attributes couldn't compare with a purple weapon.

Moreover, it didn't really suit Yun Que's innate Eyes of the Precision Star and even came with a debuff.

In contrast, this sniper rifle's attack power alone was double that of the shotgun, and it also came with an AoE (Area of Effect) ability, which was more suitable for dealing with groups of enemies from a high vantage point. For single targets, it could also increase damage output; the other two effects of increased hit rate and reload speed were also useful for a shooter.

The only shortcoming was that it couldn't switch between two attacking attributes like the Chameleon Double-Barrel Shotgun, but overall the advantages far outweighed the downsides.