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Chapter 165 - 10: Clarifying the Plan, Advancing Three Levels, the Warrior Strikes (First Update)

Chapter 165: Chapter 10: Clarifying the Plan, Advancing Three Levels, the Warrior Strikes (First Update)

"I’m not trying to stiff you, but I really don’t have any Contribution Points right now. If we’re being serious, you guys still owe me a bit from this ruins adventure, right?"

Seeing Song Nianhui hopping mad, Xu Shu’s mouth twitched.

In this dungeon instance, although he technically took advantage of some things, a normal First Order Transcendent wouldn’t be accompanied by a Second Rank, and it wouldn’t be possible to accumulate so many Erosion Crystals at once; he did indeed benefit from that.

But he had made his own contributions.

This time, he didn’t get the "boss kill," so he didn’t directly earn any Contribution Points. (Note 1)

Strictly speaking, killing 100 Ghost Soldiers should net more than 100 points because six of them are Green Name monsters.

Secondly, Xu Shu didn’t know if killing the two Chang Demons would earn any Contribution Points, but the kill of the Chang Tree Demon alone, a 31st level Blue Name Monster, should be worth several tens of Contribution Points at the very least.

He didn’t receive any of these Contribution Points prizes for kills.

Since six people cleared the instance together, it wouldn’t be fair if the Contribution Points weren’t evenly distributed. If anything, he should have earned twenty points.

Moreover, Xu Shu considered that he had made significant contributions in this battle.

Tasked with the grind of the hidden boss, the Second Order Yin General, any Warrior could have done it by shedding their dignity, but the actual fight was another story.

Let’s not even discuss whether other Warriors could last solely on the "witch’s" vitality; just the act of setting aside pride was in itself difficult.

Of course, he wasn’t someone who didn’t honor agreements. Since they were splitting the ticket cost, the reason was somewhat acceptable, especially since Song Nianhui had shouldered the major part.

But this price, saying it’s 50, doesn’t seem fair, right?

If he really had to be strict, he might owe Song Nianhui 30 Contribution Points at most. The twenty points he hadn’t received should be deducted reasonably.

— The main sources of Contribution Points were "contributing crystals to Lie Zhenzi," followed by various bounties and leaderboard rewards.

Whereas the direct Contribution Points from killing monsters were relatively minor, every little bit counts, especially for Xu Shu at the moment.

"According to what people say on the upgrade network, white and green crystals, if you have excess, just contribute them to Lie Zhenzi without any loss."

"But for blue and above, maybe even starting with green, it’s better to trade with others, as it’s more beneficial since the number of colored monsters plummets, and different groups have specific needs."

"Hmm, giving a white crystal to Lie Zhenzi nets you 4-8 Contribution Points, and Lie Zhenzi automatically discerns the value. So, does one Contribution Point kind of equal ten thousand yuan?"

"Damn, so a plane ticket is one hundred thousand yuan? Fuck."

The more Xu Shu pondered, the more he felt like everything was outrageously expensive in the Extraordinary World, particularly some services.

After thinking it over, he opened Song Nianhui’s message and sent one:

"I’ll pay you back once I have money. I really can’t afford that Mirror of Illusion and Reality in the trade area right now." — Gu Pan, First-tier Warrior.

[Message sent successfully.]

The friend had been added back during a previous team-up.

The Mirror of Illusion and Reality requires 20 Contribution Points.

He was just a bit short of buying it, but now he only had 8 points left, which was even more insufficient.

Of course, he could only compensate him with 30 points.

Different matters require different handling; Xu Shu wouldn’t dodge paying what he owed, but he also didn’t want to miss out on what he should take.

Afterward, Xu Shu closed the team-up.

He then specifically checked the world chat history, deliberately looking for information about the Land of Burial.

Before long, he indeed found a message.

[Expert monster speed run in the Land of Burial, North Forest Battle Zone, night watchman and a Prisoner needed, strategies available, hurry and join.] — Xu Feng.

The once new dungeon, Land of Burial, had been fully scouted, and the relatively easy-to-kill monsters were now nearly extinct.

But wait, doesn’t the ruins close after the final boss is defeated?

Wang Teng wasn’t here, but you could still enter the Land of Burial, so that means Wang Teng wasn’t the final boss, just a hidden boss?

Who then was the final boss?

This piqued Xu Shu’s curiosity.

In addition, he skimmed through roughly 100 LFG posts for the ruins and found over 30 different ruins.

This reassured Xu Shu.

"It seems, even though I can create small ruins through legendary mode, I’m quite scarce in quantity, so I needn’t feel any pangs of inadequacy about this."

Next, Xu Shu tallied his current wealth.

Cash-wise: Gu Pan still owed him two million and six hundred yuan, which hadn’t been settled yet;

Monster material-wise: from this dungeon, he obtained 15 white Erosion Crystals, all third-grade; a 16-grade blue Erosion Crystal; Epic materials like spider fangs from Black Widow and the Green Name quality lace underwear from the alluring flower puppet.

Other than that, not mentioning the Tai Chu Scroll artifact; a golden "Doctor" seal was something he might consider selling.

Besides, Narrow Sleeve Guanyin had devoured Hei Shan Goddess and should have leveled up; Xu Shu planned to open a campaign mode in the city later and blow her up to see the color of the crystal inside.

If it was still purple, he would keep nurturing her; if she had become an Epic monster, then in the absence of finding a Curse Seal, he might consider killing her to obtain the golden Curse Seal inside!

Also, there was a bounty for killing Lu Bingwei, awarded by the Astronomy Association, estimated to be within 100 points, yet to be claimed;