Their commission was suspicious.

"Slap!" The squad leader slapped him on the back of the head.

"Those three Healing Cocoons in your hand are worth far more than 40 mid-grade spirit stones, you idiot. Snatching is nowhere near as fast as healing for spirit stones," the squad leader said, exasperated.

“We agree,” the squad leader said directly.

The average price of the items in the newbie gift pack is 10 mid-grade spirit stones, which is equivalent to 1000 low-grade spirit stones. The premium of 10 mid-grade spirit stones is acceptable.

One hand pays the money, the other hand receives a question mark.

The 12 question marks were fully utilized.

Chen Luo and his friends made a profit from the ticket price.

[Ding! Mission complete]

Add 150 raw stones.

Although Yun Lian'er and the others didn't understand why Chen Luo would sell the remaining three question marks to other people, Yun Lian'er respected Chen Luo's choice.

After all, it was Chen Luo's insistence on choosing the initial spawn point that earned them the newbie gift pack.

"Oh no, boss, I can't find the kettle. Could someone have taken it?"

"How could that be? Look again carefully. There are so many pages, look at them one by one. The newbie gift pack is already rare enough, who in their right mind would choose something that looks like a kettle?" the team leader criticized.

"But boss, there really isn't any."

"...It seems there really isn't one." The squad leader was also somewhat puzzled.

"Are you looking for this?" Chen Luo took out the blue thermos he had just put into his backpack.

"Boss, someone has taken a screenshot of our mission items and posted them first!"

"Keep your voice down, I saw you, you idiot. Are you trying to make everyone in the entire Abyss Passage hear that you've accepted a hidden quest?" the squad leader said, exasperated.

"Oh, I heard you. You accepted a hidden quest... and the quest item just happens to be in my hands." Chen Luo tossed the kettle in his hand.

"Um, Mr. Traveler, could we make another deal? To be honest, the reward for this hidden quest isn't much; we just want to repay that NPC for saving our lives. This kettle really isn't some kind of magical item," the team leader asked somewhat embarrassedly.

“Senior, what they said is true.” Liu Huaixi read out the result of her talent’s judgment.

After nodding, Chen Luo looked back at the squad leader and then stared at the few lines of text above his head.

"We really weren't lying, so could you sell us the kettle?" the squad leader said earnestly.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

"Yes, but no."

"Um???"

"Here you go." Chen Luo tossed the kettle to the squad leader.

"Oh, you gave it to us already? Thank you so much!" The squad leader was overjoyed.

[Ding! Mission complete]

"Then we'll be going." The squad leader wanted to return to the Blank Hall through the virtual portal at the initial spawn point, and then use the teleportation array to go to another place.

"Wait."

"Ok?"

"Xiao Yuan, take the kettle back for me." Chen Luo waved his hand casually.

"Alright, cousin." Su Yuan clenched her fist, and a sharp blade radiating a chilling aura suddenly pierced the foot of the squad leader.

"???" The squad leader was completely dumbfounded.

In just 5 seconds, the squad leader's CPU almost burned out.

What happened?

Although they didn't know what had happened, the squad leader obediently returned the blue thermos.

拜托，那个隐藏任务真的没什么油水，而面前的可是1、2、3、4、5……5个S级天赋者啊。

Chen Luo's new talent allows him to foresee potential commissions he might receive.

On one hand, there was the 1000 raw stones commission that might be available through this kettle, and on the other hand, there was the two-star commission from the team leader. Chen Luo was caught in a dilemma for a second.

Why don't you take it all? That's way faster than robbing a bank.

This was Tianfu's idea; it had nothing to do with Chen Luoke.

"Oh yes, yes, it's all my fault, just shift the blame onto me."

Isn't this what the humanization plugin for talent is meant to do?

If you can't take the blame, then the user-friendly plugins are meaningless.

In the abyss passage, especially in places like this where it's a teleportation point but not a safe spot, it's always a case of whoever has the bigger fist.

Furthermore, since Chen Luo didn't ask for money when he threw the kettle to the other party, it's perfectly reasonable for Chen Luo to ask for it back now.

The key issue is that the fists of those S-level talents on the other side are just too big.

Seeing the sword shadows floating behind Su Yuan, the squad leader readily handed over the kettle in his hand.

If you hand it over now, you won't get beaten up; if you resist and it gets stolen, you'll get another beating.

"So, you're saying you want to repay a debt of gratitude, right? Then give me the task, and I'll return this kettle to the person who wanted it, isn't that the same? Don't get me wrong, I'm not interested in the reward, I'm just interested in who wants this kettle so badly," Chen Luo asked the three people who were squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands.

Chen Luo was only interested in raw stones.

You can draw 6-star items from raw gems.

That's awesome!

"I can pay," Chen Luo said, seeing that the group still seemed unconvinced.

"how much is it?"

"40 mid-grade spirit stones," Chen Luo said as he took out the spirit stones.

"Wait, weren't those 40 mid-grade spirit stones in your hand just given to you by us?"

"These spirit stones were exchanged for question marks, so what makes you think they're yours?"

"But you didn't pay for the kettle either."

"But I never said I was going to sell the kettle to you, and you didn't pay me. What's wrong with me taking it back?"

"This……"

"Shut up, be quiet, let me sort this out." The squad leader flicked his teammate on the forehead and then started calculating.

After sorting things out for a while, the squad leader realized that if they did as Chen Luo suggested, the final result would be that the three-person squad would exchange intelligence and hidden missions for three question marks, and it was uncertain what they would get from those three question marks.

"Deal made!" the squad leader announced.

I made a profit!

"The truth is..."

This trio were college classmates, but not from the same dormitory. They weren't so lucky; they were from the same department.

Because they were classmates, and because the three of them had similar talent levels and their team composition was very good, they formed a fixed team.

Because all three of them were relatively poor, they chose the Xinghai City Abyss Passage, which had the lowest entrance fee, as their training ground.

Then, during an exploration deep into the abyss passage of Xinghai City, he was attacked by monsters because he went too far into a dangerous area, but was rescued by an NPC.

The NPC didn't ask for the reward they had prepared; instead, he chose to have the three of them help out, and in return, he would give them some benefits.

The NPC said that on a certain morning, a "Newbie Gift Pack" would appear at the initial spawn point of the Abyss Passage. The NPC only wanted the kettle inside; the other two items would be considered quest rewards.

"That NPC really didn't give any other reward, and she's really poor." Perhaps worried that Chen Luo might have ulterior motives towards the NPC, the team leader emphasized this point.

“He’s telling the truth,” Liu Huaixi reminded her from the side.

"I already said it's not for spirit stones. I'm not interested in spirit stones."

Is Chen Luo asking for the NPC's reward? Chen Luo wants raw stones! There could be 1000 raw stones!

With so many raw stones, Chen Luo could save another half of the empire.

"Since you're exchanging information for spirit stones, then bring the compass along too. You should at least have the NPC's coordinates, right?"

"Oh, yes, yes." The squad leader handed a compass to Su Yuan, who was standing to the side.

The Abyss Compass is the only special item in the Abyss Passage that can be used for location tracking.

Because the items in the Abyss Passage refresh, and even the terrain refreshes, the Abyss Passage is constantly changing, except for those safe spots.

Therefore, maps are meaningless in the abyss passage, which makes the abyss compass very necessary.

You can think of it as the Log Pose from One Piece.

The lowest level, the Level 1 Abyss Compass, can only remember a maximum of three locations.

It's the compass that comes in the beginner's gift pack given away by the relevant departments after selling tickets.

So the relevant departments really don't make any money.

Excluding basic costs such as labor and transportation, each ticket can earn 50 low-grade spirit stones.

Therefore, relevant departments always introduce consumer projects in some strange places.

For example, the bathroom placed at the entrance of the abyss passage.

"A first-class compass? Why don't you guys get a decent one?"

"No money. A level one compass costs 200 low-grade spirit stones, and a level two compass costs 2000. Why don't they just rob us?" the squad leader said, slapping his thigh.

"You're university students, right?"

"I already explained it, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing. I was just thinking, maybe only college students would have such naive foolishness? Taking on tasks that are thankless and difficult." Chen Luo shook his head.

In a sense, college students are the easiest group to deceive.

Whether I have money or not is another matter, but I'm really free.

When people have free time, they are capable of doing almost anything.

For example, you could watch a class while looking at the ingredient list on a snack bag after your phone runs out of battery.

Since the other party had given him another Abyss Compass, Chen Luo gave him his own Abyss Compass in return.

Then they watched as the three-person team left happily.

"Let me see... these coordinates should be the closest to the teleportation point of Void Gate No. 7," Yun Lian'er said after glancing at the coordinates on the compass.

"Shall we return to the Empty Hall through the Void Gate now? The same Void Gate can be used again after a 30-second cooldown," Yun Lian'er asked.

"No, no need. Let's continue exploring from the initial spawn point. Perhaps we'll find something worthwhile." Chen Luo shook his head.

“I think so too. My talent suggests that if I continue down this path, I might encounter something wonderful,” Liu Huaixi said, raising her hand.

"Very good, let's set off then. With Huaixi around, the efficiency of exploring the abyss will definitely be improved a lot. Thank you for your hard work." Yunxia patted Huaixi on the shoulder.

Chen Luo looked up again at the virtual door leading to the empty hall.

Stop looking around, sticking to the starting point is the best option. Whether it's for the exploration rewards or the quest objectives.

As soon as Chen Luo entered the blank hall, he saw the virtual gate to the initial spawn point flashing red.

Exploration rewards refer to the rewards obtained in the open world of the Abyss Passage, as well as the exploration rewards after Chen Luo's Traveler talent is used to check in at a certain location.

It's not much, but there's no need to give up.

That task refers to the task of a game tester.

To fully experience the game, you should start from the beginner village.

Looking at the kettle in his hand, Chen Luo suddenly understood how the main world worked.

Perhaps... in the main world, the Abyss Passage is the open world of an open-world game.

The Spiritual Dimension is a main storyline, one that cannot be skipped.

As we all know, in open-world games, the exploration rewards from the open world itself are the biggest source of income.

Chen Luo should have awakened his talent and, upon discovering so many S-level talents around him, sought out powerful figures (Yun Xia, Yun Lian'er, and Liu Wenxuan) to mentor him, thus rapidly accumulating primordial stones.

As the main storyline progresses, new limited-time characters (Su Yuan, Bai Zhi, Liu Huaixi) will be unlocked.