Chapter 155: Chapter 155: Uncertain Item, Friend Notification
“Token of Pleasure?”
Since it was earned by pressuring the Slime, Lu Ce wasn’t too surprised to receive this extra reward.
The only issue was the description of this thing.
【Token of Pleasure, Type: Unknown.】
【Grade: Unknown.】
【Effect: Unknown.】
【Description: ???】
Lu Ce: ?
What the h*ll kind of explanation is that?!
Did the game system not know what to give him, so it just handed over some random junk?
This is targeted suppression, huh??
A bit speechless, he took it out and looked at it.
It was a gray diamond-shaped object, with two characters written on it—Pleasure.
“Why does this look like an item that hasn’t even been unlocked in the game yet......”
Lu Ce threw out a complaint but didn’t think too much of it. If it’s useless, so be it. Maybe it’ll come in handy the next time they meet.
He didn’t believe that Slime was truly dead after being shattered and sucked into the white hole—that thing was definitely abnormally hard to kill.
Leaving it alone, Lu Ce moved on to look at the other two new things he obtained.
Hourglass of Life, S-tier Sealed Artifact!
【S-201, Hourglass of Life.】
Besides Confessions of the Disillusioned, this was the second S-tier item he had gotten hold of.
【All things must come to an end, and I am the recorder.】
【Description: Drop a person’s blood on the top, and you can see their life’s flow.】
【Special Use: Discover it yourself. It definitely has one.】
【Warning: Karma is a cycle. Cause and effect reflect on each other. Use with caution. Do not casually drip your own blood on it. There’s no need to know when you’ll die.】
After reading it, Lu Ce had that old man on the subway staring at his phone expression.
“‘Discover it yourself. It definitely has a use.’”
What a magnificent description. It made Lu Ce want to throw the thing out.
And the other epic-tier weapon was even more ridiculous.
【Epic-tier Weapon, Dice of Fate (currently only points 1, 2, 3 unlocked).】
【Description: Possesses a powerful causal ability under certain conditions. Once a clear definition is made, a roll will adjust the result based on the number.】
【Additional Note: I know you probably didn’t get that. Just toss it for fun.】
【Additional Note 2: Once all points are unlocked, it can evolve into a legendary weapon.】
Lu Ce: ......
He was starting to understand—these two items were pure Ocean Casino-style.
In a regular game, items given out would be straightforward, with accurate descriptions.
But in different games, the rewards always seemed to carry their own game flavor.
Just like when he beat Tom in the prison and got Confessions of the Disillusioned.
The two high-tier items obtained this time were also full of the Ocean Casino’s “gambling” vibe.
Either unknown or highly uncertain—probably something that required some exploration.
But these kinds of uncertain items, when paired with many of Lu Ce’s masks, actually felt more compatible.
His body was almost fully repaired. Lu Ce stopped looking at the rewards and instead scanned the Settlement screen.
His gaze landed on the number of participants.
A thought popped into his head—his memory was decent, and he was pretty sensitive to numbers.
It was very clear—this round had way fewer participants than the last one.
Almost a fifth less!
But as far as common knowledge went, the number of Chosen Players was steadily increasing.
Except for the Hell Mode Games, which had extremely high death rates, other relatively normal games shouldn’t have caused such a large drop in numbers.
In other words, more and more people were qualified to become players, but fewer and fewer wanted to.
Everyone was afraid—
either early players had decided to take their winnings and stop while ahead...
Lu Ce wasn’t sure if he had anything to do with it.
After all, he’d always attracted attention, and the nature of his games... probably scared most people off just by watching.
It wasn’t so bad before, but now with the Leaderboard, he was likely going to scare off countless others.
But...
He couldn’t help but recall that planet-sized, terrifying skeleton.
“This game... probably doesn’t let you stay out of it just because you’re afraid.”
Just as he was thinking that, a ding rang in his mind—
the game had sent a new notification.
【Friend request detected. Someone has played with you multiple times. Recommendation: add this player.】
“Huh?”
As World Number One, Lu Ce knew plenty of useless people harassed him daily.
So that so-called friend system, he had always ignored—never even checked if anyone tried adding him.
But now, the game system had actually taken the initiative.
He opened the friends page, selected “delete all,” and two different names remained.
Xie Antong and Jiu Tian—
because they had already met twice in-game, the game had specially marked their requests in red.
【We recommend using the friend feature to explore more future fun in the game!】
The in-game reminders were definitely diligent—Lu Ce tried to ignore it, but it kept repeating.
After thinking about it briefly, he figured, it’s just in-game communication—like doing beginner quests—
so he accepted both requests.
On the other side of Huaguo, Jiu Tian, who was busy combing through intelligence, suddenly received an in-game notification.
【Your friend request has been accepted.】
Jiu Tian froze. He turned his head and saw—
“Sin” had accepted him!
！！
After a brief moment of shock, Jiu Tian was ecstatic—
“Sin” actually added me as a friend!
You have to understand, his request had been sent ages ago.
He didn’t even hold out much hope.
And now—success!
Was this finally acknowledgment from the official team?
Or maybe he was planning to join them?
Or perhaps there was some kind of cooperation in the works?
In his wild joy, he restrained himself and sent a simple message.
“Hello.”
Lu Ce left it on read.
......
As for the other side, Xie Antong got the notification but had absolutely no reaction.
Or rather—
she was reacting to something else entirely......
“What is it... that we live for......”