Chapter 35 Opening the Gift Pack

[Notification: Player has VIP Level 3 status. According to DF-2291 regulations, the player's VIP rights default to the system with the highest authority. The player has one opportunity to transfer VIP rights. Would you like to transfer VIP rights to Liu Zhi?]
[Notification: VIP rights successfully transferred. Liu Zhi’s status upgraded to V3. V1-V3 reward packs distributed.]
[Notification: The novice quest—Survival Game—has undergone slight changes. Please survive for 180 days near the player’s Palace of the Underworld (39/180).]
[Notification: Forced identity quest—Curse of the Golden City—has been completed, but a new rival has emerged. Please handle the rival carefully.]
[Explanation: VIP rights—Level 1 (game time adjustment, game-to-reality time ratio adjustable up to 10:1, daily spin lottery enabled); Level 2 (max time adjustment increased, up to 24:1, ten-draw spin function enabled); Level 3 (max time adjustment increased, up to 48:1, one VIP quest unlocked).]

Liu Zhi merely glanced at the VIP privileges and paid them little mind; his attention was drawn more to the reward packs in his hands.

He discovered, aside from the expected novice pack and the three VIP level packs, there was yet another pack available for opening.

Upon closer inspection, he realized it was the Competitive Chest (Basic), obtained after eliminating his rival last time.

He had searched for this chest before, finding nothing, and assumed it was a system error. Unexpectedly, there it was, waiting for him all along.

Liu Zhi had no time for ceremony; without bothering to wash his hands or light incense, he sat directly atop the rubble and opened all five packs (chests) with a casual motion.

As he watched the items raining down at his feet, Liu Zhi wore an expression of resigned expectation.

On the ground appeared a dozen or so oddly shaped items, along with a heap of red-and-white coins marked with the word ‘currency’.

[Notification: Opened Novice Pack. Obtained: Identification Magnifier x3, 20-slot backpack x1, Universal Currency x200.]
[Notification: Opened V1 Pack. Obtained: Random Skill Book x1, Professional Employment Requirement Manual x1, Universal Currency x300.]
[Notification: Opened V2 Pack. Obtained: Professional Tool (Palace of the Underworld Blueprint) x1, Professional Equipment (Undead Soldier Training Manual) x1, Universal Currency x500.]

[Notification: Opened V3 Pack. Obtained: Professional Equipment (Undead Servant) x1, Professional Tool (Palace Resident) x1, Universal Currency x800.]
[Notification: Opened Competitive Chest (Basic). Obtained: Fishman Training Manual x1, Thunder Coral Stone x3, Universal Currency x200.]

Once all the items had been dispensed, Liu Zhi began to organize them one by one.

The first item he picked up was the 20-slot backpack—a classic game reward. It held twenty slots, allowing a considerable amount of items to be stacked. Its design was eye-catching, and being soul-bound, it couldn’t be stolen. It was waterproof even when diving, a small but welcome benefit.

Had he possessed such a backpack earlier, Liu Zhi wouldn’t have needed to worry so much about protecting quicklime from moisture when battling the fishmen.

As for the Identification Magnifier, it functioned like an identification scroll. The glowing items looted from corpses in the game weren’t actual game equipment and couldn’t be taken out of the game. Only gear and tools explicitly flagged as loot could be carried away, and these initially had no properties—they required the magnifier to be appraised before use.

Of course, someone with sufficient knowledge could identify items without the magnifier, but such individuals were rare, making the magnifier a common tool among players.

Next, Liu Zhi picked up items tailored for the player.

[Detected Skill Book—"Indigo Windchaser Sword Technique." Prerequisite attributes: Strength 1.6, Agility 2.1, Constitution 1.6, Spirit 1.9… Prerequisites met. Would you like to spend 300 experience to learn?]

"Learn!"

[Sound: Learned Indigo Windchaser Sword Technique, currently Level 1.]
[Indigo Windchaser Sword Technique Level 1 (0/9000): Master the magical and assassination-style sword technique, Indigo Windchaser. Can maintain a wind blade, Agility +0.2, Spirit +0.1.]
[Explanation: The Indigo Windchaser Sword Technique is a sword art attuned to the wind. Once learned, one can condense and sustain one or several wind blades at the tip of their sword, releasing them for ranged attacks or concentrating them along the blade to enhance strike power.]

Sensing the flow of energy through his arms and body, Liu Zhi drew his longsword and began to swing it swiftly before him. As his movements accelerated, a pale blue wind blade gathered at the tip of his sword.

A surge of delight filled Liu Zhi's heart, but his control faltered; the wind blade shot forward, carving a thirty-centimeter-deep groove into a nearby piece of rubble.

"What a treasure! Had I possessed this ability from the start, I wouldn't have feared a thing in those previous battles."

While speaking, Liu Zhi examined the remaining items.

[Detected Swordsman employment requirements: Master at least ten distinct sword techniques (3/10), and advance at least three to extraordinary proficiency (1/3). Swear to use only longsword-type weapons to qualify (Note: minimum employment standard).]

Studying the employment requirement manual, Liu Zhi nodded affirmatively. "Given the current circumstances, I must become a Swordsman. From now on, please refer to me as Swordsman Mage."

Carefully stowing away the manual, Liu Zhi turned his attention to the remaining items.

The two professional tools and two professional equipment were not scrolls, but models, much like the golden pyramid he had received before.

Among them, Liu Zhi noticed a golden humanoid figurine, depicting a four-armed female creature emerging from the earth, though only half her body was visible.

[Undead Servant: Corpse Soul Naga]
[Profession: Warrior]
[Level: 1]
[Abilities: Sword Master (all sword techniques +1 level), Four-Armed Creature (can wield two sets of weapons simultaneously), Melee Specialist (power increases when surrounded), Amphibious (no penalty in aquatic combat)]
[Explanation: Dead Nagas resurrected by magical means retain their original combat abilities, and can enhance their quality by grafting additional arms.]