Gamers Are Fierce-Chapter 667 - 665 Recovery

Familiar computer screen.

Li Ang leaned back in his chair, his brow slightly furrowed as he toyed with the purple and white Minor Master Ball in his hand.

Chaichai floated out from his chest, without any awareness or shame for having watched the spectacle for so long without doing a thing, cheerfully returning to the living room to play.

This Chaichai had grown lazier and lazier. She once put some thought into helping analyze the direction of the script world, but now she couldn't even be bothered to think, having switched to full movie-watching mode. She was practically expecting Li Ang to cut a hole in his stomach to store popcorn and cola for her.

Though he could actually do that.

"Pass the message to the others, at all costs, win the Gate Competition in the second phase of the killing game...," Li Ang muttered Gandalf's last words.

The last time the second phase of the killing game was updated, besides the announcement that the Game Square was opening, there was also a brief mention: "The large-scale event 'Gate Competition' of the second phase of the killing game will start soon, so please look forward to it." After that, there was nothing more.

The Special Affairs Bureau and Heterodox Academy probably knew something.

Li Ang thought about it and opened his friends panel to chat with Old Xing, giving him a trimmed version of his experiences in the data world and the message Gandalf had tasked him to pass on.

What the Special Affairs Bureau could glean from this was no longer his concern.

"Let's take a look at the loot."

Li Ang rubbed his palms together, his face filled with excitement as he opened the player panel.

[Reward calculation in progress]

[Player overall performance: S+, Game Coin and Experience Point yield increased to 160%]

In this Death Race, their team had destroyed six chariots independently, not including the three they sneakily eliminated at the bloody race's finish line in collaboration with Ash, so an S+ rating was expected.

[Reward 1: S Rank Completion Evaluation earns one Excellent Quality Random Item, A Rank earns one Rare Quality Random Item, B Rank earns two Common Quality Random Items]

Li Ang had already received a perfect quality Minor Master Ball from Ash, and that one item alone was worth the price of admission, but every little bit counted, and this reward was still of Excellent quality.

Li Ang didn't rush to open the treasure chests in his inventory and continued to look at the next reward.

[Reward 2: 500 Experience Points * number of chariots destroyed]

Destroying six chariots brought Li Ang a total of 3,000 Experience Points, and with a 1.6 multiplier, that made a whopping 4,800 Experience Points, blowing all previous missions out of the water.

"I'm wondering if this mission is special, or if the second phase of the killing game has changed the script's Experience Point values," Li Ang murmured with narrowed eyes.

Before this, he was Lv15, with 1153/1500 Experience Points; adding the 4,800 shot him straight up to Lv18, with his Experience Point gauge now at 1153/1800.

He had leveled up three times in one go. The feeling was almost on par with those legendary browser game ads claiming instant ninety-nine levels just for killing a pig. So satisfying!

[Reward 3: 500 Game Coins * number of chariots destroyed]

Just like the previous reward, 4,800 Game Coins.

The Immaculate Furnace Shop on the Game Square could rake in profits daily. Previously, at Mule's request, Li Ang performed a strengthening operation for her friend, earning 3,200 Game Coins. Adding the 2,011 Game Coins from selling Magic Potions and assisting with forging...

"Totaling 16,127."

Li Ang exhaled slowly; with over 16,000 Game Coins in savings, it was almost enough to reach two 'small financial goals' if converted into real-world cash—enough to make a bed out of banknotes. Unfortunately, it couldn't be exchanged.

Next, it was time for the treasure chest.

Li Ang opened his backpack, clicked on the treasure chest, and a dazzling light flashed.

[Skill Scroll Name: Junior Restoration]

[Properties: Learning type, disappears after one use]

[Type: Spiritual Energy]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Special Effect: Purifying Restoration. Through touch, remove a debuff effect caused by a supernatural factor on a target, such as plague, slow, bleeding, blindness, immobilization, etc., and heal minor injuries, eliminate fatigue, and enhance resistance to exhaustion fatigue.]

[Consumption: 200 Spirit Power Value]

[Cooldown: 1 hour]

[Learning Condition: Lawful Good alignment]

[Note: Unable to remove debuffs of a higher level]

[Note: The Junior Restoration Technique was developed and promoted by the clerics of the slave-holding kingdom Vokan's Holy Temple. Ironically, this sacred technique is most commonly applied not in the temples that aid the sick and injured but in the bedchambers of city-state nobles and mithril mines.]

"Oh? A healing type Skill Scroll?"

Li Ang's spirits lifted; even now, in the second phase of the killing game, healing skills were still scarce and would be snatched up instantly if listed in the auction house.

"This skill can heal minor injuries, relieve fatigue, and remove debuffs—all-in-one. It's like having three items in one."

Li Ang murmured, "But these learning conditions require one to be of the Lawful Good alignment?"

According to the alignment chart, those of the Lawful Good alignment are often righteous and detest evil, honest, reliable, kind, and full of integrity, like the paladins in knightly tales, full of sacred radiance.

Judging by that standard...

Li Ang tentatively tapped the Sheepskin Scroll in his inventory, but there was no reaction; only the System voice announcing, [Learning failed. Does not meet the Skill Scroll's learning conditions] echoed in his ear.

"Alright, not surprising," Li Ang said, scratching his head in annoyance. "I can't use this, so it looks like I'll have to sell it."

The Junior Restoration Skill Scroll, with its stringent learning conditions, was certainly a good item and should fetch a good price. Li Ang wasn't short of Game Coins, so he planned to list it in the auction house or ask Mule to help sell it, on the condition of bartering for equipment, items, or Skill Scrolls he could use.

After summarizing everything, his player panel was now:

[Mystery Delver·Li Rising]

[Lv18. Experience bar at 1153/1800]

[Strength: 11 (14)]

[Agility: 11 (14)]

[Intelligence: 12]

[Constitution: 11 (14)]

[Perception: 11] (Carefully Cautious +1) (Bone Tracking +1)

[Charisma: 4]

[Equipment slots: Strange Eye, Face-Changing Mask, Clean Earplugs, Bloodworm Crowbar, Soul Summoning Banner, Phase Boots, Virulent Poison, Dusk Cloak, Roanoke God Seal, Mirage Dragon Red Mane Coat, Soul Reaping Bronze Scythe, Minor Master Ball]

[Backpack slots: Ruitu Military knife x300, Damaged Alchemy Magic Box, Origin of Life, Automated Pet Box, Special Worms, Beehive, Abyssal Magic Mirror, Blessed Spring Water x4]

[Skill Slots: Adrenaline Activation Method, Ripple Breathing Method, Fragment Scatter, No One Can Defeat Me In My BGM, Drown in Misfortune Assassination Method, Necromancy Technique (Intermediate), Summoning Technique·Fearful Warhorse, Alchemy (Junior)]

[Game Currency: 16,127]

[Spirit Energy Value: 670]

[Sanity Value: 588]

[Swamp God Power: 1000/1000]

[Unallocated Attribute Points: 3]