As soon as he opened the Sublimation Store, Guan Tong imdiately noticed that the [Basic Food Box - Bronze Level] item was gone.
’Did it sell out and get removed?’
A notice showing ten million units remaining had appeared three days ago. Now, just three days later, they were all sold out and removed... It was truly astonishing.
But considering the number of Ascenders worldwide, if just one percent—or even one-thousandth—of them had Sublimation Coins and so purchasing power, they could easily buy up all ten million boxes.
Guan Tong had previously thought that once he had a surplus of coins, he could just buy food boxes for his als. Now, that seed rather unrealistic.
However, he couldn’t say for sure, as he couldn’t rule out the possibility that delisted items might be restocked after a while.
He turned his attention to the new items added to the store after the latest rule. There were three in total.
[Multi-Terrain Marching Boots]: Suitable for moving across various complex terrains. Appearance is customizable.
[Price: 100 Sublimation Coins]
...
[Thermoregulating Technology Underwear - Basic Model]: Maintains a constant, comfortable body temperature for 6 hours when worn. 24-hour cooldown. Customizable appearance.
[Price: 120 Sublimation Coins]
...
[Genetic Optimization Liquid - Inferior]: Improves so genetic defects when consud.
[Price: 150 Sublimation Coins]
...
After looking at the three new items, the one that surprised Guan Tong the most was the Genetic Optimization Liquid.
This [Genetic Optimization Liquid - Inferior] was undoubtedly the sa type of product as the [Genetic Optimization Base Liquid] he had unboxed from the Glory Level box before.
It was just that one was a "base" liquid and the other was an "inferior" one. There must be a huge difference in their quality.
’If I hadn’t unboxed the base liquid, I definitely would have made buying this optimization liquid my top priority,’ Guan Tong thought. ’But since I’ve already consud the base liquid, taking this inferior version probably won’t have much of an effect.’
Having reached his conclusion, he decisively gave up on the idea of buying it.
As for the other two items—the multi-terrain boots and the underwear that could maintain a constant body temperature for a set ti—they were both excellent.
But Guan Tong didn’t feel he needed either item right now. Previously, he would have definitely saved his Sublimation Coins and only bought them when the need arose.
But the lesson from the food boxes made him wonder: Was every item available in limited quantities?
If every item was like the food boxes—not showing a limited quantity at first, only displaying the remaining amount once sales dropped below a certain threshold—that would put Guan Tong at a great disadvantage.
Unlike the many people who spent over ten hours a day online, Guan Tong spent most of his ti developing his Psychic Power and resting.
The upside was that his emotional state was relatively stable and his daily routine was quite normal. The downside, however, was that he wasn’t quick to receive the latest news.
As a result, if a new item sold quickly enough to hit the threshold where its limited quantity was displayed, Guan Tong’s slow reception of news could put him in a bind—he might open the store only when he needed sothing, just to find it had already sold out.
Moreover, the store had no "limited stock alert" feature, and Guan Tong didn’t want to have to open his terminal every so often just to check.
After a mont of consideration, he decided to spend 120 Sublimation Coins on the more expensive item first: the [Thermoregulating Technology Underwear - Basic Model].
The 70 coins he had left weren’t enough to buy the 100-coin [Multi-Terrain Marching Boots]. However, since he could create his own Binding Coins, he could cover the 30-coin shortfall himself without needing to rely on rewards.
Guan Tong then closed his personal terminal and got up to find sothing to eat. After being hungry for three or four days, a little milk and a piece of chocolate weren’t going to be enough to fill his stomach.
...
On the parts of the internet Guan Tong rarely frequented, the end of the third Apocalypse Rule and the reveal of a re three-day interval sparked another massive debate.
"The fourth rule is being released in three days?! Are you kidding ?!"
"Why so soon...? Wasn’t there a month-long break last ti?"
"The Fire Thief has no intention of letting humanity rest! They’re just finding new ways to torture us!"
"The intervals can be as long as a month or as short as three days. It looks like there’s no pattern to them at all."
"What are you guys planning to buy from the new stuff in the store?"
"Is that even a question? The Genetic Optimization Liquid, of course!"
"I agree, that stuff is the most important. It can actually improve your genes!"
"I’m gonna wait and see what the Strategy Research Room’s experints show..."
"I’m not waiting. By the ti I decide I want it, it might be gone. This stuff is definitely going to be the hottest item!"
Soone started a purchasing poll, and over 95% of people chose the [Genetic Optimization Liquid]. Clearly, most people were on the sa page.
The general consensus was that improving genetic defects was a long-term investnt in one’s own body. The other two items, when it ca down to it, were just external tools.
However, the discussion boards were soon flooded by a single post.
The post’s title was: "Why is my personal terminal bugged? Am I The Chosen One?!"
The OP wrote: "After the rule ended, I tried thinking ’personal terminal’ but it didn’t work. The interface won’t show up at all. Has this happened to anyone else? Is my terminal bugged? You think the Fire Thief is about to send a huge compensation pack and I’ll beco OP?"
The post imdiately received a flood of replies.
"?????"
"The personal terminal can bug out? First ti I’ve ever heard of that."
"OP, drop your nuric ID. I’ll try adding you as a friend and see what happens."
"Lurking. OP, if you get a compensation pack, give a heads-up."
"Don’t forget us when you’re famous, OP!!!"
The top replies were mostly confusion or people asking to leech off him. But a reply that appeared over a thousand posts in shocked many people.
"What are you even dreaming about, OP? My guess is your Psychic Power dropped to 0, so your personal terminal shut down automatically."
This reply got hundreds, even thousands of nested replies.
"Holy shit! For real?!"
"If your Psychic Power drops to 0, the personal terminal automatically shuts down?!"
"Need a reliable source on this! ASAP!!!"
"Fuck, don’t scare like that! I failed the last challenge and my Psychic Power is already in the single digits. If it drops again, does that an I won’t be able to open my terminal either?!"
Soon, that user’s reply sparked a heated debate across the entire web.
As more and more people who had failed the challenge ca forward to report that they couldn’t open their terminals, the claim was finally confird by multiple sources.
Three hours later, the Apocalypse Rules Strategy Research Room issued an official statent confirming the claim was true, based on their own experints.
Once a person’s Psychic Power drops to zero, their personal terminal will automatically shut down.
The mont this terrifying fact was verified, it imdiately sent shockwaves across the entire world.
This was especially true for the Ascenders who had failed two challenges in a row, their Psychic Power already dwindled to almost nothing. They were plunged into a state of indescribable terror.
In this era of Apocalypse Rules, if you couldn’t use your personal terminal, didn’t that an you would be abandoned and eliminated by the tis?
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