Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

Don't blame yourself, blame the lack of trust between them. It wasn't just the other party who was afraid. With Bjergsen's experience as a lesson, the power of fate was too unpredictable. Zhou Ning was also afraid that if he got too caught up in the role, he would accidentally fall into the same trap as Bjergsen, leading to irreparable consequences.

After putting the magic lamp away again, Zhou Ning slowly exhaled. He felt very complicated at the sudden contact with such a high-level being, and was about to come into contact with an even higher-level being.

Picking up the crude compass, Zhou Ning noticed that its needle and scale were composed of intermittent black light. Like his own "compass that couldn't point north," it was now pointing southeast, indicating that the two sides were still quite far apart.

Seeing Smith Hall looking at him eagerly, Zhou Ning smiled and simply threw the compass to him. After all, he and Professor Scott had been leading the way. With Smith Hall's shrewdness and ability, he wouldn't lead them astray.

And if necessary, he could use the Eight Bullets to make himself appear at this moment and copy an extra compass. This thing does not count as a unique thing like godhood, authority, or miracle items, which can be copied.

Smith Hall reached out to take the compass, looked at Zhou Ning gratefully, and decided for the Nth time that if he could successfully complete the mission and return, he would definitely invite the other party to his home as a guest.

Zhou Ning ignored Smith Hall's self-improvement strategy. While the professionals of the Church of the God of War were still resting and making a fire to cook, he immediately began to try to see if he could really enhance his authority by satisfying the other party's wishes.

He turned his head and looked at the groups of players not far away who were taking turns asking several important NPCs if they wanted to eat. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly. He first re-edited his personal store, and then wrote a team task and issued it to the three heroes who opened the door.

At this time, Shuidi Chenxing was posting on the forum, bragging about what he had seen and heard today, when suddenly a task prompt popped up on the panel:

[You have triggered the A-level mission: The Final Battle of Hood Island.]

Mission Description: After the protagonist, Wayne Stewell, led the group to defeat Alfred, the God of Wish-Granting, the next challenge is an even more formidable one. As the backbone of the Starry Sky Organization and the leaders of the three Chosen Ones, Wayne Stewell hopes you will assemble your own team and lead them through even more difficult challenges.

[Quest Requirements: Organize a large team to accommodate as many Chosen Ones as possible. Return to Wayne Stewell after completing the mission.]

[Rewards: 60 experience points, 200 Vic Towers, Special Item: Wishing Card*1. Activates the protagonist's special personal shop: Wishing Well.]

[Mission Description: This mission is more important than you think. Saving the world also requires your efforts.]

Shuidi Chenxing curiously moved his finger over the wishing card and saw the description of this special item:

[Wishing Card: A special item. After entering Wayne Stewell's wishing well, you can draw from it to obtain items, skills, or weapons of varying rarities. Consuming this card allows you to directly select your desired item, skill, or weapon, greatly increasing your chances of obtaining it. Alternatively, you can use this card to have Wayne Stewell grant you a wish.]

"Wishing card? Wishing well?"

Shuidi Chenxing and the other two looked at each other, their hearts filled with excitement. Wow, this should be the easter egg for defeating Alfred, the God of Wish-Fulfillment!

Other players also received similar tasks, the difference was that there was no wishing card in the reward, only the wishing well function was enabled.

Zhou Ning referenced Genshin Impact. This was a 20-Vekta draw from a prize pool, filled with a variety of rewards, all displayed on a separate personal store page. This was just a test, so Zhou Ning only added some powerful equipment he no longer needed, noting the increased chance of unknown items appearing. The best prizes were a leftover Lanling King mask and a "Poseidon Pendant" that could summon the Kraken.

Players can spend 20 Vekta to purchase a random question mark item to draw rewards from the prize pool. The main point is fairness.

Through these preparations, Zhou Ning wanted to make two attempts at the same time:

One is whether one can increase his "power of wishing" by consuming wish cards to satisfy the wishes of the three underwater stars; the other is whether he has satisfied the other players' wishes after they spend money to draw items in the wishing pool that are enough to satisfy them.

Zhou Ning's initial judgment was that one was possible, and two was most likely not. If both were possible, he would have an excellent way to enhance the authority of the "power of wishing", and the speed of improvement might be far beyond his imagination.

As expected, Wayne is the most reliable and always considers the players. Isn't this equivalent to getting a free mission reward?

After seeing such generous rewards, both the other players present and the three heroes who opened the door could no longer contain their excitement and began to organize players to join their own teams.

Before long, everyone completed their tasks and began to receive their rewards.

They found that compared to opening boxes where the rewards were illusory and relied entirely on imagination, the wishing pool was more reliable. Not only was the price 10 Victa cheaper, they could also see a wide variety of prizes in the prize pool. Although there were still some low-level potions and equipment, there were more good things, even some powerful unknown items.

Zhou Ning narrowed his eyes and watched the players flocking over and spending money in the wishing well as if it were free.

The price they set was just right. Since they had earned a lot of money from several missions and wanted pirates before, the players' wallets were now in an unprecedented state of abundance, just like leeks that were growing vigorously and waiting to be harvested.

Almost every player can be casual and do a wave of ten consecutive hits without getting hurt.

In the end, the Sea God Pendant was taken by Brother Tangshan using a wishing card, and Shuidi Chenxing also used a wishing card to take the Lanling King's mask. Only Alex temporarily kept the wishing card.

In addition, other players also basically gained something in the wishing pool. Zhou Ning put a lot of powerful firearms in it. Although most of the items opened in the prize pool were not good stuff, some players also obtained some good equipment one after another. Some players even obtained several low-level unknown items made by craftsman Ignatius Woods. It can be said that they were very satisfied.

Since there was not much time to rest on the spot, less than 20 minutes later, Zhou Ning ignored the uncomfortable expressions of the players and without hesitation terminated the business and ended this attempt.

The harvest was enough to satisfy Zhou Ning. In just a short while, Zhou Ning earned nearly 16 Victa.

What surprised him was that, contrary to his assumption, both consuming wishing cards and players spending money to draw the best in the wishing pool could be considered as fulfilling other people's wishes, but the former was more common and the latter was less common. From time to time, bits of wishing thoughts flew towards him and sank into his body, slowly increasing his authority and power.

However, the wishing ideas collected in this way are too simple, and the efficiency of converting them into power is not high. Overall, there is still a long way to go. These leeks have to be cut even if they don’t want to. This is really not my intention... Zhou Ning exhaled and turned his attention back to hunting Carl Robbins and Little Broken Book.