Chapter 155 - 154: Super-Smooth Women’s Shirt
Next, Zhao Chi wasted no more time.
He immediately activated a Speeding Charm and entered crafting mode.
It was his first time making a Women’s Shirt, and his technique was still clumsy.
The difficulty skyrocketed, especially since the Material was Gu Qing’s Silk.
However, he already had experience with this.
In this situation, he could only rely on his Transplantation Ability, watching the gray stream of information and crafting step-by-step with the new technique.
Crafting the first piece of clothing took a very long time.
But Zhao Chi had to slow down to master the crafting process.
For the entire Duration of one Speeding Charm, Zhao Chi only managed to craft a single piece of Women’s Shirt Fashion.
Thankfully, he succeeded.
And the reward for his slow and careful work was that its Mass was of standard Quality.
Zhao Chi was very satisfied.
He immediately activated an Improvement Book.
A familiar light flared.
The Attributes screen appeared before him again.
Zhao Chi saw a smooth women’s shirt appear before his eyes.
There were many options next to it.
[Please select an Improvement direction]
[Shirt Improvement Points] 10 points
[1. Physical Strength 5%] 10 points
[2. Defense 10%] 10 points
[3. Work Speed 5%] 5 points
[4. Comfort Level 10%] 2 points
[5. Cleanliness 20%] 2 points
Before he could choose, another system prompt popped up:
[The current fashion item has additional unconfigured Improvement Points. Configure now?]
Zhao Chi immediately clicked ’Configure’.
The Shirt Improvement Points instantly changed from 10 to 20.
’Just as I thought.’
The Effect of Gu Qing’s Silk was still immense on this primarily Silk-based women’s Shirt.
It allowed for an extra 10 Improvement Points to be configured.
This time, there were a total of five Improvement directions.
And every single one of them was very useful.
He noticed that the Improvement directions for the Shirt were somewhat similar to those for the Silk Stockings.
’Is it because they’re both women’s clothing?’
Furthermore, Attributes that were globally Effective, like Physical Strength, could only be increased by 5%.
Meanwhile, Attributes like Defense, which were only locally Effective, could be increased by 10%.
’It seems the harder an Effect is to achieve and the more valuable it is, the lower the final Bonus.’
But it didn’t matter.
He could transfer information.
This women’s Shirt also had the Comfort Level and Cleanliness options.
Zhao Chi suddenly found himself very fond of these two options.
Although he wouldn’t choose them, he needed to transfer their data.
’Such selfless options.’
’But, if I maxed out the Comfort Level, would the women who wear this feel extremely comfortable?’
’What’s the use of that?’
’If used... at *that* time, could it add a bit of spice?’
’What a weird direction for clothing Improvement.’
He was still torn about this Improvement.
Physical Strength, Defense, and Work Speed were all excellent Attributes.
Physical Strength was a given.
It was extremely important for combat.
For work, it would also allow the Craftsmen to have longer work hours and shorter rest periods.
It was a very practical Attribute that was always Effective.
And Defense... wasn’t bad either.
If he increased Defense, then with the Silk Stockings for the lower body and the Shirt for the upper body, he could basically protect most of the women’s bodies.
It could protect at least 90% of their body surface area.
Only the hands, neck, and head would remain unprotected for now.
But being able to protect the entire upper body was a huge step forward in terms of safety.
As for Work Speed, that was purely a production Attribute.
The higher the Work Speed, the faster the crafting.
That was obvious.
So, Zhao Chi was quite conflicted.
Right now he only had 1 Volume of the Improvement Book, and he didn’t know if he could buy more in the next few days.
But eventually, he’d be able to buy more.
’For today’s book, I’ll play it safe and go for the defense-type Improvement.’
After all, you need to be alive to have anything.
Right now, everything was for the sake of combat.
Next time he had the chance, he’d buy two more and make a Physical Strength-type and a Work Speed-type Improvement.
His mind was made up!
He initiated the information transfer.
A system prompt appeared:
[With moderate data compatibility, the transfer success rate is 65%. Confirm?]
The probability was passable.
But Zhao Chi didn’t click confirm.
Full of anticipation, he clicked on the success rate.
[Consume Technology Improvement Points to increase the success rate?]
’It worked!’
’Just as I expected.’
As expected, a new interface appeared.
Technology Points could increase the success rate of this type of Technology.
Not long ago, Zhao Chi had used three Science and Technology Books, gaining a total of 6 Technology Points.
Meaning he could increase it six times.
Before, when there was no way to increase the probability, he was truly helpless.
Now that there was a way, he had to be as safe as possible.
Otherwise, if all his efforts went to waste, he would have nothing but regrets.
He directly invested 3 Technology Points.
[3 Improvement Points consumed. Success rate increased to 95%.]
That probability was high enough.
He clicked confirm.
[Data transfer successful!]
’Of course it was, it was a 95% chance.’
Next, Zhao Chi allocated all the Configuration Points to Defense.
[Your Improvement is as follows]:
[4. Defense 10%] x10
[Confirm?]
Confirm.
Another strange sensation washed over him.
Zhao Chi felt like he had gained some insight.
[Congratulations, your territory has mastered the "Super-Smooth" Women’s Shirt Improvement technology.]
’Super-Smooth Shirt?’
’The texture must be amazing.’
Next, it was time to craft this piece of Super-Improved Fashion.
He immediately entered crafting mode.
Another ten minutes passed.
[You have successfully Improved the "Super-Smooth Women’s Shirt".]
[Your Sewing Skills have increased to 15 points.]
[Your Shirt Specialization has increased to 1 point.]
Not bad.
From the perspective of real-world time, Zhao Chi’s Professional Skills were progressing at a divine speed.
In less than 20 days, he had already reached the Ability of an Ordinary Tailor working full-time for a year and a half.
But, in reality, from Zhao Chi’s perspective, this speed wasn’t actually that fast.
After all, every Speeding Charm he consumed was equivalent to passing a long 10 work hours.
Roughly speaking, that was at least one day’s worth of work.
The last time he and Tang Ruan used 60 Speeding Charms in a row, it was equivalent to at least 60 days of work.
That had increased his Professional Skills by 2 points.
And this time, because of the high difficulty of the successful Improvement and the massive experience from a first-time success, he instantly gained another point.
His Professional Ability was now 15 points, which wasn’t fast at all.
As for Tang Ruan, her Sewing Ability was now 5 points.
Judged by Professional Skills, she could also be considered a Junior Tailor.
Using two Speeding Charms in a row left him slightly dizzy.
But his Mood had improved.
Zhao Chi picked up the Shirt in his hands.
The Shirt’s texture was incredibly soft and smooth; it truly lived up to the "Super-Smooth" name.
However, its appearance was completely different from the Silk Stockings; this Shirt wasn’t transparent.
At least, not see-through to the point of revealing skin, like the Silk Stockings.
The Shirt was a milky white color overall.
When light hit it, it reflected a lustrous sheen.
Zhao Chi checked its specific Attributes.
[Name] Super-Smooth Women’s Shirt
[Quality] Standard
[Durability] 20
[Color] Milky white with a hint of yellow
[Effective] Female Only
[Attributes] Professional Skills +5
[Material] Professional Skills +5, Durability +80
[Improvement] Defense +100%
[Explanation] The ultimate smooth Improvement of the special Material version of the Shirt fashion. It greatly increases the slipperiness of the Shirt, allowing it to deflect a large amount of enemy Attacks. It can also increase certain Professional Skills, making it widely versatile.
This Shirt used more than ten times the amount of Spider Silk as the Silk Stockings.
That’s why it appeared opaque.
This, in turn, resulted in a greater Durability Bonus than the Silk Stockings.
Added to the Shirt’s original 20 points of Durability, the total reached an astonishing 100 points.
points of Durability was equivalent to 100 points of Life Value.
For someone with Ordinary Attributes like Zhao Chi, that was a doubling of his Life Value.
Very nice.
But the Color was still a bit pale yellow.
Milky white plus pale yellow was basically beige, which actually looked quite good.
’Still, I should probably dye it pure white later.’