vrcanaries Chapter 78 Golden Resource Box
Chapter 78 Golden Resource Box
Chapter 78 Golden Resource Box
The golden treasure chest lay quietly on the seabed, half-hidden among the mud and broken coral branches, waiting to be discovered.
Zhang Xinlan's eyes widened again, filled with astonishment and a hint of confusion. She couldn't help but ask, "Wait a minute, the box was found so easily?"
The sound traveled through the bubbles underwater. Over there, Yu Wang had already begun skillfully harvesting the blood coral nearby with her tools. Hearing this, she continued working without turning her head and replied, "What else? You novel-obsessed girl, speak your mind?"
Zhang Xinlan stretched out her hand, gesturing as she recounted the standard procedure she imagined: "Look, according to the tropes in novels, shouldn't a treasure chest of this level be surrounded by several guardian fish with venomous fangs or capable of generating electricity? It's just—lying directly on the sand? That's so unrefined!"
Yu Wang listened and slowly replied, "You're talking about the spawn points of wild golden treasure chests. We came here following a treasure map, and its difficulty lies mostly in the process of obtaining the treasure map and the journey to find the marked locations on the map."
Zhang Xinlan: "————" It seems she can't refute it.
By this time, Yu Wang had already collected all the blood coral in the surrounding area.
Coral is a beautiful yet dangerous blood red color, hard in texture, and produces a metallic crackling sound when struck together.
These are the main materials for crafting the Blood Coral Set, which is generally considered to be the strongest set obtainable within the "Initial Sea" area.
Blood coral is not rare; it's everywhere in nearshore coral reefs. What's rare is the blueprint for the set.
Without blueprints, the blood coral is just a pretty little ornament.
"These should be enough to make three or four sets," Yu Wang estimated with satisfaction.
With the materials collected, the two turned their attention back to the golden resource box.
The box is about half a meter square and its surface is engraved with intricate and ancient patterns. Just by looking at its appearance, one can tell that the value it contains is far greater than that of the previous bronze treasure chests.
However, Yu Wang's vigilance did not decrease with the gains; on the contrary, it increased to its peak.
The monsters in the boxes appear randomly. Not to mention gold boxes, even obsidian boxes and diamond boxes may contain monsters!
The monsters will vary depending on the strength of the person opening the chest, so Zhang Xinlan, whose three-dimensional attributes are relatively weak, is the best candidate to open the chest.
After receiving guidance from Yu Wang on how to open the box, Zhang Xinlan carefully approached with a long stick in hand.
Yu Wang, wielding a crab claw and harpoon +1, was on high alert, ready to strike any monster that appeared in the chest!
After being enhanced by the whetstone, "Crab Claw Harpoon" gained an active skill called "Thrust".
Its appearance has also changed. The harpoon tip now has a cold, sharp light, and there are blood-draining grooves on both sides, which greatly enhances its attack power while maintaining control!
The [Thrust] skill allows for greater penetration and speed when thrusting at full power.
At this moment, Zhang Xinlan gently pressed the end of the long stick against the protrusion that looked like a latch on the edge of the box lid, then took a deep breath and pried it upwards with force!
"Crack—" The box didn't budge!
"Huh?" The two of them were taken aback at the same time.
Zhang Xinlan remained vigilant and tried twice more, but the lid of the box remained firmly in place, as if it had been welded shut.
The two then noticed that where the box should have been locked, there was a thin strip that looked like a coin slot for banknotes.
Zhang Xinlan silently turned her head and cast a questioning look at Yu Wang.
As Yu Wangyou got closer, he saw the "coin slot"-like design and was stunned for a moment before suddenly realizing what it meant!
"Treasure map!" he exclaimed, took out the treasure map, and threw it into the long crevice.
Sure enough, in the next moment, the intricate patterns on the lid lit up with golden light, which quickly spread to the entire box and finally converged at the seam between the lid and the box.
"Click".
The lid, which had remained perfectly still, suddenly popped open slightly.
"So that's how you open it. I've learned something new." Yu Wang exclaimed, looking at the automatically opened chest lid. "Why are you looking at me? This is my first time opening a golden treasure chest found using a treasure map. It's normal that I don't know."
That's absolutely true; wild golden treasure chests require a golden key to open.
However, to prevent someone from getting ahead of the treasure chest that the person who obtained the treasure map painstakingly found, the resource chest corresponding to the treasure map can only be opened with the corresponding treasure map.
The game is also very user-friendly in some aspects.
I had only heard of the illusion in my previous life, but I had never experienced it myself. Now I have truly broadened my horizons!
After the minor incident of unlocking the lock, the two rallied and Zhang Xinlan gritted her teeth and pried upwards with the long stick!
"Lulu!" A black shadow covered in feathers struggled and squeezed out of the box!
There wasn't even time to see what exactly was emerging!
Yu Wang, who was already on high alert, launched his attack the instant the shadow appeared! A barely perceptible glimmer of light suddenly appeared on the tip of the crab claw harpoon he was gripping, and the [Thrust] skill was activated!
"Pfft!"
The initial impression is of tough leather and the feel of bones being pierced through.
The sharp tip of the harpoon pierced through the monster's body without any resistance, and with its remaining force, it pinned it firmly to the seabed!
The murky seawater churned for a moment due to inertia before slowly settling. Only then could the two see what the creature that had emerged was.
It was a strange bird the size of a turkey, with sharp claws and a long, thin neck. Its wings were short, deformed, and long since degenerated, rendering it unable to fly. In its place were unusually well-developed, muscular legs, with sharp, curved claws at the ends, making it look extremely dangerous.
It clearly doesn't adapt well to the underwater environment, and even if Yu Wang doesn't attack, it won't be long before it drowns.
Yu Wang didn't miss the opportunity, and stabbed it hard in the vital spot, ending its suffering.
Kill one Terrestrial Terror Bird; dismantling it will yield 10 Bird Meat and 20 Feathers.
After eating fish for almost seven days, it's finally time to change things up and eat some poultry!
Yu Wang handed the dissected meat to Zhang Xinlan to process, while he went to check the rewards in the box.
【获得：空核碎片X10、珍珠币X500、黑曜石钥匙X1、圣水X1、老式磁带播放器（自带儿歌三百首专辑）、区域求生者地图X1、软中华一条】
After a quick glance, Yu Wang's heart began to pound wildly.
Hollow Core Fragments, Pearl Coins, and Obsidian Keys are the three guaranteed items from a Gold Treasure Chest.
What you get after opening a lot depends entirely on luck.
He had a bit of bad luck this time, but unfortunately, everything he got was useful.
"Holy Water" is one of the essential materials for upgrading the "Potion Station". Once you find "Magic Powder" and combine it with some basic materials, you can upgrade it to level 2!
At that time, we will be able to prepare more powerful intermediate-level potions! Even attribute-enhancing potions!
Survivor Map of the Region
Once activated, it can display the approximate location of all other survivors within a 10-nautical-mile radius centered on the user in real time.
On the vast ocean, 10 nautical miles might seem a bit of a stretch.
But Yu Wang knew that the true value of this item lay in future group dungeons!
These two items made Yu Wang feel that this unboxing was a huge win! His luck was definitely not bad!
As for the "old-fashioned cassette player" and the "soft Zhonghua" (a type of Chinese liquor), well, let's just consider them as R cards drawn during a gacha game.
I'll keep the former to listen to music occasionally, and sell the latter once I find a suitable buyer.
After tidying up the props, Yu Wang didn't forget to put the gold resource box into his backpack space.
Gold is an indispensable material for many precision components, potions, special buildings, spellcasting mediums, and extraordinary rituals.
Some evil gods also like gold as an offering.
After offering gold once, there is no need to go through the trouble of preparing the next offering for a long time.
The gold resource box is practically the only known stable source of gold for sea survivors.
Yu Wang was very curious about how many gold ingots could be recovered after the entire large gold nugget was moved back to the ship and thrown into the newly built [garbage recycling station].
That would be a huge wealth and strategic reserve.
After confirming that there were no more blood corals or other valuable resource points nearby, the two began to rise.
The sunlight pierced the water's surface, becoming increasingly clear. With two splashes, Yu Wang and Zhang Xinlan broke through the water one after the other, clinging to the gunwale of the Little Yellow Duck.
Zhang Xinlan took off the fish skin armor that was a bit heavy for her and couldn't wait to marinate the bird meat with seasonings, preparing to cook bird meat for the afternoon.
Yu Wang threw the gold resource box into the recycling bin, not even bothering to change his wet clothes, and opened the "Regional Survivor Map" to see if it could display the surrounding terrain information.
As the parchment map slowly unfolded, he could see a relatively bright green dot, steadily resting in the center of the map, representing himself.
The surrounding sea area is marked with simple lines, some sparse and some dense, to roughly indicate the changes in water depth.
For example, the inner side of the crescent-shaped area near Crescent Island is a light blue thin line area representing shallow water, which gradually transitions outward to a dark blue thick line area representing the deep sea.
"What a pity—" Yu Wang shook his head slightly in disappointment. The map's function was far more basic than he had expected. It only outlined the simplest boundary between land and sea, and the general water depth, and could not replace the magical function of "underwater radar" that could detect detailed terrain, resource points, and even biological activity.
"It seems that thinking you can figure out the underwater situation with just a map is a bit of a pipe dream." He chuckled self-deprecatingly, preparing to close the map, which had limited uses.
Just as the parchment was about to be rolled up, his self-illumination suddenly solidified!
Outside the crescent-shaped island pattern, a white dot of light is flashing on the map, slowly approaching the crescent island.
"There are other people here!?"
Yu Wang calculated the distance using the map scale. It wasn't far, about seven or eight nautical miles away, located exactly on the side of Crescent Island that was facing away from them.
Hearing his soft exclamation, Zhang Xinlan curiously leaned closer and asked, "Shall we go take a look?"
"certainly."
Without hesitation, Yu Wang said, "Most of the people we encounter on the sea are from other zones. This is an excellent opportunity for us to understand the situation outside and keep track of the survivors' movements in other zones."
However, the storm outside had passed its most intense phase. Although the sky was still overcast and the sea wind was howling, the torrential rain had turned into a light drizzle, and the raging waves on the sea had calmed down considerably.
More importantly, as the power of the waves weakens, the shallows and reefs inside the huge gap in Crescent Island have revealed many of their grotesque features.
To leave this inner bay, one must cross this dangerous waterway riddled with reefs and shoals.
This is undoubtedly a huge challenge for ordinary ships; a slight mistake could result in the destruction of the ship and loss of life.
Yu Wang was overjoyed; he could finally test the effects of the new flight module.
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