Chapter 234: Chapter 130 Hope Research Institute, 4999 HP_1, Translator: 549690339, “What’s the cost?”, Wang Tao asked with some curiosity., Although he was able to obtain a Crystal Core without side effects, there was still a price to pay. His cost was the wastage of a Crystal Core during the synthesis of a Level 1 Crystal Core, and possibly the wastage of two for a Level 2 Crystal Core…, He didn’t know what the cost of this device was; if it was small, he might consider using it as well., “The cost is—to get a side-effect-free Crystal Core, you have to waste even more Crystal Cores!”, “According to the instructions, this machine can currently only synthesize Level 1 Crystal Cores. To obtain one such core without side effects, you need to use up three Level 1 Crystal Cores, which can be of different types but must be of the same color. However, that’s not the main point—the main point is that there’s a probability of failure during synthesis! If it fails, all Crystal Cores disappear! As for the probability, it’s hard to say, it all depends on luck…”, After listening to Xiang Hongbin’s explanation, everyone frowned in thought., The need to expend three Crystal Cores of the same quality is one thing, but there’s also the damned risk of failure…, Everyone naturally desires a Crystal Core without side effects. However, the cost seems a bit too steep., If it only required three cores, it might be manageable, but if it failed… Probability is like gambling, unreliable!, Now, whether it’s worth it becomes the question. Upon reflection, some side effects might not be unacceptable…, Wang Tao, meanwhile, was deep in thought., His Crystal Core synthetic ability only required two Crystal Cores, but he could only use cores of the same type and was unable to cross types., Whereas this machine requires three Crystal Cores with a certain probability of failure, it allows the usage of different types, albeit demanding that the cores be of the same quality…, Of course, there’s one major difference between Wang Tao’s synthesis and the machine’s—the Crystal Cores Wang Tao synthesizes not only are without side effects, they also have no internal impurities, and even the quality is additive., Meanwhile, the Crystal Cores obtained from this machine do not have additive quality, nor can their impurities be extracted; they’re simply free of side effects…, One can only say that Wang Tao’s ability is the more powerful one, but this machine is also impressive for its capacity to strip away side effects. If someday there could be research that enables the extraction of internal impurities, that would be even better…, “The capabilities of this machine seem decent… Although it wastes some Crystal Cores, you can use other types, such as those from useless abilities like Glutton or Self Detonation, which could be put to good use! Of course, this assumes you’re lucky… In the future, whoever feels lucky can give it a try, as I won’t be using this synthesizer anyway,” Feng Ming’an stated, stroking his chin., He didn’t have much hope for his own luck…, “Apart from these two devices, there are also many inhibitors, and there’s also a letter,” said Xiang Hongbin as he opened the other boxes filled with inhibitors., “Take a look at this letter; it mentions matters about abilities and inhibitors…”, Wang Tao took the letter and read it carefully., “We have discovered…”, The letter explained that according to their current research, a person could at minimum fuse with one type of Crystal Core and at maximum with four different types., In other words, a person could only learn up to four Abilities, and whether there was a chance to fuse with more Crystal Cores in the future was unknown. At present, a Level 1 Crystal Core could only be fused with up to four kinds., Those who could fuse with four types were considered the most potential-laden Ability Users. Naturally, those who could only fuse with one type had the least potential., But potential aside, final combat effectiveness still depends on the individual., They had examples of individuals who fused with only one type of Crystal Core but had mastered their Ability to perfection, achieving remarkable combat strength! Many who fused with four types of Crystal Cores couldn’t beat them., Of course, this was more of an exception; usually, the more Abilities fused, the greater the advantage., However, having more Abilities also meant a greater difficulty, namely needing more Crystal Cores to enhance Special Ability Level., Especially if you want Crystal Cores without side effects, you’ll need a large number of them., They also speculated that ascending from Level 1 to Level 2 as an Ability User might require certain conditions. It’s unlikely there are no conditions to ascend., They weren’t clear on the specifics, as they didn’t have any Level 2 Ability Users there., As for inhibitors, they hadn’t yet figured out how to solve the problem of internal impurity, but inhibitors could provide some relief—when fusing with a Crystal Core, concurrently taking an inhibitor could reduce the amount of internal impurity., How much it could reduce was not specified, but based on their experiments, it indeed went down a slight amount., However, there was also an issue with this; the process of using inhibitors was too painful. Though most Ability Users could probably endure it, no one wanted to experience that sensation…, Whether to use it or not is up to the individual., If you’re very fearful of internal impurity or if you wish to fuse with more Crystal Cores, then it’s better to use inhibitors., If you’re not bothered by internal impurities, or if you have strong self-control and can hold off fusing with too many Crystal Cores, then it doesn’t matter whether or not you use inhibitors., As long as you can control the level of internal impurities below 50%, there shouldn’t be any safety issues., The letter mentioned another use for inhibitors, which is to use them when internal impurity levels become too high., When they first began researching this inhibitor, they actually aimed to create a Zombie Antidote. Though they didn’t succeed in developing the antidote, the inhibitor was a by-product of this research..