Chapter 42: Storage Ring

“You have so much stuff. Alone, you can’t even use it all up. Giving some to us won’t cause any harm,” Ma Wei said, swallowing hard. The opponent was strong, but so many things were really tempting. It was hard to let go.

Xu Feng glanced at the few people. Greed is in everyone’s nature, but some become blind to their situation because of it. They don’t even care about their lives. Xu Feng had seen too much of this in his past life.

“Either get lost, or die!” Xu Feng said impatiently, looking at the people who had suddenly barged in. If he hadn’t come back to put away his things, they probably would have taken all of it.

Remember, he got these things by hunting monsters at Resort Lake, risking his life. How could he just hand some out for free.

“How can you be like this? It’s the apocalypse now. We’re all humans, we need to stick together!” Li Min whispered from behind Ma Wei.

“Yeah, right. Join our team. More people mean more strength.”

“That’s it. Treat these things as the team’s property. You must have already finished your second mission. We haven’t even started ours.”

“Yeah, you’re so strong. Helping us out shouldn’t be a big deal!”

The group chattered, not moving an inch.

Xu Feng’s face darkened. Without a word, he stepped forward and kicked the man holding the machete at the front, right in the chest.

“Ah!” Zhang Qiang felt like he’d been hit by a car. His body flew backward on its own.

Thud—

He spat out a mouthful of blood. Zhang Qiang lay on the ground, struggling to get up, but he had no strength left. He couldn’t rise at all.

“Get lost now, or die,” Xu Feng said coldly. “I’ll count to three. If you’re still here, don’t leave ever.”

“One!”

Xu Feng had barely shouted when Li Min screamed and ran for the door. Xu Feng didn’t stop her and watched the others silently.

“Stop, stop! Don’t fight! We’re leaving, we’ll go right now!” Ma Wei said urgently.

With Guo Yu and Sun Liang, they helped Zhang Qiang up and walked out.

Zhang Qiang looked at Xu Feng with a hint of hatred in his eyes. But he hid it well, keeping his head down as he limped out with the others.

The group went down to the first floor. They entered a random room and locked the door.

These people hadn’t even reached One-Star Strength. In Xu Feng’s eyes, they weren’t worth caring about. As long as they left this room, he didn’t mind them staying in another.

“It’s almost enough Insect Crystals,” Xu Feng thought aloud. He unzipped his backpack and dumped out the day’s haul. Over ten Insect Crystals rolled out, shimmering with white light.

“One hundred? That’s too much. How did it jump so high?” Xu Feng shook his head.

He counted again—there were 107 One-Star Insect Crystals and over ten Two-Star Insect Crystals too.

“Hand in the mission,” Xu Feng thought softly.

Soon, a hundred Insect Crystals vanished in a stream of light.

“Congratulations! You have completed the second mission issued by Earth’s Will. Rewards will be sent shortly,” a robotic voice said in his ear. Xu Feng felt the voice sounded excited this time. Was it a trick?

Not long after, a golden-ring appeared before Xu Feng, hovering silently in the air.

A Bright Gold Grade ring?

Xu Feng felt a bit disappointed. A sword would have been better. His Black Iron Grade sword was only One Star. It was getting tough against Two-Star Strength monsters.

Xu Feng took the ring in hand and froze for a moment.

“A Storage Ring? Is it really a Storage Ring?” Xu Feng scratched his head, thinking he needed a portable storage pack. Now the mission gave him a Storage Ring—and it was Bright Gold Grade. That was pure luck. Did his Fate Points help?

Xu Feng scratched his head again. He hadn’t touched anything so fancy in his past life. He didn’t really get what Fate Points did or how they worked.

“Whatever. Use it now,” he decided. He put the ring on his left-hand finger.

[Name: Storage Ring]

[Type: Accessory]

[Grade: Bright Gold]

[Property: Can hold up to fifty cubic meters of items. Living things can’t go inside.]

[Equipment Condition: Requires One-Star Strength]

[Note: From tiny to vast, the world fits within. This Storage Ring uses space-bending tech. No more worries about where to put your stuff.]

“Hey, it’s really a Storage Ring. Fifty cubic meters! Amazing!” Xu Feng glanced at his palm, grinning in delight. He stuffed all the monster parts he’d collected into the ring at once.

“Fifty cubic meters of space! Even in my past life, I never had something that big!” Xu Feng sighed.

The Virtual Backpack from the Fate Store had a smallest size of one cubic meter. Buying it cost fifty thousand Fate Points. Doubling the space made it ten times more expensive.

A two-cubic-meter bag went for five hundred thousand Fate Points.

In his past life, Xu Feng had it tough. When he died, he only owned the tiniest Virtual Backpack.

After a moment, he grabbed the remaining seven One-Star Insect Crystals. He started absorbing their energy.

Not long after, the crystals disappeared. Xu Feng shook his head. Seven had only given him two Free Attribute Points.

“That’s too little. Using One-Star Insect Crystals feels wasteful, but there’s no choice. Better boost while I can. Once I hit Three-Star strength, they’ll be useless,” he thought.

Soon, he began absorbing Two-Star Insect Crystals. His body started trembling slightly. The crystals turned into hot flows of energy, sweeping through his body.

A single Two-Star Insect Crystal gave him one to three Innate Attribute Points. To go from Two-Star to Three-Star strength, with his amazing talent, he just needed to raise one attribute to fifty points — a thirty-five-point jump. That would bring it to one hundred twenty points thanks to his talent. It meant his talent added seventy points extra per attribute.

All the Two-Star Insect Crystals gave him nearly forty Attribute Points. If he had piled them on one attribute, he’d instantly hit Three-Star strength. Then his talent would add seventy points flat. Such fast growth — if others knew, they’d probably turn green with envy.

Xu Feng remembered breaking through to Two-Star strength. The sudden surge almost overwhelmed him. His insides got lightly hurt, and he spat out some blood.