Jie felt as though she had possessed this chat group for a very long time.
She could no longer remember how long she had slept within that hazy chaos.
And yet it was as if some force had awakened her from death's slumber. When she finally regained awareness, a blue screen appeared before her eyes.
Along with it came four unfamiliar names.
And with it, too, came the realization that she was dead, as well as an understanding of this thing called a chat group.
Well, her own death was hardly surprising.
Now that she was only a soul, Jie had also fallen into the predicament of being unable to use the power she possessed as one of Sui's fragments, while at the same time having lost almost all of her senses.
But if one asked whether she wished to be revived…
then yes, naturally she did.
Only, such a matter still felt far too distant. Thinking about it now would be overreaching, so Jie instinctively focused on what lay before her instead.
And right now, more than resurrection, what she most wanted was to reunite with her brothers and sisters, to see whether they had been doing well after her departure.
She wanted to know whether her younger brother's restaurant was running smoothly, whether the relationship between eldest brother and second brother had improved, whether eldest sister was still drinking, whether everyone was still living under Sui's threat…
Because of that, the first thing she did after regaining consciousness was not pay attention to the chat group, but try with all her strength to make contact with the outside world.
As for the chat group, after giving it only a cursory glance, she set it aside for the time being. In the end, she and these people in the group were strangers to one another.
It was only after nearly a full day had passed, and all her efforts had still ended in failure, that Jie finally gave up for the moment.
And just then, an important notification was pushed through the chat group.
It was called…
the Check-In function.
Jie tried pressing it.
[You have obtained 25 points.]
[Congratulations! You have won the lucky grand prize! You have obtained the item: Fiberglass Fishing Pole.]
What was this?
Jie's soul floated within boundless chaos as she stared at the strange fishing rod that had suddenly appeared before her, a puzzled look crossing her face.
After thinking for a while and getting nowhere, Jie finally let out a quiet sigh and sent her first message to the group.
At the end, she also shared the effect of this unusual fishing rod.
…
Above the Primordial River, Lin Yuan stared at the chat panel and read the item effect Jie had posted.
[Fiberglass Fishing Pole]
[Origin: Terraria]
[Category: Fishing Rod]
[Effect: Provides an auxiliary effect to fishing-type skills; the exact direction of the effect depends on the corresponding skill.]
[Description: In Terraria, a fishing rod that isn't especially great, but isn't bad either.]
[Recycle Value: Check-in items have no recycle value.]
He wanted it.
Genuinely, desperately wanted it.
Lin Yuan felt his eyes go wide. He only hated the fact that he was bound to the Primordial River and could not immediately rush over to Jie and snatch that fishing rod away.
Back when he had played Arknights, he had liked Jie's character design and overall concept quite a bit…
But come on—this was a fishing rod that could improve fishing skills!
I'm a man destined to become the Fishing King who never comes back empty-handed. Women and all that are just in the way!
As Lin Yuan's soul ability, [Angler] was a real, honest-to-god fishing-type skill. Even with his feet instead of his brain, Lin Yuan could tell that the Fiberglass Fishing Pole would provide enormous support.
With this fishing rod, wouldn't it mean that from now on he could pull fish up without even chumming the water? Wouldn't all kinds of big fish fight one another to bite his hook, filling a whole bucket in half an afternoon?
If someone had given him this rod back when he was still alive in his previous life, he would have been grinning for a whole week.
Lin Yuan found himself entertaining many bold ideas.
It took him quite a while to suppress his frenzied desire for the rod. Only then did he reluctantly drag his eyes away and type:
[Lord of the Pure White Throne:] To be fair, you should be in soul form right now too, right?
[Lord of the Pure White Throne:] If you can't fish, then it won't be able to take effect. Getting an item from check-in is already a very low-probability event, and getting one that actually suits you is even less likely.
[Lord of the Pure White Throne:] And back to your previous question: points have many uses. Right now, they're mainly for unlocking new chat group functions, and those new functions will most likely also require points to use. Of course, based on our current guesses, the most important use of points is as one of the necessary materials for resurrection.**
[The Great Yan Creator of Writing:] Ah, thank you for the explanation.
[The Great Yan Creator of Writing:] What a pity. Looking at it that way, then, this thing seems useless to me.
[Lord of the Pure White Throne:] I can use it.
For a moment, the chat group fell silent.
Only after quite some time did a new message appear.
[Founder of the Golden Spirit:] Mr. Lin Yuan truly is… straightforward.
[Lord of the Pure White Throne:] I'm not joking. When I saw that fishing rod, it felt like I was looking at the rod of my dreams. I really, really want it.
[AAA Urban Female Ghost:] Would it help with what you're currently doing?
Carmen asked casually.
From her impression of Lin Yuan, he was also someone who cared a great deal about efficiency. For him to ask so bluntly, it had to be something extremely useful to him.
[Lord of the Pure White Throne:] Yes. More accurately, everything I'm doing right now—including helping all of you and obtaining items—depends on fishing.
[Lord of the Pure White Throne:] I think that should make it clear enough.
[AAA Urban Female Ghost:] Then yes, it really is very useful. It just can't reach your hands right now, can it? At the very least, we'd need 1,000 points to unlock the Resource Exchange function first.
[Lord of the Pure White Throne:] Exactly. Which is why I'm about to die of anxiety over here.
As Jie read Lin Yuan's messages, she found there was a certain lightness to them, the feeling of casual banter between friends.
But after carefully reading each line, she froze for a moment.
Then she scrolled back through the chat history and found the "help" Lin Yuan had spoken of, as well as the description from the group member [Let Night City Burn] after receiving that help…
Even the calm, gentle smile that usually rested on her face could not help but take on a trace of urgency.
[The Great Yan Creator of Writing:] You are Mr. Lin Yuan, correct? @Lord of the Pure White Throne, if you truly like this item so much, I would not mind giving it to you. It is only that, from what they've said, that does not seem possible right now?
[The Great Yan Creator of Writing:] Ah, I've gotten sidetracked. In any case, what you did—allowing the dead to return briefly to the world of the living, letting a soul go back to reality for a short time—is that something that can be repeated?**
[Let Night City Burn:] I can confirm that part. It's real.
[The Great Yan Creator of Writing:] …My apologies. I know that, coming from a stranger, this request may be rather presumptuous. But there are people I wish to see again no matter what.**
[The Great Yan Creator of Writing:] So I still want to ask you this: if possible, could you give me one chance like that as well?**
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