Chapter 7 Harvest

"Next up is the much-anticipated unboxing segment."

Zhou Yuan specifically took a shower, changed into a new set of clothes, and then lit a mosquito coil he found in the drawer.

A wisp of blue smoke rose gracefully, giving off a somewhat ethereal feeling. One could only say it was quite atmospheric.

This time, the mission had yielded four reward items: a common quality item pack, a common quality skill scroll, a random quality item pack, and a random quality skill scroll.

Zhou Yuan had little hope for the common quality boxes, knowing that even though they could yield powerful and impressive skills like "Condensed Qi Fist," they were more likely to contain useless junk—like the "rock," "toilet paper," or "Spoon Murderer's Spoon" he'd previously received.

However, the random quality boxes were a different story, their floor was low, but their ceiling was high. With enough luck, even mythic quality items could be obtained.

But Zhou Yuan was well aware of his own fortune or, more precisely, lack thereof.

Perhaps he had used up all his luck overturning his fate that one time, which meant that for these past years, bad luck had followed him like a loyal companion.

His colleagues always said he was even-tempered, never easily angered or prone to complaints, no matter the misfortune. In truth, he was so accustomed to it that he had become numb.

He wasn't hoping for anything too flashy or over-the-top divine, just a few practical items and skills, and he'd be grateful.

Zhou Yuan pulled out his phone to play the essential unboxing BGM—"Good Luck Charm."

"Good luck come~ I wish you good luck comeee~~~~"

With the auspicious music playing, he rubbed his hands like a fly, opening the first box full of anticipation.

A flash of light, and a wrench appeared where the item pack had been.

[Name: Super Alloy Wrench]

[Quality: Common]

[Effect: Extremely hard.]

[Note: There's no need to worry, it's quite reasonable for a car mechanic to carry a wrench around, right?]

"Uh, a wrench?"

Zhou Yuan took out the super alloy wrench and measured it with a tape measure he found in his drawer. The wrench was 45 centimeters long, quite heavy and substantial in hand, but its crafting material was unknown.

Coupled with the "extremely hard" effect, it made for a decent melee weapon.

The unboxing continued.

Next was the common quality skill scroll.

[Skill Name: Soul Ignition Skill]

[Quality: Common]

[Effect: When activated, increases Strength, Agility, Constitution, and Perception by +1 for 3 minutes.]

[Cost: 400 Spirituality Points]

[Note: I'm fired up!]

"It's actually another great item!"

The Soul Ignition Skill could instantly enhance one's Strength, Agility, Constitution, and Perception by one level each, exuding a simple and solid strength.

If it were activated when each attribute was at 9 points, one could immediately reach the pinnacle of humanity, and if activated at 10 points, one would instantaneously transcend human limits.

"Two good items in a row, could it be that my luck has changed?"

Zhou Yuan excitedly rubbed his hands and opened a random quality item pack.

[Name: opple Smart Phone]

[Quality: Rare]

[Effect: Charges in five minutes, two months of battery life, signal available everywhere, and may consequently connect to some special frequency bands.]

[Note 1: "Imitation without Inferiority Company" is a world-renowned knockoff enterprise whose knockoff products are so good that they caused the original companies to go bankrupt.]

[Note 2: Do not answer! Do not answer! Do not answer!]

Zhou Yuan fell silent for a moment before he couldn't help but ridicule: "Isn't this opple just apple without a bite? They're blatantly pooping on the original company's head, and the legal department hasn't taken them down?"

As he criticized, he took out the opple phone. Both the battery level and signal were full, no different from a normal phone. It had all the usual features, and there were no strange apps in the app store, which seemed quite normal.

Ding-ding-ding, ding-ding-ding…

Just then, the phone suddenly vibrated, and an incoming call came through.

The sudden ringing echoed in the room, causing Zhou Yuan to catch his breath.

This phone doesn't even have a SIM card in it yet!

What's even weirder is that the incoming call display is a string of scarlet code, like fresh bloodstains.

That glaring red color conveyed an indescribable sense of horror, and the temperature in the room seemed to drop a few degrees. Zhou Yuan felt a chill down his back, and a prompt popped up in front of him:

[A lady in red has sent you a call invitation. If you want to experience a peculiar adventure like Ning Caichen, then answer the phone. But I advise against it because you'll likely end up dead.]

Lady in red, Ning Caichen.

A few keywords put together, the answer goes without saying.

Zhou Yuan's eyelids twitched a few times. So, this was actually a ghostly phone call?

A few seconds later, perhaps because the connection wasn't made, the other end hung up.

"This phone is kind of cursed, better use it less and let it gather dust in there."

Zhou Yuan, as if faced with a venomous snake, hastily put the opple phone into his player's backpack, in case any other ghostly calls came through.

The last one was a skill scroll of random quality.

[Skill Name: Aircraft Piloting Skill]

[Quality: Common]

[Effect: Gain the piloting skill for all aircraft-type flying vehicles.]

[Remark: My dad once taught me to fly a plane in Hawaii.]

The next second, a vast tide of knowledge flooded into Zhou Yuan's mind, and he learned in an instant how to fly planes, helicopters, fighter jets, and any other air vehicle, instantly becoming an ace pilot.

He pondered over it for a while and suddenly exclaimed in shock:

"There's even Gundam piloting skill? Does that count as an aircraft?"

"Well... aircraft refers to any flying vehicle capable of atmospheric flight, and indeed, some Gundams fall within the category of aircraft."

Zhou Yuan had a strange expression, surprised that he could actually learn this.

In the game's store, there were Gundams for sale, ranging in price from several hundred thousand to millions of Star Coins—definitely out of his price range, and he could only rely on random loot boxes for a chance to attain one.

He wondered if he would ever have the opportunity to pilot a giant robot in his lifetime.

After opening all four boxes, the loot wasn't too bad; at least, Zhou Yuan was quite satisfied with it.

He looked at his player panel:

[Name: Zhou Yuan]

[Level: LV5]

[Experience: 210/300]

[Spirituality: 1000]

[Title: None]

[Buff: None]

[Aoneng Power: Unawakened]

[Skill: Condensed Qi Fist, Soul Ignition Skill, Aircraft Piloting Skill]

[Equipment: Steel Rose, Ghost Walker, Super Alloy Wrench]

[Backpack: Private Money Tin, Human Skin Score, opple Smartphone, Bow Tie Voice Changer, Emergency Syrup, Mini Life Potion*2, Mini Spirituality Potion*2, All-Purpose 20% Off Coupon, Healthy Apples*3...]

[Attributes:

Strength: 5

Agility: 5

Constitution: 5

Intelligence: 4

Perception: 6

Charm: 8]

[Attribute Points Available: 3]

[Star Coin Balance: 4400]