Feast of Revelry

He glanced at the time. It was not noon yet; this simulation had not taken much time.

Lin Ye began checking his spoils.

The divine throne had not appeared in the center of the shelter. It seemed to have already fused with him.

Lin Ye picked up the boxed teammate Mr. Gray had given him.

[Gregory's Life]

[A very fine material that can be used to craft psionic items]

[Note: The fitting end]

"As expected of Class-D Personnel. Always full of tricks."

Lin Ye picked up the card the Saintess had given him.

[Identity Card—Saintess]

[Allows you to obtain the Saintess identity during certain events]

[Note: Restricted to survivor Lin Ye. Cannot be traded]

Lin Ye: ???

"What the hell is this?"

The card depicted a girl in an elaborate gown with indistinct features. She looked noble and sacred.

Lin Ye put the card away and looked at the last system notification. He did not think he would use this card.

[God]

[Seated upon the divine throne, all beings understand your will]

[Note: Never before has there been such a weak god]

"...How ignorant."

Lin Ye muttered.

After sorting through his gains, Lin Ye took out the Game Room invitation. There was still some time before nightfall, so he planned to see what the Game Room was about.

Although it's a safe zone, I'd better bring my equipment in case anything happens.

Only after fully arming himself and putting on his backpack did Lin Ye use the invitation.

The invitation vanished upon use, along with the fully armed Lin Ye.

The Game Room was not a single room, but a large gaming venue made up of individual game rooms. Each room contained a game, and participating in any game required paying an "entry fee." The fee could be Red Coins, psionic items, or even the survivor himself. Winning the game meant getting the entry fee back and receiving a game reward.

Lin Ye was not the only survivor here. After all, with hundreds of thousands of people in a region, someone was bound to obtain an invitation. After observing them, Lin Ye discovered that practically all the survivors here had traded with him before. They were the people doing best in the group.

There were many game rooms, and not many survivors had obtained and used an invitation at this stage. Lin Ye made no particular effort to strike up a conversation with anyone, so no one recognized him as Lin Ye.

Survivors could leave the Game Room at any time, and there was no explicit time limit, but anyone who went too long without participating in a game would be teleported back to their shelter.

Lin Ye found a blackjack table and sat down. The entry fee for the table was any number of Red Coins, and a win would earn him as many Red Coins as he had paid to enter.

"One coin."

Lin Ye took out his entry fee and placed it on the table. He disliked gambling, and games like this suited him well. One Red Coin would let him play all day.

Of course, Lin Ye did not plan to waste that much time here. Once he completed today's two rounds of Psionic Energy Circulation, he would return to his shelter and continue studying runes.

The psionic energy concentration in the Game Room was average. It took Lin Ye nearly two hours to complete two rounds of circulation, but he won 54 Red Coins in the process.

Although he disliked gambling, Lin Ye really was good at cards.

The room's owner was a masked woman in revealing clothes. Throughout the game, she kept encouraging Lin Ye to increase his entry fee, but he was focused on circulation at the time and ignored her.

Afterward, her play became noticeably more aggressive, but it had little effect on the outcome. As long as he did not raise his entry fee, Lin Ye was already in an unbeatable position.

This was a double win: he had completed his daily circulation and won some spending money.

Just as Lin Ye put away his entry fee and prepared to leave under the room owner's resentful gaze, a voice stopped him.

"Sir, would you like a Game Room Card?"

The speaker was a handsome young man dressed as a waiter.

"What's the difference between a card and an invitation?"

Lin Ye asked.

"A card can be used multiple times, and certain special games require a card to participate."

The man said with a smile.

"How do I get a card?"

Lin Ye was not interested in special games, but he needed to come here every day for Psionic Energy Circulation.

"This is the Game Room. By playing games, of course."

The man's smile widened, as though he was very pleased with Lin Ye's response.

Lin Ye gave the man a similar smile, then left the Game Room without hesitation.

It was not as though he had to absorb psionic energy in the Game Room.

When the potential cost far outweighed the gains, a deal could not go through.

So Lin Ye wasted no more time.

Back at the shelter, the nun was still kneeling in the same spot, without a word.

[Obtained a Game Room Card gifted by the waiter]

"Heh."

Lin Ye glanced at the card's system description.

[Game Room Card]

[Use this card to enter the Game Room]

[Note: Only honored guests of the Game Room can obtain a card. It is a symbol of status]

Putting away the card, Lin Ye continued studying the Protection Rune. He also took the black robe out of the junk pile and tried inscribing a Protection Rune on it.

The black robe was a psionic material capable of bearing runes. Lin Ye had previously tossed it into the junk pile as trash, so this counted as putting waste to use.

There was no psionic energy in the shelter, so Lin Ye could only use the psionic energy in the crystals to trace the runes.

Although the psionic energy inside them was impure and could not be absorbed, it was perfectly usable for inscribing runes.

The rune inscription did not go smoothly at first. Using a rune and inscribing one on an object were two entirely different skills. Only after several consecutive failures did Lin Ye successfully inscribe a Protection Rune on the black robe.

Lin Ye tested it. Injecting psionic energy into the rune would trigger psionic protection, but the rune dissipated after being activated once.

Lin Ye inscribed another rune, then used a dagger to cut out the fabric bearing it.

[Simple Protective Item]

[Activate with psionic energy to generate Psionic Energy Protection. Becomes ineffective after one use]

[Note: Can be added (must be accurate information related to the item)]

I can even add a note?

Lin Ye thought it over, then added a note.

[Simple Protective Item]

[Activate with psionic energy to generate Psionic Energy Protection. Becomes ineffective after one use]

[Note: Made by Lin Ye]

Lin Ye spent all the time before the nighttime event studying runes.

He had cut the black robe into scraps. Although he had failed many times in the process, he still made more than a dozen Simple Protective Items.

[Nighttime event begins]

[Tonight's event: Feast of Revelry]

[Join?]

[09:59]

"Huh?"

Although he had long known there were other nighttime events, Lin Ye had not expected to encounter one so soon.

"Don't tell me the remaining four days will have a different event each day?"

Lin Ye had a strong feeling that this was highly likely.

He opened the group chat. It was already in an uproar.

"Another new event?"

"Where's Boss Lin? Does he have any information on this event?"