r18novel Chapter 23 The Soaring Sign-in Points
Chapter 23 The Soaring Sign-in Points
Time quickly passed to the early hours of the morning.
"Ding! Check-in successful! Five check-in points earned! Balance: 5 points!"
Hearing that familiar system voice, Zhao Hai was both surprised and delighted!
He didn't expect the sign-in time to be 5 o'clock today!
Think about it! What can you redeem with five check-in points?
If he wanted, a little over a pound of rice a day would be more than enough for him!
In other words, even if he doesn't go out to collect supplies, he can survive, and even live quite well, just by checking in every day!
Previously, there was only one sign-in point each day, so why are there five sign-in points now?
Could it be that my check-in points increased because I awakened a sequence?
Or is there another reason?
However, Zhao Hai still believes that the increase in sign-in points today is because he became a Sequence Transcendent today!
I have five sign-in points left today, so I guess the system shop will update with some good stuff today!
And so, as Zhao Hai waited with bated breath, it came to one in the morning.
[Host has successfully awakened to become a Sequence Transcendent. The system shop has been updated! Would you like to view it now?]
"Check it out!" Zhao Hai silently said to himself.
It seems my check-in points increased today because I successfully awakened the sequence yesterday. It seems my guess was correct!
When the system store page opened, Zhao Hai was quite surprised!
The current system store is no longer like before, with only a few simple items; it even has categories!
Food and beverage section! Supplies section! Gadgets section!
Zhao Hai first clicked on the food and beverage section at the top.
It contains not only rice, but also vegetables, fruits, and fresh meat...
However, its exchange rate is also ridiculously high.
For example, pork costs a full fifteen checkpoints per pound.
One apple requires five checkpoints!
There's also bok choy, which is also one per five checkpoints!
It's ridiculously expensive!
Looking at these outrageous prices, Zhao Hai knew that he couldn't afford to buy any supplies in this area in the short term!
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Hai left the food and beverage area and went to the supplies area!
To Zhao Hai's dismay, the items in this supplies section were also ridiculously expensive.
For example, it takes seven check-in points to make one quilt! Why doesn't this system just rob people?!
Zhao Hai, still somewhat unwilling to give up, looked at the other items in the supplies section and found that they were also ridiculously expensive!
Okay! The system shop has been updated, and there are quite a few good things in it, but 99% of them are things I can't afford!
Zhao Hai was quite happy to see his daily check-in points increase to five, and even thought that his future should be pretty good!
But when he saw the updated products in the store, his joy vanished instantly! He even felt a little sad.
After all, it's incredibly frustrating to have a bunch of good things laid out in front of you, only to look at them and not be able to enjoy them!
Finally, Zhao Hai also clicked on the section for strange artifacts!
The eerie green light on the system screen illuminated his face, which trembled slightly with excitement. The page redirected, displaying a series of bizarrely shaped objects, each with a chilling name and a brief description, accompanied by a staggering check-in point.
Tiger Fang Demon Blade: Made primarily from the eerie fangs of a large feline, it is incredibly sharp, and wounds inflicted by it are difficult to heal in a short period of time!
Price: 380 sign-in points!
Mourning Drum: A strange material dropped by the "Silent Ebony" and the "Silent One" strange creatures.
A single-sided hand drum, about thirty centimeters in diameter. The drum frame is made of dark ebony, carved with countless miniature human faces twisting and wailing. The drumhead is not made of animal hide, but a taut, pale "skin" with tiny pores and textures, cool and supple to the touch. Two small mallets woven from black hair hang from the side of the drum.
When struck at a specific rhythm, the drumhead figure will writhe and weep, emitting a mournful cry that directly affects the soul. Those within its range who lack willpower will fall into deep sorrow, despair, or fear, lose their will to fight, and may even suffer a mental breakdown. It is remarkably effective against certain bizarre "abnormalities" that feed on emotions or fear negative emotions.
Price: 1350 sign-in points!
……
Looking at those astonishingly strange artifacts, Zhao Hai was dazzled and wished he could possess them all.
Unfortunately, he only had five sign-in points in his pocket, not even enough to buy the strange artifact.
Keep in mind that even the cheapest of these artifacts requires 350 sign-in points!
At his current pace, it would take him a full seventy days to accumulate 350 check-in points!
Furthermore, you cannot use your check-in points to redeem other items during this period!
"Damn it! System, you're really a sly coward!" Zhao Hai couldn't help but curse in his mind when he saw one of the items.
Weird Weakness: Level 1 Weird Weakness! Price: 10 Sign-in Points!
Level 2 Mysterious Weakness! Price: 50 Sign-in Points!
Level 3 Mysterious Weakness! Price: 100 Sign-in Points!
(Note: Before the host awakens, they have no power to protect themselves from the strange entities, which is why the system's price has dropped to 1 sign-in point!)
Upon seeing this message, Zhao Hai was truly speechless!
According to the system, I should thank it properly!
When Zhao Hai flipped to the bottom of the artifact section, one piece of information caught his attention!
If the host can find the strange materials to make the artifact, this system can also help the host make it into an artifact. However, this system will charge a sign-in point as a processing fee.
The processing fee depends on the power of the artifact!
Tiger Fang's Deceptive Blade Processing Fee: 50 Sign-in Points!
Processing fee for the mourning drum: 280 sign-in points!
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Looking at the redemption screen, Zhao Hai's initial excitement subsided.
The processing fee seems to be more than ten times less in sign-in points than directly exchanging for the strange artifact, but strange materials are not so easy to obtain.
First, to obtain the strange materials, you must kill the strange.
It would be impossible for Zhao Hai to kill the strange creature with his strength alone.
He estimated that it would take the combined efforts of Su Wanyue and Wang Hu to kill a monster.
Even if they kill the monster, the monster materials dropped from its body will be shared among the three of them. Moreover, he estimated that Xu Wenchu and the other two would not be willing to take the initiative to kill the monster!
After all, no one would agree to such a suicidal act.
Even though Zhao Hai knew that killing monsters could yield monster materials, he wouldn't deliberately seek them out. After all, he wasn't ready to die yet! No matter how high the reward, he wasn't willing to do something so suicidal!
Therefore, the likelihood of him obtaining the strange materials is not high.