Edited by: Cherry Blossom & Leo
Book 3, Chapter 1 – Special Bullets
Slums District’s bar. Shen Yi and the others were drinking.
For adventurers, each mission was a life-and-death experience.
After experiencing ten days of severe pressure on their nerves, everyone was completely relaxed as they enjoyed and laughed.
Even a female like Wen Rou in this case also joined with everyone, and together told loud jokes and drank beer.
Hong Lang used his teeth to bite at the cap, his mouth bit down to the bottle neck as he spat out a mouthful of gla.s.s slag, shouting, “I respect you! This task is my the largest harvest since I entered this d.a.m.ned place. I earned more than 6000 BP, ha ha, so comfortable!”
Shen Yi clinked his bottle with Hong Lang’s, “I heard that your torso was opened by an aircraft’s gun, the pain made you cry and call your parents? I guess that time you must not have been grateful to me.”
Hong Lang slammed the table, “Who spread such a false rumor? When did I cry?”
Everyone laughed hard.
Not far from the table, an adventurer talked to Hong Lang, “Big Bro Hong, listening to your tone, this tour’s harvest is not a small, right? Is there any information?”
“Operation Market Garden.” Hong Lang replied, “To win the battle of Arnhem Bridge, anyone interested?”
Dozens of adventurers in the bar looked at each other.
One of them said, “50 BP?”
“150.” Hong Lang coldly spoke.
“d.a.m.nit, are you trying to rob us?” Cried an adventurer.
Hong Lang smiled, “Including the method to complete the Optional Quest and Hidden Quest, anyone want to hear?”
Hearing that, all the adventurers in the bar began to whisper.
Wen Rou was curious, so she softly asked Shen Yi, “What is he doing?”
Shen Yi chuckle, “Selling info. I didn’t expect these guys really know a way of making money, what a move.”
The bar was a place where adventurers drank and exchanged stories of their adventures.
The missions of the b.l.o.o.d.y City, although complex, were finite. The adventurers experienced the same mission world and accepted the same quests, this kind of incident happened often. In this case, anyone who knew ahead how someone else pa.s.sed the mission when they get the same task, their own rewards would be very big.
But this news couldn’t be listened for free. Whoever wanted to listen must first sign an agreement to pay BP. And to ensure that before they pa.s.sed the same quest, they must not disclose the information to anyone else. This was already b.l.o.o.d.y City’s unsaid convention. Even so, they could only hear about some general information. Something involving a Hidden Quest and some special way to pa.s.s, generally no one would speak of that. Of course, increasing the payment was another matter.
This is why the last time Hong Lang heard how Shen Yi pa.s.sed a mission, he gave 50 BP back to him.
Information was always valuable.
According to the unsaid convention, listening to a task costs 50 BP. Hong Lang dared to ask for 150 BP was entirely because of their quests this time were relatively large, and also very hard.
The adventurers in the bar made a head-to-head conversation, and eventually, six adventurers chose to deliver the BP.
Hong Lang began to talk to those about the experience in the mission. A group of people heard Shen Yi’s actions and were aghast, as they saw him with different eyes. The b.l.o.o.d.y City was a place that respected power. Shen Yi was new, but his power had been enough to make everyone respect him.
When the six adventurers left, Hong Lang grinned happily, “Here, here, divide the money, each one gets 100 BP.”
“What about the 200 BP leftover?” Wen Rou asked.
“Give it to Shen bro, does anyone have any opinions?”
No one had a different opinion.
Shen Yi faintly smiled, “Well, I think these BP shouldn’t be given to me, but put in the bar pending order, as this month’s drinking fee. If the information of Operation Market Garden can sell more, it can also be used to buy some more information.”
The three kept saying good.
At this time, an adventurer stumbled into the bar.
When he entered the bar, he burst into tears.
Wen Rou blurted out, “Xiao Chuan, an adventurer on our plane that also partic.i.p.ated in Operation Market Garden.”
A thought appeared in Shen Yi’s mind.
He immediately said, “Hong Lang, ask what happened.”
Hong Lang nodded and walked over.
Hong Lang, in the Eastern area, could be considered quite popular as he was acquainted with many adventurers including that Xiao Chuan. He patted Xiao Chuan’s back to comfort him, as he heard him. Xiao Chuan sobbed to answer but didn’t know what to say.
After a long time, Hong Lang came back. After sitting in his own position to drink a big mouthful of wine, he then mournfully said, “Xiao Chuan chose Main Quest 2, after parachuting, only 10 people managed to breakthrough the South. The Germans sieged the town in a hurry as we broke through the path of the German forces, and the ten of them took a great deal of effort to make it through; finally, he was the only one left alive. His brother died to protect him. That battle… he came back after the completion of the main task.”
It really was that case… everyone sighed at the same time.
As Shen Yi encouraged the adventurers in the plane to win the bridge, it led to the North-South ratio of adventurers to be significantly out of balance. As they chose the detour approach, the adventurers in the South were met with a great pressure as the difficulty rate doubled. The result was the North line being easy to complete, while the South became a real h.e.l.l.
Shen Yi was slightly startled for a moment, but then sighed and said, “I hurt them.”
Hong Lang’s mouth formed a grin, “Don’t say such a silly thing, this world was originally like this. We can only try our best to save ourselves.”
Shen Yi looked at Xiao Chuan who had not been able to get out of the shadow of grief. After thinking for awhile, he carried his wine and went to his side.
As he put the bottle in the front of the Xiao Chuan, Shen Yi shouted to the bartender, “This person’s wine, is on my account!”
Then he patted Xiao Chuan’s shoulder, “This is a b.l.o.o.d.y world where you can bleed, but no tears should be shed. One can be beaten down, but cannot be intimidated. Grief for their loved ones should be, but the best is to learn control. Because you don’t have the time and the qualifications to taste pain… do it yourself.”
After he said that, Shen Yi went out of the bar alone.
Because the Slums District didn’t have houses, most people bought a simple camp.
Back at his simple camp, Shen Yi opened the blue chest that was dropped from the German Major General. As he said to Xiao Chuan, they had no time to waste. Excitement and sadness, they must be controlled; happy times here were a luxury.
Opening the box, Shen Yi was prompted:
“Obtained a Jewel of Valor, High-quality non-rank equipment. After wearing: Strength +5, Will +3. Skill: Courage Blessing—After activated, for ten minutes, Will increases by 10 points, increases special effect resistance. Priority: 26, Costs: 0 MP, Cooldown: 30 minutes. Requirements: Strength 10, Will 10. Value: 1500 BP. “
Compared to the previous Wolf Fang ring, the Jewel of Valor was clearly a grade higher. Although it was a Non-rank item, the effect was not bad, so Shen Yi felt great satisfaction.
In addition to this jewel, inside the box, there were two other items.
“Two magazines of special bullets.”
Shen Yi’s eyes immediately brightened.
After experiencing the Van Helsing mission, Shen Yi had long been aware of the powerful special bullets. It can be said that if he didn’t have special bullets, Shen Yi couldn’t have pa.s.sed the first quest in the Van Helsing mission. This time, what kind of special bullets he got was unknown.
In his hand, Shen Yi saw a prompt:
“Healing Bullets Magazine (Unranked): When it hits the target, restores the target’s HP by 3 HP/sec for 10 seconds, effective on any damage, cannot be interrupted, can be stacked once, can stack with other healing skills. Priority: 13. Number of rounds: 100/100.”
(Author’s note: The “bullet effect can be stacked once” means two Healing Bullets can take effect at the same time, a third or more will be ineffective. If stacked with other healing skills, only one Healing Bullet will take effect.)
“Smoke Bullets Magazine: When it hits an open s.p.a.ce it creates a smoke screen, blocking the opponent’s line of sight. Cover an area of 9 x 9, duration 20-60 seconds. Value: 150 BP. Number of rounds: 100/100, can be used with any gun. “
Shen Yi stared at the reward. He suddenly had the urge to face the sky and laughd.
For him, this reward brought even more joy than that hateful highest reward. The emergence of the Healing Bullets solved his weakness—that the Despicable Healing Arts cannot be used remotely. He no longer had headaches about the skill’s cooldown problem. As for the smoke bombs, it let him have more of an escape ability.
Although the BP value was not high, Shen Yi was sensitive enough to sense that the real value of these special bullets, in fact, were much higher than the City’s evaluated value. A magazine worth 150 BP could recover a total of 3000 HP, it was equivalent to 15 bottles of medium-level recovery potions. Although it was not an instantaneous recovery and needed the auxiliary use of a gun equipment, it still could not cover up its huge value. No wonder the store did not sell these special bullets, many adventurers would crazily try to get these bullets. But from this a.n.a.lysis, Shen Yi also drew an important conclusion. A lot of equipment and skills evaluation of BP value, in fact, could only be used as a reference, and may not be prospective.
As to why the special bullets were so strong, Shen Yi could not understand.
Anyway, he got two special bullets magazines. Shen Yi’s heart felt excited, as the depression due to the Winged Serpent Martial Arts were swept away.