"Do you want to open the treasure chest (green)?" After choosing to open it, several items appeared in Su Xiao's hands.
"You opened the treasure chest (green) and received the following items:"
"You gained 900 Paradise Coins."
"You gained a He Bag (S-grade)."
"You gained the Wailing Spirit (green)."
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He Bag (S-grade)
Origin: Tokyo Ghoul
Quality: White
Type: Material
Rating: 9 (Note: White items are rated from 1 to 10, with higher ratings indicating greater rarity.)
Description: A He Bag from a gecko, can be used for equipment forging or implanted into the body. {If implanted, there is a 5% chance of becoming a ghoul, a 94% chance of death, and a 1% chance of an unknown mutation.}
Selling Price: 1100 Paradise Coins.
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Wailing Spirit
Origin: Tokyo Ghoul, District 13 Jewelry Store
Grade: Green
Category: Ring
Durability: None (Jewelry does not have durability and does not need repairs.)
Equipment Requirement: Intelligence over 10 points.
Equipment Effect: Roar (Active) - After activating this effect, you will ignore pain for 20 seconds. During this time, each time you are attacked, your attack speed will increase by 5%. (The maximum increase in attack speed is 50%. After the Roar effect ends, this bonus will disappear.)
Tip: The Roar (Active) has a cooldown of 12 hours. If used continuously, it will cause confusion.
Rating: 21 (Note: Green equipment is rated from 10 to 30, and equipment with a rating of 30 will be marked as 'Rare' and have special properties.)
Description: Let me plunder everything.
Price: 2700 Paradise Coins.
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Holding the ring, Su Xiao thought for a moment. Although this ring didn't increase any attributes, it had an amazing ability to ignore pain for 20 seconds.
This might not seem like much, but ignoring pain in battle is very important. Intense pain can slow down reactions and lead to defeat. However, permanently losing the ability to feel pain is not a good thing either. This short-term ability to ignore pain is like a powerful stimulant.
This ring could allow him to unleash his full fighting power at the brink of death. Even though it lasts only 20 seconds, that time is incredibly valuable. When his health drops below 10%, he would enter a weakened state, and below 5%, most creatures lose their ability to resist.
If Su Xiao's health fell below 5% during a fight, he could use this ring to temporarily ignore his body's pain and fight desperately against his enemy.
He put the ring on his finger and felt a strange energy swirling around it, ready to be activated at any moment. He activated the hidden function of the equipment, making the ring disappear. Su Xiao nodded in satisfaction and looked at the He Bag in his hand, which was a gecko's He Bag.
The He Bag was round, about the size of an egg, with some bright red markings on its surface and a dark red overall color. It felt hard and heavy, not resembling an organ at all, but more like some kind of solid object.
Su Xiao wouldn't consider implanting the gecko's He Bag into his body. Not only was the death rate high, but ghouls themselves are not high-level beings, so it wasn't worth the risk.
He already had a profession and wouldn't choose another bloodline; if the two conflicted, the chances of death would be very high. As for merging to create a higher-level bloodline? That was just a dream.
Surviving was already a blessing, and even if he somehow merged, the two unrelated abilities would only result in a useless ability. It’s like a tiger and a dog mating; they would never produce an elephant.
He stored the He Bag in his storage space. Even if it had no use, it could be sold. A white material with a rating of 9 is valuable in the Paradise, especially materials that can be used to forge weapons; many people in the trading market would be willing to buy it.
Opening this green treasure chest yielded satisfying items, and overall, his luck seemed good.
After opening a few treasure chests, Su Xiao concluded that creatures that drop treasure chests are generally stronger, while weaker creatures do not drop chests at all. However, even if he obtained a treasure chest, whether he would get rich rewards was still uncertain.
After finishing with the treasure chests, Su Xiao lay down and fell asleep. Tomorrow morning, the CCG would respond to him. If anything unexpected happened, he needed to quickly join the ghoul faction; otherwise, he couldn't afford the consequences of failing his mission.
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The next morning around 7 a.m., there was a knock on Su Xiao's door.
“Bai Ye, the news from headquarters has arrived.” It was the voice of Shin'ya Wuju.
Su Xiao had already washed up and opened the door to see Shin'ya Wuju in a white robe.
“Did the CCG headquarters agree to let me join?”
“Of course.”
Getting a clear answer made Su Xiao feel more at ease.
“Here are your employment documents and identification. I didn’t expect your father to be a special investigator; this greatly helped your entry into the CCG.”
Su Xiao took the employment documents, and a prompt appeared in the Paradise.
“The Hunter has completed the main mission (1): Faction Choice. This mission has no rewards, and subsequent missions will open.”
“Main Mission (2): Upper-Class Investigator.”
Difficulty Level: LV.3.
Mission Summary: Quickly promote your position in the CCG to prepare for subsequent missions.
Mission Information: Use any means to enhance your status, including exterminating ghouls, bribery, and all other methods.
Mission Deadline: Twenty days.
Mission Reward: 1 attribute point, 1500 Paradise Coins.
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“The Hunter has successfully joined the CCG, and faction contribution points are now open.”
“Current Position: Third-Class Investigator, CCG Contribution Points 0/50. Exterminating ghouls will earn contribution points, and once points are full, you can promote your position.”
“Contribution points can also be used to purchase items within the CCG or create Quinque, etc.”
The subsequent missions finally appeared. According to previous prompts from the Paradise, he needed to complete three main missions in total to return to the Paradise.
But just as he successfully joined the CCG, the Paradise delivered some ‘bad news.’
“Announcement: A ‘Contractor’ has joined the faction. ‘Contractors’ can interfere with faction balance, and the balance mechanism is now activated.”
This announcement was not just a notice for Su Xiao; it was also for all contractors in the ghoul-derived world.
Except for Su Xiao, all other contractors’ main mission (1) changed from choosing to join a faction to only being able to join the ghoul faction.
This was a balance mechanism from the Paradise to prevent one faction from becoming too weak.
Su Xiao's expression turned a bit grim. He also received a prompt that the current situation was that only he was on the CCG side, while all other contractors were assigned to the ghoul side.
He had been puzzled about one thing: his identity as a Hunter seemed to only grant him advantages in the Paradise, while in the derived world, the Paradise treated everyone equally.
Su Xiao didn’t complain; it made sense. The Paradise had always given him a feeling of being cruel, cold, and fair.
However, upon reflection, being the only one in the CCG faction had its benefits; at least there wouldn’t be other contractors causing trouble.
“Bai Ye, you’ve been assigned to District 14. The situation there is quite complex, and your strength is greatly needed.”
Shin'ya Wuju showed a regretful expression because Su Xiao wasn’t assigned to District 20.
“Understood. I have a feeling I won’t be away from District 20 for long.”
With Shin'ya Wuju looking puzzled, Su Xiao took the employment documents and left the CCG branch of District 20.
District 14 is right next to District 20, and sometimes if the pressure on District 14 is too great, the CCG branch of District 20 will also go to support it, showing that District 14 is not peaceful.
Just before leaving District 20, Su Xiao suddenly thought about whether he should check out the café in the Stabilization Zone, as it gathered a large number of ghouls.
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