Chapter 13: Instance Entrance
Yu Jiang gave him 5 compressed biscuits plus a bottle of water.
Sicily was still private chatting over there,
“Big Shot, you didn’t take his deal, right? We talked first. How about four compressed biscuits plus a friend slot?”
“Can also voice sing to keep company.” This sentence came as voice.
Yu Jiang figured out why someone would get fooled lame; it was indeed pretty cute.
In this desolate, monster-surrounded apocalypse, surviving alone with inner loneliness and anxiety, suddenly hearing such a sound and feeling comforted was normal.
But she had seen videos of bearded burly men voice-changing as girls getting caught.
Pure Love Cockroach was definitely a girl, always very polite in trades, never wanting to take advantage; this one was uncertain.
Yu Jiang: “No need.”
At this moment, the friend list jumped, prompting a new message.
Lightning Mage King sent a picture, “Big Shot, is this the thing you want?”
“Send it over first. If it’s the wrong gathering item, I’ll give you a compressed biscuit as hard work pay.”
Many gathering items couldn’t be scanned by the light screen; needed to obtain a scroll first and get the related achievement to unlock.
From the picture it looked like it, but in this game world many gathering resources were mutated, so Yu Jiang needed to get it in hand to confirm if it was the medicine she wanted.
“Got it!” Lightning Mage King quickly sent the item over.
Exactly 2 portions, the last missing supply to unlock Poison Rain, perfect!
Yu Jiang immediately sent the other party a healing potion and a compressed biscuit.
Lightning Mage King: “Thanks Big Shot! Next time there’s this kind of mission, must find me!”
“Good.”
Yu Jiang opened the panel, heart full of excitement, and clicked refine.
[Player has successfully unlocked skill: Poison Rain.
As one of the alchemist development routes, Poison Master has high combat power requirements, thus hard to level up.
I believe you can definitely make it big and strong, create glory again!]
[Player profession ‘Alchemist’ has leveled up to Level 2! You’re the first Level 2 Alchemist in all servers!
Reward: Primary Medicinal Materials Illustrated Guide
Contains materials for primary healing and poison. As an outstanding Alchemist profession member, you should study this book thoroughly, memorize all medicinal herbs and recipes.
(Poison Master can directly touch materials in the primary illustrated guide without getting poisoned~)]
Yu Jiang looked at the illustrated guide displayed on the light screen, a long string of medicinal properties introductions.
And had to memorize it herself.
Yu Jiang glanced at two lines and closed the light screen; the most important thing now was the instance.
With area damage skill unlocked, she could finally enter Silent Town with peace of mind.
Yu Jiang got out of the vehicle, stored ‘Furious Blueberry’ into a backpack slot first, and conveniently used two sunlight cards.
[Furious Blueberry mood +10. When my mood value exceeds 60, I’ll bear lots of fruit yay.]
Current mood was 40; using the remaining three cards should yield a bountiful harvest.
Calculating the cost, compared to supplies ensuring basic survival, fruit was very expensive.
But spending on this fighting blueberry was totally worth it!
Yu Jiang also picked up a few mushrooms, a few red stones on the road, and dug up a konjac and two pinellia.
She felt those stones were like cinnabar, the raw ore of arsenic—medicine and poison.
Yu Jiang arrived at the instance at 1:35 PM.
Vehicle passes through the culvert to formally enter the instance.
Ahead was a European-style rural town, with a crude and grass-overgrown plaza as the vehicle parking area.
This group already had 17 players there.
Basically all Level 1 vehicles.
Various styles of scooters, gasoline motorcycles, tricycles mainly, only one gray box small truck.
Also someone driving a lawn mower; gotta say, it looked pretty impressive, bright red and eye-catching.
Behind was someone driving a kids go-kart, and a four-wheeled, battery-driven vehicle that looked similar to a rocker vehicle.
When driving over, it even played singing, “What is dad’s dad called…”
Several players on site showed confused and awkwardly foot-picking expressions.
The one driving the upgraded mobile rocker vehicle was a girl, covering her face the whole time, blushing hot.
“Haven’t seen so many living people in a long time, got me excited! What does everyone think of this instance? Feels really dangerous.”
“Who says not, I just picked up a stool leg, no handy weapon, just hoping to get 100 points, all good.”
Said that, but this person didn’t think so inwardly.
After receiving instance notice, he went to practice on zombies; his real weapon was a self-sharpened screwdriver.
He wasn’t aiming for passing; he wanted the top three rewards!
Looking around, the survivors in this group didn’t look great: the woman driving the rocker vehicle, and two looking a bit old, probably eliminated right upon entry.
He felt his chances were big.
“Let me say something.” A man reeking of class flavor stepped forward, “Everyone surely doesn’t want instance failure, no supplies in three days.”
“Right.” Everyone nodded one after another; Yu Jiang blended in.
The man nicknamed ‘Yuan’ continued, “Though this instance can’t team up, we can help each other, allocate points, safer that way.”
“Makes sense.”
A few people echoed; the rest didn’t speak.
Allocate? What if someone scrounges, they work for nothing?
“How to allocate?” Someone asked curiously.
“I checked, already 26 people. We can divide into teams by configuration; capable ones take points first, then help those behind.
Like women and those too old, combat stats not high, still rely on us, do support work first.”
His words offended several people on site; the rocker vehicle girl only showed title ‘Golden Miner’, she stepped forward with a cold laugh,
“Precious batch dragon, I can’t dig out nerves like yours. Support you? You worthy?”
Yuan glanced at her rocker vehicle, amusedly said,
“Good to have awareness to take points yourself, but this isn’t a place to stubbornly die; need clear cognition of your own ability.”
“No wonder the tone sounds so familiar, exactly like the mid-level in previous company.” Golden Miner rolled her eyes at him.
“Everyone got here on their own, instance not started, rankings not out, why divide high low.” Another player spoke.
“You unwilling to join, I won’t say more; when instance starts later, don’t regret.”
Yuan coldly snorted, went to the side with a few willing to team up to discuss, but his departing glance seemed to already see Golden Miner slapped in the face, scene of her begging him for help.
Golden Miner looked at the female players nearby, reminded, “Still be careful of those few people.”
Yu Jiang nodded.
They didn’t agree to join the team; hard to say those few wouldn’t target intentionally.
However, in a solo ranking instance, team relations were fragile too.
Everyone on guard against each other; even if any plans, wouldn’t really say out.
