Ch. 362 - A New Special Item

On the Sea of No Light, aboard the Nightmare Star.

Yang Yi received a payment from Vice-Pope Ma Dabao, totaling 100,000 Seashell Coins.

At the same time, this also meant that through backstage manipulation, the selection for the One-Eyed God Statue had already been rigged, with the winner predetermined.

And that winner was none other than the One-Eyed God himself.

“There’ll be quite a lot to do tomorrow. I need to make the statue, take pictures of the books, upload them.........”

He thought silently, his gaze slowly shifting toward the little house on the wall that emitted light.

“Tricia, I want to discuss something with you........”

..........

The next morning.

Tricia had already changed into the black dress she had modified herself. The size fit perfectly, and the beautiful lace patterns, combined with the light shining through it, made the dress look absolutely perfect.

She was currently sitting at the desk, flipping through books and taking photographs to record their contents.

This was because Yang Yi had told her the previous night that as long as she photographed and recorded all 40 books and sent them to him, she would receive 10,000 Seashell Coins as spending money.

That was quite a substantial amount of money. It could buy ten bottles of holy water in the Holy City, enough to cover her food and drink expenses for three months!

However, she was eating other foods now as well, so perhaps she could buy something else, such as some delicious pastries or something............

Suddenly, a sound like the beating of a war drum came from the captain's quarters.

“All right, stop pounding!”

Yang Yi sat up, and the drumming abruptly ceased.

He lifted the specially made black gauze curtains that were meant to block out the light, got out of bed, and immediately headed outside.

Tricia continued taking photographs. There was only one book left—the book that taught people how to commit suicide.

It described many “gentle” methods of suicide, starting with poisoning, suffocation, bloodletting, decapitation, and heart removal, and then progressing to burning, gradually increasing in severity.

【If burning still cannot kill you, then unfortunately, you have already been diagnosed with Death Plague. Please contact the Death Birth Society immediately. We will provide you with practical and reliable death services.】

【Please do not further increase the temperature. That will only cause you more pain, and may even cause you to remain trapped in that suffering forever.】

“The Death Birth Society are a bunch of liars. The Death Plague obviously can't be cured.”

Tricia complained, finished photographing the final page, and then hurriedly followed Yang Yi out.

She was also somewhat curious as to why, on some mornings, the sound of drumming would come from Yang Yi's side.

“It's an alarm clock.”

Yang Yi had explained this before, but Tricia didn't believe him, so this time she decided to secretly follow him over and take a look.

When she arrived at the central courtyard of the ship, she saw Yang Yi with his back toward Tricia, muttering to himself.

“You damn thing, can't you stop picking the morning to disturb me? I already have poor-quality sleep, and now you've woken me up too!”

(Chewing sounds......).

“If you wake me up again next time, I'll........”

The movement behind him caught Yang Yi's attention. It was probably Tricia.

“Who are you talking to?”

Tricia asked.

Yang Yi turned around. His clothes were somewhat disheveled, while the “abdominal muscles” beneath his clothes seemed to be twitching and trembling.

“It's nothing. Why did you come running out here? Are you finished photographing the books?”

He tried his best to act naturally. He didn't want Tricia to discover that he still had a mouth on his stomach, because that might cause her attitude toward him to deteriorate and make her afraid of him.

“I finished a long time ago. You can check your private messages.

Also... what were you just eating?”

Tricia pressed him for an answer.

“Needlefin Pipefish. You tried it before and thought it tasted awful!”

Yang Yi casually replied while straightening his clothes and hurrying toward the captain's quarters.

However, in Tricia's eyes, his behavior was practically covered in suspicion.

“He's definitely hiding something delicious and eating it secretly, and he's deliberately hiding it from me!”

She guessed, deciding that next time she should hide it somewhere more discreet—preferably directly on Yang Yi himself.

The two of them returned to the captain's quarters one after another.

Yang Yi checked the pictures Tricia had sent. A smile appeared on his face, and he promptly transferred 10,000 Seashell Coins to Tricia.

After obtaining the system, Tricia could finally store and access Seashell Coins in the form of data as well.

She began thinking about what things she wanted to buy, so that she could purchase them all together the next time she encountered a merchant. 

(Tricia could not use the trading system, nor could she browse the forum or the world chat channel.)

Meanwhile, Yang Yi arrived near the hole in the wall.

He did not immediately peer through it. Instead, he knocked on the wall and said, “Suna, are you awake? Come over here. We need to have a proper discussion about the points.”

Only then did some noises come from the other side, followed by the sounds of someone getting dressed.

“You want to draw another blind box? If you borrow points again this time, the interest will be doubled!”

“No! Come over here first!”

Yang Yi rubbed his forehead and waited by the opening.

It wasn't until fifteen minutes later that Suna had finished getting dressed and crawled through.

“What is it?”

“Just look at the items in the vending machine, and you'll know. There are two more special items.”

Suna nodded and approached the vending machine to inspect it. She discovered that there were indeed two additional items in the display window. Touching the display window also provided information about the items.

【Name: Talent Expansion Card】

【Type: Consumable】

【Quality: Special】

【Description: Purchase this card, and it will be consumed immediately, randomly drawing one talent. Under normal circumstances, each player can possess a maximum of three talents. Talents cannot be reset or forgotten. Upon using this card, you will be forced to obtain the randomly drawn talent.

Note: The talents obtained through the draw are all ordinary talents. Please consider carefully before drawing.】

The Talent Expansion Card was priced at 50,000 Player Points.

【Name: Talent Enhancement Card】

【Type: Consumable】

【Quality: Special】

【Description: Purchase this card, and it can immediately enhance one of your talents. Each talent can only be enhanced once. The attribute bonuses after enhancement can break through the limits of ordinary beings.

Some talents may gain special bonuses after being enhanced. The price doubles with each purchase. (The price is calculated separately for each player.)】

The Talent Enhancement Card was also priced at 50,000 Player Points.

“These two items were added......”

Suna had continued studying the surviving alchemy manuscript after reading through the information about Player Island last night, so this was the first time she learned that these two special items had been added.

“How many points do you have? Let's pool ours together. We can upgrade one talent first.”

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