Navigator: I have a double six-story house

Under the expectant gazes of her teammates, Su Qing opened the box.

The box was lined with black velvet, and a ring lay quietly in the recessed center.

The ring setting features two intertwined snakes, lifelike in appearance, while the ring face is a small, deep red gemstone that refracts beautiful light from different angles under the lamplight.

Wang Yao gasped.

"Holy crap, high-end jewelry?"

He leaned closer to the table, his eyes wide. "The workmanship, the presentation—it's at least a B-grade, isn't it?"

Selena leaned over as well, "It's really exquisite; it's not simple just by looking at it."

Before she could finish speaking, Su Qing had already picked up the ring.

The moment the attribute panel popped up, the three people had different expressions.

[Grade C Accessory: Gambler's Blessing]

Type: Ring

[Effect: Once per day, the wearer can change the result of the score once in any card or board game activity, including but not limited to: poker, mahjong, roulette, dice...]

[Equipment Description: True gamblers never believe in luck.]

Wang Yao: "..."

His expression was like that of a child unwrapping a birthday present, tearing open the beautiful wrapping paper to find a pair of socks inside.

"this one?"

"Grade C?"

Wang Yao pointed at the box, then at the ring, gesturing back and forth several times.

"The craftsmanship of this box is even superior to that of the ring!"

"Did you put the wrong thing in this box?"

He crouched down, picked up the box, and examined it repeatedly, trying to find some hidden compartment or mechanism at the bottom.

"A hellish difficulty dungeon! Fighting to the death, and the final reward is just gambling?" Wang Yao slammed the box face down on the table, looking utterly heartbroken. "I might as well have gotten a shield."

Selena wasn't as excited as Wang Yao.

She took the ring from Su Qing and examined it for a while, her fingers gently stroking the ring setting.

"Senior, you only saw the words 'C-level'."

Selena put the ring back on the table and tapped the effect description on the attribute panel.

"Do you know what 'changing the point result' means?"

"That means you won't lose money gambling," Wang Yao continued, "but the problem is we don't run a casino."

"This isn't just any ordinary stat-boosting equipment," Selena shook her head. "This is rule-based equipment."

"What do you mean?"

"Most equipment effects enhance the wearer's own attributes. For example, your iron shield increases defense, and the captain's musket increases attack power. These all affect the 'person'."

Selena slowed down her speech, as if she were explaining key points to students in class.

"But rule-based equipment is different; it doesn't work on people, it works on the 'rules' themselves."

"It directly modifies the result of an event. No matter who the wearer is or how strong the opponent is, as long as the event involves point-based judgment, the result can be rewritten."

Wang Yao frowned and digested the information for a few seconds.

"So you mean, this thing looks weak, but it's actually quite powerful?"

"What I mean is, this kind of equipment is extremely rare." Selena paused for a moment. "Even regular equipment is rarely seen in the auction house because it doesn't follow the normal drop logic. I even suspect that its rating standards are not in the same system as ordinary equipment at all."

Wang Yao was skeptical. "Then why only a C grade?"

"Perhaps it's because it has a limited number of uses, only once a day. Or perhaps the rating system itself cannot accurately measure the value of this type of equipment."

Selena looked at Su Qing, "Captain, what do you think?"

Su Qing did not answer immediately.

He picked up the ring on the table and looked at the line of text on the attribute panel.

"Including but not limited to: playing cards, mahjong tiles, roulette wheels, dice..."

dice.

The image of the Shuangliu House immediately appeared in Su Qing's mind.

The room he temporarily left in the lower deck of the Sunny, the game map covered with squares, the die that decided everything.

How many steps you take depends entirely on the dice roll; which square you land on and what reward you receive are all random.

The reason he had reservations about Sogokuya was because the output there was entirely dependent on luck.

The B-grade shield is indeed marked on a certain square, but once the dice are rolled, you can only move as far as you want; you might move three steps or six, which is no different from gambling.

But now...

If the gambler's blessing can affect the dice of the Sugoroku house.

If he can change the number on the dice once a day, it's equivalent to being able to move as many steps as he wants every day.

It's like taking whatever you want once a day.

Su Qing's breathing remained unchanged, her expression remained unchanged, and her hand movements remained unchanged.

But his heart rate was two beats faster than usual.

He put the ring on the ring finger of his right hand.

The ruby ​​felt warmer against my knuckles than I had imagined.

The double snake ring tightened and automatically adjusted to fit his finger perfectly.

"Captain?" Selena noticed Su Qing's movements.

Su Qing pushed the empty wooden box in front of Wang Yao.

"The box is for you."

"What do I need the box for?" Wang Yao picked up the box, but then casually stuffed it into his pocket.

Su Qing stood up and carefully sorted and put away the silver coins, dungeon medals, skill orbs, and building blueprints on the table.

The movements were quick and clean, showing no sign of anything amiss.

"The rewards have all been distributed."

He glanced at the two of them and made arrangements.

"Wang Yao, go keep watch at Crow's Nest. We rested all night, and the sea conditions around us are unclear. Go and patrol the area."

"Selena, everyone hasn't eaten yet."

Wang Yao patted his stomach and stood up. "Yeah, I'm starving."

He grabbed the broken iron shield from the corner, slung it over his shoulder, and pushed open the captain's cabin door to walk onto the deck.

As she left, she turned back and called out, "Miss Selena, make extra lunch; she needs to eat something after a fight!"

Selena lifted her skirt and stood up. "Captain, I'll put your portion in the kitchen."

She took a few steps toward the door, then suddenly stopped.

"Captain, what about you?"

"I?"

Su Qing had already sat back down in her chair, her fingers unconsciously twirling the ring on her ring finger.

"I'm going to take care of something else."

Selena looked into his eyes, which were unusually calm.

Her intuition told her that something was hidden beneath the captain's calm demeanor.

But she didn't ask any further questions.

"Then I'll go first."

The door closed, and the captain's cabin fell silent, save for the creaking of the wooden hull as it rocked gently with the waves.

Su Qing sat in the chair, the deep red gem on her right ring finger reflecting the sunlight streaming in through the porthole.

He looked down at the ring, a very faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

Then he stood up, left the captain's cabin, and headed towards the door leading to the ship's cabin.

There was a room he hadn't been to in a long time waiting for him.

Meanwhile, a dark, two-masted sailing ship was cutting through the waves and intruding into the Sunny's course.