Several months have passed since the launch of the Water Twilight Star server.
Players on Blue Star and Crescent Star are generally between level 50 and 70, while players on Twilight Star are between level 35 and 50.
It's easy to see that the level gap between players becomes more and more significant as the game progresses. Furthermore, the time required and the difficulty increase dramatically with each level up.
Yu Xiangnan tapped the screen to view the detailed rules and standards required for his trip to Shuimu Star to serve as a limited-time shop.
The shop will appear directly in the survival instance. Players can only purchase goods using special values, and the types of goods sold are strictly limited by the system.
To put it bluntly, the core of this mission is to boost sales.
The information doesn't provide much detail about the specifics of the survival instance, "The Secret Hidden at the Bottom of the Sea." Perhaps this is where its difficulty lies—not only do you have to run a business, but you also have to work with other players to withstand natural disasters and deal with the NPCs in the instance.
However, taking advantage of this tense atmosphere, they can make a hefty profit.
Yu Xiangnan suddenly felt as if he were possessed by Luo Pin.
She quickly got to work and prepared. The main item she was selling this time was the [Bubble Ball], and the price wasn't based on the usual Journey Points, but on a starfish.
As for the [Advanced Bubble Ball], it requires two starfish or one different colored starfish to exchange for it.
Although the system didn't explicitly state it, based on her experience, she deduced that the starfish was likely a unique trading item for this survival dungeon, similar to the Light Points in previous dungeons. The [Bubble Ball], on the other hand, was like a water source; players would almost certainly need this item to survive in this dungeon.
Of course, this is just her speculation.
If that's the case, then these props will have no trouble selling, and there's no need to put in any effort to promote them.
But things can't be that simple, can they? If that's the case, then what exactly is the difficulty in this sale? Could it be that besides her limited-time shop, there are other competitors for this sale?
We'll only know for sure when we enter the instance tomorrow.
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The next day, at 12:50 PM
Yu Xiangnan is already inside the "Treasure Trove of Conscience Shop," waiting for the right moment for her and the entire shop to be teleported to the survival instance "Secrets Hidden in the Sea."
During this waiting period, her habit of analyzing clues and judging the map situation from the names of dungeons involuntarily resurfaced.
The secret hidden at the bottom of the sea... Could it be that this map is at sea again? Perhaps it's on a luxury cruise ship, or maybe in a seaside city or village?
But if it's really underwater, wouldn't all players have to go underwater to explore it...?
With two minutes remaining before the teleportation, the target for this trip to Water Dusk Star finally appeared.
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*Main Quest: Achieve Sales Target
If the number of [Bubble Balls] sold is less than 100 (the conversion ratio between advanced bubble balls and ordinary bubble balls is 2:1), the player's mission is considered to have failed.
Rating Criteria: [Bubble Ball] Sales ≥ 100, Rating ★; ≥ 150, Rating ★★; ≥ 200, Rating ★★★. The higher the star rating, the more exchange points the player receives.
*Side Quest: Maintain stability in this instance.
Task Reward: 500 Exchange Points
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Upon seeing the main and side quests being sold, Yu Xiangnan suddenly realized what was going on.
Got it, an unconventional NPC.
Selling items is your lie; maintaining game balance and finding bugs are your real goals.
[In the process of transporting the treasure trove of good value shop along with player Yu Xiangnan (ID: H00) to the Water Dusk Star survival instance "Secrets Hidden in the Sea"...]
In an instant, a blinding white light surged forth, instantly engulfing all vision.
Unlike before, this teleportation wasn't instantaneous. A powerful sense of weightlessness overwhelmed her like a surging tide. It felt like being strapped to a drop tower and plummeting at breakneck speed, or more like an elevator suddenly malfunctioning and plummeting straight down from the thirtieth floor!
When Yu Xiangnan opened his eyes again, he was completely stunned.
All around, fish of all shapes and sizes swam freely. Some shimmered with strange fluorescence, while others swayed their tails as gracefully as silk.
Light pours down from the distant sea, refracting and scattering through the waves, weaving together dreamlike light and shadow, draping this underwater world in a thin veil.
Is she in the sea?
Yu Xiangnan subconsciously held his breath.
Oh no, she's definitely practically a landlubber.
Previously, the survival dungeons in Mobile Home at least had speedboats and lifebuoys, and you could use jetpacks. But if a survival dungeon is entirely underwater, even if there are items or effects that allow players to continue breathing underwater, it will still be somewhat difficult.
Thirst phobia + self-created dog paddle style.
Yu Xiangnan suddenly realized something and quickly opened the panel. He saw a semi-transparent bubble-shaped icon in the upper left corner.
Curious, she tapped the icon, and a description of the effect immediately appeared:
The Blessing of the Sea God
Players receive the blessing of the sea god, allowing them to breathe freely underwater and ignore the effects of water pressure at different depths, without experiencing discomfort due to changes in water pressure.
In addition, in terms of movement and perception, players' movement speed in water is increased by 20%, and they can perceive the activity of creatures within a 50-meter radius, including the direction of fish swimming and the location of aquatic monsters.
This effect is a bit too incredible, isn't it?
If we had this effect in the "Mobile Home" instance, wouldn't we be invincible?
Yu Xiangnan tried to take a gentle breath and was surprised to find that it was exactly the same as breathing on land, without any obstruction or discomfort.
She continued checking and found a prompt next to the special effect, which roughly meant that if she could successfully achieve a three-star rating in this sale, she could exchange it for the [Blessing of the Sea God] special effect, and she would own it permanently.
Swipe left to close the panel. Upon closer inspection, Yu Xiangnan discovered that most of these fish looked unfamiliar and varied in shape. Some had exaggerated tentacles, while others had bodies as transparent as crystal.
It must be a unique fish species found only on the planet Water Twilight, quite different from the common fish species on Blue Planet.
This survival dungeon is quite interesting.
But what about the store?
Such a big store, just vanished so beautifully?
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