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nTranslator: Legge Editor: Legge

nThe Lottery Draw (Three) was entirely different.

nThe lottery draw that gave the small treasure chests was a spinning wheel.

nThe lottery draw that gave the medium treasure chests was in the form of a slot machine.

nMeanwhile, this lottery draw that gave the large treasure chests was a virtual platform made of an unknown material that resembled stone. The small platform of several meters had a concave space in the middle that was reserved for the treasure chests to be dispensed from. However, it was bare and empty at this moment with nothing in it. The feeling it gave was rather mysterious and intimidating.

nHowever, Zhang Ye felt a pinch in his heart the moment he saw the system notification in the game ring that introduced this lottery system. He had not checked the game ring in a long time. It had reached the upgrade requirement a while ago, but he had only found out after he brought up the game ring’s interface today. It was just like the previous time the system was upgraded from the basic level to the intermediate level. Once the game ring had reached the required Reputation Points, it would activate the upgrade. Meanwhile, aspayment for the upgrade 1 , his Reputation Points would be deducted from the game ring. As such, the Reputation Points that Zhang Ye had been accumulating for a long time was suddenly more than halved, leaving him feeling the pinch. It was a good thing there was some form of compensation for the upgrade. The moment he played the lottery draw for the first time after the upgrade, there would be a rare treasure chest with a 100% rate of dispensing, which made it very tempting.

nCome on.

nLet’s give it a try.

nZhang Ye reached into the air and tapped. Then he was dumbfounded.

nSystem Notification: You’re about to spend 100 million Reputation Points. Please confirm.

n100 million?

nEach lottery draw attempt costs 100 million?

nDo you **ing want to die!

nThis is highway robbery!

nZhang Ye nearly went crazy with hate. The basic lottery draw only costs 100,000 Reputation Points, while the intermediate lottery draw cost 10 million Reputation Points. Now that he had reached the advanced lottery draw, it required a 100 million Reputation Points to play?

nBut what could he do? He could only play!

nZhang Ye clenched his teeth and pressed “confirm”!

nThis time, he did not activate the Lucky Halo (Upgraded). First, because the game ring’s rules had already specified that the first attempt at the upgraded lottery draw would always give a rare item treasure chest, so there wasn’t a need for any luck. Second, all of the things that happened during this hacking incident had happened precisely because of the Lucky Halo (Upgraded). If it weren’t for it, Zhang Ye would probably still have it good. He was only here because he had trusted it too much.

nA bright glow erupted from the lottery draw’s platform.

nZhang Ye was momentarily blinded.

nOne second.

nThree seconds.

nFive seconds.

nThe glow lasted for a short while before suddenly disappearing.

nZhang Ye opened his eyes and noticed that a large, golden treasure chest had appeared on the lottery platform. It was much bigger than the small and medium-sized treasure chests.

nHere it comes!

nZhang Ye was looking forward to it.

nHe retrieved the treasure chest and opened it up.

nSystem notification:

nYou have opened the chest.

nCongratulations, you have received a rare item!

nLucky Halo (Ultra): Dramatically increases the luck of the player.

nAn ultra version?

nDramatically increase?

nWhen Zhang Ye saw this description, he got extremely excited. He no longer trusted the Lucky Halo, but that was only the upgraded version. Since the beginning, the basic version of the Lucky Halo had failed quite a few times. The upgraded version had also screwed up at critical junctures, indicating that their effects were not strong enough. Having reached this point, Zhang Ye could no longer make any missteps. Taking this event as an example, it was a major incident the moment something went bad. He was after reliability and stability. The moment he required the Lucky Halo’s effects, he would need it to be a 100% successful. Therefore, this ultra version of the Lucky Halo fit Zhang Ye’s requirements nicely. The only drawback of it was—

nFuck me!

nIt would consume 1 million Reputation Points per second of activation?

nThis was too expensive!

nHowever, Zhang Ye placed it into the Merchant Shop’s interface nonetheless. The Special Category items were basically a purchasing right, just like how the game ring had received an upgrade the previous time and the older version of the Lucky Halo was replaced by the newer one. That made the lower tier version of the item unusable, so he couldn’t use it even if he wanted to.

nWhat else was there?

nWhat else was different with the new lottery draw from the previous one?

nZhang Ye immediately gave it another try. He rubbed his hands together and took a deep breath before tapping on Lottery Draw (Three) again. He noticed there wasn’t any option to place additional stakes in this advanced version of the lottery draw. This was also where it differed from the basic and intermediate versions of the lottery draw in that it could only allow him to draw one item at a time!

nThe lottery draw began!

nHe used up a 100 million Reputation Points!

nThen that glow appeared again!

nThis time, Zhang Ye did not close his eyes. Instead, he squinted hard at it.

nA moment later, the glow disappeared.

nThen—there were no more thens!

nAfter the glow dissipated, there was no trace of anything at all on the platform!

nZhang Ye was dumbfounded. Fuck, it can even end up like this?

nHe refused to have his beliefs shaken and still kept his Lucky Halo (Ultra) deactivated. He wanted to try the odds of this advanced lottery draw first in order to familiarize himself with it. So he attempted the draw several times in a row. Although his Reputation Points were more than halved after the system upgrade, he still had a lot of Reputation Points left. He could still be considered “rich” in that sense.

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nThe third lottery draw attempt.

nThe glow appeared.

nThe glow disappeared.

nThere was nothing.

n…

nThe fourth lottery draw attempt.

nThe glow appeared.

nThe glow disappeared.

nA large treasure chest finally appeared!

nLockpicking Skill Experience Book × 3: Increase the lockpicking skills of the player.

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nThe fifth lottery draw attempt.

nThe glow appeared.

nThe glow disappeared.

nThere was nothing.

n…

nThe sixth lottery draw attempt.

nAfter the glow disappeared, another large treasure chest appeared.

nWhen Zhang Ye opened it up, a system notification popped up.

nCongratulations, you have received a rare item!

nHigher Mathematics Skill Experience Book: Max out the Higher Mathematics Skill!

n…

nHe tried it a total of six times.

nIn the end, Zhang Ye stopped playing it in shock. He was finally able to figure out how this advanced lottery draw worked. This was completely different from the previous two versions of the lottery draw, and there was a possibility of drawing any item from it. For example, the probability of drawing nothing at all was the highest, with it happening three times out of his six attempts. Or those three Lockpicking Skill Experience Books that he had just received, they were what Zhang Ye had drawn at the very beginning when he could only access the basic version of the lottery draw. He even put this skill to use during the hijacking incident to open the cabin door, and those three books were exactly the same thing that he had gotten before. The moment Zhang received the item, he opened them up and learned. He could feel that his lockpicking skill had improved, but it was not by much. This felt like an item that should not have belonged in the advanced version of the lottery draw. Furthermore, he received of such books. It was as though the prizes were random and there was no logic behind what could be drawn.

nIt wasn’t until a rare item had appeared, when that Higher Mathematics Skill Experience Book came out that Zhang Ye finally understood.

nMathematics?

nA maximum level skill?

nThis was a godly skill!

nHe no longer had to get books from the basic and intermediate versions of the lottery draw in order to max out the skill? He could max it out straight away!

nFrom the looks of it, this advanced lottery draw encompassed the full range of items that were available. The items he could get were random and could be of the basic or advanced levels. The quantities of these items that he would receive were also random. It might be one, two, or even three of them drawn in one go. Looking at this, it seemed like the payment and reward ratio wasn’t proportional at all. After all, to spend 100 million Reputation Points and get nothing, or get a basic item which could be gotten with 100,000 Reputation Points in the basic lottery draw did seem a little shameful.

nBut there were rare items in this advanced lottery draw!

nAnd these rare items could only be gotten here!

nUh, although the odds of getting them were relatively low.

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