Chapter 4: District Seven Supernatural Management Group

Sure enough, after Jiang Jinyue exited the chat group, the garbled-code option that had still been flashing on the game panel began to slowly change.

【Garbled Code】【X】【District Seven Supernatural Management Group】

Even though she had already guessed it in her heart, when those words truly appeared, the corners of Jiang Jinyue’s mouth still could not help but rise wildly.

As a miserable high school student, she had not spent much time playing games, but she had played many different kinds.

Naturally, she understood that an NPC-like information exchange group like this should never appear on a player’s personal page.

After all, that would destroy the game balance.

It was one hundred percent a bug!

Since it was a bug, there would always be a day when it was fixed. She only hoped that day would come later.

After silently praying in her heart, Jiang Jinyue reopened the group chat and carefully lurked, wanting to obtain more key information.

There were several hundred people in the group, but most of the profile pictures were pitch black.

Only a scattered dozen or so avatars were lit up, including the strange beings that had spoken earlier.

At this moment, they were still fiercely discussing 108 little tips for eating humans, showing no intention of changing the topic at all.

After waiting a little longer and seeing that the group still had none of the information she needed, Jiang Jinyue reluctantly exited the chat group and began studying her own panel.

First, she opened her personal information.

【Name: Jiang Jinyue

Nickname: (To be set)

Health: 2 (Dancing in the Palace of Hell)

Strength: 5 (Too weak to truss a chicken)

Mental Power: 8 (Tenacious temperament)

Luck: 4 (A bottomed-out pity-rate player waiting to rebound)

Gold Coins: 32 (Tsk tsk, poor)】

Jiang Jinyue really had not been resting well these past few days, and she would occasionally feel dizzy and see spots.

But she truly had not expected her health value to be this low!

What did it mean, dancing in the Palace of Hell?

She still cherished her little life very much right now.

After silently expressing her disagreement in her heart, Jiang Jinyue tentatively tapped the nickname field that had a red dot floating over it.

The next moment, the electronic voice sounded again.

【Once a nickname is confirmed, it cannot be changed. Does the player wish to begin entering a nickname?】

After Jiang Jinyue decisively chose “Yes,” she changed the blank nickname to “A Loving Family.”

After clicking confirm again, the personal information section changed accordingly.

【Name: Jiang Jinyue

Nickname: A Loving Family

……】

After resolving the nickname, Jiang Jinyue then opened her dormitory information.

【Room Number: 5555

Level: One

Unit Slots/Equip Slots: 5/30

Equipped Items: Level-One Rusty Iron Door, Damp and Cold Little Bed, Moldy Wardrobe, Shaky Wooden Desk, Gambler’s Card Pool.】

Looking at the rusty iron door and the damp, cold little bed, Jiang Jinyue could not help sighing.

As expected of dormitory survival. These conditions were truly harsh.

But it could still be upgraded in the future. She would definitely turn it into a sturdy fortress!

After silently making up her mind, she opened the backpack catalog again.

There were ten initial storage slots.

A note beside it said each slot could store one hundred items and could not be looted.

It was also upgradeable.

Jiang Jinyue tentatively picked up the coat beside her and silently thought, put it into the backpack.

The next moment, a small coat icon appeared in one of the previously empty backpack slots.

There was even a note above it: one bloodstained coat.

She silently thought, take it out.

The coat returned to her hand again.

Only after experimenting back and forth multiple times did Jiang Jinyue finally put the bank cards into the backpack with peace of mind, followed by the broken fake nails, the hairpin, and her phone.

Looking at the neatly arranged items in the backpack slots, she felt extremely satisfied.

Now the bank cards were truly safe.

The trading channel was currently completely blank.

The announcement board displayed a five-hour countdown.

At present, three and a half hours remained.

The chat hall was indeed as lively as expected.

There were people arguing, begging, scamming, flaunting wealth, missing home… it was a complete mess.

After silently lurking for ten minutes, Jiang Jinyue found that not a single player mentioned “Garbled Code” or “District Seven Strange Management Group.” Only then did she completely relax.

It seemed that this really was a bug, and one that only she had.

After deciding that she absolutely had to hide this secret well, she originally wanted to keep lurking and watching the screen.

But the throbbing sensation in her temples became stronger and stronger.

She immediately gave up the thought from earlier. Looking at her 32 gold coins and the Gambler’s Card Pool, she decided to sleep first and draw after waking up.

After all, drawing prizes was a sacred and solemn matter. Naturally, she had to greet it in her best condition!

And her current condition really was on the verge of sudden death.

Not only was her mind foggy, but her body was also extremely sore.

After arriving here, her phone had directly turned into a brick. None of its functions could be used at all.

Fortunately, the game panel had a timer and alarm function.

After hurriedly setting an alarm for a little over two hours later, Jiang Jinyue no longer cared that she was dirty. She decisively climbed onto the bed, covered herself with the quilt, and went to sleep.

The next second, soft snoring began to echo through the room.

【Ring! Ring!】

The loud alarm rang through the room. Almost the moment the first ring sounded, Jiang Jinyue had already quickly sat up from the bed.

She opened her personal panel to check. It was five-thirty, and there was still half an hour left on the announcement board countdown.

The timing was just right.

After sleeping, she indeed felt a little clearer. Jiang Jinyue sat in front of the shaky wooden desk and looked at the golden item before her, taking a deep breath.

Pity-rate player requesting to enter battle!

Her slender finger pressed the “30 gold coins/draw” button without hesitation.

The next moment, a soft blue light flashed.

A large saber appeared on the previously empty wooden desk.

Jiang Jinyue’s eyes widened in surprise. She impatiently picked up the saber.

Not bad. Although it was only a blue item, this was still a weapon!

According to the information from the Strange Management Group, a special treasure chest would appear on her floor tonight.

Originally, she had been worried that as a student with such a fragile body, she would not be able to beat others.

Now that she had this large saber, her chances of grabbing the treasure chest had increased by a large margin.

The saber was about the length of an adult’s arm. A red cloth strip was tied to the handle, the blade was dark red, and the edge was sharp and exposed, filled with a fierce aura.

Jiang Jinyue tentatively placed it into her backpack space.

The next moment, its detailed information appeared in the backpack.

【Worn-Out Pig Slaughtering Knife: A pig butcher’s family heirloom. Carries a faint baleful aura. Has a 15% chance to trigger an intimidation effect, freezing enemies with mental power lower than 3 for one second.

Wear Level: 15.】

It actually had a wear level? No wonder it was only blue light.

Jiang Jinyue could not help feeling a little regretful, but the chance-based intimidation effect was something she had not expected.

Although the effect was somewhat useless and even required the target’s mental power to be lower than 3, it was still better than nothing.

After finishing the draw, there were still twenty minutes before the treasure chest would drop.

At this moment, the five-hour safe period was about to end, and the corridor gradually became quiet.

Jiang Jinyue stood up, recalling the message she had seen in the management group before sleeping about treasure chests dropping at six o’clock.

The panel currently showed the time as 5:41.

The five-hour safe period was about to disappear. The management group had mentioned that the strange beings would appear at seven, while the treasure chests would appear at six.

She happened to be on the fifth floor, and the special treasure chest would appear at the corner of the fifth-floor corridor.

But her dormitory was still more than a dozen rooms away from the nearest corner.

If she waited and competed with the other players for the treasure chest, then she probably would not be able to grab the special treasure chest.

But if she set out now, once the five-hour safe period ended…

If it was not yet the treasure chest drop time, she would immediately fall into danger!

Time passed second by second, and Jiang Jinyue’s heart was extremely conflicted.

Should she go to the corner first and wait?

Or should she watch how things developed?