LWGP - Chapter 62
Chapter 62: Beloved Little Sister
The loot hadn't been put into system distribution yet, so no one could see the attributes, only the categories of the best items.
But thinking about it…
"Didn't they say the rewards from a Mystic Realm BOSS are much better than a regular dungeon? Why does this feel even worse?"
"It seems to be the same as a level five Bronze-grade Boss."
"Looking at it this way, can we deduce that Wang Jiu has exceptionally bad luck, or is this fatty's luck just that good? Ha, she jinxed all the rewards from the Mystic Realm BOSS."
Just a moment ago, everyone had been excitedly marveling at the abundance of rewards from the Mystic Realm BOSS, celebrating the easy loot they'd scored. Now, they turned on her without a shred of loyalty, their gazes toward Wang Shu filled with amazement.
A perfect display of human nature.
Brother Li and the others had already grabbed Wang Shu's chubby paws, fawning over him like lecherous ghosts trying to sweet-talk a beautiful maiden, insisting that he had to help them open treasure chests in the future, even though they didn't have any at the moment.
Wang Shu tried to pull his paw back with all his might but couldn't break free. Damn it, his Strength was too low.
While everyone was chattering, Wang Jiu directly took the Skill Book, the card, the three treasure chests, and two of the bronze equipment pieces—the weapon and the armor.
She picked out the best items for herself based on her participation score, without any hesitation. Naturally, the Mystic Realm Fragment was no exception.
After that, without caring about anyone else's needs, she initiated a system distribution.
Those like Wang Peng, who had contributed little to the BOSS fight, wouldn't get anything. But Xiao Jue and his group would receive some items. As for the remaining three pieces of bronze equipment, they would certainly go to Xie Jiang and Xie Lu. The others couldn't even dream of them, since they had barely dealt any damage to the BOSS.
They had probably already prepared themselves for this outcome. Besides, the loot dropped by the smaller monsters earlier was already quite substantial.
Her 85% participation was just too high. Even after she had picked out so much, the remaining 3% of the loot pool still netted her a pile of materials and a few pieces of grey-grade gear.
And, of course, experience.
A massive amount of experience flowed into her, and Wang Jiu leveled up directly to level 5, with her experience bar already halfway to the next level.
It was a Bronze-grade monster, after all, so the experience was plentiful.
Wang Shu also leveled up, as he was in the same party as Wang Jiu and received a share of the experience.
"I-I-I leveled up! I'm level two!" Wang Shu was ecstatic.
Although his luck was good, his combat power and participation in clearing dungeons were no match for people like Wang Jiu. The number of monsters he could fight was limited, so the experience he gained naturally wasn't much.
But one of the benefits of teaming up with Wang Jiu was experience sharing. However, he also knew this was taking a cut from Wang Jiu's experience, just like power-leveling in a game. He had no idea if she would be willing to do it.
Afraid of her disapproval, Wang Shu glanced over cautiously, only to find her staring right at him.
"Master… I…" Fear crept into Wang Shu's heart.
But Wang Jiu spoke, "What do you like? Pick for yourself."
Her tone was gentle.
Wang Shu was dumbfounded. "Me?"
Wang Jiu: "Yes. My principle is distribution according to labor."
The depravity of human nature is such that when a saint commits one sin, they are condemned for eternity, but when a villain of a thousand years does one good deed, they can wash their hands of their past.
In just one short hour, Wang Shu had grown accustomed to her exploitation. Her sudden kindness left him feeling overwhelmed and flattered. He happily went forward to pick his items, but having started from scratch, he was a cautious man and didn't dare get carried away. After careful consideration, he chose two decent pieces of grey-grade defensive gear.
For one, he already had a weapon. For another, he cherished his life.
Preferably something that added Agility and Stamina!
"I'm done, Master."
After Wang Shu made his choice, Wang Jiu glanced at the items and moved the two pieces of equipment he had selected back to the pile.
Wang Shu: "???"
It's over, it's over, I was too greedy, Master is angry!
I don't deserve two pieces of grey gear!
Terrified, Wang Shu couldn't help but complain aggrievedly, "Master, but you told me to pick…"
"Yes, I did. But I never said I'd give you what you picked. Human rights and democracy are about the process, not the result."
Master, you're so hypocritical and scummy, it's refreshingly unique.
Wang Shu felt wronged, his chubby face scrunching up.
But then he saw Wang Jiu toss four pieces of grey gear over to him.
Wang Shu: "???"
"If you're hiding behind me, and a monster manages to slip past, what good will that little bit of Agility and Stamina do? Add Strength, increase your attack, and help me finish off the low-health monsters. Get some kills. In the early stages, focus on keeping your damage output up. Just dodging won't earn you points. DPS is king."
Wang Shu's survival strategy wasn't wrong in itself, but it was completely flawed when considering the dungeon's overall evaluation criteria.
Wang Shu was an extreme admirer of the strong. Back in his small county, he had the foresight to get in with the Dean, Zhang Kaiwen. Later, after watching the video of her easy victory, he concluded that Wang Jiu was incredible and decisively investigated her whereabouts and followed her to the capital. This showed the fatty's decisiveness.
In short, he knew how to adapt to the circumstances.
"Okay, Master, I'll listen to you!"
Master is so amazing, why wouldn't I listen to her?
Wang Shu gleefully examined the four pieces of grey gear and found that their attributes were very high, and they were mainly stats that he lacked.
A shield, armor, and two bracers.
They primarily increased his Strength, followed by Agility, and then Stamina. In total, they gave him a boost of nearly forty attribute points.
Holy crap!
Wang Shu was stunned.
Elsewhere, some people had noticed the exchange. A few secretly grumbled that Wang Jiu was quite stingy, not even giving him a single bronze item from her massive haul.
But Xiao Jue and the others didn't see it that way.
"That fatty is probably close to a full set of grey gear now. The attribute point increase is definitely substantial, far more practical than a single bronze piece."
Anyone could do that math, but a full set of grey gear was hard to assemble. Although many grey items had dropped, after they were distributed according to participation, each person didn't get much. For example, Xiao Jue and Xu Zhiyan each only ended up with two pieces of grey gear.
"Damn it, they're duplicates!"
Xu Zhiyan was extremely frustrated.
He didn't have much equipment on him. Accessories were rare, so it was understandable that he couldn't get any. But why was it so hard to get a shirt, a hat, bracers, and shoes!
The drops just had to overlap with the four pieces of equipment he already had—either a weapon or pants.
"Mine are duplicates too." Xiao Jue felt like throwing up blood. He glanced at the still-foul surroundings. "This environment must be toxic."
"It's fine if they're duplicates." Xiao Qing glanced at them. "Just trade for different ones."
Huh?
The two of them had been so focused on Wang Jiu's side and complaining that they had forgotten about that option.
"Right, let's trade!"
"We can make up for minor attribute differences with materials. We fought side-by-side, after all. Let's all pool our stuff and try to trade for the grey gear we're missing."
"Wait, we still have all those small monsters to unlock! Maybe we'll get a shield and a knife!"
"That's right!"
Meanwhile, Wang Jiu had already told Wang Shu to continue unlocking the corpses. Her own luck was terrible, so she wouldn't bother with it. She walked over, picked up the arrow, and examined it for a moment. "The arrowhead is even poisoned. That person's bow must be pretty good."
System: "It should be a decent ranged bronze weapon, but the bronze Tang knife you got isn't bad either."
Wang Jiu looked at the two bronze items she had obtained.
Blade Minion Tang Knife (Bronze Weapon, Level 5)
Attributes: Strength +13
Agility +4
Blade Minion Cuirass (Bronze Armor, Level 5)
Attributes: Strength +5
Agility +5
Stamina +4
She only glanced at them before putting all the equipment into her inventory.
Eh, her inventory was getting a bit crowded. The five new slots she got from leveling up were almost full already, with only three spots left.
She would wait for Wang Shu to unlock all the small monsters and then organize everything when she got home.
After all, there were still treasure chests, cards, a skill book, and the lucky wheel. Wang Jiu stuffed them all into her inventory.
She didn't even look at them. There was no time to study them anyway.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. A total of three water trucks were present, with two more having just arrived. One of them was parked and stationary, likely for the players who had been killing monsters to clean themselves up. Otherwise, who would dare to walk down this street?
They wouldn't even dare get in a car, afraid that once the doors closed, the smell would fester and suffocate them—think of a sealed car after someone farts.
It was too horrifying.
Almost everyone was washing under the spray of the water trucks. Many were sitting on the ground, taking off their shoes. They had no choice; some of the filth had sprayed onto their pants and seeped down their pant legs into their shoes. They hadn't noticed during the intense battle, but now that they were idle, their whole bodies felt uncomfortable.
Some even had it in their hair…
"It was all sucked away by that toilet plunger, but then!!" Everyone shot a hateful glare at Wang Jiu, only to realize that the woman had already gone to her car and driven it over.
With her car right there, they had no choice but to make way, all of them fuming. She was too damn domineering!
But they didn't dare resist.
However… Wang Jiu got out of the car, opened the trunk, and took out two large bottles of body wash and shampoo.
People with a medical background really were different.
"Want some?"
"Yes, yes, yes! We desperately need it!" Brother Li asked excitedly, only to see her hand a bottle of body wash to Xiao Qing.
Oh, she was asking her.
"Thank you." Xiao Qing had a cool demeanor, but she couldn't hide her relief at that moment. She smiled at Wang Jiu in thanks.
"One copper coin per use."
Xiao Qing: "…"
The crowd that had been eagerly gathering to squeeze out some body wash froze.
Even Xie Lu and Xie Jiang glanced over.
Was this woman the long-lost sister of some legendary skinflint?
Xiao Qing looked at her and replied, "Okay."
She knew it was a rip-off, but she couldn't refuse.
Wang Peng couldn't take it anymore. "Sister Wang, Sister Qing is someone you wanted to trick into going skiing in Switzerland. Do you really have to charge her a copper coin?"
"She's your beloved big sister, not my beloved little sister." Wang Jiu leaned against her water-rinsed car, arms crossed, a faint smile on her face. The words "beloved little sister" rolled off her tongue with a lazy, seductive tone.
Xiao Qing, who had just taken out a copper coin, froze. As Wang Jiu reached out to take it, she pulled her hand back.
Wang Jiu: "Hm?"
Xiao Qing smiled. "I don't mind if you call me that."
She was a businesswoman too. Unnecessary expenses should be avoided whenever possible.
Oho! Wang Jiu laughed and glanced at the sullen-faced Xiao Jue. "What about you? Beloved big brother?"
"Beloved big brother" sounded even more flirtatious than "beloved little sister."
"No need. I'll pay for hers. And you are not to call her that!" Xiao Jue said with a dark face, taking out two copper coins with a grand gesture. He was the first to grab the body wash, viciously squeezing out a huge glob and glaring at Wang Jiu as if to get his revenge.
"Forgot to mention, it's two copper coins for men. You still owe me one."
"…"
What the hell!
Xiao Jue clutched the body wash in his hand, feeling like it had lost its fragrance.
Xiao Li gave a wry smile. "Bro, how about you pay another 3 copper coins for me? I really don't have much money."
The dungeons in this crappy game were too stingy, dropping very little money. He had been through two dungeons and unlocked all the small monsters he had killed, and so far, he had only earned twenty copper coins.
It hurt, it really hurt!
They could have done without the body wash, but even after rinsing, the smell still clung to them. It was too disgusting.
They could have gone into a nearby building to wash, but… they couldn't bring themselves to do it.
Wang Jiu was exploiting their pride.
Brother Li and his group were less concerned with face. They decisively passed on Wang Jiu's money-making opportunity and ran off to a nearby shop.
Xiao Jue: "Get lost!!"
Wang Jiu ignored the crowd, simply telling Wang Peng to collect the fees for her and waiving his own. For the sake of two copper coins, Wang Peng forsook his loyalties and became an iron-fisted, merciless collector.
"She's really something, squeezing money out of a situation like this." Xie Jiang didn't lack a few copper coins. He took some and walked over to tease her, only to see her taking off her shirt, revealing the soaked black tank top underneath. She applied shampoo and casually washed her hair under the water truck's spray, then took off her shoes and rolled up her pant legs.
Her skin was a cool white, seeming to glow under the streams of water in the sunlight.
Several people stared, mesmerized.
After a quick rinse, she gathered her hair and tied it into a small ponytail. The tank top stretched upwards, revealing a sliver of a slender waist as soft as cool jade.
Xiao Jue gritted his teeth, wanting to go and stand behind her to block the view, but Wang Jiu was quick and efficient. It was only for a moment. She walked past Xiao Jue, bent down to pull a storage box from the trunk, and took out a clean shirt and a pair of slippers to change into.
She tossed her dirty clothes into a nearby trash can.
"Ah Shu, are you done?"
"Done, done."
With no more small monsters to bother him, Wang Shu unlocked the corpses quickly, placing a large pile of materials into the team inventory.
Wang Jiu threw him a set of men's clothes.
"Wash up and change before you get in the car. But they might be a little small for you."
"You got it!"
Wang Shu was delighted. Xiao Jue couldn't hold back any longer, but before he could ask, someone else did.
"You keep other men's clothes in your car?"
It was Yan Yanting.
He had also been following in his car earlier. Judging by the distance, he should have been caught in the first wave of the "celestial maiden scattering flowers," but for some reason, he had disappeared afterward.
Did he drive away?
"I told you, I have normal physiological needs," Wang Jiu replied casually, then observed Yan Yanting, her gaze sweeping over the scratches on his clothes.
"Looks like this area has more than one manure truck dungeon. Did you finish it?"
Yan Yanting actually regretted his question the moment he asked it. Seeing her nonchalant attitude, he could only change the subject. "Yes, but the rewards weren't as good as yours."
He had originally planned to stay and endure the stench to fight this invasion dungeon, but he had a shop nearby, and his staff called to inform him that a vortex had appeared.
So he had decisively turned his car around.
The result…
"Looks like you failed to kill the BOSS," Xiao Jue mocked without mercy.
The man's expression was ugly. He had specifically come back, clearly hoping to pick up some scraps if that dungeon failed.
He just didn't expect them to have finished already.
Yan Yanting denied Xiao Jue's guess. "No, we succeeded. But that person was too strong. He shot us all to death and took the BOSS for himself."
Because it was a Wilderness Unknown Dungeon, they only lost HP when killed, so they didn't die. It was just infuriating.
As a man with immense pride who had been in the upper echelons of society for years, he hadn't been humiliated like this in a long time, so he was in a very bad mood.
Everyone was shocked.
"Shot to death? Was that person an archer?" Wang Jiu suddenly asked.
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