Chapter 27: Points Mall

Ding! Congratulations, Host, for exceeding the task [The Challenge of a Rising Star Live Stream], current live broadcast stats: Follows: 678/300, Red hearts: 7360

Ding! Congratulations, Host, for obtaining an additional reward of 1170 points.

Ding! Congratulations, Host, for acquiring a Class-C lottery opportunity!

Hearing the system's rewards in his mind, Yue Feng's head slightly froze. It seemed that the system had explained not long ago that the regular points lottery belonged to Class-C. Now that tasks were completed, why didn't he just get direct points rewards? Why emphasize a Class-C lottery opportunity?

"System, isn't a Class-C reward just an ordinary points lottery? What's the difference?"

[While the ordinary points lottery prizes fall under Class-C, prizes awarded in the Class-C lottery have a larger range, including some authority effects not listed in the ordinary points lottery rewards!]

Now Yue Feng understood that the Class-C lottery opportunity awarded by the system had a wider range of prizes than those accessible through the usual 1000-point lottery. Some rewards could not be won through the normal 1000 points draw.

Yue Feng glanced at his attribute tab, and with all the recent unlocking of big fish rankings and completing tasks, he had unknowingly accumulated close to 3820+ points. By his calculations, when he returned home, he could go all out with four draws!

It was just past two in the afternoon, and Yue Feng didn't want to give up the fishing spot that was still biting. After adjusting his mindset, he patiently fished until evening. Only then did he stand up from his fishing spot, stretch satisfyingly, pack up his equipment and catch, and head home.

After dinner, having accounted for the day's takings, Yue Feng impatiently locked the door of the house and returned to his room.

Let the lottery begin!

First up, three points lotteries.

Ding! Congratulations, you've won the virtual card [Trash Fish Charge]

[Trash Fish Charge]: When used, gathers all non-target fish species in the vicinity into the specified area. The card vanishes after one use, and the effect lasts for 6 hours.

Continue the lottery!

Ding! Congratulations, you've obtained the skill [Basic Fishing Position Selection]

[Basic Fishing Position Selection]: Fishing is about timing, location, and harmony, with location being particularly important. The choice of fishing spot can directly affect the outcome of a fishing activity. Learning to select a fishing spot will allow you to identify the quality of various fishing spots. Current effect: Ability to distinguish between spots with fewer or no fish from an array of options.

Third time, continue the lottery!

Ding! Congratulations, you've won a special virtual item [Challenge Voucher (Rare)]

[Challenge Voucher]: Triggers a challenge task against a specified target upon use. Success in completing a challenge will result in substantial rewards! Since the Host's profession limits the types of challenge tasks available to: fishing, live streaming.

Usage example: Player A, who has bound the fishing skill, uses a challenge voucher proactively on character B, who possesses the same skill type, automatically triggering a fishing-related challenge task. Being the challenger, A has the initiative to choose one of three options that the system provides, which is most advantageous for them, to generate a corresponding challenge task.

If the challenge is successful, substantial rewards are granted, and a certain penalty is imposed on the opponent. If the challenge fails, the challenger will suffer a certain loss.

If owning a challenge voucher, when provoked by someone else, one can choose to automatically trigger a challenge task and enter challenge mode. Challenges triggered by provocation do not consume a challenge voucher!

After three lotteries, Yue Feng got his hands on a basic skill and two special virtual items. The [Trash Fish Charge] card seemed a bit useless; it could control fish in the water to gather in a specific area. The only use Yue Feng could think of was to avoid small trash fish.

As for the [Challenge Voucher] he got from the last lottery, Yue Feng was somewhat surprised. It turned out that he could trigger challenge tasks through special items.

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According to the system's example explanation, actively using the challenge voucher was clearly not worth it. Even if successful, the item would disappear. In contrast, if it was kept unused until someone else provoked a confrontation, then activating the quest wouldn't risk losing the item.

After figuring out the general purpose of the three lottery rewards, Yue Feng's eyes fell on the last task reward's lottery option, which he had almost been unable to resist drawing from just now. As per tradition, the good stuff should of course come out last.

Draw!

Ding! Congratulations, you've gained +100 Authority Value!

Congratulations on the authority increase! Your current Authority Value is 200, and the Basic Fishing Gear Points Mall is now automatically unlocked!

Damn! The lottery actually gave a hundred points of Authority Value and directly unlocked the system mall!

Unable to wait, Yue Feng silently invoked the Basic Points Mall in his mind, and quickly saw an inventory list appear in his consciousness.

Since binding with the system, Yue Feng had always passively received various system rewards and items through the lottery. He had never had the option to actively choose, but now that the mall was open, he had the power of choice.

Items or skills already possessed could be found in the system mall with their prices listed, but not all items were included in the sellable items section. Instead, it was randomly refreshed every 24 hours, with a maximum of five items each time.

Soon, a variety of items and skills appeared on the price list in the Basic Mall.

[True Wild Fishing Rice Wine] priced at 5,000 points

[Wild Fishing Companion Standard Version] priced at 3,000 points.

[Wild Fishing Companion Concentrated Version] priced at 8,000 points.

[Basic Trolling] priced at 1,200 points.

[Basic Bait Opening] priced at 2,500 points.

[Qing Hong · 12 foot] priced at 16,000 points.

[Single Carbon Fishing Platform] priced at 18,888 points.

Yue Feng just took a cursory glance and was speechless. The prices of the goods offered in the system mall were really expensive.

Big-ticket items like fishing rods and carbon fishing platforms having high prices was acceptable, after all, their performance was evident. But the combined exchange points of the True Wild Fishing Rice Wine and the Wild Fishing Companion, rewards from the system's big gift pack, amounted to as high as 8,000 points. What sort of exchange scheme logic was this based on?

Compared to these tangible rewards, the price of skills was quite a bit lower. However, the fact that Yue Feng learned the Basic Hook Binding Skill just by watching videos taught him that it was possible to learn basic skills on one's own without the system, although it would require a lot of practice over time.

With no mentor, Yue Feng felt that purchasing skills like Bait Opening and Trolling, which required a broad set of comprehensive abilities, would be more suitable through spending points; self-learning these skills would be quite challenging.

Before the lottery, Yue Feng felt rather wealthy with close to 4,000 points, but upon opening the mall, he found that his points could hardly buy anything.

Skills were indeed valuable and not too expensive, but without points in hand, Yue Feng couldn't afford them for now, so he could only close the mall with resignation. He prepared for bed early and rested.

While Yue Feng's progress was steady and improving, and he slept rather well, a few streets away, his colleague Liu Mingyuan was somewhat irritable, tossing and turning with restlessness.

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