Monsters Are Coming
Chapter 426 - 157: Spatial Auction, Mystical Sniping (Part 3)

Chapter 426: Chapter 157: Spatial Auction, Mystical Sniping (Part 3)

Tong Xin reacted quickly, raising his Shield without hesitation to face the Monster’s lunging bite.

Shield Strike!

With a success message in green text, the Monster was instantly stunned.

Muttering under his breath, Tong Xin’s Right Hand enchanted sword ferociously struck down on the Monster’s head.

[Weakness Attack, dealing 14924 damage.]

As the sword hit the wolf, a dazzling light burst forth, flames winding around the wolf’s body from the impact point, then exploded, igniting a fierce blaze.

[Enchanted Flame Elemental Attack, dealing 20324 damage.]

After two successful judgment hits, the swirl above the wolf’s head disappeared as it awoke from its dizzy state and opened its blood-filled mouth full of sharp teeth to bite down again.

Shield Strike!

Successfully blocking once more, the wolf fell into a dazed state again.

Using practiced block-and-counter techniques, after three rounds of attack, the wolf let out a wail and collapsed.

At that moment, the wolf’s body turned into shimmering dust, and a Magic Wand wrapped in purple shimmer appeared on the ground.

"Holy crap!"

Seeing it as an Epic Quality weapon, Tong Xin was overjoyed inside.

Approaching the equipment, the auto-loot function activated, and the purple gear on the ground automatically entered the Space Bag.

Tong Xin summoned the backpack interface to carefully inspect the wand’s attributes.

[Sky Star Wand]:

Quality: Epic

Level: 488

Attributes: Strength +2232, Magic Power +23924

Equipment Special Skill: Heavenly Star Fall (Cooldown: 1 hour)

...

"I’m rich, I’m rich."

After reading the Equipment Introduction, Tong Xin decisively clicked the Teleportation Scroll in the inventory.

Immediately, countless runes resembling rising bubbles appeared underfoot, and after a flash of white light, he returned to the player’s main city: Sin City.

He shared the equipment information in the main city chat channel, shouting:

"Freshly crafted Level 488 Epic Quality Magic System divine gear, contact if interested. If you don’t know the price, don’t DM me."

Several players immediately sent purchase inquiries.

But seeing the offers, Tong Xin refused without hesitation.

After chatting with several players, none of the prices satisfied Tong Xin.

Soon, another player sent a private message:

Dark Great Mage: Brother, give me a price, and I’ll take it if it’s reasonable.

When asked, Tong Xin gave his psychological price:

Preschool Director: 100,000 credit points to take it away.

Dark Great Mage: Brother, are you still living in the last version? Check the Trading House prices. Although your gear is top-notch, the price is too high. If you don’t want to sell sincerely, forget it.

Preschool Director: What do you think is reasonable?

Dark Great Mage: If I hadn’t secured a spot in the Dark Land, I wouldn’t even want to play this game anymore. Equipment prices are dropping across all qualities, including unique Mythic Quality gear. I can offer 18,000 credit points for your Level 488 Epic Quality Magic Wand, which is already above market price. It’s up to you if you’re willing to sell.

Preschool Director: Not selling!

After closing the chat interface, Tong Xin opened the Trading House feature to browse the latest transaction records of Epic Quality gear.

The results were just as the "Dark Great Mage" mentioned; prices had painfully plummeted.

18,000 was indeed reasonable in comparison.

After contacting several more players who messaged private offers, Tong Xin finally acknowledged the reality.

He took the initiative to contact the Dark Great Mage and decided to sell the top-tier wand for 18,000 before the price dropped further.

The Dark Great Mage agreed to proceed with the transaction as well.

Invoking the remote trade mode, he dragged the wand from his inventory into the trading box.

The other party simultaneously activated the online payment mode, entering 18,000 credit points below and locking in.

When the trade box was locked on both sides, they clicked the trade button.

Once the transaction completed, a notification of the bank deposit reached Tong Xin’s ears.

After striving for so long, he finally had a decent transaction record.

Before this, he mainly earned real-world income by gathering materials.

Many pieces of equipment were never purchased by players, usually decomposed into materials and sold to those wanting to enhance their gear.

Looking at the time, it was already 3 PM.

He immediately chose to exit the game.

As Darkness dissipated, the game cabin’s lid slowly lifted.

He took out his phone and glanced at the "Kindergarten Passion Chat Group" group chat.

The last chat happened 9 days ago.

The chat record included three screenshots, each a transfer of 200,000.

Seeing this, Tong Xin felt like crying inside.

"Bastard, it’s been 9 days without logging off, is this game that fun? Abandoning even your brothers for it."

After fiercely complaining, Tong Xin stepped out of the game cabin, changed out of the game suit into regular clothes, and hurried out.

He arrived downstairs at his apartment complex, took out his phone, and hailed a car.

Before long, the city’s Intelligent Brain assigned an autonomous car, and on the app, the car’s path was visible.

After pre-entering his destination, Tong Xin stood at the apartment entrance waiting.

An hour later, Tong Xin arrived at his destination.

This was a Spirit Ore Research Base, where he had been working a rotating four-shift schedule.

Every evening from 5 PM to 11 PM, then heading to a bar to work as a waiter until 3 AM, returning home to grind in the game, running non-stop 24 hours a day.

Compared to the unstable income from the game, this real-life job offered higher earnings.

But the work environment also posed risks.

The ores handled inside had intense radiation, interfering with the operation of robots, requiring manual transport and cutting.

If the protective suit worn wasn’t sealed well enough, one might suffer severe radiation leading to cell damage, even death.