Chapter 106: The Trail of the Azure Blue Resonant Snail! (April 1250 Monthly Ticket Bonus)

As mentioned before, the Dream World is an entire continent, surrounded by an endless ocean on all sides.

All 9999 game zones are on this continent, and their division method is extremely simple and crude—divided into one hundred regions both horizontally and vertically.

Although each game zone's outline is not a regular rectangle, the overall layout of the zones is exactly that.

And the numbering is likewise crude.

The first row consists of zones 0001 through 0099, totaling 99 zones.

The second row consists of zones 0100 through 0199, totaling 100 zones.

Thereafter the same pattern continues.

Therefore, players can move horizontally into adjacent-numbered zones, or vertically jump across one hundred zones directly.

Song Ban Gui Zhi moved directly from zone 6232 to zone 6132, which is actually a northward transfer.

Qin Chuan showed a thoughtful expression.

He was speculating on the meaning of Song Ban Gui Zhi's change in action.

That crazy player began his first kill on the day his Golden Talent Soul Fusion faded, and thereafter he has killed one player every day without cease.

This is also one of the key factors that most people guess his talent is Soul Fusion.

Today's sudden change in behavior pattern is likely not coincidental.

In an instant, Qin Chuan recalled Ericte's public declaration from yesterday.

Could it be…

He casually took out a hand-drawn replica map of the Dream World and compared the positions of Ericte and Song Ban Zhi Gui.

Although Song Ban Zhi Gui had moved only one zone, his direction was not yet clear, but he indeed had the possibility of advancing toward the 2761 zone where Ericte was located.

Song Ban Zhi Gui, enraged by Ericte's provocation yesterday, wanted to fight him? The moment that thought arose in Qin Chuan's mind, he couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

That idea is simply too absurd.

The two are far apart; for Song Ban Zhi Gui to confront him, he would have to cross half the Dream World just for a fight? Suppressing that thought, Qin Chuan marked their current positions on the map and then put the map away.

Only after observing for a while can a conclusion be reached.

Right now, what I should do is to finish crafting the Starlight Equipment as soon as possible and find Shui Hua's final advanced material.

That Azure Blue Resonant Snail that runs all over the place. —"Good evening~"

Yue Li greeted him cheerfully as usual, causing Qin Chuan, who had just regained consciousness, to inexplicably feel a bit more relaxed.

"Good evening." Qin Chuan smiled. "It's clearly daytime now."

"But we sleep at night." Yue Li blinked. "How did last night's resource scouting turn out?"

"I have a water-type material with a focus on attribute control." Qin Chuan smiled, took the Coordinated Water Drop from his carry items, and inserted it into the slot on the Starlight Equipment crafting page.

"Huh?" Seeing Qin Chuan's action, Yue Li suddenly realized, "So the thing we need to look for later is your final piece, right?"

"Yes." Qin Chuan nodded. "You should be almost done too, right?"

"Still need two." Yue Li raised her index finger. "I'm counting on you to find them for me."

"I can't guarantee that." Qin Chuan replied helplessly.

"I believe in you!" Yue Li shook her arm energetically. "Come on, come on, we need to hunt treasure twice today—we have to hurry!"

Besides the resources scouted on the previous Dream World day, this Dream World day allows another scouting.

"Wait a moment." Qin Chuan called out to Yue Li, a thought stirring.

Sundial Third Talent, activate! In the next instant, a bright spot appeared on the vast map of zone 3675.

Qin Chuan opened it and saw—sure enough, it was the Azure Blue Resonant Snail.

At this moment, the Azure Blue Resonant Snail lay among a pile of shells on the shore, looking nothing special except for being a bit prettier.

Obviously, its self-retracting property is taking effect.

At last I've found you. Qin Chuan muttered involuntarily.

Of course, he had no intention of going after it right now.

The Azure Blue Resonant Snail is currently about five hundred kilometers away from him, and this resource shifts its position.

By the time he gets there, the Azure Blue Resonant Snail will have already run off.

Qin Chuan's plan is to first observe, discover some patterns in the Azure Blue Resonant Snail's movements, then figure out how to obtain it.

So…

"Let's go, let's start our treasure hunt now." Qin Chuan smiled at Yue Li, anticipation rising in his heart for the ninth Starlight Equipment material.

"Compared to the Azure Blue Resonant Snail, acquiring this resource is more reliable. —"Ooh—"

Accompanied by an angry roar, a Growth Tier Lv20 Forest Hunting Lizard beaten flat by Shui Hua and ice cream watched helplessly as Qin Chuan took from its nest the resource it had guarded for a long time, feeling as wronged as a deflowered maiden.

"Enough, what does a wood-system Spirit Beast need a water-type Starlight Equipment material for?" Qin Chuan chuckled. "I'm in a good mood—I'll let you off."

"Bye-bye~"

Waving at the Forest Hunting Lizard, Qin Chuan departed with Shui Hua and ice cream.

Not far from the nest, the waiting Yue Li smiled and asked, "Finished?"

"Yes." Qin Chuan shook the loot in his hand. "All set."

Saying that, he inserted the ninth Starlight Equipment material into the Starlight Equipment crafting page.

Looking at the empty slot in the middle, Qin Chuan took a deep breath and pulled out the Fine Equipment Forging Stone he had kept in his equipment inventory.

It won't work otherwise; as soon as the forging stone is placed in the slot, if there are more than two materials in the material column, a confirmation page for crafting will keep popping up.

Now fully prepared, he could finally give it a try.

After inserting the Fine Equipment Forging Stone into the corresponding slot, a page popped up before Qin Chuan's eyes.

【Consume Fine Equipment Forging Stone and Water Pupil Star Crystal, along with the nine Starlight Equipment materials, to craft Starlight Equipment?】

【This crafting's attribute direction: Attribute Control】

This crafting affix grade: Starlight 9

This crafting success rate: 30%

【Yes】【No】

Qin Chuan clicked 【No】 without hesitation, then removed the premium equipment forging stone.

With such low odds, it's not worth it.

If you really want to craft, you still need to wait until after Yue Li gives you luck.

However, this luck today really must not be used recklessly.

He has locked onto the Azure Echoing Conch for three hours already, and Qin Chuan has discovered some patterns.

The Azure Echoing Conch moves its position every half hour.

The range of movement is quite large, almost random across all zones within area 3675.

In the past six moves, the Azure Echoing Conch's farthest distance from Qin Chuan was close to 800 kilometers, and the nearest was over 300 kilometers.

After discovering this pattern, Qin Chuan also realized why, under the circumstance of Yue Li giving him luck, using the Sundial Needle's Second Endowment failed to detect rare resources.

It's not that luck has no effect on rare resources, but that he didn't give them a chance to run to his side.

The Sundial Needle's Second Endowment only records the resource situation in the vicinity at the moment of use; only if rare resources undergo a transfer during the interval between increasing luck and using the talent, and appear within a 100,000-meter range, can they possibly be detected by the Second Endowment.

But under normal circumstances…

Qin Chuan always uses luck immediately after applying it, with less than ten seconds in between.

(End of chapter)