A few minutes later, Lu Yuan returned to his apartment.
After entering, he threw his clothes onto the computer chair and lay back into the Game Pod.
The Hatch descended.
Welcome to 'Ark'
Connecting...
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Just like before, in a moment of dizziness, Lu Yuan had returned to his Personal Space. At this moment, everything before his eyes remained exactly as it was when he was forcibly kicked out of the Game, and that large package representing a gift was still hanging on the Screen.
Lu Yuan walked over and clicked it open directly.
"Oh oh oh—bang!" A special effect of fireworks bursting erupted, accompanied by a funny sound effect often seen in anime.
Congratulations, you have obtained an Item.
Detonator
A prompt appeared on the Screen, and at the same time, an Item resembling 'three firecrackers tied together' appeared on the Platform in front of the Screen. A 'Dial' was also tied to the Detonator, which looked like it had a timer function.
Lu Yuan immediately cast an Inspect on it.
Name: Homemade Detonator
Category: Consumable Item
Quantity: 1
Usage Instructions:
Method 1: After lighting the fuse, it will automatically explode within 10 seconds.
Method 2: By turning the pointer on the Dial, you can set a countdown for detonation. This Usage Method does not require lighting the fuse.
Postscript: Don't look at this as just a Detonator; as long as it can explode, it counts as art—excerpted from Deidara's quotes.
Lu Yuan looked at the Detonator, not knowing whether to be happy or depressed for a moment. At this very moment, what he wanted to draw most was actually a Weapon, after all, he was still empty-handed until now. You can't just throw a Detonator at every fellow villager you meet, right?
However, if you look at the stats of this Detonator alone, it's actually quite good. Because he is only Level 3 right now, all his stats are very low, and the power that the Detonator can erupt with is something he would find hard to display at this Stage regardless. So, in a critical moment, this thing counts as a trump card; the only drawback is that there is only one.
After pondering these things, Lu Yuan picked up the Detonator and stuffed it into his backpack. Immediately after, he clicked the Shop button on the Screen.
Just as he said earlier, what he needs most urgently right now is a Weapon.
Purchasing various Items in 'Ark' is very simple. Most Items can be browsed directly in the 'Personal Space', and you can buy whichever one you like. Only some very special Items need to be purchased by going to an Instance called the 'Black Market'. However, the Black Market can only be entered after the Player reaches Level 20, so we can talk about that later.
So, after clicking on 'Shop', the categories of various Items were clearly displayed. Lu Yuan went directly to the Weapon page. Then he discovered that he could only browse Level 1 to Level 5 Weapons.
This is also a pre-set system setting, because in 'Ark', the variety of Weapons is so Huge that you can't even imagine it. From the lowest-level 'thumbtacks' to the complex Technology and magic Weapons in the later stages, if all these things were presented to you at once, you probably wouldn't be able to finish looking at them even if you didn't eat or drink for a year.
And if this were the setting, besides satisfying the special hobbies of some Players who suffer from 'reading addiction', it doesn't seem to have any other use. Instead, it would make a Player specifically train themselves for a certain Weapon they like while at a very low level, and when they finally manage to get that Weapon, they find that it had been changed to different stats in some unknown version, or simply disappeared completely due to some event. Then that person would probably be so angry that they would Delete Account directly. Before deleting the account, they would have to post a tens-of-thousands-word long document, angrily denouncing this behavior of the game company.
In addition to this, there are various 'unique Weapons', 'Weapons that change with the Plot', etc. In short, letting someone come into contact with those Items they can't reach too early is not a good idea. A difference of five levels is basically enough.
And Lu Yuan, unfortunately, is the kind of guy who likes to hold the display screen and read through the Weapons and Items one by one. But fortunately, his reading Speed is not much different from scanning, so in this short time, he has already scanned most of the Weapons from Level 1 to Level 3.
During this period, he couldn't help but sigh at the complexity of this game's Weapon system. Just the Weapons of 3 levels alone have already reached several thousands. Things like stones, bricks, folding chairs, water pipes, slingshots—anyway, basically anything you can think of, it has it. Its power also increases level by level. By level three, it has already reached the level of batons, shuriken, and bronze swords.
Suddenly, Lu Yuan's Line of Sight was attracted by something with a Huge volume. For a moment, he thought he had seen it wrong.
Rusty Chainsaw
Type: Weapon
Usage Instructions: After pulling that rope, you will hear a 'buzz—' sound, and after that, you should know what to do.
Postscript: Although the note for this thing is 'Weapon', obviously, we hope you will treat it as a 'Tool', such as for sawing wood and the like.
Lu Yuan looked at this Weapon carefully again, and only then did he finally confirm that this thing really seems to be a Level 3 Weapon.
Uh, yes, the equipment requirement for this thing is Level 3, and in the entire Level 3 Weapon column, its Location is quite far down, and it is also quite expensive. The price of a general Level 3 Weapon is between 20 and 30 Gold Coins, while the price of this Weapon is a full 60 Gold Coins.
To be honest, putting this kind of thing here is a bit inappropriate, because the lethality of this thing is estimated to be at the top level even at Level 5 or 6.
However, since the system put it here, it naturally has its reasons. For example, although this thing is Level 3, an average Level 3 Player simply cannot afford this thing. Even if you can afford it, you might not be able to carry it, and even if you can carry it, why would you have to spend so much Gold Coin to buy a primary Weapon? With that much money, wouldn't it be better to equip yourself with a piece of armor?
Therefore, this thing is the kind of thing that looks very powerful, but has a very low cost-performance ratio.
However, Lu Yuan stared at this Chainsaw, unable to take his eyes off it. That feeling was like a Child who suddenly found a Gundam that could be assembled, was electric, and could transform, among a pile of small toy cars. The excited expression was overflowing in his words and face.
Why else would people say that if a small Child is financially independent, it would be a terrible thing? Lu Yuan, at this moment, was like someone who couldn't control his own hands, and clicked directly—
Purchase
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