Chapter Twenty-Four: The System Pits People!
Skills look more appealing than physical ones.
After all, many skills can be unleashed with a single move. Moreover, most of the skills ignore the limitations of the world. But in reality, the power of skills is limited in the early stages - classic example: a fireball technique may not be worth a bullet - but it is much more expensive! Skills of the same level are a notch more expensive than items - the IN level is fine, and the N-level skills are worth an R-level item.
Not to mention, there are also conditions for learning certain skills, such as...... Gender Requirements!
Liu Siyong watched for more than half an hour, dazzling and dazzling, and many skills and items made him have infinite possibilities.
Wiping the non-existent saliva, Liu Siyong looked at his "pocket", 220 points of hard work are worth it...... Well, let's think something practical.
For now, as long as he completes the settlement, he should be able to start being reborn. On Earth, based on the current state of life, IN and N-class items will not help much in life. On the contrary, Liu Siyong's life is not easy now - he has no job, so all he needs is money.
Unfortunately, the value of hard labor cannot be directly exchanged for various currencies unless it is exchanged for gold products and then exchanged. This is not only troublesome, but the price of gold will definitely be lower than the value.
In this way, it seems that the exchange is not as good as serving the mission world! Liu Siyong's mind moved, and he immediately asked:
"Can I buy intel on the next mission?"
"100 points of hard work can be exchanged for information about the mission......" the system replied flatly.
"100 points! Isn't it 50? And the price has increased?! Liu Siyong grinned.
"When you get an official number, the difficulty of the mission increases as the character level increases. The value of different tasks will be different depending on the difficulty of the task......" The system calmly responded to Liu Siyong's questioning.
"Damn!" Liu Siyong "sighed" helplessly, and almost took out half of his family funds at 100 points, which made him extremely entangled. However, the advice of the coffee bean is still in his ears, and he himself knows the importance of intelligence...... Therefore, after some entanglement, he still chose to buy information first.
After submitting the application, the column of his hard work value was suddenly removed by 100 points, and at this time, the crisp sound of gold coins in the background was not so pleasant!
Angrier things followed!
"The exchange of information was successful. Since the Ponderer's strength before the next mission has not yet been demonstrated, the type and time of the suitable mission are yet to be determined, and the information will be communicated after the final decision......"
"Shit!" Liu Siyong blurted out a mantra of coffee beans! Pit man, this is! Aren't the tasks set in advance? The information actually had to be given temporarily? If only it had told me a minute before the mission started, it would have been a fart!
I can't bear it, I can't bear it! Refund! Don't buy it!
"The value of hard labor has been delivered, the exchange is generated, and it cannot be redeemed." How infuriating the cold voice of the system looks!
Profiteer! Proper profiteers!
Liu Siyong vented angrily in his consciousness, and did not care about the perception of the system, and slightly greeted the non-existent "family members" of the system. Fortunately, the system has no intention of care......
After calming down, Liu Siyong still got a clue from the system's behavior:
Tasks are not always set in advance! Affected by what strength assessment factors, the task may be improvised. That is, the system may have an "intelligent" screening of the participants of the task, or even ...... When you need to contribute, will you be "recruited"? Just like the prison escape mission, it was because the old turtledove died unexpectedly and the clue to the coffee bean was broken, so he was sent to help the coffee bean. This is the manifestation of temporality!
But in this way, there will be another paradox! Since there is a penalty for the failure of the mission, it means that the system allows the possibility of the task failing! From the point of view of the coffee beans, if the death of the old turtledove will cause his mission to fail, then it would be good to accept the punishment! Why does the system ask him to help "intimately"? Is there still an "off-site help" function?
By the way, Coffee Bean did say that he paid some price to allow the quest to continue - that is, the system assigned him a "peer" to act as an NPC.
Of course, all this is just speculation and conjecture, and his level is too low to explore the answer.
Forget it, you can't fight the system, you can only swallow your anger. Liu Siyong gave up the struggle, and the remaining 120 hard work points did not dare to use it, so he could only focus on the side quest rewards given by the system.
Let's see what you can get by the lottery! Let's hope your luck doesn't get too bad!
Liu Siyong directly gave up drawing cash (hard labor value) - he didn't know what the next task was, and he didn't know what to buy, what was the use of hoarding hard labor value? If you draw a minimum of 100 points, you won't be able to buy a gun.
Credit is worth 25 points...... It looks too shabby - don't think that the merit value is rare, its exchange value is less, on the contrary, the merit value will not be lower than the hard work value, and it buys "special items", this kind of item Liu Siyong can only see the N level! For example, the same revolver with 62 credit can be exchanged for a silver long-barreled revolver with a "Draw the gun and hit it" effect! In game terms, this amounts to an "enchantment". In addition, credit can also be "enchanted" or upgraded to normal items, giving skill amplification effects...... In short, it's premium currency! Before Liu Siyong has a certain amount of "capital accumulation", it is of little significance to have credit value!
As for the potential value, Liu Siyong doesn't know what it is for-- you can't buy potential value in the mall, so naturally there is no relevant explanation. Redeeming it is undoubtedly gambling......
Therefore, after thinking about it, Liu Siyong can only choose the "lottery" - IN-level to N-level items or skills! Only in this lottery will it be possible to draw high-value skills! Otherwise, it is worth the hard work to buy ...... Sorry, the money is far from enough!
Apply for a lottery to the system, Liu Siyong was in the silent thoughts of the heavenly spirit, and a thing began to appear on the virtual interface!
I don't know if the prayer really worked, and the thing gradually coalesced into a scroll in the virtual interface - that's exactly what the skill looks like!
But Liu Siyong was obviously not Fang Zhou's own son, and his good luck ended there—the faint light emitted by the skill scroll and the gray-brown cover all showed that this was only an IN-level skill.
Liu Siyong had no body, so he had to ask the system to help him unfold the scroll. As the scroll spreads out, a string of captions emerges—
Skill: Ventriloquism. Current Level: IN, with the possibility of promotion. This skill allows the user to imitate some of the sounds they have heard, but not more than the physical capacity (e.g. if you don't have enough lung capacity, you won't be able to simulate the roar of an airplane).
Liu Siyong didn't even bother to complain - ventriloquism, this kind of skill is not even a supporting skill, no wonder it's just IN-level! In the IN to N level range, there are so many skills with attack or defense effects, why do you give it a showman-type skill? Forget it, think about the benefits, at least after returning to Earth, you can be a parody singer through a talent show......
"Do you want to learn this skill, if you do, you need to pay 50 hard work points......"
"Learn! Why don't you learn! It's the first skill I've drawn! And it's a bonus! Liu Siyong gritted his teeth and said, without looking at the dismal "balance", he directly delivered 50 hard work points.
As the system finished "collecting money", the skill scroll turned into ashes in the air, and a warm current also poured into Liu Siyong's consciousness - it was like washing his hair with hot water, which was quite comfortable.
"You've learned the skill to use it in any world, on any body, and has a good bonus to your timbre resolution, sensitivity to sound capture, and a slight improvement in facial control......"
"Huh? And this bonus? Liu Siyong was slightly stunned, these bonuses were not a surprise, but they vaguely made him understand - is it possible that the related skills can complement each other? It's very similar to if you learn a certain instrument, you will sing better than the average person. But now he has no other skills to refer to, and it can only be regarded as a little conjecture.
Looking at the remaining 70 points of hard work, there is basically nothing to consume except for those IN-class items that are very rubbish. Liu Siyong, who was about to leave the settlement interface and was officially reborn, suddenly had a flash of thought!
yes, didn't the coffee beans throw something to themselves at that time? He said it was a good thing! Where did that thing go?
Liu Siyong doesn't even have a body now, so naturally he can't save any physical objects. But just as he thought about the thing that was held in his hand and taken away with his consciousness, an object with a round shape appeared on the virtual interface again!
The coffee bean said that this thing is not limited by the interface shuttle, and can be brought away, and it was really brought to the ark by Liu Siyong!
Now, the object can only see a rough shape on the interface, but the surface of the object is shrouded in a layer of gray substance, like a fog, obscuring its appearance.
"What is this? How can it be so unclear? Liu Siyong's consciousness just raised a question, and the system immediately answered -
"This thing has a self-obscurity function, and it must not be used until the obscurity is removed."
Self-obscurity feature? Shrouded in bad luck? Liu Siyong immediately frowned. He had heard the saying that often miraculous things—or simply treasures—often had a spirituality that transcended the object itself! Before it was born, it often used some kind of disguise to hide its brilliance. Wait for the real time to be ripe, or when you meet someone who is destined, you will see the light of day after some twists and turns! This kind of self-protection ability is called "self-obscurity".
The most famous case of self-obscurity of a sacred artifact in history is none other than He's Bi - before it was discovered by Bian He, it was hidden among the mountains and rocks for tens of thousands of years. Even if it was excavated by Bian Hehui's eyes, it went through several ups and downs before it emerged from the stone.
At present, this round small object is actually recognized by the system as a "self-obscure item", and it is shrouded in a layer of obscurity! Judging from the power of the system, Liu Siyong is very willing to believe that this matter is not simple!