Chapter 219: Snake's Treasure Game

There are very few parts about snakes in fairy tales, and most of them are not positive images.

For a moment, Qiao Song even thought of the local Legend of the White Snake, but this exotic city was obviously not in the style of ancient my country.

Qiao Song didn't move, but just looked in a certain direction. Feng Huan stepped forward from behind him, obviously understanding what the new boss meant.

He carried his puppet box in his hand and walked straight to the stall playing the Hulusi. After watching the snake dance, he took the initiative to throw down a soul coin worth 100 yuan to get close to the stall.

"My fellow countryman, aren't you from a fairytale town? Why did you suddenly become like this?"

The man performing the art was most likely also a player. He glanced at Feng Huan's head to determine his zodiac sign. The local residents generally do not have the characteristics of a rabbit. Influenced by local fairy tales, the animals here have long been more than just the twelve zodiac signs.

"Are you from Maotu?"

Feng Huan nodded decisively.

Unless the invaders actively declare war, like the Snake, they will be localized and change into the physique of the Rabbit, like Qiao Song.

When Qiao Song enters this area, if he comes in with the rule card to provoke her, she will instantly turn into the appearance of a horse or a dog.

The advantage of being low-key is that you can disguise yourself as any zodiac sign except the snake.

As an invader, the snake's head physical features cannot be hidden.

This is why Feng Huan didn't blush or feel nervous. He has already reached the shore! It's easy to pretend to be a rabbit!

The dark-skinned man with a turban on his head looked at Feng Huan for a while, and did not find any snake-related patterns on his body, so he spoke:

"The Snake and Rabbit are holding a treasure hunting competition in Fairy Tale City recently. Anyone with a little money and some ability will participate in the competition. Those of us who are bored can only perform outside and earn some pocket money after the competition is over."

"Treasure Hunt?"

The information Feng Huan brought back left others a little confused.

"It is said that the Snake took the initiative to spread out the improved domain game. He hid himself in a fairy tale related to snakes. If the Rabbit fails to find him within two days, he will fight to the death. If the Rabbit finds him, he will withdraw his troops and return all the occupied areas and players."

Qiao Song frowned: "This kind of gambling method is more like trying to hide and buy two days of recuperation. Feng Huan, does the snake contaminate the players by biting them and releasing poison?"

Feng Huan nodded: "The snake can bite people with its own body, or with its previous fangs. The snake still has two fangs that have fallen out, and I gave them all to the Newcomers' Alliance."

At this point, he touched his puppet box somewhat sheepishly.

The math teacher and the teahouse auntie in the story were players who were converted by the Newcomer Alliance using the Venom Fang when they conquered an area in the Central City.

"Does the fang need someone to control it?"

Feng Huan knew what Qiao Song wanted to ask. He thought about it for a moment and it seemed that it was really not necessary.

"Although they are called fangs, the two teeth can each transform into a small snake as thick as a finger, which can wrap around the arms of the two players in the Newcomer Alliance. They can then control the players with potential and directly transform them into new members of the Snake Alliance."

Qiao Song hummed, "That means the little snake that the fangs transformed into can attack the player even if left alone, right?"

The two members of the Newcomer Alliance were more like controlling the little snakes to prevent them from biting random people, so as to avoid using the precious opportunity to poison on players with no potential.

Qiao Song and others have just figured out the specific details of the treasure game.

The rules of this so-called treasure-hunting competition are very simple. Among all the closed containers in the Fairy Tale City, any jar with an Ouroboros pattern imprinted on it may contain treasure. The minimum probability is 100 soul coins, and the maximum reward is unlimited.

"It is said that not long ago, a player opened a jar of gold coins worth 100,000 soul coins."

There are gold coins in the Infinite Highway. After all, the maximum face value of soul coins is only 100. Apart from the visual impact, it is a bit inconvenient to take out 100,000 at one time. Among the gold coins issued by the system, the maximum value of a single coin is 10,000.

But is there really only treasure in the jar?

Not to mention Qiao Song, even Bai Xue felt the hidden malice and risk of this rule: "What if a snake comes out?"

Xiang Hongliang scratched his head: "It should not be opened yet, otherwise why is the city empty? It seems that everyone has gone to open the cans."

Bai Xue felt something was wrong: "Isn't this survivor bias? Those bitten by the snake have automatically switched sides, so there should be no way to pass on this message."

Qiao Song suddenly said, "No, the news that snakes can be found in jars should not be a secret. When Feng Huan went to inquire about the news just now, the man playing the Hulusi was quite alert at first. The cobra had the tendency to attack people at any time. He must have seen that Feng Huan had no snake markings on his body, so he gave up."

"The fact that they are so vigilant shows that there are more and more players in this city who look like snakes."

Bai Xue was stunned: "Then why didn't he just tell us to be careful of the snake in the jar? As soon as the new tourists heard about this game, they would definitely go treasure hunting."

This is just like opening a lottery. If the lottery is free, as long as you open it, you may win 1 million, but occasionally there will be poisonous snakes in the lottery that attack people.

There is only one reason why the second half of the sentence is not said, and that is that it will threaten the interests of other people who are participating in the game or not participating in the game.

Qiao Song thought for a moment and said, "Si Snake probably doesn't have enough money to pay out of his own pocket to create such a large cash pool. It's not just to let everyone open the jars, buy time for himself, and let the snake bite a few players to convert to his own people. I guess there are other purposes."

As far as she knew, although the zodiac signs looked prosperous, they were not actually very rich. After all, to start a game with their own shrines, they would need hundreds of thousands of soul coins as a base, and they also had to give various game rewards. The bigger the territory, the more soul coins they would put into it.

The Snake is now in a state of war. Combined with the behavior of these players who participated in the Taobao game and were extremely stubborn, Qiao Song had reason to suspect that -

"It is possible that players who participate in the game will also have their own wealth become part of the prize pool."

Bai Xue muttered, "But isn't opening the can free?"

She sat on the shoulders of the tall man Xiang Hongliang and had been observing the surroundings for a long time. The people in the fairy tale city were walking in a hurry, looking around, and it seemed that they were indeed looking for something.

If the threshold is too high, not so many people will participate.

"It's not that simple. Let's go and play for a while and we'll know."

Xiang Hongliang took advantage of his height and quickly pointed in a distant direction: "It looks quite lively over there. I saw a lot of people holding a jar in their hands."

Walking in this direction is a market where various items are being sold. Strangely, almost all the goods are in cans.

Most of them have an Ouroboros pattern printed on them.

"Don't miss it if you pass by. Fresh fruits and vegetables are sold at a low price."

Most of these cans have been opened and are now being recycled and used to store various daily necessities and food.

There were not many people in the entire street market buying daily necessities in these cans, but there were quite a few players selling empty cans.

"Boss, I'll give you 100 soul coins at 10 each, okay?"

"Get lost. I can get more than this much by myself at the beach."

"Isn't it dangerous at the beach? There are players fighting each other. How about this? I'll give you a cheaper price, eight soul coins each."

"I just received a batch of goods this morning, all worth three soul coins. If you're willing to sell them, then sell them. If not, forget it."

Qiao Song and the others witnessed a transaction in which a player sold jars to the boss of a stall.

Xiang Hongliang was a little puzzled: "Is this jar inlaid with gold or something? They have been opened and are useless, why are there local NPCs collecting these jars?"

That’s right, those doing business in the market are not players, but local NPCs, because these are the only real rabbits in the Maotu world.

These business guys wore human clothes, but underneath they were furry like dolls. Some had long ears, some had droopy ears, and they were of all colors, heights, weights, and sizes. Without exception, they were all rabbits.

Mu Baixue, who had been sitting on Xiang Hongliang's shoulder, suddenly said, "No, these jars function a bit like a refrigerator."

[Of course a food blogger has to have everything at home! As a senior food blogger, I have a high sensitivity to all food cooking utensils. After all, even if it is a newfangled kitchenware that I don’t use once a year, you can still buy it and use it for a video. 】

Snow White's skill is somewhat useless in daily life, but it can help her keenly perceive some cooking-related props.

Xiang Hongliang was puzzled: "There are so many props, and they only cost a few dollars each, why don't players keep them for themselves?"

Bai Xue jumped off his shoulder, and just as Qiao Song picked up a pot of grapes from the stall, Bai Xue, like a puppet, touched the jar with her hand and exclaimed.

"My skill prompt tells me that this thing is similar to a refrigerator and can delay the spoilage of food."

She touched the pottery jar in her hand for a while, her expression gradually becoming surprised: "The effect is almost like stopping time. Damn, this is a great thing!"

The food blogger's instincts were stirring, and he wanted to buy dozens of them on the spot.

Qiao Song grabbed the puppet back and said, "Calm down. Didn't we just see some players actively selling these goods to local NPCs? This means that for players, these are extra products after participating in the game. Let's follow these people selling jars. We should be able to find the origin of the jars at the seaside."

And there is a high probability that it is an unopened can.

Bai Xue said, "Great!" She was not interested in opening jars to find treasures, but was very interested in the jars left after opening the treasure chest.

"But my luck has always been average. I spent more than half a month with my friends in the blind box mall before I collected the prop blind boxes."

The real masters are all those who have been collecting professions, okay!

This reminded Qiao Song. She looked at the palm of her hand and found that the mark left by the lucky gold coin was almost invisible.

The style of opening jars to find treasures is a bit like a blind box mall, but it reminds her of a fairy tale.

"Alibaba and the Forty Thieves."

In this story, there are not only gold coins in the jar, but also a snake disguised as a thief, who has hidden himself in advance and is ready to attack Alibaba in order to steal his wealth, but is eventually scalded to death by hot oil.

This story is not very friendly to snakes.

Qiao Song narrowed his eyes and began to guess what the purpose of Sishe's treasure hunt was.

A few people went against the crowd who were selling jars to make money, and indeed walked to the seaside where the jars were produced.

The players over there were like those going to the beach. Many of them were holding tools, either digging in the sand with excitement, or already walking into the sea, obviously preparing to fish something out of the water.

Occasionally, people would fight over positions and a fight would break out.

Qiao Song took a look and was a little surprised that there was not a single Snake player.

There are only two types of players here. One looks excited, as if he is about to find something in the water and achieve financial freedom.

Another one had a depressed expression, with his arms full of jars of various sizes, preparing to walk towards the market, apparently intending to sell these useless things to make some money back.

Bai Xue explained at the right time: "The preservation function of that jar seems to only last about a week. It is a bit useless for players, but for the local NPCs in the game world, it is much more convenient than a refrigerator."

For poor players, every little bit counts, and selling a few hundred of them can get back a lot of soul coins.

Doesn’t this mean that these pottery jars are everywhere in the water?

The people behind Qiao Song looked at each other and said, "Then let's try it too?"

On the surface, things in the Fairy Tale City are still quite harmonious. There are no fighting scenes, and everyone is participating in the treasure hunt by opening cans. Qiao Song doesn't have Maotu's contact information, he only knows that this guy is hiding in a room in the city and concentrating on writing.

Instead of looking for the rabbit, it is better to play the snake game for a while to test the waters.

Qiao Song and his companions split up and even the math teacher and the teahouse aunt in Feng Huan's puppet box were released. Only the novelist, who was still not quite conscious, was still resting inside.

It is said that in this can-opening game, only the first person who touches the can can obtain ownership of the can.

At present, there are two unknown risks in opening the can. One is the venomous snake fangs that Feng Huan mentioned. If the snake wants to expand its own team in this kind of game, hiding the snake in the can is the best way.

The second risk is unknown, which is mainly speculated by Qiao Song. It is impossible for the Snake to do a business at a loss. The more jars are opened, the more risks the player will inevitably face that will damage his own interests.

"You have my Shrine Protocol on you. To some extent, as long as I am still alive, even if you are bitten by a snake, you should not switch sides immediately. So don't worry too much about encountering a snake when opening a jar. If there is any problem, use the communicator to contact me."

After they calculated the area, Qiao Song, Mu Baixue and Xiang Hongliang went into the water, while the others stayed on the shore and dug sand near the beach like they were digging in the sea. It was said that there would be some unopened cans hidden underneath like shells.

These things are like mycelium, they keep growing and growing and are impossible to dig out completely.

The main reason was that the puppeteer Feng Huan, the math teacher, and the teahouse aunt on the shore all could not swim.

Qiao Song and the other two are good at water skills, and they also have related auxiliary props.

Xiang Hongliang's prop is a tattoo sticker, which turns into three lines like shark gills when stuck on his neck. It can help him move underwater for 24 hours. Most importantly, it allows him to sing in the water.

Mu Baixue grabbed several large pieces of sea cabbage, kelp, and even dried salted fish.

[What you eat is what you get—the food blogger’s land, sea and air food package, I know the taste of the sea! ]

"Why don't you take a few of this kelp? It can be used as a rope in a critical moment. There are also salted fish. If you want to contact me, just throw these small dried fish into the water, and they will come to me on their own."

If it is not convenient to use the communicator at a critical moment, it would certainly be faster to scatter a handful of dried fish.

Qiao Song and Xiang Hongliang each filled a bag, said hello to Bai Xue, then each found a direction and jumped directly into the water.

There were as many players in the water as on the shore, but the more you went out, the more empty space there was. Not long after Qiao Song entered the water, he ate a transformation mushroom that simulated the environment, turning himself into a mermaid similar to Xiang Hongliang.

The only difference is that Qiao Song has an extra fish tail.

The sea was clear and transparent. Qiao Song dived all the way down and finally understood what those players were looking for in the water.

Between the water plants and corals, and the occasional creatures like sea urchins on the reefs, all have been replaced by some bulging little jars.

On the reefs where I used to go fishing, where oysters and barnacles originally grew, I guess this kind of jars also grew now.

No wonder everyone is scrambling for a spot. Although these small jars seem to be alive and will grow outward one after another, only the first person who touches them can open them.

Qiao Song also swam nearly a kilometer further before he found an area that was almost completely deserted.

She watched for a while and then swam down.

The various earthenware jars that looked unremarkable looked like native creatures of the seabed from a distance. Qiao Song turned them around a few times and found that almost every one of these palm-sized objects had an Ouroboros symbol painted on it.

From a distance, the entire underwater world, all the way to the shore, seemed to have been invaded by the snake virus and was covered with pottery jars.

The players who took the initiative to open and clean the jars, as if dazzled by wealth, didn't know what role they played in it.

Qiao Song observed for a moment, and finally picked up a palm-sized jar at hand. The moment she pulled it off the coral, she heard the system prompt:

[Ding——Welcome to the treasure game of Snake. Whether it is soul coins or props, or the power to shake the entire game world, they may all come out of the jar. The first 10 jars are free. Brave and lucky players, come and open them to see if there is an item you like in the jar! ]

The tone was just like that of the poisonous snake that tempted Eve to eat the apple.

The first 10 are free. This rhetoric is very similar to that of some unscrupulous merchants who run lotteries.

Moreover, there might even be enough power in the jar to shake up the entire gaming world?

Qiao Song sneered. She now wanted to know what medicine was sold in the snake jar.

Each jar has a sealed lid. Qiao Song pulled out the palm-sized lid in his hand.

[Ding——Congratulations on obtaining 500 souls! ]

So generous?

Qiao Song thought for a moment and took out a mini jar from the side. It was completely different from the previous one and this time it was only the size of a thumb.

This time, after turning it on, the system prompts in my ears were louder.

[Ding——Congratulations on obtaining gold coins worth 10,000 soul coins! ]

I saw a golden glow inside the mini jar, and a gold coin about the size of a fish scale fell out.

Qiao Song frowned. She first subconsciously glanced at the palm of her hand. The mark of the lucky gold coin, which was already very faint, was almost completely gone.

The specific rules of the lucky gold coin are somewhat vague. Qiao Song herself feels that this thing is more like increasing her luck in encountering certain major events, and most of the time it only comes in handy at critical moments.

And it shouldn't be wasted on such trivial matters.

Get rich by luck?

Even if her wealth was converted into gold coins with a face value of 10,000, it would not be able to be contained in a palm-sized jar.

Does Snake want to use up her luck first?

Qiao Song clenched her right fist and took the initiative to restrain the aura of the lucky gold coin. As a half-NPC, she could already take the initiative to influence the rules of the item.

She continued to open the jars with her left hand. This time she opened 7 jars in one go. Some were empty, and some had only two or three hundred soul coins in them. The frequency of giving out money was much more normal.

The first 10 jars were free. When opening the last jar, Qiao Song suddenly felt a slight pain in the palm of her right hand. She frowned, and at that moment she only saw a faint black air passing across her right hand.

No, how can there be gas in the sea water? It's more like a line formed by small black dots.

Qiao Song's pupils shrank slightly, his eye membranes turned blue instantly, and soon his vision became similar to that of some fish.

She saw clearly that the black line was made up of extremely tiny insects.

[Ding——Congratulations on your lucky chance to win a 100,000 Soul Coin reward! It has been detected that your reward has reached the standard, and you will automatically enter the Fortune Battle Finals mode! ]

Qiao Song felt that the surrounding environment suddenly changed. The sunlight shining down from the sea distorted the surrounding space. The water light was like shattered mirrors, bringing all kinds of noisy shouts and sounds of fighting.

The invisible space spreads and appears.

[Ding——Every time you use a professional skill, a free pottery jar will automatically appear in your hand! Please open the jars and harvest the treasure! ]

[Warm reminder, although only the person can open the jar, others can smash the jar in advance. ]

The moment Qiao Song heard the system prompt, he felt something swimming towards him.

No, this speed is not like swimming, it's more like flying.

A hammer instantly appeared in her hand. At the same time, after using the tool, a mini jar was attached to the corner of her clothes like a reward shell.

Qiao Song turned around and saw a bird with white wings and some black tips - a seagull?

The seagull suddenly rushed towards Qiao Song, as if it had set its sights on the jar on her clothes, with a clear target like a sharp sword.

Even though they were underwater, Qiao Song heard his roar.

"French fries, give them to me!"

[The joy of seagulls is to go to the pier and get some French fries! ]

Qiao Song narrowed her eyes. The famous beach robber actually tried to grab her head?