Ita Era

Chapter 115 Unsealing Card

Let's analyze this seriously. Pinhole imaging sounds the most technologically advanced, so we'll rule that out. Reflections in water are refraction, right? Refraction, right? Refraction, right? Mirages are also refraction, aren't they? Rainbows after rain also seem to be refraction, right?
Ding Shi picked up his pen, made a firm decision, and wrote B. He had given this answer his wholeheartedly. Eliminating all the impossibilities, the remaining one, however impossible, must be the truth. There was another reason: Ding Shi knew what the other three were, but he didn't know what pinhole imaging was.

The answer is correct.

Damn system, no matter how much you wreak havoc, I'm the chosen one! Five physics questions, and I answered them all correctly—and they were middle school level questions! Such an astonishing, awe-inspiring feat—what else could I be but the chosen one?
A green light flew towards Ding Shi, and the ghost realm began to crumble. Ding Shi gained 70 points of Yin Virtue and a golden scratch card. He glanced at the time; it was already past midnight. His luck for the day was 9.

Ding Shi deftly scratched off the first golden scratch card, revealing two choices. First choice: Luck Bonus. Discard this scratch card to improve the quality of the prize on the second golden scratch card. Second choice: Get the reward.

I would definitely choose option 1.

Ding Shi scratched the gold scratch card he had received yesterday and the same two options appeared.

I lost it!

Ding thought for one second and clicked "Claim Reward." Two more options appeared. Option 1: 80% chance of winning a higher-level prize, 20% chance of losing the prize and receiving a consolation prize. Option 2: Receive the reward normally.

The dog system is clever.

As mentioned earlier, Ding Shi, a con artist, abhors gambling. However, this isn't gambling; it's investment, and investment carries risk. A 20% failure rate crossed Ding Shi's bottom line. If it were 10%, Ding Shi would choose option one without hesitation. If it were 30%, Ding Shi would choose option two without hesitation.

What's most infuriating is that the system is very good at understanding human psychology and introduced a consolation prize, which is clearly an attempt to lure Ding Shi into taking a gamble.

While Ding Shi hesitated, the dog system quietly revealed the possible rewards for choosing option one: increasing skill or item slots, obtaining a Truth Card, crafting top-tier weapons or equipment for free, a one-time dungeon invincibility escape card, and so on.

Ding Shi had a premonition that his chances of winning were close to zero, because the system kept tempting him to gamble. But the 20% failure rate, coupled with the consolation prize, kept nagging at his conscience. "Take a gamble, and you might win big." Ding Shi knew himself well; if he didn't even dare to gamble with an 80% chance of winning, he would often think back to his cowardly self. Especially when facing despair and at his lowest point, he would hate his choice and imagine: "What if I had gambled that day…"

Ding clicked on option one, taking a gamble.

The golden scratch card disappears as it spins, revealing a spinning wheel in front of you, with 20% black and 80% red. Click to spin; the wheel spins from slow to fast, then back to slow, and finally stops.

Ding Shi stared at the spinning wheel for a long while before finally understanding the meaning of the saying: "A woman's intuition is very accurate." Translation: "A man's intuition is very inaccurate."

He actually won! It's normal to have an 80% chance of winning, but Ding Shi felt like he'd won the lottery.

Choose one of the four.

Truth Card, Unsealing Card, Item Slot Plus 1 Card, and Body Optimization Card.

The other three are easy to understand. Ding Shi read the unsealing card's description: it can remove seals and other status effects from items, and it's a one-time use item. The most impressive thing is that there are no level restrictions on the items that can be unsealed. Even restrictions imposed by gods and demons can be removed in one go. Not only can it remove seals, but it will also completely remove any negative status effects such as curses, bindings, and backlashes.

This card reminded Ding Shi of the Book Without Words, which has dutifully remained wordless to this day. No matter how much water, fire, smoke, prayers, threats, or intimidation it has endured, the Book Without Words remains unmoved.

Ding Shi didn't know what the problem was. Perhaps the wordless book wasn't sealed, and he couldn't see it because his education level was insufficient—he needed a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree. Perhaps it could only be used by women, perhaps it required a certain level of moral character, or perhaps he had to sleep with it...

If the unlocking card could unlock the wordless book, Ding Shi would choose it without hesitation. The problem is, Ding Shi can't trust his intuition at this moment, so even though he's known for his decisiveness, he didn't make a decision immediately.

I really want to transform into the handsome guy, wanting them all, and not only wanting them, but also making them fight each other, forcing myself to have them.

There's no rush to get the truth card; I have plenty of them myself.

Having an extra item slot is absolutely fantastic; it allows you to bring more items into dungeons. The Stone Age, the Dinosaur Age, the Feudal Age—they're all paper tigers in front of the Gatling gun.

The Body Optimization Card is highly praised by all who have used it.

Actually, Ding Shi was only wavering between the Body Optimization Card and the Unsealing Card. In the end, he still grabbed the Unsealing Card, since he'd never used it before. A wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a stolen one, and a stolen one is not as good as one you can't have…

Ding Shi currently has the following items: Unsealing Card, Fusion Card, Dugu Nine Swords, and Wildcat Crossbow, all four slots are full.

Outside the school, Ding Shi used the gauze he carried with him to bandage Tie Zhenzhen's wound and asked with concern, "Does it still hurt?"

Tie Zhenzhen shook her head. Her mind wasn't very sharp to begin with, and now it was even worse.

Ding Shi asked, "Who did it?"

Tie Zhenzhen still shook her head.

Ding Shi was pleased with this and, without hesitation, framed the culprit, saying, "It should be Sha Bi; he's inside."

Tie Zhenzhen shook her head again. She didn't know. She hadn't seen anyone. She was more inclined to believe that it was the work of an evil spirit.

A short while later, the ambulance arrived. Hospitals are particularly magical in dungeons; not only can they treat all sorts of illnesses, but patients also recover incredibly quickly. It's likely that Ita was thinking: since I didn't kill him, I'll heal him quickly before trying to kill myself again.

……

At 8:00 AM on the seventh day, the police chief called to say that the police station's troubles had been resolved and that Ding Shi could return to work. The subtext: the police station's demonic domain had been destroyed.

It seems there are quite a few capable people here. The fact that someone else managed to resolve a ghost realm that even I dared not touch at least shows that their strength is no less than mine. Now only the pharmaceutical factory's ghost realm remains. Ding Shi has no interest in this; he's currently assisting another plainclothes officer in solving a case.

Through their investigation, they identified the current leader of the Satanic cult and are now searching for a woman named Tian Erniang.

After a full day of investigation, 12 police officers surrounded a villa near Liu Decai's villa. All 12 officers on duty today were equipped with handguns, and a fierce gunfight ensued as soon as the arrest began.

The gunfight lasted for three hours, during which the police station delivered bullets once. Relying on their resource advantage, the police finally reached Tian Erniang.

When Ding Shi handcuffed Tian Erniang, the system immediately gave him 500 points. With this scourge eliminated, Ham Town could restore peace and tranquility.

Ding Shi and the police officers searched Tian Erniang's villa overnight. Ding Shi retrieved half a human copy card from the safe: Tiny Era. For a moment, Ding Shi was confused. What did that mean? Primitive Era, Primitive Tiny Era? What's the difference? Is there also a Primitive Great Era?

Ding Shi finished get off work at six o'clock on the morning of the eighth day when the phone rang on the street. It turned out that it was Death inviting him to breakfast.

As an immature ghost king, Death is now using the body of the most beautiful woman in Ham Town. Two glasses of milk, a plate of fried eggs, and a plate of fried bacon.

Death didn't waste any time and quickly got to the point: "Interested in becoming my apprentice?"

Ding Shi retorted, "Isn't Duan Pi your apprentice?"

Death said, "He is an apprentice in the business. By apprentice, I mean a student, a student."

The Grim Reaper further explained, "Each Demon King can choose one student." Ding Shi asked, "What benefits would I get?"

Death said, "At least there's no harm in it."

Ding Shi thought for a moment and said, "I refuse."

Death said, "The Ghost King's apprentice may become the Ghost King in the future."

Ding Shi replied, "Not interested."

Death spoke for a while longer, but seeing that Ding Shi was unmoved, he left with a snort: "We will meet again."

"Goodbye." Ding Shi picked up a newspaper and enjoyed his breakfast.

Five players died yesterday, and it's estimated that around 20 players are currently alive. The police strike has ended, the slaughterhouse cleanup is complete, the amusement park renovations are finished, and Ham Middle School's holiday is over. To Ding Shi's surprise, the newspaper reported that the pharmaceutical factory's counterfeit drug scandal has also been resolved and it will resume operations.

After all seven inverted crosses were cleared, Ding Shi was very curious about who had cleared the inverted crosses from the pharmaceutical factory and the police station.

As breakfast ended, the system began its evaluation. Ding Shi's work score was satisfactory, and the instance ended.

Those who don't have enough points can only continue to struggle in the dungeon.

……

Congratulations on clearing the Death God dungeon! Your overall rating for this dungeon is S+. The following are the rewards for clearing the dungeon.

One Golden Teleportation Ticket, 1000 Ita Knives, and 5 Friend Cards.

One purple building scratch card, one gold scratch card, one whole house upgrade card, and one facility upgrade card.

Important Reward: One Human Dungeon Scratch Card.

"Dog Candy, why is this garbage the only thing in Hell S+?" Ding Shi roared angrily.

Ignoring the childish barking, Xiaotangtang projected a message from 200 meters away in front of Ding Shi: "The auction is the biggest reward."

Ha! The lottery results are in.

Purple building scratch card: Miniature nuclear power plant, providing electricity for the entire island, absolutely safe. Translation: Electricity will be free in the future. As for where the nuclear power plant is? They already said it's miniature, they just don't want you to know where it is.

Golden Scratch Card: Queen of Hearts (Common Card)

Full Upgrade Card: A complete upgrade to the accommodation, equipped with various modern facilities.

Ding Shi used the facility upgrade card to upgrade the martial arts school. After the upgrade, a robot lady would provide free jujitsu training in the school.

The key is the Human Dungeon Scratch Card. Human Dungeons not only have both team and individual completion rewards, but also offer many opportunities within the dungeons. Furthermore, there's no need to filter teammates, allowing you to start with a relatively united and cohesive team.

Ding Shi obtained two second-half human dungeon cards in the Death God dungeon: Era and Tiny Era. Since it concerned the collective interest, Ding Shi didn't even bother with the handwashing procedure, scratching them off without batting an eye. It turned out to be the first-half human dungeon card: Feudalism.

Feudal era, feudal microcosm.

The system prompts that using a Fusion Card can merge Feudalism, the Era, and the Little Era to obtain a complete card. This card can unlock the corresponding dungeon.

System Explanation: An Era is a single instance where many tribes participate. A Small Era is an instance where only one tribe participates. As the initiator of an Era, the initiating tribe has certain priority selection rights.

Ding Shi snapped his fingers: "Xiao Ji, make tea and serve the boxed lunches."

The little robot assistant swipes a card, buys a boxed meal, delivers it to the door, and then brews a cup of bagged black tea and places it in front of Ding Shi.

Seeing Xiaoji's thoughtfulness, Ding Shi felt conflicted. He reached out and patted Xiaoji's shoulder, asking with a guilty expression, "You know?"

The small machine replied, "Okay, I'll rename it 711 next."

Ding Shi nodded: "Don't blame me, he gave me too much. Go and get busy."

711-Eleven returned the favor and went off to mow the lawn.

A note was pasted on the stone table where Ding Shi was eating and enjoying the sea view. It was a message from Chu Yu, saying that she would come to visit Ding Shi after the dungeon ended. At this moment, Yu Yuan came out of the teleportation array as a friend. Ding Shi gestured for him to sit down, handed Yu Yuan Chu Yu's message, and said, "This is the girl with the city lord card."

After saying that, Ding Shi took out the Fusion Card, the Era Card, the Mini-Era Card, and the Feudal Card. After a brief explanation, he said, "The Feudal Era has a 72-hour cooldown, which is also the time to notify other tribes. You can put it away." He felt no sense of accomplishment in helping the group earn resources.

Yu Yuan said, "I have a list here for you to take a look at."

Ding Shi took the list and saw that it contained more than forty items: tents, entrenching tools, walkie-talkies, drones, crossbows, laptops, megaphones...

Ding asked, "What about the funds?"

Yu Yuan said, "Go first and list the unit prices. I'll personally fund the purchase of some items. For the next human instance, I'll communicate with all tribe members and each contribute a portion of their funds as tribe funds. How many people can come to your island?"

"Su Su, Hong Yi, Chu Yu, and you, that's four people." Ding Shi snapped his fingers: "711, help me take the friend card out of the storage box."

The property is privately owned, and access requires system-verified identification. Relationships such as father and daughter or husband and wife require the owner's permission for temporary entry and exit.

Besides its enormous capacity, the storage box has another unique feature: a time limit. You can put a half-eaten lunchbox in the storage box and take it out after the dungeon ends, and it will still be piping hot.

Ding Shi gave all six of his friend cards to Yu Yuan: "You can use them to distribute." These are Ding Shi's friend cards; whoever receives a friend card will become Ding Shi's friend. Ding Shi can also add people he doesn't like to his blacklist.

Ding Shi could tell that Yu Yuan was a guild leader in a low-brow online game and a tycoon in a mobile game. His interest wasn't in the game itself, but in forming cliques, seizing territory, and raising his banner. Ding Shi's interest, on the other hand, was purely for the sake of playing. From Ding Shi's perspective, every day he was living off his own hard-earned money. Therefore, although Ding Shi cursed the damn system, he still held a favorable impression of his reborn parents, the Ita World.

Contrary to Ding Shi's attitude, many people deeply resented the Ita World. They had originally lived a life of luxury with unlimited potential, but because of the Ita World's intrusion, they were reduced to dust.

Based on the fragments of truth obtained so far, Ding Shi concludes that the world of Ita holds benevolent intentions towards humanity.

(End of this chapter)