[Swallowing Orb: An alternative inlay stone. After secondary forging, it can be embedded into weapons or armor. It allows the embedded object to devour low-level weapons or armor and evolve them. This is limited to non-instrumental weapons, armor, or accessories.]

An Ran was in a dilemma as she held the beads. She had the secondary forging scroll, but it was a problem which piece of equipment to give it to.

She thought about it for a while and decided to ask the big white goose.

The big white goose thought for a while and said, "I'll give you that pendant. It can save your life. In a battle, it might just be those crucial few seconds that could save your life."

The attributes of weapons and armor are pretty good now. If worst comes to worst, there are still armor and weapons transformed by Qianjun.

Indeed, it is very useful to keep something that can save your life at a critical moment.

The pendant given by the system is a thin silver chain with a transparent glass-like pendant, which is very beautiful.

An Ran placed the pitch-black bead on the pendant and started the scroll for secondary forging.

The originally transparent beads gradually turned black, becoming a piece of colorful black glass.

Wanting to test its ability, An Ran casually made a blank iron sword using iron blocks and wood.

The colorful colors in the black glass rotated and absorbed the iron sword.

But maybe the level of the iron sword is too low, and no changes were seen after absorbing it.

An Ran didn't give up and bought another black iron-grade whip to feed the pendant, but there was still no movement after absorbing it.

An Ran felt that if this thing was to be upgraded, it would probably require a large number of weapons and armors, and just a few pieces would be too much.

Not discouraged, he stuffed the pendant back into his chest and continued to examine what he had obtained.

Currently, only the Dark Core remains to be checked.

[Dark Core: The crystallization of dark magic. After taking it, there is a 5% chance of awakening dark magic. Independent of the profession, as long as there is magic power, dark magic can be used.]

An Ran pinched her face. It hurt, it was real.

A five percent chance. According to her luck, this five percent must at least be increased to half.

But there is still a 50% chance of failure. At least this probability needs to be increased to 75%.

She had witnessed the power of that big bug's magic.

Just a blindness spell is enough to make her lose her way.

There is also corrosion, which can even corrode the weapons that she has transformed into as a pet. When she woke up, she repaired all the weapons.

Fortunately, the system gave her some weapon repair fluid, otherwise it would not be enough for her to waste.

The armor, spears, etc. all have varying degrees of wear and tear, as they have been used quite a bit.

The armor in particular was corroded by one third, and there was a large hole on the leg, which required the most repair fluid.

Seeing her hesitating and struggling with the beads, Xiao Baqianyu and the others also came over.

Xiao Ba fell on her head, rolled into a ball, and made a nest there.

Now Qianyu has returned to his previous size, which is too big and inconvenient to move.

【Master, what's wrong? 】

An Ran told the story about the bead again.

Qianyu tilted his head, took out a few things from somewhere and handed them to Anran.

[Master, this is a thank-you gift from the Peacock Clan. Perhaps there's a way to help you increase your chances.]

An Ran took it and got a luck card, adding 1 point of luck.

15 chips, and a light golden bead that is very similar to the Dark Core.

Chip 25/100.

She now has 25 chips accumulated.

But what is the use of this chip, and why would the Peacock Clan use it as a thank-you gift?

I guess the thank you gift is that she helped Qianyu accept the inheritance and entangled the big bug.

She used the luck card directly.

After crushing it, the luck value increased to 9 points.

If the upper limit is 10 points, this luck value is definitely high enough.

As for that bead of light.

[Light Core: After taking it, there is a 10% chance of awakening light magic. Independent of your profession, you can use light magic as long as you have magic power.]

An Ran was a little confused. Was her life just a cheat?

Otherwise, how did all these things end up in her hands?

Although I know that higher luck values ​​bring more good things, this is still a bit outrageous.

But she still had to eat this thing, she was just a little confused.

[Anran, before you take this, I have something to tell you.]

An Ran focused her attention on the big white goose.

"What?"

"Didn't I tell you a little bit about the truth of this world before we fought? You can eat these two beads later. It will give you some time to recover."

Anran nodded obediently, looking at the big white goose with sparkling eyes.

But she probably didn't expect that the big white goose would give her a big bomb.

[We, the Fantasy Beast Clan, were the first players of this game! ]

"well?!"

An Ran was a little slow to react and could only utter a short single syllable.

It was obvious that she was shocked by the truth told by the big white goose.

The big white goose waited until she gradually came back to her senses before continuing to speak.

[But we failed the game and were assimilated into a member of this world, which you call an NPC.

But we are not the same as the NPCs generated by the system. We have our own consciousness and a high degree of autonomy.

This is why the big white goose can recognize its master on its own and why Qianyu has a racial heritage.

They are different from the fantasy beasts transformed by the system, Xiao Ba and Xiao Qi. They don't need to follow the program set by the system and have more freedom.

It took Anran a while to digest this fact.

"Are there other races in this world? Are they also former players?"

[Some are, and some are monsters created by the system. For example, the Dark Crow Clan in your previous job transfer quest is an NPC converted by the player.]

An Ran thought about it carefully. Being able to kill players easily and have smooth conversations with them were things that rigid NPCs could not do.

"Then why didn't you finish the game and leave here?"

[Because we failed the game and didn't reach level 100.]

"Then I will be left behind and become an NPC even if I don't reach level 100."

[Not only will you become an NPC, but you'll also lose your freedom, be controlled by the system, and be fed to octopuses.]

The big white goose flapped its wings, not to scare her, but just to tell the truth.

An Ran covered her face in fear and said, "Then I will work hard to reach level 100. I don't want to be left behind and become an NPC, nor do I want to be fed to octopuses."

After a while, An Ran thought, "Why aren't you being fed to the octopus?"

The big white goose almost rolled its eyes. [The giant octopus only likes to eat human flesh. The system previously made the world devoid of humans. You are the first humans.]

An Ran nodded. "Has the system created many worlds before?"

[Yes, I have forgotten exactly which number you are.]

The big white goose was almost touching its chin.