The other party asked for an exorbitant price, so Ye Miao’s reaction was, of course, to put the self-heating hot pot back on the shelf.

"I don't want it anymore." She started walking out, thinking she might as well try the cafe next door. However, just as she took a step, a steel knife was thrust in front of her: "You're just leaving like that? Do you think this is your home?!"

The burly man next to him looked ferocious.

Ye Miao stopped and raised his eyebrows: "Get out of the way!"

Before he finished speaking, several figures walked out slowly from the metal door on the side and stood silently behind the yellow-haired man. There were as many as seven or eight people.

Ye Miao, knowing her own strength, was of course not in a panic—it had only been eleven days since the apocalypse! Unless the other person had also traveled through time, she didn't believe anyone could reach the same maximum level as her.

But the other party was not panicked.

To them, the girl before them was a powerless little girl. Aside from the blue [Large Storage Backpack], all her other equipment was white. How much of a fighter could she possibly be?

They had occupied this convenience store from the first day of the apocalypse. In the days that followed, not only were they well-fed and well-dressed, but they were also able to use their location and sheer numbers to hunt down other players. They had snatched up a large number of skill cards and gold, and even obtained several pieces of purple and orange gear.

For example, the big knife in the hand of the burly man next to Ye Miao is of purple quality, and two slashes are enough to kill most players!

So, Huangmao walked up to Ye Miao without hesitation and patted her shoulder with a hint of threat: "In the apocalypse, food is gold. I'm not cheating you by quoting this price. Of course, if you really can't afford that much—" He glanced up and down, "You can use other methods to pay off the debt."

As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes and told Ye Miao greedily, "There's a bed in the warehouse next door."

There was a burst of laughter and whistles behind him, which made Ye Miao feel sick and he could not bear it any longer.

"Ah!" In the blink of an eye, the yellow-haired man was thrown to the ground, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet. The obscene smile on the yellow-haired man's face, who was stepped on by Ye Miao's chest, suddenly froze. He stared at Ye Miao in disbelief for a second, and then shouted angrily, "Kill her for me!"

The subordinates who were stunned for a moment suddenly woke up as if from a dream, and immediately took out their equipment and attacked Ye Miao with roars.

The first thing that struck Ye Miao was the steel knife. Ye Miao hadn't worn the purple Night Demon Heavy Armor when he came out, in order to increase his agility so he could quickly find the traveling merchant. Therefore, he didn't have any extra defense.

But facing the steel knife, she was too lazy to dodge. She continued to step on the yellow-haired man and took the blow.

You know, as a max-level player, her own defense is as high as 3000!

The burly man next to him saw a [-120] flying over Ye Miao's head, and was just wondering why the damage was so low, when he suddenly heard a female voice screaming: "Yue, Brother Yue..."

This player just happened to have a sharp voice, and his shout caught everyone's attention, causing his companions who were rushing forward to stop.

Then everyone clearly saw numbers popping up above the head of the yellow-haired man called "Brother Yue".

-300

-300

-300

…

Ye Miao narrowed his eyes and smiled with satisfaction.

Her proactive attack was certainly enough for the system to identify the opponent as an enemy, so the passive skill [Nightmare Invasion] was triggered and took effect.

The next second, the man with the steel knife also noticed the same number popping up above his head and stepped back in fear: "You, you——"

"What's wrong?" Ye Miao looked over calmly, a smile curling up at the corner of his lips. "It's the eleventh day of the apocalypse, and I haven't seen the passive skill yet?"

"You..." The man with the steel knife wanted to say that of course he had seen it, but because the performance of the skill was directly linked to the player's combat level, he had never seen such high damage.

But before he could finish, another [-300] jumped out, and the last blood bar was deducted. The man with the steel knife twisted his neck and died.

Ye Miao looked down at the yellow-haired man on the ground again - unfortunately, he died two or three seconds before the man with the steel knife took his last breath.

The convenience store was completely silent, and the yellow-haired man's men looked at each other in bewilderment. Two players who had been about to enter for food paused at the entrance, gazing cautiously and bewilderedly at the eerie atmosphere.

Ye Miao retracted his foot from the yellow-haired man's chest. Soon, the yellow-haired man and the man with the steel knife disappeared one after another, and their equipment dropped.

Ye Miao lowered his eyes, picking up his equipment and putting it into his backpack, and asked expressionlessly: "What are your plans? Are you going to fight to the death? I'm very free."

Everyone looked at each other again, some swallowing in fear. Then, without knowing who started it first, everyone screamed and turned to run for their lives, almost bumping into the two innocent passers-by who were looking out the door.

Two passersby held onto the door frame to steady themselves, and glanced at the loli with twin ponytails in the store. Although they didn't understand the situation, they also chose to flee in order to save their lives.

Ye Miao: Not necessarily?

The surroundings became quiet. Ye Miao opened his backpack and put the items on the shelf into it one by one.

Like most games, the backpack in "Fantasy World" can also stack items of the same type, with a maximum of 1,000 items per grid. No matter how many things you put in, it will not add weight and is very easy to carry on your back.

So she bought all the self-heating hot pots, mineral water, chocolates, biscuits, bread and milk on the shelves, and then went to the warehouse behind the metal door to have a look, and found more boxes of supplies, each of which could be put directly into the backpack as a box.

In less than 20 minutes, Ye Miao emptied the warehouse. In addition, he got an orange piece of equipment and two purple pieces of equipment from the yellow-haired man, and two purple pieces of equipment and two blue pieces of equipment from the steel knife man. It was really a great harvest!

After quickly eating a self-heating hot pot while sitting on the roadside, Ye Miao continued on her way. In the afternoon, she continued to fight monsters and look for traveling merchants. When the sun set, she finally saw a crowded scene at a crossroads.

Walking closer, she saw [City Merchant Zhang Lei] hanging above the NPC's head.

Comrade, I found you again!

Ye Miao walked over quickly and then lined up patiently.

As we were waiting in line, a player in front of us shouted, "What? The 'Shelter Construction Permit' is sold out? Weren't they just freely available before? Why are they gone?"

The traveling merchant said expressionlessly, "The permits are available in unlimited quantities in the ten days before the apocalypse. After ten days, they will be randomly dropped while supplies last."

It seems the system has a limit on the number of shelters. This makes sense; in the apocalypse, banding together to survive increases your chances of survival. If licenses were sold in unlimited quantities, and everyone built one, I'm afraid no one would be able to develop a large number of them.

Then he heard the voice in front of him say indignantly, "Then how come the sanctuary barrier stone is still there?"

The vendor said: "The license and the barrier stone are sold at a 1:1 ratio. Many customers only buy the license and not the barrier stone, so the barrier stone is still available."

Hearing this, Ye Miao breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that the barrier stone was still there, otherwise her entire day would have been wasted.

The news that the licenses were sold out caused some of the players in the queue to leave immediately, while others continued to browse the panels to buy things, and they bought things very quickly.

About a quarter of an hour later, Ye Miao was in line with the traveling merchant. She quickly flipped to the barrier stone and pressed the buy button, and the gold coins in her backpack instantly dropped by 10,000.

Ye Miao: Although I was mentally prepared...it still hurts.

Then, out of habit, she casually flipped through the panel again and was suddenly stunned: "What is the purpose of the NPC for sale?"

Inner thought: Why does it sound like human trafficking?

Traveling merchant: "This is a blind box, you will know after you buy it."

Ye Miao:……?

What a crappy game. Instead of selling things properly, they even sell blind boxes!

There are so many functions that one could imagine with an NPC. If it were clearly described, she would be able to rationally judge whether it was useful or not.

But since it’s a blind box…

Of course I have to go back and try it!

Blind boxes are so exciting, and they make people addicted [to them seriously].

Moreover, perhaps because he had just spent a huge amount of money to buy the barrier stone, looking at the price of 500 gold coins per blind box, Ye Miao felt that it was extremely cheap.

She rubbed her hands and asked with interest, "How many types of blind boxes are there?"

If it is a blind box similar to the ones in the real world that come in sets of 6 or 12, she is willing to go back and save money to buy the box.

Travel merchant: "There are about 500 models, and the number will continue to increase in the future."

Ye Miao: “…”

I was presumptuous.

"Give me three first." She calmed down and took out 1,500 gold coins and handed them over.

When she went out, she had more than 16,000 gold coins in her backpack. She had just "looted" the convenience store and saved up 20,000. Now she bought the barrier stone and the blind box and still had more than 8,000.

The next second, three of the spaces in the backpack were occupied, and a small humanoid figurine appeared in each space. Ye Miao looked up, and the figurine displayed a message:

[Item: Inactivated NPC]

[Description: After opening, you will randomly obtain an NPC of any attribute. Regardless of the attribute, the NPC is absolutely loyal to the holder.]

Ye Miao couldn't help but concentrate when he read the last sentence in the description: Interesting.

Get-rich-quick refuge.

Zhang Xu carefully forged the two swords according to the drawings given by Ye Miao.

Dual swords are light and sharp, and can block damage if used properly. For high-end players, they are weapons that can be used for both offense and defense.

The moment the system prompted that the equipment forging was complete, the light effect of the iron sword almost filled the entire thatched hut.

Zhang Xu couldn't help but hold his breath, hoping for a miracle to happen and forge purple or orange equipment with a small chance of success.

However, when the light faded, no miracle had occurred. A pair of slender swords lay quietly on the table, their blades gleaming with a faint blue light, and each hilt was inlaid with a sapphire. This was the only blue equipment his forging skills could produce.

Zhang Xu reached out and touched the hilt of the sword, and the attribute panel popped up:

[Item: Finely Forged Dual Swords]

【Quality: Blue】

[Description: Weapon. After equipping this, if an attack triggers a critical hit, the damage is increased by 45%; if it does not trigger a critical hit, the damage is reduced by 35%.]

Durability: 100/100

No miracle happened, but as a blue outfit, such attributes are quite impressive.

Zhang Xu breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that at least he could complete the task.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Ye Miao, who had been busy outside all day, returned to the shelter. He quickly returned to his room and installed the barrier stone on the wall.

This barrier stone is specially used with the shelter. No matter where it is placed, it will protect the entire shelter.

The moment the barrier stone touched the wall, golden runes lit up on the square barrier stone, and the shelter was suddenly shrouded in a veil.

At the same time, a panel appeared in front of Ye Miao, which displayed: [Boundary HP: 10000/10000]

Then, Ye Miao couldn't wait to take out the "blind box".

The unactivated blind box NPC is very small, only the size of an ordinary blind box doll, but when you hold it in your hand, a line of prompt will float up on it: Please place it on an open space for activation.

Ye Miao understood what she meant - if she placed it in the palm of her hand and activated it, it would become the size of a normal person and would probably make her fall.

She then carefully placed the doll on the ground in the thatched hut, took two cautious steps back, and then pressed the "activate" button.

The next second, a dazzling white light appeared, and Ye Miao subconsciously turned his head to avoid it.

When the white light faded, she looked carefully and saw a man in dark green coarse cloth in front of her.

Ye Miao looked at him while checking the attribute panel.

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The Gold Finger Happened Ahead of Time by Yanbo Jiangnan

【Copywriting】

There are some creatures in this world who have innate bloodlines, superb spiritual roots, and abundant assets, but they often become dependent on others for their golden fingers.

Live for others, die for others, and become a stepping stone for others' success.

But one day, a dragon egg that was waiting to be recognized by the blood of the "Child of Destiny" suddenly hatched next to the "villain".

Looking at the strange and dangerous world outside, the weak, pitiful and helpless Chen Xing just wanted to hide himself quietly.

But the man whose fate was linked to her was really vicious and particularly liked to go into dangerous places.

Wow, she is still a baby dragon, why is her life so difficult?

Everyone: You are a majestic silver dragon!

Chen Xing: But what does this have to do with me being weak, timid and afraid of death?

Qin Ji never thought that he died with a dragon in his previous life and lived with her in this life.

But looking at this greedy dragon who was afraid of fatigue and indulged in luxury, he often doubted himself, wondering whether his memory was wrong or the world he was reborn into was wrong.