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Join the ServerThis was a treasure chest. It had been standing here ever since we defeated the boss.
Opening it had a certain probability of dropping blue items, a certain probability of dropping semi-purple, and a certain probability of dropping true purple.
So the question arose: What exactly was inside the chest? Blue? Semi-purple? Or true purple? In theory, the contents were already sealed inside before we opened it. But until that moment, no one knew what it held. Only when we opened the chest could we determine its quality… That’s right, this was the famous theory—Schrödinger’s dungeon chest.
Anyway, as the final reward from the Spider Nest on Easy difficulty, this chest did not disappoint!
It dropped four items!
One blue and three semi-purples!
The blue cloth helmet, which boosted Intelligence and Magic Attack, was assigned directly to Cannon Fairy.
The semi-purple plate boots, with high defense and part of a set, were assigned to Yingning.
The semi-purple plate bracers, also high defense and a set piece, went to Yingning without a second thought.
The last item was a semi-purple longsword with high attack and an armor-breaking skill. But Yingning already had a better weapon, so this one would have to be sold.
Because the player base was large and demand for equipment was high, while semi-purple items were extremely rare, this sword could sell for around 1000 gold. We decided to decide its owner by rolling dice.
Qingyu rolled 88.
Yingning rolled 98.
Cannon Fairy rolled 99.
“Ahahaha! The tables have turned! This time, little Bei, you got wrecked by me!”
I rolled 100.
I earned the achievement [Sometimes You Get What You Deserve], while Cannon Fairy’s achievement [Sometimes You Don’t] upgraded to level 2.
Cannon Fairy fell silent. Then suddenly, she grinned like a child, threw her arms around Yingning’s shoulders, and burst into tears.
“See you at six tonight.”
After saying that, I returned directly to the pet space. Everyone saw my figure vanish instantly into thin air—only my owner could see the portal back to the pet space.
Everyone thought I had logged off, so they logged off one after another.
“Xiaoya, I’m logging off now. See you tonight.” Yingning waved reluctantly at me in the video call.
“Mm, go ahead… I’m going to farm some gear.” I replied with a smile.
[Your owner, Su Yingning, has logged off]
Letting out a long breath, I also chose to log off—I had to make breakfast for the girl first. After sorting out real-life matters, I would come back to craft equipment and push through dungeons. That would be an incredibly difficult series of quests, and I honestly wasn’t confident.
Perhaps some boss skills would require teammates to withstand. That was something I couldn’t do alone. If the Spider Nest boss on Hard difficulty had similar skills, I would have to choose—find a loophole or find teammates. Naturally, I’d try the former first, and only if that was impossible would I go with the latter.
What a headache…
Although the value of Selni’s Soul Stone we got today wasn’t particularly high in the game, it made me keenly aware of the massive gains from staying ahead of the level curve and seizing the initiative. Perhaps this was our chance to improve our standard of living!
I didn’t want to touch the money in Citibank casually—it came from dubious sources and could disrupt our peaceful lives. But the money earned in the game could be used freely. So I preferred to start over, build from scratch, and use the game to change our current financial straits.
As long as I stayed at the forefront of server levels and remained an explorer, opportunities to make money would never be scarce. It was far better than working a regular job. However, the dangers we would face would far exceed those of casual players.
Therefore, we needed strength—overwhelming strength. That was the only hard currency in this pursuit.
And so, I had to go all out! Let Yingning and me achieve another leap in power! Not to compete with the big guilds for dominance, but to carve out meat from under their noses! Instead of being a solo player forever following others and sipping the leftovers!
“Hehe~” Yingning, still drowsy, padded out of the bedroom. “Bro… we’re rich…”
With that, she flopped onto the sofa in a starfish position.
Playing games equals sleeping—I don’t know the logic, but after a whole night of gaming, people still experience sleep inertia and morning crankiness. Waking up, they feel very sleepy and listless.
Yet playing games at night genuinely allows people to rest, but the sleep aftereffects are unavoidable.
“I’ll take you to feed Beidolf and Einstein and the others later. When I come back, I have a lot to research. You can study game materials during the day… I’m going to develop my life skills properly.”
“Oh… life skills…” The little girl curled up, hugging the sofa cushion, unaware that her nightgown had ridden up. She squinted dazedly, muttering and mumbling, then suddenly snapped awake. “Life skills? Bro, you seriously studied life skills? What direction did you choose? Are you focusing on crafting or gathering? Blacksmithing, tailoring, alchemy, or mining, herbalism, fishing? What level are you? I mean your life profession level.”
“Direction? I plan to master all of them… Do you want your fried egg sunny-side-up or over-easy?” I asked over my shoulder.
“Whatever, as long as I don’t have to eat the yolk.”
I saw the little girl frown, and I knew what she was thinking.
People had limited energy. Even though you could learn all life professions, you might not have enough time, energy, or money to level each skill high. Life professions also had levels, and levels were important.
Level directly affected the quality of output and the types of attributes produced. That’s why every major guild needed high-level life players. They tried to recruit and nurture such players, and many high-level life players were valued even more than top-tier combatants.
A single person training one life skill was already exhausting. Training all of them would spread your focus too thin, resulting in being a jack of all trades but master of none. And low-level life skills were worth very little.
The girl was probably hesitating about how to gently tell me this, to correct my mistake before I strayed too far down the wrong path. I knew she was trying to save face for me. I smiled and said, “How about this? Tell me your game ID, and tonight I’ll send you an email with my hard work. Then you can give me your guidance, okay? I’m a newbie, I don’t know anything. If no one teaches me, I’ll end up bruised and battered… So, great Yingning, would you be willing to guide this little noob?”
“Pfft… With pleasure!” Yingning covered her mouth with a light laugh, then playfully flipped over the sofa, sat at the dining table, and blinked her lively big eyes at me. “Waiter, serve the dishes! Reward this great master!”
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