Xu Huo glanced over at the man in the raincoat and saw a "6" mixed with green, blue, yellow, black, and brown.
Although it was almost melding into a rainbow, the overall color was bright, suggesting a generally positive feeling.
You Si’s number was a cheerful yellow, Sha Jia tended toward white, and Xiaoxiao’s was green.
As for the number 18 in the corner, it was a thick black capital "7".
The others who were paying attention to him had varying shades of emotional palette.
As for properties and potions, there was no need for a second glance, but what caught his eye was the Double S Rating gift pack.
Xu Huo opened it to find a "Dimensional Rift E-Level Wormhole Point Library Lending Card" inside, along with a three-star member account for the public communication hall of Beneath the Dimension.
The library mentioned on the lending card referred to the public libraries established and managed by the Game Government, accessible not just in E27, but at all Level-E Wormhole Points.
It didn’t take long for him to figure out what the communication hall of Beneath the Dimension was.
By leveling up from Rank-D to Rank-C, corresponding game privileges also increased.
Firstly, Rank-C players can basically be called advanced players, so starting from Rank-C, players can acquire tickets to other Wormhole Points and complete instances there.
Secondly, the frequency of cross-zone bounties on the reward trading platform increased from once per month to an unlimited number, meaning that from now on, he could buy and sell items and information on the trading platform at any time and had the right to transact directly with the Game Government platform.
Thirdly, the public communication hall of Beneath the Dimension was unlocked—a platform for player interaction, where players could post within their respective authorized areas, acting as a hub for information flow. The three-star member account from the gift pack belonged here.
At his current Player Level, Xu Huo could only access information pertinent to Player Level at the E27 Wormhole Point board—the basic viewing rights of a one-star account. Upgrading the account would allow him to see B or Rank-A classified information within the regional boards. The three-star account granted access to information from other Wormhole Points, though consulting different information required matching player identity.
In comparison to the reward trading platform, this was more focused on information exchange; one could view news and hot topics within the Wormhole Points.
Therefore, the extent of what Xu Huo could presently see included all the information within the E27 Wormhole Point.
Additionally, the issuance and upgrading of accounts in Beneath the Dimension were controlled by the game.
Lastly, the monthly item exchange privilege was now unlimited, albeit with a fee. It meant that in addition to exchanging more items, the backend could also provide similar props or upgraded versions. Players could opt to exchange, provided they paid the price difference for the new items.
This was more explicit than opening a blind box, as before. The downside was that without the game’s automatic matching, it was less convenient and lacked expansiveness. Swapping within the same category wasn’t as likely to yield some unexpected item as with the previous additional exchanges.
Besides, he received a gift pack upon leveling up to Rank-C.
[The Crossing Portal—Doorbell, a limited-supply item worth three million White Notes. Ring it lightly, and it can transport you between any semi-open game space and its corresponding zone space, for up to 168 hours.]
When Xu Huo saw this item, he paused.
Semi-open zones essentially referred to new areas not fully integrated into the game world. Ordinary players, even if they were completing instances in such a zone, could not directly enter the zone due to the separation between instance space and zone space, hence a Spatial Gate was necessary.
It’s likely that players from other zones who had entered Zone 014 used similar props to move from instances into the real world of the zone.
The high cost and difficulty in obtaining such items were something Xu Huo became aware of through the reward platform following the invasion incident by players from other zones; yet, he hadn’t expected the game to offer such an item as part of a leveling-up gift pack.
In practice, entering a semi-closed zone was not easy. A portal item was essential, and you also needed the dungeon tickets for that zone. If a zone was semi-closed, its degree of gamification wouldn’t be very high, and the number of players above Level-D would also be limited. It was only possible to access the trading platform and transact tickets conveniently at Level-D or above.
Furthermore, there wouldn’t be many high-level instances in a semi-closed zone, meaning most of the zone’s tickets would be for low-level instances and distributed mostly among low-level players. With scarce trading channels, those who could get a ticket on the spot were probably relying on luck.
The reason why not many advanced players attended the Super Prop event in Zone 014 was due to another significant factor—the appearance of Feld’s Battle Angel. Super Players like the Paper Servant Master and some advanced players from the E27 Wormhole also chased after this Super Combat Item, which had made its name across several Wormhole Points. Compared to an unknown Super Prop, the battle angel clearly seemed worth the gamble.
Moreover, the Feld Family had made Feld’s Battle Angel known publicly and permitted other players to acquire it, while finding the recipient of the Super Prop in Zone 014 was like finding a needle in a haystack.
However, Xu Huo only now realized that the Super Prop event in Zone 014 had not been without its repercussions.
Although the Super Prop was only announced within the relevant Wormhole Point, advanced players could disseminate the news in the Hall of Dimensions. As the influence spread, an increasing number of low-level instance tickets for Zone 014 would gradually appear on the bounty trading platform. Other Wormhole’s advanced players could then also arrive in Zone 014 and repeat the Guile Sound Knights’ previous coercive tactics—though, under normal circumstances, the holder of the prop should flee to an instance and not return, but there was no harm in trying.
So, when the prop was "snatched away by an unidentified Super Player," it truly brought closure to the affair; otherwise, Zone 014 would have faced endless trouble.
hours, Xu Huo mused as he read the item description. That is seven days—no wonder those people arrived and left so hastily.
Not needing the item for the time being, he opened his ticket folder, ready to head to the next instance, but he paused and turned to the person beside him, "Is there something you need?"
Liu Xiaoxiao was holding the Short Sword he had given her, "You didn’t take this back."
Xu Huo had kept the Invisibility Cloak from before and said, "Keep the Short Sword for self-defense. It’s not an Advanced Prop."
After a moment, he handed her some money, "I just got this ticket from someone. I’m not sure if this zone is good or bad; you can try your luck."
Liu Xiaoxiao’s cheeks reddened as she tried to refuse, "That’s too much... No, I mean, I didn’t come for the money... I just wanted to thank you again..."
"No need," Xu Huo said sincerely. He had saved her, but she had also helped him clear a level.
"If there’s ever a chance, I will surely repay you," insisted Liu Xiaoxiao, accepting the money. "Can you tell me your player nickname?"
Real names were not advisable to share, but player nicknames could be seen on the leaderboard.
Xu Huo glanced at the pure-colored number above her head and smiled, "We may never cross paths again, so you can just think of me as an ordinary Passerby A."