vrcanaries Chapter 15 Unexpected Gains
Chapter 15 Unexpected Gains
Longteng International, Longteng Plaza, and Skyline are all located in the same urban area and are not too far apart.
Huang Hong continued to proceed cautiously on the road, occasionally hunting down some monsters. Most of the time, things went smoothly, but there were times when he made mistakes.
Once, Huang Hong spotted a goblin wandering the streets. He was prepared to use his old tricks to get rid of it, but this goblin was much smarter than the others he had encountered before. It immediately shouted after sensing the danger.
Although Huang Hong eventually defeated the goblin, its cries attracted the attention of the surrounding monsters, and soon six or seven goblins surrounded Huang Hong.
More importantly, among these goblins was a goblin wizard. Although the goblin wizard was physically weak, he was skilled in two spells: Bloodlust and Fireball.
The former can make other goblins incredibly strong and fearless, while the latter is even more powerful, comparable to a hand grenade.
This combination caused Huang Hong to suffer a considerable loss in just one round of attacks.
Huang Hong knew this wasn't the time to be frugal, so he pulled out his Desert Eagle and killed the goblin wizard with two shots.
This also showed Huang Hong the destructive power of the Desert Eagle. The first shot hit the goblin wizard's shoulder, blowing off half of its shoulder and arm. The second shot hit the goblin wizard's neck, leaving only a layer of skin between its head and body.
After the goblin wizard died, the other goblins immediately scattered in panic and fled. Huang Hong only managed to kill three of them, and he couldn't catch the others in time.
After quickly dissecting the goblin corpses, Huang Hong was surprised and disgusted to find that the goblin wizard had left behind a parchment scroll.
Surprisingly, this was the first time he had ever "dropped" something. In the past, the weapons and equipment on monsters seemed to be with them, disappearing along with them once they were disassembled.
What's disgusting is that Huang Hong clearly remembers that the goblin wizard used this parchment to wrap his lower body.
After hesitating for two or three seconds, Huang Hong sighed, picked up the parchment scroll, and threw it into a compartment in his backpack.
After collecting his loot, Huang Hong quickly left in a direction free of monsters.
More than ten minutes later, Huang Hong arrived at the outside of an old-style residential area. This area was built more than ten years ago when the area was still desolate. The residential area was one of the first development projects.
Huang Hong rented this house after graduating from university.
As mentioned at the beginning, after graduating from university, Huang Hong prepared to take the civil service exam. At that time, he faced two choices: one was to stay in Anyue City and take the exam there; the other was to return to his hometown, a small county, and take the exam there.
The advantages and disadvantages of both options are quite obvious.
Big cities offer more opportunities, but also greater competition. If you can successfully find a job in a big city, your future potential is much higher.
There is less competition in small counties, but similarly, even if you manage to get a job, you will most likely be assigned to a community office and spend more than ten years barely becoming a clerk or something.
It's important to understand that Huang Hong is no fool. Moreover, after graduating from university and just entering society, he was brimming with confidence, believing that he could turn the world upside down and control the future. Naturally, he wouldn't choose a life where he could see the end from the beginning.
His family supported his choice, which led to his daily routine of staying in Anyue City, working while preparing for the exam.
Composing himself, Huang Hong headed towards his rented apartment.
In this community, Huang Hong discovered many traces of humans, but just like the survivors he had encountered along the way, whether they were benevolent or malicious, he paid them little attention.
Before long, Huang Hong arrived at his home. The door was wide open, and there were still many signs of a battle and dried bloodstains on the stairwell and corridor.
Upon entering the house, Huang Hong casually closed the door. His two roommates were not there; they were either fleeing or had perished.
Huang Hong didn't have any particular feelings about this. After all, he had only moved here for a short time. His two roommates were obviously more familiar with him and sometimes even ostracized him. Their work hours were also different, so Huang Hong only maintained a superficial acquaintance with them.
If Huang Hong saw them in danger, he would definitely lend a hand, but given the current situation, he wouldn't deliberately seek them out.
In comparison, he was much closer to his college classmates.
Huang Hong returned here simply to find a safe place to rest briefly, nothing more.
As Huang Hong pushed open the door to his room, he was about to lie down on the bed to relax when he suddenly froze.
From his perspective, there were two white items in his room.
Huang Hong looked surprised and suspicious as he placed the two items in front of him...
One item is a fruit knife about ten centimeters long, which Huang Hong obtained in a flash sale for 0.1 yuan during a Douyin promotion.
The other item was an electronic aromatherapy diffuser that was only half-used; Huang Hong bought it on Taobao for a little over ten yuan.
Huang Hong had previously speculated about the quality of equipment and props. He felt that in his original world without supernatural abilities, only well-made items could reach ordinary quality, while the rest were all broken.
Wu Junyi's collection also confirms this conjecture.
However, the appearance of these two ordinary quality items somewhat overturned Huang Hong's previous ideas.
After all, when Huang Hong was selling fruit knives, he had already sold more than 700 of the same items. The shop that sold aromatherapy products had monthly sales of more than 30,000. These two standard products could hardly be considered well-made!
Perhaps there are other rules governing the quality of props.
Huang Hong looked at the attributes of the two props and found that they were a fruit knife that could cut fruit and an electronic air freshener that could emit fragrance, nothing special.
After a moment's thought, Huang Hong made up his mind and enhanced the fruit knife. After consuming 19 points of source energy, the result surprised him somewhat...
【Swift Blade】
Affixes: Items, Consumables
Quality: Rare
Durability: 2/2
Attribute: The "Swift Shadow" ability can be activated by consuming 1 point of durability, allowing you to move at super speed in any direction for a distance of 1 to 10 meters. It cannot cross obstacles. If you are holding a weapon while using "Swift Shadow", you can launch an attack on all enemies within attack range along the way.
Loading ability: Warp. Within one second of activating 'Swift Shadow', you can use 'Swift Shadow' again without any cost.
Without a doubt, the [Swift Blade] is a very powerful item. After all, reality is not a game; there is no setting where I can hit you and you will lose a certain amount of health.
Unless it's a monster with immortality or some special abilities, being hit in a vital spot and having your head chopped off will kill you!
A legendary martial arts master once said that of all martial arts techniques, speed is the only thing that cannot be broken.
After activating the [Swift Shadow Blade], Huang Hong has a real chance to instantly kill any opponent he cannot defeat at this stage!
Moreover, setting aside offensive capabilities, the ability to instantly create a 10-meter distance is also a remarkable skill for escaping.
The only downside is that the [Swift Blade] is a consumable item that can only be used twice, and even with the [Warp] ability after loading, it can only be used four times.
With the [Swift Shadow Blade] as a precedent, Huang Hong had even higher expectations for electronic incense and immediately enhanced it...