Spending some time with Mu Xiaobai, even without speaking, just sitting quietly together was enough to calm her mood. Mu Anqi left the bag of quail eggs she had just drawn for Mu Xiaobai and returned once again to the Nirvana Space.
She slumped in the lounge chair for a while before mustering the energy to start drawing skills.
At this point, she no longer insisted on offensive skills—support and control skills were also quite good. After all, she was about to spend a fortune to purchase weapons.
Heh, so what if she couldn't draw an offensive skill? As long as she had points, what powerful weapon couldn't she buy?
[Would you like to spend 200 points to obtain a random skill?]
Draw!
[ Ding! Congratulations, you've obtained a passive skill: Fortune in Flesh ]
[Passive · Fortune in Flesh]: Slightly increases luck when performing a draw
Sure, she really wasn't aiming for offensive skills anymore, but this…
This passive is just too vague, right? There's no exact numerical value, and that word "slightly" is especially baffling. A passive like this—without upgrading it two or three times—it probably won't have any real effect.
Mu Anqi suddenly realized that all of her passive skills required upgrade opportunities. Her active skills were already sufficient for now. The blessing-curse she used most might allow her to choose targets or actions after upgrading in the future, but the cost-performance ratio wasn't that great. On the contrary, it was the various profit-generating passive skills that were truly her ladder to getting rich.
Player: Mu Anqi
At Death: 20
Ability: I Have Plenty of Money
Points: 1109
Transaction Serial Number: 64805368
Guan Value: 2479
A thousand points… were about to be spent.
Mu Anqi rubbed her face, then got up and headed to the weapon shop.
[Portable Custom Handgun]: Can load special ammunition. No recoil. Shrinkable.
Price: 888 points
[Special Anti-Ghost Bullets]: Can deal damage to ghosts.
[Special Anti-Demon Bullets]: Can deal damage to demons.
[Ordinary Bullets]: Skipped.
All special bullets were sold in sets. One set cost 20 points and contained only 10 bullets—equivalent to 2 points per bullet. What she'd be firing wasn't damage, it was points!
As for the ordinary bullets, they were extremely cheap—100 bullets per set, priced at only 5 points.
Mu Anqi took a liking to that custom handgun. Its portable mode was also shrinkable, and the weapon shop even offered a free bracelet or necklace—though they were just ordinary items. Once the handgun was shrunk, it could be worn as an accessory on them, drawing no attention.
Since she was already here and mentally prepared for a big splurge, what was there to hesitate about? Buy it!
Gritting her teeth, Mu Anqi bought three sets each of the two types of special bullets. As for the ordinary bullets, she bought four sets. She thought the bullets would be difficult to store, but the shopkeeper gave her color-coded cards instead. The anti-ghost bullets were stored in red cards, the anti-demon ones in blue, and the ordinary bullets in white. According to the NPC, this custom handgun was developed specifically for players, so the reloading process couldn't be too complicated. She just needed to attach the card to the handgun, and with a thought, the reloading would be complete. The number of words on the card indicated the remaining bullets.
After buying everything, thanks to a VIP discount, the original total of 1028 points was reduced to just 822.4 points. Mu Anqi was deeply moved and truly felt the power of her passive skill. She sincerely asked the shopkeeper if he could round off the decimal point.
The shopkeeper responded with an official smile, standing like a statue in the store, completely ignoring her request. Mu Anqi even felt that he didn't spare her so much as a single glance anymore.
Mu Anqi could only regretfully pay the points and walked out of the weapon shop carrying her newly purchased weapon and 286.6 remaining points.
She had chosen a bracelet as the accessory and picked a silver one, attaching the shrunken handgun—now only thumb-sized—to it. Mu Anqi examined it carefully for a long time and felt that no one would be able to tell it was a weapon. Unless… other players had bought or seen it before.
The small handgun was silver, matching the silver bracelet perfectly. Looking at her remaining 286.6 points, Mu Anqi fell silent for a moment, then headed toward the training grounds. Even if she didn't have many points left, she still needed to learn how to use firearms and practice shooting. In the virtual shooting range, the venue provided weapons but also allowed players to bring their own. Since Mu Anqi was reluctant to use up her bullets, she opted to train with the weapons provided on-site.
Still ten hours, 80 points.
After receiving detailed 1-on-1 instruction from the virtual teacher, Mu Anqi confidently felt that she could now shoot without missing. Besides, this small handgun had no recoil, which was very friendly for her.
After solving a meal at the food store, Mu Anqi looked at her remaining 200.6 points and thought about the possibility of encountering other players in the next game. With so few points left… could she really keep taking a vacation?!
Forget it, forget it. Mu Anqi covered her face with both hands and let out a deep sigh.
Back in her room, lying on the lounge chair again for a while, Mu Anqi suddenly noticed the group chat flashing?
[Seven Nights Hotel]
Zhao Guogu: #Team-Up Card# I really didn't expect to draw this from the post-game reward.
Mu Anqi had been lying comfortably, but the moment she saw this message, she instinctively sat up and slowly typed a question mark.
Mu Anqi: Is this what they call natural fate? Is this the power of an RNG god?
Zhao Guogu: Ah, you flatter me.
Zhao Guogu: I just came to ask if you all wanted to team up for another dungeon run.
Wu Sansheng: I'll be entering a trial dungeon next round, so I won't be joining.
[Chu Zhongfei]: I'm in a survival game that's still going to last a few more days, don't wait for me.
Zhao Guogu: @Mu Anqi So, rich lady?
Teaming up… with an RNG god? Then let's go!
Mu Anqi: @Zhao Guogu Let's go, RNG god—carry me to the heavens with your god-tier luck!
Zhao Guogu: Rich lady, you flatter me. It's still all thanks to your money power!
Mu Anqi: No no no, how could my ability compare to yours? You're blessed by fate itself, Heaven's chosen daughter!
Zhao Guogu: No no no, luck is such an illusory thing—how could it compare to cold hard cash? I'll still be relying on you~
[Chu Zhongfei]: You two, that's enough already, okay?
After some casual chatting, Mu Anqi received a friend message from Zhao Guogu, asking when she planned to start the game.
Mu Anqi: I was actually planning to play tomorrow. I went on a shopping spree today, and now I only have 200.6 points left.
Zhao Guogu: You even have decimal points left in your points?
Zhao Guogu: Wait, what do you mean by "only" 200 points???
Zhao Guogu: Alright then, message me when you're ready tomorrow. I'll use the item to invite you, and we'll enter the game together.
Mu Anqi: /cute Okay~ Thank you, RNG Queen, for extending your powerful thigh!~
On the other side, Zhao Guogu, sitting on her bed, stared at the chat window with the expression of an old man on the subway watching his phone. In such a short time, what kind of shock had Mu Anqi experienced? She wasn't like this back in the Seven Nights Hotel!
Meanwhile, Mu Anqi also fell silent as she looked at her own message. Lying back on the lounge chair, she thought somewhat despairingly: how did she end up getting led astray by Xia Fenghua?
[Player "Mu Anqi" has withdrawn a message]
Mu Anqi: See you tomorrow.
...
Seven o'clock.
Get up, wash up, shower, change clothes, organize equipment, head to the food store for breakfast. Mu Anqi leisurely returned to her room, lay back on the lounge chair, began contemplating life, and waited for Zhao Guogu's invitation.
[Ding! Friend "Zhao Guogu" has used a Team-Up Card to invite you. Accept?]
Yes.
[Ding! Team-up successful!]
[Drawing game scenario…]
[Ding! Special marker detected! Checking invitation…]
[Ding! No special invitation detected! Entering Shattered Mirror Continent…]
[Beep! Activating instance: Playground of All Things!]
[Entering… please wait…]
[Beep! Passive: Chosen by Fate activated!]
[Congratulations, player has received 1280 + 500 Guan value.]
[Beep! Drawing identity cards! …Team-up effect detected!]
In a brief moment of daze, Mu Anqi realized she was standing by the roadside. Turning her head slightly, she saw Miss Zhao Guogu staring blankly at the card in her hand.
"Catnip?… What kind of identity card is this?" Zhao Guogu looked at the card in disbelief. With her kind of luck, shouldn't she have drawn something like a T-Rex—top of the food chain?
Mu Anqi's heart skipped a beat and she quickly looked at her own identity card. One glance, and she fell silent: "Lily(Baihe)?"
Uh… Mu Anqi looked at Zhao Guogu. "You're a plant cats like, and if a cat eats me, I'll die."
Zhao Guogu: "..."
Zhao Guogu forced a smile: "Well, what if… the other players are some kind of herbivores?"
"Aren't you the RNG queen?" Mu Anqi patted Zhao Guogu on the shoulder in comfort. "You're the one who always turns bad luck into good fortune!"
Zhao Guogu let out an "ah" and looked up at the sky, stammering, "Uh… did I ever mention… that the [Turn bad luck into good] passive only applies to me personally?"
Mu Anqi: "..."
Mu Anqi: "Well, you've told me now."
In any case, they still had to proceed with the instance.
At the entrance to the amusement park, a tour guide holding a small megaphone began shouting, "Dear guests! Dear guests, please gather quickly!~ Next, we will be introducing the gameplay of the Playground of All Things!~"
Hearing the call, Mu Anqi and Zhao Guogu exchanged a glance and quickly walked toward the amusement park entrance. By the time they arrived, four other players were already waiting.
Mu Anqi didn't have to wait long before three more players arrived in succession. The tour guide did a quick headcount and began explaining the rules.
This time's instance had nine participating players.
"I'm sure all travelers have received their identity cards!" the tour guide announced. "In this game, players will be divided into groups based on their identity cards: carnivores, herbivores, and plants, and will participate in amusement park challenges accordingly."
"Travelers must clear nine attractions in order to receive an exit pass! In some of these attractions, competitive mechanics will be in play! For example, in the bumper car event, the carnivore group can eliminate the herbivore group, and the herbivore group can eliminate the plant group. Clearing an attraction grants one event token. Eliminating a player also grants you their tokens. Players in the plant group will gain the ability to eliminate carnivores once they collect two tokens. Upon collecting five tokens, they may also eliminate herbivores!"
"Tokens can be gifted between players of the same group, but the total gift limit is three tokens. Tokens cannot be gifted, transferred, or traded between different groups—they can only be earned by completing events or eliminating players. One final note: repeating the same event will not award duplicate tokens."