Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 1207 - 79: Crazy Vending Machine_2

Chapter 1207: Chapter 79: Crazy Vending Machine_2

Although a bottle cost up to two hundred points, Tang Zheng paid and bought three bottles, plus three Rapid Recovery Elixirs and two First Aid Kits, which ensured he had enough medical supplies.

With Tang Zheng’s few points, he couldn’t afford Firearms, so he had to focus on Ammunition specifically designed for Zombies, like Bio-chemical bullets and Hand Grenades, giving him the power to fight Tyrants and Mutated Creatures. But those were expensive as hell, and after all, calculations, he could only afford a thousand bullets and ten grenades.

"What a rip-off," Tang Zheng continued to browse the Blacklist, looking for more cost-effective ammunition, but to no avail. He then hesitated, not knowing how to spend the remaining points, considering buying potions to increase his chances of survival. It didn’t matter how many Ordinary bullets he used, but without a powerful weapon to kill the BOSS at the end, drinking more potions would be useless.

"What to do?" Tang Zheng stroked his chin, weighing the pros and cons of each option, when he inadvertently glanced at the lower right corner and noticed several translucent numbers, smaller than ants, continuously decreasing.

"You’ve got to be kidding me, a countdown?" When he saw there were less than three minutes left, even if Tang Zheng were a fool, he’d realize that he wouldn’t be able to purchase anything once time was up.

Tang Zheng touched the potions, but didn’t press down, feeling something wasn’t right.

"Trojan, can you give a hint?" Tang Zheng decided to consult the Trojan.

"Query fee one hundred points," Trojan’s mechanical voice was very formulaic.

"Paid," Tang Zheng grunted. That could have bought him another Recovery Elixir; he didn’t realize that because of the killing of two Group Leaders, Trojan had given him a discount. For other leaders, these items would be much more expensive than what he was paying.

"You can use the Slot Machine System, the battle of luck and wisdom! Small stakes can lead to big gains," Trojan glorified the act of gambling, making Tang Zheng snort in disdain.

"Bring up the interface; I’ll take a look." Tang Zheng glanced at the time, less than two minutes left.

The screen changed, the Vending Machine turned into a slot machine, with various Equipment icons marked on it, five rows of slots, three icons each. As long as the symbols matched, he’d win.

"You can spend two hundred points plus a Bronze Seed to activate the system and then choose five of the most needed items to gamble. Each attempt will cost you only three hundred points, and you could win items worth up to a thousand points or even ten thousand points."

"Forget it, exit." Tang Zheng didn’t want to push his luck; he only had one thousand points left. Judging by the Trojan’s usual behavior, he was likely to end up with nothing.

"Sorry, the system has already been activated, points deducted." Obviously, Trojan was not going to give Tang Zheng a choice.

"Fuck!" Tang Zheng couldn’t help but swear, kicking fiercely, and then regretted it so much that he wanted to bang his head against the wall.

The slot machine actually started spinning crazily, with no icons on it; naturally, Tang Zheng couldn’t win.

"I am sorry, you have failed. Please try harder next time." The mechanical voice turned into a pleasant female tone, clearly catering to Tang Zheng’s mood, "Converting to a Golden Seed, you still have three chances."

"Damn it all!" Tang Zheng took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to kick it again.

Heavy Magnetostorm Rifle, Ammunition Gift Pack, Emergency Medicine Gift Pack, Level A Undamaged Weapon gift pack, Tyrannosaurus Protective Clothing.

"Tyrannosaurus Protective Clothing is too expensive, exceeding the limit, unable to select." Trojan obviously wasn’t going to let Tang Zheng exploit any loopholes; the most expensive item was off-limits.

"Firefly should be okay, right?" Tang Zheng clicked it, and this wasn’t restricted, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Only one minute and twenty seconds were left, but to torment Tang Zheng’s nerves, filling the icons into the blanks took the Trojan a whole ten seconds.

"You may now use it," as soon as the mechanical voice ended, Tang Zheng swung his foot and kicked fiercely.

Bang, a thunderous noise, the vending machine’s metal dented, Susan was startled, the people on the Street all looked this way.

Tang Zheng was too busy to care about them, his eyes glued to the spinning icons.

Click, the first row stopped, then two seconds later the second row - only two Heavy Magnetostorm Rifle icons aligned. Tang Zheng muttered to himself, but Lady Luck didn’t hear his prayers; the third row stopped with a First Aid Kit in the rifle row, meaning Tang Zheng didn’t get anything at all.

"Don’t get discouraged, please keep trying," Trojan hadn’t finished speaking when Tang Zheng’s right foot swung up in another powerful kick.

The icons spun crazily, first one row, then two, and then a chaotic sequence. Tang Zheng let out a disappointed sigh. This time, he didn’t dare to be forceful and gently nudged with his foot instead.

The icons started spinning again.

"Ammunition Gift Pack, Ammunition Gift Pack," Tang Zheng shouted for what he needed the most. After two rows stopped, he found that along with that, the Heavy Magnetostorm Rifle had also aligned two icons, making his heart abruptly seize.

Five seconds later, luck eventually swung his way, and he got the Ammunition Gift Pack worth five thousand points.

Rustle, the gift pack rolled out.

Tang Zheng hurriedly picked it up, grateful for the annotation on the backpack’s liquid crystal display. Otherwise, if he had opened it, it would have been a tragedy, as the bullets needed to be selected; if not, all sorts of bullet types would appear evenly once opened.

"Give me a hundred Flamed Burst Hand Grenades, and we’ll talk about the bullets later." The points weren’t spent in vain, and thirty seconds were still left, but Tang Zheng had no points remaining. Just as he was about to leave, Trojan called out to him.

"You’re not continuing?" Trojan’s voice became like that of a seductress, luring Tang Zheng with a singsong tone, "You can use certain parts of your body as collateral to get another chance."

"Like what?" Tang Zheng was somewhat tempted, "How about the appendix?"

"No, you can use half of your stomach, a kidney, or an eyeball, an armature, and so on, as collateral," Trojan said cruelly. "Don’t worry, even if you’re missing some parts, you won’t die; at most, your combat power will suffer a bit."

Tang Zheng looked at the five props and hesitated before deciding to take a gamble.

"I’ll use a kidney as collateral." Just as Tang Zheng finished speaking, Trojan interrupted him.

"Sorry, you need to wager two parts at the same time to get a gambling chance. Of course, if you let Trojan randomly choose, one is enough."

Tang Zheng fell silent; if the armature was chosen, it would impact his combat ability too much.

"Only ten seconds left, have you made up your mind?" Trojan pressed Tang Zheng.

"One gamble, let’s go, choose randomly." Tang Zheng threw caution to the wind. He felt he wouldn’t be that unlucky to have an armature chosen.

Trojan, intent on testing the will and courage of survivors, filled the screen with icons representing various body parts, and they started spinning.

Five seconds later, Tang Zheng cursed loudly as the first and second rows hit jackpot, including his right hand, left hand, left leg, left eye, and half of his stomach. Except for the last one, losing any part would impact his combat abilities.

The spinning stopped, and just as Tang Zheng glimpsed the row with the eyeball aligned, his left eye started burning, followed by complete darkness in his vision and the sensation of warm blood flowing.

"Trojan, you’re ruthless," Tang Zheng gritted his teeth, enduring the pain and feeling relatively satisfied with the result—it wasn’t a limb. As he watched the equipment icons refill the slots, this time, he kicked the vending machine furiously.

After the two rows stopped, only the Ammunition Gift Pack and Weapon Gift Pack overlapped, meaning Tang Zheng’s chance of getting one piece of equipment plummeted.

Susan, seeing Tang Zheng with his eyes closed and a streak of blood on his face, was scared and ran over.

The spinning stopped, but before Tang Zheng could see it clearly, the purchasing time ended at the corner of the screen, and the whole screen went dark, turning back into a regular vending machine stocked with various products.

"Damn it, what a rip-off!" Tang Zheng pounded on the screen, shouting in anger—this was just toying with people.

"How did you get hurt?" Susan asked, seeing the enraged Tang Zheng but not daring to get close.

"Come out!" Tang Zheng kicked at the vending machine. Just when he was about to give up, a rustling noise sounded, and two gift packs rolled out. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation.)