Apocalypse: System of lotteries



After lunch, ming found a comfortable spot and sat on the sofa, directing Raoul to build a house.

This time, it had to be big, tall, and luxurious.

After the end of the third chapter, he planned to go back to Area 109 and bring the other members of his family here to live a lavish lifestyle like a landowner. Of course, this was all just a fantasy. The secrets within the mist were still not uncovered, and he was not in the mood to enjoy luxury.

Eh? Why was his sense of crisis getting stronger after his spirit level increased?

[ Foodie crouched at the doorway, watching Raoul across the way lift metal plates and wood panels, following Ming's commands to work. Foodie nudged Da Vinci, look, Raoul has a bright red monkey butt~]

[Da Vinci glanced over, and slapped foodie, I've already told you, it's a hybrid~foodie looked at Da Vinci, didn't you say that we shouldn't gossip behind others' backs?]

[Da Vinci slapped the Foodie, what's wrong with saying it to its face?]

[Your Merlin came to you, wanting some venom from the giant snake. It's prepared to perform delicate toxin extraction and synthesis, promising to make you immune to all poisons~]

"Okay."

ming took out a dozen glass bottles from the warehouse, each filled with venom, and pushed them all in front of Merlin, "Here, I prepared these for you."

[Your Merlin is very happy, it hopped onto your outstretched palm, then jumped to your neck, giving you a peck. It decided to give you another kiss once the new toxin is synthesized~]

[Merlin looked at foodie, come on, please~ Hugs are needed~]

[Your foodie takes a step back, cann't you not only be 'favored' me? Sol also needs care~ Merlin glanced at the tailless lizard, it has already made an appointment, but unfortunately, its luck is poor, I don't have a schedule for it yet~]

"Holy shit, you even have a schedule for them~"

ming laughed, Merlin was indeed a social expert.

Then he saw Foodie helping Sol push the glass bottles one by one into the room, heading towards the secret base.

"Right, let's see where Kubo has got to~"

"It's been an hour, it should have reached deep into the mist by now, right?"

ming activated his skill, shifted his perspective, and found that he was no longer seeing ruins, but the outskirts of the city.

Looking to the left, he saw a wide city highway, but Kubo was driving in the bumpy wilderness next to the highway.

"..."

Ming directed Kubo onto the highway, telling it to follow the road properly. If it encountered scrapped cars parked on the road, remember to avoid them, but no need to detour into the wilderness anymore.

After giving the instructions, he took another look around. The earth was still gray, the original grassland was desolate, and the distant trees only had bare dry branches left.

He still saw no 'living' things.

Breaking off the skill, ming took a deep breath, in just a while, he lost a lot of resources again.

Now in the whole world, maybe only he was doing this thing, not knowing whether it had any meaning, but it was very costly.

[Your Merlin came to you, it wants to borrow your zombie chef for a bit. There are some things it and foodie can't do. Merlin's pleading eyes~]

"Alright~"

ming handed the chef over to Merlin. Before that, according to Merlin's wishes, he gave the chef simple training.

After the training, it followed Merlin to the secret base.

"This guy, is it now this rigorous even in synthesizing toxins?"

"Raoul, move the wooden board to the left a bit, raise the right side a bit, right~"

"Jenna, pass me the fruit tray~"

[Your Merlin pointed to the snake venom in the glass bottle in front of it, then pointed to an empty glass bottle next to it... The chef poured the snake venom into the empty bottle, Merlin repeated the operation, and the chef took the antlion venom and poured it into the mixture with snake venom...]

[Merlin feels that the chef's hands are very steady, and the dosage of toxin poured each time satisfies it, no wonder the meals it cooks have just the right flavor and seasoning, it is a good pet~]

"This~"

Good grief, he hadn't expected that the chef's method of seasoning in cooking could be used by Merlin to mix venom.

Indeed, Merlin, like himself, was quite adept at making rational use of the resources around him.

"Raoul, line up the bricks more neatly, right, you're doing great~"

ming gave a thumbs-up.

Honestly, ever since he learned that it has self-awareness, it's been really handy to use. This time it has submitted thoroughly, not like before when it was focused on slacking off while not resisting.

ming leaned back on the couch, opened the chat channel, and saw that everyone was discussing shared monsters.

"There's only one five-star king level this time, and it's very weak. Something doesn't seem right."

"Yeah, it's like this all over the world, something must be up~"

"Do you think it's possible that the abnormal strength of the monsters in the early stage of the third chapter is to force us to complete the migration? Now that we've completed the migration and consolidation, will they just destroy us?"

"How could it be? I think this apocalyptic game is a survival of the fittest selection method. Only the people who survive to the end might know the truth."

"What you're saying is a platitude, but I still agree with the first part of your statement, although not completely. I think this game is making us adapt to everything. The environment we're in now is all illusory. Once we've adapted, perhaps that's when the real game begins."

"..."

"This idea?"

ming found it interesting.

Before he knew it, night had fallen. It was time to prepare dinner. Today, Raoul was very cooperative, allowing the chef to make a sumptuous dinner in the shortest amount of time.

After... eating... everyone went to rest.

ming lay on his bed, activated the Puppet's Eye skill, and shifted his perspective to Kubo.

In front of him was a road that seemed to have no end. The trees on both sides were withered and lifeless. The dim moonlight in the sky, combined with the surrounding environment, seemed even more eerie and desolate.

He disconnected from the skill and pulled back his perspective. It seemed that he wouldn't see anything for a while. He would let Kubo keep driving for a bit longer. However, the distance between them was already very large, and he wouldn't be able to control it for much longer.

ming didn't think about it anymore but closed his eyes to check the Thief's skills in the warehouse.

[Thief's Third Hand: manifest an arm with psychic energy, doubling the amount of stolen money. This skill has no cooldown and consumes 50 psychic energy and 50 mental power per second.]

ming thought for a moment. The psychic arm should not be considered a mutation, so he should be able to learn it. He decided to keep it for now.

[Fortune Eyes: Can see how much money the opponent has. No cooldown time consumes 50 mental power and 10 psychic energy each time.]

"That works~"

[Slick Fingers: Use the third hand to touch the opponent and you can take something from their body or warehouse. Cooldown time is 10 minutes, consuming 50 physical strength and 10 psychic energy. It needs to be used in conjunction with the third hand and can only target one individual.]

ming laughed. With this skill, plus the potion, plus Lopene's investment, he could really leave the opponent penniless.

[Ghostly Presence: The thief can make you unnoticeable, just like ordinary people. After the skill is activated, he enters a stealth state, and his equipment is also concealed. The stealth effect disappears when he steals something. The duration is 5 seconds, and the cooldown time is 20 minutes, consuming 200 psychic energy, 100 mental power, and 100 physical strength.]

"This is good."

ming smiled and turned over. Finally, he had a stealth skills.

[Lockpicking: There is no lock in this world that you can't open. Each use consumes 10 mental power, 10 psychic energy, and 10 physical strength. No cooldown time. It requires the exclusive Billy's crime keychain to use.]

"Lockpicking is good~"

[Billy's Exclusive Crime Keychain]

[All attributes +5]

[Exclusive attribute: Accessory, attributes can be stacked]

"Wonderful~"

ming laughed, and immediately hung the keychain on his waist. All attributes increased by 5 points~

Ding~ Triggered the effect of the Money Making title and received 23156 gold coins.

Ding~ Triggered the effect of Broken Bowl Cornucopia and received one random item.

ming took out the item to check:

[Exclusive Raging· Bloodthirsty Kyomoto Jiro's Loincloth]

"This... ha~"

ming shook his head and laughed coldly, then suddenly put away his smile, "Useless perverted thing."