Ch. 134 - It’s actually a mushroom?
After sending the intel to Song Yingwen, Yang Yi received a payment of 30,000 Shell Coins. Then he checked the world channel.
About eight hours earlier, a player had asked for help in the world chat, as he’d also encountered the Collector.
His ID number looked familiar — it was the same player who had offloaded a large amount of wood two nights ago.
He’d attempted to trade eight times, but was rejected each time. So, he turned to the chat, hoping someone could help.
Most of the responses were from people just looking for a laugh.
Suggestions ranged from offering the Collector a pile of poop, to robbing and running, to giving him your dominant hand, your ship, or even standing on your head and offering the Earth… and so on.
None of the suggestions were remotely useful, let alone viable.
Yang Yi scrolled up to look into the origins of the incident.
He saw that the player had also encountered the Collector along the shore and was immediately prompted to trade, almost exactly the same scenario as what Yang Yi had experienced.
The fact that this same event had occurred twice clearly pointed to some kind of pattern.
Through comparison, Yang Yi found two things they had in common:
They both had made large sums of Shell Coins in a short time.
They both encountered the Collector at night while retrieving timber.
This could be the trigger condition for the Collector.
If a player amassed a large number of Shell Coins in a short time, it could attract the Collector, and once a player lays eyes on it, that gaze serves as an invitation.
If seen, the Collector will immediately board the ship and demand a trade.
If that’s the case, the Collector might’ve already appeared on previous nights, but because Yang Yi didn’t see it, the trade didn’t trigger.
"Looks like even making money has its risks…" Yang Yi muttered to himself.
He scrolled down to check the images and item info shared by that player.
This Collector didn’t seem to be the same one he met. Though it wore a black robe, it was much smaller, less than half a meter tall.
Beneath the robe was a skeleton, its glowing skull, and bony hands visible, but there was no soul fire within.
That suggested the bones might’ve been controlled by some kind of thread, though none were visible in the photo.
Yang Yi checked the offered trade items: two in total — a mid-grade Abyss Soulstone and a golden treasure chest covered in coral and barnacles.
【Name: Waterlogged Golden Treasure Chest】