Chapter 98: Acceptance Speech

Another option is protective supplies; the Instance contains guns, so it can be said that most humans have entered the era of firearms, and even with an Immortal Totem as backup, Cheng Shuili is unwilling to casually sacrifice a life.

If she chooses this, the best outcome is to obtain a bulletproof vest. For Cheng Shuili now, this item is as important as the Immortal Totem!

And even if luck is bad and a shield appears, that's fine; such a makeshift cover is still useful in an emergency.

There are many types of protective gear, yet for a moment Cheng Shuili can't think of anything else.

Besides bulletproof vests and shields, what else…?

Cheng Shuili furrowed her brows, thought for a moment, and still chose protective supplies.

Household appliances are mostly for entertainment; even if not, they only raise living standards. Cheng Shuili indeed urgently needs a washing machine, but there are many kinds of appliances, and opening a box yields random supplies.

The randomness is too high.

The chance of losing the gamble is too great.

She tapped the protective supplies, and a system popup suddenly displayed a golden supply crate; countless equipment items surged out of its frame!

Cheng Shuili, sharp‑eyed, besides the bulletproof vest, bulletproof helmet, explosive‑resistant shield and ordinary shield, also saw several oddly strange items framed in gold.

A cloak, a hat, a doll, a mirror.

What the heck are these?

Cheng Shuili silently clasped her hands together, praying to draw something useful.

The flood of supplies halted.

【Congratulations, you've drawn the "Comedic Grand Prize"!】

The goddess of luck doesn't favor her every time.

That was Cheng Shuili's first thought; the second was: turns out Liang Shanbo, the "Euro Emperor," isn't lucky every time either.

The special supply crate vanished before her, replaced by a silk cloak.

It was black, draped loosely over Cheng Shuili's hands; the silk glimmered with a cold sheen under the light, looking very high‑end.

Cheng Shuili sighed, resignedly examined the item's effect.

【Clown's Trick Cloak】

【Description: A flamboyantly colorful black cloak! When the wearer suffers bullet, sword, fist or other physical attacks, the cloak instantly inflates into a balloon‑like exaggerated shape, absurdly rebounding the attack! Success rate refreshes daily, decreasing sequentially: first 100%, then 90%… You think it's strong, right? Don't forget it's a clown's item, carrying the clown's mental contamination! Wearing it for more than ten minutes makes one uncontrollably tell cold jokes, endlessly…】

Rebound bullets?

The success rate refreshes daily, decreasing each time?!

That is to say, the first bullet can be reflected with a hundred percent success rate, but the second only has a ninety‑percent probability…

That's still pretty strong!

The Instance features a single‑shot pistol; against players without automatic weapons, this "Comedic Grand Prize" is an invincible presence!

Cheng Shuili immediately withdrew her earlier thought.

Euro Emperor? Still lucky; I'll hitch a ride next time.

As for the mental contamination…

Cheng Shuili curled a smile; as long as she never wears it for more than ten minutes, that mental contamination is no different from non‑existence!

She stored the cloak inside the Abyssal Ring and turned her gaze to the final golden supply crate.

Having previously owned three crates, Cheng Shuili had dismissed it, but now, with only this golden crate left, she was especially eager.

May the heavens grant a washing machine.

Cheng Shuili whispered it three times in her mind, and, trembling, opened the last supply crate.

"Congratulations, obtained: Energy Stone ×5 【Rare】, Designated Vehicle Appearance Card ×1 【Rare】."

No washing machine, but two new items.

Cheng Shuili didn't check immediately, because the system that had been spouting nonsense finally ended its rambling.

Actually Cheng Shuili had always been puzzled: Number One has always been her, she's the only one ever to hold the server‑wide first place, so why is the award speech delivered by the system?

【In short, in future challenges, may all survivors continue to survive!】

【Now merging regions! Long Guo Third Major Area 1000‑point zone remaining players: 1,699; Long Guo Third Major Area 883‑point zone remaining players: 1,527; Long Guo Third Major Area 2364‑point zone remaining players: 1,385…】

【The above zones have merged! Current region is Long Guo Third Major Area 666‑point zone! Total population: —!】

【Survivors, keep it up!】

Cheng Shuili silently opened the regional channel and instantly saw many unfamiliar IDs.

"This is the merge?"

"Feels like the game just started? Aren't there a bit too many dead people?"

"Which zone are you from upstairs? How clueless are you, isn't the system just eliminating people? If it didn't eliminate people, would it just feed and pamper you?"

"It's hard to imagine a person could actually empathize with the system."

"We just merged with Long Guo Third Major Area 1000‑point zone? I recall the last server's Number One was in that zone—what was that top‑dog's ID again?"

"Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji."

"Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji! The one true god!"

"Our zone's Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji! Do you get the gold‑value of this ID? This Instance, again server‑wide first! Hell‑level Instance, server‑wide first!"

"Not to mention anything else, this is Long Guo Third Major Area 883‑point zone, Number One Yu Linling requests to fight."

"Yu Linling: I didn't provoke anyone."

"Hahaha, a bunch of clowns!"

The regional channel remained fairly lively; Cheng Shuili glanced a few times then closed it.

The golden supply crate yielded several glowing white energy stones, each shimmering with multicolored light; at a glance it's clear they're far from ordinary.

The energy stones given by the golden supply box are a few pieces of white stones glowing with fluorescence, with multicolored light shimmering on them; at a glance you can immediately realize they are definitely not ordinary.

But gave five at once.

Cheng Shuili narrowed her eyes; she simply didn't believe she had such good luck.

【Energy Stone】

【Description: An energy substance that can provide power to all appliances, all vehicles, all special weather-protection gear, and some special equipment! In short, it's truly a must-have item for home travel, killing and looting!】

She could understand home travel, but killing and looting…?

This system isn't pretending anymore, right? Not at all.

Suggest next time directly pop up a window saying "Encourage players to kill each other, encourage players to kill each other!"

Cheng Shuili shook her head, first putting away the Energy Stone, then turning to look at another card.

Over this time she had figured it out—these cards come in only two types.

One type is the Vehicle Card, such as the Vehicle Repair Card, Vehicle Cleaning Card—cards that directly affect vehicles!

The other type is the Designated Card, such as the Designated Style Decoration Card, Designated Material Duplication Card, Designated Player Duel Card, and the newly acquired Designated Vehicle Appearance Card.

These cards all share a common point: they can be chosen freely, come in many varieties, and are not limited to vehicles only.