Consuming lifespan to draw rewards, I'm invincible in the apocalypse!

Chapter 10

Jiang Yi glanced out the window.

By this time, it had already gotten dark.

However, the moonlight was bright tonight, so the room did not appear dark.

He then turned to Luo Shan and said quietly, "Fireflies are nothing rare."

"Many people collect them specifically to use as 'lanterns' for lighting."

"Just ask the other members of the suicide squad in this villa; there's a high chance you'll get it."

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Luo Shan was even more bewildered: "No way, Gao Chang's attitude just now clearly revealed that the members of our villa's suicide squad probably don't have very good tempers, right?!"

"I'm a complete newbie who just joined the team and has absolutely no skills..."

"If I ask them for fireflies, will they give me some?"

"I'm not their parents!"

Oops.

Luo Shan is quite self-aware.

Jiang Yi raised an eyebrow: "I'm not your parents, so why should I help you defy fate?"

That's a very insightful point.

Luo Shan wasn't stupid; he naturally understood the implied meaning.

He pondered for a moment before glaring fiercely at Jiang Yi: "What if I bring back the fireflies, only to find out you lied to me..."

He gave a slightly warning "humph" and then turned to leave the room.

Jiang Yi then emphasized to his retreating figure, "It's best not to exceed five minutes."

Because there isn't much time left until the beast tide of the previous life.

After working alone for five minutes.

Jiang Yi frowned and looked at the door.

A short while later.

There was a knock on the door, and Jiang Yi went to open it.

Luo Shan's complaint immediately followed: "No, five minutes? What are you even doing locking the door?"

Jiang Yi didn't explain, but glanced at the glowing bag he was carrying!

Without a doubt, the bag contained fireflies!

After closing the door behind him, Luo Shan poured out his grievances with lingering fear: "I got it from that burly guy who exercises downstairs."

"I paid a precious penny for this bag of junk!"

Jiang Yi took the bag of fireflies, but was surprised when he heard this: "You actually have coins?"

Luo Shan nodded with a hint of pride: "I found a few of them in the first few days after the apocalypse."

Jiang Yi nodded, agreeing that it made sense.

After all, when the apocalypse first arrived, many people were confused about the situation.

As a result, some careless individuals did not pay much attention to the time currency that had fallen next to the corpse of the ferocious beast.

Naturally, some opportunistic individuals seized the opportunity to obtain this valuable time currency.

Cents are a type of time-based currency.

A complete time-based currency system consists of six types:

Second coins, cent coins, hour coins.

And even more precious are the Heavenly Coin, the Year Coin, and the Longevity Coin.

The exchange rate for time currency is the same as the conversion rate for normal time units.

One cent is equal to 60 seconds.

One day coin is equal to 24 hour coins.

One year's worth of coins equals 365 days' worth of coins.

As for the most mysterious Longevity Coin, the number of Year Coins it can be converted into varies depending on its quality.

Official players who have their own unique destiny charts primarily use time-based currency when trading in the trading area.

Even in the future, when this doomsday game reaches a certain stage...

The precious annual coins can also be used for cultivation, and ultimately converted into the player's own real lifespan!

However, that conversion is not 100% conversion, but rather there is a certain conversion rate.

The higher the conversion rate of a player, the higher their "cultivation talent"!

Conversely, the lower the conversion rate of a player, the more "useless" they are!

Of course, the concept of cultivating lifespan came much later.

At present, the apocalyptic game has only been around for a month.

The currency circulated between formal and informal players is mainly small-value time-based coins such as second coins, minute coins, and hour coins.

However, at this stage, because informal players do not have their own destiny charts and have fewer ways to obtain information, even if they have time coins, they are easily scammed by formal players when using them.

For example, Luo Shan was absolutely ripped off when he tried to exchange a bag of fireflies for just one cent!

Of course, this is from the player's perspective at this stage; he was scammed.

From Jiang Yi's perspective, as a veteran player with many years of experience in post-apocalyptic scenarios, he actually benefited from the situation.

At this stage, players have extremely limited information, and no one knows the value of the ferocious beast materials themselves!

Of all the materials from ferocious beasts, only the meat of those beasts that are edible can barely fetch a decent price.

Other beast materials whose purpose was unknown were basically treated as scrap and disposed of arbitrarily.

That's why Jiang Yi was able to snag the Bloodthirsty Gu and the Illusionary Pink Butterfly so easily.

Now I've got the fireflies too...

Without further ado, he quickly began to deal with the fireflies.

Fireflies are social creatures; when they gather in large numbers, they look like a ball of light.

However, the actual size of a single individual is only about the size of a grain of rice.

And it was uncooked rice.

At the tail of a firefly, there is a small, pen-tip-sized spot of light, which is where they emit light.

Jiang Yi carefully used the tip of the blade to pry open the extremely tiny point of light.

Several seconds later, a drop of fluorescent, viscous liquid slowly dripped into the bottle cap filled with phosphorus powder from the Phosphorus Phenylla.

All that could be heard was a sizzling sound, as if the phosphorus powder in the bottle cap was about to burst into flames.

However, there is too little liquid at the spot of light of a single firefly.

The crackling sound lasted only a few seconds before disappearing.

In those few seconds, Jiang Yi punctured the light spot of another firefly, and another drop of viscous liquid dripped into the bottle cap, making a "sizzling" sound once again.

This cycle repeats itself.

Jiang Yi's movements were fluid and natural.

So much so that when Luo Shan first saw it, he thought the operation was very simple.

However, after observing it a few more times, he discovered—

The light spots of fireflies are extremely small!

Jiang Yi's technique of breaking through that point of light was clearly not simple!

Most people probably couldn't do it so easily!

Luo Shan had no idea what Jiang Yi was up to.

But in my heart, I couldn't help but feel a deep sense of respect.

A few minutes later.

The phosphorus powder from the phlox in the bottle cap was completely "burned" into a dark green liquid by the mucus of the firefly.

Jiang Yi then slowly poured the liquid into the bottle containing the Bloodthirsty Gu.

Then came an even more intense "sizzling" sound.

The blood-red skin of the Bloodthirsty Gu in the bottle slowly peeled off under the influence of the dark green liquid!

About three minutes later, the blood-red skin of the Bloodthirsty Gu in that bottle completely peeled off, turning into a pool of dark, thick liquid!

That dark liquid looked like venom.

However, Jiang Yi, holding the "venom" bottle, said to Luo Shan, "Give me your hand."

Luo Shan subconsciously reached out his hand, but after noticing Jiang Yi's movement, he suddenly pulled his hand back: "Holy crap?! You're not going to dump this thing on me, are you?"

Jiang Yi raised an eyebrow: "What the hell? This is a good thing!"

Luo Shan looked incredulous: "You're going to give me this good stuff instead of keeping it for yourself?!"

Jiang Yi rolled her eyes, then poured the liquid from the bottle into her own hand. "Fine, I'll use it myself. Don't regret it later."

Seeing his posture, Luo Shan immediately regretted it: "Hey, wait a minute! I'll use it! I'll use it, okay!"

So Jiang Yi turned the bottle around and poured the dark liquid into Luo Shan's palm.

While pouring the drink, they kept asking, "How does it feel?"

Luo Shan's whole body stiffened, and his voice was hard: "Hot! Numb!"

Jiang Yi nodded slightly, thinking that there should be no problem, and then instructed Luo Shan to apply the liquid in his hand to all parts of his body.

After doing this, about five more minutes passed.

He then asked, "How are you feeling now?"

Luo Shan's face was slightly flushed and his voice was a little breathless: "I feel a bit feverish and my muscles are a bit sore."

Jiang Yi nodded again: "It's nothing, it's normal."

However, Luo Shan felt increasingly uncertain, because he had already realized—

Jiang Yi is clearly using him as an experiment!

If the test results are positive, then so be it.

But what if it has some negative effects...?

Luo Shan cursed under his breath.

Two minutes later, Jiang Yi instructed again: "Now, take a look at your data panel."

Data panel?

Luo Shan immediately called out in his heart: Data panel!