Chapter 88 Generous Feng Jiang
Frustrated, Hagiwara decided to change the subject: "But isn't it a bit strange that we're so focused on collecting the Durian King when faced with such an amazing reward as the Golden Treasure Chest?"
"Tsk! After all, if I want to rest in the car tonight, I can't do without taking care of these things." Matsuda clicked his tongue after helping the junior schoolmate put away the last storage box containing the durian king.
His gaze, however, had already fallen upon the only small bottle among the many rewards that resembled an oral liquid bottle, but was light blue in color. He then added, "I didn't expect this game to even have things that are just fantasies from anime and novels."
"Heh...you noticed it too." Hagiwara chuckled, but there was no smile in his eyes. "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the most valuable reward in the golden treasure chest."
"Huh? Aren't there two universal blueprints?" Feng Xing Shou was a little surprised. She had seen various settings for mental power awakening potions in novels, most of which were to stimulate human mental power.
Making people smarter and more agile... In post-apocalyptic novels where strength is needed, there are also effects such as activating superpowers. Regardless of which one it is, she felt that none of them were as powerful as her own skills.
Moreover, this game is stingy and insidious, clearly harboring ill will towards humans from its own planet. -_-|| Is it safe to drink the medicine he rewards us with? But we've already eaten the food he rewarded us with; if he wanted to poison us, food and water could be tampered with just as easily…
In any case, because of this idea and concern, she initially paid more attention to the two general level 2 blueprints. After all, the Chinese characters for 'general' are so obvious, as long as the game organizers' Chinese translation is acceptable.
This means we can use them to unlock any Tier 2 vehicle upgrade and any Tier 2 interior upgrade. Maybe today we'll see what Tier 2 space expansion, or living room expansion, or bedroom expansion looks like! The vehicle body can also be upgraded, so they won't call it ugly-cute again…
Unexpectedly, Hagiwara and Matsuda were more concerned about the mental power awakening potion that the game company was offering as a reward? But since there was a mental power potion as a reward, it meant that the mental power theory imagined by the people of their planet was real.
Could it be that after death I see the game's comments and enter games I used to play? Could it be that my mental power awakened after a death crisis, and that my mental power has the ability to transform data into reality?
Just as Feng Xingshou was lost in thought and suddenly realized a 'scientific possibility' of obtaining a cheat ability, Hagiwara, seeing that she hadn't noticed, also gave her a reminder: "Feng-chan, haven't you noticed the rewards in the treasure chests you've opened these past few days?"
Is it true that rewards listed earlier in the game announcement are more valuable? At least in our human value system, rewards listed earlier are considered more precious, while those listed later are considered ordinary.
"I hadn't noticed that until you mentioned it." Feng Xing Shou recalled the rewards he had obtained from opening treasure chests over the past few days. Indeed, the most valuable rewards, such as blueprints, were announced first, followed by the raw materials that were always obtained after dismantling each treasure chest.
She memorized the rule, looked at the mini blue bottle on the floor, and tried touching it with a crowbar. Sure enough, the game screen reappeared in front of the three of them as soon as she did so.
[Hint: Item Name - Mental Awakening Potion; Effect - 100% chance to increase the user's mental strength after use; 50% chance to trigger...]
User's mental strength attribute.
It grants the user a certain ability based on their mental talent attribute. The effects vary depending on the user's mental talent and mental strength.
Instructions for use: Oral administration!
Side effects—There are no adverse side effects. After use, the user will enter a deep sleep state and wake up after their mental energy has been fully enhanced.
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Upon seeing this prompt, Matsuda looked thoughtful. Hagiwara also thought of Fuu-chan's ability and guessed that she might have received a similar reward at the beginning of the game, which is why she awakened the spatial backpack and the ability to be resurrected.
No wonder I and Matsuda could be considered to have smuggled ourselves into this game. The game clearly detected our presence, since they were classified as 'goods' that could be sold. How could they not know?
However, no measures were taken to fix the bugs, so it seems that even their 'smuggling' is probably within the opponent's game mechanics! Will the abilities awakened in this game still be usable by survivors after they return to their planet?
If this kind of mental potion were distributed in large quantities to survivors, and they could use it after returning to their own planet, imagine all sorts of abilities that only exist in isekai anime, novels, and movies appearing in reality, especially those possessed by people brainwashed by the cruel gameplay of games...
Both police officers were simultaneously struck by a headache. In the era when the incident occurred, Japan was not a high-pressure society, and guns were still banned. Yet, serious crimes occurred daily with an alarmingly high crime rate.
In the era described by Feng Xing Shou 25 years ago—with its ultra-high pressure, ultra-high unemployment, frequent natural disasters, and extreme weather every month—what would people with abilities, brainwashed by the game's mechanics, do? It's even more terrifying than the legalization of gun ownership…
Although they both had similar speculations and concerns, they didn't voice them to Feng Xingshou, who clearly hadn't considered these things. Instead, they casually said to her, "It seems you should put this away for now and take it tonight."
"Eh!" Feng Xingshou was a little surprised after hearing this: "Don't you want to give it a try? This is the legendary awakening of spiritual power, and there's even a 50% chance of awakening a superpower! Cough... I guess it's a superpower!"
If it were my own brother, even if there were risks involved, he would definitely try such a good thing first without hesitation, and only give it to me when he had extra. When the boss gives out holiday gifts at work, everyone rushes to pick the best ones first... Why do my brother and I react differently?
"Us?" Matsuda was speechless. "You're the survivor. This is clearly a reward for you!"
"Heh... Feng-chan, since this reward has a 100% chance of increasing mental strength, if your spatial backpack is also a mental strength ability, taking it will probably have a high probability of increasing the volume of your spatial backpack."
"Weren't you just worried about the capacity of your backpack? Now that we can increase the backpack's capacity, it's naturally the most suitable thing for you to take." Hagiwara knew that Kaze was more used to thinking of others, so he didn't give her a reason she couldn't refuse.
She would then agonize over the fact that she was 'enjoying' the best reward all by herself, and then she gave another reason that she couldn't refuse: "Besides, we need to enter the instance to save the class monitor, Little Morofushi, and others, and we also need to find the entrance to leave that time."
It's unclear how much time will be wasted, so having more inventory space in this situation will allow you to collect more resources each time you enter the dungeon.
With more supplies, we can confidently search for suitable dungeon entrances without worrying about survival resources!
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"Okay! I'll use it first this time, and you can try it out if I get more later." Hearing that it might expand the space backpack's area, Feng Xingshou couldn't refuse, since calculating the use of only 5 cubic meters of space every day was very troublesome.
Even if it can stack up to 9999 of the same type of items! It's more troublesome to store items in storage boxes like before, and then have to find a specific item from a bunch of storage boxes when you want to use it. It would be better if the backpack could be expanded to be as large as the space inside a car.
It will definitely be much more convenient than it is now. When encountering large items in a dungeon, there will be no need to worry about not being able to fit them in her inventory and having to give up. With these thoughts in mind, she simply put away the Mental Awakening Potion and planned to take it before going to sleep that night.
Seeing that she had been persuaded by Hagi, Matsuda didn't say anything about it. Instead, he looked at the other rewards, and while habitually reaching into his pocket to take out a cigarette case, he said, "We'll definitely use the two general blueprints first for the remaining rewards."
Let's fix the car body first, so tomorrow's dungeon driving skills competition won't be interrupted by low temperatures inside the car. I estimate this material should be enough for two blueprints. As for the other rewards…”
"It's almost 2 PM since we finished the dungeon, you guys must be hungry, right? Why don't we have lunch first and try these lobster kings?" Feng Xing Shou asked.
Her gaze was now fixed on the steaming lobster, which was still steaming and had water vapor visible on the delicate glass lunchbox. In all her years, even when her brother took her to eat Ise lobster in Japan, she had also eaten other large lobsters at high-end restaurants.
This is the first time I've seen one that's even bigger than a king crab. It's fiery red, has a huge brain, and looks a bit like a live red prawn, but it's many times bigger.
And this color is from when it's steamed; I wonder what it looks like raw? Is this seafood from somewhere in the world the game organizers come from? Why are their shrimp so big? And that durian king from earlier too…
Seeing her drooling over the king lobster, Hagiwara suppressed a laugh and patted her head, pretending to be surprised that she had guessed correctly: "Eh! I thought I hid it very well, but I didn't expect you to find out."
"After all, today's dungeon was full of ups and downs, rescuing people and using my brain to deal with your brother. It was exhausting, and I got hungry quickly. I feel like I could take down one by myself right now." When Matsuda heard about eating, he quickly put the cigarette pack back in his pocket, casually revealing the junior's thoughts that were practically written all over her face.
Hearing him say that, Feng Xingshou was a little puzzled. Why did Matsuda think he could take down a lobster king just like him? That's probably what everyone would think when they see a lobster king!
She immediately and generously said, "Then our lunch today will be a king lobster each, let's see who finishes it first!"
"Cough cough..." Hagiwara coughed out upon hearing this, and glared at his childhood friend with a wry smile. How could Matsuda talk so carelessly about food in front of Fu-chan, who comes from northern China?
Is this an exaggeration? We Japanese are the kind of people who, even as grown men, only eat two pieces of bread per meal and only eat until we're 70% full. We also have physical requirements for our jobs. Over time, even grown men can become as small as birds in Japanese diets.
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