Chapter 262: Obtaining Precious White Crystal Stone Once Again
The team had decent luck today, only encountering one zombie horde with 3 explosion zombies, and quite a few supply packs with systems on their backs.
Urban Parallel Road, most supply pickups carry risk; before, monsters could only come out of boxes.
Here, supply boxes are in houses on both sides; if it’s not vengeful spirit territory, there are sneaky player zombies.
Roadside has some hotels, supermarkets and such buildings; rushing in might trigger a limited-time challenge instance, with a bunch of zombies packed tightly rushing out.
That scene was too terrifying, just like a large event site during holidays, a dense black crowd.
When skills and strength are used up, they keep coming endlessly.
Very few supply boxes can be picked up directly roadside, and the probability of monsters coming out is high.
Obviously, survival difficulty has increased; early-game players scraping by on luck are gradually struggling.
Looking at the zombies all over the ground, everyone uniformly delivers a finishing blow, then picks up the supply backpacks.
A zombie horde of over a hundred, the picked-up supplies aren’t many: canned food, noodles, self-heating rice, and surprisingly only 1 bottle of mineral water—a ridiculous probability.
Everyone divides up the things together, returns on the vehicle, and continues forward.
RV autopilot mode, Yu Jiang takes off her dirty clothes and sets them aside, continues half-lying on the sofa covered with a dust cover and sleeping mat.
She sees the system prompt that she can currently use a lucky draw service area location card; as for the prize pool contents of the current map’s lucky draw service area, she’d only know after entering.
Go, must go!
She has two lucky draw service area location cards with different numbers; the usable one is number 25.
First check how many people the lucky draw service area can accommodate; any extra slots can be sold for a profit.
Yu Jiang mentions this in the team, telling everyone to prepare to go to the lucky draw.
20 minutes later, the team merges from the right lane onto the road where the lucky draw service area is located.
The lucky draw service area is different from other service areas; here each player can stay for at most 30 minutes.
Accommodates 20 people.
Originally Yu Jiang was going to contact Cleaver Brother; though not a small team and couldn’t locate, solutions outnumber problems—just disband the team and adjust Cleaver Brother to her team.
But as soon as Yu Jiang opens the team list, she sees Cleaver Brother and their nicknames showing: Current survivor cannot be contacted.
They’ve entered the urban area’s limited-time challenge instance, not sure when they’ll come out.
This kind of challenge instance can be 1 hour or 4 hours; Yu Jiang only learned today that the urban area has challenge instances—they haven’t encountered any yet.
For now, they can only go in first for the lucky draw; all people entering would exceed slots, Yu Jiang has discussed with Wholesale King Defa: slots are limited, Wholesale King Defa arranges who from the merchant caravan goes in.
This location card is Yu Jiang’s; one condition for bringing the merchant caravan is they don’t split roadside supplies, of course, splitting has its price.
Lucky draw service area definitely prioritizes ensuring Yu Jiang’s own team can enter first.
Wholesale King Defa says it’s reasonable, this way is good too; she can get slots from Yu Jiang’s hand, then arrange further, her status in the merchant caravan will only solidify more.
Merchant caravan sends in 5 people, including Wholesale King Defa, all giving supplies to Yu Jiang.
Compared to the lucky draw service area’s value, what they collected is really not much, just a token.
Number 25 lucky draw service area boss is Fennec Fox, dressed very exquisitely, lucky draw shop also decorated very dreamily.
“Welcome, screen has gameplay instructions, look yourselves.”
Fennec Fox boss also has a very unhappy ‘serving you’ expression.
The group looks up at the light screen.
Lucky draw is card form, 50 crystal coins per card, guaranteed reward at 35 draws: could be free stat point, or weapon, armor, level up item.
This service area’s prize pool is very tempting!
No combat power player can resist.
Screen even displays the best prizes: weapon upgrade stone universal redemption coupon.
Base attack +20 weapon, trap device parts, agility +6 shoes, hat, etc.
Yu Jiang rolls up sleeves for a 10-pull, 500 crystal coins gone, gets mineral water*2, compressed biscuit*7, food exchange card*1.
Huge loss, but no matter, her goal is guaranteed reward; two more 10-pulls, still no good stuff.
Seeing the glaring 5 on the screen, continues pay to win; first 4 cards no output, stubbornly gets guaranteed reward on the last one—here Yu Jiang really can’t hold it.
Defense face mask + shiny purification stone, equipment for extremely poor air quality or radiation areas.
What she wanted was stone universal redemption coupon.
Yu Jiang sighs, pays with a pained face; lucky draw service area is the biggest pit on the road, hard-earned crystal coins all spent here.
This time she hit guaranteed reward at the 20th draw.
Asked, she bribed the NPC with an exquisite teacup picked up in the manor.
Seeing Fennec Fox boss elegant all over, definitely would like such things.
Fennec Fox who received the gift looks up at the ceiling, very accidentally changing Yu Jiang’s 35-draw guaranteed reward to 20-draw.
“Guest drew so many cards, none what you wanted?” Fennec Fox’s voice also turns soft and cute.
“Yes, I want this.” Yu Jiang points to the stone universal redemption coupon.
“Such a good guest, wish you get what you want.” Fennec Fox smiles slightly.
Then the stone universal redemption coupon comes out, this can redeem any two weapon upgrade stones.
She needs 3 stones for next weapon upgrade, that’s how pitting it is.
Grand prizes have limited quantities each, rarer ones fewer; stone redemption coupon just one, even if she pays to win more here, can’t gather three.
Besides, she has no money left.
Yu Jiang collects her things, looks to teammates; on site, those with wealth for two guaranteed rewards are her, Wholesale King Defa, and Purple Butt Can Do It.
Shi Xu just leveled up vehicle, decorated interior nicely, can only do 40 draws.
Luckily got what he wanted: free stat point x5.
“Great! Just-earned money all spent in the service area again.” Wholesale King Defa claps in admiration, with an ‘I’m not crazy’ expression.
Road earns, road spends, can’t save a single bit.
Purple Butt Can Do It this lucky person, luck averaged out this time, hits guaranteed reward for defense equipment.
Today’s best luck is Han Jiang Gu Ying, gets what he wants in 20 draws.
Fennec Fox boss who was just aloof now much warmer, voice gentle, smile elegant when seeing them off.
A merchant who always followed Han Jiang Gu Ying’s team, first time traveling with Yu Jiang, stunned by her operations—can do that?
He’s over there clanging paying, drew half a day for guaranteed reward.
Then sees boss and second-in-command Yu Zhou, Purple Butt Can Do It calm; he regrets so much, should’ve drawn slower—the stuff after is what he wanted.
Though what he got is good, if opportunity, definitely wants better.
Back on the vehicle, Yu Jiang drinks two sips of water, a bit heartbroken at the near-empty account, but thinking, she got two white crystal stones!
Three can synthesize higher quality, for weapon upgrade.
She really had no choice, knew she had no money for another 35-draw pay to win, could only try gifting NPC to boost affection.
