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Chapter 74 No Guaranteed Payout, Damn It! (Please Subscribe 510)

Goo-moo! Goo-moo!
The plump, colorful mushroom bounced and twirled on the spot, looking just like a flamboyant and eye-catching bag, radiating a dazzling light!

It is quite eye-catching.

"This is the 'Maze Gacha Pool'?!"

Wang Xi was surprised to see the true appearance of the card pool for the first time.

“Hmm.” Xiao Yuzhe nodded with a smile. “Whether it’s the maze gacha pool or the disaster gacha pool, they don’t have a specific form… but generally speaking, the ability to emit colorful light throughout is a unique characteristic of gacha pools.”

As he spoke, he pulled out a dagger and called out to the crowd.

"Let's collect the magic stones inside the goblins first, distribute them, and then start drawing cards."

Upon hearing this, the others also took out their daggers and began to work.

After the corrupted goblin warrior died, its body quickly withered and turned into a black mushroom. The cap must be cut open with a dagger to retrieve the magic stone inside.

Wang Xi tried it out and found that this black mushroom was not a "goblin mushroom" and did not possess any energy... or rather, its energy was contained within the magic stone.

Not a moment.

The group collected the magic stones, which totaled 4.5 kg. Among them, the Demon King Goblin's magic stone was the size of a fist, perfectly round, and weighed 1 kg.

The loot from this final boss battle was the most abundant of the entire dungeon expedition. Or rather, goblins, in particular, contained an exceptionally high amount of magic stones.

After Carlisle's precise cutting, each person received nearly 450g of magic stones.

Wang Xi even emptied all the magic stones from his backpack and scanned them with his monitoring wristwatch, obtaining detailed data of "2155g".

If converted to credits, this is roughly over 200,000, which is a considerable sum of money.

Wang Xi was overjoyed.

He also secretly consulted Xiao Yuzhe and found out that the two card pools consumed the same amount of magic stones, requiring 100g of magic stones for each draw.

It costs about 10,000 yuan per draw.

Damn...

Ordinary people can't afford to play this game!
This is why genuine wild cards are generally more valuable than counterfeit ones, given the cost of obtaining them.

'I just didn't expect that the energy consumed by drawing from the main world's gacha pool is the same as that consumed by Chaos...'

Wang Xi thought to himself.

'If that's the case, then obviously the powerful cards captured in the other world through Chaos are more worthwhile to obtain.'

"However, I can't skip smoking altogether, that would arouse suspicion. So I'll just pretend to smoke later."

As he was pondering, Yu Jiali, standing beside him, used her monitoring wristband to survey the surrounding environment.

drip.

"After defeating the Maze Demon King, the reality distortion indeed decreased by 5 points, and is now at a relatively stable 35.9%."

Yu Jiali looked at everyone and smiled.

"Our trip has reduced the reality distortion of this maze by about 9 points."

"Only by clearing the game can the reality distortion be significantly reduced..."

Xiao Yuzhe nodded, then said in a deep voice:
"But in most cases, the heroes cannot clear the level. They just try to explore and hunt monsters in the maze and collect some extraordinary resources along the way, and then they quit halfway through."

Zhong Shuang and the others nodded, indicating that they understood.

After all, truly powerful warriors are always a minority; most warriors who venture into the dungeon have varying levels of skill, with amateurs making up the majority.

As the saying goes, "better safe than sorry," they tend not to go too deep into the area and are very cautious throughout the process.

"Alright." Xiao Yuzhe waved and smiled. "Now comes the main event: the card drawing!"

He strode up to the giant, seven-colored mushroom.

The mushroom, a head taller than Xiao Yuzhe, stopped its swaying dance when it sensed someone approaching. A huge, dark hole, as large as a giant iron pot, suddenly appeared on its massive stem, which was too large for two people to encircle.

There would be more than enough room to fit three Jiang Tianjie's heads in at the same time.

A faint, colorful light emanated from it.

It seems to be hiding some kind of treasure.

"Let me test the waters for you first."

Xiao Yuzhe said jokingly.

He took out a 100g magic stone and threw it into the large hole in the fungus stem.

Gum!

The colorful mushroom swayed from side to side, its "belly" hole shimmering with light.

Porphyrin Porphyrin...

A magical yet crisp sound rang out.

A buzzing sound.

Seven-colored light swirled and shot out from the hole like a pillar of light, so bright that everyone could not open their eyes and had to raise their hands to shield them.

The goods have been shipped?!

This thought popped into everyone's head, both inside and outside the arena.

However, the colorful light quickly subsided.

It transformed into a pale white light, bursting out of the hole, tracing an arc, and hovering steadily in front of Xiao Yuzhe.

"What a pity." Xiao Yuzhe shrugged, grabbed the white card, and turned back to smile, "It's a white card."

He scanned the device with his monitoring wristband, exhaled a breath of stale air, and added:
"It's still a worthless blank card."

Ge Tian asked curiously what it was, and Xiao Yuzhe didn't hide anything and gave a casual explanation.

It was a one-time use item card called "Delicious Mushroom," which could be used as a high-quality ingredient but had no other bonus effects.

Purely for satisfying one's appetite.

There are generally two ways to deal with these junk white cards.

One option is to consign the item on a "flying hat" platform, where specific buyers might be interested. For example, some wealthy gourmets who don't care about the money and just want to try it.

Even after deducting the 10% handling fee, you can still barely break even, so it's not too bad.

The second option is to sell directly to the three major conglomerates, who have dedicated acquisition channels and accept all comers. However, this results in significant price pressure, with prices generally ranging from a few thousand credits, and at most not exceeding five thousand.

It is said that they have special technology that allows them to break down original wild cards to obtain a certain energy source, which can be used as the base material for artificial wild cards.

However, there is no concrete evidence to support this claim.

Most of these are circulating online, making it difficult to verify their authenticity. "I did some research, and I feel like this time they'll actually ship."

Xiao Yuzhe rubbed his hands together, his eyes full of anticipation.

Wang Xi glanced at him.

I never expected that people in the new world would also play this game of gacha pulls, and even use the extremely retro "padding method".

Whether it works or not, it at least relieved my anxiety and provided some psychological comfort...

Crackling.

This time, Xiao Yuzhe threw several magic stones into the mushroom cave, making up a total of 1kg.

The live stream chat was filled with comments:
"Wow! Ten consecutive pulls!"

"I love watching rich guys draw cards!"

"I'll leave as soon as I ship the goods. Life is hard enough as it is, and I don't want to see anyone happier than me!"

"Take my advice, one padding session won't do any good, just padding it a few more times!"

"As everyone knows, ten consecutive pulls yield junk, while single pulls bring miracles. So, the next performance is a junk-matching contest!"

"Trash Connect! Match!"

"Trash Smash Game!"

"..."

Porphyrin Porphyrin —

The giant, colorful mushroom began to sway violently, as if it were performing a traditional folk dance.

The mushroom cave was dazzling with light.

A few buzzing sounds.

Beams of light shot out.

Pale white, pure white, spotless white, bright white...

The vast expanse of white snow was a beautiful sight, refreshing and invigorating.

Xiao Yuzhe stood there stunned, as if struck by lightning, his entire face turning deathly pale.

Ten white cards were floating in front of me.

It took him several seconds to come to his senses. Even with sufficient mental preparation, how could one not harbor a sliver of hope before drawing a card?

Even with a low probability of shipment, there's still a chance it won't be shipped.

What if it happens?
Let's not talk about blue cards or dark green cards, even green cards are fine... but it turns out to be a whole line of white cards. Kids, come and spot the differences!

Really miserable.

Xiao Yuzhe forced a smile, carried the ten precious cards back, and then, still unwilling to believe it, scanned each one one by one, as if trying to find gold in the trash, just to find a reason to comfort himself.

As a result, there was no result.

Those around them only heard some light laughter, such as "there are quite a lot of mushrooms" and "it's not too bad a loss."

Perhaps because they had already used eleven bad draws, everyone eagerly stepped forward and started drawing cards in front of the colorful mushroom.

The porphyrin-like sound kept ringing out.

The giant mushroom spewed out dazzling colors, twisting and turning like a folk dance, sending off one shy man and woman after another who didn't like to talk.

A total of 68 rounds, all of them blank cards!

"Xiao Yuzhe, this..."

Having witnessed these scenes of shattered hopes, Wang Xi gradually realized that something was wrong, so he turned to the middle-aged man with medium-length hair and asked.

"Is there no pity system in the gacha pool?"

"Guaranteed minimum?"

Xiao Yuzhe looked puzzled.

"what is that?"

"..."

Wang Xi opened his mouth, but hesitated to speak.

No!

So the main world gacha pool doesn't have a pity system?!

No guaranteed minimum payout?! You're kidding me!

In his previous life, he had worked as a product manager at a card game company, and he knew very well that the so-called "guaranteed minimum" mechanism was nothing more than a compromise by those companies to comply with the law.

Otherwise, if there is no guaranteed minimum return, it will be considered gambling and you will be fined and forced to eat rice.

If they could, those capitalists who wouldn't even be satisfied with hanging a hundred streetlights would never bother with any guarantee. Whether players get lucky or not is none of their business; these heartless bastards would rather plunder every single gold coin in a player's pocket.

However, in the new era of the main world, the lack of a pity system in the gacha pool means that getting a good character depends entirely on luck, making the investment extremely costly.

Theoretically speaking, if luck is bad enough...

You'll only ever see a colorful expanse of white your whole life.

Wang Xi couldn't help but darkly speculate that if there was a creator behind the main world's card pool, then He must be an ugly rooster with sores on its head and pus flowing from its feet!
"Ah! I'm out!"

Just then, he suddenly heard a cry of surprise.

Turning their heads, they saw Zhong Shuang holding Ge Tian's hand, the two of them overjoyed and excitedly stomping their feet.

In Zhong Shuang's hand, she was tightly holding a wild card that was incredibly green.

She shipped the goods!

This is the first shipment so far.

After testing and investigation, it was discovered that the green card Zhong Shuang drew was an item card called "Mushroom Powder Recipe". The powder made with the recipe can effectively treat external injuries and temporarily increase strength and reduce pain.

After some evaluation, Xiao Yuzhe and Carlisle determined that the card was worth far more than a regular green card, worth over 500,000 credits, and that the consortium would be very happy to acquire it.

Zhong Shuang's face immediately lit up with joy.

Her family wasn't well-off, and she stated frankly that selling this card would be enough to pay off the installment loan for the cultivation technique card...

Yes, as far as Wang Xi knew, most of the examinees' skill cards were bought with loans from conglomerates, and they were the cheapest kind, even far inferior to the "Defense Force Basic Body Tempering Method".

(End of this chapter)