chapter 16
John successfully purchased the Glow Pants of Stealth. He spent 50,000 and was left with 120,000 dollars.
After acquiring the equipment, the first thing he did was check the attributes.
[ Glow Pants of Stealth: Green quality, increases speed by 25% and defense by 10% ]
John put on the equipment and opened his personal interface to check.
!! [ Attack: 71 ]
[ Movement Speed: 83 ]
[ Health: 132 ]
[ Mana: 130 ]
[ Defense: 121 ]
[Current Equipment: Green Quality: Windstorm Gloves, Stealth Glow Armor, Stealth Glow Pants, Stealth Glow Necklace]
[Blue Quality: Obsidian Armor, Obsidian Helmet]
He was still one piece of Stealth Glow equipment short of combining them into a full set of Stealth Glow gear and acquiring the "Whirlwind of Survival" skill.
It seems he still needed to purchase another piece of equipment and use the Stealth Glow pass to complete the fifth piece.
However, John felt that he could only pick up a small piece of equipment for the fifth piece.
After all, the entire Shadow Series equipment was of green quality.
With his increasing strength, he would have to give up the green quality equipment sooner or later.
Therefore, if he bought a regular piece of equipment and upgraded it to green quality instead, he would feel less wasteful if he had to change it in the future.
After confirming his needs, John continued to choose his equipment.
Scanning his surroundings, John's gaze landed on the storage rings inside the counter.
These were all storage rings. Some were low-grade, and some were high-quality.
The most important thing was that he could equip ten rings at a time, but he could only equip one for the other types of equipment on his body.
John decided to choose a storage ring similar to what he currently had and convert it to the Stealth Glow series.
"Furthermore, the primary function of the storage ring was storage. It could retain the ring for its basic function, even if it grew from its other types of equipment.
After thinking about it, Li Jun pointed to one of the rings. 'Boss, I want this.'
The boss took out an emerald ring from the counter and said with a smile, 'This is a green quality storage ring. The storage space is 100 items.'
'It's very suitable for beginners to use in tasks and dungeons. The price is not too expensive either. About 10,000.'
Li Jun took it and looked at it carefully. He found that it was almost the same as the one he was wearing.
A storage space for 100 items was not a lot. Li Jun might need more than 100 items for just one task.
For example, his first task, collecting a silver butterfly wing, was exactly 100 items.
However, since he was buying this ring to complete the Hidden Glow series, there was no need to buy something expensive.
'This is it.'
After saying that, Li Jun paid and wore the ring.
As soon as he wore the ring, Li Jun left the store and took out the Hidden Glow scroll.
He opened the scroll slowly. A flash of light, and a series of notifications appeared before his eyes."
"[Please select the equipment you need to convert.]"
"Green ring."
[Successfully converted. Obtained the Hidden Glow storage ring. Green quality.]
[Storage space increased by 50. The current total is 150.]
[Hidden Glow Ring Skill: Hides the aura. Reduces the likelihood of being detected by wild beasts. Can be used once every three minutes.]
Li Jun was somewhat surprised. He didn't expect that after enhancing it into the Hidden Glow series, he would be able to slightly increase his storage capacity.
Moreover, it added a new skill that could hide his aura. This way, he would have another life-saving skill in a mission!
Li Jun's storage capacity has now reached 250 items. This number wasn't perfect, but Li Jun didn't care much about it.
This storage capacity was enough for him to complete all kinds of tasks and collect other materials at the same time.
At that moment, Li Jun saw another notification appear.
[Congratulations, you have successfully completed the Hidden Glow set. You have successfully obtained a specific skill, Whirlwind of Survival.]
[Whirlwind of Survival: A substitute will automatically appear when your health is below 25%. At the same time, your real body will become invisible. When activated, your movement speed will increase by 30%.]
Upon seeing the description of this skill, Li Jun was happy. With this life-saving skill, the risks he could take in the dungeons would increase significantly!
He planned to hurry and accept another mission. Now that his strength had increased a bit, he should be able to accept higher-level missions, right?
As he was about to accept a mission, he suddenly heard a commotion.
He looked up and found that a crowd had gathered at the entrance of the store.
Driven by curiosity, Li Jun rushed to the crowd, wanting to know what was happening.
"The last batch of loot boxes is out. Those who want them, please buy them as soon as possible. If you're late, there won't be anything left."
A young man shouted with all his might.
Li Jun looked at the boxes placed in front of him. They were all very ordinary ceramic boxes.
"What are these boxes for sale?" Li Jun muttered curiously.
When the person next to him heard this, he sized up Li Jun. "Young man, you must be new here, right? You don't even know about betting on loot boxes?"
Li Jun shook his head slightly. "I've never heard of it before. It's something from the black market, isn't it?"
"Of course. Since you don't know, I'll explain it to you."
"Awakeners like us will all accept missions here, and most of the missions are very dangerous."
"It can be said that a large number of people are constantly risking their lives just to complete their missions."
"With the high risks, the death rate is naturally also high."
"But the search rewards are really tempting. The awakeners will continue to accept missions even at the risk of death."
So these people will cooperate with the black market officials. Once they die in a dungeon, the officials will send someone to retrieve their bodies. At the same time, the deceased's family will be given an inheritance in terms of cash value and will."
"As for the deceased's inheritance, it's auctioned off. Some inheritances will be more, while others will be less. But the officials will always set a uniform price."
Li Jun looked at the boxes. The boxes were filled with white powder.
"What's in those boxes? Could it be the ashes of the deceased?"
That person smiled in surprise. "It's great that you caught on. That's right. It's their ashes."
"This is the ashes of the deceased. If you buy the box, it's equivalent to choosing this person's inheritance, giving you the right to take them all."
"Buying the box can be considered a gamble. Young man, try not to get addicted."
Li Jun looked at him. "You don't have to tell me that."
However, that person just put on an understanding look and shook his head with a faint smile.
He had seen many young people who contacted the loot boxes for the first time. With a gold-rush mentality, they bought as many loot boxes as possible until they spent all their savings.
How strong could the deceased be anyway if they died while doing tasks in the wilderness?
Therefore, the rewards offered by these boxes were quite ordinary. The crowd here was mainly here to watch the show.
"Young man, just buy one or two, and you should stop. I'm afraid you'll go overboard and spend all your savings."
However, Li Jun replied indifferently, "I'll just buy one. I won't buy a lot."
That person laughed, "Many young people said that in the past but ended up spending all their money. They always get drawn into their gambler's fallacy."
The people around nodded their heads, "Young man, don't go overboard. We're all saying this for your own good."
"It's fine to dabble in these things, just don't get carried away. No one can save you if you become addicted."
"I was one of them. I bought more than ten boxes, and it turned out they were all trash."
Others tried to convince Li Jun, but Li Jun was confident.
This was because his Eye of Truth had seen through all the boxes placed there!
Among the dozens of boxes there, only one represented a chance!