“What?! How much did you lose???”
Suture Saint let out a shriek!
500 million!
That was 500 million!
We're coming for you, you trust-fund brats.
“No kid cries every day, no gambler loses every time!”
Jiaojiao Bujiao tried to save face while tempting Suture Saint.
“Saint, haven't you done that achievement yet? Come on, you can still summon the Mysterious Merchant once.”
Suture Saint knew about that achievement, but she didn't have the money, and she hadn't planned on buying 100 gold just to complete it.
But Jiaojiao Bujiao bought it.
She called Suture Saint over and traded her 100 gold coins.
The instant she received it, Suture Saint got the achievement.
“Here's the 100 gold back, I wasn't going to buy it anyway.”
She traded the 100 gold back to Jiaojiao Bujiao.
But the very next moment, a mysterious merchant appeared beside them, carrying his wares on a pole.
The goods were a mixed bag.
Jiaojiao Bujiao's hands itched again.
“Last hundred!”
“More like the last hundred million! That kind of hundred million! You're not allowed to buy!”
“But Plant Girl got a growable weapon, and I want one too. It feels like it could become an artifact!”
“Huh?” Suture Saint really hadn't expected that.
Chu Fu took the chance to chime in.
“Jiaojiao, opening boxes and pulling gacha is really addictive, but in the end, you always lose money.
Besides, that god Tiangheng is cunning. He knows you have money, so the more he keeps the good stuff away from you, the more you're tempted to keep opening chests!
Take my word for it—if Saint buys, she'll definitely get something good.”
“I don't believe it! Saint, you buy. I'm paying!”
“I'm not letting you pay!”
Suture Saint had money of her own now.
She looked at the goods in the Mysterious Merchant's hands. Besides the Wishing Chests, she didn't need anything else.
She glanced at the money in her bag.
15 gold.
5 of which she'd gotten yesterday from saving Jiang Yixing's team.
“Fine, I'll buy 5. That's the money that celebrity who starts with 'Xing' or whatever—his team gave me. Consider it like I never saved them!”
She bought 5 chests.
And opened them all in a row.
[You obtained: Fine Bandages (Black Iron) ×50]
[You obtained: Surgical Records (Blank) book.]
[You obtained: Nine-Vein Golden Needles (Gold-tier)]
[You obtained: Medicine Gourd (Silver-tier) off-hand weapon.]
[You obtained: Body-Strengthening Pill (Silver-tier elixir): CON +1.]
“Huh?”
Suture Saint was dumbfounded.
She posted the items to the team chat, and a wave of “666” messages flooded in.
Chu Fu felt like her mouth had been blessed. She'd mentioned it as a probability tip, but she didn't expect Suture Saint to be this lucky.
That wave was absolutely a huge win.
“That gold-tier weapon, and it's a signature weapon—that's worth 10 gold at least. Even a silver off-hand weapon is 1 gold. The strength pill is 100 silver. And the worst one, the blank book—that's actually a treasure. You can learn skills from it!”
Wait, that was a thing?
Suture Saint couldn't wait to flip the book open.
Jiaojiao Bujiao was broken.
“Damn it, you only scam me, don't you?! Kid, if I ever buy a single thing from you again, I'll take your last name!”
Jiaojiao Bujiao swore a solemn oath.
500 million was just for fun—if she didn't get anything good, she'd never touch it again.
“Hey, wake up. Don't be mad. Here, take this Body-Strengthening Pill! Eat it and boost your constitution! You'll have more stamina to tank mobs!”
Suture Saint handed the strength pill to Jiaojiao Bujiao.
“Alright, we're all here. Let's call 5 more people and farm the level-20 monsters. 10 minutes before the server merge at midnight, we'll go take down the Goblin Chieftain.”
There were five BOSSes on the town map!
They were:
The Goblin Tribe Chieftain.
The Goblin Overseer.
The Goblin Warlord.
The Goblin Frost King.
The Goblin Abyss Overlord.
The first-kill drop gave +2 to all attributes, though the bonus chest was still just Silver-tier.
So the chest wasn't exciting.
But the attribute points were worth fighting over.
Chu Fu picked her team members.
Shafu Liangu, Wu Yingchun, Little Sister Wu, and Zhimengzhe.
Zhimengzhe was socially anxious and a life-skill player, but her talent was actually pretty good.
[A-Tier Talent: Soul Giver:
Characteristic 1: You can grant souls to inanimate objects, allowing them to assist you, whether in battle or with chores.
Characteristic 2: Soul communication ability increased by 50%.]
Plus, Zhimengzhe's class was also a special one, [Doll Master], allowing her to craft dolls that would fight for her.
Also a summoner class.
The difference between her and Shafu Liangu was that her summoned dolls got prettier and prettier.
While the other's summoned bugs got more and more terrifying!
Shafu Liangu came flying in on a giant bug.
It was faster than the Wing Glider.
It was an oversized cockroach.
It looked horrifying.
As for the last slot, Chu Fu didn't fill it, because that person wasn't in the same server as her right now.
Once the server merged at midnight, she'd be able to see them.
Then,
Chu Fu and the others farmed level-20 monsters for over five hours and finally unlocked an achievement.
[Congratulations! Achievement completed—"Goblin Slayer!": Killed a cumulative 1,000,000 goblins. Reward: All attributes +1. Your damage against goblin-kind increased by 10%. Goblin-kind's hatred toward you increased by 10%.]
Not only that, but this quest had upgraded tiers as well.
[Goblin Massacre: Kill 10,000,000 goblins. Reward: 3 points to all attributes, 20% increased damage against goblins.]
[Tide of the Green Plague's Master: Kill 100,000,000 goblins. Reward: 5 points to all attributes, 30% increased damage against goblins.
Special Title: Master of the Green Tide. When equipped: All goblin units suffer a 15% reduction in all attributes when they encounter you.]
This was an achievement that would take a long time to complete, so there was no rush.
At this point, there were still 10 minutes until the server merge.
“Let's go! Time to face our first BOSS!”
Shen Chi summoned his mech, then pulled out a small bus cabin, and with the team aboard, they rumbled off toward the Goblin Chieftain's location.
Finally, midnight arrived.
[System Announcement: Beginner-area server merge for Fengdu Town. Servers 026, 027, 028, 029, and 030 have been merged into the 8888 server at server 0308888, beginner village: Wangxi Village.]
[System Announcement: During the server merge, player positions will be adjusted as necessary. Players in wilderness areas, please note that monster respawn rates are now five times the original mirrored-server amount.]
[System Announcement: Wilderness BOSSes have respawned. Dungeon [Goblin Nest] is now open. Public quest [Goblin Raids] is now open.]
As the announcements came through, double the monsters spawned in the forest below.
In front of a goblin cave, a hulking goblin over two meters tall appeared.
Not only that, but in the distance, numerous player figures appeared, overlapping with each other before the system automatically shifted their positions.
Chu Fu and her team didn't have that problem, because they were in the air.
Just then, Chu Fu received a message.
[System Notice: Bitter Melon King (Pain Warlock) has requested to join the party.]
