Chapter 22, Rankings Updated
[Huo Zhaoyan: Are you Yu Yanyan? Are you willing to help me?]
Huo Zhaoyan would much rather cooperate with famous players than with people he'd never heard of.
Yu Yanyan's name is so well-known; her kindness and skill are universally acknowledged by players in Zone 6.
Huo Zhaoyan felt an overwhelming surge of hope.
Yu Yanyan: It's me. I guess you're physically weak, so I can give you an AKM47 with five bullets.
Give me back the gun after you've used it. Within a year, I want half of your candy profits.
We can sign the contract now.
Huo Zhaoyan saw the gun's attribute diagram, glanced at the contract, and finding no deceptive clauses, promptly signed it.
Without saying a word of nonsense, Yu Yanyan directly mailed the AKM47, which only contained five bullets, to Huo Zhaoyan.
[Yu Yanyan: It's already loaded, just fire.]
[Huo Zhaoyan: Thank you!]
They were very poor; there were no housing cards, the elevator had no obstructions, and there were hardly any supplies; you could see the whole thing at a glance.
Huo Zhaoyan looked at the person not far from him, who was staring at his screen and cursing. He propped himself up and leaned against the wall, panting heavily.
The man noticed Huo Zhaoyan's movements and stared at him warily, fearing that he might have switched to some weapon.
Their eyes met, and Huo Zhaoyan suddenly grinned.
Huo Zhaoyan's face was now completely swollen from being beaten, and he no longer had his former handsome and sunny appearance. His smile was both ugly and terrifying.
The man frowned, his expression becoming even more wary, and he even considered killing him instead.
The moment this thought crossed his mind, a gun suddenly appeared in Huo Zhaoyan's hand.
The man's pupils contracted, and before he could dodge, he was shot by Huo Zhaoyan.
"Clap clap clap clap clap—"
The elevator is so small, and the person is so big, there's no way Huo Zhaoyan could miss.
Five shots were fired in quick succession, leaving five bloody holes in the man's chest.
The man, coughing up blood, tried to walk over and take Huo Zhaoyan away with a ferocious expression, but before he could pounce, he coughed up more blood and collapsed to the ground.
Seeing the person who had fallen in front of him, Huo Zhaoyan kicked him hard in the head, laughing and coughing violently at the same time.
They were used as bait every day, and even when injured, they couldn't rest and had to keep working. They weren't given food and were constantly beaten and verbally abused.
Huo Zhaoyan endured for a week before finally finding an opportunity to take revenge.
The person died, the body disappeared, and the co-tenancy agreement and contract were naturally invalid.
The elevator's area was reduced by half, but Huo Zhaoyan was so happy that he laughed until tears streamed down his face.
Huo Zhaoyan mailed the gun back to Yu Yanyan and thanked her again: "It's resolved now, thank you for your help, Sister Yu."
[Yu Yanyan: I mailed you some medicine. Get well soon and start earning money for me.]
Huo Zhaoyan took out the package and smiled even more broadly, his already chapped lips bleeding but he didn't flinch.
[Huo Zhaoyan: Okay, Sister Yu, don't worry, I will definitely work hard to earn money and not slack off.]
Huo Zhaoyan opened the plastic bag with trembling arms and found several bottles of water, some food, two rolls of gauze, a box of Yunnan Baiyao and an ibuprofen tablet, an anti-inflammatory drug, and a bag of cream puffs.
Instead of taking his medicine, he took out the bag of cream puffs, opened it, pinched one off, and swallowed it in one bite.
You ate a yogurt puff (blue), which restored some of your strength.
He savored the rich, milky flavor in his mouth and thought to himself, "This is so delicious!"
On the other end, Yu Yanyan told Wang Ranran about the aftermath of Huo Zhaoyan's death.
[Wang Ranran: This feels so good! Even rotten melons taste sweet now!]
[Yu Yanyan: Thanks to your timely intelligence, otherwise I wouldn't have intervened.]
[Wang Ranran: Thank goodness you had a weapon, otherwise I wouldn't have had any particularly good solutions.]
The two complimented each other and chatted for a few minutes before going about their own business.
Yu Yanyan glanced at the shop, set it to start selling at 6 PM, and then ignored everything else, preparing to go to sleep.
At 1 p.m. the following day, Yu Yanyan and Shen Xingzhi stepped into the world of the floor.
The game difficulty has indeed increased. We had only taken a few steps out of the elevator when the mutated plants by the roadside started growing wildly, stretching out vines to try and strangle us.
Shen Xingzhi, wielding a Tang sword, swiftly severed the thick, spreading vines. Yu Yanyan didn't even need to lift a finger; the mutated plant was transformed into essence.
[Essence +8, 10g of Rosa rugosa seeds x1.]
"It's a mutated plant, after all, and you only have this little bit of essence? You're not good enough." Yu Yanyan shook her head and pointed at the dead vines.
A smile flashed in Shen Xingzhi's eyes as he led Yu Yanyan forward.
Shen Xingzhi had a pretty good idea of the strength of the mutated plants on this floor after killing a few, so he stopped taking action and let Yu Yanyan do it.
When the practical training began, Shen Xingzhi was somewhat surprised to find that Yu Yanyan's performance was much better than he had expected.
Shen Xingzhi could sense Yu Yanyan's familiarity with combat and her ruthlessness, some of which were unconsciously revealed.
Muscle memory that runs deep in the bones is a reaction that only comes from frequent combat. How could she have it?
Seeing the strange expression on his face, Yu Yanyan raised her chin slightly and said, "I'm not weak, okay? It's just that you're too strong, and I haven't had a chance to show my strength before."
Shen Xingzhi knew that Yu Yanyan had her own secrets, but he neither investigated nor was curious about them.
"I understand. You're just lacking in stamina and physical fitness." Shen Xingzhi looked at Yu Yanyan: "It seems I need to change the training plan for the future."
Yu Yanyan's smug expression vanished, and she gave a drawn-out reply: "Yes~"
Even though I know it's to become stronger, I'm still so tired!
Yu Yanyan's inner voice cried, and she mourned for herself for two seconds.
...
Essence drops in small quantities, so this currency is quite valuable.
The trading post has a system-generated valuation for goods, which is based on a standard. After the goods are uploaded, the system automatically estimates the price. Players can choose to use this price or set a new price themselves.
The system priced a piece of wood at 2 points of essence and a piece of iron at 5 points, so everyone followed that price.
However, for other supplies, almost everyone set a price that was slightly higher than the system's price.
Yu Yanyan was no exception.
A bag of blue biscuits contains eight iron cubes, which translates to 40 essences. Yu Yanyan directly changed it to 50 essences.
She slightly increased the price of all the blue desserts, a minor price hike that had absolutely no impact on sales.
Once the set time is reached, a continuous stream of essence will be credited to your account.
Previously, we could only rely on supplies, but now we can also earn money by killing monsters, which is another way to make money.
Everyone will only get richer in the future, so the price increase of Yu Yanyan is really nothing.
Some players who specialize in crafting can monopolize certain resources and sell them at exorbitant prices, refusing to change their ways even after being criticized to death.
That's why everyone says Yu Yanyan is kind, generous, and has a good personality; after all, she only earns what she deserves and doesn't ask for more than she should.
If a greedy lifestyle enthusiast were in charge, these desserts would fetch astronomical prices, becoming absolute luxury items, unlike the affordable ones available to everyone today.
The probability of being matched with other players on each floor is much higher; you can encounter several players on almost every floor.
With Shen Xingzhi by her side, no one dared to approach Yu Yanyan, no matter how easy she seemed to bully her.
Shen Xingzhi was incredibly intimidating; his gaze was as sharp as the blood-stained Tang sword in his hand.
Anyone with a brain wouldn't do anything to Yu Yanyan.
Of course, some people were still determined to find an opportunity to see, but as they watched, they discovered that Yu Yanyan, who seemed soft and harmless, was just as ferocious when it came to killing monsters.
The player who had been secretly watching turned and left. "Sorry to bother you, sorry to bother you!"
February 8th arrived in the blink of an eye. At midnight, the leaderboard was refreshed, and Yu Yanyan received another wave of golden treasure chests.
Half of the rankings have changed, but Yu Yanyan's first place remains unchanged.
Even the power ranking has changed from tenth to first.
There's no other reason than that she has the cheat code Shen Xingzhi has.
Shen Xingzhi's fighting ability was also attributed to Yu Yanyan.
Yu Yanyan beamed with joy, thinking that she could now hold onto first place for a long time.
Players in Zone 6 looked at the list with a mixture of envy and pride.
These big shots are from our District 6!
[As expected of Sister Yu, I'm truly impressed! She's now number one on the power rankings!]
[First place on all six lists, that's incredibly impressive.]
I dare say no one in the entire game is living a better life than her; I'm so envious I could cry.
[If it were anyone else, I would have criticized them mercilessly, but Sister Yu... well, I can only offer my congratulations with tears in my eyes.]
...
The chat channel erupted in a cacophony of howls and screams.
After receiving the treasure chest, Yu Yanyan didn't open it immediately. She planned to make some more fortune-telling tomorrow to see if she could get even more luck.
I don't know what's going on. I've made a lot of Dafu before, and the materials and process were exactly the same, but I just didn't get any luck bonus.
I've been researching even more desserts lately, but I still haven't found a single lucky one.
Yu Yanyan sighed, thinking to herself that it was indeed the rarest and most valuable attribute in the game, which was truly remarkable.
I have no idea how Huo Zhaoyan managed to produce so many nougat candies with permanent +1 luck.
I really want to ask him! Unfortunately, he's still a newbie, having only recently reached the beginner level.
I heard that he was already a senior candy maker when he made a candy that permanently grants +1 luck, but I don't know if that's true or not.
However, one thing is certain: there's still a long way to go. It's better to rely on yourself than on him. Maybe you'll even research a dessert that brings you lasting luck before he does.
If I can't make the lucky dessert tomorrow, I won't wait any longer and will just open the box.
There's no need to hoard treasure chests; the key is to open them as early as possible to get good items and arm yourself.
After asking her friends to keep an eye out for lucky items and also mentioning it in the chat channel, Yu Yanyan finally went to sleep.
The next day, Yu Yanyan didn't make the lucky dessert, and no one contacted her to tell her about the lucky item.
After returning from her exploration that evening, Yu Yanyan decided to open the box.
Yu Yanyan opened all six golden treasure chests at once, and a jumble of random things spilled all over the bed.
With a wave of her hand, she packed everything into her bag, then glanced at the system information and her eyes widened.
There are two red-quality ones!
[Enhancement Card (Red): Randomly enhances one of your attributes and skills upon use.]
[Floor Return Card (Red): Players can select any floor they have visited, specifying the starting location or choosing a random location.]
Yu Yanyan's expression turned blank; these two red cards were incredible!
Yu Yanyan didn't even bother to look at the items and immediately used the point-adding card.
[You have used an enhancement card (red), currently performing a random enhancement...]
[Enhancement successful.]
Yu Yanyan couldn't wait to open her personal attributes and find out where she had been enhanced.
After seeing it clearly, he excitedly punched the scattered plush toys next to him.
"System, you're amazing! I'm raving about you! Hahaha~"
Shen Xingzhi, who was lying on the next bed, opened his eyes after hearing Yu Yanyan's loud laughter.
The villa was very soundproof; her laughter could be heard through. How happy must she be?
What good thing happened?
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Author's Note: Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants with nutrient solution between 2024-04-10 20:55:53 and 2024-04-11 20:58:31!
Thank you to the little angel who threw the grenade: I don't have a complete collection of 1 yet;
Thank you to the little angels who threw landmines: Su Muxiaxiaxiaxia, Occasionally Silly, and Mao 1;
Thank you to the little angels who watered the nutrient solution: Zilan Ruomeng 200 bottles; Qiao Jing 30 bottles; Xierfu 28 bottles; Youyong Chunjie Xin 20 bottles; Southward 12 bottles; Yunduan, Nuannuan de Shizi, Hanyue, Kai'er Shaoye, Chunrihua 10 bottles; Yongyuan89 5 bottles; Aya 3 bottles; -.-, Crayon Shin-chan 2 bottles; Guo Jiajiazi, Lemon, Lianwu, Jiuye, Buxiangzuo Dagongren, Qizai Yinlong Beishang, Buai Chiyu de Mao, 17, Heimei, Ann_, nananan, Jiumu Yifan, Chen Muke, Chengli de Dawang, happyending, Song Ni Yike Xiaozhenzhu, Wuchao Wumu, Dongdongdong, Fanmiangui 1 bottle;
Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!
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