Chapter 60: The Family Token is a Trap

And then,

there was the allocation of some small-scale resources, not as massive as the Si Hun Sen Lin, such as a resource map for a small ghost rock mine or the like.

They had value, but not enough to make the major powers tempted.

After all, there were big weapons waiting for them later; no one wanted to miss the most crucial Family Token because of these small resources.

This also allowed Asuma, who was severely short on funds, to snatch up a medium-sized ghost iron mine.

"What exactly is going on with Konoha?"

"Wasting money. I thought they were holding back something big, but I didn't expect them to just drop a big load!"

This behavior was also mocked by the players.

During this time,

Sunagakure wanted to repeat their old tricks, threatening some players to give up the competition, hoping to auction for small resources at a low price, but they were stopped by the joint efforts of other major powers.

"Is Sunagakure shameless? It's called an auction, and you still want to use such low-handed tactics?"

"We in Kumogakure aren't afraid of you. If you're not convinced, why don't you let your Rasa fight our Raikage with real weapons?"

"Apologies everyone, I am Elder Chiyo of Sunagakure. The person just now was a temporary ninja who just joined Sunagakure; he only acted this way because he was terrified of being poor. I have already punished him."

Seeing that they had incurred public wrath, Granny Chiyo hurriedly stood up to explain.

Before the Samsara Game appeared, it really wasn't easy to anger these major powers all at once. Sunagakure didn't have the deep foundation of Konoha to withstand attacks from multiple sides.

"Elder Chiyo, what should we do?"

Zhenshu, with a youthful face and a look that made him seem easy to bully, looked at Granny Chiyo nervously.

Granny Chiyo shook her head and said, "Don't be afraid. Everyone thinks Sunagakure is poor; this will make them lower their guard."

Resources are indeed scarce in the desert.

But everyone forgot that the Fourth Kazekage's Kekkei Genkai, Magnet Release, could use magnetic force to manipulate the Gold Sand in the desert, which, after being refined, was invaluable gold.

Although the Daimyo of the Land of Wind kept cutting funding, causing these gold reserves to be consumed very quickly, the remaining stock should be enough to snatch a Family Token.

"Let them be arrogant for a while."

After all the small resources were auctioned off, the final Family Token finally appeared.

The first one was auctioned off by Kirigakure at a high price of 200,000 Reward Points.

Immediately after, the second one was snatched by the Dawn Organization, which appeared out of nowhere.

Just when all the players thought the last one would go to either Kumogakure or Iwagakure, the long-silent Sunagakure suddenly rose up and took the last Family Token directly.

"Bastards!"

Upon learning the auction results, Raikage Ai was so angry his mustache curled up, and his hands trembled as he picked up a pen to start writing a declaration of war.

Mabui hurriedly held the Raikage back and said, "Lord Raikage, war is no small matter. We have already promised Iwagakure to prepare to move against Konoha; we must not cause further complications."

Raikage Ai took a deep breath, calmed his breathing, and said, "Despicable Sunagakure, once we finish carving up Konoha, it will be their turn!"

Mabui rubbed her forehead and said, "Lord Raikage, according to my deduction, Family Tokens will likely continue to be sold through various channels later. We will be able to found a family then as well, just a little later."

Kumogakure was full of muscle-brained combatants; even Lord Raikage was not someone who could put one at ease.

Raikage Ai sighed and said, "Founding a family first is a symbol of strength and will definitely attract a large number of players. It will be too late by the time we found our family."

"Not necessarily."

Mabui shook her head and said, "Based on my understanding of that mysterious game merchant, while the first batch of people to found a family have advantages, there are also downsides."

That is, the funds.

Just look at Kirigakure; although the first kill of the Ghost General had rich rewards, it almost exhausted their entire family fortune.

The powers that found a family in the first batch certainly have a huge advantage, but they likely also suffered a massive drain on resources.

In fact,

just as many players thought, the Family Token was only the beginning.

Bang!

A crisp cracking sound rang out in the Mizukage's office.

Terumi Mei's exquisite face was full of anger, and a trace of scorching acid was still flowing from the corner of her mouth.

The ornaments on the table were melted by the acid, dripping onto the floor with a sizzling sound.

Terumi Mei gritted her teeth and asked, "That bastard game merchant, to activate the Family Token, it actually requires ten Sarina hearts?"

"That's right."

Glancing at the warm Family Token that had just arrived in his inventory, Chojuro didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

Sarina heart is a type of Silver Material produced in the 【Sihun Yingdi】 dungeon.

It is extremely rare.

Even the Game Mall doesn't sell it; it can only be obtained by entering the dungeon to kill the final boss, the Ghost Mage, or by flipping reward cards when the clearance evaluation exceeds S-Rank.

The reason Terumi Mei was so angry was that the 【Sihun Yingdi】 dungeon had different difficulty levels.

Futsuu-kyuu, Bouken-kyuu, Youshi-kyuu, and Hell.

Depending on the dungeon level, the various attributes of the monsters in the dungeon would increase accordingly.

For a Futsuu-kyuu dungeon, a level 15 player with a full Green Set could clear it solo.

Bouken-kyuu required a five-person team to barely clear it.

For Youshi-kyuu, even if a level 19 Explosive Flame Mage in a full Purple set led the team, and Terumi Mei led it personally, there was still a possibility of failure.

The difficulty of the Hell level could be imagined.

However, only the Hell level dungeon had a probability of dropping Silver Materials like the Sarina heart.

"A single Hell level ticket costs two hundred Reward Points."

Terumi Mei bit her silver teeth and muttered, "A full five-person team costs a whole thousand Reward Points. Excluding the possibility of failure, it would still take dozens of clears to save up enough Sarina hearts."

After all, the heart of Sarina is not a guaranteed drop; if one is unlucky, it might take nearly a hundred clears to collect ten of them.

Terumi Mei asked helplessly: "Have you contacted the merchants?"

Chojuro replied: "I have already contacted them. I suspect that all the factions that auctioned for the Family Token have contacted them as well, making them realize something is amiss, so they are asking for forty thousand Reward Points per heart."

Major factions did not keep this kind of Silver Material, which currently has no discovered use.

Only the merchants thought it was a rare commodity worth hoarding, but they only had a few, as the drop rate is what it is.

The Hell difficulty is high, and the entry fee is especially expensive.

Once you fail, you lose everything, so apart from the few that were produced when the dungeon first opened for exploration, there has been no output, and naturally, the merchants do not have many.

Everything still comes down to the Hell-level 【Sihun Yingdi】 dungeon.

A Fu could not help but sigh: "As expected of you, Master. You didn't patch the hole left by the Pollution Source back then just for this moment?"

After the Pollution Source was eliminated,

a piece of the source of the pollution would remain on the contaminated World Fragment, just like a hole in a cloth bag.

If this hole is not patched for a long time, it will automatically absorb cosmic energy, and soon new Ghost Mages will be born.

If that happens, all previous efforts will have been in vain.

A Fu had previously reminded his master, but he did not care at all, nor was he willing to spend one million Reward Points to patch the hole.

"I told you long ago to make full use of the players' enthusiasm."

Fang Yi smiled and said: "After I opened the Sihun Yingdi dungeon, I could split the energy absorbed by the source of the pollution every day and turn it into countless weakened Ghost Mages to provide players with experience and equipment drops."

"Since I can make use of waste, why should I spend a huge amount of Reward Points to patch it?"

(End of this chapter)