Chapter 68

It has to be said, Juan Tu's ability to persuade is quite strong. After being talked to a few times, Zhao Futu really became curious about the item Juan Tu was about to show him. After all, he had entered a high-level battlefield. Even if the equipment he obtained wasn't of high quality, it was still relatively good for him, a newcomer who had just experienced two worlds.

The Iron Branch adds +1 to all attributes, which is twice as good as the Iron Branch. So, what could this be?

Thus, under Zhao Futu's curious gaze, Juan Tu, holding a cigar, mysteriously took out two rings and displayed their attributes:

"Noble Ring." (Condition: Average)

"Origin: Dalaran."

"Rarity: Deep Blue."

"Material: Ruby, True Silver Ingot."

"Weight: 210 grams. (The weight of the item affects the wearing requirements.)"

"Equipment Slot: Wrist."

"Effect: Strength +2, Agility +2, Stamina +2, Intelligence +2."

"Requirements: None."

"Description: Originally designed as a headband for human princesses, it was somehow transformed into a magical bracelet by a mage and became popular across the continent."

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Zhao Futu glanced at it a couple of times, then looked up at Juan Tu, speechless. Indeed, Juan Tu hadn't lied; it was really twice as good as the Iron Branch!

"How about it? Good stuff, right!" Juan Tu patted Zhao Futu's shoulder and chuckled, "You can wear two of these Noble Rings, which means a total of +4 to all attributes. If I didn't have a Silver-level arm guard, I would have kept it for myself!"

"How about it? Interested?"

Zhao Futu looked at his Tiger Head Chain Arm Guard, which had the effects of Strength +2, Agility +2, and Stamina +1. Individually, it was slightly better than the Noble Ring, but the Tiger Head Chain Arm Guard was a pair. Compared to two Noble Rings, the attribute bonus was significantly less! Grappling and combat were his last resort, and in regular battles, he still used weapons. Therefore, in terms of overall value, the Noble Rings were indeed much better!

Seeing Zhao Futu's interested expression, Juan Tu patted his shoulder and continued to persuade, "Two Deep Blue items that can stack attributes, such good things are hard to come by. If you really want them, I won't ask for too high a price. Just give me 30,000 survival points and two F-level soul crystals, and we're good."

"If you don't have that many survival points, no problem. Just show me the rewards you got this time, and I'll estimate and convert them for you."

Zhao Futu almost choked on his salt water at this!

30,000 survival points!

He had the nerve to ask for such a price. Although these two Deep Blue items had good attributes, they were worth at most 15,000 survival points. Asking for more would be taking advantage of people. Most equipment in the space was quite targeted, and the equipment chosen by the contractors was mostly focused on adding two attributes, such as Strength and Agility, or Strength and Stamina. Intelligence-based equipment was relatively rare and the cheapest, as newbies at this stage didn't have many skills that consumed energy.

Deep Blue equipment, if it added a single attribute or two attributes, could generally add up to 4 points or more.

Unless a contractor like Zhao Futu, who balanced his attribute points, most other contractors chose equipment that specialized in a main combat attribute. However, Zhao Futu had to admit that a single Noble Ring wasn't much, but a pair adding +4 to all attributes was quite significant.

15,000 survival points and two F-level soul crystals, this price was more reasonable.

Zhao Futu didn't like haggling. He glanced a few times and took out a silver-white item from his space, showing it to Juan Tu, "I'm a bit tight on survival points right now. If you think it's worth it, I'll trade this material for it. If not, I'll keep it to enhance my weapon."

When Juan Tu saw the silver-white glow in Zhao Futu's hand, he was momentarily stunned.

"Silver-level item!?" He looked at Zhao Futu in surprise, as if he were seeing him for the first time, "Did you get a Silver-level key from this battlefield mission?"

Although a Blue key could potentially open a Silver-level item, the probability was similar to winning the lottery. This item was clearly opened by a Silver key and was a high-level material with a very low drop rate. Such good items only dropped when killing special characters in the plot.

There were no shortage of lucky contractors in the space. Juan Tu had once met a newbie who, through some stroke of luck, managed to get a nuclear warhead from the Umbrella Corporation in the Resident Evil plot space. At one survival point per zombie, he almost immediately gained over 50,000 survival points. There were many such examples in the plot worlds, but these people could only gain survival points, not soul crystals or equipment. Currently, in the Nightmare Space, 50,000 survival points could buy at most a set of Light Blue equipment or four to five Deep Blue items. If you needed to enhance basic skills, it would be even less.

Equipment transactions between contractors always included soul crystals. An F-level soul crystal was currently sold uniformly in the Nightmare Space for 3,000 survival points, no haggling. At this rate, 50,000 survival points wasn't very useful.

To put it simply, survival points are like RMB, soul crystals are hard currency, and equipment items are strategic resources!

Earning money is easy, whether through speculation, trickery, or deception, as long as you have the ability and luck to find loopholes in the space. But if you want hard currency or strategic resources, you need real strength. Not everyone can have the luck to break into a military base and get a nuclear warhead.

Real military bases are no joke, with mainframe computers, infrared detection, laser weapons, and more.

If anyone is interested, they will definitely get a big surprise!

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To put it more simply, the space allows some loopholes to exist. You might get lucky or be smart enough to seize an opportunity and make a small fortune, but if you want higher-level items and soul crystals, you need real strength to take on stronger missions! A newbie who can produce a Silver-level item means he has challenged enemies far stronger than himself!