As Meng Qingyin looked at the medal details screen, an idea gradually took shape in her mind.

To collect all the medals, you must first submit the medals so that they can be included in the medal progress.

However, the medal also has an additional trading attribute: it can be used to purchase items.

This creates a conflict between the two uses of the medal.

The medal progress requires the submission of medals, which should correspond to 10,000 players if all goes as planned. In other words, 10,000 players need to willingly "contribute" by submitting their medals.

But medals can be used to buy items, so who would willingly submit their medals?

Even Meng Qingyin couldn't be sure whether players in Zone 30 were willing to submit their medals.

You cannot leave this map if you fail to collect all the medals.

The designer of this map really had malicious intentions.

But what kind of items are available in the medal shop?

Filled with curiosity, Meng Qingyin opened the medal shop.

The place was deserted, with only one item unlocked.

[Air Freshener: A refreshing osmanthus-scented air freshener that eliminates the fishy smell of the sea, freshens the air, and its effect lasts for three days. Price: 1 green badge.]

Ah, this...

It's a barely useful item, and most players probably won't need it.

Although the air didn't smell very good, it was still tolerable.

Meng Qingyin suddenly felt relieved. If all the items unlocked later were of this type, she wouldn't have to worry about players not being willing to submit medals.

She took out the green jellyfish medal and clicked submit without hesitation.

Unexpectedly, I received the message: 【Submission failed!】

It failed?

Meng Qingyin's heart stirred, and she checked the medal collection progress.

[Regional Medal Collection Progress: Green Jellyfish Medal Completed / (Medals submitted by players will be recorded in the medal collection progress).]

You've collected them all so quickly?

It's only been a few minutes since we entered the new map, so other players probably just glanced at it before submitting their medals, right?

She switched back to the chat area.

Teacher Da Tan: "Wow, what kind of hand speed do you guys have? You've collected all the jellyfish badges so quickly."

Qingxin Jiyue: "Who says otherwise? When I submitted it just now, it showed that the submission failed, but when I looked, it turned out that I had already collected them all."

Niu Hulu Cat Baby: "Haha, because there are 180,000 players in our region."

Tan Ximu: "The climate on this map is quite suitable. If there were no sea monsters, it would be a good map."

Little Thorn, who was watching from the sidelines, said: "Now that I've collected all the jellyfish medals, should I spend them? I can't stand this fishy smell."

Shi Tian, ​​who loves seashell cakes: "Hmm? How do I spend the medal?"

Qiluo Baby: "There's a medal shop, so read the description carefully."

Feng Rui from the Ye Family Compound: "However, the props in the medal shop are actually air fresheners, which aren't very effective."

Xie: "If the medal shop refreshes with useful items later, will you still submit your medals?"

Erdong77: "I don't know, it depends on what kind of item it is. But our region has 180,000 players, so only 10,000 players need to submit medals, it should be fine, right?"

Sister Qiao gave me a second answer: "It's hard to say. What if it's a life-saving item? Would you buy it?"

The chat area suddenly fell silent.

Lonely Root Three: "Hey, don't be so pessimistic. Maybe the medal shop will only have items like air fresheners."

"..."

Meng Qingyin withdrew her gaze.

Is it because the players have selfish thoughts?

No, everyone wants to live, and she wanted to live too.

All development is based on survival. If you don't live, how can you talk about development?

If the medal shop does indeed refresh with powerful items like life-saving items later, what she needs to do is not to persuade players to give up the items and submit medals instead, but to increase the number of medals by finding ways to increase the number of medals available.

It is currently known that medals are dropped by killing ocean monsters, but the drop rate and whether all ocean monsters will drop medals are unknown.

We need to figure these things out before we can find the right solution.

Meng Qingyin snapped out of her reverie and focused intently on the center console in front of the vehicle, where a map displayed all the surrounding dangers.

Suddenly, a flashing green dot appeared in the right rear of the map, and the green dot was swimming rapidly toward the train.

Meng Qingyin's gaze darkened. This is... a sea monster?

No, green means there's no danger, it can't be a sea monster.

What is that?

Meng Qingyin stared intently at the approaching green dot. When it almost overlapped with the train, Meng Qingyin opened the window next to the driver's seat and looked out.

A giant pink jellyfish floated on the azure sea, its tentacles clinging firmly to the bottom of the train, wriggling its body as if trying to climb onto the train.

[Jellyfish Monster: A green monster. This jellyfish monster is not hostile towards you.]

A jellyfish monster that wasn't hostile to her?

Meng Qingyin quickly realized that it must be because of the jellyfish medal.

The little one couldn't see the jellyfish monster's information. When it saw it trying to climb onto the car, it thought it was going to hurt Meng Qingyin, so it opened its mouth to bite.

Meng Qingyin stopped her in time: "Baby, it won't hurt me."

The little boy looked at Meng Qingyin, then at the jellyfish monster, and chose to believe Meng Qingyin's words.

It lay to one side, trying to see what this jellyfish monster was up to.

The jellyfish monster quickly crawled into the carriage, leaving a trail of wet slime in its wake.

Although Meng Qingyin wasn't a germaphobe, she couldn't stand the train carriage being all wet. She stood in front of the jellyfish monster, stopping it from moving forward.

"Why didn't you stay in the sea? Why did you climb into my car?" Meng Qingyin muttered to herself.

"Please help me, I'm in so much pain," the jellyfish monster suddenly said.

Meng Qingyin was taken aback. The jellyfish monster could talk?

Is it because of her witty remarks that she can understand the jellyfish monster's words?

She glanced at the baby, but the baby's eyes were blank, clearly indicating that it hadn't understood what the jellyfish monster was saying.

It seems to be a case of "witty remarks flowing freely," I didn't expect it could even understand what the monster was saying.

Meng Qingyin asked, "What's wrong? Are you hurt?"

She encountered all sorts of jellyfish in the mini-game, so she developed a fondness for them.

Moreover, the jellyfish monster showed no hostility towards her, so she remained neutral towards it.

The jellyfish monster rolled over, revealing itself beneath its umbrella-like canopy, its voice filled with pain: "I'm about to be bitten to death."

Beneath the umbrella was a dense cluster of tiny eyes, which gave Meng Qingyin goosebumps.

Those little eyes are barnacles.

—No, to be precise, it's a barnacle monster.

[Barnacle Monster: The only white monster. It is not hostile to players, but will attach itself to other sea monsters or marine creatures.]