Chapter 122 Our Other Wells

Chen Yu crossed the main hall and walked into the side hall.

He didn't go to Area B to look for anyone immediately.

With such a massive population base, finding the Rice Awakened would be too difficult.

Moreover, given Chen Yu's reputation, even if it really was that person, they probably wouldn't admit it, right?

The priority was still to check the Well of Abundance in the side hall.

Although he could only salvage from it once a day,

the items brought up from it

likely wouldn't be ordinary supplies.

Besides, if the red luan return could be triggered, wouldn't he take off on the spot?

Whether it counted as an official reward was something he'd only know after trying.

*Clack.*

*Clack.*

Chen Yu had already entered the side hall.

The light here was dimmer than in the main hall, likely due to the Villa's structural design.

However, even in the late morning,

there was still a sense of grandeur here.

Deng Yuxin, Yang Kexin, and Zhang Wanyue were there, clearly having waited for a long time.

Hearing the footsteps, the three of them looked up simultaneously.

"Chen Yu, you're here."

"Brother Chen Yu!"

"Quick, come look! We were waiting for you!"

Chen Yu nodded and walked to the edge of the well.

The Well of Abundance, made of white jade, cast a warm glow under the lights, yet the inside of the well remained a bottomless black.

Chen Yu reached out and touched the well.

[Name: Well of Abundance]

[Type: Living Area Special Building]

[Description: A deep well connected to an unknown space. Various supplies gush out every day. At this stage, it can be salvaged once daily; the results are random.]

[Salvage Attempts Remaining: 1/1 (Resets daily at midnight)]

[Note: Do not attempt to jump into the well. Do so at your own risk.]

Chen Yu nodded and withdrew his hand, feigning composure.

"Alright, Yuxin, you do the salvaging. Let's see what comes up."

Deng Yuxin was slightly taken aback and pointed at herself. "Me?"

Chen Yu nodded. "If I tell you to salvage, then salvage."

As he spoke, he stretched and walked over to a sofa in the corner of the side hall, sitting down.

His gaze fell on Deng Yuxin, signaling for her to proceed.

Deng Yuxin stood there, a bit dazed.

She instinctively looked at Zhang Wanyue, who nodded at her with encouragement in her eyes.

Deng Yuxin took a deep breath and walked to the well's edge.

She looked down.

Black.

A bottomless black.

Staring for too long gave her the illusion of falling. She quickly looked away and took half a step back.

"But... how do I salvage from this..."

She muttered softly, circling the mouth of the well.

The rim was made of white jade, smooth and level, with nothing on it.

The well's mouth was about a meter in diameter, and there were no ropes or tools.

"Hmm?"

Zhang Wanyue scratched her head, squatted down, and carefully studied the inner side of the rim.

She talked to herself while helping Deng Yuxin, her fingers groping along the white jade.

And wouldn't you know it...

When she touched the inner side of the rim, her fingertips felt a depression.

"Yuxin, it's over here!"

Zhang Wanyue's face lit up with joy.

Deng Yuxin lay down, poked her head in a bit, and squinted to look inside.

On the inner wall of the well, there really was a small iron ring embedded.

A thin cord was tied to the iron ring.

"Found it!"

Deng Yuxin's eyes brightened as she reached for the iron ring.

But the well's mouth was too large; she couldn't reach it while lying down.

She changed her posture, kneeling and leaning her entire upper body into the mouth of the well.

The cold air from the well surged up, chilly and damp, making her shiver.

"Yuxin, be careful!"

Zhang Wanyue grabbed onto Deng Yuxin.

Deng Yuxin just gave a grunt of affirmation and pulled hard, dragging up a small section of the thin cord.

"It works!"

Deng Yuxin gritted her teeth and pulled it up bit by bit.

The rope grew longer and longer.

A faint splashing sound came from the well, as if something was being brought up.

Yang Kexin leaned in, staring at the well's mouth. "What is it? What is it?"

Deng Yuxin didn't have time to answer, she just pulled with all her might.

Finally, an object appeared at the end of the rope.

It was a wooden bucket.

A very old one, its body pitch black, wrapped in several rusted iron hoops.

There was no water in the bucket, but a small transparent bottle sat at the bottom.

The bottle wasn't large, about the size of a palm, made of glass, and tightly sealed with a cork.

It contained half a bottle of black liquid that looked very viscous.

Deng Yuxin reached out to fish the bottle out and wiped the moisture off it on her clothes.

"Brother Chen Yu!"

Her eyes sparkled as she trotted over to Chen Yu, handing the bottle over with both hands.

"This was inside! Look!"

Chen Yu calmly took the bottle and held it in his palm.

[Name: dew of fortune]

[Description: A small bottle of viscous black liquid, as if the night sky has been packed into a bottle. It emits a faint herbal fragrance with a hint of honeyed aftertaste. It is said to be a treasure brewed by a certain alchemist using moonlight and lucky clovers, with only a few bottles produced each year.]

[Effect: Upon consumption, permanently increases luck by 1 point.]

"luck?"

Chen Yu's lip twitched. The drink Zuo Shi mentioned was this little black bottle?

How was this a drink?

This was clearly medicine.

And it was medicine that permanently increased luck.

Chen Yu possessed the Grand Tutor Container, and every time he absorbed baleful yin energy, he could get free attribute points. So, this item wasn't particularly precious to him.

But for ordinary people, they might not encounter many opportunities to increase their attributes in their entire lives.

In that case, this thing was extremely important.

The reason he wasn't happy wasn't because of the medicine itself.

It was because...

The supplies from this well weren't system rewards from Road to Survival, but were salvaged manually.

In principle, this was no different from scavenging supplies on Road No. 3 or rummaging through boxes in the neighborhood.

Such supplies couldn't be doubled, even if fed to red luan. He had tried this concept long ago—it was like red luan using a golden body card; he couldn't obtain the effect of the golden body card himself. The doubling could only be triggered at the exact moment of an official reward. It was a bit of a pity.

"Brother Chen Yu?"

Deng Yuxin asked softly, "Is this thing okay?"

She had also touched the bottle, so she naturally knew the information.

She thought increasing luck was quite impressive.

But Chen Yu's expression looked... like he wasn't very happy?

"Yeah, it's alright."

Chen Yu shook his head and pulled out the cork himself.

Then he gulped it down.

It was sweet, like a brain-boosting tonic.

Just after finishing it, his attribute panel indeed showed feedback.

[Basic Attributes]

constitution: 100

Agility: 30 (20)

Perception: 10

charisma: 12 (2)

spirit: 10

luck: 11 (1)

Chen Yu stood up from the sofa and stretched his limbs.

"The significance of one bottle is just average."

"But what if there are ten bottles?"

As he spoke, Chen Yu was already walking toward the side door. "Come with me."

"With you... for what?"

The girls looked at each other in confusion.

"To go salvaging together, of course."

"Salvaging?!"

"Yeah. Haven't our other wells also refreshed?"