Chapter 30: A Lucky Draw? Just Take It by Force!

Wu Wang appeared in the familiar settlement space.

He lowered his head to look at his status panel, unable to help but arch an eyebrow in surprise—

【Player Nickname: Survivor #9527】
【Player Level: Lv4】
【Available Points: 4】
【Strength: 10】
【Constitution: 10】
【Agility: 10】
【Intelligence: 11 (Fixed value, cannot be increased)】
【Spirit: 40 (You have been resisting a certain form of mental corruption for a long time; it is tempering your spirit)】
【Charm: 5 (Because you became the light in the hearts of every student at the school in "Fight Back to School," your Charm is rising out of respect for Tiga)】

He had actually jumped 4 levels?

This was likely related to liberating the entire school; it counted as exceeding the mission requirements. Although he didn’t know how many dungeons players like Baili Dao and Tu Xingsun had to clear to reach levels five or six, it certainly wouldn't be four levels in a single run. After all, those people seemed to possess quite a few items and gear, clearly accumulated over several dungeons.

"Is the fact that Intelligence cannot be increased a bit too absurd?" Wu Wang’s mouth twitched as he stared at that line of information.

Does this mean that, in the eyes of the "Spirit Disaster Game," Intelligence is an innate trait, and one cannot simply become smarter by allocating points?

How infuriating!

So much for the saying, "A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit."

He had suffered setback after setback in the dungeon, yet he wasn't allowed to gain any wit upon exiting. This was discrimination against the brain-damaged!

Fortunately, regarding his Intelligence, even a veteran farmer would have to exclaim, "This is pure gold!"

On the other hand, Wu Wang was not surprised by the increase in Spirit and Charm. His initial Spirit was already high, which was likely linked to his long-term experiences of suicide and resurrection. After all, there probably wasn't another person in the world who had consistently experienced the terror of death and total mental collapse. Coupled with the torture inflicted on his mental state by the red vertical pupil of the Abyss God, his Spirit seemed to be steadily improving even without point allocation through constant friction.

I am the legendary endurance king!

"Since childhood, teachers taught us that we should develop morally, intellectually, physically, aesthetically, and laboriously."

Wu Wang happily allocated his available points in a 1:2:1 ratio to Strength, Constitution, and Agility.

The reason for the extra point in Constitution was simple: when facing danger, having enough stamina to run further than your teammates is victory!

To be honest, he even hesitated about whether to allocate points to Strength at all. Based on the current situation, it seemed impossible to forcibly clear dungeons using brute force. The ghosts and monsters there were more heaven-defying than the last; no matter how many points a player poured into Strength, they likely couldn't go head-to-head with entities like the BOSS.

It seemed just like an escape room.

You have to use your brain!

So, Strength was actually an unimportant stat—though perhaps that was just because he had only experienced one dungeon and lacked sufficient perspective.

"Let's see what the completion rewards are."

Wu Wang clicked on the other sections of the panel.

In his backpack...

There didn't seem to be any new equipment.

In the skill bar...

It was still the same.

"Damn, did the system skim off my rewards? What happened to the 'stacked rewards reaching peak value'?" Wu Wang couldn't help but grumble.

But after a thorough check, he discovered something that had never appeared before—

【Due to stacked rewards and hidden rewards, you have obtained two draws from the Legendary Treasury】
【Legendary Treasury: A warehouse where a legendary auctioneer who traverses all worlds and trades in everything has reached an agreement with the Spirit Disaster Game. The equipment and items obtained from here are at least Epic grade】
【Equipment/Item Ranks: Inferior, Common, Fine, Epic, Legendary, Exclusive】

Fine, fine, turning rewards into a lottery to facilitate behind-the-scenes manipulation, is that it?

Wu Wang almost laughed out of anger. He always felt that the Spirit Disaster Game’s system didn't seem to like him very much.

Lotteries were far too unreliable. He had never even won a "Try Again" bottle cap in his life, and instead, he had once opened a few drinks that contained American cockroaches—high-protein beverages.

"Draw, draw, draw! Damn it, don't let me catch whoever designed this game, or I'll slap them twice." Wu Wang viciously clicked the draw option.

A box engraved with a question mark appeared out of thin air in front of him and began to shake.

【Selecting collection for you】
【Congratulations, you have obtained an Epic item—Pink Herbal Tea (from a certain raising-simulation game, Slave Girl Hi...xx)】
【Effect: When used on the opposite sex, it significantly increases their desires in a certain aspect. The duration lasts for one month. Players with poor physical stamina are advised to use with caution】

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What kind of garbage is this?

Before he could even examine the effects closely, the red vertical pupil on the inside of his wrist suddenly blinked.

Wu Wang’s vision went dark, his face turned pale, and a massive amount of his vitality was drained away. He was almost sucked dry.

What is the Abyss God going crazy for now!?

He didn't even have any gear or equipment for it to tamper with!

The next second, a row of blood-red tentacles appeared out of nowhere in front of the question mark box.

The tentacles wrapped around the "Pink Herbal Tea," shoved it back into the box, and began to stir it frantically, as if searching for something else.

The question mark box began to tremble violently. It seemed to want to flee, but it was bound tightly in place by the surrounding tentacles.

"It can do that?" Wu Wang was stunned.

But does this really count as a draw? Isn't this just blatant robbery!?

After a few seconds, the blood-red tentacles dragged a black-and-white smiley mask out of the box.

【Fake Smile Mask (Epic): The wearer can change their appearance and physical characteristics at will. Each use consumes 10 points of Spirit, and the effect lasts for 24 hours】
【Note: Isn't everyone wearing a mask? You think I’ve put on a mask, but in reality, I’ve taken one off.】

The moment the equipment fell into Wu Wang’s hand, the blood-red tentacles in the dark space, along with the question mark box, vanished. For some reason, at the moment they disappeared, Wu Wang felt a deep sense of resentment coming from the box.

"Not convinced, are you? If you're not convinced, come back!"

Wu Wang grumbled and clicked the draw option again. He still had one more draw!

The next second, the question mark box appeared again.

The familiar process repeated itself. The red vertical pupil blinked, Wu Wang was sucked dry, even died and resurrected once, and the blood-red tentacles appeared to bind the poor question mark box tightly.

It trembled even more violently this time, likely not expecting to be forced back.

*Don't you come over here!*

*Gurgle—*

The tentacles stuffed it full again.

This time, what was dragged out was a scroll.

【Cloud-Treading Step (Epic, Evolvability): After use, you will learn this skill. When leaving the ground, you only need to perform a jumping action in mid-air to complete a double jump (effects can stack). Each jump consumes a certain amount of stamina】
【Note: Who says you can't fly by stepping on your own feet?】

"Okay, I forgive you. It seems my life wasn't fed to you for nothing." Wu Wang smiled with relief.

Although it didn't actually get to eat him. The red vertical pupil of the Abyss God was definitely not a good thing, but at least it had done something useful this time. If the Abyss God mark on his wrist hadn't devoured the red vertical pupil on the door during this dungeon, it would have been quite difficult for him to enter the broadcast room.

Oh, wait, that's not right!

Damn it, the reason he needed to enter the broadcast room in the first place was because this bastard had twisted his task!

Wu Wang suddenly realized the source of the problem was the thing on his wrist.

He cursed, "Did you hear that? I’m withdrawing my forgiveness."

With that, he crushed the scroll.

A flash of light appeared in Wu Wang's eyes.

【Learned: Cloud-Treading Step (Epic, Evolvability)】

A Common piece of equipment could make players fight over it; Fine equipment was enough to make many players take risks in reality, trampling on the law to kill and loot; Epic equipment would even cause a certain degree of panic, as the struggle for Epic-level gear usually affected the social order of a region.

And that was to say nothing of the fact that Wu Wang now possessed an Epic-level skill. Although it didn't look like much now, it was clearly marked as evolvable. Anything that could evolve, provided the conditions were met, was guaranteed to be a game-breaking, powerful skill in the Spirit Disaster Game.

The potential value of "Cloud-Treading Step" was, in a sense, even higher than the "Fake Smile Mask."

【Log out?】

"Confirm log out." Wu Wang’s expression became increasingly arrogant. "I'm going to print my size 42 shoe size on the faces of those three!"

Just as the settlement space was about to disappear, an extra notification sounded—

【Vision of Truth (Passive): Merged and Evolved】
【@!%# Can see your world more clearly. He is in high spirits within the abyss.】
【I am beginning to understand everything!】

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No, wait, you can evolve too?

What did you evolve based on?