Chapter 309
Yú Xúngē didn’t hesitate at all. “Then you should join! The Zàijiǔxīng system has an Honor Shop with lots of items. Once you log in, we can spend the Honor Points we earn from the Colosseum. If possible, it’d be best to buy the Universal Languages.”
Tú Lán nodded in satisfaction. “Since you need me, I’ll join!”
Yú Xúngē sighed with a wry smile. “... Yes, I need you.”
After winning over Tú Lán, Yú Xúngē continued browsing the Honor Shop, this time clicking into the category labeled [Knowledge].
Inside, there were not only specialized subjects like Alchemy, Jewelry, Engineering, and Enchantment, but also a plethora of knowledge she had never encountered before—Mecha, Magic, Demonology, Random Universal Languages, and Curses, among others...
There were also skill knowledge options that she had to learn herself, but the ratings were extravagant, starting at S rank, with prices beginning at 50,000 Honor Points.
What surprised Yú Xúngē the most was the Random Universal Languages available for 5,000 Honor Points.
Unfortunately, each player could only purchase it up to ten times, and there was no guarantee that the random language knowledge wouldn’t overlap with what the player already knew. What a scam!
If Tú Lán could also buy ten types of Universal Languages, even if the quantity was small, it would still be a boost. But right now, Tú Lán only had 2,000 Honor Points.
This price wasn’t too outrageous, so she didn’t rush to make a purchase. Instead, she clicked on the last category, [Luck].
There was only one item: Mysterious Gift Pack (Price: 999 Honor Points)
Mysterious Gift Pack: Anything is possible. There’s a 1% chance to draw a [Knowledge] item and a 1% chance to draw a [Divine Gift] item (the results are not affected by luck; using time-related skills to cheat is prohibited).
Why can’t luck affect the results of the draw?! This is so unfair to the lucky ones!
And what about the remaining 98%? It’s completely undisclosed! Feels like a total rip-off!
Yú Xúngē furrowed her brows, complaining as she decisively bought one.
Instantly, a golden square gift box appeared before her, floating in the air for a second before starting to fall freely. Luckily, Yú Xúngē was quick enough to catch it.
Tú Lán leaned in. “Is that the gift pack?”
“Yeah.” Yú Xúngē rubbed her hands nervously. She summoned the Spring of Light to wash her hands before untying the ribbon of the gift pack.
She and Tú Lán leaned in to look inside, only to find a single gold coin...
With a blank expression, Yú Xúngē took out the coin and flung it, embedding it into the living room wall, where it wouldn’t budge.
I knew spending money wouldn’t end well! I need to quit!
Her Honor Points were down to 102,051.
Yú Xúngē stopped wasting Honor Points and decisively switched back to [Knowledge], spending 50,000 points to buy ten types of Universal Languages.
She was somewhat lucky; each one was a language she didn’t know before, though the languages she did know were a drop in the bucket compared to the vast number available.
Now, she had knowledge of 859 languages.
She browsed through [Knowledge] and [Divine Gift] again but didn’t find anything that compelled her to buy. She decided to save the remaining 52,051 Honor Points.
The top right corner of the Honor Shop had a countdown, indicating that the items would refresh every 30 natural days.
After browsing the online shop, Yú Xúngē finally replied to the private messages. She didn’t say much; it wasn’t that she was aloof, but even her own entrance had been so chaotic that other players entering Zàijiǔxīng would just be sending themselves to their doom.
Now, even if she said, “I can’t talk about it for now,” no one would dare press her for more.
At that moment, the game forum and various social media platforms were buzzing with similar trending topics.
#Colosseum Yú Xúngē#
#New Dungeon Light Curtain#
#What is ■■■■■?#
#Divine Gift Talent Fate Gacha#
#Shattered Divine Authority#
Yú Qīngshān even called her directly, asking if she could exchange two Fate Gacha tickets for them.
Yú Xúngē replied flatly, “I won’t.”
Those two words left Yú Qīngshān utterly speechless...
After stammering for a while, he weakly cursed her before hanging up.
Yú Xūnhuān also came to ask her, and she still shot back with “I won’t,” not even bothering to provide a reason.
...
The next day at 9 AM, Zhào Shūyǐng arrived punctually at Yú Xúngē’s doorstep, ready to take her and Tú Lán to the sea.
“Conservatively speaking, we’ve added ten million new dungeon light curtains.”
“How many Cut-Paste Skill Crystals did you bring?”
“We brought everything we had saved in Dìnghǎi. We’ll grab as many as we can; every country is competing for them.”
“Good.”
The car stopped by the seaside, where seven other players from Dìnghǎi were waiting. After a brief introduction, they all dove into the sea.
The underwater situation was complex. When Yú Xúngē had come with Tú Lán before, it was manageable, but since the alien army had gathered, the sea floor was now riddled with traps and alien players, and they occasionally encountered some underwater beast bosses.
Previously, players from Dìnghǎi couldn’t come here due to their levels and attributes, but now they could barely explore the deep sea, which was fraught with danger.
After repelling an 85-level beast boss, Yú Xúngē protected the Dìnghǎi players as they collected yet another dungeon light curtain.
Now, Yú Xúngē was almost certain that shortly after her death in her previous life, Blue Star had perished.
What she once thought was a counterattack was probably just an early attempt to claim a territory, much like those wild monsters in the wilderness, barely surviving. The rallying cry for a counterattack was merely a way to filter out those players who still had the spirit and passion to fight for Blue Star.
Not only had she never heard of the Universal Colosseum or the World Battlefield before her death, but in her previous life, Dìnghǎi was too weak, leading to a stalemate among the major factions, all busy with infighting.
Unlike this life, where Dìnghǎi’s strength far surpassed that of other factions. Although they still squabbled, there was a sense of restraint, and Dìnghǎi took the lead, with major events coordinated by them.
The underwater situation was so complicated that, although Fate could allow the dungeon light curtain status to “revert,” the underwater area was vast, and there were many places on land that humans still couldn’t step foot in.
Even if Dìnghǎi collaborated with other countries, they couldn’t find all the dungeon light curtains on Zàijiǔxīng.
【Chapter 401: Shocked by Each Other’s Shamelessness】
Yú Xúngē and the Dìnghǎi players swam in the most dangerous areas of the deep sea for five days, hardly resting, but their efficiency was incredibly high.
The players sent by Dìnghǎi each had their own skills—some could sense the direction of the dungeon light curtains, some could open portals to quickly transport the curtains back, some could help everyone replenish their energy and relieve fatigue, and others could significantly increase swimming speed underwater.
There was even a player specifically responsible for taking photos at various locations, clearly preparing for the “Young Prodigal” project.
After five days of relentless work, they brought back over two thousand dungeon light curtains, which the Dìnghǎi players wouldn’t have been able to retrieve on their own.
This task was exhausting and quite dull; aside from mealtimes when they could entertain themselves, the rest of the time was spent swimming in the dark depths of the sea. But thinking of that World Tomb made it all worthwhile.
As they parted ways, Yú Xúngē told Zhào Shūyǐng, “Next time there’s that special Mahjong, remember to come to me for a trade; I’m flexible on the price.”
The other players had already left, leaving just the two of them. Zhào Shūyǐng didn’t hide anything anymore and sighed, “After the announcement at dawn, even though it was just a few black boxes, our guild leader asked me to see if we could renegotiate the price so you could take us for a few more days.”
Yú Xúngē immediately pinched her throat and mimicked Zhào Shūyǐng’s earlier words in a high-pitched voice: “And the spark chosen by Dìnghǎi is you, Yú Xúngē.”
Tú Lán also imitated Yú Xúngē’s voice, dramatically saying, “Just run forward with all your might, and we will follow you with the whole world!”
Zhào Shūyǐng choked for a moment, but she had something to say too: “... Oh, our guild leader also asked me to ask you what you meant when you said you could distinguish between important and trivial matters in major events.”
Yú Xúngē was utterly surprised, and she awkwardly scratched the back of her head. “Ah... Haha, you really believed that?”
Zhào Shūyǐng flashed a standard smile, as if she were in a toothpaste commercial. “Well, didn’t you believe what we said?”
In the next second, both of their smiles vanished, and they stared at each other, shocked by each other’s shamelessness.
They were equally matched; neither could call the other out.
Yú Xúngē cleared her throat and whispered, “Isn’t this just social etiquette? Why are we bringing up old grievances? That’s just too much…”
She pulled out a list of books, the martial arts and magic books she had stolen from the Yuèhú Library. After transcribing and filtering them, she found they were particularly suitable for use on the battlefield and in military settings. She handed it to Zhào Shūyǐng. “These books, can they buy a Mahjong piece?”
She wanted to test if Dìnghǎi still had the World Tomb.
Theoretically, it shouldn’t exceed three pieces, because aside from her, no other player on Zàijiǔxīng had gained 10,000 Honor Points in one go. Of course, it was also possible that they were scattered among several players.
This World Tomb also didn’t have the potential for farming Honor Points; after she received 40,000 points, she got 10,000 Honor Points, which she then gave to Wù Rèn, and those 10,000 points were deducted.
However, the two World Tombs used as tickets in the World Battlefield and lost after death didn’t deduct her Honor Points.
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