Doomsday Roulette

The people outside had known for a long time that Ye Zhongming would go in, after all, the items inside were all there, and just taking a look around would take a long time. Not to mention choosing items worth hundreds of thousands of points.

However, contrary to everyone's expectations, the time passed slowly… it was a bit nerve-wracking!

Had he already finished selecting rewards worth a million points? Had he fallen asleep inside?

Someone looked at the still shop entrance, malicious thoughts crossing their mind.

But Zizikaba and those responsible for the novice battlefield stood guard, and no one dared to rush in. However, many were pressuring them, hoping they could go in and urge Ye Zhongming.

But Zizikaba coldly replied, “There’s no regulation on how long he can take to choose the items.”

“Are we supposed to wait outside for a whole cosmic year just because he’s inside?”

One person shouted in dissatisfaction.

Zizikaba glanced at him, “You can always go back to your clan and wait.”

The person turned around in anger, not that he was really leaving, but he went aside, unable to reason with Zizikaba.

Time slowly passed, and there was still no movement inside.

This was not something Ye Zhongming was doing on purpose; rather, he had encountered an unexpected situation by chance.

Originally, upon entering the store, he first took a look around to familiarize himself with the available items. After that, he started selecting the small portion of items required for his points as per Cheng Liujin’s request.

Just as he was about to finish picking out the rewards that didn’t belong to him, the King of Cloud Summit discovered something.

It was an inconspicuous ‘Four Pearl Bracelet’ adorned with four gemstones. Ye Zhongming didn’t recognize what kind of gems they were, but he felt they weren’t anything special.

He had already written the names on a piece of paper, and it was purely by chance that he touched this item, which only had over three thousand points. But upon touching it, an unusual feeling surged through him.

Ye Zhongming thought for a moment; this didn’t seem like a dangerous feeling, but he couldn’t quite figure out what it was at the moment.

He moved to the side and sat down, carefully holding the Four Pearl Bracelet, examining it closely to figure out the source of that strange feeling.

After looking for a long time, he still couldn’t find any issues with this exquisitely crafted bracelet.

The feeling was unmistakable, yet he couldn’t pinpoint the reason, which made Ye Zhongming a bit anxious. He subconsciously wanted to take off the Bronze Mask he had been wearing since he entered.

This feeling… Ye Zhongming’s eyes widened suddenly.

Touch sensation!

Yes, the feeling on his thumb while holding the mask was the same as when he held the Four Pearl Bracelet!

What was going on?

Ye Zhongming quickly took off the mask with one hand and held the bracelet with the other, comparing them.

It took a full ten minutes before Ye Zhongming finally figured out what was happening.

Both items had played a ‘little joke’ on him.

Firstly, he confirmed that the unusual feeling came from the similarity in the texture of the materials of both items.

He referred to it as a little joke because the gemstones of the Four Pearl Bracelet were embedded in a metallic material. Ye Zhongming would never have thought that this metal was the same as the material used to make the Bronze Mask, as the colors were completely different.

However, upon closer inspection and pondering, he discovered that the metal used for the Four Pearl Bracelet had been dyed and was intricately engraved with various patterns, which initially made him believe that it was just that base color.

The other little joke was that the Bronze Mask had different metals on the inside and outside!

To the naked eye, it was nearly impossible to distinguish the differences. Even if someone else had grasped the origin of the peculiar feeling, they wouldn’t be able to ascertain anything.