Age of Evolution

Chapter 293: 293: Repairing the Star-gazing Mirror

Lin Zhen got a secret book and then went back to his tent and didn’t come out, leaving all the matters to him.

As a merchant, Zhang Yue really couldn’t understand Lin Zhen’s current approach.

That kid has money, but he’s too extravagant. Apart from putting some equipment infused with energy outside the tent daily, he can’t be found for the rest of the time, and Lin Zhen even gave Zhang Yue a huge amount of money!

300 billion!

This 300 billion cash was meant for Zhang Yue to purchase things. Lin Zhen has now started collecting those strange coins, even silver and gold coins, and also a rare type of white crystal coin, which he doesn’t know what other use it has apart from being good-looking.

That’s fine, it doesn’t cost much, but Lin Zhen started purchasing a large number of Star Artifacts.

Now many War Gods have Star Artifacts in their hands, even more than one or two. Some unused Star Artifacts are not easy to digest for the time being, but Lin Zhen has begun to purchase them.

No matter if it is a Lower, Middle, High Grade or Top Quality, Lin Zhen does not refuse anyone, and mainly purchases weapons, while armor is purchased less, the cheaper and more, the better.

Zhang Yue calculated that if Lin Zhen didn’t make such a massive purchase, the stall could even earn 50 billion a day!

However, under Lin Zhen’s frenzied purchases, not only did the daily profit of

50 billion go in vain, but it also cost him an additional 50 billion!

Particularly after this news spread, many high-level martial artists from around the world came here to sell equipment. On the busiest day, Zhang Yue spent as much as 110 billion on purchases!

This money was spent like water, causing Zhang Yue’s heart to tremble. To his knowledge, Lin Zhen already had more than 2,000 Star Artifacts in his possession, but he really didn’t know what Lin Zhen wanted to do with them, as they were useless for eating or drinking.

Lin Zhen’s tent was also moved quite far away, and sometimes there were flames or wind swelling the tent, making people wonder what he was up to.

Recently he heard that there seemed to be big movements from the Gods Clan, with Holy Son Yan Huang and the heads of various countries meeting, but he didn’t know what they were researching. Zhang Yue wanted to talk to Lin Zhen but had no chance, so he could only wait for Lin Zhen to come out.

Lin Zhen had also been extremely busy these days. other than completely memorizing the mystery of the Fifth Layer of Overturning River of the Nine Layers Spear River, he didn’t even have time to practice, as he was doing something else.

Star Shift!

Lin Zhen thought far ahead, considering when humans would leave the Solar System and venture into the interstellar world, where survival would be even more difficult.

For martial artists to cultivate and reach the peak, talent and perseverance alone are not enough, one also needs a large number of resources, which means money.

Although Lin Zhen has now collected quite a few interstellar currencies, it’s still far from enough. He needs to have the ability to make money.

So he finally started something he had planned for a long time – Star Shift.

Repairing the Star-gazing Mirror is equivalent to Star Shift, which is not a simple task. In the interstellar world, there’s a very profitable and costly profession called Star Shift Master, which is the same as repairing the Star-gazing Mirror, transferring the Star Power of other Star Artifacts into a

discarded Star Artifact of the same level and completing the Star Shift.

It’s not necessary to use ten Star Artifacts to make one Star Shift, the higher the level of a Star Shift Master, the fewer Star Artifacts needed for the process.

To become a Star Shift Master, one must first become a Star Shift Apprentice.

Apprentices are divided into three grades: Third Grade, Second Grade, First Grade, and Quasi-Star Shift Master.

A Third Grade Star Shift Apprentice is qualified with a three-to-one ratio, which means using three Lower Grade Star Artifacts to complete the Star Shift of one Lower Grade Star Artifact.

Second Grade also follows the ratio of three-to-one, but completes the Star Shift of Middle Grade Star Artifacts.

First Grade still follows the three-to-one ratio, completing the Star Shift of High Grade Star Artifacts.

Quasi-Star Shift Masters complete the Star Shift of Top Quality Star Artifacts, also at a consumption ratio of three-to-one. Anything below this ratio is considered unqualified.

As for a true Star Shift Master, they can achieve a three-to-one Star Shift for Sacred Artifacts, and have almost a one-to-one success rate when it comes to Star Artifacts.

At present, hardly anyone on Earth can afford to do this, because Star Shift has to be done from low to high levels. The success of a Star Shift Master is built on countless failed Star Shifts, so they can gradually use fewer Star Artifacts to complete the process.

But Lin Zhen can, as he has 400 billion in cash in his hands and his strong ability to infuse equipment, making money while purchasing, and mastering Star Shift.

However, Lin Zhen didn’t start Star Shift right away, but first familiarized himself with the process. He currently had a Star Transfer Furnace, with the target of the Star Shift placed on the upper layer and the materials for the Star Artifacts placed on the lower layer, then a powerful flame was used to forge them and transfer the Star Energy to the upper layer.

He was currently in control of a deep orange flame, which could only be used for the Star Shift of Middle Grade Star Artifacts at most. To complete a shift of higher-level artifacts, he needed more powerful firepower.

Nevertheless, to increase his firepower, he would need at least a large number of Quasi-SS Class crystals.

He didn’t have such crystals, and they weren’t available on the market either, so he needed to resonate with the Wind Element. Fire aided by Wind Power could be even stronger.

Lin Zhen also purchased many Wind Element crystals, and this time he resonated and strengthened them.

Resonance was not difficult for Lin Zhen, who possessed a Dark Star. He completed it within two hours, and the Wind Element within his body could generate wind force up to Level Six.

However, this was not enough. Lin Zhen absorbed many more A-level

Elemental Crystals, enabling his body’s wind power to reach Level Nine.

Level Nine was still insufficient. Lin Zhen also had some S-level crystals, so he absorbed them all, ultimately enabling his wind power to reach Level Twelve.

Although Level Twelve wind power seemed quite strong, Lin Zhen knew that it was not considered very powerful. Yue Zhenhua’s wind power had reached Level Fifteen, which was the true power of a hurricane. However, Lin Zhen did not have Quasi-SS Class crystals required for that level.

The maximum wind power on Earth could reach Level Eighteen, which was almost a world-destroying storm for humans. Yet, within the interstellar realm, this was not considered significant.

As far as Lin Zhen knew, there were higher levels above Level Eighteen. A Level

Twenty-One storm was called the Doomsday Storm, capable of easily destroying all traces on Earth, including the collapse of mountain ranges and continental plate shifting.

Above Level Twenty-One was the Level Twenty-Four hurricane, known as the Galaxy Storm, which could potentially destroy asteroids.

Above Level Twenty-Four, one could reach Level Twenty-Seven, known as the Space Storm, which could sweep an entire Star System. However, Lin Zhen had only ever heard of this in legends.

These levels were too far away for Lin Zhen. His current Level Twelve wind power, which transformed into a single wisp, was enough for him to use in Star Shifting.

After absorbing the Wind Element, Lin Zhen even attempted to absorb and resonate with the Earth element.

He had also purchased some Earth element energy crystals, both A-level and S-level. If he could absorb the Earth element, the Dark Star would have real soil to exist on and could become a solid entity, which would surely lead to another breakthrough in his strength.

However, after attempting it, Lin Zhen was frustrated to find out that due to the high degree of condensation in his Dark Star, low-level powers could no longer be integrated.

That is to say, if Lin Zhen wanted to resonate and absorb the Earth element, his A-level and S-level crystals would no longer work. He would need at least Quasi-SS level or even higher crystals to accomplish it.

This discovery left Lin Zhen somewhat disappointed. If he had known earlier, he would have absorbed the Earth element sooner. He had waited a while to stabilize his realm, but now there was a problem.

“Forget it, if I can’t absorb it, then I can’t. I’ll wait until I get more advanced Earth element crystals in the future.”

Lin Zhen didn’t dwell on the issue and began to practice Star Shifting.

First, he took out an armor he had acquired from Yue Feng. The Star Power had been completely depleted, and he placed it on the upper layer of the Star Transfer Furnace, while ten Lower Grade Star Artifacts were placed on the lower layer.

With a wave of his hand, flames appeared and were injected into the Star Transfer Furnace.

Then he raised his hand again, and a wisp of Level Seven wind power entered, blowing continuously and causing the temperature of the flames to rise higher and higher.

The ten Lower Grade Star Artifacts below began emitting a faint starlight, constantly moving towards the upper layer.

Lin Zhen clumsily attempted to prevent the loss of Star Power using his Spiritual Power.

Ten minutes later…

A splash of starlight, and all ten Lower Grade Star Artifacts below were scrapped.

“Whew! I failed, but it’s okay. My techniques are not proficient yet. The collaboration of fire and wind power is also not very good. Most Star Shift

Masters in the interstellar realm have only fire power and not wind power.

After all, not everyone can master both elemental powers. I must establish a solid foundation to become the best Star Shift Master in the future. I need to cooperate well with fire and wind power. After all, I have plenty of Star Artifacts to consume.”

Over the next few days, Lin Zhen entered a frenzy of consumption. Countless Star Artifacts turned into waste, and his Star Shifting skills gradually improved.

On the second day, Lin Zhen finally managed to repair the armor at the cost of ten Star Artifacts.

With this breakthrough, Lin Zhen’s progress became much smoother afterward.

Under the heavy consumption of a large number of Star Artifacts, he managed to achieve one Star Shift using only five Lower Grade Star Artifacts by the

second night.

On the morning of the third day, he reached four artifacts…

By the third night, he finally met the three-to-one requirement and could be considered as a Lower Grade Star Shift Apprentice.

However, Lin Zhen did not stop and began to try Star Shifting with Middle Grade Star Artifacts.

Over a thousand Lower Grade Star Artifacts and more than six hundred Middle Grade Star Artifacts were consumed by Lin Zhen within five days!

Yet, the achievements were significant. At noon on the sixth day, Lin Zhen managed to repair Middle Grade Star Artifacts at a three-to-one ratio, and even reached a two-to-one ratio in repairing Lower Grade Star Artifacts. He could now be regarded as a Middle Grade Star Shift Apprentice.

By the morning of the seventh day, after consuming hundreds of High Grade Star Artifacts, his spending speed could be said to be unprecedented.

Finally, at the expense of a large number of High Grade Star Artifacts, Lin Zhen completed the repair of the Star-gazing Mirror!