Chapter 144 Blind Box Paradise

Wen Haoqian also knew that the private room that Lou Keqing mentioned was a scented food store on the 88th floor.

All the foods sold in the store have special flavors. Each private room has a different food theme, and the sealing and security are very good.

Opening a blind box is fine if you are buying ordinary goods, and the players around you are just watching the fun. But opening a blind box with props is a different matter, and it is no different from unpacking a gold bar on the street.

The durian and other fruit rooms were all full, so Lou Keqing opened a cucumber-flavored room. When Qiao Song entered, he saw a series of green gift packages filled with cucumber-flavored potato chips, cucumber-flavored bread, cucumber-flavored soda, etc.

She finally understood why the cowherd boy in the dungeon liked coriander, Chinese spinach and houttuynia cordata. Maybe when they first recruited NPCs, they were looking for fans of food with special smells.

The number 089-013 is written on the wall of the store.

This is Shop No. 13 on the 88th floor.

After they came out of the game, they were still in the food court, but at a different store.

Seeing Qiao Song staring at the number, Lou Keqing knew that she was judging which floor she was on. Every player who came out of the game had this habit.

Lou Keqing entered the dungeon from the food street on her own initiative, so she knew where she would be when she came out.

"When we played the game before, we should have gone to the -88th floor. The dungeon game areas are all underground."

In fact, Qiao Song also took the initiative to enter the dungeon, mainly because an acquaintance gave her props for special treatment, and in order to balance the dungeon, she had to be pulled in. As a result, when she was in the Hell Community, she had already played related games, and was randomly dumped to the game area in charge of another store.

Lou Keqing continued: "The daily necessities purchasing area on the 88th floor upstairs corresponds to the prop purchasing area on the -88th floor downstairs..."

Qiao Song thought for a moment and said, "Then the 89th floor is rented out to players?"

A male voice interrupted, "Yeah, just walk around more often and check the map to see it. Hey, boss, so this is actually your first day here?"

Wen Haoqian, who squeezed into the private room shamelessly, poured himself a cup of cucumber-flavored tea. He drank it in one gulp and his face wrinkled. "You're so awesome on your first day in the game. I was right to call you Boss."

This is not difficult to guess. If a building with a total of 188 floors is to be completely symmetrical from top to bottom, there will be no corresponding prop game area after the 89th floor.

In addition, as mentioned before, some players or guild forces can establish a base here, that is, open a store of their own. It is not difficult to guess that these places where stores can be opened should be above the 89th floor, because the rest of the areas belong to NPCs.

Wen Haoqian gulped down a large cup of tea to quench his thirst and continued, "But for players, the living area controlled by NPCs is safer. There are several floors on the top, and it's almost become the lair of a large guild."

Lou Keqing also curled her lips: "If it weren't for the restrictions of the mall, those guys would have wanted their own guild to occupy an entire floor."

Obviously, these two people may be members of a small guild who have been deeply harmed by the big guild, or even individual players.

Seeing this man in a suit and sunglasses naturally taking advantage of the private room to drink water, Lou Keqing could only roll her eyes. After all, she didn't kick him out. After all, they were still enjoying a revolutionary friendship while playing games together.

She pressed the remote control on the wall and switched the room to do not disturb mode to prevent the noise of them drawing the blind boxes from being heard outside.

"Golden blind box, at least B-level items can be found, and at best A-level items can be found!"

The white blind box is at the bottom, usually it is an ordinary reward below C or D level. She casually pulled out 800 soul coins, which is not bad, and it can be considered as a way to get some money back.

The following is the highlight.

As she focused her attention, the golden blind box of the game reward began to spin, and with a flash of light, the top of the box opened.

[You have obtained B-level props: Farm Protection Gloves X1]

[Serving the owner wholeheartedly, special gloves that are quite good at farm work will become your perfect housekeeper]

Lou Keqing sighed regretfully: "Come again."

Farm protection gloves are also useful, but she wants A-level items more.

The golden blind box rotated again, and this time when the box was opened, the light was obviously brighter.

[You get A-level props: storybook "Jack and the Beanstalk"]

[For targets with plant attributes, reciting the stories in this book can greatly shorten their growth cycle and make them strong, with the ability to grow small grass into towering trees.]

"This book is quite good. It can be exchanged with players whose abilities are plant-based."

As soon as Lou Keqing spoke, Wen Haoqian glanced at her and said, "It's a waste. If you can't use this A-level item yourself, it would be more worthwhile to exchange it with other people who have collected the same item."

Qiao Song was keenly aware that there were other tricks involved: "Is collecting blind boxes of props to pass the level different from collecting ordinary goods?"

Wen Haoqian smiled slyly: "Of course it's different. A complete set of A-level series props can be directly synthesized into A-level professional skills when clearing the level."

"In other dungeons, even the props you get won't have levels like ABCD. Only those produced by the system have them. I'm in the blind box mall, and every player who has a little bit of ambition comes here to synthesize a professional suit."

"A-level or even S-level items of the same series can be combined into an additional profession."

"Individual props are just disposable items. They are not as useful as individual professional skills."

Qiao Song finally understood why those people were trying their best to go through more copies of the blind box mall. Not only props, but even new skills can be synthesized directly here.

Lou Keqing didn't care at all, "What do you know? If it was that simple, there wouldn't be so many people in the living area upstairs. Everyone could just stay downstairs, find a job they want, and go into the store and swipe for props. Selling props is much harder than swipe for props, unless you clear the level directly. Outside of the dungeon, there is no mandatory rule that props can only be used by the person who opened the blind box."

Players must draw blind boxes for all food and drink expenses in the mall. In order to avoid passing the level, they can also choose to eat different foods in multiple stores.

Even so, it is impossible to stay in the mall forever. There will always be a day to pass.

But in this situation, no matter how long players stay in the blind box mall, few people can put together a set of blind box professional costumes.

Wen Haoqian picked up a red wine glass, poured half a bottle of transparent cucumber sparkling water into it, and shook it gently: "There are a total of 88 floors, including all floors that can produce professional props. There are even hundreds of shops on each floor, and each time you go to a shop, it may not only trigger their game. In this case, there is also a rule that the blind box is directly bound to the person after opening it. It is really difficult to get a set of blind boxes before clearing the level."

Lou Keqing got furious when she saw him sitting with his legs crossed on the table, drinking cucumber water and looking pretentious.

Just use some force to make it work, grab the collar and make him sit down.

"Tsk, you don't know how to sit properly. Just say what you want to say."

Wen Haoqian was like a chicken with his collar pulled up. He was only handsome for three seconds before he was forced to put his legs down. He shouted "Stop pulling me" before smoothing out the wrinkles on his suit.

"It's true that the blind box is directly bound to the person. What I mean is, do you have any idea of ​​exchanging blind boxes with other players?"

Qiao Song looked the guy up and down: "Do you know where I can exchange blind boxes?"

She used affirmative sentences.

Wen Haoqian chuckled: "To be honest, I have been living in this dungeon for half a month, but my friends have been here the longest, some have been here for more than half a year."

Lou Keqing was a little skeptical: "Stay in one instance for half a year? You guys would have to win the game just by drawing blind boxes in the hotel."

There are many shops in the food court, with the menu having the longest menu having 16 dishes and the shortest having only 3 dishes.

If you don't want to complete the trip but still need to eat every day, try to eat at different restaurants before collecting all the blind boxes. This can indeed meet the requirement of staying for half a year, but it is different for hotels.

The accommodation area has separate floors, but there are very few shops.

The blind box over there is for collecting mascots on keys. The quantity is very small and it is easy to collect them. Some players have calculated that even if you stay in different hotels, it will take about three months at most to collect all the hotel key mascots and be forced to pass the level.

Unless you become a homeless person and sleep outside.

Or, every time you want to sleep or eat, you play the game.

But this is too shabby. Spending your entire life in one copy, what’s the difference between this and working here?

Wen Haoqian suddenly looked proud: "You don't know this, right? In our later life, we all consume in the stores opened by players themselves. After we have a place to stay in the dungeon, it is easy to relay and explore the dungeon where we can exchange props."

Some players with life skills can indeed provide corresponding life supplies, such as pastry chefs. The desserts produced by their skills, in addition to restoring energy, can of course also satisfy the most primitive effect of filling the stomach.

If you think about it this way, it's not impossible for a player to have the skills to provide a bed for others to sleep on.

Lou Keqing frowned:

"So how do we solve the prop exchange problem?"

"We need to use the power of the replica to trade indirectly, but this is indeed a bit troublesome."

Lou Keqing suddenly looked strange: "You kid, you are not hiding your incompetence and relying on us just to promote your blind box exchange method, right?"

After all, most people can't collect a complete professional set. After completing the mall, go to other copies and sell the items you get. This is the best way to sell excess items.

Of course, even if you sell it to other people outside, and players outside the copy collect a complete set of professional props through their own channels and then return to the mall, they will not be able to stimulate new professions.

Some people have tried it, and it only counts if you collect the blind boxes in the mall.

Therefore, Lou Keqing felt that Wen Haoqian either didn't know how valuable the method he mentioned was, or he was deliberately fishing and playing dumb in front of them.

"Tsk, do I have to go through so much trouble? I just want to see your potential. The three of us played a small game and got six golden blind boxes."

Qiao Song felt that most of what Wen Haoqian said was true.

Stupid and foolish are two different things, and he doesn't seem to be pretending.

There was no need for Wen Haoqian to tell such a lie that could be easily exposed in the game.

"So you have formed a small circle, or even a guild, to do this?"

Wen Haoqian: "It's not a guild, but there is a small alliance."

Lou Keqing suddenly became alert: "Which alliance?" She was quite sensitive to the word "alliance".

Wen Haoqian deliberately tried to look cool, with his fingers pressed against the legs of the sunglasses on his face, and raised his chin: "European Emperor Alliance!"

One can imagine that the expression behind the sunglasses must be very smug. If Lou Keqing hadn't been staring at him, Wen Haoqian would have put his feet up on the table again and swayed the cucumber sparkling water in the cup.

"Emperor Europe? Just you?"

Lou Keqing looked unconvinced.

"Tsk, let me show you one."

Just after Lou Keqing finished drawing, before he could make a move, Wen Haoqian took out his blind box, two gold and one white.

He first drew a low-grade white blind box.

Generally speaking, this kind of blind box is used to restore players' blood, and basically will give out soul coins, it's just a matter of amount.

Lou Keqing drew 800 first, and Wen Haoqian.

【Congratulations on getting 2000 Soul Coins! 】

"What the hell?" Lou Keqing couldn't believe it, watching Wen Haoqian happily put a stack of soul coins into the system wallet.

“It’s not bad, not completely recovered, but I’m lucky.”

Next is the golden blind box.

Two dazzling golden lights flashed by. Compared with the two props A and B of Lou Keqing, it was obvious that both of the props in Wen Haoqian's blind box were A-level.

[Congratulations on obtaining the A-level prop: Storybook "Three Monks Carrying Water to Drink"]

[Using this book on any team of three people can increase the skill power of all three people by 50% at the same time, lasting for 60 seconds.]

This prop is very useful.

Lou Keqing was very interested in this kind of item that could directly increase strength by a percentage.

Not to mention Qiao Song, she has directly experienced the feeling of external forces doubling her strength from angel investors and Fu Chunyou.

But this item can enhance the abilities of three people at the same time, which is even rarer.

A prop also jumped out from the second golden light.

[Congratulations on getting the A-level prop: 100X100CM special-grade awning]

[It is windproof, rainproof, fireproof and impact-resistant, but the heat preservation effect is strong. If used for a long time, it is easy to breed bacteria and nourish mosquitoes. 】

He even pulled out the tarpaulin that could withstand acid rain. Although it was only one square meter in size, the effectiveness of this thing had been witnessed by players in the game before.

Lou Keqing now really believes that this guy is a lucky guy.

I didn't like him in the first place, and now I dislike him even more.

After both of them opened their blind boxes, they looked at the third person in the room.

Qiao Song: ...

“Maybe I’m not that lucky.”

She sighed silently, very frankly, and did not let the two people have too high expectations, so she simply opened the three blind boxes at once.

Soon, she calmly pulled out three items.

Soul Coin 100.

Farm protection gloves X1

Farm protection gloves X1

Lou Keqing was the first to break down: "Wait, is that it? Both golden blind boxes are B-level gloves?"

Wen Haoqian circled around her twice, and finally squeezed out a dry sentence: "At least there are two gloves, and they can be made into a pair."

Lou Keqing was also surprised by Qiao Song's luck: "This is unscientific. The blind box mall has a guaranteed bottom line mechanism. How could someone get the worst items in all three blind boxes?"

Qiao Song was quite calm: "So, will you, the European Emperor Alliance, accept orders from non-Europeans?"

Wen Haoqian's mouth twitched: "Boss, you are joking. As long as the strength is strong enough, we will accept it."

But the drop rate of this blind box is that even if you have 100 or 80 golden blind boxes, if all the items you open are B-level items...

I can’t even imagine that scene.

His pocket vibrated, and Qiao Song replied to a few messages with his communicator, saying in a nonchalant tone, "It will be fine in two days."

She didn't explain the reason, and Lou Keqing didn't understand what she meant. She thought it was just bad luck and was used to comforting herself.

However, the European Emperor Wen Haoqian seemed to be thinking about something.

After Lou Keqing settled the box fee, they took a bunch of cucumber-flavored potato chips, soda, and bread, and prepared to go to the so-called 92nd floor to meet the European Emperor Alliance that Wen Haoqian mentioned.

"These are provided by the box. Take them. They can be eaten by the three of us."

Qiao Song declined Lou Keqing's kindness, but Wen Haoqian bared his teeth and took most of it like a fool.

Lou Keqing snatched back several bags: "Did I say I'd give them all to you? They're for the boss, why are you grabbing them?"

"But doesn't she dislike cucumber-flavored things?"

"But I like it, otherwise why do you think I opened this box?"

In the end, the two cucumber-flavor lovers split the box souvenirs in half.

Qiao Song also received a response from his teammates on his communicator.

Tang Xiaoxiao: Sister Qiao Song, I happen to be on the 92nd floor too. I’ll come to see you later.

Tang Xiaoxiao: I have inquired about how players open stores on the top few floors, but Jin Jiaqi has also proposed a deal. I will discuss the details later.

Qiao Song: OK

The retro-style elevator arrived quickly and took the people in like a taxi.

Wen Haoqian entered the elevator today and pressed the floor and store coordinates.

Lou Keqing saw Qiao Song swiping the elevator card, and saw a countdown on it, which showed there were still 19 hours left.

As if she suddenly remembered something, she turned around and asked Qiao Song: "Qiao Qiao, you said it was your first day at the blind box mall. When you came out of the parking lot, did you run into a weirdo wearing a long windbreaker and selling maps?"

Qiao Song raised his eyebrows: "I saw him, and I bought a basic map from him."

When Lou Keqing heard that it was just a basic map, she breathed a sigh of relief: "Luckily you didn't get cheated by him."

"That man's name is Bassen. He's a map merchant. The ordinary maps he sells are usable, but the advanced maps are all scams. He sells a basic map for tens of thousands of dollars, plus the coordinates of a few high-risk props and floors."

Wen Haoqian, who had been here for more than half a month, had obviously heard of him: "This guy's name was Bassen. I know. It seems that the floor coordinates he sold were all games that produced S-level props."

Afraid that Qiao Song might misunderstand, he quickly explained: "Games with S-level items have a very high casualty rate and a very low drop rate. Generally speaking, A-level items are much more cost-effective, and there are more team games, so safety is more guaranteed, so few players would go to these places to seek death."

But newcomers who have just come to the mall and need to buy maps naturally don’t know these gossips.

He said, "I remember some players did some statistics. This guy has attracted a lot of players to the S-level game by himself. Some people even suspected that he was a broker hired by the NPC."

Qiao Song recalled Bassen's words when he was selling the map: "Isn't he afraid of being hunted down by high-level players?"

Wen Haoqian shook his head: "That guy is very cunning. He also sells low-level ordinary maps. The price-performance ratio is quite high, cheaper than the mall. And he sells high-level maps. As long as the buyer has been to the S-level game, it is a question whether he can come back alive."

"Even if he really comes back, we can't catch him."

"It's like Bassen lives in the elevator. He's rarely seen outside the elevator." Lou Keqing looked at the jumping numbers on the floors and added silently, "And players who survived the S-level game and obtained S-level items can no longer take the elevator."

Um?

This rule is very interesting.

"It seems that the three-dimensional elevator in the mall is also part of an S-level kit, just like a space prop cannot be placed inside a space prop."

Qiao Song looked at the three-dimensional box elevator in front of him again.

It turns out that this is also an S-level item. Although there have been speculations before, if you calculate it carefully, the level of the dungeon BOSS of this shopping mall, that is, the person in charge of the dungeon, should be far above Boss Cai.

She has observed that there are very few convenience stores in the blind box mall, because this is already the interior of a department store and the convenience store business is not good.

She had checked the map before and saw that there were only a few branches on scattered floors.

Moreover, these convenience stores rely on selling some special red foods, such as canned brain flowers, to attract local NPCs. Most players will not shop in convenience stores.

After all, the products in it can be bought directly at the original price outside the copy, so why spend several times more money to draw blind boxes in the copy and suffer.

The elevator quickly arrived at its destination, which was the so-called base of the European Emperor Alliance.

Wen Haoqian contacted his companions in advance through the communicator, and then brought them to the shop opened by his companions.

"In fact, we have considered forming a guild before, but someone in our team said that once a guild is formed, many things will be irreversible, so we continue with the current model."

Shop No. 018 on the 92nd floor looks like a hotel from the outside, and its sign is not conspicuous at all.

There is no menu or blind box drawing area here, only an employee work schedule. The difference between this store and the stores opened by NPCs on the 88th floor and below is immediately apparent.

[Xin Yue's duty time: Two days later, a standard room with 5 princess beds will be available, for girls only]

【Wengzhe's duty time: Currently on duty, one day remaining. A studio with a bathroom is available. There is a sofa but no bed. Eating in the room is prohibited. 】

[Wu Hanyu's duty time: Three days later, we can provide standard rooms in the hospital's inpatient department with bathrooms, and additional treatment effects. The price is expensive and the quantity is limited, so please book in advance]

Lou Keqing took a look at the duty roster and immediately said, “Wow!”

"He really used his professional skills to open a hotel."

Wen Haoqian saw the duty roster and sighed, "We are already doing well. I heard that there is a team of players who stayed in the mall for too long and didn't want to go to the inn in the game too many times, which led to the game being over. They also didn't have the right life skills, so they are still sleeping in the stable and the woodshed."

There was a question mark floating above Lou Keqing's head.

What kind of professional skills would provide a place to rest like a stable and a woodshed?

Soon, someone from the player hotel came out to pick them up.

A fat boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, holding a deck of playing cards in his hand, seemed to have come out temporarily to pick someone up in the middle of a game of cards.

He was wearing a strange pair of glasses, one lens was round and the other was square.

When he saw the people at the door, especially Qiao Song and the other girl, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had found two sparkling gems on the roadside.

That look was not a negative one, but more like appreciation.

But after looking at Qiao Song twice more, he seemed to have some pain in his eyes. He cried out in pain and immediately covered his eye sockets with a card. Then he didn't dare to look at the two of them through his glasses anymore and turned to look at Wen Haoqian.

"You guy, you really met a big guy in the game again. It's rare for you to use all your good luck in the game." He took off his glasses, put the cards in his hand together, and waved.

"Come in quickly. The others were just saying that the 'Midnight Ghost Market' dungeon game is about to start again. It's a good time to go in and exchange items."

Qiao Song followed and walked a few steps inside. This place was just like an ordinary hotel, with a duty reception room, but at this moment it was more like a tea room, where a group of people were eating, drinking, and playing cards loudly.

"Oh, are there another guest? Are they here to stay or get props?"

A girl with notes all over her face looked up at the door.

"Wow, two girls here, do you want to play the turtle lottery together? If you win, you can stay in a big room with a princess bed for free!"

Qiao Song: ...

She remembered that this group of people was called the European Emperor Alliance, right? And in a game like drawing turtles, most of the time it depends on luck.

"No, the hotel bill will be paid separately. Let's talk about exchanging game props first."