Chapter 14: Black Mist – Reality 1
“What exactly are points? What are they used for?”
Just as Chu Yian felt puzzled, she saw that in addition to her information, there was an additional row of information above:
[Points Mall] [Chat Area] [Warehouse]
Chu Yian first clicked on the Points Mall.
There were only three items inside:
(1) Food Package: 1 serving = 1 point (After consumption, satiety immediately becomes 100%. Below 20% will be life-threatening.)
(2) Cleaning Package: 1 serving = 1 point (After use, cleanliness immediately becomes 100%. Below 40% will cause illness, below 20% will be life-threatening.)
(3) Medical Package: 1 serving = 5 points
Seeing the content above, Chu Yian understood what points were for.
She spent two points to buy a Food Package and a Cleaning Package. These two items were directly placed in the Warehouse icon. When she opened the Warehouse window and selected the corresponding options, the items appeared in her hand.
The Food Package was a bottle of light blue liquid.
After drinking it, her 90% satiety instantly became 100%. As for the feeling… it seemed like there was no feeling at all.
The Cleaning Package was a small metal box. On its silver body, there was a conspicuous red button. She just pressed it, and the box scattered in her hand like sand, then flowed away like water, and her cleanliness also became 100%.
Not only her cleanliness, but her clothes also looked as good as new.
The sofa she was sitting on also became as clean as if it had just been bought, which made her Can’t help it look around.
It was pitch black all around!
It wasn’t that there was no light; the surroundings were enveloped in black mist. Around her, a two-cubic-meter safe space formed, while the rest was all black mist.
This made Chu Yian recall the rule she heard earlier—contact with the black mist results in player death.
So, she was trapped in this two-cubic-meter space?
Chu Yian shouted a few times, but no one answered, as if she were the only person left in the world. Suddenly, she didn’t know whether the world full of zombies was better, or this world full of black mist.
Suddenly, she noticed that the Chat Area hadn’t been checked yet.
Clicking on the content of [Chat Area], it was further divided into [World] [Area 20 km] and [Friends].
[World 620098761]: Help, what is this? Is it the end of the world?
[World 612907815]: The black mist must be an invasion of the Blue Star by an advanced civilization! I never thought I’d encounter an alien invasion in my lifetime. Bro, awesome, exciting! It’s like playing a holographic game.
[World 659619818]: Are you crazy? This game is deadly! I was bitten by a zombie as soon as I went out, and I’m still traumatized. Why are so many people out here? Is anyone here who came out by passing the game instead of being bitten to death?
[World 5290839282]: Please, who can escape from the mouths of zombies and run to a safe zone?
[World 3102]: It’s fine, I escaped. It was all thanks to the Newbie Gift Pack where I drew a pistol and a thousand bullets. What did everyone get in their Newbie Gift Pack? Do things like pistols need to be handed over?
[World 3458190747]: Yes, hand it over to me.
[World 3890617853]: Hand it over to me.
[World 3368901678]: I got a bottle of mineral water… Many people were already chatting above, and the World forum’s information was refreshing at tens of thousands of messages per second. Chu Yian read some of it and learned that not everyone could pass the game, and those who died in the game would also return directly to reality.
Soon, messages also appeared in the [Area 20 km] channel.
[Area 6121987656]: Has anyone around us passed the game?
[Area 6121987656]: Everyone, please speak up. Although we are all safe and sound for now, seeing the descriptions behind the items in the points exchange makes one very uneasy.
[Area 2991876542]: As a novel fan, I have the most say in this. Have you seen unlimited flow survival novels? Those where you live if you pass the game, and die if you fail. My goodness, this is my first time experiencing what it means for a book to come to life.
[Area 2991876542]: Although the rules of this game are much milder than direct death upon failure, if the game keeps failing, starving to death, getting sick and dying… that’s also very terrifying.
[Area 3689098716]: Exactly. It looks like people will starve or get sick and die in five days. Not many people should have passed, right? Is there anyone near us? Can you let us know?
[Area 2991876542]: Same question! Also, what did everyone get in their previous Newbie Gift Pack? I got a laxative… Damn!
[Area 2768990178]: Hearing about your experience, I suddenly feel like getting a mobile phone isn’t such a bad thing after all… For a while, everyone started reporting what they had drawn.
Some got tea leaves, some got a dry cleaner, and some even got a chicken that lays eggs every day… Anyway, there were all sorts of strange things, making Chu Yian suspect that the big roulette wheel didn’t give out many good things. And for her to draw the treasure box, she was simply incredibly lucky.
It’s also possible that those who got good things kept silent and quietly made a fortune.
It’s better not to tell others that she has a powerful treasure box.
She thought about it seriously, then carefully typed.
However, someone was faster than her.
[Area 20109]: I finally passed, it really scared me to death.
[Area 2991876542]: Ahhh, a living person who passed has been found by us, everyone come and see!
[Area 5431323891]: Big boss! The big boss who passed!
[Area 3627173289]: May I ask how the big boss passed the game? What was the reward?
[Area 20109]: Passing mainly came down to good luck. My location at the time was in the same city as the safe zone. Back then, relying on the game item I drew, I escaped from my residential area, and then found a car on the road. Following the location, I stumbled and fumbled my way to the safe zone.
[Area 2991876542]: Awesome, I’m so envious! Big boss, may I be so bold as to ask what your item was?
[Area 20109]: Sorry, that’s not convenient to disclose. But I can tell you the reward: 50 points.
[Area 2991876542]: 50 points? Oh my god, that’s amazing! Do all who pass get a 50-point reward? Then there’s no need to worry about survival supplies later.
