Chapter 9: Balance Mechanism
The selection was made, and several items appeared in Su Xiao's hands.
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Hepatic Pouch (S-Class)
Origin: Tokyo Ghoul
Quality: White
Type: Material
Rating: 9 (Note: White items are rated 1 to 10; the higher the rating, the more valuable the item.)
Description: The hepatic pouch of a lizard. Can be used for equipment forging or transplanted into the body. {After transplantation, there is a 5% chance of becoming a Ghoul, a 94% chance of death, and a 1% chance of unknown mutation.}
Selling Price: 1100 Paradise Coins.
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Wraith's Howl
Origin: Tokyo Ghoul, District 13 Accessory Shop
Grade: Green
Category: Ring
Durability: None. (Accessory-type equipment has no durability and requires no repair.)
Equipment Requirement: Intelligence 10 points or above.
Equipment Effect: Howl (Active). After activating this effect, pain will be ignored for 20 seconds. During the pain-ignoring period, each attack received will increase attack speed by 5%. (Maximum attack speed increase is 50%. This bonus becomes invalid after the Howl effect ends.)
Tip: Howl (Active) has a cooldown of 12 hours. Forced consecutive use will result in a state of mental confusion.
Rating: 21 (Note: Green equipment is rated 10 to 30. Green equipment with a rating of 30 will be marked 'Rare' and have additional special attributes.)
Description: Let me plunder, everything.
Price: 2700 Paradise Coins.
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Holding the ring in his hand, Su Xiao pondered for a moment.
Although this ring didn't add any attributes, it came with an exceptional ability: ignoring pain for 20 seconds.
This might seem insignificant, but pain during battle is not to be underestimated. Intense pain can cause sluggish reactions and lead to defeat.
However, permanently losing the sense of pain is also not a good thing. This ability to temporarily ignore pain is similar to a potent stimulant.
This ring would allow him to unleash his full combat power at the brink of death, even if only for a short 20 seconds, which is extremely precious.
When health points fall below 10%, a weakened state sets in. Below 5%, most creatures lose their ability to resist.
If Su Xiao's health dropped below 5% during a fight, he could use this ring to temporarily ignore the pain of his injuries and fight his enemy to the death.
He directly put the ring on his finger. Su Xiao felt a strange energy circling the ring, and he could activate this peculiar energy at any time.
He enabled the equipment's concealment function, and the ring disappeared. Su Xiao nodded in satisfaction, then turned his gaze to the hepatic pouch in his hand. This was the hepatic pouch of a lizard.
The hepatic pouch was spherical, about the size of an egg, with some bright red veins clinging to its surface, and it was overall a dark red color.
This object had a hard texture and felt heavy in the hand, showing no resemblance to an organ; it was more like some kind of hard substance.
Su Xiao had no intention of transplanting the lizard's hepatic pouch into his body. Not to mention the absurdly high mortality rate, Ghouls themselves were not advanced beings, and it wasn't worth the risk.
Su Xiao already had a class; he wouldn't choose another bloodline. If the two conflicted, the chance of death was extremely high.
As for the two fusing and mutating into a higher-level bloodline? That was a complete fantasy.
Surviving without mutation would already be fortunate. Even if a lucky fusion occurred, two completely unrelated abilities would only produce a useless one.
It's like the combination of a tiger and a dog; it would never produce an elephant.
He stored the hepatic pouch in his storage space. Even if this item had no use, it could be sold. A white material with a rating of 9 was highly valuable in Reincarnation Paradise, especially materials that could be used to forge weapons. Many people in the Trade Market would be willing to buy it.
Opening this green chest yielded satisfactory items. Overall, his luck was good.
After opening several chests, Su Xiao concluded a few things: creatures that drop chests are generally stronger, while weaker creatures don't drop chests at all.
However, even if you get a chest, whether you receive generous rewards is still unknown.
After opening the chests, Su Xiao lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
By tomorrow morning, the CCG would give him a response. If anything unexpected happened, Su Xiao would need to quickly join the Ghoul faction; otherwise, he couldn't afford the penalty for failing the mission.
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Around seven o'clock the next morning, there was a knock on Su Xiao's door.
"Bai Ye, the message from headquarters has arrived." It was the voice of Mado Kureo.
Su Xiao had already washed up. He opened the door directly and saw Mado Kureo, who was wearing a white robe.
"Did the CCG General Headquarters approve my joining?"
"Of course."
Hearing the clear answer, Su Xiao felt a bit more at ease.
"These are your employment documents and ID. I didn't expect your father to be an investigator. That helped a lot with your entry into the CCG."
Su Xiao took the employment documents, and Reincarnation Paradise immediately gave a prompt.
Difficulty Level: 3.
Mission Briefing: Quickly raise your position within the CCG to prepare for subsequent missions.
Mission Information: Use any method to improve your status, such as eliminating Ghouls, bribery, or any other means.
Mission Time Limit: Twenty days.
Mission Reward: 1 attribute point, 1500 Paradise Coins.
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The subsequent mission had finally appeared. According to Reincarnation Paradise's previous prompts, he needed to complete a total of three main missions to return to Reincarnation Paradise.
But just as he successfully joined the CCG, Reincarnation Paradise delivered a 'bad news.'
This was an announcement, not just for Su Xiao, but for all contractors within the Tokyo Ghoul derivative world.
Except for Su Xiao, the main mission (1) for all other contractors had changed. From the original choice of joining a faction, it was now restricted to joining only the Ghoul faction.
This was a balance mechanism of Reincarnation Paradise, to prevent one faction from becoming too weak.
Su Xiao's expression turned somewhat grim. He also received the prompt. The current situation was that he was the only one on the CCG side, while all other contractors were assigned to the Ghoul side.
From earlier, Su Xiao had been puzzled about one thing: his identity as a Hunter seemed to only receive preferential treatment within Reincarnation Paradise. In derivative worlds, Reincarnation Paradise treated everyone equally.
Su Xiao didn't complain. This actually made sense. Reincarnation Paradise had always given him the feeling of being cruel, cold, and fair.
But upon closer thought, being alone in the CCG faction wasn't without its benefits. At least there would be no other contractors to interfere.
"Bai Ye, the higher-ups are assigning you to District 14. The situation there is a bit complicated, and they really need your strength."
Mado Kureo showed a look of regret, because Su Xiao hadn't been assigned to District 20.
"Understood. I have a feeling that it won't be long before I return to District 20."
Under Mado Kureo's puzzled gaze, Su Xiao left the District 20 CCG branch with his employment documents.
District 14 was right next to District 20. Sometimes, if the pressure on District 14 became too great, the District 20 CCG branch would also go to support it. This showed that District 14 was not a peaceful place.
Just before leaving District 20, Su Xiao suddenly remembered something. Should he go check out the coffee shop called 'Anteiku'? After all, a large number of Ghouls gathered there.
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