004. All-In _1

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A plain and simple name.

Lu Ban thought for a moment, resisted the urge to open the video file immediately.

After all, it had been said not to open it at night, and he wasn't looking to court death.

Putting down his phone, Lu Ban casually flipped open "When the Human Stars Shine" which had once suppressed the Lanlan beanbag.

However, the poetic text of Zweig had vanished without a trace, replaced by the stern and cold panel explanations of the system.

[Name: Lu Ban]

[Career: Director]

[Education: Bachelor's Degree]

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[Will: 80]

[Education: 70]

[Luck: 20]

[Sanity: 76]

[Silence Points: 100]

[Inherent Skill: All-In]

Opening the personal panel, Lu Ban discovered three things.

First, his sanity had dropped by four points.

Second, the reward for the novice task had appeared on his panel.

Third, an entry for something like system currency called Silence Points had appeared.

Finally, the text in the career column, originally in lead-black, had turned to ink-green, and seemed clickable.

"The reason for the decrease in sanity, was it because of experiencing those things just now?"

Lu Ban was somewhat familiar with horror film theories and related literary works, knowing that in some world settings, human sanity can be quantified, and witnessing terrifying things would reduce sanity until it drops to 0, leading to complete madness.

Just one exploration under the bed had reduced his sanity by four points, which was a bit exaggerated...

Lu Ban had no idea how to recover sanity, so he could only accept it as an established fact.

He looked at the text of "All-In" in dark golden letters, beside which the sentences that wrote about the life of the great composer had turned into the explanation for this inherent skill:

[All-In]

[Inherent]

[Can interfere with the workings of the Silent Lands, can be used once per task]

Below these descriptions, there were a few lines of embossed golden text.

[Dice from an Untraceable Era]

[Legendary object that could twist fate]

[Once thrown, even divine beings cannot interfere with its outcome]

[Even with such tremendous power, the dice could only be commanded by others]

[Or perhaps, the divine beings that crafted it used this to peek into the fate of all beings]

["Those who attempt to control fate, will eventually be devoured by fate"]

Next to these cryptic, riddle-like explanation texts, there was a pair of dice drawn with classical strokes, lifelike and distinct. Unlike ordinary six-sided dice, these dark golden dice had ten faces, with numbers from 0 to 9 written in a florid font, exuding a strange beauty.

"So, does that mean, if I encounter trouble in a task, I can rely on these dice for a stroke of luck?"

Lu Ban seemed to have grasped the way to use this inherent skill.

In simple terms, it was a fail-safe skill. With good luck, even the wrath of the gods could be turned into safety, but with bad luck, what might have been a mere scratch could become a fatal injury.

As a cautious player, Lu Ban felt that he shouldn't wait until he was in a crisis to use it, or rather, he must be well-prepared to avoid needing to use this skill at all.

He was not in a task now, so naturally, he could not use it. He turned his attention to the [Silence Points].

Based on Lu Ban's experience, these points should be able to purchase goods provided by the system, or exchange for something.

With a shift in thought, Lu Ban flipped through a few pages of the book, from an overnight genius composer to a general defeated at Waterloo; the text twisted, transforming from a bitter and grand narrative poem to a series of cold and indifferent data entries.

"As expected, these can be used to buy things."

Lu Ban saw next to the [Silent Department Store] a blackened-out option, with grey text indicating that one must have at least 5000 Silence Points to unlock it.

Clearly, he could not choose it yet.

So let's see what the store has.

He took a close look.

Goodness me.

Lu Ban couldn't help but exclaim.

The store didn't carry any entertainment masterpieces or skills for purchase but instead offered a variety of bizarre items.

"So this isn't some entertainment system? What was the point of choosing a career at the beginning?"

Confused, Lu Ban glanced over a few of the products.

[The Uncontrolled Revolver]

[Excellent]

[An ordinary and common revolver]

[Not highly accurate in shooting, but occasionally effective]

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[This pistol once belonged to a detective who went to the Abandoned Capital to investigate.]

[In a moment of crisis, she chose to fire, but accidentally shot her companion.]

["Damn it, I hit my own teammate!"]

[Price: 666 Silence Points]

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[Extra-Dimensional Stealth Technique]

[Excellent]

[Stealth skills]

[Contaminated, use with caution]}

[Thieves from Hei Tower of excellent quality usually can hide themselves within shadows, which is an embryonic form of stealth techniques.]

[However, techniques that are too extreme often bring unpredictable consequences.]

["Hey, buddy, if you're lucky, maybe even the gods won't be able to find you!"]

[Price: 777 Silence Points]

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[The Everlasting Light]

[Excellent]

[A flashlight]

[Lightweight, practical, sturdy, and durable]

[Can provide enough light that even the darkness of the Night Country cannot cover it.]

[Engraved with a line of fine print: Can only be used during the day.]

[Price: 450 Silence Points]

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[A Sigh]

[Common]

[A sigh that can occur anywhere]

[Its characteristic is that it can be reused.]

[Legend has it that this is the sigh left by Hippocrates, the saint of medicine, just before he passed away abruptly.]

[Is this a lament over one's own life, or is it a relief that all mortals must eventually die?]

["Sigh—"]

[Price: 100 Silence Points]

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[Air Friend]

[Common]

[An air friend]

[Invisible to the eye, intangible to the touch, imperceptible to the senses]

[You can talk to it, but don't expect a reply.]

["On The Island, everyone has their own air friend."]

[Price: 70 Silence Points]

"...What kind of stuff is this..."

Lu Ban was flipping through the catalog, and since his level and clearance within this System weren't high enough, he could only see products of excellent quality at most.

Products of excellent quality were mostly related to something in reality, but their descriptions were odd and carried a certain dangerous air.

As for the common-quality products, there was a variety of messy items that mostly gave off a feeling of being dispensable. Rather than proper items, they seemed more like props that would appear in some comedy animation.

Lu Ban only had one hundred Silence Points, so most of the excellent quality products were out of reach.

As for the common-quality products, Lu Ban felt it wasn't worth spending points on them at the moment.

Getting [A Sigh] to scare someone might be fine, but buying [Air Friend] felt like he was being scammed.

He flipped through the pages and suddenly caught a glimpse of a cheap excellent quality item tucked in a corner.

[Madman's Knowledge]

[Excellent]

[Once obtained from the skull of someone who knew about the Divine Beings]

[It can be used to gain knowledge of Foreign Domains.]

[Touching forbidden knowledge can satisfy a strong curiosity]

[But it may also drive one mad.]

["I get it now!"]

[Price: 100 Silence Points (Daily first purchase discount: 50 Silence Points)]

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