System Designer, I Know You're Watching
[Store update complete]
More than an hour has passed since the system released the update log, and the "Updating" screen that had been shrouding the store Plane has finally dissipated, revealing its true appearance.
Jiang Mengrui leaned against the main hall of her somewhat luxurious Sanctuary, idly browsing through the shops. The semi-transparent shop Plane scrolled rapidly with her gaze, and large swaths of product catalogs cascaded down like a waterfall.
"So comprehensive... it's just a bit pricey, but it doesn't matter."
Skipping over the complicated lists of materials and the unchanged teleportation items, I went straight to the items marked "new" in this update.
Her gaze was quickly drawn to one entry:
[Random Blue Skill Book (Designated)]
[Price range: 30,000 SC - 10,000,000 SC]
[Description: Pay the corresponding SC to participate in a draw for a blue Skill Book within a specified range. The more precise the specified range, the higher the cost. A maximum of four related ranges can be specified.]
A variation of the old store lottery?
What dares to sell something for such a high price? I'll buy one and see how salty it is.
Jiang Mengrui selected to purchase, and a detailed options box immediately popped up on the store Plane:
[Please specify the Skill Book type range]
Below are dozens of category tags: Attack, Defense, Support, Summoning, Elemental (with sub-tags including Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Light, Dark, etc.), Mana Enhancement, Physical Enhancement, Mental Enhancement, Special...
Jiang Mengrui thought for a moment, then checked the [Defense] and [Mana] tags, filling in whatever was missing.
These two tags cost nine million Survival Coins.
[Vajra Demon-Subduing Shield (Blue)]
Jiang Mengrui held it in her hand, and the system prompted that her profession did not match.
She got up and left the Sanctuary, found other professionals, and had them pass the document around for testing. The result was that none of them were a good fit for the profession.
She returned to the shop Plane, this time more cautiously selecting four tags: [Elemental], [Attack], [Fire], and [Area of Effect], priced at ten million.
[Metal Explosive Flame Mechanical Construction Guide (Blue)]
What a load of nonsense.
The third time, she randomly selected the [Mental] category and only spent 200,000 SC.
[Tranquil Prayer (Blue)]
No one could use either of these books, which almost made Jiang Mengrui laugh.
She's Goddess of Luck! If she can't draw a usable one, how can anyone else?
She casually opened the World Channel and set the filter to "only show posts from Gold Badge and above". Sure enough, the feed became much cleaner, and several posts were tagging her.
[(Gold Badge) @Jiang Mengrui, Ms. Jiang, could you please try your luck in the updated shop prize draw and let me know the results? Thank you so much.]
[(Gold Badge) Kundina Orlando: Before the update, I drew almost a hundred books and never got a Spell skill! After the update, will I be able to draw something I can use? @Jiang Mengrui]
[(Gold Badge) @Jiang Mengrui, Goddess of Luck, please bless me so I can draw a blue skill that suits me! My Purple Skill needs resources...]
[(Seven-Colored Mark) Ye Fan: Hey, Ye Zi, can I still use the lottery in the updated System Store? @Ye Zizhen]
[(Gold Badge) Shan Yixian: Oh my god, a Seven-Colored label...]
[Jiang Mengrui (Gold Badge): It's useless, I still got garbage from the lottery. I suspect that the skills he draws not only Perfect avoid the needs of the lottery player, but also the needs of professionals in the same area. It's just a money-grabbing scheme. (Angry)]
[(Gold Badge) Ye Zizhen: Not using it right now, just smoking it for fun.]
After using her speaking opportunity to reply to others, Jiang Mengrui turned her attention back to the store.
[Second District War [Severe Punishment] Exemption Opportunity]
[Not available for purchase]
[Description: Upon purchase, this item will remove the permanent Attribute reduction penalty caused by the Second District War Sanctuary's 'Near-Destruction Teleportation', restoring you to your pre-damage state.]
She didn't bring her own Sanctuary into the District War, so she naturally didn't need it.
But she remembered that one of her teammates' Sanctuary the Continued Battle, triggering Near-Destruction Teleportation and losing three Attribute.
On a whim, she called the teammate over through her Personal Channel.
"Can you see the price of that 'penalty exemption' item in the store?"
"We can see... over two hundred million."
"How much?!" Jiang Mengrui was shocked when she heard the price he quoted.
"Two hundred and three million Survival Coins," the subordinate repeated.
"You? Two hundred million?" Jiang Mengrui quickly did the mental calculation.
From the Crossing until now, all the resources this person has consumed, including equipment, potions, treasures, Sanctuary materials, etc., would probably be worth a little over 30 million SC on the market, not exceeding 40 million. Now that his Attributes have been restored, the system dares to ask for over 200 million?
Before the penalty, his Main Attribute Attribute, Strength, was only 17.6. Now, all three Attributes have dropped slightly, resulting in a significant loss.
But! Even if he used all the corresponding level treasures to restore all these Attributes, the price still wouldn't reach 300 million! The system is obsessed with money!
Jiang Mengrui then called in her subordinate in charge of resource management, inquired about the treasure inventory, and sent him to retrieve some.
"Here, these ten items are compensation for you. They should make up for about half of what you owe. Use the rest to collect other types of resources and one more item."
Jiang Mengrui took full responsibility for all the punishments and compensations imposed on her subordinates, providing full compensation or even more.
To repay your kindness on the golden platform, I would gladly die for you, like a jade dragon.
Jiang Mengrui isn't good at political maneuvering or checks and balances, but she's a rich woman.
If you have the resources, throw them at the problem! Throw them at them until your men become die-hards!
But spending 300 million Survival Coins is still too wasteful; while being rich and generous, one should also know how to be frugal.
Flipping through the shop again, a lone item, slightly different in format from the others, caught her eye:
[Item Enhancement]
[This feature is only available for items of 'Perfect' quality or higher and can be used outside of the Sanctuary.]
[There is a chance that the enhancement will fail, and failure may result in a decrease in the Item Enhancement level.]
[Enhancement costs increase with level]
Is this feature for the store?
The simple introduction seemed to have a special effect, attracting Jiang Mengrui.
She immediately took out a palm-sized, sword-shaped, Perfect- quality protective item—[Guardian Sword]—from her bosom.
This is an item obtained from the last District War. Its effect on her is minimal now, only slightly increasing her Mana and defense, and providing an automatic shield.
[Enhancement Target: Guardian Sword (Perfect)]
[Cost required to upgrade to +1: 30,000 SC]
[Enhance?]
30,000 Survival Coins? A piece of cake! Time to upgrade!
[Enhancement successful!]
[Guardian Sword (Perfect) (+1)]
[After use, your Mana regeneration speed and defense will be slightly increased, and you will gain the following effects...]