Translator: AnubisTL
"Naturally, naturally," the arena master said with a strained smile as he struggled to his feet. He grasped Chen Jiang's right hand, his eyes gleaming with greed and delight. "May I ask how many units the Cold Wolf Gang requires for the first batch?"
"For the initial order, let's start with 500,000 units."
"500,000?!" The arena master gasped, his eyes widening with even greater excitement.
Though he had fallen on hard times, he could still afford 500,000 units.
But this was just the first batch! Everyone knew that initial collaborations were usually small-scale, exploratory ventures. Only if things went smoothly would the quantities gradually increase.
If the first order was already 500,000 units, subsequent orders would only be larger.
He swallowed nervously and reached for the black, anonymous credit card lying on the table.
"Hold on," Chen Jiang said, shaking his head and withdrawing the card. "We'll pay once the goods arrive. How can we pay before seeing the merchandise?"
"Are you new to business, brother? Have you ever heard of paying upfront before receiving the goods?"
"Fair enough." The arena master reluctantly withdrew his hand, paused, and looked at Chen Jiang. "Tomorrow, I'll have 5,000 semi-scrapped items ready. Can the Cold Wolf Gang send trucks to pick them up tomorrow?"
"No problem."
"What about the deposit?"
"Brother, are you really that naive? How am I supposed to account for the deposit?"
"Ahem, my oversight. Then, see you tomorrow?"
"See you tomorrow. Pleasure doing business with you."
"Pleasure doing business with you."
With the deal settled, Chen Jiang and Scar Dog openly left the wasteland, watched by the security guards.
After taking a circuitous route and confirming no one was following them, they checked each other for tracking devices or listening devices before finally relaxing.
They then circled back around to the rear of the wasteland.
"Wow," Scar Dog exclaimed, his voice trembling with excitement. "Brother Jiang, is this fatty really that powerful? He can get his hands on 5,000 semi-scrapped items?"
"5,000 semi-scrapped items! How many times would you have to reinforce them?"
"Brother Jiang, I have an idea! What if we buy a sniper rifle and reinforce the barrel to a range of 10,000 meters?"
"That way, when we snipe enemies, we can just press the barrel against their foreheads from 10,000 meters away!"
"A guaranteed one-shot kill within 10,000 meters—that would make us top-tier snipers, right?"
"..."
Chen Jiang sighed, slightly exasperated. "That would put a lot of people out of work."
"Like who?"
"Like those guys next to the snipers, the ones with the binoculars measuring wind speed."
"It feels like there aren't any human players left around here anymore."
Scar Dog stroked his chin thoughtfully. "A few months ago, we used to see human players all the time, but now they're getting rarer and rarer. We haven't seen a single one in days."
"Could the human race have been wiped out so quickly?"
"And we haven't seen any other alien races either."
"They probably haven't been wiped out," Chen Jiang said, shaking his head. "We're the only group of human players who descended into this region. By now, there probably aren't many of us left. The rest must be hiding somewhere."
"But with that human player's racial innate ability, their survival rate should have increased dramatically."
"As for the alien races... we haven't seen any yet. They might have descended in other regions."
"After all, City 18 is just a small town. There aren't even many proper mechanical race members here."
Just then, a voice suddenly rang out in their ears.
[Ding! Congratulations, Player Alibaba! You have successfully chosen the titan race.]
[You have obtained the titan race's exclusive innate ability: Physical Ascension.]
[As the first player to unlock the titan faction within the titan race, Player Alibaba will officially activate the titan faction in the Ten Thousand Races Arena within the next 24 hours.]
[All players who have not yet chosen a race may freely choose to join the titan race during this period.]
As soon as that voice faded, another system notification chimed:
[Ding! Congratulations, Player Chen Yimou, for successfully selecting the three-legged race.]
[...]
Soon, a total of 95 notifications announcing the activation of different racial factions rang out simultaneously, each declaring their chosen war target.
Chen Jiang listened intently but didn't hear any notifications for the mechanical race. This confirmed what the fat man had said: the mechanical race had already activated their faction long ago, having survived the previous Ten Thousand Races Arena.
"Why are so many people activating their racial war declarations all at once?" Scar Dog asked, bewildered. "Was this planned? It feels like we're the only ones exiled to this place while everyone else is having a grand time."
Before Chen Jiang could respond, another system notification echoed in the ears of all races:
[Ding! All 97 races have now activated their factions.]
[The kill leaderboard has been activated.]
[The leaderboard updates in real-time and resets daily at midnight.]
[Rewards will be distributed based on ranking at each reset.]
[The leaderboard is limited to 100 participants.]
[P.S. The daily top-ranked player receives an additional reward that benefits their entire race.]
Soon after, Chen Jiang and Scar Dog suddenly found a virtual panel appearing before them, displaying the words "Kill Leaderboard." Currently, no players had made the list.
But moments later, a name flashed onto the screen:
[#1: Human Race - Su Tian!]
[Alien Race Kills: 1]
"So, it's starting from scratch now, huh?" Scar Dog muttered, thoughtfully studying the suddenly appearing Kill Leaderboard. He watched as names popped up one by one, their rankings shifting in real-time. Stroking his chin, he mused, "I wonder if there are any weak races like the ant race with huge populations. Maybe we could farm some kills?"
Chen Jiang, however, stared silently at the panel before him.
He had experimented with it earlier and found it seemed bound to his will. He could activate or retract it at will. This feature hadn't existed when they first arrived in this world.
The arena master said earlier that the event would start soon, following past practice. I wonder if he was talking about this.
But...
A glint of determination flashed in Chen Jiang's eyes. He knew he couldn't compete for today's ranking.
But tomorrow, after reinforcing his turret with 5,000 semi-scrapped items, City 18 next door would become a veritable wild monster respawn point.
If I don't farm that spot, I'm not worthy of being human!
Just then—
Wait!
Chen Jiang froze, noticing a golden spatula icon flashing in the lower right corner of his vision. The icon looked strangely familiar.
Four bold characters appeared:
First Recharge Gift Pack!
Without hesitation, a flicker of excitement lit up Chen Jiang's eyes. He focused his mental energy on the First Recharge Gift Pack.
Almost immediately, a new panel popped up:
Ding! Detected player race: Human. Unable to use First Recharge Gift Pack.
This option is reserved for the Elf race. Only Elf players can activate the First Recharge Gift Pack.
The Elf race's racial innate ability is: "Pay to Win!"
(End of the Chapter)
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