Chapter 36: Spider Empress
Su Xiao pushed Bubuteni to the foot of the bed and sat cross-legged at the head. Since Bubuteni had been sleeping there, the spot beneath his legs was still slightly warm.
The situation in the seventh carriage wouldn’t be noticed for a short time. Su Xiao took out all the chests and Scarlet Cards he had obtained earlier. There was one blue chest and three Scarlet Cards.
Two of the Scarlet Cards had relatively low value. Su Xiao directly activated them, and two blood-red whirlpools appeared, offering a total of six extraction chances.
Seeing the blood-red whirlpools, Su Xiao couldn’t help but feel uneasy. His luck with Scarlet Cards was usually abysmal.
Bubuteni perked up beside him, nudging closer to Su Xiao with a look that clearly said: ‘Let me handle that Scarlet Card.’
“You want to try?”
Su Xiao patted Bubuteni’s head.
“Woof.”
Bubuteni barked.
“Alright, I’ll give you one.”
Bubuteni eagerly thrust his dog head into one blood-red whirlpool, while Su Xiao reached his hand into the other.
Both of these contractors were male, so there was no risk of pulling out something as ridiculous as a bra.
After groping around in the blood-red whirlpool for a moment, an object appeared in his hand.
The item felt smooth on the outside but was small in size.
Su Xiao pulled his hand out of the blood-red whirlpool, and a notification from Reincarnation Paradise appeared.
[You have obtained: Elf Secret Medicine]
Elf Secret Medicine
Origin: Reincarnation Paradise
Quality: Blue
Type: Recovery Item
Effect: Restores 1% of health per second after consumption, lasting 2 minutes (effect doubles when consumed in a forest).
Rating: 70 (Note: Blue item ratings range from 31 to 70.)
Description: Tree Elves may be arrogant, but their craftsmanship is convincing.
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Happiness came too suddenly, and Su Xiao was momentarily stunned. He had actually pulled a top-tier potion from an ordinary contractor’s Scarlet Card.
[Elf Secret Medicine] restored 1% of health per second for two minutes, totaling 120% health recovery. If used in a forest, it would restore 240% health.
This potion was perfect for combat. In a critical moment, drinking it while combined with Bubuteni’s aura would make his health recovery rate despair-inducing for enemies.
Moreover, [Elf Secret Medicine] was very small. In an emergency, Su Xiao could hold it in his mouth and bite down when needed.
The resin-made bottle wouldn’t scratch his esophagus and would dissolve in his stomach.
Looking at the emerald-green potion in his hand, Su Xiao was very satisfied. If he fought in a forest, this was a powerful lifesaver—so much so that the thought ‘I can turn this around’ wouldn’t be an illusion.
The one-hit success from opening the Scarlet Card boosted Su Xiao’s confidence. He reached into the blood-red whirlpool again, grabbing two items at once.
[You have obtained: Cucumber]
[You have obtained: Intimate Brand Adult Toy!]
Su Xiao froze. He casually tossed the adult toy under the bed—it might have been used.
Holding the cucumber, a thought suddenly struck him: this thing probably hadn’t been used either…
A wave of disgust washed over him. Su Xiao threw the cucumber under the bed as well and wiped his palm on his pant leg.
“Woof.”
Bubuteni barked, his dog face full of misery. Su Xiao looked closely and almost laughed out loud. In front of Bubuteni, it looked like a vegetable market.
A watermelon, a bundle of chives, and a bag of eggs.
Opening Scarlet Cards could sometimes be this ridiculous. The items might be worthless or priceless.
There was still one chest and one Scarlet Card left. Compared to the blue chest, Su Xiao was more optimistic about the Scarlet Card.
Bubuteni picked up the Scarlet Card in his mouth, signaling that he wanted to open it.
“The lucky king is coming. Move aside, you fool.”
Su Xiao took the Scarlet Card, lit a cigarette with the [Fate Redemption +7] lighter, and took a deep drag. The effect of the luck power activated: Luck Attribute +3, lasting 2 minutes.
[Yes/No to use Scarlet Card Lv.9]
The naked woman was a Lv.9 contractor, so the Scarlet Card was also level 9.
“Use.”
A blood-red whirlpool appeared, larger and darker than the previous two.
Su Xiao reached his hand into the whirlpool. With the lucky king buff active, he directly grabbed an item.
[You have obtained: Tyrannosaurus Glasses (Common Item)]
Su Xiao cursed inwardly but quickly consoled himself: victory and defeat are common in battle; next time, he wouldn’t be unlucky.
He reached into the blood-red whirlpool again.
[You have obtained: *** (Common Item)]
“Damn it.”
Su Xiao took a deep breath to calm himself. Sensing his bad mood, Bubuteni leaned in and rubbed his head against Su Xiao’s shoulder.
“It’s fine. This setback is nothing.”
Su Xiao reached into the blood-red whirlpool a third time. Bubuteni was visibly nervous, barking as if to cheer him on.
Su Xiao touched a hard object. It was quite large, but that was all he could tell. He had no idea what it was.
Opening Scarlet Cards relied on luck. He couldn’t discern the exact shape of the item; the blood-red whirlpool always felt hazy.
Pulling the item out, Su Xiao froze. Bubuteni also looked incredulous, glancing between the item in Su Xiao’s hand and Su Xiao himself.
“Bubu, today is my lucky day.”
In his hand was a large sniper rifle, over a meter long, nearly two meters. The rifle was pitch black, with a futuristic design. On one side of the body was a red spider pattern. Strangely, the sniper rifle had no scope.
[Spider Empress]
Origin: Hunter x Hunter
Quality: Purple
Category: Heavy Sniper Rifle
Durability Attack: 40～71
Equipment Requirements: Strength 27, Agility 31, Intelligence 10.
Equipment Effect 1: Optical Infrared Detection Scope 8x (Active): When activated, the scope hidden inside the Spider Empress’s body pops out, automatically correcting for wind, distance, and other factors. The target aligned with the crosshair will be the bullet’s final impact point.
Note: Optical Infrared Detection Scope 8x (Active) consumes 100 mana points and lasts 20 minutes.
Note: Optical Infrared Detection Scope 8x (Active) has a cooldown of 5 hours.
Equipment Effect 2: Precision Ballistics (Passive): Improves shooting accuracy by 12%.
Rating: 149 (Note: Purple equipment ratings range from 71 to 150.)
Description: The will of the Spider Empress is not to be defied. When it aims at you, pray.
Price: 41,000 Paradise Coins.
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Su Xiao’s first impression was that this sniper rifle was incredibly powerful. His second thought was that he was lucky to have caught that naked woman off guard; otherwise, she might have set up this rifle against him.
If she had set it up, with this sniper rifle’s terrifying power, even if he wasn’t killed outright, he would have consumed a lot of recovery items.
Su Xiao raised the Spider Empress, mimicking an aiming pose. The rifle was very heavy, explaining why 27 Strength was required to use it.
He ejected the magazine. It was massive, with a double-row loading system holding twenty rounds.
After inspection, he found that this high-tech sniper rifle was a fully automatic heavy sniper. Once aimed at, even if the target wasn’t instantly killed, they would be left half-crippled.