Chapter 375: Fulfilling Your Wishes

“Duan Fei, I can’t go on.”

“Keep going, you can do it.”

“Let me rest for a bit. I’m really exhausted.”

“Don’t give up! Who was it that just said they’d send me to heaven in three minutes?”

“I didn’t expect it to be like this either!”

The Divination Master’s room was a mess. Jinghong was panting and wiping away sweat, but she hadn’t managed to even touch the hem of Duan Fei’s clothes.

The effect of Card Magic combined with a Character Card was stronger than imagined. Plus, Duan Fei was a Summoner, which boosted the Character Card’s effects, leading to this outcome.

Hancock’s Character Card provided a powerful luck bonus, but it only lasted for a quarter of an hour.

Within ten minutes, Jinghong had tried everything she could think of. But every time the Yo-Yo in her hand was about to hit Duan Fei, he would dodge because of the [Crisis Reaction] on his Mechanical Bracelet, making it impossible for her to catch him.

‘Damn it! I was hoping to use this process to get some legitimate skin-to-skin contact!’

However, luck also needed to be backed by strength. For example, if Duan Fei took off the bracelet, Jinghong would still have some difficulty catching him, but she would ultimately succeed.

After understanding how to use Hancock’s card, Duan Fei realized the effects of Card Magic were extraordinarily powerful.

It could further expand a Character Card’s original effects, giving players who chose the Summoner path greater burst power.

‘No wonder the officials said the Summoner Profession was buffed. So this is what they meant.’

The only drawback was the slightly long casting time; it required an injection of Extraordinary Power to activate the Magic. Otherwise, its practical use would be even greater.

After experimenting with Hancock, next up was Anna’s Character Card.

Anna, also known as the Valkyrie. Duan Fei had assumed her Character Card’s effect would grant immense physical power, but unexpectedly, it was an Undying Body.

For five minutes, he was immune to all damage. After the five minutes were up, all his Attributes would drop to 1, and he could be killed with a single kick.

It was, you could say, a life-saving Skill to be used only in the most desperate of situations.

The Elder Daoist’s Character Card effect was much simpler: Cultivation.

It could be used once a day for five minutes. After cultivating, he felt refreshed and clear-headed, and it even seemed to help his Spiritual Power.

‘To think a single spell could make Character Cards so much more useful.’ Duan Fei couldn’t help but feel like humming a little tune to express his joy.

For the next few days, Duan Fei didn’t rush to continue playing the game. Instead, he slowly spent his previously earned activity points while constantly honing his skills in the training grounds, mastering more combination techniques.

If you rushed through the game without properly understanding many of your skills, you would be at a disadvantage later on.

Besides, it was better to master a few things than to bite off more than you can chew. A Skill’s Level was far more important than the number of skills you had. After obtaining a few key skills, it was better to settle down and practice them.

So, Duan Fei spent the next period of time playing at a leisurely pace, converting all 140,000 of his Game Coins into power. He used the training grounds to raise all his current skills to the Great Success level.

A Skill reaching Great Success was a threshold. The next step was to accumulate experience, find the right method, and then push the Skill Level from Great Success to Master Level.

Just then, something Duan Fei needed was delivered.

The item was worth 800,000 activity points. When he accidentally saw it, he was stunned and immediately bought it, lamenting that the seller didn’t know what they had, putting such a Divine Artifact up for sale.

To be fair, this item was indeed worthless in the hands of an ordinary player. Only in the hands of a large guild or a Professional Player could its true purpose be realized.

This item was the [Omnidirectional Passive-Type Universal Wish Machine].

“Omnidirectional Passive-Type Universal Wish Machine: Uncontaminated, Divine Artifact. Description: A passive machine. After activation, present it with ten wishes. The difficulty of the wishes must be clearly delineated, starting from the lowest-level wish and escalating. They cannot be wishes of the same type, nor can they be modified with superlatives like ‘best’ or ‘first.’ Example: You can wish to obtain one million Abyss Coins, but no other wishes can involve obtaining Abyss Coins. After the wishes are made, items of white quality or higher can be placed inside it. The items will be destroyed and absorbed, becoming the Wish Machine’s Energy. When its Energy is full, it will randomly select one of the ten wishes to grant. Before the Energy is full again, the empty wish slot of the corresponding level must be refilled. Note: The Wish Machine cannot absorb living things, so don’t put anything alive inside. Note 2: Corpses don’t work either!”

The long description made Flora’s head spin, but she didn’t need to understand it in too much detail.

As long as she knew that this thing could grant wishes after absorbing items, that was enough.

The Wish Machine looked like a white Lucky Cat piggy bank. The Lucky Cat’s left eye could be pushed open, revealing a deep, black hole-like pit inside. After placing an item inside, a crushing sound would echo from within.

When the back of the Lucky Cat’s paw began to wave, it indicated that its Energy had been fully accumulated. Pressing its right eye would then select and grant a wish.

Setting this wonderful item out, Duan Fei patted the man-sized Lucky Cat and said to everyone, “Alright, everyone think of ten wishes. The first wish should be worth about two Abyss Coins, and each subsequent wish should be about five times the value of the previous one. Afterward, I’ll enter everyone’s wishes. Any wishes that violate the rules will be rejected, and those that comply will be kept. If multiple people have a valid wish at the same tier, they’ll be fulfilled in a random order, one by one.”

The seven members of the Salted Fish Inn were all summoned and began to think about their wishes together.

After understanding the Divine Artifact’s mechanics, Jinghong quickly asked, “I have a friend…”

“Jinghong, don’t.”

“But I really do have a friend.”

“Jinghong, really, don’t.”

Shrugging helplessly, Jinghong relented, “Fine. In that case, can everyone’s wishes be anonymous?”

“What kind of unspeakable wish do you have that needs to be anonymous?” Duan Fei asked.

“Lots of them,” Little Fatty immediately said. “For example, my first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth wishes.”

“Me too,” the Lone Ranger said. “A few of my wishes really can’t see the light of day.”

“Same here,” the Maid said with a sigh. “It would be a little embarrassing if people found out.”

Flora stared blankly at the others.

It wasn’t because she was completely open and had nothing to hide, but because she still hadn’t figured out the rules.

Cuihua was certainly open enough, but he was too embarrassed to speak up, so he just silently agreed.

Seeing that every single one of them had secrets, Duan Fei could only sigh. He patted the Wish Machine beside him and said, “Alright, I get it. You’re all full of hidden talents. Everyone can submit their wishes anonymously, and I won’t reveal who wished for what. That should work, right?”

“Yay!”

“Long live the President!”

“We adore you, President!”

And so, the Salted Fish Inn’s first wish-making convention began.