Chapter 17 Bug Exploiting
[First Revolution Common Treasure Chest: Upon opening, randomly obtain a First Revolution common item, with a small probability of obtaining a Good quality tool.]
[First Revolution Good Treasure Chest: Upon opening, randomly obtain three First Revolution common items, or one First Revolution Good item, with a small probability of obtaining an Excellent quality tool.]
"Treasure chests... speaking of which, I think this is the first time I've seen them."
Looking at the one wooden and one iron treasure chest before him, Lin An fell into thought.
Thinking carefully, what he had obtained before were actually gift packs.
The top-tier newbie gift pack was a game reward, while the Man-Faced Cat gift pack was obtained from killing a monster before he even became a player. Therefore, there might be a certain difference between those and the treasure chests dropped by killing monsters now.
Without hesitation, Lin An directly opened the two treasure chests in front of him.
[Ding! Congratulations on obtaining a Good quality item—crimson flame pearl *1]
[Ding! Congratulations on obtaining 100 Ruin Coins, a stack of common Talisman Paper, and a bottle of Alienation Antibiotics]
"Hmm, I don't know if this counts as good luck or bad luck."
The Common Treasure Chest yielded a Good quality item, while the Good Treasure Chest only yielded common items instead.
Lin An found this slightly miraculous, but he immediately began to check the new equipment.
[crimson flame pearl
Realm: First Revolution
Quality: Good
Effect: By injecting Origin Power, it can release flames to cover oneself or a weapon.
Note: The user will not be harmed by the flames of the crimson flame pearl, but the same cannot be said for their clothes.]
"Summoning flames, this is good stuff."
Seeing the effect of the crimson flame pearl, Lin An's eyes lit up.
Fire is very useful, especially in the Ruins World.
If nothing else, if he ever found himself trapped in darkness, he might be able to rely on this crimson flame pearl to hold out for a bit longer. He just didn't know how much Origin Power this pearl consumed.
Satisfied, Lin An looked at the remaining items.
[Ruin Coins: The common currency of the Ruins World; they inherently contain a certain amount of energy and value.]
[Talisman Paper: A common material for making talismans; using it can slightly increase the success rate of talisman creation.]
[Mutant Antibiotics: Antibiotics specifically used to treat the alienation virus, but they cannot completely kill the virus and are ineffective for infected individuals who have already completely alienated.]
Lin An picked up a Ruins world Coin and began to observe it closely.
This Ruins world Coin looked somewhat like a one-yuan coin from the real world, but the material was unknown, and if one felt it carefully, they could faintly sense a trace of energy contained within.
Clearly, this currency itself possessed a certain value, and it wasn't something that paper money relying on official public credit could compare to.
To truly describe it, these Ruin Coins seemed more like Spirit Stones from cultivation novels to Lin An, or Mora from a certain two-character game.
And a hundred Ruin Coins actually wasn't a small amount. Lin An remembered that the monthly income of an ordinary Refugee working in Little Stone Pool Village was only around a hundred Ruin Coins, yet it was already enough to guarantee basic necessities like food, clothing, and shelter.
But it certainly wasn't much either, because even for a Common quality skill in the Library Pavilion, it cost a thousand Ruin Coins just to observe it once.
And for a Great Captain of Tian Sheng's level, his basic monthly salary alone was as high as three thousand Ruin Coins, and Lin An speculated that the man must have a lot of extra income.
It was clear that in the Ruins World, cultivators and ordinary mortals were in two different worlds; at the very least, their income and spending power were not in the same class at all.
Pondering this, Lin An looked at the remaining two items.
As for the Talisman Paper, there was actually nothing special about it.
Because in the process of making talismans, what truly needed to be consumed were often those transcendent materials.
So for a formal Talisman Master, Common quality Talisman Paper wasn't much better than scrap paper.
Nevertheless, having some was still better than having none, especially for a novice like Lin An.
Finally, Lin An looked at the medicine closely related to this Alienation disaster.
A bottle of Mutant Antibiotics contained fifty pills, and one pill could allow an ordinary person to resist the alienation virus for an extra month, with the sensation of pain being significantly reduced during that period.
However, for himself, it wasn't very useful.
According to the intelligence shared by the Supernatural Ability Administration Bureau, the disasters descending upon Blue Star in the early stages wouldn't be too strong; even a calamity would only be of a low level.
Therefore, unless the source of calamity personally came over, any player with a constitution attribute higher than ten points could basically be immune to this alienation virus.
At this moment, Lin An's constitution attribute had already reached 12 points and was still steadily rising.
And don't forget that the passive effect of the Tiger-Bird Technique could also enhance immunity, basically allowing him to ignore the vast majority of First Revolution viruses.
Of course, if this Mutant Infection calamity upgraded to the Second Turn, the situation would likely be hard to say.
After all, these disasters could also continuously upgrade and become stronger, just like those NPCs in the Ruins Game who could cultivate.
"I expect the Supernatural Ability Administration Bureau has already dealt with many Mutated Beings and should have also dropped things like Mutant Antibiotics."
"I wonder if they can use that to research a corresponding specific medicine. After all, relying solely on opening treasure chests definitely won't be enough."
Lin An pondered, then shook his head.
Specialization is key; there was no use in him worrying about such things. Besides, when choosing subjects in high school, he hadn't even picked biology.
However, if there were other clues, Lin An was still very willing to provide them to the Supernatural Ability Administration Bureau, provided it didn't harm his own interests.
If for nothing else, at the very least, he didn't want this place, which carried the memories of him and his parents since childhood, to turn into a dark, dead city.
Not to mention that the Supernatural Ability Administration Bureau had indeed shared a lot of useful intelligence and was working hard to maintain this peace before the storm.
Catching a glimpse of the now empty treasure chests out of the corner of his eye, Lin An suddenly seemed to think of something.
"The treasure chests didn't disappear... doesn't that mean there's room for maneuvering?"
Lin An placed the crimson flame pearl and the antibiotics into a treasure chest, then with a thought, he stored it into his backpack.
And at this moment, the slot only showed the treasure chest; the other two items didn't occupy a slot at all!
With another thought, the treasure chest was taken out again, and the two items were sitting inside perfectly intact.
"Found another bug!"
Lin An's expression was excited. If he could operate like this, the amount of things his backpack could hold in the future would be more than just a little bit more!
After trying it a few more times, Lin An soon found that this method was indeed feasible.
However, the downside was that items placed inside the treasure chest could not be taken out directly; he had to take out the treasure chest first and then open it to get the things inside.
For items that weren't for emergency use, storing them like this didn't matter.
But for weapons, healing potions, and the like that needed to be used immediately, they still had to be placed in the storage slots to avoid situations where he couldn't respond to a problem right away.
Perhaps because a child who loses their parents has to mature a bit earlier, Lin An had always considered things very thoroughly since starting university.