Chapter 16

Chapter 16 – The PTW Shop

11 PM, the first day of January .

The day ended in an anti-dramatic manner . Tong and Hua s.h.i.+ agreed to form an alliance, with Hua s.h.i.+ staying in Zhang's resident under the guise of Tong's fiancé as they were still too young to get married .

In turns, Hua s.h.i.+ had to provide medical aids and use her skill if Tong requested her in the future .

Secondly, she had to help him dealing with his soap business, accounting, stocking and warehousing . She also had to write down all her medical knowledge she got from the skill and Hua Tuo's teaching so Tong could pa.s.s it to his men in the future .

However, once the Yellow Turban Uprising started, she had the right to divorce Tong and leave him if she was confident enough to survive this era alone . Or she could remain on board on this "pirate s.h.i.+p" and challenge the course of the history together .

Lastly, Hua s.h.i.+ made an odd request . She asked for a few drops of Tong's blood once a week so she could make a sauce for her food . Her face when she made the request was perverted and unsightly, which caused Tong to have black lines on his face .

Hua Tuo and his wife left Zhang family in merry mood . He succeeded getting rid of the troublesome daughter and got more soaps as a wedding gifts in advance . They promised to come back to attend their daughter's wedding when both Tong and Hua s.h.i.+'s became an adult .

Zhang Jiao profited a bit from this engagement . He would receive treatment from Hua s.h.i.+ until he was cured from stomach ulcer . And he also got his hands on Hua Tuo's medical journal notes which would expand his medical knowledge further .

In the end, the entire farce concluded into a win-win deal to everybody . So everyone walked away in merrily mood .

In contrast of the joyous mood of everyone, Tong cooped in his room with his solemn face, waiting for the mission timer to be officially over .

The main reason Tong stayed up late today was that Tong looked forward for the result of his performance in this mission . The mysterious prize that the system mentioned made him curious .

There were just a hundred of otherworlders here in this world . What was the chance that several reincarnators could gather in a single small town or a village? One in a thousand? One in a million? n.o.body knew .

However, this unusual odd happened in this village . Seven otherworlders gathered here, crashed into each other, and two made it out alive .

Tong believed that this incident should only happen in this place but not anywhere else . Therefore, he had confident that the three kills he had gotten should score him the reward .

…

Tong played around with the HUD map for killing times . He tried to zoom out and check other area outside of his village . But the map only showed the areas within the range of one kilometers . The further beyond the distance was all clouded by fog .

He was disappointed . Tong wanted to scout the entire map of china to see where the other reincarnators were .

[*Ding* *Ding* The time limit for the mission is now over! *Ding* *Ding*]

The system obnoxious voice rang inside of Tong's head without warning, causing him to feel dizzy .

[Ladies and gentlemen, we shall now punish those that didn't meet the quota for today . ]

[…]

[And it's done!]

[Congratulations to everyone that is still breathing . Did you have fun? Yes?]

'Fun? I got an arrow in the knee, you son of a …' Tong cursed in his mind .

[I knew all of you had fun . I, too, had so much fun watching you idiots running around like a goldfish in heat dancing around in the boiling water . ]

[One of you even got an arrow in the knee! MUAHAHAHA!]

[Oh, excuse me . The arrow in the knee meme gets me every times . ]

"…"

Tong rolled his eyes . He had enough of this trolling system . He laid on the bed and was about to go to sleep .

[Okay! Time for the reward distribution!]

[Everyone that is still alive shall get 10,000 years of lifespan . ]

[And the extra reward today shall be …]

[A permanent upgradable level one radar map! Given to the arrow in the knee dude!]

[He had the best performance today . He got three kills in the bag while the rest of you suckers got only one or two . ]

[Now, be jealous and clap your sorry b.u.t.t to the winner! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee . ]

[*Claps* *Claps* Claps*]

"I really win!?"

Tong sprang up on the bed, checking his status menu . The HUD map had changed . It became more detailed than before .

In the previous version, his map showed color dots and rough geography . But it did not contain any readable detail that could pinpoint what was in the map .

However, this version had more information . Each dot on the map now had a name and each building also had detail and description on it .

Although the new map had the same range as the former, Tong was still delighted . He had a dream if he had this kind of map, he could use this as scouter in a war or a battlefield and utilize many tactics or maneuvers faster than using relay information from human scouts . Now his dream had come true . Tong felt more hopeful in the future war .

[Ow! Oi-yoi-yoi! I've almost forgotten a very important info . Don't go to sleep yet . ]

"Huh?"

[I've told all of you before that the tutorials are no more and the next thing will be the real deal, right?]

[I meant exactly what I said . ]

[From today onward, your life will be more intense!]

[Instead of living day by day with your boring slow life, you will voluntarily ask me for more missions!]

"Horses.h.i.+t . Why should I?"

Tong was confused . The past missions were comparable to endless nightmare . Why should he volunteer to take on those ridiculous quests?

[As of today, a new feature will be added to y'all … it's the . . . PAY TO WIN SHOP!!]

[Welp, it's PTW Shop for short … Heheheh!]

" . . . "

A menu popped up in front of Tong without him doing anything . There was a long list of items, materials, medicines, weapons and armors, with a price tagged on each of the goods .

[Before any single of you got over-excited and buy anything, you should check the price tag carefully . ]

[We don't accept gold or cash here . We only accept LIFE!]

[In other words, the shop only accepts your lifespan . ]

A bad feeling crept through Tong's mind . The shop would sell items and took back lifespans as a price . But how would someone get the lifespans to trade with this shop? Completed the mission!

"Oh G.o.d, no …"

[We have pretty much all items you can find in the 21st century or all the way back to Stone Age . ]

[But … If we let you buy whatever you want then it will be unfair to the local natives in this world . ]

[So we're going to nerf you a bit . ]

[This shop will only sell you one item per one shopping ticket you have, starting from today . ]

[That means if you want to buy more items, you will need to complete more missions!]

Tong skimmed through the item listing . Everything was too tempting . It sold everything even a freaking battles.h.i.+p, with a whooping price of 100,000,000 years of lifespan .

The weapon and armor section had various kinds of items made by different materials, such as steel sword, guns and ammunition, Kevlar Vest, carbon fiber full plate armor and etc .

Seeing so many thing that could give him an edge in this era, it would be a lie if Tong said he wouldn't be tempted . However, there was a dilemma that all otherworlders, including Tong, needed to face .

If someone wanted to get ahead of the other reincarnators, he could buy a single item and be invincible in this era . But he would need to risk his life completing at least one mission or more to collect enough lifespan and obtaining the right to use the shop .

If a player chose not to struggle and not buying anything so he could live in peace . In the future he would fall behind and might risk getting himself killed by otherworlders or the future forced missions screwed him up .

A chill ran down Tong's spine . This was the multi-layer-trap system! This vicious honey-trap was definitely designed to kill everyone using the greed and fear of the otherworlders .

Tong held his head with both of his hands in disbelieved . The "Mission Rush" was indeed as terrifying as Friday and Medusa had told him . Even after the rules was changed, the degree of difficulty wasn't lowered a slightest bit, but even more difficult .

[Oh, by the way, you can buy the skills that the dead players had created too . ]

[But it's going to be a limited merchandise . ]

[So … first come first serve! Only the decisive pay-to-win players can grab it . ]

In panic, Tong switched the shop tab from weapon and armor into skill tab, only to see several skills listed as 'SOLD OUT' . He checked this page too late .

Tong hurriedly scrolled down the listing menu without stopping, then he finally saw a few skills that hadn't been sold yet .

He skimmed through the remaining list and stopped his eyes on one of the skill .

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{Firearms Creation LV . 1} – price 10,000 years of Lifespan

- Create any firearm or bullet of your choice .

- Currently only handguns and handgun bullets can be created

Skill Cost:

1 year of the host lifespan per a handgun bullet

50 years of the host lifespan per a new handgun of your choice

Skill Restriction: Can only create one gun a day or one bullet a day . Skill resets at midnight .

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