Chapter 342 - 342 222 Rewards

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342: Chapter 222: Rewards 342: Chapter 222: Rewards The early harvest from pioneering the Secret Realm is often exceptionally rich, which in fact, does not conform to normal logic. Because the pollution of the Secret Realm becomes stronger as it develops, the output should theoretically increase over time. Even if occasionally a lucky person obtains the “legacy of the predecessor,” it should be a very small number, rather than a widespread phenomenon. However, when there is a Secret Realm Master and a controlling Virtual Persona in the Secret Realm, it becomes much easier to explain. “Advertisements are always needed, it’s about making money and attracting customers without humiliation.” Excluding subjective factors, the difficulty and pressure of the Secret Realm during the pioneering period are high, which also requires a balance by offering higher rewards. [According to the comprehensive evaluation and the attitude of the Secret Realm Master, your feedback from the Secret Realm is as follows. Please make your choices within 3 minutes; otherwise, the Secret Realm Master will make a random choice for you. The evaluation of team competitions is improved, and the rewards for early competitions are also improved. This choice can be made twice, and the rewards for the second choice will be moderately weakened.] [A. Provide additional pollution to your body (after Chasers’ purification). If you have the Runner profession, there is a small chance to gain a ‘Runner’ mutation on your limbs, which is mostly benign in most cases.] [B. A random blessing from Chasers (below third-tier).] [C. A random anecdote (Taboo knowledge no higher than Silver-tier, information about ‘Self-curse’ may appear).] [D. Open the Secret Realm store, use credit-coins to purchase specific targets (Your comprehensive evaluation/authority is insufficient, and you cannot select this). PS: In this Secret Realm, only ‘Champions’ have the chance to obtain store currency and are eligible to open the Secret Realm store.] There is not the previous possibility of “polluted items”, but Lu Ping’an is generous because of this additional C option. Anecdotes? Or taboo knowledge, its value does not need to be elaborated. Lu Ping’an and Meow have made such rapid progress because of the information provided by the big cat. However, the big cat also has its limits, as it only has the knowledge of a “common Quasi-God of the Life system.” For paths and matters she has never encountered herself, she knows nothing about them. “Choose C, give me information. For the second choice, choose B.” If it were a newcomer who had just entered the inner world, they might still hesitate whether to take the tangible rewards. B’s blessing might be a good choice. For those with the Runner profession, they might have come here for A’s “small chance of benign mutation.” Growing a hoof, improving the structure of a thigh, or even growing a windproof layer on the eyelids is possible to be considered as benign mutations as long as they contribute to increased speed. The Secret Realm specialized for professions has obvious improvement for specific paths, such as the Lady of the Forest Secret Realm for Gardeners and the forging Secret Realm in Zion District for craftsmen. However, Lu Ping’an, without hesitation, chose the seemingly “useless” information. “Random, huh, there is no such thing as true randomness… it just depends on the attitude of the Secret Realm Master, right?” Having experienced many “random” occurrences, Lu Ping’an naturally wants to take a gamble during the promotional period now. Moreover, he understands the value of “information”. The intrinsic evaluation of information is extremely low in the design of the system and the Secret Realm AI. Obtaining information may only be a Bronze level, but if operated correctly, it might bring Silver-tier returns… and this depends on the operation of the Secret Realm AI. “Information no higher than the Silver-tier”, so there is a possibility of Silver-tier information. Coupled with the friendly attitude of the Chasers, he can naturally take a gamble on it. After making his choice, Lu Ping’an suddenly feels bewildered. A piece of memory suddenly appears in his mind, a dry ocean, endless gray dead land, and ubiquitous malice compose this eerie world. The atmosphere is poisonous, the high temperature of the three suns turned the world into a hell; there is no ocean because in this cruel and hot hell, there is no place for water to exist. In that realm, there is still light, and some creatures are struggling to survive, fighting for their lives in the desperate situation… “Ugh, uncomfortable.” Lu Ping’an presses his temple, he feels a headache, which is very rare for him. This means, even for him, he might be slightly “pollution overloaded.” Then it could be a Silver-tier “anecdote”, or even an extremely rare “exotic knowledge”. Recalling the memory fragments of many broken links carefully, it still takes time to sort them out. However, another reward arrived quite suddenly. [The host has selected C (Anecdote), and the second reward B (Random Blessing) is reduced by two tiers, giving a first-tier random blessing.] [Arrow Avoidance Blessing from Chasers (Black-iron tier): For guns, arrows, and other long-range projectile weapons, you have a certain ‘intuition for when you are about to be hit’. Note: This blessing is a permanent passive, but it can be replaced by a higher-tier blessing.] Lu Ping’an smiles. Although this is merely the lowest-tier blessing and can only “intuit specific attacks”, it is similar to the feeling of “someone is watching me” and is quite useful in the city. Even if they were of the same tier and the same rating, the actual combat effect and value could be completely different. Being able to sense “getting hit soon” could reduce the possibility of being shot stealthily and be extremely practical. Since even the first-tier Blessing was so valuable, Lu Ping’an looked forward even more to the value of the organized “Anecdote.” “Meow! An abnormal ability! That’s fantastic!” Meanwhile, Meow over there was already jumping around excitedly all over the place. Upon asking, it turned out that she had actually received a Grace, awakening a Runner’s Profession Abnormal Ability. “What is it?” “Shrink Land! The most practical Shrink Land!” “Ha, you didn’t even know how to Shrink Land…” Lu Ping’an’s disdainful face instantly baffled Meow. But, in fact, Meow and Lu Ping’an became professionals at the same time, treasuring a single Spider Walk abnormal ability, and it was too normal not to be able to awaken a second one in less than two or three months. Now that she had obtained a highly practical “Shrink Land” ability, her capabilities doubled from one to two, which was indeed a huge harvest. More importantly, most first-tier Runners awakened this ability first, and a large number of 2-tier Runners needed Shrink Land as a prerequisite for their advancement, opening the door for their advancement. Maybe it wasn’t an expensive reward, but it was definitely the reward she needed most, and, the Chasers seemed to like this cat even more…. “Hmph, this is Brass Tier Shrink Land, with Divine Blessing added after the Meow!” Upon asking, Lu Ping’an discovered that it really was a good thing. “Can you shrink the land in four steps?” What she awakened was still the Black-Iron Level Shrink Land, as the sublimation of abnormal abilities as Professional Skills required practice to improve. But at the same time, she was also given a Divine Blessing, which greatly increased the performance of her Shrink Land, raising it directly to the Brass Level… Many people knew how to use Shrink Land, but it was too difficult to improve its tier. After all, it involved using physical actions to break through spatial limitations, which required many hidden conditions. In the past, a large amount of resources and years of additional practice were needed to have a chance of improvement. As far as Lu Ping’an knew, there were not many Runners who practiced “Four-step Shrink Land (Brass-tier),” and they were basically high-level Fighters doing it part-time. As for the Silver-tier (Three-step Shrink Land), Lu Ping’an only knew about Lei Huoren, who was even a suspect… Lu Ping’an suspected that he either had Divine Blessing or similar taboo items. After Meow received this blessing, she might have the effect of “three-step teleport” when she trained to the Brass-tier, greatly increasing her effectiveness and flexibility in actual combat. Five-step teleport was an “ultimate move” that had to be prepared in advance and used as a finisher in critical moments. Three-step teleport… could even be used as a regular technique, using one Shrink, two forward steps to slow down, and then another leap for another “Shrink Land” – it could be used as a regular close combat technique. Moreover, Silver Shrink Land was a decree-level ability, which meant that almost all normal spatial restrictions would be ineffective against it, and it could even be used as a special skill to escape control and dodge bullets. This was the experience passed down by Big Cat, and also the direction of Lu Ping’an’s efforts. Training Brass-tier Shrink Land was difficult, but at least it was much more relaxed than the almost urban myth-like Silver Shrink Land. At this moment, the other members had no feelings about it as they did not know the value of this thing. Lu Ping’an himself was even a little jealous. “This little gift, it’s too biased.” “Meow, there’s another blessing that seems to be able to permanently improve my understanding of Runner’s abnormal abilities, Meow!” For the first time, Lu Ping’an was hit by Meow. Was this cat really so well-liked by the Chasers? “A team’s reward should be of the same grade… it could also be possible that the value of your ‘Anecdote’ is so heavy that you can’t analyze it yet.” But Big Cat offered a different opinion.

Chapter 342 - 342 222 Rewards

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