Chapter 22: Today's Limit

The next moment, the girl and Jiang Jinyue’s eyes met.

Looking at the weapon in the distant figure’s hand, her tall stature, and her sharp gaze, the surprise on the little girl’s face instantly froze.

Her eyes were filled with fear, and her steps unconsciously shrank back toward the dormitory.

The instant Jiang Jinyue saw the little girl’s appearance clearly, her eyes darkened. A complicated emotion flashed through her heart. Then, she pinched two fingers together and made a zipping motion over her mouth, signaling for silence. After that, she decisively gave up on the treasure chest ahead and turned to leave.

Right now, she only wanted to maintain absolute silence. She wished she could strangle every sound at the moment it began.

A little girl who could survive the first day was obviously not stupid.

After understanding Jiang Jinyue’s gesture, she immediately covered her own mouth, expressing her absolute obedience and good behavior.

Only after Jiang Jinyue’s figure gradually disappeared did she slowly let out a breath of relief.

Then she turned her gaze toward the corridor full of treasure chests. The corners of her mouth could not help but rise high, and the fear in her heart slowly became replaced by the relief of surviving a disaster and the excitement of discovering treasure.

She copied Jiang Jinyue’s movements and tiptoed out of her room.

First, she carefully put away the red treasure chest in front of her while trying her best not to make any sound. Then she stepped toward the other treasure chests.

During this process, she would occasionally raise her head warily and look in the direction the person from earlier had left, her eyes complicated and conflicted.

Jiang Jinyue had no time to care about the little girl’s mental activities right now. She raced against every second as she moved through the complicated maze of corridors, and very soon, she successfully found a third red treasure chest and put it away smoothly.

This place seemed to be a treasure spot. Not far from the red treasure chest, there was actually another red treasure chest.

However, when Jiang Jinyue excitedly reached out toward the next red treasure chest, her fingertips passed straight through it as if going through a projection.

The next moment, a line of clear golden text quietly appeared above the treasure chest:

【Your treasure chest pickup count for today has reached the limit.】

Jiang Jinyue looked at the prompt and regretfully withdrew her hand. She shook her head and thought to herself,

As expected, there was a hidden limit. The first time, each player could only pick up 3 treasure chests. This time, it was 4. She wondered whether the number would increase in the future.

However, “today’s treasure chest pickup count has reached the limit”?

Then could she still pick up treasure chests during the wave at 2:00 in the afternoon?

Forget it. She would try when the time came.

Putting away all kinds of messy thoughts, Jiang Jinyue no longer lingered. She immediately followed the route in her memory and quickly, quietly returned toward her own dormitory.

When passing by the area where the little girl was, she saw that the little girl was still carefully picking up treasure chests.

At this moment, the little girl also saw Jiang Jinyue. Her treasure-chest-picking movements paused slightly, and she tried hard to squeeze out an obedient and friendly smile.

She even very sensibly took out a bottle of mineral water she had just obtained from her backpack, gently placed it on the floor, then quickly ran a few steps away to create distance.

After making sure she had maintained a safe distance from both the mineral water and Jiang Jinyue, the girl pointed at Jiang Jinyue, then pointed at the water. Her meaning was very obvious:

Thank you for sparing my life. A small token of appreciation.

But Jiang Jinyue did not go to take that bottle of water. Instead, her gaze was rarely gentle as she stared at the girl’s young face, as if looking through her at someone else.

Only when fear began to appear in those eyes did she stop lingering and decisively turn to leave.

Her speed was very fast. Almost in the blink of an eye, her figure disappeared around the corner.

Seeing this, the Paul Frank little girl quietly let out a breath of relief in her heart.

She calmly took back the water. The smile on her face vanished instantly, leaving only a coldness and wariness that did not match her age.

After confirming that Jiang Jinyue had really left, she immediately gave up on the ordinary chests beside her and ran straight in the opposite direction from that person.

Clearly, she had also been observing the whole time and understood the value of red treasure chests.

Jiang Jinyue did not see this scene. At this moment, she had just returned to the corridor where her dormitory was located when she heard an uncontrollable cry of surprise from the far end. Immediately afterward came a lowered argument and the muffled thud of something colliding.

Idiots. They couldn’t even eat shit while it was hot. Even if they managed to eat it hot, they still wouldn’t understand what they were eating!

She really could not help cursing inwardly. At a time like this, when everyone should be quietly making a fortune, they still couldn’t figure it out?

They were truly hopeless!

Even though the sound was not especially loud in the silent corridor, it was still enough to draw more people’s attention.

Jiang Jinyue also did not dare delay any longer. In any case, she had already used up her treasure chest quota, so it was better to go back and properly hunker down.

No longer suppressing her footsteps, she quickly walked to the door of her dormitory, opened the door, entered, and closed the door in one smooth motion.

Leaning her back against the door, she listened to the footsteps outside gradually becoming more numerous and the suppressed arguments growing noisier. She slowly let out a breath.

Good thing she had come back in time.

She glanced at the time. 6:16.

There were still 14 minutes before the treasure chests disappeared. Although her treasure chest quota for today had already reached its limit, she could use this time to see if she could earn another profit.

Right now, a small-scale disturbance had broken out on the fifth floor, but the other floors might not have been exposed yet.

Besides, even the players who had discovered the treasure chests were definitely busy fighting over them. No one would go to the chat lobby to notify the others.

Thinking of this, Jiang Jinyue no longer hesitated and quickly opened her friends list.

First, she contacted AAA Information Broker, who most likely had not gone to sleep.

【A Loving Family】:

“Are you there? One piece of information in exchange for one attribute fruit.”

【AAA Information Broker】:

“Are you an attribute fruit robber? You’re even forcing a buy-and-sell?

I got 5 attribute fruits in total. I traded 2 to you, ate 2, and only have 1 left…”

However, before she could finish complaining, Jiang Jinyue’s next message was immediately sent over.

【A Loving Family】:

“There are treasure chests outside the door right now. I don’t know when they’ll disappear. If you go out now, you can still pick up the leftovers. Best be quick.

The red ones are rare treasure chests. The things inside are much better than the gray treasure chests. Each person can probably pick up around 4. I want to exchange this information for 1 Nerve Fruit.”

After the message was sent, the other side fell silent for a full 5 seconds.

Clearly, AAA Information Broker had also been shocked by this sudden information and was rapidly judging its truth and weighing the pros and cons.

【AAA Information Broker】:

“I saw the treasure chests!!! I owe you another favor.

But the one I have left on hand is a Luck Fruit. I originally couldn’t bear to eat it and wanted to save it to savor at the end. If you’re not in a hurry, I can wait until I finish picking up the chests and exchange it for a Nerve Fruit for you.”

Jiang Jinyue decisively chose to take it right away.

“I’m in a hurry. Send me the Luck Fruit.”

Then she could not help adding another line.

“Stop rambling. Hurry up and go pick up treasure chests.”

This time, AAA Information Broker did not reply either. She directly sent over the Luck Fruit and then went silent.

Looking at the additional Luck Fruit in her backpack, Jiang Jinyue could not help curving her lips.

She glanced at the time. There were still 10 minutes left. She could earn one more time.

Without stopping at all, Jiang Jinyue immediately opened the chat lobby and quickly edited and sent a message.

【A Loving Family】:

“Buying Nerve Fruits at a high price. Can exchange with a purple offensive weapon or important information. Interested parties, send backpack screenshots in private chat. Scammers will be blocked.”