Chapter 83: Sounds Like A Lot Of Supplies
Happy Farm.
Just hearing the name suggests there are lots of supplies!
One-star instance Yu Jiang is out of consideration, the rewards are way worse.
Before choosing, she glanced at everyone’s discussion in the team channel.
188 Male College Student: “I’ve got two 1-star instances and one 2-star. Feels like the 2-star is pretty dangerous. On the card it’s just a broken wooden house, but it’s a team instance.”]
Purple Butt Can Do It: “I’ve also got two 1-star and one 2-star, but my 2-star is Happy Farm. What are the big shots choosing? @The King Called Me to Patrol the Mountain@X@”
Yu Jiang replied: [Two 2-stars, both solo instances, and also Happy Farm.]
Strawberry Candy: [I’ve got Happy Farm too!!!]
X: [All three are 2-star, chose Dark Cave.]
Hand Holding Cleaver Chopping Wire: [Mine are also three 2-stars, two team ones and one solo instance.]
After discussing, Pure Love Cockroach Spicy Spicy, Hand Holding Cleaver Chopping Wire, and Han Jiang Gu Ying had the same choice Blizzard Night, so they decided to go in together.
Kuang Kuang Kuang and Lightning Mage King can also team up to enter a 2-star instance.
The rest with matching choices are all solo instances, so even if chosen, they can’t team up.
From the messages in the team channel and public screen, there are quite a few instances in this road segment. Already known are over a dozen, but with more players, the overlap rate of choices is high too.
Content ranges from map-running exploration types to commission missions, combat power output, and things like Happy Farm where you can’t guess the content from the name.
Yu Jiang had already chosen the farm.
Purple Butt Can Do It was still hesitating. The 2-star instance prompt said players whose total attack, defense, and agility values don’t exceed 60 face extreme risk, with red exclamation marks above.
Wanting to get grouped with companions in a solo instance is pure gambling behavior.
His desire to choose a 2-star instance cooled down, and he decided to pick a 1-star first and wait for the big shots to scout the 2-star path.
In the end, he fumbled and accidentally touched the 2-star instance card.
Purple Butt Can Do It stared blankly at the prompt that the instance mission had been accepted, then slapped his forehead.
“Damn! It’s over! I accidentally chose the farm ‘crying'” He spoke painfully in the team channel.
He started agonizing over whether to go or not. Three days of nothing gained isn’t a big problem, but getting stuck in the instance is a huge problem!
Strawberry Candy: “I saw the simple drawing of the farm picture and it didn’t seem scary, so I chose it. Betting on turning the motorcycle into a jeep! If you think about it, the instances you can choose later might get harder and harder, so accumulating some experience is good too.”
Purple Butt Can Do It sent a “life is hard” sticker pack, hoping this time he could get lucky and be grouped with teammates.
Solo instances might be like Silent Town, where you enter solo but other players join, or the entire instance might just be you alone.
If it’s the latter, he’d just abandon the mission.
Had to wait for the one-hour countdown to end to view instance content. Yu Jiang took out sausage wild vegetables mixed rice and the remaining bowl of deer bone mushroom soup, eating while scrolling the public screen.
Everyone was waiting for instance content to unlock, and quite a few players were still unable to decide, so they were asking all sorts of questions on the public screen, hoping to get some advice from others.
Kuángtú Zhāng Sān: [The sky has fallen! I’m just a small fry, what’s going on? Just one 1-star instance, but difficulty is on the higher side. If you want my life, just say it!]
momo6789: [Isn’t that good? It means your strength is pretty good!]
Kuángtú Zhāng Sān: [You take this blessing, want it or not?]
Sicily: [Big shots should all have 2-star instances, right? What did you all choose? Can you give a hint?]
Player096: [We really don’t know what to choose, all hoping the big shots will say something and give some info. We ordinary folks won’t compete with big shots, we just want to survive.]
Sui Feng220: [I’ve got a suggestion. Isn’t it that punishment only increases if you don’t accept an instance mission for a month? To let more people survive, those with strength could draw a simple team instance once a month to carry everyone. You’re all so strong, if you can help, please do.]
Many agreed, and they started arguing with those cursing Sui Feng220 idiot, all about making others sacrifice is fine, but using their own supplies to help others is not.
Even fewer were willing to reveal their own choices.
No one is stupid. If you say on public screen what instance you chose, does that mean you really chose it?
What if revealing the info gets you blocked in the instance?
Yu Jiang was just collecting some instance info, automatically filtering and ignoring the rest.
Sicily private messaged her: “Big shot, can you give me some frostbite cream? We’re both girls, and alchemists too. Price is negotiable ‘pitiful'”
Ever since learning The King Called Me to Patrol the Mountain was female from the message, Sicily changed strategy and dropped the previous approach.
Yu Jiang raised an eyebrow, recalling Purple Butt Can Do It saying Sicily wouldn’t budge on the component card in his hand, wanting to trade for pharmaceutical scrolls instead.
She didn’t care if the other was male, female, or neither; business is business.
“I’m not interested in ordinary supplies. I want 2 component cards for 10 frostbite creams. You’re buying before instance content is revealed, looking to make a profit.”
Sicily replied after a while: “2 component cards is too many. Quite a few people have asked me for component cards lately, and I haven’t agreed. 20 frostbite creams.”
“Weather’s so cold, I want to save some to trade for more supplies myself wuwuwu.”
Yu Jiang knew the other was tempted, probably because she or her teammates chose the corresponding instance, like Blizzard Night.
Otherwise, with Sicily’s stockpile, he wouldn’t waver for this bit of profit.
Yu Jiang was firm, “That’s the price. Both instances and silver supply boxes can drop level 5 component cards. The longer you hold them, the more there will be, and the price will drop. Frostbite cream is scarce right now.”
Sicily gritted his teeth. Of course he knew once the top players upgraded vehicles to level 5, these would definitely drop in price.
So he wanted to cash in for max profit while 2-star instance missions were releasing, using level 5 component cards.
The area leaderboard was about to be published. First echelon folks would all upgrade vehicles. After clearing instances and getting rewards, high probability they’d have good scrolls.
But now, his combat power wasn’t high. To go to a 2-star instance with teammates, he needed to stock up supplies.
Sicily cursed inwardly, but his message was still soft.
“10 it is. I know collecting medicinal herbs isn’t easy for sis ‘pouch hands’. Can you add one piece of info? Are you a poison master? How’d you get the achievement?”
Yu Jiang didn’t buy it: “The price I said doesn’t include info.”
She refused cleanly, leaving no room for haggling.
Sicily dragged it out forever, finally trading only 1 component card for 5 frostbite creams, looking unhappy yet forced to buy, that stifled feeling.
Yu Jiang was in a good mood looking at the component card she got, now stocked up to another one. Level 5 vehicle was within reach!
Mission selection countdown ended.
Except for those who didn’t choose and directly gave up, the rest all got the prompt that instance missions were unlocked and could be viewed.
Yu Jiang set down the stainless steel spoon and eagerly opened the mission details.
