Many times, a Fine-grade consumable was equivalent to an extra life!
And the most notoriously difficult thing to obtain was a title!
Titles could not be bought or sold in the Shop, and the ways to obtain them were both rare and bizarre.
Even if you diligently ran dungeons your entire life, it would be impossible to obtain a title!
Only by completing specific Hidden Quests would you have a chance of getting one.
Under such circumstances, even a Ruined-grade title was a treasure!
Not to mention a Perfect-grade title!
When they saw the title [Bio-Terrorist], most people refused to believe it. But when they followed the title to An Xinghe's livestream—
They discovered that it was all real!!
The Old Viewers in the livestream even proudly explained to the newcomers who had flocked over that An Xinghe not only had a Perfect-grade Title, but that his worst equipment and skills were all Fine Grade!
This made the new viewers wonder whether An Xinghe was even playing the Thriller Game?!
Were you playing some invincible version of a 4399 mini-game instead?!
An Xinghe's stream popularity also soared, and he had clearly entered the ranks of the very top streamers!
An Xinghe himself was now completely focused on the last Fine-grade Equipment Chest.
What equipment would this chest contain this time?!
[Fine-grade Equipment Chest detected. Open it?]
"Open it!"
[Ding! Congratulations, player, you have obtained the Fine-grade Equipment Galloping Centaur!] [Name: Galloping Centaur] [Type: Equipment (Combat Boots)] [Grade: Fine] [Effect: Slightly increases your movement speed and slightly increases the damage dealt by your feet.] [Note: This move is called War Stomp!]
An Xinghe held the pair of combat boots in his hands, unsure whether to laugh or cry.
The boots looked extremely imposing, with a pure silver exterior adorned with raised patterns.
But wasn't this effect a little too useless?!
Had I gotten too much good equipment lately? Did luck conservation give me a piece of trash instead?!
The livestream.
[Hahaha! So even you, An Xinghe, have your day!]
[Serves you right for always showing off your affection! For feeding us Dog Food!]
[That felt good!]
[These boots are all glitter and no substance!]
[Apart from looking decent, these crappy boots don't even have effects as good as Common-grade equipment! They're only Ruined Grade at best!]
[Aren't these boots the typical fresh-faced pretty boy from a talent show?!]
[Don't talk nonsense, person above! At least the boots are good-looking!]
Still, having them was better than having nothing, so An Xinghe obediently changed into the boots.
Although the boots' effects were nothing special, they were very comfortable to wear, making An Xinghe feel a little better.
Then he remembered the lipstick the lady had given him.
Driven by curiosity, he placed the lipstick in the Shop's trade slot.
[Ding! Item detected: [Lady's Lipstick]] [Purchase price: 100,000 Game Currency] [Sell it?]
Jia Hui!
[Ding! Item detected: [Lady's Lipstick]] [Purchase price: 100,000 Game Currency] [Sell it?]
One... one hundred thousand Game Currency?!
An Xinghe rubbed his eyes, barely able to believe it! He counted again and confirmed that he had not miscounted!
This single lipstick was worth one hundred thousand Game Currency?!
He only had 6,200 Game Currency on him in total right now, not even one-tenth of the lipstick's value!
An Xinghe regretted it. If he had known the things in the Castle were worth so much, he should have carried the whole Castle back!
Even if he couldn't carry the Castle back, he should at least have brought back one or two pieces of the lady's clothing!
Those would have been worth plenty too!
An Xinghe even felt that if the lady knew he had such thoughts, she might have given him the outfit she was wearing!
What a loss! Such a huge loss!
An Xinghe hugged his head and rolled around on the sofa in regret.
The livestream.
[Brothers, am I seeing this right? Is that five zeroes after the one?]
[I can confirm that you're not seeing it wrong...]
[Holy shit! One lipstick costs one hundred thousand! I'm so jealous!]
[An Xinghe! Get up! Don't regret it anymore! No one else gets this kind of treatment!]
[Getting one hundred thousand Game Currency in a newbie's second dungeon—how are the later bosses supposed to play?!]
[This isn't ordinary living off a woman! This is golden living off a woman!]
After regretting it for ten minutes, An Xinghe decided not to sell the lipstick for now.
He did not urgently need to buy anything, and according to the lipstick's description, it might have some special use in the future.
After this dungeon, An Xinghe had reached Level 7.
The Thriller Game's Experience Points system doubled with every level. Going from Level 1 to Level 2 required 100 experience, Level 2 to Level 3 required 200, and Level 3 to Level 4 required 400.
For an ordinary player, they would probably only be around Level 3 at this point. Particularly lucky ones might reach Level 4.
An Xinghe had completely won at the starting line.
Afterward, An Xinghe opened the Shop and browsed through its items.
An Xinghe had no interest in Ruined-grade equipment or skills. Using them would feel beneath him.
Although Common-grade items were purchasable, he looked around and found nothing particularly suitable.
After thinking it over, An Xinghe spent 5,000 Game Currency to buy a Bio Bomb.
[Name: Bio Bomb] [Type: Consumable] [Grade: Common] [Effect: Upon exploding, it releases a large cloud of bio-smoke. Those who inhale it have a certain chance of mutating into bio-creatures. The stronger the target, the lower the chance.] [Note: Come eat farts from my ass!]
This Bio Bomb looked similar to a grenade. Combined with An Xinghe's title ability, it was a perfect match, though it was a little expensive.
Otherwise, An Xinghe would really have wanted to buy dozens of them for protection.
After finishing all that, An Xinghe ordered a whole table of delicacies and began stuffing himself.
The Thriller Game was quite considerate in this regard: food was free, so he could eat as much as he wanted!
Only after eating until his belly was bulging did An Xinghe finally put down his Chopsticks and recline comfortably on the sofa.
As the saying went, warmth and comfort stirred desire.
If the lady were here, we'd probably play hard enough to collapse the bed!
The twenty-four hours of rest quickly passed.
An Xinghe also welcomed his third dungeon.
[Player An Xinghe is about to enter a dungeon!] [Dungeon: Ghost Tale of Hong Kong activated] [Participants: 1] [Mission Objective: Eliminate all ghosts!] [Rewards: 500 Experience Points, 500 Game Currency, one random Ruined-grade equipment item.] [Teleportation countdown: 10, 9, 8... 1!]
The next second, An Xinghe arrived before a building steeped in old Hong Kong flavor.
At the same time, the livestream opened to everyone.
[It's here, it's here! Time for our favorite dating simulator segment again.]
[Ghost Tale of Hong Kong?! Holy shit! Is this for real?!]
[Person above, is Ghost Tale of Hong Kong famous?]
[Trivia Guy: Every dungeon in the Thriller Game is unique; no duplicate dungeons ever appear. Ghost Tale of Hong Kong is famous because it was originally a game!]