Chapter 30: A Lucky Draw? A Forced Seizure!

Wu Wang appeared in the familiar settlement space.

Looking down at his status panel, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow in surprise—

【Player Nickname: Widow #9527】

【Player Level: Lv4】

【Assignable Points: 4】

【Strength: 10】

【Constitution: 10】

【Agility: 10】

【Intelligence: 11 (Fixed value, cannot be increased via points)】

【Spirit: 40 (You have been resisting a certain type of mental pollution for a long time; it is tempering your mind)】

【Charisma: 5 (Due to becoming the light in the hearts of all students during the "School Truancy Dragon" incident, and out of respect for Tiga, your charisma is rising)】

He leveled up so fast?

This was most likely related to liberating the entire school; he had essentially overachieved the mission.

While he wasn't sure how many dungeons players like Baili Dao and Tu Xing Sun had cleared to reach levels five or six, they certainly hadn't jumped four levels in a single dungeon like he had.

After all, those people seemed to possess quite a few items and equipment, clearly accumulated as stockpiles from multiple dungeons.

"Isn't it a bit ridiculous that Intelligence can't be increased with points?" Wu Wang's mouth twitched as he stared at a specific line of information.

In other words, in the eyes of the [Spirit Calamity Game], intelligence was something innate—you couldn't get smarter just by adding points?

This was infuriating!

They say "learn from your mistakes."

But after suffering one mistake after another in the dungeon, the game wouldn't even let him gain a bit of wisdom from them.

This was straight-up discrimination against the dim-witted!

Fortunately, regarding his Intelligence, even a farmer would have to admit it was "sweet" (top-tier).

On the other hand, Wu Wang wasn't surprised by the rise in Spirit and Charisma.

His base Spirit was already high, which likely had something to do with his long-term cycle of committing suicide and being resurrected.

After all, there probably wasn't a second person in the world who could constantly experience the fear of death and mental breakdown.

Coupled with the torment inflicted by the God of Abyss's red vertical pupils on his mental state, the repeated friction seemed to be steadily increasing his Spirit even without adding points.

I am the legendary King of Death-Resistance!

"Since childhood, my teachers taught us that moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor skills should develop in balance."

With a chuckle, Wu Wang distributed his available points to [Strength], [Constitution], and [Agility] in a ratio of 1:2:1.

The reason for giving a bit more to [Constitution] was simple—when danger strikes, having enough stamina to run further than your teammates is a victory in itself!

To be honest, he even hesitated a little about whether to allocate points to [Strength].

Looking at the current situation, it seemed impossible to force a way through a dungeon using brute force.

The ghosts and monsters in there were increasingly god-like in terms of strength; no matter how much a player pumped into [Strength], they likely wouldn't be able to go head-to-head with a BOSS.

It was much like an escape room.

It was about using your brain!

Therefore, [Strength] wasn't actually a crucial stat—though that might also be because he had only experienced one dungeon and lacked experience.

"Let's see what the clear rewards are."

Wu Wang clicked on other parts of the panel.

In his inventory...

It didn't seem like any new equipment had appeared.

In his skill bar...

It was still the same.

"Dammit, is the system skimming off the top? What happened to the 'stacking rewards to the peak' promise?" Wu Wang couldn't help but curse under his breath.

But after a thorough check, he discovered something new that had never appeared before—

【Due to stacking rewards and hidden rewards, you have obtained two Legendary Treasury lottery opportunities】

【Legendary Treasury: A warehouse belonging to a legendary omni-trader who travels through myriad worlds and has struck a deal with the Spirit Calamity Game. The minimum grade of equipment or items obtained from here is Epic】

【Equipment/Item Grade Classification: Poor, Common, Fine, Epic, Legendary, Exclusive】

Fine, fine, fine. Turning rewards into a lottery just makes it easier for the puppet masters to manipulate things, right?

Wu Wang was almost laughing from anger.

He had a feeling that the Spirit Calamity Game system didn't particularly like him.

Lotteries were far too unpredictable.

Since he was a kid, he had never even won a "buy one get one free" deal; instead, he'd once opened a few bottles only to find high-protein drinks containing American cockroaches.

"Spin, spin, spin! Dammit, if I ever find out who designed this game, I'll give them a few slaps too." Wu Wang aggressively pressed the lottery option.

A box engraved with a question mark appeared out of thin air before him and began to shake.

【Selecting collection for you...】

【Congratulations! You have obtained an Epic item—Pink Floral Tea (from a certain nurturing-type game, Slave Girl Xi XX)】

【Effect: When used on the opposite sex, it significantly increases their desire in a certain aspect. Duration: one month. It is recommended that players with low stamina use this with caution】

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What kind of crap is this?

Before he could even read the effects clearly, the red vertical pupils on the inside of his wrist suddenly blinked.

Wu Wang's vision went dark and his face turned pale as a massive amount of vitality was sucked away.

He was nearly drained into a dried husk.

What the hell is the God of Abyss acting crazy for again!?

He didn't have any items or equipment on him that could allow it to tamper with him!

In the next second, a row of blood-red tentacles inexplicably appeared in front of the question-mark lottery box.

The tentacles wrapped around the [Pink Floral Tea] and shoved it violently back into the box, then began to extend and stir frantically, as if searching for something.

The question-mark box began to tremble violently.

It seemed to want to flee, but it was held firmly in place by the surrounding tentacles.

"It can do that?" Wu Wang was somewhat stunned.

But does this really count as a lottery?

Isn't this just straight-up robbery!?

A few seconds later, the blood-red tentacles dragged out a black-and-white smiling mask from the box.

【Fake Smile Mask (Epic): The wearer can freely change their appearance and body characteristics. Each use consumes 10 Spirit points. The effect lasts for 24 hours】

【Note: Is everyone not wearing a mask? You think I have put on a mask, but in reality, I have taken it off】

The moment the equipment landed in Wu Wang's hand, the blood-red tentacles and the question-mark box vanished into the dark space.

For some reason, at the moment of disappearance, Wu Wang even felt a deep sense of resentment emanating from the box.

"You're not satisfied, huh? If you're not satisfied, come back!"

Wu Wang cursed and pressed the lottery option again; he had two chances, after all!

The next second, the question-mark box reappeared.

The familiar process began again.

The red vertical pupils blinked, Wu Wang took a massive hit that even caused him to die and resurrect once, and the blood-red tentacles appeared to tightly entwine the poor question-mark box.

Its trembling this time was even more violent than before, perhaps because it hadn't expected him to return.

*Don't you fucking come over here!*

*Gurgle—*

The tentacles stuffed it full again.

This time, it dragged out a scroll.

【Cloud-Striding Steps (Epic, Evolvable): Upon use, this skill is learned. When leaving the ground, you only need to perform a jumping motion in mid-air to complete a double jump (Effect is stackable). Each jump consumes a certain amount of stamina】

【Note: Who says you can't reach the heavens by stepping on your left foot with your right?】

"OK, I forgive you. It seems my life wasn't wasted feeding you." Wu Wang smiled with relief.

Though it hadn't actually "eaten" him for real.

The red vertical pupils of the God of Abyss were essentially nothing good, but at least it had done something useful for him.

If the God of Abyss mark on his wrist hadn't consumed the red vertical pupils on the door during this dungeon, it would have been quite difficult for him to enter that broadcasting room.

Oh, wait! That's not right!

Dammit, the reason the dungeon required entering the broadcasting room was because this bastard had distorted his mission!

Wu Wang suddenly realized that the source of the problem seemed to be this thing on his wrist.

He cursed, "You didn't hear me just now, did you? Then I'm retracting my forgiveness."

With that, he crushed the scroll.

A sharp light flashed in Wu Wang's eyes.

【Learned: Cloud-Striding Steps (Epic, Evolvable)】

A piece of common equipment could cause players to fight; fine equipment was enough to make many players take risks in reality, breaking the law to kill and rob; epic equipment could even cause a certain level of panic.

This was because the struggle for epic equipment would likely affect the social order of a certain region.

Not to mention, Wu Wang now possessed an epic-level skill. Although it didn't look like much now, it was clearly marked as "evolvable."

Anything that can evolve, provided the conditions are met, is bound to become an overpowered skill in the Spirit Calamity Game.

In a sense, the potential value of [Cloud-Striding Steps] was even higher than that of the [Fake Smile Mask].

【Log out?】

"Confirm log out." Wu Wang's expression became increasingly arrogant. "I'm going to stamp those three bastards' faces with my size 42 shoes!"

Just as the settlement space was about to vanish.

An extra notification sounded—

【Eye of Truth (Passive): Fused and Evolved】

【@!%# can see your world more clearly now; He is in high spirits within the abyss】

【I am gradually understanding everything!】

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Wait, brother, you can evolve too?

What the hell did you use to evolve?

(End of Chapter)