Niuniu's Wonderful Adventure

After the new prompt appeared, most of the players still fighting monsters noticed the message as well.

"Hmm? We can exchange things with the Candle Keepers now?"

Li Miao was pleasantly surprised.

"Items the Candle Keepers are interested in... Another entirely new mechanic."

Yuanfang pondered.

Before long, Guagua came out happily, dressed in a full set of equipment.

She had originally planned to log off after trying it out, but the Candle Keepers had suddenly given her such a huge surprise. Naturally, she had to notify the others first.

"Bro Miao! Yuanfang!"

After calling out to them, Guagua quickly stepped forward and recounted what had just happened.

"So, we can understand this as the Candle Keepers having a brand-new shop?"

Once they realized this, everyone grew excited.

Getting equipment from monster drops was satisfying, but there were not many types of monsters on this island, and their drops were all pretty similar. Not to mention good-looking, powerful gear.

The opening of the Candle Keepers' shop was undoubtedly good news.

"Buying equipment with candle wax is nice, but the prerequisite is having enough 'qualifications,' meaning the Candle Keepers' approval..."

"And to gain approval, we have to kill more monsters..."

Yuanfang spoke as he thought. These links happened to form a cycle, constantly increasing the players' strength. It was a pretty good design.

"Oh, right, Guagua, what did you trade with the Candle Keepers?"

Mushroom asked curiously.

Guagua did not think much of it and directly told them what she had given the Candle Keepers in exchange.

"A Mysterious Small Wooden Box?" Niuniu did not understand. "Why not open it yourself? What if there's something good inside?"

As everyone knew, opening loot boxes, an ancient and endlessly enjoyable activity, had always been beloved by countless players.

Guagua merely blinked and gave an answer no one had expected.

"Because I couldn't open it."

"..."

Inside the Spirit Candle, Rogue stroked his chin and studied the small wooden box in his hand.

This so-called "Mysterious Small Wooden Box" seemed rather interesting.

With the Spirit Candle's power, he sensed an inexplicable force of "support" from it, maintaining the small wooden box's integrity and sturdiness.

Though this force was weak, its quality was extremely high. Even Rogue could not open it.

"Looks like either there's a key, or I'll need to improve both the Spirit Candle and my own strength before I can open this box..."

Having reached that conclusion, Rogue was not anxious. Instead, he remained calm, even feeling a trace of curiosity.

A small wooden box capable of carrying such power naturally proved its extraordinariness from another angle. There was a high chance it did not contain anything useless.

He could only put it away for now.

Rogue placed it inside the Spirit Candle.

Then, he looked toward the hollow in the corner, where a small pink conch lay.

Tiny bubbles rose rhythmically from beneath the sealed conch, like the steady breathing of a sleeping person...

After Brother Mangzi had led them for a while, Niuniu and Mushroom had basically graduated. Their various combat skills were also becoming increasingly proficient.

Moreover, after logging off, they had joined the group chat with the veteran players, read guides, and gained a deeper understanding of the game Spirit Candle.

Still, while killing monsters and saving up candle wax, they also had some rather strange hobbies.

"Ugh, running back and forth is such a pain. Why aren't there any health potions?"

Mushroom felt somewhat depressed.

Although this was very realistic, he still hoped the game would include health potions.

It would be even better if there were supplements with all sorts of effects in addition to health potions.

"Forget about health potions for now. Maybe they'll be added in a future update."

"But I suggest you check out Brother Yu's place. Most of the stuff he fishes up from the sea has weird effects. Maybe he has what you want."

Niuniu said from beside him.

Niuniu had already turned into a wandering soul, but he was in no hurry to return and revive. Instead, he was trying difficult things.

For example, constantly flying upward, drilling down beneath the island, or attempting to enter the sea in his wandering soul state...

But he had obviously failed. The wandering soul state had plenty of restrictions, and as time passed, the Spirit Candle's pull on his soul body gradually grew stronger.

Still, quick-witted as he was, he felt this wandering soul state had great potential.

"Huh? Things fished from the sea have special effects? How did you know?"

Mushroom's eyes lit up.

"Look around more. The experts' guides don't write down everything." Niuniu gave him a strange look. "In such a highly free open-world game, wouldn't you be an idiot if you just stayed in one place?"

"...Makes sense." Mushroom nodded in agreement, then cursed with a dark expression, "I think you're the idiot."

Niuniu chuckled. "Mushroom, let me tell you, this game's technology is seriously amazing. I still haven't found any bugs. The Candle Keepers feel almost like real people too. Yesterday, I deliberately made him angry, and he kicked me flying. I even got a warning."

"You went and provoked the Candle Keepers?" Mushroom was shocked.

Those were the Candle Keepers, the only NPC in the game so far, and they seemed to hold a very high position. Niuniu had actually dared to provoke them... This kid really had guts.

"What's there to fear? Only by trying can you make new discoveries."

"But... I've confirmed that getting on the Candle Keepers' bad side probably doesn't trigger any storylines or anything."

Wisdom gleamed in Niuniu's eyes.

"How so?" Mushroom was immediately intrigued.

"Because the system directly warned me that the Candle Keepers have the authority to restrict access to the game. If I did it again, I might be permanently logged out."

Niuniu spoke very seriously.

"...Heh."

Mushroom let out an utterly speechless laugh.

If this had been a single-player game, Niuniu figured he would have done something even more excessive.

But even so, this was not a single-player game, and there was a kick-out mechanism.

So he did not dare go too far. He had merely provoked them a little.

Yet he had not expected the Candle Keepers to nearly kick his butt into eight pieces without saying a word, while the system even gave him a warning.

So petty...

He had no choice. Being unable to play this game would be a real loss, so he had become much more well-behaved.

But behaving in front of the Candle Keepers was one thing. Conducting other experiments was another matter entirely.

"Fine, keep experimenting. I need to level up, then go fight Sandworms."

"I wonder if the fish in this game can be eaten, and what they taste like..."

Mushroom muttered.

"They can definitely be eaten. As for the taste... hard to say." Niuniu answered quickly.

Mushroom frowned in surprise. "How do you know they can be eaten?"

"Even stones, sand, and our own bodies can be eaten. Of course fish can be eaten too."

Niuniu said as if it were only natural.

Once Mushroom realized what he meant, he was utterly stunned. "So yesterday, you were lying on the ground eating sand?!"

"No, more precisely, I wanted to taste the Fishman's blood before it disappeared... But I didn't get to."

"Today, while the Fishman you fought was still alive, I took a taste. Mm... It had a bit of fishy smell and piss stink. I don't know if it's disappeared from my stomach yet. Bleh."

"I thought some kind of bug might happen, but not only did nothing happen, I even got to taste it."

"Not bad, not bad. This game is realistic, and the details are incredibly well done. It's practically like the real thing."

As he spoke, Niuniu smacked his lips.

Mushroom stared at him dumbfoundedly, the corner of his eye twitching. "You're way too ridiculous... man..."

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