Flash's Lucky Coin (Third Update)

The Spirit Realm Rules remained silent for a while before responding:

"Are you sure you want to abandon the special Elite Tier side quest: The Scavenger? If you confirm, you will lose the quest rewards and be teleported out of the Serpent God Dungeon."

Bai Xiaowen was stunned.

Are you really that disrespectful?

Bai Xiaowen squinted and thought for a moment.

"Actually, the period of silence in the Spirit Realm Rules, and the emphasis on the losses for abandoning the mission... seems rather interesting."

"The threat just now might have had some effect on the Spirit Realm Rules, but it wasn't as useful as I imagined... If I abandon the mission, the Spirit Realm Rules can trigger this mission for other awakened individuals, which can also achieve the goal of destroying the Golden Snake Disc. However, it's more troublesome and prone to variables, and I'll also have to reveal 3 points of classified information about the Scavenger to more people..."

"It's best not to be too greedy. When it comes to negotiations, it's better to take a step back and find a balance point within the bottom line of the Spirit Realm Rules."

Thinking of this, Bai Xiaowen changed his perspective and said:

"The difficulty rating for this Scavenger quest is a bit too low. The final Moaitaihe, in his Might Prayer State, is completely comparable to a level 9 Boss Tier! Add to that the level 7 Boss Tier Ahmose, the increasing difficulty of the followers over time, and the terrain difficulty of the Underground Palace itself, and this should be a Hero Tier side quest of A-Tier or higher."

Bai Xiaowen makes a lot of sense. Just compare it to the S+-Tier Elite Side Quest in the King of Fighters Universe: Capture Kyo Kusanagi. Although Kyo Kusanagi is a Rare Boss, Bai Xiaowen had the help of six Elite Tier cyborgs from the NESTS Organization branch, and a seemingly allied ally, Foxy, watching over him...

Moaitaihe's strength mainly lies in his Might Prayer State, which grants him a +10 bonus to all attributes—a buff bestowed upon him by the Golden Snake Disc. Without this buff, Moaitaihe is merely a relatively powerful level 7 Boss Tier; considering the other priests, followers, and terrain difficulty, it would be normal to assign him an S+-Tier Elite Side Quest.

The bonus from the Golden Snake Disc should be a situation outside the calculations of the Spirit Realm Rules.

Bai Xiaowen further stated, "I request a reassessment of the difficulty of this Scavenger task. Is that feasible?"

"No, once a mission is released, its difficulty rating cannot be changed."

The Spirit Realm Rules were quite interesting this time, offering an additional explanation after they said it wouldn't work.

Bai Xiaowen felt that the Spirit Realm Rules at this moment no longer seemed like a high-level program, but rather as if they had been taken over by someone. Bai Xiaowen was communicating with a person, not a program.

Bai Xiaowen tentatively said, "Then I'm really at a disadvantage. I spent an extra B-Tier Silver Tier item to complete this mission! But if it were a standard S+-Tier Elite Side Quest quest, without Moaitaihe Golden Snake Disc bonus, I wouldn't need to use that item. The mission reward is just a Luck Coin, which is far too poor. I demand appropriate difficulty compensation."

After another moment of silence, the Spirit Realm Rules took the initiative to ask a question:

What kind of compensation do you want?

It's so similar, so very similar. This is clearly the tone of a "person" negotiating. If it's a procedure, regardless of whether compensation is given, even if compensation is given, it should be directly included in the alternative compensation plan A, B, and C.

Asking Bai Xiaowen directly what she needs is such a "human" negotiation method that explores the other party's psychological needs; it's hard to imagine that it came from a program.

Bai Xiaowen tried asking, "Who are you?"

Receiving no response, the Spirit Realm Rules mechanically repeated, "What kind of compensation do you want?"

Bai Xiaowen breathed a sigh of relief, setting aside the tempting idea of getting to the bottom of things, and got to the point:

"The Luck Coin are limited to copying items from this Spirit Realm exploration, which is a bit too restrictive. I hope the restriction can be relaxed so that any item can be copied and used after returning to Earth."

Spirit Realm Rules Message:

"No. Luck Coin cannot be taken out of the level completion screen, and you must specify the loot or mission reward items obtained by your team as the copy target. These two restrictions are unchangeable."

Bai Xiaowen understood that these two restrictions were normal. Otherwise, if Bai Xiaowen could spend all his money to buy an extremely valuable top-tier item through trading, and then immediately use Luck Coin to duplicate it... that would be a bit crazy.

However, Bai Xiaowen quickly discerned the other party's bottom line from the reply of the Spirit Realm Rules.

"So that means any item I obtain or am rewarded with can be used as a copy target? It's not limited to items obtained during this Spirit Realm exploration; items I've acquired before can also be copied?"

The Spirit Realm Rules remained silent for a while before giving their response:

"Yes."

"Alright then, I request that the restrictions on the Luck Coin reward for the Scavenger mission be relaxed slightly, allowing the duplication of previously obtained loot or mission reward items."

"Can."

Finally getting the response he wanted, Bai Xiaowen breathed a sigh of relief. This was actually his initial negotiation goal; having met this condition, his objective was considered achieved.

Bai Xiaowen then fired at the golden disc. The disc, which had been immune to his attacks, had lost its immunity after the death of High Priest Moaitaihe. With this shot, the golden disc burst forth with a magnificent light.

Like a supernova explosion, the light began to shrink at its peak. In the dim light, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi seemed to hear a roar of resentment, the sound waves vibrating and terrifying, and the two covered their ears almost simultaneously.

Bai Xiaowen chose to submit the Scavenger task.

The Golden Snake Disc, bathed in brilliant light, suddenly had its light shrink to a single point before disappearing along with the disc.

The Spirit Realm Rules notification message came again:

"Special Elite Tier Side Quest: The Scavenger, Completed"

"You have received a reward: Flash's Lucky Coin."

"You have earned a special title: Junior Scavenger"

After completing this task, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi's experience bars both increased at a visible rate.

Bai Xiaowen's experience bar jumped from 6% to 19%! Li Shuyi's jump was even more dramatic, leaping from 9% to 30%...

"The Scavenger mission gives such a high amount of experience points?" Bai Xiaowen exclaimed.

Leveling up from 6 to 7 is a significant hurdle, requiring a massive amount of experience. Take Bai Xiaowen as an example: after arriving in the Ramses Plane World, he participated in a fierce battle, completed a C-Tier Hero Side Quest, and subsequently defeated bosses like Naheh, Ahmose, and Moaitaihe before finally reaching 6%.

Now, an S+-Tier Elite Side Quest quest can increase experience points by 13%? That's probably comparable to A-Tier or even S-Tier Hero Tier side quest.

"Luckily, we didn't completely break with the Spirit Realm Rules, otherwise we would have suffered a huge loss," Li Shuyi said with a smile. She admired Bai Xiaowen greatly. Bargaining with the Spirit Realm Rules? What a crazy idea, and the key is that he actually succeeded.