Apocalypse Arrives: I Become a Powerhouse by Scavenging

After making her selection, Moira Lynch finally let out a sigh of relief. Honestly, the sight of all those rows of medicine had been dizzying.

She used both of the Pharmaceutical Ring’s designated slots on this new medicine. Now, all she had to do was wait for midnight.

Down on the first floor, Shane Rhodes’s game pod was running. Kai York and Hugh Finch weren’t home.

Seeing this, Moira also headed to her own game pod.

’Even though there’s a bounty on my head, my identity hasn’t been exposed yet.’ She logged into the game to list the items she had recently crafted on the auction house.

After logging into the game, she went straight to the auction house. Just as she was about to list her items, Moira suddenly paused and asked, "Does the auction house have a blacklist feature?"

The attendant serving Moira was a blue, winged orb of light. Its voice was soft and utterly adorable.

"We do. Who would you like to add to the blacklist?"

"The Royal Clan Guild." Moira slowly uttered the name.

The bounty wasn’t a threat to her at the moment, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t having an effect.

And she had a temper.

She had wanted to return to Serenia earlier, but found it surrounded by people, most of whom were adventurers.

They had all come specifically to catch her for the bounty.

That was because the Seventh Princess had declared that even if they couldn’t find her in the real world, catching her in the game would still earn them seventy percent of the bounty.

Moira unhesitatingly blacklisted the Royal Clan Guild, along with a few of the smaller guilds that served as their lapdogs.

’Hmph. Put a bounty on me, will you? You’ll regret it.’

Only after doing this did Moira feel at ease enough to list all her crafted items.

Moira hadn’t crafted as many items this time, but the quantity was by no means small.

Because she’d obtained a new batch of materials from the village chief, the quality of these items far surpassed her first creations.

Among them was an Annihilation Arrow. Although it was made from leftover materials, it was infused with the power of Destruction, and its damage was absolutely unparalleled.

Of course, materializing this item in the real world wasn’t something an ordinary person could do.

This single arrow required a staggering thirty thousand Reality Exchange Coupons.

When Moira saw that number, she was genuinely taken aback.

Moira herself only had a few Reality Exchange Coupons, and those were system rewards for crafting powerful items.

For other players to get Reality Exchange Coupons, they either had to earn specific achievements or grind dungeons.

First-clear and speedrun records for most dungeons came with Reality Exchange Coupon rewards.

At this moment, Moira was still unaware that her appearance had made the already scarce Reality Exchange Coupons even rarer. Their price had multiplied several times over, and they were still in short supply.

The top-ranked guilds, in particular, were frantically collecting them.

The moment Moira listed the items in the auction house and the notifications appeared, the lookouts stationed there immediately spotted them and reported back with all possible speed.

Then, members from the various guilds rushed over.

Moira was wearing a rabbit costume, with a large red carrot slung across her back.

While the outfit was a bit conspicuous, her low level made her seem completely harmless. Everyone’s attention was focused on the new items, and very few people paid her any mind.

As the information for the first few items appeared, the onlookers’ eyes went wide with disbelief.

The quality of this batch was even better than her previous listings—better even than her very first batch of items.

As everyone was gulping nervously, the Annihilation Arrow appeared as the grand finale.

The arrow was pitch-black, without any extra ornamentation, and it emanated a metallic sheen. Just the image alone was enough to make one’s skin crawl.

When everyone saw its description, they all gasped.

[Annihilation Arrow

An arrow steeped in the essence of Destruction. Anyone struck by it will be reduced to ash, leaving no trace behind.

Friendly Reminder: This item is extremely dangerous and requires Life Energy to use. There are no exceptions, unless you are its creator.

This is a Special Item. It requires thirty thousand Reality Exchange Coupons to be materialized in the real world.

A materialized item will permanently disappear from the game. Players, please choose with caution.]

After reading the Annihilation Arrow’s description, only a single word remained in everyone’s mind: "Powerful."

This item was simply too powerful.

As for the side effect... it was only natural for such a powerful item to have one.

Upon seeing the Annihilation Arrow’s description, the spies from the major guilds frantically messaged their people, urging them to hurry over and forwarding them the item’s details.

Everyone had the same thought: whether they had the thirty thousand Reality Exchange Coupons or not, they absolutely could not let the Annihilation Arrow fall into another guild’s hands.

The top-ranking major guilds soon arrived on the scene.

Seeing the lineup, the smaller guilds knew this was out of their league.

They coveted the Annihilation Arrow, but they also knew their own limits.

Now, they just hoped the top guilds would go at each other’s throats, leaving some scraps for them to pick up.

The Royal Clan Guild was the last to arrive.

Though they were last, their entrance was anything but small.

Seeing this, Moira hid herself in the crowd, silently backing away with everyone else to leave the stage to them.

Watching the Royal Clan’s grand entrance, Moira could hardly wait to see the looks on their faces when they found out they’d been blacklisted and couldn’t participate in the auction. It would surely be a spectacular sight.

And things went exactly as Moira had predicted. The Royals arrived full of confidence, but just as they were about to make a bid, they were informed that they had been blacklisted.

The representative from the Royal Clan Guild was their vice-president, who was also said to be a Prince of the Royal Family with a very high status within The Royals.

At this moment, the Prince’s expression was anything but pleasant.

He had likely never encountered such a thing in his entire life. His eyes widened as he once again sought confirmation from the auction house staff. "Are you saying that the person who crafted the item has blacklisted me?"

"Yes," replied an NPC wearing a cheongsam.

She wore a polite smile. "To be precise, it isn’t just you. All current and former members of the Royal Clan Guild have been blacklisted. The creator explicitly stated that she does not want her items to be purchased by any of you."

The moment she finished speaking, the entire venue fell utterly silent. You could have heard a pin drop.