Monster Hunter: Farm Story Begins with Pokémon

Someone greeted me enthusiastically.

Bai Zhen looked back and saw the sword blade he hadn't seen for a long time.

He was accompanied by a skilled blacksmith.

"It's been a long time since I last saw you."

"It's been a long time since we last met. Please take a seat." Bai Zhen pointed to the seat opposite him and asked Dao Fu to sit down and chat in detail.

Bai Zhen also ordered a rabbit dumpling set meal for Dao Fu and Qiao Forger.

Daofu was not polite to Bai Zhen either.

As soon as he sat down, Dao Fu couldn't help but ask Bai Zhen: "I heard from Wenshu that you have been to the vast universe?"

This is no longer a secret. Bai Zhen nodded affirmatively: "Why? Are you also interested in the universe?"

"How could I not be interested? Of course, what interests me most is the meteorite from outer space."

Dao Fu sat down and poured himself a cup of tea. He took a sip and spoke slowly.

"Didn't you give Wenshu a piece of meteorite some time ago? She brought the meteorite to our workshop for processing. My master spent a lot of time and effort to extract the metal from the meteorite and forge it into a short blade. Guess what?"

"Let me guess. I guess that dagger is a fairy-type dagger."

Dao Fu's expression froze. He took a sip of tea awkwardly and said, "Can't you just ask me back and let me speak?"

"Haha, have you forgotten who sent the meteorite? I sent something, so I naturally know what it is."

Daofu was still unconvinced and said, "Then you must not know that the fairy energy of that short sword is five times that of the metal forged from the fairy metal potatoes!"

Bai Zhen naturally knew that the grade of meteorites was higher than those metal potatoes.

But Bai Zhen still pretended not to know: "Five times the energy intensity? This is really amazing."

What Bai Zhen praised was actually the forging technology of the sword pattern.

No matter how high the material level of the fairy dagger is, it is difficult to reach five times, unless the blade pattern uses other materials.

"Master Daowen is really amazing. That short sword would definitely be considered a famous sword of divine weapon level in the future!"

Fairy attributes are very effective against dragon, fighting, and evil attributes.

These three attributes can be often seen in the Monster Hunter World, and that knife is more useful than many other knives.

Dao Fu was also fascinated by the idea and hoped that one day he could forge a famous sword.

Dao Fu asked Bai Zhen expectantly: "Do you have more meteorite iron? You can name your price!"

"Meteorites are not cheap, but I can give you one." Bai Zhen took out a cantaloupe-sized meteorite from his shadow, "This is for you."

Dao Fu took the meteorite from Bai Zhen's hand, but he didn't hold it firmly and the meteorite slipped from his hand.

But strangely, the stone did not fall on the table, but floated up as if by magic.

Daofu's eyes widened in disbelief and he asked, "What kind of meteorite is this!?"

"This is a very special meteorite called [Astronomical Stone]. It is a special meteorite from our planet. It is a good thing that is not even found in other worlds."

"Sky-shattering stone?" It was obvious that Dao Fu had heard of this kind of stone for the first time.

Bai Zhen explained in detail: "I wonder if you have heard of a place called [Sky Mountain]?"

"You mean the legendary floating mountain [Sky Mountain]? Isn't that a legend?"

Sky Mountain is a location in [Monster Hunter 4], which is very far away from Flame Village. It is normal that it is considered a legend by Sword.

Bai Zhen shook his head: "That is not a legend, but a real place, and the truth about the suspended rock in the Sky Mountain is this Sky Flash Stone."

Bai Zhen remembered a small detail. In the previous life, in the Japanese version of Monster Hunter 4, the Levitalite was called Levitalite, and the etymology came from the word "Levitation".

There is also the world's largest super-large ancient dragon near Sky Mountain - the Tyrannosaurus Rex. No one knows the maximum length of this ancient dragon, but judging from the remains that have been discovered so far, the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex remains have reached 2200 meters.

The King of Snakes has the ability to summon an "evil star", which contains a component of amphibole.

All these fully demonstrate that amphibole is a suspended mineral from the universe.

Bai Zhen said to Dao Fu, "You can use this stone very well. If you can extract the minerals inside and make it into a weapon, then your skills may be even better than your master."

Dao Fu didn't expect Bai Zhenzhen to casually give away such a precious thing.

He said seriously: "If I succeed in forging a weapon with this ore, I will give that weapon to you."

"It seems I have to go to heaven to get you some more."

After a little joke, Bai Zhen asked about the real business of the sword.

"Speaking of which, how is the processing of those attribute metals going in your workshop now?"

Before the Night Parade of a Hundred Dragons, Bai Zhen created three kinds of metal potatoes, Dragon Steel Potato, Earth Metal Potato, and Boxing Metal Potato.

The metals extracted from these three types of potatoes will have the dual attributes of dragon steel, as well as two single attributes of ground and fighting.

Later, Bai Zhen had enough mental energy every day to create metal potatoes.

Now Bai Zhen has created 19 kinds of single-attribute metal potatoes, including the star crystal attribute.

Bai Zhen has also created five types of metal potatoes with dual attributes that may be frequently used.

In addition to the [Dragon + Steel] potato, he also created four dual-attribute metals: [Ghost + Steel], [Flying + Steel], [Fairy + Steel] and [Ground + Fighting].

After these metal potatoes were grown, Bai Zhen sent them to the processing workshop and asked Dao Wen and other craftsmen to find a way to use this attribute metal to create attribute weapons and protective gear.

Speaking of this, Dao Fu's expression was obviously troubled, and he said with a headache.

"It is easiest to refine metals with a single attribute, and it is not difficult to forge weapons and armor with a single attribute. The only difference is that it is difficult to fuse the forged weapons and armor with monster materials. This is a big project. However, it is precisely because of this Hundred Dragons Night Parade that we have obtained a large amount of various materials. It is only a matter of time to find the best combination, but..."

"but?"

"But metals with dual attributes are really hard to work with! Take the dragon steel metal that we first refined, for example. The master forged it into [Light Dragon Steel]. The strength and toughness of that metal are both sufficient, and its weight is only half of that of ordinary metals. It is an ideal material.

I thought it was just the beginning, but it turned out to be the pinnacle of the current stage. Dual-attribute metals are more difficult to forge than single-attribute metals. If you are not careful, the two properties of the metal may be lost. However, if you add a single-attribute monster material, the forged alloy is likely to lack one of the properties. This is simply putting the cart before the horse and has no value.

Dragon steel is still good, but ghost steel, flying steel, and fairy steel are even worse. If you add a little bit of other monster materials, the metal may be completely ruined. The only thing to be thankful for is that if the fairy steel is handed over to a skilled blacksmith, it seems to be more stable than if it is forged by the master himself. "

Dual-attribute metals can indeed be described as a nightmare.

Bai Zhen had anticipated this a long time ago.

As for why Fairy Steel is more stable when forged by Artificer, it is of course because Artificer is a Fairy + Steel Pokémon.

That metal is very friendly to the skilled blacksmith.

"Good things take time, and any progress in the next few years would be considered fast."

"I hope so." Dao Fu's mood was still not very high.

He now gets a terrible headache when he thinks of the pair of metal attributes. He fails every time and the feeling of failure is too great.

The only consolation is that if the dual-attribute metal is refined alone to make weapons and equipment, its strength can be considered quite good.

At least the armor forged from light dragon steel is now in great demand, and a large number of hunters want such a set of armor.

Daofu thought of the order from the processing workshop, and asked Bai Zhen expectantly: "By the way, can't you create plants? Can you create a plant that can grow light dragon steel?"

The cost of light dragon steel is extremely high. If it can really grow out of the ground, it would definitely be great news!

However, Bai Zhen shook his head regretfully: "Unfortunately, that's not possible."

His plant creation ability cannot use artificial objects as materials for enhancement.

Light dragon steel is a man-made product. Not only can it not be used as a main body, it can also not be used to strengthen an individual.

Even the plants created by Bai Zhen himself could not be continuously fused before they were planted.

If you want to merge, you must plant it and wash away the properties of the man-made creature.

Dao Fu also sighed with regret and said, "Really? That's a pity."

Bai Zhen asked again: "Since dual-attribute metals are so difficult to forge, have you refined the single-attribute [Star Crystal] metal potato yet?"

"Metals with that attribute are even more despairing than dual-attribute metals! Just by burning and refining it, more than 80% of the energy inside will be lost. And even if it is refined, the metal is extremely brittle and will break at the slightest touch. There is no way to use it as a metal at all."

The Star Crystal Metal Potato was made by Bai Zhen by fusing Star Crystal fragments, fine steel and potatoes. He originally thought that fine steel could make up for the brittle nature of Star Crystal.

Bai Zhen thought for a moment and said, "Star crystals contain 18 kinds of power. You can try to fuse metals with star crystal metals to form an alloy. Maybe it will work."

Whether or not a processing workshop can create reinforced alloys of single metal and dual-attribute metals, the benefits are not really obvious.

Whether the processing workshop can produce composite reinforced alloys is directly related to the strength of the hunters, but its relationship with Bai Zhen is only the level of farm income.

If the attribute metals don't make money, Bai Zhen will just grow other plants. If they do, he will plant more. It is no exaggeration to say that the attribute metals do not have a direct impact on his strength.

But star crystal metal is completely different, which may greatly enhance Bai Zhen’s strength.

The armor he is using now is the [Tailebagos Armor]. This set of armor can enhance his strength when he turns into a star crystal, and the defensive attributes of the armor have always been consistent with the attributes of Bai Zhen's body.

In other words, if Bai Zhen switches to a single attribute, the defensive attribute of this set of armor will be the same as Bai Zhen. If he switches to dual attributes, the defensive attribute of the armor will also be dual attributes.

This is very flexible and easy to use. In the battle with the Pengelong, Bai Zhen switched the defensive attribute of the armor to water + fire dual attributes, which quadrupled the resistance to fire-based moves.

But there is also a new problem here, that is, the weapon attributes will not change with Bai Zhen’s attributes. The weapon attributes are very fragmented, which is a fixed [general system].

Bai Zhen couldn't change the weapon in his hand into fire, water, or ghost type, let alone into a dual-attribute weapon.

If he wanted to change the properties of a weapon, he could only rely on skills, such as [Extremely Charged State] and [Flame Aura]. These two skills could change the properties of general weapons.

However, during this period of time, after Bai Zhen carefully studied the [Tailebagos Armor], he discovered a shocking truth.

This Lv.MAX set of armor still has the possibility of being upgraded and strengthened!

The method of strengthening is not to devour star crystal materials to increase the equipment level, but to devour specific metals to change weapons and armor!

This was evident a long time ago.

For long-range weapons like heavy crossbows and bows, Bai Zhen does not need to carry a large amount of ammunition. He only needs to create one such ammunition, and then let all armor and weapons devour that ammunition. Then Bai Zhen can use his mental power to create the same ammunition infinitely.

Also, when Bai Zhen swallowed the jewelry beads with the full armor, Bai Zhen could switch the inlay of the jewelry beads at will. The same is true for the Thunder Jade. It was after Bai Zhen swallowed it with the full armor that the armor had the ability to discharge electricity.

Although the Tailebagos armor cannot be inlaid with jewelry beads, it can devour other metals to make some specific changes to the armor.

For example, if Bai Zhen has armor with [Dragon + Steel] attributes, then he uses the armor to absorb a certain amount of [Light Dragon Steel], and the weight of the armor will be reduced by half.

The same is true for Tailebagos's armor. If Bai Zhen can make the armor absorb the tough [Star Crystal Metal], then the weapon he condenses may not be of [General] attributes, but of [Star Crystal] attributes.

What are the benefits of doing this?

The benefits are huge!

Nowadays, when Bai Zhen uses skills of various attributes, most of them are released directly with his bare hands without weapons.

This has also led to the fact that the presence of weapons is becoming increasingly low nowadays. Only when Bai Zhen encounters enemies that are weak to lightning or fire, can the attribute enchantments of skills be used to make the weapons play a huge role.

If the attributes of the weapon can be changed into star crystal attributes, not to mention whether the weapon with star crystal attributes can restrain all attributes, just the fact that skills can be released through the weapon can make Bai Zhen's strength increase again!

Bai Zhen had tried to add skills to weapons before. When fighting with Pengelong, he used the [Holy Sword] skill to add skills to his weapon.

At that time, it felt like rushing energy into a severely blocked pathway.

If the attributes of the weapon were changed to star crystal attributes, the process of energy rushing in would surely be much smoother.

"A fusion of eighteen metals with a single attribute?"

Just listening to Bai Zhen's advice, Dao Fu felt a pain in his liver.

Metals with various properties have completely different melting points.

For example, the melting point of fire metals is higher than that of ice metals. It is absolutely impossible to throw all the metals into melting at once.

Bai Zhen patted Dao Fu's shoulder and said earnestly: "Star Crystal Metal is very important to me. If it really succeeds, I will owe you a big favor."

Bai Zhen's favor is very valuable. Dao Fu gritted his teeth and said, "I understand. I will try to see if I can smelt the metal you want!"