Chapter 22 Confirmed Lucky Star! Fatty Wang's Digging is a Perfect Success!

By the time Lin Ye and the others walked out of the dungeon, the sky was nearly dark.

The sunset in Novice Village painted the entire street in gold, and a crowd was still gathered at the entrance of the Trading House, discussing the recent drop in material prices.

"Did you hear? Iron ore is back to 1 gold coin!"

"It must have been Brother Ye again! Someone saw him over by the blacksmith shop just now."

"Isn't Brother Ye a bit too fierce? He even handles NPCs?"

"Of course, even the GM can't handle him, so what are a few NPCs?"

Fatty Wang listened to these discussions, his back straightening quite a bit.

He was now someone following Brother Ye, and he felt like walking on air.

"Brother, where are we going next?" Fatty Wang leaned in to ask.

Lin Ye opened the map and took a look: "First, let's go to the wild to level you up.

You're only level 3; you won't even be able to enter the main city gates."

Fatty Wang scratched his head sheepishly: "I want to level up too, but I kept getting my monsters stolen before, so I couldn't fight…"

"No one will dare steal your monsters now." Lin Ye patted his shoulder.

"Let's go, I'll carry you."

The three of them walked out of Novice Village and arrived at the wild map.

Everywhere here were low-level wild monsters—rabbits, pheasants, and wolves, ranging from level 1 to level 10, which was perfect for Fatty Wang to level up.

"Brother, where should I start fighting?" Fatty Wang pulled out his novice iron sword, eager to try.

Lin Ye glanced at the map and pointed east: "There's a mine over there that spawns level 5 Stone Demons.

The experience is good, and the dropped materials are valuable.

You go fight those first."

"Level 5?" Fatty Wang's legs felt a bit weak.

"Can I beat them at level 3?"

"It's fine if you can't.

I'll apply a buff for you." Lin Ye raised his hand and applied 10 stacks of debuff to several Stone Demons in the mine.

"Alright, go ahead.

They only have half their health now; you'll kill them in a couple of slashes."

Fatty Wang walked over skeptically and cautiously swung his sword—

[System Prompt: You killed a [Stone Demon] (Level 5) and gained 200 experience points.]

It died in one slash?

Fatty Wang stared at the materials dropped on the ground, his eyes widening: "Brother! It dropped a piece of iron ore!"

Lin Ye nodded: "Pick it up.

Continue."

Fatty Wang excitedly rushed into the mine, killing monsters one by one with ease.

Strangely, when he killed monsters, the drop rate was exceptionally high—others had to kill ten monsters to get one piece of iron ore, but he got one every three kills.

Moreover, he occasionally dropped rare materials like Mithril Ore, Rubies, and Sapphires—things that others couldn't farm in a whole day, he obtained several of in just a few minutes.

Su Qinghan looked at Fatty Wang's inventory and couldn't help but say: "This drop rate is too ridiculous.

Did you secretly use some kind of cheat?"

Fatty Wang chuckled: "No, I've just been lucky at games since I was a kid.

When I played gacha games before, I could get eight SSRs in a ten-pull."

Su Qinghan was speechless.

In all her years of gaming, this was the first time she had seen such a lucky dog.

Lin Ye, however, was very calm: "I told you, he's a lucky dog.

With this constitution, he's naturally cut out for logistics."

Fatty Wang fought for half an hour, leveling up from 3 to 8.

His inventory was stuffed with iron ore, Mithril ore, and various gemstones.

He was panting from exhaustion, but the smile on his face never faded.

"Brother, I can't fight anymore, my arms are sore." Fatty Wang shook his arms.

"Can we take a break?"

Lin Ye nodded: "Sure.

Just in time to open a few treasure chests."

"Treasure chests?" Fatty Wang's eyes lit up.

"Where?"

Lin Ye pointed to several marks on the map: "There are five hidden treasure chests near Novice Village, and I've noted down the coordinates.

But opening them requires luck; I've opened them a few times, and they were all trash.

You give it a try."

Fatty Wang rubbed his hands, eager to try: "Alright! Leave it to me!"

The three of them walked to the location of the first treasure chest—under the old locust tree east of Novice Village.

Lin Ye had been here before and opened it three times, all resulting in white-tier equipment.

Fatty Wang squatted down, brushed away the soil next to the tree roots, and revealed a rusty iron chest.

He took a deep breath and opened the lid—

A blue light flashed.

[System Prompt: Congratulations to player [Fatty Wang] for opening the hidden treasure chest and obtaining [Boots of the Gale] (Blue)! Stats: Agility +15, Movement Speed +10%.]

Su Qinghan was stunned: "Blue equipment?

Doesn't this chest only drop up to green tier?"

Lin Ye also raised an eyebrow: "I got white-tier gear all three times I opened it.

Fatty opens it and gets blue gear?"

Fatty Wang chuckled and handed the boots to Lin Ye: "Brother, for you.

I don't need them."

Lin Ye didn't take them: "Keep them for yourself.

Your movement speed is too slow; wear these to run faster."

Fatty Wang put on the boots, ran two laps on the grass, and shouted excitedly: "So fast! Really fast!"

The three of them walked to the location of the second treasure chest—behind the waterfall north of Novice Village.

Last time Lin Ye came here, he opened it and got a grey, tattered cloth shirt.

Fatty Wang dived into the waterfall, found the chest hidden in a crevice, and opened it—

A purple light flashed!

[System Prompt: Congratulations to player [Fatty Wang] for opening the hidden treasure chest and obtaining [Water Amulet] (Purple)! Stats: All Attributes +20, Healing Effectiveness +15%.]

Su Qinghan gasped: "Purple?

Can this chest even drop purple?"

Lin Ye was also stunned.

He had checked the data before; the hidden treasure chests in Novice Village only dropped up to blue.

The purple amulet Fatty opened was simply breaking the rules.

"Brother, for you!" Fatty Wang handed the amulet to Lin Ye: "You're the main force; it's useful if you wear it."

Lin Ye didn't refuse this time and took it to wear.

All Attributes +20; his combat power increased by another notch.

The third treasure chest was beneath the graveyard south of Novice Village.

Last time Lin Ye opened it, he got a skull, which was just a decoration with no use at all.

Fatty Wang dug up the soil behind the tombstone, found the chest, and opened it—

A golden light flashed!

[System Prompt: Congratulations to player [Fatty Wang] for opening the hidden treasure chest and obtaining [Eye of the Undead] (SS-rank hidden item)! Effect: Can detect all hidden units and treasure chests within a 100-yard radius.]

Su Qinghan was completely dumbfounded: "SS-rank?

Can the Novice Village chest drop an SS-rank item?"

Lin Ye was also shocked.

He thought his SSS-rank Talent was already the most ridiculous in the entire server, but he didn't expect Fatty Wang's lucky dog constitution to be even more ridiculous—opening an SS-rank item from a Novice Village chest.

Fatty Wang handed the [Eye of the Undead] to Lin Ye: "Brother, is this useful?"

Lin Ye took it and looked at it, his eyes lighting up.

The effect of this item was to detect hidden units and treasure chests—meaning that after wearing it, he could see all hidden treasure chests, hidden monsters, and hidden quests across the entire map.

"Damn, this thing is too strong." Lin Ye couldn't help but say.

Fatty Wang chuckled: "As long as it's useful.

I was afraid I'd open trash."

Lin Ye looked at him with complex eyes.

This fatty was truly a treasure.

His luck was absurdly good, yet he was honest and ungreedy; when he found something good, the first thing he thought of was giving it to others.

You couldn't find a teammate like this even with a lantern.

"Fatty." Lin Ye called out to him.

"Yeah?"

"From now on, you'll work with me.

I'll handle the trouble, Qinghan will handle the support, and you'll handle the logistics.

The three of us will take over the business of the entire server."

Fatty Wang's eyes lit up: "Really?

Brother, you're willing to take me in?"

"Of course." Lin Ye patted his shoulder.

"But there's a condition."

"What condition?"

"From now on, half of the things you open belong to you, and half belong to the team.

You're not allowed to give them away for free.

We're a team, not a charity."

Fatty Wang was stunned for a moment, then his eyes turned red: "Brother… you're too good to me…"

Lin Ye waved his hand: "Don't get emotional.

Let's go, there are still two chests left to open."

Fatty Wang wiped his eyes and followed with a chuckle.

The fourth treasure chest was in a cave west of Novice Village.

Lin Ye had been there once before and was chased away by the bat monsters inside.

This time, with Su Qinghan's shield, the three of them easily fought their way to the bottom of the cave.

Fatty Wang found the chest and opened it—another purple light.

[System Prompt: Congratulations to player [Fatty Wang] for opening the hidden treasure chest and obtaining [Bat Cloak] (Purple)! Stats: Agility +25, Stealth Effectiveness +20%.]

Su Qinghan looked at the cloak with a complex expression: "This is graduation gear for Assassins.

There aren't many in the entire server."

Fatty Wang handed the cloak to Lin Ye: "Brother, can you use this?"

Lin Ye shook his head: "I'm a Warrior, I can't use it.

You keep it; you can sell it later."

Fatty Wang thought for a moment and put the cloak into his inventory: "Then I'll store it for now and sell it when it's worth more later."

The fifth treasure chest was underneath the plaza in the center of Novice Village.

This chest was the hardest to find and required completing a hidden quest to unlock.

Lin Ye had done the quest three times before and never unlocked it.

Fatty Wang squatted on the stone slab floor in the center of the plaza, tapping and feeling around, until he suddenly pressed one of the slabs—

The stone slab sank, revealing a golden treasure chest.

Lin Ye was stunned: "How did you find it?"

Fatty Wang scratched his head: "It's just… I felt like there was something under this slab."

Su Qinghan was speechless.

A feeling?

That works?

Fatty Wang opened the chest—this time it wasn't a purple light, nor a golden light, but a seven-colored light!

[System Prompt: Congratulations to player [Fatty Wang] for opening the ultimate hidden treasure chest and obtaining [Seed of Creation] (SSS-rank hidden item)! Effect: Can create one permanent building at any location in the main city.

Currently selectable buildings: Material Shop, Equipment Shop, Potion Shop, Teleportation Array.]

The server-wide golden announcement instantly exploded—

[Server-wide Golden Announcement! Congratulations to player [Fatty Wang] for opening the ultimate hidden treasure chest in Novice Village and obtaining the server-unique SSS-rank hidden item [Seed of Creation]! Reward: Reputation +50,000! Added to the server-wide Hall of Fame!]

[World Channel]

[Player "Wocao Wuqing": Damn! SSS-rank item?! And it's Fatty Wang?!]

[Player "Brick-Moving Expert": Who is Fatty Wang?

Never heard of him?]

[Player "Yes Little Follower": Seems like he's Brother Ye's underling!

I just saw him with Brother Ye earlier!]

[Player "Invincible Sword God": Brother Ye's underling can open an SSS-rank item?

What kind of god-tier team is this?!]

[Player "Onlooker": The ultimate treasure chest in Novice Village, which tens of thousands of players on the server couldn't find, was opened by a level 3 novice?

This luck is too ridiculous, right?!]

Fatty Wang looked at the discussions on the World Channel, his legs turning weak: "Brother… did I cause a big problem?"

Lin Ye looked at the [Seed of Creation] in his hand, a wicked smile curling at the corner of his mouth: "Not a big problem, but a big business."

"What do you mean?"

Lin Ye pointed to the item description: "A permanent building.

We can open our own shop in the main city.

Selling materials, equipment, potions—anything is fine."

Fatty Wang's eyes lit up: "Then can we compete with the Heavenly Temple for business?"

Lin Ye laughed: "Not competing for business, but smashing their rice bowl."

Su Qinghan also laughed: "You really can think of ways to cause trouble for everything."

Lin Ye put away the [Seed of Creation] and patted Fatty Wang's shoulder: "Fatty, your luck is truly a gift from the heavens.

From now on, our team's logistics will depend entirely on you."

Fatty Wang was so excited his face turned red: "Brother, don't worry!

I'll definitely work hard!

I won't embarrass you!"

The three of them walked out of the cave side by side, the sunset stretching their shadows long.

Lin Ye looked towards the direction of the main city in the distance, a wicked smile curling at the corner of his mouth: "Let's go, to the main city.

It's time to let Qin Wentian know who the real daddy of this game is."

Su Qinghan rolled her eyes: "Have some shame."

Fatty Wang chuckled and followed behind the two, his arms full of equipment and materials, feeling wonderful inside.

He felt that the most correct decision he had ever made in his life was that one cry in the Novice Village plaza.

Otherwise, how could he have met Brother Ye?