Chapter 118 - 102 Employment
Everyone crowded around the crafting room to watch the workbench. Although they couldn’t see Shana’s progress bar, the excitement was all about the collective atmosphere.
"Oh no," Shana held her forehead in dismay.
"Ah," everyone expressed their sympathy in unison.
Shana took out a set of clothes: "It actually succeeded, how infuriating."
Lin Wu glared at Shana as he took the clothes, to which Shana offered a smile and said, "No need to thank me."
Lin Wu, caught between laughter and tears, said, "Thank you."
Shana looked around at the circle of people and asked, "Who’s next?"
Everyone was calculating probabilities...
This was a characteristic of ancient online games. When enhancing or synthesizing equipment, everyone was superstitious about using a "cushion" item. The so-called cushion item involved using junk to synthesize; if the synthesis failed once or several times, then they’d switch to the equipment they actually wanted to synthesize. Was it effective? Those who succeeded believed in the cushion item’s effectiveness. Those who failed were too busy being heartbroken to think too much about it. If you asked someone who failed whether they would use a cushion item next time, most would say yes; they’d still use one.
It wasn’t about whether it was effective, it was about the attitude towards the game.
Lin Wu’s success meant that the cushion had failed, so the next player needed a certain amount of courage to proceed.