Wang Lei: "No problem, but Iāve used up all my purple-grade beast hides. If you want equipment, give me a purple-grade beast hide and Iāll make it for you."
Zhao Xiaochuan: "Same here."
Qin Yunlong: "Our special equipment requires purple-grade materials from water. We canāt obtain them this time, so we canāt help you."
Xu Xin happened to have two purple-grade beast hides. He immediately sent them to Wang Lei and Zhao Xiaochuan respectively.
He wasnāt worried about saving the purple-grade beast hides since he had more than three hundred mutated creature corpses on hand. Even if they were low-level mutated creatures, with such a quantity, he was confident heād get something good out of it.
Soon, the two of them traded the finished products back to him.
[Invisibility Cloak (Purple): A cloak that can conceal oneās presence. Once worn, the wearer becomes like a stone on the roadside and is ignored by enemies if they remain still. Even if touched, it remains unnoticed!]
[Strength Belt (Purple): A belt that assists in controlling power, enhancing the userās ability to control their strength, allowing them to exert extreme force without self-destruction!]
Xu Xin immediately put on the two pieces of equipment.
These two items are not part of a four-piece set, so they do not affect the setās effects.
"Hmm?" Keke raised their little head from the sofa after Xu Xin put on the Invisibility Cloak, looking at Xu Xin with big eyes full of confusion, "Hmm...?"
Xu Xin remained still to observe the cloakās effect.
Keke jumped off the sofa, ran to Xu Xinās feet, looked up at him, tilted their little head, and pushed him with a tiny paw.
Then the little one ran around inside the treehouse, looking around before finally plopping down on the floor, leaning at Xu Xinās feet.
"Hmm...?"
Xu Xin moved and picked up Keke from the ground.
"Hmm!?" Keke was startled, turning to look at Xu Xin in surprise.
It seemed the effect was indeed excellent.
He took off the cloak and put it into his backpack.
He decided not to wear it inside the treehouse to avoid startling Keke.
However, Keke was especially sensitive. The others like Silver King Mimi didnāt pay attention when Xu Xin disappeared and reappeared. Mimi just glanced at him, assuming they hadnāt noticed him before.
Is this what it means to eliminate presence?
Xu Xin put on the belt, but there wasnāt any significant change.
It made sense, since his purple-grade steel armorās combat talent provided similar perfect body control.
And his strength hadnāt reached the exaggerated level of Wang Lei, as his combat talent was already sufficient, so the belt didnāt add much for him.
However...
This could be quite useful for Ma Hongwei.
His strength was currently immense. Even without entering burst mode, he was a top-level power-type fighter, and in burst mode, every step could shake the ground.
But it seemed his poor control over his strength made his overall speed quite slow, so this belt could be valuable for him.
When he wakes up, give him the belt as compensation. After all, losing everything in the treehouse would be distressing for anyone for a long time...
Having done all this, Xu Xin decided to talk to the explorers about Lou FeiāEr, and include Ma Hongwei as well. Having already verified the contractās strength with Lou FeiāEr, it should be the same for Ma Hongwei.
He said to the explorers: "I want to add someone to our explorersā group. What do you think?"
Wang Lei: "Add someone? Got it, is it the guy who made us the treehouse crossbows? Heās contracted by Brother Xin, so heāll completely listen to you, right? Then it shouldnāt be a problem to add him."
Zhao Xiaochuan: "Whoa, then hurry up and add him! If it werenāt for his crossbows, I might not have lasted until Sister Gui Xin arrived!"
Li Wenxi: "Xu Xin, are you talking about FeiāEr? Are you going to add FeiāEr? Thatās great!"
Ji Chaoyang: "Adding them all would be better, otherwise itās a hassle to use you as the messenger every time for decisions among the three parties."
What Ji Chaoyang said was also what Xu Xin was thinking.
Lou FeiāEr was manageable as she was mainly accountable to him, but Ma Hongwei was different. His heavy crossbows were used by people everywhere, and having to relay decisions through Xu Xin each time was overly cumbersome.
Of course, Lou FeiāEr would also be added; he had promised her.
Xu Xin also informed others about Lou FeiāErās abilities and explained their relationship with the newly emerged mutated humans.
"These pills are so strong! Resurrection? Enhanced abilities?" Qin Yunlong was surprised, "Can I take one?"
"The side effects arenāt small either, Iām observing them, so we shouldnāt take them for now." Xu Xin explained.
The explorers agreed to add the two into the group chat.
Ma Hongwei was still unconscious, so Xu Xin added Lou FeiāEr first.
Lou FeiāEr confirmed immediately and joined the group chat.
Wang Lei: "Welcome, welcome!"
Zhao Xiaochuan: "Welcome, new girl!"
Li Wenxi: "Welcome FeiāEr to our organization!"
Lou FeiāEr: "Um... hello everyone!"
Wen Guixin: "Thereās another girl on that side, while Iām still the only one here, itās bittersweet..."
Seeing Lou FeiāEr integrating well with others, Xu Xin didnāt continue to monitor the group chat and instead sent Lou FeiāEr a private message: "Does this group chat affect communication on your side?"