Translator: AnubisTL
If it were Wang Defa, there was indeed a possibility.
After all, no one knew the extent to which Wang Defa's physical attributes had been enhanced.
He might actually be able to lift this thing.
Scar Dog and Chen Jiang exchanged glances before turning to Wang Defa, who had retreated to the side. "Come on, give it a try."
"Alright!"
Wang Defa, shirtless, pulled out a thick belt and fastened it around his waist. He strode over to the turret, which stood as tall as a seven-story building.
Taking a deep breath, he rubbed his hands vigorously on the ground, coating them in dust. He gripped the base of the turret, his face contorted in effort, veins bulging in his neck as he let out a guttural roar.
Under Wang Defa's strain, the turret actually began to lift slightly off the ground!
"Not bad," Scar Dog remarked, pulling out a cigarette and nodding with a smile. "Your physique is quite impressive. To move something this massive, even a little, is already quite remarkable."
But the next second—
Boom!
Wang Defa's face contorted with effort as he braced his arms and hoisted the massive turret onto his shoulder.
The instant the turret settled on his shoulder, Wang Defa's body sank violently into the ground, his shins completely submerged. This was the source of the earth-shattering boom!
The sheer weight of the turret was now evident.
Wang Defa seemed to have regained his composure. He even managed to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead with one hand, glancing at Scar Dog with a smug grin. "Want a smoke, brother?"
Scar Dog's hand froze mid-reach for his cigarettes. He stared blankly at Wang Defa, who was casually shouldering the colossal turret. After a long silence, he finally spoke, "Aren't you exaggerating a bit?!"
The exact weight of the turret remained unknown.
But anyone could guess that a seven-story-tall turret couldn't possibly be light.
Yet Wang Defa had effortlessly hoisted it onto his shoulder, showing no signs of strain whatsoever!
Whoosh!
Wang Defa finally lowered the turret from his shoulder to the ground.
Thump!
As the turret landed, a cloud of dust erupted around it.
Wang Defa, slightly out of breath, rubbed the red mark on his shoulder and shook his head in admiration. "Too heavy. Still a bit of a strain. After I kill another hundred thousand mutated beasts, I should be able to lift this turret with ease."
"..."
"Not bad," Scar Dog said after a pause, tossing Wang Defa a pack of cigarettes. "From now on, whenever we have a new combat strategy, just charge into the enemy ranks with the turret. You'll become a mobile artillery platform."
"Uh..."
Wang Defa glanced at the 10-meter caliber turret beside him and shook his head vigorously. "That probably won't work. I definitely can't handle the recoil."
"If I tried to fire this thing while carrying it, I'd probably suffer complete bone fractures on the spot, leaving nothing but dust!"
Chen Jiang stood nearby, gazing at the massive turret with satisfaction, saying nothing.
Chen Jiang had already formulated a rough plan regarding the space bracelet.
The global event, the beast tide assault, was still ongoing.
For Chen Jiang, however, it was practically over. His top ranking was virtually unassailable, and he had already exchanged for all the items he needed from the mutation shop.
All that remained was to wait for the event to end.
Once his top ranking was officially secured, he would claim all the rewards for reaching the third stage of "Big Brother Top Rank"!
As for the space bracelet...
He glanced at the item nestled in his arms.
[Item Name]: Activity Token
[Item Star]: Three-Star Item
[Item Effect]: Activating this token will initiate a small-scale activity. The activator can freely choose whether to participate.
[Item Description]: Winning this activity grants exceptionally generous rewards. Conversely, failure means those rewards will be claimed by another.
This reward was an additional bonus for securing the top ranking on the Kindling Points Ranking List during the global event "Guardian of Kindling City."
The item description promised "exceptionally generous rewards" for winning the activity.
The reward wasn't specified.
Ever since he learned from the forum that nearly all items in the Ten Thousand Races Arena were influenced by the World Origin Consciousness, and the fish had delivered a pearl to him via the underground river, he had a growing sense that the Blue Star's World Origin Consciousness was consciously assisting him. He just didn't know how powerful or capable this entity truly was.
Still, it was worth a try.
Immediately afterward, Chen Jiang went to the spot where Scar Dog had buried the fish. He took out three cigarettes from Scar Dog's pocket, lit them, and solemnly faced the small mound of earth. "I don't know if you can hear me," he said.
"I want a space bracelet with more storage capacity."
"In the upcoming Ten Thousand Races Arena, I will do everything in my power to help human players eliminate the alien race players!"
"If possible, I hope the small-scale event activated later will grant me a space bracelet with greater storage."
"Yes," Scar Dog nodded solemnly. "If possible, I'd like a nine-star space bracelet."
"..."
Chen Jiang slapped Scar Dog on the back of the head without changing his expression. "Don't listen to his nonsense," he said. "I'm not that greedy. A five-star space bracelet will do."
However, the small mound of earth remained completely unresponsive.
Chen Jiang sighed softly, took the activity token in his hand, and immediately activated it.
A moment later—
[Ding! This item cannot be used during a global event.]
"..."
"Alright then," Chen Jiang said with a hint of resignation, nodding slightly. "Let's rest for now. We've been busy all day."
Time passed quickly—so quickly, in fact, it was like a whoosh.
The global event, "Beast Tide Assault," had ended.
A voice suddenly echoed in the ears of all players simultaneously:
[Global Announcement!]
[Ding! The global event "Beast Tide Assault" has officially concluded. Congratulations to Human Player Chen Jiang for securing first place on the Global Mutant Beast Kill Leaderboard!]
[We hope you enjoyed the event!]
Chen Jiang, still half-asleep, heard the announcement. He slowly opened his mouth to yawn before jolting upright and staring at the pop-up window.
[Ding! Congratulations on securing first place on the Global Mutant Beast Kill Leaderboard in the global event "Beast Tide Assault"!]
[Additional reward: One three-star item.]
"Hmm."
Chen Jiang rubbed his eyes and examined the token in his hand. Another token as a reward? Could it be an Innate Ability Enhancement Token? That would be amazing! I've only ever seen one of those before.
Others had likely seen even fewer.
However, it wasn't an Innate Ability Enhancement Token.
Instead, it was—
[Item Name]: Space Bracelet Enhancement Token
[Item Star]: Three-Star Item
[Item Effect]: Enhances your space bracelet to dimensions of 100 meters in length, width, and height.
[Item Description]: A hundred meters still not enough? What do you want to store? A warship?
"Space Bracelet Enhancement Token?"
Chen Jiang paused, staring at the item with a peculiar expression. He couldn't quite process it. Wasn't this a little too convenient?
Just that afternoon, he had mentioned wanting a larger space bracelet.
Then, that very night, the top ranking activity reward suddenly granted him this three-star Space Bracelet Enhancement Token?
Dimensions of 100 meters in length, width, and height—that was more than enough for his needs.
Truly, the heavens watch over us.
After a moment of silence, Chen Jiang looked up at the night sky with sincere gratitude. "Thank you, truly, thank you so much. This Space Bracelet Enhancement Token is incredibly important to me."
"But I hope this isn't too presumptuous to ask... I also need some one-star items."
"Any effect will do, as long as they're one-star items. I'm hoping to acquire tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of them. Do you have any way to make that happen?"
Still, no response came.
Chen Jiang wasn't surprised; there had been no reply last time either. But whether he received a response or not didn't matter—getting the job done was what counted, far better than getting a reply but no action.
It was like how people claimed to hate bribery, but what they truly hated wasn't the act of bribery itself, but taking the money and failing to deliver.
After all, if you took the money and delivered, could that even be called bribery?
That was called being a friend!
With a satisfied and expectant expression, Chen Jiang gazed at the Space Bracelet Enhancement Token before him. Without hesitation, he pressed it against the bracelet on his left wrist.
In the next instant—
A blinding white light flashed.
When the light faded, the Space Bracelet Enhancement Token was gone, and his bracelet had already transformed, displaying a new item panel:
[Item Name]: Space Bracelet
[Item Star]: Three-Star Item
[Item Effect]: 100 x 100 x 100, 1,000,000 cubic meters of space.
[Item Description]: Utilizes folded space to store firearms, clothing, and other items.
"Excellent!"
Chen Jiang nodded in extreme satisfaction. Such a massive space bracelet would serve him well for a long time, and he could even pass it down as a family heirloom!
As for his turret, it was only about 20 meters long!
Storing it in this space bracelet would be effortless.
The only thing Chen Jiang didn't quite like about the space bracelet was how flashy it was.
Within the translucent, jade-white bracelet, he could clearly see a viscous, black sand-like liquid swirling inside. Deep blue specks of light flickered intermittently within the dark substance.
It didn't look like something artificially crafted; it resembled quicksand trapped within an amber-like bracelet, constantly shifting and swirling.
Aside from being a bit too flashy, it was perfect.
Just then—
A voice echoed in his ear once more!
[Congratulations on securing the top ranking again in a global event!]
[You have successfully triggered the third stage of the achievement 'Big Brother Top Rank'.]
[Reward: One item of no grade—a battle-ruined fragment.]
[Achievement Name: Big Brother Top Rank]
[Trigger Conditions: Achieve the top ranking in one global event, achieve the top ranking in two global events, achieve the top ranking in three global events.]
[Completion Status: Stages 1, 2, and 3 have been unlocked.]
"Hmm."
Chen Jiang casually tucked the battle-ruined fragment into his belt pouch. This was his third fragment.
The first fragment came from the achievement "Extreme Massacre," and the second from "All Eyes on Me." With this latest addition, he now possessed a total of three fragments.
There were a total of 36 achievements, meaning there were 36 battle-ruined fragments. Only when all these fragments were in the players' possession would the Gluttonous Feast be activated!
Chen Jiang opened the Achievement Compendium and flipped through it for a while before picking up the activity token again. Even though he already had the space bracelet, he still needed to use this token.
After all, what was the point of wasting the reward?
As for whether other players might try to steal the reward, he couldn't care less.
If they did try to take it, it would be simple.
A Heaven's Eye Pursuit Order, a small expenditure of energy blocks, and he'd see them in the event. If not there, he'd catch them outside the event.
In short:
If he could win, he'd keep the reward.
If he couldn't win, he'd take it back by force.
Either way, the reward would be his.
He wondered how Scar Dog's Global Event Design Token was progressing.
Chen Jiang shook his head, dismissing the thought, and activated the activity token in his hand.
Immediately, a notification rang in his ear:
[Ding! You have successfully activated the activity token.]
[Triggered event: Puppet Paradise.]
[All players near Player Chen Jiang will be drawn into Puppet Paradise.]
[Ding! Only four players detected near Human Player Chen Jiang. Expanding search radius.]
[Ding! Still detecting only four players.]
[...]
[Expanding search range. Successfully located 995 players, totaling 1000 players. Successfully entered the event 'Puppet Paradise'!]
The next moment—
A white circle suddenly appeared beneath Chen Jiang's feet.
A flash of white light followed, and he found himself in a vast, white-tiled hall.
Chen Jiang scanned the surroundings. A large crowd of people stood around, looking bewildered, clearly having been abruptly pulled into this dungeon without warning.
"Scar Dog."
Chen Jiang called out to Scar Dog, who stood nearby, clutching blueprints and looking equally lost. "Over here."
"What's this?" Scar Dog asked.
"Building a perpetual motion machine. I was researching the next generation of Perpetual Motion Machine Series Products when I got dragged here. Brother Jiang, why didn't you mention this event beforehand?"
Chen Jiang quickly spotted Zhao Ritian, Li Hao, Wang Defa, and others among the crowd.
Yes, even Wang Defa.
The moment Scar Dog saw Wang Defa, his face darkened. "We're doomed! Why did you have to come? Your innate ability is going to be useless here!"
"Can we quit this event?" Wang Defa asked.
With so many people around, Wang Defa had nowhere to hide!
This meant his innate ability was almost certain to vanish!
Wang Defa's innate ability held strategic importance for their group!
(End of the Chapter)
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