The chatroom was flooded with messages, scrolling across the screen.
“I’m so hungry. I should have stayed longer and found some food.”
“Can any kindhearted brother give me some food?”
“There’s a faucet in the safe house, but will drinking raw water give me diarrhea…”
“Did you guys not find any food either? I thought I was the only one with bad luck.”
“There’s someone selling food in the trading market, the damn merchant, so expensive!”
“It takes killing one zombie to get a couple of copper coins, and they dare to sell a loaf of bread for 10 copper coins!”
“I was teleported to the roof of a skyscraper, and to make matters worse, there’s no electricity…”
“Damn, don’t even get me started, you guys are all in the city center, I’m in a scenic area on the outskirts of the apocalyptic wasteland, a godforsaken place.”
“…”
“You guys are all so miserable? I was teleported right next to a supermarket, and I found a lot of food and drinks just by walking a few steps?”
“??? Are you speaking English, dude?”
“F***! This is unfair!!”
“Bro, you selling food? I’ll trade you for something.”
“+1”
“Same here.”
“Handsome, want some fresh, high-definition infantry pics… just one food item is enough.”
“….What the hell?! Is that even possible?!”
…
Watching the chatroom veer into the bizarre, Lu Chen shook his head with a smile.
It was only the first day of the Survivor Game. Everyone was still in the exploration phase.
Once more people were able to stay in dangerous areas for longer.
The chatroom discussions would become more "professional".
After all, human adaptability is quite strong.
Closing the chatroom, Lu Chen clicked on another bustling interface—the Trading Market!
The trading market page looked just like Taobao, filled with all sorts of goods.
A large portion of them had wildly inflated prices.
For example, a screw was being sold for 50 gear copper coins.
It was clearly a scam aimed at suckers.
Players currently didn't know the value of the game currency, so they were afraid of putting their stuff up for sale at a low price.
Therefore, the prices of goods were generally very high, lacking any reference point.
Lu Chen casually skimmed through a few items, searching for high-rarity items.
Things like “Ability Seed”, “Safehouse Expansion Blueprint” and so on.
He was surprised to find that the former was not available, but the latter had over a dozen entries!
“In other words, at this stage, the ‘Ability Seed’ is an oversized item with no current means of obtaining?”
Lu Chen wasn’t surprised that some people had acquired items like “Expansion Blueprint”.
After all, other areas in the Apocalyptic Wasteland might also have slot machines.
Out of hundreds of millions of players, there would always be people with ridiculously good luck, getting high-level rewards at random.
However, the "Ability Seed" was dropped after Lu Chen had made the zombie spawn with a B-tier trait.
It seemed to be one of a kind.
After browsing the trading market for a while.
Lu Chen glanced at the time, immediately startled, and began sorting through the items in his inventory.
The reason for his reaction was… midnight was approaching!
After midnight, the trait refresh count of items would reset!
Items with subpar traits would have the opportunity for a "second life"!
The items at the top of Lu Chen’s list, the ones he would definitely be refreshing traits on, were the two Ability Seeds.
The Ability Seed obtained from the guard zombie, Lu Chen had also casually refreshed its traits, but unfortunately, it was only a D-tier trait, not very useful.
If the next day's refresh traits included at least a B-tier trait, Lu Chen would use the Ability Seeds!
However, after witnessing the power of A-tier traits, Lu Chen had a faint sense of expectation.
If he could refresh a B-tier trait Ability Seed… that would be the perfect solution!
Besides the two Ability Seeds, there were many other items waiting for trait resets.
“Clean”之“Safehouse Expansion Blueprint”, E-tier trait
“Wide Area”之“Elite Survivor Wristwatch”, C-tier trait
“Silenced”之“Glock Pistol”, D-tier trait
“Expanded”之“Travel Backpack”, C-tier trait
These were the items Lu Chen planned to refresh traits on.
The pistol’s silencing effect was negligible, and it also reduced bullet power, it was better to replace it.
The travel backpack's trait was actually pretty good, but with a constant weight of 5 kilograms, it added to the weight when not in use, which was a negative effect.
As for the skills’ traits, Lu Chen didn't plan to change them, because "Tracking" and "Auto-Retrieval" could form a chain.
Time ticked by, getting closer and closer to midnight.
Lu Chen felt parched, opened another bottle of water, took a few gulps, his heart filled with anticipation and excitement.
Refreshing traits on items was like opening treasure chests.
You never knew what kind of surprises the next trait would bring!
Ding!
The moment time reached midnight.
A familiar prompt sounded in Lu Chen's ears!
No, it wasn’t "seemingly", but a real system prompt!
【A new day has arrived. Trait refresh counts for all items have been reset!】
【Due to your being ranked first in the first day survival rankings of the current danger zone, the system has unlocked more permissions!】
【High-level items/skills can be affected by multiple trait effects, the higher the level, the more traits it can accommodate!】
【As a reward for system upgrade, you gain one chance to “definitely refresh an A-tier trait”!】
Several system prompts appeared in front of Lu Chen, one after another, leaving him dumbfounded.
What was this, the system he had… actually upgraded?!
But the most important thing was the last line.
He had a chance to “definitely refresh an A-tier trait!”
In that instant, countless thoughts flooded Lu Chen’s mind.
However, it was obvious where he would use this opportunity—it was a no-brainer—
“I choose to use the guaranteed A-tier trait refresh chance on the ‘Ability Seed’!”
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