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33 - The Golden Legend?

"Name: Locke Broughton (sole player)"

"Achievement Points: 27,500 (can be used to purchase items in the achievement mall)"

"Potential Points: 38,500 (can be used to upgrade own skills)"

"Extraordinary Talent: Tenacity (Level 1): Your body will be able to withstand more damage and will be completely immune to non-vital small-caliber damage. At the same time, after you are free from damage, you will gain faster recovery (upgrading to Level 2 requires 20,000 potential points)."

"Extraordinary Skill: Spear Throwing (Advanced): Your marksmanship has become even more inscrutable and unbelievable! (Upgrading from blue quality to red quality requires 20,000 potential points)."

"Talent: None"

"Common Skills: Driving (advanced), English (ninth grade), history (ninth grade), mathematics (ninth grade), chemistry (tenth grade), shooting (advanced), sniper (advanced)..."

"Current Mission: None!"

Common talents and skills are rated at 1,000 points per upgrade. For example, upgrading shooting from intermediate to advanced, like improving school skills, costs 1,000 potential points.

As for extraordinary talents and skills...

"MMP!" Locke muttered, looking at his potential points and then at his extraordinary talents and skills. "I thought I became rich overnight."

Although he had enough potential points to upgrade either toughness or spear throwing, he decided it wasn't necessary. Planning ahead and reserving potential points for emergencies was more prudent.

The 30,000 achievement points that vanished? Locke spent them shopping. He bought an "Extraordinary Profession Transfer Certificate," originally priced at 100,000 achievement points but discounted by 20% at the treasure discount store.

Time can't be lost; lost time never returns. Locke spent 20,000 achievement points to buy it. If used well, this occupational rubbing card could work miracles. For instance, if he encountered someone like the Ancient One, he could become a supreme mage.

However, Locke had little interest in the magic of this world, as it always required a price. He believed in equivalent exchange but not in exchanging his own power.

With the remaining 10,000 achievement points, Locke bought other discounted items to supplement his inventory, such as a tracking card for 500 achievement points, a positioning card for 500 points for half an hour, and a limited half-price blood bottle. These were necessary regular investments.

Locke looked at a "Treasure Refresh Coupon" in his hand, then at the items left in the mall, which he couldn't use or found insufficiently discounted.

Never mind. Refresh and see if anything good appears.

"Ding!"

"Treasure Discount Mall refreshed successfully!"

"Extraordinary Talent Card (50% off): 50,000 achievement points, can imprint the talents possessed by the target (randomly selected) and can copy talents."

"Life Planet (10% off): 9,990,000 achievement points, a brand new life planet that belongs only to you, can be placed in a designated galaxy."

"Wolverine Bloodline (20% off): 580,000 achievement points, it's an alloy Wolverine, not a bone-clawed Wolverine. Don't miss this opportunity; it won't come back."

"Emotional Seed (10% off): 1,000,000 achievement points, a magical seed that can store emotions and release them. Maybe, you can understand its usage?"

"Mysterious Treasure Chest (10% off): 10,000 achievement points, it may contain the bloodline of a supreme god worth 1E or a blood bottle worth 200 achievement points. It's time to test whether you are lucky or not."

"Blood Bottle (50% off): 100 achievement points, replenishes life..."

"Blue Bottle (50% off): 100 achievement points, replenishes magic power..."

"Energy Bottle (50% off):..."

"Very good!" Locke's eyebrows jumped as he looked at the discounted items. "Sure enough, they're all things I can't afford."

What? Mysterious treasure chest? Ah. Locke didn't gamble. Losing two hundred Happy Beans made him uneasy, let alone this kind of treasure chest. How many achievement points had he saved? How dare he play the lottery?

But... Locke's eyes flickered, looking at his current achievement points.

"Achievement Points: 27,500 (can be used to purchase items in the achievement mall)"

Should he take a gamble? Just once. If he profited, he might get the Sun God's Godhead. Then he could find a planet and be worshipped. Wouldn't that be great?

Wait. Locke shook his head, almost slapping himself. How dare he gamble after finally getting out of hard times?

But! Locke swallowed and felt an enigmatic confidence. Maybe he could make money by buying it? This must be earned.

"MMP!" Locke muttered. "When I had no money, I could just refresh. I couldn't afford it anyway. Now I can buy and refresh, and if I don't buy one, it feels like a loss."

The most important thing was that Locke wanted to see if he was lucky. His luck had always been constant. The full value was twenty, and he had a constant five points. Just one time. No more.

Locke took a deep breath, his right hand trembling. With a ding, a simple suitcase appeared in his hand, and his achievement points dropped to 17,500.

"Alright." Locke closed the mall and took a deep breath. "Just once. Win or lose, I'll recognize reality and accumulate achievement points honestly, without taking shortcuts."

He clicked the two fixed buttons on the suitcase. Next second, Locke's eyes lit up. In the dark, light groups of various colors rushed towards the suitcase. There seemed to be a battle over who arrived first.

White light. Blue light. Red light. Golden light. White, blue, red, and gold corresponded to ordinary, extraordinary, legendary, supreme...

"Gold! Gold! Gold!" Locke felt like he was watching a horse race. The golden light was three positions behind, and white light was leading.

Don't! Isn't it said that beginners have good luck? A whiteboard for the first box? MMP, give me the gold one, and I'll keep buying!

At that moment, with a bang, a dazzling light fell into the mysterious box.

Next second!