Hyperdimensional Warlock

Chapter 3954: Luck First
Monster cards are divided into three levels of rarity: blue, purple, and gold.

Gold is the rarest.

A complete card gashapon machine contains a total of 85 cards, including 10 blue cards, 5 purple cards, and gold cards.

Gleipnir only has one chance to insert a coin, and the chance of drawing a gold card is about 5%.

Although the probability is not hopeless, it is still not easy to get it right the first time.

"Astrology Granny: I didn't draw a gold card, I only drew a blue card."

Needless to say, Gleipnir failed in the challenge at the first point.

Gleipnir was not discouraged after losing the first battle, because this mission was based on a scoring system, and it didn't matter if he failed once, as long as he could get more than 80 points in the end, he would pass.

Therefore, Gleipnir started the second challenge without stopping.

There are nine locations in the city, and there is no fixed order for challenging them. You can challenge any one you want first. Gleipnir chose the principle of proximity and selected an underground lake location.

This underground lake is connected to the underground waterway and is home to a rich array of underwater life.

The second round of challenges was on a canoe in an underground lake.

The canoe is moored at the lake shore, and challengers need to row it to the center of the lake and fish using the fishing rod on the boat.

The fishing time is ten minutes. The quality and quantity of the fish you catch within these ten minutes determine the final score.

This challenge is much more comfortable than the previous card drawing.

Ten minutes is plenty of time, and the fish underwater are relatively dense. Perhaps because they live underground, they are quite stupid.

It bites when it sees the bait and shakes when it sees the waves.

Although Gleipnir was only a novice in fishing, perhaps due to his good luck or the protection of other novice fish, he managed to catch two fish in ten minutes.

Finally got 5 points.

5 points is not high, and it can be considered a failure overall, but at least it is better than getting zero in the first card draw.

"Astrology Granny: This is the situation. I am still on my way to the third point. But I guess I will not be able to complete this mission. You should be in the same boat as me..."

Even Angel couldn't get any special treatment in this challenge that was purely based on luck.

Moreover, this mission challenge also limits external forces. If there are no external forces, Angel can rely on the lucky scroll to get a perfect score.

But all external forces and aid are banned, so this mission depends on who has the more luck.

Just talking about the first card drawing challenge, Angel recalled his history of card drawing and felt that with his bad luck, he would probably draw the same card as Gleipnir.

As for fishing, Angel didn't know if he could catch any fish, but he was secretly certain that he would never be able to catch Laplace.

Gleipnir's opening experience has two challenges: draw a card to kill Angel, and fish to hammer Laplace.

No wonder Gleipnir thought that even if the two of them went, the result would not be better than hers.

But then again, are the restrictions on not being able to use external forces and external aid really so rigid? Is there any loophole where we can use a little more force?

Take fishing for example.

Setting the nest in advance, waiting for the time when fish gather together, or using more advanced baits... Could these become the breakthroughs to increase the success rate of fishing?
In response to Angel's question, Gleipnir said without hesitation: "No, the bait is dry and on the boat. And the quantity is limited, so it is impossible to lay the bait in advance."

"As for waiting for the opportunity when the fish gather together, I have thought about this too. I tried to sense underwater at that time. But before my senses left my body, the fairyland information directly popped up a countdown for failure. If I didn't stop sensing within three seconds, I would fail directly."

Having said this, she paused and added.

"Also, every point in this mission has restrictions on resources. I feel that the restrictions here are also aimed at challengers like us."

It's like there are game coins next to the card gashapon machine, but there are only five.

In other words, even if the challengers could get the "Nine Stars in a Row" mission from Zuniga, only five people at most could complete the card drawing challenge.

When the sixth person came, the game coins were gone.

Gleipnir tried to exchange it with other game coins... but the Wonderland Quest would not recognize it. It only recognized the first five game coins.

Similarly, the bait on the canoe was just a small bag.

Once the previous challenger has used up his points, the next challenger will not be able to complete the challenge.

It can be said that this is also a hidden limitation of "Nine Stars in a Row".

The obvious restrictions plus these hidden restrictions make this task terribly difficult.

"Astrology Granny: Just like what is stated in the mission overview, this mission is not set for us at all, but for those who are truly lucky and destined."

When Gleipnir mentioned the man of destiny, the image of Com suddenly flashed through Angel's mind.

This guy is definitely a lucky guy. If he were the challenger, he might be able to complete the "Nine Stars in a Row".

but……

Although Com was unable to receive the "Nine Stars in a Row" mission, could he try to take advantage of his luck?
The mission restrictions stated that no external forces or external aid could be used, but Angel didn't ask Com to do anything. He just took him with him during the challenge to get some good luck.

Will this work?

You know, every time Angel drew a card with the help of Com, he could draw a rare card.

Therefore, Angle believes that if Com is next to him, it can provide some luck. But I don't know if this kind of luck of taking advantage of Com will also be considered cheating?
"Astrology Granny: Kom? I don't know, but I personally think that since this task has clear restrictions, any attempt to break through the restrictions will be considered cheating."

"Besides, I have a hunch. This mission is very special. There must be a reason why such a high threshold is set."

"My opinion is that the fashion monster behind this mission can only survive with a truly "lucky person". If someone who is not protected by destiny forcibly leaves it behind, they probably won't have any good luck..."

The reason why Gleipnir had this premonition was due to the name of the fashionable monster mentioned in the mission overview.

——The sad star.

Although Gleipnir had never heard of the name of this monster, just from the literal description of "misery", he could already feel the desolation of being strangled by misfortune.

Moreover, the mission overview also describes it this way: "In order to escape the cage of bad luck, the Sorrowful Star came to the Modern City, just to find someone who can bring it good luck."

This is definitely to find a neutralizer for yourself.

By finding the destined person, the Sad Star can neutralize its own bad luck and try to break free from the cage of bad luck.

But if they find someone who is not destined to be with them, then the bad luck of the Sorrowful Star will probably backfire...

In other words, even if someone without good luck uses cheating to forcibly retain the Sad Star, the ending is unlikely to be good.

This is why the Fairyland Power has set a very high threshold for this task, in order to select the truly lucky ones...

Therefore, even if he could really get some good luck from Com, Gleipnir didn't recommend doing so. After all, Com couldn't always be by his side.

What's more, if Com were to complete this task, he might be prohibited by the power of the fairyland.

The power of the fairyland can set such a high limit, so all aspects must be blocked. It is impossible to leave such a loophole for you to cheat.

"Angel: Since you think this is for lucky people, why did you go to the third point?"

"Astrology Granny: ...Because the third point is near Prada Media, I can stop by on my way back."

After all, the above is just Gleipnir's guess. Maybe this guess is wrong... What if this task is really just a test of luck, and does not involve the subsequent neutralization of bad luck and luck?

After a while.

"Astrology Granny: I'm almost at the third point."

The astrologer grandma used text to live broadcast the challenge of the third point in the team chat.

The third location was in an abandoned hut near Prada Media Company. According to Gleipnir's inquiries to the surrounding neighbors, he learned that the hut had been abandoned for half a year.

Previously, this cottage was a temporary rental place for a circus clown. Later, the clown committed suicide in the house, apparently due to mental problems.

The cottage has been abandoned since then.

Someone once thought of occupying this hut, but was scared out in the middle of the night crying and shouting, saying that there were strange noises inside at night and that they could hear a woman singing.

At first, some people didn't believe it, but later, several homeless people who lived in the cabin were also scared away in the middle of the night.

Now, this abandoned house has become completely famous and is recognized by the surrounding people as the clown's haunted house.

When the neighbors learned that Gleipnir was going to the haunted house, they all tried to dissuade him. However, Gleipnir remained fearless: "Don't worry, it's broad daylight now, and I'll just go in and take a look."

Faced with Gleipnir's persistence, the people around him stopped trying to dissuade her and just looked at her from afar with worried eyes.

"Astrology Granny: If there really is a ghost in this haunted house, then maybe it has something to do with the fashion monster?"

While exchanging information in the team chat, Gleipnir pushed open the door of the abandoned hut.

After a while——

"Astrology Granny: I take back what I said earlier. This has nothing to do with fashion monsters."

"Angel, Laplace:? What's wrong?"

Gleipnir sighed helplessly, looking at the trembling little girl in front of her, fear flashing in all three of her eyes.

Yes, three eyes.

Two of his eyes are normal, and the other eye is located on a piece of extra fat on his chin.

There is no doubt that this is a mutant.

"Okay, go away. I'll pretend I didn't see you." Gleipnir waved his hand, and the mutant girl immediately stepped back, quickly retreated to the kitchen, lifted the drain cover, and jumped down.

Below is a pitch-black corridor, which, if nothing unexpected happens, leads to an underground block.

"Astrology Granny: As soon as I entered the door, I saw a little mutant girl crawling out of the drain cover. I asked her and found out that this place is connected to the underground block..."

The previous occupant, a circus clown, had hidden a secret passage behind a drain cover.

The little girl and her friends were all friends of the clown. They were often invited to his home to play. Later, the clown committed suicide for unknown reasons.

In order to prevent the clown's house from being occupied by bad guys and to protect this secret passage, the little girl and her friends would deliberately scare the residents in the house.

This is the truth about the "haunted house".

Today the little girl came up to get some fresh air, but as soon as she came out, she was seen by Gleipnir and caught red-handed.

However, Gleipnir was an outsider after all, and he had no likes or dislikes towards the mutants in the underground district. After listening to her explanation, he let her leave.

This was just a small episode for Gleipnir.

She didn't pay much attention.

After letting the little girl go, she followed the information from the fairyland and came to the utility room of the abandoned cottage.

After a moment, she took out an automatic flying card machine from the utility room.

This flying card machine can not only shuffle the cards automatically, but also fly the cards out by pressing.

And this is the challenge of the third point.

"Put a deck of suit cards into the automatic card machine and press it to make the machine randomly fly out three cards. If the sum of these three cards reaches 21 points, the challenge is successful."

Suit cards are similar to playing cards, with four suits and points from 1 to 13.

The probability of the sum of three flying cards reaching 21 points is...very, very low.

Gleipnir had just calculated in his mind that the odds were even lower than in the previous card drawing challenge. Moreover, this challenge was not like fishing, which had a cumulative score system. This challenge was either zero points or full points.

"Astrology Granny: I was still hoping that my previous guess might be wrong. But now it seems that the task of the Nine Stars is really to select the best from the best, to choose the luckiest one from the lucky ones."

"Angel: Have you completed the third challenge?"

"Astrology Granny: Just finished. The three cards that flew out are Star Flower 2, Heart 3, and Black Fish 3."

The total is 8 points, less than half of 21 points.

Looking at the three numbers 233, Gleipnir felt helpless as if he was being laughed at.

"Astrology Granny: This challenge does not have the game currency and bait restrictions of the previous two challenges, but instead, it is more difficult than before."

"If I continue with this pattern, the remaining six challenges will probably be similar. So, I decided to give up."

Gleipnir didn't want to give up, but by the third challenge, her score was only 5 points.

A score of 80 is considered a passing score.

It would be difficult to pass the next six challenges with full marks. Moreover, after looking at the content of the first three challenges, Gleipnir didn't think he could get full marks in the next three.

So, she gave up.

"Astrology Granny: If you want to try this mission, you can go to Zuniga to get a free quest. I'm going back to Prada Media first. I'll go back and ask what kind of fashion monster this sad star is. Is there really a magician who can complete such a difficult mission?"

Gleipnir shook his head and muttered to himself as he left the abandoned hut.