3: Multiverse Mall

[Game character created successfully. Player: Shi Chuan, Human Race.]

[Would you like to draw your talent now?]

"No drawing! I want to top up...?"

Draw talent? Don't rush, let me first see what topping up and the mall are all about...

The system's voice stuttered for a while, as if the mechanical sound had a hint of disbelief.

[Would you like to link your bank card?]

Xu Shian quickly entered his bank card number into the pop-up game window!

[Sufficient balance, meets top-up conditions... Opening top-up channel for you, please wait!]

Immediately, top-up portals of various tiers appeared before Xu Shian.

It really can be topped up!

There is only one currency for topping up.

[extra lifespan: 1 year = 1 million yuan]

There were no such things as gold coins or diamond coins; the top-up portal only offered one item: extra lifespan!

extra lifespan?

Hu Zhihao himself had never topped up, and no one who had actually opened this interface had ever revealed it.

Xu Shian really didn't expect that topping up would actually be for extra lifespan...

myriad realms online is not a playground for good guys; it is a relatively cruel world.

Killing monsters, defeating BOSSes, achieving accomplishments, and world announcements all reward extra lifespan.

This item is very useful.

Lifespan cannot be traded, but it can be used to add points to skills or remove unwanted skills.

And to prevent death...

extra lifespan can be exchanged for original body lifespan at the Lifespan Merchant in the main city at a ratio of five to one!

It can reverse aging, grant eternal youth, and even eternal life!

And every death in the game outside of Dungeons will halve extra lifespan...

The upper limit is a reduction of 50 years of extra lifespan per instance, and the lower limit is a reduction of five years!

If there is no extra lifespan left, then original body lifespan will begin to be deducted!

original body lifespan is deducted by five years per death; once lifespan is depleted, death is instant.

Death in Dungeons does not deduct lifespan! You can die as much as you want, to your heart's content...

Hu Zhihao's diary recorded that there was a period when he was being hunted, and he survived for more than ten years by hiding in a group of Dungeons called Heavenly Realm Mountain!

I understand the principle, but is it appropriate that your top-up system doesn't have gold coins?

Of course, if we look at the prices in Hu Zhihao's diary, the price of this extra lifespan has been drastically cut.

This item simply cannot be purchased; it can only be obtained through the game!

The only exception might be this half-hour top-up period at the start of the server...

You even have to ask yourself!

If you don't ask, they won't tell you!

Because Hu Zhihao didn't top up in his previous life, and in fact, most people never topped up.

So Xu Shian never knew the price of topping up!

But there has always been a legend circulating in the player forums...

So, he also recorded it in his diary!

It is said that Hu Zhihao died in a car accident due to mental distraction because he wanted to make money!

This story tells us that health is very important; be careful not to earn money only to die before you can spend it...

Putting aside those complicated thoughts, Xu Shian considered his assets.

He had borrowed a total of 700 million this time, and he still had 331 million himself...

Based on the current situation, whether it was the ancient jade of reincarnation soul-bound in his mind or Xu Shian's current circumstances, it was clear that the era of a game for all had truly begun!

What else is there to think about?

A game for all, crossing over, an era of a game for all.

Everyone is starting anew in the game world, so what money am I still paying back?

...

So, all in!

Xu Shian decided not to keep a single cent and to top up everything into the game.

[Ding, you have purchased 1031 years of extra lifespan, a total of 1.031 billion Xia Yuan has been deducted.]

Although he was still in the game, Xu Shian could no longer see text messages, but he imagined that this money had indeed been directly debited!

His heart sank slightly!

A deduction of over a billion...

Xu Shian himself couldn't have handled it so smoothly at the bank! It was deducted just because he said so...

"Open the System Mall?"

[Detecting player 'Shi Chuan' possesses 1031 years of extra lifespan, meeting the conditions for Myriad Realms Mall activation... Myriad Realms Mall has been opened for you!]

Indeed, this lousy game has nothing if you don't ask!

Of course, even if you ask, you still need money to buy it...

[Dual Talent Slot: Price, 100 years extra lifespan.]

[Triple Talent Slot: Price, 500 years extra lifespan.]

[Quadruple Talent Slot: Price, 1200 years extra lifespan.]

[Quintuple Talent Slot: Price, 2000 years extra lifespan.]

(Note: Talent Slots are a unique purchase, cannot be bought repeatedly or in multiple selections!)

[Skill Slot Quantity Doubled: Price, 200 years extra lifespan. (Note: All subsequent skill slot rewards will be doubled!)]

[original body lifespan: Price, two years extra lifespan = one year original body lifespan.]

[...]

[Talent: Tomb Raider] (SS-rank)

I am not robbing tombs; I just want to find a home for cultural relics.

[Skill 1] You Can't See Me: Stealth-type skill level +3. Detection-type skill level must be two levels higher than your stealth level to detect you while invisible.

[Skill 2] Feng Shui Compass: After use, a treasure chest will be marked on the nearby mini-map. It may contain equipment, cultural relics, bones? Or a BOSS!

[Skill 3] Professional Technique: Increases speed of lock-picking, door-opening, and mechanism-breaking by 300%, and will not trigger any traps.

[Skill 4] Purification: As a Tomb Raider, one must naturally know how to handle 'Underworld Artifacts.' Purifies cursed items, turning them into powerful equipment or items in their normal state.

[Price: 100 years extra lifespan]

...

[Talent: Information Broker] (S-rank)

Shh, do you want to know what the Elf Queen is wearing today? It'll cost extra!

[Skill 1] Tree Hollow: When strangers chat with you, they will involuntarily treat you as a close friend, with a very high probability of confiding their secrets to you.

[Skill 2] Let Rumors Fly: When false is true, true is also false; when true is false, false is also true! Actively spread rumors; the greater the impact, the more it interferes with reality!

[Skill 3] Information Barrier: Pay a large sum of money to modify a certain perception! The wider the scope of influence, the more money needs to be paid!

[Price: 80 years extra lifespan]

...

(Talents, one per person limit!)

The dazzling array of goods made Xu Shian only regret that he didn't have more money.

He didn't know the prices of other goods, but according to Hu Zhihao's diary, he wasn't a big shot reborn.

However, the exchange rate between extra lifespan and original body lifespan in the game was clear.

Five years of extra lifespan could be exchanged for one year of original body lifespan.

Therefore, the prices in this Myriad Realms Mall were definitely discounted...

Xu Shian had already thoroughly studied the two diaries left by Hu Zhihao.

At this point, he naturally had his priorities straight!

In the early stages, when one lacked strength, having a lot of extra lifespan was useless; it was more practical to convert it into strength.

It wouldn't be too late to pursue lifespan once he became strong!

However, looking again at the ancient jade of reincarnation soul-bound to him...

Xu Shian silently gave the [Quintuple Talent Slot] a one-tenth discount! Then he clicked purchase.

[Ding, you have successfully purchased the item 'Quintuple Talent Slot', 200 years of extra lifespan deducted, 831 years remaining.]

Xu Shian had intended to continue his shopping spree, but then he thought that he could first draw talents and then awaken the talent that came with the ancient jade of reincarnation...

If he bought now and then drew a highly repetitive one later, he would be stumped!

Once these two are settled, he would then see how to strengthen himself!