This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous
Chapter 341 - 240: Imperial Capital Wilderness_2

Chapter 341: Chapter 240: Imperial Capital Wilderness_2

"What’s going on?"

Mu You felt a bit anxious inside. Didn’t she urgently need pollen last week and even raised the reward price? This week, Mu You had prepared all the pollen for her, and yet she didn’t show up to issue the task...

Could it be... she’s dead?

Mu You couldn’t help but think of this possibility.

However, upon further reflection, it felt wrong. At most, she would lose the power of luck due to the lack of pollen, but as the representative of the Fairy Clan, she had deep roots. How could she just disappear because of this?

Not willing to give up, Mu You refreshed the page dozens of times, but the text of the Fairy Lady never appeared. It seemed that she really wouldn’t show up today.

With no other choice, Mu You turned to accept the task from the Sunlight Elf.

There was no helping it, the Fairy Lady had flaked out, and the remaining two tasks weren’t ones he could complete in a short time. However, the task from the Sunlight Elf, he already had some leads on.

A few days ago, he had agreed with the Lord of the Abyss to bring an Abyss Dragon next week. Judging by her tone at the time, it didn’t seem to be much of a problem.

[You have accepted the task ’Capture a Flying Dragon’: Travel to Lochmaddy Abyss within a week, capture a live Abyss Dragon and bring it back. Task reward: one Phoenix Egg.]

After accepting the task, Mu You put away the horn and saw that it was almost twelve o’clock. He had his character teleport to the peaceful village, preparing to visit the Old Cat Store Owner and take care of his business.

[After a wave of dizziness, you return to the Watchman’s Cabin.]

[You leave the cabin and choose to head towards the entrance of the village...]

[You arrive at the entrance of the village and see the Owl Shop not far from the village gate.]

[You walk towards the Owl Shop, ready to buy some items. However, as you get closer, you realize that a large crowd of Fools has gathered around the shop, and the three display windows of the Old Cat Store Owner are already empty.]

[Clearly, you’re late. The goods were bought up by the Fools who swarmed in earlier today, and the people gathered around now are waiting for the shop to refresh at midnight.]

"emmm..."

Mu You was speechless, having forgotten that it was now the public testing phase, and the Arcane Tower had become ineffective, allowing players to move freely into cities and villages.

This meant that now, not only did they have to compete with monsters, but also queue up and scramble to buy things.

With no other option, Mu You also had to make his character stand by the shop and wait.

With a pocket watch in hand, he was confident about snatching items, albeit the process might be a bit dirty...

After idling by the shop for a while, it was quickly midnight.

[The clock inside the shop struck midnight, and you see an Owl precisely descend from the sky, claw clutching a finely crafted leather case, landing inside the Owl Shop.]

[The Old Cat Store Owner immediately took the case and opened it on the spot.]

[You hurriedly look inside and see ten items placed in the box, including: a Star Spirit Dictionary, Boots of Speed, a Poisonous Dagger, an Invisibility Cloak...]

[The Shop Manager chose six items from them...]

Last time he entered, Mu You remembered that there were only five items in the case, and the Old Cat Manager would choose three out of five.

This time, the items brought by the Owl were double the amount Mu You saw last time, and the items the Store Manager picked were also doubled.

But what Mu You couldn’t understand was, out of the ten items, why was there not a single Spell Scroll?

[The Shop Manager displayed the six items in the showcase, commencing today’s sale.]

[Outraged, a large number of Fools vied to buy the items, almost instantly clearing out the goods in the showcase.]

[Before you are six shelves marked ’Sold Out’...]

Mu You: "..."

Each and every one of them, do they all have to be so rich?

Among today’s goods was even a rare ’Life Amulet’ worth 1,000 years of life, generating a shield automatically every hour. This level of item was snatched up instantly!

Considering the Golden Apple’s lifespan, Mu You now held a grand total of 3,021 years of lifespan in wealth, but even if he wanted to buy it, he would have to think twice.

Yet these players, sporting titles below level ten, were spending so lavishly...

Mu You could only sigh, there really are a lot of rich people!

Although on Earth at present, it’s not easy to successfully trade large amounts of life, as long as there are those willing to pay, some would still be willing to sell a few years or a decade of their lives for a significant sum of money.

And with nine days past since public testing began, even if the capital side collected lifespan sparingly, they could have amassed a substantial figure by now.

These rich people were not lacking life, what they lacked were levels, magic, and items. Now that the Arcane Tower had disappeared and the otherworldly shops were open to Fools, it isn’t hard to understand their aggressive shopping spree.

No wonder even the Owl Shop doubled its goods today. It seems that the minds of these otherworldly merchants were still clear, having anticipated the possibility of a shopping frenzy today and increased their stock in response.

After the frantic buying was over, a group of players who had completed their purchases left to attend to their own matters, and soon only Mu You’s game character remained on the scene.

Mu You wasn’t in a hurry to leave because he still wanted to chat with the Old Cat Store Owner.

[You go to a deserted spot and switch to the Mysterious Human Skin.]

[You return to the side of the shop.]

[The Shop Manager had finished selling and was now tidying up, preparing to close. Upon your arrival, he eagerly stops, runs over to greet you, informing you that today’s goods had been sold out, and asking if you need anything.]