Gao Ming answered truthfully, "Randomly drawing items from white quality to gold quality."
Bai Ye paused, almost spitting out a mouthful of blood.
The members of the Evil Spirit group were all gamblers!
The Wish Mission was structured like this: the reward had an upper limit, so first, one had to pick Wish Missions that could yield the highest quality gold items.
For example, Bai Ye had just completed a Wish Mission, wishing for items that could currently enhance his abilities.
This type of wish covered the range from white to gold quality.
However, if Bai Ye wished for gold quality items that could currently enhance his abilities, that would not be permissible. While the reward could be gold quality, the wish itself had restrictions.
Even for missions with a red quality upper limit, random draws would not yield anything.
Bai Ye had exploited a loophole that wasn't quite a bug. Both the Phoenix Feather and the Mechanical Heart were gold quality items, so there was no randomness in quality, only in the item itself.
The Evil Spirit group operated in a similar manner. They found Wish Missions with a gold quality upper limit but imposed restrictions on the wishes. The quality of the awarded item would decrease based on the content of the wish.
Therefore, the Evil Spirit group did not specify any wish content, directly requesting a random draw of items from white to gold quality. This allowed them to reach the gold quality reward cap.
So, first, they gambled on the upper limit with Wish Stones, then gambled on gold quality with the Wish rewards...
Bai Ye found this approach completely insane, and this method of wishing was likely to ruin the Wish Mission.
Yet, they not only did it but also succeeded.
Bai Ye took a deep breath and said, "Tell me, how do I increase the price?"
Gao Ming replied, "Add intelligence on three forbidden zones, and try to trap the people of the Hidden Dragon Association inside. At least for a while, or force the Hidden Dragon Association to dispatch other experts for rescue. Also, on the third level, there's a place called the Ghost Tower with a boss that you'll need to deal with."
Bai Ye said, "So, I'll have to kill at least half of them."
Gao Ming said, "That's up to your judgment."
Bai Ye thought for a moment, "There will be conflict anyway, so of course, I'll kill. As for the Ghost Tower, it's not a big problem."
Gao Ming asked, "You know about the Ghost Tower? It's a hidden location, I was planning to introduce it to you."
Bai Ye countered, "Defeat the Earth Spider from the Hundred Ghosts Nocturne, right?"
Gao Ming nodded, "After defeating the boss, there's a treasure chest. One of our members has a hidden quest. The rewards from the treasure chest will be randomly distributed, and everyone gets what they get based on their luck."
"Deal!" Bai Ye said, "Also, I require you to let me see everything you have in the virtual game."
Gao Ming was stunned, "Huh?"
Bai Ye clarified, "Just to see."
Gao Ming was puzzled, "Why do you need to see it?"
Bai Ye pouted. Why see it? Because he was going to exploit another bug, but that was hard to say.
So, Bai Ye thought for a moment and said, "I'll pick three items you don't want from each level. After all, I'm going in, so I can't come out empty-handed, right? I don't want to waste time collecting things. Since you can only bring out three items per level, picking the unwanted ones will save time."
Gao Ming replied, "That's no problem."
Gao Ming didn't need to consult anyone about this. Anything that couldn't be brought out had no value, so if Bai Ye wanted it, he could have it.
Gao Ming continued, "However, the red quality items on the third level might not be enough. Of course, the Hidden Dragon Association also doesn't have enough, so there's currently a conflict over the third level, but no one has dared to touch the boss on the third level."
"Alright, I understand," Bai Ye said, "By the way, I'm quite far from that area, about a ten-day journey. Can you hold out? Or by the time I arrive, the Hidden Dragon Association might have already defeated the third level boss and left."
Gao Ming replied, "I'll send you some things via Big Mouth Gull express."
Bai Ye nodded, "Good!"
...
After hanging up the phone, Bai Ye continued his journey.
About half a day later, Bai Ye entered a cultivation area and found a place called Leizhou at the foot of a mountain.
Leizhou was a neutral area because it housed a cultivation sect called the Thunderbolt Hall.
The name was somewhat vulgar, very much like a martial arts sect, and even a third-rate one, the kind of nameless extra who gets beaten up three times at the start of their appearance.
But the Thunderbolt Hall was indeed a genuine cultivation sect. Their sect leader, Luo Rulie, was a rare master of Earth element Dao techniques.
Therefore, Bai Ye found an inn and shut himself in his room.
Bai Ye's objective was naturally the intermediate gene modification cell fluid.
He took out the injection gun and injected himself. Immediately, intense pain surged through Bai Ye's entire body. His pores widened continuously, and blood seeped out.
The skin-tearing sensation lasted for nearly ten minutes before gradually subsiding.
Then...
In terms of random attributes, Strength increased by 22 points, the lowest. Speed by 30 points, Constitution by 28 points. The Spirit attribute exploded, reaching the maximum of 50 points.
Of course, the most important thing was the opening of the second gene gate.
However, there was no surprise or disappointment. The probability of opening the second gene gate was 70%, and Bai Ye felt that no matter how unlucky he was, he couldn't fail at this probability.
The fact was, Bai Ye was a bit unlucky, but not completely.
Next, he injected the second vial of the solution, and then...
The fact once again proved that Bai Ye was a bit unlucky, but not completely.
Because the second vial injection failed.
Without hesitation, Bai Ye immediately injected the restoration solution, reverting his gene cells to their pre-injection state.
Then there was the last vial of the solution, but no restoration solution was left.
This 35% probability made Bai Ye a little nervous, but...
Can a person stumble twice in the same place?
Moreover, theoretically, after failing once, according to the principle of using a discarded item as a stepping stone, shouldn't it succeed?
Bai Ye gritted his teeth and aimed the injection gun at his arm again.
As the solution was injected into his body, the painful sensation returned. Moreover, because it was the third gene gate, the tearing, intense pain was significantly stronger than during the opening of the first two gene gates.
Bai Ye knelt on the ground, and then...
Bang, bang, bang!
Bai Ye repeatedly hit the ground with his forehead, gritting his teeth. In fact, due to the excessive force, blood even oozed from the corners of his mouth.
However, Bai Ye knew this was good news.
It was about to succeed!
If it failed, the pain during physical modification would not last as long and would end quickly, followed by side effects that would still cause pain.
But the absence of intermittent relief meant that the modification was still ongoing!
"You have successfully used the intermediate gene modification cell fluid. The third gene gate has been opened."
"Your Strength attribute has increased by 41 points, Speed by 33 points, Constitution by 26 points, and Spirit by 48 points."
Bai Ye vaguely saw the text appearing on the light screen, then contentedly...
Fainted!
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