Urban Peerless Expert
Chapter 2418 - 2438: Repeat good luck a thousand times, and you are free!

Chapter 2418: Chapter 2438: Repeat good luck a thousand times, and you are free!

"I’m just looking; you guys play."

Lin Chen politely declined, but the person’s shout from before had already caught the attention of all the gamblers.

A gambler asked, "Six clusters of Phoenix Fire, how much time did it take?"

An informed person replied, "Eight days."

"Almost one cluster a day, that’s some impressive efficiency. It’s been a long time since anyone brought back so many at once."

"Kid, do you have some special method or something?"

"How did you withstand the attacks from those Fire Crocodiles?"

"Yeah, tell us, so we can learn a thing or two, maybe save a few lives in the process..."

The people bombarded Lin Chen with questions, and for a moment, even the gambling stopped.

Lin Chen hadn’t anticipated such a scene and quickly responded modestly, "I just got lucky, found a volcanic cluster. I’m a newcomer; how could I have any special methods?"

After answering a few questions, Lin Chen withdrew from the crowd. He thought to himself that it would be hard to get any information from gamblers, so he decided to find some drinkers instead.

Once people start drinking, they say whatever comes to mind, sometimes spilling everything without even being asked, making it impossible not to listen.

Drinkers are relatively simpler; as long as you can provide some good wine, you’re sure to be accepted by everyone.

Before parting, Bai Yunfei had given Lin Chen quite a few bottles of fine wine. These wines, which he had snuck out of various sects’ cellars, were of superb quality.

Lin Chen quickly won over a group of drinkers, as he not only brought out good wine but also provided top-notch ingredients, cooking up delicious appetizers for everyone.

Soon enough, Lin Chen fit right in with the group of alcoholics, and the conversation naturally turned to the mining of the Phoenix Fire Crystal Stones and the mysterious Phoenix Fire Spirit.

From these people, Lin Chen finally learned everything that was happening here.

They hadn’t come from the Roulette Secret Realm but were transferred from another world by the woman in red to start clearing this place.

The environment here was harsh, filled with all kinds of fierce Demonic Beasts with sky-defying strength. The weaker adventurers quickly met their deaths, leaving only the strong and those with special abilities who could survive the numerous dangers.

They had been in this world for three years, and most of it had been explored by them. But now, with too few people, the search was slowing down. The woman in red had dumped all the newly captured labor here to boost the population, aiming to finish exploring this world as quickly as possible, capture the Phoenix Fire Spirit, and then move on to the next world.

Lin Chen inquired, "Has anyone seen the Phoenix Fire Spirit?"

"Some have, more than once, but no one has been able to catch it."

"That thing has no physical body, it’s incredibly fast and can use Earth Escape. In the blink of an eye, it burrows into the ground and flees, giving no chance to capture it!"

"Unless you have an appropriate Array Formation ready in advance to lure it in, you might be able to trap it and prevent it from escaping. However, it’s not only quick; it’s also timid and clever. The slightest disturbance and it takes off, giving you no opportunity to prepare."

"Everyone wants to capture it, but it’s not that easy."

Unable to hold back, Lin Chen asked, "If it uses Earth Escape, then just pursue it using Earth Escape. Are you saying out of all these people, no one can perform Earth Escape?"

"Ah, you hit the nail on the head. To use Earth Escape, first, you must be a Daluo Immortal, and second, you must have mastered the Way of Earth. We have plenty of people here with Earth Spiritual Roots, but far fewer above the Daluo rank, and not a single one who knows Earth Escape!"

Lin Chen was taken aback; he had thought those who knew Earth Escape were just hiding their skills, but as it turned out, nobody here knew it at all!

No wonder everyone found it strange that he wasn’t injured by the Fire Crocodiles. After all, they had no idea of the effects of Earth Escape!

It turned out he had thought too highly of them!

"Does this Phoenix Fire Spirit have any patterns in its appearance?"

Upon hearing that, everyone just laughed bitterly.

"If there were a pattern, we would’ve caught it long ago."

"That thing runs around everywhere, one moment in the east, the next in the west. There’s no pattern at all. If there were any pattern, it would be its preference for extremely hot places. But where in this world isn’t hot? Even volcanic zones are commonplace..."

"Everyone dreams of capturing the Phoenix Fire Spirit to gain freedom, but it’s not that simple."

"Take it one day at a time. Hoping to capture the Phoenix Fire Spirit to gain freedom is less realistic than hoping to accumulate enough points to exchange for freedom someday."

Curious, Lin Chen asked, "Exactly how many points are needed to buy freedom?"

"Take the six clusters of Phoenix Fire you earned in eight days as an example. If you exchanged the extra five clusters for points and then all the Phoenix Fire Crystal Stones for points, and you repeated this eight-day cycle a thousand times, you’d basically have enough points to regain your freedom."

Lin Chen’s eyes widened in disbelief, "Me getting six clusters of Phoenix Fire was just luck; how could I possibly repeat that over and over again?"