Chapter 1581: The Painting Woman's Wish
The "Lifelike Wax Figure" activates when it predicts that its holder is likely to suffer severe injury, allowing it to withstand a single heavy blow in the holder's place. "Cat's Triple Life Loan" can be used to save oneself in high-mortality-risk situations, usable three times within 24 hours. It is a self-rescue item that forces the player to avoid danger but cannot substitute for the player in taking damage.
"Selfless Substitute for the Dead" is a true "death substitution" in the real sense. With a death risk exceeding 99%, it is almost certain death. If it also occurs in a situation the holder cannot foresee, then whether the remaining 1% escape chance exists or not becomes irrelevant. Thus, it is not an exaggeration to say this item grants the holder an extra life.
The Special Defense Department can be considered generous.
The subsequent B-rank items and special items are not bad either.
[Stars That Illuminate the Night Sky: A lamp that can maintain a floating, glowing state for up to half an hour, with brightness sufficient to illuminate an entire city. It does not rely on light or electricity as an energy source, so it can also be used underwater. Cooldown time: 24 hours.]
[Sniffing Butterfly: Its appearance is strikingly similar to a real butterfly, with no outstanding features in shape or color, just like any butterfly that might appear in a flower bed or grass. The only difference is its target-seeking ability. When it sniffs out living humans or creatures, it will generate a number of small butterflies corresponding to the count and find their hidden locations. Upper limit: twenty.]
[Little Triangle: A cutting line that can precisely find three equidistant points on any building. As long as one end touches the building, it will automatically cut the building into a triangular prism. A minor flaw is that it cannot cut items or metals that surpass its own level.]
[Single-Person Cage: A spatial confinement item that can imprison someone for up to 20 hours.]
[My BGM: The moment the BGM starts, you will be the most dazzling presence on the entire stage. Until the music ends, no one can escape your charm. At that moment, you are the most mysterious goddess of beauty, the most desired object, the most distant pursuit, the ultimate dream. However, having hopes dashed is a cruel thing, and it may easily trigger overreactions from emotionally unstable individuals. Players are advised to use this item with caution.]
[The World's Most Stable Triangle: Born from a youth's dreams and fantasies, form a triangle with your hands, and you will instantly obtain a transparent triangular shield with spatial defensive capabilities.]
The first few items can be skipped, but the last two are noteworthy. "My BGM" has an effect somewhat similar to the trait "Written Intensity," though the former likely has some hypnotic effect and can assist in the use of spiritual power.
The highlight of "The World's Most Stable Triangle" is that it can be used anytime, anywhere. As long as you can still lift your hands, this item can be used continuously. Although it is far inferior to "Inviolable Domain" and "Ideal Skin," it offers a bit more flexibility. Overall, it is a very good item.
"Brother, are all these for you?" Tong Tong stood nearby, touching the two combat robots.
"They're for me and Li Chun." Xu Huo looked at the Painting Woman. "How about we split everything here half and half?"
The Painting Woman blinked in surprise, looked around, and then chose a combat robot. "I want it to work for me. I don't want anything else—just exchange it for money."
Xu Huo glanced at the two boxes of White Notes stacked nearby. "You're already very rich now."
The Painting Woman had no concrete concept of money; as long as there was a lot, it was fine. She couldn't put White Notes into her personal panel like a player, nor could she carry them herself, so she waved her hand grandly. "Keep it for me. I'll think about how to spend it later."
In fact, some of the items were selected by the Special Defense Department based on her combat style of "using paper," especially the special items. They just hadn't expected that she couldn't use items at all.
Tong Tong ran over and opened the money box, his eyes bulging. "Sister Li Chun, can you spare me some of your money? There are so many toys I want to buy!"
Since Xu Huo had said she could have half, the Painting Woman was generous. She smiled and picked up two bundles of White Notes, placing them in his arms.
"Wow!" Tong Tong's voice changed with excitement. "I can buy all the toys I want! And snacks too!"
The Painting Woman clapped along beside him, then paused and turned to ask Xu Huo, "Can this money buy a house? I want lots and lots of houses!"
"A lot might be difficult, but you heard just now—the Special Defense Department has put Ting City under your name. From now on, the entire city is your playground." Xu Huo said.
The Painting Woman wasn't very enthusiastic. "But I want to play with Xiao Yuan."
Xiao Yuan was an orphan Xu Huo had brought back from District 009 to District 011 and had been living in Rose Castle.
For the Painting Woman to travel between different districts, she had to follow a player.
"You can have someone else accompany you in and out of District 014." Xu Huo looked at her. "Or you can stay in District 014 like before, as long as you 'leave' for a few days each month."
The smile faded from the Painting Woman's face. After a long moment, she looked at him with grievance. "Are you saying I bring too many things? Next time, I won't bring so much."
Xu Huo couldn't help but laugh. "Don't you want to play freely?"
"I'm already free and unrestrained now." The Painting Woman didn't see anything wrong, then shuffled over to him, leaned close to his ear, and whispered, "And I still want the Light Gentleman Medal. You have one."
Although she couldn't say what the Light Gentleman Medal was for, she instinctively liked it.
For Xu Huo, the only significance of the medal so far was that it could be accumulated to exchange for a Gray Player identity with the Game Government, but the quantity was far from sufficient.
And for the Painting Woman to genuinely like it, the medal's material itself must be more important.
After a moment of thought, Li Chun added, "Even though I didn't help you much this time, I can trade these things with you."
Xu Huo raised an eyebrow. "You're not buying a house anymore?"
The Painting Woman fell into a difficult dilemma. After much hesitation, she finally made a tough decision. "There will be money again in the future. There are so many houses—I'll buy them later."
Medals could be accumulated to exchange for a Gray Player identity, which was tempting for any player, but accumulation was difficult, and they weren't entirely unavailable for purchase.
"There should be some for sale under the dimension. If they're not expensive, I'll buy a few for you to play with." Xu Huo began packing up the items on the ground.
But the Painting Woman followed him, quickly tapping on her communicator. "I don't want others'—I only want yours."
Xu Huo was somewhat surprised. "The one I gave you last time wasn't mine."
During the Black Rain incident, the "Light Gentleman" he gave to the Painting Woman was Yan Jiayu's.
The Painting Woman's expression was a bit confused, but she insisted, "I only want yours."
Xu Huo's expression turned slightly serious. He immediately bought a "Light Gentleman" medal at a high price under the dimension and handed it to her.
Does anyone remember how many "Light Gentleman" medals Old Xu has obtained?