novelraw Chapter 236: Strange Object: The Stethoscope with Ears Through the Walls
Chapter 236: Strange Object: The Stethoscope with Ears Through the Walls
"Is this the Beverage Generator?"
Yu Yuan looked at the machine before him, feeling a bit curious.
He opened the Virtual Light Screen. The Beverage Generator had two modes for producing alcoholic beverages.
One was the most basic core process: [Raw Material Processing → Saccharification → Fermentation → Distillation → Aging/Blending].
A crusher would remove pits (from fruit) or crush (grains). A cooking pot was responsible for gelatinizing the starch, followed by saccharification and fermentation, and finally, distillation.
After that came the aging of the liquor or blending/bottling. All the necessary equipment was complete.
In other words, as long as there were enough grains or fruits, one could brew the desired alcoholic beverages using the Beverage Generator.
One-click production.
In the Beverage Generator's production list, there were already several beverage recipes, such as fruit wine, grain wine, and even methods for making fermentation microbial cultures.
It was quite convenient and powerful.As long as Yu Yuan provided the required brewing materials, the Beverage Generator could handle everything.
The other mode for producing alcoholic beverages was synthesis.
It involved synthesizing new beverages by combining different existing beverages with other foods.
Looking at it, Yu Yuan felt this was essentially making cocktails, right?
But he couldn't be sure.
However, for this mode, there were no specific recipes in the production list. It clearly required specialized beverage recipes for synthesis.
Yu Yuan then took out a slip of paper from the Rabbit Ring. He had found this earlier in the bar of Freedom Tower.
[Discovered beverage synthesis recipe – [Bloody Shadow]. Add to Beverage Generator production list?]
— [Yes]
The synthesis recipe for [Bloody Shadow] immediately appeared in the Beverage Generator's production list.
— Deep Amber Whiskey ×1, Shadow Vale Red Wine ×2, Sugar ×1, Apple ×1
Looking at the recipe on the production list, Yu Yuan seemed to understand something.
He had collected a lot of the first two types of beverages while at Freedom Tower.
On one hand, it was because Zhou Yuan, the Vice President of the Black Rock Caravan, liked alcoholic drinks, and Yu Yuan was trying to make contact with him.
On the other hand, alcoholic beverages had always sold quite well in the Taotao Hole market, even more so than cigarettes. Naturally, Yu Yuan wouldn't miss out on these.
Now it seemed he had to keep some of those beverages. Many of them were unique supplies from Freedom Tower; once a bottle was used, it was gone.
Who knew if he could ever enter Freedom Tower again in the future.
Still, Yu Yuan was relatively satisfied with the Beverage Generator.
Although it wasn't useful for combat or improving strength, it could likely play a good role in the shelter's future development.
Yu Yuan clearly understood one principle: there is no useless thing, only that the right way to use it hasn't been found yet.
The Ultra-Stinky Perfume was like that, and the Beverage Generator followed the same logic.
Leaving the underground fifth floor and returning to the Rest Area, there were 37 minutes left before the invasion by the Stag Shelter.
Yu Yuan took out several items from the Rabbit Ring and placed them on the boss's desk.
These were the high-value items he had obtained from Freedom Tower yesterday.
A stethoscope, a thick bag of documents, a property deed certificate, and a loan contract with a USB drive.
[Eavesdropping Stethoscope]
Quality: Rare Artifact
Rank: 4994
Description: Because this stethoscope was often used by a certain unscrupulous doctor for some unethical activities, it now possesses special effects.
Functions:
① Wear the stethoscope. When the chest piece is tightly pressed against a building wall, sounds from behind the wall can be heard.
② Wear the stethoscope. When the chest piece is tightly pressed against a target's heart area, their inner thoughts can be heard.
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This stethoscope was the most valuable item Yu Yuan acquired yesterday.
A Rare Artifact on the Leaderboard—its worth speaks for itself.
Although its rank was still at the bottom of the Leaderboard, even lower than the Escape Key's rank, that didn't diminish the fact that its functions were powerful.
Whether it was eavesdropping on sounds behind walls or probing inner thoughts, it was far superior to that Pen of Longstanding Heritage Rare Artifact, not just by a little. It deserved its rank.
That thick document bag was found by Yu Yuan at the broadcast station in Freedom Tower. Opening the file, it contained expansion plans for the radio station.
Yu Yuan also obtained a new shelter facility construction path – [Radio Station].
[Radio Station]
Quality: Epic
Usage Conditions: ① Fixed-type shelter building; ② Energy type is [Electrical Power]
Construction Requirements: Energy Level ≥ 20
Construction Needs: XLR Cannon Connector ×3, Gain Control ×2, Equalizer ×3, Broadcast Microphone ×2, Audio Processor ×1, Signal Transmitter ×1, High-Power UPS ×1, Antenna ×1..... etc.
Functions:
① When playing music within the shelter's range, it can keep the psychological and mental state of residents/creatures within the shelter relaxed. Work efficiency +30%, incidence of mental illness -20%, mental trauma recovery speed +20%.
② Due to remote signal interference, the radio station may sometimes receive signal content from other radio channels. The signal content can be saved, and the opposing channel's frequency can be locked for countermeasures.
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Yu Yuan looked at the thick stack of Blueprints in his hand. The functions of this radio station were indeed good, but building it wouldn't be easy at all.
Forget about the required energy level; even Yu Yuan had just barely met it, thanks to the Geothermal Well Plate Heat Exchanger Room.
But the next few dozen to a hundred construction materials nearly made him break down.
He simply recorded the Blueprints into the Facility Management Log.
Having many materials wasn't scary. Although he couldn't enter the broadcast floor of Freedom Tower to collect them now, don't forget that Green Forest City also has a radio station!
He could just go there to collect supplies. At worst, he could pack up all the materials inside the station; that would surely meet the construction requirements.
Yu Yuan turned his gaze to that property deed certificate.
He had found it in the Manager's Office on the 12th floor of the casino.
Yesterday, seizing the last opportunity, he had entered the casino manager's office again.
For no other reason.
He just wanted to see what secrets were inside.
Back when watching the computer surveillance in the manager's office, that Patient Zero, Chuan Bu, had an episode and was sent to the hospital. The crystal fragment that fell on the ground definitely wasn't simple.
These past two days, Yu Yuan had been pondering the origin of that thing, especially after the casino manager picked it up, walked into the office, and never came out again.
That was very abnormal.
When Yu Yuan entered again, he didn't find any secret rooms or the like.
Instead, he unexpectedly found a safe embedded in the wall behind an inconspicuous mural. Opening it, he obtained this deed.
The location of this safe was extremely hidden. If Yu Yuan hadn't been specifically searching, a normal player entering wouldn't have been interested in that mural at all.
Even during Yu Yuan's first entry, when he took all the supplies, he hadn't glanced at that mural either.
It was truly bizarre.
[Property Deed Certificate]
Quality: Unknown
Description: This is the deed for the 12th floor of Freedom Tower.
Function: Conditions not met.
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Yu Yuan placed this deed together with the earlier half of the ritual blueprint.
"Another item with a distant, uncertain future!"
Yu Yuan felt somewhat helpless.