Free Web NovelChapter 41: Chapter 41: Point Shop, So Many Things to Redeem
[Friendly Reminder: This is a place themed around survival. Please abandon any unnecessary illusions. Cherish your life and take the game seriously.]
[Server-wide Announcement: Congratulations to the Veridian team of players Faye Yardley, Zachary Pierce, Gavin Donovan, Caleb Colby, and Finn Ford for achieving the first-ever dungeon clear, completing Dungeon 3! As a special reward, each team member is awarded Reputation +1000 and free attribute points +1.] x3
After the three announcements, the system set off fireworks in the regional channel. Then, the golden announcements appeared again.
[Server-wide Announcement: Congratulations to Veridian player Logan Langdon for the first clear of Dungeon 1! As a special reward, he has been awarded Reputation +500 and free attribute points +1.] x3
[Server-wide Announcement: Congratulations to Freyan player Leonard for the first clear of Dungeon 2! As a special reward, he has been awarded Reputation +500 and free attribute points +1.] x3
[Server-wide Announcement: Congratulations to Veridian player Ethan Yardley for the first clear of Dungeon 5! As a special reward, he has been awarded Reputation +500 and free attribute points +1.] x3
The screen full of golden announcements practically blinded everyone watching the public channel.
The people in Veridia’s District 101 were going the craziest, because it seemed the players who cleared Dungeon 3 and Dungeon 1 were both from their district.
[Whoa, holy crap! Zachary Pierce is number one on our district’s combat power leaderboard, right? He’s a total badass, as expected.]
[I’d say Langdon, the number two on the leaderboard, is even more of a badass. He cleared a dungeon all by himself, okay?]
[I’m still shivering in my boots about the newbie protection period ending, and these top players are already clearing dungeons.]
[I’m so jealous I’m sick of saying the word. When is it my turn to be in the server announcements?]
[What is reputation even for? A lot of the server-wide announcements give it as a reward. Can any of the pros explain?]
[Faye Yardley is so amazing! Her name was listed even before Pierce’s. I even bought food from her before.]
[Langdon, are you there? Can you share a guide for Dungeon 1?]
Meanwhile, Faye Yardley and the other four, who had just received the notification that they’d cleared the dungeon, finally let out a collective sigh of relief.
[System Prompt: Team members have successfully survived for three days, meeting the clearing requirements. Points are now being tallied and dungeon progress is being calculated. Do you wish to leave the dungeon immediately?]
Faye Yardley said, "No."
[You may remain in the dungeon for thirty minutes. After thirty minutes, the dungeon will automatically close, and all players will be returned to their respective rafts.]
"System, open the Point Shop."
[Opening the Point Shop costs 10 points. Do you wish to proceed?]
"Yes." freeweɓnovel.cѳm
’They had to finish exchanging their points before leaving the dungeon. Otherwise, the points would be wiped and wouldn’t carry over to the next one.’
’The system prompts didn’t explain this at all. It only gave a hint if you specifically asked about it.’
Caleb Colby couldn’t help but complain, "How sneaky. If the Captain had just chosen to leave, we would’ve lost everything, right? I even saved 5 points last time, and it looks like those are gone too. If I’d known, I would’ve just traded them for some food and drinks. What a waste."
After setting the team’s points to be distributed individually, Faye Yardley said, "Alright, everyone’s points are their own now. Go ahead and exchange them for whatever you want."
"Donovan, you have a good amount of points. Exchange them for more wood to upgrade your raft. And prepare some materials for your Wooden House, for both insulation and cooling. Three days have passed. I expect the ocean won’t be so calm when we get back."
"Thanks for the reminder, Boss," Gavin Donovan said. He really wasn’t sure what he should get. Staring at his point total, he felt a bit dazed. He had over 20,000 points. ’The others must have about the same,’ he thought.
Zachary Pierce also added a reminder, "If any of your personal Attributes are below 10, you can exchange for a few Basic Body Refining Pills to randomly increase them. Once all four attributes are over 10, you enter the next tier and can use Intermediate Body Refining Pills. We probably don’t need High Level Body Refining Pills at this stage, so exchange for more of the Basic and Intermediate ones; other people will need them too. You all get the Basic Wood House Upgrade Vouchers, Fireplace Blueprints, and so on that you need for yourselves. I’ll get the ones for everyone else."
Finn Ford said, "We can’t let you cover all of that, Captain. Why don’t we pool our points and redeem things together?"
"Exactly! It would be such a waste of points if we redeemed duplicates," Caleb Colby readily agreed.
And so, Pierce, Ford, and Colby huddled together, whispering and discussing how to handle the redemptions for the items they urgently needed.
Gavin Donovan had heard Zachary Pierce’s reminder as well. He quickly redeemed everything they had mentioned. As for the rest, he figured he’d deal with it later.
As for Faye Yardley, she was quietly browsing the Point Shop page by herself. She had 27,580 points, which she figured should be enough to redeem an item for permanent, cross-district communication.
’That one-time-use, cross-district communication device she had was just too restrictive.’
She typed in "cross-district communication," and the list of items instantly filtered down to a single page.
Topping the list was the [Forced Merger Card: Merge several specified districts within the same country into one large district (total population of the new district cannot exceed 20 million people)]. Required points: 50,000.
[Cross-District Fixed Communication Device: Establish a permanent communication link with one specified individual (Requirement: Both parties must have a raft of Level 3 or higher and a fixed residence)]. Required points: 10,000.
[Cross-District Designated Contact Card: Allows contact with a specified individual in a different district within the same country. Uses: 10/10]. Required points: 10,000.
[Cross-District Relative Contact Card: Allows contact with a blood relative in a different district within the same country. Uses: 10/10]. Required points: 2,000.
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’I won’t read any further. The items further down the list will only offer worse options. My points are enough for the Cross-District Fixed Communication Device, and that’s all I need.’
’I have 17,580 points left. Intermediate Body Refining Pills are 300 points each... I’ll get five. Some for me, and the rest for my brother.’
’What if he’s having a hard time?’
’After all, it had only been seven days since they entered The Survival World. Her brother probably hadn’t had time to get established yet.’
’Upgrading to a Level 6 raft requires 10,000 wood. In the Point Shop, 1 point gets me 10 wood. Plus, I have to set some aside for my brother... so I’ll exchange 2,000 points for wood.’
’I need soil for planting vegetables. I still have 15 planting pots that need filling, so I’ll have to get at least 15m³ of soil.’
Fertile soil was 500 points per cubic meter, normal soil was 200 points, and sandy soil was only 50 points.
She bought two cubic meters of each type, and her points instantly dropped to 12,580. fгeewebnovёl.com
The Production Workshop Construction Blueprint cost 10,000 points. Faye Yardley considered it for a moment. ’It’s not a must-buy. After all, I’m on my own. At most, my brother will join me, so there’s no need for mass production.’
’I’ll look at other things first. If I still have points left after buying the necessities, I’ll think about it again.’
’What do I need most right now?’
After asking herself this question, Faye Yardley began to think seriously. In the end, she decided that what she needed most were some Skill Books.
The Point Mall did indeed sell Skill Books, but they were all of the most basic variety. They also all cost 1,000 points apiece, and there were no advanced versions to be found at all.
She quickly browsed the selection and found things like >, >, >, and >...
