Chapter 193: Explain, Explain, What’s a Surprise?
Most players were furious when the event ended early.
“Grandma’s drip! Playing tricks on me! I almost died hitting the BOSS!”
“We finally beat the final BOSS, and they don’t even give us a second to enjoy it! They just kick us out? Do they have no shame?!”
“What a junk server! Made by potatoes? If you’re gonna blame interference, just say someone was too hungry and took the server to cook!”
“Geneva! I still need to grind for points!”
But there was a group of players who were rather pleased.
They had died during the fight against the final BOSS and were staring at the clock ticking down ten more hours of the event, worried that their rankings were about to get overtaken.
Especially Fiery Conflict Across the Sky; with that much time, second place was definitely not safe. Who knew they’d fall out of the top five?
Now, everyone got kicked out! Not only was their ranking secure, but the BOSS’s d*ath also gifted them extra points.
Anyone who had participated in the battle, regardless of whether they were still alive, would be rewarded based on their contributions when the BOSS fell.
At the moment everyone was kicked out of the dungeon, the system processed everyone’s activity summaries and rewards like a well-oiled machine.
In the end, Yuliya claimed the top spot with her points, earning a reward of 20% synchronization rate, and she could choose one item and one skill to bring out of the dungeon.
Second place went to Fiery Conflict Across the Sky with a 15% synchronization rate, and they could choose one skill.
Third place got a 12% boost plus one item.
The following ranks only got synchronization rate rewards; 4th to 10th were at 10%, 11th to 20th got 8%, and 21st to 50th earned 7%.
The top thousand received a rewarding 6%, and everyone else who just participated snagged 5%.
That was the ranking reward; there were also rewards based on points.
Straightforward and brutal, points could be exchanged at a rate of 1:100 for gold coins.
Yuliya stared at her mailbox filled with over 43 million gold coins, lost in thought.
So, my personal task progress just jumped to 70% in an instant?
Before, I worked my fingers to the bone, charming and cutely trying to earn money, and barely scraped together 30 million. Now with this event, I skyrocketed to over 40 million!
Sister Tong, are you giving me a back door?
If so, you should have told me earlier! I definitely would have worked harder; hitting 50 million would have been no problem!
As for that 20% synchronization… no clue.
Then, there was the matter of items and skills.
This… the skills are utterly useless; they’re either skills I already know or ones I made myself.
As for the items… she glanced at her backpack.
Huh? Why are these things in my bag? Didn’t they say items from the event dungeon couldn’t be taken out?
She was shocked to find two items added to her inventory: the Fox God’s Remnant Soul and the Key to the Dream Realm.
If I can take these two items out…
She quickly checked her status bar.
Then, a big, bold status popped up—Blessing of the Goddess of Life.
Yuliya: …
Uh-oh, this feels like cheating… Praise the Goddess!
So, what should I choose for the item reward?
If only Ayelus would come with me, I’d immediately pick that living doll and pet it every day!
But sadly, that’s not an option.
So… I’ll go with this one.
Dust of Fireworks.
Not really useful, but I like it.
With the reward confirmed, Yuliya was over the moon.
She looked around.
Right now, she was at home in Emerald City, and everything seemed normal. Her sudden disappearance for a day and a half didn’t seem to have stirred up anything.
Well then, let’s log off!
Meanwhile, Xu Xiaoyue had just logged off the moment the event ended and grabbed a chair to sit in her big brother’s room.
Time to stake out! Court’s in session!
Evidence on your face! Let’s see how you squirm this time!
After waiting for several minutes, the gaming pod made some noise.
Xu Xiaoyue hadn’t been idle during this time; she had come up with three plans to deal with any sudden situation.
Finally! The gaming pod opened!
She barked, “Big Brother! You owe me a reasonable… Huh? Who are you?”
As Xu Xiaofeng sat up and stretched, her little outburst startled him.
She tilted her head, “Huh? Little Moon? What’s up?”
“…”
“Eh? Why is this gaming pod so tall now? Did Little Moon get taller, too?”
Xu Xiaoyue stared blankly at the little loli talking to herself and took a long while before whispering, “Is that… Little Wind?”
Xu Xiaofeng froze and looked at herself.
Short legs and short arms; her shorts now reached her ankles, and her long sleeves fully engulfed her fists, with her shirt sliding down her shoulders.
The whole outfit was loose and soaked with the nutrient liquid from the pod, giving off a strange sense of forbidden shyness.
“What’s happening! Why did I shrink?! My voice sounds totally different!”
“Mirror! Is there a mirror? I need a mirror!”
Xu Xiaoyue immediately jumped up, “Don’t freak out! I’ll go get one. Just wait here!”
Soon, she returned with a mirror from her room.
Xu Xiaofeng rushed over, took one glance, and immediately recoiled back into the gaming pod.
Just one look was enough; she was all too familiar with that face.
This looked just like in the game!
“Little Wind… brother? Are you okay?”
Though Xu Xiaoyue was puzzled, she’d been preparing to turn to her older brother for answers. Now, it just left her even more confused.
“Just go out.”
“Aw, come on, Big Brother! Tell me what’s happening!”
“Out!!”
“Alright, alright, I’m going! Just calm down, okay?”
Xu Xiaoyue quickly rushed out, closing the door.
Xu Xiaofeng could sense her sneaking around, eavesdropping at the door.
She sighed helplessly.
Forget it, I won’t worry about her.
Actually, Xu Xiaofeng wasn’t too heartbroken; more like resigned. She was just trying to get her sister out, and that’s why she acted so dramatic.
She had been mentally prepared for this change, knowing a day would come when it would all crystallize.
She just didn’t expect that day to arrive so soon.
Why so suddenly? How would her sister look at her now? How would family view her? What about friends?
The previous changes were easier to explain and hide, but now she was practically a different person altogether; there was no way to explain it.
She blinked and suddenly remembered a similar instance from before, but she forgotten…
Forgotten!
And every time her body changed, it was during those surges of synchronization.
“Synchronization rate… Sister Tong… Ah, really, you could have just said it outright. If you had, I might’ve… well, okay, I would have definitely flipped out.”
But now, she felt more of a sense of fate.
“Fate… changes like the wind.”
As she thought of this, she suddenly realized that if she had changed, what about the other players?
Phone!
Can’t reach it…
After trying to jump over the wall of the gaming pod twice and failing, she leaped two meters high and jumped out.
Grabbing her phone, she began surfing the internet.
Before she could even start searching, she saw the trending topics at a glance.
I… am…
