Chapter 14: Treasure Chest
“This system is really inconvenient.”
Lin Qi looked at the system panel in the lower left of his vision, and could not help but frown.
Although he had now successfully set Qin Mu as the test opponent in the game, aside from setting the test time, there were no other control options at all. Wanting to filter out geniuses like this was indeed quite difficult.
And the time settings were extremely rigid, with only three options in total.
10-second option.
20-second option.
30-second option.
“In the end we still have to select geniuses, they cannot be too weak.” Lin Qi thought for a moment and directly chose the second option.
A second-tier genius was neither too high nor too low. Newbies selected this way would have harvest value. After all, if he wanted to rapidly improve his strength, he had to rely entirely on the players’ talent. The higher the players’ talent, the faster he would improve.
System: Test opponent setting complete. The test will open in half an hour. Please choose the number of slots for those brought in after passing the test.
“Then let’s do seven.” Lin Qi did not hesitate, planning to recruit more players.
For now he did not lack food and water to support the players, and opening up the underground of the martial arts hall also required a large number of people.
Before, he had worried that the players he brought in might be useless, so he had been cautious. Now with a round of screening, at least he would not bring in some strange people.
“Master of the Pavilion.”
Just as Lin Qi confirmed the number of players to bring in, Twilight of the Gods, covered in dirt, rushed over in extreme excitement and almost crashed into Lin Qi.
“Master of the Pavilion! I have a big discovery!”
“What big discovery?”
“I dug up a Treasure Chest underground!”
“A Treasure Chest?”
After hearing this, Lin Qi was a little dumbfounded. This was not an mmo game, how could they really dig up a Treasure Chest?
“Yes! I will take you to see it.”
Looking at the somewhat bewildered Lin Qi, Twilight of the Gods became even more convinced that this npc seemed a bit silly in his impression.
In a virtual game, what is so unbelievable about digging up a Treasure Chest?
In a short while, Twilight of the Gods led Lin Qi to the underground warehouse. At this moment, a Large Box was placed inside the underground warehouse.
“It really is a Treasure Chest!” Lin Qi was also shocked when he saw the Large Box.
This Large Box was about the size of a suitcase, made entirely of unknown metal, and on one side of the box were words from the High Martial Arts World.
College Entrance Examination Textbook, year 2214!
From a certain point of view, this really was a Treasure Chest. Countless students from hundreds of years ago would probably have loved it.
Lin Qi then opened this Treasure Chest, which was not locked. Inside, he saw a large pile of college entrance examination exam papers stacked up, and the scores on those exam papers were simply horrifying.
This made Lin Qi somewhat understand why that person had specially packed these things into a Metal Box and even deliberately buried it.
“Master of the Pavilion, are these things useful?” Twilight of the Gods looked at Lin Qi with an expression full of expectation.
In mmo games, Treasure Chests were good things filled with all kinds of treasures. Although the Treasure Chest before him was not quite the same as those in mmo games, and the contents were just a pile of paper.
But since the Treasure Chest was buried underground, it should trigger some kind of special event and grant some Advanced reward.
After all, this npc had been having them dig holes underground the whole time. If it had nothing to do with this Treasure Chest, even a ghost would not believe it.
“Uh…”
Looking at Twilight of the Gods’ expectant little eyes, Lin Qi did not know what to say for a moment.
If he said they were useful, for high school students of 2214 they might indeed be useful, but using these horrifying things to demand a reward from him would be a bit too much.
“Not useful?” Twilight of the Gods looked at the disdainful expression on Lin Qi’s face and asked in puzzlement, “That should not be. That place was so dangerous. I died four times before finally managing to carry this box back. How could it be useless?”
“You died four times just to carry the box back?”
Hearing this, Lin Qi could not help feeling even more sympathy for Twilight of the Gods. But sympathy was sympathy, and a transaction was a transaction. He could not easily damage such a good relationship.
“Yeah!”
Just as Lin Qi was about to comfort Twilight of the Gods a little, he suddenly discovered that besides the large number of exam papers in the box, there were actually two books as well.
Rock Shattering Fist: You deserve it, one punch to make your teacher’s defenses break!
Leopard Shadow Steps: teaching you how to triple jump in the college entrance examination!
“Is the college entrance examination in this world all this crazy?” Looking at the two college entrance examination textbooks, Lin Qi suddenly felt he had somewhat underestimated the high school students of this world.
He then flipped through the two books. Both gave detailed instructions on how to learn Rock Shattering Fist and Leopard Shadow Steps. These two apprentice-level martial skills were not like the Fitness Breathing Technique, which only had half.
“Where did you find this box?” Lin Qi looked at Twilight of the Gods, whose expression was full of pain.
This Metal Box was only the size of a small suitcase, and for a high school student with such grades, if they were burying these things, they surely buried more than one. After all, the grade written on those exam papers was only first year of high school.
“Is it useful?” Hearing Lin Qi’s question, Twilight of the Gods could not help but feel a trace of hope.
“A bit useful.” Lin Qi nodded slightly. “I can give you five hundred points for this Treasure Chest.”
An apprentice-level martial skill on the market would cost at least twenty thousand Bit, though actually learning it was another matter.
“I knew it was useful!” Hearing the reward of five hundred Points, Twilight of the Gods’ breathing grew heavy and he said excitedly, “I found it in a Great Fissure more than forty meters underground. In that Great Fissure there were several Unicorn Monsters with bodies four to five meters long. I accidentally saw with a searchlight that there were dozens of boxes piled beside those Unicorn Monsters, so I took the chance when those Unicorn Monsters were away and carried one back.”
“A Great Fissure more than forty meters underground?” After hearing this, Lin Qi stared at Twilight of the Gods in shock.
This guy really knew how to dig holes. More than forty meters underground, he was truly planning to see how deep the underground could be dug.
At the same time, he had to marvel at Twilight of the Gods’ luck. To encounter Gold-Devouring Unicorn Rats and only die four times before carrying a box back.
Gold-Devouring Unicorn Rats were among the more common monsters in the wilderness. They liked to collect hard metal and use it to build nests. A Quasi-Martial Artist who met a Gold-Devouring Unicorn Rat one-on-one might barely survive, but if they ran into several, it was certain death.
“One Treasure Chest is five hundred Points. If I can get twenty, wouldn’t I be able to directly obtain the middle volume of the Startling Spirit Breathing Technique?”
“Each death is Each trip carrying one is four 648s. Now I still need to move nineteen boxes. That is seventy-six 648s.”
Twilight of the Gods calculated his savings, wondering if he could bring back the other boxes, but soon he sighed.
He was just an ordinary student. Normally he could earn some money doing game boosting, but the four 648s before had all been spent. That was all his pocket money for this month. Now he could only live off his previous savings.
Considering he would still die in the future, if he made two or three more trips with boxes, he would have to live on steamed buns and cabbage for the next few months.
“Forget about those boxes.” Lin Qi saw that Twilight of the Gods still had ideas and dissuaded him. “Gold-Devouring Unicorn Rats are not only smart but also very alert. You were lucky to carry back one box. Next time you go, those Gold-Devouring Unicorn Rats will not be so easy to deal with. If you lead them to the martial arts hall, I will have no choice but to expel you from the martial arts hall.”
Those college entrance examination boxes were good, but considering the risk of the Gold-Devouring Unicorn Rats, he had to give a warning. After all, the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall did not even have a single Quasi-Martial Artist at present. Facing Gold-Devouring Unicorn Rats would be a dead end.
Hearing the word “expel,” Twilight of the Gods immediately became honest.
They had all been disciples of the martial arts hall since birth. Being expelled meant no longer being martial arts hall disciples, equivalent to having their accounts canceled. They could not leave the martial arts hall at all. Once they left, they would die.
“For this period of time, there is work to do again.”
After admonishing Twilight of the Gods, Lin Qi took the Treasure Chest back to the lounge, planning to sort out Rock Shattering Fist and Leopard Shadow Steps and copy a few sets.
At that time, letting players redeem them would enrich the game’s career gameplay so that Points would not only be exchanged for a few items, with severely limited purchasing power.
While Lin Qi was compiling and copying the two martial skills, the High Martial Arts Descend forum on the game platform exploded.
System: Game Test Assessment has started. All pre-order players can now participate in the assessment. Each time you die in the assessment, resurrection will cost
